Communication lead jobs in Liverpool
Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to providing specialised nursing care and support for young people aged 13–24 with cancer. Every day, seven young people in the UK hear the words “you have cancer”, and Teenage Cancer Trust ensures they do not face it alone.
The charity funds specialist nurses and youth support teams in hospitals across the UK and provides vital emotional, practical and psychological support for young people and their families during and after treatment.
Regional fundraising is a core income stream for Teenage Cancer Trust, generating income through a combination of community and corporate fundraising. Supporters are often personally connected to the cause, including young people, families and communities directly impacted by cancer, making this a highly emotive and rewarding fundraising environment.
Teenage Cancer Trust is now seeking a Regional Fundraising Manager (North) to lead and grow income across a significant and high-potential region. With an income target of c.£750k and ambitions for further growth, this role will play a key part in shaping and delivering a more proactive, strategic approach to regional fundraising.
The Regional Fundraising Manager is a senior role responsible for leading fundraising across the North of England, managing a team of four fundraisers and contributing to the wider regional fundraising strategy. The role combines strategic leadership, team development and operational delivery, ensuring sustainable income growth across both community and corporate fundraising.
Reporting to the Head of Regional Fundraising, you will be responsible for delivering regional income targets, developing effective fundraising strategies and ensuring strong pipeline development across the region. You will also play a key role in embedding a more proactive approach to community engagement, strengthening volunteer involvement and maximising opportunities across local communities and corporate partners.
As Regional Fundraising Manager, you will:
- Lead community and corporate fundraising across the North region, supporting long-term partnerships
- Lead and deliver regional fundraising strategy in line with national objectives
- Manage and develop a team of four fundraisers
- Develop and implement regional plans to grow sustainable income
- Drive proactive community fundraising, engaging groups, clubs and local networks
- Identify and develop new income opportunities across community and corporate audiences
- Ensure strong pipeline development, income forecasting and performance management
- Work collaboratively across fundraising teams to maximise supporter engagement
- Lead key projects and initiatives to improve fundraising effectiveness
- Support the wider regional fundraising function as part of the management team
Essential skills and experience:
- Strong experience in community fundraising or relationship fundraising
- Experience managing and motivating teams to deliver high performance
- Experience developing and implementing fundraising plans and strategies
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Proven track record of delivering income against targets
- Experience leading projects or initiatives that drive change or improvement
- Ability to analyse data and use insight to inform decision making
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
Desirable:
- Experience working across both community and corporate fundraising
- Experience managing geographically dispersed teams
- Experience working in emotionally sensitive cause areas
- Experience supporting teams through change or organisational development
Employee benefits include:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day with each year of service, up to 30 days annual leave
- End of year closure: when we can, we offer 3-4 extra paid days off over Christmas for a relaxing or time with family and friends. This is decided year by year.
- Up to 5% employer pension contribution
- Annual salary review
- Flexible bank holidays (except 25th and 26th December and 1st January or any substitute bank holidays for these dates)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave benefits
- Income Protection and Life Assurance
- Health Cash Plan plus free telephone access to a GP whenever you need it
- Gym discount
To apply, please upload your CV, making sure it reflects the essential skills and experience outlined. You can use the cover letter section to share any additional information. Suitable applicants will be contacted and given full support with the formal application process.
We’re here to give every young person facing cancer the best care and support.



Are you passionate about global women’s rights and would love to contribute to the cause? Are you organised, efficient and enjoy supporting colleagues in the smooth running of an organisation?
This is an exciting time to join The Circle as we take the organisation to the next level and the Team Co-ordinator will play a pivotal role ensuring smooth daily functioning by managing administration, CRM, IT, and HR support. This role is key in facilitating team collaboration, supporting onboarding, managing office systems, and handling financial tasks like invoices, working collaboratively to boost team efficiency.
We are open to different levels of experience – whether you are a seasoned hand in operations and team support or at the early stage of your career. The successful candidate will bring high levels of organisation, elbow grease, passion and commitment.
Job Description
- Administration & Systems Management
Managing supplies, equipment, and maintaining filing systems, records, and CRM database. Engage with and support running The Circle’s current operational systems, including Beacon CRM, Quickbooks, 1Password, Breathe HR, Microsoft 365 (including Microsoft Teams & SharePoint), FreshPay, Stripe, PayPal, Mailchimp, Wordpress, etc. Continue to develop and update systems.
- HR & Volunteer Support
Assisting with staff onboarding/offboarding, managing recruitment; Lead on health & safety, including having staff undertake regular risk assessments for home working and electronic device safety; ·
- Finance Support
Processing invoices, expenses, donations, and assisting with budget tracking. Management of monthly reconciliation with QuickBooks. Submission of Gift Aid claims and donation tracking using Beacon CRM
- Meeting, Event & Travel Support
Organizing team meetings, Board meetings, away days, overseas travel and coordinating event logistics.
- Communication & Compliance
Assisting with internal communication and ensuring Health & Safety, GDPR, and safeguarding compliance.
- CEO, Board and Governance Support
Support the Chief Executive and Board Secretary with quarterly Board meetings, sub-committee meetings; Manage policy renewal timelines, support on updating existing policy and drafting new policy where necessary, alongside the CEO & Board
Person Specification
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to juggle multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Some experience of finance systems, including supporting on reconciliation, budgets, and gift aid
- Good data management skills to support monitoring and evaluation work.
- Excellent Microsoft Office suite skills including Excel, SharePoint, and knowledge of other IT solutions to support effective operations.
- Proactivity: Strong "can-do" attitude, willing to take initiative and solve problems.
- Previous experience in administration, operations, or a, supportive, team-focused role
Desirable
- Experience managing a CRM.
- Experience coordinating events, ideally both online and in person.
- A strong understanding of, and passion for, women's and girls' rights.
- Knowledge of specific systems used at The Circle: WordPress CMS systems, Mailchimp, QuickBooks, Beacon CRM, Breathe HR.
- Understanding of use of social media to engage with different audiences.
- Ability to represent The Circle to external audiences.
- Some experience of working with high profile names
- Experience supporting on policy writing
- Experience of providing basic HR support
Personal Characteristics
- Extremely organised and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail.
- An entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to work.
- Efficient, reliable, flexible and collaborative working style.
- A self-starter with the ability to anticipate requirements and act to provide workable solutions with limited budget.
- Team player who enjoys working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes.
- Keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos.
- Interest in global women’s rights.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At UK SMART Recovery, we are passionate about supporting people to successfully manage any type of addictive behaviour, using our evidence-based 4-Point Programme. We value choice, empowerment, and collaboration, and we believe in supporting volunteers and partner organisations to deliver accessible addiction recovery meetings across the UK.
About the Role
UK SMART Recovery is seeking a highly motivated Community Coordinator to join our small, passionate team. In this role, you will:
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Onboard, support and mentor our amazing SMART Recovery facilitators across The Midlands and London.
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Work closely with our highly valued partner organisations running SMART meetings within their services.
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Deliver training, guidance, and workshops for our peer and partner facilitators.
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Contribute to projects and service development to help grow UK SMART Recovery even further.
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Help ensure SMART meetings are high-quality, accessible, and safe for participants.
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Foster an inclusive, empowering environment for facilitators and participants alike.
Regions covered:
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West Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, Solihull; Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
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East Midlands: Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham; Derbyshire, Leicestershire, South Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
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London: City of London
Applicants must be based in the Midlands. Regular travel across the regions is essential.
For full JD/person specification with additional responsibilities, please see the attached document.
About You
To succeed as a Community Coordinator, you will have:
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Experience facilitating groups or meetings, ideally in recovery, peer-support, mental health, or behaviour-change settings.
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Ability to support, mentor, and develop volunteer facilitators.
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Strong presentation and communication skills, online and in-person.
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Self-motivation, organisation, and ability to manage workload and regional travel independently.
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Emotional intelligence and groundedness, with experience supporting people who have faced adversity.
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A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Desirable:
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Qualified SMART Recovery facilitator or previous participant.
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Lived experience of recovery (personal or close to someone else).
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Experience in peer mentoring, volunteer support, or community development.
Why Work With Us
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Join a small, dynamic team making a big difference in addiction recovery across the UK.
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Opportunity to work closely with facilitators and partner organisations to grow our network of peer-led recovery meetings.
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Flexible home-based working with equipment provided.
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Generous annual leave, pension, and wellbeing support.
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Be part of a charity with values of empowerment, choice, compassion, and collaboration at its heart.
Empowering people to self-manage any type of addictive behaviour through evidence-based mutual aid meetings both in the community and within services.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role is essential in our continual drive for increased impact and quality across all of our work.You will lead on the quality assurance of all programme delivery across a defined area, working closely with the appropriate Delivery and Partnership Team’s Regional/Country Lead/s. You will use data and evidence to inform your practice and be an expert in what good looks like from a programme delivery perspective.
Regular travel throughout your geographical location will be required, with occasional travel to other areas of the UK. Please stipulate where you are based when applying.
In addition, occasional international travel may be required, for example to the annual conference in the United States.
You will report to the Head of Quality & Impact.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be accountable for the quality and Model Fidelity of sites within your geography with a focus on improving employment outcomes for the interns participating in our programmes, in partnership with the Regional /Country Lead in the Delivery & Partnerships team.
- Demonstrate, train in and uphold the values of a continuous improvement culture.
- You will be accountable for collecting, analysing and reporting on data to allow for clear evaluation and guiding best practice in your geography
- You will be accountable for supporting the delivery of quality trainings to partnerships to drive quality programmes and employment outcomes
- You will be accountable for supporting the ongoing development of resources in line with UK guidelines, US model fidelity and that successfully equip partnerships with what they need to support strong employment outcomes – in collaboration with the Resources and Curriculum Manager.
- You will be accountable for conducting programme reviews and audits as required by the Head of Quality and Impact
- You will lead on (role specific) induction and training across DFN Project SEARCH staff and associates.
Application Instructions
- We will conduct selection throughout Thursday April 30th and Friday May 1st – with a multi-stage process taking place across the 2 days
We will review applications as they come in and close when we have sufficient numbers
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Partnerships and Impact Officer
About Us:
Population Matters is a growing UK charity with a global remit. We are a dedicated small organisation of individuals who has big ambitions. We adopt a can-do approach and belief to implementing our vision - a world in which our human population lives fairly and sustainably with nature and each other.
Key responsibility:
- This is a dynamic role at the intersection of grassroots partnerships, evidence-building and organisational learning. You will play a key part in deepening our work with rights-holder-led and women-led partners, while helping design and coordinate Population Matters’ global grassroots network of partners, ambassadors and collaborators.
- You will help build and nurture relationships across our key regions, supporting the development of a connected, values-driven grassroots network that strengthens shared learning, collective advocacy and systems change.
- Working closely with partners, you will strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) systems, ensuring projects are ethical, evidence-based and grounded in lived realities. From developing practical tools to leading the collection of case studies, your work will translate complex impact evidence into clear, persuasive and compelling narratives for funders, media and wider audiences. Exceptional written communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- You will collaborate closely with Fundraising and Advocacy & Influencing teams to develop an Impact Compendium and support appeals, while helping implement Population Matters’ organisational MEAL framework across all goals and programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about grassroots movements, network-building, and embedding a culture of impact and continuous learning. This is a varied and rewarding role, and we don't expect you to have done everything in it before. If the purpose excites you and you meet the core requirements, we'd love to hear from you.
Location and Eligibility
This is a remote role and must be undertaken from within the UK. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
While the role is UK-based, we particularly value candidates with experience working with grassroots or rights-holder-led organisations in the Global South.
How to apply
Please submit a CV (no more than two pages). As part of the application, you will also be asked to complete a short case study exercise and answer two screening questions. Please refer to the attachment below for the case study details, and submit your responses by clicking ‘Apply’ and answering in the text box provided. A cover letter is not required.
We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert before the published closing date, so we encourage you to apply early.
Closing date: 23 March 2026 at 11:00
Population Matters is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age and all other categories protected by law. Please refer to our full EDI statement attached with this advert.
If you require any adjustments to make the process more accessible, or to arrange an informal conversation about the role, please email Shweta Shirodkar at shweta.shirodkar(at)populationmatters(dot)org.
Thank you for your interest in Population Matters.
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Please submit a CV (no more than two pages). As part of the application, you will also be asked to complete a short case study exercise. Please refer to the attachment above for the case study details, and submit your response by clicking ‘Apply’ and answering in the text box provided. A cover letter is not required.
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) is a registered charity that brings together the UK’s leading health organisations, representing more than one million health professionals, to advocate for responses to climate change that protect and promote health. Through coordinated, collective action, the Alliance communicates the relationship between health and climate change to government, the public and other health professionals.
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and professional Director with excellent policy, project management, and interpersonal skills, experience in strategic communications and change. The right candidate ideally also has experience in advocacy, and a track record of building consensus and leading campaigns. .
The Director will be responsible for the Alliance’s overall strategy, oversight of the communications, policy and public affairs programmes, projects, and engagement with Alliance members and key external stakeholders. They will work closely with the Chair and trustees and develop good working relationships with senior leaders and public affairs and communications teams from the membership organisations that make up the Alliance. As the sole employee, the Director needs the professional capacity to coordinate strategic and operational delivery across all areas of the charity and ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships. They will develop and lead a strategic focus to increase income generation and build a small team of staff to enable the organisation to continue to grow.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you an experienced fundraiser, skilled in crafting persuasive appeals and telling moving stories of impact and change? We have a fabulous opportunity for you to use your creative and organisational skills to make a difference to families in South London and East Surrey.
Our programmes include individual family support, domestic abuse recovery and a range of parenting and group work programmes to enable families to thrive.
The core of your role will be in generating funds from trusts, foundations and grant making trusts.
- Identify and research prospective funders aligned with Welcare’s priorities.
- Develop tailored, high-quality grant applications, expressions of interest, and monitoring reports.
- Manage a rolling pipeline of small, medium, and large grant opportunities.
- Lead on multi-year and restricted funding applications where appropriate.
- Ensure accurate tracking of deadlines and submissions using eTapestry (Blackbaud’s CRM/Supporter Management System)
- Work closely with CEO, Head of Practice and Business Manager to gather data, case studies, and outcomes.
- Translate impact data into compelling narratives aligned with funder priorities.
- Support development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks to strengthen future bids.
Salary: £41,771 FTE (pro-rata £25,062)
Fully remote working
Generous Annual Leave allowance
Longlisted candidates will be required to complete a full application form prior to interview.
Application closing date: 6 April 2026
Interview date: rolling interview
Please submit your CV and our short application form. Longlisted candidates will be required to complete a detailed application form prior to interview.
Our mission is to work alongside parents and carers to give children secure and confident childhoods and to enable them to thrive in the future.



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The Director of Charitable Impact is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, driving, delivering (operating), and evidencing Ben’s charitable impact. The postholder will lead the strategic and operational delivery of health, wellbeing, and support and specialist services, ensuring the charity demonstrably improves lives while strengthening its position as a credible, trusted health and wellbeing charity and thought leader for the automotive community.
Job Title: Director of Charitable Impact
Organisation: Ben – Motor & Allied Trades Benevolent Fund (The Automotive Industry Charity)
Location: Home Based, UK (with regular travel)
Salary: c. £80,000 – £90,000 per annum + £5,000 car allowance
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Direct Reports: Support Services Lead and Specialist Services Lead
This role combines strategic leadership, operational performance, service innovation, impact measurement, and external influence to ensure Ben delivers meaningful, measurable, and visible outcomes for those who need it most.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Impact
- Lead the development and delivery of Ben’s Charitable Impact Strategy aligned to organisational vision and priorities.
- Ensure the charity delivers clear, measurable, and demonstrable outcomes for individuals, families, and the wider automotive workforce.
- Embed an outcomes-driven culture focused on evidence, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Translate strategy into operational delivery plans, KPIs, and impact frameworks.
Service Delivery & Operations
- Oversee the effective delivery of all charitable programmes and services, ensuring they are high quality, accessible, safe, and impactful.
- Drive service innovation to meet emerging health, financial, and social wellbeing needs across the automotive sector.
- Ensure services are delivered efficiently, sustainably, and in line with regulatory, safeguarding, and quality / clinical governance standards.
- Use insight and data to inform service design, resource allocation, and performance improvement.
Health & Wellbeing Leadership
- Lead Ben’s evolution into a recognised, credible health and wellbeing charity for the automotive industry.
- Ensure services reflect best practice in mental health, physical wellbeing, financial resilience, and social support.
- Build partnerships with health, wellbeing, and sector specialists to strengthen service quality and credibility.
- Champion prevention, early intervention, and whole-person health and wellbeing approaches.
Impact Measurement & Evidence
- Develop and embed robust impact measurement, evaluation, and reporting frameworks.
- Ensure the charity can clearly demonstrate social value, outcomes, and return on investment to stakeholders.
- Lead production of impactful insight, data, and evidence to inform decision-making and external positioning.
- Strengthen the charity’s ability to use evidence to attract funding, partnerships, and sector influence.
Thought Leadership & External Influence
- Position Ben as a leading voice on health and wellbeing in the automotive industry.
- Develop insight, campaigns, and sector engagement that raise awareness of issues affecting automotive people.
- Represent Ben externally with credibility and authority across industry, health, and charity sectors.
- Contribute to policy, research, and sector dialogue to influence positive change.
Leadership & Culture
- Provide inspiring leadership to multidisciplinary teams, fostering a high-performance, values-driven culture.
- Build organisational capability in impact, service delivery, and wellbeing.
- Promote collaboration across the organisation, particularly with fundraising, engagement, and communications.
- Lead through change, ensuring services evolve with need and strategy.
Governance & Risk
- Contribute to Executive Team leadership, organisational strategy, and governance.
- Ensure services operate within legal, regulatory, and safeguarding frameworks.
- Manage operational and reputational risk relating to service delivery and impact.
Person Specification
Experience
- Significant senior leadership experience within the charity, health, social impact, or related sector.
- Proven track record of delivering measurable social impact and leading outcome-driven services or programmes.
- Experience of overseeing complex service delivery / operational functions.
- Demonstrable success in leading organisational or service transformation.
- Experience developing impact measurement, evaluation, or evidence frameworks.
- Experience influencing external stakeholders and building credibility within a sector or field.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.
Knowledge & Understanding
- Strong understanding of physical and mental health and wellbeing, psychology and emotional wellbeing, prevention, and whole-person support.
- Knowledge of impact measurement, social value, and outcome frameworks.
- Understanding of safeguarding, quality, and regulatory considerations in service delivery (e.g. clinical governance requirements).
- Insight into the challenges affecting working people and communities (financial, health, social).
- Understanding of the charity sector, charity governance, and funding environment (desirable).
- Awareness of the automotive industry or willingness to quickly develop industry insight.
Skills & Capabilities
- Strategic thinker with strong delivery focus — able to translate vision into measurable outcomes.
- Operationally strong with ability to drive performance, quality, and improvement.
- Evidence-driven and analytical, able to use insight and data to shape decisions.
- Credible and influential communicator, internally and externally.
- Strong leadership presence with ability to inspire, engage, and lead through change.
- Collaborative and partnership-oriented.
- Strong judgement, integrity, and commitment to safeguarding and ethical practice.
Personal Qualities
- Passion for improving lives and delivering meaningful social impact.
- Purpose-driven, values-led, and mission aligned.
- Resilient, adaptable, and outcome focused.
- Curious, forward-thinking, and committed to learning and innovation.
- Empathetic and people-centred in approach.
Key Relationships
- Chief Executive and Executive Team
- Service Delivery and Impact teams
- Fundraising, Marketing & Communications teams
- Trustees and Board Committees
- External partners / organisations including automotive stakeholder or employers, health and wellbeing, welfare and charity, etc.
Success Measures
- Clear, demonstrable improvement in measurable charitable impact.
- Strong, high-quality, accessible health and wellbeing services.
- Recognised credibility as a health and wellbeing charity for the automotive industry.
- Robust impact evidence used to inform strategy, funding, and influence.
- Positive service outcomes, reach, and stakeholder confidence.
To make a positive difference to people's lives within the automotive industry.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Overview
The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing and delivering the day-to-day operations of the Schools Consent Project across England and Wales. In particular, this involves booking and coordinating the delivery of workshops across all educational settings; acting as the first point of contact for legal queries, feedback and safeguarding issues from volunteers and service users; and fostering strong relationships with our schools and partner firms.
Key Responsibilities
Operations and Programme Delivery
- Manage and coordinate the booking of workshops with schools and partner organisations.
- Oversee the scheduling and delivery of workshops, liaising with schools, volunteer lawyers, and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure high standards of programme delivery and participant experience.
- Maintain accurate operational records and systems.
Volunteer Management and Training
- Help organise induction, training, and ongoing development sessions.
- Manage DBS checks and compliance with safeguarding requirements.
- Act as a primary point of contact for volunteers.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
- Collect, analyse, and manage feedback and monitoring data from workshops.
- Prepare reports and summaries for internal use, funders, and trustees.
- Use data to support continuous improvement of programmes.
Safeguarding, Complaints, and Risk Management
- Act as the first point of contact for safeguarding disclosures, complaints, and concerns.
- Follow organisational safeguarding and complaints procedures.
- Escalate serious matters appropriately to the Director and relevant authorities.
- Maintain accurate and confidential records.
Outreach, Partnerships, and Growth
- Develop and maintain relationships with schools, and other educational providers.
- Support the Director and Founder in developing and implementing the UK growth strategy, informed by schools/volunteers’ feedback and booking data.
Person Specification
Essential
- Proven experience in operations management, project management, or programme delivery.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- High level of IT literacy, including confidence with digital systems and remote working tools.
- Familiarity with MS365 and Salesforce as our main operations platforms.
- Experience with Xero and basic financial administration.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a remote and distributed team.
- High standards of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Strong personal commitment to gender equality, youth empowerment, and reducing sexual violence.
Desirable
- Legally qualified
- Experience working with schools, colleges, or educational institutions.
- Experience working with pro bono departments in law firms.
- Experience in the charity or non-profit sector.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection frameworks.
A covering letter outlining your suitability for the role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Purpose of the Role
The Clinical & Research Lead role provides senior clinical leadership across Together for Short Lives’ most complex and high-profile programmes. The role leads the design and delivery of national clinical initiatives, strengthens clinical governance and safeguarding oversight, and builds the organisation’s research and evidence capability.
Working closely with the Head of Services & Impact, the postholder ensures programmes are credible, evidence-informed and deliver measurable impact for children, families and the wider sector. The role will lead work that strengthens professional practice, improves outcomes for families, and supports national sector development. The role involves significant external representation, national stakeholder engagement, programme planning, research and data oversight, and leadership of internal and external events.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
· Represent Together for Short Lives in national clinical, policy and professional forums, contributing to the organisation’s credibility and influence across the children’s palliative care sector.
· Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of internally hosted stakeholder meetings, including the Leaders of Care Forum and other professional engagement events.
· Provide professional and reflective input into complex organisational decisions relating to clinical practice, programme design and ethical engagement.
· Build strong relationships with practitioners across health, social care, education and voluntary-sector partners to support implementation of clinical programmes and foster collaboration.
· Engage with Integrated Care Boards, Strategic Clinical Networks, and children’s palliative care providers to ensure our work aligns with national priorities and regional needs.
Programme Leadership & Project Oversight
· Provide senior leadership for the planning, development and delivery of clinical and service-improvement projects, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy.
· Oversee the development of project briefs, initiation documents, outcome measures, risk registers, evaluation plans and implementation timelines.
· Hold responsibility for monitoring progress, quality assurance, and risk management, escalating concerns to the Head of Services & Impact as required.
· Coordinate cross-functional project teams and ensure effective collaboration with external organisations, hospices, NHS partners and charitable funders.
· Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines and budgets.
· Support the development of robust programme models, theories of change and outcomes frameworks that strengthen the organisation’s ability to secure external funding.
· Contribute to the development of cases for support and programme proposals in collaboration with fundraising colleagues.
Research, Evidence & Insight
- Lead the organisation’s research prioritisation programme and support development of a national children’s palliative care research agenda.
- Build and maintain relationships with academic partners, research institutions and clinical leaders to strengthen the evidence base for children’s palliative care.
- Support development of evaluation frameworks that demonstrate impact, learning and outcomes across programmes.
- Contribute to the organisation’s longer-term ambition to develop a ‘Centre of Impact’, positioning Together for Short Lives as a national authority on evidence and insight in children’s palliative care.
- Ensure research and evaluation activity is ethically robust, appropriately governed and aligned with sector priorities.
Data, Impact & Reporting
· Provide oversight and leadership for data collection, monitoring and reporting processes across the Services & Impact portfolio.
· Line manage the Data & Impact Officer, ensuring robust reporting systems, high-quality data, and meaningful evaluation of programmes.
· Ensure outputs are translated into insights that demonstrate effectiveness, equity, reach and learning - supporting fundraising, influencing and strategic decision-making.
· Support development of improved feedback mechanisms from families and professionals to evidence the impact of support offers and clinical programmes.
Professional Support, Education & Sector Development
· Contribute to the development and dissemination of clinical resources, guidance, toolkits and training for professionals working with children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
· Support national programmes of work, including definitions of children’s palliative care, categories of need, standards, workforce development and professional education.
· Facilitate knowledge exchange and best-practice sharing across the sector through networks, events, workshops and targeted professional engagement.
· Deliver presentations, training sessions and clinical briefings to a wide range of audiences.
Family and Service Engagement
· Work with colleagues across the Services & Impact team and external partners to ensure projects reflect the lived experiences and priorities of children and families.
· Support co-production activities and ensure family voice is meaningfully incorporated into project design and evaluation.
· Promote and signpost to the Family Support Hub and relevant offers, ensuring clear and consistent messaging about available support.
Governance, Quality & Reporting
· Provide additional clinical oversight and challenge across the organisation’s work relating to safeguarding, ethical engagement and complex family situations.
· Contribute to strengthening organisational clinical governance processes and risk management.
· Provide expert advice to colleagues on safeguarding, ethical engagement with families, and complex clinical issues arising from programme work. Contribute to internal reporting cycles, board updates, quarterly programme reviews and funder reports.
· Maintain accurate project documentation, data dashboards and risk logs.
· Provide expert advice to colleagues and stakeholders on clinical considerations and best practice in children’s palliative care.
General Responsibilities
· Provide effective line management, supervision and support to allocated staff.
· Attend team meetings, leadership meetings and organisational events as required.
· Commit to continuous professional development and reflective practice.
· Undertake other duties relevant to the role as required by the Head of Services & Impact.
Please apply using the Application form attached to this advert
We exist to ensure every seriously ill child and their family gets the high-quality children’s palliative and end of life care



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ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for a creative and dynamic person with a proven track record in creating, delivering and managing digital content across social media platforms to develop, implement and manage strategies to grow our online presence and raise our profile.
You’ll have demonstrable experience across a wide range of social media platforms with the ability to craft engaging content to build a rapport with your audience while continuing to uphold our brand and professional values. You will be managing multiple accounts held by the charity.
You will have experience of using third party management tools to create, plan and schedule content, analysing reach and engagement, and using analytical tools to help make informed decisions about our digital marketing strategies. You will regularly report back to the management team feeding into our wider strategy discussions, making recommendations on future campaigns.
You will be part of a wider communications team, working alongside the PR & Communications Manager, reporting to one of the trustees, fostering an organisation-wide approach working with all colleagues to ensure a planned, structured and collaborative approach to our communications and marketing planning.
As a small charity, flexibility is key to meet the needs of our shifting priorities and in between delivering and managing social media content – your primary focus – you will additionally support wider marketing activities with creation of digital content to support charity advertising, support the development of our online (web) content and more general activities across the communications team. While there will be some level of existing experience, training will be provided for anything bespoke.
As part of the role, you will help our UK-based volunteers to develop local social media activities and support them as required. This may involve making recommendations in their approach, supporting content creation and upskilling them to gain confidence in using social media.
The role is remote and the successful applicant can work from a location of their choice, making optimum use of video conferencing and online collaboration tools to connect with the wider communications team.
Some UK travel within the role is expected with the charity reimbursing reasonable UK travel costs where agreed up front and on behalf of the charity.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own and lead social media execution, from planning through to delivery across multiple accounts and multiple platforms
- Develop content and strategy for new (to IA) and new-to-market platforms
- Develop and deliver relevant content that drives awareness, engagement and conversation in line with IA’s aims and objectives
- Work closely with communications peers, wider staff and volunteers to deliver meaningful campaigns which aligns to IA’s purpose and support model
- Upholding brand and culture in everything you do
- Co-develop policies relating to your area of responsibility to ensure the management of online risks, suitability to content, data protection and safeguarding
- Develop partnerships with key individuals, ensuring strong social amplification and storytelling
- Oversee social content calendars, asset production and approvals aligned to wider communications strategies
- Review and manage marketing assets, ensuring brand consistency and compliant content
- Adapt quickly to shifting priorities and confidently jump into new projects in a fast-moving
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- Support with the development/management of wider digital content (web, digital advertising)
- prioritising the needs of the charity
- Monitoring all socials, reacting to/moderating follower engagement and questions as part of our wider support model
- Supporting volunteers with local branch social media engagement, advising on use, upholding IA’s wider values and policies and monitoring content/engagement suggesting changes where relevant
- Management reporting on social media interactions, successes, areas for development, improvements and making recommendations to the Management team/Board
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
- Experience in developing and implementing social media strategies and content in a similar role for at least 12 months
- A thorough working knowledge of a wide range of social media platforms
- Third-party applications to manage social media content across a range of platforms in addition to regular reporting and provision of management information to help the team make informed decisions to support the wider charity’s wider digital marketing strategy.
- Development of engaging and creative digital content
- Experience in social media moderation
- Working with and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships including our trustees, staff, volunteers and external medical professionals
- Digital marketing experience
- Team player
- Familiarity with UK data protection regulation
DESIRABLE
- Working knowledge of the Wordpress platform
- Advertising opportunities across social media to expand reach including cost models and budgetary management
- Basic understanding of AI and the benefits of using it within the not-for-profit sector
- Experience of working on sensitive content for people who have experienced acute and chronic illness, been through life changing surgery or those who may be feeling vulnerable or exposed at a difficult time
- Experience across the not-for-profit sector
- Experience of A/B testing
SKILLS & QUALITIES
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Flexible, adaptable in approach, creative thinker
- Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, please submit:
1. Your CV (up to 3 pages)
2. A covering letter outlining your suitability to the role (max 500 words)
Interviews will be two-stage for successful candidates. Initial interviews will be held via video conferencing (such as Zoom) discussing previous experience and role fit with successful candidates going through to a second round. This includes alignment to IA’s values. Please allow up to 1 hour for this stage.
Second round interviews are expected to be via video conference. Successful candidates will, at least one week in advance of the second round, be given a short brief and asked to provide sample content (or a clear idea of their marketing strategy) and share their ideas at least 48hrs before the interview. Candidates should be prepared to present their social media ideas at interview and answer any questions from the interview panel.
Additionally second stage applicants will be asked to provide examples of their own previously created content, at least 48hrs prior to the interview. You should be comfortable sharing past content that you have created previously which will be treated with the strictest confidence. Please allow up to 1 hour for this stage.
Applications should be submitted via the advertising platform including your CV and covering letter. See attached role profile for recruitment timetable and further details about us/the role, including contact details for an informal chat, if required, before applying. Applicants are encouraged to ensure availability in line with the recruitment timetable in the attached job specification.
While IA recognises the value of AI technology in the current climate, IA reserves the right to ignore applications where we have reason to believe that they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
Please let us know if you require any additional support to attend or undertake an interview or if there is anything we should consider as part of the interview process
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Business and Human Rights Manager
Are you an experienced human rights & business professional able to engage and drive impact with businesses from a variety of sectors to drive continuous improvement on embedding responsible recruitment, fair work and tackling modern slavery?
Do you have technical subject matter expertise and experience sharing insights with a variety of audiences? And do you enjoy training and supporting businesses and developing new business opportunities?
Then this could be the position for you.
We are looking for an experienced Business and Human Rights Manager to join our committed team as a maternity cover, who will hit the ground running.
The role is diverse including developing and delivering training and services with a variety of businesses, with opportunities to generate new funding to drive impact and sustainability, to project manage a collaborative programme and to try out new ideas. You will work remotely, but in close cooperation with the Co-CEO, Head of Business Development, and rest of our committed team across the world.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- You will deliver interactive training workshops and deliver premium quality services to businesses to support them to embed responsible recruitment and fair work and tackle modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.
- You will be responsible for ensuring high quality technical content across our organisation and sharing technical insights internally and externally.
- You will manage and grow Stronger Together’s business relations in a variety of sectors, both in the UK and globally to drive impact and generate funding.
- You will project manage client projects from start to finish and, dependent on candidate experience, manage our UK Construction and Property collaborative programme.
Who we are:
Stronger Together is an impact driven, not for profit organisation that provides businesses with practical training, resources, business services and collaborative programmes. We work across three continents and within multiple sectors with many organisations to achieve our wider vision of a world where all workers are recruited responsibly and have fair work, free from exploitation.
Who you are:
- An experienced professional with an in-depth understanding of and subject matter expertise on working with businesses on responsible recruitment, ethical labour practices and modern slavery, and significant experience in business engagement/developing and managing senior management corporate sponsor relations (min. 5 years’ experience)
- An excellent trainer, with experience of developing and delivering training to businesses
- The ideal candidate should have experience in a business development role, a track record in building and developing business relations, and strong experience of giving presentations, delivering pitches and closing deals
- Experienced in maintaining and developing corporate sponsor relations including writing client and grant proposals
- A strong project manager and great organiser, with the ability to set and meet demanding targets and deadlines, and to hold others accountable to those
- A professional who has worked with or within the construction, manufacturing, consumer goods, apparel, finance or care sector on responsible business behaviour
- An excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing, with experience of developing and building new successful working relationships with a range of stakeholders, as well as confidence in representing the organisation professionally at a variety of events
- A motivated and enthusiastic worker, able to work independently and with remote colleagues/stakeholders
- Someone with a good eye for detail, whilst retaining sight of the bigger picture.
- Knowledge of social compliance audit and certification methodologies and audit quality management would be a bonus.
- UK-based with eligibility to work in the UK.
What we can offer you:
- A fixed-term maternity cover contract from 1st June – 31st Dec 2026 (0.8 FTE or full-time)
- A competitive salary (salary band £41,674 – £53,580 gross annually; pro-rata if 0.8 FTE) and enhanced employee benefits
- Being part of an innovative, and exciting not for profit organisation
- A friendly global team which is passionate about and committed to fair work, responsible recruitment and systemic change
- Flexible and family-friendly working arrangements
- Working remotely (UK-based), with regular in person and online meetings and social team gatherings.
How to apply:
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Timeline:
- Application deadline: 12th April 2026
- Interviews: w/c 20th April 2026
- Starting date: 1st June 2026
Role Purpose
To lead Trussell’s email and marketing CRM strategy and digital projects by creating insight‑led, compliant, and engaging digital communications and journeys that bring our story to life and drive programme outcomes.
This role is part of the Together with Trussell programme, the goal of which is to build stronger connections with our supporters, partners and donors to increase funding, campaigning, and other forms of support for our work. As a member of an enabling programme, this role is focused on the successful delivery of the Together with Trussell programme outcomes, which underpin and enable the outcomes of our 5 external programmes – together contributing to the fulfilment of our long-term vision of a UK without the need for food banks.
Key Responsibilities
Email and CRM marketing
· Lead the design, content development and delivery of Trussell's email programme and related projects, optimising workflows, journeys and alignment with our audience strategy to deliver organisational goals.
Product leadership
· Overall product leadership of our customer marketing platform, Marketing Cloud, ensuring data models and digital ecosystem are optimised and compliant with data privacy laws and industry standards, protecting supporter data from cyber threats.
Analysis and insight and performance
· Implement digital tracking, attribution and measurement in line with established UTM governance and tagging standards to enable accurate tracking and optimisation. Lead the supporter data function, ensuring accuracy and compliance of supporter data, working with business system teams to ensure reporting enables actionable decision making.
Consultancy and stakeholder management
· Act as an expert inhouse consultant for programme teams providing advice and guidance to embed best practice, accessibility and innovation in digital communications, driving continuous improvement.
Digital marketing project management
· Lead digital marketing projects that deliver continuous improvement and compliance driving improved engagement with our audiences and programme outcomes.
Person Specification
Core Knowledge
· Deep understanding of CRM, CDP and marketing automation platforms. Experience of Salesforce and Marketing Cloud would be an advantage.
· Management of multiple audience-focused email marketing programmes with complex segmentations and competing priorities
· Excellent understanding of email copy and content best practice
· Excellent understanding of accessibility and legal regulations for email marketing, including the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR and accessibility best practice
· Strong understanding of digital measurement, including tracking, attribution and analytics methodologies and summarising insights to inform decision making.
Essential Skills
- Data analysis and converting this to actionable strategies
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- Able to influence decisions, demonstrates collaborative approach
- Ability to think strategically and practically deliver
- Excellent ability to co-ordinate a variety of projects simultaneously in a multi-stakeholder environment
· Problem solving approach, giving strategic direction
· Process review and improvement skills
Key Experience
- Leading and delivering digital projects and outcomes
- Leading email strategy and function
- Ensuring best practice and compliance
- Performance measurement and reporting skills
- Team leadership
- Managing relationships with suppliers and agencies
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a Marketing and Events Executive to join our team. You will help build our brand, engage with our donors and community groups, and organise events that showcase our work and impact.
First and foremost, a passion for the not-for-profit sector and an excitement to utilise your marketing and event management experience to increase investment in the regions not-for-profit sector is a must.
Reporting to the Head of Insight & Communications, you will play a dual role supporting our marketing campaigns, assisting with content creation, helping develop digital/social media strategies as well as helping to plan and execute our events.
What We Offer
- Meaningful Work: Be part of a team dedicated to driving positive change.
- Annual Leave: 30 days Annual Leave (plus 8 days public holiday)
- Flexible Working: Hybrid working arrangement (4 days in Liverpool City Centre office) and flexible hours between 9:00-9:30am and 4:30-5:00pm.
- Healthcare: Paid membership to Medicash
- Pension: Enhanced employer contribution
- Professional Development: Training and mentorship to help you grow your skills in marketing and events.
- Supportive Environment: A collaborative and creative workplace that values diversity.
For a full description of the role responsibilites, please download the Job Description attached.
Please ensure you've read the attached Job Description. You're application should include a Cover Letter (no longer than one page) and your CV.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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About Chapter One
Chapter One is a growing charity dedicated to ensuring every child has access to one-to-one reading support at the time they need it most.
We support children at every stage of their primary reading journey through three programmes - Early Literacy Intervention, Online Reading Volunteers, and Book Clubs - helping them build both the will and the skill to read. Our innovative Online Reading Volunteers Programme aims to support 3,500 children facing disadvantage during the 2025-26 academic year, pairing five to eight-year-old children with reading support volunteers from over 180 local and national businesses. Our unique approach requires volunteers to commit just 30 minutes a week for an entire academic year, using our bespoke digital platform. The results are transformative, significantly boosting children's reading confidence and ability.
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
With ambitious targets to support thousands more children by 2029, Chapter One is seeking a passionate, energetic Fundraising Officer to be an integral part of our Fundraising team. Reporting to our Fundraising Manager, you’ll generate income from a range of existing and new trusts and foundations, along with individual fundraising activities, to contribute towards the 2025-26 fundraising target. The fundraising budget in 2026-27 will be £356,000, when you’ll have an individual target.
This role is ideal for an early career professional who can write creative, compelling proposals and build impactful relationships to make your mark in a fast-growing charity which is flexible and agile. You’ll be a proactive, determined self-starter and have high standards for yourself and others. You’ll develop and manage a funding pipeline by investing in thorough research and relationship cultivation, and you will thrive in working with funders, partners and supporters on a day-to-day basis.
Key responsibilities
Deliver the fundraising plan
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Work collaboratively with the Fundraising Manager to grow Chapter One’s fundraising portfolio and meet agreed income targets from trusts and foundations.
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Maintain a portfolio of existing trusts and foundations, ensuring an excellent cultivation and stewardship journey in order to build relationships and maximise income.
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Proactively identify and research new prospective trust funders, finding creative ways to engage with them to secure support.
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Create compelling and tailored fundraising applications and reports, ensuring there is a strong emotional case for support and accuracy, to inspire prospects and supporters across trusts and foundations.
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Contribute to the highest levels of donor care for supporters, including creative stewardship, adhering to all grant conditions and responding in a timely manner to all enquiries from supporters and prospects.
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Research, interpret and present data about literacy and impact that makes a compelling case for Chapter One’s programmes.
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Contribute to internal planning and budget setting for restricted and unrestricted activities, setting out clear plans and a pipeline for income generation from trusts and foundations.
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Work with the Fundraising Manager, Corporate Partnerships team and Communications team to support the development of strategies and campaigns to grow individual giving from existing volunteers and supporters.
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Undertake administrative duties to support the delivery of individual fundraising initiatives including matched-giving campaigns and Payroll Giving.
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Work closely with the Fundraising Manager, Corporate Partnerships team and Communications team to ensure a cohesive approach and maximise all fundraising opportunities.
General
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Oversee and maintain specific fundraising administrative processes, including recording of activity on the Salesforce CRM and internal databases.
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Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fundraising regulations, networks, and developments across the sector.
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Adherence to Chapter One’s Donation Acceptance Policy.
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Contribute to forecasting and regular reporting, producing verbal and written reports for senior management as required.
We are looking for some of the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others:
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A commitment to Chapter One’s mission and values.
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Experience of fundraising, ideally from trusts and foundations.
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A demonstrable track record of successfully generating income and achieving targets.
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An ability to create compelling and successful fundraising applications and proposals.
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Excellent written communication skills, with an understanding of how to tailor communications for different audiences/contexts.
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Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
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Evidence of effective prospect research, growing and managing a pipeline, planning for your portfolio and increasing income.
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Good financial acumen and proven ability to present complex financial information accurately.
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Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
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Ability to effectively work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities.
You’ll be more successful in the role if you have:
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Experience of individual giving or employee fundraising.
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Experience of working in a charity that has a strong corporate volunteering offer.
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Experience using the Salesforce CRM.
How to Apply
Please send your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter via Charity Jobs. Your covering letter (maximum 1 side of A4) should:
1) Detail your relevant experience, including clear examples.
2) Tell us the story of a successful fundraising relationship that you have been involved in, how much you raised and what you 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 understand that you may use AI to help craft your application, but do remember that we will be looking for individuals who write a letter that stands out. 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.
As a charity that values and celebrates people's diversity and champions opportunities for all young people, we are keen to receive applications from people who have experienced disadvantage and from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. We believe that a diverse organisation is one that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
At Chapter One, we want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.