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Job Title:Youth Engagement Officer
Reporting to:Operations Director
Direct Reports: None
Salary range: £28,000 - £30,000 per annum, pro rata
Hours: 8 - 12 days per month
About the role
This role will continue to develop and deliver Allergy UK’s youth engagement initiative for our existing Youth Engagement Group for young adults living with allergies aged 18-25.
This role will also need to recruit members to a new Youth Engagement Group for young people living with allergies aged 13-17.
Owing to the nature of this role, the successful candidate, will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
We are excited to create and deliver projects focused on engaging young people who live with allergy and providing opportunities for them to have a voice and support them in raising awareness of the issues that affect their life. We are seeking young people’s participation and co-production in all activities we develop to support their needs. The role of Youth Engagement Officer will be to engage with young people across the UK, to ensure that they have the opportunities and support to shape and influence Allergy UK’s programmes and activities for young people living with allergy.
The successful individual will work to develop youth engagement opportunities which increase skills, confidence, and life chances through supporting young people living with this disease to overcome any barriers they face.
As a Youth Engagement Officer, you will have experience of working positively with young people and have a proactive nature. Organisation skills and initiative is a must as you will be the lead on our youth provision.You will be required to coordinate activities with young people such as online and in-person engagement, blogs, podcasts, learning and digital activities. In addition to this, you will need to effectively lead the young people to help them shape services for young people in the allergic community to better improve the standard of care that exists in the public, private and commercial sectors.
These activities will be centred on practice of co-production. We are looking for someone who wants to work as part of a team to engage young people, to highlight unheard voices and stories and promote progress and change through action.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan, project manage and deliver exciting new co-production projects and establish positive links with young people and promote active participation in activities.
- Provide opportunities for young people to have a voice and support them in getting involved in Allergy UK’s awareness and public affairs to influence governmental change and improve services for young people with allergy.
- Create, develop and lead on the work of the Allergy UK Youth Forum.
- Support and develop young people to become champions and ambassadors for Allergy UK.
- Work collaboratively with a range of organisations including but not exclusively schools, local government, health and youth services and youth organisations.
- Develop training and development resources for young people
- Complete all required documentation accurately and within agreed timescales to ensure that contract requirements are met
- Work alongside the Operations Director and other staff advising them of relevant issues facing children and young people.
- Develop Allergy UK’s youth engagement procedures and practice.
- Develop opportunities to engage young people in volunteering for Allergy UK
- Responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others who you interact with and undertake appropriate health and safety reviews, risk assessments in relation to activities.
What we’d love to see:
- A passion for engaging and empowering young people to make their voices heard.
- Experience designing and delivering youth-led or co-produced projects.
- Proven ability to build trusting relationships with young people, especially those from diverse backgrounds or lived experiences with long-term health conditions.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and communicate clearly and confidently.
- A creative and proactive approach to working—bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm to build engaging online and offline youth content and activities.
- A collaborative mindset—ready to work closely with colleagues, young people, and partners to amplify the youth voice in allergy care.
- A strong commitment to inclusion, equity, and anti-discriminatory practice.
You might also have:
- Lived experience of allergy, either personally or through close connection with someone who does.
- Experience using digital platforms (e.g. for blogs, podcasts, or social media campaigns) to elevate young people's voices.
- Confidence facilitating youth groups, workshops, or forums both online and in person.
- Awareness of the challenges young people face in healthcare and/or navigating chronic conditions.
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and a thoughtful approach to creating safe spaces for youth engagement.
- Understanding of or experience working in a charity or non-profit environment.
- An interest in influencing policy or advocating for social change through youth involvement.
No one should die from allergy We provide expert advice, and advocate for better healthcare and support for those affected by allergy
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Salary: £32,000 – £39,000
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Closing date: Rolling
Location: Hybrid / Home-based
Benefits: Flexible working options, with the option to be based remotely in the southern region, and compressed/part-time hours considered.
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This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing and delivering high-quality supporter engagement strategies, with a particular focus on corporates, membership organisations (including Freemasonry), and special interest groups. You’ll lead on stewarding existing supporters, creating meaningful partnerships, and securing new opportunities for income generation and brand visibility across the southern half of England and Wales.
This role would be perfect for someone with a track record of securing support from individuals, corporates, or community groups, who’s ready to step up into a more strategic, outward-facing role.
To be successful in the role of Senior Engagement and Fundraising Officer, you will need:
- Proven experience in managing and developing successful fundraising or partnership relationships with individuals, community groups, or corporates.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking and presentation delivery.
- A track record of delivering stewardship programmes that encourage repeat giving and long-term engagement.
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call and ask to speak to Jake.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.
We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity on our website.
If enough applications are received, the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?
Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care or have an interest in people and are looking for a new challenge?
Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?
Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.
Due to continued contract growth, we are looking for new Advocates to join our team in Lambeth. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support.
About us
VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.
We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most. For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.
About the role
We have exciting opportunities for Advocates to join our team covering Lambeth. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as hospitals and care homes across the area to meet with clients and professionals and be home based for administration; therefore, a suitable home internet connection is essential.
How will you make a difference?
You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.
You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.
You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support. You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them. You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard.
Professional Development
You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day. Advocates are expected to achieve, or already hold, the Level 4 Award in Independent Advocacy Practice with specialisms suitable for the role undertaken. To develop yourself for an exciting new career
Benefits:
- 28 days annual leave per year raising to 30 days upon 5 years of service pro rata plus bank holidays
- 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Life Assurance/ Death in service two times your annual salary
- Staff discount scheme including major supermarkets discounts, retail discounts, entertainment, holidays etc
- Discounted Gym Membership; Employee Assistance programme
- Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance.
- Support with continuous professional development
- Paid Disability leave
- Paid Volunteering leave
· Paid compassionate Leave
· Home Working Allowance
Support with continuous professional development
Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development
Personal Development Plans
How are staff supported to work remotely?
VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community.
When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).
VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach.
Equality and Diversity
VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.
VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.
Important Dates:
Closing date for applications; Friday 11th July 12pm however, VoiceAbility may interview suitable candidates before this date and reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.
Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.
Hint: you can use work, personal and/or voluntary experiences and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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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!
Job Title: University Access Officer
Salary: £24,570
Closing Date: Friday 4th July, 11:00am, though if a suitable candidate is found during the recruitment window the closing date may be brought forward. As such, we encourage all applicants to apply at their earliest convenience.
Reporting to: Programme Manager
Contract: Full time, permanent, 37.5 hours a week.
Job Location: Whitehaven & Workington
Interviews: Ongoing, though the main recruitment day will be Wednesday 9th July (online).
Start date: Monday 18th August 2025
About the organisation
The Access Project is an education charity; we believe that every young person can make the most of education, unlocking their potential and creating a fairer society.
Our mission is to support students from under-resourced backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.
The programme combats educational inequality and improves social mobility by raising students’ grades and supporting them to understand the pathway to a top university. Students who receive support from our programme are 50% more likely to place at a top university.
Safeguarding Statement
The Access Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation.
Why work at The Access Project
People who work at The Access Project are motivated by the desire to create a fairer society. We all play an active part in achieving the mission to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds access top universities. At The Access Project, we’re a friendly, collaborative, supportive and inclusive team, with passionate people working together in Delivery, Sales and Partnerships, Strategy, Finance and Operations to achieve to achieve our mission.
The vision of our people strategy is to enable and inspire all employees to achieve, grow, succeed and thrive. We regularly have opportunities for people to share their ideas in various working groups, generating strong teamwork across the organisation.
We value every individual who works at The Access Project and we have a wide range of benefits that make this a rewarding place to work. In our last staff engagement survey, 90% said they’re proud to tell people they work at The Access Project.
About our values
- Empowerment - We support students and our people to develop the skills and knowledge to accomplish their goals.
- Courage - We encourage our students and our people to be authentic, innovative and ambitious in order to reach their full potential and deliver our mission
- Impact - We evolve our programmes through an evidence-led approach, supporting our students to achieve their best outcomes
- Inclusion - We respect and value individuality and engage diverse voices to achieve our mission.
- Ownership - We hold ourselves accountable in all our actions and efforts. We ask “What can I do to improve my results?”
About the role
University Access Officers are responsible for delivering The Access Project’s high impact mentoring programme to students across our partner schools. This role works with a caseload of students supporting them from the start of Year 10 up to the end of Year 13 to understand the pathway to a top university.
The role also involves project coordination, working with our schools, volunteers and teams across The Access Project to ensure our young people are fully supported and have the best possible chance of achieving social mobility and enhancing their future prospects.
This role is for a University Access Officer to work across our two schools in Cumbria, The Whitehaven Academy and Workington Academy. Our schools are shown on a map on our website.
Role responsibilities
- Work directly with young people mentoring a caseload of students in a professional and safe manner.
- Deliver our University Readiness programme through in-depth, targeted 1:1 mentoring sessions with Year 10 to Year 13 students.
- Assess student progress towards being able to make successful university applications.
- Engage with students in school and enrol them onto the programme.
- Match students with volunteer tutors.
- Monitor student attendance to tutorials and devise innovative solutions to encourage attendance.
- Monitor the impact of tutorials and intervene as appropriate.
- Build and manage relationships with volunteer tutors to ensure they have a positive experience of the programme.
- Manage tutor attendance to tutorials through weekly monitoring systems.
- Lead on quality assurance of tuition pairings/grouping completing a caseload of drop ins.
- Upload information onto the Salesforce database (training is provided).
- Work with school staff to ensure their cooperation and timely completion of activities contributing to the smooth running of the programme.
- Direct enrolled students to appropriate wider enrichment opportunities, encouraging both extra and super-curricular participation and reflection.
- Work with Enrichment & Events team and partner schools to deliver school trips to universities, including trip logistics and leading groups of young people on trip days.
- Lead on all student facing comms.
- Send regular summary updates to school as their key point of contact.
- Present at termly school meetings with Senior Management to report on programme progress.
- Any other responsibilities reasonably deemed necessary by The Access Project’s Programme Managers or Director.
Person specification:
- Able to communicate and influence with impact at all levels.
- Able to deliver projects and manage administration accurately.
- Able to effectively time manage.
- Able to lead and manage change to embed the programme in school.
- Resilient and adaptable.
- Skilled in building and maintaining excellent relationships.
- Can demonstrate a commitment to upholding the values and behaviours of good conduct.
- Can demonstrate an ability to take action to keep young people safe and raise concerns.
Training and Development
You will be provided with regular monthly training so that you can develop your skills and succeed in the role. There is support and supervision from your line manager (Programme Manager), as well as guidance from Senior University Access Officers and the wider University Access Officer team across The Access Project. There are opportunities for progression, including several additional responsibility roles which are available for UAOs to apply for once they have completed their probationary period successfully.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave p.a. (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and 5 Winter closure days
- PerkBox – offering nationwide shopping discounts, gym memberships, holidays, learning and much more.
- Employee Assistance Programme, a 24-hour helpline for staff
- Online Medical assistance – access 24/7 to a qualified GP within minutes, with referrals and prescriptions available same-day.
- Interest-free travelcard loans.
- Travel-allowance for expenses over £10 per day, where applicable.
- Cyclescheme loans.
- 3 paid Volunteering Days.
- Employer’s pensions contributions (3%).
- Learning and Development opportunities.
- TAP welcomes requests for flexible working arrangements.
Equal Opportunities Statement
The Access Project aspires to represent the diversity of communities across the UK at all levels of the organisation and proactively takes steps to support this. We are committed to creating a culture where the experiences and voices of people from marginalised backgrounds are listened to and valued; where their skills are appreciated; and where their talents are nurtured and encouraged.
The Access Project is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. If you believe you have most of the skills to fulfil the role we encourage you to apply. Amongst staff at our organization, there is under-representation of people who are Black, Asian or people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled, care-experienced, from low socio-economic backgrounds, and who are LGBTQIA+ . We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience in reference to our mission.
We are proud to be a Level 1 Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments please contact us.
Disclosure of a Criminal Record
The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 applies to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment that involves working with children and young people must disclose anything listed in their criminal record, with the exception of protected cautions and convictions. All Disclosures are carried out in the strictest confidence and are made only in connection with your application for employment and for no other purpose. The application for a DBS check at a level appropriate to the job role will be activated before your first day of work. Members of staff who are not eligible for a standard or enhanced DBS check are required to undertake a basic DBS check only in line with legal requirements. If you are selected for appointment to the role, you will be subject to this procedure.
Present or Most Recent Employment
It is important to give full information, including the organisation you work in, or most recent employment if not currently working, full dates, address and explanation of any gaps in employment.
References
All appointments are subject to verification of employment and suitability of the candidate for the post applied for. We reserve the right to approach any previous employer for a reference and to verify their identity but will request your permission before doing so. If you have experience of working with children, please include this as one of your references.
Education, Qualifications and Training:
Ensure you give all the information requested, including dates, establishment where you studied and make clear the level of any examinations e.g., GCSE, GCE 'O' Level or 'A' Level or equivalents etc. and the grades you obtained. Also include any skills training you have had. You will be required to produce original documentary evidence of any qualifications relevant to the job, and these will be detailed on the person specification.
Proof of qualification is required before the appointment is confirmed.
Contact information
Please direct any queries to our email address on The Access Project website.
Please ensure that you complete all of the application form questions to enable us to shortlist your application for an interview, otherwise it will be disqualified automatically. Resumes and CVs will not be considered.
We support young people from under-resourced backgrounds to raise their aspirations, access top universities and achieve social mobility.

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Job Purpose
This role sits within our new forensic Women’s Nova Roots service, which is a peer led service for women who are leaving forensic services, based in West London. The service will be open 3 days a week: one weekday evening out of hours and three weekends a month (flexible weekend pattern and times can be arranged).
The aim of the service is to support women who are leaving forensic care to re-integrate into society by offering a community social hub. The focus of the service is to provide social engagement, relaxation and a touch point for out of hours forensic support. The Women’s Hub will provide face-to-face holistic group support, offer psychoeducation and health workshops tailored and coproduced to the direct needs of clients, offer peer-led groups which will be co-designed and led by the clients accessing the hub. We will also offer a range of activities onsite.
Nova Roots will be an extension of the existing support offered by the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT), offering out of hours social support. All referrals into the hub will be directly from the SCFTs and local hospitals.
The Nova Roots will be staffed with 1 part time Project Coordinator and 4 Forensic/Peer Led Volunteers – with Service Manager oversight. The Project Coordinator will work directly and closely with the SCFTs.
The Role
The role of the Nova Roots Project Coordinator is to arrange and coordinate a range of psychoeducation, health and peer-led workshops which will be delivered 3 times a week. The Nova Roots Project Coordinator will be responsible for managing the 4 peer-led volunteers and oversight of the site 3 days a week. The Nova Roots Project Coordinator will also be required to be in regular communication with the SCFTs.
The role will require hybrid working: onsite when the hub is open and 1 day of planning/coordination which can be worked remotely on a rota basis.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing a person centred and recovery orientated approach in all aspects of the roles and responsibilities.
- Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities
- Considering each person as an individual
- Working collaboratively with clients to understand their needs and developing flexible and realistic crisis support packages/person centred plans
- Understanding of safety planning
- Experience of working within forensic services
- Understanding and experience of challenges for forensic leavers (social, health, welfare, interpersonal)
- Experience with de-escalation, recognising and mitigating risks.
- Experience of working with those in crisis and challenging behaviour
- Listening to clients and encouraging positive steps towards self-management of crisis and recovery
- Understanding safeguarding adults and children processes and legal requirements
- Understanding of social issues such as debt, housing and welfare benefits
- Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities
- Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to clients
- Proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitate appropriate action, whilst liaising with relevant agencies e.g., CATT, Emergency Duty Teams, CAMHS, Safe Space, SCFT etc
- Engaging with clients to show empathy, inspire hope and promote recovery
- Establishing supportive, empowering and respectful relationships with clients and carers/ family
- Maintaining accurate records, detailing interventions
- Ensuring that outcomes, outputs and impact are recorded
- Providing administrative and management support to the team
- Attend reflective practice, clinical supervision, peer supervision and line management supervision
- Create and maintain good working relationships with partner agencies
- Follow workplans
- Actively participate in training and development
- Provide and manage resources for clients and staff
Person Specification
- Minimum of 1 year working in forensic mental health services and with clients experiencing mental health distress, crisis and forensic/criminal backgrounds
- Experience of managing challenging behaviour and dealing with clients with complex needs
- Minimum 1 year of project coordination/management
- Experience of facilitating workshops/group sessions
- Experience of managing safeguarding risks and understanding legal requirements for safeguarding adults and children
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Understanding of the principles of trauma informed care
- Understanding of suicide prevention and safety planning
- Understanding of the relationship between mental health and social issues and how these issues may impact on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Understanding of relevant legislation and policies
- Awareness of issues in mental health service provision
- A good understanding of mental health conditions
- Experience of working with vulnerable individuals
- Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals
- Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload
- Ability to involve clients and carers in all aspects of work
- Empathy and non-judgemental approaGood communication skills
- Capacity to work within an agreed shift pattern
- Experience of delivering information and advice (housing, benefits, debt etc)
- Experience of non-clinical, therapeutic interventions like psychoeducation
- Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, with proven ability to input and extract information and produce reports
- Car driver with sole ownership of a vehicle and willingness to travel to locations would be desirable.
- Ability to work out of hours, during the day and on weekends
- Staff within this role will be considered key workers, so in the event of a government lockdown, staff will be expected to continue working
- Experience of working with vulnerable individuals
- Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals
- Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations
We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover.




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Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life.
Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.
We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.
We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
This role will be key in embedding a culture of continuous development that supports Independent Age’s strategic priorities. You’ll have a variety of responsibilities, from helping design and deliver learning initiatives to supporting evaluation and overseeing training administration. You’ll have opportunities to be creative, contribute to projects and work with colleagues across the organisation.
You should have proven success of designing, developing and delivering inclusive and engaging training resources and interventions, both face-to-face and virtually. You should also have strong skills in communication, organisation and evaluation. You should have experience in sourcing learning and development solutions, building relationships and in applying learning theory.
For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a part-time role, 21 hours per week, for a fixed term of 6 months.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the careers page of our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification, by visiting our jobs website (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.
Closing Date: Monday 7 July 2025 11:59pm
Interview Dates: Week commencing 14 July 2025
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.




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Job Purpose
This role sits within our crisis alternative service, Safe Space, which is a core and out of hours service providing a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing crisis. Our aim of the service is to keep individuals well in the community and prevent readmission into hospital. The service operates 365 days a year from 14:00-22:00pm across all of our boroughs.
Staff within the service will provide person-centred, practical and emotional support, face to face or via telephone or virtual on a one-to-one basis to individuals experiencing mental health crisis or preventing crisis.
The objectives of the service include:
- To improve the mental wellbeing of people experiencing mental health and social crisis in HFEH.
- To proactively work with keeping people well in the community to reduce re-admitters into hospitals by working with WL NHS teams (e.g. discharge, LPS, CATT, MINT and SPA)
- To provide a true alternative to A&E via a non-clinical drop-in service to support clients
- To provide support to clients accessing the service- for instance: signposting, de-escalation and crisis recovery planning.
- To contribute to an improvement in individual mental wellbeing.
- To remain a source of independent support for all clients.
- To treat service users with respect, dignity and personalised support
- To raise awareness of mental health services available with the goal to improve long term mental health and reduce social isolation
- To increase self-management skills of those accessing the service
- To reduce the use of police, ambulance and statutory mental health services whilst experiencing crisis via a drop-in service.
- To reduce the use of statutory crisis services by people experiencing mental ill health without positive outcomes for the individual.
The Role
The role of the support workers will be to support the rest of the team in delivering interventions on a one-to-one. The role will also involve triaging and assessing all clients accessing the service, signposting and delivering collaborative self-management plans with clients to improve mental wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing a person centred and recovery orientated approach in all aspects of the roles and responsibilities.
- Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities
- Considering each person as an individual
- Working collaboratively with clients to understand their needs and developing flexible and realistic crisis support packages/person centred plans
- Understanding of safety planning
- Experience with de-escalation, recognising and mitigating risks.
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour
- Listening to clients and encouraging positive steps towards self-management of crisis and recovery
- Good time keeping skills – Essential
- To attend all mandatory training including safeguarding and GDPR
- To work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and under pressure
- Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to clients
- Proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitate appropriate action, whilst liaising with relevant agencies e.g. CATT, Emergency Duty Teams, CMHTS, etc
- Engaging with clients to show empathy, inspire hope and promote recovery
- Establishing supportive, empowering and respectful relationships with clients and carers/ family
- Maintaining accurate records, detailing interventions
- Ensuring that outcomes, outputs and impact are recorded
- Providing administrative support to the team
- Attend reflective practice, clinical supervision, peer supervision and line management supervision
- Create and maintain good working relationships with partner agencies
- Follow workplans and actively participate in training and development
- Provide and manage resources for clients and staff
Person Specification
- Minimum of 1 year working in mental health services and with clients experiencing mental health distress and crisis
- Experience of managing challenging behaviour and dealing with clients with complex needs
- Experience of managing safeguarding risks and understanding legal requirements for safeguarding adults and children
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Understanding of the Recovery Model in mental health
- Understanding of the principles of trauma informed care
- Understanding of suicide prevention and safety planning
- Understanding of the relationship between mental health and social issues and how these issues may impact on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Understanding of relevant legislation and policies
- Experience of working with vulnerable individuals
- Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals
- Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations
- Awareness of issues in mental health service provision
- A good understanding of mental health conditions
- Experience of working with vulnerable individuals
- Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals
- Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload
- Ability to involve clients and carers in all aspects of work
- Empathy and non-judgemental approach
- Good communication skills
- Capacity to work within an agreed shift pattern
- Experience of delivering information and advice (housing, benefits, debt etc)
- Experience of non-clinical, therapeutic interventions like psychoeducation
- Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, with proven ability to input and extract information and produce reports
- Car driver with sole ownership of a vehicle and willingness to travel to locations would be desirable.
- Ability to work out of hours and on weekends
We’re here to make sure that everyone suffering with a mental health problem gets the help they need to recover.




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Programme Manager to oversee all of CHIPS' work in Brixton with young people and families.
About CHIPS
CHIPS (Christian International Peace Service) aims to bring about peace and reconciliation in areas of conflict or tension. We have over 59 years’ experience helping communities in the UK, Cyprus, India, the Philippines, Northern Ireland and Uganda; with our current projects being in Northern Ghana and Brixton, UK. We help communities build futures free from violent conflict through practical projects that both tackle the root causes of the division and bring the sides together to build trust and healthy relationships.
Our Vision: Our vision is for a world where conflict is met with peacemaking, division gives way to reconciliation, and communities work together to build sustainable peace.
Our Mission: Rooted in Jesus' example of peace and reconciliation, we accompany communities affected by violent conflict, fostering relationships, taking practical action, and building a foundation for lasting peace.
Our Philosophy:
- We go where we are invited
- We live in the heart of the conflict
- We take sides. Both sides.
- We are committed for the long term
About the Role
This is a really exciting time to join CHIPS (Christian International Peace Service) as we approach our 60th anniversary — with deep roots in peacemaking and a fresh vision for the years ahead. We’ve recently launched a new organisation-wide strategy, and we’re looking for a passionate and dynamic Programme Manager to lead its implementation within our Brixton project.
You’ll be stepping into a unique and influential role, responsible for shaping and growing our work in South London. As the Programme Manager, you will oversee our team in Brixton — including the Family Support Coordinator, the Connection Builder (Youth and Comms), and a group of dedicated Sessional Youth Workers. You’ll bring strategic direction, strong leadership, and hands-on oversight to ensure the programme remains responsive, relational, and transformative.
You’ll be joining a young and vibrant team committed to building peace and hope in some of the hardest places. This role will stretch and challenge you — but it will also offer huge opportunities for personal and professional growth. It’s a role for someone who feels deeply called to serve God by walking alongside those often considered the least and the last in society, and who believes that real change happens through deep relationships and persistent hope.
Key Responsibilities of Programme Manager
- Lead the strategic development and delivery of our Brixton programme
- Manage a local team and foster a values-led, collaborative culture
- Oversee programme operations, safeguarding, finance and MEAL
- Build strong relationships with community partners and stakeholders
- Champion CHIPS’ Christian peacemaking ethos and relational approach
About You
We’re looking for a Programme Manager who:
- Has a deep, lived Christian faith and a heart for justice and reconciliation
- Has experience managing community or youth programmes
- Is a confident leader with excellent relational and organisational skills
- Understands the challenges facing young people and families in urban contexts
- Thrives in a role that blends strategy, delivery and day-to-day management
Details
- Title: Programme Manager (Brixton)
- Location: Brixton, London
- Hours: Full-time or 80% (28 hours min)
- Salary: £37,000–£41,000 (FTE)
- Start: September 2025
- Contract: Fixed term to August 2026 (with expectation of renewal based on funding)
- Application Deadline: Monday 7th July at 6pm
We accompany communities affected by violent conflict, fostering relationships, taking practical action, and building a foundation for lasting peace.




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Impact Manager Job Description and Person Specification
Job Title: Impact Manager
Role Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join Young Hammersmith & Fulham as we implement our recently approved Impact Measurement Framework. The Impact Manager will design and implement measurement systems that track progress against our strategic themes while building a stronger evidence base for the youth sector across the borough. This role will act as an impact catalyst (a change agent who drives outcome-focused thinking) for both Young H & F and its members, contributing to a 'culture of impact' where outcome measurement becomes routine and is embedded throughout our network.
Key Details
- Line Manager: Chief Executive Officer
- Salary: £38,000 - £45,000 pro rata (dependent on experience)
- Location: Hybrid -- Ed City Campus, Hammersmith & Fulham, and remote working (with regular on-site presence at Young H & F office and member locations)
- Contract: 12 months with potential for extension; Part-time (16-24 hours per week)
- Annual Leave: 25 days per year (pro rata) plus bank holidays and the Christmas closure period
- Start Date: September 2025
Key Responsibilities
Core Functions
System Design & Implementation
- Develop a comprehensive measurement system aligned with Young H & F's strategic themes and SMART targets (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound goals)
- Create user-friendly data collection tools and templates for member organisations
- Establish baseline engagement metrics for all 100+ members and implement regular Net Promoter Score tracking
- Design and launch a pilot impact measurement programme across five member organisations
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Lead creation of quarterly insight reports and annual impact reports for stakeholders
- Develop compelling data visualisations and reporting formats for diverse audiences (trustees, funders, members, young people)
- Interpret data to identify trends and provide actionable recommendations to inform operational decisions
- Support team reporting to partners and funders
Member Engagement & Capacity Building
- Champion the value of impact measurement among member organisations
- Develop practical guidance materials and "low investment, high impact" data collection approaches that respect members' time constraints
- Support integration of outcome measurement into daily activities and member visits
- Design flexible delivery options for training and support (in-person and virtual)
Additional Responsibilities
Research & Innovation
- Conduct a member engagement audit to establish current baselines
- Implement efficient data collection at events and develop youth-led research approaches (research designed and conducted by young people themselves)
- Stay current with youth sector research and policy developments
- Track partnership funding and outcomes data
Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Maintain best practice standards in charity impact reporting
- Ensure full compliance with data protection legislation
- Implement appropriate data analysis tools and methods
- Align data strategy with organisational strategic plan
System Management
- Support implementation of impact data capture within our Plinth system (our internal database)
- Train team members on system usage for recording impact metrics
- Provide regular progress reports on agreed outputs and outcomes
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience
- Impact Framework Design: Experience creating measurement frameworks for charitable and youth-focused organisations
- Data Analysis: Proven ability to manage datasets, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions
- Capacity Building: Experience supporting skill development within small organisations
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with data visualisation tools and both quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
- Communication: Ability to present data clearly to diverse audiences (from young people to board members)
- Sector Knowledge: Understanding of challenges and priorities within the youth sector
- Trust-Based Approaches: Knowledge of collaborative, relationship-centred methods in impact measurement
- Personal Qualities: Meticulous attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, ability to work independently, proactive and solutions-focused mindset
- Values Alignment: Commitment to fairness, equality, and respect, aligned with Young H & F's values
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Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience with membership organisations
- Knowledge of the Hammersmith & Fulham voluntary sector
- Experience in youth participation methodologies (approaches that meaningfully involve young people in decision-making)
- Familiarity with Net Promoter Score and member engagement metrics
- Experience designing and implementing pilot programmes
Benefits
- 7% Employer's pension contributions
- Travel and hospitality expenses covered
- Work phone provided
- Death in service payment of three times your salary
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Tech Scheme for discounted personal laptops/smartphones
- Optional one-to-one external support for personal development
- Training opportunities
- Team lunches and away-day activities
Key Relationships
Internal: CEO, Communications and Marketing Manager, Relationships and Grants Manager, Membership Engagement and Sector Development Manager, Trustees, Project Support and Administration Officer
External: Young H & F's 100+ member organisations, pilot impact measurement cohort, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, funders and partners
About Young Hammersmith and Fulham
Young Hammersmith and Fulham is a membership charity dedicated to supporting young people and children's voluntary organisations in our borough. Our vision is to make Hammersmith & Fulham the best place in London for young people. Our mission is to assist our members in providing meaningful and memorable opportunities for young people.
We support over 100 organisations through exclusive member-only grants, funding support, targeted training, and other opportunities. Our free membership scheme benefits voluntary organisations that help children, young people, and their families in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Our 2025-2027 Strategic Plan
Development - Strengthening member capacity and quality to enhance opportunities for young people
Resources - Expanding impact through partnerships and effective grant distribution
Futures - Amplifying youth voice, developing leaders, and increasing participation for positive change
How We Work
- Securing funding for organisations to collaborate
- Providing grant funding
- Capacity development through networking, training, and qualifications delivery
- Campaigning for the rights of children and young people
Our Values
Accountability: Taking responsibility for using resources efficiently to achieve measurable results
Ambition: Setting aspirational yet realistic goals through informed partnerships and cooperation
Collaboration: Respecting and valuing others, recognising that diversity is a strength
Creativity: Embracing innovation and new ideas as an intelligence-led organisation
Integrity: Operating at the highest standards of honesty and behaviour, consistently acting in the best interests of children and young people
Our Principles
- Bring organisations together on equal terms
- Celebrate the cultural identity of youth organisations and young people
- Promote local development and ownership of youth provision
- Collaborate to build foundations for community involvement
- Commit to ongoing participatory review and evaluation with regular stakeholder feedback
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Young Hammersmith & Fulham is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences, and we do not discriminate based on ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you're interested in this role.
Application Deadline: Thursday 10th of July 2025
Support our Membership to provide meaningful and memorable opportunities for young people.

About Us
Down Syndrome UK (DSUK) is a national parent led charity, actively supporting over 5,000 families with a child or young person with Down syndrome. Our mission is to empower individuals to lead fulfilling lives, ensuring they reach their full potential.
Through our flagship initiative, Positive About Down Syndrome (PADS), we provide comprehensive support from prenatal care through adulthood. We equip healthcare providers and educators with essential training and resources, including our renowned #pants4school program, which helps children achieve independence in toilet training.
At DSUK, we are committed to advocating for equality and inclusion, and driving impactful change through education and campaigning.
We are growing our team to strengthen our fundraising operations and diversify our income. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping our income generation strategy and building meaningful relationships with funders and corporate partners.
Role Overview
We are seeking a proactive, strategic, and driven individual to lead our grant and bid writing function while also developing and managing relationships with corporate donors and partners. You will work closely with senior leadership to secure vital income through trusts, foundations, and businesses that align with our mission.
Key Responsibilities
Grant & Bid Writing (50%)
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Research and identify suitable funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies.
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Write compelling, evidence-based grant applications and funding proposals.
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Manage a pipeline of funding opportunities, ensuring deadlines are met.
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Develop and implement an impact reporting strategy for grant and bid writing.
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Monitor and report on funded projects in collaboration (using Salesforce) with delivery teams.
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Maintain relationships with funders through regular updates, impact reports, and renewal applications.
Corporate Fundraising & Partnerships (50%)
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Implement our corporate fundraising strategy to increase income from businesses.
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Identify and approach potential corporate partners, managing outreach and engagement.
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Manage and cultivate existing partnerships with companies and organisations.
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Create tailored proposals, sponsorship packages, and partnership materials.
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Collaborate with the marketing team to promote partnerships and joint campaigns.
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Organise and support corporate fundraising events and staff engagement opportunities.
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To maintain excellent supporter stewardship and cultivation including thanking supporters and supporter development communications.
Person Specification
Essential
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Proven experience in writing successful funding bids and managing grant applications.
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Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
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Ability to write persuasively and tailor messaging for different audiences.
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Organised, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
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Passion for the mission of Down Syndrome UK and a commitment to inclusion.
Desirable
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Experience working in a small charity or growing organisation.
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Knowledge of disability or education-related sectors.
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Familiarity with CRM systems (such as Salesforce for non-profits) and impact reporting.
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Experience in corporate fundraising, CSR, or business development.
What We Offer
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Working from home.
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Flexible working arrangements.
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Supportive and inclusive working environment.
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Opportunity to make a real impact in a growing, ambitious charity.
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Training and professional development opportunities.
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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Support Worker to join our team in our Residential Living Flat where we support eight adults with significant learning disabilities to live their best and most independent lives.
Essential Requirements for the Role:
- Flexible approach to working hours to include evenings and weekends.
- Ability to manage and administer medication.
- Willingness to support with personal care when necessary.
- A car driver and able to take residents to off-site activities driving the service’s VW Caddy.
- Willingness to provide emergency cover in the event of a colleague’s unplanned absence.
About Us:
The Stable Family Home Trust is a values-led organisation where people always come first. Our main purpose is to support adults with learning disabilities to develop the skills and confidence that enable them to live their lives as independently as possible; to participate in their local communities and be valued for the extraordinary contribution they make to our society. We run a varied and exciting day services programme from our three sites in Christchurch, Ringwood and Southbourne, and run supported living and residential living services in Southbourne and Ringwood.
The Trust is a Registered Charity established in 1980 by a group of families whose young adult children had learning disabilities - we now support over 100 people every year.
About You:
You are a kind and caring person who believes in the promotion of independent living for adults with learning disabilities. You are a strong advocate for enabling them to make their own decisions and choices and willing to encourage them to participate in activities that develop their skills and confidence.
You are a strong believer in collaboration to help achieve the best possible outcomes for our residents and have a pro-active approach to your work.
You are organised, reliable, and can manage your workload effectively while responding flexibly to the day-to-day needs of the residents and can demonstrate your commitment to maintaining a positive environment for residents and your colleagues.
About the Role:
As part of a small, close-knit team you will provide daily person-centred support and elements of personal care to eight residents, all with significant learning disabilities and some with physical disabilities, with a focus on supporting and promoting independent living as far as reasonably possible.
To be considered for this role, we can only consider UK based candidates with the right to work in the UK as we cannot provide visa sponsorship.
Interview Dates:
We have a rolling application process for this position and will interview as and when suitable applicants become available.
If we receive suitable applications and successfully appoint someone to this position, we will then close the job advert.
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Communications Officer
We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications Officer to help raise the charity’s profile across multiple communications channels and build supporter engagement with corporate and individual supporters, and with charity partners.
This is a remote working role.
Position: Communications Officer
Location: Remote/London
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,000-£30,000
Contract: 12-month FTC
Benefits Include: 25 days per year (pro rata – excluding bank holidays), employer pension contribution of 5% into a personal pension (which does not have to be matched by the employee)
Closing Date: 2nd July 2025, 5:00pm
Interviews: First interviews w/c 14 July, and 2nd interviews w/c 21 July
About the Role
This role is focused on delivering established communications strategies and plans over a 12-month fixed-term period. There is scope for the Communications Officer to work autonomously and creatively across teams, helping deliver engaging content and campaigns. You will also play an exciting role in rolling out the organisations refreshed brand.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and deliver content and copy for digital channels, including social media, email communications and the website.
- Deliver against existing, and develop own, content plans to enhance these channels, expanding reach, and strengthening brand awareness and recognition.
- Create bespoke materials to engage key corporate partners and engagement communities as part of a wider supporter journey, including bespoke projects.
- Produce and deliver content for events marketing plans across paid, earned, shared, and owned channels in collaboration with internal teams.
- Oversee the community management social channels.
- Work with the Programmes and Impact team to manage the case story gathering process across charity partners, creating resources like blogs, video content and creative assets to educate and inspire.
- Support and coach the wider team to adopt digital solutions across internal and external channels, using data and analytics to make recommendations for improvements, including support for the Leadership Team’s personal communications, providing guidance for the most effective use.
- Support with monitoring, and evaluating communications outputs, using data, analytics and learnings to grow digital channels and supporting audiences.
- Ensure brand guidelines adhered to in all external communications produced by third parties.
About You
With experience working in a similar role, preferably within the charity or property sector, you will also have experience of devising and developing audience focused content ideas across multiple communications channels
We are looking for someone with:
- Experience of producing content - including photography and video led creative - with copy for digital platforms including web, content management systems, social and email communications
- Experience of managing and producing story-led content.
- Experience of social media and community management
- Experience of paid social media and using Google Analytics
- Experience of managing and delivering projects on time with multiple stakeholder involvement
- Experience of managing a diverse workload and of supporting colleagues
About the Organisation
The charity has been around since 1986, created by and working with the UK property industry to try and harness a collective desire to do good. Since 2016, the focus has been exclusively on creating a corporate movement within and across the industry to tackle and end youth homelessness.
Additional Benefits
- Opportunities for flexible working
- Free annual Flu’ jabs and annual sight tests
- Cycle to Work Scheme (salary sacrifice)
- ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice, in work time
- Interest-free Annual Travel Card Loans
- A Professional Development Fund
- Commitment to wellbeing (we’re signatories of Mind’s Time to Change Pledge)
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Private Health Insurance with Vitality (small employee contribution required).
You may have experience in other roles such as Communications, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Content, Digital Content, Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Content Officer, Digital Content Officer, Content Creator. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Location: Wenlock Road, London N1
Salary: £40,560 per annum (DEC Grade 5 Manager)
Contract status: Full time. 2 years fixed term (subject to a further extension)
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Social Media Manager with strong content creation skills who will lead on our organic presence across multiple channels. This is an exciting time to join the Communications team as we develop our social media platform strategies, increase our collaboration with talent and influencers, align our organic and paid digital presence and experiment through a test-and-learn approach. If all of this excites you then this could be the role for you.
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About you
You will have expertise in driving engagement and awareness across multiple channels, be skilled at producing and commissioning creative content, strong experience in community management and be up-to-date on the latest trends and changes in the social media landscape. Experience of working in the charity sector and a sound understanding of what makes good fundraising content would be a distinct advantage.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working within the parameters of an established brand whilst driving innovation and maximising creative opportunities. You will be equally at home with the day-to-day management of social media accounts as with working with the Head of Communications and Content to develop and deliver our strategic objectives using data and insights.
What we offer
Flexible working hours (outside of an appeal)
25 days annual leave, rising with length of service (3 years: 27 days. 5 years: 30 days)
3% employers’ pension contribution, rising to 8% post probation.
HealthCare Cash Plan, providing an array of health services, (~£1, 660 cash value, per year)
Wellbeing support
Discounted access to various health club providers (via Gympass).
Discounts schemes for various retailers and businesses
Discounted tickets for events
Season ticket loan (post probation)
Financial hardship loan (post probation)
Cycle-to-work & Car scheme (post probation)
About us
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of humanitarian crisis overseas. This role will require you to lead on organic social media as part of the DEC Communications team, working closely with the Digital and Innovation team in Fundraising, collaborate with social leads across our 15 member charities and public figures through our talent agency. During appeal launch periods it will also involve managing a small social media team of volunteers.
All roles at the DEC are based in our London office. We operate a hybrid working model, with some non-negotiable office attendance. Please note, during the two-week appeal launch period, staff are required to work extremely long hours, in a faced-paced busy environment, with mandatory office attendance.
How to apply
If this role is of interest and meets your skills, experience, and knowledge, then please apply with your anonymised CV and cover letter [i.e. please state your initials only, not your full name]. If you include links to social media work or an online portfolio please state clearly what your role/contribution was.
Please send your application by 9am, Monday 21st July 2025. Early application is advised as we will be reviewing applications as they arrive and may hold initial interviews before the application deadline.
We are unable to support applications for our vacancies if you do not have the right to work in the UK.
The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality, or religion.
The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful 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.
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Head of Individual Giving & Supporter Engagement
We are looking for a Head of Individual Giving & Supporter Engagement to join the team in this hybrid working role.
This is an exciting time to join the team and the charity on its incredible journey.
Position: Head of Individual Giving & Supporter Engagement
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Thursday 24th July 2025
The Role
You will lead the Individual Giving and Supporter Engagement strategy, delivering the growth needed to make two new hospitals – Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital and Cambridge Children’s Hospital – a reality.
You will:
- Lead a team of fundraisers to deliver inspiring appeals and innovative fundraising propositions.
- Drive net income and supporter growth across all Individual Giving streams including regular giving, digital, appeals, and lottery.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and analysis, ensuring activities are insight-led and maximise return on investment.
- Develop first-class donor journeys and stewardship experiences to foster supporter loyalty.
- Play a pivotal role in engaging Addenbrooke’s patients and staff to build a sustainable mass participation fundraising model.
If you’re passionate about transforming healthcare and understand the power of emotionally intelligent donor engagement, we’d love to hear from you.
About You
We’re seeking an ambitious and data-savvy fundraising leader who can think both strategically and creatively.
You will have:
- Significant experience in direct marketing and individual giving at management level.
- Strong leadership credentials with a proven ability to develop and motivate teams.
- A track record in delivering successful donor acquisition and retention campaigns.
- Exceptional understanding of supporter engagement, CRM systems, and compliance including GDPR.
- Experience in developing innovative products and donor propositions, ideally in a healthcare or charity setting.
Benefits Include:
- Pension Scheme with 7% Employer Contribution
- 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) increasing with service
- Birthday Leave
- Health Cash Plan (Medicash)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Group Life Assurance (4x salary)
- On-site Leisure Centre
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- NHS Discount Schemes
About the Organisation
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) is the only charity dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care across Cambridge University Hospitals. We’re working to make two world-leading hospitals a reality and improve lives for thousands of people across the region and beyond. Our supporters are at the heart of what we do – many have experienced our hospitals first-hand and their stories are integral to our success.
ACT is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Individual Giving Manager, Supporter Engagement Manager, Head of Fundraising, Direct Marketing Manager, Lottery Fundraising, Head of Donor Development, Head of Supporter Experience.
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About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
About the role
We are seeking a technically capable, qualified accountant with strong knowledge of the Charities SORP to provide effective stewardship and oversight of the Finance function at Kinship. You will be responsible for financial controls, management accounting and ensuring the effective delivery of ‘business as usual’ financial management.
As well as producing monthly management accounts, you will be responsible for running the annual budget and the year-end processes, preparing for the yearly external audit and ensuring that the organisation complies with statutory obligations.
You will prepare papers for and attend the quarterly Finance Committee meetings and will liaise with a range of stakeholders including auditors, the bank and investment managers. You will be the ‘go to’ business partner at the charity, supported by the Chief Operating Officer and Fractional Chief Financial Officer.
You will manage a team of two colleagues – a Senior Finance Officer and a Payroll Manager – providing them with guidance, coaching and support to enable them to perform effectively. You will also collaborate and work with Directors and senior managers across the organisation to inform them on performance against budget and conditions of funding, as well as supporting fundraising and commissioning bids.
You will have excellent communication skills and will be able to organise conflicting priorities around the monthly management accounts cycle, while supporting the achievement of our strategic objectives. You will be flexible and adaptable in your approach to supporting transformational change in our processes and systems, as well as dealing with, and leading on, the day-to-day financial management.
This is a broad and challenging role for a dynamic and systems-driven individual who wants to grow within the organisation, proactively problem solve and help colleagues to deliver on our mission.
Essential requirements include:
- Fully qualified ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- In-depth understanding of accounting principles, standards and the Charities SORP, and experience of applying these in a service delivery organisation
- Experience managing a Finance function in a charity with £1-10m annual turnover
- Experience of line management and developing a team using approaches that are empowering
- Experience of Business Central, or the ability to quickly learn a new accounting system
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to use Pivot Tables and other functions to analyse large data sets
What we’ll offer you
Kinship offers 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time) as well as a generous pension scheme. We have an excellent wellbeing offer including the Employee Assistance Programme and clinical supervision. We will invest in your professional development with training and career development opportunities.
Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams. We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us.
This is a fantastic time to join a supportive and well-established team within an organisation with rapid growth ambitions. This role will be what you make it and we’re looking for someone to seize this opportunity!
How to apply
Please apply via Charity Job with your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages for the attention of Joshua Marks. Please include your notice period and earliest availability to start in your cover letter.
- Application deadline: 8.00am on Monday 7 July 2025
- First interview: Online - Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 July
- Second interview: In-person (Vauxhall, London) - Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 July [2 hours including Excel and presentation task]
Kinship reserves the right to close applications early on receipt of sufficient applications. Apply early!
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.





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