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As one of the largest federated charities in the UK, with arguably greater reach into the lives of families and educational settings than any other non-Government organisation, Parentkind is on a bold and urgent mission: to support, champion, and empower parents to be partners in their children’s education and wellbeing. To help deliver this, Parentkind's fundraising efforts helped grow Parentkind's income from £1.5m to £10m (including in-kind donations) between 2022 and 2024.
Although best known for our support of almost 24,000 Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), Parent Councils, and Schools, helping them build strong school communities whilst they raise over £130 million each year to enhance children’s education, our work stretches far beyond the school gates. Parentkind is building a powerful movement that recognises parental engagement not as a nicety, but a necessity.
In recent years, families have faced a series of compounding challenges: the cost-of-living crisis, rising child poverty, and deepening educational inequality. These pressures have left many parents struggling to meet basic needs—let alone feel confident engaging in their child’s learning journey. Parentkind has responded to this moment with compassion, agility and purpose, through a series of transformative campaigns, resources, and partnerships. Our recent transformational journey has seen Parentkind’s network grow by more than 70% of schools, and the income Parentkind has delivered both for itself and for its members by more than 550%.
Our No Cold Child initiative, launched with FatFace, stepped in to address a stark statistic: over 150,000 children in the UK do not own a winter coat due to poverty. Through our trusted relationships with schools, we distributed 10,000 warm, high-quality coats worth £600,000 to the children who needed them most. Shortlisted for two Business Charity Awards, the campaign has been praised not just for providing warmth, but for restoring dignity, inclusion, and school readiness to thousands of children.
Our collaboration with Asda on Cashpot for Schools is another example of unlocking support at scale. This innovative community-led funding model allows shoppers to nominate and fund their local schools simply through everyday spending. In just the last year, this campaign has generated £5.78 million for schools—supporting everything from basic classroom supplies to vital extracurricular programmes and pupil wellbeing initiatives. Also shortlisted for a Business Charity Award, it is already a model for community-driven philanthropy.
Meanwhile, our All Dressed Up campaign—developed with World Book Day and Rubies Masquerade—confronted the often-overlooked issue of financial exclusion on key celebration days. More than 100,000 free dressing up costumes worth £1.34 million were delivered to children from low-income families. By enabling participation in events like World Book Day, we helped spark imagination, joy, and belonging for children who might otherwise feel left out—boosting self-esteem and supporting a positive connection to learning.
Alongside these national campaigns, Parentkind supports families year-round through a growing suite of programmes designed to inform, prepare and empower parents. Our Be School Ready programme offers crucial guidance and confidence to parents preparing their children for the leap into primary education. With a mix of practical advice, developmental tips, and reassurance, through the distribution of 135,000 copies of Be School Ready and an online campaign, it supports families at one of the most formative moments in their child’s life.
We also deliver a wide-ranging series of live expert webinars and parent-friendly resources, covering topics such as managing anxiety, supporting special educational needs, navigating school transitions, and building home-school partnerships. These resources—developed in consultation with experts and rooted in lived parent experience—equip families to feel informed and empowered, no matter what challenges arise.
This month, we launched our Parent-Friendly Schools Accreditation Programme, designed to formally recognise schools that go above and beyond in fostering positive, inclusive relationships with parents. The accreditation celebrates schools that actively listen to parent voices, make engagement easy and accessible, and embed family partnership in their culture. It is a practical and inspiring tool to drive long-term change in the sector and offers a roadmap for schools wanting to strengthen their community.
Our work is grounded in evidence. Every year, we conduct the UK’s largest parental engagement study: the National Parent Survey. In 2024, over five thousand parents participated, providing invaluable insight into what families think about the education system. The findings are fed directly into government consultations and have already influenced national debates on school funding, attendance, mental health support, SEND provision, and curriculum reform. We believe passionately that parents must not be the missing voice in education policy—and we work tirelessly to ensure their views shape the decisions that affect their children’s lives.
Today, through Parentkind’s federated network of more than 130,000 parent and teacher volunteers, our work impacts the lives of millions of parents, carers, teachers and children throughout the UK through our membership, programmes, advocacy and campaigns. But we know we can—and must—do more.
We’re looking for someone with passion, purpose, and creativity—someone who understands that a warm coat, a World Book Day costume, or a parent’s voice at the table can all be catalysts for lifelong change.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Fundraising Team and play a leading role in shaping a brand-new trust fundraising programme from the ground up. We’re looking for someone with experience in securing income from trusts and foundations—someone who’s a confident communicator, both in writing and in person, and who brings a curious and strategic mindset to prospect research.
You’ll help craft compelling cases for support and develop a portfolio of proposals and reports that showcase the impact of our work—amplifying the voices of parents and schools and demonstrating how Parentkind is driving positive change. Strong attention to detail is essential, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
If you believe, like we do, that when parents matter, children succeed, we’d love to hear from you.
You’ll have:
- Proven experience in trust and statutory fundraising, securing five- and six-figure grants.
- Demonstrable success in developing compelling proposals and reports for funders.
- Strong relationship management skills with a track record of stewarding long-term partnerships.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey impact effectively.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Knowledge of the education, family support, or community development sectors.
You’ll get:
- To join a fast-moving charity with an exciting future
- To build your own team, playing a key role in driving forward the charity’s strategy and shaping our fundraising activity
- Remote working full-time with a great online team culture
- 25 days holiday in addition to UK public holidays.
How to apply
A full candidate pack is attached on this listing. To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your motivations for applying for the role and how you meet the Person Specification.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis via video conference.
Parentkind is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and we ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and equally. We would be grateful if you would complete the equal opportunities monitoring questions when applying online to help us check that we are carrying out our policy of equal opportunities for all people. The information will be kept confidential and will be separate from your application. It will have no bearing on your application.
Parentkind is committed to meeting the needs of applicants with disabilities. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to your application or interview process.
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At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, we support babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Our aim is to reach every family that needs our help and to offer them the very best choice of care. Every year we need to raise £6.7m to keep our doors open and only around 17% of our income comes from government sources, the rest must be raised through fundraising activity. Our uncompromisable support services are wide ranging and bespoke to each family and include overnight care, music therapy, counselling, sibling support groups, end of life care and home visits.
We support families from a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families and staff to use.
The role:
Join us in making a real difference by driving our ambitious income generation strategy and promoting our brand and mission.
Are you a creative and strategic marketing professional ready to make an impact? As our Marketing Officer, you’ll work alongside our team to develop and implement effective marketing plans that boost our income generation efforts. You’ll play a crucial role in promoting our brand and the incredible work we do, while also managing one team member.
The requirements:
Key requirements include developing and executing comprehensive marketing plans aligned with income generation goals, collaborating with the Commercial Insight Officer to analyse market trends, and strengthening brand identity through consistent messaging and visual representation. The role involves managing and optimising digital presence, creating engaging content, promoting fundraising events, and collaborating with the fundraising team on event-specific marketing plans. Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, producing high-quality marketing materials, and utilising storytelling techniques to highlight the hospice's impact are essential.
In return, we can offer you a fantastic working environment and the following benefits:
· 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy and sell
· Employee assistance programme - including mental health care and out of hours GP access
· A commitment to your professional development
· Matched pension scheme of 5% of salary
· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
· Free parking on main site
· Subsidised lunch
· Free tea and coffee
· Cycle to work scheme
· Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card
· At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice we value everyone who works with us, embrace individual differences and recognise that great things happen when we work together.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We’re here to help every family who needs us make the most amazing memories
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
About the role
The DAPO Project Manager will work closely with the DAPO Programme Manager and SafeLives Finance Manager to support the successful delivery of the programme and maintain effective commissioning relationships with service providers across each pilot area. Key responsibilities will include overseeing commissioning contracts, supporting programme implementation, managing stakeholder relationships, and providing regular progress reports to commissioners.
Hours: 22.5 hours per week with flexible working hours and provision of an out-of-hours response as needed.
Location: Remote working. You will be required to travel when the role requires it.
Contract: Fixed term contract to 31st March 2026.
Benefits
- 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
- Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: 9am on 30th May 2025.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
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Family Support Foster Carer
Overview
The family support foster carers (FSFCs) mentor their families and offer short breaks for children, offering stability and giving parents time to address their challenges with support. They provide feedback on their involvement with the families during review meetings.
The FSFCs could be experienced foster carers within the service who want to develop their skills and explore a new opportunity within fostering. Alternatively, they can be recruited specifically to this role in SUSD but must gain approval prior to commencing in the role. Is it imperative that the FSFCs have the skills and commitment to working with both parents and children as part of the SUSD programme. A role description for the FSFC is included in this pack.
Role and Responsibilities
The key aspects of the role are to
- provide weekly mentoring support for parents who are referred to SUSD. There is maximum caseload of 4 families at any one time.
- support the family to set and review goals, using our Person Centred Planning app.
- provide one planned short break each month for each referred child.
- offer crisis response support to families in the form of phone calls, visits or crisis short breaks.
- attend training provided by The Fostering Network & the Local Authority, enabling the FSFC to provide training and support to families.
- help with family activities, such as outings, family activities, summer schemes and residentials
The Family Support Foster Carer will be required to record details of the support provided, sharing with the supervising social worker as appropriate. During weeks that the FSFC has attend a review or support meeting for a family, they will not be required to complete another mentoring session with that family.
Working with parents and families
Families are referred to Step Up Step Down by their social worker. The scheme is voluntary, and families are empowered to decide whether they want the support. SUSD support has 4 primary aspects:
- mentoring for parents
- short breaks for children
- family activities
- community supports.
SUSD Mentoring Sessions are based upon areas of identified need. These are decided through the referral process and the initial planning meeting and are reviewed every three months throughout the duration of SUSD support. The key areas of support are: Routines, Budgeting, Healthy Living, Mental and Physical Wellbeing, Behaviour Management, Access to supports, Family Relationships, Dealing with Crisis Situations, Play and Stimulation.
The FSFC will also be required to give updates and share progress at review meetings. Information required will be:
- number of parent mentoring sessions since the previous SUSD review (including cancelations), and details of the work covered with the parent;
- number of short breaks since the previous review, and details of activities;
- any and all other support given to the family.
Support for the Family Support Foster Carer
Personal development and self-care is important, as we know that the best supporters are well supported themselves. There are several ways that SUSD will support the FSFCs.
- There will be regular supervision where they can discuss complex cases or raise any issues.
- FSFCs will be encouraged to attend training that will support them in the role, and to take an active role in identifying what this training should be.
- Quarterly carer support sessions are organised to enable the FSFCs & other SUSD team members to meet and learn from each other.
- FSFCs are also encouraged to form informal peer support networks.
Service: Children's Services
Salary: To receive a minimum allowance of £19,700, up to a maximum of £32,700 per annum
Please note, this is a self employed role and you will receive a weekly allowance. As a registered foster carer you will qualify for Qualifiying Care Relief and can earn up to £18,000 before paying tax.
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About us:
At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, we support babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Our aim is to reach every family that needs our help and to offer them the very best choice of care. Every year we need to raise £6.7m to keep our doors open and only around 17% of our income comes from government sources, the rest must be raised through fundraising activity. Our uncompromisable support services are wide ranging and bespoke to each family and include overnight care, music therapy, counselling, sibling support groups, end of life care and home visits.
We support families from a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts. We have free secure on-site parking for families and staff to use.
The role:
We are looking for a creative and analytical mind to join us on this exciting journey! Step into the spotlight as our Commercial Insights Officer. In this pivotal role, you’ll be the detective behind our income generation strategies, uncovering hidden opportunities for revenue growth. Your insights will guide our fundraising and partnership efforts, driving us towards successful income generation goals. Reporting to the Individual Giving Manager, you’ll collaborate with a team to turn data into actionable strategies that drive our income generation forward.
The requirements:
To excel as a Commercial Insights Officer, you need strong analytical skills to identify trends and opportunities from financial and operational data, transforming these into actionable insights for income generation campaigns. Proficiency in creating compelling reports and presentations, along with monitoring KPIs, is essential. Expertise in market research to understand industry trends and competitor activities, and the ability to develop innovative strategies for pricing, product development, and sales is crucial. Collaboration with income generation, partnerships, finance, and operations teams to support data-driven decisions and improve forecasting is key. Ensuring data accuracy within the fundraising CRM, performing regular data maintenance, managing data segmentation, and providing training as the database ‘super user’ are also important aspects of the role.
In return, we can offer you a fantastic working environment and the following benefits:
· 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy and sell
· Employee assistance programme - including mental health care and out of hours GP access
· A commitment to your professional development
· Matched pension scheme of 5% of salary
· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
· Free parking on main site
· Subsidised lunch
· Free tea and coffee
· Cycle to work scheme
· Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card
· At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice we value everyone who works with us, embrace individual differences and recognise that great things happen when we work together.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We’re here to help every family who needs us make the most amazing memories
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Celebrity Officer.
Salary: c£30,300 per annum.
Location: Remote.
Contract: Fixed term Contract-12 months – 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Do you have a passion for making a different and a flair for working with high profile personalities? Then join us in the celebrity team at Action for Children where you will be collaborating with incredible celebrity ambassadors and supporters who are dedicated to amplifying our message and helping us to raise vital funds.
As Celebrity Officer, you will plan, research, and deliver on sourcing celebrities, artists, sports people, and influencers to take part in Action for Children campaigns, events, and media to maximise our reach, reputation, and drive income.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- Identifying, recruiting, and nurturing a wide range of celebrities, sports people, artists, and influencers to support and host major fundraising events, increase awareness, and deliver our income goals.
- Respond to celebrity requests from across the organisation, providing recommendations, advice and fulfilling signed off briefs.
- Keeping an eye on the celebrity world for new potential celebrity supporters.
- Collaborate with teams across Action for Children to develop innovative ideas and creative opportunities.
- Write high quality briefings and pitches to secure support from celebrities, sports people, artists, and influencers.
- Collaborate with representatives from the PR team to develop communication plans which optimise celebrity support.
Let's talk about you
- Preferred professional qualification in Journalism/PR or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience and success in working with celebrities, sports people, artists and influencers and their agents to secure high level support for charity campaigns and events.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent planning, organisation, and project management skills.
- Excellent news sense and awareness of changing landscape for people in the public eye.
- Adaptable and able to work under pressure.
- Highly creative with a flair for innovation and forward thinking.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.
Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
Closing Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025.
Interviews will be week commencing 26th May 2025.
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Want to know more about Action for Children?
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Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is that every child and young person has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
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Location: Sheffield
Salary: £31,133 per annum pro rata plus £802 per annum pro rata essential car user allowance
Contract: Fixed term ending March 2027
Hours: Part time - 26.25 hours per week.
Closing date: Monday 12th May 2025 at 11.30 pm
Do you have a good understanding of child development and the needs of homeless families and children plus proven experience of supporting parents and children with complex needs? Then join Shelter as a Children & Families Support Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role aimed at minimising the impact of bad housing, homelessness and exclusion in the Sheffield area.
About the role
With your own caseload of families, you will act as their key worker and support them to either resettle or prevent homelessness. Your primary focus will be on households where some tailored interventions are required around the needs of the children in order to stabilise their housing situation and enable the family to thrive.
Accordingly, you will provide intensive, tailored support as part of a whole family approach in a 1-2-1 setting and through group work. You will also need to regularly visit clients’ homes, schools and community venues across the city and liaise with other agencies in the community in order to provide a co-ordinated service.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About you
You have knowledge of child development and a strong understanding of homeless children and families, with experience of supporting parents, children and young people who have complex needs. You also have knowledge of housing, homelessness and ASB legislation and welfare benefits that affect families and the skills to network and gather information as well as advocacy, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have worked within, or understand, a safeguarding framework, are IT literate and have experience of managing a caseload and can prioritise, organise and set boundaries. With a full driving licence, you will have access to a vehicle for work purposes, an allowance and mileage will be paid.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
About the team
Shelter Sheffield provide housing advice and support to people across the city, with a focus on emergency homelessness, intensive support for children and families, people experiencing domestic abuse and people with multiple and complex needs. We take a holistic approach to help people deal with interrelated issues that can impact their ability to keep a home and work for systemic changes to prevent homelessness and support over 5000 people every year.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
How to apply:
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a separate supporting statement to the following points of the ‘About You’ section of the job description of no more than 350 words each.
Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate you address the following behaviours throughout your responses:
- We work together to achieve our shared purpose
- We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive mindset
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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35 hours per week
Remote
£55,000-£60,000 per year
Permanent
Lead the future of inclusive education with RNIB - Apply today to make a difference for children and young people with visual impairment.
RNIB are seeking an Education lead with teacher and QTVI qualifications along with Head of Service experience.
What you'll be doing:
Leading RNIB's education engagement strategy and furthering development in the specialist support to the education sector, through development of training, resources, engagement with Local Authorities and national education bodies.
What you'll need to succeed in this role:
- You'll have experience of managing high-performing, specialist teams
- You'll be comfortable with influencing policy to enhance services for children and young people with vision impairment.
- You'll understand the VI sector, possessing deep knowledge of educational provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) up to age 25, including current practice standards and relevant research
- You'll be able to evidence the full range of aspects of a QTVI role e.g. Braille, exams, 11+ etc
What We Offer
RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.
For more information on our available benefits, please visit our .
How to Apply
If you'd like to apply for this opportunity, please apply online, uploading your CV and supporting statement, telling us how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification.
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35 hours per week
£45,900 per annum
Home based
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within Social Impact. Social Impact's primary focus is on 'Building a Movement,' which drives two key objectives:
-Changing society's attitudes and actions towards young people
-Growing support, raising income for The Children's Society
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and experienced corporate fundraising expert to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to identify, explore and develop corporate partnership opportunity, to convert prospects and establish dynamic, mutually beneficially relationships with organisations to support The Children's Society.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Relevant experience gained in a new business role, evidencing business development skills having secured £100K+ corporate partnerships
-A successful track record in securing corporate partnerships through individual approaches, utilising advanced influencing, negotiation and communication skills
-Expert knowledge of purpose-led partnerships, corporate partnership and fundraising methodology the CSR/ESG market and overall understanding of wider relationship fundraising audiences and methodologies, and all legal and regulatory issues surrounding corporate/charity partnerships
-Experience of having secured a variety of corporate partnerships such as philanthropic, commercial (brand collaborations - CRM's, sponsorship, use of IP etc), engagement, strategic.
-Ability to influence and persuade in a medium/large complex organisation
-Experience of coaching or line managing colleagues to succeed
[INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Friday 30th May 2025. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from Friday 16th May onwards.
Interviews will be held week commencing 2nd June.
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Mary’s Meals serves nutritious school meals to children living in some of the world’s poorest countries. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.
We are excited to be recruiting for a Director of Supporter Engagement to join Mary’s Meals UK. Reporting the Executive Director and serving as an integral member of the UK leadership team, the Director of Supporter Engagement will lead, inspire and develop the Supporter Engagement function, balancing strategic leadership with a hands-on approach to fundraising.
MMUK is the largest and longest established National Affiliate in the Mary’s Meals network, currently raising c.£20M to support global school feeding programmes, reaching children living some of the world’s poorest countries. The promise of a meal attracts these hungry children into the classroom, giving them the energy to learn and hope for a better future.
We have a remote-first approach to work and are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly from anywhere in the UK, in a way that best supports your work-life balance. This role will also require regular travel throughout the UK, particularly London and Glasgow.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Strategy and Leadership
- To support the day-to-day management of the charity and contribute to the organisation’s strategic direction and growth, as part of the senior leadership team.
- To contribute to the preparation of the charity's strategic plan and the monitoring and reporting of progress against organisational goals and objectives.
- Lead on cross-organisational projects in line with organisational strategy.
Fundraising:
- To develop a clear and inspiring vision for fundraising, backed up by ambitious strategies and activities that significantly raise awareness of Mary’s Meals in the UK, and grow and diversify income.
- To ensure our fundraising approach and activities remain aligned with our organisational strategy, values and fundraising model.
- To lead, inspire and develop the Supporter Engagement team (formed of the Grassroots, Philanthropy, Institutional Giving and Supporter Care teams).
- To manage a portfolio of donor, volunteer and prospect relationships, travelling regularly to attend meetings, and network to cultivate new prospects and funding opportunities.
- To support the team to develop professional and engaging fundraising materials including fundraising propositions, applications, proposals, appeals, pitches, presentations and reports.
- To oversee volunteer strategy, management and support to further empower our volunteers with a greater role in our shared vision and maximise their skills and networks.
Budgeting, Reporting and Compliance
- To set, monitor and deliver annual income and expenditure budgets, providing regular reports as required to the Executive Director, Leadership team, wider Mary’s Meals family, and our Board of Trustees.
- To feed into organisational strategic KPIs and team KPIs, and ensure a regular schedule of reporting, and insight gathering is in place to monitor activity and use insight to guide decision-making and drive growth.
People and culture
- To create a high performing team that is ambitious and passionate about the Mary’s Meals vision.
- To ensure teams receive consistent and motivating direction and feedback to enable them to work to the best of their ability.
- Build strong working relationships with colleagues across the charity at all levels, adopting and encouraging a collaborative working approach across the Mary’s Meals family. This role must work particularly closely with the Director of Communications, and collaboration with this role will be key.
- To work with the Head of People to ensure that MMUK is an employer of choice which attracts, recruits and retains a talented team of values-led, paid employees and volunteers, throughout the UK.
- To actively promote safeguarding practices and model behaviours that support a safe culture across all MMUK activities.
About you:
- Significant experience operating at senior management level, including leading a fundraising department, ideally with experience in the areas of grassroots and major giving fundraising.
- Experience of developing and executing strategies to secure significant revenue generation, with specific evidence of delivering income growth.
- Experience of representing an organisation at a senior level, with excellent written, presentation and public speaking skills.
- Excellent entrepreneurial networking and relationship building abilities, with experience of proactively identifying and cultivating new and existing donor relationships, and securing strategic funding partnerships and high-value donations.
- Experience in volunteer strategy, management, recruitment and engagement.
- Experience in setting, monitoring and delivering significant annual income and expenditure budgets, providing regular reports as required.
- Experience of testing and launching new fundraising products (e.g., mass engagement grassroots campaigns, corporate partnerships, major donor events etc.).
- Experience of developing first-class supporter journeys, interactions, products and propositions.
- Experience in innovation and product development.
Please see the recruitment pack on our website by following the instructions on Charity Job.
Applicants must hold full right to work in the UK.
We welcome applications from candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse charity providing a supportive place for you to do the best and most rewarding work of your career.
Applications for this role will close on Friday, 16 May at 17:00.
Interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note: If you have any special requirements or adjustments before an interview, please let us know.
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To help Harmony Works deliver our vision, we are seeking a skilled, motivated, innovative and energetic new member of staff to co-create and deliver an exciting programme of engagement and participation.
Are you passionate about working with communities to promote the benefits of music? Do you want to support more inclusive opportunities for people to enjoy the arts and heritage?
Harmony Works is restoring and extending Grade II* listed Canada House in the centre of Sheffield as an inspiring new home for musical activity. We will open the doors of a stunning heritage building for the first time in decades to provide spaces to learn, practise, create, perform and socialise, particularly for children and young people.
To help Harmony Works deliver our vision, we are seeking a skilled, motivated, innovative and energetic new member of staff to co-create and deliver an exciting programme of engagement and participation.
Key Relationships
The postholder will work as part of a team, supporting, developing and managing existing relationships with key project stakeholders. They will reach out to develop new relationships with individuals, local groups, schools and organisations to facilitate partnerships working, increase awareness of and support for the project, and to recruit volunteers. This is a new role.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Chapter One
Chapter One is a dynamic, growing charity with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. Our mission is to close the reading gap by providing children with one-to-one support at the time they need it most.
Our unique Online Reading Volunteer programme currently supports about 3,000 children a year. It pairs disadvantaged, struggling five to eight-year old (KS1) readers with reading support volunteers who come from over 140 local and national businesses. The volunteer ask is very focused: readers commit 30 minutes a week to read with a child using a bespoke digital platform for an entire academic year. The results are transformative, boosting children's reading confidence and ability.
We have set ourselves ambitious targets to support thousands more children by 2029, and this role, with responsibility for managing, stewarding and nurturing our existing corporate partners, will be crucial to ensuring that we have sufficient volunteers and support to achieve not only this target, but also to develop other innovative pilot programmes.
For more information about our programmes please visit our website. Please also take some time to visit our social media channels and watch our videos.
About the role
Chapter One is seeking a proactive, energetic and enthusiastic Corporate Partnerships Manager to be an integral part of a team which aims to both maximise corporate income and deliver an excellent partner and volunteer experience.
Reporting to our Head of Corporate Partnerships, and responsible for the line management of our Corporate Partnerships Officer, you’ll deliver on our annual volunteer and income targets and maintain our strong partner retention rate (target 87%). This will involve supporting the account management of a portfolio of existing partners and the responsibility to nurture relationships to increase partner investment in Chapter One over time. The role involves collaborating across departments to ensure a seamless and positive experience for volunteers and partners
This is an opportunity for an experienced partnerships manager to take on a more senior role and demonstrate their sales acumen and creativity in a dynamic, flexible and agile charity.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Stewardship
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Lead the account management of a selected portfolio of corporate partners, ensuring Chapter One achieves its annual retention and growth targets
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In collaboration with the Head of Corporate Partnerships, devise effective schemes of delegation and partner allocation within the Corporate Partnerships Team
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Focus, in all corporate partnership discussions, on maximising income
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Identify opportunities to increase a partner’s support eg by identifying other regional/divisional opportunities or inclusion of Chapter One as a social value partner in public sector bids
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Conduct regular partnership meetings, including mid and end of year reviews, proactively proposing tailored opportunities to retain and grow partner support
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Lead on producing high quality written communications, reports, proposals and pitches as per the requirements of each partner, collaborating with the Data and Systems Officer and Fundraising team as needed
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Advocate effectively, with passion and enthusiasm, for Chapter One’s programmes in a variety of internal and external settings
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Proactively network to deepen and strengthen external relationships with Chapter One partners, identifying speaking opportunities for Chapter One where possible
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Strategically use LinkedIn to identify, connect with, and actively engage key stakeholders within corporate partner organisations,
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Attend conference and events to represent Chapter One and talk about its work to existing and potential new partners
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Keep up to date with relevant business news and strategic shifts or developments at key partners and sectors, proactively seeking opportunities to broaden knowledge
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Regularly analyse data in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets, working with formulas, pivot tables and data analysis tools to aid decision-making and create dashboards.
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Oversee and maintain all Account Management related processes, including stewardship plans, recording of activity on the Salesforce CRM and internal platform databases
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Ensure, in conjunction with the Finance Assistant, that partners are invoiced for their Chapter One donations accurately and in a timely manner
Line management
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Line manage and develop the Corporate Partnerships Officer, ensuring adherence to all Chapter One’s HR Policies and Procedures
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Be a source of advice and guidance for the Corporate Partnerships Officer as they manage their allocated partner relationships
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Supervise the Corporate Partnerships Officer to lead volunteer recruitment meetings, including stepping in if necessary
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Supervise the Corporate Partnerships Officer to manage new partner onboarding meetings, stepping in to lead them if required
Partner/volunteer onboarding and experience
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Alongside the Head of Corporate Partnerships, use internal systems to assign partner teams and volunteers to specific schools and ensure that their needs are met
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Develop proactive, supportive relationships with Volunteer Coordinators in partner organisations, providing high-quality data and information in a timely manner
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Work closely with the Volunteer Support Team to ensure that partner and volunteer onboarding is a smooth, time-efficient experience
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Support the Programme Management team to liaise with partner contacts about the organisation of in-person school/office visits and virtual meet and greets
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Attend Chapter One’s internal Volunteer Experience group and Corporate Engagement Group.
Marketing and Communications
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Work with the Marketing and Communications team to ensure that companies and volunteers have access to an array of promotional assets and recruitment materials
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Create and provide content for the regular volunteer and corporate partner newsletters, including working with partners to gather volunteer testimonials and partner profiles
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Work closely with the Marketing and Communications team to develop ways to promote, showcase and celebrate partnerships and individual volunteers across our social media channels and other digital platforms
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Encourage corporate partners to promote Chapter One through their own social media and channels
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Support the organisation of online and in person partner and volunteer recognition events
We are looking for the following key skills, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others:
Account Management Skills:
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Experience of managing Corporate Partnerships, or equivalent relationship-based roles in a fundraising, events, sales or marketing environment
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Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with business professionals at all levels
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Expert meeting facilitation skills
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Strategic thinker, able to maximise income and growth opportunities
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Understanding of CSR / ESG partner policies and social value trends
Communication Skills:
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Able to eloquently express commitment to Chapter One’s mission and values
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Outstanding presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to excite and inspire an audience
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An ability to create compelling, attractive written pitches, ensuring messaging and brand are consistent
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Experience of engaging partners on social media (particularly LinkedIn)
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Experience of representing organisations at events
Technical Skills:
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Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets (including formulas, pivot tables, dashboard creation)
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CRM management (specifically Salesforce)
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Experience of complex data analysis
You’ll be more successful in the role if you have:
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Experience of working in the charity/non-profit sector
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Line management experience
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Experience of mentoring and developing staff
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Experience of process oversight and improvement
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
Please send your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter via Charity Jobs. Your covering letter (maximum 1 side of A4) should include:
1) Your relevant experience, including clear examples.
2) Tell us about a partnership that you have grown over time, how much investment you secured and what you personally did to make it succeed.
3) Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values.
Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and to show us your talents—please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
At Chapter One, we want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive.
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Job Title - Sales and Marketing Manager
Contract - Permanent
Hours - 21 hours (part-time 0.6 FTE), 3 days per week
Salary - £19,200 - £21,000 (£32,000-£35,000 FTE), dependent on experience
Location - Home-based
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About Coram Life Education
Coram Life Education is a national charity that supports schools’ Wellbeing and PSHE education, including Relationships and Sex Education. We use dynamic teaching strategies (including drama) and resources within a framework of a fully developed whole-school approach to behaviour, safety and achievement, which also includes a comprehensive online PSHE scheme of work called SCARF, which supports schools’ wellbeing and PSHE education for primary-age children aged 3-11.
About the role
The role focuses on developing and implementing sales and marketing strategies to drive growth in the UK and internationally, manage campaigns, and support our regional Delivery Partner network. It involves building relationships with schools and wider stakeholders, spanning early years, primary, secondary, overseeing fidelity with brand identity, and collaborating with CLE, fundraising and communications teams to align messaging and maximise impact.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: 9th May 2025 at 12pm
Interview Date: 19th/20th May 2025
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
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Kentown Support is a new charity, here to ensure that every child with a life-limiting condition and their family across the UK has access to a model of integrated community children’s palliative care. We will:
· REPLICATE and roll out the Kentown model to reach more children;
· CREATE sustainable teams around the child and family; and
· EQUIP professionals and parents/carers with the knowledge and expertise to deliver the best health and social care for children with life-limiting conditions through high-quality research, education and training.
Our Marketing and Communications Manager will play a key role in growing our reach and influence, building Kentown Support’s brand across the children’s palliative care sector.
In this home based role, you will use your creative flair to develop and deliver strategic communications and marketing plans to our audiences using a range of channels. Working closely with colleagues, partners and service users, you will lead and implement all aspects of our communications’ strategy: Brand management & development, Web & social media, PR & Media and Storytelling & publishing.
We are building a compassionate and high performing organisation at Kentown Support. We are looking for an ambitious, energetic and collaborative colleague who has both a passion for their work and the difference it can make to children and their families. This is a rare opportunity to join an incredible charity at the beginning of its journey.
With the privilege of starting a new organisation is the ability to define the way in which we work. We are creating an environment based on trust and integrity with everyone’s wellbeing at the of core of its success. More traditionally, Kentown Support also offers 25 days’ holiday (pro rata) with an additional day off in your birthday month, 2 paid volunteering days (pro rata), an employee assistance program (including death in service) and 6.5% employer’s contribution to our workplace pension.
We are holding interviews on Teams on Monday 12th May, and final interviews in person on Monday 19th May, location to be decided.
Our website is currently under development, so while helpful on one key area of our work, it does not show the whole range of our activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is an opportunity to take on a new leadership position in a unique educational charity. As part of our succession planning, Number Champions is recruiting a CEO to take on all management of the charity and to help the board define and deliver its strategy. This will be our most senior staff position.
Background - Number Champions
We train volunteers to use games and other creative activities in primary schools in one-to-one sessions with children to help them gain confidence and skills in maths. This support helps put children on track to achieve their full potential in a world where numeracy is a vital building block. Over half the children we support are from disadvantaged backgrounds, which is where the need is greatest.
Founded in 2018, we have already helped over 1,500 children. We now have 115 volunteers running weekly sessions. This year they are helping 334 children in 38 partner schools across London, and we plan to continue to grow organically every year to support more children.
Our vision is not just that we grow in scale, but that through our example other organisations copy our model, and that eventually all primary school children will have access to volunteer support in maths.
CEO role
The CEO will be a new permanent role, reporting to our founder Chair and to the board of trustees. You will take on all aspects of managing our award-winning charity and drive the board process of setting and delivering strategy. This will include financial management of the charity and involvement in fundraising. This is in the context of our succession plan, whereby our Chair will hand over the executive responsibilities which he currently exercises on a pro bono basis. This is to allow us to recruit a new Chair within two years.
You will line manage the Head of Operations - our current senior employee, who manages our other two staff. The role will be part time for the equivalent of 3 days a week.
Location
You will work mainly remotely, although you will be expected to attend periodic meetings in London. We therefore require candidates to live within commuting distance of Central London, giving maximum flexibility for both the employee and the charity.
Person specification
Candidates must be able to show previous success as a member of the Senior Leadership Team of a charity. You should be a collaborative worker able to build productive working relationships with people throughout the charity and beyond. As continuing our growth is a strategic goal, we need you to have experience in marketing.
We have a high-performing staff team, and a key requirement is that you are able to continue to develop the team. You therefore need the interpersonal skills to keep the existing staff motivated, productive, and appreciated. You will also require the confidence to implement changes you identify as important. As you will take over all the executive responsibilities of the charity’s founder Chair, you will also need the sensitivity to navigate any resultant issues.
The full role and person specification is attached to this advertisement.
If you believe you are a good candidate but you do not meet the exact requirements we have set, please do apply explaining why you are well qualified.
Potential
There is huge potential for you to develop the charity to support many more children while maintaining or improving quality of delivery. You will also have the opportunity to identify and achieve additional strategic goals.
In parallel, you will be able to progress your own career in an organisation with a positive culture, whose trustees, staff, and volunteers are passionate about improving children’s educational and life chances.
We hope that you will be motivated to apply to our role.
Please send your CV plus a covering letter explaining why our role is right for you and you are the right candidate for it.
Registered Charity
1 - 5
We support primary school children in numeracy to help them achieve their educational and life potential.
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