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This is an exciting new role in an existing, hard working and successful team which is pivotal to the successful delivery of our technology change portfolio.
This role will see you leading and delivering technology change initiatives including supporting complex programmes, projects and small works and ensuring successful outcomes that align with our business objectives.
Working on a wide variety of projects and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, this role requires strong project management, stakeholder management and communication skills. You will be experienced at end to end management of projects and working with the customer at the heart of all that you do, ensuring partnership and collaboration across functions and focusing on a positive customer journey.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
Reporting to the Head of Technology Change, key responsibilities will include:
- Lead and manage the full lifecycle of technology change aligned with the Solution Delivery Lifecycle
- Utilise a blend of agile and traditional methodologies to improve the quality, speed and customer satisfaction of technology change whilst ensuring appropriate governance structure and controls are in place
- Effectively manage and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary delivery teams ensuring clear roles and responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the Transformation Office and key stakeholders including business sponsors, project team members, technical teams and vendors
- Develop and implement change management plans to minimise disruption and maximise user adoption
Your contractual location of work will be your home. You will be expected to travel in the course of your work including semi regularly to our London Haig House office. You will be contracted to your home address, where you will be expected to work when not travelling.
Employee benefits include –
- 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
- Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
Interview Date(s): virtual interviews staring week commencing 10th November
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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Education Community Manager
Closing date for Applications: 6th November
Location: Fully remote working with quarterly travel to London for team meetings.
Start date: ASAP
Salary: Pro-rata £24-£25.6K, depending on experience (£30K-£32K FTE)
Job type: Permanent, part-time (80% of FTE/ 4 days per week)
About us
Apps for Good equips students with the skills and motivation to shape their future through technology while empowering teachers to deliver high-quality educational content with confidence. Over the past 15 years, we’ve reached just under 350,000 young people, with over half of our partner schools supporting students experiencing disadvantage.
Thanks to the generous support of partners including BNY, Google, Ovo Foundation and Hg Foundation—some of whom also volunteer their expertise—our courses are 100% free for schools.
With ambitious plans to develop our offer and expand our reach, we aim to positively impact even more young people across the UK.
Our team
We are a small, remote-based team with an agile, progressive mindset. Energetic and highly ambitious, we’re united by a shared passion for our mission and values. If you believe in the power of technology and education to transform lives, we want to hear from you!
Everyone is welcome at Apps for Good where our team is supported and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. Bonded by shared values, our diverse perspectives fuel our innovation and empower us all to make a difference to students and teachers. To enable young people from all backgrounds to create a brighter future through technology, we strive to build a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the school communities we seek to serve.
At Apps for Good, we live our values during our interactions with each other and those we work with. These values are:
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Collaborate: We collaborate for deeper impact
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Inclusive: We believe everyone should be included
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Empowering: We empower those around us to make a difference
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Supportive: We encourage each other and celebrate our successes
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Innovative: We think outside the box and are agile in our approach
The role
Are you passionate about education? Do you want to make a positive difference to young peoples’ lives?
We’re looking for someone who cares deeply about education, social impact and wants to join Apps for Good’s mission in helping provide more young people with the tech and
innovation skills that will prepare them for the future of work.
In this new role, you will build strong relationships with teachers and Senior Leadership teams, in order to support them to embed our courses in their schools and across their Multi-Academy Trusts. You will work closely with the Senior Education Manager and existing Education Community Manager to build and implement recruitment and retention strategies, as well as being the first point of contact for educators.
If you have worked in education, or have experience supporting and building long-term relationships with schools and school leaders then we want to hear from you.
Our opportunity is part-time, which will suit someone looking to channel their energy and experience into purposeful work, alongside other commitments or interests.
Key responsibilities include:
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Be the first point of contact for educators, providing a timely response to incoming enquiries.
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Manage and build quality relationships with our community of educators, with a focus on retention and engagement.
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Support our educators with course delivery, access to materials and resources, ensuring they are making the most of the course materials and feel confident to deliver our programmes.
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Help develop our ongoing strategy for building a community of educators across the UK.
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Represent Apps for Good to recruit educators via channel partners and events
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Support the wider Education team to gather, analyse, manage and report data
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Assist in the collection of data from educators to inform impact analysis and course development.
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Work with the wider team to deliver Industry Engagement opportunities to students participating in one of our courses
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Collaborate with the marketing team on key events including our annual Showcase and Career Series.
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Collaborate with the Senior Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to develop and deliver opportunities to connect funding partners with schools across the UK
Great candidates will have the following:
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Enthusiasm for Apps for Good’s mission
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At least two years’ experience in one or more of the following areas:
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Working in a charity or organisation, building relationships with schools and education providers
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Education community/Programme management within the education/charity sector
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Teaching, leadership or operations within a school
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Confidence networking and engaging with stakeholders and education partners at all levels
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Excellent written and oral communication skills
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Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to work across the team
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Willingness to undertake school visits across the UK.
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Effective time management
What’s in it for you?
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A permanent part-time role at 30 hours per week (4 days per week). We’re open to considering a variety of working patterns to fit around your other commitments.
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Remote working with travel to London to meet as a team once every quarter.
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Laptop / office equipment will be provided and we offer the option to make use of a co-working space local to your home, one day per week.
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We offer flexible working to retain a good work/life balance.
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Opportunity for health care insurance.
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24 days holiday (20 days pro-rata) and extra days off over Christmas, plus you get your birthday off work.
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Contribution pension scheme.
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A commitment to your training, development and career aspirations.
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Joining a small collaborative team means you’ll contribute to a variety of projects. Everyone across the team has their voice heard.
How to apply
Everyone is welcome at Apps for Good where our team is supported and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. Bonded by shared values, our diverse perspectives fuel our innovation and empower us all to make a difference to students and teachers. To enable young people from all backgrounds to create a brighter future through technology, we strive to build an inclusive team which reflects the school communities we seek to serve. We welcome your application, regardless of your race, gender, disability, religion/belief, socio economic background, sexual orientation or age and look forward to hearing what your skills and experience could bring to the team.
If you require any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process for whatever reason or if you need this job description in another format, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Please submit a CV and a statement of no more than 500 words why you’d like to join the team and how you meet the requirements of the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Senior Digital Marketing & Participation Manager will lead the AMA’s marketing and participation strategy, to build financial growth, visibility, and engagement through co-creation with our community of members. This role will integrate brand development with participatory marketing to develop deeper community connections with members and non-members.
We are looking for someone who will champion innovative, inclusive, and data-informed approaches to build the AMA’s profile and amplify the voices of our members. Our ideal candidate will have strong digital marketing experience at a strategic level, be confident in leading and developing a small team, and have a balanced creative and commercial approach.
As a small team, all of our senior roles include an element of practical delivery and administration. We’re looking for someone who can lead at a strategic level, but is also happy and capable delivering some practical elements within their role too.
Essential experience, skills and attributes
- Experience of leading, developing, and inspiring a small team
- Experience of leading successful digital-focused multichannel marketing strategies driving both income and impact
- A data-driven approach and be confident in analysing data and turning insight into actionable strategy
- Experience in building and engaging digital communities or membership growth initiatives
- A passion for the work, potential, and benefits of the Arts Marketing Association
For more information about the role, and who we're looking for, please visit the AMA website to view the full advert and download the job pack.
Please note: the AMA is a 4-Day Week organisation, so our full time hours are 30 working hours per week (32 including breaks) for full time salary. These are usually worked Monday - Thursday, with Fridays as a non-working day, but we can be flexible on this.
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(This role is based is home based. To ensure availability for in-person meetings and collaboration when required, applicants must reside within approximately one hour's commute of Leeds or Manchester)
SCIE Vision
We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.
At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:
· Progressive – always learning and developing.
· Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.
· Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.
· Transparent – open and honest.
The role:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our small, friendly team and play a pivotal role in improving social care practice across the country, this role will include:
· working with frontline health and social care providers across the country to transform care and support
· creating an inspiring and engaging learning environment (in person / virtual)
· working alongside other projects within SCIE.
What we are looking for:
· knowledge and experience of adult social care practice
· experience of developing and delivering training courses on a range of topics
· commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
· confidence in delivering virtually.
What we offer in return:
We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service. Benefits of working for SCIE can be found here Work for the Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.
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We’re looking for an excellent communicator who is also efficient, friendly and super organised, to help win public services for people not profit. This is a fast-paced role in a small team with a big mission!
You’ll be providing ongoing support to the team on campaigns as well as growing our media and social media profile with impactful communications. We’re looking for someone who has a track record of making compelling videos and graphics, or is eager to learn. You'll need to be keen to carry out a variety of tasks and be flexible about your role.
This role is a crucial part of the We Own It team and central to increasing our impact. Part of a small, high performing team working mostly remotely and sometimes in London, you’ll need to be extremely self-motivated and able to work efficiently and autonomously.
We Own It campaigns against privatisation and for 21st century public ownership. We believe public services belong to all of us.


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Community Fundraiser - Home Counties
Are you ready to take on a new challenge with a leading charity making a real difference in brain tumour research?
Brain Tumour Research is seeking an experienced and motivated fundraiser to join our team. As a key part of our fundraising efforts in our high-performing East region, you will have the opportunity to drive income generation through a variety of initiatives, including challenge events, fundraising groups, and corporate partnerships such as charity of the year. You will also be responsible for driving initiatives to increase our profile and supporter base within Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Essex.
Key Responsibilities:
- Generate income across a range of community fundraising initiatives and events, with the opportunity to lead on key projects
- Steward supporters to help drive the charity’s fundraising activities and growth
- Work with the fundraising team to develop and maintain strong relationships with fundraisers, donors, partners, and key stakeholders
- Contribute towards the growth and success of fundraising efforts, ensuring a sustainable income stream for the vital ongoing funding of brain tumour research
Requirements:
- At least one year of fundraising experience, with a proven track record in income generation
- Strong experience in supporter stewardship
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire supporters and partners alike
- Passion for Brain Tumour Research and its mission to fund research and ultimately find a cure
If you are looking for a fulfilling and impactful role and have the level of experience and skill we are looking for, we welcome your application.
We will give preference to those candidates living in the Bucks, Beds and Northants areas of this region.
We reserve the right to close the application window early and advise candidates to apply in good time to avoid disappointment.
We are asking for a CV as the first step but applicants may be asked to provide a targeted covering letter as part of the selection process. Interviews will be conducted during the application window as appropriate, and will consist of a first interview via MS Teams, progressing, if successful to a face to face second interview, held at our offices in Milton Keynes.
Closing Date: 06th November 2025
We are looking for people who share our passion for finding a cure for brain tumours and who have the skills and experience to make a difference. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and ages. We believe that diversity enriches our organisation and helps us achieve our mission. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can be themselves and contribute to our vision.
To find a cure for all types of brain tumours To increase the UK investment in brain tumour research

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The Case Coordinator will work closely with the Head of Direct Work to ensure the delivery of high-quality Independent Social Work Reports (ISWRs) across the direct work strand of SWWB. The Case Coordinator will supervise volunteer social workers, carry out social work assessments themselves, and support quality assurance processes to maintain excellence in social work practice.
Do you believe in the power of music to transform lives?
As Head of Individual & Corporate Giving at Liverpool Philharmonic, this is your chance to lead a dynamic fundraising programme for one of the UK's most renowned cultural institutions.
Contract: Permanent | Full time or reduced hours considered
Location: Liverpool | Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite
Salary: c. £48k-£52k, depending on experience
Benefits: 26 days holiday, 4.5% employer pension contribution, complimentary tickets, health cash plan, discounted travel and parking, service awards
Liverpool Philharmonic is at the heart of the city's creative life - home to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and choir, a beacon for world-class music that reaches audiences across the region and around the world.
But there's more to Liverpool Philharmonic than classical music. It's also about heritage, social justice and the power of music to transform lives. Your fundraising will support their iconic venue, a pioneering schools music programme enabling access to musical instruments and education, an award-winning Music & Health Programme plus a diverse cultural offer ranging from rock to folk and jazz, film to comedy and spoken word.
About the role
We're now looking for an exceptional fundraising leader with expertise in Individual Giving and the ability to engage with Corporate Partners. This is a pivotal role that will shape and deliver the philanthropic and corporate strategy, building meaningful relationships and driving income growth to support the mission.
As a key member of the senior team, you'll lead and inspire a talented bunch of fundraisers, overseeing individual giving and corporate partnerships. You'll bring creativity and strategic flair to donor engagement and communications, campaign creation, fundraising events and building innovative partnerships with businesses that reflect the vibrancy and diversity of Liverpool's cultural landscape.
About you
We're looking for someone who:
- Has significant experience leading individual giving (and/or membership), or fundraising in arts, culture, education or the wider charity sector.
- Has a proven track record driving significant departmental income, upwards of six-to seven-figures.
- Delivers exceptional stewardship by building lasting donor relationships and creating fundraising campaigns to inspire new and existing supporters.
- Is a collaborative leader who identifies people's strengths and empowers them to achieve.
- Has confidence in their own ability to work effectively across an organisation and try new things.
- Is excited by the power of music to bring people together and transform lives.
Liverpool Philharmonic offers a supportive, inclusive and inspiring place to work - with generous staff benefits, professional development opportunities and, of course, complimentary concert tickets.
If you're as excited by this opportunity as we are, then we'd absolutely love to hear from you.
To apply
Please send a copy of your CV or profile to Amelia Lee at Charity People as the first step.
Applications close 9am on Friday 7th November.
Interviews dates to be confirmed soon.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
We’re looking for a super organised, efficient and supportive Operations Lead to make We Own It run smoothly so we can win public services for people not profit. This is a fast-paced role in a small team with a big mission!
You’ll lead on creating and maintaining effective systems and processes, and supporting the team on logistics so that everything runs like clockwork. You’ll also make sure we’re thanking the brilliant individual donors who fund 93% of our work. We’re looking for someone who has a track record of creating efficiency and order for themselves and other people - and can do so in a remote context! You'll need to be happy to carry out a variety of tasks and be flexible about your role.
This role is a crucial part of the We Own It team and central to increasing our impact. Part of a small, high performing team working mostly remotely and sometimes in London, you’ll need to be extremely self-motivated and able to work efficiently and autonomously.
We Own It campaigns against privatisation and for 21st century public ownership. We believe public services belong to all of us.


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About Twins Trust
Twins Trust is at the heart of the multiples’ community, supporting families with twins or triplets, influencing the healthcare system and campaigning on behalf of our community.
Multiple birth families face unique challenges and we’re there for them, every step of the way. With over 40 years’ experience, we tailor our services to our families’ needs.
Twins Trust has over 15,000 members who access our amazing community, information and courses and exclusive discounts.
Fundraising Officer
This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented fundraising team
We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our small and friendly fundraising team. You will support the High Value Partnerships Manager and Community & Events Fundraising Manager, both of which are already well-established income streams with lots of great potential. It’s a great opportunity to work across varied income streams including Corporate, Trusts & Grants, Community, Fundraising Events and Individual/Regular Giving.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week (negotiable for the right candidate)
Flexibility: We are a flexible employer and most of our staff are juggling things (including caring for multiples!) We are great at making jobs work around life.
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000
Reports to: High Value Partnerships Manager
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge, although entirely remote option is fine. Travel to partner meetings/events will also be required.
Closing date: Midnight 5th November 2025
Interview dates: Interviews will be virtual and take place in October/November on a rolling basis
Purpose of the role
- Reporting to the High Value Partnerships Manager you will provide support across our two priority Fundraising streams – Community Fundraising (Community, Events and Individual/Regular Giving) and High Value Partnerships (Trusts, Grants, Corporate and Sponsorship).
- Conducting prospect research (Corporate and Trusts/Grants) creating a pipeline of targeted opportunities, and submitting applications for lower level funding
- Providing excellent relationship management to those in our community who fundraise for us, whether that’s as a Regular Giver or Marathon runner
- Providing support to the Manager planning Fundraising Events, recruiting participants, attending and cheering on our fundraisers and thanking our supporters
- Accountable for delivering our annual raffle and ongoing Lottery programme
- Support the wider Development team with admin relating to Fundraising
Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience either in supporting the delivery of High Value partnerships or Community Fundraising. They will be able to demonstrate how they have researched partnerships and/or submitted funding applications, providing excellent stewardship and creating meaningful partnerships that lead to long term support for the charity.
Person specification
Essential
- Experience of donor stewardship
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Ability to research and find vision aligned funders
- Ability to project manage the delivery of partnerships and/or events
- Excellent writing, communication skills and attention to detail
- Able to collaborate with a team of various disciplines or work independently as required
- Ability to multi-task and manage several different priorities at once
- Enthusiasm for the issues we work on
Desirable
- Working understanding of admin processes relating to fundraising
- An understanding of GDPR in relation to fundraising
- Experience working in a CRM (Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus)
Twins Trust is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to improving the lives and wellbeing of families with twins, triplets or more.
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Head of Income Generation and Marketing
- FTE £37- £42k dependant on experience.
- 35 hours a week (flexible for right candidate).
- Home based with travel for events and meetings.
The PDA Society is looking to recruit its first ever Head of role and we believe the right person could be transformative for our organisation. We are a small charity that makes a big impact – and we are excited to recruit someone who is hands on, pragmatic and experienced in raising income onto our team.
We are looking for a goal oriented, entrepreneurial individual who can help us maximise our fundraised and earned income through effective relationships and online communications. Over the next three years, we must significantly expand our free services and support offers for the people who most need them – and this role will be entrusted with ensuring we can afford to do that.
You will be part of a fast moving, high performing team who are determined to make a difference. This is a small organisation where senior team members do as well as plan. So while you’ll be setting direction and leading strategy, you’ll also be rolling your sleeves up and delivering directly alongside colleagues. You’ll be supported by a small communications team and a small budget to commission trust applications, and you’ll hold responsibility for maintaining trust funder relationships and ensuring reporting is timely and accurate.
If you have provable experience in growing income in a small charity or training organisation, are excited by growth, and want to make a difference to some of the most underserved disabled people in the UK this could be the job for you.
Our mission is to improve the lives of PDA children, PDA adults and their families. We are working hard to build awareness and understanding.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Remote with travel across the UK.
About the role
It’s an exciting and important time for our charity as we work to help more people out of homelessness and poverty as part of an ambitious strategy.
The newly created role of Federation Development Lead will sit within the Partnerships and Federation Development directorate, to support the delivery of key charity and federation-wide objectives, as part of our mission to empower people affected by homelessness and poverty to change their lives for the better while using our voice to achieve social change.
The principal responsibility will be to support our ambition to become a best practice national body, responsible for leading on and supporting the development of key projects within Emmaus UK and the wider federation.
This will include providing leadership to support Emmaus communities across the UK to prepare and respond to the introduction of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act, you will require an understanding and commitment to best practice and legislative requirements related to the provision of supported housing, with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into user friendly support, training, guidance and policies and procedures
The role will also provide a critical role in the implementation and delivery of Emmaus UK’s ambitious plans to seek registration as a provider of social housing. You will provide the project management and technical skills required to support the successful delivery of the application process, ensuring that risk and regulatory requirements are considered and acted upon at each stage, maintaining strong communication with key stakeholders externally and across the federation.
As the Federation Development Lead, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the growth and development of the Emmaus movement within the UK, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement, and supporting the overall success of the federation. Your role will involve supporting the development and delivery of strategic plans, programme design and implementation, stakeholder management, and continuous evaluation and improvement of developed initiatives.
Working with the Director of Partnerships and Federation Development and wider Senior Leadership Team, the role will be central to the delivery of strategic objectives related to the development of the movement.
About Emmaus UK
We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.
Emmaus is a unique, secular organisation supporting homeless and socially excluded people by providing a home for as long as it is needed, meaningful work in a social enterprise and a sense of belonging.
There are currently over 30 Emmaus communities across the UK, stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales. Collectively the Emmaus federation supports more than 1,000 people with experience of homelessness.
How To apply
To apply for the role, please complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and email us. The email address is in the Application Pack by 12pm on Monday 10th November 2025.
Please ensure you download the job pack and refer to the job description and person specification when completing your application form.
Those shortlisted will be invited to an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 20th November 2025.
If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email us. Email address can be found in the Application Pack.
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Director of Finance and Operations
The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK
Salary: £60,000-£70,000 per annum
Remote (UK-based) with expensed travel to London
Full-time, permanent
Akshaya Patra is one of the world’s largest school meals charities – nourishing 2.35 million children in India every day and now expanding our impact across the UK.
Our UK after-school programme, Empower Hour, provides hot, nutritious meals and targeted tuition to children growing up in poverty – extending the school day by 60 minutes to give them the fuel, support and enrichment they need to thrive.
What began in one school in 2024 is already serving ten, and – alongside driving continued expansion in India – we are now ready to scale our delivery to reach thousands more children across the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.
To help lead this exciting phase of growth, we are seeking a Director of Finance and Operations – a senior leader who combines strong financial stewardship with operational leadership and is motivated by purpose as much as performance.
You will sit on the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the CEO, and oversee two core portfolios:
- Programmes – overseeing Watford kitchen operations, Empower Hour delivery and holiday hunger initiatives.
- Finance and Resources – leading financial planning and reporting, systems, compliance, HR development and organisational infrastructure.
This role will suit someone who enjoys both strategic thinking and practical implementation – someone who finds energy in building strong foundations and helping a values-led organisation grow well.
You may have built your career in charity, education, food provision, public services, the private sector or elsewhere – but you will bring:
- Senior-level experience across finance, operations or programme delivery.
- Strong financial acumen and understanding of charity governance and compliance.
- A collaborative leadership style – supporting, challenging and uplifting those you lead.
- Deep alignment with our mission to fight child hunger and educational inequality.
What we offer:
- Flexible and remote working.
- 34 days’ leave (25 days annual leave + Diwali + English bank holidays).
- Employer pension contribution.
- Investment in professional and vocational development.
- A meaningful leadership role in a growing global movement – empowering children in both the UK and India.
How to apply:
- Download the full job description and application details here or on our website.
- Please send your CV and a cover letter to the email address in the applicant pack outlining both your suitability for the role and what attracts you to Akshaya Patra and our mission.
- Closing date: Monday 3 November 2025.
If you believe no child should be held back by hunger – and you have the leadership skills and desire to help grow an organisation that makes that possible – we would love to hear from you.
Akshaya Patra is one of the world’s largest school meals charities – nourishing 2.35 million children in India and now expanding our impact in the UK
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Summary
The Charity Spark is looking to appoint a Strategic Fundraising Consultant to expand our fundraising support for clients across the UK. This pivotal role will be a strategic fundraising lead, working with a diverse portfolio of clients to develop and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies. You will advise on a range of income generation methods, including trust and foundation grants, legacy giving, major donor philanthropy, and corporate partnerships.
A key part of your role will be to provide strategic development, helping clients diversify their income streams and build sustainable fundraising programmes. This position is critical as we expand our team to meet growing demand. We are a tiny, collaborative team committed to ensuring brilliant outcomes for our clients and stability for our team.
The Charity Spark are a consultancy for the non-profit and charity sector. We work with clients from across the charity sector and help them do more good daily through excellent fundraising and transformative impact measurement. That is, we help them prove they do what they say they do and then use that proof to raise more money, so they can continue the work that they do.
We are committed to tackling inequalities and to making The Charity Spark an inclusive and diverse workspace. The Charity Spark’s purpose is core to every part of our business.
We’re keen to find the right people for the future of The Charity Spark, so we’d love to talk to you if you’re interested in us or this role, but want to know a bit more before applying.
Important Details. What you’ll get:
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 FTE (3 days per week is £24,000-27,000 per year)
Hours: Up to 3 days per week. We keep core office hours of 8:30am-6pm however this role does not require the holder to work solely within these hours. We will work with you to find a working pattern which suits your needs and lifestyle as well as the needs of our business and clients.
Benefits: We will provide you with a laptop if required and equipment for you to work comfortably at home, as well as a monthly contribution towards your home broadband contract. We offer a company pension scheme and an employee assistance programme. We believe in the power of chocolate and tea!
Commission structure: Recognising the important role all our team play in client relationships, and in securing new contracts, TCS operates a commission structure which rewards staff who work on a successful client proposal.
Holiday: 22 days plus bank holidays (FTE contracts – pro rata for PT) and your birthday off.
Volunteering: We encourage our employees to volunteer so we will provide you an additional 2 days (FTE) a year volunteering leave.
Training and development: We want to invest in our staff team so we will provide you with an annual budget for training courses and books to enhance your skills.
Employment status: Fixed term contract of one year with permanent contract to be discussed.
Location: The Charity Spark is based in Winchester. This role is predominantly home-working with an expectation of regular co-working (around 2 days per quarter and typically in Winchester although location may vary).
Responsible to: Director
What you’ll be doing:
1. Fundraising
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- Develop and Lead Fundraising Strategies: Create bespoke, multi-stream fundraising strategies for a range of clients. This includes capital appeals and other large-scale projects, helping clients raise significant funds for transformative goals.
- Income Diversification: Advise clients on how to diversify their fundraising portfolio, reducing reliance on any single income source and building resilience.
- Trust and Foundation Fundraising: While the role is broader, you will still oversee and deliver trust fundraising work, including researching funders, writing bids and proposals, and supporting clients to steward donors effectively. You will also mentor and upskill clients and their teams on best practices.
- Support the Director with developing strategic resources for fundraising including digital courses, blogs and downloadable resources for charities.
- Client Management and Support: Serve as a senior point of contact for clients, providing expert advice, hands-on support, and strategic guidance throughout their fundraising journey.
2. Business Development
· Deal with client enquiries in an efficient and timely manner.
· Support the Director with onboarding new clients.
· Liaise with clients to gain testimonials and write client case studies.
· Research opportunities for new business products and/or clients.
· Support with B Corp certification process and improve The Charity Spark’s impact as a company.
· Assist on the organisation of team events and away days, alongside the Director.
About you:
- Experienced Fundraising Leader: You have a proven track record of success with five or more years of experience in fundraising. You demonstrate the ability to develop and execute effective, multi-stream strategies. You can tell us about fundraising successes you have been an important part of.
- Strategic Thinker: You are adept at seeing the bigger picture, identifying growth opportunities, and creating long-term plans for organisations. You have an entrepreneurial spirit and a creative growth mindset.
- Diverse Fundraising Knowledge: You have demonstrable hands-on experience in at least one of the following areas: major gifts, legacy, and/or trust fundraising. Experience with capital appeals or with Christian charities/churches is highly desirable.
- Practical skillset: Target-driven, with experience of budget-setting, financial processes, monitoring and reporting outcomes across income streams. You have a practical understanding of fundraising and charity regulation and best practice regarding prospecting, stewardship, and reporting, together with IT and database skills including knowledge of CRMs.
- Excellent Communicator: You have a talent for using words powerfully, with excellent written communication and presentation skills. You can build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, clearly communicating complex ideas and inspiring confidence.
- Proactive and Results-Oriented: You are target-driven and have a proven track record of meeting fundraising goals. You are able to balance competing priorities and work under pressure, with the ability to anticipate and formulate solutions to problems.
- Comfortable in a small team with an entrepreneurial spirit: we are a small growing business led by our founder. You will have a passion for working with a business with a strong social mission and looking for a positive purpose in the company you work for.
We want to encourage those with a disability or neurodiversity who may experience difficulties with some forms of communication to apply and tell us how we could help you be the best version of you in the workplace. Contact us to discuss how we can make the application process accessible for you.
You can contact us via our website for an informal chat about the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Land, and the way that it is owned and managed, impacts on all of us. It has different places in all of our histories, whatever our backgrounds or heritage, whether our experience is of public or private ownership, colonialism, dispossession, or migration, the difficulties of making a living in a rural economy or the daily impacts of urbanisation and gentrification. How we currently own, manage and make decisions about land lies at the heart of many of our current social, economic and environmental challenges and injustices.
Shared Assets works with people and land for a just future.
We undertake advice & support, research, movement building, communications and resourcing work to support, mobilise and advocate for the development of models of managing land that create shared social, economic and environmental benefits. We see systems change as a core value of our work and seek to be transformative, both through externally-facing projects and internal approaches and ways of working.
Our research work supports collective learning related to working on and with the land. We communicate our findings through articles, blogs, podcasts, reports, events, and more - building a shared evidence base to support the development of a just land system. Through our research, we seek to make an impact at a local and a systemic level. We want to create conditions that allow people and communities to thrive, and promote care for the land and environment. We do this work on both a commercial and grant funded basis.
The role holder will lead the full range of Shared Assets’ research projects, from scoping and design through to delivery, follow up and evaluation. They will need to have experience of designing and carrying out research and learning activities with a wide range of partners - including academics, community groups, NGOS and local authorities - in collaborative ways. In the past we have worked on research projects of many scales - from large European Union funded consortia, to smaller, one-off pieces which help a local authority or community organisation move forward with their work. Often our research work involves collaborating with a group of other civil society organisations to provide evidence of why change in the land, food and farming system is needed, and generate action on these issues.
The main areas of work are to: manage and deliver funded research projects (or projects with a research component) with partners, reflect with colleagues on what we are learning within and across workstreams as an organisation and sector, use this knowledge to create new ideas for research work, and support fundraising for these, as part of our ‘infrastructure’ role.
For more details please see the full application pack. Apply before 10am on Monday 27th October.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.