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Job Title:                   Senior Commercial Manager 

Reporting To:           Head of Food Partnerships  

Salary Range:           £45,000 - £48,000

Contract Type:         Permanent 

Location:                  Remote with regular travel across the UK

Working days/hours per week: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

The Felix Project and FareShare have recently merged to form the UK's largest food redistribution charity. Its vision is a UK where good food is never wasted, and nobody goes hungry. 

The organisation rescues high quality edible surplus food, from across the food industry and gets it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are working to strengthen communities and improve lives. 

The charity manages seven depots across London, Suffolk, Merseyside and Hampshire and works with 16 network partners who operate a further 26 regional depots across the UK. 

Over the next year our ambition is to rescue enough food nationally to provide nearly 200 million meals, turning an environmental problem into social good with measurable impact for people, planet, and the economy.

Purpose of the Job

Assisting with the management of working with surplus, through a portfolio of over 200 food partners, managing daily challenges requiring leadership support and stewardship of a network of senior food industry contacts.

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Build and support the creation of informed and data driven growth strategies across all food categories through industry and charity insights and reflective in agile ways of working
• Supporting the creation and delivery of the category strategies, executing joint business plans and internal and external progress reporting
• Responsible for the portfolio of tier 1 accounts which sit across both food and funding linking Felix Exec with these key accounts
• Contribute to the development of collaborative and cross-functional account plans, considering food, funding and other strategic initiatives to drive growth in food, money and other strategic resources, resulting in optimisation of food out to our network
• Work on behalf of the account to develop and embed services relevant to the account and agreed through the joint business plan – e.g. employability or store level redistribution. 
• Provide project support by managing and communicating key projects and initiatives to increase food volumes and strategic value, securing support from a range of stakeholders within food partners and across the Felix network 
• Support in the management of key funding & marketing campaigns & initiatives with other key internal teams.
• Keep robust & accurate records using Felix systems.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience managing multiple accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or comparable sector with professionalism and integrity consistently meeting or exceeding challenging targets 
• Good working knowledge of the key players across the food industry and their ways of working  
• Successful track record of managing cross-functional projects to tight timescales and budgets, ensuring involvement of all key stakeholders 
• Experience of project evaluation, data-driven analysis and impact reporting 
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Relationship and stakeholder management experience of large corporate partners 
• Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment 
• Advanced level of Microsoft Office packages
• Exceptional level of numeracy and literacy

Recruitment Timeline

Please note: This role is called Business Development Manager - Local Statutory Commissioners internally.

Age UK is looking for an experienced statutory funding professional play a vital role in supporting local Age UK federation partners to sustain and grow statutory income - including leading/supporting collaborative bids to regional/combined commissioners; creating and maintaining statutory commissioning knowledge hubs - with shared tools and knowledge; enabling access to quality third party support; providing 'critical friend' and other opportunity specific support through clear pathways and Service Level Agreements. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys enabling others to succeed, navigating complex commissioning environments, and turning collective effort into lasting impact for older people.

This role is one of two newly created Business Development Manager positions. While each post will have a distinct focus - one on local/regional commissioners and the other on national commissioners - the two managers will work closely to ensure strategic alignment and balanced workload across the portfolio.

This is a 24-month fixed term contract. There is potential for the role to become permanent depending on a review of business needs.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our London office - currently once a week on a Thursday and may involve occasional travel for meetings and cultivation events. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

Age UK internal grade: 5L

Last date for applications Tuesday 16th June 2026.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience leading or supporting securing six and seven figure statutory contracts for charities. A, I
• Experience of managing or supporting relationships with key individuals from public sector bodies. A, I

Skills and knowledge

• Understanding of statutory funding processes, including commissioning and procurement. A, I
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral - with the social skills and presence to communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences. I, T
• High levels of gravitas and influencing skills: credible and confident with senior level contacts internally and externally. I
• Excellent levels of financial management and numeracy. A, I
• Ability to distil complex information and convey it powerfully to a variety of different people, including distilling complex issues to understandable and actionable items. I, T
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment, ensuring our prospects and donors are at the heart of our fundraising. A, I
• Sound administration skills, including a good working knowledge of MS Office products. I

Personal attributes

• A passion to join Age UK in supporting older people and a belief the support from statutory fundraising is critical to achieving our strategic goals. A, I
• Takes ownership of responsibility - able to identify and deliver the key activities - whilst collaborating and challenging others - that ultimately provide the best pathway for the organisation to realise statutory funding opportunities. I
• Makes things happen, links with others, thinks outside the box, spots where new approaches can achieve desired results, and then delivers at pace. I
• Thrives on collaboration - linking with others with a friendly and engaging approach that enables close working cross-organisationally, two-way challenging conversations and the ability to work confidently and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. A, I
• Is resilient to change -flexible, pragmatic, and able to quickly adapt plans in alignment with organisational priorities. I

Great to haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience with framework agreements and call offs. A, I
• Experience with shared learning and knowledge management (e.g. bid libraries, support tools, sharing of good practice) A, I
• Experience creating or supporting partnership brokering/consortia bids A, I

Skills and knowledge:

• Understanding of trends in local/regional commissioning. I

Please look at the attached job description for more information on the role responsibilities.

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250
• Many additional benefits

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

HR Business Partner

�� Contract: Permanent, Hybrid
⏰ Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
�� Salary: £42,213.23 (UK) | £46,434.55 (London)

Join a Purpose-Driven Organisation

At MSI Reproductive Choices UK, we believe everyone should have access to compassionate, high-quality reproductive healthcare. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to creating a positive, inclusive, and supportive working environment where colleagues can thrive.

We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our People Team. Based in London, you'll support colleagues across our Regional Treatment Centre and wider operational services, partnering with leaders and teams to drive organisational performance and deliver an outstanding colleague experience.

This role involves regular travel to London sites and centres across the UK, including Manchester, Oxford, Bristol and Birmingham. All travel expenses incurred outside your base location will be covered.

As a hybrid role, you'll have the flexibility to manage your own diary, balancing time on-site, collaborative working, and focused independent work to support both effective delivery and a healthy work-life balance.

The Opportunity

This is a highly visible and influential role where you'll work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders to deliver strategic people solutions that support organisational objectives and strengthen our culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to deliver people strategies aligned to MSI UK's mission, values, and business goals.
• Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters, ensuring a fair, consistent, values-led and legally compliant approach.
• Lead and support strategic HR initiatives that enhance organisational effectiveness, engagement, and colleague experience.
• Influence and shape people policies, practices, and programmes that build capability and drive performance.
• Champion HR service excellence and contribute to the continuous development of a collaborative, high-performing People Team.
• Coach and support managers to build confidence and capability in people management.

You'll be a trusted advisor, relationship builder, and proactive partner, helping leaders and colleagues create an environment where people can perform at their best.

About You

We're looking for a skilled HR professional who combines strong commercial awareness with a genuine passion for people.

You'll ideally be CIPD Level 7 qualified and bring:

✔️ Significant experience in a Business Partnering or senior HR advisory role
✔️ Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
✔️ Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases and organisational change initiatives
✔️ Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
✔️ Confidence using HR systems and interpreting people data to inform decision-making
✔️ High levels of integrity, professionalism, and discretion
✔️ The ability to work independently while building strong relationships across diverse teams

Why Join MSI UK?

We're committed to supporting, developing and recognising our people, offering a comprehensive range of benefits designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

�� Financial Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Up to 5% employer pension contribution
• Fast expense reimbursement (within 10 days)

�� Work-Life Balance

• 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Buy and sell annual leave scheme
• Family-friendly policies

�� Rewards & Recognition

• Long-service recognition awards
• Discounts at over 4,000 retailers through the Blue Light Card

�� Health & Wellbeing

• 24/7 GP access
• Employee Assistance Programme

�� Learning & Development

• Paid learning and development opportunities
• Accredited apprenticeship programmes
• Clear pathways for career progression

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're passionate about creating positive colleague experiences, influencing organisational success, and making a meaningful impact within a purpose-driven organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of our people experience at MSI UK.

FWAG SouthWest is looking for a Head of Operations to help lead our organisation through its next phase. This is a senior leadership role with real influence over how we deliver our work, support our team and respond to the changing environment for farming and wildlife.

About us

FWAG SouthWest is an environmental charity working with farmers and land managers to deliver practical change on the ground. We combine an understanding of farming businesses with environmental expertise to support better outcomes for nature, climate and food production. Our work brings people together: farmers, communities and partners to deliver change at a local and landscape scale. As farming responds to new policy, markets and environmental pressures, our role is to help shape and deliver solutions that work, supporting resilient farm businesses alongside climate-resilient landscapes and nature recovery.

The role

As Head of Operations, you will lead delivery across the South West, working through a network of county teams and specialists. Your focus will be on strengthening our ability to deliver. Supporting team leaders to grow capacity, manage workload and deliver high quality work in increasingly complex projects. You will work alongside teams to remove barriers, improve systems and step into delivery where needed helping to ensure work progresses and opportunities are achieved. Working closely with the CEO and senior team, you will help translate strategy into delivery and ensure we remain effective, responsive and financially sustainable. You will also play a key role in how we respond to change across the sector, supporting teams to navigate new policy, funding and partnership opportunities.

About you

We are looking for an experienced leader who is motivated by enabling others to deliver. You don’t need to have experience in the environmental sector. We are open to candidates from a wide range of backgrounds who can bring strong leadership, a collaborative approach, professional skills and share our values.

What matters is your ability to:

• Support and develop people to increase their capacity and confidence

• Work alongside teams to solve problems and keep delivery moving

• Manage complex programmes and competing priorities

• Put in place practical systems and structures that support delivery

• Build strong relationships across a regional organisation

An interest in farming, land management or the natural environment is important, detailed sector knowledge is desirable.

For further details and a full job description and person specification, please see attachments below.

Why join us

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a charity with a strong reputation and clear purpose.

You will:

• Help shape how we deliver across the South West

• Lead and support a skilled and committed team

• Work on issues that matter for the future of farming, climate and nature

• Be part of an organisation rooted in practical action and trusted relationships

Further information

o Salary £56,650 – £61,800, dependent on experience

o Permanent contract

o 37.5 hours per week, but applications from those looking for 4 days (30 hours) per week will also be considered

o 25 days per annum, rising by a day a year with service to 30 days per annum, plus public holidays and an opportunity to buy or sell annual leave 

o Flexible working hours

o Pension scheme - employer contribution 4%, employee contribution 4% with salary sacrifice applicable 

o Employee wellbeing scheme and Employee assistance programme

o Support to undertake relevant external training and qualifications

o Group life insurance scheme 

o Professional subscriptions relevant to the post supported 

o Regular travel across the South West will be required and therefore access to a vehicle is essential

The Organisation

ImpactEd Group supports education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise and realise their potential.

We do this by helping our partners to be consistently impactful and operationally sustainable. Drawing on our domain expertise and technical skills in these areas, ImpactEd Group aims to be the first port of call for leaders across the education ecosystem.

This role exists as a senior leader in our Group and leads the business development and commercial growth of our Consulting Practice. ImpactEd Consulting (IEC) supports school groups, education organisations and government agencies in the following specialist areas:

• Strategy, governance and strategic projects

• Data and AI advisory

• People and culture

• Fundraising and philanthropy

Partners include the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), the Department for Education, Oasis Community Learning, Careers and Enterprise Company, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, The Economist Educational Foundation, Star Academies, Get Further, Reach Foundation and more.

The Opportunity

We are excited to be recruiting for a Principal Director to lead business development and commercial growth within our Consulting practice. This is a new role within the practice. Reporting to our Group Directors, the Director will work as part of a practice leadership team that will oversee all aspects of the Consulting team's work, with a focus on partnership development, retention and growth.

You will provide strategic leadership, represent the organisation both internally and externally, and be responsible for driving the commercial performance of the practice, ensuring that ImpactEd Consulting is positioned well as first port of call for schools and social purpose organisations who want to achieve greater impact and sustainability. You will lead a number of sales and marketing campaigns, develop key propositions for our partners, provide high level guidance and advice, scan and respond to relevant tenders and work closely with a team of consultants to ensure we are able to continue to bring accessible expertise to our work and partners.

The role would be ideal for a proven leader with deep understanding and networks across the education sector, a track record in consulting and business development, and the ambition to shape the direction of a growing social enterprise.

About you

As a team focused on research and evaluation, we would also expect roles at this level to demonstrate:

• Values and people: Alignment with our values and ability to demonstrate them in your work. You will facilitate conversations about professional development for your direct reports and act as a coach and role model for other members of the team. 

• Partnership management: Modelling of excellence in partnership management, particularly on proactive driving of partnerships forward, scope management and stakeholder engagement.

• Sales and scope design: Leadership of business development for consultancy engagements to support high-complexity partnerships and support our partners to deliver against their knottiest challenges.

• Proposition development: Understanding of our sector and ability to combine that with our offers as a practice to create propositions that can drive partnership and business development opportunities.

• Reporting and improvement: Ability to listen to and synthesise partner needs to tailor advice and guidance, quality assure others' outputs, and help partners take action off the back of our work.

Our Head Office is in London, and we have satellite offices in Leeds and Lincolnshire, but our team work from across the country; we are happy to support remote, hybrid or office-based working. For this role we anticipate there to be weekly attendance in London, ad-hoc attendance at sector events and three in-person offsites per year

Why Us?

As well as a commitment to the organisations we work with, we have a commitment to our people and developing the next generation of leaders within the social enterprise, education and evaluation sectors.

Our employee experience is organised around four themes:

• Trust: we support hybrid working, provide flexible hours, and provide responsive management.

• Shared ownership: we are an employee owned organisation and look to increasingly share ownership with our employees, including in terms of governance and culture, and realise this in a number of ways such as ownership awards, and transparent governance including an Employee Voice board.

• Connection: we pay for your travel, provide termly company offsites, support informal clubs and societies, and provide opportunities for in-person and digital connection between colleagues.  

• Health and fulfilment: we have an extensive professional development programme, provide an annual books and development budget allowance and offer 3 days of CPD leave per year in addition to annual leave. We offer all employees access to a MediCash plan and wellbeing advice, including free therapist support.

Expected earnings of £75,056-£92,720 (base salary: £63,023-£70,400) with opportunities for performance related pay and annual profit share, dependent on company performance

Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 7th June 2026.

We are looking for an experienced and highly organised grant manager with exceptional communication and relationship building skills, to manage all aspects of grants from The Christie Charity to the NHS Trust.

The role will take responsibility for collating project information and supporting internal teams to communicate and demonstrate project impact and ensure accountability to our external partners and audiences.

This is an exciting time to join The Christie charity as we embark on a period of transformational growth with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income. We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our successful fundraising team at this exciting time.

Shape the partnerships that strengthen sight loss services across Greater Manchester. As Strategic Partnerships Manager at Henshaws, you will open doors across health, public sector, business and community networks, turning relationships into sustainable income and lasting impact.

Location: Greater Manchester office, with travel required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. We welcome interest from applicants who may prefer to work part time
Weeks per year: 52
Salary: £23.06 per hour, £41,969.20 per annum
Annual leave: 5 weeks plus 10 bank holidays
Closing date: 12 noon, 14 June 2026
DBS: Enhanced DBS check with the child barring list required

About the role

We are looking for a confident and proactive Strategic Partnerships Manager to help grow sustainable income and strengthen Henshaws Sight Loss Services across Greater Manchester.

This is a key role for someone who can spot opportunities, build influential relationships and turn conversations into contracts, partnerships and income. You will work across public sector commissioning, corporate partnerships, VCSE networks, community organisations and wider Greater Manchester systems to help position Henshaws as a trusted partner in sight loss support.

You will identify and pursue opportunities with NHS, Local Authority, ICS and ICB partners, public health, social care, SEND and sight loss pathways. You will also grow corporate income through proactive prospecting, sponsorship approaches, employer engagement and partnership development.

Working closely with our Sight Loss operational teams, you will help shape service models, proposals, bids and tenders that reflect local need and clearly demonstrate the impact of Henshaws work.

What you will be doing

You will:

• Identify and develop commissioning, contract and funding opportunities across Greater Manchester.
• Build relationships with NHS, Local Authority, public health, social care, VCSE, corporate and community partners.
• Lead activity across the commissioning cycle, including horizon scanning, relationship building, tender development, pricing input and mobilisation support.
• Work with Sight Loss operational teams to shape service models, delivery plans, outcome frameworks and costed proposals.
• Develop compelling corporate proposals and pitches that clearly show social value, impact and return on investment.
• Build and manage a structured pipeline of prospects, tracking activity from first contact through to secured income.
• Represent Henshaws at Greater Manchester meetings, locality groups, VCSE alliances, prevention networks and sight loss sector forums.
• Support collaborative or joint bid opportunities where partnership working strengthens Henshaws position.
• Contribute to wider fundraising activity, including events, supporter stewardship and departmental initiatives.
• Produce reports, forecasts and performance updates to support decision making and future planning.

About you

• We are looking for someone who is opportunity focused, resilient and confident building relationships with senior decision makers.
• You will have experience in business development, sales, income generation or strategic partnerships within a target driven environment. You will understand the sales cycle, from prospecting and first contact through to scoping, pitching, negotiation and relationship management.
• You will be confident preparing bids, tenders or commercial proposals, and able to translate service knowledge, financial information and policy priorities into strong, persuasive proposals.
• You will be highly organised, comfortable managing a structured pipeline, and able to balance competing priorities while maintaining momentum.
• Experience within a charity, VCSE, health or education setting would be valuable. Experience engaging with public sector bodies such as the NHS or Local Authorities would also be beneficial, but we welcome applicants with strong transferable experience and the willingness to quickly develop knowledge of the sight loss landscape.

Our values

At Henshaws, our values guide how we work with the people we support, our colleagues, partners and supporters.

• Ambition - You will help us grow sustainable income by spotting opportunities, building strategic partnerships and strengthening our impact across Greater Manchester.
• Respect - You will build trusted, professional relationships across public sector, corporate, VCSE and community networks, acting with integrity in every interaction.
• Empowerment - You will help partners understand the difference they can make, working with colleagues and stakeholders to create services and opportunities that support people to thrive.

Why join Henshaws?

You will be joining a charity with a clear purpose and a strong commitment to supporting people living with sight loss and a range of disabilities.

This role offers the chance to shape meaningful partnerships across Greater Manchester, influence local systems and help secure the income that strengthens vital sight loss services.

We welcome interest from applicants who may prefer to work part time, and we offer 5 weeks annual leave plus 10 bank holidays.

Additional information

Henshaws welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We will make reasonable adjustments for applicants who require support due to a disability.

Henshaws is committed to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children. The successful candidate may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check, including relevant barring lists.

Closing date: 12 noon, 14 June 2026

Job Summary: The Operational Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership across regional and national services ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, innovative and evidence-informed services.

Working closely with the PAC-UK Senior Leadership Team the postholder will drive service improvement, embed best practice and support staff development across regional and national teams

The role will also contribute to shaping national approaches through local insight, ensuring that services align with PAC-UK’s strategic priorities, relevant legislation and Family Action’s values and policies.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

1.To manage, support and supervise Practice Managers to ensure that the services provided are efficient, effective, offer high quality and work to measurable outcomes.

2.To have overall responsibility for ensuring that Practice Managers are making the best use of resources by overseeing the annual budget-setting process and by closely monitoring income and expenditure on a regular basis with Senior Leadership Team Members.

3. Assist Practice Managers in the allocation of cases, management of caseloads drawing on contract monitoring data to support decision making

3.To work with Practice Managers to make sure that all commissioned services meet their performance targets and comply with the relevant contract monitoring and reporting arrangements. Including preparing performance data, presenting monitoring reports at commissioner meetings.

4. To manage, support and develop PAC-UK volunteers which includes robust inductions, supervision and opportunities for additional trainings and developments relevant to the role.

5. To lead on and support the development of PAC-UK's voice and influence work (including ongoing co-design and co-production of services and leading on events such as National Adoption week alongside other regional/national voice and influence events.

6.To ensure that all projects are fully compliant with Family Action’s Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults policies, procedures and practice standards.

7.To oversee the safe recruitment of new members of staff, and to make sure that all members of staff have coherent job descriptions, are properly inducted, receive regular supervision, are subject to an annual performance appraisal and have up-to-date development plans.

8.To be a passionate advocate for service user participation and involvement: children, young people and adults, and to work with Practice Managers to increase the opportunities for service users to influence and shape the way adoption services are designed, developed and delivered, including oversight of volunteers.

9.To support Practice Manager in setting and implementing Continuous Service Development Plans, Practice Wheels, Open to closure pathways and logic models as part of a commitment to continuous service improvement.

10.To identify gaps and any shortfalls in performance and, by working collaboratively with staff and Practice Managers to develop practical solutions to address them.

11.To promote a positive public image of Family Action to increase public and professional awareness of Family Action’s work and support the Senior Leadership team in securing new and re-commissioned contracts.

12. With close support of the Senior Leadership team, manage service budgets to ensure sustainability and value for money.  Identify and respond to financial and performance risks and prepare business cases and financial plans for service development.

13.To develop good working relationships with funders, commissioners and other key stakeholders within the Adoption Sector and to contribute to local strategic and national Adoption initiatives, as appropriate.

14.To ensure the implementation of Family Action’s Diversity & Equality Policy and our Ethical Policy in every aspect of your work and positively promote the principles of these policies amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.

15.To comply with Family Action’s Health and Safety Policy, Data Protection Policy and to protect your own and others’ health, safety and welfare.

16.To work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service and carry out any other reasonable duties as required.

17. To have strong safeguarding understanding and experience and act as safeguarding lead in conjunction with other Operational Managers and the National Lead.

We are Anthony Nolan. We unite people and science – matching stem cell donors to those in need of transplants and treatments and growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone can find the lifesaving match they need.

Thanks to Shirley and Anthony Nolan, our register of almost a million potential donors, our cell and gene therapy research and our expertise in stem cell transplants, we currently help four patients a day in need of a transplant, giving more people another chance to live.

Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.

We are looking for a Senior New Business Manager Corporate Fundraising to join our Corporate Partnerships team.

Title: Senior New Business Manager Corporate Fundraising

Salary: £45,000-£48,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)

Location: Hybrid, with head office in Hampstead, London

Role Responsibilities:

These include but are not limited to:

• Co-lead the acquisition of high-value, multi-faceted, and multi-year corporate partnerships, ranging from philanthropic to commercial and strategic, maximising the long-term value and impact these partnerships deliver for Anthony Nolan.

• Drive a proactive and insight-led approach to new business, identifying, researching, and cultivating corporate prospects that align with our organisational strategy and mission.

• Evolve a robust new business pipeline, ensuring it’s dynamic and future-focused to manage risk and unlock both immediate and sustained income growth.

• Join the new business team in shaping the strategic direction of new business development, setting ambitious long-term goals and KPIs to elevate our corporate partnerships to the next level.

• Collaborate cross-organisationally, leveraging internal expertise and assets to co-create powerful, tailored proposals, pitches, and stewardship plans that inspire corporate engagement.

• Build and manage high-impact corporate relationships, confidently influencing at senior levels, both internally and externally, to drive results and embed long-term value.

• Deliver clear, insight-driven reporting, tracking performance against key metrics and providing strategic recommendations to inform leadership decisions.

• Assist the Head of Corporate and the team with budgeting and forecasting, ensuring financial planning is aligned with strategic priorities and growth opportunities.

• Represent the Corporate Partnerships team in senior-level meetings and organisational planning, deputising for the Head of Corporate when required.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary

• 27 days annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop

• Life Assurance of four times annual salary

• Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme

• And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)

Please check out the full job description attached to this advert, or hyperlinked here in the job advert on our careers page, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.

Please note: We encourage you to apply as soon as possible – this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of strong applications. 

Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.

Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer. 

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

About the Bureau

We are the UK’s largest independent investigative journalism organisation and we exist to inform the public about the realities of power in today’s world. Our investigations expose systemic wrongs, challenge misinformation, and spark change.

We work strategically and collaboratively to maximise the impact of our fact-based reporting and share our findings openly with local, national, and international media outlets to reach as many people as possible.

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working as part of the Operations team, this is a critical role at the centre of the Bureau’s financial set-up. You will lead the day-to-day financial management of the organisation’s income and expenditure across multiple projects.

The Bureau is entering an exciting period of development, with a growing focus on building our direct audience and diversifying revenue streams. The Finance Manager will play a key role in strengthening the organisation’s long-term sustainability and resilience, while helping to deliver its strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all bookkeeping functions, payroll, accounts payable, and receivable

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management accounts

• Oversee cashflow management and banking controls

• Collaborate with the CEO, COO, and Editors to develop annual budgets that support organisational growth and project delivery

• Work with the COO to analyse financial performance and identify current and future funding needs

• Work with the fundraising team to develop budgets and financial information for grant applications

• Prepare financial reports for senior management, funders, and the Board of Directors

• Coordinate the annual audit process and preparation of statutory accounts

• Provide financial analysis and insights to support informed decision-making

• Liaise with external partners, including auditors, payroll providers, banks, and HMRC

• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, donor restrictions, and internal policies

• Maintain and improve finance systems, processes, and controls

• Support colleagues across the organisation with finance-related queries and knowledge sharing

• Attend and contribute to finance committee meetings and wider team meetings

What we are looking for

We want someone proactive, organised, and collaborative, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy. The Finance Manager will need to take a solution-focused approach, enjoy working across teams, and be motivated by the challenge of building our long-term financial resilience.

You will also share our commitment to fostering an inclusive, welcoming and supportive culture across the Bureau.

You’ll be joining the Bureau at a pivotal moment in its development and this role offers a high level of autonomy, close collaboration with senior leadership, and the opportunity to enable work that creates meaningful impact in the world.

Skills and experience

Essential

• Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent), or equivalent demonstrable experience

• Strong financial management and analytical skills

• Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing

• Experience in producing management accounts and supporting VAT returns

• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial reporting

• Experience in improving financial processes, systems, or ways of working

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Experience working in a non-profit, charity, or similar mission-driven organisation

Desirable

• Experience using NetSuite, Oracle, or similar accounting systems

• Understanding of commercial income streams (e.g. reader revenue, membership, sponsorship, B2B)

• Ability to apply strategic thinking within the scope of the role

• Experience using automation tools or digital systems to improve efficiency and boost capacity

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave

• Option to work a nine-day fortnight – (by reduction in annual leave. For part-time staff, this will be prorated according to contracted working pattern)

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

• EAP – Employee assistance programme

• Enhanced sick pay

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay (after 12 months’ service)

• Learning and development opportunities

• Cycle to work scheme

How to apply

The Bureau is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and adaptable environment where people are encouraged and supported to do their best work. We welcome applications from those belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the media. We are happy to consider flexible working options.

Please also fill out our Equality Monitoring Form on our jobs page, which is anonymous, so we can better track who we are reaching.

To be considered for this job, you must have the right to live and work in the UK

To apply to be our Finance Manager, please email your CV and covering letter to the email located on our jobs page by 6 pm on Wednesday, 8 June 2026. Interviews will take place in mid/late June.

Finance Manager

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference?  A rare opportunity has arisen to join a small and vibrant finance team working with the Diocese. 

We are looking to recruit a new manager to take the Diocesan board of finance forward with developing systems and reporting and being involved with all sorts of interesting and varied departments. 

Position: Finance Manager

Location: Oxford/Hybrid

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £49,748.09 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026, at midnight

Interviews: Friday 10 July 2026, at Church House Oxford, Langford Locks, Kidlington, OX5 1GF

The Role

In this role, you will support the Director of Finance in providing a proactive, efficient, and highly effective finance service across the Diocesan board of finance and trust custodian company, as well as supporting the larger finance team who look after the Board of Education.

The role will include taking ownership of the budget and forecast for Board, running the month-end and reporting process and interacting with Heads of Department and key Diocese clergy in helping to run their day-to-day operations.  The role will also take the lead in managing the tax and statutory reporting, and appropriate training assistance will be made available as required.

You will play a key role within a Finance department totalling 9 staff.  The team have been through a time of change, including the introduction of a system 3 years ago that still requires some input to ensure it is being maximised in usefulness.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Accountant to join the friendly team in the Finance function.  You will embrace the challenge that such a varied role brings.

With proven experience in producing timely, high-quality and accurate financial information, your ‘can-do’ approach to work will inspire you to deliver excellent, meaningful financial reports that will have high impact for stakeholders. You will be flexible in your working style, have strong numerical proficiency, confident communication skills, and excellent organisational and monitoring abilities.  

In return, there will be many opportunities for you to enhance your skill set, gain new experiences, and develop your career pathway within this important function.

You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work with us - around 50% of our staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work. However, all our staff do have a desire to make a difference.

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us, your application has not been successful.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority heritage and disabled candidates, who are currently underrepresented.

Our client is committed to the safeguarding, care, and nurture of everyone within the church community. They follow and are committed to their Safeguarding Policies and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance, "Working together" to ensure the welfare of children and young people is paramount.

You may have experience in other areas such as Finance Manager, Finance Officer, Finance Deputy Manager, Finance and Operations Manager, Accountant, Charity Accountant, Business Accountant.

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP

Prospectus is excited to be working with our client in their search for a new Head of Business Development to join their team. The organisation ensures that London’s most vulnerable people have meaningful choice and control over what happens in their lives. They support people living with mental health conditions, eating disorders, learning disabilities, and dementia. They work with all age groups, including children and young people, adults, and older people. Their services include one-to-one advocacy, group advocacy, and user involvement and engagement.

This role is offered on a flexible, part-time (0.8 FTE) permanent contract, with a salary of £49,200–£53,300 per annum (pro rata), alongside flexible remote working arrangements between home and their London sites.

As part of the senior leadership team, the post holder will be responsible for developing and delivering an income generation strategy and achieving income growth across multiple streams, including commercial income, grants, and statutory funding. They will be hands-on, actively engaging in applications, prospecting, communication, and developing new income opportunities. They will build strong relationships with staff, volunteers, and service users, and will have the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders and develop external partnerships. The post holder will also develop evidence-based, impact-led cases for support across a range of projects.

They are seeking someone with demonstrable experience of delivering impactful charitable fundraising across diverse income streams, particularly from trusts and foundations. Candidates should have proven experience in developing pipelines, bid writing, and a track record of securing significant funding. The ideal candidate will also have experience in designing and delivering commercial income streams, including business-to-business and direct-to-consumer products.

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you throughout your application. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some, but not all, of the criteria, we strongly encourage you to enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support you at every stage of the process and your application, and we look forward to hearing from you.
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To apply, please submit your CV in the first instance. If your experience is suitable, we will arrange a meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to formally apply. We look forward to connecting with you.
 

Position: Area Fundraising Manager

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Hours: 30 hours per week, 1 day working from home allowance

Salary: £39,000 - £41,500 (FTE) depending on experience; (5% pension contribution), 33 days of annual leave entitlement (inclusive of bank holidays) pro rata

Contract type: 1 year fixed term but with the potential to extend with job role success

Reportable to: Head of Operations and Community Support

Direct reports: No direct reports but this role has the responsibility to line manage people as and when an appropriate need arises with business development.

Job Purpose

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser.  This role won’t just be supporting fundraising internally but will be leading a fundraising change across the borough. As our Area Fundraising Manager, you will lead a new strategy to transform how our communities give, collaborate and create impact.  You’ll organise large‑scale fundraising initiatives that bring the whole town together from landmark public events to innovative collective campaigns to smaller, targeted initiatives.  As our role as an infrastructure charity, we have a vision to help generate more sustainable income for a wide range of VCSE organisations in Barnsley whilst bringing people together to proudly support the brilliant charities, social enterprises and groups who hold up our communities every day.

You’ll also work closely with our members across the sector to build confidence, skills and long‑term capability, delivering or facilitating high‑quality fundraising training, mentoring and resources. Your efforts will be particularly focused in the areas of regular giving, events, corporate income and fundraising strategies. Through your guidance, local organisations will build skills, ambition and long‑term resilience ensuring no organisation is left behind because of confidence, connections or know‑how.

You won’t just be supporting others but you will play a pivotal role to help Barnsley CVS grow stronger.  One day per week will be spent supporting our own initiatives to generate sustainable income that helps Barnsley CVS expand its support offer, deepen its impact and champion the sector long into the future.  This could be anything from supporting bid writing to exploring new income streams to innovative fundraising.

Benefits

· 5% pension contribution

· 33 days of annual leave pro rata which increases with length of service

· Enhanced sick pay with length of service

· Flexible working with an easy to manage toil system

· Enhanced maternity leave

· Discounts on local Barnsley Gyms

We are looking for an experienced corporate fundraiser to help maximise charitable income to The Christie Charity by developing the corporate fundraising portfolio and securing corporate support and sponsorship from new and existing business contacts.

This is an exciting time to join The Christie charity as we embark on a period of transformational growth with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income. We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our successful fundraising team at this exciting time.