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Working as part of the Director's Office, this role will provide high-level executive coordination and administrative support across a portfolio of strategic priorities, external engagements and organisational initiatives. The postholder will play a critical role in ensuring activities remain organised, coordinated and on track, enabling the Director to focus on strategic leadership, relationship building and decision-making.
The role will support the planning, coordination and administration of a range of high-profile activities, including the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2026, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 2027, War Child UK's Gala Event 2026, advocacy initiatives and engagement with War Child's founding global ambassadors.
Working closely with the Director, you will coordinate strategic projects, events and engagements, providing exceptional administrative, planning and organisational support. Acting as a trusted operational partner, you will ensure information is organised, actions are tracked, deadlines are visible, and preparations for key meetings, events and international engagements are delivered to the highest standard.
The postholder will be responsible for effective planning, action tracking, information management, relationship mapping and follow-through across a portfolio of strategic initiatives. Working across multiple teams and War Child member organisations, you will support communication, coordination and information flow while maintaining oversight of key actions, documents, timelines and logistics.
This role is ideally suited to a highly organised and proactive individual who excels at managing competing priorities, coordinating complex schedules and ensuring actions are followed through to completion.
What You'll Bring
What we can offer you
At War Child, we genuinely value different ways of working. Our goal is to support our employees to do their best work while ensuring we continue to deliver for children affected by conflict. Some of our benefits include:
This role offers an incredible opportunity to make a tangible difference at a time of unprecedented need. Join us in standing up for children affected by war and help create a future where no child’s life is torn apart by conflict.
No child should be a part of war. Ever.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Could you turn bold ideas into campaigns that inspire people to give, volunteer and take action?
Mercy Ships UK is entering an ambitious period of growth and we’re looking for an exceptional Head of Marketing to help turn that ambition into impact.
This is an exciting opportunity to support the operational engine room of marketing at Mercy Ships UK, ensuring our fundraising, volunteering and brand priorities are transformed into compelling, integrated campaigns that reach the right audiences and deliver measurable results.
Mercy Ships operates hospital ships that bring free, life-changing surgical care and medical training to people who otherwise have little or no access to safe healthcare. Behind that extraordinary mission sits an equally important challenge: engaging more supporters, growing income, recruiting more volunteers and helping more people discover the work of Mercy Ships.
That’s where you come in.
Reporting to the Director of Communications and Engagement, you’ll lead a multidisciplinary marketing delivery team spanning creative, content, digital and project coordination. You’ll bring together people, ideas, channels and priorities to make sure great strategies become brilliantly executed campaigns.
You’ll oversee the campaign journey from brief to launch and evaluation, shaping creative ideas, coordinating digital and offline activity, improving workflows, managing resources and using insight and performance data to continually improve what we do.
You’ll work closely with colleagues across Fundraising, Volunteering, Strategic Communications, Communities and Engagement, Digital and the wider global Mercy Ships network. This is a highly collaborative role where your ability to influence, prioritise and bring clarity to complex activity will be just as important as your marketing expertise.
We’re looking for someone who combines creative judgement with operational discipline.
You’ll know what makes a great campaign, but you’ll also understand everything that needs to happen behind the scenes to deliver it successfully. You’ll be comfortable moving between creative conversations, campaign planning, digital performance, budgets, stakeholder discussions and team leadership.
You may already be a Head of Marketing, or you could be an experienced senior marketing or campaigns professional ready to take the next step. What matters most is your track record of leading integrated campaigns, managing multidisciplinary teams and turning organisational priorities into marketing activity that delivers results.
This isn’t a role for someone who simply wants to maintain what already exists. We’re strengthening how marketing works across Mercy Ships UK, building greater integration between digital, creative, content and campaign delivery and creating a more resilient in-house capability for the future.
You’ll have the opportunity to shape those ways of working, develop the team and help create a marketing function capable of supporting Mercy Ships UK’s ambitious plans for growth.
And ultimately, the campaigns you help deliver have a purpose far beyond marketing metrics.
They help raise the funds, recruit the volunteers and build the awareness that enable Mercy Ships to bring hope and healing to people around the world.
If you’re an experienced marketing leader who loves making great ideas happen and you want your expertise to contribute to something genuinely meaningful, we’d love to hear from you.
Mercy Ships is a faith-based international development organisation that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world
Director of Development and Alumnae Relations
Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - with potential for flexible/hybrid working
A highly attractive renumeration package including a salary in the region of £95,000pa
Cheltenham Ladies’ College (CLC) is one of the world’s leading schools, located on a beautiful 36-acre dispersed estate in the historic spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It is one of the largest school communities of boarding and day girls in Europe, with a warm and inclusive pupil body of approximately 820 (aged 11-18), representing over 40 countries worldwide. Founded in 1853 to redefine what girls’ education could be, CLC has been a pioneer in girls' education for nearly 175 years.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Director of Development and Alumnae Relations to provide strategic direction and inspired leadership for College’s fundraising and alumnae engagement activities. College has recently undertaken an external review of philanthropy, identifying clear opportunities to grow fundraising and engagement outcomes. Reporting directly to the Executive Principal, this is a pivotal leadership role which, as a member of the Leadership Team, will be instrumental in driving a step change in philanthropic giving to College. With the full backing of the Executive Principal, Council and the broader CLC community, the new Director will be ideally placed to shape and implement a strategic roadmap for the next decade.
This is an exceptional opportunity for an outstanding development professional whose experience has been gained within the education sector or a transferable context. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of working closely with senior volunteers and boards, playing a key role in shaping and executing effective philanthropic strategies. Your leadership experience will include developing and expanding a development team, underpinned by a collaborative and inspiring approach. Importantly, you will have a demonstrated ability to deliver results in major gift programmes and capital campaigns, with a clear focus on long-term impact and engagement. Your credibility, resilience and ability to show good judgement, will inspire those around you and enable you to take the team’s activity to the next level.
We are looking for an articulate, persuasive and credible ambassador for Cheltenham Ladies’ College, both here in the UK and internationally. You will be a first-class relationship builder with strong cultural awareness and a good knowledge of (or inherent feel for) the independent educational landscape. Crucially, you will share a passion for the power of education and the transformative impact of bursaries.
If you have the skills, aptitude and commitment to take on this role at CLC with drive and ambition, and are committed to College’s values and aims, we would love to hear from you.
For a confidential conversation about this exceptional opportunity, please contact our recruitment partners at Richmond Associates. For further information, key dates, and how to apply, please click apply.
Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to help you in your application or with our recruitment process.
International candidates who are interested in relocating to the UK will be considered as visa support is available for this position.
Cheltenham Ladies’ College promotes the values of mutual respect and integrity at every level in the organisation and is an equal opportunities employer.
Cheltenham Ladies’ College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Closing date for applications is 09:00 on Friday 11th September 2026
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About Cynthia Spencer
Cynthia Spencer Hospice provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care for people living with life-limiting illnesses across West Northamptonshire, as well as vital support for their families. Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charity works alongside the Hospice to raise the additional funds needed to help sustain and develop these essential services. We are on an ambitious journey to grow our income, strengthen our relationships across the community and ensure specialist end-of-life care is available for everyone who needs it, now and in the future.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our growing Income Generation and Communications team and help develop sustainable income to support specialist end-of-life care across West Northamptonshire.
Reporting to the Director of Income Generation & Communications, you will provide strategic leadership for our corporate fundraising programme, developing a strong pipeline of new opportunities and securing high-value, long-term partnerships with businesses across Northamptonshire and beyond.
You will manage and support our Strategic Partnerships Lead, oversee the stewardship and growth of existing partners and personally lead on larger and more strategically important opportunities. This is a key role for someone who can combine strong commercial awareness with excellent relationship-building skills and a genuine commitment to the work of Cynthia Spencer Hospice.
Duties and Key Responsibilities
About You
Essential Criteria
Experience
· Experience of managing, coaching or developing others.
Knowledge and Skills
Personal Qualities
General Responsibilities
The postholder will:
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 8th September 2026.
Please note we will review applications as they are received, and we may close the application process early at our discretion.
Astra Foundation is seeking a Foundation Director; a dynamic, seasoned and strategic leader with a background in philanthropy who is motivated by their mission to combat loneliness in young adults, empower youth to reach their full potential, and reduce plastic pollution, primarily in the UK and France. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a young foundation and support the next phase of its evolution, building on strong foundations to further steward support for their priority areas and civil society partners. The ideal candidate will be collaborative, with a willingness to handle all aspects of the Foundation’s work, from high-level strategy and external relations to day-to-day administration.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
CPRE was set up 100 years ago with the aims of the ‘conservation of what is beautiful and interesting in our countryside and towns and villages; and the encouragement of the right type of development’. Today these words are just as relevant as when they were written in the 1920s and we campaign for good planning, protection from speculative development, and the enhancement of nature and accessibility of our green spaces.
CPRE Oxfordshire is an independent charity, federated with 40+ county charities and a national office, giving us local, regional and national reach. Reporting to the Director, the Business Support and Project Coordinator will work to ensure the smooth operation of the Branch office and administrative systems and support coordination of projects and events.
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual who can operate independently but who is also an enthusiastic and effective team player, helping others to work to the best of their ability while ensuring the timely delivery of tasks.
As a key member of a small but energetic team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to deploy their skills across a broad range of areas, building relationships and working with the entire staff team, our District volunteer network, and our Board of Trustees.
You will be highly organised with an eye for detail but above all be someone who is resourceful and proactive and enjoys working across multiple areas at the same time.
Responsibilities:
The Business Support and Project Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the Branch office and administrative systems and supporting the coordination of projects and events. This includes:
1. Financial management
1.1 Transitioning existing electronic records to a new accounting system
1.2 Recording and processing donations
1.3 Preparing, submitting and tracking Gift Aid claims with HMRC
1.4 Processing monthly payroll, pension and HMRC submissions
1.5 Preparing and managing financial records for funding and expenditure
1.6 Preparing, sending and arranging payment of invoices
2. Branch and office management
2.1 Undertaking general administrative duties, including responding to enquiries, overseeing company insurance, and managing office contracts
2.2 Assisting with IT systems and security (e.g. Microsoft 365, domain renewal)
2.3 Overseeing compliance with Data Protection regulations and requirements (general knowledge required)
2.4 Assisting Trustees, Staff and Volunteers to ensure compliance with employment, health & safety, HMRC, Charity Commission and Companies House regulations and requirements
2.5 Liaising with National CPRE office on volunteer management and recruitment
2.6 Assisting the Trustees and Director with induction of new employees
2.7 Assisting the Director with preparation of induction packs for new District, Branch and Office Volunteers
3. Events and project coordination
3.1 Supporting Trustee, Staff and Volunteer attendance at external events
3.2 Supporting the Branch Director with the organisation and delivery of events focused on membership growth, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising
3.3 Supporting the Branch Director with the coordination and delivery of projects, to include contract development, basic monitoring and reporting, payment of contractors
4. Membership management
4.1 Updating National membership records
4.2 Occasional distribution of membership records to Districts
4.3 Supporting National CPRE office in sending out welcome packs and consents
4.4 Updating mailing lists for AGMs, Branch and District materials, etc
5. Contact management
5.1 Developing and maintaining Branch records for District Chairs, President, Vice Presidents, Consultants and other Volunteers
5.2 Developing and maintaining wider Branch contact records, e.g. Media, MPs, partner CEOs, local authority staff and elected officials, donors, trusts and foundations
We’re committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at CPRE, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because diverse workplaces can make better and more creative decisions. Whatever your background, we welcome your application.
To apply, please provide your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the post.
Closing date for applications is Monday 14 September 2026.
Interviews will be held week commencing 21 September 2026.
Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We do not accept CVs or applications via recruitment agencies.
We seek to shape a greener future for Oxfordshire by working to improve, protect and celebrate the Oxfordshire countryside for the benefit of everyone



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Shaftesbury is a national disability charity that supports more than 4,000 children, young people and adults with a disability every year to live a life that truly adds up for them. That is at the heart of everything they do.
Their vision ‘all together better for disability’, is about working alongside the people they support so they can participate, contribute and be valued for who they are.
Their work is spearheaded by 1,500+ dedicated staff and volunteers who deliver a wide range of disability care, special education and rehabilitation services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, around the clock.
To achieve their vision, they are looking for an Individual Giving Manager with a focus on acquisition to work alongside the Head of Individual Giving across regular gifts, appeals, lottery, raffle and other new products.
The Individual Giving Manager drives the recruitment of new supporters and supports the stewardship of warm audience, generating sustainable income for Shaftesbury. The proportion of acquisition focus v retention focus is likely around 70/30.
This role focuses on maximising long-term value through innovative and impactful multichannel campaigns including reactivating lapsed supporters, optimising supporter conversion and delivering engaging onboarding experiences. The Individual Giving Manager will work on growing regular giving, cash and gaming pipelines and manage exciting projects which could include digital, DRTV, face-to- face, telemarketing, direct mail and radio. The role will provide assistance to the Head of Individual Giving with all retention activity, including cash appeals and newsletters.
Shaftesbury is happy to consider fundraiser or officer level candidates looking to step up into their first manager level role. At present this role doesn’t line manage, so management experience is not necessary. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate project or product management skills, an enthusiasm for fundraising, familiarity with supporter journeys, creative thinking and will have experience within a UK based charity in either IG and legacies, community fundraising, corporate or philanthropy.
This role is hybrid, with 4 days per month on average at either the Gateshead office or London office. The one role is being advertised twice to ensure candidates from both geographic locations see the role within their search remit and feel able to apply.
Application notes
Please download the Candidate Info Pack provided for further information about the role, timelines and next steps.
To express interest, please contact THINK Recruitment using the information in the Candidate Pack to organise an informal screening call. Please note, we cannot progress candidates through to longlist without speaking with them, so please ensure you leave enough time to organise a screening call before the role closes. Following your call we will share the info needed to submit a full application.
If you need assistance with downloading the pack, please send an email to THINK and our team will support you.
Deadline for expressions of interest: Midnight Sunday 13th September
Closing date for applications: Midnight Monday 14th September
Join London Legal Support Trust and use your communications skills to champion access to justice. Create engaging content, manage our website and social channels, and promote our programmes and fundraising events. We are looking for an organised, creative communicator with strong writing, digital and content management skills. This permanent, full-time hybrid role is based in Holborn and offers flexible working, generous leave and development opportunities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
We're looking for an ambitious marketer who's ready to take the next step in their career and help recruit and inspire supporters across a diverse portfolio of fundraising products and events.
As Senior Marketing Officer, you'll work closely with the Senior Marketing Manager to plan and deliver campaigns across our Third-Party Events and relationship fundraising portfolio. You'll be responsible for the delivery and reporting of marketing activity, managing the day-to-day execution of campaigns to recruit participants for iconic events such as the London Marathon, Great North Run and other challenge events, alongside our In Memory and DIY fundraising products.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across marketing, product teams and agency partners, you'll help deliver engaging multi-channel campaigns that drive registrations, participation and income. You'll also support the marketing of our owned flagship events and other fundraising opportunities as needed, contributing to the growth of the wider fundraising portfolio.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who combines creativity with a data-driven approach and is keen to develop their skills in campaign delivery, digital acquisition and performance marketing. If you're passionate about creating impactful campaigns that inspire supporters and help raise vital funds, we'd love to hear from you.
About you
You're a proactive and organised marketer with experience delivering successful multi-channel campaigns and a passion for understanding what motivates people to take action.
You'll have experience using digital channels such as paid social, search, email and organic social media to acquire and engage audiences, alongside an understanding of campaign planning, performance monitoring and optimisation. Comfortable working with data and insight, you're always looking for opportunities to test, learn and improve results.
You'll be a confident communicator with strong teamwork skills, able to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver successful campaigns. Creative and solutions-focused, you'll enjoy generating fresh content ideas and finding new ways to engage supporters.
You'll be comfortable creating and capturing content, whether that's filming video for paid social content or working with photographers at supporter events when needed.
Most importantly, you're motivated by the opportunity to inspire supporters to take part in fundraising experiences that make a real difference to people affected by breast cancer.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our Cardiff/Glasgow/London/Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
The salary range is:
£34,000 to £36,500 per annum if Cardiff/Glasgow or Sheffield based
£36,500 to £39,500 per annum if London based
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date 31 August 2026 11:59 pm
Interview date First interview – week commencing 7 September 2026
Second interview – week commencing 14 September 2026
This is an exciting opportunity to join Cause4’s Development Team as a Development Manager, supporting a varied portfolio of charities and social purpose organisations with fundraising, strategy and organisational development.
This opportunity provides a fantastic opportunity for someone to work as part of a passionate and hard working team to hone their consultancy skills to fast track into more senior positions within the organisation.
The role offers the chance to work across multiple sectors including arts, heritage, education, health, sport and community organisations, helping clients to develop fundraising strategies, secure funding and build sustainable income streams. Alongside client work, you will play an active role within the wider Cause4 Development Team, contributing to research, organisational planning, training delivery and business development activity.
This position offers broad exposure across a wide range of organisations, fundraising disciplines and consultancy projects, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to accelerate their career within the charity or consultancy sectors.
THE OPPORTUNITY WHO THIS ROLE MAY SUIT
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Fundraising & Client Support
Research & Consultancy
Team & Organisational Development
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Cause4 is a fast-paced consultancy environment offering significant opportunities for learning and career development.
Skills & Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates who are ambitious, adaptable and keen to grow within a consultancy environment. You may already have experience in fundraising, charity operations, programme delivery, arts administration, partnerships, research or strategy work.
We are looking for:
Experience across fundraising or income generation is desirable, but we are equally interested in candidates with strong transferable skills and the ambition to develop into a client-facing consultancy role.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your CV together with either: a Cover Letter (maximum two pages), or a Cover Video (maximum three minutes) to Ben Wilson, Director of Development and Enterprise.
The deadline for applying is 5pm on Tuesday 1 September 2026.
Please also include a completed Equal Opportunities Form downloadable from the Cause4 website.
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An opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in a highly respected local charity that makes a real difference to people affected by cancer across West Berkshire.
As Director of Operations at Newbury Cancer Care, you will be at the heart of the charity, leading its day-to-day operations and working closely with the Board of Trustees, employees, volunteers, healthcare partners and the wider local community.
This is a broad, hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys making things happen. You will provide direction and support to the team, ensure the charity operates effectively and responsibly, build strong relationships across our network and help ensure our services continue to meet the needs of local cancer patients and their families.
We are looking for a confident, compassionate and highly organised individual who can work independently, motivate others and comfortably move between strategic conversations and the practical realities of running a small charity. Experience within the charity sector would be particularly valuable, as would knowledge of charity governance, the NHS or fundraising, but equally important is an understanding of what it takes to lead a purpose-driven organisation where people and community are at the centre of everything we do.
For the right person, this is an opportunity to take on a genuinely varied and rewarding role with considerable autonomy and the chance to make a visible difference within the local community.
What you'll be doing
About you
We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable thinking strategically and rolling up their sleeves to get things done.
You'll be:
We'd also love to hear from you if you have experience of:
Why join us?
This is more than an operations role.
It's an opportunity to lead a respected local charity that genuinely changes lives every day. You'll work alongside passionate trustees, dedicated volunteers and healthcare professionals, helping ensure people affected by cancer receive the support they need, when they need it most.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Shaftesbury is a national disability charity that supports more than 4,000 children, young people and adults with a disability every year to live a life that truly adds up for them. That is at the heart of everything they do.
Their vision ‘all together better for disability’, is about working alongside the people they support so they can participate, contribute and be valued for who they are.
Their work is spearheaded by 1,500+ dedicated staff and volunteers who deliver a wide range of disability care, special education and rehabilitation services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, around the clock.
To achieve their vision, they are looking for an Individual Giving Manager with a focus on acquisition to work alongside the Head of Individual Giving across regular gifts, appeals, lottery, raffle and other new products.
The Individual Giving Manager drives the recruitment of new supporters and supports the stewardship of warm audience, generating sustainable income for Shaftesbury. The proportion of acquisition focus v retention focus is likely around 70/30.
This role focuses on maximising long-term value through innovative and impactful multichannel campaigns including reactivating lapsed supporters, optimising supporter conversion and delivering engaging onboarding experiences. The Individual Giving Manager will work on growing regular giving, cash and gaming pipelines and manage exciting projects which could include digital, DRTV, face-to- face, telemarketing, direct mail and radio. The role will provide assistance to the Head of Individual Giving with all retention activity, including cash appeals and newsletters.
Shaftesbury is happy to consider fundraiser or officer level candidates looking to step up into their first manager level role. At present this role doesn’t line manage, so management experience is not necessary. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate project or product management skills, an enthusiasm for fundraising, familiarity with supporter journeys, creative thinking and will have experience within a UK based charity in either IG and legacies, community fundraising, corporate or philanthropy.
This role is hybrid, with 4 days per month on average at either the Gateshead office or London office. The one role is being advertised twice to ensure candidates from both geographic locations see the role within their search remit and feel able to apply.
Application notes
Please download the Candidate Info Pack provided for further information about the role, timelines and next steps.
To express interest, please contact THINK Recruitment using the information in the Candidate Pack to organise an informal screening call. Please note, we cannot progress candidates through to longlist without speaking with them, so please ensure you leave enough time to organise a screening call before the role closes. Following your call we will share the info needed to submit a full application.
If you need assistance with downloading the pack, please send an email to THINK and our team will support you.
Deadline for expressions of interest: Midnight Sunday 13th September
Closing date for applications: Midnight Monday 14th September
Employment Details:
Benefits:
Summary of the role:
The Director of Operations is a pivotal senior leadership role at Sister System, responsible for strengthening the people, culture, systems and organisational foundations that enable our mission to thrive. Working closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Board of Trustees, the postholder will play a central role in delivering our current strategic priorities and shaping the next chapter of Sister System as we develop our future strategy beyond September 2027.
This is a significant opportunity to help shape a growing, values-led organisation founded on co-curation, sisterhood, race & gender equity and the belief that girls and young women should be active architects of the services, systems and opportunities designed for them. With oversight of financial management, people and culture, compliance, risk and organisational infrastructure, the Director of Operations will lead on empowering & ensuring that our internal culture and ways of working reflect the same care, accountability, ambition and empowerment that sit at the heart of our model.
The role will be instrumental in translating our founding vision into strong, sustainable practice, ensuring Sister System is equipped to grow its impact while remaining deeply connected to the voices, experiences and leadership of the girls and young women we exist to serve.
Our Charity:
Sister System exists to ensure that care-affected girls and young women are not defined by the systems they have experienced, but are supported to recognise their strengths, shape their futures and access the same opportunities as their peers.
Our culturally competent, co-curated model works alongside girls and young women aged 13–24 through a long-term journey of support, progression and leadership. Across three interconnected stages, we provide trusted relationships, mentoring, therapeutic support, education, leadership development and pathways into employment. Our approach recognises that meaningful change takes time, consistency and a community that continues to believe in her.
Founded with girls and young women, not simply for them, Sister System places their voices, experiences and ambitions at the heart of everything we do. Through our growing hub-and-spoke model, we are expanding our reach while also influencing the wider systems, services and institutions that shape their lives.
Our ambition is not only to improve individual outcomes, but to demonstrate a better way of working with care-affected girls and young women—one that is relational, culturally responsive, asset-based and built around what they tell us they need to thrive.
As Sister System enters its next phase of growth and prepares to shape its future strategy, we are seeking an experienced and values-led Director of Operations to join our Senior Leadership Team. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen the people, culture, systems and infrastructure that will enable our organisation—and the girls and young women alongside us—to achieve even more.
Our Vision:
A world where empowered girls reach their potential through equitable opportunities.
Our Mission:
To bridge the gap between care-affected girls and young women within mainstream society by working alongside them to ensure they have the same opportunities that everyone else has – at home, school, work and within our communities.
Our Values:
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Implementation
Financial Strategy and Audit
Financial Management
Culture and Operational Effectiveness
People Planning and Management
Compliance and Risk Management
Governance, Communications and Facilities
Person Specification
We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and values-led operational leader to join Sister System’s Senior Leadership Team. You will combine sound judgement and strong organisational skills with a warm, collaborative leadership style and a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for care-affected girls and young women.
You do not need to be a specialist in every area of the role. You will, however, need the confidence and experience to lead across a broad operational portfolio, work effectively with professional advisers and external providers, and provide clear, practical advice to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Board of Trustees.
Essential Experience and Knowledge
Skills and Leadership Approach
Values and Commitment
Desirable
Sister System is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to two satisfactory reference checks and DBS enhanced disclosure.
How to apply
Please apply via our recruitment platform Breathe by 31st August 2026. You will be asked to upload your CV and answer the following questions:
Values alignment
Sister System's model is built on co-curation (working with girls and young women, not simply for them) and on being Collaborative, Evidence-based, Masterful, Solution-focused and Tenacious. Which of these values do you feel most aligned with, and which do you find hardest to live up to in practice?
People & Culture
Sister System is a founder-led organisation, underpinned by race and gender equity and a culturally competent, trauma-informed approach to working with girls and young women. Tell us about a time you strengthened internal culture of this nature within a team. What resistance did you meet, and what was different a year later?
Finance
A key element of the role is monitoring income against budget for current and future years. Charity income can provide additional complexities, particularly with different types of grants. Please explain your understanding of these complexities, and how they impact on recording and reporting, including examples from your own experience if relevant.
Timeline
Deadline for applications: End of day Monday 31st August 2026
First round interviews: w/c 7th September
Second round interviews: w/c 14th September
Decisions made: by 22nd September
Thank you for your interest in joining Sister System in our mission to inspire and empower young women.
We work alongside girls and young women aged 13-24 affected by care, offering her an early intervention mentoring and educational programme.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.