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Trees for Cities is the only national charity dedicated to improve lives by planting, protecting and promoting urban trees. We do this by working closely with communities, landowners, partners and funders to deliver transformational change in towns and cities across the UK and overseas. We plant trees in schools, streets, estates, parks and open spaces to create nature-rich urban woodland, hedgerows, orchards, avenues and playgrounds.

Benefitting people and the environment lies at the heart of what we do and this role comes at an exciting time for our organisation. As we enter a critical decade for environmental action, we’re looking for a strategic, ambitious, and collaborative Head of Corporate Fundraising to lead our corporate partnerships programme and secure the vital income needed to power our mission.

This is a unique opportunity to join a passionate, high-performing team at a pivotal moment. With our current strategy, The Turn of Trees (2022–25), coming to a close, and a bold new plan launching later this year, we’re scaling our efforts to drive a movement for tree equity—a future where everyone can enjoy the benefits of trees, no matter where they live. We already work with a range of leading businesses and foundations including BUPA Foundation, CBRE, and Bauer Media, and are seeking a leader who can deepen these partnerships while unlocking ambitious new opportunities.

As Head of Corporate Fundraising, you’ll help shape a bold and proactive fundraising approach, and personally drive high-value partnerships of £100,000+. You’ll combine strategic vision with hands-on leadership—crafting compelling propositions, nurturing long-term collaborations, and ensuring excellence in delivery. You’ll play a critical role in shaping our next phase of income growth, aligned closely with the wider organisational strategy and impact goals.

Trees for Cities is a fantastic place to work. We have a warm, inclusive and vibrant culture, where you will work collaboratively to witness the impact of your work to make a tangible difference in urban communities. If you’re an experienced and passionate corporate fundraiser ready to help build greener, healthier, more resilient cities—this is your moment.

Apply now and join us in growing a future where every street, every school, and every city is alive with trees and the benefit they bring.

For full details on the role and organisation, please download the Appointment Brief, where you will also find contact details of who to speak to should you have questions about the role and recruitment process and details on how to apply.

Closing Date: 29 June 2025

People Beyond Profit conversations: 2-7 July 2025

Panel Interview Dates: 8 & 15 July 2025

Job Description

This role is central to positioning CSC as the leading small-to-medium-sized science centre and STEM engagement organisation in the UK. Working with the CEO and Directors, you will help identify opportunities, shape the CSC marketing strategy and convert that into an objective-centric plan of action. You will be responsible for all CSC marketing campaigns and activity, owning the brand and its development across all key audiences, including the public, community groups, teachers and school leadership, corporate CSR teams, and educational grant providers. You will own CSC’s marketing partnerships and publicity channels, including the website, social media, YouTube and press contacts. To develop a steady stream of interesting content for these channels and to celebrate key successes of the organisation, you will animate the entire CSC team to capture and share impactful stories through newsletters, media appearances, social media, conferences, and direct engagements. Additionally, you will ensure the organisation is supported with up-to-date collateral across all major functions and initiatives, while fostering a customer-focused approach through media and marketing skills training across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

● Develop and manage all CSC marketing and advertising, including prioritising of activities to best achieve annual targets within marketing budget

● Own all aspects of the CSC brand and its development

● Support the CEO in the development and revision of a multi-year marketing strategy, identifying top-priority objectives for focused campaigns which you will then own

● Maintain a cross-organisation annual marketing plan and quarterly update schedule with key staff members to help identify ongoing opportunities to promote CSC activities, products, community engagements and programmes

● Working with the broader CSC team, create and manage a marketing content development plan, including case-studies, blogs and social-media threads, to best seize publicity opportunities and achieve annual marketing objectives

● Establish annual marketing targets, and own and track marketing metrics across all key audiences—including the public, schools, community groups, corporate partners, and the informal education sector—including quarterly reports on progress

● Identify and manage marketing risk for the organisation, including considered fast-response on public platforms as appropriate

● Develop and manage all CSC marketing relationships with partners and press

● Own all press and publicity channels, driving up quality engagement with CSC through the CSC website, social media, YouTube, etc.

● Create and manage a CSC collateral database, ensuring responsiveness to business development priorities.

● Empower and upskill CSC staff to actively support marketing campaigns and storytelling efforts.

● Ensure that community and partner engagements are effectively supported with marketing and awareness-raising initiatives.

About Us

At St Andrew’s Hospice we provide compassionate, specialist palliative care to those with life-limiting illnesses, ensuring dignity, comfort, and support for our patients and their families. Every year, our hospice touches hundreds of lives, and every donation we receive helps us to deliver this critical care. Now, more than ever, we need a strategic leader to grow and diversify our income streams, making our work possible for years to come. If you're ready to bring your energy, creativity, and expertise to a role with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As the Corporate & Events Fundraising Manager, you will maximise income generation from events, businesses, corporate supporters, and major donors, in alignment with the Fundraising Strategy and annual income targets. This role will lead the Corporate and Events team, overseeing major gifts, stewardship, and donor development while maintaining the highest professional standards and regulatory compliance.

You will:

· Be the face of St Andrew’s Hospice within the corporate community and be responsible for establishing, growing and managing fundraising partnerships with new and existing corporate supporters.

· Be responsible for working as part of the Senior Fundraising Leadership team to meet the organisation’s income targets.

· Work with the Corporate and Events Team to organise and develop all allocated fundraising events and third party business fundraising activity, and manage these within agreed levels of expenditure.

· Have line management responsibility for the Corporate and Events Team and volunteers.

· Develop and nurture relationships with event sponsors, participants, businesses and corporate partners, to encourage support for St Andrew’s Hospice.

· Represent the Hospice at fundraising events, deliver impactful presentations, and ensure donor stewardship is handled with care, adhering to best practices and Fundraising Regulation guidelines.

· Support the work of the wider Fundraising department with other fundraising duties or initiatives as required.

What We’re Looking For:

· Proven experience of delivering 6 figures or more of income related targets.

· Experience of delivering financially successful and well-planned events to maximise income for St Andrew’s Hospice.

· Experience and knowledge of working with the business community to secure support and develop their supporter journey.

· Proven experience of working within local communities to generate income and support. Experience of working with corporate partners & organisations to deliver pitches and secure Fundraising support.

· Experience of managing a team and ensuring the highest level of performance is achieved.

· Experience of Health and Safety in relation to full event planning and supervising team liaison with external license providers and related providers.

Why Join Us?

• Be Part of a Purpose-Driven Team: Every day, your work will help provide essential care to those in need.
• Make a Tangible Impact: Your efforts will be key to ensuring St Andrew’s Hospice can continue its mission.
• Career Development: We are committed to supporting your growth with ongoing training and development opportunities.

Further Information: More detailed information on the role is available in our Job Pack. If you would like further information or to have a discussion/visit prior to applying please contact our HR team who will arrange this with our Head of Income Generation.

• Job Title: Secretary
• Civil service pay grade equivalent: 6/7
• Employer: Public Chairs’ Forum
• Salary: £65,000 per year
• Post: Secondment (up to 24 months)
• Location: London / Hybrid
• Work pattern: Full time or part time (min. 3 days)
• Closing Date: 19 June 2025

This is a hugely exciting time for the Public Chairs’ Forum (PCF) and Association of Chief Executives (ACE) as we seek to assign someone to take up this national role and lead the Secretariat for the next two years.

The Secretary leads the Secretariat in driving membership and diversifying income sources for our two unique networks of public body leaders and ensuring members receive an outstanding membership experience. The Secretary will help us to celebrate our member’s achievements as part of our 20th anniversary in 2026/27.

If you are interested in building your skills and networks, and are motivated to influence change across public bodies, the role of Secretary could provide the perfect leadership development opportunity for you.

Supported by our ambitious and highly-respected boards, we’re growing our membership networks and partnership opportunities as we expand our offering and reach with our new annual programmes bringing insight, support and inspiration for executives and non-executives of UK public bodies.

You will work with some of the most prominent figures in UK public and civil service. You will bring experience of developing and shaping engagement with leadership, with the energy to continue to nurture and grow this organisation, bringing its diverse membership with you.

It’s likely that you’ll be familiar with public bodies, but that’s not what’s really important. If you’re experienced at shaping events and developing leadership programmes, perhaps you’re also creative, tenacious and entrepreneurial, then we’d love to hear from you.

If you’d like to apply for this post, please send your CV and a covering letter, describing in under 500 words how you meet each of the criteria listed in the job and person specification.

If you’re shortlisted, we will contact you via email to arrange a time for an interview. We expect to hold interviews Monday 30 June 2025.

This is a key leadership role in a values-driven charity that puts young people at the heart of everything we do.

As Youth Work Manager, you’ll lead our youth work delivery team, which currently consists of three youth workers and many more volunteers, and take responsibility for the design and day-to-day running of our youth work offer in Didcot and Wallingford.

You’ll support the team to deliver high-quality, responsive youth work across open access, detached and mentoring provision. You’ll also develop opportunities for youth voice and participation, ensuring young people play an active role in shaping our work.

This is a hands-on role, well suited to someone who wants to stay closely involved in frontline youth work while also growing as a manager. The best youth work managers are those who lead by example — delivering sessions, building relationships with young people, and supporting the team through the day-to-day. This role gives you the chance to do both: to shape and manage a strong delivery programme, and to keep doing the kind of youth work that first brought you into the sector.

We’re looking for someone who is committed to reaching young people who may not access other services, especially those who feel overlooked, unheard or unsure where they belong. You’ll be comfortable spending time in the community, meeting young people on their terms, and building relationships. You’ll lead a team that works across a range of settings, including parks, schools, and youth clubs, and help create welcoming, inclusive spaces where young people feel seen and supported.

You’ll report directly to our CEO, contribute to organisational planning, act as our DSL, and help ensure young people remain at the centre of all we do.

Salary: £34,000 - £37000 depending on experience 
We welcome applicants who may not feel they meet all the person specification, and we are advertising a salary range to accommodate such applications. This salary range is based on a 37.5-hour week, pro rata for part-time hours. 

Contract: Permanent. 30-37.5 hours per week
Much of our delivery happens outside school hours, and some sessions run later into the evening. We’d expect the Youth Work Manager to work at least one late evening and one earlier evening. Beyond that, we’re happy to be flexible. We’re open to job shares, condensed hours, or other creative arrangements if it helps the right person take on the role.

Key responsibilities: 

• Deliver youth work sessions as part of the delivery team, modelling high standards of inclusive, empowering and trauma-informed practice
• Line manage TRAIN’s youth workers in line with organisational HR policies and procedures, including supervision, performance management, and professional development
• Oversee the full portfolio of youth work provision (including open access, detached, group and one-to-one support), ensuring it responds to the needs and aspirations of local young people
• Promote a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion within the team and across all aspects of youth provision
• Create and strengthen opportunities for meaningful youth voice and participation in service design and decision-making
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead for the organisation, ensuring compliance with safeguarding legislation, policies and best practice
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders, including schools, voluntary sector organisations and statutory services
• Lead on the recruitment, induction and supervision of youth work volunteers
• Monitor, evaluate and report on programme outcomes and performance indicators in line with funder and organisational requirements
• Contribute to the development and delivery of TRAIN’s organisational strategy, as part of the senior team
• Support fundraising, communications and stakeholder engagement, including input into bids, reports and promotional activities
• Ensure delivery is compliant with relevant legal, regulatory and safeguarding standards, and with TRAIN’s policies and procedures

Benefits: 

• Annual leave: 25 days, plus bank holidays
• Pension: 3% employer contribution
• Flexible working: Flexible hours and some home working
• TOIL: For additional evening and weekend work
• Professional Development: Tailored programme to suit your ambitions. Current staff are supported on various degree-level qualifications, specialist training and informal learning routes.
• Wellbeing: Full membership of an employee assistance programme with mental health and wellbeing support
• Culture: Supportive, collaborative team with regular team meetings and shared learning

Please download and read the full recruitment pack for more details. 

Do you have a passion for supporting carers and making a real difference? Are you looking for a rewarding new role in a small, local charity?

Join the Carers’ Hub team and make a lasting difference to the lives of unpaid carers in Lambeth. This is an opportunity to manage a talented and dedicated team as we enter the next phase of our development.

The Adult Carers Team Leader reports directly to the Operations Manager and is responsible for leading and managing the Adult Carers team. 

You will provide leadership and stability to the Adult Carers staff team, by line managing, coaching and supporting employees to create a happy, productive work environment. You will work within the Adult Carers team to deliver an engaging, accessible range of peer support groups, social activities and one to one support, working to targets and budget, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to funders.

This role requires you to work collaboratively with carers and professionals to meet carers’ needs and shape the service, building and maintaining strong partnerships to do so. You will support our wider organisational objectives and help out with events, communications and other ad hoc work.

About us

Carers’ Hub plays a vital role in Lambeth, supporting the many unpaid carers across the borough with 1-1 and peer support, signposting, monthly forums, training, workshops and social activities. We are a charity with ambition, a big heart, and an outsized impact.

As the Adult Carers Team Leader you must be:

• Available to work between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday (with regular evening and occasional weekend work)

• Skilled at using IT, including Google Suite and Zoom.

• Experienced working with vulnerable adults and those with complex needs.

• Willing to travel within Lambeth

• Willing to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check
   

What can we offer you?

• Professional development, induction, ongoing training and support

• Hybrid working

• Permanent contract

• Holiday pay and pension

• Travel reimbursed

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 17th June

Interviews: Monday 23rd June

This role will be leading and developing the Volunteering and Employability functions for FSSW, alongside providing operational safeguarding support to the Safeguarding Team. The core volunteer program supports the running of the organisation as a whole every day and is embedded across all departments in Bristol and Plymouth. The Employability team runs a NEET Employability programme in our South Bristol warehouse 3 days a week, with administrative duties full time. This part of FSSW is expanding and your role will oversee the pilot and launch of another Employability programme in Plymouth.

In this role you will:

1.Be the senior management overseeing and supporting the running of our employability and volunteering functions across Bristol and Plymouth.

2. Support the organisation as the Operational Safeguarding Lead, working alongside the Strategic lead to oversee incidents and support the training and development of staff.

3. Lead on project development across both volunteering and employability as we grow our offer and launch a number of major organisational developments. This will include but is not limited to; policy, strategy, role and process development.

4. Build and work with our volunteer, employability and warehouse teams to ensure that they have the skills, knowledge, support and training opportunities needed to manage the volunteer workforce and deliver the employability programs across the charity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Line Management:

· Line management of Volunteer Manager based at Bedminster and St Jude’s in Bristol and the Volunteer team at Sisna Park in Plymouth

· Line management of two Employability Programme Leads based at both Bedminster and Inner-city Bristol office and future Plymouth based Employability staff

· Recruit and contract for any staffing gaps in the Volunteer and Employability Teams based on skills and expertise required

Volunteer Recruitment, Retention & Development:

· Oversee the volunteer managers who run the day-to-day of the volunteer programme

· Oversee the Volunteer teams to create a recruitment and retention plan to build a reliable voluntary workforce

· Support in any required monitoring and evaluation of the volunteering function

· Work with the Fundraising, Volunteer and Partnerships teams to develop corporate volunteering across Bristol and Plymouth, which generates a flow of committed corporate volunteers and income

· Support the development of the enrichment and pastoral aspect of the volunteer journey provided by the volunteer teams

· Develop community and broad stakeholder partnerships to support the volunteer functions across Bristol and Plymouth

· Oversee development of and then lead on reviews for relevant volunteer policies, processes and any necessary training

· Work with the wider leadership team on the volunteering function as we grow our offer alongside the major organisational developments

Employability Programme Management & Development:

· Overseeing the day-to-day management of the Employability Programme

· Working with the relevant Bristol teams on a review and consolidation of Employability and future development opportunities.

· Support in the development of future partnerships and opportunities to expand the work and impact of Employability

· Working with the Plymouth team on the development and launch of an Employability program

· Working with the fundraising team on aspects of funding bids, monitoring and future development.

· Working with the wider leadership team on program expansion alongside the organisational major developments

Safeguarding:

· Take the lead on organisational safeguarding:

o Overseeing incidents and supporting staff to complete actions

o Ensuring incident reports completed

o Completing monitoring and reporting as required

· Facilitate internal safeguarding training

· Report into the strategic safeguarding lead on any high-level incidents

· Attend the Safeguarding Sub Committee meeting

Communications and Reporting:

· Work with the Head of Communications and CEO to design an ongoing internal communications plan to ensure staff and volunteers are up to date with plans, development and activities

· In collaboration with the Communications Team, ensure there is continuous engagement with external audiences

· With the Communications Team build a schedule of promotional activity

· Work with other Fareshare network partners  share and learn best practice across the network

· Support the fundraising team to develop future funding proposals and reports

· Collate reports from each team to submit to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and/or Board of Trustees covering all Volunteer and Employability activities, plans and developments

Systems, Policies & Processes:

· Working with the Volunteer Managers, CEO and Wider Senior Leadership Team (WSLT) to develop/update the Volunteer and Farechance Handbooks and other key documentation

· Lead the review and development of policies, processes and procedures specific to Volunteering and Employability

· Support consistent practices and procedures across the south west as well as sharing best practice

· Lead on the FSSW relationship with FareShare UK (FSUK) regarding volunteering, employability, and safeguarding, including policies, best practice, innovations, and systems

· Support the development of the FSSW Corporate Volunteering Policy

· Support the implementation of new systems for the recruitment, rota and monitoring of both programmes

· Identify, monitor, and action specific needs and risks of two programmes, regularly updating the risk register; sign-off risk assessments to ensure safety in the workplace

· Lead on and support the development of a MEL (monitoring, evaluating and learning) framework of primary data collected from IT systems to measure, analyse and report on impact

Person Specification

It is not expected that a successful candidate will necessarily have all the following criteria. FareShare South West is committed to helping individuals develop professionally and personally, and your application is encouraged.

Essential

· High level of organisational and time management skills allowing for managing multiple priorities

· Demonstrable experience of leading a team

· Knowledge and experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults

· Knowledge and experience of working with young people

· Knowledge and experience of volunteer programmes

· Experience of recruitment, either volunteers and/or employees

· Experience or knowledge of developing outreach programmes to increase our diversity, social impact, and community engagement

· Ability to produce high-quality written reports

· Ability to monitor and evaluate project development

· Ability to oversee departmental budgets 

· Ability to travel between Bristol and Plymouth

· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills

· Ability to build effective relationships at all levels, externally and internally

· Good IT skills

Desirable

· Experience of writing strategies and accompanying workplans around programme development working with a variety of demographics

· Experience of working in a management or mid-senior management role

· Experience of process development around on-boarding

· High level budgeting and financial monitoring skills

Governance Manager 

Salary £40,000 rising to £42,500 after successful completion of probation period, subject to undertaking full scope of the role 

Location Remote 

Full Time, Permanent   
Hours: 37.5 hours/ week  

Closing Date – 8th June 2025 
1st Interview – Between 16 & 20th June 2025 (location TBC) 

Purpose 

The key role is pivotal in maintaining and continuously improving the quality of governance in a national Adult Social Care Charity which fundraises and is registered under the Charity Commission Code of Governance and practises’ the ethical principles under the NCVO. 

The role provides the assurance for the board that they are operating in line with best practice and regulation and that the Charity is operating within its policies, procedures and ethical standards. 

The postholder will consider regulators, funders, supporters, beneficiaries, their family members and the membership of the Charity and be responsible in ensuring that effective governance underpins the operations and supports the charity in achieving its objectives. 

The role supports the Chair of the Board, Chief Executive, and wider Director and Trustee group in providing top quality governance and support that follows ethical and best practise. 

The role is responsible for managing all aspects of corporate governance effectiveness and compliance within the Trust, ensuring governance continues to adhere to good practice and meets all its statutory and regulatory requirements. 

The role will lead on setting clear standards on policy formation and maintain and continuously improve the policy standards and approval and reporting processes. 

The role will ensure oversight and support (through community administration) of the recognised Family Engagement and Reference Groups and Membership Body linking issues and concerns through the appropriate channels. 

Main responsibilities 

Ethical and Strong Governance 

• Take a lead on the development, review and/or maintenance of Terms of Reference, Schemes of Delegation and Memorandum & Articles of Association, liaising with Board and Committee Chairs, Executive and external advisors on key risks and amendments as needed. 

• Board and Committee Governance Support 

• Act as the central communication point between Trustees and the Charity, corresponding with Trustees on key issues between Board meetings. 

• Member and Family Member Engagement 

• Support a step change in the oversight and administration of recognised Family Member engagement structures; primarily at Delrow/St Albans, Gloucester and Botton Communities Family Reference/Engagement Groups, supporting agenda development, minute taking and follow up plans/actions via Community Administration. Report issues and concerns through the appropriate channels. 

• Policy Framework and Development of Policy 

• Oversee the Trust Policy Framework; ensuring that Policy is mapped, shaped and monitored and that clear governance routes exist for update, review and approval through the senior leadership team, Executive, Committee’s and Board. 

• CEO and Director Support 

• Provide proportionate, high quality executive support to the CEO and Directors Group as required by the individual members. 

Being a Manager 

• Provide good quality, inclusive line management support to the Executive Officer ensuring that regular 1:1 and annual appraisal is provided, and personal development planning is in place as needed. 

What you’ll bring to the role:   

• Significant proven experience and/or qualification in governance within a similar sector (Public/Charity/Third Sector) 

• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of governance, processes and requirements through prior experience in a similar role in the public/voluntary or charity sector. 

• Strong interpersonal, diplomatic communication skills, verbal and written (report writing) and excellent organisational skills. 

• Experience in supporting and engaging with senior stakeholders and an ability to show initiative and lead in aspects of work. 

• Demonstrate a pro-active and adaptable approach and the ability to think innovatively to solve problems in a complex environment. 

• Highly skilled in minute taking at a senior level. 

• Flexibility to understand and implement change.

• Strong IT skills are essential, including the construction of presentations 

Location & Travel 
 

Hybrid Working: primarily home based with regular national travel. 

Operations Manager (Part-time)
Swindon Food Collective
Swindon, with flexible working

£Competitive local salary

Addressing Food Poverty

Swindon Food Collective is an independent charity that aims to help people in Swindon, or the surrounding area, who are suffering from financial hardship and finding it difficult to provide food for themselves, their family or dependents.

They receive donations of non-perishable, tinned or dried food and toiletries from churches, schools, local companies, community groups, supermarkets and individuals and currently feed nearly 10,000 people per year. One third of these are children.

They work with many approved organisations, schools, doctors and social workers who can refer people in crisis to us. As well as providing food to address food poverty, they also provide a friendly chat and try to signpost people for further help. Indeed, it is this ‘signposting’ or working with people to enable them to enhance their lives where they see their services evolving. Swindon Food Collective are also reviewing how they can best utilise short-life foods. They operate from a central warehouse and have 11 distribution centres around Swindon and surrounding areas where food can be collected.

The charity is financially sound and has the resources to develop their service offering. They have recently hired a Finance Manager, created a new post as Business Strategy Manager and are also out to market to appoint a Chief Executive Officer. Perhaps you know of a friend or colleague who may be interested in a Chief Executive Officer opportunity.
 

The role

Due to an internal move, Swindon Food Collective are seeking to appoint a new Operations Manager who will ensure they are meeting the demand for their services, providing help and support to people in crisis in the local community and positively supporting all staff and volunteers in their different roles.

This role oversees logistics, streamlining of processes, and optimises resource allocation to meet the needs of the community while minimising waste and is the linchpin that keeps the food bank service running smoothly and effectively.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Oversee and coordinate all aspects of the charity’s logistics, including stock management and movement, handling incoming donations, purchasing, storage and distribution of food and other resources.
- Day-to-day management of all operational employees and volunteers, ensuring efficient operations and high-quality service delivery.
- Lead and inspire staff and volunteers and evaluate operations and ways of working to identify areas of improvement and efficiency.
- Provide line management to the operational teams, including monitoring standards, performance, the prioritisation of workloads, and conducting meetings with staff and volunteers, as necessary.
- Manage health and safety within all premises and for all company equipment, including company vehicles, as well as adherence to all policies and procedures, ensuring these policies are up-to-date and reviewed regularly, working in partnership with leased premises landlords and Distribution Centre Managers
- Develop standards and maintain the quality of the services the charity provides.
- Regularly monitor and evaluate the service to ensure quality and technical standards are met.
- Establish new services within the business plan.

You

Your background is not important. What is important is your ambition to address food poverty in the Swindon region and support the population.

You will be an experienced Assistant or General Manager / Deputy COO or COO with experience in day-to-day operational management, staff management, ideally in an environment where H&S is important.

As well as having a passion for the mission of Swindon Food Collective and making a positive impact through community-based projects, you will be/have:

• experience in day-to-day management in one or more of supply chain logistics, distribution, retail, charity/not-for-profit or community service provider of a diverse operational workforce, ideally, both paid employees and volunteers, with strong leadership and team-building skills.
• exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of motivating and inspiring both internal teams and external stakeholders.
• have experience of staff management and supervision.
• a problem solver; managing crises, complaints or issues affecting the service.

To apply

The application is by CV and covering letter. Your letter, which should be no more than 2 pages in length, should explain both why you are interested in the post of Operations Manager and why you think you would be an excellent candidate for Swindon Food Collective. Please apply by uploading your application via the apply button.

 All direct applications will be forwarded to Hays Executive.

Campaign dates:
 
Closing date:  8th June 2025
Preliminary interviews:  Mid-June 2025
Formal interviews:  Mid-July 2025

The above dates are subject to change.

The Head of Operations will be part of the senior leadership team and support the CEO in the leadership, management and day-to-day operations of Sound Minds. They will deputise as required and make a significant contribution to strategic planning for the organisation, with a strong focus on operational activity. They will lead on all operational, health and safety, premises, IT, systems, human resources, governance, reporting and fundraising activity, whilst maintaining key relationships with external stakeholders.

Sound Minds is a creative place and the Head of Operations will need a passion for administration and organisation.

Do you share our dream of a UK where poverty is a thing of the past? 

Founded in 2019, the Poverty Truth Network believes that this can only happen when those most impacted by poverty are at the heart of the movement to end it. Our specific contribution brings together people experiencing poverty with those with responsibilities for alleviating it. “Nothing About Us Without Us Is For Us.” 

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, we are recruiting for an Operations Manager who will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Poverty Truth Network, including the oversight of systems, staff performance and finances. 

You will be a highly motivated person with a clear leadership record; dedicated to social justice; with a proven track record of operational delivery, including financial, administrative and governance management.

Key tasks of the role:

• To form part of the Core Leadership Team, providing overall strategic leadership across the Network 
• To lead on the financial management of the Poverty Truth Network, including the delivery of Management Accounts and the production of an annual budget
• To manage the Operations Team, setting clear goals and objectives linked to the Strategic Plan
• To lead on and establish the appropriate processes to ensure high levels of staff performance and development, including appraisals and performance management 
• To develop, and where necessary implement, administrative systems which ensure effective, efficient and safe practice across the Network
• To ensure that the Network operates in line with its charitable purposes, overseeing changes to its constitution as and when necessary
• To regularly update the Charity’s policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the relevant regulations / legislation, providing advice to the Director and trustees as appropriate 
• To oversee the production and sharing of papers for trustees in an organised and timeous manner
• To oversee the effective running of online and in-person meetings and events for the Network, liaising with other teams as appropriate
• To lead on the delivery of the Network’s Support Grant Programme
• To deputise for the Director as and when required
• Undertake other activities as needed dependent on jobholder’s knowledge, skills and experience

This role involves working from home with some travel.

Salary: £31,133 per annum

Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Attachment Opportunity until 31st March 2026

Closing date: Sunday 8th June 2025 at 11:30pm

Are you compassionate, proactive and collaborative with experience in housing and homelessness advice and advocacy? If you are looking for an exciting new career opportunity, then join Shelter as a Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be making a real difference to people affected by the housing emergency.

 About the role

Your role will be delivering high quality housing advice and advocacy in line with the hub’s local community priorities and work alongside people who are experiencing housing problems to identify issues specific to Devon and Cornwall.  You will plan and deliver casework to individuals and communities to help find resolutions and engage with community groups, local organisations and individuals to understand local housing issues and raise awareness of people’s rights.

Working within local community settings and alongside community groups to deliver advice and rights awareness workshops, you will ensure that people with lived experience of homelessness have opportunities to share their stories and views, participating in the design and delivery of Shelter services. Offering day to day support to volunteers, providing learning, shadowing and mentoring and being a consistent role model for our values are also key aspects of the role.

About you

You will be able to work with individuals and communities including people with lived experience of homelessness. You will have experience and knowledge of housing and homelessness advice and advocacy as well as the ability to carry out casework related interviews, maintain detailed case records, advise and support your clients to make informed decisions. You have a strong track record of delivering group workshops and presentations and collaborate with others to get the job done.

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

About the team

Covering both Devon and Cornwall, we are based in Plymouth and provide specialist advice to clients affected by the housing emergency.  We also provide housing rights and homelessness training and targeted advice sessions in the local community, with the goal of empowering local people to take action on housing issues, as well as working in partnership with local organisations to tackle the housing emergency.  We attend court in Plymouth to provide advice to clients who are at risk of losing their home.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

How to apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ on the advert. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement with responses to the following points in the ‘About you’ section of the job description of no more than 350 words each. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format:

• Knowledge and experience of housing and homelessness advice and advocacy and the ability to progress to specialist level knowledge
• Ability to listen to, engage and work with individuals and communities
• Experience of delivering and/or ability to deliver group workshops and presentations

ABOUT INQUEST

Founded in 1981, INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians

Our specialist casework includes deaths in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths involving multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as with Hillsborough and Grenfell.

INQUEST has a collaborative and integrated model of working, with opportunities for staff to engage in a range of work. We are a small organisation with a fast paced and engaging working environment. You can find more information on our website, particularly on our About Us, Campaigns, and Media Release webpages.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Casework Team provide specialist casework advice and support to bereaved families and individuals following a contentious death in custody and detention settings or through multi agency failings, requiring an inquest. You will be working alongside an experienced Casework Team, led by two Senior Caseworkers. You will have close contact with the Family Engagement Coordinator and with the Policy and Communications team.

The purpose of the role is to provide specialist advice to bereaved families facing an investigation and inquest process into a state related death; advising on the process immediately following a death, secure legal representation for families through the INQUEST Lawyers Group; liaise with external organisations, including lawyers, coroners and public bodies such as the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and the Independent Office for Police Conduct, work alongside the Communications Team on media engagement; and identify key cases and issues arising as part of INQUEST’s policy and campaigns work.

The successful candidate will have experience of casework and advice provision, preferably in inquest law and related investigations. They will be expected to identify themes and trends arising from cases and contribute to the organisations strategic work. In addition, they will be required to organise stakeholder meetings and represent INQUEST at external meetings.

They will possess outstanding communication and organisation skills, will enjoy working in a very fast paced environment, and will adhere to INQUEST’s values and commitment to social justice, as well as our commitment to tackling racism and discrimination.

INQUEST works with families from all sections of the community, including many families from Black, racialised and other underrepresented communities. We believe our staff team should reflect the makeup of the families we work with, and therefore actively encourage applications from people from these communities

We are recruiting a Digital Fundraising Assistant to assist in the delivery of our growing virtual events programme. 

This is an exciting new role which involves supporting delivery of a wide range of virtual events at Sands, in order to grow our fundraising income.  The role includes increasing Sands’ online presence across a range of channels through excellent stewardship of large audiences who are both warm and new supporters. 

You will ensure delivery of a world class supporter experience using an omnichannel approach, helping our supporters reach and exceed their fundraising targets.

Working with the Digital Fundraising Manager, you will monitor the everchanging virtual challenge environment and consider how best to adapt our activities in order to achieve financial targets and remain innovative and a leader within the sector.

You will have strong communication skills and enjoy building relationships, especially within online communities. Additionally, you will have an understanding of a wide range of social media channels and an interest in creating refreshing, inspiring content.

A highly organised and efficient approach is essential in order to respond to large quantities of enquiries across multiple channels. Excellent written communication skills are therefore essential.

Relevant experience in creating engaging video, image and written content for different social channels is also an essential requirement.

This post is home-based. There may be the need to support Sands events at weekends and/or evenings and working hours can be adjusted accordingly.