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GADN is recruiting for a new Director (Job share – Funding, Finance and Governance)
GADN brings together NGOs and individual experts committed to achieving gender equality and the rights of women and girls in all their diversity across the world. Our Secretariat is a small but highly respected team coordinating advocacy towards the UK Government and supporting our members to promote best practice.
This new position will work alongside the existing Director to provide strategic direction and vision to the network and oversee the organisation’s operational work. In addition, the primary purpose of this role will be to bring in new sustainable sources of funding for the network in an increasingly difficult funding climate, and to ensure the smooth running of financial and administrative systems and Board governance.
We are looking for someone with leadership skills and vision who is passionate about our work and able to enthuse others. The ideal candidate will have a track-record in securing new funds and experience of external representation at senior levels with donors. You will bring experience in management, ideally at a senior level, and an understanding of budgets and financial planning.
This is an 18-month fixed-term position, for 14 hours a week.
If you are interested in applying, please review the job description and complete the application form by 9pm GMT on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
GADN values diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and life experiences to join our team. As we continue working to decolonise our practice and build an anti-racist organisation, we actively welcome applications from Black women and Women of Colour who we recognise are under-represented in the UK international development sector. Selection will be based on skill, experience and suitability for the role. If you share our core commitments, we would love to hear from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity to join The National Brain Appeal, a highly ambitious neurological charity with an outstanding track record. We have raised significant funds to transform research and care for people living with neurological conditions – from dementia and brain tumours to motor neurone disease and epilepsy.
Building on the success of our recent appeals, this role will play a pivotal part in expanding our major gifts fundraising and delivering a step-change in the impact of our work. We are seeking a highly experienced philanthropy and partnerships professional with a proven track record in generating major gifts up to figures, who will lead the creation of a new Development Board and work closely with senior supporters, clinicians and researchers to grow and deepen our networks.
The National Brain Appeal (formerly known as The National Hospital Development Foundation) is the charity dedicated to raising vital funds for The Nat
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Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for an exceptional Director of Fundraising and Communication who will lead our fundraising and communications with vision and purpose, helping us grow our reach, deepen our impact and amplify our voice. You’ll be joining a people-centred, mission-driven team, united by a shared commitment to making a meaningful difference. At a time when vulnerable young people face increasing challenges, our work has never been more urgent. If you’re motivated by impact and driven by purpose, this is a good opportunity to contribute to lasting change.
You will be stepping into a well-established and highly effective organisation, but one that remains energised by innovation and continuous improvement. We actively welcome fresh thinking and new approaches that help us evolve and enhance our work.
What will you do?
This is a pivotal moment to join JET as we build on fourteen years of impact and enter a new chapter in our journey. We have ambitious plans to expand our reach and influence, and we’re seeking someone who can help us strengthen our funding base and sharpen our message.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead and develop our fundraising team, shaping a cross-stream strategy and an integrated communications plan. You’ll be responsible for setting the strategic direction for fundraising, communications and events across the organisation. By doing so you will raise JET’s national profile, grow our supporter base and significantly increase income to support programme expansion.
You’ll bring strong experience across multiple fundraising streams, with a proven track record of securing significant multi-year funding and building lasting relationships with funders—both individuals and organisations. Alongside leading our fundraising efforts, you’ll take ownership of our brand, ensuring clarity and consistency in our messaging, helping partners tell our story, and securing positive media coverage.
You’ll lead the development of campaigns, fundraising and marketing activities, and digital engagement that not only enhance our national profile but also drive supporter engagement and income growth.
This is a home-based role, with travel required to and within the regions where we operate, including attendance at key events.
About you
You will provide strategic leadership across fundraising, communications, marketing and events. Your work will be closely aligned with JET’s five-year strategy, enabling continued growth in funding and programme delivery.
You’ll bring a wealth of experience in leading fundraising and communications at a strategic level, with a strong understanding of the sector and a track record of securing and sustaining major gifts and partnerships. You’ll be adept at managing integrated campaigns across multiple channels and growing income through sustainable funding models.
Your leadership style will be collaborative and empowering, with the ability to build high-performing teams and foster a culture of accountability and innovation. You’ll be a confident communicator, able to inspire and influence, with excellent relationship-building skills and a strategic mindset.
Above all, you’ll be passionate about JET’s mission to empower young people facing adversity. You’ll be a credible ambassador, committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference.
Across the JET team we cultivate a culture of inclusion that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better outcomes for our young people. We welcome applicants whatever your background and whatever your stage in life, so if you are returning to the workforce after a period away, or even seeking a change of pace, please get in touch.
About the Jon Egging Trust (JET)
At JET, we support vulnerable young people to get back on track and realise their potential; more than 45,000 young people right across the UK to date, and there’s so much more we can do. We’re an organisation that really values its people and we’re immensely proud that our team culture is based on caring and raising each other up.
Our benefits package includes:
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Flexible working
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Enhanced annual leave
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Homeworking allowance
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Occupational pension scheme
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Occupational sickness scheme
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Special paid leave provision
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Enhanced family leave
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Child and adult at risk protection policy statement
The Jon Egging Trust is committed to providing a safe and positive environment for everyone involved in its services and activities. The Trust takes its extended moral and legal duty of care very seriously in relation to children, young people, staff and volunteers. We seek to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children and to protect them from harm or abuse when they engage in any of our activities. JET expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.
To apply
Please complete our online application form.
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. The advert will close on Friday 16 January 2026 at [23:30] but may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found, so we encourage early applications.
Provisional Interview Process
Stage 1
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First interview: Online interview
Stage 2
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Online Workshop and fireside chat
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Face-to-face interview with presentation in London
Questions?
Contact us through our website.
Please note:
Due to our anonymised recruitment process, if your application is not shortlisted, we are unable to provide personalised feedback.
To become an employee at JET, you must be able to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK and a satisfactory DBS check – enhanced with children's barred is required for this role.
As part of our recruitment process, we want to make clear that we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Please note that the interview process outlined above is provisional and may be subject to change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis?
Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
If you can embody our values of Hope, Courage, Togetherness, and Responsiveness, and want to help others build resilience and manage their wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you.
Services Manager – Complex Needs & Community
Reference number: 313
Responsible to: Director of Complex Needs and Community
Working hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Rate of pay: £38,000 - £39,000 per annum
Working base: One of 7 Herts Mind Network Wellbeing Centres closest to home
Area covered: The role requires travel across Hertfordshire to our Wellbeing centres, community partnerships and external organisations
About Us
For over 50 years, we have supported the people of Hertfordshire with their mental health. We offer a range of Community Support services which provide advice, information, onward referral and holistic outreach support to people who are experiencing mental ill-health or who need help with their mental wellbeing. Our high quality services are flexible and we help people to resolve real-life difficulties and to improve their own independence, quality of life and wellbeing. Each year, we help 15,000 people experiencing mental ill health.
We are a local Mind, affiliated to national Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. This means that we are an independent charity responsible for raising our own funds through contracts, grants and fundraising.
About our Complex Needs & Community Services
The successful candidate will manage and develop the Complex Needs and Community Teams at Hertfordshire Mind Network. The Services Manager will be responsible for leading a variety of services currently including the Flourish (asylum seekers and refugees) contract and the Primary Care Network contract. As the services grow and develop, other services/projects may sit under this post.
About the role
The role requires travel across Hertfordshire to our Wellbeing centres, community partnerships and external organisations and is responsible for a team of staff and volunteers who work within Complex Needs and Community teams across the county.
As a Services Manager you will be an integral part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and work in partnership with Complex Needs Team Leaders and the other Service Managers across the Charity. Reporting into the Director for Complex Needs and Community you will be directly responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of two or more of our Services and a key member of the Herts Mind Network Safeguarding team.
Responsibilities of the post
- Support the Director of Complex Needs and Community with effective running of the complex needs and community services.
- Build strong relationships and liaise with commissioners and partner organisations.
- Manage the Flourish and PCN contracts.
- Work closely with all key delivery partners across the system to ensure the service is responsive, inclusive and easy to access.
- Support the development of services by promoting and being responsive to changing needs.
- Oversee the recruitment and management of client facing staff.
- Be a strong safeguarding level 3 champion and manage/support referrals.
- Ensure all policies and procedures are current, understood by staff and that they are working within these policies and procedures.
- Monitor outcomes and evaluate the service, ensure all KPIs are met.
- Process referrals and manage and prioritise all administration tasks associated with the service, including Payroll and expenses submissions.
- Be part of the Senior Management on call rota (out of hours), attend SMT meetings as required and support the work of the wider SMT.
- Maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness.
- Contribute to the service development by working alongside the Directors to evaluate service delivery and produce progress and monitoring reports.
Benefits
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays).
- Birthday leave day.
- Cash plan health cover (after 6 months employment).
- Eligibility for blue light card.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle (or equivalent) is essential for this role.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 9am on January 15th 2026.
Interviews to be held on Wednesday 28th of January 2026
N.B. Please quote reference number 313 when completing your application for this role.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. Our inclusive approach recognises the unique skills, knowledge, and perspectives that lived experience brings to our team.
No agencies please.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are delighted to be partnering with The Ehlers-Danlos Society, a global organisation that puts people with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) at the centre of everything they do. Their mission is to help the world understand these conditions better, accelerate research, and provide education that truly changes lives.
The organisation is looking for an innovative and strategic Learning & Education Director to lead and grow the Society’s global education portfolio. In this role you will give direction and shape long-term learning strategies, educational initiatives, inspire multidisciplinary teams, and ensure every program reflects scientific rigour, and the lived experience of the EDS/HSD community.
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree (required) and advanced degree or diploma (PGCE, Master's or PhD (preferred) in Education, Healthcare, Public Health, Instructional Design, or related field.
- Significant leadership experience in healthcare and medical education, with a track record of overseeing learning portfolios.
- A deep understanding of healthcare education and evidence-based learning principles.
- The ability to communicate complex medical or educational concepts clearly and confidently to diverse audiences.
- Experience and network with clinicians, academic institutions, research bodies, and advocacy groups.
If you want your work to directly influence how healthcare professionals understand, diagnose, and support people living with EDS and HSD, bridging knowledge gaps and raising the standard of care worldwide, then this is the role for you!
For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Executive Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Applications should be submitted via the Charisma website and include your CV and a supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other category protected by law.
The Ehlers Danlos Society asks every successful candidate to give their consent for us to obtain two written references, consent to a DBS check, and to provide us with documentary proof of qualifications. Any offer of employment will be conditional on these requirements being satisfactory.
Location: Fully remote (UK-based), with occasional travel
Closing date: 19 January 2026
Charisma vetting interviews will need to be completed by close of play on the 27 January in preparation for shortlist submission on the 28 January.
Interviews with The Ehlers-Danlos Society:
- 1st stage interviews: w/c 9 February 2026
- 2nd stage interviews: w/c 16 February 2026
Please note: the chosen candidate will need to be available to attend the annual retreat on 16 March 2025 (this can be attended while the candidate is serving notice. All expenses will be paid, however, if the chosen candidate subsequently withdraws and doesn’t join The Society, the candidate will be expected to reimburse the organisation).
What could you achieve if you led a national sales team where every partnership directly fuels positive change in education?
TPP Recruitment is partnering with the workforce development body for the Further Education and Training sector to appoint an Associate Director of Sales. This is a pivotal position: you’ll set direction and lead from the front with senior customers.
Salary: £75,150-79,100 per annum, depending on experience
Employment type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Working arrangements: Hybrid with national travel; typically, around three days per week with customers/prospects or in the office (London), with flexibility required
Start date: ASAP
About the Organisation
Every day, educators and leaders across the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector inspire curiosity, drive progress and empower learners to achieve their potential. This organisation is here to champion the vital role of the FE and Skills workforce. Working in partnership, they drive professionalism by setting the professional standards for the quality of teaching and leadership across the sector. The organisation provides educators with a pathway of professional development throughout their careers, champions inclusion and enables sector change for a thriving FE and Skills sector. Together, they are transforming lives and opportunities for learners aged 14 and above.
About the Role
As Associate Director of Sales, you will lead regional and central teams that generate income through membership subscriptions and associated services, building long-term, solution-led partnerships with colleges, training providers, and adult education organisations. You’ll be outward-facing, developing senior relationships with Principals, Vice Principals and HR/People Directors, while coaching your team, improving sales operations, and enhancing the customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the B2B sales strategy to grow partnership, leadership development and learning offers
- Personally manage senior, high-value relationships and open doors at executive level
- Model consultative, solution-led selling; tell compelling stories that bring value to life
- Align sales activity with marketing and product to deliver a seamless customer journey
- Strengthen customer success and regional engagement to ensure measurable impact and renewals
- Mature sales operations (pipeline, forecasting, performance reviews and dashboards)
- Embed effective use of customer relationship management systems and data insight
- Lead, coach and mentor a small, high-performing sales and customer success team
Skills / Experience Required
- Senior leadership experience in B2B sales, partnerships, or commercial development, ideally within the education, learning, or professional membership sector
- Deep understanding of the Further Education and skills landscape, including workforce challenges and sector priorities
- Demonstrable success in consultative, solution-based selling to senior leaders in colleges, training providers, or adult education organisations
- Experience designing and delivering people-focused solutions such as membership, CPD, or leadership development offers
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing sales teams, with a collaborative and coaching approach
- Skilled in pipeline management, forecasting, and performance accountability, with strong CRM and data insight capabilities
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, able to engage credibly with education sector stakeholders
- Motivated by social purpose and sector impact; outward-facing and relationship-driven
Interview Process
- Screening and informal chats (pre-Christmas) coordinated by TPP Recruitment
- Final interviews mid-January 2026 (in-person) with senior leaders at the organisation
- Assessment task included in the invitation to interview
To Apply
- Supporting statement (no more than 2 pages)
- CV
N.B. Thoughtful use of AI tools is acceptable; we also want to understand your voice, strengths and judgement through your statement.
Deadline
- Applications will be reviewed on receipt
- Early applications (before Christmas) are encouraged to secure January interview slots.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
CEO
We are seeking an experienced and motivated leader to guide a purposeful organisation through its next chapter.
Location: Fully remote within the UK with occasional national travel
Salary: £55,000 to £65,000
Contract: Full time, permanent
Benefits: Pension, generous annual leave, Christmas closure, family leave and sickness policies available on request
Closing date: Monday 9th February
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for a new CEO! Can you uphold the thoughtful shaping and delivery of an impactful charity? Do you have senior experience in a purpose-led organisation with financial and business skills you can bring? Then you might be the right person to guide this team.
This is a great opportunity to make a life-changing difference to people living with disability!
If this is something you are passionate about, then a CEO role is a great way to use your professional experience to be a nationwide change-maker.
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Whether it’s mobility, daily living, or hobbies and sports, the charity creates solutions that change lives. At the heart of their work is designing and building custom made equipment, tailored to each person’s unique needs.
Volunteers bring together creativity, technical skills, and problem-solving expertise, including metalwork, carpentry, electronics, computer programming, and 3D printing, to deliver solutions that can’t be found anywhere else.
IF YOU JOIN THE TEAM…
You’ll have the rare chance to take the helm of a charity with a powerful social mission and build on their proud 60-year history, stewarding them into a new era of growth. A vibrant, passionate community of innovators and problem solvers will be right there with you.
You’ll join the vision for the charity to be a place where people of all ethnicities and backgrounds feel welcomed to work, volunteer or seek help. The organisation encourages flexible working and a culture that prioritises people, wellbeing, and collaboration.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are searching for a CEO who can help ensure REMAP remains resilient, relevant, and well-prepared to respond to emerging pressures and opportunities.
We are particularly seeking someone:
- Who will strengthen financial sustainability and income generation
- Has a proven track record of senior responsibility
- Energise and support a nationwide volunteer community – strengthening relationships between central staff and locally rooted branches
You do not need to meet every requirement to be considered. If you can demonstrate the experience, passion, and capability to lead with purpose, we encourage you to apply.
WHAT’S NEXT
If you are excited by this opportunity and ready to bring energy and expertise to a mission-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Chief Executive, Executive Director, Managing Director, Head of Operations, Director of Services, Director of Strategy, Director of Programmes, Operations Director, Charity Director, Social Impact Director, Senior Leader, Development Director, Leadership Consultant, Transformation Lead, Governance and Strategy Lead #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Birmingham
Permanent
30 Hours per week
Founded in 1962, our clients is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, . Our board of trustees ensures they meet their charitable aims, supported by a dedicated team of well-trained staff.
Our client is extremely proud to have a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities that they work with.
They provide individualised, person-centred services that help people lead fulfilling lives and reach their full potential. Known for their high-quality support, they play a key role in Birmingham's mental health system and collaborate with local organisations to challenge the stigma surrounding mental distress.
They are seeking an experienced and passionate Operations Manager – Registered Services to join their leadership team. You will be one of a team of four Operations Managers who oversee all front-line services .
Line managed by the Deputy Director of Operations, this role is strategically important to their delivery of recovery-based services within Birmingham’s mental health system.
Key Responsibilities will include:
· Work with the Director of Operations, Deputy Director of Operations, and other Operations Managers to co-create and deliver the operations development plan
· Line manage the service managers responsible for each area and support other team members as appropriate.
· Ensure services are delivered in line with their strategic vision and values.
· Ensure that the service(s) is being delivered in line with commissioning requirements, service user wishes and in line with local and national policy and best practice.
· Flexibility to occasionally work outside of usual hours.
· Take part in their senior on call rota.
The Successful Candidate will have:
· Experience of working in a CQC regulated service.
· Good working knowledge of relevant mental health and housing legislation and how it applies to service delivery.
· Knowledge of and commitment to the Recovery model of mental health support
· Experience of mental ill health, either personally or professionally
· Good working knowledge of safeguarding and able to deal effectively with safeguarding issues
· Familiar with good practice in data protection and able to support managers and staff to comply with any requirements
Staff benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, PayCare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling, a cycle to work scheme, and a comprehensive training programme.
Our client is extremely proud to have a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities that they work with. They strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges as their perspectives enrich their teams. They are also committed to changing the ethnic diversity of our management team and particularly encourage applicants from minority communities to apply for this role.
Their people are key to the success of the organisation, and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.
How To Apply:
Closing date for applications is Sunday 18th January 2026
Interviews will commence on Friday 30th January 2026
This is a very special role with huge potential for the right candidate to deliver transformational impact in our communities in Somerset.
The Opportunity
There is significant potential for growth, particularly through gifts in Wills, working in partnership with professional advisers and growing high-value fundraising. We’re also broadening our appeal to a wider range of donors and partners having launched our Collective Giving Funds, which offer a compelling way for anyone to give strategically to the causes and places they care about in Somerset
As our Philanthropy and Marketing Director you will be at the forefront of this ambition. We’re looking for a strategic leader who can balance vision with execution to deliver great results. You’ll need to be a credible, emotionally intelligent and authentic relationship builder, adept at building trust, genuinely passionate about our mission and have strong alignment with our values.
This senior leadership role also holds strategic responsibility for marketing and brand positioning, enabling us to unlock the full potential of philanthropy in Somerset to drive change in our communities. We’ve recently invested in the growth of our Philanthropy and Marketing Team, and have welcomed a specialist marketing Trustee on to our Board.
We’re looking for an experienced and inclusive manager, confident at providing a balance of coaching and mentoring to help our talented team to develop and shine. And as an active and engaged member of our Senior Leadership Team, you’ll share our passion for continuous improvement, help to drive organisational growth and development, and provide expert advice and guidance to our Board of Trustees.
The impact we make as a charity is achieved largely through our funding programmes. You must have an appreciation of the role that community-led charities and groups play in creating positive change locally. And the role we, as a place-based funder, can play to support that work. You do not, however, need experience of working for a funder previously.
Download the recruitment pack to see the roles full responsibilities and required skills, knowledge and experience.
About Somerset Community Foundation
Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) (charity no.1094446) is a grant-making charity that helps build strong communities where everyone can thrive. We do this by funding local charities and facilitating local giving.
We provide simple, rewarding and impactful ways for donors to give locally, guided by research and our unrivalled local knowledge.
For small, local charities, community groups and social enterprises, we provide vital funding and support to help their organisations flourish. We raise and distribute between £4 million and £5 million of funding to local groups every year. We’re also building an endowment for long-term investment into our communities, which is currently valued at around £11 million.
By inspiring local giving and funding social action, we support local communities to drive change and realise their dreams.
SCF is part of a network of 47 Community Foundations operating throughout the UK. Together we are one of the largest funders of communities across the nation.
WE HELP PASSIONATE PEOPLE IN SOMERSET CHANGE THE WORLD ON THEIR DOORSTEP BY FUNDING LOCAL CAUSES AND INSPIRING LOCAL GIVING AND PHILANTHROPY.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join a movement transforming how communities create lasting change. This isn't a typical charity role—it's a chance to shape the future of place-based working across the UK and help lead a growing organisation.
Place Matters is a small, entrepreneurial charity punching above its weight. We work at the intersection of communities, public services, funders, and policymakers to tackle the root causes of inequality and create changes that communities want to see. Our approach? Empower communities to lead change in their own places, learn from what works, and influence the systems that hold them back.
Why this role matters
This is a senior position on our Executive team, reporting directly to a co-CEO. You'll play a leadership role in developing our organisation—shaping strategy, building our team, and deepening partnerships. We're looking for someone colleagues and Trustees trust to make sound decisions on behalf of our mission.
Learning and practice development is at the heart of everything we do. You'll design and lead learning partnerships that build the capabilities of communities and organisations to work differently. You'll capture insights from the ground and turn them into accessible tools, frameworks, and resources that make place-based working more effective for everyone.
You need to be a team player, confident and with strong opinions, but low ego and collegiate
What you'll do
- Lead the development and delivery of Learning and Practice Development Partnerships
- Initiate, convene and participate in ‘field-building’ efforts that aim to influence the broader place-based change sector, bringing together community organisations, public sector organisations, policy makers, foundations and businesses to build broader support for community centred place-based change
- Develop Place Matters thought and practice leadership
- Draw together the themes and patterns from learning into regular blogs and publications to make the learning as widely accessible as possible and influence key policy makers and funders
- Initiate and convene field-building efforts to influence the broader place-based change sector
- Build a wide network of place-based practitioners from all sectors
- Play a key role in business development, securing new partnerships, fundraising, and improving organisational efficiency
See job description (JD) for full details
What makes this role special
- Executive leadership: Part of the leadership team shaping organisational direction
- Real autonomy: Lead your own projects, design new partnerships, represent Place Matters externally
- Learning culture: We practice what we preach—continuous learning and innovation are built in
- Flexible working: Hybrid arrangement, negotiable location, with UK travel (up to 50 days annually)
- Competitive salary: £65,000-£75,000 (negotiable based on experience)
Practical details
Ideally 37.5 hours per week (flexible) but we'll consider part-time. UK travel required, including occasional overnight stays and some evening/weekend work.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from disabled people and people from diverse backgrounds.
We'll conduct interviews on 19th and 21st January.
Submit a CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About MSF UK
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides life-saving medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF UK exists to maximise the support we provide to this work — by raising funds, advocating for patients, and ensuring our organisation is strong, accountable and sustainable.
MSF UK has grown significantly over the past 5 years, almost doubling our income to just under £100m. As MSF UK enters a new strategic period to 2031, with ambitious plans to grow income further and increase our impact for patients, the strength, resilience and integrity of our financial foundations have never been more important.
The Role
The Financial Controller plays a critical role in safeguarding MSF UK’s resources so they can be used where they are needed most.
You will lead the financial accounting function, ensuring MSF UK’s finances are accurate, compliant and well-controlled, while also driving continuous improvement in systems and processes. Building on strong existing foundations, you will help modernise and streamline financial operations so they remain fit for a growing and increasingly complex organisation.
Working closely with the Director of Finance & Services, the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and colleagues across MSF UK and the wider MSF movement, you will ensure that financial stewardship actively supports humanitarian impact.
What You’ll Do
You will lead MSF UK’s financial accounting function, balancing rigour, efficiency and service. This includes:
- Ensuring strong financial stewardship: leading statutory accounts, audit, tax compliance and regulatory reporting, including to MSF International.
- Maintaining robust controls: safeguarding MSF UK’s assets through effective internal controls, risk management and reserves oversight.
- Overseeing core financial operations: ensuring accurate, timely processing of transactions, payments and financial records.
- Managing funds and grants: overseeing restricted and unrestricted funds and MSF grant flows, ensuring donor and organisational requirements are met.
- Leading systems and process improvement: driving automation, system enhancements and improvement projects to improve efficiency and user experience.
- Leading and developing the team: managing and supporting a high-performing financial accounting team and fostering a collaborative, improvement-focused culture.
- Trusted technical advisor: providing clear assurance and expert accounting and tax advice to senior leaders, trustees and colleagues.
About You
You are a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with significant experience leading a financial accounting function in a complex organisation. You bring strong technical expertise, sound judgement and a commitment to integrity and transparency.
You are:
- Confident leading statutory reporting, audit and tax compliance.
- Experienced in improving systems and processes, including through technology and automation.
- A collaborative leader who values developing people and building strong relationships.
- Motivated by purpose, with a desire to use your skills to support a mission that matters.
Experience in the charity sector, managing complex VAT environments or working within international organisations is desirable.
Why Join MSF UK?
You’ll join a values-driven organisation where strong financial control is seen as fundamental to humanitarian impact. You’ll be trusted to lead, improve and innovate — ensuring MSF UK remains accountable, resilient and able to respond to the needs of patients around the world.
If you are motivated by MSF’s mission and want your financial leadership to make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.
Recruitment timetable
Application deadline: Sunday 25th January
Shortlisting:week of 26th January
First stage interviews: week of 2nd February
Second stage interviews: week of 9th February
How to apply:
Please send your CV and letter of motivation via the link by Sunday 25th January. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact our exclusive partner, Bryony Thomas via the Allen Lane agency website.
MSF UK is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community.
Lead with compassion. Inspire through purpose. Shape the future of Hospiscare.
Hospiscare has been at the heart of our community for over 40 years, providing outstanding specialist end-of-life care and support to people and their families across Exeter, Mid and East Devon. As we look to the future, we are seeking an exceptional Chief Executive Officer to lead our charity with vision, empathy and strategic strength.
The opportunity
This is a pivotal leadership role — guiding a much-loved local charity through a period of challenge but also opportunity. You’ll work closely with a dedicated Board of Trustees and an experienced Leadership Teams to shape and deliver our strategic goals, ensuring Hospiscare remains resilient, sustainable, and true to our founding values of care, compassion, and dignity.
You’ll be the public face and voice of Hospiscare — inspiring confidence among our staff, volunteers, supporters, healthcare partners, and the wider community. Your leadership will ensure we continue to deliver the highest standards of specialist palliative care while innovating to meet the changing needs of our patients and our community.
About you
You are an accomplished and compassionate leader, able to inspire and unite people around a shared purpose. With substantial senior leadership experience — ideally gained in the charity or health and social care sectors — you bring a track record of shaping strategy, managing complex budgets, and achieving sustainable results.
You’ll understand the challenges facing healthcare and charitable organisations and bring creative, collaborative solutions. You are confident working with a Board, comfortable in the public eye, and driven by a genuine commitment to making a difference to people’s lives at the most profound of times.
Key strengths you’ll bring
- Strategic vision and proven experience leading organisational change and growth
- Strong understanding of governance, finance, and regulatory environments
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills — connecting easily and authentically with people from all walks of life
- A leadership style that combines compassion, clarity, and courage
- A deep alignment with Hospiscare’s mission and values
Why join Hospiscare?
At Hospiscare, you’ll find a community of extraordinary people — staff and volunteers dedicated to providing the very best care and support when it matters most. This is more than a leadership role; it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on a vital local charity and the lives of countless people in Devon.
We are working with Charity Recruitment Consultant, Jackie Dawkins of Shine Charity Recruitment,who is supporting our search. For further details about Hospiscare, please read the Recruitment Pack
Key Dates:
- Closing Date – 26th January 2026 at 5pm
- First Interview with Jackie Dawkins (via Zoom) – 2nd/3rd February 2026
- Shortlisted candidates informal meeting with Chair – 23rd February 2026
- Interview and Assessment Day at Hospiscare – 24th February 2026
YMCA Heart of England is a Christian charity providing a range of life-changing services for the local community. With a turnover of over £7.5m, we house over 300 young people and support them to get their lives back on track. We also care for pre-school children in our nursery and run various social enterprises and community programmes. With over 100 Staff and volunteers working for us and thousands of people using our many premises every year, we are an organisation committed to delivering the best possible service to our customers in line with our Christian ethos and values.
Job role
We’re looking for a Head of Early Years to lead and grow a key area of our organisation. This is a strategic leadership role with hands-on responsibility for driving high-quality provision and expanding our Early Years offer across Birmingham and Coventry. You’ll oversee our existing nursery while leading the development of up to four new settings in line with our five-year growth plan. Reporting to the Director of Business, Community and Youth Services, you’ll work closely with senior leaders to align Early Years with our wider organisational goals.
Key responsibilities include:
· Lead curriculum development and quality improvement across all nursery settings, starting with Billy Bears, in line with EYFS and Ofsted standards.
· Provide strategic leadership as part of the Senior Management Team, shaping early years direction, staff performance, and growth plans across Birmingham and Coventry.
· Line manage Nursery Managers and support a strong, values-driven team culture focused on reflective practice and child-led provision.
· Oversee safeguarding, compliance, and preparation for Ofsted inspections, maintaining inclusive, high-quality early years environments.
· Build partnerships with families, external agencies, and local authorities to support children’s development and community engagement.
What we Offer:
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Travel expenses paid at 45p per mile
- 29 days annual leave including Bank Holidays plus an additional day after each year of completed service up to 5 days.
- Free on-site car parking
- Workplace Pension scheme
- 20 days sick pay
- Life Assurance of 4 times your annual salary
- Day off for your Birthday
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you’re a passionate and visionary leader who is committed to making a difference to London’s natural environment, we’d love to hear from you!
The City of London Corporation is the Trustee of 11,000 acres of iconic greenspaces in London and the Home Counties. We deliver multidisciplinary work on nature conservation, climate resilience, heritage, access and recreation, and community engagement. Our Natural Environment Division has an annual budget of over £30m, 350 staff and welcomes more than 20 million visitors to its sites every year.
We’re looking for an innovative, results-driven Deputy Director to play a leading role in supporting the transformation of the Division and its 8 environmental charities, delivering key projects and continuous improvement. You’ll lead the Division's work on heritage and outdoor learning and will support the development and delivery of major projects including the Corporation’s Climate Action Strategy.
You’ll use your business acumen and financial skills to develop and support the long-term sustainability of the Division’s charities. You’ll also lead on developing strong external partnerships and income generation plans and will use your leadership, organisational and change management skills to develop and embed new ways of working. Working closely with the Natural Environment Director, you’ll lead on key initiatives across the Corporation’s greenspaces, including the development and resourcing of multi-million-pound projects.
You’ll be an accomplished leader with experience of leading and managing complex operations, projects and programmes. You’ll have expertise in planning and managing major projects, building high-performing teams, and forging strategic partnerships with government bodies, NGOs, local authorities, and businesses. Excellent leadership and communication skills are critical as you’ll engage with and influence a wide range of stakeholders to shape and implement strategies, policies and key delivery mechanisms such as business plans.
The City of London Corporation offers a unique opportunity to work alongside world-class teams in an environment which respects and celebrates historic traditions and cultures, whilst providing access to leading innovators and disruptors across our global economic hub. We operate a flexible working policy with the opportunity to work from home up to two days per week.
Closing date: 12 Noon on Monday 12th January 2026
1st Interview - 2nd February
2nd Interview: 12th February
To apply online please click the apply button.
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a standard / an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
The ISM seeks a Legal Officer to help deliver key services to its members across a wide range of legal issues. The role includes supporting unpaid-fee claims, helping musicians understand third-party contracts, and assisting the wider legal team with ongoing matters.
The award-winning ISM is the dynamic, change making professional body representing musicians. With a current membership of over 11,000, the ISM is known for its legal support to its members across a range of issues from copyright and employment disputes to contracts. We are also known for our campaigning work on issues from equality to Brexit and AI which can cross over into legal services. We do not handle litigation and any disputes which proceed to this stage are handled by our legal insurance providers.
It is vital that we deliver gold standard legal services, responding to the needs of our professional musician membership. You will be someone who has experience as a legal adviser or have some legal knowledge such as contract, copyright or employment law. You will be proactive with strong problem solving skills, good drafting and oral skills, keen attention to detail and good emotional intelligence.
You will be joining a professional staff team who are based in Bayswater, London. The role is five days per week of which at least three will be in the office.
For a full job description for this role and how to apply visit the ISM website.
Closing date is Monday 12th January at 9.30am. Interviews will take place face-to-face and applications generated by AI will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

