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You can make a genuine difference. Our evidence-based interventions have a real and lasting impact for our clients. At Thrive, we use gardening to enable people to improve their health.

As a key member of the Fundraising Team, you will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, including Finance, Client Services, and Communications & Marketing. Your excellent communication and relationship-building skills will be essential as you identify and assess partnership opportunities and ensure these are effectively passed to the relevant fundraising leads for cultivation and development.

If you are looking for a new and rewarding challenge, come and work for Thrive.

Our Fundraising & Partnerships Officer is to be based at Thrive Reading (National Office) with

some hybrid working possible.

Appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.

For more information, please download the Information Pack. For an informal conversation about the role, please email recruitment in the first instance.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 30th June 2025

Interviews: 8th & 9th July 2024

Based in our Philanthropy Team in Fundraising, the postholder works with our clinical, estates and governance teams creating compelling proposals to secure mostly restricted income. If you have great digital competence, including the use of AI to summarise information, are an excellent storymaker able to understand an audience, quickly synthesize information and pitch in writing for success, or an early-career fundraiser ready to develop, in this role you will make a difference and work as part of a creative successful team. Understanding how to keep our ask fresh and steward these relationships is key.  You will inherit a portfolio of trust and grant funders who have committed support over the long term and a portfolio that delivers at least £180k in income each year. You will work with colleagues on well-established campaigns like The Big Give and support experienced volunteers who handle small grants. This role has space for innovation to secure new funders and uplift existing contributions.

Rasing Funds:

· Ensure an inclusive, engaging and best-in-class experience for Trusts and grant makers

· Manage an annual rolling programme of applications and multi-year funding reporting requirements. 

· Deliver medium, large and complex bids for unrestricted and restricted income to ensure success to an income level of at least £150k to fund initiatives including for example: direct delivery of care, volunteering initiatives, new routes into work for protected groups, equipment and capital projects.

· Robust and regular research of funding opportunities, new trusts, and wider horizon scanning to identify a broad base of opportunity to refresh and renew the pipeline of prospective funders

· Steward existing trust donors, finding opportunities to cultivate and grow the relationship.

· Be a visible accessible presence across the hospice, encouraging colleagues to share and develop their own ideas to raise funds that you and/or trust and grant volunteers can take forward and or support the team generating the ideas to do so.

· Attend our Clinical Assets Meetings and restricted funding meetings

· Generate social media posts consistent with Hospice content standards and GDPR and hard and soft copy information to inform and promote the impact of supporters, this includes video/reel thankyou messages.

Communication

· Prepare and submit high-quality, tailored grant applications to secure funding for specific projects and core activities

· Maintain and develop relationships with existing trust and foundation donors

· Be the first point of contact for trust and grant funders and supporters and, for colleagues internally who have questions/queries or have an interest in this area of funding

· Manage a pipeline of prospective funders, ensuring timely follow-up and tracking of application statuses

· Help to create and deliver moments of stewardship that are personal to each funder, show the impact of their support and inspire them when they can, to have an on-going relationship with the charity.

· Be volunteer team leader recruiting volunteers to support your role, ensuing they are inducted and supported. As the wider team help ensure all volunteers feel supported when their respective team leader is away.

· Identify opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Hospice to maximum benefit for the charity.

· Be an outstanding advocate for the Charity and represent the Charity at functions and events, in line with the values of the organisation, to promote the objectives of the Charity

Digital/Business Administration

· Provide routine and regular reporting on progress, advising on risk/mitigation to ensure the annual target is met

· Enter and update donor information on the CRM ensuring compliance with the GDPR and Data Protection Act.

· Ensure CRM (Donify) records and preference information is up to date and accurate at all times, including recording interactions with supporters

· Ensure all word documents are securely saved and accessible to colleagues on Sharepoint. 

· Ensure you comply with all aspects of statutory and mandatory training for your role and through your individual performance deliver on jointly agreed objectives and goals that help to deliver the business of the charity.

Key Accountabilities, Responsibilities & Tasks

Departmental & Role Specifics

· Embrace and embody our Hospice values

· A collaborative open and transparent approach to working with others

· Deliver successful bids for unrestricted and restricted income to targe twith plans for growth

· Robust and regular research of funding opportunities, new trusts, and wider horizon scanning to identify a broad base of opportunity to refresh and renew the pipeline of prospective funders

· Steward existing trust funders, finding opportunities to cultivate and grow the relationship.

· Be a visible accessible presence across the hospice, encouraging colleagues to share and develop their own ideas that you and/or trust and grant volunteers can take forward and or support the team generating the ideas to do so in grant applications

· Happy in a fast-paced environment, with proven ability to plan and complete work to deadlines and managing conflicting priorities

Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Knowledge & Approach

· Educated to degree standard or equivalent

· Written fluency able to match bid requirements with succinct well evidenced phrasing

· Two years relevant experience with transferable skills

· Excellent digital skills with experience in using AI to synthesize information

· A successful track record in securing grant funding or meeting sales targets

· Good interpersonal skills able to inspire confidence and trust

· Well-developed insight into your own strengths and areas for development

· Enjoys working with people from a wide range of communities and contexts

· The ability to build rapport quickly and mutually beneficial long term relationships

· Experience of working to income targets and working proactively to take corrective action

· Experience is using donify (or another CRM), business software, social media and databases

· Experience of working with volunteers (desirable).

Communication

 · Confidently present the key messages of The Hospice of St Francis,

· Generate social media posts consistent with Hospice branding and content standards and GDPR and hard and soft copy information to inform and promote the impact and generosity of supporters, this includes video/reel thankyou messages from the CEO and Chair

· Emotionally resilient, empathic, curious, diplomatic and people-focused.

· A consistently high level of supporter care (or customer service) with proven ability in continually improving the supporter (customer) experience.

The Vacancy

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith-based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.  Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters. IRUK’s focus is strengthening effective funding, mobilising for change through advocacy and awareness-raising, and strengthening programme development and delivery. IRUK works with various partners and institutions, from governments, non-governmental organisations and local authorities to grassroots communities.

Islamic Relief UK (IRUK) is actively recruiting for the position of ‘Direct Marketing Manager’ to be based from its Waterloo Office, London. The organisation is currently operating to a hybrid working model.

The Direct Marketing Manager has operational and strategic responsibility in developing and implementing the Islamic Relief UK direct marketing programme. This includes the following key direct marketing channels: Email, SMS, Direct Mail, OOH and DRTV. The postholder will ensure the delivery of cross-channel, high profile and impactful marketing campaigns that drive action and improve supporter retention.

Knowledge, skills and attributes required:

• Educated to Degree level, or equivalent standard
• Professional qualification in Marketing
• Ability to communicate technical information and requirements to non-technical management and internal stakeholders
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Commercially aware with good understanding of budget management and ROI
• An aptitude to plan annually, multiple campaigns and activities 
• An understanding of marketing and other current marketing trends
• An ability to manage multiple projects
• An understanding of marketing strategy, marketing techniques, and knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research techniques 
• Proven record of excellent people and interpersonal skills with strong communication skills at individual and group levels.
• Excellent project management skills, ability to set goals and manage appropriate activity  to achieve them
• Ability to drive creative development and ideas
• Excellent analytical skills with the proven ability to manipulate and interpret information
• Ability to influence and persuade at various levels across the organisation
• Ability to review and evaluate marketing communication activities and identify opportunities for improvements
• Extensive knowledge of marketing principles and techniques – both traditional and digital
• Knowledge of branding and marketing in the INGO sector
• Extensive working knowledge of email marketing platforms

Experience required:

• Production of core marketing collateral including print, digital and audio-visual resources
• Management of integrated campaigns across all direct marketing channels
• Experience of audience profiling and segmentation
• Implementing successful customer/donor journeys across all direct marketing channels
• Raising funds/generating profit across all direct marketing channels
• Demonstrable experience of using email marketing platforms to develop customer journeys, raise funds and drive engagement with customers/donors
• Third sector experience, specifically within a marketing led role
• Experience of influencing and managing a wide range of stakeholders in a complex organisation
• Practical experience of successfully managing marketing budgets, evaluation and monitoring systems
• Proven experience in planning and project management, with the skills to engage colleagues and support at all levels
• Experience of building, developing and managing strategic partnerships with business suppliers (including creative and buying agencies), ensuring development of clear briefs, value-for-money, achievement of results, compliance and commitment to an organisations values and goals  
• Experience of working with data management/analysis teams  
• Experience of delivering with set budgets and using resources effectively to successfully balance creative aspirations with limited financial and other resources
• A track record of developing innovative marketing campaigns across all media and platforms 

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place in mid-July 2025.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer

As we embark on an exciting 5-year strategy we are looking to recruit an experienced Individual Giving Manager to focus on the delivery of repeat giving. Developing our weekly lottery, raffles and regular giving products and the sustainable income they provide.

This will be a crucial role within the team and playing the lead role in promoting these forms of giving to a wide external audience. Ensuring that we increase our reach across all areas of our communities through all forms of communications and engagement. You will also be able to work collaboratively across internal teams to promote regular giving and lottery products, ensuring that we maximise the potential of this important form of giving.

You’ll be an experienced direct marketer who is comfortable with product development and using data to drive a great experience for our supporters.

Please note that a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) basic criminal record check will be undertaken as part of our -employment screening for the successful candidate.

Salary: £28,000 to £32,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Working pattern: Full time over a 4 day working week. Hybrid working with one day a week in our central London office (London Bridge)

Who we are

We are Spinal Research, the United Kingdom's leading medical charity focused on the repair and restoration of the spinal cord. Every two hours someone in the UK becomes paralysed. Globally, it is estimated that 15.4 million people are living with paralysis. It can happen to anyone at any time, changing lives instantly.

We fund groundbreaking research that will cure paralysis, helping to ensure people living with spinal cord injuries will one day receive life-changing treatments.

About the role

We are seeking an individual giving officer to support the development and delivery of our individual giving programme. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our fundraising team, helping to grow income and deepen engagement from our supporter base.

Key duties

• Assist in the planning and implementation of individual giving campaigns that deliver sustainable income growth and long-term donor engagement
• Manage supporter engagement and acquisition across multiple channels including social media, email, SMS, direct mail, and online campaigns
• Work closely with the fundraising, research, and communications teams to ensure successful delivery of individual giving activities
• Oversee data selection for campaigns to optimise return on investment and support testing; ensure data is managed securely and in line with GDPR
• Support reporting and forecasting of financial and non-financial performance across the individual giving programme
• Contribute to the development and launch of a mid-value donor fundraising programme
• Support donor journeys that build loyalty and increase lifetime value through a range of fundraising products

Skills and experience required

• Proven experience managing projects across direct marketing channels, including both digital and print
• Strong copywriting and creative writing skills
• Experience developing fundraising and marketing content based on audience insights
• Confident working with external agencies across creative, print, digital, and media
• Experience supporting the planning and budgeting of individual giving activity
• Familiarity with legacy marketing is desirable but not essential

Benefits

• Five weeks annual leave plus bank holidays
• Full time hours over a 4-day working week (32 hours, Fridays off)
• Flexible working with core hours between 10am and 4pm
• Hybrid working with one day a week in the office
• Private health insurance cash plan
• Eight percent pension contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite gym at the office

How to apply

If you would like to apply and join our energetic team at this exciting time, please submit your CV and a covering statement (no more than two pages) outlining your interest in the role and why you believe you are a good fit.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Spinal Research is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We provide equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

ORCA are looking for an outstanding Training Manager to join their team and help the charity take the next step in the evolution of their programme of e-learning training courses to help more people than ever to help protect whales and dolphins.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the power of education, a systems thinker who is able to take the e-learning system ORCA have built and maximise it's capabilities. A keen understanding of how to engage and inspire learners through digital channels and how to construct dynamic courses that maximise learning is key.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading ORCA's training programmes, developing content using expert knowledge from the wider ORCA team to train people from a variety of backgrounds about whale and dolphin conservation, including members of the public, experience ORCA volunteers and seafarers.

This is an opportunity for someone to build on a strong foundation of training and catapult it into a digital space, creating an efficient, effective and wide reaching training programme that has the opportunity to make a meaningful difference for whale and dolphin conservation around the world.

Join RUHX – Be part of something extra extraordinary.

At RUHX, we’re more than the Official NHS charity of the Royal United Hospitals Bath. We go further to give every patient the extra extraordinary care they deserve, while supporting our staff to do what they do best and furthering innovation within our hospitals. We’re out there in our community, collaborating with the people and organisations who drive real change. And we’re making sure that every penny we raise goes towards improving health, happiness and wellbeing for everyone in our community.

We’re now looking for a highly organised and motivated Charity Operations Officer to help ensure our internal systems and processes run smoothly, so our fundraising and impact can go even further. This is your chance to be part of a charity that believes in being positively disruptive, creative and collaborative, all to make a transformative difference for our patients, staff and community.

We’re big enough to make an impact and small enough to care. This means that we believe in creating an inclusive, supportive, and nurturing environment for all our staff, as we know that a diverse, happy, and healthy team is vital to our success.

Main duties of the job

No two days in our team are the same. This role will be based onsite in the office in Bath, with some opportunities to work flexibly.  You will have a varied role which involves managing a wide range of duties and tasks, including.

• Supporting the Head of Operations with administrative, finance, compliance, and governance tasks.
• Leading internal processes, including banking and financial processes, supplier relationships, and documentation.
• Helping maintain accurate financial records and managing charity databases and systems.
• Data management, analysis, segmentation and reporting to drive strategic decision-making across the RUHX team.
• Helping embed good financial and data practices that support our values and enhance our culture

We’re looking for a kind and compassionate person who is passionate about the NHS and making a difference to healthcare for our community. A great communicator and team player. Proactive, exceptionally organised and creative in problem solving. And in addition; 

• Skilled and knowledgeable in finance and administration, ideally within a charity or public sector.
• Confident in administering CRM/databases, and developing segmentation, insights and reports.
• Confident using systems like Microsoft Office, finance systems and project planning tools

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to graduate level or equivalent, appropriate work experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent standard of English, both written, spoken and grammar

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of a qualification in Fundraising or financial / management accounting
• Experience of Raisers Edge NXT
• AAT Level 3 qualified

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Two years’ experience in charity operations, including financial systems, accounts and CRM databases
• Experience using accounting software and producing complex regular income and expenditure reports to inform the wider charity teams on progress and performance against plans.
• Demonstrable experience using and administrating a charity CRM to a high level to deliver insights and reporting to the broader organisation.
• Experience in delivering training on finance and CRM systems to colleagues.
• Experience in customer care and delivering customer-facing support on the phone, in person and via email.
• Ability to interpret and implement with minimal guidance, legislation surrounding SORP and Institute of Fundraising Codes of Practice, regulations and best practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of the not-for-profit sector
• Experience of having a planned and organised approach to managing their own workload to meet tight deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of setting, managing and reporting on income and expenditure budgets.
• Knowledge & experience of Raisers Edge relationship management database.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to use initiative and escalate issues promptly when unable to resolve an issue personally.
• Experience working flexibly to meet the needs of the charity and ensure a customer focused response.
• Flexible team player who can prioritise and organise a changing workload and work systematically towards deadlines. High attention to detail and an ability to see a task through to fruition with minimal supervision.
• Able to communicate complex information that may be sensitive or contentious and may require persuasion/negotiation.
• Advanced IT skills, including good Microsoft Word, and Excel including the ability to design spreadsheet models and complex reports.
• Ability to analyse a range of financial data and interpret a range of options
• Excellent ability to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems
• An understanding of the Data Protection Act, GDPR and Fundraising regulations and best practice.

A new environmental charity in East Suffolk is being established with a bold, long-term mission: to help make the region the most ecologically diverse and environmentally resilient area in England.

With a planned investment of £78 million over the next 70+ years, the charity will support transformative environmental action—enhancing biodiversity, restoring landscapes, and enabling communities to connect with and care for the natural world.

Rooted in one of the most remarkable and environmentally sensitive areas in the UK—home to National Landscapes, rare habitats, and a highly valued heritage coast—the charity is being created through an innovative partnership between a major infrastructure developer and local government bodies.

Chief Executive Officer
Location: East Suffolk office to be established
Salary: Circa £85,000

As the founding Chief Executive, the successful candidate will work with an experienced Board of founding Trustees to shape and lead the organisation in its crucial early years—building the charity, establishing the grant-making programme, and acting as the public voice for environmental action in the region.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to lead:

• A start-up charity with a guaranteed long-term income stream and major ambition

• A mission-focused organisation with the potential to make lasting, generational impact on people and nature

• A platform for collaborative, creative leadership on climate, conservation, and environmental education

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• A strong track record of leadership, ideally in the environmental, public or charitable sectors

• The entrepreneurial drive and strategic thinking to establish and grow a new organisation

• Passion for the natural environment, with a good understanding of climate and ecological challenges

• Outstanding communication skills and resilience, with the ability to build partnerships and act as the charity’s ambassador

• A commitment to equity, inclusion and public engagement in all aspects of the organisation’s work

Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, with a commitment to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects and serves all communities across East Suffolk.

To find out more information including how to apply, please redirect to the role on the Prospectus website.

Application deadline: Sunday 29th June (midnight)
Interviews: Friday 25th July

JUSTICE is looking for a motivated and organised Communications Officer to help us build a fairer UK justice system. The postholder will translate complex legal issues into compelling, clear writing, and believe in the power of communication to change minds and build broad support for policy change.

The postholder will communicate JUSTICE’s work to our key audiences using press, digital media, and printed publications, and will report to the Head of Communications. Responsibilities include working with journalists to gain coverage, managing our website and social media accounts, and producing printed materials. You will play a key role in communicating our work and improving engagement with our members and supporters.

We want someone who can learn and grow in this role so if you are a strong writer who is organised and passionate about our work but don’t have every skill listed, we’d still like to hear from you.

JUSTICE works across the whole justice system – from prisons and family law to Windrush and more. Over our 67-year history we have transformed the legal landscape for the better, led by evidence, expertise, and a focus on practical solutions.

It is a fantastic charity to work for, in terms of cause and culture. Our friendly and supportive team currently work in a hybrid manner with access to office space in London. Our staff enjoy flexible working conditions, 27 days annual leave plus a wellbeing day, a birthday day, and the days between Christmas and the New Year off. JUSTICE provides an 8% employer pension contribution, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

The candidate pack can be found on our website.

To be considered for this role, please complete the application form, which can be found on our website.

Please note you cannot save your progress on the application form and return to it later. To see the questions in advance please download them by clicking on the link on our website.

Please do not submit answers to the questions by email, they will not be considered.   

Deadline for applications: 11pm, Sunday 22 June 2025. Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 7 July 2025. Candidates will be required to complete a test as part of the interview process.

About the role

Whether you're looking for an interim opportunity or a permanent role, we’re interested in hearing from experienced professionals who can hit the ground running and make an immediate impact.

This is an inspiring role for someone who wants to contribute to our success by providing strategic leadership and direction to the fundraising and communications functions supporting the Dementia Adventure business plan and charitable mission and objectives.

Managing a team of five across fundraising, communications, special projects and data management, the successful applicant will lead the development of partnerships and campaigns to raise funds for Dementia Adventure’s unique work to support people with dementia and their carers to have a more active and fulfilled life by getting outdoors and experiencing the benefits of nature. 

You will provide strategic leadership and direction for income generation through various fundraising disciplines and joint fundraising partnerships, ensuring the charity's diversification of funding and financial sustainability. Funding sources include major grantmakers, trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, challenge events, and an individual giving campaign.

Hand in hand with leading fundraising, you will oversee the Communications team, supporting, developing and monitoring the communications strategy, associated budget, resources, systems, processes and operations. This will involve overseeing and directing a communications plan promoting the work of Dementia Adventure to a broad range of audiences through various channels and campaigns, along with increasing online and social media presence.

About you
We are looking for someone to join the charity’s Senior Leadership Team who will bring experience from their past successes and provide inspirational strategic leadership and direction to the fundraising and communications functions in support of the Dementia Adventure business plan, charitable mission and objectives. The successful applicant will have a strong, successful track record of fundraising and/or other forms of income generation in the charity sector, including management, with proven experience in meeting financial and non-financial targets. You should be able to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including trusts and grant givers, corporates, major donors and other individuals. In addition, you should have strong knowledge of marketing and communication principles and practice, digital marketing, and social media, and be confident in engaging audiences sensitively with real-life stories to demonstrate impact and create a compelling case for support.

Dementia Adventure is an evidence-led, multi-award national charity helping people living with dementia and their carers to enjoy the outdoors, connect with nature, and retain a sense of adventure. We look at what people can do, not what they can’t. Through supported holidays, learning, and tailored support, we promote well-being, inclusion, and resilience through fostering meaningful connections and renewed possibilities.

Location: Hybrid (can be based from either our Head office, The Grange, Saunderton, Buckinghamshire or from our Northern Centre in Bielby, York)

About us

National charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, trains dogs to transform the lives of deaf people and provides hearing loss services – because nobody with hearing loss should feel alone.

About the role

Are you passionate about creating inclusive, user-centred services that make a lasting difference? Do you want to lead meaningful change for people with hearing loss?

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is seeking a forward-thinking and experienced Head of Service Design to shape the future of our services. Working at the intersection of innovation, insight, and lived experience, you’ll ensure every service we offer is thoughtfully designed, rigorously tested, and truly life-changing.

What you’ll be doing:

• Shape the vision and strategy for service design at Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
• Lead the development and implementation of inclusive, user-centred design methodologies, grounded in real needs and impact insights
• Collaborate with the Head of Service Engagement to ensure co-creation with people with lived experience is central to our approach
• Oversee content and experience design, ensuring consistency, clarity, and accessibility across all channels
• Partner with Marketing & Communications and IT to support digital transformation, ensuring inclusive and accessible services
• Guide iterative testing, piloting, and improvement of all services, embedding feedback and insight at every stage
• Work closely with the Head of Impact to embed robust evaluation into the design process, ensuring services are scalable and evidence-based
• Champion cross-team collaboration, embedding service design thinking across the organisation
• Build buy-in and advocate for the value of service design with senior leaders and stakeholders

About you

You’re an experienced service designer and collaborative leader with a deep commitment to inclusion, impact, and innovation. You thrive on translating complex user journeys into meaningful service experiences – and you know how to bring others on the journey with you.

Skills and experience:

• Expert in user-centred and inclusive design, with a strong background in service design, co-creation, and accessibility
• Strategic thinker with a holistic understanding of service systems, able to move seamlessly between high-level planning and hands-on delivery
• Collaborative and impact-driven, skilled at working cross-functionally and translating user insight into tangible improvements

How to apply

As part of the recruitment process, we are requesting:

• A comprehensive CV
• A supporting statement that addresses Knowledge, Skills, Strengths and Behaviours and tells us why you are particularly interested in the role. (Maximum of 2 sides of A4)

Closing date: 27 June 2025

Job title: Marketing Manager

Reports to: Charis Evans, Managing Director, CST Professional Development

Location: Home-based, with occasional travel for meetings and events. We provide equipment to support you working from home and pay reasonable expenses when you need to travel for work.

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 a year.

Pension: We offer a workplace pension and life assurance scheme. CST makes contributions equivalent to 10% of your gross salary.

Annual leave: Initially 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with an additional two days leave after three years.

Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours a week. We are happy to consider part time and flexible working options.

Job overview We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Marketing Manager to lead and execute marketing strategy for our conferences, events, membership and consultancy services within the education sector. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in promoting the CST brand, increasing attendance and engagement at our events and driving membership and business growth through strategic marketing activities. They will also line manage, support and develop a Marketing Executive.

Key responsibilities

1. Developing and implementing integrated marketing strategies for CST’s services, aligned with organisational goals and values.

2. Working closely with key stakeholders to define and achieve marketing goals and income targets.

3. Engaging with CST thought leadership and policy output to understand key trends in the school trust sector and undertaking competitor analysis to identify opportunities for CST in the education market.

4. Understanding CST membership engagement data and using it to inform the planning and execution of multi-channel marketing campaigns that build audiences and pipelines for CST events and services.

5. Managing marketing calendars to ensure timely delivery of campaigns, in line with the events, communities and membership calendars.

6. Overseeing the creation of compelling marketing materials including, brochures, landing pages, social media and email campaigns, blog content and promotional video.

7. Collaborating with subject matter experts in-house and across a wide range of partners to produce thought leadership and guidance for the benefit of CST members.

8. Supporting the delivery of conferences and events and working in partnership with the events team and external partners to ensure seamless integration and quality assurance of marketing and operational activities, including onsite branding and promotional activities.

9. Working closely with CST’s Head of Communications to manage the services areas on CST’s website.

10. Build relationships with CST partners and other sector organisations to identify and create cross-promotional opportunities.

11. Using the CST CRM and other analytics platforms to report on the performance of marketing activities.

12. Any other duties that may be delegated by the MD of CST PD.

Person specification

Essential skills and experience

• 5+ years marketing and communications experience, ideally in the education or membership sector, including experience of managing people.

• Output focused, able to execute a range of communications across channels efficiently.

• People-centred, adept at forming and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.

• Fluent and precise, an excellent communicator who writes well and oversees good design.

• Data driven, with a relentless focus on monitoring impact and hitting ambitious targets.

• Proficient with CMS, CRM and marketing automation tools and analytics software.

• Familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud suite and Canva

• Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.

• Committed to ongoing development of themselves and their colleagues.

• Someone that embodies the Nolan Principles and acts with integrity and discretion.

• Aligned with CST’s aims to promote education for public benefit.

• Skilled at working remotely as part of a close-knit team. Desirable skills and experience

• A degree and/or professional qualifications in marketing and/or communications

• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

Job Title: Volunteer Manager

Location: Based in our central office in Islington (10 minute walk from Highbury and Islington station). You will work in a hybrid approach including regular service visits, office days, and home working. 

Salary: £37,000

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30. You may be required to work outside these hours as per requirements of the role.

About the role

This is a new role at SIG, thus a great opportunity to join our team in supporting with and managing the delivery and implementation of our National Volunteering Strategy. This role plays a pivotal role in shaping and producing a strategy which empowers leaders across the organisation to actively recruit, engage and retain volunteers within their services. You will develop and implement a volunteering strategy which is fit for use, realistic and transferrable throughout the organisation, with a structured programme which ensures a positive volunteer experience. 

• Lead the co-creation of the organisation’s National Volunteering Strategy in collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Define clear goals, priorities, and success measures for volunteering across the organisation.
• Develop a clear roadmap for implementation of a volunteer strategy, ensuring alignment with the Group’s wider mission and values.
• Work collaboratively with various teams from operations, people and culture, marketing, finance, and other central teams to support the strategy.
• Design and implement a consistent volunteer recruitment, onboarding and induction process, and manage the sharing of information across the organisation.
• Create and manage volunteer hiring workflows, and ensure these are fit for purpose, and that they align with wider strategies, and system implementation.
• Consult and engage with managers on a regular basis to fully understand and identify volunteering needs across services and co-design a diverse range of volunteer roles that add value and reflect local priorities.

About you

We are looking for a proactive individual with a passion for advocating volunteering opportunities and early careers. You will be dedicated to bring new opportunities and drive meaningful change. You will have experience in volunteer management, with the understanding of what it entails, what our obligations are, and the difference between employment and volunteers. You will be driven to have the opportunity to create a process which is new to the organisation, and be self driven to learn as you go, as well as share your personal experience and expertise with others.

• Proven experience in developing or managing volunteer programmes, including recruitment, engagement and retention strategies  
• Ability to design and implement strategies, with a clear understanding of how to align volunteering initiatives with organisational needs
• In depth understanding of volunteering programmes and the knowledge, skills and ability to create role profiles for volunteers
• Ability to build local networks and relationships locally and nationally, and utilise platforms available, including new ones to share opportunities available
• Ability to think creatively to improve processes
• Proactiveness and outgoing approach to work, ability to use initiative to resolve challenges
• Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks and competing priorities within a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail and quality, with organisation skills
• Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

What we offer

• 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards
• EDI Ambassador programme
• Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.
• Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of all of our employees. We have a team of staff ambassadors who volunteer to actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. They embrace this unique opportunity to deliver awareness, events, and developments to our organisation to support us in ensuring our value of Inclusivity is embedded throughout the organisation. 

SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. 

About Social Interest Group (SIG)

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change. 
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions. 

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Director of Marketing & Growth
London (with flexibility for one day of remote working per week)
£80,000 – £100,000 per annum

Our client, a fast-growing London-based charity harnessing the power of football to transform lives, is seeking a commercially minded, brand-led Director of Marketing & Growth to lead their next phase of strategic expansion. The organisation delivers accessible, high-quality football programmes to thousands of young people across London, regardless of background or ability to pay.

With ambitious plans to reach 20,000 young people each week by 2028, this newly created leadership role will play a pivotal part in building the charity’s visibility, momentum, and supporter base. The successful candidate will be responsible for growing reach and revenue by transforming the organisation’s impact into compelling narratives—making it a trusted brand for parents, an inspiring one for young people, and a credible, values-led partner for funders and commercial supporters.

This is an opportunity to shape and execute a bold, insight-led strategy that brings together brand, marketing, and sales. The Director will lead a talented and growing team and will have the resources and mandate to build a high-performing, scalable function driven by strong data, effective systems, and creative campaigns.

While experience in football is not required, a passion for the sport and belief in its power to drive social change is essential. This role is ideal for someone eager to build a youth brand with genuine purpose and lasting impact.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Proven leadership in marketing, growth, or commercial development

• A strong track record of driving revenue and delivering ROI through marketing and customer acquisition

• Experience scaling teams, systems, and campaigns in fast-paced, high-growth environments

• Expertise in digital, CRM, and performance marketing with a data-driven mindset

• A passion for using football—or sport more broadly—as a tool for positive social change

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a movement ensuring that no young person is left behind due to their background or financial circumstances.

Recruitment Timeline

• Deadline for applications: Wednesday 26th June 2025

• Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 30th June

• First Interview with the Client: w/c 21st July (online)

• Final Interview with the Client: w/c 28th July (in-person)

To learn more and to see how to apply, please redirect to the role on our website.

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