Communications and events manager jobs

About Spear

We launched the award-winning Spear Programme over 20 years ago, and there are now 18 Spear Centres across the country, equipping unemployed 16–24-year-olds facing barriers to employment with the skills and mindset they need to secure work and thrive in the workplace.

Spear operates a joint venture model with churches across the UK to run our Spear Centres. Some Centres operate in collaboration with independent charitable trusts, while others are run directly with the local church (both referred to below as ‘Spear Church Partners’ or ‘Church Partners’) As a result, the Spear Partner Fundraising Manager role requires raising funds for both churches and charitable trusts.

About the role

Spear is in an exciting time of growth, as we expand our work nationwide. You will play a pivotal role in equipping new and existing Church Partners to build sustainable, thriving Spear Centres that transform young people’s lives. 

With an annual fundraising target of £125k, you will combine strategic insight, relationship-building and hands-on application writing, as well fundraising advice to help Church Partners grow diverse and resilient fundraising streams. Working closely with Trustees, Church leaders and Spear’s Central teams, you will strengthen funding pipelines, unlock new opportunities and ensure partners are supported every step of the way. 

Key information

• Salary: £37,000
• Contract: Full time (4 days considered) permanent. Monday – Friday with some out of hours work needed for events such as Spear Celebration. Ad hoc regional travel required to deliver training and support to partner churches.
• Annual leave: 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days) plus bank holidays
• Closing date: (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate)

For more information please read through our Job Specification and Work with Us Pack.

If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

Person Specification

• A practising Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Spear, and our mission to equip and support young people facing barriers to employment.
• Creative, self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce persuasive, high-quality fundraising applications
• Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, with the ability to relate confidently to a range of stakeholders both, internally and externally
• Experience in fundraising, Trust and/or community fundraising desirable, with good working knowledge of other fundraising streams is desirable but not essential
• Strong quantitative skills including ability to work with and interpret impact data, fundraising pipelines and basic financial information 

We are an office-based organisation and value the collaboration and opportunities to work creatively and build community that this offers us, with staff spending time in the working week both at home and in the London office.

About this role:

We are seeking a motivated and experienced professional to lead our fundraising and partnership development activities, supporting the diversification and growth of income across both established and emerging streams. While the role will place significant emphasis on corporate fundraising, it will also involve the strategic development of grants and trusts. You will develop strong relationships with funders, identify new opportunities, and support our members to build their own grassroots fundraising capabilities.

Working closely with both colleagues and members, you'll help shape our funding strategy, develop high quality proposals, and ensure we have the systems and insight needed for sustainable growth. Your contributions will enable us to expand our work to engage and empower communities across Britain. 

In addition, you will help shape the guidance we provide to members of the community rail movement, strengthening their grassroots fundraising capabilities and approaches.

Main responsibilities

• Manage and grow corporate relationships for the benefit of Community Rail Network and its members, nurturing effective, lasting relationships that help community rail to deliver on its aims around community development, sustainable travel, and inclusion.
• Conduct prospect research to identify new corporate supporters and relevant grant opportunities, taking a proactive approach to cultivating new leads, building networks and flagging upcoming opportunities well in advance to ensure sufficient preparation time.
• Engage, listen and pitch to funders, understanding shared priorities, articulating the value of partnering with us, and securing continued or increased support. 
• Work cross-team to create strong proposals, using member and partner insights to identify funding needs and opportunities, and develop compelling cases for support and budgets.
• Develop joint grant applications by collaborating with colleagues, members and external partners to create bids aligned with our strategic aims and which recognise our current strengths, resources and prioritie
• Support strategic funding development, working closely with the senior leadership team to shape our approach and deliver against funding objectives and ensure it is understood by colleagues.
• Champion a positive fundraising culture and ethos, providing expertise and contributing member support, training, and events across the community rail movement.
• Contribute to wider organisational activity, including using major events and campaigns, such as the Community Rail Awards, to advance fundraising efforts.
• Develop and maintain effective fundraising systems, including funder reporting, review processes, and tracking KPIs to monitor progress and impact.

Skills, competencies and experience

1. Proven skills and experience in third sector fundraising, including corporate fundraising, grant management and funder reporting, with a broad understanding of the full fundraising mix and ability to spot new opportunities.
2. A demonstrable proactive approach to relationship building, with experience engaging and stewarding funders to create long-term mutually beneficial partnerships.
3. Strong proposal/grant application and report writing skills, able to tailor communication for different audiences and stakeholders to maximise clarity, relevance and impact.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to gather insight and inspire engagement both internally and externally.
5. Strong organisational and time management skills, able to balance multiple and competing  priorities and meet deadlines effectively. 
6. Experience of, or demonstrable understanding of, membership organisations, including the ability to balance member needs with our organisational objectives.
7. Appreciation of and commitment to community development, empowerment and sustainability, and the value of community engagement in relation to transport.
8. Solid understanding of KPIs, targets, budgeting, and risk management, with the ability to plan, track and evaluate performance effectively.
9. A proactive, positive and self-motivated mindset, able to work independently, collaborate well, and inspire confidence in others.
10. IT literate, with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, TEAMs, the internet and social media.

Other information

This post is home-based, but with travel (including occasional overnight stays) for team meetings, events, member engagement, and external meetings. This is a permanent position and includes a probationary period of three months from the date of appointment. Successful applicants will need to provide proof that they have the right to work in the UK and provide two references.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising up to 30 days, plus Bank Holidays, in line with long service); pension with employer contribution of 3%; flexi-time working (core hours 10am-3pm); access to Employee Assistance Programme. 

We are committed to being a flexible, supportive and understanding employer.

Community Rail Network is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and Black, Asian and other minoritised groups, who meet with the skills and competencies for this role. We will provide reasonable adjustments for interviews as required.

SWS Taskforce and UK Programme Co-ordinator

Are you an experienced administration and customer service professional looking to apply your organisational and customer service skills to an impact-driven programme, committed to safeguarding seasonal workers’ rights and supporting an ethical and sustainable UK horticultural sector?

Then this could be the position for you.

We are looking for an experienced administrator to provide programme co-ordination support as a key member of the Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) Taskforce Secretariat team in Stronger Together to ensure that Taskforce governance and programme activities are appropriately coordinated and excellent customer service is provided.

In this varied role you’ll be involved in supporting the organisation of webinars and face-to-face events, providing secretariat support to governance meetings – including minute taking – you’ll ensure programme impact data is accurately captured and reported, and distribute a range of internal and external communications for the Taskforce.

You’ll also provide effective and efficient administrative support to Stronger Together’s other UK programmes on specific projects and operational processes.

You will be UK-based with eligibility to work in the UK. You’ll work from home and join a friendly, supportive, and committed global team, and contribute towards creating systemic change.

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.

The Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) Taskforce brings together over 50 industry trade bodies, retailers, growers, recruiters and non-profits to ‘work collaboratively to develop and implement tangible actions to help safeguard and ensure access to workers’ rights in the UK Seasonal Worker Scheme and wider UK horticulture.

What we can offer you:

• A full-time maternity cover contract, fixed term until end April 2027
• Competitive salary (salary band £28,575 – £35,719) gross annually for full-time 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
• UK-home-based, with regular in person and online meetings and social team gatherings.

How to apply:

Please use the link above to visit our website. 

Timeline:

• Application deadline: 23:59 GMT –  Monday 6th April 2026
• Shortlisting: W/c 6th April 2026
• First interviews: W/c 13th April 2026

Role Overview 

Ealing and Hounslow CVS is seeking a motivated, community-focused Volunteering andDevelopment Officer to support the delivery of our infrastructure, volunteering, health equity, research, grant-making, and community inclusion programmes. 

EHCVS supports and engages with 1,000+ voluntary and community organisations across Ealing and Hounslow. This role plays an important part in strengthening the resilience, sustainability, and voice of the local VCSE sector. 

The postholder will provide practical programme support, coordinate activities, assist community groups, promote volunteering, contribute to research and insight projects, and support monitoring and reporting requirements. 

This role is ideal for someone with experience in the voluntary sector who is looking to grow their skills in infrastructure support, volunteer development, and community research. 

Key Responsibilities 

Programme Coordination 

• Support the delivery of multiple funded programmes across both boroughs. 

• Assist with organising training sessions, sector forums, Voice Networks and partnership meetings. 

• Track outputs and support managers in meeting funding requirements. 

• Maintain accurate project records and documentation. 

Infrastructure and Group Development 

• Provide basic 1:1 support to voluntary and community organisations on governance, funding readiness and sustainability. 

• Support capacity-building workshops and development sessions. 

• Help develop practical guidance materials and resources for local groups. 

Volunteering Development 

• Support Volunteer Centre activities, including responding to enquiries and assisting with volunteer matching. 

• Help promote inclusive volunteering opportunities. 

• Support outreach events and volunteer recruitment initiatives. 

Research and Community Insight 

• Support surveys, consultations and participatory engagement projects. 

• Assist with data collection, basic analysis and reporting. 

• Gather case studies and community feedback to evidence impact. 

Grant-Making and Monitoring 

• Support the administration of small grants programmes. 

• Assist groups with reporting and compliance requirements. 

• Contribute to funder reports and impact summaries. 

Administration and Communications 

• Maintain databases and monitoring spreadsheets. 

• Take minutes at meetings and follow up on actions. 

• Support newsletters, funding bulletins and digital communications. 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Experience working or volunteering in the voluntary and community sector. 

• Understanding of community development principles. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities. 

• Basic data handling and reporting skills. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office. 

Desirable 

• Experience supporting funding applications. 

• Knowledge of volunteering good practice. 

• Experience contributing to research or consultation projects. 

• Understanding of health inequalities or refugee support issues. 

Why Join EHCVS? 

• Be part of an organisation supporting 1,000+ local groups. 

• Contribute to strengthening the VCSE sector across two diverse boroughs. 

• Gain exposure to infrastructure, volunteering, research and health equity programmes. 

• Work within a supportive and experienced team committed to community-led change. 

Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the British Liver Trust  

Communications Team 

Building momentum, Changing lives 

The British Liver Trust is the UK’s leading charity supporting children and adults affected by liver disease and liver cancer. We advocate for improved prevention, early detection, and equitable access to care for all people affected by liver conditions across the UK. Liver disease is a public health emergency – it is the third leading cause of premature death in the UK, with deaths increasing by 400% over the past two generations. 

We believe that liver disease and liver cancer are at a tipping point. By taking bold action ourselves and with others, we will start to shift that balance and seize this moment. We are looking for an experienced policy officer to support us on this journey and to directly contribute to change.

This is an exciting time for the Trust as liver disease is increasingly being recognised as a priority by the NHS and we have recently launched our new organisation strategy.   

We are seeking a policy and public affairs professional to support existing work and support our advocacy with key stakeholders across the UK and to help improve outcomes and care for all liver disease patients.

The role  

• Run the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Disease and Liver Cancer

• Support our policy development, including supporting our consultation responses

• Help secure parliamentary debates and speakers, and provide tailored and impactful briefings 

• Coordinate political outreach to grow our pool of supportive MPs 

• Monitor and horizon scanning 

• Represent the Trust at external meetings to amplify our profile and policy messaging

• Work closely with colleagues in the communications, outreach, roadshow and fundraising teams to ensure policy is embedded across the Trust’s work. 

The postholder will have the opportunity to influence change and improve outcomes and services for liver disease and liver cancer patients. 

Policy and Public Affairs Officer 

Salary £32,000 – £35,500 per annum  

Full time 35 hours per week  

Home-based with regular access to London and occasional visits to Winchester (HQ).  

We offer a range of benefits for our employees, including: 

• Life assurance 4x your salary starting from date of employment 

• 5% employer pension contribution, rising to 7.5% at 15 months and 10% at 27 months service (optional on contribution increase) 

• Holiday buy-back scheme (up to 3 days per annum) 

• 25 days paid annual leave (FTE) 

• BUPA health cash-back scheme; money back on everyday healthcare costs, 24/7 health advice line, employee assist programme, mental health support & wellbeing resources 

• Cycle-to-work scheme 

• Contractual sick pay offering up to five weeks’ full pay, dependant on length of service to support employee wellbeing 

• 3 days additional gifted leave between Christmas and New Year 

If you would like to apply for the role, please send:

• a covering letter explaining how your experience, skills and knowledge make you suitable for the role, with particular relevance to the Job Description

• an up-to-date CV, including two referees

Closing date: 5pm on Friday the 10th of April 

Interviews: to be held on Tuesday the 21st of April 

The Woodland Trust is looking for a Contracts Manager (Conservation) for our Mourne Park estate.They will undertake the successful delivery of The National Lottery Heritage Fund project, Mourne Park - 500 years of undiscovered natural heritage, to target and budget.

The Role:
• Plan, tender, procure and supervise estate contracts to high professional standards, ensuring full FSC and Health & Safety compliance.
• Deliver practical conservation work, including woodland creation, ancient woodland restoration, species recovery and heritage management.
• Carry out ecological monitoring and habitat assessments, using evidence from surveys and population checks to inform management decisions.
• Manage and supervise contractors to ensure methods, timing and standards support ecological objectives and minimise environmental impact.
• Secure and adhere to all required environmental consents, such as felling licences, protected species permissions and planning approvals.
• Work collaboratively with landowners, partners, agencies and local communities to promote good practice and support habitat restoration.
• Maintain accurate conservation records, monitoring data, reports and financial information to meet Trust and Heritage Fund requirements.
• Represent the Woodland Trust through events, engagement and communications, supporting advocacy, volunteer coordination, wider project delivery, and assisting the Community Development Officer in work with children, young people and vulnerable adults across community and educational settings.
• This is a fixed term contract until December 2029. 

The Candidate:
• Extensive experience delivering complex, multi disciplinary projects, ensuring effective planning, monitoring and delivery to time and budget.
• Strong background in forestry or conservation land management, including volunteer and community engagement.
• Proven ability to work with, develop and manage relationships with landowners and land owning partners.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with confident use of IT systems.
• Experience in public facing communications such as consultations, media work, lobbying and event management.
• Knowledge of native woodland creation techniques, woodland design for conservation and economic outcomes, and management of woodland creation sites.
• Commercially aware, innovative and collaborative, with the ability to deliver value for money, act with initiative and meet deadlines professionally.
• Preferably hold a relevant HND/degree in land, countryside, environmental or forestry management (or related field), along with a full UK driving licence.
• The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Enhanced Background Check, as part of our pre-employment screening.

Benefits and Wellbeing:
Joining our team means you’ll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 Days Plus Bank Holidays (pro rata’d for part-time)
• Buy and Sell Holiday Scheme
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme

About Us:
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity.  We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees.  
People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply. 
Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application.

Application Advice:
For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, we do not ask for your CV at application stage OR so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role. Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply.

Acceptable Use - Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We understand that candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their job applications-for example, to help structure or edit written responses. We welcome the use of AI in this way, particularly where it helps improve accessibility, such as for neurodivergent applicants. However, we ask that any information submitted reflects your own experience, skills and understanding. During interviews, candidates are expected to respond independently without the use of AI tools. 

Apply Now:
If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on April 28th and April 29th. 

We're looking for a motivated team assistant to join our collaborative and dynamic Partnerships team. You will play a key role in supporting the Partnerships team in achieving Choose Love’s ambitious fundraising goals while driving engagement and increasing awareness. 

Our perfect candidate will be a team player, very organised, and have great attention to detail. In this role, you'll be an important coordinator for the team, ensuring our systems and processes work seamlessly and that our supporters feel valued and inspired at every step of their journey. You will be working within a fast-paced environment, confidently managing a varied workload and engaging professionally with high-profile, corporate and community stakeholders. You'll be instrumental in helping our team to reach our ambitious fundraising targets and will contribute across the full breadth of the Partnerships function, supporting corporate partnerships, brand and merchandise collaborations, talent engagement, and events.

We’re looking for a brilliant Fundraising Manager to devise and deliver strategies to raise money, including for Global’s annual Make Some Noise Appeal. This exciting, project-led role spans mass-participation initiatives, high-profile presenter challenges, events, delivering partnership content, innovation – and lots more. You will be working across some of the UK’s best-loved radio and media brands, including Heart, Capital, Smooth, Classic FM, LBC and Radio X.

A strong background in events, content creation or project management is essential. You do not necessarily need to have prior charity experience.

As a Fundraising Manager, you will:

• Lead fundraising projects and events across Global’s and Make Some Noise’s platforms, creating compelling, income-generating content.

• Account manage stakeholders at Global and externally through their fundraising plans.

• Be equally at home coming up with creative ideas and using mass data to spot patterns and look for opportunities. 

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership (60%):

• Manage key relationships with stakeholders e.g. radio programming leadership.

• Develop a range of fundraising campaigns, ensuring seamless execution and strong ROI.

• Lead the delivery of fundraising projects across radio and other platforms through clear communication, strong collaboration and excellent stakeholder management.

• Innovate new fundraising methods aligned with Global’s platforms and charity objectives.

• Work with our partnerships and marketing teams to develop and implement community and corporate fundraising content across Global’s and Make Some Noise’s platforms

Operational Management (40%):

• Ensure compliance with guidelines and best practices in all money-raising initiatives.

• Set up fundraising mechanisms and input data as needed to support campaigns

• Recruit and line manage staff as needed during peak periods.

What You’ll Love About This Role

• Think Big: Work with some of the UK’s biggest media brands and famous presenters.

• Own It: Take responsibility for creating exceptional campaigns that raise money and make an impact in communities across the UK.

• Keep It Simple: Streamlining processes for efficiency and effectiveness in fundraising operations.

• Better Together: Collaborate with a passionate, knowledgeable, and supportive team.

What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:

• Understood the status of current fundraising activities and built strong stakeholder relationships.

• Developed project delivery strategies and proposed innovative approaches.

• Analysed fundraising systems and implemented improvements to enhance efficiency.

• Monitored income, updated budget forecasts, and delivered insight-driven recommendations.

• Represented Make Some Noise through meeting supported charities.

What You’ll Need

• Project Management Expertise: At least three years’ experience managing projects in a charity, media, or events context.

• Data Insight: Strong working knowledge of Excel or similar and a track record of using data for actionable insights.

• Creativity & Innovation: A knack for developing unique fundraising ideas backed by robust processes.

• Leadership Skills: Proven experience as a strong manager, inspiring and supporting team members.

• Agility & Organisation: Ability to meet demanding deadlines and adapt plans to changing circumstances.

• Multi-Platform Experience: Comfortable collaborating across audio, digital, social, and video platforms.

• Passion for Radio: A deep understanding of editorial values and enthusiasm for the medium.

• Resilience & Positivity: An ability to come up with solutions and think quickly to take advantage of opportunities.

• Budgeting, Reporting & Compliance Savvy: You will know how to draw up a budget for events, assess ROI, report progress and ensure that Ts&Cs and rules are followed.

Intensive Housing Management Officer (FTC)

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Job Title: Intensive Housing Management Officer (FTC)

Location: Havering. This service does not have step free access

Salary: £27,000 (Annual Equivalent) 

Shift Pattern: 6 month fixed term contract, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00. You may be required to work outside these hours depending on service needs.

About the Role

We're looking for a Intensive Housing Management Officer to join our team on a fixed term basis to successfully rehabilitate and reintegrate our male residents back into the community. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining social contact and company to enhance quality of life, enhance personal safety, health and security, sustainment of tenancy, and improving financial independence and economic wellbeing to support our residents back into the community. 

Our Complex Needs Accommodation provides supported accommodation, bespoke person-centred care and support as well as intensive housing management services in the community for adults with specific accommodation and well-being support needs. You will play a vital role in building safe, inclusive, and thriving communities for our residents. This dynamic position focuses on delivering high-quality housing management support, ensuring our properties are maintained to excellent standards and tenancies are successfully sustained. With a commitment to professionalism, teamwork, and customer service, you will address tenancy matters proactively, providing responsive support and fostering a positive environment where residents feel secure and valued. 

Key Responsibilities Include: 

• Assist the management team in managing rent/charge collections, arrears, voids, and issuing warnings as necessary.
• Carry out regular occupancy checks.
• Ensure all repairs and maintenance issues are correctly reported and managed through to completion.
• Enhancing personal safety, health, and security through meaningful social interactions.
• Assist the management team in managing rent/charge collections, arrears, voids, and issuing warnings as necessary.
• Supporting residents to sustain their tenancies and achieve financial independence.
• Work with the wider team to support residents with their long term needs.
• Promoting economic wellbeing and helping residents reintegrate into the community.
• Complete safeguarding and other referrals where required.
• Other duties may include but is not limited to; maintain clean and tidy environments, removing rubbish, reporting repairs, ordering supplies, and other general duties.

About You

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building strong relationships, approaches challenges with compassion and a non-judgmental attitude, and is motivated by finding practical solutions to support residents in achieving their goals. We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people’s lives!
You will be a team player, driven to provide high quality care and support to others, an effective communicator who is able to build rapport with others from various backgrounds. You will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, whilst able to form effective, positive and motivational relationships.

What are looking for:

• Previous experience in coordinating/delivering activities and interventions with people from different backgrounds
• Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector
• Knowledge of risk management and risk assessment
• Knowledge of license conditions and public protection
• Knowledge of tenancy management, able to share knowledge with others in the team and residents
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs
• The ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and oral. Ability to form and build effective relationships and rapport with others
• Ability to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with others; Proactive in making decisions
• Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents
• Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

What we Offer

• 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards
• EDI Ambassador programme

About Social Interest Group (SIG)

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change. 

We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

Additional Information

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions. 

Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.

Research Funding Officer (Operations)

18-month Fixed-Term Contract

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 per annum, plus benefits

London N1

Full time – 37.5 hours a week 

We're a hybrid working employer, meaning you're required to come into the office at least 2 days per week currently Tuesday, and Wednesday or Thursday.

Closing date: 17:00, 15th April 2026

Interviews (in-person): w/c 27th April 2026

Second interviews: w/c 4th May 2026

Preventing cancer, saving lives

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to international research funding programmes and gain insight into how cancer prevention research is supported and delivered?

We are seeking a Research Funding Officer (Operations) to support the delivery of our research funding programmes, with a particular focus on the integration of the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) grant programme into the WCRF International portfolio. This is a fixed-term role for 18 months.

In this role, you will support the operational delivery of WCRF International’s grant programmes across both pre-award and post-award activities. You will contribute to the administration of grant calls, respond to applicant queries, process applications, support peer review and Panel meetings, and help maintain and develop our grant management system. You will also track research outputs, maintain grant records and contribute to internal reporting and analysis. 

You will have a relevant scientific background (e.g. nutrition, public health, cancer biology or a related discipline), with experience working in a research or administrative environment (ideally within academia or research management).You will have a strong analytical mindset and be comfortable working with data, systems and tracking processes, and be highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong communication skills and confidence interacting with a range of stakeholders is key as is being proactive, adaptable and able to work as part of a small, collaborative team.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational and analytical skills who enjoys working with data and complex processes. The postholder will gain a unique insight into the full research funding lifecycle, supporting both the pre-award and post-award stages of international grant programmes. Working closely with experienced colleagues across the Research Funding team, the successful candidate will develop a strong understanding of how research funding programmes are designed, delivered and monitored, while applying their scientific knowledge to real-world research projects. The role provides valuable experience in grant management, research administration and data analysis, offering a strong foundation for a future career in research funding and management, the charity or policy sector, or academic research.

Application Details:
If you are interested in this role and feel you possess the necessary requirements, please submit a current CV and covering letter (maximum 2 pages) by the closing date. You must have current right to work in the UK.

Please note: Your cover letter should highlight how your skills and experience will benefit WCRF International and equip you for the role.Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to provide feedback to shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

Our Administrative Assistant sits at heart of Trauma Recovery CIC, coordinating client enquiries and referrals, supporting the client facing team and working with our Operations Lead to ensure everything runs smoothly. 

Trauma Recovery CIC’s Administrative Assistant is central to the organisation. The person in this role supports the
people accessing our services, the client facing team to provide the services, and the leadership team to ensure
accurate reporting to understand trends, needs and secure future funding.

They will coordinate referrals, booking initial appointments and sending information by email and post to those
who use the service and the professionals supporting them.

To support the team, they will ensure that the client management system runs smoothly, provide administrative
support and where possible tech support to the client facing team and ensure that records are accurate and up to
date.

To support the leadership team, they may coordinate events, research local services, support with completing
reports and funding applications and day to day ensure that communication between team members is clear.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is someone who has the ability to communicate with the team, those using our services and professional with confidence and clarity, flexing their style to match the needs of the person they are communicating with.

They will have experience of working within a non-profit organisation.

They will have experience of using client management systems, Microsoft office suite.

They will have lived experience of recovery from trauma and be in a place in their own journey where they can use their experiences to empathise with others with similar experiences.

You will find more information about Trauma Recovery CIC, the role and how to apply in the application pack on our website

Gateway is a vibrant and powerful place of worship, offering a wide range of opportunities to grow in faith and build meaningful relationships. From dynamic Sunday services to midweek groups, youth events, men’s and women’s ministries, and young adults gatherings, there is something for everyone. We are passionate about being a church that serves and supports the whole family.

We are seeking a Social Media and Video Content Creator to help shape and communicate the heart and vision of Gateway Christian Centre through high-quality digital broadcast content.

This role involves working closely with Gateway’s Comms Associate Lead and senior leadership, helping to communicate events and campaigns, as well as the vision, ministry and ‘voice’ of Gateway church and campuses; through high-quality digital, broadcast and print content. 

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust was established 80 years ago and today is one of the UK’s fastest growing charities for nature. We seek to appoint a Digital Marketing Officer to join the communications and public affairs team.

We are looking for a digital marketing expert to lead and boost engagement online, drive footfall to our visitor centres as well as events, and inspire more people across Yorkshire to choose a wilder life. 

This is a role in which you could make a world of difference, by bringing wild experiences to more people through colourful content and stories, leading to positive action for wildlife and driving recognition for our trusted brand. 

Close collaboration with colleagues across the Trust is essential, working with communication, engagement, reserve and visitor services colleagues to promote events, and a growing programme of wildlife-themed festivals and wildlife watching experiences. 

You will have experience of planning and delivering strategy to reach different audiences through channels, as well as creating or commissioning content that reaches audiences with impact. You will have an ability and interest in using analytics to help bring continuous learning and improvement to our activity. 

People tell us that the best thing about working at the Trust is the people and you’ll join a dedicated communications and public affairs team, in the growing fundraising and engagement directorate. 

Yorkshire is home to some of the UK’s most amazing wildlife and wild places but much of it is under growing pressure and facing an uncertain future. We are part of UK wide movement restoring nature, helping people take meaningful action and creating an inclusive society where nature matters. You will have an opportunity to truly make a difference in one of England’s largest regions, to inspire more people to notice, enjoy and take action for Yorkshire’s incredible wildlife and wild places.  

The HR team is committed to the attraction and retention of a highly engaged and performing workforce that is committed to delivering our vision to see isolated communities changed by the love of Christ. We do this by nurturing a supportive and encouraging environment, where strong relationships are built, personal growth, innovation and creativity are encouraged, and performance achieved.

As our new Talent Acquisition Manager, you will be doing exactly that. You will drive the recruitment operations for placements for both UK and overseas staff, leading the team and taking ownership and responsibility to execute a best-in-class candidate experience. 

The Talent Acquisition Manager will lead recruitment for us in support of our strategic goals in this area, partnering with hiring managers and offering innovative and creative advice and solutions on how to attract and recruit the best talent available. This is a managerial role that requires strong decision making and the ability to drive the department forward progressively, but still very much a position where you will be expected roll your sleeves up and take a hands-on approach to deliver first-rate talent for the organisation, and experience for our candidates. You will oversee all recruitment activity passing through the UK office, owning our ATS and line managing the Talent Acquisition Officer.

1. Talent Acquisition Strategy 

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the talent acquisition strategy, with a strategic focus on digital optimisation, to ensure improving placements for both UK and overseas roles. 

• Oversee and deliver all employer brand initiatives and recruitment campaigns including hiring events to drive candidate engagement and boost our employer brand. 

• Build diverse candidate pools, and create initiatives to attract and retain diverse talent. 

• Develop and analyse our recruitment metrics, and use your knowledge, market insights, numbers and analysis to continually refine and improve the talent acquisition process using a data-led approach. 

• Offer a clear, supportive and innovative voice in interactions with international colleagues to streamline processes and ensure seamless, effective collaboration.

• Use creative and innovative approaches to continue to reach new candidate audiences in a narrow field. 

• Continuously review our process to drive improvements and change, especially through the use of emergent technologies. 

• Work closely with colleagues in our youth outreach programme ‘Co-Pilot’ to develop, maximise and harmonise our approach in bringing a younger demographic into our talent pools, incorporating this relationship into our strategy. 

2. Transactional Recruitment Management 

• Create and deliver an annual international recruitment action and promotional plan 
• Work in close collaboration with our marketing team in the promotion and delivery of recruitment advertising including online/offline and social media campaigns and analysing results to inform planning and performance improvements. Ensure that the recruitment message remains central throughout our range of communications activities and that our voice is clear, compelling and interactsand synergizes seamlessly with our existing central campaign operations 

• Monitoring, reviewing, and developing the recruitment pages on our website to maximize engagement

• Being responsible for the discernment and wisdom required to undertake spiritual personal and assessments, refining a clear and robust framework to ensure a fair and consistent candidate experience. 

• Overseeing the development and maintenance of physical resources for overseas recruitment 

• Representing MAF throughout the year at festivals and other events within the UK as a passionate and compelling advocate 

• Initiating high quality recruitment events in various forums throughout the year, focusing on producing a clear ROI 

• Leading in the development of the Online Recruitment Journey 

• Leading in the recruitment of UK roles

• Training and supporting UK managers with hiring responsibilities in effective recruitment techniques and selection processes, ensuring that colleagues are coached and upskilled to sufficiently assist in the delivery of an efficient campaign.

• Review the workflow of the recruitment process to ensure that the workload requirement for managers supporting the process is mitigated and manageable, whilst maintaining their engagement in the process. 

• Work with the UK and International HR Managers to support a seamless onboarding process for all joiners 

3. Overseeing our selection processes to ensure the progression of suitably skilled applicants who meet our faith, vision, and values criteria 

• Designing and implementing robust, efficient, and personable selection processes that deliver an excellent candidate experience 
• Overseeing MAF UK’s assessment processes and assisting with interviews where required 

• Liaising with MAF International (MAFI) to discuss candidates’ potential fit for overseas roles 

• Managing our use of UK psychometric assessment 

4. Envisioning and delivering new initiatives to attract and build our talent pipeline 

• Overseeing and driving proactive digital acquisition using LinkedIn and other platforms 
• Working with other teams to design and deliver creative, engaging, and high-quality recruitment campaigns and promotional initiatives 

• Raising awareness and leveraging team support for recruitment initiatives

• Establishing, developing, and sustaining collaborative relationships with key external bodies e.g., Christian bodies within the aviation industry, armed forces, and universities

• Selecting, training, and managing a network of volunteer recruitment champions, increasing the scale of our capacity to support at events and build a greater presence in the community specifically from a recruitment perspective 

• Designing and implementing approaches to encourage greater diversity with applicants 

• Demonstrating a data-led approach, monitoring recruitment statistics and measures to inform decision making, identify issues and prepare management information reports. 

5. Partnership 

• Building strong relationships with the MAFI recruitment team and proactively sharing resources, experience, and expertise with Engagement Units 
• Member of the MAFI Recruitment Steering Group 

• Establishing or contributing to recruitment learning circles with other Engagement Units 

• Support efforts to integrate into one global entity from a recruitment perspective 

• Contribute to the launch and maintenance of the Mission Aviation Academy, to continue to enhance our employer brand around our training schemes and ensure a sustainable funding pipeline for them for the future 

6. Management  

• Overall management of the relationship portfolios and specific management of ‘Premium’ enquirers portfolio 

• Line manage, coach, develop and champion the Talent Acquisition Officer 

• Participating in MAF UK organisation development initiatives and policy review 

• Managing own time effectively to maximize organisational benefit 

• Lead on the overall management and administration of the Applicant Tracking System 

7. Legal, finance and professional 

• Maintaining a high level of legal awareness and ensuring our legal obligations are maintained throughout the recruitment process 
• Preparing and managing the recruitment budget 

• Modeling self-leadership through continual professional development 

8. Travel 

• This role will involve some travel within the United Kingdom, particularly around the events season. 

Other duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Director of People and Culture including covering for other members of the team as required. 

DIMENSION AND LIMITS OF AUTHORITY:  

• Expenditure up to agreed budget. 

• Responsible for managing the Talent Acquisition Officer and conducting regular 1-1s and Personal Development Reviews according to agreed standards. 

• Decision making within agreed parameters. 

TASKS COMMON TO ALL MANAGERS:

• Role modelling of organisational values and beliefs 

• Contributing to the shared spiritual life of the MAF UK team as a Christian mission

• Attendance and participation in team and corporate times of biblical reflection and prayer 

• Encouraging team members to attend, participate and lead in times of Biblical reflection at regular corporate prayer meetings 

• Participate in planning in accordance with the MAF UK strategic plan and as outworked through matrix programme and project teams 

• Keeping line manager informed of all relevant information in a timely manner 

• Complying with statutory and organisational requirements for the proper handling of personal and sensitive data and ensuring good personal data handling practices are developed, reviewed, and encouraged 

• Abiding by Safeguarding, Conduct and other MAF UK policies provided on the Intranet. 

CHRISTIAN VALUES, BELIEFS AND ETHOS: 

As a Christian mission, MAF UK seeks staff who share in the evangelical Christian values and beliefs as described in the mission, purpose, values, and beliefs statements.All staff will be required to actively support and demonstrate the Christian values of the organisation and to take part in organisational activities such as staff devotions, prayer meetings, and fellowship days.

Location: Hybrid working with the requirement to work in the UK offices in either Folkestone or Cranfield. 

Working Hours:Office open officially from 9.00 to 5.30pm (9-4pm on Friday). Hours to be agreed according to flexible working policy. 

Salary:£48,500

Terms: 

Hours: As a senior appointment at least 36 hours per week but in addition those required to achieve the agreed responsibilities, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day. 

Flexibility will be required for working additional hours and travel to meet business needs or for travel or meetings on weekends or evenings.

This role involves some unsocial hours, weekend work and travel within the UK 

Leave:Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year plus eight paid public holidays per year. 

Pension: Non-contributory pension scheme (10%) of salary on joining. 

Additional Benefits:

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for free, confidential support on personal and professional issues. 

• Death in Service/Life Assurance scheme. 

• Free on-site parking at our offices. 

Probationary and notice period: 

• 6-month probation period with mid-term review 

• Notice period is 3 months. 

Closing Date for Applications 22nd March