Community jobs in camden, county durham

Summary

The Education and Growing Faith department is looking to hire a Senior Programme Officer to support the church schools and the wider education sector. Working in the Operations Team, you'll be directly supporting the Head of Operations with project work and the wider NSE with system and process support. The role will offer the post-holder the opportunity to work across a range of areas such as communications, HR, grant management, reporting and governance. There will be a mix of longer strategic project work, and shorter task-based work.

About the Department/Role

The National Society for Education (NSE) is both an NCI and a Royal-charter charity. It's aims are to support Church schools and the wider education sector by developing leaders, shaping policy and growing faith.

The NSE leads the Church of England's national work in education in partnership with 41 Diocesan Boards of Education and approximately 4,700 Church of England schools. We also support the national education work of the Church in Wales, which includes around 150 schools. Our presence extends to work with community schools and academy trusts, as well as higher and further education through numerous chaplaincies, providing spiritual support and guidance to children and young people, and to adults.

We are a dynamic team, working remotely from our homes around the country. We gather regularly online, and fairly regularly in person.

What you'll be doing

The purpose of this role is to:

• Support the Head of Operations with policy development and reviews.
• Take responsibility for the continued development and management of the online Office Manual.
• Support the Head of Operations with due diligence tasks around new areas of work, taking ownership of discrete projects.
• Project manage areas of work as delegated by the Head of Operations, creating work plans, managing stakeholders, providing project reports regularly.
• Take responsibility for certain HR policy implementation such as designing and rolling out appropriate induction processes.
• Alongside the marketing staff, support the Head of Operations with the management of our internal and external comms.
• Lead the development of Asana (an online project management tool) use across the Operations Team.
• Provide Executive level support to the CEO, including diary management with high profile external stakeholders.
• Manage internal team days and residentials with the Events Manager.
• Work with the Head of Operations to manage the annual planning and reporting cycle.

About You

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Essential

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience of working within multi-faceted and complex projects
• Experience of summarising and reporting on data to stakeholders.
• Experience of organising and storing information securely and systematically.
• Experience of writing training manuals to simply communicate policy and process.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Customer service skills and able to take responsibility for progressing stakeholder queries.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management and organisation skills, ability to keep track of key priorities
• Proactive and able to work under own initiative to suggest solutions to problems.
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to solve problems.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Key Attributes: Takes personal Responsibility, Organised methodical approach, Pride and commitment to high standards, Collaboration and team support.

Desirable

• Experience of project management of complex projects from start to end
• Experience of co-ordinating virtual events
• Advanced statistical analysis and Excel skills
• Proficiency in using survey technology, for example, Form Assembly
• Experience in using Project Management Software (Eg. Asana)
• Experience in marketing and comms work

Circumstances

Whilst this is a remote role, the post-holder will need to travel for the following reasons:

• National Society Team Days (3 per year)
• National Society Residential (2 days, including 1 overnight stay in the autumn)
• Ops Team Days (approx 3 per year)
• Other events where support is required

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

What we offer

Your Salary

• A salary of £40,572 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.

Your Benefits

• 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.

Registered Manager

Middlesbrough

£37,000 rising to £41,000 after successful completion of probation period, subject to undertaking full scope of the role

Closing Date – 1st June 1015
1st Interview – 5th June 2025 (Remote)
2nd interview – 12th/ 13th June 2025 (Larchfield Community, Middlesbrough)

Our client provides a high-quality level of care and support underpinned by best practice and co-production. 

You will be a member of the community management team reporting to the General Manager and managing the Service Manager / Care & Support Manager, to lead, manage and develop the community locally and regionally. 

You will hold the Registered Manager status and all its responsibilities with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for maintaining the service registration and working to the expected regulations and standards.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the service meets the quality standards of the commissioning Local authority

Main responsibilities

• Lead the team in developing and providing creative and responsive support packages to the people we support that embrace and promote a positive behaviour approach.
• Ensure that support is provided in an effective, efficient, and sustainable way resulting in positive outcomes in line with individual support plans. 
• Lead the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with people we support, their relatives and advocates. 
• Recruit, induct, develop and manage the performance of colleagues to ensure a cohesive, high performing team, providing a consistent service whilst achieving performance targets and service standard.
• Ensure staff are supported through regular supervision, observations and appraisals in line with policy.
• Build effective working relationships with local authorities, CQC and other inspection bodies,
• Work with the Head of Supported Living to ensure the service is managed within the financial budget approved each financial year and all expenditure is approved, invoiced and processed in a timely way.
• Ensure that daily records are kept correctly, that support plans, risk assessments for the people being supported are up to date, within required scope, allocated budget and designed to deliver an individualised package which meets the needs of the people being supported and increases a life of opportunity.
• Report on service performance on a monthly basis in relation to your areas of responsibility in line the Trust’s Quality Assurance standards and compliance requirements and take corrective action where under performance arises. 
• Take responsibility for the support, care and provision of the service in line with all statutory and legislative standards required by the Care Quality Commission
• Support the positive behaviour support approach across all areas of the service so it is an integrated way of working and planning and delivering services.
• Ensure compliance in respect of fire, COSHH, and all health and safety in the community and in all activities.
• Maintain a working relationship with the Pal’s team to ensure that houses are maintained in accordance with all current legislation and regulatory requirements and the need to maintain a pleasant, homely environment for the people we support
• Foster innovation that leads to improved services
• Develop, mentor and coach staff to ensure their personal development needs are met and managed

What you’ll bring to the role:  

• Leadership in Health and Social Care level 5 or equivalent for ‘Register Manager Status’
• Adult Social care sector experience (services for people with learning disabilities, autism and or mental ill health): including the legal context, regulator’s and commissioner’s expectations and funding streams
• Be able to deliver a high quality of service for people they support by understanding the needs of individuals
• Be able to manage a staff team which is engaged and motivated towards the achievement of the service development goals
• Ensures all staff members understand their responsibilities and perform to acceptable standards, with any performance issues being managed swiftly and appropriately
• People management skills that include coaching and developing staff
• Budgetary management  experience
• Quality assurance processes and evidencing outcomes / standards 
• Experience of safeguarding and liaising with other professionals
• Assessment, matching and analytical skills
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills - good working knowledge of Microsoft packages inc. Excel spreadsheets
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Location: Home Based (UK)
Hours: Minimum 30 hrs a week; may be worked flexibly each week
Salary: £40,000 Full Time Equivalent.
Contract: Temporary (maternity cover)
Start date: ideally early July 2025 to permit ample handover with current finance manager before maternity commences in early Sept.

The Jon Egging Trust is seeking an exceptional Finance Manager to uphold and enhance our existing strong financial infrastructure whilst our current postholder is away on maternity leave. This role involves managing day-to-day financial reporting systems and controls, providing forecasts for bids, ensuring financial plans align with budgets, and meeting external reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial management: maintaining robust financial reporting systems and controls, and line managing the Finance Assistant.
• Fundraising support: providing accurate financial forecasts for bids and meeting fund reporting requirements
• Budgeting: ensuring financial plans are in line with budgetary constraints.
• Accounts production: leading the production of monthly management accounts and communicating to operational managers.
• Re-forecasting: handling budgeting and re-forecasting processes.
• Compliance: communicating effectively with auditors and the external finance committee.

Candidate Profile:

• Accounting experience: minimum of two years in relevant financial management roles in a charity or non-profit.
• Essential Skills:
• Preparation of monthly management accounts and reporting
• Lead on delivery of the annual and half year budgetary process
• Develop budgets for funding applications and providing financial support to fundraising
• Strong communication skills, capable of translating complex financial information.
• Highly methodical and organised in record-keeping and analysis.
• Inclusivity: We welcome applicants at any stage of life or background, including those returning to the workforce or seeking a change of pace.

If you are passionate about financial management and eager to make a difference, we encourage you to apply and become part of our dedicated team.

Our benefits package includes:

• Flexible working
• Enhanced annual leave
• Homeworking allowance
• Occupational pension scheme
• Occupational sickness scheme
• Special paid leave provision

Child and adult at risk protection policy statement

The Jon Egging Trust is committed to providing a safe and positive environment for everyone involved in its services and activities. The Trust takes its extended moral and legal duty of care very seriously in relation to children, young people, staff and volunteers. We seek to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children and to protect them from harm or abuse when they engage in any of our activities. JET expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

To apply

• Please complete our online application form.
• The closing date is Monday 2nd June at 23:59pm.
• Interviews to be held virtually.
• 1st Stage Interview: Friday 6th June
• 2nd Stage Interview: Tuesday 10th June.

Questions?

Contact us through our website.

Please note: In order to become an employee at JET you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

On 20th August 2011, Flt Lt Jon Egging lost his life whilst completing a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. He was coming to the end of his first year with the world-famous Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, flying in the position of Red 4.

Jon was an inspirational individual, and inspiration is at the heart of everything we do. Like Jon, our staff and volunteers are chosen for their ability to act as positive role models; in turn they inspire and enthuse our vulnerable young students to reach their full potential. Our long-term support programmes increase self-confidence, self-esteem and aspiration, and ultimately empower young people to become role models within their own communities.

The Jon Egging Trust realises Jon’s dream of inspiring young people through his love of aviation, STEM, teamwork and leadership, helping them to overcome adversity, identify their strengths and work towards their dreams.

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Outreach teams work as the hands and feet of Causeway traveling out into the community and supporting service users. Outreach coordinators are organized and caring. They assist by supporting current advocates with their cases, offering guidance and instruction on safeguarding and complex cases. They will complete administrative duties in line with The Salvation Army Modern Slavery Contract, ensuring KPIs are met across the department. In addition to this they help to train and induct new advocates into the organisation.

Responsibilities:

Oversight of Staff:

• Management of advocates in the team. Including but not limited to: interviews, supervisions, appraisals and managing leave requests

• Line Management of Operations and Assurance Officer

• Leading team meetings

• Taking responsibility for training new starters and the ongoing training and coaching for the team and ensuring staff attendance at Mandatory training

• Assisting with month end reporting

• Monitoring Staff wellbeing and workload

• Be the first point of contact for your team

Oversight of Casework:

• Being the first point of contact for advocates queries including but not limited to; safeguarding incidents, issues and complex cases.

• Ensuring quality and consistency in advocates is upheld through quality checking and managing referral and exit checklists.

• Effectively managing risk across your team through supporting them with risk assessments and risk management.

• Being a point of contact for service user complaints when appropriate.

• Ensuring TSA KPI's and contractual deadlines are met within the relevant timescales.

• Work on a small amount of caseloads when necessary

Other responsibilities:

• Outreach ‘on call’ duties on average 1 week in 4.

• Keyholder for the office on average once per week.

• Complete relevant sections of the OR weekly baseline and OR model where needed along with other administration in line with ensuring internal and external KPIs are met within the department.

• Attending all relevant meetings (with OR Manager, other Coordinators, Sub team Meeting and Causeway Managers and Coordinators across all regions.)

• Assist the Service Manager with specific tasks or change management projects when required

Any other duties that are commensurate with the role

Corporate Partnerships Manager
Permanent appointment
Full time (34.5 hours)
Mobile worker
£39,000 - £43,000 per annum plus car allowance

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role

The Corporate Partnerships team have an amazing opportunity for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to collaborate on one of the sector’s largest corporate partnerships, valued at approximately £4 million annually. This role offers the chance to lead on commercial activities, build strong relationships, coordinate events and contribute to overall income generation.

This partnership is rare to find and offers a unique and valuable opportunity for the postholder to build relationships with staff and customers within a unique environment.

By working in close partnership with a popular brand that successfully raises £4million each year to support people living with cancer, the postholder will gain first hand insight into how this partnership positively impacts the community, making it a standout opportunity within the sector.

This is a mobile role, requiring lots of travel and working in person with our partner at their premises.  It is desirable that the postholder has a driving licence and access to a vehicle, and a car allowance is included as part of the overall package. 

About you

We’re looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience working in corporate partnerships or similar (e.g. Relationship Fundraising, Client Services etc.)
• Leading partnerships from end-to-end (i.e. from idea to delivery)
• Strong experience managing partners/clients and in person relationship building
• Ability to motivate teams internally and externally to get behind projects/proposals

About our benefits 

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: Tuesday 27th May 2025 at 23:59.

1st interviews w/c 2nd June 2025.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So that we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.

Support Coordinator

We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Services based in either the Liverpool, Rochdale or Oldham area.

Position: S11280 Stroke Support Coordinator – 3 posts

Location: Homebased, Liverpool, Rochdale or Oldham, however, regular travel will be required as part of this role within the service area (may include other travel in London and nationally to include team meetings or other work-related meetings). 

Salary: circa £27,400 per annum for 35 hours per week, pro rata for less hours

3 vacancies available:

1 x Liverpool – 35 hours per week

1 x Oldham – 28 hours per week

1 x Rochdale – 24 hours per week

Hours: 24 - 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 1 June 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Interview Date: W/C 16 June 2025

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following a stroke.

The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes.

The Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.
• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Support stroke survivors to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.
• Work collaboratively with NHS colleagues and other areas of the community to make a difference in the lives of people affected by stroke.

This role requires the post holder to travel across the locality to visit people at home and in community settings. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.

About You

You will have:

• Excellent IT skills and demonstrate a flexible approach to your role.
• A caring profession ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Setting up and running virtual groups.

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.

Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement.

Finding strength through support

The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke. 

They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.

It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support. 

The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity.

The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation work.

A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Vision of adventure, a small outdoor charity based in the Lake District , is seeking an experienced fundraiser to join our team. We specialise in working with people with visual impairments facilitating outdoor adventures, social connection and access to specialist coaching. To achieve this the organisation partners visually impaired individuals with sighted guides for residential weekends focusing on: long walks, canoeing, climbing, tandem biking, and more. The team comprises five part-time workers, numerous volunteers, and the board of trustees. We all work remotely, use each others first names, and have flexible scheduling.

The role of a fundraiser is paramount to our continued sustainability. You will be solely responsible for our fundraising initiatives. The charity has a commendable track record of raising funds, and you will be expected to surpass these targets as a professional fundraiser. An engagement officer will support your role by gathering feedback and preparing draft funder impact reports.

You will have extensive demonstrable fundraising experience. You will be personable, be an excellent communicator , make appropriate use of information communication technology, and capable of managing your own time and workload. 

We are open to applications that combine this role with that of the engagement officer, which is also advertised at this time.

The role may suit someone who may be stepping back from a busy office environment, have a disability, or caring responsibilities where the remote nature and flexible scheduling would be an asset.

The For Baby’s Sake Trust is excited to announce that we're looking for a Digital Communications Officer (part-time) to join our team. This role is about helping us expand our digital reach, engage key audiences, and strengthen our online brand presence.

In this position, you'll have the opportunity to manage our social media content, oversee website administration, conduct email marketing, and execute paid and organic digital campaigns. You will also play a vital role in enhancing our digital content strategy, growing our audience, and ensuring brand consistency across all platforms.

If you share our passion for breaking cycles of domestic abuse and giving babies the best start in life, and you have at least 1+ years of experience coordinating social and digital channels for an organisation, this might just be the perfect fit for you. We seek someone who understands best practices and trends and enjoys finding creative solutions to support our growth and drive positive social change.

This position offers a wonderful chance to work with a friendly, dedicated team at an award-winning charity, making a significant, positive impact on families affected by domestic abuse. This is a part-time role (22.5 hours per week) reporting to the Communications Manager. It is a permanent position with a salary of £17,304 per annum (£28,800 per annum full-time equivalent plus 5% contributory pension). Plus, you'll enjoy the flexibility of working from home, with occasional travel.

To apply, please send your completed application form by 11.59 p.m. on Sunday 1st June. We're planning to hold online interviews on Monday 23rd June.

Once we receive your application, we'll provide you with the link to the equal opportunities monitoring form—this is confidential and voluntary and won't affect the selection process. If you have any questions about the role, feel free to email the recruitment team and a team member will get back to you as soon as possible.

For more information about The For Baby’s Sake Trust, please visit our website.

No agency contact please.

About Us
Our client is establishing a new UK-registered charity dedicated to advancing health and education initiatives in Bangladesh. Their focus is on grassroots impact: building sustainable health programs, improving educational access, and empowering communities.

The Role
We are now recruiting a Charity Administrator to join them on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential for extension. This remote, UK-based role will involve occasional in-person meetings and offers a unique opportunity to shape the operational foundations of a start-up charity from the ground up.

In this role, you will support the formal registration of the charity with the Charity Commission, helping to draft key documents and establish essential policies and procedures. You will be responsible for setting up basic administrative systems, coordinating trustee meetings and records, and ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements. The role also involves supporting communication with local partners in Bangladesh and external consultants, as well as assisting with the preparation of early-stage grant and donor applications.

We are seeking an individual with demonstrated experience in charity administration, preferably within a small or emerging organization. The ideal candidate will possess a strong knowledge of Charity Commission regulations, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to work independently in a flexible environment. Proficiency in Sylheti Bangla, including both Shuddho (formal) and the Sylheti dialect spoken in Sylhet, is essential. Experience in international development or familiarity with Bangladeshi culture would be an advantage.

If you are passionate about building something meaningful from the ground up and want to contribute to lasting change, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch to express your interest or request further information.

To apply, please submit your CV in the first instance, as we are recruiting on a rolling basis. If your experience is suitable, we will send you the full job description and arrange a call to brief you on the role.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

Marie Curie's Research Team sits within a highly collaborative and influential directorate committed to using evidence to improve the end-of-life experience for everyone. We manage a large portfolio of external research grants and lead cutting-edge internal studies using qualitative, quantitative, and co-production methodologies. Our work informs national policy and drives systemic change.

As Qualitative Research Manager, you'll lead on design and delivery of high-quality qualitative research projects. Your insights will directly shape policies and initiatives that support people affected by dying, death, and bereavement. This is a rare opportunity to combine research expertise with a social mission, ensuring voices are heard and evidence drives real-world outcomes.

Main responsibilities:
- Lead the design, delivery, analysis, and dissemination of qualitative research projects.
- Provide expert advice and mentoring on qualitative methods across the organisation.
- Support development of evidence-based policy recommendations and internal reports.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to co-produce research and translate findings into practice.
- Contribute to research funding bids and strategic project planning.
- Represent Marie Curie in networks and forums, building influence and partnerships.

Key Criteria:
- Extensive experience designing and conducting qualitative research (e.g., interviews, focus groups, evidence synthesis).
- Strong ability to communicate research findings clearly and accessibly to diverse audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation and facilitation skills.
- Highly organised, proactive, and capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines.
- Skilled in working collaboratively across teams, with a commitment to inclusive and participatory research.
- Background in health, social care, or social justice-related research is desirable but not essential.

Please see the full job description .

Application & Interview Process
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and Cover Letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications: 2 June 2025

Salary: £35,530 - 39,474 per annum, depending on experience
Contract: Fixed-term (12 months), full-time (35 hours per week)
Based: Home-Based. You can work from anywhere within the UK.

Benefits you'll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

The Charity and The Vision.  

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a UK-based charity dedicated to supporting military children and young people (0 to 25 years) who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces. Founded in 2010 by Nikki Scott following the death of her husband, Corporal Lee Scott, the charity offers a unique blend of emotional, practical, and educational support to over 700 young people, and we have big ambitions to support over 1,000 children annually by 2030.  

We are proud of our vibrant, non-traditional culture, which puts the needs of bereaved children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We embrace innovative approaches, are committed to creating smiles and believe in the power of community, resilience, and connection.  

Scotty’s is seeking an experienced bereavement counsellor to join our small but effective team. The role involves supporting children and young people affected by bereavement, which may include death in service, illness, or suicide.

We want every bereaved military child and young person to have:

• Access to the very best emotional health and wellbeing support.

• Outstanding development opportunities.

• The chance to smile again. 

We call these our Promises. Our promises align with our three programmes: SMILES, STRIDES and SUPPORT.

· The SMILES Programme provides children with the chance to smile again

· The STRIDES Programme provides children with outstanding development opportunities

· The SUPPORT Programme provides the very best emotional health and wellbeing support to children who are struggling to cope following a bereavement. 

Our Bereavement Counsellor will be a valuable member of the SUPPORT Programme, delivering online 1:1 and group support to those who need it most.  But all three programmes work closely together (we call this the Families team).

Role Mission:

The Scotty’s Bereavement Counsellor will work with our families who are struggling with their grief to help them understand their feelings, develop coping skills and build their new life.

This role will be accountable for:

Providing emotional support, counselling and therapeutic interventions to individuals and families coping with grief and loss. The role involves working compassionately and ethically with families affected by bereavement, helping them process their emotions and find ways to adjust to life after a loss.

The Bereavement Counsellor will work collaboratively with the SUPPORT team and the wider Families team to ensure that all work undertaken by Scotty’s is delivered in a supportive and sensitive manner and that Scotty families receive exemplary care.

What are the 3-month goals for this role:

· Within three months the Counsellor will have developed their knowledge of the range of services that Scotty’s offers to our families so that they can advise and support families in their case load.

· Will have begun to learn and understand the Scotty Values and the Scotty Way (we do things a little differently and our culture is very important to us and our families!).

· Would have begun supporting the families assigned to their caseload by the Head of SUPPORT.  This will predominantly if not entirely be online 1:1 delivery.

· Will have completed all necessary safeguarding training and be part of the Scotty’s Safeguarding team.

· Begun attending peer supervision sessions with the SUPPORT team.

What are the 6-month goals for this role:

· Will have established a caseload as assigned by the Head of SUPPORT which is likely to include 1:1 online sessions, and may also include online group sessions, drop ins or workshops.

· Will have begun to support the wider Families team by attending Scotty events.  At Scotty events, a SUPPORT team member often attends to provide support to any families in distress (this may require occasional weekend or evening work).

· Will be working cohesively with the Families team and the wider Scotty team to share your knowledge and skills.  Scotty’s values a culture of learning and strives to ensure team members can learn from one another’s expertise.

· Will be contributing to peer supervision sessions to ensure all SUPPORT team members are able to give the best support to families.

· Regularly meeting with your selected external supervisor.

What are the 9-month goals for this role:

· Will be supporting a caseload as assigned by the Head of SUPPORT, with emerging impact data showing the success of your support.  Scotty’s uses the Child Bereavement Service Questionnaire (CBSQ) developed by the CBN to monitor the impact of 1:1 support and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for pre-bereavement support.

· Will be a valuable member of the SUPPORT programme, Families and wider Scotty team. Providing first rate bereavement counselling and support directly to families but also indirectly helping families by working collaboratively with other team members.

What are the key responsibilities of this role:

· Managing a caseload and delivering one to one counselling sessions as assigned by the Head of SUPPORT. This will predominantly be online delivery using Teams video calling but also other formats as needed by families.

· Facilitate group therapy or support groups when appropriate.

· Conduct initial assessment to determine clients’ needs and suitability for counselling.

· Maintaining accurate and confidential case notes in a timely fashion using our Salesforce based system in accordance with data protection and organisational policies.

· Adhering to all safeguarding requirements and operating as part of the Scotty Safeguarding team to maintain the highest standards across the charity.

· Supporting the development of resources and materials as needed.

· Working collaboratively within the SUPPORT team, including peer supervision.

· Working collaboratively and effectively within the Families team to ensure that families are directed to the appropriate services in a timely fashion.  This could include directing families you are working with towards our educational grants, our respite breaks, our events, our school support or our advocacy.

· Liaise with healthcare and mental health professionals such as GPs, CAMHS and social workers or other professionals where appropriate to ensure holistic care and management of risk.

· Attending at least six (mandatory) face to face team days, normally located in the East of England.

· Participate in regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development.

Skillset and Experiences Required:

Essential

· Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).  We may consider applications from practitioners with HCPC or NCS membership too.

· Level 4 Counselling / Psychotherapy Diploma or above.

· Significant experience (post qualification) providing bereavement counselling, to children or young people (0-25yrs).

· Experience and training with NICE-approved talking therapies.

· Demonstrated knowledge of issues surrounding bereavement.

· Ability to manage caseload effectively.

· Willingness to work flexible hours to accommodate children’s needs (this may include evening work to avoid school hours at times).

· Excellent computer literacy.

· Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with families.

· Ability to engage with peer supervision and Scotty’s funded external supervision effectively.

· Ability to engage with a culture of continuous learning and support the learning of others.

· Ability to work flexibly as part of a team and independently to meet the needs of the service.

· Commitment to professional standards and ethical practice.

Desirable

· Accredited member of BACP.

· Knowledge or experience of or with the military community.

· Experience of online counselling.

· Experience (post qualification) providing pre-bereavement counselling or support.

· Experience of supporting those bereaved by suicide.

· Knowledge of or experience using assessment tools such as SDQs or CBSQs.

· Knowledge of statutory mental health provision and systems including CAMHS and EHCPs.

· Experience of providing counselling or support to young people with SEND or additional needs.

· Ability to drive with access to own transport is an advantage as some team meetings can take place away from public transport routes.

· Experience working within a hospice, NHS or charitable setting.

Additional Information

- The role may require evening or weekend work

- Enhanced DBS check required

- Travel will be required to events and team training days

The Scotty’s Way

At Scotty’s, our personal performance is only 50% of what success looks like. Our culture is equally important. When you join our team, you sign up to The Scotty’s Way, rooted in our four core values:

1. Families Come First

2. Everyone a Supporter, Every Supporter a VIP

3. Love What You Do

4. Remember, Every Day

Our values are further supported by our four non-negotiable behaviours of Show Respect, Speak Up, Embrace Change and Actively Collaborate. We are looking for an individual who embodies these values and behaviours.

Thank you for your interest in joining our team, we are an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with respect and given equal opportunities for employment and advancement.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

We encourage all qualified individuals to apply for employment within our charity, and we are dedicated to providing a fair and inclusive recruitment process for all candidates.

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.

High Value Partnerships Manager (Corporate and Trusts)

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented fundraising team

We are looking for an experienced Trust and Corporate Manager - to be known as a High Value Partnerships Manager - to join our small and friendly fundraising team. You will be responsible for driving our strategy for fundraising from Corporate Partnerships and Trusts & Grants, both of which are already well-established income streams with lots of great potential. You will also use your experience to identify, attract and win new partnerships.

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: £35,000 - £37,000 (pro rata)
Reports to: Head of Development 
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge, although entirely remote option is fine. Occasional travel to partner meetings will also be required.
Closing date: midnight on Sunday 1st June
Interview dates: First-round interviews will be virtual and take place in early June

Purpose of the role

• Accountable for winning and delivering partnerships with Corporates and Trust & Grants, with support from a Fundraising Officer
• Secure new partnerships that are vision-aligned, with a focus on multi-year grants/contracts
• Research and develop a strategy for growing our High Value income, whilst providing excellent relationship management, delivery and reporting to those we’re already working with
• Line manage a Fundraising Officer who will provide support to implement your fundraising strategy
• Work with the Head of Development and Senior Management Team to identify opportunities across the charity to fundraise for and demonstrate the impact of our work to partners
• Work with the Membership team to maximise opportunities with brands to offer discounts to Twins Trust's members

Ideal candidate

The ideal candidate will have experience in developing and implementing a strategy for High Value Partnerships. They will be able to demonstrate how they have researched and negotiated partnerships and/or submitted funding applications, providing excellent stewardship and creating meaningful partnerships that lead to long term support and therefore sustainable income.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of creating and delivering a High Value strategy
• Experience of the full fundraising pipeline, including researching, cultivating and securing multi-year 5 or 6 figure donations from Trusts, Foundations or Corporate Partnerships (experience of both income streams a plus)
• Excellent relationship building skills up to a senior level
• Ability to project manage the delivery of partnerships including impact reporting
• 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
• Enthusiasm for the issues we work on

Desirable

• Line management or mentoring experience
• Working understanding of admin processes relating to fundraising
• The ability to demonstrate a commercial mindset
• An understanding of GDPR in relation to fundraising

Recovery Coordinator

Location: HMP Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, DL12 9BG

Salary: £24,242 - £30,790 per annum

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.

We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people.

Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Humankind’. Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recovery Coordinator to support Waythrough’s service delivery within Reconnected to Health in HMYOI Deerbolt .As a Recovery Coordinator, you will provide 1:1 support for service users, from brief interventions through to structured treatment, including groups, to ensure that every recovery journey is tailored to individual priorities. You will take a “whole person” holistic approach to ensure that every service user’s package of care encompasses all areas of their wellbeing, to achieve the best possible outcomes for every person. 

• Manage a service user caseload, devising, implementing and reviewing on-going recovery plans and treatment, liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including family members and significant others as appropriate.
• Carry out triage/screening assessments and comprehensive assessments with service users.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to undertake shared assessments, key working and interventions to promote individual service user progression from engagement, through structured treatment to self-sustained recovery.
• Facilitate service user access to treatment and community resources to increase recovery and social capital, supporting service users and their families within their local community To lead effective case management for allocated service users, including on-going processes such as risk assessments, risk management plans and safeguarding assessments and plans. This includes the effective use of an online case management system.

About You

The successful post holder will match our ambition and commitment to provide the highest standards of service quality and performance within this partnership.

‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’ 

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service) 
• Annual leave purchase scheme 
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
• Death in service benefit 
• Free Will writing
• Eyecare vouchers 
• Blue light card discount
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses 
• Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies 
• Happy, Healthy You! – our wellbeing offers for our workforce 
• Employee Assist Programme and Waythrough Support Networks 

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Waythrough, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer  
 
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use.