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Help shape the future of CEOE
The Centre for Education Operational Excellence (CEOE) is entering an exciting new phase — we are now looking for an experienced operational leader to help build the next chapter of CEOE’s growth. You’ll play a pivotal role in building a more integrated, resilient and scalable organisation, reinforcing the foundations for long-term growth.
CEOE brings together ISBL, Solutions, Research and International. As CEOE enters an exciting new chapter, we’re looking for a leader who can connect the Group, strengthen how we operate, and turn new opportunities into sustainable, consistent, high-quality delivery.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will lead cross-Group operational coordination. Your skillset will transform how we work, reduce duplication and key-person dependency, improve management information, support technology-enabled change and create more capacity for strategic leadership and growth.
You will be someone who can
· Lead organisational change and operational transformation in a complex environment.
· Bring teams, systems and processes together across different areas of activity.
· Move confidently between strategic thinking and practical implementation.
· Use data, technology and continuous improvement to improve efficiency and service quality.
· Build trusted relationships and influence senior colleagues with sound judgement.
Your opportunity
This is a pivotal opportunity to shape how CEOE operates and support its next phase of development. In your first year, you’ll help build an integrated operating model, drive our technology roadmap, strengthen organisational resilience and create the foundations for sustainable growth.
Ready to help shape CEOE’s next chapter? Here’s how to apply
Please submit your CV and a two-page cover letter explaining your interest and how your experience meets the person specification. For more information, please contact our recruitment partners Propelo.
Applications close at 23:59 on Thursday 24 September 2026.
Application sifting will take place on Friday 25 September, with interviews during the week commencing Monday 28 September 2026.
CEOE welcomes applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and is committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process.
Registered Charity 
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Are you passionate about sales with a proven track record in new business development and income generation? Do you want to use these skills to make a difference across the local community?
Northampton Town FC Community Trust is an award-winning and pioneering charity that uses the unique appeal of Northampton Town Football Club to deliver activities that connect our communities and improve people’s lives.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our team in the following position:
· Business Development Manager
You will play a crucial role in generating income that will positively support the delivery of existing and new community trust projects. In this role, you'll build and nurture strong relationships with schools, clients, partners, and key stakeholders including businesses.
You will lead on the sales of our high-quality schools programmes and packages that are delivered by our dedicated schools team, providing meaningful impact to a range of students. You will lead the sales process from prospecting to closing, ensuring a continuous pipeline of high-quality opportunities, and craft innovative solutions that meet client needs.
You will identify and close new opportunities with businesses, as well as schools, to meet agreed growth targets. You’ll be able to leverage the assets of the football club and the charity, along with our stories of positive impact, to encourage more schools and businesses to engage and buy in to achieve set income generation targets. The work you do, and income you generate will enable us to make an even bigger impact across the community, helping to improve health and wellbeing, develop stronger, safer connected communities and enhance life opportunities.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the Role: GardenOfLove is a UK-based platform connecting individuals, verified charities, and businesses through giving, volunteering, and community. We're looking for a Partnerships & Business Development Manager to help us grow and manage those relationships as we expand across the charity, university, and corporate sectors.
This is a hands-on, relationship-driven role for someone comfortable moving between long-term trust-building and direct commercial conversations, often in the same week.
What You'll Be Doing
- Charity partnerships: identifying, approaching, and onboarding verified UK charities onto the platform, and maintaining strong ongoing relationships with them.
- University partnerships: leading outreach to universities for student wellbeing initiatives, campus Gardens, and pilot programmes.
- Corporate Gardens sales: managing the full sales process for our B2B CSR product, from first outreach through to signed, onboarded corporate clients.
- Sector networking: representing GardenOfLove at relevant events and conferences across the charity and corporate sectors.
- General business development: identifying new partnership opportunities, including with media, incubators, and adjacent organisations, and helping shape how we approach them.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in a partnerships, business development, or corporate fundraising role, ideally with some exposure to the charity or nonprofit sector.
- Comfort with both relationship-led conversations and direct commercial pitching.
- Strong written and verbal communication — you'll often be representing our voice directly to charities, universities, and companies.
- Genuine curiosity about, and comfort with, the mission behind the platform — this matters more to us than a perfect CV.
Before You Apply: We'd encourage you to explore our website and try the app yourself before applying. We'll ask about your experience with it directly at interview — genuine engagement will come through, and that matters to us more than a generic cover letter.
Compensation: Competitive salary, dependent on experience, plus standard benefits.
Why This Role Matters: This isn't just another platform with a mission statement attached. Kindness staying free, verification-first trust, and community-driven giving are structural choices we've built the business around, not marketing lines. If that's a philosophy you'd genuinely want to represent, not just describe, we'd love to hear from you.
Before applying, please explore our website and try the app yourself. We'll ask about your experience with it directly in the interview, so in place of a generic cover letter, include a short note on what stood out to you about the platform.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.