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The Huntington's Disease Association is a UK registered charity that supports people affected by Huntington's disease across England and Wales. We provide information, advice and support to families, friends, and healthcare professionals.
We are looking for three new team members to join our team of Specialist Huntington's Disease Advisers to support people affected by Huntington’s disease.
The roles available are:
• Bath, Somerset, Wiltshire, North & East Devon, Weston Supermare & Wiltshire Specialist Huntington’s Disease Adviser (part-time, 28 hours)
• East and South Yorkshire Specialist Huntington’s Disease Adviser (part-time, 21 hours)
• Surrey and South London Specialist Huntington’s Disease Adviser (part-time, 21 hours)
All roles available are home-based, but must be living in the area specified in the job title, as the job involves extensive travel within the region and occasional travel across England and Wales.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated person who is dedicated and committed to the welfare of families affected by Huntington’s disease, developing and improving the quality of care that they receive. You will need to have skills gained within a Health and Social Care profession. Your main responsibilities will be to offer help, information, advice, support and education to everyone affected by Huntington’s disease and professionals involved in supporting them.
All three vacancies are on a part-time permanent contract. Due to team-wide commitments, you must be available to work on Tuesdays. All other working days (in line with contracted hours) may be flexible around your individual needs and the needs of the role. Regular working pattern will be agreed with your line manager upon successful appointment.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to bring their knowledge, skills and experience to our organisation.
Learn more about the role in the job pack included.
We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing, we collect monitoring data. This will not form part of the selection process in any way and will be used for monitoring purposes only. Providing this information is voluntary.
The Huntington's Disease Association is looking for someone with the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of adults at risk, children and young people. We follow safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the people we work with. We require the successful candidate to provide two employment references and undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for enhance disclosure before joining the charity.
Full details of how we securely handle the data you provide to us as part of the recruitment process can be found in our privacy notice for job applicants on our website.
Click on 'apply' to begin your application. To ensure your consideration, you must upload both a CV and cover letter (make sure to press 'upload' for both documents before completing the application process!).
Your application must include which of the 3 vacancies you are applying for. You must be located within the areas the role covers. Your cover letter should also include why you are applying for the role and how you meet the requirements of the person specification. The job description and person specification can be found within the job vacancy pack.
Applications submitted without a CV and cover letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 17 May, 5pm.
First round interviews will be held online Thursday 4 - Friday 5 June. Second round interviews will be held in-person in London Thursday 11 - Friday 12 June.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
* 1 additional cultural or wellbeing leave day (pro rata for part-time staff)
* A pension scheme with 3% employer contribution
* Medicash scheme
* Travel-to-work scheme
* Flexible working approach
* Family forward policies
* Supportive and positive working environment
* Fantastic learning and development opportunities
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We improve care and support services for people with Huntington’s disease, educate families and professionals, and champion people’s rights.
Thank you!
Philanthropy Manager
We’re looking for an experienced and passionate fundraiser to join our new Specialist Delivery Team as a Philanthropy Manager. In this influential role, you’ll help our places and projects across the North achieve ambitious philanthropic targets aligned with our 10‑year People and Nature Thriving strategy.
With a strong track record in securing major gifts and charitable trust funding, you’ll bring confidence, creativity and strategic insight. You’ll also inspire colleagues to unlock their own networks, ideas and enthusiasm. helping grow a culture of ambitious, impactful fundraising.
If you thrive on purpose, collaboration and meaningful relationships, we’d love to hear from you.
Internally you’ll be known as Philanthropy Delivery Partner. Please include a cover letter with your application.
What it’s like to work here
You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team of experts including curators, archaeologists, conservators, surveyors and fellow fundraisers who work together to deliver the greatest possible public benefit through our national strategy. It’s a supportive, specialist environment where professional expertise is valued and shared, and where every contribution makes a tangible difference to the places and communities we serve.
As this role covers the North region, your contractual work location will be the nearest National Trust regional office to your home. You’ll split your time flexibly between home working, office days and site visits, and you should expect to be at a National Trust place around 40–60% of your week. We’ll discuss the balance at interview.
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with fundraisers, specialists and property teams across the Trust, sharing your expertise generously and helping colleagues grow in confidence and capability. You’ll develop and deliver compelling fundraising initiatives that support some of our most treasured places, from historic houses and gardens to nature recovery and large‑scale conservation projects.
You’ll build and nurture relationships with trusts, foundations and high‑value supporters, engaging them in the full breadth of the Trust’s work and helping them see the real impact of their support. Working as part of project teams, you’ll bring fundraising opportunities to life, translating expert knowledge into inspiring cases for support.
As part of the Specialist Delivery Team, you’ll play an important role in expanding philanthropic giving across the region and shaping long‑term fundraising approaches that will support our work for years to come.
Who we’re looking for
· Experience developing complex fundraising plans across multiple income streams and meeting ambitious income targets.
· Proven success securing support from individuals, charitable trusts and gifts in wills.
· Ability to build compelling, persuasive cases for support for a wide range of funders.
· Strong communicator with the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse internal and external groups.
· Flexible thinker and problem‑solver, confident in influencing, negotiating and applying expertise effectively.
· Highly organised and proactive, with project‑management experience and the ability to balance quality, cost and time.
· Inclusive leader who creates a positive, welcoming culture and encourages diverse participation.
· Skilled at challenging colleagues constructively, building productive networks and fostering innovative fundraising practice.
Thank you!
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Part-Time Finance Manager (22.5 hours per week) – £25,062.60 pa (FTE £41,771) - Salford – Hybrid
Our client is a dedicated charity based in Salford and are looking to expand their finance team by recruiting to the new post of Finance Manager. The postholder will lead the finance function, ensuring that robust financial systems, processes and controls are in place to safeguard the organisation and enable informed decision-making.
They will provide high-quality financial insight, maintain the integrity of financial information, and oversee the delivery of accurate and compliant financial operations—including payroll, management reporting and audit preparation.
The Role :
- Produce accurate and timely quarterly management accounts, including all supporting schedules and reconciliations.
- Support the annual budgeting process, including entering budgets into the finance system and updating records as programmes evolve.
- Monitor organisational and project budgets throughout the year, highlighting risks, variances and opportunities for improvement.
- Prepare costings for funding bids, tenders and proposals to ensure full cost recovery and sustainable delivery.
- Ensure strong internal financial controls are operating effectively across all finance processes.
- Oversee the full monthly payroll cycle
- Manage the end-to-end monthly invoicing process, maintaining all payment schedules and supporting robust income tracking.
- Prepare supporting documentation, reconciliations and adjustment schedules for the annual statutory audit.
- Produce draft year-end financial statements for review by the Director of Finance & Resources.
- Line manage a Finance Officer
The role is offered on a part-time basis (22.5hours per week) and days and hours can be flexible but must include a full day on a Monday.
Benefits :
- 28 days’ holiday - rising to 30 days (after five years), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Enhanced company sick and maternity pay, subject to terms and conditions of service
- Pension scheme - with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.