Communication officer jobs in london

Team: Editorial

Location: Remotely with some occasional travel for meetings

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £35,065.63 per annum

Contract: Fixed term until 30th September 2026

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Publications & Digital Officer

• You will help shape the charity’s voice across print and digital platforms and support brand consistency in our communications from across the organisation
• From producing compelling editorial content to managing flagship publications, your expertise will engage supporters, uphold the integrity of our brand and contribute to impactful communications that support our mission to make a better life for cats across the UK

About the Editorial team

• We sit within the Brand & Marketing team
• We create compelling content for teams across the charity, tailored for a range of media platforms and audiences including The Cat magazine, Annual Report, blog, and more
• We ensure all content for the charity is clear, accessible, consistent, and on-brand across our publications and communications
• We currently are a team of two

What we’re looking for in our Publications & Digital Officer

• Demonstrable experience in online and offline copywriting for external and internal communications
• Sub editing/editing experience
• Design and page layout image selection experience
• Knowledge of engaging with and writing for volunteers, employees, supporters and the public
• Excellent grammar, editing and copy crafting skills
• Creative with an eye for good design

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
• and much more, which you can learn about 

Interested? Here’s how to apply:

Application closing date: 23rd November (or earlier if application numbers are considered high)

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 1st December 2025

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate. 

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1.Anonymised application form

2.Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

First interview - Wednesday 3rd December (MS Teams)

Second interview - Tuesday 9th December (in-person at our Aldgate, London head office)

Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) 
• three x basic salary life assurance cover
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
  free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
• commitment to employee health and wellbeing.
• we have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer

Join Dementia UK as our Campaigns Manager and lead national and local influencing campaigns that drive real change in dementia care.

Reporting to the Head of Campaigns, you will design, deliver and evaluate impactful campaigns that put people affected by dementia at the heart of our influencing work. You will set measurable objectives and drive innovative approaches that engage and mobilise diverse audiences.

As a skilled leader and communicator, you will inspire and grow our community of campaigners, empowering them to advocate for improvements in dementia care. You will manage two Campaigns Officers and work closely with Policy and Public Affairs colleagues, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.

To succeed in this role, you will bring significant experience in planning, delivering and evaluating successful influencing campaigns. You will be confident in influencing a variety of stakeholders and leading complex projects with multiple competing priorities and deadlines. You will be comfortable using digital campaigning tools and CRM or supporter management systems.

This is a pivotal role in delivering Dementia UK’s influencing strategy, working across all four nations of the UK to secure improvements in dementia care so that every family affected by dementia can access the specialist support they need.

We would love to hear from you.

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer.

By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs 

When you apply for a job at Dementia UK, we will collect certain information about you to process your application and assess your suitability for the role. Further details can be found in our privacy notice.

Job Title: Legal Project Officer

Organisation: Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)

Duration: Four years 

Location: Hybrid / London (our anchor day is in London on a Tuesday, and there are often evening meetings in London, with occasional other travel within the UK) 

Reports to: Senior Legal Officer and Senior Legal Projects Manager

Annual leave: 25 days per annum, plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year off. 

Salary: £30,000 to £32,000 per annum starting salary, depending on skills and experience, NB. pension is 5% of salary

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, plus 1 hour lunch break (NB. evening working is required to attend any scheduled evening meetings, which ordinarily finish no later than 7pm). 

Start date: 12 January 2026

Application deadline: 11:59pm on Monday, 24 November 2025

Interviews are anticipated to be held on 15 and 16 December 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by Friday, 5 December 2025..

Applications from individuals only – no agencies. Please do not use artificial intelligence in completing your application form.

Please submit a completed ILPA application form and equalities monitoring form as a Word document or in another editable format. If an application is not submitted in this format, it will not be considered. 

About the Role

The Legal Project Officer coordinates two projects which sit at the heart of ILPA’s legal policy and strategic legal coordination work.

The Legal Project Officer will work closely with the Legal Team (Legal Director and Senior Legal Officer) to run ILPA’s Working Groups and with the Senior Legal Projects Manager in a key role to coordinate strategic legal advice and litigation. The Legal Project Officer also works closely with the rest of the ILPA Secretariat, including the Chief Executive, Content and Digital Channels Manager, Training Manager, and with Trustees, ILPA and SLAC members, the SLAC Steering Committee and convenors of ILPA’s Working Groups.

You will support the organisation and running of ILPA’s thematic Working Groups, which provide a valuable forum for ILPA members to share best practice and discuss issues of current importance, assisting with agenda-setting, presenting updates, following-up on action points, answering queries, and preparing meeting summaries. The overall aim of these activities is to improve immigration, asylum and nationality law, policy and practice. 

You will work with the Senior Legal Projects Manager to develop partnerships with NGOs and legal professionals around the UK and to coordinate all Strategic Legal Advice Committee (SLAC) meetings. These meetings will be held online, across the UK. Each SLAC group will hold four meetings per year as well as emergency meetings where necessary. You will be responsible for the minute taking of all SLAC meetings. You will work with the Senior Legal Projects Manager to set member-led meeting agendas, identify member training needs, facilitate training, update the SLAC website, and feed in to monitoring and evaluation of the project. You will be responsible for coordinating SLAC Steering Committee meetings.

About you

The position would suit a self-motivated individual who is passionate about the sector and is looking to further their career in the immigration world, through coordinating and organising these two projects at ILPA.

You may be keen to be working at the heart of the systemic changes following Brexit, recent significant legislation, including the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, Illegal Migration Act 2023, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, attempts to remove people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda, government initiatives to “reduce net migration” such as the increased Minimum Income Requirement for family visas, the suspension of the refugee family reunion route, and the recently introduced Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. 

You will have an interest in strategic litigation and how it can be used to protect and promote the rights of those discriminated against on the basis of their migration status. You will be passionate about being involved in the coordination of a unique and exciting project that brings the third and legal sectors together in developing strategic litigation. 

Given the complexity of immigration, asylum and nationality law, we do not expect applicants to have expertise in every area, but an understanding of the law and excellent critical analysis skills are key. Any successful applicant will be able to attend ILPA training to further their knowledge.

Main responsibilities

1. To liaise, work with, and gather evidence from ILPA and SLAC members to support advocacy and knowledge-sharing in the sector;

2. To coordinate and contribute to internal and external meetings;

3. To coordinate ILPA’s thematic working groups and SLAC meetings, including by attending evening meetings, agenda-setting, participating, drafting minutes/meeting summaries, and working with the Secretariat, ILPA’s thematic Working Group co-convenors, and SLAC’s Steering Committees to take forward agreed actions;

4. To handle queries relevant to ILPA’s thematic Working Groups and SLAC sent by members and others where appropriate, such as by forwarding these on to relevant individuals and drafting responses;

5. To manage SLAC’s Steering Committees;

6. To monitor, organise, and disseminate information, communications, and updates, which will often relate to law, policy, and litigation relevant to SLAC and ILPA’s thematic Working Groups

7. To assist with facilitating SLAC training events, and feed into the monitoring and evaluation.

Person Specification

Essential knowledge, experience, skills, and qualities:

1. A law degree, postgraduate qualification in law, or other relevant qualification in law; 

2. Experience of working in or with immigration, asylum and nationality law in the UK, such as in a caseworker or paralegal role;

3. Experience of building and managing effective professional relationships with a range of people, with demonstrable ability to communicate effectively in challenging situations;

4. Relevant legal knowledge, skills and judgment, including:

   1. an ability to navigate and understand the Immigration Rules and Government guidance,

   2. a general understanding of UKVI processes, and

   3. an ability to clearly communicate legal and technical information orally and in writing;

5. Excellent attention to detail;

6. Excellent planning, coordination, organisational, time management, strategic problem-solving and independent working skills, including:

   1. an ability to take a proactive approach to independent working, 

   2. managing workstreams effectively, 

   3. confidently taking responsibility for tasks and decisions, 

   4. meeting tight deadlines, and 

   5. taking a calm and diligent approach to problem solving;

7. Commitment to the principles of a non-racist, non-sexist, just, and equitable system of immigration, asylum and nationality law; 

8. Commitment to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion, and taking a proactive approach to espousing these principles; and

9. Commitment to be a champion of ILPA by positively encouraging your team, identifying and encouraging opportunities for growth, and celebrating success.

About the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) is a charity and a professional association the majority of whose members are barristers, solicitors, advocates and IAA (previously OISC) regulated advisers practising in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law. Academics, non-governmental organisations and individuals with a substantial interest in the law are also members.

Founded in 1984 by leading practitioners in the field, ILPA exists to promote and improve advice and representation in immigration, asylum and nationality law, through an extensive programme of training and disseminating information and by providing research and opinion that draw on the experiences of members. ILPA is represented on numerous government, official and non-governmental advisory groups and regularly provides evidence to parliamentary and official inquiries.

The Secretariat does not give advice to members of the public on individual cases but works closely with members to ensure that they are enabled to do their best for their clients. It runs ILPA’s busy training programme and produces a wide range of information for members and non-members.

The objectives of ILPA are:

• To promote the advising and representation of immigrants;

• To provide information to members and others on domestic and European immigration, asylum and nationality law; and

• To secure a non-racist, non-sexist, just and equitable system of immigration, asylum and nationality law practice.

ILPA is an equal opportunities employer. We acknowledge that the legal and charitable sector can be less accessible to people from minoritised or racialised communities and people from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds. We are committed to unsettling the status quo. In this role you will wear many hats and we recognise that the successful candidate may not have all the skills and experience listed in the personal specification. We welcome an application from you if you can see yourself in this role and have an appetite to gain new skills, knowledge, and experience. We encourage applications from individuals who have lived experience of the UK immigration or asylum system or of the hostile environment.

We also encourage applications from people who have previously unsuccessfully applied for roles at ILPA. We will consider each application afresh. We appreciate that individuals are always learning, growing, and adding to their knowledge and experience.

About the ILPA Team 

You would be joining a small team, of around 10 team members. Under our current hybrid work policy, we have one anchor day (currently a Tuesday), in which you will be expected to work from an office setting in London, together with team members living in England and Scotland. On average, once a month, there will be a Working Group meeting in the evening that you will need to run in London. The rest of the time you will ordinarily work remotely or wherever conferences, training events, or meetings might take place. 

We are seeking a visionary Chief Executive Officer to lead one of London’s most vital community organisations into its next chapter. Based in North Kensington, the Dalgarno Trust is a lifeline for many of its 6000+ local residents living in one of the most underserved and diverse areas within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. As the only community centre in the neighbourhood, it tackles long standing community needs, from health inequalities to digital exclusion, vibrant youth programmes, a busy weekly foodbank, and inclusive wellbeing initiatives. The CEO will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of this anchor institution, driving strategic growth while remaining deeply connected to the needs and lived experiences of the community.

This is an opportunity to lead a charity where you not only have direct visibility of the impact, you will also have multiple opportunities to be involved with making a real change to the lives of others. The CEO will be responsible for steering the organisation’s strategic direction, building sustainable income streams, and strengthening partnerships across the public, private, and voluntary sectors. With oversight of a dynamic workforce, including full-time, part-time, sessional staff, and volunteers, the CEO will ensure high quality service delivery, encourage innovation, and foster a resilient, inclusive culture. As the public face of the Dalgarno Trust, they will represent the charity in borough-wide forums, advocate for policy change, and amplify the voices of all its beneficiaries.

Dalgarno Trust is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the community it serves and developing a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can thrive. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. We actively encourage individuals who have a passion for equity and a strong ability to oversee and manage the multiple elements of a thriving and busy community centre where one day is never the same as the next.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Work with the Board of Trustees to set and deliver the charity’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
• Provide clear, evidence-based advice and recommendations to the Board, ensuring effective governance and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Position the charity as a recognised leader in tackling inequality and poverty in the borough, particularly the North Kensington area.
• Maintain financial oversight taking a strategic approach to managing Dalgarno Trust’s finances in a sustainable way – ensuring adequate reserves are maintained.
• Ensure effective short, medium, and long-term financial planning is in place throughout the different levels of the organisation. Provide effective scrutiny by working with Dalgarno Trust’s accountants and finance personnel.

Income Generation & Fundraising

• Lead a sustainable income generation strategy, including accessing trust and foundation fundraising, corporate sponsorships, statutory grants, and social enterprise opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with funders and donors to maximise opportunities for growth and diversification of income.
• Ensure effective financial management, monitoring, and reporting of a c.£750k annual budget.

Partnerships & Place-Leadership

• Develop and maintain partnerships with voluntary, public, and private sector organisations to aid joint delivery of services.
• Represent the Dalgarno Trust in local strategic forums, influencing public policy and service design to reflect community needs.
• Strengthen the charity’s role as an anchor organisation and hub for community activity and leadership.

Please see the job description attachment for further responsibilities. If you would like to have an informal discussion with the CEO about Dalgarno Trust and the role, please get in touch with Esma Dukali via email refer to JD PDF for contact details.

TAG Youth Club, an award-winning charity and a youth club open to children, young people and young adults, whatever their disability. We work hard to accommodate anyone who wants to join and particularly those who have restricted opportunities elsewhere.  We respond to the needs of the communities we serve and cater for those between the ages of 8 – 25 years. 

TAG started almost 25 years ago, as a group of parents who got together to create an inclusive space for their disabled young people to socialise.  From those humble beginnings TAG has now grown to over 250 members and supports over 750 family members.

The club now makes many activities available to young disabled people that would not ordinarily be available to them (such as climbing, skiing, archery, parkour, scootering and skateboarding). Our activities provide members with opportunities to meet new people, make friends, learn social and life skills, and to thrive and grow in confidence and independence.

This exciting new role has been created to support the CEO and Head of Operations, providing administrative support in a wide variety of areas including finance, fundraising, office systems and management, premises, promotion, marketing and communications.  A detailed job description is attached to the bottom of this job ad.  The successful applicant will have experience of business management, fundraising and finance and most importantly, the enthusiasm and the ability to work flexibly with good organizational and communication skills .

About Resource Futures

We want to create a future where organisations, people and communities can thrive and rebalance their relationship with material resources.

Resource Futures is an organisation accelerating the shift towards a circular world: putting restorative practices of reuse, repair, recycling at the heart of the fight to address the climate crisis. We help governments, businesses, NGOs and non-profits embrace regenerative change.

We are non-profit-distributing and have a close-knit team of 50+ trusted employees who collaborate across various areas of the business. Our multi-disciplined and connected approach sets us apart from the competition and enables us to build robust solutions that have a meaningful impact in the world.

We are passionate not only about what we do but how we do it, and we’re proud to be a part of the global B Corp movement to use business as a force for good. Employee-owned and independent, we’re all about helping each team member grow, and together striving towards our goal of creating a sustainable world.

The opportunity

Education is central to our vision for the future. Our team focuses on equipping young people and their wider school and home communities with knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes that promote sustainable development and care for the world’s people and resources.

The Resource Futures Education Team has worked over the past 17 years in developing and delivering high quality Education for Sustainable Development programmes, specialising in waste issues.

Your role will be part of the education team in Devon who enable schools and young people to develop more sustainable practices and lifestyles, specifically within the areas of waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting. 

Our ideal candidate will live in or around the East Devon / Exeter / Teignbridge area, where the majority of delivery will take place, with some home working. For the successful candidate, there may be an opportunity to expand the number of hours you deliver on a short-term basis, dependent on funding opportunities.

What you will be doing

· Develop and deliver high quality education programmes in schools on the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle - and composting, to include: 

o Leading workshops, assemblies and waste audits.

o Advising school staff (including senior staff, cleaners, caretakers, kitchen staff and other non-teaching staff) on educational and practical waste issues. 

o Support or lead school visits to waste management facilities such as recycling centres and energy from waste (EfW) plants. 

· Recruit schools to the programme and ensure bookings, administration and preparation are undertaken to a high standard. 

· Develop new learning and teaching materials to support the programme, including physical and e-resources. 

· Create and maintain effective relationships with Devon County Council, district councils and other relevant organisations. 

· Assist schools in the practicalities of setting up and maintaining their recycling and composting systems, in liaison with district councils. 

· Work in partnership with Devon County Council to run events, competitions and teacher training courses. 

· Develop effective and supportive relationships with primary, secondary and special schools across the Devon area. 

· Keep accurate records of work, including data on schools visited and waste audit results. 

· Monitor and evaluate the programme, including contribution towards the written annual report. 

· Liaise with other Resource Futures colleagues on project tasks, such as publicity and promotion.

· Contribute to the Recycle Devon and Zone websites, School Sustainability Bulletin and social media where required. 

· Help schools to access resources to write and implement climate action plans.

· Keep abreast of new developments and ideas in education, particularly education for sustainable development. 

· Represent Resource Futures at external meetings. 

· Identify opportunities for business development. 

· Any other tasks as deemed appropriate to this post. 

Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) employers check will be carried out for this role.

The essentials

· Previous experience working in or with primary schools, or experience or training in a relevant subject or area. 

· Knowledge of education in schools including the National Curriculum. 

· Demonstrable knowledge of sustainable resource and waste management issues and solutions, including composting.

· Demonstrable knowledge of and/or experience in education for sustainable development.

· Experience of monitoring and evaluation processes. 

· Experience of developing learning and teaching materials. 

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills. 

· Great interpersonal skills to motivate others. 

· Ability to work effectively on own initiative and as part of a team. 

· Ability to perform calmly under pressure. 

· Willingness to deliver workshops and activities outdoors as well as indoors. 

· Competent IT user, particularly Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. 

· Current full driving licence with own transport or ability to travel easily in and around Devon. As this role will mainly take you to East Devon, Teignbridge and Exeter (as well as home working), you will need to be within easy commuting distance of these areas. 

· Commitment to education and sharing expertise. 

· Imaginative and resourceful as well as enthusiastic and constructive. 

· Access to a compost bin/heap for some of the workshop delivery. 

Great to haves

· Qualified teacher status (QTS). 

· Experience of working in or with secondary and special schools. 

· Knowledge of energy and carbon management issues and solutions. 

· Experience of partnership working with Local Authorities and Districts or similar local organisations. 

· Business development skills. 

· Knowledge of other IT packages e.g. Canva, Eventbrite, Mailchimp and SurveyMonkey. 

· Knowledge of climate action plans in education settings. 

Benefits

· Embedded flexi working culture.

· 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, each year (pro rata for part-time hours) – flexibility to work or use some bank holidays for annual leave.

· Buying and selling annual leave policy to add further flexibility around how you manage your work/non-work time and give you better control over how much and when you take leave from work.

· Paid volunteer time each year (a full day for those working 19 hours or more per week, and a half day for those working up to 18.75 hours per week).

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

· Enhanced sick pay.

· Scottish Widows pension plan – the company will match up to 7% of your contribution.

· Group life assurance cover.

· Healthcare portal offering 24/7 GP access and prescription service, mental health support, wellbeing advice, financial and legal guidance.

· Mental health and wellbeing group with trained mental health first aiders and responders, maintaining a focus on support for our team.

· A cycle to work scheme for all and on-site showers at the Bristol office.

· Home and tech scheme - costs at Currys and Ikea spread across 12 months, and up to 10% savings.

· Paid professional membership such as CIWM or ISEP.

· An opportunity to become a company member, contributing to decision making and the future direction and success of our business.

· Consultative Group – a group of employees providing an anonymous vehicle for employee voice, raising issues, proposing changes and engaging senior management.

· Regular line manager 1:1s and performance reviews, with opportunities to discuss and build targets that inspire and push you professionally.

· Annual training budget to ensure continued progression and development, as well as regular internal ‘Lunchtime Briefs’ and other sessions to share skills and knowledge across all roles.

· Two annual team activity days, each followed by evening socials.

· Green and accessible Bristol office, surrounded by nature, and close to the harbourside.

· Accessible central Glasgow office close to local public transport links as well as cafés and shops, with various complementary facilities, events and networking opportunities.

· An opportunity to join a friendly, fun, professional, challenging, and supportive place to work, and a team that is collectively focused on making a positive impact.

Resource Futures is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to create a working environment where everyone can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment.

We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us in being themselves at work. We pride ourselves on working flexibly to enable our people to take care of their mental health and maintain a good life-work balance.

We are Disability Confident and a Living Wage employer, and our hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

We recruit and treat everyone with equality and respect regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. In line with the expectations set out in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, we place an obligation upon all of our people to respect and act in accordance with this statement.

Please apply via our website link by 9am on Monday 1st December 2025. Please let us know if you would like to submit your application in a different format. Interviews for this role will be held at Pinbrook Recycling Centre in Exeter on 11th and 12th December 2025.

COO (International Development Charity)

£120-£140K per annum. Hybrid in London

The Organisation

Our client is a high-profile charitable organisation with a global reputation for driving social change through creativity and collaboration. With a mission to tackle poverty and injustice, the charity partners with communities, policy makers, and cultural leaders to deliver sustainable impact. As it evolves to meet the demands of a changing world, the organisation is seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to help strengthen internal operations, scale delivery, and embed values of equity, transparency, and innovation across its work.

The Role

This is a key appointment to the Executive Leadership Team. The COO will be responsible for leading the charity’s internal operations, ensuring that people, processes, and systems are aligned with the organisation’s strategy and purpose. The role oversees key functions including Finance, Legal & Assurance, Technology and Data, People & Culture, and Governance. Working closely with the CEO, the COO will help drive organisational effectiveness, financial sustainability, and operational resilience.

Key responsibilities include strategic planning, operational leadership, board relations, risk and compliance, digital transformation, and culture development. The role will also lead on governance frameworks, internal controls, and business continuity. The organisation is developing its five year strategy and the role will be vital in creating tactical plans to assist with the delivery enabling the charity to have robust processes and enable growth.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record in operational leadership in the non-profit or social impact sector. You will bring a deep understanding of charity governance, finance, and compliance, alongside experience of managing cross-functional teams across HR, Legal, Finance, and Technology.

You will be values-led, collaborative, and comfortable working at pace in a mission-driven environment. Strong communication skills, strategic vision, and the ability to deliver cultural change and innovation will be essential. Professional accountancy qualifications or equivalent experience overseeing finance functions are expected.

Application Process

Please apply imediately using the link provided. For a confidential discussion, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

The Organisation

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.

Help Nature Thrive (HNT) is an initiative aimed at tackling the global biodiversity crisis by making The Royal Parks more resilient, more biodiverse and more connected to the visitor. It is supported by £900k of annual funding thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery and seeks to deliver park conservation improvements, enhance the learning journey of visitors and collect data to inform management practices.

We are now looking for an Engagement Officer to join our HNT Team on a full-time basis, until September 2026, subject to funding. This role is funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery.

The Benefits

• Salary of £33,666 to £35,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

This is an amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with experience delivering engagement activities in a variety of environmental and science areas to join our dedicated organisation.

Your engagement expertise will play a vital role in our Help Nature Thrive initiative as we work together to tackle the global biodiversity crisis and help some of London’s most beautiful and well-loved green spaces become more resilient and biodiverse.

So, if you want to enhance your skill set whilst working amidst stunning natural beauty in the heart of London, then apply today.

The Role

As an Engagement Officer, you will support the Help Nature Thrive Team to increase participation, volunteering and communication at the Royal Parks.

Working with park teams, local councils and other key stakeholders to identify new target groups, you will develop plans and nature-focused engagement opportunities to attract audiences from a range of community groups to the parks.

You will also support the effective promotion of Help Nature Thrive to a variety of audiences, including park visitors, volunteers and the general public.

Additionally, you will:

• Carry out development work with local communities
• Ensure all expenditure is approved and budgets and financial records are updated
• Help deliver the Help Nature Thrive Roadshow

About You

To be considered as an Engagement Officer, you will need:

• Experience developing and delivering community engagement activities in natural sciences, ecology, zoology, parks, green spaces, horticulture and conservation
• Experience developing relationships with a range of stakeholders and visitors
• Passion and knowledge about UK urban nature
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Proficiency in IT, including Microsoft Office
• A degree level qualification in an environmental or social science subject or equivalent experience in a relevant subject area

Please note, this role will involve occasional evening and weekend work.

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

Other organisations may call this role Environmental Engagement Officer, Engagement Co-ordinator, Engagement Executive, Engagement Development Officer, Community Links Officer, Communications and Engagement Officer, or Activity and Engagement Officer.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as an Engagement Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Please note interviews will be held on 16th and 17th December 2025.

This is an exciting brand-new position within our growing Public Fundraising team supporting on our Individual Giving, Community Fundraising and Sports & Challenges programme. NB. We do not expect you to have experience in all three areas (Individual Giving, Community Fundraising and Sports & Challenges).

This role will contribute to the delivery of our Public Fundraising activity, helping to maximise income and create a great supporter experience for both new and existing supporters.

You’ll project manage fundraising activities and supporter journeys from start to finish, delivering them on time and in line with annual plans and budget. You will analyse and evaluate activity so that we can inform future plans and support the annual planning of the team’s activity.

You’ll have strong relationship-building skills and the ability to communicate effectively with our supporters across a range of channels, including mail, e-mail, telephone and face-to-face. You will also be able to work collaboratively with the Communications, Corporate, and Digital Engagement teams on a variety of projects.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to progress in their fundraising career or wanting to bring their experience and transferable skills into the charity sector.

Please apply directly via CharityJob including an up-to-date CV and a personalised cover letter (of no more than two A4 pages) detailing your suitability for the role as per the job description and person specification.

Working within the Visitor Services team, you will play key role in developing our education and events programme. Based at Deen City Farm, working within a beautiful setting, the role will be working to expand opportunities for children and adults within the local community. You will be a strong communicator, able to manage your time and priorities effectively, and will want to deliver impactful and inspiring programmes. 

BACKGROUND

Deen City Farm is a successful community resource comprising a city farm, riding school and garden project based in the London Borough of Merton. Our mission is to be an oasis providing urban communities with the opportunity to connect with animals and nature. Our founding charitable objectives include promoting education in agriculture, horticulture, home-crafts, country life and animal care and providing facilities for members of our local communities, in particular those considered the most vulnerable.

JOB PURPOSE

To work within the Visitor Services team to support the running and development of the education and events programme at Deen City Farm.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Full time 40 hours per week, permanent, usually Monday to Friday. Some evening, weekend and bank holiday work will be required.

• Develop and maintain professional links with schools, colleges and community groups.
• Develop an educational programme in line with the current curriculum. Creating an offering which covers appropriate themes in line with our charitable objectives.
• Ensure appropriate Safeguarding procedures are in place and followed.
• Lead on informal education opportunities including creating educational family trails and running school holiday activities.
• Coordinate school and community group visits onsite, ensuring that they are adequately staffed.
• Coordinate and run farm tours for school and community groups.
• Update and maintain the information panels around the farm, creating engaging and educational content.
• To work with the Farm’s management team in order to engage the local community with a diverse mix of events and activities, promoting year-round attendance to the farm.
• To provide educational advice and support to colleagues as and when required.
• Work with senior staff members to identify new sources of funding including grants, individual and corporate donors.
• Help plan and coordinate site-wide events in conjunction with the Visitor Services Manager, ensuring that our activity programme is engaging and educational.
• Comply and input into relevant Health & Safety Procedures and Risk Assessments.
• To ensure that the classroom and areas used for educational purposes areas are kept tidy, with equipment and materials safely stored and regular safety checks carried out.
• Attend regular team meetings to promote and encourage the on-going effective delivery of educational opportunities.
• Visit schools and educational events with our mobile farm.
• Oversee the administration or the education programme including preparing activity budgets.
• To collaborate with the Visitor Services Manger on reports to the General Manager and Board of Trustees as required.
• Work closely with other managers to maximise visitor enjoyment and increase awareness of the Farm’s charitable objectives.
• Any other duties that may arise which are appropriate to the role.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant experience.
• Relevant teaching/ coaching experience.
• Experience of working with young people.
• Experience of working with adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities.
• Experience of delivering arts & crafts education.
• Experience with Health and Safety procedures, including risk assessments.
• Excellent literacy, numeracy and IT skills, with the ability to keep accurate records.
• Experience managing and motivating staff and volunteers.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities legislation.
• Knowledge or willingness to learn about animal welfare and husbandry.
• Excellent communication
• A positive team player
• A creative, open and innovative approach to working with people, particularly those who experience disadvantage and inequality.
• Able to identify imaginative and productive ways of utilising assets with limited resources.
• Organised and efficient
• Comfortable working with and handling animals.
• Consent to an enhanced DBS

Desirable

• Teaching qualification.
• Additional practical/academic qualifications in a related subject
• Experience of working in a community farm.
• Experience working in a charity or community-based environment.
• Budget Management
• Experience of graphic design work.
• Knowledge of fundraising and income generation.
• Horticultural/food growing knowledge or experience.
• Qualified First aider
• Fire Marshall
• Full clean driving license

This is a new and exciting role which you can out your stamp on. You'll help the charity run smoothly, support our Board of Trustees, coordinate meetings, manage key communications, provide day-to-day office management and ensure that strategic projects are delivered effectively. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and wants to make a real difference through their work. In particular you'll:

• support our CEO with diary management, responding to incoming communications, preperation for events and managing managings
• manage payroll for both the charity and its trading subsidiary, Ignition Brewery
• provide administrative support to our Finance Manager
• coordinate our parent-carer forum, ensuring it is well supported
• support our Board of Trustees including coordinating all aspects of Board and Committee meetings, taking minutes and supporting with Trustee recruitment
• act as our Office Manager, overseeing the various administrative functions and support contracts we need to run smoothly
• assist with the implementation and management of projects across the Charity that support our mission and drive efficiency

As well as our Brighter Horizons team, you’ll also have a hand in supporting our trading subsidiary Ignition Brewery, making this a varied role, ideal for someone who likes to be involved in lots of things at the same time.

We’re a small team but growing and ambitious team, making the role really varied. Experience of administration is a must, preferably in a small charity setting. If you are a people person and are passionate about causes in your community, we want to hear from you.

What we need from you (the essentials):

• a minimum of one years’ experience working in a fast-paced administrative environment
• experience of managing projects from design through to delivery and evaluation
• strong organisational and time management skills with an ability to plan ahead and manage multiple priorities effectively
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• excellent skills in Microsoft Office and CRM systems, especially with digital collaboration tools
• good written skills, with an ability to produce reports and other relevant documentation
• an ability to maintain discretion & confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism
• meticulous attention to detail with an ability to perform tasks accurately and efficiently
• the ability to work proactively and independently

What we’d also like from you (the desirables):

• previous experience of working as an Executive or Personal Assistant
• an understanding of charity governance / experience working with Trustee Boards
• experience of working with neurodivergent adults and/or adults with learning disabilities in a paid or voluntary capacity

Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation (“SpringBoard”)  

Programme Support Officer 

About the Foundation 

RNCSF (“SpringBoard”)’s vision is to provide access to a great education for young people facing some of the most complex and challenging circumstances. By harnessing the power of fully funded bursary placements and targeted outreach activities available in the UK’s state and independent boarding schools and independent day schools, we seek to transform individual young lives, and in turn we aim to create a sustained ‘ripple-effect’ of growing aspirations and achievements across under-served communities and marginalised groups.

Since 2012 we have supported more than 1,500 young people to access the life-transforming opportunities provided by fully funded bursary places, working with more than 200 participating boarding and independent schools united under the shared commitment to build more diverse, inclusive and representative school environments. We have ambitious plans to ensure that 2,000 young people are supported by our work by 2025, through extending our Department for Education sponsored work in independent day schools. 

Our strategic aims 

Our network of schools is at the heart of all that we do. We harness boarding and independent schools’ commitment to using their educational environments as an engine of social mobility, coordinating a sector-wide effort to target schools’ bursary and partnerships schemes for those who most need access to these opportunities.

We do so by: 

• Identifying children and young people facing complex and challenging home circumstances, for whom a fully funded bursary at an independent or state boarding school or an independent day school represents a life-transforming opportunity 

• Influencing schools to make available more fully funded bursary places; and matching children and young people who we identify through our programmes to the schools best suited to their needs and interests and providing support to ensure they thrive through their placements 

• Encouraging young people leaving school to realise their ambitions, navigate fulfilling careers and make positive contributions in their communities through a vibrant alumni network programme 

• Ensuring targeted access to other educational opportunities available in independent school partnerships programmes for children and young people who are looked-after, or on the ‘edge of’ care but for whom bursary placements are not possible. 

To do so we have a fundraising strategy to secure c.£2 million p/a in donations, used to help to unlock schools’ own efforts to fund as many bursary places and partnership offerings as possible.

The return on the Foundation’s Capital Fund covers the costs of our small team of 14 individuals. We are ably supported in this endeavour by the involvement of our committed Royal Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and an impressive and diverse body of dedicated and enthusiastic Trustees. 

Purpose of the role  

You will support the Head of SpringForward in managing a growing independent school- local authority partnership mentoring programme. This programme promotes partnerships between independent schools and Local Authorities that ensure that children in care can access opportunities for tailored mentoring by independent schoolteachers to help address some of their achievement and attainment gaps, and be supported to secure offers for a university or apprenticeship route on leaving school. 

Key responsibilities  

You will work with the Head of SpringForward to support successful management of day-to-day operations of the programme; including but not limited to:

• onboarding and engagement of volunteer independent schoolteacher mentors;

• liaising with school coordinators and overseeing overall school participation;

• liaising with Local Authority partners and updating on pupil engagement;

• supporting mentors in delivery of mentoring, quality assurance including monitoring of session reports, updating resources). 

You will work with Head of SpringForward to review, implement and refine impact measurement, collecting survey data and feedback, review the outcomes and supporting continuous improvement of programme design and to communicate with new schools and LAs the programme’s benefits. 

You will be held accountable for upholding the highest levels of safeguarding practice in implementation of the mentoring programme, including updating and maintaining safeguarding records for volunteers. 

You will be responsible for writing reports on progress and outcomes for the charity’s senior leadership, trustees and the wider partnership community. 

If seeking additional responsibilities/hours, this role could also include elements of wider communications support - including updating the charity’s website and social media content, collecting impact stories and sharing weekly content on school visits, donor engagement and key newsworthy items relevant to the work of RNCSF. 

Person specification 

Qualities, Attitudes and Values

• Strong and demonstrable commitment to RNCSF’s vision, mission, values and policies, including safeguarding and protection of children & equal opportunities 

• A passion for working with children and young people from diverse backgrounds and putting them at the heart of our work

• Flexible, adaptable, resourceful and resilient to manage changing priorities and a willingness to lead with a degree of autonomy 

• Effective relationship builder, with strong emotional intelligence and experience of co—production methods and working in collaborative environments to improve learning 

Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Highly effective organisational, administrative, data management and IT skills, including strong attention to detail 

Knowledge

• Of the UK education sector and children’s social care landscape

• Of working in a grant-making or funding organisation and meeting reporting requirements 

Experience

• Of managing projects to differing timescales 

• Of building productive relationships within a small team/across teams and with external stakeholders 

• Of equitable and inclusive approaches to working with young people 

Benefits of working for RNCSF 

• You will join a small team of 14 diverse, friendly and enthusiastic staff who are united by a passion to tackle educational inequality together and grow professionally and personally along the way.

• We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work condensed hours

• We encourage and enable home-working, we are a trusting employer and we actively promote work-life balance

• A culture of living our values: child-centred, optimistic, acting with integrity, with a focus on continuous improvement and working collaboratively

• The breadth of work requires an ability to adapt and understand new ways of working quickly – there are busy points throughout the year but there is a real ‘rhythm’ which mirrors school term-times and so there is scope for contracted hours that reflect this rhythm around school holidays 

Terms and Conditions  

Hours: This is a 0.6 role, with the option to do 0.8 with additional cross-programme responsibilities (e.g. RNCSF communications and social media support). 

Reports to: Laura Slater, Head of SpringForward

Annual Salary range: £27,500 - £32,500 (FTE. Pro-rata for reduced hours) 

Start date: Immediately 

Location:  Hybrid. Expected to work from our offices (at EdCity, west London) on Mondays and Thursdays. Remote working on other days

Benefits: 30 days holiday (pro-rata) 

Auto-enrolment in the NEST pension scheme (details available on request)   

Right to Work: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK

Given the responsibilities of this role the offer of employment will be conditional on an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. You are required to declare any criminal convictions ahead of this DBS Check.  

Diversity and Inclusion  

We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive.  We especially encourage applications from people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, those with lived experience of our programmes, and people who have experienced forms of exclusion or marginalisation. We welcome applications from SpringBoard alumni and those with lived experience. 

How to Apply  

• Please submit a cover letter and complete CV through the CharityJob portal, please explain any gaps in your employment or education history   

• Your cover letter should answer the following questions and be no longer than 1 ½ A4 sides:  

1. Why do you want to be part of the Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation team?  

2. Give examples of how you meet the experience, skills and technical competencies set out in this Job Description and Person Specification.   

Application deadline: 11:30pm on 27th November 2025 

Successful candidates will be notified that they have been selected for interview by Friday 28th November 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 4th December 2025 in person at our offices in EdCity, 1 EdCity Walk, London, W12 7TF.

Safeguarding  

RNCSF is committed to safeguarding all children and young people we work and interact with. We take this responsibility seriously, with the focus being on their safety and welfare. As we are a small team, it is likely all our employees will have some interaction with children and young people we work with, whether at an event or through our youth engagement work and therefore all offers of employment are conditional on referencing and DBS checks and all employees are required to take part in regular safeguarding training. For more information please refer to our Safeguarding Policy.   

Safer Recruitment 

In line with this policy: 

1. You will be asked to bring two documents to the interview: one to serve as proof of identity (e. g. valid passport or driver’s license) and one to serve as proof of address (e. g. bank statement, council tax, credit card statement from the last three months).

2. We will usually contact one of your referees prior to interview so please indicate on your application which of your referees you are happy for us to contact or if you have any concerns about our doing so, please let us know. 

WCCM seeks to appoint an experienced, creative, and highly motivated Grant and Major Donor Fundraising Manager to lead fundraising and grant management across a global organisation dedicated to the teaching of Christian Meditation.

Working to the Executive Director, you will interact with our decentralised finance, marketing and communications staff and volunteers.  

Together, you will nurture Major Donor relationships and create and manage appropriate donor stewardship schemes and rationalise our income streams.

You’ll ensure grant reporting and management is kept on track whilst developing targeted proposals for new funding from sympathetic donors in the arena of Trusts and foundations.  

You will work to support both our teaching and resourcing of meditation and the running of our retreat centre in Bonnevaux, near Poitiers in France.

An excellent writer with excellent financial and budgeting skills, you will be adept at pulling together relevant, succinct and compelling information for our donor reports and bids.

You’ll work with communications staff to develop impactful donor communications which enhance our accountability and inspire renewed major donations.  

You will have a demonstrable track record in winning grants as well as in the stewardship of major donors.  

Occasional trips to France.

Interest in Christian Meditation/Spirituality an advantage.

Interviews: early December 2025

About Us

We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Right now, an estimated 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of and for which there is no known cure. Because of the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding these diseases, thousands of people are suffering in silence. But we’re here to support and champion their cause and our ambitious plans will help to make a real difference.

 The role

We are hiring for two Health Information Senior Officer posts and looking for individuals who are skilled at producing accessible, evidence-based information and passionate about working to improve the lives of everyone affected by Crohn's and Colitis.  As Health Information Senior Officers at Crohn's and Colitis UK, you'll join a skilled and dedicated team. You'll work collaboratively to produce a diverse information portfolio including printed publications, web content, digital tools and videos. You'll work closely with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to ensure our material is effectively promoted and distributed to those who need it most.  If this sounds exciting – apply now!

About you

If you have a passion for producing high-quality patient information that is accessible and engaging, we’d like to hear from you. As our ideal candidate, you’ll have experience researching content, interpreting complex evidence, writing accessible and engaging information, and liaising with external suppliers. You understand the barriers that prevent people from accessing health information and are committed to progressing equality, diversity and inclusion. You have excellent communication skills and can influence a range of stakeholders, including healthcare professionals. You're calm, consistent, and committed to the values of Crohn's & Colitis UK.

Please see our Recruitment Pack for details of our full Job Description and Person Specification.

Our Location

 We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. In this role, there is plenty of scope for working from home,  although there will be times when you will need to be at face-to-face meetings. There is a requirement for you to attend a minimum of 12 in person days a year, including two Directorate meetings and the charity’s mandatory ‘All Staff Together’ days which take place four times a year at our offices in Hatfield or a location in London.

Benefits

• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holdiays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
• Flexible working options
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing programme
• Interest free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking and secure bike locks
• Training and development financial support and/or study leave
• Performance review and development scheme