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Humanity & Inclusion UK is looking for a Head of Institutional Relations (maternity cover) to lead our engagement with institutional donors, programme partners and allies in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dynamic team in the delivery and implementation of an ambitious institutional relations strategy. With a particular focus on the FCDO and Start Network alongside growing our Australian and Irish portfolios, you will build partnerships and maximise income and influence to achieve our strategic aims. As a member of the HI UK Leadership Team, you will also play an important role in shaping the culture and direction of the organisation as a whole.
Background Information and Purpose of Post
The Head of Institutional Relations leads HI’s engagement with institutional donors, programme partners and allies in the UK, working closely with colleagues from across the global HI Federation, including our country programmes and our technical departments.
You will lead a dynamic team in the delivery and implementation of an ambitious institutional relations strategy. With a particular focus on the FCDO and Start Network alongside growing our Australian and Irish portfolios, you will build partnerships and maximise income and influence to achieve our strategic aims. This will involve managing relations with a wide range of actors, building our profile and responding quickly and effectively to opportunities. You will oversee and strengthen our compliance with donor requirements, ensure our programmes are effectively supported to implement grants and consolidate our capacity to bid for and manage commercial contracts.
As a member of the HI UK Leadership Team, you will also play an important role in shaping the culture and direction of the organisation as a whole.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and management
- Implement our ambitious plan for institutional relations, staying aligned with the organisation’s objectives and responding appropriately to the external environment.
- Contribute to the implementation of the network-wide institutional funding strategy.
- Lead, empower and motivate your team to achieve their goals, providing support as needed.
- Manage the team budget, including planning, phasing and forecasting in line with the organisation’s financial procedures.
- Participate as an active and constructive member of the Leadership Team, promoting a positive culture, modelling excellent behaviour and supporting cross-organisational initiatives.
- Provide timely and accurate reporting to the Chief Executive, trustees and Federation as required.
Institutional Relations
- Lead the team in ambitious engagement strategies for all donors in the portfolio, particularly the FCDO, Start Network, Australian DFAT and Irish Aid, strengthening existing relationships and, where appropriate, developing new ones.
- Ensure the team develops and maintains expertise on UK donor priorities, expectations and compliance requirements and is proactively analysing, interpreting and sharing this knowledge internally with relevant colleagues across the Federation.
- With your team, build the ability of our country programmes to engage with our donors locally and to comply with donor requirements, including through training.
- Oversee the process of identifying, analysing and sharing new funding opportunities with relevant colleagues, taking a lead when needed on coordinating large multi-country/framework bids to our donors.
- Maintain a network of contacts at other organisations and, working closely with operational and technical colleagues, build relationships with potential partners, including supporting the development of consortia for new bids when required.
- Contribute to building HI’s capacity to bid for and manage commercial contracts, including frameworks.
- Support the team with risk-based contract analysis and negotiation, due diligence and donor compliance.
- Ensure your team is delivering timely and high-quality reporting and grant/contract management, including follow-up of payment requests and tracking.
- Oversee the team’s information management tools and champion HI-wide internal processes and tools such as the CRM.
- Participate in the Bond Disability and Development Group, including supporting its influencing to promote greater emphasis on disability inclusion by the UK Government.
- Monitor and respond to threats and opportunities relating to the UK aid budget and aid policy, as well as for other donors in our portfolio where capacity allows.
- Support your team, the Chief Executive and technical colleagues to engage appropriately with other relevant networks in the UK to influence the UK government and raise HI’s profile (e.g. on specific crisis contexts, the impact of counter-terrorism legislation, health, education, humanitarian mine action, climate change etc.).
- Contribute to engaging with the Start Network and implementing our Start Network strategy.
Other duties
- Maintain a positive and collaborative working relationship with HI UK colleagues and the Federation’s institutional funding, operations and advocacy teams.
- Represent the organisation at relevant external events and meetings.
· Keep abreast of developments within the sector by liaising with counterparts in other NGOs and relevant networks.
- Keep up to date with any relevant changes in legislation, regulatory procedures, innovation, best practice and industry standards.
- Any other activities commensurate with the level of the post, as may be required.
Person Specification
We genuinely value diversity and are looking to build a team of people with a wide of range of personal and professional experience. If you don’t meet all of the criteria listed below but feel you would be a good candidate for this role, please apply. If you would like an informal conversation about this, please do send us an email or call us – we would love to hear from you.
Essential criteria
· Substantial relevant experience with INGOs, including at least five years’ experience managing strategic relationships with donors, partners and/or networks.
· A track record of securing and managing institutional income.
· Good knowledge of the FCDO as a donor and influencing target.
· Excellent management skills, including the ability to provide appropriate support and to develop colleagues’ capabilities.
· Excellent relationship-building, networking and negotiation skills, both internal and external, and at a variety of levels.
· Demonstrated capacity to design and deliver high-quality proposals, reports and briefs.
· An entrepreneurial thinker with a strong ability to identify opportunities, cultivate prospects and achieve strategic aims.
· Ability to carry out sound strategic analysis, identifying key trends and producing clear summaries from complex information.
· Good understanding of project design, programme quality and effective delivery.
· Excellent planning skills and an ability to work under pressure, to prioritise and to meet standards and deadlines.
· A collaborative and team-oriented approach with strong self-motivation.
· Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural organisation.
· Willingness to travel and to work outside of office hours when necessary.
· Good IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
· Commitment to creating and maintaining an inclusive and protective environment for everyone that comes in contact with the organisation.
Desirable criteria
· A track record of securing and managing funding from, building relationships with and influencing DFAT and/or Irish Aid
· Good knowledge of the Start Network
· Experience of bidding for and managing commercial contracts for humanitarian and development programmes.
· Experience of cross-organisational leadership.
· Understanding of key humanitarian and development issues.
· Understanding of and experience of advocacy or campaigns, including working with the UK political system.
· Experience of developing NGO or academic partnerships.
· Lived experience of disability or from one of our countries of operation.
· French-language proficiency.
Equal Opportunities Policy
HI UK is committed to diversity and inclusion. We recognise that discrimination shapes the opportunities that many people have in society and that people have different needs in order to realise their full potential.
Addressing this requires organisations to be proactive in creating environments that encourage the inclusion and development of all. Though we still have a long way to go, inclusion is central to our identity at HI UK and we are strongly committed to the continuous work that it requires.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, to help make us more representative. If you declare a disability and you meet the minimum requirements for the role, we will offer you an interview to demonstrate your skills. In the event that we receive a high level of applications for a role, we will invite those applicants who best meet the person specification.
Our vision is a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.



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Description
Salary: £85k-£90K DOE
Hours: 37.5 per week
Reports to: Director of Policy and Oversight
Location: Harlow, Essex. Regular travel required to London and Scotland. Harlow is Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service to/from Harlow Town Train Station as well as free parking and EV charging on site.
Extra Information: Open to conversation on hybrid, flexible and compressed working arrangements. Regular travel to London and Scotland is required including Government meetings.
About the role:
Lead the Scheme Oversight function to ensure the Motability Scheme consistently delivers choice, value for money and excellent customer service for disabled people. The role includes setting the Oversight strategy, developing the Scheme’s performance management framework, reporting on performance to internal/external parties and assisting/managing key stakeholder relationships across Motability Foundation, Motability Operations and Government departments.
What you will be doing:
Policy and Planning:
- Monitor UK Government policy and proposals with material impact on the Scheme; coordinate Motability’s position and implications for Oversight.
- Lead annual Oversight strategy refresh and contribute to Motability’s Strategic Plan.
- Chair (or deputise for Director at) Scheme Oversight governance forums and ensure well‑prepared agendas, papers and decisions flow to Governors and SOC.
- Undertake ad hoc projects to develop Motability or Scheme services as required.
Governance & Performance Monitoring:
- Manage the contractual relationship between Motability Foundation and its service providers in a collaborative manner.
- Own the Oversight performance framework (KPIs, targets, thresholds) and coordinate performance reporting activities to provide monthly updates to key stakeholders.
- Lead operational reviews of Motability Operations’ delivery, commissioning deep dives where issues or opportunities are identified.
- Sponsor customer satisfaction and experience measurement across Scheme services, ensuring findings inform improvements.
Leadership:
- Act as a liaison between Motability Foundation and Motability Operations, ensuring collaborative & effective oversight.
- Own key relationships within the Motability Operations executive leadership, Motability Foundation
- Board and key Government officials.
- Build a high‑performing oversight team culture of openness, integrity, and collaborative challenge; set and monitor KPIs.
Your experience:
Must haves:
- A successful track record at senior executive level.
- Experienced in strategic planning and performance management within a customer focussed organisation.
- Experience of working with Government departments or regulators.
- Experience in negotiating and managing commercial contracts.
- High level of financial and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative performance standards.
- Experienced in preparation of complex reports.
- Awareness of current government including European, economic and business issues.
- Strong communication skills, written, verbal, presentation.
- Inspirational individual, passionate about customer service.
- Strong planning skills. Commercially astute. Thoughtful.
- High level influencing skills, with excellent team skills and the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Understands the importance of personal mobility for disabled people.
Nice to haves:
- Experience within automotive or consumer finance businesses. ·
- Previous experience with consulting or advisory role.
- Understanding of consumer credit and the economics of car financing (leasing and hire purchase).
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Benefits
Who are we?
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
We fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.
Why choose us?
We want working for the Motability Foundation to be the best career move you’ve ever made. When you join the Motability Foundation you will join a group of people who are supportive, innovative and motivated to improve the lives of our beneficiaries.
We value everyone’s unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. This is embedded into our values, Collaborative, Respectful and Evolving.
We bring our people together through our People Forum, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Social Squad and our Wellbeing Champions and our employee Spotlight Awards help us recognise the excellence and dedication of our staff.
We are proud to be recognised as Disability Confident Leader, have attained Platinum Level Award for Investors in People and are members of the Business Disability Forum.
A career with Motability Foundation can offer you so much more than earning potential, we pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits. Some of these include:
- 26 days annual leave, plus the option to buy/ sell up to five days.
- One wellbeing day for extra flexibility.
- Pension scheme - Up to 20%, including a 10% non-contributory contribution and matched contributions up to 5%.
- Life Assurance of four times your salary.
- Private healthcare through BUPA for you and your family, along with a Medicash Health Plan.
- Employee assistance programme: GP appointments, eye tests, flu vaccinations, sick pay and free gym and yoga sessions.
- Enhanced Parental Leave, including Adoption Pay.
- Free parking, EV charge points and a minibus service to/from the town centre and train station.
- Fresh fruit, breakfast snacks, and a Dress for Your Day dress code.
- Learning and development opportunities to help you grow.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, and we aim to be an employer of choice for candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential. We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing and when working with us, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
To help us create an inclusive workplace we are committed to offering to interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances, we may need to limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates.
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
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ID: 1670Assistant Director of Partnership, Services and Innovation
Service: Bromley by Bow Centre, Family Action
Salary: £61,000 (inclusive of ILW and market allowance)
Location: Based at the Bromley by Bow Centre in Tower Hamlets. Given the leadership and collaborative nature of the post, the Assistant Director will be expected to have a strong presence and attend the Centre multiple times a week. There will be travel within the London area and occasionally outside of this region.
Hours: Full Time – 37 hours a week
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent Contract
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage, and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
About the Role:
The Assistant Director position offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual who is passionate about working within a strong, vibrant community to drive positive change.
Are you an innovative, strong team player and leader, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference in everything you do? Do you have a proven track record of partnership working, creating growth and retaining services, delivering excellent, inclusive services and cultivating quality and diversity? Are you looking for a diverse, ambitious and fast paced organisation – if so, you have found it.
The role’s primary function is to provide strategic direction, development and growth.
The Bromley by Bow Centre (BBBC), established in 1984, has grown into a nationally recognised model for community regeneration. Today, it serves as a key hub for the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with a mission to help the community thrive through person-centred, holistic, and integrated health and wellbeing support.
BBBC works in close partnership with a range of stakeholders, its services span integrated advice, employability and enterprise programmes, learning opportunities, community and wellbeing support, social prescribing, and activities that foster inclusion. In addition, the Centre collaborates across organisations and communities to deepen understanding, share learning, and develop its principles and model.
BBBC is merging into Family Action early in 2026 and will become a part of Family Action’s vibrant London region, which works in and with diverse London communities and adapts to their evolving needs. Our work is underpinned by service user involvement, robust partner engagement, and a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We strive to create a sense of belonging for both staff and the people we support, and we are dedicated to innovating and co-designing services alongside those with lived experience.
The role requires a strategic thinker who is confident in developing and working with external stakeholders and partners while maintaining a clear oversight of operational delivery.
You will be creative, promote innovation, and contribute to the ongoing growth and strategic development of BBBC and services within the wider Family Action.
Responsibilities:
· Lead and manage strategic partnerships at a local and national level.
· Provide leadership and drive innovation across BBBC.
· Operational line management of the Heads of Delivery and Impact ensuring the successful integration of BBBC into Family Action.
· Oversee budgets, manage financial risks, generate income, and contribute to sustainable service development.
· Represent BBBC and Family Action externally and build strong partnerships to support integrated service delivery.
· Ensure high-quality, safe, and compliant services through overseeing effective monitoring, auditing, and continuous improvement in line with Family Action’s polices and frameworks.
· Be a key member of Family Action’s London team and the wider Senior Leadership Group.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Strong track record in stakeholder engagement and cross-sector partnership working.
· Proven experience leading services for children, young people, adults and families.
· Ability to manage teams, budgets, income generation and service performance to a high standard.
· Knowledge of safeguarding, regulatory frameworks, and quality assurance processes.
· Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with an understanding of structural disadvantages.
· Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· complete an application form on the Family Action portal
· Closing Date: Monday 9th February 2026 9am
Interview dates – panel interview and presentation – Wednesday 4th March 2026 with visit to the centre and staff focus group prior to this – date to be confirmed.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Lee Denton (full email address located on the advert document)
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families, children and adults and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
For this vacancy, we are also applying positive action to improve the representation of people of colour in senior operational management roles at Family Action. As such, the guaranteed interview scheme is extended to applicants of colour who meet the minimum criteria.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



Help shape a great colleague experience by providing modern IT tools and services that enable colleagues to work efficiently and securely from anywhere.
Details:
Salary: £55,000 per annum.
Location: Hybrid Work Culture. We are proud to promote a truly hybrid work culture, recognising that every role is different, and everyone has unique needs and preferences. Our Hybrid Work Arrangement empowers each team member to work with their manager to choose the most effective way to work that balances your needs and Hospice UK’s.
Our office is a short walk from King’s Cross station in London. For this role, our expectation is that you will come to London approximately 2 days each month for team, project or stakeholder meetings. You may also find it useful to visit member hospices. You can work remotely for the rest of the time. Equally, you may prefer to work from the office full-time. We encourage all colleagues to visit member hospices to help inform our work and you may be able to work from there
Contractually this role is London-based.
Contract: Permanent. Full time role - 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 2 years (+ an extra 10 days on each 5th year). Pro rata for part time hours
- Matched pension scheme up to 7% of salary
- Healthcare plan
- Support for staff with caring responsibilities
- Family-friendly culture
How to apply: CV and supporting statement - using Hospice UK’s supporting statement document – see below
Closing date for applications: Midnight on Monday 2 February 2026
Interview dates: Tuesday 10, Thursday 12 and morning of Friday 13 February 2026. Interviews will be online via Microsoft Teams.
We’ll send assessments and some questions to you in advance so that you can prepare. Let us know if you have any specific needs to be able to fully engage with the process.
Job information:
As Hospice UK’s IT Infrastructure Manager, you’ll shape a modern, secure and stable environment that enables colleagues to collaborate brilliantly and work effectively to make a real difference to hospice care in the UK.
You’ll be our leading infrastructure specialist, with a broad range of skills and knowledge across Microsoft 365 and Azure, networking and security, and you’ll thrive on working with others to turn business needs into robust, user‑friendly solutions. We’re fully in the cloud, having transformed our IT capability in recent years, and you’ll help deliver the next phase of our evolution. You’ll lead improvements in security, maintaining our Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation, improve knowledge management through our use of Microsoft Teams and other tools, and champion automation and AI to streamline how we work.
You’ll oversee our managed service provider while remaining close enough to the tech to be hands-on when needed. This is a role where delivery and continuous improvement go hand in hand. You’ll report to the Director of Transformation, partner with ICT and Data teammates and collaborate with engaged and supportive colleagues across the charity.
If you’re excited about the role, but don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We’re committed to your personal development and will help you to learn and grow.
We’re a compassionate, collaborative and innovative team, proud of a flexible hybrid working model that trusts you to choose how and where you work. Most of your time can be remote, with occasional visits (around 2 days per month) to our London office for team, project or stakeholder meetings.
You’ll find lots more information about the role and team in the Candidate Information Pack (available on our website to download)
How to apply:
To apply for this role, please send us the following documents by midnight on Monday 2 February 2026:
- Your CV. Ideally in Microsoft Word format and less than 3 pages of A4.
- A completed supporting statement form (where you can demonstrate how you meet the person specification) - available on our website to download.
- A completed equalities monitoring form - available on our website to download.
We will shortlist candidates based on their CV and supporting statements. A briefing of what to expect will be sent in advance to shortlisted candidates.
Closing date for applications: by midnight on Monday 2 February 2026.
We believe in fair recruitment and working to remove bias, so all applications will have identifying indicators removed before being submitted to the shortlisting panel.
Please make sure you provide your contact details in your email. Please note the interview dates above and let us know if there are any accommodations you might need to participate fully in the process. We will try to be flexible.
To be considered for this role you must have the right to live and work in the UK for your application to be progressed. Hospice UK is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We represent and champion the community of 200+ hospices across the UK.



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The Big House is looking for an energised Finance and Operations Director to lead the charity's finance, HR, operations and legal functions. This role is suited to a strategic thinker who is happy to get stuck in with hands-on tasks. The role covers five key areas.
Financial adminstration: Magage end-to-end financial processes including invoicing, bank reconcilations, budget management
Strategic business and financial planning: Work with the CEO to design and deliver an organisational strategy backed up by robust financial planning
Fundraising: Support the fundraising team to track pipeline value and secured income against targets and provide accurate reports to funders
HR and business operations: Oversee the HR function of the charity, foster a positive work environment and design and deliver effective hiring, onboarding and performance review processes
Production managment: Oversee the management of The Big House theatre and film productions, carefully managing external delivery teams and ensuring projects run to agreen timelines and to budget
The Big House has a simple mission: to enable care leavers and at-risk young people to fulfil their potential


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Are you the experienced charity leader that will take our operational delivery to the next level?
The Operations Manager is a new leadership position that will play a pivotal role in the delivery of FFLAG’s operations which span online, offline, and local group support for parents and carers of LGBT+ loved ones. We also want you to bring experience of fundraising to help ensure we stay financially secure for the long term.
About FFLAG
FFLAG is a national voluntary organisation and registered charity and is the UK’s longest established parent support charity in the LGBT+ sector. Our history began in the grassroots parent helplines of the 1960s, grew through the 1980’s and 90’s as we supported anxious parents and fought against the discrimination of Section 28, becoming a formally registered charity in 2000.
Our work sounds simple, but it is life changing. We help parents and families understand, accept and support their LGBT+ family members with love and pride.
We offer a range of support options spanning 121 online and helpline support services, to a UK-wide monthly group Zoom meeting and face to face local groups. We also have an extensive collection of online resources and guides. We attend as many Pride events as we can and our work supports thousands of families every year. This support is provided by an active base of FFLAG volunteers who are parents of LGBT+ children themselves, supported by other volunteers and allies.
In addition to our support work, FFLAG advocates for the full human and civil rights of LGBT+ individuals. FFLAG speaks out and acts to defend and enhance those human and civil rights.
What this job is all about
Simply put, as Operations Manager you will ensure the charity's activities are effective, sustainable, and aligned with our mission to support families with LGBT+ members
Reporting directly to the Chair, working closely with the Board of Trustees and supported by a part-time Volunteer Engagement & Events Coordinator you will:
- Lead and supervise the daily operational functions, ensuring smooth and compliant delivery of services.
- Lead fundraising activities, including grant applications, donor stewardship, and partnership development.
- Manage and support staff and volunteers, nurturing a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
- Support the Trustees to ensure compliance with all relevant UK charity legislation and regulatory requirements (e.g., Charity Commission, safeguarding, risk management, data protection).
- Collaborate with the Chair and Board of Trustees to develop and implement strategic plans, with clear KPIs and measurable outcomes.
What else might you be involved in?
Because this is a new role we expect to learn together about what additional activities you can support us with beyond the key priorities mentioned above. This could include helping us to:
- Monitor and report on operational performance, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
- Oversee financial management including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, ensuring resources are used efficiently and transparently.
- Oversee communications and stakeholder engagement, including public relations, digital presence including website and social media, and community outreach.
- Act as an ambassador for FFLAG at events, forums, and in collaborative partnerships.
What are the skills and attributes you will need to be successful?
As the most senior employed position in the charity, we need an experienced operational leader that can grow with us. You will be self-motivated and enjoy working independently without the need for close supervision.
In terms of specific areas of skill or experience we are looking for people who can demonstrate previous experience of:
- Operational Leadership: Demonstrable experience in a senior operations role, ideally within the charity or voluntary sector.
- Fundraising: Experience supporting or leading fundraising campaigns and developing income streams.
- Governance: Knowledge of UK charity governance and regulatory compliance.
- People Management: Confident in leading, motivating, and developing a small team and volunteers.
- Commitment to Inclusion: Passionate about equality, diversity, and supporting the LGBT+ community and their families.
As an experienced leader we would also expect you to have:
- Financial Acumen: Proven ability to manage charity finances, budgets, and reporting processes.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to represent the organisation externally.
- Strategic Thinking: Able to translate vision into actionable plans and execute effectively.
- Problem Solving: Resourceful, adaptable, and solution-oriented approach to challenges.
- Digital Skills: Comfortable with digital tools and platforms, social media, and remote/hybrid work practices.
Why join us?
FFLAG is a mission driven charity that makes a real difference to the lives of parents and carers and their LGBT+ loved ones. Our work matters. And we know we can get even better in how we deliver.
That’s where this role comes in. It’s an amazing opportunity to grow as a leader whilst helping us manage our growth and deliver excellent support services.
We offer flexible remote working – we expect 3 days per week of effort but how you deliver that is open to discussion. And we are offering what we believe is a competitive financial and benefits package for the role.
How to apply
Click the CharityJob Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and answer three screening questions about your skills and experience.
We plan to do first-round interviews through February and are hoping to appoint to the role in March.
Closing date for applications is Friday 30th January.
Our mission is to support families with LGBT+ members
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About the role
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic supervisor or team leader to take up a full-time role within our organisation as a Operations Supervisor to be part of our small and dedicated team. The role will be based in Southwark as well as potential for wider London working as you will be part several innovative housing projects in London supporting vulnerable households to sustain their tenancies. As well as a team line manager, you will be maintaining and developing partnership with the Council’s housing officers, solicitors, landlords, community services, social prescribers, and mental health support workers to ensure tailored support can be offered for each client. The objectives of these programmes are to avoid evictions, sustain tenancies, increase employment opportunities, improve wellbeing, and increase educational outcomes. You will be working in partnership with other stakeholders such as schools and local authorities to improve family health, build relationships and engage families and individuals and their networks of support.
About you
We are seeking an experienced and motivated professional to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in staff management and project leadership, knowledge of housing polices, and with proven experience working with individuals who have complex needs.
You will be responsible for managing and developing partnerships, supporting data collection for reports and monitoring, and contributing to quality assurance processes. In addition, you will hold a small caseload, providing direct, holistic support to individuals as part of your role.
We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, and highly organised. You should be confident working independently, with a genuine passion for driving positive change. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to provide holistic support and think creatively to find solutions.
You will have:
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Experience leading and supervising other support workers, or volunteers, including delegation, training, and mentoring.
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Ability to monitoring staff performance, and ensuring continuous professional development
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Demonstratable experience of building and maintaining partnerships with stakeholders, statutory and community organisations
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Understanding of housing law, direct experience of working in partnership housing associations, local authorities, homeless organisations and public sector stakeholders
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Good understanding of policy and procedures related to homelessness, benefits and housing market
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Experience of organising project delivery and development
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Experience of writing reports to showcase records and impact
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Ability to work sensitively and empathetically with people in vulnerable circumstances
About Kineara
Kineara is a unique community interest company that supports people in poverty across London who facing barriers to housing, employment and education. We break down barriers, provide holistic support for families, vulnerable adults, and school pupils, and deliver intensive one-to-one interventions to those in need of extra help through challenging times. We use holistic, trauma-informed methods, partnership working and a flexible, non-judgemental approach that puts the needs of those we work with first.
Breaking barriers to secure housing, education and employment
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The Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a long-established Christian charity supporting older people to live well in safe, caring communities. We are seeking an experienced and inspiring Housing Operations Manager to lead our housing services and shape their future.
This is a pivotal role, driving the delivery of our Housing Strategy, ensuring excellent tenancy and estate management, and leading housing managers to achieve high performance, strong compliance and outstanding resident satisfaction.
You will provide visible, pastoral leadership to housing managers and residents, fostering cohesive teams, engaged communities and well-run schemes. You will oversee budgets, service charges, health and safety, safeguarding and GDPR, while ensuring our properties remain clean, safe and attractive. Resident engagement sits at the heart of the role, including meetings, consultation, prayer and community building.
Have a watch here of "What it means for us, to work in a Christian Care Home like ours:" https://youtu.be/uCa1_BtS34w
For more information, please read the job pack
Key responsibilities
- Lead delivery of the Housing Strategy 2025–30 and action plans
- Line-manage and support housing managers, promoting accountability and innovation
- Oversee allocations, tenancy and estate management, and resident engagement
- Ensure full compliance with housing legislation, policies and audits
- Manage budgets within agreed tolerances and monitor service charges
- Drive improvements in resident satisfaction, wellbeing and community life
About you
- At least 3 years’ management experience in social or supported housing
- Strong people leader with a supportive, values-driven approach
- Confident managing budgets, compliance and performance
- Highly organised, adaptable and IT-literate
- Willing to travel nationally and work flexibly, including on-call cover
*Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010)).
Hours:
40 hours per week, usually worked over 5 days.
"On-call" cover required to meet demands
Benefits:
- Company car available if required
- Remote working
- Ongoing and continuous training and development
- Ongoing support from management
- Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
- Employee assistance programme
- Perkbox rewards
- Team events
- Paid DBS checks
- Pension scheme
- Recommend a Friend Scheme
- Medicash
— What our staff say about working at Pilgrims' Friend Society: …“a loving and supportive company …" —
Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
We are committed to having a diverse senior management team and we encourage applications from disabled and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are underrepresented on our senior management team at present.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.
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Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Remote working with some UK and international travel
We are looking for an ambitious, experienced and passionate Chief Financial & Operations Officer (CFOO) to join The Lifescape Project, leading the evolution, management and delivery of our financial and operational capacities as the organisation grows.
Our impact as a charity depends on excellent financial management and the efficient provision of supporting operational structures, policies and ways of working. As the organisation grows and diversifies, we need a dedicated Chief Financial and Operations Officer to lead the management and development of these critical functions in close liaison with the CEO. The CFOO will be second in command to the CEO and a key member of the Management Team.
About us and the role
We are a small and quickly growing UK-registered charity whose mission is to protect and restore wild, natural landscapes. We use the skills and expertise of our multi-disciplinary team (spanning science, law, economics, technology and culture) to develop projects that pursue this mission.
We use the approach of combining disciplines to design and deliver our work because the biodiversity crisis is driven and impacted by social, economic, legal and other complex factors. It is increasingly recognised that the urgent transformative change needed for a sustainable future on our planet is most effectively achieved through this approach. The Lifescape Project has a unique ability to apply these diverse areas of expertise to our mission whilst maintaining the agility of a smaller organisation in delivering our work.
Working in pursuit of our 2020-2026 strategy, the Lifescape Project has seen rapid growth in its impact, team and revenue since commencing work in 2020. Our annual revenue has increased from £265,000 in FY 2020/2021 to £1.2m in FY 2024/2025, with further growth expected in the current FY. Our team has grown from just one to a team which will number 20 at the time of the successful CFOO candidate joining. This growth to date and planned future growth requires constant evolution of our financial and operational infrastructure and an experienced hand to guide this process, which is the core purpose of the CFOO role we are seeking to appoint.
We are excited to be hiring for this role, which will be transformational for the organisation, allowing us to develop our approach to financial and operational matters and support the continued growth of our team and impact. The role will act as second in command and will deputise for the CEO when absent. We are therefore looking for a highly capable and experienced finance and operations leader with the vision to ensure that we continue to grow in a sustainable, effective and efficient way.
We currently have a full-time manager and officer in our Finance and Operations team (F&O Team), which the CFOO will be joining to oversee, develop and guide all relevant functions. With the small size of the team at this time, the CFOO will be expected to jump into the detail in some areas. In the short term this will include delivering some of the more complex areas of the F&O team’s work, such as the audit process, multi-year financial planning and legal compliance, with support from other team members and external advisers as appropriate. If we continue to succeed in delivering our growth strategy, the role will progress over the medium term with increasing team size/supervisory duties and reducing involvement in immediate implementation. Remuneration would also increase in line with growth and assuming strong performance in the role.
For further information, please download the job pack below. Candidates must review the entire job pack before applying.
To apply, please email a cover letter and CV (each a maximum of 2 pages).
Closing date: 9.00pm on 29th January 2026, however we will be reviewing applications as they come in and reserve our discretion to extend the deadline if necessary.
First interview: First round interviews are expected to take place virtually on Microsoft Teams between 3rd-6th February.
Second interview: Second round interviews are expected to take place between 23rd-27th February.
Assessed task: There will be an assessed task which candidates will be asked to complete, either before the first round or second round interview.
Start date: The role will commence as soon as possible from 1st April 2026, subject to the successful candidate’s availability.
To apply, please email a cover letter and CV (each a maximum of 2 pages). Candidates must review the entire job pack before applying.
*Please get in touch with us via the email in the job pack to access a copy of our Q&A webinar held in mid January*
Our CEO, Daisy Srblin, has served since May 2022, and is expecting to take maternity leave from May 2026. We are looking for an excellent Interim CEO, to steward YCF in her 9-12 months away, lead our team and keep our charity on track.
2026/27 is set to be a busy period for Young Camden Foundation, as we navigate a complex ecosystem for the voluntary sector, embed new projects, and drive forward the objectives of our 2025-28 strategy. This is also a pivotal year for fundraising efforts, as is the case for many in our sector, and maintaining strong leadership on behalf of our dynamic and talented team will also be essential.
We are looking for an experienced Interim CEO, who brings particular proven expertise around fundraising, people and budget management, and reporting, as well as confidence in stakeholder relationships and proven leadership experience.
You will be responsible for a team of 7, reporting to a board of twelve, and managing a budget of around £1.3m. You will be responsible for the effective management and delegation of responsibilities throughout the team, via your three direct line reports. You will be responsible for reporting to funders on a regular basis, who fund everything from YCF’s core operations to our grants and onward projects. You will oversee YCF’s complex functions, including grant giving, membership and training, and youth engagement.
You will lead on YCF’s fundraising goals for 26/27 and beyond, helping to put YCF on a firm and confident footing as we look to the future. You will also lead external engagement work at the charity, ensuring YCF is represented and advocating in high-level spaces in Camden, whether with Camden Council, local Councillors, sector and member leaders, and local businesses.
Please download the full job specification for a complete breakdown of responsibilities and essential skills and experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The job of a CEO is hard to define, especially in a small charity, so the list below is by no means exhaustive, or reflective of all the responsibilities you will undertake in post.
However, these summarise the key areas of responsibility and priority as Interim CEO in the 9-12 month period:
1. Fundraising on behalf of our objectives
2026 is a pivotal fundraising year for YCF, as with so many in the sector. You will lead on our fundraising efforts (including identifying and writing bids) for both core and project funding in this important year, to put YCF on the strongest financial footing possible in delivering our objectives to 2028.
2. Team management and leadership
The YCF team is a dynamic mix of individuals, ranging from longer-serving staff to newer staff. You will effectively lead our people (YCF’s key asset) driving performance by identifying development opportunities, and effectively delegating to get the most out of our team. You will also be called upon to make judgement calls on behalf of the team, when these come up.
3. Stewarding our finances
In our small organisation, the CEO is chiefly responsible for the effective stewardship of our finances. Working closely with our Finance Manager, you will set our 27/28 budget and steward and monitor our performance across both financial years (including around fundraising targets). You will oversee an effective audit process in 2026, and ensure records and invoicing are meticulous and kept up to date.
4. Supporting project management and delivery
While staff members hold responsibility for their work streams, YCF is a small team, and you will have overall responsibility and oversight for all delivery, including two sizeable projects in the 26/27 year (the delivery of the UK Government’s Holiday Food and Activities programme, (HAF) on behalf of the Borough of Camden, and YCF’s new cross-borough programme tackling Serious Youth Violence). You will ensure strong delivery across each workstream, identifying opportunities for development throughout, and stepping in where needed.
5. Ensuring effective communication
YCF has a wide range of stakeholders, including members, funders, partners and many others from our cross section of voluntary, public and private sector partnerships. You will be an effective communicator (verbally and in written form) and able to represent YCF in the spaces needed, including with prospective partners, on strategic boards, and with high-level stakeholders. You will lead the team in our written reporting to funders, guiding the team to harness our data to communicate our impact.
6. Oversee governance
Bringing experience with Board accountability, you will report to the board quarterly, and work closely with the Chair to ensure progress is being driven forward on YCF’s strategic objectives.
[While your closest working senior relationship will be with the Chair, YCF benefits from a very engaged board. As such, the trustees can be available to support you on an on-going or ad-hoc basis. Collectively, they have deep local connections, excellent sector knowledge and expertise in various functional areas such as HR, governance, finance and more.]
PERSON SPECIFICATION
We are looking for the following essential experience in our prospective Interim CEO candidate:
- Successful fundraising experience: You will have proven experience in fundraising in a VCS context, including from Trusts & Foundations, corporate sources, and Local Authorities. You will have direct experience in writing applications, making pitches and so on.
- Proven finance experience: As a proven sector leader, you will have experience managing complex and large organisational budgets. You will be able to demonstrate how you have set and managed budgets in the past, including stewarding budgets to effective use.
- Leadership and team management: You will have experience of leading teams, including in contexts without an internal HR function where these are held by the CEO. You will be well versed in all aspects of team leadership, including managing performance, supporting morale and maintaining YCF’s positive team culture. You will have held the position of Director or CEO before, and have experience reporting to a Board of Trustees, and knowledge of governance arrangements that support a healthy charity.
- Exceptional communication: You will demonstrate proven exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be well versed in compiling strong reporting to funders and stakeholders, as well as producing high quality reports for Trustees. You will also be an exceptional verbal communicator, representing YCF and the needs of our members in advocacy spaces.
- Project start up and management: While YCF has senior leaders to oversee work delivery, you will bring your own experience in project management, to help support existing and new projects at YCF, namely the Tackling Serious Youth Violence Project, which will begin in 2026.
- A positive attitude: Working in a small charity is tremendously rewarding, but it can be tough to lead a small organisation. You will demonstrate proven maturity in navigating those challenges, while bringing an optimism and positive attitude to your work, including all of the (many) responsibilities that fall outside of the ‘usual’ CEO job description, in a small charity.
We would also ideally be looking for some of the following desirable areas of expertise and experience:
- Working in a youth setting: Our Interim CEO will need to share our passion for a stronger Camden for all children and young people. Ideally you will also bring experience of working in a youth setting or for a youth focused charity in the past, and be familiar with some of the challenges facing children and young people
- Grant making: Our Interim CEO will steward a significant grant-making budget of around £1m per year. Our ideal candidate would bring knowledge of hyper-local grant giving for community led organisations
- Working with and for community groups: Our team works predominantly (though not exclusively) with members who are micro, small and medium sized. Ideally you will be well versed in the unique challenges facing grassroots community VCS organisations. You may bring experience leading a small charity yourself, proving your understanding of the unique leadership challenges in doing so
- Understanding Camden: YCF’s work is unapologetically rooted in our borough, with all its challenges and opportunities. Our ideal candidate brings an understanding of the challenges of living within inner London, particularly for communities facing disadvantage.
WHAT WE OFFER IN RETURN
We firmly believe you’ll be working in one of the best teams in the sector, with a collaborative and supportive culture.
You will be working with a dynamic and enthusiastic team, and will also benefit from regular check-ins with a present and supportive Chair, as well as support from our experienced Board of Trustees. Flexible working is also available, after discussion and agreement with the Chair.
You will also benefit from:
· 25 days of annual leave per year (pro-rata’d for part time employees)
· In addition, your Birthday off (or closest working day) as paid leave
· Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, 360 Wellbeing, including 6 free in-person counselling sessions per year and unlimited 24/7 online and telephone GP consultations
· Training and development opportunities
· Free on-site gym access and access to free creative and fitness classes (and access to on-site showers) as part of our Labs membership
· Access to tea, coffee, biscuits and fruit each day at our office
· Discount on food and drink in Camden Stables Market
Please download the full job description for further information. Pease note the deadline for applications is Sunday 8th February - however the Charity Jobs advert will expire on Thursday 5th February, so please be sure to download this application and details of how to apply before this date.
YCF is a membership organisation, supporting 170+ Camden-based charities and CICs that offer services and support to children and young people.

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PEAS is looking for a Global Technology and Operations Lead (maternity cover for 12 months) to drive the delivery of impactful digital solutions that strengthen our education programmes across Africa. This strategic role sits within Global Operations and works closely with colleagues in the UK, Uganda and Zambia to design, build and implement technology that improves organisational efficiency and supports high‑quality education delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery of major technology initiatives, from scoping and user research through to implementation, rollout and evaluation.
- Manage product roadmaps, requirements, timelines and vendor partnerships to ensure effective delivery.
- Support development of PEAS’ future technology strategy, providing insight on emerging tools and trends.
- Contribute to fundraising efforts for technology projects, including proposal development and representation in funder meetings.
- Provide operational support on wider organisational improvement initiatives where relevant.
Requirements
- Degree or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 5 years in technology roles, ideally within international development, social enterprise or corporate settings.
- Proven track record of delivering complex, multi‑stakeholder technology projects.
- Strong project management, communication and collaboration skills, able to work across technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Knowledge of software development approaches, databases, enterprise resource planning tools and data systems.
- Understanding of security, privacy and compliance frameworks such as GDPR.
- Experience working with international teams; Sub‑Saharan Africa experience desirable.
- Values‑driven, proactive, collaborative and comfortable working in fast‑moving environments.
Further details of the roles, responsibilities and requirements of this role can be found in the attached Job Pack below.
We are open to different levels of candidate for this role, for example we would be opening to consider a more senior / experienced candidate on a part-time basis or a lead level candidate on a full-time basis. The exact scope of the role will be adjusted depending on the seniority and experience of the successful candidate.
To apply, please click the 'Redirect to Recruiter' button to be redirected to our application form. Please ensure you have read the job pack attached to this job advert before applying.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 1st February 2026 at 11.30pm UK time. We are using our new ERP system for this recruitment process, and we are keen to learn and improve. There will be an optional question at the end of the application form, in case you would like to share any feedback on the new system. Please note that the feedback is not scored and will not affect your application.
PEAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunity employer and actively seek a diverse applicant pool.
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The Senior Finance & Operations Manager is a multi-functional role at the heart of Peer Power Youth. You will ensure that the charity is well-run, financially sound, compliant, safe, and operating in line with our mission and values. This role oversees our core business functions: finance coordination, HR processes, charity governance, risk, compliance, systems, facilities oversight and office management, with some support from external contractors e.g. for HR and IT.
A key part of your role is supporting the CEO and the Board. You will prepare meeting papers, ensure timely management accounts and reports, maintain compliance calendars, and help ensure trustees have the insight they need to make strategic decisions. Your work will enable the Chief Executive, senior leadership team and youth engagement teams to focus on delivering impact for children and young people.
This is a role for someone who enjoys variety, responsibility and problem-solving and who wants to help build a thriving, values-led, empathetic organisation.
We recognise that people bring experience from different sectors. If your background is in education (e.g. as a Bursar or Business Manager), the public sector, or another values-driven organisation, we encourage you to apply and help us understand how your skills translate to this role.
Please submit a CV and cover letter (maximum 1-2 pages) that addresses the person specification, and specifically the headings mentioned in the application pack. We are interested in your experience, approach and values.
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Statutory fundraising manager
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About the role
We’re looking for a Statutory Fundraising Manager to lead and grow our statutory income at a pivotal time for Sense. Statutory fundraising is a key growth area, and this role will shape our approach to securing funding from government bodies, lottery funders and public sector partners.
Working closely with the Head of High Value Relationships, the CEO, and senior colleagues across operations and finance, you’ll develop and deliver a clear statutory fundraising strategy. You’ll collaborate with teams across the organisation to design compelling programmes, secure significant funding, and ensure excellent stewardship of our funders.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced statutory fundraiser who wants to see their work directly enable high-quality, person-centred services for disabled people with complex needs.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and deliver a statutory fundraising strategy to maximise income from government, NHS, lottery and public sector funders.
- Identify and secure new funding opportunities, including six-figure (and ideally seven-figure) grants.
- Lead the development of high-quality funding bids, working with senior leaders and operational teams to shape strong programme proposals.
- Manage relationships with statutory funders, acting as the main point of contact and overseeing all narrative and financial reporting.
- Take responsibility for statutory income and expenditure budgets, ensuring accurate financial and programme reporting.
- Stay up to date with sector developments to identify emerging opportunities aligned with Sense’s strategy.
- Develop and contribute to partnership and consortia bids with external organisations, academic institutions and service providers.
- Work collaboratively across Fundraising and Marketing and the wider organisation to support shared goals and learning.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Code of Practice and all relevant policies and procedures.
Some travel will be required to visit Sense services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
About you
You’ll be an experienced statutory fundraiser with a strong track record of securing significant funding and managing funder relationships. You’ll be confident working with senior stakeholders, comfortable with financial and impact reporting, and motivated by the opportunity to make a meaningful difference.
You’ll bring:
- Proven success securing income from statutory and lottery funders, including six-figure grants (seven-figure desirable).
- Experience developing funding proposals aligned to organisational strategy, including monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
- Strong experience managing relationships with government and public sector funders.
- Confidence in budget setting, financial reporting and income/expenditure management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including bid and report writing.
- Strong planning, organisational and stakeholder-management skills.
- A collaborative approach and the confidence to influence senior colleagues.
Desirable experience includes:
- Working with consortia or acting as a lead grant holder.
- Knowledge of tendering, contracting or unit-pricing models.
- Experience using CRM systems, ideally Microsoft Dynamics.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world.



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We are seeking a collaborative and purpose-driven leader with a strong commitment to the welfare of livestock animals to lead and coordinate our technical operations and service delivery.
The ideal candidate will be highly organised, people-focused, able to inspire, manage and develop teams while delivering high-quality training, education, and advice services.
The Technical Lead will manage the Humane Slaughter Association’s (HSA) operational and practical work to promote humane slaughter and transport of livestock (including farmed and wild-caught aquatic species) worldwide. They will lead a small team who undertake the operational work in the field, promoting humane methods for the transport and slaughter of animals killed for food and other products.
The successful candidate will join at an exciting period of growth and reorganisation for the HSA as we introduce online learning, grow and broaden our training and advice services and become an increasingly strong voice for practical improvements to the welfare of animals at slaughter. This is an ideal role for someone who is passionate about making real-world improvements to animal welfare using their technical knowledge and organisational skills.
About the HSA
The Humane Slaughter Association is a unique charity which promotes the welfare of farmed animals ‘Beyond the Farm Gate’; at markets, during transport, at slaughter, and when animals must be killed in emergencies.
Our vision: A world where all farmed animals are transported and killed humanely.
Our mission: To advance and promote the use of humane methods for the slaughter, transport and killing of farmed animals through research and education.
We do this by offering practical advice, training, and education to all those involved in transport, slaughter, or emergency killing of livestock animals, by funding scientific research to develop more humane approaches and advocating for evidenced-based change. Although we are based in the UK, the charity works worldwide to maximise animal welfare.
Job Description and Person Specification
Before applying, please read the HSA Technical Lead Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role, criteria, application process.
The HSA requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Before applying, please read the HSA Technical Lead Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role, criteria and application process.
Please submit a covering letter (maximum 2 sides of A4), via the CharityJob website, describing how you meet the person specification and explaining your motivation for wanting to work with us.
Please include the names of two referees who we may contact if you are shortlisted and specify your current remuneration details and notice period.
The Humane Slaughter Association works to improve the welfare of food animals during transport, marketing, slaughter, and killing for disease control
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The Head of Fundraising is a senior leadership role responsible for driving sustainable income growth in support of In2scienceUK’s mission to widen access to STEM degrees and careers for young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
You will develop and deliver a bold, integrated fundraising strategy that secures and diversifies income across trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, major donors, research grants and other income streams. Through compelling cases for support and clear articulation of impact, you will build confidence and long-term commitment among funders and strategic partners, unlocking new opportunities for growth and expansion.
Leading and developing a small, high-performing fundraising team, you will oversee prospecting, relationship management and stewardship, ensuring a professional, data-led and donor-centred approach. You will work closely with senior colleagues and programme teams to translate organisational priorities and impact into strong funding propositions that maximise income potential.
You will proactively identify, cultivate and manage strategic funding relationships, positioning In2scienceUK as a credible and ambitious partner. Combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery, you will take an entrepreneurial approach to income generation, strengthening the organisation’s fundraising capability and resilience in support of its long-term goals.
In2scienceUK operates on a remote basis, with necessary UK-wide travel for partner and funder meetings, events, and staff co-working days.
Direct Reports
Fundraising Team: Development Manager, Development Officer, External Fundraising Consultancy.
Responsibilities
Fundraising & Development
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To collaborate with the senior leadership team and trustees in setting organisational strategy and building strategic partnerships to support In2science’s vision for 2026 and beyond.
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Lead on planning, implementation and delivery of segmented fundraising and stewardship campaigns across programmes and audiences with a 2026 income target of £1.5m.
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Lead and manage a diverse fundraising portfolio, including corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, research grants (e.g., UKRI), government funding, and individual giving.
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To lead a small but effective fundraising team, including an external fundraising contractor to build upon our success to date to achieve funding targets and foster strategic relationships with funding and delivery partners.
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Budget and resource all aspects of fundraising and communications, including engaging with external contractors to maximise our output and upskill our teams.
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Work closely with the Head of Operations to oversee our CRM, ensuring accurate pipeline reporting and forecasting, as well as utilising the system for tailored stewardship opportunities.
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Work closely with our programmes team to ensure that deliverables are met and in line with our mission and objectives.
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Explore opportunities for partnership to launch new programmes and initiatives, working with the Data and Impact manager to use national data to ensure we deliver the greatest possible impact to those most in need.
Governance
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To work with the SMT, CEO, and Trustees to ensure strong charity governance, including leading the Growth Subcommittee and preparing reports for quarterly board meetings.
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Identify organisation-wide opportunities to streamline and improve performance across the organisation.
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Working with SMT and trustees to ensure charity compliance. Including the charity commission, funding regulator, ICO.
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Identify and manage organisational/operational risk and ensure that all measures are in place to mitigate this.
As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the post holder. The postholder will carry out any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager. All staff must undertake all mandatory training, checks and compliance as instructed by the organisation.
Person Specification
Essential:
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A passionate advocate for social mobility in STEM.
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An inspiring leader who can inspire and collaborate across the organisation to achieve our collective goals.
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Three years experience of leading a fundraising team to generate a seven-figure annual income from a diverse range of donors, ideally in a charitable organisation.
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Knowledge of all streams of fundraising, with direct experience in at least two of the following: corporate fundraising, trust and foundations, research grants e.g. UKRI, government grants or individual giving (incl. high-net worth donors).
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A target driven individual with a proven track record of personal six-figure income generation and achieving or exceeding personal targets.
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Excellent relationship management skills to steward existing and potential partners and donors.
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Experience of line management including developing personal development plans and setting KPIs.
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Superb written and verbal communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence at all levels..
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Evidence of efficient and accurate management of budgets and resources.
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Willingness to work flexibly and attend occasional events or meetings on evenings/weekends when required.
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Working collaboratively and supporting fostering a collegiate workplace environment.
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Upholds the values of our code of conduct and is respectful to all.
Desirable:
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Direct knowledge and/or experience of the barriers young people face in accessing STEM degrees or careers.
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Direct knowledge and/or experience of working with education organisations or STEM sector employers, incl. knowledge of current trends.
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Experience of working in collaboration with across teams to deliver new initiatives that maximise outcomes for young people and attract relevant funding.
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Evidence of delivering highly impactful events.
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Experience of governance in a small charitable organisation and utilising Trustees to support the organisation's goals and objectives.
Benefits:
At In2scienceUK we practise what we preach by giving all staff opportunities to progress in their careers. You will have the opportunity to develop your career with your line manager to get you to the next level from day one.
Although we take our career development seriously we also value work-life balance. You will have the opportunity to work flexibly from home, balancing your caring responsibilities, volunteer commitments, hobbies and anything else that makes you happy.
You will have 28 days of annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays.
Applications:
Applications can be made via CharityJob, Deadline: 25th of January 2026 @ 17:00.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications or a suitable candidate.
Commitment to Safeguarding:
In2scienceUK is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.
The following pre-employment checks will be undertaken as applicable:
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References
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DBS check and/or Overseas criminal records check where applicable
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Self-Disclosure
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Identity check
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Right to work in the UK
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Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role
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Confirmation of registration with applicable registered body where applicable
Many of our roles involve working with children and we will therefore take up references prior to your appointment. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Your current or previous employer will be asked about disciplinary offences relating to children, if the role involved working with children, including any in which the penalty is time expired. We will also ask if you have been the subject of any child protection concerns and if so, the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.
Diversity and Inclusion:
In2scienceUK is committed to being an inclusive and diverse organisation where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in STEM and the charity sector, including but not limited to people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
We recognise that talent and potential come in many forms, and we welcome applicants with different experiences, perspectives, and ways of thinking. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and working environment, and we will make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments, please let us know.
Please provide a cover letter and CV highlighting your suitability for the role.
In2scienceUK exists to unlock the potential of young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds and boost diversity and inclusion in the STEM sector.
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