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Help grow partnerships that bring joy to seriously ill children.
Rays of Sunshine is looking for a confident, ambitious and relationship-led Corporate Partnerships Manager to help manage and grow a portfolio of valued corporate supporters.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us at a time of growth and transformation, as we deliver our new five-year strategy and continue to build long-term partnerships that make a real difference to seriously ill children and their families.
As our Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional stewardship across a portfolio of established and strategic corporate partnerships. You will develop tailored partnership plans, deepen engagement, increase income and secure sustainable, multi-year support.
The role will be approximately 70% focused on managing and growing existing partnerships and 30% focused on developing new business opportunities through warm introductions, established pipelines and collaboration with colleagues. You will work closely with the Head of Fundraising, wider Fundraising Team, Communications, Services and Events colleagues to ensure partners receive an excellent experience and feel connected to the impact of their support.
You will lead on partnership stewardship, employee fundraising, volunteering, sponsorship opportunities, impact reporting, renewal conversations and partnership growth. You will also help identify opportunities for corporate partners to engage with challenge events, special events, public fundraising campaigns and Wish Community experiences.
We are looking for someone with strong relationship management skills, experience achieving fundraising or commercial income targets, and the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels. You will be organised, proactive and confident managing multiple priorities, with excellent communication skills and a passion for creating meaningful partnerships.
Rays of Sunshine has recently been recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026, reflecting our positive, values-led culture and commitment to supporting our people.
We brighten the lives of seriously ill children across the UK by granting wishes and providing ongoing support in hospitals and within the community
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Partnership Manager
Location: London Based (Hybrid Working)
Position: Full Time
About Urban Synergy
Urban Synergy is an award winning social mobility charity on a mission to help 50,000 9-24 years old people increase their social mobility by 2027. Our proven programmes inspire and mentor young people to increase their financial independence, social mobility and create happier, safer communities. We believe in a world where no-one’s background ever holds them back.
Role Summary
Are you an ambitious relationship builder with a passion for creating meaningful partnerships? We're looking for a proactive Partnership Manager to grow and manage our portfolio of corporate partners and donors, helping secure funding, volunteers and opportunities that transform the lives of young people. This is an exciting opportunity to build long-term strategic relationships whilst playing a key role in the future growth of Urban Synergy.
Responsibilities
The main purpose of the role involves:
- Building and managing relationships with existing and prospective corporate partners.
- Identifying and securing new partnership opportunities, particularly within FTSE 250 organisations.
- Developing tailored partnership proposals, sponsorship packages and presentations.
- Managing the full partnership lifecycle, from prospecting, maximise partner engagement and retention.
- Working collaboratively with programme, finance and leadership teams to deliver successful partnerships.
- Monitoring partnership performance, impact and income against agreed targets.
- Representing Urban Synergy at networking events, meetings and corporate engagements.
- Maintaining accurate partnership records using CRM systems and producing regular reports.
Skills & Experience
Required Skills
- Proven experience in partnership development, business development or corporate fundraising.
- Excellent relationship management, networking and negotiation skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including proposal writing and presentations.
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously.
- Self-motivated with a track record of achieving income or partnership targets.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience using CRM systems and Microsoft Office.
Desirable Skills
- Experience working within the charity or social impact sector.
- Knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG initiatives.
- Experience developing strategic partnership plans.
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in Business, Marketing or a related discipline.
Benefits
- Hybrid Working.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Pension scheme.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Working Well Trust
Working Well Trust is a mental health and employment charity in London. All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health support needs, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment.
We are recruiting for a new Service Manager role to support Upskill, Employment Hub and Kingston Supported Employment services. This is a full-time, permanent role working 35 hours per week; we will consider applications for 28 hours/4 days.
What you’ll be doing
You will provide collaborative and motivational leadership, ensuring our services deliver agreed outcomes while maintaining a client-led approach.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing day-to-day operations and resolving issues as they arise.
- Leading service planning, implementation and delivery in line with contractual requirements.
- Building relationships with health, employment, community and funding partners.
- Monitoring contractual outcomes, delivery timescales, quality standards and key performance indicators.
- Representing Working Well Trust at contract performance meetings.
- Supporting Team Leads to develop performance and quality improvement plans.
- Using audits, reviews and client feedback to improve service quality.
- Working with the Finance Manager and budget holders to support effective budget management.
- Ensuring accurate data collection and completion of contract monitoring reports.
- Supporting staff wellbeing, occupational health cases, reasonable adjustments and effective attendance management.
- Providing senior management cover and supporting safeguarding and risk escalation.
- Recruiting, supervising and developing Team Leads alongside the HR Advisor.
- Promoting consistent induction, supervision, appraisal, training and continuous learning.
- Working with senior colleagues on organisational strategy, business planning, co-production and cross-service improvements.
What you’ll need
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience managing employment support, community or comparable services.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Experience monitoring contracts, performance, quality and service outcomes.
- Confidence working with funders, partners and senior stakeholders.
- The ability to analyse data and use it to improve services.
- Sound judgement when managing wellbeing, performance, safeguarding and operational risk.
- A collaborative, organised and client-focused approach.
- Commitment to Working Well Trust’s values, policies and procedures.
What we offer
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30 days annual leave plus public holidays (FTE)
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Paid company closed days at the end of the year (FTE)
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Flexible, paid Wellbeing Hour every fortnight (FTE)
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6% employer pension contribution
Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities employer and Confident about Disabilities.
What’s next
Before you apply, please note the following:
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We actively recruit and carefully review all applications. Due to rapid service expansion, we have onboarded 20 external hires in the last six months.
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To ensure we can best support the people and communities we serve, we progress applications only where candidates provide meaningful answers to the screening questions.
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Career development is real here: in the past year, 10 colleagues have progressed internally into Senior roles, Project Lead, Team Lead, and Operations Manager positions. We value ambition and celebrate progression.
If you are ready to help us build a service that supports people into meaningful work, click Apply to submit your CV and answer the screening questions. Telephone and final interviews will be confirmed.
Start your application today and take the next step in a rewarding career.
Please upload your CV and answer the screening questions, the cover letter is an optional addition. Please make sure you have highlighted in your application how you meet the person specification for this position.
At Working Well Trust, our mission is to support people experiencing mental health challenges and/or are neurodiverse on their employment journey.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) exists so nobody in Scotland suffers or dies because medical help cannot get there in time. People can get sick or have accidents anywhere and anytime. But in Scotland there are places where urgent medical help cannot reach people. Or help gets there too late. And when lives are at risk every minute matters. As a charity we rely on donations from the Scottish public, companies and communities to ensure that urgent medical help gets to the patient when it is needed, wherever they are and at whatever time of day.
The Role
We are looking for a skilled and proactive Data Management Officer to join the charity’s Data and Insights Function. You will be joining the charity at a time of significant opportunity as we continue to strengthen our approach to data, insight and supporter engagement.
The Data Management Officer will mainly be responsible for managing and developing our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and supporter data. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced CRM and data professional who enjoys hands-on responsibility for systems, process improvement and data management, and enabling colleagues to deliver exceptional fundraising, marketing and supporter engagement activity. Working closely with teams across the charity, you will ensure our CRM remains effective, compliant and fit for purpose while helping us better understand and engage our supporters. Your work will directly contribute to our ability to raise funds and support our life-saving mission.
This role can be offered on a fully remote basis, with the option to work from Perth Airport, where SCAA headquarters are located or our Aberdeen base at Aberdeen Airport, if preferred. Occasional travel to our Perth base will be required for the successful candidate. SCAA supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements—our current approach typically includes two office days per week for those working on a hybrid basis. The usual hours and days of work will be Monday to Friday, 9am—5pm.
About You
Essential
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Proven experience managing CRM systems in a charity or fundraising context and being comfortable working with large datasets.
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Experience with data segmentation, ETL processes, transformation and import / export processes.
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Strong understanding of data protection legislation (e.g. GDPR).
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Understanding of Gift Aid regulations and charity fundraising compliance.
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Confident using query tools and an understanding of query-based data extraction.
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Strong IT skills with competency using the MS Office suite and Excel in particular.
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Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and support non-technical colleagues.
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Ability to analyse and translate data into clear findings for campaigns and reporting, including donor value analysis.
Our Benefits
- Pension: 12% employer’s & 5% employee’s contribution (after 3 months’ service)
- Annual Leave: 36 days (incl. public holidays) + an extra day for your birthday (and additional days with long service)
- Death in Service benefit: 4 times annual salary
- Optional Private Medical Insurance plan and Cashplan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced Maternity/Adoption/Paternity Pay
- Access to Blue Light Card
- Learning and Development Opportunities
Selection Process
Interviews will take place at our base at Perth Airport in Scone, or remotely, during the weeks commencing the 24th or 31st August 2026.
How to apply
Please refer to the full job pack on our website.
Application deadline is 5pm on Sunday 16th August 2026.
To ensure no one in Scotland dies because help cannot get there in time.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
CRM Business Analyst
Permanent. Full Time. Hybrid working (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)
Location: This role can be based in any of our UK offices - Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Warrington
Salary: £41,783 per year for Cardiff, Edinburgh, Warrington. £46,666 per year for London (including London allowance)
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.
About the role
Reporting in to the Supporter Data Manager, the CRM Business Analyst will drive continuous improvement of the CRM solution through business analysis, working collaboratively with the CRM Agile team to optimise efficiency and functionality.
The post-holder will engage with stakeholders and deliver strategic insights into As-Is and To-Be process models, data structures, and interdependencies, translating findings into concise requirements that enhance operational effectiveness.
Some of the main responsibilities of the CRM Business Analyst include:
- Implement best-practice Business Analysis processes, tools, and methodologies to strengthen capability and drive meaningful change.
- Critically evaluate risks through the requirements gathering process, collaborating with teams.
- Extract and analyse data from multiple sources, to develop clear and prioritised business requirements.
- Ensure the accurate translation of business requirements into actionable specifications, supporting the prioritisation of high-impact initiatives that enhance operational efficiency.
- Provide key input and support for the continuous improvement of the Agile development process (SCRUM) by actively engaging in all ceremonies.
- Identify opportunities for how Dynamics365 can enable and improve business processes, ensuring technology solutions align with strategic objectives.
- Ensure JIRA is regularly updated to reflect accurate progress.
About you
Who we are looking for:
Essential:
- Significant experience or professional qualification in Business Analysis.
- Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst covering requirements gathering and specification, workshop facilitation, and data mapping.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Effective requirement gathering through, document review, workshops, 1-1 interviews and user observation.
- Excellent analytical skills , synthesising data from a wide range of sources to support the development of recommendations, with clear rationale and supporting evidence.
- Structured approach to data and documentation, with excellent organisational skills.
- Proficient at delivering impactful business cases, reporting and visualisation.
- Excellent collaboration skills; able to adapt style to work effectively with different stakeholder groups.
- Experience of applying industry standard process mapping techniques (e.g. BPMN, UML) to support process re-engineering.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Visio or other process mapping tools.
Desirable:
- Working knowledge of Jira or similar kanban board.
- Experience of using Confluence (or similar).
- Knowledge of Dynamics365 entity architecture.
- Experience of supporting the development of Dynamics365 CRM solutions.
- Experience of the charity sector.
- Experience of writing BA technical documentation.
- Basic SQL skills.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity.
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job purpose
To grow NEYDL's earned income across two distinct strands: securing commissioned services and contracts with local authorities and other organisations in the North East; and developing a national market for NEYDL's training products and DigiDAD platform, enabling professionals and organisations across the UK to improve the support available to young dads in their communities.
Hours - Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm), with occasional evening and weekend working expected to meet the needs of the charity. Four days per week considered for the right candidate.
Location - Hybrid, home-based with regular travel to Gateshead and nationally
Key responsibilities
Income generation and business development
•Identify and develop opportunities to secure commissioned services and contracts with local authorities, NHS bodies, family hubs, children’s services, early help teams and voluntary sector organisations
•Lead on the sale of NEYDL’s training products to professional audiences nationally, managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to close
•Where relevant to other business development activity, make professionals aware of DigiDAD as a free resource and refer interested contacts to the DigiDAD Engagement Officer for onboarding and follow-up
•Develop and maintain a BD pipeline, setting annual targets in conjunction with the CEO and reporting progress to the board
•Identify new markets, audiences and partnership opportunities and make evidence-based recommendations to the CEO on where to focus BD effort.
Proposals, tenders and bids
•Lead on the development of proposals, tenders and commissioned service bids, working closely with the CEO and programme team to develop compelling cases
•Maintain awareness of relevant commissioning frameworks, procurement processes and funding opportunities that align with NEYDL’s offer
•Ensure all proposals and tenders accurately reflect NEYDL’s costs and margins and are consistent with the organisation’s financial requirements
Relationships and profile
•Build and manage relationships with commissioners, buyers, strategic partners and sector networks nationally
•Represent NEYDL at sector events, conferences and networks, raising our profile with the professional audiences we want to reach
•Work collaboratively with the DigiDAD Programme Manager to align BD activity with the growth of the DigiDAD platform
•Support the launch and positioning of NEYDL’s new national brand, contributing to marketing and communications activity that supports commercial growth
Organisational leadership and management
•Contribute to organisational strategy and annual planning as a member of the senior management team
•Report on BD performance and progress against targets to the CEO and board
•Work closely with the DigiDAD Engagement Officer (managed by the DigiDAD Programme Manager) to ensure a joined-up approach to professional audience engagement
•Comply with all NEYDL policies and procedures including safeguarding, data protection and equality, diversity and inclusion
Key relationships
•Chief Executive Officer: line manager and strategic lead
•DigiDAD Programme Manager: close working relationship on professional audience growth and platform promotion
•DigiDAD Engagement Officer: referral coordination on professional engagement and DigiDAD growth
•Programme Managers and frontline team: to inform BD activity and support proposal development
•External: commissioners, local authority leads, NHS contacts, training buyers, sector networks
Targets
Year 1 milestones
The following milestones have been agreed with our primary Year 1 funder and represent the BDM's near-term priorities:
By six months:
- Approaches made to at least 25 contacts, including commissioners in all Family Hub areas in the North East and warm VCSE collaborators
By twelve months:
- Marketing and outreach completed with at least 100 contacts (warm and cold)
- Training delivered at least 10 times
- Indicative conversion targets achieved: approximately 3% of cold contacts and 25% of warm contacts progressing to a training booking (these are assumptions to be tested and refined through year one)
- Evaluation and review of year one learning completed; year two targets developed
Longer-term targets (to April 2029)
The following targets relate to the areas of work this role will contribute to, alongside the DigiDAD Programme Manager and wider team:
- Professionals trained through NEYDL's training products: 50 by April 2027; 350 annually by April 2029
- New professional DigiDAD registrations: 750 by April 2027; 1,400 annually by April 2029
- New young dad DigiDAD registrations: 510 by April 2027; 1,000 annually by April 2029
The Business Development Manager will play a central role in building the relationships and income pipeline that drives the training targets. DigiDAD registration growth is led by the DigiDAD Engagement Officer and wider team, with the Business Development Manager contributing through referrals identified in the course of other work.
Alongside these targets, NEYDL currently holds commissioned service contracts with several local authorities: Durham, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Gateshead. A key priority for the Business Development Manager will be to maintain and strengthen these relationships, ensuring contracts are renewed and the value of our work to each commissioner is clearly evidenced. Beyond existing contracts, we are keen to secure commissioned funding in areas of the North East where we currently have limited or no presence.
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QCCA has served Camden’s communities for more than 40 years.
Today we support more than 3,000 local residents every year through:
- Youth Services
- Older People’s Services
- Advice & Advocacy
- Family Support
- Two successful children’s nurseries
- Community facilities
- Health and wellbeing programmes
- Employment and skills initiatives
With an annual income approaching £2 million, multiple community sites and exciting plans for further growth, we’re investing in a modern finance function that supports excellent decision-making and long-term sustainability.
Why This Role Is Different
This isn’t a traditional Finance Manager role.
Yes, you’ll oversee management accounts, budgets and audit preparation.
But you’ll also have the opportunity to:
- Transform our finance systems.
- Lead our migration from QuickBooks to Xero.
- Introduce smarter digital processes.
- Improve financial reporting.
- Build dashboards that help managers make better decisions.
- Work directly with the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees.
- Influence organisational strategy.
- Help shape the future of one of Camden’s leading community charities.
You’ll have the freedom to improve how we work—not simply maintain existing processes.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll provide strategic financial leadership while leading the modernisation of QCCA’s finance systems.
Working closely with our Chief Executive and Senior Management Team, you’ll:
- Lead the migration from QuickBooks to Xero (or an agreed cloud accounting platform).
- Produce insightful monthly management accounts and financial reports.
- Develop budgets, forecasts and financial models.
- Present financial information to Trustees and senior managers.
- Improve financial systems, controls and reporting.
- Introduce automation and digital workflows.
- Support commercial income generation and grant-funded projects.
- Lead the annual audit process.
- Line manage and develop our Finance Assistants.
- Help build a finance function fit for the future.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who enjoys making organisations better.
You’ll probably have experience of:
- Charity finance.
- Management accounting.
- Budgeting and forecasting.
- Audit preparation.
- Financial controls.
- Cloud accounting systems (Xero experience is highly desirable).
- Leading change and improving systems.
- Supporting non-finance managers.
- Working collaboratively with senior leaders and Trustees.
Most importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys solving problems, embracing technology and helping organisations grow.
We ask you to apply by sending us your CV and cover letter (2 pages) demonstrating your experience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join Wings for Life and take the lead in shaping one of the most exciting and impactful corporate partnership portfolios in the charity sector. You will help manage the growth and delivery of a diverse range of high-profile corporate partnerships and premium brand collaborations. You will help inspire partners, engage brands, and generate vital funds to find a cure for spinal cord injury.
The partnerships portfolio will span our full tier of existing corporate partners, including leading the day-to-day management, organisation and activation of our high-profile partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing. You will also play a vital role in managing the expansion of corporate partnerships for our global flagship event the Wings for Life World Run. Alongside this, supporting the Senior Partnerships Manager on our wider corporate new business strategy.
This is a unique opportunity for a high-performing and highly organised partnership manager to join Wings for Life at a pivotal moment in its partnership development and play a vital role in the growth of the Wings for Life partnerships team.
What we’re looking for
We are seeking a driven, proactive professional with a proven track record of managing complex partnerships across the private or third sectors, with a firm grasp of corporate fundraising.
You have a history in identifying, researching and securing high value partnerships to help maximise corporate income opportunities, and creating a tailored approach to each one. Strong communication skills are key, particularly the ability to draft and deliver pitches to diverse audiences and build productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
This role requires the ability to manage multiple projects at one time and operate effectively under pressure within a fast-paced environment. Candidates should be highly goal-oriented, resilient in the face of challenges, and capable of balancing competing priorities. We are looking for a collaborative, flexible team player who is aligned with our charitable mission and dedicated to driving positive outcomes.
While formal educational credentials are secondary to practical, relevant experience, a keen interest in Formula 1 and the premium lifestyle sector is highly desirable.
Wings for Life have one sole mission: to find a cure for spinal cord injury. As the charity partner of Red Bull, 100% of our fundraising goes directly to scientific research as they cover all our costs.



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The National Youth Agency is looking for a Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Contract: 12-month fixed term
Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week
Salary: £43,054 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Location: Home-based in England with occasional travel for meetings, workshops, and team activities. Head Office is in Leicester.
What we do
As the national body for youth work, the NYA has a dual function. We are the professional statutory and regulatory body (PSRB) responsible for qualifications, quality standards, and safeguarding for youth work and services in England. In line with our charity mission and aims, we also champion youth work through research, advocacy, campaigns, and programmes.
We work in partnership and believe in collaborative leadership, listening to youth workers and the youth work sector so that we can understand their needs and respond to the challenges they face. We are ambitious for youth work and for young people and integrate youth voice and influence across our work.
About the Role
We are looking for an entrepreneurial and proactive Business Development Manager to develop relationships and opportunities with new clients, drive income generation and to grow the reach of the charity.
This role leads on securing new business opportunities across tenders, grants, consultancy, training, and government contracts, managing the process from initial research through to submission and handover. It focuses on building and maintaining relationships with partners across the public, voluntary, and private sectors, while promoting the NYA’s services and quality framework.
Key Responsibilities
As a Business Development Manager, you will:
- Seeking and attracting new opportunities for the NYA to work with public sector, voluntary sector, and private sector partners.
- Identifying and assessing prospects across tenders, grants, commercial proposals and government frameworks/contracts.
- Developing win themes, evidence, pricing assumptions (where applicable) and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to develop bids.
- Managing clarifications, presentations/interviews and negotiation stages with commissioners/funders/clients.
- Keeping pipeline and plans up to date and reporting progress/risks against targets.
- Developing relationships with and maintaining existing relationships with clients and funders.
- Taking bids through to close including final agreements and contract sign off.
- Promoting NYA products, resources, consultancy services and training offer.
- Delivering market research, developing business strategies and pitches, managing projects, and identifying new business opportunities.
- Working as part of the wider Business Development Team to achieve income targets
- Working with our youth work specialists and Programmes and Research teams and reporting to the Head of Business Development.
Why Work for NYA?
- NYA operates as a people-focused organisation, prioritising the well-being and needs of its employees.
- NYA offers an exceptional flexible working approach which encourages our team to balance professional responsibilities with their personal life.
- A remote based team, spread across England, fostering inclusivity and diverse talent. Despite geographical distances between team members, NYA maintains a highly motivated and connected team through the optimisation of digital tools.
- NYA is committed to supporting the continual personal and professional development of our team and helping them achieve their ambitions.
- We provide 25 days leave plus 8 days, life assurance scheme, 5% employer pension contribution and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme via Spectrum.life with unlimited specialist support available to all NYA employees.
Closing date: 14th August 2026
Please note: we reserve the right to close this vacancy early
Interviews: Week commencing 24th August 2026 (subject to change)
Please be aware that we will close this vacancy early once we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications.
We therefore strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible and not to wait until the closing date.
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.
The National Youth Agency is an equal opportunities employer.
At NYA our inclusive culture means that we embrace individual differences and understand that we need a diverse team to achieve our organisations mission.
We wish to recruit candidates from all backgrounds to ensure our team reflects the rich diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage applications from anyone regardless of disability, ethnicity, heritage, gender, sexuality, religion, socio-economic background and political beliefs but we particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates and those from other minoritised ethnic groups in the UK as they are currently underrepresented in our team.
Please note: We use AI detector software, so applications or CV’s with high levels of AI generated content may be disregarded. We understand that AI tools can offer support to candidates who have learning differences, which is why we will accept applications with some AI assistance.
No agencies please.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Business Development Partner to join our team.
You'll support the development of high quality, autism-specific education settings across London and the Southeast. With experience and expertise in project management, you will demonstrate strong leadership skills in galvanising individuals to achieve identified deliverables within agreed timescales and budgets.
You'll be heavily involved in the preparation of high-quality bid submissions, providing account management for external stakeholders. You'll maintain market intelligence plans based upon up-to-date research and data analysis, providing high-level reports to support decision-making for current and future projects including existing business development, new service development, partnerships and merger opportunities.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Relevant qualifications in Programme & Project Management e.g PRINCE 2/APM/CAPM/PMP) or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of effectively managing the end-to-end business development process
- Excellent knowledge of key project processes such as high-level project mapping, design & time management principals
- Successful track record of managing stakeholders and key client relationships
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
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We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities.
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Give as you Live Ltd are an innovative online fundraising platform enabling members to generate free funds for UK charities through a suite of fundraising solutions.
We are growing our team and are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient and motivated individual to join our team as a Platform Sales Manager.
The Platform Sales Manager plays a critical role in driving the company’s growth by identifying, engaging, and converting potential clients for our fundraising platform.
By understanding challenges and positioning the platform as a solution, the Platform Sales Manager will help charities improve their fundraising through our technology. The role also involves maintaining long-term relationships, collaborating with the technical and marketing teams, and providing insights to enhance our offerings and sales strategies.
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Job Title: Head of Finance - Business Partnering
Malaria Consortium works closely with valued partners to achieve a world free of malaria and associated health inequities, empowering people through access to healthcare. With 20 years of evidence-driven expertise, we deliver scalable, sustainable solutions that save lives and strengthen resilience.
Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Head of Finance, Business Partnering on a permanent, full time basis to join our Finance team to be based in London, UK.
Job Purpose:
- The Head of Finance Business Partnering will design, develop and deliver the long-term financial modelling, including multi-year income and expenditure projections, take full ownership of budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, ensuring they are efficient, insightful and enable Budget Holders to take clear accountability for their financial performance. The postholder will lead strategic business partnering across the organisation, managing and developing the Business Partnering team. This will include fostering strong cross-departmental collaboration for income generation
- The post holder will support the Finance Director in overseeing financial aspects of the organization, including strategic planning, budgeting, reporting, compliance, risk management, team leadership, and strategic and operational finance. This role requires a Last updated: 05/05/2026 comprehensive understanding of the financial operations within a global non-profit setting and entails close collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure financial goals are met and aligned with the charity's mission. The Head of Finance Business Partnering will also design tools, resources and training that build financial capability across the charity
The post holder is required to have:
- Fully qualified accountant with recognised qualification and full membership of: CIMA, ACCA ACA or equivalent.
- Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering business partnering with fundraising and program delivery functions within a complex and large organisation.
- Extensive financial management experience in a complex organisation, with demonstrable knowledge of developing and maintaining an array of finance systems and reports including management accounts.
- Track record of developing long term financial planning and annual budgets and forecasts with scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis.
- Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering internal financial reporting to senior management and budget holders in a complex organisation.
- Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate effectively at leadership levels.
- Proven abilities in managing people, with the capacity to inspire, motivate, and enthuse others to achieve goals by setting and enforcing challenging standards.
- Experience of charity finance including restricted funds.
- Advanced excel skills to support the range of modelling requirements and advance analytical skill with ability to convert financial information to high quality visuals and narratives
- Postholder must have right to work in the country where they will be based.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Proficiency in financial software and computer literacy.
We need to keep beneficiaries safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding. Please find our Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice here.
For UK-based roles, we offer Hybrid working arrangement where employees have the benefit to work from office one day per week unless otherwise agreed.
To apply for this position, you must have the right to work in the UK.
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Partnerships and Trusts Team Manager – Help shape the future of Barnsley Hospice
Join Barnsley Hospice and lead a talented fundraising team to build meaningful partnerships and secure vital income that makes a real difference to local people and their families. As Partnerships and Trusts Team Manager, you will drive growth across corporate partnerships, trusts, foundations and major donor relationships, developing sustainable income streams that support our ambition and future plans.
You will inspire and develop a high-performing team, create compelling cases for support, nurture strategic relationships and identify new opportunities to increase income and impact. Working closely with senior fundraising leaders, you will play a key role in delivering our fundraising strategy, strengthening supporter relationships and ensuring every partnership helps us continue providing compassionate, specialist palliative and end-of-life care.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional with strong leadership skills, a passion for relationship building and the ambition to make a lasting difference.
Key Duties and responsibilities
1. To lead and inspire the Partnerships and Trust team by undertaking regular one-to-
ones, appraisals and performance reviews, to ensure they meet their SMART
objectives and income targets
2. Build compelling cases for support and financial ‘asks’ to secure partnerships, major donor and trust income
4. Support the Head of Fundraising and Director of Income Generation to develop and implement a highly ambitious corporate, major donor and trust fundraising strategy that enables Barnsley Hospice to meet its strategic objectives
5. Lead the team with designing and hosting engagements events to support with the
stewardship and cultivation of organisations, major donors and trusts.
6. Support the Head of Fundraising in developing Barnsley Hospice strategic approach to acquisition, cultivation and development of corporate partnerships, major donors and
trusts.
7. Developing a sustainable new partnerships and trust pipeline.
8. Effectively manage the corporate partnerships, major donors, and trusts budget, reporting any risks and opportunities to the Head of Fundraising, providing analysis and reforecasting as required.
9. Responsibility for negotiating complex strategic partnerships and overseeing new business pitches to build success in this area.
10. Drive growth in the corporate new business pipeline, focusing on value and sector leading corporates.
11. Drive growth in the trusts pipeline, focusing on value and sector leading trusts.
12. Review current corporate partnerships and trusts and oversee the building of an effective pipeline of new business opportunities to increase income substantially.
13. Lead in best practice in supporter care across corporate fundraising, major donors and trusts, to engage, motivate and retain supporters and increase their relationships with Barnsley Hospice.
15. Maximise the use of the CRM to inform and develop strategic plans.
16. Carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by the Head of Fundraising or Director of Income Generation.
Knowledge and educational achievements:
Essential:
· GCSE’s (Grade A to C) or equivalent in English and Maths
· Full UK driving licence and access to vehicle for business use
Desirable:
● Evidence of further education in this field
Experience and work achievements:
Essential:
● Demonstrable experience of working in a corporate/ trusts charitable fundraising role with strong understanding of new business and account management, including securing multi-year partnerships (min £10k per annum)
● Experience of leading teams through growth and change
● Experience of producing budgets and strong financial management skills
Desirable:
● Demonstrable experience of working with major donors, including onboarding and stewardship
Skills and abilities:
Essential:
● An ability to manage and prioritise a number of relationships, working to deadlines and agreed targets
● Strong people leadership skills
● Excellent communicator with strong presentation skills and the ability to network, influence and negotiate with a wide range of people
● Excellent writing skills with a demonstrable commitment to high standards of presentation
● Current knowledge of corporate fundraising trends, and current fundraising legislation and regulation.
● Excellent IT skills including advanced CRM analytical skills
● A willingness and ability to operate in an open, honest, flexible way and at ease with being accountable
Personal attributes:
Essential:
● Proactive and willing to take ownership of tasks
● Positive and flexible approach
● Commitment to delivering excellent supporter experience
● Passion for the work of the hospice
● Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends
● Ability to travel locally where required
● Act as an ambassador for Barnsley Hospice at all times
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Where: UK flexible - office space available in major UK cities, but remote-ok. Occasional (~once per quarter) national travel to Leeds office for hackathons, team events etc.
Hours: Full time, 37.5h/week
Why Change Grow Live?
Change Grow Live are a health and social care charity. We support people in a huge range of difficult situations, including those who use drugs and alcohol, and those whose home life is affected by drugs, mental health and/or domestic violence. We're the largest charity of this type in the country, supporting tens of thousands of people in their own journeys. Hundreds of staff work across our organisation to support some of the most vulnerable people in society. Among the many services we offer are:
- Needle exchanges, both in-person and anonymous
- Screening for blood-borne viruses
- Drug testing for fentanyl, nitazene and other harmful additives
- Prescribing safer alternatives to opioids to reduce harm from street drugs
- Working with local pharmacies to check people have picked up life-saving medication
- Case workers who specialise in helping children and young people
Responsibilities
About you:
You're someone who enjoys understanding how things work and finding better ways to do them. You combine analytical thinking with strong communication skills, enabling you to work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues. You're naturally curious, ask thoughtful questions, and enjoy turning complex problems into practical solutions.
You understand that successful digital products are built through collaboration and can confidently engage with stakeholders at all levels to understand their needs, challenge assumptions where appropriate, and help shape effective outcomes.
You may already be an experienced Business Analyst, or you may have developed strong analysis, process improvement, or requirements gathering skills in a related role. Most importantly, you're passionate about improving services and helping teams deliver meaningful change.
We're particularly interested in people who can demonstrate:
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to gather, analyse, and document business requirements.
- Experience facilitating workshops, meetings, and discovery sessions.
- A structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Confidence translating business needs into clear requirements, user stories, or process maps.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to work across multidisciplinary teams.
- An interest in continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes for users.
This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complexity, building strong relationships, and helping teams deliver services that make a genuine difference.
If you're excited by this opportunity but don't feel your experience perfectly matches every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. We recognise that skills and experience can be gained in many different ways, and we value potential, transferable skills, and diverse perspectives alongside direct experience.
What You'll Be Doing
As our Business Analyst, you will:
- Analyse business processes, systems, and ways of working to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Work closely with colleagues, stakeholders, and people who use our services to understand needs and requirements.
- Create user stories, personas, process maps, and business cases that support successful delivery.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, developers, testers, and wider stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Support the design, testing, and implementation of system changes.
- Communicate complex information clearly to audiences with different levels of technical understanding.
- Help ensure our digital products align with organisational strategy, user needs, and operational objectives.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities throughout projects and change initiatives.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of business analysis practices across the organisation.
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
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Passionate about democracy, education and young people?
Young Citizens is a national citizenship education charity with nearly 40 years' experience inspiring active citizenship among children and young people.
As curriculum and policy change accelerates, including Votes for 16 reshaping how young people engage in civic life – we're focused on ensuring active citizenship sits at the heart of how the next generation is prepared to participate in and protect a thriving democracy.
About the role
We're looking for an ambitious, commercially minded Corporate Partnerships Manager to lead our corporate partnerships and drive the income that powers our work. This is more than a corporate partnerships role—it's your opportunity to lead income generation for a growing national charity. You'll shape our fundraising strategy, influence our future business model and broaden your expertise across corporate partnerships, trusts and grant funding, and organisational growth.
Working closely with the CEO, Senior Finance Manager and colleagues across the organisation, you'll identify and secure new funding opportunities, build strategic partnerships with corporates, trusts and foundations, develop compelling funding propositions, and create sustainable income that enables more children and young people to become active citizens. This role is hands on, managing all elements of the partnership and income process, ensuring the charity builds on our existing income and works with senior leadership to develop new opporutnities.
If you have a track record of securing funding, driving forward a busy pipeline, building senior stakeholder relationships and turning opportunities into sustainable partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.
This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a critical organisational function, broaden your fundraising and business development portfolio, and play a leading role in the growth of an ambitious national charity.
We're looking for someone who brings:
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Drive that delivers quality results
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Comfort with intensive and high-volume delivery of memberships, programmes and/or relationships
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Enthusiasm for problem-solving, in a team and proactively in your role
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An ability to learn fast and self-teach, from databases to how we communicate internally
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A desire to develop your skills as a well-rounded member of a social impact organisation
Why Join Us?
This is a high-impact role with real scope to shape how Young Citizens grows its income, partnerships and long-term sustainability. You will work closely with senior leadership, take ownership of a key organisational function, and directly contribute to scaling our impact over the coming years.
You will join a purpose-led, ambitious and collaborative team committed to strengthening democracy by equipping young people with the skills, knowledge and confidence to participate actively in society.
We are a growing, agile organisation with a strong focus on learning and development. We invest in our people and provide real opportunities to build expertise, take ownership and grow alongside the organisation as we scale over the next three years.
We combine a results-driven culture with flexibility in how we work. Our benefits include 28+ days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), volunteering days, office closure over the Christmas period, full pension contributions on the first 8%, and enhanced leave packages.
As a relatively small yet national team, you will have the opportunity to work across the organisation and closely with the CEO, influencing how we improve our programmes, and see the direct impact of your work on our mission.
If you're looking for a role where you can develop your career, take on real responsibility, and help strengthen democracy through education, we'd love to hear from you.
Download the full recruitment pack for more information about the role, progression with Young Citizens and how to apply.
A Few Useful Notes When Applying
If you are excited by the opportunity to build partnerships that help more young people become active citizens, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter addressing the application questions in the full job pack, which also contains further details on the application process.
Additional Information
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Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
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Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references.
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We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Young Citizens is a citizenship education charity that informs, equips and inspires children and young people across the UK to be active citizens.


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