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We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.
The Supporter Relations Team plays a pivotal role in building relationships with our supporters and assisting our fundraising team to raise vital funds that will support our mission to beat blood cancer within a generation.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with great communication, organisation and interpersonal skills. The main purpose of this role is to deliver excellent customer service to our supporters through written and verbal communication, and ensure efficient administration of donations and maintaining accurate data on our CRM system.
The role of Supporter Relations Assistant would suit someone energetic, organised and confident at communicating. As the first point of contact for our supporters, you will be able to build a rapport with supporters over the telephone, have good written communication skills and be a quick learner. You will also have experience of using a CRM or database, which will be vital when processing donations and recording communications with supporters. The role is varied and fast paced and requires efficiency and accuracy, as well as teamwork.
There are some tasks within this role which must be completed in the office, and therefore you will be required to work within a hybrid team where your week will be split working from home and the office.
We research, we support, we care. Because it’s time to beat leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all types of blood cancer.



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Contract: 8-month fixed term
Hours: 20 per week (flexible across the week)
Location: Remote or hybrid working at our head office in Aldgate, London (depending on preference)
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
- health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Dementia UK’s Mass Participation team is growing! We are looking for a Challenge Events Assistant to join us for an 8-month fixed term contract to support the delivery of additional own place runners as a result of the 2027 Double TCS London Marathon.
Working closely with our Challenge Events Executives and Assistants, you will primarily support the day-to-day delivery of our London Marathon activity. You’ll be a key point of contact for supporters, communicating regularly by phone, email and SMS, providing excellent stewardship and helping with the administration and logistics of the 2027 Double TCS London Marathon. You’ll also support with activity across the wider Challenge Events program.
Whilst the Mass Participation team come to our head office in Aldgate, London twice a week, we have flexible working arrangements for this role, so you can choose to be remote or hybrid. Some flexibility will be needed to travel to the office nearer the time of the 2027 London Marathon and to attend the event to support event logistics.
We are looking for you to be organised, enthusiastic and detail-focused, and have strong administrative and customer service skills. You’ll be confident communicating by phone, email and SMS, comfortable working with databases and data, and able to prioritise a varied workload. Previous experience in an administrative or fundraising environment would be an advantage, but most importantly, you’ll bring a collaborative approach and willingness to learn.
If you would like to be part of a collaborative team delivering an exciting year of challenge events and have the opportunity to develop your fundraising and supporter stewardship experience, whilst helping our supporters make a difference for families affected by dementia, then apply now.
This role is subject to a Basic DBS check.
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a workplace culture that looks after our people to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation lead and positively contribute to our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Our supportive and nurturing workplace culture has recently earnt us recognition as the Sunday Times Best Place to Work in the non-profit and charities sector 2025 (big organisation).
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident employer. If you would like support to make an application or to tell us you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
We expect this role to attract high interest and may close it before the advertised closing date. To avoid disappointment, we recommend submitting an application at your earliest opportunity.
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We're looking for a Fostering Coordinator to play a vital role in helping dogs thrive outside the kennel environment, by recruiting and supporting volunteer foster carers.
What does this role do?
As Fostering Coordinator, you will:
- identify and place suitable dogs into foster care, including temporary placements for long-stay dogs needing respite from kennels, and carry out necessary intake assessments,
- recruit, assess, and induct new foster carers, promoting the scheme through events, conversations, and collaboration with colleagues across Dogs Trust,
- support foster carers with regular check-ins, arrange veterinary appointments, and provide access to behaviour or training support when needed,
- deliver training to foster carers, either one-to-one or through organised group sessions,
- promote dogs in foster or Home Stay settings by preparing profiles, contacting potential adopters, organising matching meetings, and completing all adoption paperwork.
Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you'll understand the importance of fostering, and the positive impact it can have on a dogs journey to their forever home. With experience of working with volunteers, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, and ability to support fosterers as they provide temporary care to our dogs. You'll need some dog handling experience, as well as excellent customer service skills.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 20th and 21st August 2026 at Shrewsbury Rehoming Centre.
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Join a small global team where you'll organise and oversee our UK-based coaching and leadership programmes for education and non-profit leaders. From responding to new enquiries, launching programmes and setting up online learning journeys, to building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, you'll need to be hands-on and able to prioritise across multiple workstreams. In return, you'll get genuine variety and ownership of your work, a friendly and supportive team, and opportunities to work with new digital tools and platforms and help us pioneer AI-powered ways of working from the ground up.
About BTS Spark
BTS Spark is the social impact and education practice of BTS, a global professional services firm which specialises in supporting organisations to develop their leaders and build the people capabilities to deliver effectively on their strategies. Our mission at BTS Spark is bring that expertise to help education and non-profit leaders do their best work, building stronger organisations and a better world.
We provide expert 1:1 leadership coaching, powerful group experiences and bespoke team and organisational development programmes, all designed to enable profound and highly impactful learning. To date we have worked primarily with schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts, but we are now actively seeking to grow our work within higher education and the non-profit sector. Whilst most of the work delivered by our UK hub is with UK-based organisations, we also deliver programmes elsewhere in Europe and manage several international programmes.
Our UK core team is small — just our Director and our Programme Manager — supported by wider BTS colleagues, our global BTS Spark team and a network of 30+ UK-based coaches and facilitators.
Job Description
Working closely with our UK Director, but with a significant degree of independence, you'll support almost every part of our UK operations:
- Plan and enable smooth programme delivery — allocating coaches and facilitators, scheduling group sessions, and managing logistics for face-to-face events
- Set up and launch coaching and leadership programmes on our digital platforms, and use Claude and other AI tools to speed up routine tasks like data entry, reporting and client updates
- Act as a trusted first point of contact for clients, managing relationships, delivering briefings and platform demos, and preparing data-led impact reports
- Handle new enquiries, follow through with quotations and information, and support business development and proposal writing with the Director
- Help grow our profile — co-ordinating social media content (particularly LinkedIn), updating our website, building landing pages, and supporting our alumni and marketing campaigns
- Forecast income, keep our financial systems up to date, and manage letters of engagement, purchase orders and invoicing requests.
- Provide occasional live support for virtual workshops, and executive assistant support to the Director
The balance of your week will shift through the year, with programme launches taking priority at times and more space for development work during school holidays. A key priority is to make full use of our AI capability (especially Claude) to speed up our processes and free up more time for the relationship-building and engagement work that matters most. This is something we’ll support you to build into your working practice from day one.
We're looking for candidates with the following attributes:
Essential:
- A strong, sustained track record in programme planning and project/operations management
- Confidence managing relationships with senior education and non-profit leaders, with excellent, professional customer service skills
- Excellent written communication and proof-reading skills, with sharp attention to detail
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise across multiple workstreams
- A proactive, can-do attitude and comfort working independently
- Strong financial literacy and experience with CRM/database systems (e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot)
- Enthusiasm for digital tools and AI assistants, and intermediate Microsoft Office skills
- Flexibility for occasional calls outside business hours with North America and Australia-based colleagues
Desirable:
- Experience working in or closely with the education sector
- University graduate-level education
Benefits
- 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and a Christmas–New Year office closure
- 5% matched pension and life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Free access to a wellness coach and healthcare app (video GP appointments, mental health and nutritional consultations)
- Cycle to work scheme
See attached job description for further details.
Application Process
Please apply with an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (max. 2 sides) showing how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience above. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
We review applications on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as you can. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday 1st September.
Initial interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on a rolling basis until 4th September.
Final interviews will be held in London at the BTS Offices on 10th and 11th September.
Note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
Our mission is to help education, public sector and non-profit leaders do their best work, building stronger organisations and a better world.
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Job title: Retail Assistant
Directorate: Retail, Services and Operations
Location: Scarborough
Hours: 15 hours per week, 2 days over 7, with one working day at the weekend
Closing date: 25th August 2026
Permanent or Fixed Term: Permanent
We are currently looking for a Retail Assistant to join our Retail, Services and Operations team at our shop in Scarborough.
As a Retail Assistant, you will support the Shop Manager and Deputy Shop Manager and work alongside volunteers, playing an active part in running a successful Charity Shop. This includes stock management, merchandising, operating the till and providing excellent customer service.
You will need to be committed to creating a welcoming professional atmosphere and demonstrating the values of Yorkshire Cancer Research. You will also be a passionate and enthusiastic ambassador for the charity and its work.
To be considered for this role, you will ideally have worked in a retail environment, have a basic understanding of Microsoft Office programmes, good communication skills and the ability to motivate yourself and others.
The closing date for applications is 25 August 2026
To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role via our website. Please read our privacy notice before applying.
We positively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact us via our webiste.
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Bristol Cathedral is recruiting two part-time Visitor Experience Assistants to help deliver an outstanding experience for everyone who visits the Cathedral.
Located in the heart of Bristol, the Cathedral welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Whether someone is attending worship, exploring our history, enjoying a tour, supporting an event or simply seeking a moment of reflection, our Visitor Experience Team helps ensure they receive a warm and memorable welcome.
As a Visitor Experience Assistant, you will be at the heart of that welcome. You will greet visitors, answer questions, encourage donations and Gift Aid, support volunteers, promote tours and retail sales, and help maintain high standards across our visitor spaces. You will also support events and activities taking place at both Bristol Cathedral and the Lord Mayor’s Chapel.
We’re looking for people who genuinely enjoy working with others and take pride in delivering excellent customer service. Strong communication skills, a friendly and proactive approach, and the confidence to engage with a diverse range of visitors are more important than previous Cathedral or heritage experience.
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Harris Hill is seeking a Fundraising Assistant ASAP until mid November, to support the fundraising team at well known charity, full time, with 2dpw in the office.
About the Role:
As Fundraising Assistant, you will provide essential administrative and supporter care support to the fundraising team, ensuring accurate records, smooth processes and timely responses. You will help coordinate event logistics, maintain up-to-date fundraising data, and play a key role in delivering a professional and positive journey for all supporters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle day-to-day supporter enquiries via phone, email and post, ensuring prompt, courteous and accurate responses.
- Process donations, direct debits and gift acknowledgements, following agreed procedures and timelines.
- Maintain and update fundraising databases and CRM records, including contact details, communication preferences and activity logs.
- Support the planning and administration of fundraising events, including invitations, registrations and attendee communications.
- Prepare and distribute standard supporter communications, thank-you letters and receipts.
- Assist with data entry and basic reporting to support fundraising campaigns and appeals.
- Coordinate the collation and organisation of event materials, packs and resources.
- Provide general administrative support to the fundraising team, including filing, scanning and document management.
Key Requirements:
- Experience in supporter care, customer service or a similar people-facing administrative role.
- Proven background in fundraising administration or charity administration.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and record-keeping.
- Confident using databases or CRM systems to update and retrieve supporter information.
- Organised approach with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Clear, professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid environment, managing tasks independently and collaboratively.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience supporting fundraising events or community campaigns.
- Familiarity with charity fundraising regulations and best practice.
- Previous use of a fundraising-specific CRM or donor management system.
- Experience producing basic reports or lists from databases.
- Background in a charity, non-profit or membership organisation.
Qualifications:
- GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
- Further education in administration, business, communications or related field preferred.
- Any training or certification in fundraising, supporter care or customer service advantageous.
If you are a detail-focused administrator with a passion for supporter care and fundraising, this temporary role offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute—apply now to be considered.
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An exciting opportunity to join the team as a Bar and Catering Assistant to work in the Engine Shed Café both in the daytime and for events. Main duties of this role will include, serving customers and setting up for and working a range of student and external events.
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Supporter Care Assistant
Fixed Term Contract | 3 days per week
Are you highly organised, people-focused and confident providing excellent customer service? Do you enjoy helping people feel welcomed, supported and connected?
Scripture Union is looking for a Supporter Care Assistant to join our Mobilisation Team on a fixed term basis. This role plays an important part in helping us care well for our supporters, customers and wider community, ensuring they receive a positive, efficient and engaging experience whenever they connect with us.
About the role
As Supporter Care Assistant, you will act as one of the first points of contact for enquiries and help support the smooth running of our supporter and customer care processes.
You will be involved in:
- Responding to enquiries by phone, email, website and post
- Processing orders, subscriptions, donations and Direct Debits
- Supporting fundraising activity and mobilisation campaigns
- Maintaining accurate records on our CRM system
- Working closely with colleagues and external partners to fulfil orders and communications
- Encouraging engagement with Scripture Union’s ministry and wider work
About you
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with people and takes pride in providing excellent service. You may already have experience in a customer-facing, administrative or supporter care role, or you may be looking to develop your skills further in this area.
You will be someone who:
- Communicates warmly and professionally
- Is organised and able to manage a varied workload
- Has good attention to detail
- Is confident using systems and handling data accurately
- Can work to deadlines and follow processes carefully
- Is supportive of Scripture Union’s mission and values
Invest in our mission, as we invest in you:
Our Benefits:
- 23 days holiday (pro rata) + bank holidays + 5 volunteering days
- Up to 12% pension contribution
- Life insurance
- Free Bible Reading Guides
- Enhanced family leave
- Asupportive, faith-filled environment where your work has eternal impact
Occupational Requirement
Scripture Union is a Christian charity committed to sharing the good news of Jesus with children and young people. Therefore, this role carries an occupational requirement for the successful applicant to be a practising Christian, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. The successful candidate will be expected to actively support and work in accordance with Scripture Union's Christian ethos, mission and values.
Safeguarding
Scripture Union is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our safer recruitment process.
If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. To apply for this role, download a copy of the job profile. You will need to upload your CV (2 A4 pages max) and a covering letter (2 A4 pages max) detailing how your skills and experience reflect the Job Profile, via Charity Jobs.
Scripture Union is a Christian charity that exists to see a new generation with a vibrant faith in Jesus.



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Are you passionate about helping Disabled people live independently? Do you enjoy solving problems, building relationships and providing practical advice that makes a real difference?
At Equal Lives, we're looking for an Independent Living Adviser to join our Suffolk Independent Living Service. This rewarding role supports people who use Direct Payments and personal budgets to arrange and manage their own care and support, giving them greater choice, control and independence.
You'll provide information, advice and guidance on a range of topics including Direct Payments, support planning, recruiting and employing Personal Assistants, and managing support arrangements. You'll work closely with individuals, families, professionals and community organisations to help people achieve positive outcomes and live independently.
We're looking for someone who:
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Is passionate about equality, empowerment and the Social Model of Disability.
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Has excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
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Can manage a varied workload and respond to enquiries in a professional and person-centred way.
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Has experience or knowledge of HR, recruitment, employment practices or supporting people to employ staff.
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Is confident using IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications.
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Can work independently whilst contributing positively to a wider team.
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Has a full, clean driving licence and is willing to travel across Suffolk.
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Knowledge of Direct Payments, personal budgets or independent living services would be beneficial, but training will be provided on our specific services.
Why work for Equal Lives?
Equal Lives is a user-led disability rights organisation working across Norfolk and Suffolk. We are passionate about removing disabling barriers, promoting independent living and ensuring Disabled people have choice, control and equal opportunities.
This is an opportunity to build meaningful relationships, support people to take control of their lives, and be part of a team committed to making a lasting difference in our communities.
Salary: £24,500.00 rising to £26,357.15 per annum after 6 month probation period
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time
Hours and working pattern: 08:30 to 16:30, Monday to Friday
Location: Office based during probation with possibility of hybrid working after this.
Office location: IP City Centre, Bath Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SD
Some travel is required for visiting service users in their homes or other locations, so a full and clean driving license is required.
Key Dates
Closing date: 2nd September 2026 (midday)
Shortlisting: 3rd September 2026
Interviews: 16th September 2026 at IP City Centre, Ipswich
We strive to remove disabling barriers, empowering Disabled people to have choice and control in their lives.
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FareShare Greater Manchester is a leading member of the UK's largest food redistribution charity. Every year, millions of tonnes of perfectly good food go to waste while millions of people struggle to afford to eat. We're changing that—redistributing surplus food to charities and community groups across Greater Manchester, helping to reduce food waste and tackle hunger. Join our team and be part of a movement that's making a real difference every day.
As a Warehouse Assistant, you'll be involved in the following activities:
- Preparing customer orders by picking and packing them accurately and efficiently, ensuring excellent service for charities and community groups.
- Receiving, checking, organising and storing incoming food deliveries safely, maintaining an orderly warehouse and making the best use of available space.
- Monitoring stock levels and quality, reporting discrepancies, completing stock checks and helping to minimise food waste using the GLADYS stock management system.
- Supporting volunteers, employability programme participants and corporate volunteer groups by providing guidance, encouragement and practical training in warehouse tasks.
- Delivering a welcoming, helpful and professional experience for our customers, volunteers and visitors, responding to queries promptly and courteously.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to maintain efficient warehouse operations, communicate handovers, identify improvements and report issues promptly.
- Maintaining high standards of food safety, health and safety, safeguarding, housekeeping and compliance, ensuring the warehouse is always safe, clean and audit-ready.
- Completing required operational records and monitoring activities accurately and comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
What We're Looking For
A proactive and reliable team player with excellent communication, customer service and organisational skills, experience working in a warehouse or similar operational environment, strong IT and numeracy skills, and the ability to prioritise workloads in a fast-paced setting.
You'll enjoy supporting volunteers and customers, be committed to maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy, and be physically able to lift loads of up to 25kg. Experience working with volunteers or people with additional needs, and relevant food hygiene or forklift qualifications are desirable, although comprehensive training will be provided.
In order to be considered for this vacancy, after you apply using a cover letter and CV you will be sent an application form which must be completed and returned to us by the closing date.
As a leading food charity to tackle hunger, our aim is to help tackle the food poverty issue in Greater Manchester.



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About the Role
x2 Fixed term contracts for 3 months (1:30pm till 9pm) (starting September)
We are looking for a reliable and motivated Warehouse assistant to join our Trading Service team. You will play a key part in ensuring the accurate picking, packing and despatch of customer orders, contributing to safe, efficient warehouse operations and high levels of customer satisfaction.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, takes pride in accuracy, and thrives as part of a supportive team.
The role includes accurate order picking and packing, use of warehouse and postal systems, stock control support, and maintaining high housekeeping and safety standards.
Warehouse experience is essential, along with good IT skills and the ability to work well as part of a team. Limited evening and weekend working is required, with time off in lieu.
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An exciting opportunity to join the team as a Bar and Catering Supervisor to work in the Engine Shed Café both in the daytime and for events. Main duties of this role will include, serving customers and setting up for and working a range of student and external events.
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Can you inspire and be inspired? Can you deliver great customer service? Are you looking for a chance to shine? We have fantastic opportunities for progression and development and the Freedom to nurture ideas and flair within a Framework of support to develop you.
At Barnardo's we believe in children, the funds we raise in store support the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK and now's your chance to play your part in this vital work. As well as maximising sales and profit in store you'll also ensure the very highest standards of presentation and customer services – your aim will be to make your store the best in town, for customers to visit and for your colleagues to work in.
You're an experienced people manager; you are creative and resourceful and can use this to generate customer, donor and colleague loyalty. You'll need to be well organised with great communication skills to lead your team of colleagues in store to maximise sales and profit and meet your stores targets.
In return you will work for one of the UK's largest charity retailers with benefits, including full training and development package, promotion prospects, pension and benefits.
Generating the money we need to make children's lives better is a truly fulfilling role so if you'd like to use your talent to make a positive difference then we would love to hear from you!
The full Job description and Person profile is available below. Please read this before applying to ensure that the job matches your skills and experience.
* As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check.
Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application. If you require a reasonable adjustment as part of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will discuss appropriate arrangements with you.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
We're here to help children and young people feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful – and have somewhere they feel they belong.
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About the role:
Behind every well run service is someone making sure the details never get missed. As a Housing Administrator, you’ll provide the reliable, responsive support that helps our accommodation services run smoothly and enables frontline teams to focus on supporting people experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges.
Working across three mental health accommodation services in Camden and Barnet, you’ll be a central point of support for managers and colleagues. Although you’ll work behind the scenes, the people living in our services will remain at the heart of what you do; because accurate records, well managed repairs and responsive administration all contribute to residents receiving safe, consistent and high quality support.
Your day to day work will be varied. You’ll keep databases accurate, coordinate meetings and staff rotas, prepare reports and help services stay on top of key deadlines and compliance checks. You’ll monitor rents, Housing Benefit and service charges; process invoices and petty cash; track repairs, referrals and empty rooms; check tenancy documentation; and maintain clear, accurate spreadsheets and reports.
This is a role where strong administration has a visible impact. By keeping information accurate, spotting issues early and bringing order to competing priorities, you’ll help create safe and effective services that residents and staff can rely on. You’ll join a supportive organisation where you can strengthen your skills, take on new challenges and continue developing your career.
The postholder will be expected to work across all three sites, spending part of their working time at each location. There may also be some opportunity to work from home, depending on service needs and the tasks being completed.
About you:
- You’re a natural organiser who enjoys bringing structure to busy services and making sure important details never get missed.
- You’re confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and can turn data from spreadsheets and systems into clear, useful reports.
- You communicate warmly and professionally with residents, colleagues and external partners, even when priorities are moving quickly.
- You take ownership of your workload, balance competing deadlines and spot what needs following up before it becomes a problem.
- You understand that accurate, confidential and responsive administration plays a vital role in helping residents receive safe, consistent and high-quality support
About us:
We’re London’s leading homelessness charity – and we get things done.
In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we’re not shying away. We’re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.
We’re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.
Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that’s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You’ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that’s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.
We’re not perfect, but we’re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 16th August at midnight
Interview date: Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th August Online via Microsoft Teams
Please note there will be a second stage interview in service for suitable candidates
The advert may be closed early if applications volumes are unmanageable and suitable candidates have been identified. Therefore please submit your application as soon as possible to be considered as reserve the right to close the advert early.
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check (processed by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient/without current right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.
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Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.



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