Governance officer jobs

Summary

You will plan, create and coordinate clear, relevant communications that drive engagement with the new package of support for clergy around financial wellbeing. This will include supporting engagement with clergy and diocesan partners, and encouraging take up of events, tools and products. You will be responsible for creating/maintain great online content, promoting planned events, producing accessible written materials, and designing relevant and targeted communication campaigns working as part of an integrated team with other Pensions Board functions. This role will involve building and managing relationships with diocesan communications teams, other Communication specialists within the National Church, and external suppliers to deliver timely, consistent and measurable communications across digital and offline channels.

Content Management and Editorial Standards

• Curate, design, maintain and update the content of our new financial wellbeing portal.
• Devising and delivering creative ideas for digital, audience-focused content e.g. event videos, case studies etc - incorporating recording, editing, audio content etc - to support newsletters, emails and portal development.
• Work within and continue to evolve our tone of voice guidelines, to ensure our communications are in plain English, accessibly and relevant to our audiences.
• Curate resource packs and how-to guides
• Uphold editorial standards, quality control, version control, and approval workflows

Planning and Delivery

• Work as part of a wider Pensions Board network focused on integrated communications planning.
• Working with senior leaders, to design and execute targeted and long-term communications campaigns to deliver strategic goals.
• Coordinate our email and newsletter activity, working with other teams to get consistency of message across other channels (e.g. through social media or into Church/diocesan networks).

Support product pilots, service launches, and local events.

Materials Production and Supplier Oversight

• Draft written materials: emails, guides, briefs, articles
• Commission and manage supplier-produced collateral
• Oversee procurement, supplier relationships, and template libraries

Stakeholder Engagement and Event Support

• Collaborate with Pensions and Housing colleagues to help align messaging to different customer groups.
• Support senior leaders with internal team updates.
• Act as the main communications contact for the service, working with diocesan communication teams, the NCI comms team, and existing/potential service partners.
• Collaborate with our Events Coordinator on promotional and post-event materials

Insight, Compliance, and Continuous Improvement

• Use data to segment audiences, test messaging, and measure impact
• Monitor performance metrics and report on campaign outcomes
• Ensure adherence to data protection regulations in our communication approach.
• Support the Board's Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Embed best practices: editorial calendars, A/B testing, and single-source content governance

• A salary of £48,557 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

 Harris Hill is supporting a leading London charity to recruit a new Deputy CEO.

Salary: £65,000 + pension · Full time · Kensington & Chelsea (hybrid)

In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with the CEO to drive organisational strategy, lead high-quality Health, Wellbeing and Community Services, and ensure the charity continues to grow, innovate and deliver real impact for older people.

You’ll oversee service delivery, impact and quality, lead business development and income generation, and build strong partnerships across the NHS, local authority and voluntary sectors. You’ll also provide compassionate leadership to managers and teams, champion co-production, and deputise for the CEO when required.

We’re looking for:

• A senior leader from the charity, public or community sector
• Experience delivering health, wellbeing or community services
• Strong track record in business development and securing income
• Excellent partnership-building, strategic and communication skills
• A values-led, collaborative leader with commercial acumen

Why apply?
A unique chance to shape the future of a respected local charity, drive innovation and impact, and develop as a future CEO — with a supportive culture, ambitious team and competitive package.

For more information, please send your CV to

Deadline: Wednesday 7th January  at 9am

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Our Midlands team has a new opportunity for an Executive Officer. You will be responsible for supporting effective grant-making across the region, helping us to distribute over £60m to good causes throughout the area.

As an Executive Officer, you’ll be part of a driven and passionate team, led by a Senior Head of Regional Funding. Within the team there is 1 Senior Grant Making Manager, 8 Funding Managers and 26 Funding Officers.

Reporting to the Senior Head of Regional Funding, you will work on a hybrid basis, working both remotely and spending some of your time in the Birmingham office (located near Five Ways). There will also be some occasional travel to other locations across the region throughout the year.

Organising will be at the heart of your role, and you will be in regular contact with the team across the region. The key duties of the role include:

• Supporting the Senior Head of Regional Funding, Senior Grant Making Manager, Funding Managers and their teams.
• Administration of our grant-making database using Salesforce.
• Diary management for the Senior Head of Regional Funding and Senior Grant Making Manager.
• Organising, supporting and minuting a range of regular online and face-to-face meetings.
• Responding to customer enquiries made to the region.
• Supporting teams with stakeholder engagement.
• ​General administrative and facilities support. 

​Interview Details:

• ​Date: 7th & 8th January
• ​Format: In-Person
• ​Location: Hybrid, flexible working, Birmingham based, with an expectation to be in the office around 1 day every 2 weeks.

We will be hosting a briefing session about the role on: Wednesday 3rd December 2025, 13:00 – 13:45 pm. To register or ask any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.

​How to apply:

Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.

Essential:

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail with the ability to plan and proactively manage competing demands.
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience of working in a customer-facing role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work within a team but to also work independently, using your own initiative.
• Good IT skills (including Microsoft Office) with an ability to work across a variety of systems and platforms, interpreting financial information, arranging meetings and booking travel.

​Desirable:

• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and sensitivity.
• Previous voluntary or work experience in the charitable sector.
• ​Diary management experience

​Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition). 

About the opportunity
Action Tutoring is the largest tutoring charity in the country. At the heart of our work is closing the attainment gap for pupils facing disadvantage in the UK by harnessing the power of tutoring. We are seeking an inspiring and strategic Interim Chief Executive Officer (maternity cover) to lead our growing charity, ensuring the charity continues to achieve benchmark-beating results for the pupils we support. In 2025-26, our work will reach 7,000 pupils supported by more than 80 staff and 2,500 volunteer tutors.  This role would suit someone with experience of interim senior leadership roles, wanting to make a difference in an area with proven impact on outcomes for children and young people.

Closing date: Wednesday, 17th December 2025
Interviews: Between 8th and 16th January 2026
Start date: Ideally, Monday, 23rd March 2026
Contract and hours: Fixed-term, 9 to 12-month maternity cover. We are open to discussions regarding the working pattern, and welcome applications for 0.8 FTE up to 1 FTE. A full working week is 37.5 hours. We offer flexible working hours. The core working hours are 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Applications from candidates seeking a secondment are welcome.
Location: Hybrid working with 2 or 3 days per week, in London, dependent on meetings and occasionally with short notice. Our London office address is: Fivefields, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, SW1W 0DH
 

Duties and Responsibilities
The Interim CEO (maternity cover) is responsible for maintaining the high performance of the charity, overseeing the delivery of key strategic goals in line with our mission and aims. During the period of this appointment, you will lead the organisation through its annual school sales process (Spring 26), ensure the successful delivery of a key strategic project testing AI in our delivery model (Summer and Autumn 26) and set the organisation up for success in a new academic year (Autumn 26).

Vision, Strategy and Delivery

• Working with the Board to implement the vision and mission of the charity.
• Responsible for implementing the agreed strategy.

People and Cultural Leadership

• Overall people and cultural leadership, empowering the team the maintain the positive working culture with behaviours that align closely to the charity’s values.
• Ensuring operational excellence is maintained across the organisation.

Advocacy

• Representing Action Tutoring externally to a range of stakeholders, including school leaders, policymakers, the media and funders, to raise the profile of Action Tutoring and awareness of the cause.
• Sustain constructive working relationships with other education charities, sharing good practice and working collaboratively to improve educational outcomes.

Finance and Fundraising

• Overseeing financial management of the charity supported by the Director of Finance & Operations. 
• Lead fundraising alongside the Head of Philanthropy to ensure fundraising targets set by the Board are met.

Line Management

• Direct line management of the Senior Leadership Team (3 Directors), the Head of Impact & Quality and the Head of Philanthropy, covering the five departments of the organisati

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found in the job description attached to the BreatheHR advert.

Person specification
Qualifications criteria:

• The right to work in the UK.

We are looking for some of the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others: 

• Proven track record as a CEO in a not-for-profit organisation, experience as an Interim CEO is desirable but not essential. The ability to get up to speed quickly will be vital. 
• Experience of working within a delivery-based organisation and an understanding of how to ensure quality, efficiency, and impact in that context.
• Commercial mindset, with proven success in fundraising and/or sales targets to meet set targets and secure income for ongoing operations.
• Experience overseeing pilots of new delivery modes, applying a theory of change approach to learning.
• Experience in developing and executing strategic plans and complex projects to achieve organisational vision and mission.
• Strong communication skills, with experience representing organisations externally to various stakeholders (e.g., school leaders, partners, funders).
• Understanding of the education sector, and the needs and drivers of stakeholders across the education space.
• Ability to diagnose and dissect complex problems and encourage scalable solutions to novel issues.
• Experience in empowering senior leaders and the wider organisations to meet ambitious targets.
• Ability to foster a positive working culture, aligned with Action Tutoring’s values.
• Strong financial management skills.
• Knowledge of governance structures and experience in working closely with a board of trustees, including managing strategic risk.
• Comfortable with data and committed to driving impact across the organisation.

You will be likely be more successful in this role if you have the following personal attributes: 

• Passion for addressing educational disadvantage and closing the attainment gap.
• Collaborative mindset and the ability to build strong, constructive relationships with other organisations and charities, fostering collaboration and sharing of best practices.
• High ethical standards and personal integrity, with a commitment to transparency and accountability in leadership.
• Resilient and adaptable with the ability to thrive in an evolving and challenging external environment, and to adjust to shifts in the education landscape.
• Strong commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Multi-Story Orchestra is seeking a dynamic and experienced Executive Director to see us thrive in our next phase.

Multi-Story Orchestra is seeking a dynamic and experienced Executive Director to lead our next chapter. After 15 years, our visionary Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Kate Whitley, will step down in early 2026. This marks an important and carefully planned transition for the organisation. Alongside the new Artistic Director, the Executive Director will have a unique opportunity to forge Multi-Story’s future.

Since 2011, we’ve pioneered youth-led orchestral music that challenges conventions, tells urgent real-life stories, and amplifies unheard voices. Today, young people aged 14-18 are at the heart of our creative process, working with professional musicians to create original works across a range of genres, from soul and R&B to classical and choral. The result is music that’s fresh, relevant and powerful.

We are seeking someone who shares our commitment to:

• Strengthening our organisation through strategic leadership and sound governance.

• Driving ambitious fundraising and sustainable financial planning

• Championing equity, diversity and inclusion across all areas of our work.

• Sustaining a strong sense of organisational cohesion through sound team and operational management.

The Executive Director will work in close partnership with the Artistic Director and Board of Trustees to champion the organisation’s vision, drive fundraising initiatives, extend our partnerships, fulfil commitments to funders, and ensure Multi-Story Orchestra thrives in its next phase. The Executive Director and the Artistic Director together fulfil the CEO function for Multi-Story Orchestra.

About the Foundation
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.

This is an exciting time to join Lloyds Bank Foundation. We are coming to the end of our strategy period and under the leadership of a new CEO, we are developing and rolling out our new strategy, brand and values. We believe this will enable us to turbocharge our work, allowing us to have an even bigger impact to create social change and cohesion and ensuring people in England and Wales are in a good place.

About the Programme
The Foundation has been awarded a £2.1m grant by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) to deliver a pilot as part of its Grant Holder Support programme. This pilot, Investing in the Power of Civil Society (IIPCS), will support up to 640 charities across the Northwest, Southwest of England and Yorkshire and Humber.

Delivered in partnership with eight organisations — IVAR, Groundwork UK and local trusts, CAST, The School for Social Entrepreneurs, NCVO, Voice4Change England, the AVOCADO Foundation and Access (advisory) — the pilot will offer diagnostic-led, tailored and relational support to help organisations strengthen their work.

Support will focus on resilience, environmental impact, readiness for AI and digital technology, enabling participating charities to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. With a strong emphasis on equity and access, the pilot is designed to ensure organisations of all sizes and backgrounds can benefit.

We will be using a test-and-learn approach — trying out new ways of supporting charities, learning from what works and what doesn’t, and using those insights to improve future programmes. This approach will help shape NLCF’s future support for both grant holders and grant seekers, strengthen the Foundation and partners’ own development practice, and contribute to wider learning across the sector.

About the Role

As Programme Lead, you’ll have overall responsibility for the successful delivery of this ambitious and collaborative pilot. You’ll lead a multi-partner consortium, oversee a £2.1m budget, and ensure that up to 640 charities receive high-quality, equitable support.

You’ll manage delivery, governance, performance, and learning, while championing a test-and-learn approach that generates insights for the Foundation, the National Lottery Community Fund, and the wider sector. You’ll also lead a small team and play an active role in the Foundation’s leadership group.

This is a strategic and hands-on role for someone who thrives in complexity, values collaboration, and is passionate about strengthening small and local charities.

The Benefits

• Salary of £56,501 per annum (FTE)
• There is flexibility as to where this role is based; however, regular travel to London and across England will be required, with some overnight stays
• A further list of benefits can be found here on the Lloyds Bank Foundation website. 

About You
You are an experienced programme leader with a strong track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in the charity, social or funding sectors. You bring a deep understanding of the voluntary sector, particularly the needs of small and community-led organisations.

You are confident managing partnerships, budgets, and governance structures, and skilled at translating strategy into delivery.

You are a collaborative leader who can inspire and support a team, while championing equity, learning, and continuous improvement.

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Proven experience leading complex programmes or partnerships with accountability for delivery, budget, risk, and reporting.
• A strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in programme design and delivery.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborative delivery models.
• A solid understanding of how to support and develop small and community-led organisations.
• Excellent people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Confidence in representing programmes externally and influencing funders or decision-makers.

Experience with test-and-learn approaches, diagnostic tools, or equity-led programme design would be an advantage.

We are hoping for an immediate start for the position or as soon as possible thereafter.

So, if you’re looking to make a meaningful impact as a Programme lead, please apply via the button shown. 

• The deadline for applications is Sunday 7th December at 23:30
• Interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held online on Friday 19th December.

We are The Trust Partnership; a fast growing and innovative social enterprise helping charitable foundations and almshouses to be better managed and to use their resources more effectively for the benefit of the wider public.  In short, we are having a big impact in philanthropy sector. 

We are excited that we’ve not only been able to build a thriving business, but to do so on strong ethical foundations. The way we look after our staff, our clients and other stakeholders is important to us. We believe it’s possible to be a good business and a profitable one at the same time.

We are looking for someone special to join our growing business. You will be responsible for a portfolio of trusts who require clerking and supported by specialists in grantmaking and administration.  Experience of working with boards of Trustees is essential.

You need to be able to access London easily, sometimes at short notice.Occasional visits to our office in Gloucestershire will also be necessary. You will also be required to undertake a DBS check.

We are looking for a motivated individual with an exemplary work ethic and a professional attitude.  Accuracy is essential and an eye for detail that is balanced with an ability to see the bigger picture. Respect, integrity and emotional awareness are central to the role.

Working with us you will receive the following benefits

·Career progression opportunities 

·Flexible working environment 

·Professional development

·Membership of an employee benefits platform

·Charitable Giving matching up to £200 per annum

·25 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank holidays (FTE)

·Christmas shutdown (included in above)

·Additional day’s contractual leave entitlement after each fifth year of service (up to a total of six days)

·Eyecare voucher scheme.

Domestic Abuse Officer

Location: Waltham Forest/London

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Full Time

1-year fixed term contract with option to renew pending funding

Young Ladies Club aims to raise aspirations in disadvantaged young women to achieve their education and career potential by providing mentoring, confidence building activities and career workshops from positive role models.  We envision a world where young women’s socio-economic background does not impact educational and career outcomes.

We are now looking for an experience Domestic Abuse Officer to provide an effective, efficient, and supportive service to women who are victims of domestic abuse providing emotional, practical and welfare support. As our Domestic Abuse Officer, you will provide a high-quality pro-active service to victims of domestic abuse and other forms of VAWG in either 1:1 or group settings delivering a service to those at medium and low risk.

As a Domestic Abuse Officer, your responsibilities will be:

· To work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse.

· To ensure that women are enabled to access their rights and are informed about their options.

· To reach out to survivors of domestic abuse and raise awareness of domestic abuse and local services offered.

· To support and implement the aims and objectives of Young Ladies Club ensuring that all work is undertaken in accordance with Young Ladies Club policies and procedures.

· To facilitate or co-facilitate the support groups

· To facilitate the provision of culturally sensitive therapeutic interventions and counselling services.

Required Skills and Experience:

· Demonstrable qualifications and/or experience in the field of domestic violence accommodation and support.

· An excellent working knowledge of key issues faced by black and minoritised women who have experienced Domestic Abuse and VAWG. Able to apply this knowledge at a practical level.

· Experience of identifying and responding to the risks to and needs of survivors of domestic

violence

· Experience of working with vulnerable women at least some of which are women or girls affected by domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence.

· A sound working knowledge of the practical, emotional, social and economic issues facing black and minoritised women and girls affected by domestic, and intimate relationship abuse

· Experience of multi-agency partnership working

· Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to Immigration, Honour Based Violence, Forced Marriage and FGM.

· Experience in running support groups in the community

· Ability to work with interpreters and volunteers.

· Ability to work with voluntary organisations, local authorities and government agencies on behalf of women.

· Effective communication skills.

· Experience of managing basic administrative systems.

· Training and qualifications in the provision of advice and advocacy on issues such as housing, welfare benefits and domestic violence.

· Good working knowledge of IT system and databases.

· Ability to run groups virtually on Zoom/Teams etc

Due to the nature of the role and the needs of our service users, this post is restricted to female applicants. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. YLC is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Due to the nature of the role and the needs of our service users, this post is restricted to Black and minoritised women. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

This post is subject to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. A criminal record will not

necessarily exclude you from this post but under the Act, we must have details. An Enhanced

Disclosure will be sought in the event of a successful application for this post and therefore

you will be required to give details of spent and unspent convictions disclosed above. YLC

operates under the Revised Code of Practice for Disclosure and Barring Service.

Yeldall Manor is seeking a visionary, faith-driven, and servant-hearted Chief Executive Officer to lead our Christian charity into its next chapter.

Yeldall Manor is a Christian residential rehabilitation centre supporting men who are struggling with addiction. Rooted in our Basis of Faith, Ethos Statement, and Values, we offer hope, healing, and transformation through Christ-centred care.

For nearly 50 years, Yeldall has been a place of restoration and new beginnings — helping men break free from addiction and rebuild their lives with dignity, purpose and faith.

As CEO, you will work closely with the Board of Trustees to provide strategic leadership, spiritual guidance, and compassionate oversight across all aspects of the organisation. You will bring the experience, insight, and communication skills needed to inspire and equip our dedicated staff, volunteers, and partners — ensuring that Yeldall continues to flourish in its mission and ministry.

We are seeking a visionary leader with a committed Christian faith — someone who can uphold and model the ethos and values of Yeldall Manor while supporting residents in their spiritual journey. You will be an experienced and compassionate leader, able to guide teams through change and growth, and a gifted communicator who can inspire trust and collaboration across staff, residents, and external partners.

A passion for supporting individuals in recovery and personal transformation is essential. If you are in recovery yourself, you must have a minimum of two years’ clean time.

Yeldall Manor is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its residents. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

This is a permanent position, available on a full-time or part-time (0.8 FTE) basis. We are happy to be flexible for the right candidate.

If this opportunity excites you and you feel called to lead and serve in this way, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.

We would like to fill this post as soon as possible, so please apply by 12 noon on Monday 1st December 2025. Early applications are encouraged.

Join us at Yeldall Manor — and help shape a future of hope, healing, and lasting change.

Managing Director - Young persons Community-Focused Organisation

Salary: £65,000 per annum (open to 4 days per week)
Location: Camden, London (with flexible/hybrid options)
Closing Date: Sunday 7th December
Interviews: Before Christmas

We are recruiting on behalf of a dynamic, grassroots organisation that has been transforming the lives of children and families for over a decade. Operating across three vibrant community hubs, this organisation delivers inclusive early years education, after-school and holiday play schemes, mentoring, and specialist support for children and young people with disabilities. Their mission is simple yet powerful: to create safe, engaging spaces where every child can thrive.

Within this newly created role as Managing Director, you will be both the strategic and operational lead, driving innovation and growth while ensuring excellence in service delivery. Reporting to a committed Board of Trustees, you'll oversee a talented team across three locations and work closely with partners, commissioners, and stakeholders to expand impact and develop new income streams.

We are looking for a commercially minded leader with a strong track record in services for young people. You'll combine strategic vision with hands-on leadership, ensuring compliance, safeguarding, and financial sustainability while inspiring your team to deliver outstanding outcomes for children and families.

Key qualities we're seeking:

• Senior leadership experience in services for young people, from either education, care, or community services.
• Proven ability to develop services and generate income.
• Strong financial acumen and operational oversight.
• Commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, and community engagement.

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead an organisation that truly makes a difference to it's community.

If you're ready to bring your expertise and passion to a role with purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply by Sunday 7th December.
Interviews will take place before Christmas.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

The Vacancy

Job Title: CEO YMCA Newcastle

Location: Newcastle

Salary: TBC

Weekly Hours: TBC

Reference: YMC1157145

About YMCA Newcastle
YMCA Newcastle is part of the global YMCA Movement — one of the world’s oldest and largest youth organisations — and has been empowering young people in the city for over 170 years. As an independent local charity, we deliver a diverse range of youth and community services across Newcastle, including youth work, housing and social enterprise. Our housing portfolio includes supported accommodation and outreach programmes, alongside private rented flats, managed in partnership with a local managing agent,.

Our mission is simple but powerful: to empower young people and strengthen communities so that everyone can belong, contribute and thrive.

The Role
We are seeking a visionary, compassionate and inspirational Chief Executive Officer to lead YMCA Newcastle into its next chapter. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the CEO will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring that our organisation continues to deliver high-quality, impactful services while remaining financially sustainable.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading the strategic development and operational delivery of YMCA Newcastle’s youth, housing and community services.

Managing supported housing provision.

Acting as the Ofsted Responsible Officer and ensuring full compliance with regulatory standards.

Overseeing financial management, budgeting, reporting and income generation.

Building strong partnerships with funders, local authorities, and community stakeholders.

Promoting, developing and expanding youth work provision across Newcastle – and, in time, Gateshead.

Leading and developing a multidisciplinary team, fostering a culture of inclusion, safeguarding and continuous improvement.

Managing commercial interests, including a block of 22 flats in partnership with a managing agent.

About You
You’ll be a dynamic, values-driven leader with at least five years’ senior management experience in a complex or multidisciplinary organisation. You will combine strategic vision with hands-on operational understanding and have a track record of managing services for young people and/or housing provision. Financial acumen, excellent interpersonal skills, and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion are essential.

Why Join Us?

Lead a historic and impactful charity with a bold vision for the future.

Work alongside a dedicated team and supportive Board committed to positive social change.

Enjoy flexible working arrangements and a collaborative, values-based culture.

Make a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable young people across Newcastle.

YMCA Newcastle is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Are you ready to stabilise ECT Charity - the sector-leading community transport charity - through a rapid transition and prepare it for longer-term leadership?

Interim Chief Executive — ECT Charity

Location: London (Greenford / Ealing) with regular travel to Dorset, Cheshire and partner sites (on-site presence required)
Salary: circa £80,000
Contract: Fixed-term (3–9 months), full-time - immediate start desirable

About ECT Charity

About ECT Charity

ECT Charity is a leading specialist community transport organisation enabling mobility and social inclusion across London, Dorset and Cheshire. We deliver essential door-to-door transport and influence sector policy with partners such as TfL and the GLA, including through the use of our pioneering CT Social Value Toolkit. Facing reduced statutory income, operations changes, lease negotiations and contract retendering, we need to stabilise cashflow and protect services. Significant opportunities include leveraging our resources and networks for training and consultancy, leveraging strategic partnerships to generate earned income, and using Dorset as a demonstrator site to pilot sustainable, mission-aligned commercial models.

Key responsibilities (first 100 days)

• Stabilise cashflow: short-term budget, scenario planning and conservative forecasts.
• Maintain core services and compliance while managing depot/contract transitions.
• Lead staff and stakeholder communications and wellbeing support.
• Negotiate estate and contract outcomes; protect the Toolkit product and rebuild business development.
• Report regularly to the Board and prepare a clear handover pack.

Who you are

• Experienced in turnaround and operational leadership in constrained finances.
• Strong crisis management, negotiation and trustee reporting skills.
• Able to start immediately or with short notice (early January preferred).
• Hands-on, mobile between sites; driving licence preferred.
• (Desirable) Community transport knowledge or productisation/licensing experience.

Why ECT?

• Protect vital services across Dorset, Cheshire and London while shaping commercial routes.
• Influence sector conversations and build partnership income from a stable Dorset base.
• Work with an engaged Board through a fast, high-impact transition.

For full details, please contact Jenny Hills via the apply button to request the full appointment brief that covers both the interim and permanent positions.

How to apply:

Please email the address in the appointment brief with Interim CEO – ECT Charity in the subject line. Attach an up-to-date CV and a Supporting Statement (max 2 x A4) showing how you meet the Person Specification (in the appointment brief) and your interest.

As you can read in the full appointment brief, we welcome applications for both the interim and permanent positions if you are interested in both roles. Please request and read the full brief for details.

For an informal and confidential conversation contact Jenny Hills at the same address with suitable times.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 8th December 2025.

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Are you passionate about improving technical education? Gatsby Charitable Foundation is looking for a highly organised Project Officer to play an integral part in its programme delivery, with a particular focus on T Level industry placements.

Location: Manchester (On-site Tuesday-Thursday)

Applications close at 9 a.m. Friday 12th December.

Who we are

In 1967, David Sainsbury wrote out a cheque for five pounds to establish the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Lord Sainsbury has since given Gatsby more than £1 billion to distribute to charitable causes in fields he is passionate about, including neuroscience, plant science, development in East Africa and public policy.

Gatsby established a small team focused on education policy in England almost 40 years ago. The team’s priorities have typically mirrored and sought to address the policy challenges of the times, from addressing the uptake of engineering degrees in the 1980s to our commitment to the improvement of the nation’s technical education and career guidance systems today. While priorities have changed and evolved, our approach has been consistent: we aim to be more than a funder. We act as an enabler for projects, working with partners in designing, developing, and, in some cases, delivering activities. We take a long-term view as we do not think much can be achieved by short, one-off projects.

We believe that a strong technical education system can open up good career opportunities for young people and adults, as well as drive greater national productivity and economic competitiveness. That is why our current work is focused on supporting the implementation of technical education reforms and the embedding of a stable career guidance system in England.

About the role

Gatsby is seeking a proactive and curious Project Officer to support the delivery of work that strengthens T Level implementation and expands high-quality industry placements across England. Working in the Industry Placement Team, you will help manage grants and contracts, coordinate employer-facing projects, organise events and networks, and capture insights and outputs to inform future activity. You will contribute to developing training and support for industry placement coordinators, produce case studies and blog content, and build relationships with providers, employers and sector partners.

This role works across several T Level subject areas. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in or adjacent to further education, strong organisational and communication skills, and an enthusiasm for supporting technical education.

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Applications for this role close at 9 a.m. Friday 12th December.

Finance Director

We are seeking an experienced senior finance leader to drive financial strategy and sustainability across a national charity.

Position: Finance Director

Salary: £75,000 (£45,000 pro-rata)

Location: Flexible, 1 day in Doncaster but not essential

Hours: 21 per week (part time)

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 8am, 1st December 2025

About the Role

This is a strategic leadership role responsible for long term financial sustainability, robust controls and a strong commercial approach. As a key member of the senior leadership team, you will work closely with the CEO, Board and Directors to deliver the charity’s strategic ambitions and build a positive, collaborative culture.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead financial planning, reporting and strategic oversight for the organisation

• Provide expert advice to the Board, CEO and leadership team on all financial matters

• Strengthen commerciality and oversee development of a sustainable business model

• Lead programmes to simplify processes, improve efficiency and reduce financial risk

• Act as Company Secretary ensuring legal, regulatory and governance compliance

• Oversee risk management frameworks and insurance provision

• Build strong business partnering relationships, particularly with Operations

• Manage and develop the finance team, ensuring high performance and motivation

• Lead supplier relationships including banks, auditors, insurers and pension advisers

• Oversee major contracts, grant reporting and financial controls

• Provide leadership on property negotiations, contracts and legal matters related to finance

• Guide and monitor financial performance, ensuring targets are achieved

• Ensure all financial and legal obligations are met across the charity’s activities

About You

You will bring significant senior level finance experience along with credibility, clarity and the ability to influence at all levels.

Essential skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in senior finance roles, ideally within the charity sector

• Strong understanding of financial strategy, business planning and risk management

• Proven ability to analyse complex financial information and present clear recommendations

• Experience leading and developing a finance team

• Knowledge of charity governance, regulatory compliance and statutory reporting

• Skilled in building commercial models and driving long term sustainability

• Strong communication, negotiation and relationship building skills

• Professional finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA or equivalent experience

• Strong understanding of business partnering models and effective cross organisational working

Desirable:

• Company Secretary or governance qualification

• Experience leading finance transformations or major organisational change programmes

About the Organisation

The organisation is committed to improving environmental outcomes and supporting communities across the UK. Their work is driven by values including making a positive impact, working collaboratively, improving processes and striving for excellence. They are focused on long term sustainability, strong governance and delivering meaningful change.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance, Finance Business Partnering Director, Commercial Finance Director, Director of Corporate Services, Strategic Finance Lead.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.