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Remote
£34,000 per year
Part-time (28 hours per week)
Permanent
Job description

We are recruiting a Support Manager to provide clear leadership, coordination and oversight of our support services during a period of growth. This role is pivotal in ensuring our services are safe, sustainable, well-governed and responsive to patient needs, while supporting staff and volunteers working in emotionally demanding environments. You will work closely with the Director of Research & Programmes and collaborate across the organisation to align support services with wider strategy.

This is an ideal role for someone with experience managing support or community services in the charity or health sector, who values clarity, collaboration and compassionate leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Service Leadership & Oversight

  • Provide operational oversight of Make 2nds Count’s support services, ensuring high-quality, consistent delivery.

  • Embed clear processes, boundaries and decision-making routes across support activities.

  • Monitor service activity, risks and capacity, escalating issues appropriately.

Safeguarding, Risk & Quality

  • Act as the operational safeguarding lead for support services.

  • Ensure safeguarding, incident reporting and crisis procedures are embedded, understood and followed.

  • Support a culture of emotional safety and reflective practice.

Team & Volunteer Support

  • Line manage and support staff within the support team.

  • Work with the Director of Research & Programmes to ensure appropriate supervision structures are in place.

  • Support volunteers and facilitators through clear guidance, training pathways and escalation routes.

Planning & Collaboration

  • Contribute to service planning, improvement and prioritisation.

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues across the charity, including fundraising and communications, to ensure joined-up delivery.

  • Support the evaluation and development of services based on insight and learning.

About You

Essential

  • Experience managing or coordinating support, community or health-related services.

  • Strong understanding of safeguarding in sensitive or high-risk environments.

  • Experience supporting staff or volunteers in emotionally demanding roles.

  • Ability to bring structure, clarity and consistency to complex service delivery.

  • Confident communicator, able to navigate sensitive conversations with care.

  • Comfortable working remotely and managing your own workload.

Desirable

  • Experience in cancer, health, mental health or lived-experience-led services.

  • Knowledge of governance, data protection and information management.

  • Experience working in a small charity or resource-constrained environment.

  • Understanding of trauma-informed or compassionate practice.

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a mission-driven, patient-led charity making a real difference.

  • Work with a supportive, values-led leadership team.

  • Flexible, home-based working.

  • Annual leave enhancements over Christmas and New Year.

  • Opportunity to shape and stabilise vital support services at a key moment.

How to Apply

Please submit:

  • A CV, and

  • A supporting statement (no more than 2 pages) outlining how your experience meets the requirements of the role and why you are interested in working with Make 2nds Count.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment and welcome applications from people with lived experience of cancer.

Application resources
Posted by
Make 2nds Count View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 1 - 5
Posted on: 18 January 2026
Closing date: 15 February 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Advice / Information, Project Management, Counselling, Cancer, Education, Health / Medical, Mental Health, Programme Management, Research

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