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Stroke Association is the UK's largest charity dedicated to helping with the emotional, practical and financial cost a stroke can have.

Surviving a stroke is just the start of a long and difficult recovery journey. Stroke Association is there to support stroke survivors and help their families find the strength they need to find their way back to living a fulfilling life.

A stroke can happen to anyone, of any age, at any time and one in four strokes happen in people of working age.

“I’m Leighton and when I was 39 years young I had a stroke.  There’s a sentence I never, ever thought I would write. But that’s the thing with stroke, it doesn’t care how fit and healthy I was. It doesn’t care that I’m a dad with a 10-year-old son. A son that needs me.”

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team raising vital funds to provide this invaluable lifelong support for all stroke survivors, just like Leighton.

The Role

This is an exciting new role in a newly created team, formed to acquire strategic corporate partnerships and community connections. Main responsibilities will include:

• Developing a robust pipeline of future support focussing on high value relationships.
• Delivering engagement strategies and products to enhance the conversion rate of your pipeline.
• Developing and delivering a relationship stewardship plan for all corporate partners.
• Delivering an individual income target.
• Tracking and monitoring income and pipeline values to support with forecasting and budgeting.

The Person

We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic person with excellent communication and relationship building skills. You should be excited by the prospect of building a new pipeline and portfolio of corporate partners and be confident stewarding relationships in this space. 

You must be able to work flexibly to maximise opportunities across Scotland, and have the initiative and ability to work with autonomy. Previous experience in fundraising is desirable; however, we are also keen to speak with people who also have the knowledge and experience in building relationships and are keen to transfer this skillset into the rewarding world of fundraising!

Why Stroke Association?

The Fundraising team at Stroke Association pride themselves on fostering an open, honest, flexible and supportive working environment. The culture is such that everyone feels valued and recognised and despite being a disparate team, there are strong bonds formed across the charity. Not only does this charity transform the lives of stroke survivors and their families, but it also offers a wonderful environment to work in where people add value and have a positive impact every single day.

The charity’s benefits also include elements such as volunteering days, long service awards, incremental annual leave increase with service, a generous pension contribution and enhanced maternity and paternity leave.

If this sounds like the opportunity for the next phase of your career, then get in touch! The role permanent and full-time (but flexible working will be considered). You must either have a driving licence and access to your own vehicle, or be able to demonstrate that you can meet the travel requirements of the role which include travelling extensively across the region/country.

If you think you could be the right person to fulfil the exciting responsibilities of this role, apply here, or get in contact with Charlie, Jen or Leanne at Charity Horizons for more information:

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format such as audio or video upload, or require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us, please contact either Jen or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

The Trust Partnership is an innovative social enterprise helping charitable foundations and almshouses to be better managed and to use their resources more effectively for the benefit of the wider public.  In short, we are having a big impact in philanthropy and almshouse sectors.

We are excited that we’ve not only been able to build a thriving business, but to do so on strong ethical foundations. The way we look after our staff, our clients and other stakeholders is important to us. We believe it’s possible to be a good business and a profitable one at the same time. 

Main purpose and scope of the job: 

The successful candidate will possess excellent organisation, communication and ICT skills and be able to maintain confidentiality at all times. You will prepare meeting agendas and papers, support the Clerks to Trustees and be the principle point of contact for the grant making activities of your clients. You will provide excellent support to client Trustees as well as cover for absences within our team. 

Duties and key responsibilities: 

Provide excellent administrative services to senior colleagues and some direct support to clients, where appropriate, including (but not limited to): 

• Processing grant applications using databases such as Salesforce and Formstack. 

• Preparing agenda packs for client meetings and providing support at client meetings (attendance may be necessary). 

• Liaison with grant applicants, beneficiaries and almshouse residents. 

•  Liaising with clients, banks and suppliers as necessary. 

• Assisting with simple changes to client websites. 

• General administrative duties such as filing, post, file management, data storage and disposal. 

• Liaising with the clients’ finance team. 

• General administrative duties. 

Provide support to the team by: 

• Answering phone calls and assisting callers to access the right person/information. 

• Helping others when time allows. 

The Benefits 

• Work as part of a friendly and caring team 

• Lovely offices in a farm building with some flexible home working 

• Free parking 

• Membership of an employee benefits platform 

• Charitable Giving matching up to £200 per annum 

• 24 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank holidays (FTE) 

• Christmas shutdown (included in above) 

• Additional day’s contractual leave entitlement after each fifth year of service (up to a total of six days) 

• Eyecare vouchers 

About You: 

To join us as an Administrator you will need: 

• A high level of computer literacy, using Microsoft Office 365 applications 

• Experience of working with databases

• Accuracy and attention to detail 

• An excellent telephone manner

• Excellent organisational skills, working to deadlines

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• A keen interest in the charitable sector

• To be motivated, focussed and keen to help with a positive attitude 

• To be able to work on your own initiative but also as part of a team 

• A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle (due to our office location) 

The Royal Osteoporosis Society – Director of Income and Engagement

Location: Dependant on distance, the role will be either fully remote with occasional travel to the Bath office (around once per quarter), or hybrid for those based nearby.

Salary: £102,000 per annum.

Contract: Permanent, full-time hours. 

The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS), the UK’s largest national charity dedicated to improving bone health and beating osteoporosis, is seeking a bold and dynamic fundraising and communications leader who can drive transformative income growth and galvanise public engagement.

Half of women aged over 50 live with osteoporosis, plus a fifth of men.  The condition causes bones to break (fracture) following everyday occurrences – e.g. sneezes, coughs and falls.  Fractures are the fourth worst cause of disability and premature death, but most people with osteoporosis are undiagnosed.

ROS works to improve diagnosis and access to care for the unacceptably high number of people whose lives risk being destroyed by this highly treatable condition each day. They equip people with practical information and support to take action on their bone health and, working with healthcare professionals and academics, influence and shape policy and practice at every level. The charity’s research arm is investigating new diagnostic approaches, including the world’s first screening programme, as well as novel treatments to beat osteoporosis for good.

This is a pivotal time for ROS as they aim to seize on momentum garnered from half a million people checking their risk, two national media partnerships, a groundbreaking Ministerial pledge to roll-out early diagnosis clinics to every area, and more people than ever engaging with their services. They aim to lead a movement for change around bone health similar to those that have gained widespread attention by menopause and prostate cancer campaigners.

To capitalise on this momentum and as the charity prepares for its 40th anniversary, the time is right for ROS to step up fundraising and public engagement to address one of the most urgent threats to people living well in later life and meet the charity’s vision - No more broken bones, no more broken lives. To achieve this, the ROS Board has committed to investing up to 80% of annual designated spent into developing fundraising every year up to 2030.

To deliver on this investment, the ROS team is seeking a creative and inspiring fundraising and communications leader who can build strong partnerships, harness digital innovation and create and deepen supporter journeys to convert awareness into long-term support.

As well as driving the delivery of a transformational audience-centric growth strategy, the role-holder will also be responsible for building a powerful organisational brand to reflect ROS’s vision and impact, as well as compelling communications and media plans to drive momentum. They will lead and motivate a high-performing team, as well as embedding a fundraising culture across the organisation and acting as a key ambassador for the cause.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record of senior leadership experience and possess outstanding business acumen. They will have proven success in developing and delivering income generation and communication strategies within the health or not-for-profit sector. They should also have extensive experience of setting and delivering an organisational income development vision and securing buy-in from colleagues at the most senior level. Experience in building and maintaining a strong brand profile and of driving impactful communications and PR to underpin income generation will be essential, as well as the ability to work collaboratively across department boundaries and externally to achieve organisational goals. Finally, they will have a ‘can do’ personality with the gravitas, energy, creativity and solutions-focused mindset to drive transformative income growth.  

ROS has made osteoporosis one of the most prominent health conditions on the national stage, but there is so much more to be done to address the enormous unmet need in the NHS for people living with this devastating condition.  This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious charity and play a pivotal role in helping them directly change the trajectory of public health in the UK.

Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.

Closing date: Wednesday 18th June, 9.00am.

This is an essential senior support post vital for the underpinning of Cathedral governance. It allows the Dean, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Finance Officer, Chapter and its statutory committees to develop and maintain an effective system of governance for the Cathedral with adherence to the highest standards of good governance practice. This will include meeting relevant regulatory and legislative requirements. The post holder will work with the Chief Officers to provide comprehensive and effective secretariat support for Chapter and its statutory committees. 

A well known local charity VASA is a small charity (turnover £350k) supporting 4,000 people across Rugby, Solihull East and South Warwickshire with community activities, dementia services and our community transport service.

Following the decision of our long serving Charity Manager to move on to pastures new, we are seeking a dynamic individual to take on the role of Interim Charity Manager for an inital period of 6 months with the potential to be extended dependant subject to results and funding. The Interim will lead the charity forward building on relationships, strategy and partnerships fostered by our outgoing CM. 

Our volunteer-led services have grown in the last decade to meet the growing needs of our community thanks to our dedicated volunteers and a forward thinking Board of Trustees and ambitious strategic plan.

The interim postholder will be expected to continue on from the work of the outgoing CM and undertake an indepth review of the business, working with the trustees on the next phase of our strategic plan and look for a bold funding and operating strategy.

To continue our good work and move VASA forward the apointee will be expected to:

• Identify growth opportunities for this service either geographically and/or by expanding the types of service offerings and ensure this is staffed to enable maximum growth.
• Maximise the newly installed transport support software to ensure that VASA is obtaining optimum benefit from it.
• Seek opportunities for expanding the dementia day services offering and the number of clients served.

As external grant funding is vital for VASA the appointee will be expected to:

• Work with the local authorities currently providing grant funding with the pupose of:
  • Making clear the value of the services VASA provides.
  • Securing, and if possible, increase the current level of funding.
• Seek other funding opportunities.

As financial security and governance is paramount to the charity the appointee must:

• Ensure full compliance (Charities Commission and Companies House).
• Develop new partnerships and nurture existing partnerships.
• Lead on fundraising to ensure financial sustainability

Closing date: 29th June 2025

Interviews: 9th and 11th July 2025

About Us

The Advice Services Alliance (ASA) is the umbrella body for the not-for-profit social welfare advice sector in the UK. Our members include national organisations such as Citizens Advice, Age UK, Law Centres Network, Macmillan, and Shelter. Together, our network represents around 2,000 advice outlets across England and Wales.

We exist to champion access to justice by strengthening the advice sector. We do this by promoting collaboration, developing quality standards, influencing policy, and leading sector-wide projects that support the delivery of high-quality, accessible advice.

ASA also owns and manages the Advice Quality Standard (AQS), the only independently audited quality mark designed specifically for providers of generalist and specialist social welfare legal advice services.

We are entering an exciting new phase of strategic development, expanding our impact across the sector and working to ensure advice services are high-quality, sustainable, and accessible to those who need them most.

The Role

We are looking for a motivated and organised Project Manager to lead the AQS Access Pathway Project, funded by City Bridge Foundation. This newly created role will be responsible for redesigning and updating the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) and developing a new progression-based Access Pathway for advice services.

This is a fixed-term role, with funding secured for a minimum of 36 months. You will work closely with our Deputy Director and a wide range of stakeholders to successfully deliver a new version of AQS and its accompanying framework.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and deliver the AQS Access Pathway Project in collaboration with the ASA Deputy Director.

• Convene and facilitate a Project Advisory Group comprising ASA members and key stakeholders.

• Engage with external stakeholders including auditing and accrediting bodies such as AgeUK, Citizens Advice, Welsh Government, and the Money and Pensions Service.

• Promote and communicate the project to advice services, funders, and wider voluntary sector audiences.

• Oversee project monitoring and evaluation, including data collection and reporting to ASA’s Board and funders.

• Support budget tracking and financial reporting in collaboration with senior leadership.

• Actively recruit new services to engage with AQS and promote interest in quality assurance across the sector.

• Undertake other duties as required to support successful delivery and integration of the project.

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Commitment to social justice, human rights, and equitable access to advice services.

• Demonstrable project management experience, from design through to delivery.

• Strong understanding of quality assurance frameworks and their impact on client outcomes.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines with accuracy and diplomacy.

• Experience working within complex multi-agency environments.

• Knowledge of the social welfare legal advice sector and challenges faced by frontline organisations.

Desirable:

• Experience managing staff, volunteers, or consultants.

• Comfortable using Microsoft Office 365 and other standard IT tools.

• Data-literate, with ability to use evaluation and performance data to drive outcomes.

• Strong written communication and presentation skills.

• Willingness to undertake training and professional development as needed.

Benefits

• Salary: £36,000 per annum

• Contract: Fixed-term (until at least September 2028), full-time (37 hours per week)

• Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus 8 bank holidays

• Pension Contribution: 6% employer contribution

• Flexible Working: Weekly London office attendance with scope for hybrid working

• Meaningful Work: An opportunity to help shape the future of quality standards across the advice sector

• Collaborative Culture: Work within a small, passionate team and national network

We are Retina UK, a national inherited sightloss charity and are currently recruiting for a personable, motivated Community Fundraising Coordinator to join our friendly, hardworking Fundraising team.  This role will be based in our Buckingham office and will see the successful candidate steward and support our community and supporters, build long term relationships and provide first class customer service. 

In addition, you will maximise the Charity's 50th Anniversary campaign, attend front facing events, generate income, support with administrative tasks, conduct regular research, develop fundraising materials and so much more! 

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 per year

Contract type: Permanent

Location: UK (minimum 2 days a week in our London office)

Work pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week with the opportunity for flexible working hours

Reporting to: Head of Finance and Operations

Please submit an anonymised CV and covering letter (please remove any identifying details such as name, address, photos) by midnight on 07 July 2025.

Your covering letter should outline:

• Your motivations for applying to Mission 44
• How this role fits into your career plans 
• Experience (professional, voluntary or lived) that makes you a great fit for this role in line with our values and the criteria outlined in this job description.

About the Role

In this new role, you will contribute to enhancing the finance function within a growing and dynamic international charitable foundation. The role will enable you to work and continue your professional development across many aspects of the finance function. 

You will play an important part in our finance team’s further growth and professionalisation as Mission 44 extends its reach as a charity working in multiple countries. You will have the opportunity to gain further hands-on experience in driving our day-to-day finance processes, while also leading key projects to enhance our systems and put in place effective financial management of our new US entity. 

This role forms part of our Operations Team, currently comprising our Chief Operating Officer, our Head of Finance and Operations (HoFO), our Chief of Staff, our People and Culture Manager and our Operations Officer. A key part of your role will be acting as finance business partner to our other teams - impact, fundraising and communications - and demonstrating a customer service mindset in helping them achieve their objectives.

We’re looking for a finance professional, newly-qualified or working towards a chartered accountant qualification, wanting to develop their skills and career in a comprehensive finance role and contribute to our mission of helping young people thrive.

Roles and Responsibilities

Accounting (40%)

• Oversee day-to-day transactions, including accounts payable and receivable, for both the UK charity and the newly created US charity
• Ensure that accurate and comprehensive records of accounting evidence for all transactions are maintained
• Monitor cashflow
• Support the HoFO in the month-end process
• Oversee and control monthly payroll with external payroll provider
• Oversee and control VAT returns with external accountants
• Check monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Develop the purchase order system

Financial Planning & Analysis (35%)

• Support the HoFO in the preparation of the monthly management accounts
• Control all accounts payable in dialogue with budget holders
• Finance business partnering with budget holders and the Senior Leadership Team
• Control and account for the use of restricted funds, in alignment with donor requirements and with the Impact team
• Collaborate with the fundraising team to support forecasting and income tracking

Statutory accounts and audit (10%)

• Support the HoFO in the year-end processes
• Support the HoFO in the preparation of statutory accounts, supervising outsourced accountants
• Support audit requests
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial regulations and standards, including charity-specific requirements

Operations (15%)

• Responsible for the financial management of grant payments, in coordination with Grant Managers and Grant Budget Holders
• Drive good practice in procurement and manage the relationship with suppliers
• Support the wider Ops team in ad hoc projects and activities

Skills and experience

Essential

• Newly qualified or part qualified, working towards a chartered accountant qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Able to be hands-on in a small finance team
• Able to drive relationships with outsourced accountants
• Fluent in using spreadsheets for financial information
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly explain complex financial data and concepts to non-finance staff and stakeholders to support decision-making
• Strong critical thinker with keen attention to detail
• Experience of project management and knowledge of project management principles
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in finance or accounting roles, preferably within the non-profit sector
• A passion for and deep understanding of Mission 44’s values

Desirable

• Experience working with Xero
• Experience in a grant-giving organisation
• Experience of working in an international organisation
• Experience of working in a start-up or rapid-growth organisation
• Knowledge of Charity Statement Of Recommended Practice (SORP)

Personal Qualities 

• Passionate about supporting and empowering young people to thrive and succeed
• Highly collaborative, adept at building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Customer service mindset, committed to consistency and quality of delivery for colleagues, and embracing feedback
• Committed to inclusion, promoting and embracing diverse perspectives
• Self-starting and flexible, able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
• High accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to manage the day-to-day while also driving forward longer-term projects and priorities 
• Resilient and adaptable in the face of ambiguity, remaining focused, resourceful, and effective when navigating complex or uncertain situations
• Strong and evidenced commitment to learning, continuous professional development and improvement

Benefits

• Enjoy 28 days annual leave, plus a day for your birthday
• Use our cycle-to-work scheme and free gym access
• Save for retirement with our generous pension package
• We finish every Friday at noon in August
• Optional health insurance and access to an EAP
• Professional development budget of £1k
• Unlimited volunteering leave, as agreed with your manager
• Wellbeing allowance to spend in whatever way works for you
• Competitive parental leave package

Based in our Philanthropy Team in Fundraising, the postholder works with our clinical, estates and governance teams creating compelling proposals to secure mostly restricted income. If you have great digital competence, including the use of AI to summarise information, are an excellent storymaker able to understand an audience, quickly synthesize information and pitch in writing for success, or an early-career fundraiser ready to develop, in this role you will make a difference and work as part of a creative successful team. Understanding how to keep our ask fresh and steward these relationships is key.  You will inherit a portfolio of trust and grant funders who have committed support over the long term and a portfolio that delivers at least £180k in income each year. You will work with colleagues on well-established campaigns like The Big Give and support experienced volunteers who handle small grants. This role has space for innovation to secure new funders and uplift existing contributions.

Rasing Funds:

· Ensure an inclusive, engaging and best-in-class experience for Trusts and grant makers

· Manage an annual rolling programme of applications and multi-year funding reporting requirements. 

· Deliver medium, large and complex bids for unrestricted and restricted income to ensure success to an income level of at least £150k to fund initiatives including for example: direct delivery of care, volunteering initiatives, new routes into work for protected groups, equipment and capital projects.

· Robust and regular research of funding opportunities, new trusts, and wider horizon scanning to identify a broad base of opportunity to refresh and renew the pipeline of prospective funders

· Steward existing trust donors, finding opportunities to cultivate and grow the relationship.

· Be a visible accessible presence across the hospice, encouraging colleagues to share and develop their own ideas to raise funds that you and/or trust and grant volunteers can take forward and or support the team generating the ideas to do so.

· Attend our Clinical Assets Meetings and restricted funding meetings

· Generate social media posts consistent with Hospice content standards and GDPR and hard and soft copy information to inform and promote the impact of supporters, this includes video/reel thankyou messages.

Communication

· Prepare and submit high-quality, tailored grant applications to secure funding for specific projects and core activities

· Maintain and develop relationships with existing trust and foundation donors

· Be the first point of contact for trust and grant funders and supporters and, for colleagues internally who have questions/queries or have an interest in this area of funding

· Manage a pipeline of prospective funders, ensuring timely follow-up and tracking of application statuses

· Help to create and deliver moments of stewardship that are personal to each funder, show the impact of their support and inspire them when they can, to have an on-going relationship with the charity.

· Be volunteer team leader recruiting volunteers to support your role, ensuing they are inducted and supported. As the wider team help ensure all volunteers feel supported when their respective team leader is away.

· Identify opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Hospice to maximum benefit for the charity.

· Be an outstanding advocate for the Charity and represent the Charity at functions and events, in line with the values of the organisation, to promote the objectives of the Charity

Digital/Business Administration

· Provide routine and regular reporting on progress, advising on risk/mitigation to ensure the annual target is met

· Enter and update donor information on the CRM ensuring compliance with the GDPR and Data Protection Act.

· Ensure CRM (Donify) records and preference information is up to date and accurate at all times, including recording interactions with supporters

· Ensure all word documents are securely saved and accessible to colleagues on Sharepoint. 

· Ensure you comply with all aspects of statutory and mandatory training for your role and through your individual performance deliver on jointly agreed objectives and goals that help to deliver the business of the charity.

Key Accountabilities, Responsibilities & Tasks

Departmental & Role Specifics

· Embrace and embody our Hospice values

· A collaborative open and transparent approach to working with others

· Deliver successful bids for unrestricted and restricted income to targe twith plans for growth

· Robust and regular research of funding opportunities, new trusts, and wider horizon scanning to identify a broad base of opportunity to refresh and renew the pipeline of prospective funders

· Steward existing trust funders, finding opportunities to cultivate and grow the relationship.

· Be a visible accessible presence across the hospice, encouraging colleagues to share and develop their own ideas that you and/or trust and grant volunteers can take forward and or support the team generating the ideas to do so in grant applications

· Happy in a fast-paced environment, with proven ability to plan and complete work to deadlines and managing conflicting priorities

Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Knowledge & Approach

· Educated to degree standard or equivalent

· Written fluency able to match bid requirements with succinct well evidenced phrasing

· Two years relevant experience with transferable skills

· Excellent digital skills with experience in using AI to synthesize information

· A successful track record in securing grant funding or meeting sales targets

· Good interpersonal skills able to inspire confidence and trust

· Well-developed insight into your own strengths and areas for development

· Enjoys working with people from a wide range of communities and contexts

· The ability to build rapport quickly and mutually beneficial long term relationships

· Experience of working to income targets and working proactively to take corrective action

· Experience is using donify (or another CRM), business software, social media and databases

· Experience of working with volunteers (desirable).

Communication

 · Confidently present the key messages of The Hospice of St Francis,

· Generate social media posts consistent with Hospice branding and content standards and GDPR and hard and soft copy information to inform and promote the impact and generosity of supporters, this includes video/reel thankyou messages from the CEO and Chair

· Emotionally resilient, empathic, curious, diplomatic and people-focused.

· A consistently high level of supporter care (or customer service) with proven ability in continually improving the supporter (customer) experience.

AMMF is the UK’s only charity solely dedicated to raising awareness of and funding research into cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer).  The charity works closely throughout the UK with clinicians, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, patients and their carers, as well as actively collaborating across Europe and globally.  

The role of the Events and Campaigns Lead is to plan and implement a wide range of high quality, responsive activities, including fundraising campaigns via social media, and developing relationships with supporter ambassadors, and planning and organising regional events, throughout the year.   

The role also involves working with the CEO and wider team on AMMF’s major events, such as Westminster receptions, nurse study days, and the annual 3-day conference. 

It is expected the Events and Campaigns Lead will develop an understanding of AMMF’s aims and objectives and its policies and procedures.

Responsibilities: 

• Deliver a programme for fundraising campaigns throughout the year, eg, summer competitions, Christmas fundraisers
• Lead on and be first point of contact for regional ambassadors, their meetings and events
• Develop, set up and manage a database and network of regional volunteers
• Organise patient and carer virtual meetings
• Prepare for and attend external events representing AMMF, for example, university or hospital information days
• Attend external AMMF networking, partner and fundraising events when required
• Attend the annual AMMF conference and other events, and fulfil duties as required.   
• Produce reports on campaigns, events and meetings as and when required

General:

• Effectively communicate internally and externally, providing a professional and courteous service at all times
• Support team members, fundraisers, supporters and volunteers to be as effective as possible in their work for AMMF
• Be prepared to work flexibly, when required, to best meet the needs of the charity
• Participate in team meetings, training courses, events, and e-learning where required/appropriate.
• Ensure all administration associated with this role is delivered promptly, with particular focus on database management and communication with event organisers and administrators, and supporters

Person Specification:

Preferred criteria

• Previous experience and understanding of fundraising and information events and campaigns in the charity sector, and of using a range of techniques, including social media
• Competent with Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and with emailing services such as Mailchimp, virtual meeting platforms Teams and Zoom, and social media platforms, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Instagram, and with Hootsuite.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues, volunteers and supporters.
• Willing and able to work outside usual office hours to support external events where, when and if required.
• Current driving licence and access to /use of a vehicle (useful not essential).
• To possess or achieve a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Benefits:

Annual leave - 31 days rising to 33 after 5 years service
Pension and On-site parking

This new role, partially funded by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund, builds upon the work of the previous Partnerships and Engagement Officer role with an expanded focus on reaching people from multiply marginalised communities.

The main focus of this role will be to increase engagement with our flagship service, the Wizzybug Loan Scheme, expanding the reach of the scheme and ensuring that all children who could benefit from early years powered mobility are aware of the loan scheme and how to apply. Following a gap analysis of existing service users in 2024, this role will seek to create new partnerships and inclusive marketing and communications that will help us reach families with whom we are not currently engaging. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic team at an exciting time of growth across our charity, and to make a meaningful difference through our work supporting disabled people to live with greater independence.

You will be driven by achieving excellence in your work, living and breathing the Designability behaviours every day; Reflective, Tenacious, Collaborative, Curious and Honest.

Essential Criteria for the role

· Commensurate experience in an applicable role.

· Relevant experience in community engagement, partnership working and building networks

· Experienced networker able to identify new prospects and establish relationships with a focus on long term support

· Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers

· Experience of partnership and stakeholder management

· Experience of working with or delivering services for multiply marginalised communities

· Experience of booking and managing stands at exhibitions and events

All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding checks, including checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment references. 

All applicants must have a legal right to work in the United Kingdom without the need for visa sponsorship - Designability is not able to provide visa sponsorship.

Benefits that come with working for Designability

Looking after its employees is important to Designability – supporting everyone to be happy and healthy means that we live our values of being creative, practical and inclusive and in turn meet our mission to enable disabled people to live with greater independence. We offer a range of employee benefits, including flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance and substantial employer contribution pension scheme.

Designability is a Real Living Wage and Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for individual roles; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments.

‘Offer an Interview’ Scheme:

Designability welcomes applications from disabled applicants and is committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, as set out in the job description.  If you wish your application to be considered under the ‘Offer an interview’ scheme’, please indicate this in your covering letter.

To apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter (detailing how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria detailed above and in the Job Description.

We are happy to provide information about this role in alternative formats where possible and receive applications in alternative formats.

Recruitment Timeline

1. Applications open: Tuesday 3rd June 2025

2. Applications close: Tuesday 1st July at midnight, however we will close the vacancy if we have received sufficient applications, so please apply at your earliest convenience.

3. Interviews will be held in early July at our offices in Bath at a mutually convenient time.

The Involvement and Engagement team at Alzheimer’s Research UK is responsible for delivering a wide portfolio of activities to increase understanding of dementia, engage and involve the public and people affected by dementia with research and promote the work of Alzheimer’s Research UK. The team work closely with people affected by dementia to gather their insights to shape our work and campaigns. 

The team is part of the Information and Involvement department. The department’s mission is to improve understanding of dementia and the diseases which cause it and encourage and support the public and people affected by dementia to get involved in research.

The manager leads on the development of a wide range of activities, such as coordinating meetings with the Lived Experience Involvement Group; the online public engagement programme; and managing the Inspire Fund community engagement grant scheme. The role has responsibility for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on the impact of the public involvement and engagement programme. In addition, the role holder will identify improvements and undertake strategy development and implementation working with the Head of the Department to deliver this.

Reporting to the Head of Information and Involvement, the Manager has two line reports, and the team works closely with colleagues across the Policy, Communications and Involvement Directorate, notably the Information Services and Policy teams. The team also has regular interactions with people affected by dementia and supports the wider charity in engaging effectively with supporters about dementia research. They work closely with colleagues in the Research and Partnerships directorate, and Volunteering and Events teams to deliver activities.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. This role will be known internally as Involvement and Engagement Manager

Main duties and responsibilities of the role:

Lead the Involvement and Engagement team

· Work with the Head of Information and Involvement to plan and implement involvement and engagement programmes to support the development of the charity’s goals.

· Implement the Involvement and Engagement strategy for Alzheimer’s Research UK, ensuring a varied portfolio of opportunities, with a focus on reaching diverse and underserved audiences.

· Line manage two Involvement and Engagement Officers, setting objectives, with responsibility for their personal growth and development, and that of the team.

Implement the involvement of lived experience across the organisation

· Lead the management of the charity’s Lived Experience Involvement Group, overseeing the recruitment, onboarding and ongoing engagement of volunteers with lived experience of dementia.

· Lead and manage the planning of involvement activity, including a calendar of events and activities for the lived experience group, to include regular online meetings, in person events, and opportunities to contribute to ARUKs strategic initiatives and campaigns.

· Responsible for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of involvement activities, ensuring volunteers are aware of their impact, communicating impact of involvement both internally and externally to the organisation.

· Responsible for championing the value and impact of involvement across the organisation, seeking new involvement opportunities and working towards embedding involvement in key areas of the charities work.

· Work closely with and support the Research Involvement Manager with implementing involvement of lived experience in research programmes, also with external requests for support with involvement in research.

· Ensure processes to manage a database of lived experience volunteers are robust and up to date and that policies and procedures are adhered to.

Deliver public engagement programmes and activities

· Deliver the Inspire Fund community engagement grant scheme, managing the application and awards process, monitoring ongoing grants, supporting grant holders and reporting on impact.

· Oversee the planning and coordination of the public engagement events programme, including supporting the Involvement and Engagement Officer with delivery of the online public engagement series and other events.

· Working closely with colleagues in the Research team support and facilitate dementia researchers to deliver public engagement activities, providing guidance and resources as required.

· Work with the Involvement and Engagement Officers to maintain existing engagement resources and promote their use across the charity. Develop new engagement resources that can be used across a variety of events.

· Support colleagues across ARUK to build skills and confidence talking about dementia and research, and how to engage with their audiences.

What we are looking for:

· Graduate or equivalent level of education in biomedical sciences, science communication or similar.

· Experience of discussing and communicating health or research matters to the public.

· Experience of working with people affected by a long-term health condition and supporting their contributions to organisational activities or research.

· Experience of leading outreach, engagement and involvement/or involving the public with research.

· Strong experience of planning, coordinating, and delivering involvement and engagement events.

· Relevant project management experience.

· Experience working in an involvement, engagement, or public facing role or similar.

· Experience of working across partnerships, building strong working relationships (internally and externally).

· Strong and effective written and spoken communication skills, ability to tailor to lay audiences.

· Good knowledge of the research process and how the public can play a part in that process.

· Knowledge and understanding of engagement and involvement methods drawn from academia, health research or the charity sector.

· Ability to identify and develop creative opportunities for public engagement and involvement and discussion emanating from scientific research.

· An eye for creativity and innovation, and ability to grow personal network of professional contacts and create new opportunities for engagement and involvement.

· Excellent organisational skills; the ability to manage a number and variety of tasks to multiple deadlines.

· Ability to communicate appropriately with people affected by dementia and their families.

· Willingness and ability to travel independently in the UK occasionally and to work outside of regular office hours when needed.

· A confident, friendly and professional attitude; would feel at ease representing the charity to a range of audiences.

· Working with independence, intelligence, drive and initiative.

Additional Information:

Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.

Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals.  This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.

Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD. 

Salary: Circa £44,000 per annum, plus benefits

Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.

The closing date for applications is the 29th June 2025, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.  Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. While we strive to anonymise your CV where possible, there are certain sections, such as the application question, that cannot be fully anonymised. We kindly ask that you remove any personal information, including your name, when answering the application question. The hiring panel will not have access to your personal details, such as your name and address, until you are invited for an interview. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website. 

How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.

About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure.  Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope. 

There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure. 

In 2024, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement. This is the second consecutive time; we have been awarded a Best Companies 3-star accreditation.

We were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:

· 18th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.

· 10th in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.

· 2nd in the 30 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.

In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.

In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.

In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge. 

ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference. 

To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? We have an opportunity to expand our South West prisons peer project. We are looking for a self-motivated individual that can work on their own and as part of a prison healthcare team, who can engage with stakeholders and has a desire to make a difference.

Do you have experience of working within Criminal Justice, Prisons or Drug Services, have you been affected by hepatitis C or have you supported anyone who has hepatitis C?

Do you have experience of delivering workshops and training sessions to service users and staff?

We have the opportunity for you.

You will have great engagement skills, an outgoing personality, be solution focused and able to communicate effectively. We are a patient led organisation – you will have experience of working in an environment where the patient/service user/client is placed at the centre of all that you do

Ability to access prisons and clear prison security is an essential requirement for this role.

This post will require occasional travel so a driving licence would be helpful, although not essential if you live local to Bristol.

Job title: Executive Assistant
Reports to: CEO and Senior Manager, Team & Operations
Salary: £36-40k pro rata, dependent on experience
Location: Russell Square, London (office-based role)
Hours: 21 hours per week, Mon-Fri, times to be discussed but preference for some hours every day
Length: Fixed term 12-month contract

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a charity and membership society that has been dedicated to improving tropical medicine and global health since 1907. Our ambition is to save lives and improve health around the world through increased access to greater equity in global health care. Through our activities we help further our members’ careers. We also bring together their collective knowledge and use our own expertise to achieve change within the sector.

We are looking for a motivated and pro-active individual to join us as Executive Assistant to the CEO and Senior Manager, Team and Operations. The role will support the Society’s activities by providing direct assistance to the Leadership team, managing communications with our growing network of key volunteers and working with the CEO on fundraising strategies.

The role will require someone who has excellent organisation, time management and administrative experience, and some experience working in the charitable sector (knowledge of fundraising an advantage). The successful candidate will work on their own initiative and multi-task across a number of different projects at any one time. The role will involve some analysis and data management, and may involve working to tight deadlines, as well as coordinating work across internal and external stakeholders.

Main duties of the role will include:

• Administration of Committee and Board meetings, AGMs and other Governance-related activities
• Conducting fundraising research, working with the CEO on fundraising strategies
• Desk research on relevant projects for the society
• Organisation of volunteers, including communication planning, data management and updating records
• Supporting the team on the centralisation and recording of key project deliverable dates
• Providing strategic and administrative support for the Society’s planning tools
• Data analysis and presentation – e.g., from surveys, internal datasets or research
• Some calendar management – e.g., ensuring prep or post-meeting follow up time is scheduled in for leadership team, and reminding them of important tasks and deadlines
• Provide authorisation channel for CEO approvals, including costs, contracts, expenses, etc.
• Supporting the Senior Manager, Team & Operations and the CEO with partnership management and deliverables
• General support as requested from CEO or Senior Manager, Team & Operations
• Any other reasonable tasks as deemed appropriate by CEO or Senior Manager, Team & Operations

Essential Skills:

• Ability to manage a diverse set of priorities and meet deadlines to a consistently high standard
• Capacity to set up and maintain administrative processes and office systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Good analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information
• Discretion and professionalism at all times, but particularly when dealing with confidential or sensitive information
• Experience of being responsible for initiating, planning, and developing own areas of work
• High computer literacy and confidence with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• Exceptional use of written and spoken English
• Experience as a Personal Assistant, or relevant managerial role, in an office environment
• Flexibility and willingness to work under own initiative

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of charitable sector and/or global health
• Experience as an Executive Assistant for a busy individual or team
• Fundraising knowledge
• Analysis and organisation of multiple datasets

The deadline for this role is 5pm BST 30th June, but we will be interviewing candidates as applications arrive so may close the recruitment before the deadline.

Please click the apply button and send your CV and a supporting statement of up to 1,000 words to include how your experience matches the duties and skills for the role, it will be sent automatically to us. (Please insert your supporting statement where it asks for your cover message or covering letter). 

No agencies please.