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WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUR NEXT CHURCH HOUSING ENABLER

Are you passionate about tackling the housing crisis and supporting communities through meaningful change?

Join the Housing Project, part of the Faith and Public Life team at the Church of England, which leads national work on ethics, public policy, and engagement with government, civil society, and faith communities.

With £4.25 million allocated over five years, the Housing Project supports dioceses and parishes in delivering affordable and specialist housing on underused Church land.

As Church Housing Enabler, you will play a vital role in helping parishes across England develop affordable and specialist housing on underused Church of England land. You'll work closely with PCCs (Parochial Church Councils), diocesan staff, and external partners to guide projects from initial vision through to delivery readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support parishes across England in developing housing projects from vision to delivery.
• Guide PCCs through governance, feasibility, planning, funding, and sustainability.
• Build partnerships with diocesan teams, housing associations, and local authorities.
• Facilitate workshops and share practical resources to build local capacity.
• Monitor project progress and share best practices across dioceses.

You'll be hands-on, enabling local churches to navigate complex development processes confidently and connecting them with the right expertise and resources.

This is a unique opportunity to:

? Drive social mission through housing
? Work at the intersection of faith, policy, and community development
? Enable long-term, sustainable change

• This is an office-based hybrid role, and you are required to come to the primary office location, Lambeth Palace/Church House, for face-to-face meetings.
• We are open to discussing alternative working patterns such as part-time or job-share arrangements.
• A basic DBS check will be required as part of our pre-employment checks.
• Willingness to travel to dioceses and parishes across England and to attend the London office as required for collaborative working. This role requires access to a car and a willingness to use it for work.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience in housing development, community engagement, or project management.
• Strong relationship-building skills across diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to translate strategic goals into practical support.
• Commitment to the Church's mission and values.
• An interest in the practical and ethical issues around housing and society.
• A motivated self-starter who can take responsibility without close supervision.
• Experience working with PCCs, diocesan teams, or in a faith-based context (Desirable).
• Knowledge of affordable housing models, relevant planning considerations and funding routes (Desirable).

• A salary of £48,557 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

Survival International is looking for a skilled, enthusiastic Individual Giving Officer, focused on high donors, foundations and legacy givers. If you excel in relationship-building, creative planning, and meticulous organisation, this is your chance to be part of a movement making a difference for Indigenous peoples worldwide.

Focused on engaging with and inspiring individual donors, rather than submitting bids and filing reports, this role gives you the space for creativity and initiative. As part of a small but highly motivated and effective team, you will get to work with and learn from a varied and supportive group of colleagues. 

We are open to recruiting a more experienced candidate, or one earlier in their career - the salary will be set in the upper or lower half of the advertised range accordingly. For a more experienced candidate, we are also open to this being a part-time post.

For further details, please download the Job Description and the Application Form. The Application Form is downloadable via the 'How to apply' button.

As a cross-border, cross-culture children’s charity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to fostering a workplace that promotes mutual respect and allows equal opportunity for all. We seek applications for candidates with diverse backgrounds including, but not at all limited to, family overseas, experience being raised by non-biological parents, ethnic minority communities and people with health conditions or impairments. 

Job Outline:

CFAB supports children on the move between the UK and other countries and children who are separated from their family in another country. The complexities of migration and international separation can make many of these children particularly hard to support and particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. We ensure that children in these circumstances enjoy the same care, protection and right to a family life as we would want for any child.

We are the only UK representative of the International Social Service network, and the only charity in the UK with a dedicated international social work team. We are proud to have royal patronage from HRH, Princess Alexandra.

You will lead CFAB’s programme of campaigns, research and advocacy. You will raise awareness of our work to protect children who are separated from their families across international borders by developing key relationships with Government departments, drafting policy briefings, developing campaigns and leading on our public affairs work. You also will produce newsletters, create compelling content for our social media channels, maintain our website and promote our campaigns to key stakeholders.

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative individual who has excellent written skills and is positive, proactive and eager to learn. You will be working in a small team so a hand-on, solution focused approach is a must.

Key responsibilities:

Policy

• Draft policy positions, briefings and internal and external reports as appropriate.
• Identify and cultivate parliamentary and ministerial contacts sympathetic to our cause.
• Monitor Parliamentary inquiries, Bills, debates, parliamentary questions, and government consultations and draft submissions in a timely manner.
• Monitor and analyse government statistics.
• Work with Experts by Experience to shape advocacy and amplify the voices of those with lived experience of our work.

Campaigns & Communication

• Lead on developing our public-facing campaigns, tailoring our key messages for different audiences and identifying ways to push forward our issues through presentations, meetings, social media and other channels.
• Lead on our Public Relations work, maintaining our database and relations with relevant media, trade press and sector leads to raise awareness of our work and our policy campaigns.
• Write and produce CFAB's digital newsletters.
• Produce and track the efficacy of email marketing campaigns.
• Responsibly use digital and AI tools to enhance communication strategies, ensuring alignment with organisational values and safeguarding data privacy and integrity.

Marketing

• Contribute to the updating and maintenance of CFAB’s website as required.
• Design and produce other marketing materials as needed.

Social media

• Manage all activity on our social media channels including the creation of posts, videos and images and ad hoc engagement.
• Track online engagement with CFAB and regularly monitor performance to enable an effective assessment of our communication tools and outputs. 

Other duties commensurate with the role as required by CFAB.

Person specification: (Skills, Abilities, Knowledge and Experience)

Essential:

• Excellent written English, with proven ability to research and write accessible, clear policy documents and reports for a range of audiences.
• Passionate about CFAB’s mission.
• A ‘self-starter’ with a willingness to learn about CFAB’s complex cause. • Sound knowledge of the political system and policy making in the UK.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities. • The ability to engage and build relationships internally and externally to CFAB
• A clear commitment to CFAB’s values and beliefs, including the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. 

Desirable:

• Educated to degree level.
• Experience of providing strategic and tactical political and/or policy advice, including to senior management.
• Experience in a marketing or communications role, preferably within the third sector. • Experience using Mailchimp and website management.
• Sound working knowledge of window-based software packages, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, electronic mail, and the internet.
• Graphic design skills and experience working within brand guidelines. • Experience in building relationships with journalists and placing stories.
• Familiarity with Salesforce.

Additional Requirements

1. Ensuring adherence to necessary legislation e.g. Data Protection Act, Health and Safety Act
2. Participation in evening and/or weekend events, networking and meetings

This job description is a non-contractual document and may be changed at any time by CFAB. All employees are expected to be flexible over the tasks/duties and responsibilities of their roles in order to meet the needs of both of CFAB and our service users/partners.

Use your strategic human resource leadership skills to help bring freedom from slavery and violence.

At IJM, we’re seeing the impossible become reality: entire justice systems transformed, violence reduced by up to 85%, and thousands of lives transformed. Now we’re stepping into a new season—scaling to rescue and protect millions.

To get there, we’re looking for an HR Business Partner to support the growth of our Programme Offices and Advancement Offices in Europe and Africa. You will serve as a bridge between regional and global leaders, ensuring we are aligned to our ambitious global mission and priorities. You will develop a strategic HR function for the region that supports talent acquisition and development, embeds our culture of agility and partnership, data-driven decision-making and spiritual formation.

You will bring outstanding HR business partnering experience at progressively senior levels, ideally within complex, matrixed and global organizations, a passion for justice and a mature Christian faith.

If you’re ready to put your strategic HR leadership skills to work so that all may be free, please see the job pack attached and prayerfully consider joining us. Closing date 7th January.

Want to play your part in transforming society?

You’re in the right place.

The mission of The Mount is radically loved, radically loving as we look to reflect God’s love for us ‘while we were still far off’ to a large post industrial town where just 1% of people go to church. We are passionate about reaching the younger generation, creatively sharing our good news with the lost, growing and equipping new disciples and standing up to injustice. Since planting 3-4 years ago, we’ve seen exciting growth and we believe Spear will play a big role in our next chapter.

“This is a great opportunity for our church to make a huge difference in our town, while supporting the generation we hope to reach.” Tim Coates, Church Leader

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The important stuff 

Salary: £22,222 pro-rated for 3 days

Hours: 9.30am – 5.30pm, Tuesday –Thursday, Part-time, with some flexibility and occasional evening or weekend work for events such as Spear Celebrations)

Location: The Mount, St Helen’s

Closing date: We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate

Download the application pack for more information.

Personal qualities we’re looking for

• An active Christian, able to personally represent the values and beliefs of Resurgo and The Mount.
• Passion for social justice and for working as part of the church to transform communities, especially supporting young people in employment or education.
• A commitment to grow and learn spiritually and as a Christian leader, and a desire to learn and understand coaching techniques.
• Confident communication and interpersonal skills, both over telephone and face to face; particularly a confidence in group facilitation.
• An ambitious and self-motivated individual with the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure.
• High emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and fun!

Key Responsibilities

Spear Programme

• Lead group sessions of up to 10 young people, using coaching skills to transform their mindsets, and to maximise their potential in stepping into the world of work.
• Prepare and deliver coaching sessions on a weekly basis and find creative ways of developing ongoing relationships with Spear Trainees. This includes running application workshops with past Trainees as well as maintaining records and reporting on statistics.

Relationship management

• Build and manage relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including referrers, local businesses, and other organisations.
• You will support with job fairs, mock interview days and welcoming external visitors to the centre.

Church Community

• The Spear Coach is directly employed by The Mount, meaning you are part of a vibrant church staff team and submerged in an exciting faith community.
• Help to raise the profile of the Spear programme within The Mount, and build a network of supporters and volunteers from the congregation.
• Other ad hoc church responsibilities from time to time.

Finance Business Partner

Fundraising and Charitable Activity

£73,923 a year

London, E15 2GW / Hybrid working.

Full time, 35 hours a week

Job description

1 in 4 of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses.

Together we will be unstoppable.

At Scope, our Fundraising Department is entering a new chapter. We are investing to grow, diversifying, and testing new ways to raise money. Our services and other charitable activities are working in new partnerships, with the government and in communities. This role will be a key part of these exciting developments in Scope’s strategy – an Equal Future with Disabled People.

Permanent, Full time (35 hours a week)

Location: Here East Press Centre, 14 East Bay Lane, London, E15 2GW and working from home.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at Scope. In this role, you will provide strategic financial insight, challenge, and guidance to our Fundraising and Charitable Activity teams, managing a combined budget of around £30 million. You will help us deliver on our strategic priorities, including closing the disability employment gap and ending the extra costs of disability.

As a trusted advisor, you will work closely with senior leaders, budget holders, and colleagues across Scope to make sure that financial insight is at the heart of our decision-making, helping us to deliver the greatest impact.

You will:

· Understand, analyse, and present large amounts of complex data in a clear way.

· Partner with budget holders to understand financial needs and provide proactive advice and analysis to support decision-making.

· Deliver transparent and accountable budgeting and forecasting processes.

· Provide accurate, insightful reporting, ensuring commentary and analysis add real value.

· Review financial proposals for investment and assess return on investment (ROI) on all fundraising spend across multiple years.

· Coach and influence teams, helping them understand financial performance and act on insight.

· Build strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders, including auditors and suppliers.

· Take ownership and responsibility for the accounts and embrace change.

For more information about the role’s responsibilities and the skills and experience required, please visit our website.

Please include examples in your application that show how your skills, experience, and values match the person specification in the job description.

About you

We are looking for someone who can combine technical financial expertise with strong relationship management skills. You’ll be confident working with large amounts of data, interpreting results, and presenting insights in a clear and impactful way.

To be successful, you will have:

· Experience of providing financial insight to senior leaders that influenced decisions.

· Strong knowledge of fundraising accounting, including gift aid, forecasting individual giving subscriptions, legacies, and donations, preparing cost analysis for funding bids, and allocation of restricted funds.

· Experience of proactively guiding budget holders through the budget setting process.

· Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.

· The confidence to challenge and influence decisions at senior level.

It would be great if you also bring:

· Understanding of the social model of disability.

· Knowledge of charity accounting and VAT partial recovery.

· An accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of disability and from all backgrounds.

We also ask you to share how you support Scope’s values and contribute to our goal of creating a fair and equal future for disabled people.

Our values are being pioneering, courageous, connected, open and fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

Disabled candidates

We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.

Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require adjustments through your journey with us, please email us via our website.

Find out more about asking for adjustments at interview.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We encourage people of colour and other underrepresented communities to apply and join Scope. We believe that this will bring new ideas and help us work better. We know that a variety of perspectives and viewpoints will greatly support the work we do and help us to reach all communities. 

We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.

We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving.

You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.

Scope benefits

We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:

· 27 days holiday plus bank holidays

· Flexible, hybrid and remote working options

· Pay progression at 6 months and 2 years

· Company pension

· Excellent training and career development

· Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+

· Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.

How to apply

Click the apply button to create an account and complete your application form.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm GMT, Wednesday 17 December 2025.

HR Officer

Location: Remote (Occasional travel to one of the offices in Southampton, Welwyn Garden City, Glasgow, Plymouth, Manchester and Birmingham)

Salary: Up to £150 per day depending on skills and experience

Hours: Part time (22.5 hours per week)

EDT is an educational charity established over 40 years ago and we are going through an exciting period of transformation. We are looking for a motivated and creative person to join our dynamic team and work with our partners and volunteers to create and deliver our projects and experiences to young people interested in STEM and future (META) skills.

Our vision is to create a society which empowers young people, regardless of their backgrounds, to be excited by STEM opportunities and to be inspired about their potential developing the next generation of the UK workforce.

Our mission is to inspire young people, ensuring they have the opportunity and confidence to reach their full potential, enabling them to contribute to their communities and improve their social mobility. We do this by connecting them with industry and inspiring STEM role models, exploring pathways from education to employment, developing a broad range of skills to improve their work readiness and celebrate their achievements through Industrial Cadets Awards at each milestone.

EDT is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, Trustees, and the programmes that we run. The aim is for our workforce, governing structures and the programmes that we run, to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each EDT Employee, Volunteer and Participant to feel respected and able to give their best.

The Role

The HR Administrator will provide essential administrative and coordination support across the charity, ensuring that HR processes run smoothly and efficiently. As a small operational team with limited capacity, we are seeking additional support to ease the administrative workload currently carried by managers and the Finance & HR Manager. The postholder will help ensure staff are onboarded and supported consistently, that key HR tasks are completed on time, and that accurate records and documentation are maintained. This role focuses on strong organisation, attention to detail, and customer service rather than HR expertise, with access to external HR advice available when needed.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment & Interview Administration

• Post job adverts and support recruitment administration, including scheduling interviews and coordinating candidate communications.
• Assist hiring managers with preparing interview materials and ensuring recruitment documents are filed appropriately.
• Carry out pre-employment compliance checks such as right-to-work verification.

Onboarding & Offboarding

• Prepare and issue contracts of employment and set up new starters in the HR portal.
• Calculate and communicate holiday entitlement for new starters.
• Support new employees during onboarding by responding to routine queries and ensuring required information is collected.
• Manage DBS/PVG applications and renewals, ensuring certificates are returned and recorded. Track references
• Support the offboarding process: acknowledge resignations, confirm holiday balances, and ensure all documentation is completed.

HR Administration & Employee Lifecycle Support

• Process changes to staff records including hours changes, contract updates, promotions, or flexible working arrangements.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee information in the HR portal, including absence recording.
• Respond to day-to-day HR queries from staff and managers, signposting to the Finance & HR Manager or external HR support when needed.
• Update HR templates, documents, and policies on the HR portal.
• Monitor and track probation reviews and send reminders to managers.

Compliance, Training & HR Systems

• Track and record completion of mandatory training (e.g. safeguarding, GDPR, health & safety).
• Ensure digital and paper records comply with GDPR and safeguarding requirements.
• Assist with the implementation and ongoing administration of a new HR system or portal. Support the annual review of HR policies by updating documentation and coordinating communication

Skills and Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative or coordination role, preferably within a busy office or operational environment.
• Exposure to HR processes (such as onboarding, record-keeping, or recruitment admin) OR a willingness to learn and develop HR process knowledge.
• Good understanding of the basic steps involved in HR administration (e.g., issuing contracts, updating records, tracking absence).
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and maintain attention to detail.
• Confident in using digital systems and maintaining accurate records; experience with HR systems is helpful but not essential.
• Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work independently within a supportive team structure. Competent user of Microsoft Office/365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).

Desirable

• Experience providing administrative support in a charity, education, or small-team environment.
• Familiarity with safeguarding, mandatory training requirements, or DBS/PVG processes. Experience supporting organisational processes or system implementation.

To Apply

 If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for EDT, please do not hesitate to apply.

Please note: Although this advert is scheduled to run for a month, interviews will take place on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close early.

Purpose of the job 

 In UK Youth’s Impact department, we find, create and use evidence to respond to the needs and preferences of young people and the professionals who support them. We conduct research and evaluations to prove and improve the impact of youth work, and we co-design high-quality programmes and support offers that can be scaled. This new role will work across these areas, supporting research and evaluation projects with real implications for policy and practice. 

 Reporting to the Evaluation & Learning Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a portfolio of research and evaluation projects. This will involve conducting research in-house and coordinating with external partners and the organisations we fund to build and share high-quality evidence. There will be opportunities to lead on fieldwork, data analysis, reporting and insight sharing with strategic guidance and hands-on support from other members of the team. 

 You will be organised, keen to develop your research skills and have a passion for working with data. You will support high profile research and evaluation projects, including the evaluation of the Adventures Away From Home Fund – a major, Government-funded outdoor learning programme. You can expect to support other projects, gathering and sharing insights from our network and young people and helping the team to work efficiently and effectively. 

Why work at UK Youth? 

We want all young people to be equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. Youth work can be life changing (and even life saving). Our strategy positions UK Youth to unlock youth work so that every young person in the UK can benefit. We work with a network that shares this ambition to build cross-sector understanding of youth work’s transformational potential, secure sufficient investment for sustainable provision, and help to embed effective solutions that will increase the quality as well as accessibility of youth work. Come and be part of this change. 

Responsibilities

• Evaluation and Learning

• Knowledge and Data Management

• Research and Horizon Scanning

Experience we're after

• Experience of managing datasets on digital platforms/software (quantitative and/or qualitative)

• Experience of leading or supporting quantitative and/or qualitative research and data analysis in any setting

• Experience of conducting literature reviews to analyse existing evidence on specific topics

• Experiencing of working across multiple projects and competing priorities and managing your time and tasks proactively

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:

• Flexible/Agile Working

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)

• Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity

• Other training available in support of your personal and professional development

• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)

• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary

• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally

• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.

• IT equipment provided for the duration of contract

• CycleScheme and TechScheme

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system provided by Applied which looks to create a fair and unbiased application process for all. Scroll to the top of the page and start your application.

Closing date: Tuesday 6th January 2026 at 09:00am

Provisional Interview Dates: 14th and 15th January 2026

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.

Salary: Grade 3 - £31,600 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merseyside Hub – currently based in Anfield with plans to move to Liverpool City Centre in 2026

Hours: Full time - 37.5 Hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 4th January 2026 at 11.30 pm 

Do you have experience and ability 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 playing a vital role in standing up to the housing emergency.

About the role

You will be delivering high quality housing advice and advocacy, in line with our local community plans for Merseyside and will work with people who are experiencing homelessness and bad housing to identify issues facing local communities.  You will plan and deliver casework to individuals and communities to resolve their housing situation, by liaising and advocating with local authorities, housing associations and private landlords. This will include taking referrals from community and advice groups and our National Emergency Helpline, as well people self-referring in person at the Hub.

The role also works in local community settings and with community groups to deliver advice and rights awareness workshops to ensure that people with lived experience of homelessness have opportunities to share their stories, voice their opinions and participate 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. This is a challenging, front-line role where you will have a real opportunity to help people improve their lives.

About you

• Listen to, engage and work with individuals and communities, including people with lived experience of homelessness.

• Experience, knowledge of and/or proven ability in housing and homelessness advice and advocacy and are able to progress to specialist level knowledge.

• Experience of carrying out casework related interviews and maintaining detailed case records.

• Advise and support clients to make informed decisions.

• A proven record of delivering group workshops and presentations is essential, as is a collaborative, flexible and professional approach to your work.

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

The Merseyside Hub is a team of seventeen, and you will be a key member of the Housing Rights team, defending the right to a safe home. This team works closely with colleagues in our Legal Team as well as our colleagues in community fundraising, community organising and lived experience. Each of Shelter’s eleven hubs across the country have their own local priorities based on the issues experienced by our clients. For Merseyside, we focus on homelessness, temporary accommodation, the private rented sector and social housing. We want people in Merseyside to be able to access the advice and support they need to secure and keep a home. We believe everyone has the right to reside in accommodation where conditions do not negatively impact their health.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday 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’ below. You are required to submit a CV and responses to the 'About You' points outlined in the job description of no more than 350 words each. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviour below throughout your responses:

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset

Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust is looking for a suitably skilled & highly capable Senior Finance Officer. This is a pivotal position within a small, dedicated finance team, where you will support the effectiveness of day-to-day financial support and ensure that accurate, timely information is available to management. You’ll be responsible for recording financial data across a range of systems and processes, helping to provide a robust financial foundation for Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

A major focus of the role will be the accurate and efficient processing of all financial transactions. This includes the purchase and sales ledgers, carrying out bank reconciliations, managing credit control and supporting the approval of payment runs.

Your attention to detail and strong numeracy skills will be essential in maintaining the integrity of the Trust’s financial records and ensuring that everything ties up smoothly each month and at year end.

Alongside core finance work, you will support the Trust’s trading operations by managing the online shop, overseeing stock for both online and retail outlets and working with EPOS and ECWID systems. You’ll also provide finance support to the Consultancy Team and Café operations, helping these income-generating activities run smoothly and contribute to the Trust’s wider objectives.

Working closely with the Financial Controller, you will support key financial cycles including year-end and the annual audit for both the Trust and SWT Trading, as well as month-end processes, balance sheet reconciliations and management accounts. You’ll also assist with VAT returns, legacies, project reconciliations, restricted fund allocations, budgeting and ad hoc reporting, giving you a broad and varied workload.

The ideal candidate will have strong numeracy and Excel skills, previous experience in a similar finance role and either AAT qualified or qualified by equivalent experience. You’ll be organised, efficient, proactive and comfortable multi-tasking in a small team, with a willingness to learn and take a hands-on approach. Above all, you’ll be motivated by Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s mission and keen to use your finance skills to support nature’s recovery in Suffolk.

This is a permanent position working 30 hours per week over four days based at our main office Brooke House in Ashbocking. We operate flexible homeworking arrangements where colleagues spend more time working together than homeworking. The starting salary will be between £24,800 (FTE £31,000) and £26,400 (FTE £33,000) per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience. Full time hours (37.5 over five days) would be considered for the right candidate.

To apply for this opportunity, please submit an application via our website by 9:00am on Monday 05 January 2026. The application process will include uploading a CV and optional cover letter. The interviews are planned for Thursday 15 January 2026 at Brooke House in Ashbocking. Please indicate on the application your availability for interview (between 9:30am and 4:00pm).

Annual leave entitlement starts at 33 days per annum (including Bank Holidays), increasing annually to 38 days plus employees receive an extra day off for their birthday. We offer a 9% employer pension contribution with no employee contribution required, free 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, free life insurance from day one of employment, free access to a private GP and discounts at high street retailers. Staff can also enjoy a 10% discount in our visitor centre cafes, including retail.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is welcome. As a conservation charity, we recognise the importance of diversity in both nature and our workforce of staff and volunteers. We strive to ensure that everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute to our vision of “A Wilder Suffolk where nature is thriving and abundant because everyone is doing more to help”.

To act as a first point of contact for people experiencing mental health and wellbeing problems responding to phone, online, email and face to face contacts in a professional and compassionate way treating everyone with dignity.

To work with people to identify the support they need to address the problems or challenges they are experiencing and to help them to access that support.

To provide administrative, reception and finance support to the services, clients, staff and volunteers of Mind in Gwent to ensure the efficient running of the organisation.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting a leading international human rights organisation to appoint a new Head of Finance. This is a full time, permanent vacancy with hybrid working from their London office and remotely. Our client is looking for someone to start ideally at the end of January 2026 and as such may also consider candidates on an interim basis.

The Head of Finance oversees the financial health of the organisation, and will work closely with the Chief Executive, wider Senior Management Team, Fundraising team, and budget holders throughout the organisation. You will monitor the organisational budget and ensure regular and accurate reporting against budget lines to the SMT, staff team and trustees. You will be responsible for preparing all necessary financial papers for the Board and will oversee the work of the Finance team, which is made up of the Finance Manager and the Finance Officer, working collaboratively and supporting them in their roles. Overall, you will monitor the financial functions of the organisation to ensure they run effectively and efficiently.

The successful candidate will bring strong experience of having led a finance function previously from within the charity sector. You will have a strong understanding of charity SORP and will bring excellent people management skills in order to support and mentor the finance team. You will also have demonstrable stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to engage with the wider organisation including budget holders and will be adept at translating finance to non-finance staff members.

To apply please submit your CV only in the first instance. You may then be asked to provide further information as part of the recruitment process.

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

We seek individuals deeply committed to supporting children and young people (CYP) and driven by intrinsic motivation and unwavering standards for themselves and others. If you resonate with this, we invite you to join our team!

AllChild (formerly West London Zone) is a non-profit organisation that proactively works with children and their families to flourish socially, emotionally and academically through our tailored Impact Programme.

Working with schools, we identify and support children and young people before the need for crisis intervention, connecting them to the help they need through our trusted adult, the Link Worker.

Our Associate Link Worker is based in the school with the children and young people they are working with on our programme. They work directly with the children, their families, their teachers and our partners to design and facilitate a two-year Impact Programme of support and champion the children and young people along the way.

Since our launch in 2016, our Impact Programme has helped thousands of children and young people at the tipping point of need. 75% are no longer at risk in their emotional and mental wellbeing; two-thirds improved their grades, and 90% of schools renew after the first programme, noting ‘transformational or significant positive impact’ for the children and the wider school environment.

We are proud to be an employer that puts Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the core of all that we do for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the communities that we work with. We are proud of our diversity and are therefore keen to receive applications from people who may be underrepresented in our AllChild community. Please read our EDI statement on our website for more details.

For more information and details on how to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 7 January 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please inform us of any accessibility needs for the application or interview process. We will address them when scheduling interviews.

To ensure fairness in selecting the best candidates for this role, we operate a blind recruitment process. Therefore, all applications are anonymised until an interview has been confirmed.

All applicants will be contacted regarding their application status, and shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Fundraising & Donor Care Administrator

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
Contract: Fixed-term
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,000-£30,000 per annum
Reports to: Donor Care & Supporter Experience Manager

About Chain of Hope

Chain of Hope delivers life-saving cardiac care for children in developing countries. Through a global network of volunteers, medical teams, and supporters, we ensure children receive the surgeries they urgently need.

The Role

We are looking for a highly organised and detail-focused Fundraising & Donor Care Administrator to join our fundraising team. This role is central to ensuring excellent donor care, accurate income processing, and maintaining high-quality data records. You will work closely with the Donor Care & Supporter Experience Manager to keep operations running smoothly across all fundraising streams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone early in their fundraising or charity operations career who wants to develop their skills within a busy and impactful organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for donor enquiries via phone and email.
• Process donations and send thank-you letters promptly.
• Maintain accurate donor records, including Gift Aid declarations and preferences.
• Ensure data integrity within our CRM (ThankQ), supporting data entry, cleaning, and reporting.
• Assist with income reconciliation and Gift Aid processes.
• Provide administrative support for fundraising events and community fundraising activities.
• Uphold the highest standards of donor care and confidentiality.

About You

• Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with a professional and friendly approach.
• Comfortable working with data and systems (CRM experience desirable but training provided).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Enthusiastic about supporting donors and contributing to life-saving work.

How to Apply:

Please apply initially with your CV and short supporting statement of no more than 2 pages. Please focus on your alignment with Chain of Hope's mission and values, as well as your own personal skillset that is relevant to the role.

We know AI tools can be super helpful when writing cover letters, and we absolutely encourage using them as a starting point.

However, we've noticed that heavy reliance on AI can make many applications look very similar. To really stand out, we recommend using a framework for structure but adding your own voice and experience, especially if you feel passionate about the role.

Your unique perspective and story matter, and we'd love to hear it!

Good luck with your application

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.