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This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community.
People living with Parkinson's value the services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partner organisations. Following an investment of 1.5 million we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services.
About the role
Our adviser teams work within local areas providing a wide range of expert information and guidance, via a variety of channels including community settings. You’ll provide a personalised service that enables appropriate levels of self-advocacy and/ or advocate on behalf of clients, signposting to other services as relevant.
You’ll empower people affected by Parkinson’s, their families and carers to live lives that are as fulfilling as possible and to take an active role in their treatment becoming their own advocate in health and life, wherever possible.
The contract for this role will be fixed term for six months.
What you’ll do:
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Provide in depth, person-centred information and guidance to clients by a range of means, including community settings, and ensuring the most efficient and effective use of resources in line with service policy
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Respond to enquiries through a range of channels and areas based on service need, keeping accurate, up to date online client records in line with practice
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Make best use of time in providing an effective client service
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Recognise and respond to potential safeguarding situations using established procedures
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Provide information on a variety of health and social care issues, including appropriate emotional support, employment and welfare benefits guidance and advocating with and on behalf of clients
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Answer client enquiries professionally using a jargon-free approach and within established timescales
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Maintain relationships and partnerships with internal and external teams and in a range of settings and ways to achieve the best outcomes of clients
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Keep up to date with organisational and professional development relevant to your role
What you’ll bring:
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Experience of providing health and social care information through a range of channels
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Well-developed telephone skills including active listening and questioning
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Experience of supporting and empowering people with problem solving, navigating the health and social care system and participating in their own care
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Experience managing a complex caseload effectively and efficiently
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Ability to be calm and deal effectively with challenging or emotional situations and/or people
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Demonstrable digital competence, with experience of effective use of a range of tools including online case management systems or similar
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Ability to work collaboratively
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In depth understanding of Parkinson’s, relevant issues and legislation, in particular in connection with health and social care and welfare benefits
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Commitment to working within the principles of equal opportunities
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!
Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.
Interviews for this role will be held remotely using Google Meet week commencing 17th November 2025.
The successful candidate will be required to:
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live in the Cheshire area and be able to travel freely and flexibly around these areas and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
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provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
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have a confidential space in which to work
This role will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. You’ll be required to apply for one; refusal to do so will result in the offer being withdrawn.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
We exist to make every day better, for everybody living with Parkinson’s. Right now.
Summary
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 July 2025 education through numerous chaplaincies, providing spiritual support and guidance to children and young people, and to adults.
The Church of England's Vision and Strategy for the 2020s has three priorities, one of which is to be a church which is younger and more diverse. As part of this, the House of Bishops want to ensure that a flourishing children, youth and families ministry is within reach of every young person in England.
The NSE is working with the Vision and Strategy team to help deliver this vision through a range of projects in our 'growing faith' pillar which focus on the intersection between church, home and school; aiming to develop the faith life of children and young people, whilst also growing young leaders.
We are a dynamic team, working remotely from our homes around the country. We gather regularly online, and also have in-person team days through the year.
The purpose of this role is to design, develop, implement and evaluate effective leadership development programmes which enable participants to lead deep and lasting culture change which instinctively prioritises the needs, voice, development and impact of children, young people and families. To enable growing impact and reach of these programmes through embedding long-term strategic partnerships with delivery partners at local, regional and national level, contributing to the overall national target of developing 30,000 leaders of mission and ministry with children and young people by 2030.
- Designing and delivering effective leadership development programmes.
- Enabling effective quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Developing theological thinking and evidence-led practice that catalyses culture change.
Key role requirements
- This is a fully remote role.
- A salary of £59,248 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
The Initiatives and Partnerships Manager plays a key role in the Trust’s Initiatives and Partnerships Team. The post holder will support the development and implementation of the Trust’s projects, manage team members and on occasion support external and partnership projects. Our work is varied, ranging from early-stage feasibility planning, partnership development, fundraising, business planning and design development, as well as supporting our conservation team who lead construction phase oversight.
This role builds on the successes of the Trust’s longstanding Regeneration programme, which has undertaken pioneering Regeneration projects addressing some of our most pressing conservation needs, as well as developing new operating models for some of the churches in our care. The job will support our regional teams in developing and implementing projects to deliver a range of conservation, social and regeneration benefits; with the balance of each responding to local need, demand and opportunity.
In addition, it encompasses the work undertaken to develop new commercial income opportunities. Examples are our groundbreaking Champing™ initiative, as well as others such as filming, and other commercial partnerships.
We have recently published our TRUST values, which outline the behaviours and expectations that act as our foundations at CCT. We have attached the pack, outlining each value, which we will also be using as part of our shortlisting and interview process to find the right candidates that align with our values.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The 15 UK National Parks are among Britain’s most cherished landscapes, welcoming around 100 million visits each year. These inspiring places lie at the heart of our national identity - connecting communities, nurturing wellbeing, and driving vital action for nature and climate recovery.
Prospectus is proud to be supporting the park's managing body in the search for an exceptional Director of Communications and Brand. The body is a small, entrepreneurial organisation dedicated to growing the UK National Parks family’s impact, resources and influence.
This pivotal role will bring to life the National Parks’ shared strategy and priorities, engaging a wide and diverse range of stakeholders including:
- Communication Teams across the 15 National Parks
- Residents and local communities
- Visitors
- Businesses
- Farmers and Land Managers
- Corporate supporters and philanthropists
- Government and policy makers
- Media
As our new Director of Communications and Brand, you will bring the National Parks’ brand proposition to life - inspiring pride, connection and action through compelling storytelling and strategic leadership. You’ll champion the collective voice of the UK National Parks, delivering national communication priorities while thinking ambitiously about the broader picture and long-term opportunities.
We are seeking an accomplished leader - a brand and communications virtuoso who can balance strategic focus with creative energy, manage complex stakeholder relationships with confidence, and deliver meaningful impact. Experience within the not-for-profit sector would be an advantage, alongside the ability to achieve exceptional outcomes with finite resources.
As a specialist recruitment practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are here to support you throughout the process.
To apply, please submit your CV. Cover letters are not required at this stage. Should your experience align with the role, we’ll provide the full job description and arrange an introductory conversation.
Closing Date: 5pm, 17 Nov 2025*
About Us
At Standing Together, we believe no one should live in fear, yet domestic abuse affects millions of people, often hidden in plain sight.
We don’t provide frontline services. Instead, we work behind the scenes to change the systems that too often fail survivors; from housing and health to policing, social care and beyond.
As a second-tier organisation, we support and strengthen the work of others. We bring agencies together, build skills, offer expert consultancy and drive improvements in policy and practice - so that people facing abuse get better, more joined-up support wherever they live.
We’re best known for developing the Coordinated Community Response (CCR) a powerful model that gets services working together to prevent harm and keep people safe. It’s now recognised across the UK and shapes everything we do.
Our work is proudly feminist and anti-racist. We know abuse doesn’t exist in a vacuum it’s linked to inequality, discrimination and injustice. That’s why we’re building a team that reflects the communities we serve, with space for diverse voices and lived experience.
We’re remote-based but closely connected through shared values, mutual respect and a deep belief in the power of system change.
We stand with survivors. We stand for justice. We stand together for change. To read more about our amazing work visit our website.
The Opportunity
Be part of a national team improving how services respond to domestic abuse.
As our Senior Trainer, you will lead the delivery and continuous improvement of our training offer, so more professionals have the confidence and skills to respond well to domestic abuse.
You will design and deliver engaging training online and in person, coordinate rotas and resources, uphold quality, and use feedback to keep content relevant and impactful. You will also line manage two Training Coordinators, nurture key client relationships, and support proposals and bookings that grow our reach and repeat business.
About You
You are an established trainer with experience in the Violence Against Women and Girls sector. You can design and deliver dynamic, inclusive sessions for mixed audiences, both online and in person, with strong feedback and repeat bookings to show for it.
You bring solid understanding of housing and health including safeguarding and local pathways, and you are confident running day to day operations, scheduling and capacity planning.
You have experience line managing people and setting clear standards through observation, coaching and quality assurance. You are comfortable scoping client needs, shaping simple SLAs and turning data and feedback into clear KPIs and reports.
You are trauma informed, anti-racist, collaborative and calm under pressure, with strong communication and sound judgement. A relevant training qualification such as PTLLS or equivalent is desirable.
Whilst this is a remote based job, you will need to be located within London/Home Counties area and be able to travel when required.
Our Offer
Band: 4
Starting Salary: 4Mid, £34,772.00 FTE, £20,863.20 Pro Rata. This is the starting salary within a band of incremental points, with progression subject to satisfactory annual reviews and available funding.
Hours: 21 hours a week (Wed – Fri, 9 am–5 pm)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Remote working • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata) • Extra leave for birthdays and cultural occasions • Flexible working • End of year shutdown • Learning and development opportunities
How to Apply
Read: The Job DescriptionProduce: A CV (max 3 pages)
A short cover letter (max 1 page) telling us why you’re a good fit
Submit: Apply via the Hireful website
Note: You’ll need the right to work in the UK. The role also requires an enhanced DBS check (we’ll cover the cost if you don’t have a current one). You will need to be located within London/Home Counties area.
Key Dates
Deadline: 5pm, 17 Nov 2025*
Interviews: 20 Nov 2025 (online via MS Teams)
*Note: We review applications as they arrive and may close early if we find our shortlist, so do not delay.
Before you Apply
We often receive a high number of strong applications, and shortlisting can be difficult. One thing that really makes a difference is when candidates follow the application instructions carefully, it shows attention to detail and gives a great first impression.
We also understand it can be tempting to reuse content from other applications. But what we’re really looking for is something genuine; a clear and concise explanation of why you are the right person for this role.
So please take a few moments to read everything fully before you apply. It helps us see your strengths more clearly, and it gives you the best chance of standing out for Standing Together.
We’re genuinely looking forward to hearing from you.
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About us
Genetic Alliance UK is the national charity working to improve the lives of the 3.5 million people in the UK affected by genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions. We are an alliance of over 220 charities and support groups, uniting patient voices to campaign for timely diagnosis, better care, and improved access to treatments.
We host Rare Disease UK (the national campaign for implementation of the UK Rare Diseases Framework) and SWAN UK (the only dedicated support network for families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions) and we run the annual Rare Disease Day campaign.
About the role
This is a creative and purpose-driven role at the heart of our charity’s communications. As Senior Communications Officer, you’ll help us tell powerful stories, share our impact, and build connections with our members, supporters and partners.
You’ll lead on producing engaging digital content, managing our social media and newsletters, and keeping our website fresh and accessible. You’ll also support light-touch fundraising campaigns, helping us grow our income and supporter base.
This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys combining creativity with strategy, you’ll use your writing, design and digital skills to make our work visible and compelling, while ensuring the voices of those living with rare conditions remain at the centre of everything we do.
You’ll work closely with the Head of Membership and Communications and our new Director of Engagement and Impact, contributing ideas that strengthen how we engage all our audiences.
About you
We’re looking for someone who is:
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A strong communicator with at least two years’ experience in a communications role.
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Skilled in producing visual and written content for websites, social media and newsletters.
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Confident using digital tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe suite, Wordpress/Drupal).
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Organised, creative, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
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Motivated by making a difference for people affected by genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions.
Experience in the health, social care or charity sector would be an advantage, but curiosity and empathy matter just as much as direct experience.
What we offer
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Generous pension (5% employer, 3% employee)
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25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays
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Full office closure over Christmas and New Year
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Flexible, home-based working with supportive team culture
Location: Home-based (UK) – occasional travel required
Salary: £29,705 (pro rata £23,764 for 0.8 FTE)
Contract: Permanent, 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)
Closing date: 27 November 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Creative Lives is looking for a Chief Executive to lead its UK & Ireland wide programme and team in an exciting new chapter.
At Creative Lives we champion everyday creativity across the UK and Ireland, ensuring that voluntary groups thrive, inspire and are recognised as being essential to community wellbeing.
Our new Chief Executive will be a skilful and diplomatic convenor, collaborator and strategist, an exemplary organisational leader, and a powerful advocate for creativity as a driver of social connection and cohesion.
Building Creative Communities We champion, support, promote and nurture local creative groups in order to build more sustainable communities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Policy Specialist (Children and Young People)
Are you interested in improving the lives of children and young people with a learning disability? Can you turn complex ideas into evidence-based policy? Are you a skilled communicator able to influence decision-makers? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We are currently looking for a Policy Specialist to join Mencap. This position sits within the Policy and Public Affairs teams of Mencap’s Campaigns, Advocacy and Activism Directorate (CAA). You will work closely with our influencing, information and advice, campaigning, and research work, as well as sector partners like the Disabled Children's Partnership.
This is an exciting new role to deliver policy change and enhance the rights of children and young people with a learning disability. At a key time to influence Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) education reform, we are seeking a policy specialist to shape policy work that reflects the needs and experiences of children, young people, and their families. Working within the policy team, you will be responsible for developing evidence-based policy work and influencing decision-makers.
This is a full time position (37.5 hours per week). We are flexible with your work location, but there may be some occasional travel needed to our London office or Westminster.
You will:
- Translate complex work into clear and persuasive policy briefings, consultation responses and reports.
- Work within wider coalitions of charities, building collaborative relationships and ensuring that the needs and priorities of our community are addressed.
- Develop and expand Mencap’s ‘Policy Shapers’ work, ensuring our work reflects the experiences of children and young people with a learning disability and their families.
- Support our information and advice team, briefing them on important developments, inputting into casework discussions relevant to your areas of work, and supporting the creation of public information resources.
- Represent Mencap at meetings and events, with MPs, civil servants, and sector partners.
- Identify and analyse relevant research to develop evidence-based policy recommendations.
You will bring to this role:
- Experience of working on public policy issues.
- Strong communication skills: experience tailoring your messaging to a variety of different audiences and representing an organisation.
- Experience building positive relationships and working collaboratively to achieve outcomes; able to positively challenge, negotiate and compromise.
- The ability to work on your own initiative while contributing to team priorities and sustain enthusiasm under pressure.
- Experience analysing evidence to develop recommendations.
- Knowledge the issues facing children and young people with a learning disability and/or the SEND system, as well as the wider parliamentary system.
- Passion about making the world a better place for people with a learning disability.
If you're passionate about driving meaningful change for children and young people with a learning disability and you're ready to use your policy expertise to make a real impact, please apply now with an up-to-date CV. This role will close on Monday 27th October. Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing 3rd November.
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
- Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
- Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
- Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.
We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.
Empower individuals with learning disabilities and autism to reach their full potential and lead the lives they choose.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Our work is needed now more than ever before. This is why we have embarked on an exciting new strategy to make tackling low numeracy an urgent, national issue. However, we will only achieve significant and lasting change by engaging other organisations to support and fund our work.
The Corporate Volunteering Manager plays a central role in this by managing our successful and impactful Corporate Volunteering Programme. Each year through this programme, we train hundreds of volunteers from our corporate partners to visit primary schools and share examples of how maths has helped them as adults, both in their careers and personal lives.
This crucial work helps change us to the inter-generational narrative about numeracy in the UK. Maths is not just something you ‘have to do at school’, but is a valuable skill that helps us get on at work, and manage our time and our money. The programme has been running for three years now, and this year’s activity looks set to have meaningful impact on at least 17,000 children across the UK.
You will be responsible for ensuring that volunteers are adequately trained, for recruiting appropriate schools for them to visit, and all the admin and reporting that supports the programme.
We are looking for someone who can ‘own the programme’, is committed to improving our processes and the efficiency of delivery, with strong line management skills, and a commitment to the professional development for the Corporate Volunteering Programmes Assistant.
National Numeracy is based in Brighton, East Sussex, but we are offering significant remote/hybrid and flexible working with this role. If you are not office based, then the expectation is that you will be in Brighton at least occasionally when the work requires it. The role may include occasional travel to London and beyond.
A cover letter, detailing why you are interested in this role must be received for your application to be considered.
Please also note the planned interview dates listed within the Recruitment Pack.
Empowering people to thrive by using numeracy to open up opportunities and access brighter futures.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising Manager
Permanent
£32,000 per annum + £4,550 car allowance
Homebased with travel across Cheshire (excluding Chester) and East Manchester.
Full time, 35 hours per week
Interviews, asap
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Are you skilled in inspiring and engaging local communities and able to drive income? Charity People are thrilled to be recruiting a passionate Fundraising Manager to work for a leading heart charity's Community Fundraising Team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference by supporting lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.
You will be responsible for building and managing relationships with individuals, groups, and businesses in the Chesire and Manchester region, helping them to achieve their fundraising goals. Your work will directly contribute to the charity's mission of creating a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
Key responsibilities:
- Achieve income targets by developing and managing a network of community fundraisers
- Identify and secure new fundraising and corporate partnership opportunities
- Provide excellent support and stewardship to fundraisers and volunteers
- Promote campaigns and represent the charity at local events
- Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to maximise impact
- Grow income through corporate partnerships, high-value networks, and individual giving
- Champion campaigns and events to boost visibility and engagement
You will bring:
- Experienced in fundraising, sales or community engagement
- Skilled in building relationships and motivating others
- Confident in managing multiple priorities and meeting targets
- A strong communicator and networker
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
- In possession of a full UK driving licence and access to a car
- Use data and insight to inform decisions and drive results
- Think creatively and solve problems with energy and purpose
Benefits:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private healthcare and dental cover
- Generous pension scheme with up to 10 percent employer contribution
- Flexible working and family leave policies
- Support leave for life events
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
If you are enthusiastic about making a difference and want to be part of a team that is brave, informed, compassionate and driven, Charity People would love to hear from you, and we would love to hear form those from all sectors.
Due to the nature of this role the successful candidate will need to live within the patch, so cheshire excluding Chester and can be based anywhere in Manchester
How to apply
Please apply with your CV, please send asap to avoid disappointment, candidates will be sent on a rolling basis. A supporting statement will be required for this role and this will be following contact with Zelda here at Charity People.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
We are looking for a Sector Development Lead to drive growth and impact in the primary education sector at a pivotal moment for the Leadership Skills Foundation.
This newly created role comes at an exciting time: we’re expanding our programmes, deepening partnerships, and rolling out a refreshed brand.
You’ll play a key role in helping us reach more young people and maximise our impact.
As Sector Development Lead, you’ll lead income generation and customer growth in the primary sector. From designing integrated sales and marketing strategies to delivering outreach and events, you’ll champion our offer and act as a trusted sector voice - shaping offers that meet the needs of schools, empower learners, and delight our customers.
We’re seeking someone with experience in sales, sector development, or programme growth, with a proven ability to achieve ambitious targets. You’ll bring creativity and confidence in delivering outreach campaigns across both digital and in-person channels, underpinned by a strong understanding of the UK education system, particularly with insight into the primary sector.
Thriving on building relationships and influencing stakeholders, you’ll use data and insights to inform decisions and adapt approaches. Alongside these skills, you’ll be a collaborative team player and a compelling storyteller, able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery as well as passion for creating meaningful opportunities for young people.
If you’re an experienced development professional who thrives on spotting opportunities and delivering results, we’d love to hear from you.
Role purpose:
Drive the growth of the primary education sector, leading on centre acquisition, income generation, and customer experience.
Develop and deliver integrated sales and marketing strategies, including digital lead generation, network development, key segment outreach, and data-led campaign planning.
Act as the sector lead, using insight to shape positioning, monitor market maturity, and influence internal and external strategy for long-term impact.
Key responsibilities:
Planning
Shape and deliver the Primary Sector Development Plan.
Sales & growth delivery
- Drive income and centre growth targets across all relevant programmes.
- Develop tailored acquisition and conversion strategies by segment, including cold outreach, warm lead nurture, events, and campaigns.
- Track and report against sector income targets, centre growth metrics, lead conversions, and ROI using dashboards and data analysis.
Marketing and lead generation
- Design and test sector-wide digital campaigns in collaboration with marketing teams and, where relevant, external agencies.
- Manage audience segmentation, personalised journeys, email marketing, and paid social media campaigns targeting school leaders, MATs, and parents.
- Plan and deliver events related to the Primary sector and represent the organisation externally when required.
- Contribute towards content strategy across case studies, impact stories, webinars, and sector PR/editorial opportunities as required.
Customer Experience (CX) & retention
- Lead on sector-specific centre onboarding, retention strategies, and cross-sell pathways.
- Be responsible for mapping and reviewing the customer journey, reducing friction for customers, and removing internal barriers.
- Develop Customer Experience led comms plans to ensure consistent, high-quality touchpoints that support relationship building and long-term value.
Collaborate across teams and support innovation
- Contribute to team planning meetings, training sessions, and department-wide initiatives.
- Support the induction of new team members and contribute to a collaborative, learning-focused team culture.
- Be an engaged member of the Engagement and Marketing Directorate and carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Head of Business Development.
Skills, experience, and knowledge
Essential
- Proven experience leading sales, sector development, or programme growth.
- Experience in designing and delivering multi-channel marketing or outreach plans, ideally across digital and in-person formats.
- Demonstrable success in achieving income and acquisition targets within a complex stakeholder environment.
- An understanding of education systems in the UK, particularly the primary sector.
- Experience of working on your own initiative, taking a pro-active approach to your work.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of presentation skills to external stakeholders.
- Experience of data management and analysing insight to inform decision making.
- An ability to network, influence and build relationships with key stakeholders and customers.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to build strong working relationships across teams
- Ability to use Microsoft Office programmes comprehensively to support customer interaction and information presentation.
- An ability to prioritise your workload and focus on importance of tasks.
Desired
- Experience with campaign management tools and marketing platforms (e.g., HubSpot, Mailchimp, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager).
- Experience working directly with or selling into primary schools, MATs, or local authorities.
- Strong understanding of the UK primary education landscape, including MATs, independent schools, and local authority priorities.
- Understanding of education inspectorate frameworks, and how they impact school decision-making.
- An understanding of awarding body function and responsibilities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of Programmes
United Way UK
Home-based with frequent national and international travel and overnight stays around 2-3 times a month. The ideal candidate will be based close to good transport links and able to get to London easily, with access to a car and/or a full clean driving licence
Salary £42,000 - £45,000 based on experience
12-month contract with potential for extension
Full-time, with flexible working
Excellent benefits including annual leave of 25 days per year plus bank holidays, increasing by a day annually for each year of service up to 30 days and 6% employer pension contribution
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with the United Way UK, a charity which believes that all individuals should be empowered through opportunity and resources to reach their true potential, to recruit a Head of Programmes.
United Way is a global organisation that supports local communities around the world in more than 40 different countries. Communities all over the world face similar challenges, but each one requires a unique approach to solving them. United Way UK was established in 2014 and harnessing experience and learnings from United Way Worldwide, UWUK uses local knowledge and global expertise to implement the very best programmes for communities across the UK and is constantly evolving to meet the needs of the times.
Driven by the local community, UWUK works with charity partners, businesses and individuals to provide everything a community needs to thrive (education, financial stability and health), providing support in the form of funds, time and expertise. UWUK funding is privately sourced so that the charity is driving new revenue to the voluntary sector.
The Head of Programmes leads UWUK's talented delivery team and works closely with the CEO on relationship development and strategic planning. As part of a small team (UWUK is currently five staff members), the Head of Programmes will be a strong team player and problem solver, with initiative, reliability and high emotional intelligence.
Key responsibilities
* Programme design, delivery and growth: You ensure the successful delivery of programmes, monitor and report on impact, oversee the budget and ensure compliance with safeguarding, data protection and charity regulations. You will support the growth of programmes by creating, developing and writing proposals, and travel throughout the UK to support project delivery.
* Partnership development: You will scope, develop and secure partnerships across sectors, building and maintaining strong relationships with funders, partners, schools and charities across the UK and support the organisation of fundraising events, campaigns and other fundraising activities.
* Line management: You will line manage the programmes team (x 2 posts), supporting professional development, conducting performance reviews, and promoting strong team moral and wellbeing.
* Operations and strategy: You will support reporting to United Way UK Board of Trustees, United Way Worldwide and UK regulators, as well as work closely with the CEO on strategic planning and implementation.
What we're looking for
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:
* Experience in programme management, stakeholder engagement and partnership building, with strong relationship skills combined and a natural ability to cultivate positive relationships with internal stakeholders, charity partners, prospects, funders, corporates, volunteers and internal partners
* Strong project management skills with ability to manage diverse tasks and priorities with attention to detail and accuracy.
* Experience of monitoring and evaluation to collect feedback from stakeholders and continually improve and learn from programmes and report to funders.
* Solid communication skills, in both written and oral English, with the ability to present to stakeholders and write compelling project proposals.
* Experience working in the charity sector or within corporate social responsibility.
* Experience managing staff, including supporting professional development, conducting performance reviews, and promoting strong team moral and wellbeing.
* Experience in volunteering, either working with, or leading volunteer programmes, or being a volunteer.
* Experience either leading or supporting proposal writing for programme delivery.
* Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
* Full driving license.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following personal attributes:
* Self-motivated and results-driven
* Proactive and responsive
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Collaborative work style and positive team player.
* Commitment to the core mission, values and work of UWUK.
As UWUK is a small organisation, the ideal successful candidate may also have fundraising experience although this is not essential.
The UWUK team are passionate about their mission and delivering results and have a caring, trusting, collaborative and close-knit culture, based on shared values and respect. This role is home-based, but you will be able to travel regularly across the UK, at least 2-3 times a month and be willing and able to easily attend meetings in London on a regular basis. Travel is covered but you will need to be able to be based with easy access to a major transport hub.
How to apply
If you would like to apply, please upload your CV using the link below in the first instance. Jen D'Souza from Charity People will be in touch with the full details about the job and how to apply. The deadline is 9am Tuesday 11 November. The interviews will take place online w/c 24 November. The ideal candidate will be able to start in December and at the latest in mid-January. We will be hosting a webinar on Friday 7 November at 1pm for candidates interested in the role (this will be recorded and shared if you are unable to attend).
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
We are advertising for this role in three different regions - Scotland, South East, and London. Please specify which region you are applying for.
Working hours for each regional role:
Scotland: 3 days (22.5 hours)
South East: 4-5 days (30-37.5 hours)
London: 3-4 days (22.5-30 hours)
Flexibility can be discussed at the interview. The salary shown is for full time hours and would be pro rata for part time.
CAP celebrates the value of diversity and our aim is for our workforce to be as inclusive as possible as well as representing the communities we serve. With this in mind, we welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from candidates from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. We are committed to continue building an environment that embraces diversity and includes all.
Partnership Development Managers (PDM) are motivated and driven to broaden and deepen CAP's relationship with the church to fulfil CAPs Purpose, Vision & Mission.
Purpose Statement
To inspire and equip churches across the UK to help people out of debt andpoverty and invite them to become followers of Jesus.
Vision:
Transformed lives - We want to see people across the UK released from poverty, living with faith in Jesus and hope for the future.
Thriving churches - We want to see churches that have become the beating heart of their communities, actively serving them and bringing the hope of Jesus.
An end to UK poverty - We want to see a hope-filled society, free from poverty, with churches united to improve the lives of those facing debt and financial hardship.
Mission
No one should face debt and poverty alone: The steadfast presence of a local church, ready to walk alongside you during the toughest financial storms.
Our aim is that when a vulnerable person who needs our type of face to face help is experiencing financial crisis or vulnerability, there will be a church in their community that is ready to walk alongside them. That church will offer steadfast support as they restore their financial resilience and hope for the future whilst introducing them to the fullness of life that Jesus offers.
Partnership Development - Team Purpose
Our work is fundamental to the growth and success of CAP, encapsulated in our Mission statement: to have a partner church in every community ready to walk alongside the poorest and most vulnerable people. We are responsible for achieving this by establishing Church Partnerships.
Together with our Church partners, we deliver our life-changing services, firstly our core Debt Help service that is then supported by essential wrap-around resilience programs like Job Clubs, Life Skills, and Money Coaching. This work isn't just about helping people get out of debt and poverty; it's about seeing lives radically changed. We are driven by a passion to see people not only find financial freedom, thriving in life, but also become followers of Jesus and find a true sense of belonging in a local church.
Our team
We're looking for a compassionate, self-starting individual who is tenacious, goal-oriented, and target-driven with a make it happen mentality, because they know the impact growing this movement will have on thousands of people's lives.
This role is part of the Partnership Development Team within the Mission & Movement Directorate. Reporting to the Head of Movement Development, you will be responsible for initiating and engaging with senior church leaders and wider networks to partner with CAP, primarily through our life-changing Debt Centre service.
As a Partnership Development Manager, you'll be a key driver of our mission. We're looking for a self-motivated, results-oriented, problem solving individual who can build and nurture relationships across diverse church networks and denominations.
You will be responsible for generating new partnership opportunities, inspiring church leaders and wider networks to engage with CAP's vision and partner with us. You'll need to be an entrepreneurial self-starter with a proven ability to build a robust pipeline and deliver on growth targets, specifically around Debt Centre growth motivated by our desire to help more people out of debt and poverty and see them become followers of Jesus.
Partnership Development Manager Scope
- The team is split between full time and part time PDMs.
- Significant amount of travel with large regions to cover.
- This role has no direct reports.
- In line with our expenses policy, all expenses (e.g. mileage costs) are claimed retrospectively via our CAP Expenses system.
Role:
Accountabilities:
- Responsible for expanding CAP's partnership network across your region alongside the Regional Director and Head of Movement Development, strategically prioritizing and developing relationships with church leaders and networks to establish new partnerships and services. You'll achieve this by collaborating with other teams, proactively networking with Christian organizations and denominational leaders (where appropriate), and representing CAP at various events, all with the goal of growing our influence and opening new services in every community.
- Proactive management of contacts as they progress through the pipeline, working alongside churches to identify if a CAP service supports their church vision, and if appropriate, manage them through the church journey and experience to open a new CAP service.
- To open new Debt Centre Partnerships as laid out in regional Development plans in target areas of deprivation and communities across the region.
- To open resilience services (Job Clubs, Life skills & Money Coaching) with new and existing church partnerships.
- Alongside Regional Director to identify key areas from across the region to host and organize a targeted number of CAP Spotlight Events per term. These events are designed to gather church leaders around a table to have conversations around opening a multi Church Debt Centre.
- To proactively build, manage and progress a self generated caseload of churches within your region, through cold calling, face to face meetings and all other appropriate forms of communication. This will include frequent travel across the region to meet with appropriate churches/ leaders.
- Refer potential new Debt Coaches or Churches that might want to work with an existing or expanding Church Partnership to the relevant Area Partnership Managers who are responsible for existing centre growth and sustainability.
- To work with Regional Leaders and Area Partnership Managers to deepen local knowledge and connections in order to deliver new church partnership opportunities.
- To collaborate across departments where needed to support and engage with Church Events, Talks, Conferences, Festivals, Church Leaders Meetings and other relevant events within your region, working on exhibition stands (when necessary) to help generate enquiries.
- To work with local church teams to ensure appropriate candidates are identified and have a full understanding of the role and responsibilities involved, ensuring CAP¿s selection team receive the appropriate information in a timely manner.
- To advocate and make introductions where appropriate for Church talks, CCT and fundraising opportunities.
- Where appropriate, to represent Partnership Development in additional projects which improve the delivery and content of CAP's products and services.
Measurable Outputs:
- Consistently exemplifies a can do, above and beyond go-getter attitude to deliver results, keeping the main thing, the main thing.
- Achieve targets around the number of new Debt Centre openings in your region per term and year.
- Achieve targets around the number of new to CAP, Job Clubs, Life Skills and Money Coaching openings in your region per term and year.
- Achieve targets around the number of self generated warm leads (warm = actively engaging in conversation with a view to partnership).
- Achieve targets around Regional Spotlight events.
- Active pipeline management (closed, lost, won).
- Ensure that every new partner church completes and returns partnership agreements, additional policies and all candidate paperwork by the relevant deadlines for every new service prior to training (including Direct Debit Agreements).
- Active involvement to support the wider team around logistics, processes and a small amount of project management.
Culture:
- Clearly live out and embrace the cultural values of CAP.
- Clearly demonstrate a heart and passion for the charity.
- Sincere acceptance, understanding and practice of the Christian ethos and purpose of the Charity.
Other Responsibilities Include:
- Being willing to pray with staff and be fully engaged with our Christ Centred culture.
- To encourage friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer program, and other fundraising initiatives.
- Attendance at annual CAP staff conferences
- Ability to self generate opportunities through hard work, tenacity and relationship.
- Ability to build relationships and inspire others to take action, especially church leaders from across a range of denominations, your passion for the mission is infectious and is your key motivator.
- Ability to manage the whole sales process, confidently leading the conversation and directing the next steps for action at every step.
- Ability to talk confidently and with compassion about the subject of poverty inspiring Churches to respond to the need.
- High levels of emotional intelligence with an ability to progress relationships and conversations to reach desired outcomes.
- Strong telephone manager with an ability to connect over the phone.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
- Naturally decisive and proactive.
- Natural relationship builder.
- Able to work remotely, unsupervised, under pressure and juggling multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Resilient.
- Confident Public Speaker
- A confident communicator who promotes CAP's culture and values at all times.
- Ability to prioritise time, tasks and attention effectively in a pressured environment.
- High levels of organisation skills and drive to reach targets quickly and efficiently
The above job profile is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment and may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
Experience
- Absolute passion and experience to advance the Kingdom of God, either through, with or as part of your local church.
- Demonstrable example & experience of what it takes to grow a business / portfolio / partnership / and or client base.
- Demonstrable examples & experience of what it takes to drive success in a commercial context.
- Demonstrable experience of what it takes to be a self starter
- Experience of managing multiple stakeholders.
- Experience in driving and delivering results.
- Experience of building networks and relationships with external organisations.
- You know what it takes and what¿s required to work to deadlines and targets.
- Administrative experience.
- Good I.T. skills
- Comfortable praying for and with Church leaders
Christian Commitment:
The candidate must be able to give both verbal assent to and practical demonstration of Christians Against Poverty's Statement of Faith and Core Values
Must be able to actively participate in prayer and worship, whether individual, small group or corporately, as an expression of own personal faith and in line with CAP's Statement of Faith.
All adults working in, or on behalf of the CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes: A responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP Services can be delivered. Identify children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns and to follow the CAP Safeguarding Policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.
Educational requirements:
- A proven track record is what matters to make this role a success.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The post holder will be required to coordinate and attend events across the UK, including our annual national conference in London and other planned regional events throughout the year. Travel and occasional overnight stays may be needed.
Role Purpose
The Events Coordinator is responsible for planning, organising, and delivering a varied programme of impactful events for service users, volunteers, and the wider cardiomyopathy community. These include, but are not limited to, supporting logistics, planning and execution of information days, medical education events, webinars, volunteer development days, and the charity’s annual national conference.
The role covers the full lifecycle of event management, from concept and planning through to delivery and evaluation. This includes oversight of event budgets, supplier and stakeholder management, and ensuring all events are delivered to a high standard, on time, and within budget. Events will be delivered both in person and online, so confidence in managing virtual and in-person events is essential.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across the charity, the Events Coordinator ensures that every event is accessible, engaging, on budget and aligned with Cardiomyopathy UK’s mission to improve the lives of people affected by cardiomyopathy.
Key Responsibilities
Event Planning & Delivery
- Work with internal teams and external stakeholders to define event objectives, content, themes, budgets, and logistical requirements.
- Plan and deliver a varied programme of events including information days, medical education sessions, webinars, volunteer development days, and the annual national conference.
- Research, negotiate, and book venues, suppliers, exhibitors, speakers, and contractors.
- Develop and manage event timelines, schedules, budgets, contracts, and all related administration.
- Oversee event budgets, ensuring costs are monitored, value for money is achieved, and accurate reporting is provided.
- Coordinate and supervise event staff, volunteers, and suppliers to ensure smooth and professional event delivery.
- Lead on event promotion and marketing, working with communications colleagues to maximise reach and attendance.
- Deliver online and in-person events, ensuring a high-quality experience for all participants.
- Ensure all events are delivered safely, inclusively, and in compliance with health and safety, accessibility, safeguarding, and organisational policies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues during events to minimise disruption.
- Collect, analyse, and report on event feedback, providing recommendations for future improvements.
Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, external partners, speakers, suppliers, and volunteers.
- Act as a key point of contact for event-related queries before, during, and after events.
- Work collaboratively with teams across the charity to enhance events and develop new formats to meet emerging needs.
General Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate records and documentation for all events.
- Provide administrative and project support as required.
- Contribute to a positive and collaborative team culture within Cardiomyopathy UK.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience coordinating and delivering events, including online and in-person formats.
- Proven budget management skills and experience negotiating with suppliers.
- Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Confident using event software, online meeting platforms (Zoom, Teams, etc.), Eventbrite, Mailchimp and Microsoft Office applications.
- A creative approach to problem solving and event promotion.
- Willingness to work flexibly, including travel to events, occasional evenings or weekends when events require.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the charity sector or healthcare environment.
- Experience of evaluating event impact and outcomes.
- Knowledge of accessibility and inclusion best practice in event delivery.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter (no more than two pages of A4)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Editor in Chief
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: c£110,000
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Flexible, with a preference for the UK, Germany, or Denmark.
Our client is a globally recognised leader in evidence-based healthcare. For over 30 years, the organisation has been committed to producing trusted health evidence that informs decisions, improves outcomes, and supports better health for all.
The organisation is now seeking an outstanding Editor in Chief to provide scientific, editorial, and publishing leadership across its global evidence production and publishing activities. This is a pivotal appointment that will shape the future scientific direction and ensure that the organisation’s evidence remains rigorous, relevant, and trusted worldwide.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Editor in Chief will lead the implementation of the organisation’s 2025–2030 Scientific Strategy, guiding its evidence synthesis and publishing portfolio, and ensuring the highest standards of methodological integrity and policy relevance.
The Editor in Chief will be responsible for setting the scientific and editorial vision, strengthening the organisation’s position as the global benchmark for trustworthy evidence. The postholder will work in close partnership with the CEO and Governing Board to uphold editorial independence and scientific credibility, while advancing innovation through living evidence, AI integration, and equity-centred approaches.
The Editor in Chief will also serve as one of the organisation’s key scientific ambassadors, engaging with funders, policymakers, and international partners such as the World Health Organization, the Wellcome Trust, and other leaders in the global evidence ecosystem.
To be successful in this role, the organisation is looking for:
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An internationally recognised expert in evidence synthesis or related fields, with a deep understanding of methodological standards and research integrity.
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A proven leader with experience managing complex scientific or editorial programmes, ideally with international reach.
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A strong track record of innovation in evidence production, including digital, AI-enabled, or living evidence approaches.
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Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels across scientific, policy, and health communities.
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A personal commitment to the organisation’s values of rigour, transparency, and collaboration, and to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in global health research.
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The motivation and courage to lead change within a dynamic and evolving external landscape, taking thoughtful, evidence-informed risks to drive progress.
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The ability to inspire, engage, and unite both the internal team and the wider community around a shared purpose, demonstrating emotional intelligence, adaptability, and composure when navigating complexity and challenge.
Above all, the successful candidate will bring vision, integrity, and passion for the transformative role of high-quality evidence in improving health outcomes worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to lead the scientific strategy of a world-leading organisation at a time of significant innovation and opportunity.
If you share this commitment to evidence-based practice, global collaboration, and equity in health, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please see the appointment brief for a more detailed outline of the role, along with additional information about the organisation and its community.
How to Apply:
Please apply by submitting an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement addressing the role requirements via the Prospectus website.
The organisation is a Disability Confident employer. If you have a disability and would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please let us know in your covering letter. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, we encourage you to tell us.