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Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to supporting individuals affected by bipolar, including carers and families. We're launching an exciting new lottery-funded project in Northern Ireland to expand our peer support network.
As Senior Volunteer Co-ordinator, you’ll play a central role in growing and supporting our network of local support groups. You’ll recruit, onboard and induct volunteer co-facilitators, ensuring a welcoming, inclusive experience. You’ll supervise and support volunteers, helping them develop skills and confidence to deliver safe, effective peer support—whether online or in-person.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the set-up and running of new support groups across Northern Ireland.
- Providing ongoing training and practical assistance to volunteers.
- Collaborating on the promotion of groups and services with internal teams and external partners.
- Ensuring compliance with safeguarding, GDPR and internal policies.
- Promoting Bipolar UK’s self-management courses and psychoeducation resources.
- Representing the charity within communities and building partnerships with local mental health services.
This is a varied, hands-on role ideal for someone with strong communication skills, experience supporting volunteers, and a passion for peer-led mental health support.
Applicants must be based in Northern Ireland due to the requirments of the role.
Salary: £28,000–£30,000 | Contract: 2-year fixed term (extension subject to funding)
Location: Home-based in Northern Ireland, with occasional travel to London.
Hours: Full-time (35 hours/week)
Reporting to: Services Manager – Groups
Please note that we are currently only able to consider applications from candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
Applications without the specified cover letter will not be considered.
Applicants must be based in Northern Ireland.
Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting a Digital Fundraising Assistant to assist in the delivery of our growing virtual events programme.
This is an exciting new role which involves supporting delivery of a wide range of virtual events at Sands, in order to grow our fundraising income. The role includes increasing Sands’ online presence across a range of channels through excellent stewardship of large audiences who are both warm and new supporters.
You will ensure delivery of a world class supporter experience using an omnichannel approach, helping our supporters reach and exceed their fundraising targets.
Working with the Digital Fundraising Manager, you will monitor the everchanging virtual challenge environment and consider how best to adapt our activities in order to achieve financial targets and remain innovative and a leader within the sector.
You will have strong communication skills and enjoy building relationships, especially within online communities. Additionally, you will have an understanding of a wide range of social media channels and an interest in creating refreshing, inspiring content.
A highly organised and efficient approach is essential in order to respond to large quantities of enquiries across multiple channels. Excellent written communication skills are therefore essential.
Relevant experience in creating engaging video, image and written content for different social channels is also an essential requirement.
This post is home-based. There may be the need to support Sands events at weekends and/or evenings and working hours can be adjusted accordingly.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Assistant Director of Network Development and Impact
Reporting To: Director of Network Development and Impact
Manages: Head of Volunteering, Head of Practice and Learning (vacant role, managing Learning and Development Manager and 2x Practice Leads in interim) and Head of Design and Impact (new role, managing Data Analyst in interim)
Location: Remote (occasional travel to Leicester office & other UK locations as necessary)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £58,000 per annum
Hours: Full time (36 hours per week)
About Home-Start UK
Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and over 170 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity.
We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.
About The Role
The Assistant Director of Network Development and Impact leads our strategic programme of work to enable sustainability, growth, inclusion and impact across the Home-Start federation. With a deep understanding of programme and service development, and a commitment to insight-led decision-making, the postholder will lead a more strategic, data-informed approach to how we grow and strengthen our network’s collective impact.
As a member of our senior leadership team, they will provide inspiring, strong and supportive leadership to teams delivering ongoing activities and planned projects, and to foster cohesion and alignment across Home-Start UK and the Home-Start network. They will work across the organisation and with partners to ensure our programmes of work evolve to meet emerging needs and to deliver meaningful, measurable change over time.
This senior leadership role has oversight of teams who are leading work to:
- Harness the brilliant leadership, expertise and innovation that exists across our network so that we are working collaboratively to grow our reach and impact nationally.
- Enable strong leadership, governance and relationships across the network, so that we can make the most of the strengths and opportunities of our federated model.
- Build a culture of inclusion, strengthen diversity and representation across our teams, ensure accessibility and equity throughout our work, and grow our voice for equity, equality and anti-racism.
- Designing and driving forward major programmes and initiatives to deliver our strategic ambitions for growth, voice, inclusion and impact.
- Deliver evidence-led and policy-informed portfolio of practice development and quality improvement, which is responsive to the needs of local Home-Starts and the children, families and communities they are supporting.
- Support and enable accessible, inclusive, high quality and rewarding volunteering experiences across the network, to grow volunteering numbers as part of wider supporter engagement.
- Establish a high-quality, federation-wide learning and development offer, embedding a culture where individuals and organisations can learn and grow.
- Better understand and demonstrate our impact for children and families, and ensure our programme of network and practice development is informed by evidence, data and insights.
This is a new role leading a growing team, and there will be a strong focus on working collaboratively with colleagues across Home-Start UK and the Home-Start network to develop the programmes and partnerships needed to achieve our vision for children and families.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 11th June at 4pm.
Interviews will take place virtually on Tuesday 24th June.
Second interviews will be held in-person on Wednesday 2nd July (location: Leicester).
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Home-Start UK is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process.
No agencies please.
This role supports AvMA’s Seven Pillars of Fundraising:
Supporter Care – Ensuring digital donors and fundraisers have an engaging, meaningful experience.
Organisational Commitment – Aligning digital fundraising efforts with AvMA’s strategic vision.
Responsibility – Maintaining ethical and transparent fundraising practices.
Growing Value – Increasing digital income through optimised supporter journeys and engagement. Strength – Building a scalable and sustainable digital fundraising model.
Leadership and Self-Leadership – Supporting volunteers and fundraisers in their digital engagement.
Diversification – Exploring new approaches to engage supporters and increase income.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a corporate and trusts fundraising plan that builds on AvMA’s existing pipeline.
- Utilise AI and digital tools to streamline prospect research, prioritise funders, and optimise fundraising efficiency.
- Identify and cultivate relationships with prospective corporate partners and trusts that align with AvMA’s mission.
- Write compelling funding applications and partnership proposals to secure financial support.
- Manage and steward relationships with corporate donors, grant-giving trusts, and foundations.
- Deliver high-quality stewardship, ensuring funders receive timely impact reports and updates.
- Provide insights and recommendations on long-term corporate and trust fundraising strategies.
Other:
- To undertake other duties as required commensurate with this post. To travel as necessary for events and fundraising activities
Person Specification
Essential:
- An experienced corporate or trust fundraiser, with a strong track record of securing funding.
- A confident relationship-builder, able to engage with potential funders and partners.
- Strategic and data-driven, with experience in using AI or digital tools to prioritise and streamline fundraising activities.
- A persuasive communicator, with excellent proposal writing and pitching skills. Results-driven, with a proactive and self-motivated approach to achieving income targets.
- Passion, commitment and drive to promote patient rights and follow the aims of AvMA.
- IT literate and confident with technological change.
- Able to identify opportunities to improve our data collection systems; an awareness of the power of social media and how to use it to promote AvMA’s work.
- Committed to principles of equal opportunities and diversity and inclusion.
The newly established Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Business Partnering team are the first point of contact for all Barnardo's colleagues to access expert advice and guidance for all DDaT enquiries and requests.
DDaT Business Partners align our plans with the charity's purpose and ensure our solutions enable colleagues to be successful in their roles. By fostering close collaboration, DDaT Business Partners deeply understand the needs of each part of the charity, feeding insight into DDaT solutions design and initiatives. They also facilitate effective communication between DDaT and stakeholders, translating complex concepts into useful intelligence. The Business Partners are the voice of our colleagues in our conversations, and the voice of DDaT when engaging across the charity. They also help our colleagues to make the most of the solutions we have, and undertake familiarisation activities and demonstrations to help colleagues improve their digital confidence.
The Senior Manager – DDaT Business Partner, will report to the Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) and will be a member of the DDaT Leadership Team. The post holder will be responsible for establishing this new function, recruiting and leading the Business Partners, and growing organisational awareness of the purpose and benefits of DDaT Business Partnering.
The post holder will be responsible for engagement with Assistant-Director-level and above stakeholders, recruit the new Business Partners, align working practices with the new DDaT Operating Model, identify engagement opportunities and all other similar practices to establish this new function. The post holder will then lead the team in undertaking day to day business partnering activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join and lead a driven team of Volunteering Partners. The Volunteering Partnerships and Implementation team strive to inspire, support and enable a quality offer and experience for volunteers and volunteer managers. Through working directly with the Dementia Support and Partnerships directorate (who deliver our services), you will be making a difference to volunteers, volunteer managers and people affected by dementia.
You will be a trusted expert in volunteering, building relationships with senior managers and leaders by creating a structured approach to how we support the directorate in order to give the best possible volunteering experience. You will lead a team of Volunteering Partners and work collaboratively across the Volunteering team as well as with the People Partnering team to create ways of working, deliver projects, develop connections and ensure we provide a strategic and structured service to our stakeholders.
This home-based role really is a great combination – you will be an integral part of the Volunteering team and wider People Directorate as well as a key stakeholder and essential support for Dementia Support and Partnerships.
About you
We are looking for a motivated individual with experience as a trusted expert in volunteering who is able to listen, lead and engage their team as well as a range of stakeholders across the organisation.
Using deep volunteering expertise as well as any experience of voluntary income, the Senior Volunteering Partner will be skilled at building trust through meaningful relationships with senior managers and leaders.
You will bring your interpersonal and communication skills to work collaboratively across Volunteering, People Partnering and Dementia Support and Partnerships whilst utilising your data, insight and project management skills to bring about continuous improvement and change.
What you’ll focus on:
- Line management of 3 Volunteering Partners
- Leading the creation of a planned and coordinated approach to how we work with Dementia Support and Partnerships.
- Leading on the development of short-term and long-term plans to embed how volunteering is part of changes in contracts in partnership with other key stakeholders.
- Working closely with the People Partnering team building close communication and relationships to ensure support and alignment across our teams and the directorates we support.
- To lead on volunteering business elements that drive volunteer involvement, ensure compliance, support innovation and assure continuous quality improvement.
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer’s Society.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Our hiring process
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.
We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.
We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.
Interview Dates: 19th & 20th June.
Team: Community & Events
Location: Homebased with occasional travel
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £49,655.50 per annum
Contract: Fixed term for 18 months
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Community Fundraising Programme Implementation Manager:
- The role will be responsible for reviewing and strengthening programme delivery across National Community Fundraising to increase long term engagement and net income contribution after the successful roll out of the community fundraising hubs in 2024. Working in collaboration with internal stakeholders, the role will develop the key strategic programmes (Local Corporate Partnerships, DIY Fundraising, Fundraising Volunteers, Local Events & Small Trusts) within National Community Fundraising to enable volunteer and supporter led fundraising to flourish.
- The role will also lead, develop and motivate the National Community Fundraising Assistant and the Community Fundraising Programme Development Officer. The Community Fundraising Programme Development Officer is responsible for delivering short-term projects to improve operational and financial management, to support the implementation of the new National Community Hubs and wider Community & Events strategy.
About the Community & Events team:
- We sit within the Marketing & Income Generation directorate
- The National Community Fundraising team at Cats Protection has recently gone through transformative change, implementing a new community hub structure in six regions across the UK. Leading and enabling community led fundraising in their area, they raise circa £3.5million income per year, making a significant contribution to Cats Protection’s work to make life better for cats.
What we’re looking for in our Community Fundraising Programme Implementation Manager:
- Community Fundraising experience at a senior level
- Programme / product management experience
- Line management experience with track record of developing individuals and leading a team
- Evidence of clear planning including setting objectives, implementation and demonstrable monitoring, review and evaluating skills
- Strong working knowledge of transaction/contact database (preferably CARE NG and/or Microsoft Dynamics)
- Detailed knowledge of the CIoF code of practice
What we can offer you:
- range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Please contact for a copy of the job description
Application closing date: 5th June 2025
Virtual interview date: 23rd June 2025
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1. Anonymised application form
2. Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats


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Legacy Manager (Maternity Cover)
Role Summary:
As part of the Major Gifts and Planned Giving team, this role is responsible for managing a caseload of approximately 80 legacy estates, including pecuniary, specific, residuary and life interest estates. The Legacy Manager will also assist the team with legacy enquiries and pledges, supporting donors on their legacy journey, as well as managing PETA’s free will services.
Position Objective:
- Ensure that gifts in wills to PETA are handled appropriately, sensitively and efficiently, maximising legacy income to support PETA’s mission to protect animals.
- Effectively communicate PETA’s mission to potential legacy supporters, and deal with enquiries from supporters in a timely manner.
Term of Employment:
Fixed-term, maternity cover
Hours of work:
Full-time (part-time hours considered)
Reports To:
Director, Major Gifts and Gift Planning
Salary:
£29,000 - £34,000
Location:
Remote in mainland UK
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
Augustus Club
- Administer legacies in a professional and approachable manner, to include correspondence with solicitors and other interested parties
- Maintain departmental information, files, and records related to legacy estates
- Act as the point of contact and grow and mature relationships with stakeholders and external groups in order to attain information needed to carry out the role
- Work with various stakeholders on contested legacies, collaborating with other charities where needed
- Be able to communicate to supporters how important and desirable legacies are to PETA
- Respond to enquiries and requests for assistance from Augustus Club members and planned-giving prospects
- Document pertinent information about planned-giving members for the purpose of enhancing and building relationships
- Remain current on estate-planning practices as well as fundraising techniques and methods used in the non-profit sector, attending professional training seminars as needed
- Keep up to date on probate and tax laws, informing the team of any changes
Other
- Maintain a clear understanding of – and the ability to articulate – PETA's objectives as well as details about specific global PETA programmes
- Assist in the training of new major gifts and/or planned giving assistants
- Maintain and expand knowledge of relevant departmental software (e.g. Revolution Online, ResearchPoint, Raiser's Edge, and Convio) in order to improve communication with donors
- Assist with the preparation and proofreading of mailings
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
- Maintain strict confidentiality at all times
Qualifications:
- Minimum of one year of planned-giving or other development experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Thorough knowledge of animal rights issues and PETA campaigns
- Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to prepare professional business communications
- Proven ability to organise and manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively
- Proven ability to use initiative and work independently
- Proven experience in legacy fundraising and administration
- Ability to insert files into databases using high levels of precision and attention to detail while maintaining confidentiality
- Commitment to PETA's objectives
- Adherence to a vegan lifestyle strongly preferred
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have experience in generating and sustaining charitable giving from individuals and nurturing a Friends scheme in the Arts education sector? Are you passionate about choral singing and its power to change the lives of children and young people and can you successfully advocate on our behalf to potential major donors?
The primary focus for the new role is to generate sustainable charitable giving from individuals, maintaining and growing our Friends memberships and developing significant income from major donors. We will also welcome input on stewardship of trusts and foundations if this is also your area of expertise.
We are a leading choral singing organisation and run residential summer courses for children and young people. Our artistic director, Ralph Allwood, founded the organisation 45 years ago, since when over 10,000 young people have benefited from our life-changing courses. Nowadays, around one third of students receive generous bursary support to attend a course and we also work with a range of partner organisations to encourage even more young people from diverse backgrounds to take part in our choral singing courses. We want to secure the future of the organisation and increase the number of students we can support by significantly growing our individual giving.
We are looking for an experienced fundraiser to work up to 2 days per week on a freelance basis to help us move up a gear or two in terms of our fundraising, specifically to develop private giving from our extensive alumni network and the many successful individuals who feel music education at a young age made them the person they are today.
We have an office in central London but the job can be done remotely with occasional meetings with the General Manager, either in person or virtually.
Key information
Position: Head of Development, Friends and Major Donors
Reports to: General Manager
Key relationships: Artistic Director, Operations Manager, Assistant Director Rodolfus Choir, Communications Manager & Artistic Adviser, Chairman and Trustees
Location: Working from home with occasional visits to the office at King’s Place, London and meetings with donors c. weekly
Main goal: To launch our 45th anniversary year development appeal and manage fund raising through individual giving, Friends memberships and legacy donations and pledges, growing our charitable income in line with our strategy.
About this role:
The main duties and responsibilities for the Heads of Development role are as follows:
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
· Maintain and build relationships with our donors, and identify new individuals who would like to see the Rodolfus Choral Foundation thrive
· Use our extensive alumni list to source and maintain donors
· Use contacts from the artistic director and trustees to generate new donors
· Ensure that our top and potential donors are well looked after and researched, passing on key information to the Artistic Director and, where appropriate, arranging meetings between him and our donors
· Organise and co-host special donor events in unique venues
· Plan and help organise membership events for donors
· Help establish a legacy giving scheme for Rodolfus
· Have overall responsibility for reaching individual giving targets
· Ensure that data is accurately kept in our database in line with GDPR, and is harnessed to support our fundraising efforts
STRATEGIC PLANNING & REPORTING
· Develop a five-year Fundraising Strategy
· Set ambitious but achievable targets for each year, within the overall Rodolfus budget
· Contribute new ideas and find new opportunities for fundraising
· Produce quarterly fundraising updates for the Trustees
· Produce a fundraising report for the annual accounts, identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas for development in the Fundraising Strategy
TRUSTS AND GRANT-MAKING BODIES
· Liaise with the General Manager to ensure a coordinated fundraising plan and targets, in keeping with the artistic vision for Rodolfus
· Proof and submit applications and be the point of contact for Trusts and Foundations (this work is currently supported by the General Manager and a fundraising consultant)
GENERAL
· Attend Team and Board meetings as required
· Be a passionate advocate at all times for Rodolfus
· Adhere to all legal requirements relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as all other company policies and procedures
· Create a positive work environment, underpinned by the organisation’s values
· The list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and may be reviewed from time to time by the Trustees.
· The appointee may be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required and at the discretion of the Board.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for someone who:
· Is able to foster excellent relationships with major donors
· is positive, proactive, hard-working, innovative and ambitious
· is numerate, analytical, organised and has attention to detail
· is friendly, approachable and collaborative
· happy working in a small but dedicated team
· happy to travel regularly when required for donor and team meetings
Essential Criteria:
· excellent interpersonal skills
· experience of developing positive relationships with donors
· proven success in securing major donations
· experience of prospective donor identification and initial approach
· outstanding communication skills, both spoken and written
· experience in budget management
· good attention to detail
· excellent personal organisation and time management
· experience of working efficiently and effectively on their own as well as in a team
· understands the arts sector
Closing date: Midday on 23rd June 2025
Interviews: First round interviews will be held online on w/c 30th June 2025
Second round interviews will be held w/c 7th July 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have a proven track record of leading high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams and a strong commitment to tackling housing injustice in Scotland? Then join Shelter Scotland as our new Head of Community and you could soon be at the forefront of driving transformational change across our Community and Training Teams. Our new strategic plan offers a unique opportunity to shape and deliver strategic initiatives that empower local communities, improve service delivery, and ensure that the voices of those impacted by the housing emergency are heard and acted upon.
About the role
This post is responsible for the management and development of the Community Function, comprising of three Community Teams (North, East and West) and the Training Team. The post shares joint responsibility with the Head of Services for the wider leadership and development of all functions and teams across Community & Services.
Flexibility is vital to effectively support the continuous development of our activities, aligned to the delivery of the Shelter Scotland Strategic Plan. This may necessitate changes to the teams or activities the role will manage.
Role specifics
We are seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to help drive the development and delivery of Shelter Scotland’s annual operational plan. This role plays a key part in managing internal projects, ensuring quality and compliance, and contributing to income generation through donor engagement and insight sharing. The successful candidate will manage teams and budgets, uphold high standards in service delivery, and support our campaigns by leveraging evidence and lived experience. A strong commitment to safeguarding, equality, and Shelter’s values is essential, as is the ability to lead by example.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About the team
Shelter Scotland is a one of six Directorates of Shelter. Led by the Director of Shelter Scotland, the Directorate comprises two departments: Community & Services and Communications & Advocacy. Both of these departments are led by an Assistant Director (AD).
The services and community work we deliver responds to individuals and households directly affected by the housing emergency. We deliver these activities in pursuit of the changes we seek to practice, culture and policy.
About Shelter Scotland
Shelter Scotland is Scotland’s national housing and homelessness charity. Our vision is of a home for everyone in Scotland. For over 50 years, the way we drive change has remained the same. We advise and support people in housing need today and use the insight we gain to inform our campaigns to change tomorrow. We also raise professional standards for those working in Scotland’s housing and homelessness sector by offering a broad range of training courses.
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday thousands of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter Scotland. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter Scotland is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter Scotland does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
1 x Part time, 26 hours per week
Fixed Term contract until Dec 2026
£43,197 per annum (£58,150 FTE)
Home based role and living within the relevant region or close enough proximity to be able to travel and meet the requirements of this role’ (subject to meeting homeworking assessment requirements, which includes a minimum broadband speed of 18Mbps).
In this key role you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Negotiating Officer to manage and support our stewards, safety and equality representative networks across West Midlands and part of Cheshire, advising them in providing individual and collective industrial relations support to members, working both in and outside of the NHS. You will also be expected to spend approximately 25% of your time, managing cases from across the UK, but predominantly from nearby regions.
The postholder will work in collaboration with other health trade unions across the region.
You will work with the CSP regional team to recruit and organise members, influence on local workforce issues and promote physiotherapy.
You will provide representation for members at disciplinary hearings, grievances and disputes with employers, and provide general advice and information to representatives and members on issues such as pay, terms and conditions, and employment legislation.
With significant trade union experience at a senior level, and an understanding of NHS structures and government policy on health, you will have excellent communication, negotiation, training and presentational skills, combined with a strong collaborative approach and a thorough understanding of, and commitment to, equality and diversity principles and the ability to put them into practice.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jim Fahie, Assistant Director of Employment Relations and Union Services at Head Office.
Why work for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy?
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK's 65,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and support workers; and one of the largest representative bodies in healthcare.
At the CSP, our goal is to create a culture characterised by innovation, respect, encouragement, passion and teamwork. We all strive for continuous improvement and to be the best at everything we do. We aspire to work in a way that embodies our values of learning, courage, inclusive and integrity. Our shared values are part of our organisational DNA, reflecting the expectations we have of ourselves and others. They guide what we do and how we do it, to have the greatest impact for our members. Please read about the CSP's values for further information on the website.
We offer an excellent benefits package, including 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, Christmas office closure between 25 December to 01 January and generous pension scheme with 12% employer contribution.
To enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life, we would be happy to discuss flexible working arrangements with shortlisted candidates (subject to business needs).
To apply for the role please click on the ‘Apply online’ tab below and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, 19th June 2025
Interview date: W/c 7th July 2025, in-person at London Office
If you require any adjustments during the application stage, please email the Human Resources team at Head Office.
The CSP is committed to equity of opportunity, aiming to provide a working and learning environment free from discrimination. We are taking appropriate steps to create a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we work and live in. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from candidates under-represented in the CSP’s workforce, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people. Please note, all candidates will be expected to actively demonstrate their commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Belonging throughout the application and interview stages. View our equity, diversity and belonging strategy on the website.
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Full Time, 35 hours per week
Permanent
£ 58,150 per annum
Home based role and living within the relevant region or close enough proximity to be able to travel and meet the requirements of this role’ (subject to meeting homeworking assessment requirements, which includes a minimum broadband speed of 18Mbps).
In this new but key role you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Negotiating Officer to manage and support our stewards, safety and equality representative networks across Yorkshire and Humber region, advising them in providing individual and collective industrial relations support to members, working both in and outside of the NHS. You will also be expected to spend approximately 25% of your time, managing cases from across the UK, but predominantly from nearby regions.
The postholder will work in collaboration with other health trade unions across the region.
You will work with the CSP regional team to recruit and organise members, influence on local workforce issues and promote physiotherapy.
You will provide representation for members at disciplinary hearings, grievances and disputes with employers, and provide general advice and information to representatives and members on issues such as pay, terms and conditions, and employment legislation.
With significant trade union experience at a senior level, and an understanding of NHS structures and government policy on health, you will have excellent communication, negotiation, training and presentational skills, combined with a strong collaborative approach and a thorough understanding of, and commitment to, equality and diversity principles and the ability to put them into practice.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jim Fahie, Assistant Director of Employment Relations and Union Services or Kathryn Armstrong, Senior Negotiating Officer for Yorkshire and Humber at Head Office.
Why work for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy?
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK's 65,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and support workers; and one of the largest representative bodies in healthcare.
At the CSP, our goal is to create a culture characterised by innovation, respect, encouragement, passion and teamwork. We all strive for continuous improvement and to be the best at everything we do. We aspire to work in a way that embodies our values of learning, courage, inclusive and integrity. Our shared values are part of our organisational DNA, reflecting the expectations we have of ourselves and others. They guide what we do and how we do it, to have the greatest impact for our members. Please read about the CSP's values for further information on the website.
We offer an excellent benefits package, including 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, Christmas office closure between 25 December to 01 January and generous pension scheme with 12% employer contribution.
To enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life, we would be happy to discuss flexible working arrangements with shortlisted candidates (subject to business needs).
To apply for the role please click on the ‘Apply online’ tab below and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: 10am, 19th June 2025
Interview date: W/c 7th July 2025, in-person at London Office
If you require any adjustments during the application stage, please email the Human Resources team at Head Office.
The CSP is committed to equity of opportunity, aiming to provide a working and learning environment free from discrimination. We are taking appropriate steps to create a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we work and live in. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from candidates under-represented in the CSP’s workforce, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ people. Please note, all candidates will be expected to actively demonstrate their commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Belonging throughout the application and interview stages. View our equity, diversity and belonging strategy on the website.
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Job Title: Community Engagement Officer
Location: Remote with frequent travel (must be UK-based)
Reporting To: Advice and Support Lead
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000
Contract Type: Permanent
About Us
Metabolic Support UK (MSUK) are the leading organisation for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMDs), supporting thousands of people worldwide through providing individual support, building communities, and continually advocating for and empowering those living with IMDs.
We are a small but mighty team providing individual support, advice and connection to the over 40,000 living with an IMD in the UK and more across the world. We have a strong interest in rare disease policy and campaign for the rights of our rare disease community for better healthcare services, access to treatment and to be able to live well everyday.
Role Overview
MSUK are seeking a passionate and proactive Community Engagement Officer to strengthen and grow our patient and family community. There are over 1500 IMDs and many of our community use social media, other patient groups and in-person events to connect and learn. This role is central to how we engage with the people we support — through social media, community groups, events, and collaborative partnerships. You’ll be the bridge between our charity and the people we serve, helping to build a supportive, inclusive, and informed community.
Key Responsibilities
Engagement & Social Media
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Manage and monitor all online patient communities responding to community messages and comments with empathy and timeliness
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Moderate relevant support online community groups, ensuring they are safe, active, and welcoming spaces
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Identify themes and areas of interest to advocate internally for MSUK response to meeting community need
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Signpost our Individual Support service, identify and flag individual enquiries to the Individual Support Lead
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Working with our Campaign & Comms Lead, grow the charity’s presence across social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok)
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Develop content that resonates with patients, families, and supporters, amplifying community stories and voices
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Build and manage our lived experience co-production group ‘Metabolic Advisory Council’
Community Insight & Advocacy
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Functioning as the ‘internal expert’ on IMD communities for all MSUK team members
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Using our Contact Record Management system to log and manage community database to provide timely, relevant insight to team members when required
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Work with Head of Insight & Advocacy to engage and support communities in relation to timelines for insight work
Events & Campaigns
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Plan, organise, and execute online and in-person community events (support groups, awareness days, family meetups, annual conference)
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Collaborate with the team to deliver campaigns around awareness, fundraising, and education
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Work with Virtual Support Assistant to coordinate speakers, logistics, communications, and follow-ups for all events with
Relationship & Partnership Management
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Build and maintain relationships with other patient advocacy groups, charities, and health organisations
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Represent the charity at external events, meetings, and forums relevant to the rare disease space
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Seek opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and joint initiatives
Community Fundraising
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Work with Fundraising lead on community support for individual and events fundraising including event research, donor journey support and online promotion
Person Specification
Essential
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Experience managing online communities and/or social media platforms in a professional or volunteer capacity
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Strong organisational skills and event planning experience
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Empathetic and sensitive to the lived experiences of patients and carers
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Ability to work independently, from home, and as part of a small, dynamic team
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Confident, keen to travel and enjoys in-person events and networking
Desirable
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Personal or professional experience within the rare disease, health, or charity sectors
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Experience managing partnerships or external relationships
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Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Mailchimp, Eventbrite, or similar
What We Offer
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A supportive and flexible working environment.
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Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
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The chance to make a tangible impact in the lives of people affected by rare diseases.
Asylum Matters is looking for a dynamic campaigner committed to upholding the rights of people seeking asylum in Yorkshire & Humber and across the UK at a critical time. Asylum Matters plays a significant role in working towards positive change for refugees and people seeking asylum. We are a small team based around the UK, working locally and nationally with an extensive network of partners to advocate for progressive change in the asylum system. We work with frontline organisations and people with lived experience across the UK on a range of issues that affect people in the asylum system. We co-lead the award-winning Lift the Ban coalition campaign, that brings together almost 300 organisations calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum. The Yorkshire & Humber Campaigns Manager also lead our Lift the Ban campaign Nationally, working with our powerful coalition to raise our collective voices and call for working rights for people in the asylum system.
We are a facilitator of collaboration and joint action. Our work helps strengthen collective advocacy on asylum reform and ensures it is informed by the reality on the ground. We became an independent charity in 2021 and have ambitious plans for the future as we seek to maximise the potential of our collaborative campaigning model and identify opportunities for change at local, regional and national levels, in a challenging external environment.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with local organisations and networks in Yorkshire & Humber to develop and implement strategies for achieving change locally and nationally. They will have experience of developing and delivering impactful campaigns that have achieved change. They will be an effective communicator, able to build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with partners. They will be proactive, able to spot influencing opportunities and quickly mobilise support to respond to them. They will have a commitment to the vision of a fairer and more effective asylum system, and to empowering and working with those with direct experience of it.
We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of the UK asylum system, anyone with lived experience who meets the essential criteria will be granted an interview.
Candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Please submit your current CV, plus a supporting statement that details how you have the experience to meet the essential criteria within the Job Pack attached. Failure to submit a supporting statement or cover letter that details how you meet each of the 8 essential criteria will disqualify your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Homebased
Contract: Full time, fixed term 1 year contract.
Salary: Salary £34,000 per annum
Closing Date: 26 June 2025
If you have the creativity and skills to develop engaging and accessible elearning content that supports youth development, then joining Sea Cadets as a Senior Virtual Learning Officer could be a good move for you!
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.
We are currently looking for a Senior Virtual Learning Officer to join our learning development team.
This role will be involved in the development of training covering subjects such as:
- Safeguarding
- EDI topics such as Autism and Gender Diversity
- Health and Safety
- Onboarding new adult volunteers to Sea Cadets
If you enjoy eLearning development this could be the role for you.
Responsibilities
- Work with course designers to develop new, and maintain existing, elearning and media content.
- Translate storyboards into interactive learning content, creating activities, graphics, animations, audio and videos, using tools such as Articulate (Storyline and Rise), Canva, H5P, Murf and Adobe.
- Ensure learning meets development guidelines, and is accessible, functional and engaging.
- Integrate learning content to create courses on our learning management system (Moodle).
- Test learning content, including using screen readers and other accessibility software.
- Help to maintain the guidelines for course development.
- Support the day-to-day administration of the Sea Cadets learning management environment
- Cultivate strong working relationships across multiple teams (internal and external)
- Stay up to date with latest system upgrades and advise on their potential impact on existing or new courses
Requirements
- eLearning development experience ( e.g. tools such as Articulate Storyline and Rise, or similar)
- Experience in media creation for graphics, sound and video editing.
- Good MS Office skills
Desirable
- Experience using Teams and SharePoint
- Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- LMS Administration experience (our platform is based on Moodle, Mahara and Alfresco but other LMS skills will be transferable)
- Subject matter knowledge in one of the following areas:
- Supporting Autistic young people
- Specialised educational needs
- Other Equity, Diversity and Inclusion subjects
- Safeguarding
- Onboarding new people
For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.
Benefits
- Some hybrid working opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
- Private medical insurance
- Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
- Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
- Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
- National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.
Additional Information
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check, and successfully acquire MoD security clearance.
We help launch young people for life through adventure.




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