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Community & Corporate Fundraiser – Wales (Dolfor)

Full-time 37.5 hours a week. (flexible/part-time requests will be considered)

Salary £38,000.00 -£42, 000.00 pa

Hybrid role- 3 days in office and 2 home working

This role will lead fundraising across Wales and into the Midlands, building relationships with communities, businesses and supporters to grow income and raise awareness of our work. 

You’ll develop and manage a mix of community and corporate fundraising activity, working closely with colleagues across the organisation and using our Wales site to engage and inspire supporters. 

A big part of the role is building strong, long-term relationships that support sustainable fundraising and help extend the reach of our services.

About you:

• Experience in fundraising, partnerships or a similar relationship-based role
• Confident building and managing external relationships
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities
• A proactive, self-motivated approach

This is a varied role with real scope to grow fundraising across Wales and make a direct impact on the children and families we support.

Role: Executive Assistant

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Location: Hybrid working. Cornwall or London office three days per week, home working two days per week.

Job Purpose

The Executive Assistant will provide administrative and internal and external stakeholder management support to the Executive Director.  The role will also provide some support to the Director of Finance and Administration, and the wider team.

Eligible candidates should be extremely organised, have excellent communication and the confidence to independently manage a wide variety of tasks and stakeholders.  They must have relevant experience in supporting executive roles and be enthusiastic and proactive in completing a wide variety of vital tasks independently.

The position will be hybrid, with 3 days per week (Tues-Thurs) based in Oceana’s UK offices in Newquay, Cornwall or Paddington, London.  Regular national, and occasional international, travel will be required to meet team members and stakeholders in geographically diverse locations, including Washington, DC.

About Oceana UK

Oceana UK is focused on some of the biggest threats facing UK seas, including protecting seabed habitats, ending overfishing, and preventing new offshore oil and gas developments. We fight for UK seas to get the protections they deserve through highly visible campaigns and detailed policy interventions to secure measurable changes to rebuild and maintain ocean abundance and health. We act as a vital public-policy interface – raising the profile of our issues through campaigns, science, communications, and expeditions, and directly influencing policymakers and politicians.

We are now at a pivotal moment of growth, impact, and development. We have delivered meaningful progress in our first full three years of operations, helping secure major victories to protect and restore UK seas, including protecting huge areas of our seas from industrial fishing and stopping new offshore oil and gas expansion. Working closely with our international team, we are now evolving our organisation and campaigns to deliver even greater impact in the next 3-5 years, underpinned by strengthened funder relationships.

Our small, experienced, and highly motivated team are based in London and Cornwall, coming together both digitally and in person as part of developing and delivering our ambitious campaign strategy to restore ocean biodiversity and abundance. We’re proud of the team we’re creating here in the UK, and we’d love for you to join us.

Responsibilities

• Support the ED to align time, attention and decision-making with organisational priorities, ensuring focus on high-impact work.
•  Provide diary support to the Executive Director, including coordination of meetings, focus-time, effective travel planning, and other cross-team calendar management.
• Provide inbox management support to the Executive Director, assisting with task and diary prioritisation.
• Provide administrative support to the Executive Director, including travel bookings, expense reporting, and credit card statement reconciliations.
• Act as the first point of contact for the organization, including monitoring and responding to email inbox.
• Provide a liaison point between the ED and senior leaders, staff, and external stakeholders, ensuring timely follow-up, actions, and clear communication.
• Proatively coordinate and manage correspondence, briefings, meeting memos, departmental reports, and presentations on behalf of the Executive Director, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and alignment with the ED’s voice.
• Attend meetings to capture notes and follow up actions, ensuring these are circulated and completed.
• Use a high degree of tact, judgment, and strong interpersonal skills to address timely correspondence, minimizing handling by the Executive Director.
• Manage occasional internal and external events (in-person and virtual), including planning and managing vendors, venues, online platforms, guestlists and invites, run of shows.
• Organise and manage external, departmental and international meetings, including scheduling, drafting agendas, taking notes, reviewing action items, and maintaining relevant documents.
• Follow up on assignments given by the Executive Director to direct reports and provide the Executive Director with periodic updates.
• Support the coordination of campaign and fundraising tasks including mailouts, guestlists, reports, updates, as required.
• Arrange couriers, order office supplies, and support the Director of Finance and Administration with other office administration as required.
• Support effective functioning of the UK leadership team, by scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and assisting with leadership travel bookings.
• Support Director of Finance and Administration with co-ordination of occasional full team events, and manage team travel bookings for international meetings.
• Assist the Director of Finance and Administration with other general financial, office and HR administration tasks.
• Travel occasionally, both nationally and internationally, to meet with team members and wider internal and external stakeholders.
• Other responsibilities as appropriate and necessary to achieve organisational objectives.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in executive assistant roles (essential), ideally with some experience and understanding of an NGO or Not For Profit working environment.
• Alongside required professional experience, proven relevant training courses and certifications will be advantageous, e.g.  IEAA, Prince 2 or equivalent.
• Excellent computer skills, including confident proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and Excel.
• Demonstrable experience in project delivery and project management methods.
• Some previous experience of events planning and management is preferred.
• Ability to represent Oceana UK in a professional, diplomatic, and responsive manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with wide ranging internal and external stakeholders, and ability to communicate on behalf of executive leadership with clarity and credibility.
• Must be friendly and enthusiastic team member, confident and motivated to build strong relationships across the team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent judgement, discretion and integrity in handling sensitive and confidential matters.
• Ability to navigate complexity, with strong problem identification and resolution skills, and ability to design and implement insightful process improvements.
• Ability to plan and handle many tasks independently and simultaneously, with speed, accuracy, courtesy and initiative.
• Flexibility to adjust to shifting priorities and deadlines. Must be willing to accept varied workload, including travel and some working outside of normal work-week hours.
• Highly reliable and dependable.
• Strong commitment to the organisation’s values and vision.
• Some CRM / Salesforce experience is desirable.

Application Deadline:  19 July 2026           

Interviews: From 30 July 2026

As a Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of research and evaluation projects, ensuring clients feel supported, informed and delighted throughout. You will bring methodological knowledge, attention to detail, and a collaborative spirit to every stage of the work.

You will work closely with the Director and the Senior Managers, contributing to the quality and smooth running of projects across a diverse client portfolio. You will also play a key role in strengthening Bean’s internal capability, supporting the team in helping to grow our offer, particularly in supporting charities and funders to evaluate, learn and communicate their impact more effectively.

Every role at Bean Research fuels our mission to be the trusted learning and evaluation partner of choice, helping organisations frame, evaluate and amplify social value with confidence and clarity. Everyone plays a part in delivering work that is rigorous, reflective and genuinely useful while sustaining Bean as a high-quality, values-led organisation.

About Bean Research
Bean Research is an independent research, evaluation and learning consultancy. We help charities, foundations, funders and corporates understand and strengthen their social impact, working across sport for development, criminal justice, employability, and arts and heritage. Our clients range from The Rayne Foundation, Nando’s, King Charles III Charitable Fund and a range of Corporate Foundations to many grassroots charities.

We are a social enterprise, a Living Wage Employer and a certified B Corp. Our BCorp assessors particularly highlighted that our evaluation and Social Return on Investment work consistently leads clients to deepen their social impact: 83% of clients confirm they had made improvements as a direct result. We are rigorous but never dull, and we see our job as translating evidence into something genuinely useful. If you want to work somewhere that lives its values, this is it.

Why This Role, Why Now
Bean has grown, then deliberately paused to build stronger systems and foundations. We are now ready to grow again. This is a pivotal delivery role at the heart of our evaluation work: you will manage and deliver a varied portfolio of evaluation and learning projects, work closely with the Director and Senior Managers, and be the dependable, day-to-day partner our clients trust. It will suit someone who takes pride in accurate, high-quality work and wants to develop within a supportive, values-led team.

 

Responsibilities

Research, Evaluation & Learning

Project Delivery: Delivery of research and evaluation projects, supporting the development of project plans, methodologies and data collection tools.

Data Analysis and Reporting: Own the analysis of quantitative, qualitative & SROI research data and contribute to the preparation of clear, engaging reports, dashboards and impact-focused case studies for clients and stakeholders.

Quality and Rigour: Apply high standards of accuracy and ethical practice across all project tasks. Proactively flag issues and contribute to continuous improvement of Bean’s processes and outputs.

Industry Knowledge: Stay informed with developments in evaluation methods, social impact frameworks and best practice. Bring relevant insights to the team to strengthen our collective approach and capabilities.

B Corp Commitment: Actively support and further improve Bean’s own environmental and social performance.

Working With Clients

Client Relationships: Build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with client teams. Act as the day-to-day point of contact, ensuring clear communication, responsiveness and a consistently high-quality client experience.

Project Coordination: Help coordinate evaluation activities, fieldwork logistics and client communications, ensuring projects run smoothly and to schedule.

Bean Operations

Advocate and Thought Leadership: Be a vocal advocate for Bean and for social value, active on LinkedIn and across the sector, and help position Bean as a thought leader through articles, insights, events and panels.

New business Opportunities: Support the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities, contributing to proposals and helping to position Bean’s services confidently and creatively in the market.

Team Contribution: Work collaboratively and supportively within the team, sharing knowledge and contributing positively to a high-performing, values-led culture. Support interns or junior colleagues fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Bean’s 5 Pillars of Success: Own and deliver at least one agreed pillar project each quarter, aligned with Bean’s strategic priorities and agreed with the Director. This might include work on processes, positioning, potential business, client excellence and how we best partner with people.

Candidate Profile
You are a careful, methodical evaluation or research professional who takes genuine pride in getting things right. You combine methodological knowledge with strong attention to detail, and you are a natural team player: cooperative, supportive and reliable. You value clarity of task, high standards and seeing work through thoroughly, and you can translate findings clearly for clients who are not evaluators themselves.

Essential

Experience delivering evaluation or social research projects, including data collection, analysis and reporting across qualitative and quantitative methods.

Strong attention to detail and a clear commitment to accuracy, ethics and high-quality outputs.

Confidence supporting the design of evaluation frameworks, logic models or theories of change.

Excellent organisation and project-coordination skills, with the ability to manage several projects and deadlines at once.

Clear, accessible written and verbal communication, including turning data into engaging findings for non-specialist clients.

A collaborative, dependable approach: comfortable being the day-to-day point of contact and supporting colleagues and junior staff.

The right to work in the UK.

Desirable

Experience in the charity, funder or wider social impact sector.

SROI or value for money experience; Social Value International (SVI) Level 1, or an interest in working towards it, would be a real bonus.

Knowledge of participatory or co-design approaches.

Willingness to travel for fieldwork and client meetings as required.

Exposure to funder or government-funded work, for example across central government departments, National Lottery funded organisations or Sport England.

Our Values
Everyone at Bean brings our values to life every day. For this role in particular, we are looking for someone who recognises themselves in them:

Broad-minded: you welcome diverse perspectives and design work that is sensitive to context, power and equity.

Enthusiastic: you bring energy, optimism and ownership to every project, client and conversation.

Adaptable: you respond constructively to uncertainty and balance rigour with pragmatism.

Navigators: you are curious, evidence-led and always looking for the most effective way forward.

Scrupulous: you hold high standards of accuracy, ethics and transparency.

Benefits
In return, Bean commits to clear expectations, a supportive and high-quality working environment, and real investment in your development, including a performance and objectives review every six months and an in-depth annual review with a Director.

Salary: c.£33,000 to £35,000 FTE, dependent on experience.

Flexible working: This is a full-time role, with 3 days a week in our office as standard and the rest worked flexibly. We know flexibility matters, so we are open to discussing arrangements that work for you and for Bean, including, for the right person, a four-day week.

Learning and development: up to 3 training days a year, plus sector events, peer learning and mentoring.

Volunteering: 2 paid volunteering days each year.

Wellbeing and inclusion: we actively support staff wellbeing, inclusion and work-life balance.

Annual leave: 25 days pro-rata plus bank holidays.

Pension: NEST (opt-out).

Culture: a social enterprise, Living Wage Employer and certified B Corp, and a member of the Better Business Alliance and Anthropy.

How to Apply
To apply, please click on apply below. We are an inclusive employer building a diverse team, and we particularly welcome applications from people currently underrepresented in our sector, those who have come to evaluation through different career routes or lived experience, and people at different stages of their career. If you need any adjustments to take part in our process, please let us know.

We are seeking a proactive, highly organised Campaigns Officer to join the Communications Directorate at the Royal College of Radiologists, playing a key role in delivering impactful, insight-led marketing campaigns that engage members and stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of multi-channel marketing campaigns from brief to evaluation, helping to shape how we promote our membership, workforce and brand priorities. Working closely with Brand, Content and Membership teams, you’ll deliver compelling messaging, coordinate activity across channels and use data to continually improve performance. If you thrive on turning strategy into action and want to make a tangible difference through effective communications, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

• Plan, coordinate and deliver targeted, insight-led marketing campaigns from brief through to evaluation.
• Develop clear campaign plans including objectives, audiences, messaging, channels, timelines and KPIs.
• Commission high-quality campaign assets and write engaging, on-brand copy across email, social and digital platforms.
• Manage multiple marketing campaigns simultaneously, keeping activity on track and stakeholders informed.
• Monitor performance using analytics tools, reporting on results and using insight to optimise future activity.
• Collaborate with Brand, Content and Membership teams to ensure joined-up, consistent communications.
• Identify opportunities to improve targeting, testing and campaign effectiveness through continuous learning and optimisation.

What you’ll need

• Experience independently delivering multi-channel marketing or campaign activity from planning to evaluation.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Confident copywriting skills and the ability to adapt tone and messaging for different audiences and platforms.
• Experience using analytics and performance tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Ads or similar) to track and improve results.
• A data-informed mindset, with experience using testing and insight to refine campaigns.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative, solutions-focused approach.
• Proactivity, sound judgement and the confidence to take ownership of your work.

Why join us

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (60% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Are you passionate about building relationships, inspiring others, and making a real impact? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in growing support for our charity by connecting with local communities, businesses, volunteers, and supporters. You will be at the heart of developing meaningful partnerships, identifying new fundraising opportunities, and increasing awareness of the vital work we do. Through your energy, creativity, and relationship-building skills, you will help generate income, maximise community engagement, and strengthen our presence across the region. Every conversation, event, and partnership you create will contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of those we support. If you thrive on meeting people, creating opportunities, and being part of a passionate and purpose-driven team, this rewarding role offers the chance to make a lasting impact while helping our charity grow and succeed.

Programme Manager
£60,000–£72,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Join The Borrow Foundation and help improve children's oral health worldwide. We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead our international grant-making programmes, build strategic partnerships and work with organisations including the World Health Organization to reduce oral health inequalities.

ROLE

The Programme Manager will play a key, hands-on operational role in the development, delivery, and management of the Foundation’s grant-making portfolio, including collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), advocacy initiatives, and support for oral health meetings and events. Working closely with the Director of Finance and Operations (DFO), trustees, grant applicants, research partners, and funded organisations, the postholder will lead the coordination and management of the grant programmes.

In addition to oversing grant programme delivery, the role will play a key part in promoting the Foundation’s research activities, funding opportunities, partnerships, and impact across the oral health, research, charitable, and wider stakeholder communities. The postholder will help strengthen the Foundation’s profile and visibility, support stakeholder engagement, and develop strategic relationships that enhance the reach and impact of the Foundation’s work. The role may require occasional national and international travel.

Reporting lines

The Programme Manager will report to the Director of Finance and Operations and will have one direct report.

Key responsibilities

Grant programme management

• Lead the operational management and delivery of the Foundation’s grant programmes and other funding activities, supporting global and regional initiatives.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with funded organisations, researchers, applicants, academic institutions, charities, and external stakeholders including the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Manage the grant programme timelines, processes, and workflows to ensure effective and timely delivery.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of grant-making processes, policies, and systems.
• Prepare application summaries, briefing papers, and assessment documentation for Board and panel review.
• Liaise closely with the DFO, trustees, reviewers, and assessment panels to facilitate fair and robust grant assessment and decision-making processes.
• Communicate funding decisions and feedback to applicants professionally and sensitively.
• Support the DFO and trustees in strategic planning activities relating to the grant programme.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen programme impact, efficiency, and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor funded projects and evaluate programme outcomes and impact against strategic objectives.

Grant promotion, communications and stakeholder engagement

• Lead the development and delivery of communication and stakeholder engagement strategies, including website content, social media, impact reports, promotional materials, and stakeholder communications.
• Represent the Foundation at conferences, meetings, workshops, and sector events, delivering presentations and speaking on matters relating to the Foundation’s work where appropriate.

Governance and Board support

• Support Board and committee processes, including agenda planning, report preparation, governance documentation, and presenting key programme updates where required.
• Contribute to drafting meeting minutes and maintaining accurate records relating to governance, programme, and grant-making activities.  

Enquiries and organisational support

• Manage programme-related enquiries and support the effective day-to-day operation of the Foundation.

Person specification

Essential skills and experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience in public health, health sciences, charity management, research administration, or a related field.
• Knowledge of the oral health or public health field
• Understanding of grant-making and research funding environments, including academic partnerships and peer review processes.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including researchers, applicants, trustees, and partner organisations.
• Organisational and programme management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a small team environment, exercising sound judgement.
• Good IT and digital communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience supporting Boards, committees, or governance structures.
• Sound understanding of research funding processes, peer review, or grant assessment methodologies.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating funded programmes and demonstrating impact.
• Postgraduate qualification in public health, global health or a related discipline.

The Talent Set are delighted to be partnering with Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation to recruit a new Head of Funding, joining their Funding & Impact team as a key senior leader responsible for shaping and delivering the Foundation’s funding strategy.

Head of Funding
Salary - £70,000 - £74,000
Location: London with hybrid working (2dpw on site)

Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation is an independent charitable foundation working to build a healthier society. Through funding, partnerships, research and innovation, the Foundation tackles some of the most pressing health challenges facing communities, with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes.

The Foundation combines grant-making with strategic influence and long-term investment to create lasting social impact, supporting innovative projects and programmes that improve health and healthcare outcomes for communities now and into the future.

As Head of Funding, you will lead the delivery and development of the Foundation’s funding portfolio, overseeing significant funding activity and ensuring resources are invested effectively to maximise impact. Working closely with the Director of Funding & Impact, you will help shape strategic priorities, build influential partnerships and lead a high-performing team responsible for delivering funding programmes from opportunity identification through to evaluation and learning.

As Head of Funding you will:

• Support the development and implementation of the Foundation’s funding strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and impact goals.
• Lead and manage the Funding Team, overseeing funding activity and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with healthcare, research, academic and charitable sector partners.
• Oversee funding assessment, decision-making and governance processes, ensuring robust and effective grant-making practice.
• Lead funding committees and advisory processes, preparing high-quality recommendations and reports for decision-makers.
• Drive continuous improvement across funding policies, systems and ways of working to enhance effectiveness and impact.
• Work collaboratively with internal colleagues to support financial planning, reporting, evaluation and portfolio management activities.
• Represent the Foundation externally, promoting its funding and impact work and identifying opportunities for collaboration and influence.

You will bring:

• Significant experience leading funding, grant-making or investment programmes within a charity, healthcare, academic or funding environment.
• Strong understanding of the healthcare, research or scientific sectors and the opportunities and challenges they present.
• Experience managing funding committees, advisory groups, peer review processes or board-level decision-making activities.
• Demonstrable ability to develop strategy and translate this into effective operational delivery.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with a proven track record of managing complex stakeholder relationships and partnerships.
• Strategic leadership experience, including leading, motivating and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to communicate complex information clearly to a range of audiences.
• Highly organised and analytical, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed decisions in a complex environment.

How to Apply
To express an initial interest, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours. 

Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Help shape the future of education by building a vibrant community as our new Development and Alumni Relations Officer. You will connect former students, parents, and local groups to create life-changing opportunities. It’s a dynamic role where your people skills, organisation, and passion will make a lasting impact.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Make an Impact: Directly support the transformational power of education by engaging the community in the lives of our students.
• Never a Dull Moment: Enjoy a varied workload where "no two days are the same".
• Connect with People: Build meaningful rapport across a wide network of former students, staff, and parents.

What You'll Do

• Event Management: Coordinate everything from casual coffee mornings to formal reunions and careers events.
• Communications & Media: Source inspiring stories, draft newsletter copy, and utilize traditional and digital media.
• Relationship Building: Act as the primary bridge between the department and the local community.
• Administration & Database: Maintain accurate records and ensure smooth day-to-day departmental operations.

Who We Are Looking For

• A "real people person" who excels at making authentic connections and building rapport with others
• A highly organised problem-solver capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously and with a meticulous eye for detail
• A self-motivated person with a 'can do' attitude and a willingness to lend a hand, whatever the task
• Someone with a genuine passion for making a difference in the lives of others.

Executive Assistant & Office Lead

In a fast-changing church and mission landscape, OMF International (UK) aims to become a centre for sharing the good news of Jesus with East Asia’s peoples in, to and from the UK. The UK is not just a place where missionaries are sent from; it is also a context into which missionaries are being received and where intercultural ministry is being carried out.

The Executive Assistant & National Office Lead will play a key role in providing high-level administrative and executive support to the UK National Director, coordinating ministry events and helping the UK National Office operate as a welcoming, safe and effective base for OMF UK’s mission. The successful applicant will have an opportunity to use their administrative, interpersonal and practical coordination skills to equip the UK Leadership Team, support the National Director and strengthen the day-to-day operation of the National Office. As well as being an efficient administrator with excellent attention to detail, the ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and be able to communicate professionally and sensitively with a range of people.

There is an Occupational Requirement for the jobholder to be a practising Christian, an active member of a local church, able to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in growing a major donor programme that directly supports life-changing eye care services in the Holy Land. You will work closely with the Executive Director, UK (EDUK) and senior leadership, including the CEO and Trustees, to contribute to the long-term sustainability of a respected and impactful international charity.

As part of a small, ambitious and collaborative UK team, you will play a major role in shaping and developing the major donor programme, building meaningful relationships with supporters and seeing the tangible impact of your work on patients and communities.

The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (SJEHG) is a UK-registered charity delivering expert eye care to the people of the Holy Land, regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability to pay. It operates through two locally-registered charities to provide services in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

PR and Policy Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced PR and Policy Officer to help secure high quality media coverage as well as supporting policy development and political influencing work.

Position: PR & Policy Officer

Location: Bradley, Huddersfield/Hybrid

Hours: Part-time, 27 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 pro rata dependant on experience

Duration: Permanent

Benefits: Include 26 days paid holiday (rising to 30 days with service increments) plus 8 bank holidays, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Flexible working patterns

The Role

The role is critical to ensuring that the organisation is at the forefront of the debate on early years education and childcare.

Working with the PR & Policy Manager, you will take responsibility for monitoring media coverage, creating engaging content for press releases and news features, as well as supporting the Director of Policy and Communications with stakeholder engagement and policy research.

Responsibilities include:

• Support the PR & Policy Manager to deliver the media relations strategy
• Identify and create print, broadcast and digital opportunities for maximising the reach and impact of key messaging
• Support work of the Director of Policy and Communications to increase awareness of early years policy priorities among politicians across all parties
• Develop work programmes and undertake research to explore policy issues
• Liaise with press and media contacts to maximise positive exposure and coverage across UK national and trade media
• Manage the day-to-day operation of media and policy contacts
• Support in finding suitable nurseries as case studies and spokespeople for the press and broadcast media
• Assist with internal and external speaking engagements
• Write and produce material for a range of member communications.

About You

As PR and Policy Officer, we are looking for someone who will bring enthusiasm and creativity to the role. You will be educated to degree level or have gained equivalent experience working in a similar role. You will have outstanding communication skills, have experience of writing for diverse audiences (e.g. newsletters, social media content, briefing papers, press releases) and have excellent editorial and proofreading skills with consistent accuracy. You will also possess strong data analysis skills to draw results, trends and conclusions from qualitative or quantitative data sources.

To apply you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

The organisation is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries working in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.

The organisation is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society.

You may have experience in areas such as PR Officer, Policy Officer, PR and Policy, PR and Policy Executive, Public Affairs Officer, Planning Policy Officer, Public Affairs and Policy Officer,  Public Relations Officer, Planning Policy Officer, Public Relations and Policy Officer, Marketing Officer, Communications Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Marketing and Communications Executive, Marketing and Communications Assistant, Marketing and Communications Policy Officer, Social Media Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Print Media, Broadcast Media, Media and Policy Officer, EYF.

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

Ensuring those who served are always supported.

Founded in 1681 by King Charles II, the Royal Hospital Chelsea has stood for centuries as a national symbol of gratitude to the soldiers who have served our country, and is home to the iconic Chelsea Pensioners. Today, the Hospital’s job remains to ensure that those who have served are always supported.

We are now looking for a skilled Marketing Officer to contribute to and deliver effective marketing campaigns to help meet the organisation's core strategic objectives. This is an exciting role within the Marketing and Communications team and a fantastic opportunity to join an historic organisation, the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners since 1692.

The successful candidate will have a strategic mindset and relevant experience of managing delivering impactful multi-channel campaigns and email marketing for a range of audiences, and ideally at a nationally recognised organisation within the military, charity, cultural or public sectors.

Where you fit in

You’ll join an ambitious marketing and communications team focused on raising the Royal Hospital’s profile, increasing fundraising income, and building new audiences through strategic, emotive and measurable communications.

Your work will directly contribute to protecting and securing the future of the Royal Hospital Chelsea - helping us reach supporters, donors, and the veteran community with stories that inspire action and demonstrate undeniable impact.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be delivering a range of digital and traditional marketing campaigns for stakeholders across fundraising, commercial and heritage parts of the organisation – including the Chelsea Pensioners Veterans Outreach programme, which aims to combat loneliness and isolation in older veterans across the UK.

You’ll drive our delivery of e-newsletters and supporter journeys through dot digital, and report on trends and insights in order for us to learn and improve.

We want someone who is:

• A skilled and confident executor, who is experienced in consumer marketing and promoting a wide range of projects including public events to the right audiences.
• A confident email marketeer, with experience of welcome and supporter journeys and supporter e-newsletters.
• Creative in crafting compelling marketing content to deliver effective, multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Experience of working with a range of partners to help raise awareness and engagement, as well as suppliers such as designers and photographers.
• Relevant marketing experience in a military, charity, cultural or public organisation would be particularly advantageous.

To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter of up to 500 words.

Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing applications and interviewing candidates throughout the recruitment process.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of Resonate Arts, supporting the smooth, safe and effective running of our organisation. The Operations & Systems Coordinator will take ownership of the administrative and operational systems that underpin our work. From financial processes and participant data to governance and communications, you will ensure that our systems are accurate, efficient and well-organised.

Your work will enable the wider team—particularly the Director—to focus on delivering high-quality, person-centred arts programmes for people living with dementia, and on securing the organisation’s long-term sustainability.

This is a hands-on role combining administration, systems management and coordination. It offers the opportunity to play a key part in strengthening how the organisation works, helping us to grow our impact while maintaining high standards of care, safety and accountability.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Director of Services - Domestic Abuse / VAWG for a maternity cover vacancy.

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000

Location: Hammersmith (with travel to delivery sites as required) We offer the flexibility to work from home for 2/3 days per week

Contract: Maternity cover, fixed term contract of 9 months which may be extended

Hours: 35 hours per week with availability for Board meetings 4-6pm on Tuesdays 2x per quarter

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer. This role is a member of the Senior Leadership Team, working with the Board of Trustees

Direct Reports: Head of Services - DA (this may change in line with organisational strategy)

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.  We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community. 

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. 

Advance evokes systemic change by engaging with professionals within statutory agencies, including commissioners and policymakers, to deliver sustainable impact for women.  Through a coordinated community response, we work in partnership with other charities, as well as regional and national government to develop innovative responses and influence policy.

About the role:

You will lead Advance’s frontline domestic abuse and VAWG services ensuring they are safe, effective, high quality and aligned with our strategic aims. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team you will work closely with the CEO, Directors, Trustees and senior managers to shape service strategy, strengthen quality systems and ensure excellent outcomes for women and children.

You will provide confident strategic and operational leadership, manage complex stakeholder relationships, support governance and reporting and ensure services are financially sustainable, contract compliant and responsive to the needs of women and children.

About You:

We are looking for a senior manager with a proven track record of leading services for women experiencing violence and abuse, women in contact with the criminal justice system, or similar social care or social justice services. You will bring strong strategic judgement, confident operational oversight and the ability to lead with clarity, compassion and resilience.

You will have:

• Strong knowledge of domestic abuse, VAWG, safeguarding and the wider issues affecting women and children with complex needs.
• Significant experience of strategic leadership, service management and team development.
• A sound knowledge of safeguarding adults and child protection issues.
• Experience managing budgets, partnerships, contracts, outcomes and reporting.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• The confidence to work under pressure, manage complexity and inspire teams through change.
• A collaborative, values-led leadership style and a commitment to women’s rights, safety and dignity.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered. 

• Closing Date for Applications: Friday 17th July 2026 @23:59
• Interviews taking place: First stage 27th July. Second stage likely w/c 3rd August

Advance reserves the right to close the role early, or on the appointment of a candidate

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have additional needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team who will make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.