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We are seeking a Community Development Officer to lead a major in-progress project improving recognition, support, and care for people with smell and taste disorders at a local level across England.
This three-year, volunteer-led programme, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund has achieved significant success in its first eighteen months. We are now recruiting a new postholder to take this strong foundation forward through the next phase of delivery.
Over the past eighteen months, we have recruited and established a thriving network of volunteers and local groups across England. This momentum is expected to continue. The Community Development Officer will work closely with existing volunteers and groups, primarily remotely, while also attending in-person events and meetings in different parts of England as needed.
The postholder will lead the ongoing recruitment, training, and support of volunteer groups, working with them to identify opportunities for local outreach and engagement. Together, you will ensure that more people affected by smell and taste disorders access the information, support, and recognition they need, while continuing to raise awareness of these often-unrecognised sensory impairments.
Our volunteer groups bring together people with lived experience alongside experts from the food, beverage and fragrance sectors, and other relevant fields.
We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking individual with experience in leading and inspiring others. You will bring energy, creativity, and excellent communication skills to drive the project forward and help build an innovative, sustainable programme of volunteer-led activity, supporting our volunteers to influence change within their communities.
You will empower volunteers to play an active role in transforming public understanding of how essential smell and taste are to our lives, whether they are running peer support groups, organising local events, delivering talks in community settings, or representing the charity at information days.
You will join a small, friendly and ambitious team committed to your professional development as the charity continues to grow.
If you are passionate about making a difference, enjoy working with people, and want to contribute to a pioneering and collaborative organisation that values and empowers its community, we would love to hear from you. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
Please ensure that you read the job description and person specification fully.
SmellTaste is the charity for all those living with impaired smell and taste.
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Here at the Leadership Skills Foundation we aim to provide the best support for all centres looking to start their journey with us through delivering our recognised leadership qualifications, awards and programmes. Over the past 40+ years we have supported millions of young people to develop essential leadership skills through achieving our courses.
Over 2,500 organisations (centres) across the education and community sectors are already on their leadership journey with us. With an aim of reaching over 200,000 young people per year through our leadership offer by 2028, this role will be integral to ensuring a centre’s journey with the Leadership Skills Foundation is an effortless one.
Having recently settled into our new identity and expanding the portfolio of programmes we have on offer, this role will work closely with our Business Development team, Admin team and Quality Assurance team to ensure that our existing delivery centres are sufficiently supported to forge a sustainable leadership pathway.
We’re looking for someone to adopt a consistent relationship management process to support all staff at existing delivery centres and to on-board new centres. Organisation and efficiency, along with a clear communication style and an ability to effectively manage data are essential skills for this role. This role necessitates that the successful candidate be creative with their ideas to enable the successful relationship management of our centres, while also effectively handling phone calls, emails and queries via an online live chat function.
Role Purpose:
- Provide appropriate support to centres when they contact the Leadership Skills Foundation.
- Establish consistent and robust engagement and relationship management practices including logging touch points and interpreting data with a variety of our customers.
- Respond to centre enquiries, help resolve technical issues and potential issues to delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide personalised support via effective relationship management strategies to support customers with any queries and issues across the customer journey in line with the Customer Experience Strategy.
- Proactively seek opportunities to create and maintain strong working relationships with centres that seek support from the organisation via central communication channels (phone, emails and live chat).
- Provide proactive and customised centre outreach that constantly seeks to elevate the experience of existing centres including recording accurate and timely customer intelligence.
- Resolve programme/service issues, troubleshoot challenges and support centres that are having difficulty accessing resources, registering their course(s) and/or learners.
- Support centres as they work through various policies and procedures. For example, the maintain and withdrawal procedures.
- Support Business Development strategies to meet agreed objectives and budgets.
- Utilise insight and reporting systems (various) to provide analysis and updates in relation to learner registrations and other centre insight metrics.
- Ensure sales planning, pipeline and forecasting exercises are completed on a regular basis, including annual budgeting to maximise learner and programme registration opportunities.
- Any other centre-facing tasks that need completing at various times of the year.
- To carry out any other duties as requested to support the work of the Leadership Skills Foundation commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of the post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training.
Skills & Experience:
Essential
- Experience in a customer facing role with an emphasis on customer services
- Experience of working on own initiative and being a self-starter
- An understanding of the principles and importance of data capture to support decision making
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, as well as confidence to express your ideas
- Creative thinking and solutions focused when addressing challenges
- Ability to present information concisely using Microsoft Office programmes
- Experience of using databases and managing data
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Able to multi-task, work calmly under pressure and meet deadlines
- A passion for helping every young person to realise their potential through leadership skill development and volunteering
Desirable
- Experience of working in a remote or home working environment
- Analytical thinking and evaluation skills
- Experience of using or creating Power BI reports
- Knowledge of Leadership Skills Foundation qualifications and awards
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About the Foundation
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.
This is an exciting time to join Lloyds Bank Foundation. We are coming to the end of our strategy period and under the leadership of a new CEO, we are developing and rolling out our new strategy, brand and values. We believe this will enable us to turbocharge our work, allowing us to have an even bigger impact to create social change and cohesion and ensuring people in England and Wales are in a good place.
About the Programme
The Foundation has been awarded a £2.1m grant by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) to deliver a pilot as part of it's Grant Holder Support programme. This pilot, Investing in the Power of Civil Society (IIPCS), will support up to 640 charities across the Northwest, Southwest of England and Yorkshire and Humber .
Delivered in partnership with eight organisations — IVAR, Groundwork UK and local trusts, CAST, The School for Social Entrepreneurs, NCVO, Voice4Change England, the AVOCADO Foundation and Access (advisory) — the pilot will offer diagnostic-led, tailored and relational support to help organisations strengthen their work.
Support will focus on resilience, environmental impact, readiness for AI and digital technology, enabling participating charities to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. With a strong emphasis on equity and access, the pilot is designed to ensure organisations of all sizes and backgrounds can benefit.
We will be using a test-and-learn approach — trying out new ways of supporting charities, learning from what works and what doesn’t, and using those insights to improve future programmes. This approach will help shape NLCF’s future support for both grant holders and grant seekers, strengthen the Foundation and partners’ own development practice, and contribute to wider learning across the sector.
About the Role
As Relationship Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering this new, collaborative pilot programme. You’ll be the key point of contact for grant holders referred into the programme, guiding them through a diagnostic process, co-creating tailored development plans, and connecting them with the right support.
You’ll also work closely with National Lottery Community Fund Funding Officers, helping them make confident and effective referrals. Your work will ensure that learning from these relationships directly informs the future design of the programme and how the UK’s largest non-statutory community funder supports small charities.
This is a highly relational role that requires empathy, curiosity, and a deep understanding of the voluntary sector.
The Benefits
- Salary of £48,240 per annum (FTE)
- There is flexibility as to where this role is based; however, regular travel to London and across England will be required, with some overnight stays
- A further list of benefits can be found on the Lloyds Bank Foundation website.
About You
You are passionate about supporting small and local charities and have a strong understanding of the challenges they face.
You bring experience of working directly with organisations to identify development goals, build capacity, and improve service delivery.
You are a confident relationship-builder, able to engage with a wide range of stakeholders—from charity leaders to funders and delivery partners. You are organised, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Strong knowledge of the voluntary sector, particularly small and local charities.
- Experience supporting organisations through capacity-building or development work.
- Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills, both in-person and virtually.
- Strong communication and critical thinking skills.
- Confidence using CRM systems and digital tools.
- A commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
Experience working in partnerships or consortia, or familiarity with test-and-learn approaches, would be a bonus.
So, if you’re ready to bring your expertise to a collaborative, test-and-learn programme as a Relationship Manager, please apply via the button shown. We are hoping for an immediate start for the position or as soon as possible thereafter.
- The deadline for applications is Sunday 7th December at 23:30.
- Interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held online on Thursday 18th December.
We support small, local and specialist charities across England and Wales.


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One YMCA delivers vital services including social housing, health and wellbeing programmes, children’s services, and youth and community activities that make a real difference across our local communities.
We are seeking a Triage and Intervention Officer to be the first point of contact for children and adults seeking support after experiencing domestic abuse.
In this rewarding role, you will complete risk and needs assessments, create personalised safety and support plans, and offer timely responses via our helpline, webchat, and referral pathways.
Working closely with the IDVA Team Leader, you will support both IDVA and therapeutic teams, maintain accurate case records, and ensure all work aligns with best-practice standards. You will manage your own workload, meet agreed KPIs, and play an essential part in ensuring victims receive high-quality, timely, and effective support.
If you are organised, compassionate, and committed to helping people rebuild their lives, we would love to hear from you!
Requirements:
• Willingness to undertake training and development relevant to the role.
• Commitment to valuing equality and diversity and applying this to all areas of work.
• Willingness to adjust working hours to meet operational needs, including occasional evening and weekend work.
• Access to a vehicle for travel in the course of your work, along with suitable business insurance to cover work-related travel. You must have a full Great Britain driving licence. If you have more than three points on your licence, please contact us to discuss before applying.
As some of our roles involve working with vulnerable members of society, this position may require a Basic or Enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be conducted once a conditional offer is made
Previous Applications: We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. However, if you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were not successful, please consider whether your experience has developed further before reapplying
Accessibility & Adjustments: We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and will strive to be as accommodating as possible. Please inform us in advance of any arrangements you may need to fully participate in the process.
At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage/Civil Partnership, Pregnancy/Maternity, Race, Religion/Belief, Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities.
This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday / 37.5 hours per week
One YMCA's mission is to create supportive and energizing communities where young people can belong, contribute, and thrive.
Exciting Opportunity
Fixed Term until the end of January 2027
Regional Manager, North East & Cumbria (0.8 FTE)
We are pleased to offer a fixed-term opportunity within the Lloyds Bank Foundation due to the current Regional Manager taking a secondment.
This is a part-time (4 days per week) position, working from home, with regular travel across North East & Cumbria and to London. The post holder must live in the North East or Cumbria.
About the Role
Are you passionate about supporting local charities and driving community-led change? The Lloyds Bank Foundation is seeking a Manager for the North East & Cumbria region to play a pivotal role in our evolving strategy.
As Manager for North East & Cumbria, you’ll:
- Build trusted relationships with local charities, helping them grow stronger and more resilient.
- Support organisations to identify and overcome challenges, connecting them with resources and opportunities.
- Champion community-led change and ensure our work is shaped by the communities we serve.
- Collaborate with partners, stakeholders, and colleagues to maximise the impact of our investments.
About you
You’ll have extensive knowledge of the voluntary sector, experience supporting local charities, and excellent relationship-building and organisational skills. You’ll be proactive, collaborative, and comfortable navigating change.
You’ll be responsible for managing a portfolio of relationships with charitable partners and collaborating with other charities.You will support our charity partners in becoming more resilient and stronger, enabling them to thrive beyond the duration of their relationship with us. You will do this by building trusted relationships with them, supporting them to identify their most pressing organisational challenges; and help them overcome the challenges by building the knowledge, skills and capabilities of staff and trustees. You will work with charities, CICs, and partnerships to identify the most appropriate form of support to respond to the identified priorities. Further information about LBFEW and our approach to supporting charity partners can be found on our website under the 'Development' section.
You’ll be the face of the Foundation in the area, able to build strong and trusting relationships and be an advocate for community organisations across the patch. You’ll have a good understanding of the operating environment in the North East & Cumbria with well-established networks across the patch. You will also play a pivotal role in sharing learning, intelligence and insights to ensure the Foundations’ strategy development, delivery and relationship with the Lloyds Banking Group considers regional needs and the operating context of our funded partners.
If you have experience working with or in the voluntary, community or social enterprise sector and are creative, adaptable, resilient, flexible in your approach, keen to learn and hungry for change, then this could be the role for you!
About the Foundation
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with local charities and community-led organisations, connecting people, and providing money and resources so that communities can thrive.
This is an exciting time to join Lloyds Bank Foundation. We are coming to the end of our strategy period and, under the leadership of a new CEO, we are developing and rolling out our new strategy, brand and values. We believe this will enable us to turbocharge our work, allowing us to have an even bigger impact to create social change and cohesion and ensuring people in England and Wales are in a good place.
We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community, irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, religion or belief, or because someone is married or in a civil partnership. We want an inclusive organisation that reflects our community and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We believe our organisation will be a better, more creative and innovative place to work if we can harness the benefit of different perspectives.
The Foundation is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition. If you need any adjustments such as our application form in an accessible format such as a Word document, or for any part of the recruitment process, please email us in confidence to discuss this.
How to Apply
· Closing date: 23:59 on 18 December 2025
· 1st Interview (Newcastle, venue to be confirmed) 13th January 2026
· 2nd Interview (online) 19th January 2026
We support small, local and specialist charities across England and Wales.


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Summary
You will plan, create and coordinate clear, relevant communications that drive engagement with the new package of support for clergy around financial wellbeing. This will include supporting engagement with clergy and diocesan partners, and encouraging take up of events, tools and products. You will be responsible for creating/maintain great online content, promoting planned events, producing accessible written materials, and designing relevant and targeted communication campaigns working as part of an integrated team with other Pensions Board functions. This role will involve building and managing relationships with diocesan communications teams, other Communication specialists within the National Church, and external suppliers to deliver timely, consistent and measurable communications across digital and offline channels.
Content Management and Editorial Standards
- Curate, design, maintain and update the content of our new financial wellbeing portal.
- Devising and delivering creative ideas for digital, audience-focused content e.g. event videos, case studies etc - incorporating recording, editing, audio content etc - to support newsletters, emails and portal development.
- Work within and continue to evolve our tone of voice guidelines, to ensure our communications are in plain English, accessibly and relevant to our audiences.
- Curate resource packs and how-to guides
- Uphold editorial standards, quality control, version control, and approval workflows
Planning and Delivery
- Work as part of a wider Pensions Board network focused on integrated communications planning.
- Working with senior leaders, to design and execute targeted and long-term communications campaigns to deliver strategic goals.
- Coordinate our email and newsletter activity, working with other teams to get consistency of message across other channels (e.g. through social media or into Church/diocesan networks).
Support product pilots, service launches, and local events.
Materials Production and Supplier Oversight
- Draft written materials: emails, guides, briefs, articles
- Commission and manage supplier-produced collateral
- Oversee procurement, supplier relationships, and template libraries
Stakeholder Engagement and Event Support
- Collaborate with Pensions and Housing colleagues to help align messaging to different customer groups.
- Support senior leaders with internal team updates.
- Act as the main communications contact for the service, working with diocesan communication teams, the NCI comms team, and existing/potential service partners.
- Collaborate with our Events Coordinator on promotional and post-event materials
Insight, Compliance, and Continuous Improvement
- Use data to segment audiences, test messaging, and measure impact
- Monitor performance metrics and report on campaign outcomes
- Ensure adherence to data protection regulations in our communication approach.
- Support the Board's Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Embed best practices: editorial calendars, A/B testing, and single-source content governance
- A salary of £48,557 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
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Brightside helps young people make confident, informed decisions about their futures. For over 20 years, we’ve connected young people facing barriers with inspiring mentors through our safe and secure online mentoring platform.
We’re looking for a Community Engagement Officer to help shape the experience of our mentoring community, both online and in person. This is a varied role combining platform administration, user support, community engagement and facilitation, all through a strong community lens.
You’ll support mentors and mentees from the moment they join the platform, offering clear onboarding, responding to queries, and helping maintain a safe and positive online space. You’ll also spend regular time in schools delivering induction sessions, workshops and focus groups, gathering insights that help us improve our programmes and technology.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with young people and volunteers, is confident using digital tools, and wants to champion user voice to strengthen a growing community.
We’re looking for someone who is aligned with our mission, confident facilitating online or in-person sessions, understands safeguarding, and is comfortable managing tasks at pace, including regular travel.
If this sounds like you, download the full job description for detailed responsibilities, essential criteria and information on how to apply.
• Submit your CV and one-page cover letter via CharityJob
• Your cover letter should be no more than one-page and must explain how you meet the essential criteria for this role, with clear examples
• Applications without a cover letter will not be considered
• Applications are due at 23:30 on Monday 1 December
• Interviews will take place on Monday 15 December or Tuesday 16 December
• There will be one interview round
Our mission is to help young people make confident and informed decisions about their future

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We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Fundraising Officer to join the fundraising team at the Batten Disease Family Association CIO (BDFA).
The BDFA, founded in 1998 is the only patient organisation in the UK for families affected by Batten disease, a rare and terminal neurodegenerative condition that affects children and young adults. The BDFA offers informed guidance and support to families and the professionals who work with them, as well as actively raising awareness, and promoting research into the management of Batten disease to improve patient care pathways and ultimately find a cure.
This is an exciting time to join the charity, which has grown to offer additional support services for families affected by Batten disease and to implementing a long-term strategy to develop its advocacy, education and research capabilities. Come and join our supportive team as we continue to build and develop the organisation and strengthen our financial resilience.
We’re looking for an individual who has some experience in fundraising, particularly leading on all aspects of community fundraising, developing and nurturing relationships with volunteer fundraising groups and individual supporters. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of our CEO to develop community fundraising maximising the funds raised by volunteer fundraisers and developing supporter engagement. The successful candidate will also work alongside our Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Officer to support our Trusts and Foundations income generation.
The Ideal Candidate for this role will have:
- Experience in all aspects of community fundraising including events, assisting fundraisers to develop imaginative fundraising ideas and inspiring new supporters to raise funds whilst maintaining relationships with existing supporters
- Experience in building and sustaining long-term relationships with fundraising groups and individual supporters
- Experience in managing effective and creative fundraising communications on social media and the website
- Ability to contribute to the overall Trusts and Foundations income stream, including proactively researching and identifying grant funding opportunities
- Ability to lead on creative fundraising campaigns around key events such as Batten disease awareness day and Christmas
This job requires a motivated individual who has a passion for all those within our Batten community and a strong desire to support the development and financial growth of the BDFA. The role is full time (35 hours per week) and is home based with occasional travel around the UK to meet donors and support fundraising events.
The BDFA recognises the positive value of diversity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified or experienced individuals, regardless of their race, gender, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Salary £27k - £34k PA dependent on experience
Upload a CV and covering letter to apply
Apply by: Monday 15th December
Interviews for this role will take place on Monday 22nd December
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Are you a confident public speaker who’s passionate about inspiring others and promoting online safety?
The Breck Foundation is expanding our Freelance Speaker Team to deliver powerful, thought-provoking presentations to students, parents, carers, and corporate audiences across the UK.
At this time, we are only recruiting applicants based in:
North East England • North West England • Wales (North & South) • East of England • Devon/Dorset • West Sussex • Essex • Kent • The Midlands • Leeds • Lincolnshire • Northern Ireland • Scotland
About the Role
As a Breck Foundation Speaker, you’ll help share Breck’s story and empower communities to use the internet safely and positively. You’ll deliver both in-person and virtual talks, engage with schools and organisations, and play a vital role in raising awareness of online safety nationwide.
Generating your own leads and bookings is a key part of this role, with additional commission available for each successful booking.
What We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you:
• Have strong public speaking or presenting experience.
• Are passionate about safeguarding and supporting young people.
• Are confident using PowerPoint, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Outlook.
• Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
• Ideally DBS checked or are happy to undergo a DBS check.
What We Offer
• Flexible freelance working arrangements.
• Payment for each session delivered (both online and face-to-face).
• Commission for generating new bookings.
• Full training, guidance and ongoing support from our team.
Important Information
Successful applicants will be required to complete a DBS check and complete training, which is fully online.
Recruitment will take place in two stages:
1️⃣ Submit your CV for initial review.
2️⃣ If shortlisted, complete a short video task lasting 2-3 minutes so we can see your presentation style in action.
If a speaker withdraws from the role or leaves within six months of starting, the Foundation reserves the right to reclaim the cost of the DBS check and any training expenses incurred.
How to Apply
Please complete the pre-application questions and upload your CV via CharityJob.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an informal online interview.
If you’re ready to make a real difference by helping protect young people online — we’d love to hear from you.
Join us in our mission to make a positive impact and bring the Foundation's message to life.
If shortlisted, you will be asked to complete a short video task lasting 2-3 minutes so we can see your presentation style in action.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For over 125 years, the British Mycological Society has been at the heart of fungal science — bringing together researchers, conservationists, educators, and enthusiasts to celebrate and advance the study of fungi. From cutting-edge scientific research to public outreach and education, we’re passionate about raising awareness of the crucial role fungi play in our ecosystems and everyday lives.
Our mission is to promote fungal science internationally. To do this, we run a dynamic calendar of events — from scientific conferences, field meetings and workshops to public engagement activities — designed to connect, inform and inspire.
About the role
We’re looking for a highly organised, creative, and proactive Events Officer to coordinate and deliver our programme of in-person and online events.
You’ll be the go-to person for making sure everything runs smoothly — from planning and logistics to communication and on-the-day delivery. Working closely with other part-time staff, volunteers, and local event hosts, you’ll play a key role in bringing the BMS community together.
This is a varied, hands-on role for someone who loves making things happen, enjoys working with people, and takes pride in creating professional and welcoming events.
What you’ll be doing
- Plan and deliver a wide range of BMS events — from scientific meetings to workshops, training sessions, and outreach days.
- Manage event logistics including venues, accommodation, catering, AV and delegate communications.
- Coordinate online events using platforms such as Zoom.
- Liaise with speakers, volunteers, and committees to make sure everything runs seamlessly.
- Oversee event budgets and timelines.
- Create promotional materials (e.g. digital programmes, flyers, graphics) using Canva or similar tools.
- Handle registrations, enquiries, and on-the-day coordination.
- Support event evaluation and continuous improvement.
About you
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has at least 5 years’ experience delivering successful events in a charity, membership, or learned society setting.
- Is confident running both in-person and virtual events.
- Brings strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a solutions-focused mindset.
- Is great at building relationships and working with volunteers, working groups and committees.
- Is comfortable working independently from home, while staying connected with a remote team.
- Has experience with event tools, databases and GDPR-compliant data handling.
- Can create professional-looking event materials using Canva (or similar).
- Desirable: a background or interest in natural sciences or mycology would be ideal, but curiosity and enthusiasm are just as valuable.
Working arrangements
- Permanent, part-time (3 days / 21 hours per week)
- Flexible hours across the week, with occasional evenings or weekends.
- Home-based, with occasional UK travel and overnight stays for events.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why you’re interested in this role and how you meet the requirements for teh attention of Dr Emma Thompson, Executive Officer, British Mycological Society.
Informal enquiries are welcome via email to Dr Emma Thompson. Contact details on the BMS website.
Closing date: midnight, Friday 12 December 2025*
Interviews: January 2026 (online)
Start date: February 2026
* Please apply early; we reserve the right to close the advert before the deadline if a suitable number of eligible candidates are identified.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note: We are currently recruiting for two separate roles - Project Manager and Administrator. However, we welcome applicants who may wish to apply for both roles combined as a full-time position. These roles are usually carried out by one person, with a combined salary of up to £34,000. If you wish to apply for both roles, please complete only one application and clearly state at the top of your personal statement that you are applying for the full time combined role.
About the Role
Working alongside the Managing Director, you will play a key role in supporting the day to day running of the BDD Foundation. You will help support the smooth operation of charity projects, media campaigns, and collaborations, while supporting the delivery of the charity’s community engagement and outreach activities.
A key focus of this role will be managing and maintaining the charity’s digital presence, including social media channels, newsletters, and website updates. You will plan, create, edit, and share content that reflects the charity’s mission and values, moderate online communities in line with our Social Media Policy, and collate insights to continually improve engagement and reach. The role also includes oversight of the volunteer and fundraising inboxes, ensuring timely responses and smooth communication. In addition, you will provide support for fundraising initiatives, including preparing funding applications, exploring new funding opportunities, and working closely with the Manging Director to help drive the charity’s impact.
This is a meaningful and rewarding opportunity for someone who is organised, values driven and keen to contribute to positive change for people living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
How to Apply
Please submit a CV and a personal statement (maximum 750 words) via CharityJob by 12pm midday on 3rd December 2025.
In your personal statement, please include:
- Why you are interested in the role
- Any connection you may have to BDD or passion for the cause
- The skills and qualities you would bring
- How your experience makes you suitable for this position
Interviews are due to take place on 11th and 12th December 2025
If applying for both the Project Manager and Administrator roles combined, please state this clearly at the top of your personal statement and submit only one application.
This role is open to UK based applicants only and subject to a DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Home based, or office based at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, in line with NCVO’s flexible working policy or home working policy.
About NCVO
We are the charities charity. For over 100 years, NCVO has stood shoulder to shoulder with communities, championing and celebrating voluntary action.
Our membership is made up of over 17,000 voluntary organisations across England, from small, grassroots community groups and social enterprises, to large, far-reaching charities.
We believe that communities are strengthened by voluntary action. We therefore want charities to thrive and be empowered to deliver for people and communities.
About the Voice & Impact directorate
This role sits within the Voice & Impact directorate; a team focused on amplifying the voices of charities in civil society and making positive change for the future. V&I comprises NCVO’s policy and public affairs team; communications, campaigns and marketing team; digital content team and membership and engagement team.
About the Communications, Campaigns and Marketing team
Communications, campaigns and marketing team, which has evolved to include digital content, drives brand visibility, strategic messaging, and audience engagement. Through creative storytelling, innovative campaigns, and cross-channel marketing we deliver impactful campaigns that support engagement and income generation.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join us and have a real impact on our creative output, giving you the chance to really promote and create engagement in the great work that NCVO does.
The main elements of the role will be:
- working with a range of stakeholders across NCVO (and sometimes externally) to plan, design, deliver and maintain high quality multimedia content.
- ensure NCVO’s content is innovative and creative, driving multiformat engaging content that meets high usability and accessibility standards
- ensure that content is user-driven and impact focussed, helping us reach and support more members, in more ways
- develop content for a wide range of formats including video, audio and graphic design
Equality, diversity and inclusion
NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in the voluntary sector and those with diverse, lived experience. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.
If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance.
NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922.
How to apply
For more information and to apply, please click on the Apply button. Please complete both parts of our application, quoting the reference CCO.
If you have any queries regarding our vacancies or experience any issues downloading or submitting your application form, please email us.
Closing date: Wednesday 3 December 2025 at 8.00am
Shortlisting date: Thursday 4 December 2025
Interviews: Thursday 11 December 2025
Benefits for NCVO employees
NCVO offers attractive benefits including:
- 25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive. After three years' service annual holiday increases to 27 days, and after five years to 30 days, (pro rata for part time staff)
- the option to purchase up to five more days each year
- five days’ volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
- 2.5 extra ‘wellbeing’ days off during the year
- enhanced pay for maternity/adoption leave
- subsidised gym membership
- season ticket loan
- flexible working, including opportunities to work from home/off site
- monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
- monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
- generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary, into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
- training and development opportunities.
- The opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
- 24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme
We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal.
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Legacy Giving Officer
Do you love building relationships with people? Are you a confident communicator with great listening skills?
Do you have experience of working in a client-facing role such as sales, account management or customer service?
We are looking for a Legacy Officer to join the team, so if this sounds like you then apply today!
Position: Legacy Giving Officer (internally known as Legacy Relationship Executive)
Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid
Hours: Full time (36.5 hours per week with one evening per week)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £30,874 per annum, depending on experience plus a good range of benefits
Closing Date: Wed 4th Dec 2025. We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified
About the Role
We are looking for a Legacy Relationship Executive to grow the future legacy income of World Vision through building relationships with some of our longest serving supporters and asking them to consider leaving a gift in their will and following up our supporters who have expressed an interest to convert them to pledgers.
World Vision has over 100,000 supporters around the UK and this job focuses on our supporters who have been supporting us for over 10 years and really love sponsoring a child and helping our cause.
This role involves mainly thanking our sponsors and ensuring they are getting the best experience, keeping them informed, updated and asking them to consider a gift in their will.
It’s a role where you can really build some excellent and meaningful relationships and the people you are calling quite often have time to chat and want to talk to you!
The role IS for you if:
· You have an engaging, warm phone manner and a passion for excellence in making a difference to the lives of the children who we serve.
· Have a good level of written English and results driven
· Are comfortable being on the phone and have had previous telemarketing experience in either sales, account management or customer service
As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations. Inspired by our Christian faith, we serve alongside children of all faiths and none through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy in almost 100 countries.
In addition to the salary offered, we offer:
· A flexible and supportive working culture
· Pension scheme (with employer contributions)
· Generous holiday allowance
· Free parking (Milton Keynes office)
· Opportunities for faith-based gatherings, prayer, and devotionals
· A welcoming, purpose-driven team who are passionate about making a difference
About the Organisation
World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices. As a Disability committed employer we encourage qualified individuals with a disability to apply and request a reasonable adjustment if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability.
Please note the organisation can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK and all candidates must be personally committed to the Christian faith and be able to respect, uphold and work within our client’s Christian mission, values, culture and faith statements. This individual will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian charity and as such the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3.
You may also have experience in areas such Relationship Officer, Telemarketing, Sales, Account Management, Customer Service, Customer Service Agent, Customer Service Officer, Customer Care Agent, Customer Care, Account Manager, Client Engagement, Supporter Engagement.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Role Description
The Funding and Insights Officer supports the Head of Funding and Partnerships (HFP) in delivering HACT’s fundraising and income generation objectives in line with the organisation’s business strategy. This role focuses on identifying new business and funding opportunities, conducting market, sector and competitor research, and generating actionable insights to support HACT’s marketing, customer engagement, and income generation strategies.
The postholder will play a key role in shaping HACT’s understanding of the external environment, including trends in housing, social impact, and innovation. Reporting to the HFP, they will contribute to fundraising applications to trusts, foundations, and corporates, support the services team in developing compelling and proposals for HACT’s research and consultancy work, and carry out desk-based market research to inform the activities of the marketing and customer teams.
The role requires excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks while prioritising effectively to meet deadlines.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Conduct market, sector and competitor research to identify trends, opportunities, and risks relevant to HACT’s programmes and services
- Produce intelligence reports and briefings to inform marketing campaigns, customer outreach, and strategic planning
- Identify and assess potential funders, partners, and clients aligned with HACT’s mission and services
- Support the HFP in preparing proposals, funding applications, and sponsorship pitches
- Support the HFP to produce compelling performance and evaluation reports for funders and other donors
- Maintain and update a bank of proposal templates and sector insights
- Support the services team in the development of professionally written proposals
- Collaborate with marketing and customer teams to target organisations and contacts for campaigns
- Use CRM systems to track business development activities, monitor proposal and funding application progress, and report key metrics
- Maintain accurate records of engagement, income, and pipeline development
Required skills
Essential skills and experience
- Experience securing new funding opportunities or partnerships (commercial or charitable)
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce persuasive content
- Proficient in using research tools and databases (e.g. Charity Commission, Companies House)
- Ability to synthesise complex information into actionable insights
- Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills across teams
- Excellent time management and prioritisation
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience of measuring and reporting on project impacts
- Familiarity with CRM systems and data tracking
- Understanding of marketing and customer engagement strategies
- Knowledge of the UK social housing sector either professionally or through lived experience
Job accountabilities
- Support the HFP in delivering strategic growth and income targets
- Maintain a pipeline of opportunities and sector intelligence
- Collaborate across teams to ensure alignment of business development activities
- Produce high-quality proposals and insights that support HACT’s professional services, customer and marketing teams
- Actively model HACT’s values and behaviours by consistently demonstrating collaborative, supportive and respectful working with internal and external stakeholders and contribute to an inclusive and respectful culture
Employees are also expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties that are consistent with the grade, responsibilities, and typical scope of the role. Any additional tasks should remain appropriate to the nature of the post and not extend into unrelated functions or specialisms.
All employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s values and behavioural standards, which include being supportive, transparent, respectful, kind, honest, and collaborative. This means fostering a culture of empathy, openness, integrity, and teamwork in all interactions, and contributing positively to the organisation’s mission and strategic objectives.
This position is currently based remotely with the occasional day in the London office and travel to UK based events as required.
About HACT
Innovation. Collaboration. Insights.
It’s what we’ve always done.
As the charity of the social housing sector, these are the core values that have driven the transformation and development of housing providers for over 60 years.
We believe the provision of housing is about more than just bricks and mortar – it’s about enhancing peoples’ lives.
By partnering with organisations across the housing sector, we drive value for residents and communities through insight-led products and services which encourage innovation and foster collaboration.
To apply for this role, please share your CV with a one-page cover letter setting out why this role appeals to you and how your skillls and experience meet the key skills points in the job description.
Interviews expected to take place the week commencing the mid-December.
To apply for this role, please share your CV with a one-page cover letter setting out why this role appeals to you and how your skills and experience meet the key skills points in the job description.
To support the social housing sector to unlock the full potential of its social purpose, for the benefit of residents & local communities
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About the Foundation
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.
This is an exciting time to join Lloyds Bank Foundation. We are coming to the end of our strategy period and under the leadership of a new CEO, we are developing and rolling out our new strategy, brand and values. We believe this will enable us to turbocharge our work, allowing us to have an even bigger impact to create social change and cohesion and ensuring people in England and Wales are in a good place.
About the Programme
The Foundation has been awarded a £2.1m grant by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) to deliver a pilot as part of its Grant Holder Support programme. This pilot, Investing in the Power of Civil Society (IIPCS), will support up to 640 charities across the Northwest, Southwest of England and Yorkshire and Humber.
Delivered in partnership with eight organisations — IVAR, Groundwork UK and local trusts, CAST, The School for Social Entrepreneurs, NCVO, Voice4Change England, the AVOCADO Foundation and Access (advisory) — the pilot will offer diagnostic-led, tailored and relational support to help organisations strengthen their work.
Support will focus on resilience, environmental impact, readiness for AI and digital technology, enabling participating charities to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. With a strong emphasis on equity and access, the pilot is designed to ensure organisations of all sizes and backgrounds can benefit.
We will be using a test-and-learn approach — trying out new ways of supporting charities, learning from what works and what doesn’t, and using those insights to improve future programmes. This approach will help shape NLCF’s future support for both grant holders and grant seekers, strengthen the Foundation and partners’ own development practice, and contribute to wider learning across the sector.
About the Role
As Programme Lead, you’ll have overall responsibility for the successful delivery of this ambitious and collaborative pilot. You’ll lead a multi-partner consortium, oversee a £2.1m budget, and ensure that up to 640 charities receive high-quality, equitable support.
You’ll manage delivery, governance, performance, and learning, while championing a test-and-learn approach that generates insights for the Foundation, the National Lottery Community Fund, and the wider sector. You’ll also lead a small team and play an active role in the Foundation’s leadership group.
This is a strategic and hands-on role for someone who thrives in complexity, values collaboration, and is passionate about strengthening small and local charities.
The Benefits
- Salary of £56,501 per annum (FTE)
- There is flexibility as to where this role is based; however, regular travel to London and across England will be required, with some overnight stays
- A further list of benefits can be found here on the Lloyds Bank Foundation website.
About You
You are an experienced programme leader with a strong track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in the charity, social or funding sectors. You bring a deep understanding of the voluntary sector, particularly the needs of small and community-led organisations.
You are confident managing partnerships, budgets, and governance structures, and skilled at translating strategy into delivery.
You are a collaborative leader who can inspire and support a team, while championing equity, learning, and continuous improvement.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Proven experience leading complex programmes or partnerships with accountability for delivery, budget, risk, and reporting.
- A strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in programme design and delivery.
- Experience managing multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborative delivery models.
- A solid understanding of how to support and develop small and community-led organisations.
- Excellent people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Confidence in representing programmes externally and influencing funders or decision-makers.
Experience with test-and-learn approaches, diagnostic tools, or equity-led programme design would be an advantage.
We are hoping for an immediate start for the position or as soon as possible thereafter.
So, if you’re looking to make a meaningful impact as a Programme lead, please apply via the button shown.
- The deadline for applications is Sunday 7th December at 23:30
- Interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held online on Friday 19th December.
We support small, local and specialist charities across England and Wales.


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