Communications partnerships manager jobs
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
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join our team!
Crohn's & Colitis UK are looking for an experienced, confident, and proactive individual to join our team. You will be an integral part of the charity, leading on the majority of new business within our Corporate Partnerships Team, building your own pipeline, and strategic partnerships, whilst acting as resident expert for external corporate opportunities.
About us
We're the UK's leading charity for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
A diagnosis of Crohn’s or Colitis is life-changing. Over 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease many people have never heard of, and for which there is no known cure.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK funds research, provides award winning information and support and raises vital awareness by increasing the public’s understanding of the conditions, and what it means to live with debilitating symptoms. But we need to do more. We need to be a louder voice in the marketplace. Our ambitious plans for 2025, will help to make a real difference to every supporter’s journey with us. If this excites you - join us!
The role
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: Full-Time (35 hrs per week)
Place of work: Hybrid, with a requirement to attend the office in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, once a month and 4 times a year for our mandatory All Staff Together days.
You will be ambitious in vision, feeling confident to develop strategic multi-year partnerships from the beginning. This is a role you can really make your own and know that your success does make a difference. By succeeding in this, we are helping to build better diagnosis, better care and better lives for everyone affected by Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
About you
The role is suited to someone who:
- Has a proven new business track-record developing partnerships with commercial and corporate organisations across multiple sectors, ideally operating at five and six figures
- Experience of managing corporate partnerships, ideally from within the charity sector
- Demonstrable knowledge of the commercial sector and how to access decision makers
- Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and a good networker
- Confident in presenting and pitching presentations to a variety of stakeholders via a number of channels
- Both empathetic and resourceful, with an open, honest, and flexible approach to work
- Enjoys a challenge, is self-motivated and is open to new ideas
- Excellent project and time management skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities
- Good numeracy skills and ability to analyse and report on financial performance
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written and comfortable reaching out to cold contacts via a number of different channels
- Is a strategic thinker, and a team player.
- Is a fantastic communicator, able to build and maintain effective relationships with our stakeholders.
- Has experience of working with databases
Please see our Recruitment Pack for details of our full Job Description and Person Specification.
Our location
We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. In this role, there is plenty of scope for working from home, although there will be occasions when you will need to attend face-to-face meetings with, donors, your team, our partner agencies, or several team away-days each year. In addition, the charity meets four times a year at its office in Hatfield (or a location in London) for our mandatory ‘All Staff Together’ days.
Benefits
We offer competitive benefits that include:
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
- Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing programme
- Interest free loan for season tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking and secure bike locks
- Training and development financial support and/or study leave
- Performance review and development scheme.
Please submit a CV and supporting statement outlining why you’d like to apply, how you fulfil the person specification, and what you feel you will bring to the role, so you’ll need to refer to the Recruitment Pack.
Closing date: Monday 23 June at 9am
Please note: no applications will move forward within the recruiting process without a supporting statement.
We break taboos, drive pioneering research, bring people together & campaign to improve lives. We are leading the fight against Crohn's & Colitis
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description and Person Specification
Reporting to: Head of Trusts and Foundations
Location of work: Remote, with some requirements to travel to our London office (monthly team meetings + around 4 ad hoc days across the contract length)
Contract type: Full-time, 35 hours per week, although 3 or 4 days per week will be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work.
Contract Length: Initial 6-month contract with potential to be made permanent.
Salary: £37,500
JOB PURPOSE
We are looking for a Trust and Foundations Manager to join our ambitious and friendly team, initially for a six-month contract. We are seeking to grow our funding partnerships, with a team focus on multi-year and £50,000+ grants. The successful candidate will have a particular focus on researching, cultivating and applying to new prospects. We are looking for someone with excellent writing and interpersonal skills to join our dynamic and passionate team to fight child hunger and unlock opportunities for the next generation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
New business
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Prepare, compile and submit high quality funding proposals and budgets in accordance with timetables and application criteria, with a particular focus on larger, multi-year and project funding opportunities.
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Develop cultivation pathways for potential funders, including creating tailored engagement plans for high level donors, arranging school visits, attending key meetings (or briefing senior stakeholders) and delivering presentations to secure their support.
Account management
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Successfully manage relationships from your own portfolio of trusts and foundations, ensuring timely reporting and effective communications.
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Champion the interests of trusts and foundations across the organisation, ensuring grant conditions are met and project outcomes are achieved.
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Support the team to deliver strategic, multi-year partnerships and to steward key funders.
General
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Maintain accurate financial, performance and account management records via Salesforce.
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Work with the Head of Trusts & Foundations to support the forecasting of income from current and potential donors.
Please find attached our job pack
APPLICATION PROCCESS
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, recruitment @magicbreakfast. com
Shortlisting - w/c 9th June
Interview 1 - 16th and 17th June
Interview 2 - 20th June
All interviews will be held online via Teams.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Good Company Relationship Manager / Concierge Lead provides a highly personalised, proactive, relationship-driven service that empowers older adults - many affected by dementia and social isolation - and their carers to live healthier, happier lives in their homes and communities
This role is central to our mission: reaching people early and co-creating Good Company around their needs, interests, and aspirations.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Adaptable and a self-starter
- A great listener with strong emotional intelligence
- A proactive problem-solver
- Confident using technology and digital tools
- Excited by working in a fast-moving, purpose-driven organisation
- Able to drive and access to a vehicle to travel to meet members across Wadhurst, Crowborough, and Forest Row
We are in the final year of prototyping with the ambition to scale Good Company nationally.
Our Context
The Good Company People is reimagining support for people living with dementia and those who care for them. We believe everyone deserves to live with connection, dignity, and purpose - whether they are pre-diagnosis, post-diagnosis, isolated, bereaved, or caring for someone they love.
Our model is person-first. We build relationships, not referrals. We find out what people want more of - continuing hobbies, meeting peers, or simply knowing someone is there to support them to take the next step.
Behind the scenes, we’re also innovating. We’re building a decentralised ‘know-how’ system - real-world tips, rights, local hacks, and lived wisdom - shared by those who’ve been there.
We’re changing the climate of dementia care: from medicalised and prescriptive to relational, preventative, and empowering.
Our Approach
This role isn’t about ‘fixing’ people. It’s about walking alongside them, unlocking opportunities, and making everyday life better. It’s about human connection, trust, and helping people reclaim a sense of agency.
As Concierge, you will ensure every member’s experience reflects our values:
- Respect and Trust – the foundations of every Good Company relationship
- Community – harnessing the wisdom, diverse experiences and passion of individuals to co-create Good Company
- Curious – always learning and adapting
- No One Size Fits All – seeing every member as unique and supporting them in living the life they choose – for longer
- Empowering – building on members' strengths, skills and networks
- Everyone Welcome – showing up with openness, kindness, and joy
Key Responsibilities
As Concierge Lead, you will manage relationships with up to 150 members and help them to:
- Continue to enjoy their hobbies and interests in familiar settings
- Expand their social circle and make meaningful connections
- Access local activities to improve physical health and mobility
- Introductions to other members facing similar situations
- Navigate the health and social care system with confidence
- Access practical dementia advice and support
- Take regular breaks to reduce the stress and burden of caring
- Support to access financial and legal guidance
Your daily role can include:
- Developing deep member insights by conducting member ‘discoveries’ to learn life stories, hobbies, health and communication needs and understand what they want more
- Listening to members’ needs, providing emotional support and helping members build resilience.
- Facilitating and hosting monthly Transition Circles which are peer group sessions for carers experiencing similar situations
- Leading on member wellbeing at Good Company Clubs.
- Through gathering insights help develop and share actionable advice and practical tips through our website and the Good Company Hub
- Working with, training, and supporting a team of Concierge volunteers to provide support, information, and good company at the Good Company Hub on the high street
- Building partnerships with local organisations —social, sports, and voluntary—to introduce members to meaningful opportunities
- Representing Good Company at community and sector events
Safeguarding & Compliance
- Follow TGCP safeguarding, health & safety, and operational policies
- Promote a safe, inclusive, and respectful culture
What You’ll Need
- Outstanding interpersonal and listening skills
- Empathy, compassion, and caring
- Adaptability and a can-do mindset to thrive in a fast moving organisation
- Creativity and resourcefulness in problem-solving
- Community-mindedness and network-building skills
- Resilience and patience
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Confidence using technology (Good Company is powered by Google, Airtable and Asana)
Helping older adults to live healthier, happier lives in their homes and communities

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Twins Trust
Twins Trust is at the heart of the multiples’ community, supporting families with twins or triplets, influencing the healthcare system and campaigning on behalf of our community.
Multiple birth families face unique challenges and we’re there for them, every step of the way. With over 40 years’ experience, we tailor our services to our families’ needs.
Twins Trust has over 15,000 members who access our amazing community, information and courses and exclusive discounts.
Community Fundraising Manager
This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented fundraising team
We are looking for an experienced Community Fundraising Manager to join our small and friendly fundraising team. You will be responsible for driving our strategy for Community Fundraising, Individual/Regular Giving and Events. With a database of around 100,000 registrants and 15,000 members, these existing income streams have lots of great potential. We have amazing fundraisers in our community who take on challenges like the London Marathon, London to Brighton bike ride, or their own swimming challenge and there’s lots of great potential amongst our supporters, including our committed members and regular givers.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week (negotiable for the right candidate)
Flexibility: We are a flexible employer and most of our staff are juggling things (including caring for multiples!) We are great at making jobs work around life.
Salary: £31,000 - £33,000 (pro rata)
Reports to: Head of Development
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge, although entirely remote option is fine. Travel to events will also be required.
Closing date: midnight on Friday13th June
Interview dates: First-round interviews will be held on a rolling basis
Purpose of the role
- Grow a successful existing income stream (Fundraising Events and Regular Giving) and develop and grow a comparatively new income stream (Community Fundraising and Individual Giving) for Twins Trust. You will do this alongside other fundraisers in the team and with support from a Fundraising Officer.
- Lead and develop a multi-year strategy for growing our Community and Events programmes, with a well-planned calendar of events throughout the year covering different themes and geographies.
- Lead the strategy for our Individual/Regular Giving programme
- Lead on the creation, planning and delivery of a new Twins Trust owned mass participation fundraising event
- Provide strategic support and guidance to our Fundraising Officer to implement the annual raffle, ongoing Lottery programme and Individual Giving programme.
- Work closely with other teams across Fundraising, Membership and Communications to spot opportunities to maximise income and drive new projects forward
- Provide exceptional relationship management and stewardship to fundraisers in our community to make them feel appreciated, maximise income raised and encourage repeat fundraising
Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience of developing and implementing a strategy for Community They will be able to demonstrate how they have delivered one or more of these income streams and grown these programmes significantly, providing excellent stewardship to fundraisers.
Person specification
Essential
- Significant experience of leading a 6 figure multi-year community fundraising strategy including forecasting and monitoring income and expenditure
- Experience of leading community, events, or Individual/Regular Giving fundraising - taking ownership and achieving growth in scale and income
- Experience of creating and delivering a new medium to large scale (£25k plus) fundraising event, maximising all commercial opportunities within it
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Ability to manage several projects at the same time
- Experience working in a CRM and analysing data to inform decision-making (Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus)
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
- Able to collaborate with a team of various disciplines or work independently as required
- Strong IT skills, including SharePoint and advanced Excel
- Enthusiasm for the issues we work on
Desirable
- Working understanding of admin processes relating to fundraising
- Understanding of digital marketing
- An understanding of GDPR in relation to fundraising
Twins Trust is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to improving the lives and wellbeing of families with twins, triplets or more.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £30,880 to £35,907 per annum (plus £3,000 London Allowance if applicable)
Working pattern: Hybrid – at least 2 days per week in our Vauxhall office
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (35 hours)
Are you a tenacious, determined and creative go-getter, with experience in securing impactful partnerships, and a passion for supporting mental health and wellbeing?
The Partnerships team at Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Health UK are continuing our exciting, bold, new era by recruiting a New Partnerships Manager to join our passionate colleagues and our vision to create ambitious, purpose-led partnerships that raise vital funds and deliver transformational impact for people experiencing mental health challenges.
About the role
With a brand-new Partnerships strategy recently launched, you’ll be working closely with our New Partnerships Lead and the whole team to drive forward our new business activity. You’ll play a critical role in unlocking new income opportunities for the whole team to pursue, as well as creating and pursuing your own pipeline to secure mid and high value partnerships with first class stewardship, communication and engagement, consistently showing perseverance, resilience and innovation in the face of any opportunity and challenge.
About you
With experience in charitable corporate partnerships or relevant, transferable experience from other roles or sectors, the successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record of identifying, cultivating and securing significant five or six figure multi-faceted partnerships, ideally spanning different types of activities and income-generating mechanisms/components.
About the Fundraising department
The Fundraising department is a dynamic group of fundraisers who are passionately committed to raising money for our life-changing work in the mental health and mental illness space. We have a diverse portfolio of income streams across Events, Community, Individual Giving, Legacies, In-Memoriam, Philanthropy, Trusts and Grants, and Partnerships.
The Partnerships team has a strong track record delivering notable charity partnerships, such as our multi-year Lloyds Banking Group partnership which successfully raised £16m; our two-year partnership with Bank of America, which saw over $1.2m raised through the dedication of employees; our ongoing partnership with Dune, whose workforce gets involved to support our cause; and more.
Sitting within the External Affairs directorate, we work across both Mental Health UK and Rethink Mental Illness enabling us to harness the collective power of both organisations and deliver nearly £7million to support their work.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here.
We’re Rethink Mental Illness and no matter how bad things are, we can help people severely affected by mental illness to improve their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Placement Manager to join our Business Commissioning and Placements Team. This role of Placement Manager is key to the successful management of children’s placements across school residential, neurorehabilitation and community rehabilitation services (UK and International).
You will provide centralised administrative support during a child’s placement, coordinating effective and timely communications between internal and external stakeholders from pre-admission through to discharge.
Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
- Work in collaboration with the Senior Placement Managers and multidisciplinary team to manage the child’s pathway from the time they are accepted for admission, through their care pathway and discharge.
- Work with Senior Placement Managers and Senior Business Development & Commissioning Manager to ensure the package and contract issued to funders is appropriate for the child’s needs and is regularly reviewed to ensure the care needs.
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams across school and child and family services to ensure that all clinical and contractual requirements for the child are comprehensively managed.
- Escalate complex and unresolved issues for support to ensure a positive outcome.
- Ensure the parents/guardians, multidisciplinary team are aware pre-admission and throughout the admission of the arrangements for the admission, including length of stay and discharge plans.
- Take on the lead role for discharge coordination for children and young people accessing neurorehabilitation and step-down placements. Proactively plan discharges including liaison with multiagency teams required to take over care. Where appropriate, chairing discharge planning meetings.
For more detail, please see the Duties and Responsibilities in the candidate briefing pack.
Interviews will be scheduled for week commencing 16th June 2025
Strictly no agencies, please.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Asylum Matters is looking for a dynamic campaigner committed to upholding the rights of people seeking asylum in Yorkshire & Humber and across the UK at a critical time. Asylum Matters plays a significant role in working towards positive change for refugees and people seeking asylum. We are a small team based around the UK, working locally and nationally with an extensive network of partners to advocate for progressive change in the asylum system. We work with frontline organisations and people with lived experience across the UK on a range of issues that affect people in the asylum system. We co-lead the award-winning Lift the Ban coalition campaign, that brings together almost 300 organisations calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum. The Yorkshire & Humber Campaigns Manager also lead our Lift the Ban campaign Nationally, working with our powerful coalition to raise our collective voices and call for working rights for people in the asylum system.
We are a facilitator of collaboration and joint action. Our work helps strengthen collective advocacy on asylum reform and ensures it is informed by the reality on the ground. We became an independent charity in 2021 and have ambitious plans for the future as we seek to maximise the potential of our collaborative campaigning model and identify opportunities for change at local, regional and national levels, in a challenging external environment.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with local organisations and networks in Yorkshire & Humber to develop and implement strategies for achieving change locally and nationally. They will have experience of developing and delivering impactful campaigns that have achieved change. They will be an effective communicator, able to build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with partners. They will be proactive, able to spot influencing opportunities and quickly mobilise support to respond to them. They will have a commitment to the vision of a fairer and more effective asylum system, and to empowering and working with those with direct experience of it.
We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of the UK asylum system, anyone with lived experience who meets the essential criteria will be granted an interview.
Candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Please submit your current CV, plus a supporting statement that details how you have the experience to meet the essential criteria within the Job Pack attached. Failure to submit a supporting statement or cover letter that details how you meet each of the 8 essential criteria will disqualify your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Community and Events Fundraising Manager
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £44,168 - £46,493 per year with excellent benefits
Location: London, UK subject to the right to work.
UK Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
*60/40 hybrid working at WaterAid is currently defined as: 60% of an employee’s time in a location of their choice, 40% face to face, defined as in the London office, at conferences or at stakeholder meetings or other location as relevant for the proper performance of the duties of the role.
About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in community and events fundraising skills and play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene usual for everyone everywhere?
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as our Community and Events Fundraising Manager to change the world for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. Change starts with water – change starts with you.
About the team:
This role is in the Community, Events and Education team who sit within the Mass Engagement department. The team manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising and engagement activity ranging from challenge events, our partnership with Glastonbury festival to a busy community fundraising programme, our volunteer Speaker Network and an education engagement programme.
The team delivers far more than income by deepening the engagement of new and existing supporters and raising awareness of WaterAid’s work.
About the Role:
As our experienced Community and Events Manager, you will manage our community and events fundraising at WaterAid, taking ownership of how this programme grows and evolves. Working closely with the Community, Events and Education Team Lead, you’ll shape and deliver an ambitious strategy across our third-party events portfolio, bespoke virtual fundraising products, DIY fundraising, community and schools fundraising.
With the freedom to explore new ideas and approaches, you'll help shape the future of our community and events programme. Building on strong foundations and with clear potential for growth, you’ll be instrumental in expanding our reach and generating essential funds to provide clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene to the communities where we work.
You’ll also lead and support a talented team of two fundraisers, guiding their development and fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment. This role
offers real opportunity to make a lasting impact and drive meaningful change.
About you:
We’re looking for an ambitious and proactive fundraiser with experience in community and events fundraising. You’ll have a strong track record of raising income and delivering successful events and community activities, along with the tenacity to spot opportunities and the curiosity to test and develop them for maximum impact.
Requirements
To succeed, you’ll also need:
- Proven experience and solid knowledge of community and events management and delivery
- Excellent project and time management skills, able to juggle priorities, handle pressure, and meet tight deadlines
- Energy, enthusiasm, and determination to deliver against ambitious targets
- A willingness to take risks, learn from setbacks, and grow from experience
Closing Date: Applications will close at 12:00PM UK Time on 04 June 2025. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’ to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV and an essential cover letter.
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Benefits
Our Benefits:
- 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
Our Commitment:
Our People Promise: We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities: We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding: We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.





Are you interested in Transforming Young Lives?
At Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust, we believe every child deserves the chance to realise their full potential and thrive. We are on a mission to identify, develop and provide support for children, young people, and their families across Kirklees and Yorkshire focusing on mental health and emotional wellbeing. We are working where gaps or needs exist and in doing so growing our reach, deepening our impact and building partnerships to transform young lives.
To help us deliver our vision, we're looking for a passionate, strategic, and creative Income Generation and Partnership Manager.
This is a pivotal and exciting new role, with huge scope and freedom to diversify and generate income for the Trust.
You will support the charity’s financial sustainability by diversifying revenue streams through partnerships, unrestricted fundraising initiatives and other income-generating opportunities.
You will be responsible for building a strong and sustainable supporter base by working with a range of funders including trusts, foundations and corporate sponsors, building and maintaining lasting relationships.
We are looking for someone with experience in generating income and our ideal candidate will be engaging, proactive, dynamic, determined and enthusiastic with the ability to win hearts and minds.
By joining Northorpe you will help transform the lives of children, young people and families.
West Yorkshire based Charity working with and supporting children and young people under the age of 25 who are facing disadvantage in their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Make a real difference in Newham: Supported Housing Services Manager
Are you passionate about empowering communities and tackling homelessness head-on? The Renewal Programme is seeking a skilled and passionate Supported Housing Service Manager to lead our dedicated team and deliver life-changing impact.
About Us
For over 50 years, the Renewal Programme has stood alongside Newham’s most marginalised residents. We're a respected local charity supporting people through advocacy, education, housing, and wellbeing. Our mission is rooted in dignity, inclusion, collaboration, and empowerment—inspiring hope and enabling lives to flourish.
Your Role
As Supported Housing Service Manager, you'll lead a trauma-informed, strengths-based housing service for single homeless adults. You'll drive performance, support your team, and ensure residents are equipped with the tools to live independently—managing finances, maintaining tenancies, and building brighter futures.
Key Responsibilities
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Deliver impactful support: Oversee personalised casework, support planning, and use of tools like Outcome Star.
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Lead performance & improvement: Monitor KPIs (move-on rates, tenancy sustainment), refine supervision and quality assurance, and implement our move-on strategy.
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Inspire your team: Foster a positive, proactive, and solution-focused culture.
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Maximise sustainability: Ensure rental income and effective arrears management.
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Strengthen partnerships: Collaborate with commissioners, housing partners, and support services.
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Ensure compliance: Uphold safeguarding, health & safety, and risk management standards.
What You’ll Bring
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Proven leadership in supported housing or homelessness service settings
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The ability to effectively lead and inspire a team
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Experience with contract delivery, KPIs, and outcomes-based commissioning
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Strong financial and budgetary skills
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Knowledge of safeguarding and trauma-informed practice
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A collaborative, values-driven approach and commitment to continuous improvement
Why Join Us?
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Permanent, full-time role (36 hours/week)
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Salary of £45,000 – £48,000, depending on skills and experience
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28 days annual leave + bank holidays
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Cycle & tech salary sacrifice schemes, employer pension, EAP, staff development
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Based across our two supported housing sites in the London Borough of Newham
Please review the full job description and person specification. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
Newham Community Renewal Programme proudly welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and identities.
We can't wait to hear from you!
This role will be leading and developing the Volunteering and Employability functions for FSSW, alongside providing operational safeguarding support to the Safeguarding Team. The core volunteer program supports the running of the organisation as a whole every day and is embedded across all departments in Bristol and Plymouth. The Employability team runs a NEET Employability programme in our South Bristol warehouse 3 days a week, with administrative duties full time. This part of FSSW is expanding and your role will oversee the pilot and launch of another Employability programme in Plymouth.
In this role you will:
1.Be the senior management overseeing and supporting the running of our employability and volunteering functions across Bristol and Plymouth.
2. Support the organisation as the Operational Safeguarding Lead, working alongside the Strategic lead to oversee incidents and support the training and development of staff.
3. Lead on project development across both volunteering and employability as we grow our offer and launch a number of major organisational developments. This will include but is not limited to; policy, strategy, role and process development.
4. Build and work with our volunteer, employability and warehouse teams to ensure that they have the skills, knowledge, support and training opportunities needed to manage the volunteer workforce and deliver the employability programs across the charity.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Line Management:
· Line management of Volunteer Manager based at Bedminster and St Jude’s in Bristol and the Volunteer team at Sisna Park in Plymouth
· Line management of two Employability Programme Leads based at both Bedminster and Inner-city Bristol office and future Plymouth based Employability staff
· Recruit and contract for any staffing gaps in the Volunteer and Employability Teams based on skills and expertise required
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention & Development:
· Oversee the volunteer managers who run the day-to-day of the volunteer programme
· Oversee the Volunteer teams to create a recruitment and retention plan to build a reliable voluntary workforce
· Support in any required monitoring and evaluation of the volunteering function
· Work with the Fundraising, Volunteer and Partnerships teams to develop corporate volunteering across Bristol and Plymouth, which generates a flow of committed corporate volunteers and income
· Support the development of the enrichment and pastoral aspect of the volunteer journey provided by the volunteer teams
· Develop community and broad stakeholder partnerships to support the volunteer functions across Bristol and Plymouth
· Oversee development of and then lead on reviews for relevant volunteer policies, processes and any necessary training
· Work with the wider leadership team on the volunteering function as we grow our offer alongside the major organisational developments
Employability Programme Management & Development:
· Overseeing the day-to-day management of the Employability Programme
· Working with the relevant Bristol teams on a review and consolidation of Employability and future development opportunities.
· Support in the development of future partnerships and opportunities to expand the work and impact of Employability
· Working with the Plymouth team on the development and launch of an Employability program
· Working with the fundraising team on aspects of funding bids, monitoring and future development.
· Working with the wider leadership team on program expansion alongside the organisational major developments
Safeguarding:
· Take the lead on organisational safeguarding:
o Overseeing incidents and supporting staff to complete actions
o Ensuring incident reports completed
o Completing monitoring and reporting as required
· Facilitate internal safeguarding training
· Report into the strategic safeguarding lead on any high-level incidents
· Attend the Safeguarding Sub Committee meeting
Communications and Reporting:
· Work with the Head of Communications and CEO to design an ongoing internal communications plan to ensure staff and volunteers are up to date with plans, development and activities
· In collaboration with the Communications Team, ensure there is continuous engagement with external audiences
· With the Communications Team build a schedule of promotional activity
· Work with other Fareshare network partners share and learn best practice across the network
· Support the fundraising team to develop future funding proposals and reports
· Collate reports from each team to submit to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and/or Board of Trustees covering all Volunteer and Employability activities, plans and developments
Systems, Policies & Processes:
· Working with the Volunteer Managers, CEO and Wider Senior Leadership Team (WSLT) to develop/update the Volunteer and Farechance Handbooks and other key documentation
· Lead the review and development of policies, processes and procedures specific to Volunteering and Employability
· Support consistent practices and procedures across the south west as well as sharing best practice
· Lead on the FSSW relationship with FareShare UK (FSUK) regarding volunteering, employability, and safeguarding, including policies, best practice, innovations, and systems
· Support the development of the FSSW Corporate Volunteering Policy
· Support the implementation of new systems for the recruitment, rota and monitoring of both programmes
· Identify, monitor, and action specific needs and risks of two programmes, regularly updating the risk register; sign-off risk assessments to ensure safety in the workplace
· Lead on and support the development of a MEL (monitoring, evaluating and learning) framework of primary data collected from IT systems to measure, analyse and report on impact
Person Specification
It is not expected that a successful candidate will necessarily have all the following criteria. FareShare South West is committed to helping individuals develop professionally and personally, and your application is encouraged.
Essential
· High level of organisational and time management skills allowing for managing multiple priorities
· Demonstrable experience of leading a team
· Knowledge and experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults
· Knowledge and experience of working with young people
· Knowledge and experience of volunteer programmes
· Experience of recruitment, either volunteers and/or employees
· Experience or knowledge of developing outreach programmes to increase our diversity, social impact, and community engagement
· Ability to produce high-quality written reports
· Ability to monitor and evaluate project development
· Ability to oversee departmental budgets
· Ability to travel between Bristol and Plymouth
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
· Ability to build effective relationships at all levels, externally and internally
· Good IT skills
Desirable
· Experience of writing strategies and accompanying workplans around programme development working with a variety of demographics
· Experience of working in a management or mid-senior management role
· Experience of process development around on-boarding
· High level budgeting and financial monitoring skills
Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role.
If you have any questions about the post please contact Shelley Wright, Josie Forsyth and Lucy Bearn via our phone number or website.
Our mission is a future where no food is wasted, and all people can thrive.





The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Domestic Housing Manager
Salary: £33,000 - £39,000
Location: Hammersmith
Contract: Permanent
Hours p/w 35 hours (up to 2 days WFH)
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
You will be working for Advance London service as an experienced Domestic Housing Manager, responsible for overseeing the delivery of the London service. You will lead and manage the LWHSP project and the co-located IDVAs,
Being responsible for line managing and performance managing Regional Managers and project staff within the post holder’s responsibility, including annual appraisals and supervision.
Supporting Regional Managers to recruit, train and develop a team of competent and highly skilled IDVAs to provide a consistently high-quality service to women. Supporting IDVAs to ensure that Advance’s values, policies and procedures are embedded into service delivery.
Overseeing the management of caseloads and casework to a high-quality standard and monitoring the performance of your team, offering continuous coaching and feedback to ensure that Advance meets the specific KPIs and outcome measures for the contract, taking immediate action to manage poor performance as necessary.
About You:
To be successful as the Domestic Housing Manager you will need the below experience and skills:
You will bring your management experience of providing services to women experiencing Domestic Violence and Abuse including VAWG. With a significant experience of managing, developing and leading teams across a geographically dispersed region and remotely, including harnessing the strengths and potential of staff at all levels, building a strong team culture and maintaining staff motivation, particularly through periods of change. You will have substantial delivery of collaborative working with external agencies, stakeholders, subcontracted partners and extensive management of frontline workers
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
A 35-hour working week
An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
Pension scheme
Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
Cycle to Work Scheme
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Employee eye-care scheme
Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
Organisation wide away days
Thorough induction and training
Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email Talent and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity, and we’re on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest. We educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves.
We do this because when diagnosed early, breast cancer treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher. Early detection can save lives.
Breast cancer does not need to be detected late, and as long as we are here and continue to be supported by people like you, we will do all we can to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen.
The Role
CoppaFeel! is looking for a Corporate Partnerships Executive to play an essential role in our Partnerships Team. This role is responsible for stewarding a portfolio of our ‘proudly supporting’ partnerships and supporting the Partnerships Team at CoppaFeel! to steward some of our most dedicated corporate partners. You will also be key as the first point of contact when enquiries arrive from our website or our corporate inbox and you will manage the stewardship and donor journey of these leads.
The Corporate Partnerships Executive will sit within the Partnerships Team as part of the Fundraising Directorate, and will work closely with the Corporate Partnerships Managers and the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager. This role will support the team with administration; such as sending invoices, writing thank you letters, sending out fundraising materials, and much more. This role also will be required to attend fundraising and partnership events to represent CoppaFeel!.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office 2 days per week. You will be required to attend the office for quarterly team meetings, department meetings and in person training, we will provide plenty of notice for when you are required to be in for these purposes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure all corporate enquiries receive timely acknowledgement and communication, putting donors on the right supporter journey
- Account manage some of our smaller partnerships throughout the year, and particularly during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Support the day-to-day administration of the partnerships team across both account management and new business workstreams
- Assist with delivery of our two largest partnerships as needed, Asda Tickled Pink and Avon
- Lead on stewardship of workplace fundraisers and corporate JustGiving pages
- Support with copy-writing and content creation for internal and external communications channels including website content, social media posts, e-newsletters, blog posts and content for partner channels
- Coordinate fulfilment of fundraising materials requested by partners and supporters
- Support with researching and completing due diligence on partners and prospects
- Support on writing, reviewing and developing proposals and pitches
- Source raffle prizes and gift-in-kind for partnership events
- Work with the Finance Assistant to keep accurate up-to-date income records for partnerships
- Attend partnership events and wider fundraising events representing CoppaFeel! and sometimes working out of office hours (TOIL given)
- Keep CRM systems and partnership records up-to-date and accurate
- Keep diary and shared calendar up-to-date, shared communications across the organisation including desk booking systems, People HR, Weekly Round Up and contribute to team meetings
- Support CoppaFeel!’s EDI strategy, to ensure our partnerships are helping us reach as many young people as possible
- Support the Corporate Partnerships Managers, Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, Head of Partnerships and wider fundraising team as and when needed during busy periods
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Experience working on a fundraising team for one year
- Experience of managing relationships
- Experience of communicating with stakeholders over email and telephone
- Experience in writing donor communications
- Good organisational and time management skills
Desirable
- Experience working on a donor CRM system
- Experience working within a corporate fundraising team
Application information
Please complete the application form on our website and submit your CV. Applications will close at 9am, Monday 2nd June, with the aim for interviews week commencing 9th June. The deadline for applications may be extended but we still recommend early application to avoid disappointment.
CoppaFeel! reserves the right to close the vacancy early in the event that we receive a high number of applications before the closing date.
Main Benefits and Terms & Conditions
Annual Leave entitlement - 22 days and 3 days off at Christmas and public holidays, a day off for your birthday and for our founder Kris Hallenga’s cancerversary.
Benefits
- Flex Friday; every other Friday off, with the flexibility of being available in the case of emergencies
- Wellbeing fund; up to £40 a month expensed for health and wellbeing services
- Employee Assistance Programme; advice and support offered by an external body
- Access to Self Space training and 1:1 therapy
- Core working hours 10am - 4pm
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At CoppaFeel!, we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal suitability, we may select a candidate with lived experience of the issues we are seeking to address through our work.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Strategic Communications Lead
Job Title: Strategic Communications Lead
Location: Hybrid – Hampshire / Stirling offices / Remote
Salary: £37,500 (pro-rata)
Hours: Full time (flexible)
Contract: Permanent
About us:
Learning through Landscapes is the UK’s leading school grounds charity, dedicated to enhancing outdoor learning and play for all. Our vision is a society where the benefits of regular time outdoors are valued and appreciated, and outdoor learning, play and connection with nature is recognised as a fundamental part of education, at every stage, for every child and young person.
We have unrivalled expertise based on three decades of experience, practical action and research. With offices in England and Scotland and staff based across the UK, our team and our accredited network of outdoor learning experts have the capacity to work nationally and internationally. Visit our website for more information.
Main Purpose of the Post
To lead the strategic planning, development, and delivery of Learning through Landscapes’ (LtL) communications and marketing activities. This role will ensure effective communication with key audiences, grow engagement, and strengthen the LtL brand, positioning the organisation as the leading voice in outdoor learning and play. The Strategic Communications Lead will oversee all communications activities, manage a growing team including the Digital Marketing & Operations Manager, and ensure alignment with organisational goals and the communications strategy.
Specific Duties
Strategic Leadership
• Lead the development and implementation of the LtL communications strategy in line with organisational objectives.
• Align communication efforts with the key goals of growing audience engagement, generating leads, and enhancing the charity’s visibility and credibility.
• Act as a brand guardian, ensuring all communications adhere to LtL’s brand guidelines and key messaging.
Team Management
• Line-manage the growing Communications team, including the Digital Marketing & Operations Manager, providing guidance, support, and oversight of their responsibilities, including social media, website, and email marketing activities.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation within the communications team, and work closely with other departments to align communications with organisational priorities.
• Provide regular performance reviews and professional development opportunities for direct reports.
Campaigns and Content Development
• Plan and oversee the creation of compelling and engaging content for digital and traditional media platforms, ensuring alignment with key messaging.
• Work with the Digital Marketing & Operations Manager to deliver multichannel marketing campaigns, including organic and paid campaigns across platforms such as social media, Google Ads, and email.
• Lead on the development of innovative approaches to audience engagement, including storytelling, case studies, and evidence-led communications.
• Lead the delivery of the Outdoor Classroom Day campaign, including coordinating media interest, collaborating with global NGOs and internal teams on campaign themes, and managing data collection, evaluation, and related communications.
External and Internal Communications
• Serve as the first point of media contact for LtL, building relationships with journalists, influencers, and partners to amplify LtL’s reach.
• Advise and support internal teams on communication best practices, integrating communications planning into the early stages of project development.
• Collaborate with partner organisations to deliver cohesive and impactful communications plans for joint projects.
• Strengthen internal communication processes to ensure organisational cohesion and awareness of communications initiatives.
Monitoring and Evaluation
• Improve systems for measuring and reporting communications impact, including audience engagement, conversion rates, and campaign effectiveness.
• Provide regular reports to senior management, using data to demonstrate progress and inform future strategies.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of audience behaviours and preferences to refine communication efforts.
General Responsibilities
• Stay informed on trends in digital marketing, communications, and education to keep LtL’s approaches current and impactful.
• Support organisational goals by contributing to cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Ensure all communications comply with GDPR and safeguarding policies.
• Represent LtL at relevant external events and networks as needed.
What you’ll need:
• Experience of leading communications or marketing at a strategic level, preferably in the charitable or education sectors
• Proven ability to develop and implement multi-channel communications strategies that grow engagement and support organisational goals
• Experience of managing staff, fostering collaboration, and supporting professional development within a communications team
• Strong track record in campaign planning and delivery, including digital marketing, content creation, and media engagement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and storytelling
• Computer literate with experience using digital marketing tools and platforms such as email marketing systems, social media scheduling tools, and content management systems
• Strong understanding of branding and the importance of consistent messaging
• Confident using data to evaluate performance and inform strategy
• Proactive, organised, and able to work flexibly across multiple priorities
• Knowledge of GDPR compliance and safeguarding in a communications context
• A commitment to the values and mission of Learning through Landscapes
This is an indication of the scope of the role. If you don’t have all of the above
but feel it could be the role for you, talk to us!
What we offer:
• Flexible working
• Holiday, 28 days + bank holidays + a “birthday gift” day
• Laptop, phone and all travel & subsistence expenses
• Family & carer friendly policies
• Training and CPD by agreement
• Sick pay
• Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Subsidised Christmas meal
• Free office refreshments
• A supportive and welcoming team of colleagues.
We’re an equal opportunities employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We are actively seeking to increase diversity within our workforce and are committed to recruiting the best people on the objective basis of their skills, ability and experience. We offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who choose to opt-in to the scheme and can demonstrate that they have at least 50% of the “What You’ll Need” list. To be eligible to apply via the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, you must be from an ethnic minority. Please state clearly in your covering letter if you are applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
We are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact the HR Manager, Sarah Knott - see our website for contact details.
To apply: Please send the following to our recruitment email - see our website for details.
• Your CV
• A covering letter explaining in no more than one side of A4, your interest in the role and the skills and knowledge you have that make you an ideal candidate
• Contact details (including email address and phone number) of two referees, one of whom should be your most recent employer.
The recruitment process:
The deadline for applications is 8 am on Monday 2nd June 2025.
If you have not heard from us by 5 pm on Tuesday 3rd June 2025, you have not been shortlisted.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview at our offices in Eastleigh, Hampshire on Tuesday 17th June 2025.
Candidates will be informed of the outcome of the interviews by Wednesday 18th June 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.