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The Finance and Corporate Services Manager will report to the Finance and Corporate Services Director and be responsible for the day to day management of the accounting systems including the book keeping, payroll, bank payments and month end procedures for Invictus UK 2027 Limited, and its trading subsidiary Invictus UK 2027 Trading Limited, which will deliver the Invictus Games that will take place in Birmingham in 2027, and for the associated impact activities.
Job responsibilities
Financial Control
· Manage the Xero accounting system, including:
• updates to the chart of accounts,
• access controls,
• development of reports to support financial reporting requirements
• Uploading budgets as they develop
· Manage all bookkeeping, ensuring all invoices are authorised and recorded on Xero
· Ensure accurate and timely processing of expense claims, and support with implementation and training of an expenses system
· Maintain accurate intercompany recharge records between the Charity and the trading subsidiary
· Lead the month-end process, ensuring all balance sheet accounts in both entities are fully reconciled
· Ensure costs are accurately allocated against government grant funding or unrestricted income
· Oversee all HMRC reporting, including quarterly consolidated VAT submissions, PAYE/NI and Gift Aid returns and statutory tax requirements
· Manage payroll including setting up new employees and ensure all related submissions and payments are made on time
· Maintain secure online banking protocols and oversee supplier, staff, Board and payroll payments across both entities. Ensure payments are processed on Xero on a timely basis and Xero is reconciled to the bank weekly.
· Ensure timely invoicing and recognition of sponsorship, and other income, including accruals for commission payments
· Assist in the preparation of documents for the annual audit process for both the Charity and the trading subsidiary
Financial Reporting
· Produce accurate and timely financial reports for donors and grant providers
· Prepare consolidated monthly balance sheet and income statement for inclusion in the management accounts
· Prepare monthly report for department heads updated for spend to date, committed future spend and remaining budget
Corporate Services
· Take responsibility for finance onboarding of new staff/volunteers including explaining expenses policy and claim procedures
· Maintain a log of all supplier contracts, including key payment dates and cancellation dates
· Maintain a log of all sponsorship agreements, including invoice dates
· Maintain the asset log
· Lead on Games-specific finance tasks, as agreed by Finance & Corporate Services Director
· Support the director in other areas as required.
To celebrate the unconquered spirit of the Armed Forces’ wounded, injured and sick community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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For 140 years, the Forces Employment Charity has proudly supported Service leavers, veterans, and their families in building successful civilian careers. We provide veterans with life-long, life-changing support, jobs, and training opportunities, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.
By working for FEC, you will become part of a vibrant team living the charity’s values: Expert, Supportive, Passionate, Open and Honest, Resilient, and Collaborative.
Brief role description
You will be supported by the Head of Corporate Development and Partnerships to be creative in how they grow and uplift new income generation across corporate partnerships. You will have an entrepreneurial approach to your work to identify and attract new organisations whilst maintaining excellent relationships with our established partners, focusing on stewardship, renewals and smart uplifts.
Interested? Want to know more about the Charity? Check out our website
Eager to know more about the role? Have a look at the Job Description attached
What’s in it for you? Check out our Benefits.
Have we convinced you to apply? If so, submit your CV and Covering Letter by Tuesday, 16 December 2025.
Got questions about the role? Get in touch with the People Team
Please note: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert; therefore, we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made The People Team aware before applying.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff by fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone, including those with disabilities, can thrive, develop, and achieve their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and ensure reasonable adjustments are made to support candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.
We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process.
We provide life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and Children


Research Programmes Manager – FTC
We have established a number of high-profile strategic initiatives to help us advance our work towards a cure, such as the Drug Discovery Alliance and Brains for Dementia Research. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Research Programme Manager to support the first year of our newest initiative, the Dementia Frontiers Fund. Launched in partnership with Gates Ventures, this bold, ambitious global initiative is empowering researchers to tackle the most urgent and complex questions in dementia. Where required, the successful candidate will also support the ongoing delivery of our other major initiatives, working collaboratively across the organisation to maximise their impact both internally and externally.
This role sits within the Strategic Programmes team in the Research Directorate, an ambitious, supportive and friendly team that funds the best research to transform the lives of people affected by all forms of dementia. We’re looking for someone with strong programme management experience, a good eye for detail and who is excited by the opportunities in the dementia research landscape.
This is a 12- month Fixed Term Contract.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the delivery of the Dementia Frontiers Fund in close collaboration with another Research Programme Manager:
· Oversee the establishment of project teams, tracking progress against milestones and KPIs, managing risks and keeping partners updated
· Ensure finances are effectively managed, working with the Research Funding and Finance teams
· Build and maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders involved with the initiatives to maximise their success
· Implement robust and proportionate review processes
· Lead the preparation of papers and briefings for meetings
Collaborate across teams to deliver and enhance strategic initiatives:
· Provide programme management support to the wider Strategic Programmes team on other strategic initiatives as required
· Work closely with the Research Funding team to ensure review processes are proportionate and aligned with funding mechanisms
· Support the implementation of strategic initiatives within the new Grant Management System, including the setup of grants and associated review processes
· Work closely with the Research Involvement Manager to embed lived experience into programme delivery and review
Strengthen relationships within the dementia research community
· Work with the Senior Research Manager and Partnerships Manager to identify and support strategic partnerships that complement programme goals, including providing programme information, sharing progress updates, and contributing to setup and ongoing engagement
· Attend meetings and events to build relationships and promote our strategic programmes
· Support the Research Leadership team to enhance ARUK’s external profile through active participation in meetings and collaborations with key stakeholders
What we are looking for:
· First degree (or equivalent) in relevant biomedical science.
· Proven experience managing large programmes of work, preferably in the healthcare, research or charity sector.
· Strong project management skills, with experience managing multiple priorities, overseeing budgets and identifying risks.
· Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholder groups and third-party suppliers and build strong, effective and productive relationships.
· Experience defining programme requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.
· Commitment to ARUK’s vision, mission and values.
· Good analytical skills demonstrated by a structured and methodical approach.
· Excellent eye for detail with a focus on continuous improvement.
· Strong communication skills both oral and written with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
· Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task, prioritise competing demands.
· Demonstrated stakeholder management (internal & external), and problem-solving skills.
· Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise tasks, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
· Ability to use own initiative, with a proactive and problem-solving attitude.
· Willingness to travel, including occasional overnight travel.
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
Agile - As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £44,000 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 7th December 2025, with interviews being arranged once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Use your evaluation skills and broader research experience to help high impact organisations working with children and young people learn faster and deliver better outcomes, by building and strengthening organisations that help young people thrive.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about evidence informed practice, experienced with quantitative analysis, and motivated to build and strengthen organisations that help young people thrive. You will join a small mixed methods evaluation team within Purposeful Ventures and work closely with portfolio colleagues, alongside our partner organisations - inspirational charities and social enterprises - to successfully grow and deliver systemic change.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management, design and delivery of monitoring, evaluation and learning activities across three levels: individual interventions, groups of related interventions (programmes) and the overall portfolio level. Working with our portfolio team, you will scope and design proportionate approaches to track progress at intervention, programme and portfolio level, assess outcomes, and understand whether - and why - intended outcomes are being achieved, to support improvement. You will also help us better understand and report on Purposeful Ventures’ organisational impact.
Successful candidates will have led evaluations end-to-end, including designing studies and analysing and reporting quantitative data (administrative and other monitoring/assessment data, plus surveys). Experience of research or evaluation relating to improving maths attainment, including via teaching-workforce initiatives and delivering evaluations for funders or charities (including in research agencies), is desirable.
Responsibilities and duties
1. Work closely with the Head of Evaluation to implement Purposeful Ventures’ monitoring and evaluation framework, to ensure alignment with organisational objectives and sector standards.
- Translate the framework into portfolio, programme and intervention level monitoring and evaluation plans with clear outcomes, indicators, baselines and reporting cycles.
- Establish proportionate evaluation ethics, privacy and safeguarding practices and ensure compliance across our three portfolio areas.
- Review and maintain templates, guidance and quality assurance processes; innovating to improve and use methods in line with sector best practice.
2. Strengthen programme design, delivery, monitoring and reporting across Purposeful Ventures and partner organisations.
- Work in partnership with portfolio team colleagues and partner organisations to ensure that partner organisations have proportionate yet robust monitoring and evaluation plans.
- Ensure appropriate data quality and timely reporting by designing and setting up monitoring and evaluation systems, including specifying and managing data collection.
- Establish effective monitoring processes that improve programme design and delivery, and inform funder reporting, by providing hands-on support and guidance to partner organisations.
- Enable better decisions on design, delivery and grant-making by synthesising monitoring and evaluation evidence into clear, actionable insights.
- Ensure findings drive improvements in intervention, programme and portfolio design and delivery by embedding effective reflective processes, including facilitated learning sessions.
- Shape and define the strategy for monitoring and evaluation support, based on partner organisation needs and evaluation objectives.
- Contribute to partner organisation selection by assessing intervention design and the plausibility/strength of theory of change; making recommendations to strengthen monitoring, evaluation and learning.
- Ensure impact at portfolio, programme and partner organisation level is clearly understood, learned from and shared by leading the synthesis and communication of monitoring and evaluation findings.
3. Design, commission and manage high quality external evaluation and research activity to meet our objectives.
- Select and onboard external research and evaluation partners by collaborating with colleagues to scope needs, prepare briefs, design research and run effective procurement.
- Manage external partners/projects to scope, budget and timelines, provide constructive technical reviews and assure methodological and reporting quality.
4. Support colleagues with advice and guidance about monitoring and evaluation for impact and broader research expertise.
- Provide timely technical input to proposals, portfolio/programme design and communications.
- Build capability across portfolio teams and partner organisations through coaching, training and practical tools.
- Support portfolio design, delivery and reporting by conducting technical reviews of research studies, evaluation plans and reports.
- Keep up to date with evaluation and other relevant research methodological developments.
Who we are looking for
Key requirements
- Commitment to Purposeful Ventures’ mission and values, with a passion for transforming the life chances of children and young people through entrepreneurship and innovation in education and related fields.
- Advanced knowledge, skills and experience in a range of social research methods, including theory-based evaluation, quantitative data collection and analysis (e.g. outcomes analysis using monitoring/assessment data, survey design, validation, developmental and impact evaluation).
- Experience establishing and improving data systems (templates, validation/QA, dashboards) for programme/service improvement and reporting.
- Proven track record in evaluation or research roles, ideally in or with the not-for-profit and/or social enterprise sectors.
- Substantial experience of working with stakeholders to understand their programme theory, evidence needs and communicate formative and summative findings to strengthen programme and/or policy design and delivery.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information for diverse and lay audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; able to gain credibility with key internal and external stakeholders, including funders, academics, senior charity executives and social entrepreneurs.
- Excellent project and stakeholder management skills with the ability to hold people to account and achieve project outcomes.
- Experience overseeing compliance with ethical standards, data protection, and safeguarding in evaluation activities.
- A proactive, strategic thinker, who is comfortable working independently and able to solve complex problems and drive programme and organisational learning.
- Flexible, highly-organised and able to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- Happy to work with a degree of ambiguity, creating processes and ways forwards where they might not yet exist.
Desirable
- Experience working with funders, philanthropists, and policy audiences.
- Published thought leadership or research in relevant fields.
- Experience commissioning and managing large-scale, multi-partner research of evaluation projects.
- Experience of research and/or evaluation relating to improving attainment, including through teacher professional development and broader teaching workforce initiatives.
- Experience working with Power BI.
The Partnerships Manager will play a pivotal role in delivering Youth Futures Foundation’s Employer Strategy.
You will embed and scale evidence-based practice across employer networks to create systemic change in how employers recruit, develop and retain young people.
This role suits someone skilled at translating strategy into delivery — influencing employer behaviour and embedding Youth Futures’ evidence into employer practice.
- You will bring experience of driving behaviour or practice change through partnerships, combined with a passion for tackling youth unemployment and a strong interest in equity, diversity and inclusion issues.
- You will need solid relationship-building and collaboration skills, and the ability to manage people and performance to deliver measurable impact.
- An understanding of how inclusive employment practices and workplace cultures can improve outcomes for young people — particularly those facing disadvantage.
This role can be based at our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.
For more information on this role, please download our recruitment pack.
Due to receiving high volumes of interest in our opportunities, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline. To ensure your application is considered, please submit it as soon as possible.
We are the national What Works Centre for youth employment, with a specific focus on marginalised young people.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Major Donor Manager
£45410 - £47800 37.5 hours per week
Leicester based with hybrid working
A UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this role
Benefits include:
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Up to 42 days annual leave, life insurance and sick pay
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Enrolment in health cash back plan to cover every day healthcare costs
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Refer a Friend Bonus
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Cycle to Work Scheme / close to park and ride at Leicester Forest East
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Subsidised short breaks at selected RAFA Accommodation
About us
The RAF (Royal Air Forces) Association has a clear objective: to help sustain a resilient and empowered RAF community. Through our sector-leading welfare and wellbeing services, we offer a wide range of support to serving personnel, veterans and their families. With thousands of members and supporters across the UK and further afield, plus hundreds of dedicated employees and volunteers, we have the network and experience needed for a personal one-to-one approach. We work together to make sure no one is ever left behind.
About the role
This newly established role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of major donor fundraising at the RAF Association. As Major Donor Manager, you will lead the creation and delivery of a pioneering programme designed to attract and nurture high-value supporters. With full ownership of the strategy, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major donors during this crucial launch phase. Acting as a passionate advocate for major giving, you will build authentic, two-way relationships with donors and key stakeholders. Collaborating closely with colleagues across Partnerships & Events, Marketing, Fundraising, and Trading, you will help drive the Association’s fundraising ambitions and advance its mission to provide vital support to the RAF community.
Primary responsibilities
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Lead the development and delivery of a strategic, sustainable major donor fundraising programme.
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Identify, research, and build a strong pipeline of prospective major donors, focusing on gifts of six and seven figure gifts.
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Personally manage a portfolio of high-value donors, overseeing cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship to secure one-off and multi-year gifts.
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Develop tailored engagement plans to ensure donors feel valued and connected to the impact of their support.
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Create compelling, personalised proposals, communications, and impact reports to inspire and retain support.
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Plan and deliver major donor cultivation events in partnership with the Events Manager.
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Represent the Association at external events to build relationships and raise the profile of major giving.
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Be accountable for achieving a personal annual income target.
It is highly recommended that you read the full role profile and person specification which is available to download on our website
About you
Educated to degree level or with considerable equivalent experience, you will have proven track record in securing, managing, and growing high-value donor relationships. You will be a strategic thinker with experience designing and delivering fundraising strategies at a senior level. You will need to demonstrate experience in building and managing prospect pipelines, conducting due diligence, risk assessments and managing donor agreements along with a strong understanding of fundraising legislation and best practice. We need you to be a confident networker with exceptional written and verbal communication skills to enable you to craft and deliver compelling, tailored proposals and pitches.You will need to be able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, target-driven environment. Due to the nature of the role, the Major Donor Manager will represent the RAF Association at prestigious briefings and events which will require occasional travel and overnight stays.
Want to join us?
You may find it helpful to have a look at our website and social media to find out more about who we are and what we do. To make your application really stand out, please take some time to include a cover letter to tell us how your skills and experience align with our role profile and person specification. Relevant supporting cover letters lead to a better chance of shortlisting for interview.
To apply
Closing Date 8am Monday 8 December
Interview Date W/C 15 December
The RAF Association is a Disability Confident employer. Please let us know if you require any assistance with your application.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to enter into sponsorship agreements
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Grant Making Manager – 12 months fixed term contract
The Senior Grant Making Manager plays a pivotal role in the success of funding in our England Directorate and in particular our responsive funding in the London, South East and East Region.
Reporting to the Senior Head of Responsive Funding in the London, South East & East Region, you will play a key role in delivering our strategy, ‘It Starts with Community’, maximizing the impact of our funding across the region with a particular focus on London where you will work with others to develop our regional and London specific strategic direction, ensuring excellent management and oversight of day-to-day grant making and learning.
You will own key stakeholder relationships within London and play a lead role in developing the regions’ stakeholder engagement and relationship strategy. You will be a key representative of the National Lottery Community Fund in the region as part of the Regional Leadership Team, deputising for the Head of Region as necessary.
You will also be a key member of the England Leadership Team, maintaining strong relationships with colleagues across the England Directorate including other regional teams, key business partners as well as colleagues across The Fund.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading on funding strategy and delivery for London. Working to support the delivery of our Reaching Communities programme and the diversification of our funding portfolio to include partnerships work, more intentional grant making and our commitment to being more than a funder.
- Stakeholder Engagement across London and the region – To maximise our impact, to ensure a joined up collaborative approach and for learning and awareness raising, we need to work with others. You will hold, develop and maintain a strong network of external relationships.
- Leading, supporting and inspiring a team of 3 x Funding Managers (who you line manage) –providing support and overseeing the work of their teams (approx 20 staff), with a focus on delivery, values and maintaining wellbeing. You will also provide leadership to the full regional team.
- Leading through change and supporting the delivery of our new operating model and ways of working. This includes ensuring teams understand and adapt to change, that operating structures align and our processes and procedures are consistent across all of England responsive teams.
- Engagement locally and at an England and UK level. – You will liaise with and hold key relationships with other regional hubs and England funding teams as well as functions in Business Support, Knowledge and Learning and Communications, to ensure a joined up one Fund approach. You will also need to maintain solid relationships across a number of key Corporate functions including Finance, Legal, Audit, Service Design/GMS amongst others.
Skills & Requirements
You are a values based leader who is passionate about making a difference through our funding and our commitment to community voice and empowerment as well as our equity based approach as a funder.
You will have a deep understanding of the communities, funding landscape and sector we serve in London and across the region. You will know the funding business inside out and have built networks you can pull on both inside and outside the organisation. You will be able to define and deliver on our funding strategy for London and the wider region.
Your ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a diverse range of senior level internal and external stakeholders will be second to none. You will have experience in creating connections and facilitating diverse stakeholder networks and you will be a confident communicator, comfortable in all environments.
You will have experience of building and leading teams and driving a culture of inclusion with an ability to coach, inspire, and empower people. You’ll need to be a resilient self-starter who can plan with others and use excellent engagement skills to bring others into the work you are responsible for.
You’ll be a problem solver and solutions orientated with significant skills in diplomacy and a great supporter and encourager. You’ll be able to juggle competing priorities but organised enough to get all of that into a clear plan and delivery model that is strategic and operationally sensible.
You’ll be comfortable in risk and determined to succeed by adding value. You’ll have attention to detail but skilled enough to ensure that ideas, concepts and structures are easily explained in simple and clear ways.
You will demonstrate an ability to work in an agile way, ensuring we are flexible and continue to improve in line with feedback and insights from customers and frontline staff.
Interview details:
- Date: 1st and 2nd December
- Format: Online
- Location: Mobile - London focused but with responsibility across the London & South East & East region
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact 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 Criteria:
- Strong knowledge of the VCSE sector, funding landscape and communities of London.
- You are an inclusive & experienced leader, with an adaptive positive leadership style and highly developed team and people management skills who champions employee engagement.
- An experienced senior level grant maker, strong in defining and delivering funding strategy to maximize impact.
- Portfolio and operational management experience; as well as financial and risk management in a funding context.
- Demonstrated effectiveness as a communicator and relationship builder who feels comfortable in all environments – from one-to-one communication to public speaking and high-level engagement.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience of leading through change to align operating structures to strategy, centralising customer experience, quality service and effective use of resources.
- Good decision-making skills and attention to detail, considering evidence, analysis and personal experience to make funding decisions and to take and mitigate risk as appropriate.
- Experience of managing large, complex budgets and data analysis.
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).
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Reach Community Projects:
Our Values: Compassionate – Inclusive – Relational – Honest – Proactive
REACH is a Haverhill-based charity, and we’re determined and passionate about working towards thriving communities where people are resilient and flourishing. Our mission is to relieve and prevent financial hardship whilst tackling the causes and advocating for change.
We have 4 main areas of work:
Prevention - Proactively preventing future financial hardship through education and connecting people to tailored support systems.
Policy - Advocating for change through influencing and local campaigning and collectively developing policy to tackle issues facing our local community.
Long-term Support - Alleviating financial hardship through income maximisation and debt advice.
Emergency Aid - Providing immediate short-term support to financial crisis.
We love diversity and we value your unique skills, strengths, knowledge, and experience. Becoming one of our team may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in empowering those we serve.
About the role:
The post holder will be responsible for all things fundraising.
The ideal candidate will be keen to build relationships with individuals and corporate supporters, as well as make applications to trusts and foundations to secure grant funding. You will contribute towards the fundraising strategy to ensure sustainability of the charity.
Working with our team members and volunteers, you will manage our funding pipeline, produce a range of applications – whether multi-year grants or project specific requests – and help to capture and report REACH’s impact for the benefits of funders.
About you:
We are looking for someone who is organised, enthusiastic and keen to support. This will require a proactive and can-do attitude, with the ability to think independently and be flexible. A keen eye for detail is a must, as is understanding the importance of working to deadlines.
A proactive and independent thinker, you will be able to prioritise your workload while remaining flexible to adapt to what is needed.
Your written and communication skills will be strong, and you will be able to describe the impact of REACH’s work both passionately and factually. You should be interested in communicating a range of statistics and stories that paint a picture succinctly for a variety of forms and audiences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Making The Leap is an innovative societal change charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.
The ethos of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity.
The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast; The Social Mobility List and Black Charity Leaders.
*Please note that applicants with less experience may be considered for a communications officer role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Fundraising Manager – Trusts and Statutory
Salary: £42,000 per annum, plus 15% ILW if appropriate
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: 11-month fixed term contract starting March 2026
Location: Hybrid – 3 days a week in one of our centres (London, Liverpool, Birmingham or Newcastle)
Reports to: Community Fundraising Manager
The Charity
Suicide is the leading cause of death of men under 35 and three quarters of those who die by suicide are men. James’ Place exists to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis through delivering clinical services. We are a charity currently offering free, life-saving therapy to suicidal men at our centres in Liverpool, London and Newcastle.
James’ Place was set up by Clare Milford Haven and Nick Wentworth-Stanley in 2008 after their twenty-one-year-old son, James, died by suicide ten days after a minor operation. James had no history of mental illness or depression and had sought urgent help for anxiety and suicidal thoughts but didn’t find it.
James' Place was set up to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. We offer men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected. We provide a calm and peaceful environment both inside the centres and in our outside spaces, accessible to men who visit us as well as their friends and families. We have so far treated over 4,300 men who might otherwise have been unable to access the support they desperately need.
In early 2026 we will be opening our fourth centre in Birmingham. Our new centre in Birmingham will be there to support suicidal men living in the West Midlands.
The Opportunity
James’ Place has huge ambitions to grow to reach more men in suicidal crisis. We are seeking an experienced fundraising manager to join us on a Fixed Term Contract to cover a period of maternity leave.
Trusts and Statutory is a crucial, high-performing and mature income stream for James’ Place. In this Fixed Term Contract, the postholder will be care-taking as well as continuing to grow income and help the team to finalise our current fundraising appeal. The organisation has recently invested in a new Executive Leadership Team to drive forward the development of our new strategy, so there is a real opportunity for this postholder to contribute to this process.
The purpose of this role is to raise funds for James’ Place:
- working with the Head of Fundraising and Communications to deliver the expansion appeal; and
- taking overall responsibility for building the relationships with and securing income from Trusts and Statutory sources to realise our aim to deliver more life-saving support for men in suicidal crisis nationally.
The key internal relationships for this role are:
- Head of Fundraising and Communications
- Fundraising Manager, Philanthropy and Corporate
- Fundraising Manager, Community
- Philanthropy Lead
- Fundraising Executive
- Stewardship and Events Manager
- Chief Executive
- Executive Leadership Team
The key external relationships for this role are:
- Trustees
- Appeal Board members
- Funders
- Potential Funders
Key Responsibilities
80% Direct fundraising work:
- Responsible for a portfolio of donors, volunteers and prospects and an annual fundraising target of c. £750,000 - £1,000,000 from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources.
- Build a network of donors and volunteer supporters and influencers across a range of audiences, maintaining and developing relationships, who can support your fundraising.
- Work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications on the national appeal and other central fundraising work. This will include attending events and writing major grant applications and other proposals.
- Support the Head of Fundraising and Communications to maximise opportunities through the Appeal Board.
- Manage engagement and fundraising events to support the organisation’s fundraising ambitions.
- Build compelling cases for James’ Place projects to put to prospective and existing funders, ensuring accurate financial information is presented clearly.
20% Fundraising administration:
- Ensuring regulatory and best practice guidelines are understood and adhered to in all fundraising and public facing work.
- Work with colleagues in the London centre and across the organisation, to develop their experience and confidence in fundraising activities, ensuring they are fully briefed and supported at all times.
- Ensure all activities are of a high standard, meeting all relevant regulations and best practice guidelines.
Work in the wider charity:
- Always represent James’ Place with respect, decorum, and confidence.
- Work with the team to build our understanding of men in suicidal crisis and how suicidal behaviour develops.
- Deputise for the Head of Fundraising and Communications and represent the charity as and when needed.
- Recognise the value of review and evaluation and contribute to the on-going development of James’ Place as a respected, effective, and sustainable charity.
- Undertake any other duties as required in pursuit of organisational success, based around delivery of the organisational business plan.
Person Specification
Essential
- A good track record of fundraising in the charity sector, with proven results or equivalent relevant transferable experience.
- Experience of success in trusts and statutory fundraising and an excellent understanding of and experience of meeting the expectations of these funders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the confidence to engage and build relationships with stakeholders and partners at the highest level.
- A keen eye for detail and ability to analyse complex data and research findings to extrapolate key messages to create compelling cases for support or to communicate the impact of interventions.
- The ability to present this complex information in the most appropriate format tailored to the specific audience.
- Practical and resilient.
- Able to communicate persuasively with passion and integrity.
- Constructive and collaborative attitude, able to problem solve.
- A team player, willing to work collaboratively, support others, and take on additional responsibilities when needed.
- An ability to work on difficult and sensitive issues, showing kindness, integrity, and being willing to seek and offer help as required.
Desirable
- Understanding of and interest in mental health / suicide prevention.
We offer
- A 7% employer contributory pension scheme
- Family friendly policies
- Death in service insurance scheme
- 25 days plus bank holidays leave entitlement (FTE), including enhanced holiday allowance with incremental rises after qualifying period
Closing date: 9am on Thursday 4th December
First round interviews will be held virtually on Friday 12th December.
James’ Place is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. Our aim is that no job applicant, temporary worker or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender and transgender status, race and ethnicity, religion and belief (including no belief), marriage or civil partnership status or sexual orientation.
If you have a disability or health conditions which means you'd benefit from any adjustments to the interview process to help you perform at your best, please do let us know in advance.
Any job offers made are subject to the receipt of two relevant satisfactory employment references. We expect this to include one from your most recent or current employer. Any job offers made are also subject to a satisfactory DBS check and a Right to Work in the UK check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing Date: 03 December 2025 at 00:00
The Churchill Fellowship:
The Churchill Fellowship is a unique programme that empowers UK citizens to discover new solutions from around the world to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing communities in the UK. Each year, we fund over 100 Fellows to explore innovative ideas, best practices, and cutting-edge projects anywhere in the world that relate to the issues they care about most.
Purpose of the role:
Are you curious about the society we live in and passionate about making a difference? We’re looking for a creative, passionate and organised manager to join the newly established Activate Team.
The Activate Manager will manage the delivery of the new Activate Fund, which has been designed to enable Churchill Fellows to turn their ideas into action for the benefit of individuals and communities in the UK.
The role will also collaborate closely with the Research and Engagement team to design and deliver new forms of non-financial support for Fellows, enabling them to maximise the impact of their learning, and their potential to create change.
Key Responsibilities
1. Application support
- Acting as the first point of contact for the Activate Fund, managing the inbox, responding to enquiries, providing empathetic and tailored support to applicants and grant holders.
- Designing and delivering support for applicants, for example webinars, 1:1 surgeries, contributing to guidance materials and media content.
- Contributing to the development of Fund documentation, including updating email templates used at each stage of the selection process, in close collaboration with the Salesforce team.
- Participating in longlisting applications alongside the Head of Activate to create a strong shortlist for external panels.
- Co-ordinating the shortlisting and interview process: creating the interview timetable, inviting, briefing and training panel members, liaising with interview candidates, organizing relevant documentation, and supporting the smooth running of interviews.
- Working with the Communications team, supporting the development of key messaging in the run-up to the launch of the Activate Fund in Spring 2026, including drafting web copy and e-news, sourcing case studies and quotes.
2. Grants Management
- Liaising with Activate grant holders to ensure award documentation is signed and returned and responding to any queries.
- Being the main point of contact for Activate grantholders, offering or signposting appropriate advice and support to aid successful project delivery.
- Managing the reporting and payment process in close collaboration with the Salesforce and Finance teams, reviewing progress reports, approving payments and requests for changes to grant duration or budget allocation within agreed Fund parameters.
3. Capacity Building
- Exploring, designing and delivering or brokering a range of additional support for grant holders, such as coaching, mentoring, convening, network-building, skills development and action learning.
- Collaborating with colleagues in the Research and Engagement team to make sure this capacity-building programme complements the wider Fellowship offer.
4. Evaluation and learning
- Supporting the ongoing improvement of the Activate Fund through analysis of application and award trends and by collecting and reviewing feedback, with a particular focus on EDI.
- Contributing to external evaluations and internal reviews of the impact of the Fund, as required, for example through the provision of monitoring data, sourcing of Fellows for interview.
5. Fellowship Team
- As part of the Fellowship Team, contributing to the overall preparation and running of Connect and Inspire, the annual event for new Fellows, and the biennial Award Ceremony.
- Being a proactive and collaborative member of the team, providing support to colleagues where required during busy periods of the year and contributing to a culture of ongoing and open learning.
Person Specification
- Grant making experience with evidence of supporting the delivery of a selection process and/or managing a portfolio of grants.
- Experience of designing and delivering learning programmes, facilitating communities of practice and/or providing coaching/ mentoring to support individuals to achieve their potential.
- Experience of working with or supporting people with lived experience in a learning, project management or funding role. Desirable
- Experience of piloting and evaluating new interventions/programmes with a view to scale. Desirable
- Experience using and interacting with Salesforce (or similar CRM) and of working collaboratively with a data management/systems team.
- Experience in analysing and interpreting data for the purpose of monitoring, evaluation and improvement. Desirable
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for communicating face-to-face, in writing and by telephone with individuals at all levels.
- Strong numeracy skills, with an ability to assess viability of project budgets, review financial reports and manage grant payments.
- Strong IT skills, including proficiency in all aspects of Microsoft Office and comfort with facilitating meetings via video conferencing platforms
- Excellent organisational, and time management skills with an ability to prioritise competing demands
- Evidence of working in a team and contributing to a culture of a diverse and collaborative working environment
- Experience of developing relationships with external organisations, teams, and individuals to source additional support and ideas.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Personality Characteristics
- A great team player with a pro-active, confident, and positive approach and the ability to contribute to a culture of collaborative working.
- Curious, open-minded, agile and not afraid to fail.
- Ability to work with good humour, tact, and diplomacy and to maintain confidentiality.
- People focused and passionate about supporting others to achieve their potential (both Fellows and colleagues).
- Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Commitment to the values and ethos of the Churchill Fellowship.
- Commitment to achieving excellence through personal development and continual learning .
About our charity: Join us to support people-led change across the UK
We run the Churchill Fellowships, a unique programme that supports UK citizens to find new solutions worldwide for today’s most pressing challenges.
Every year we fund over 100 new Fellows to discover the latest ideas and best practice in any practical issue they care passionately about, anywhere in the world. The topics they explore cover every aspect of society and are often informed by their own lived experience. They meet leading practitioners, encounter cutting-edge projects, and gather their findings in a published report. Then we help them to turn their ideas into action and inspire change in their communities and professions across the UK.
Fellows tell us that their Fellowship is life-changing, for themselves and for those who benefit from their global learning. These are dedicated and practical individuals with a strong vision of the change they want to see, the knowledge to progress it and the drive to make it happen. As a result, their impact is felt throughout the UK, and many go on to be leaders in their fields.
Our unique approach has created a community of thousands of highly effective changemakers working on the frontlines of today’s key issues. At the heart of all this is a simple but enduring concept: we are empowering individuals to learn from the world and transform lives across the UK.
Working for The Churchill Fellowship
Detailed package, benefits, and wellbeing package:
- Salary - £42,000.00 per annum (5 days per week/36.5 hours)
- Hybrid working policy (4-6 days per month in the office)
- 5 weeks holiday a year, with additional paid leave when the office closes over the Christmas Break
- 1-week paid leave for volunteering (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Non-contributory pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay.
- Employee Assistance programme
- Life assurance
- Bike purchase salary sacrifice scheme (Cycle2Work)
Standard working hours are 36.5 hours a week, 9.30am until 5.00pm, Monday to Thursday and from 9.30am until 4.00pm on Friday, including a paid lunch break of one hour.
We have embraced the benefits of working from home and at the same time, we value the contribution of face-to-face contact in building teamwork, collaborating with your colleagues, exchanging ideas and know-how, and for work efficiency. We therefore operate a hybrid working policy, where staff can work from home if they wish, however everyone is required to work in the office for a minimum of 4 to 6 days a month with Tuesdays as the core day for regular whole team meetings and Thursday as an additional core day for Senior Leaders.
Note: Unfortunately, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship for visas and all applicants will need to have, and be able to prove, the right to work in the UK.
We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process and are happy to provide any reasonable adjustments candidates may need during the application or on the job. Please let us know if you require any support
How to apply
Please use your CV and cover letter as an opportunity to tell us a bit more about who you are as a person. We want to understand how you as an individual are going to be a great fit for this role.
We will be scheduling first round interviews as candidates apply, we will then complete a round of second interviews with a shortlist of candidates once the advertising has closed, with the view to appointing the role as soon as possible after that.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are core to the values and ethos of the charity’s work across all activities. The Churchill Fellowship is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Our office accommodation is accessible throughout.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing date: 28 November 2025 at 00:00
Development Manager
Purpose of the Role
The Development Manager will play a vital role in expanding The Churchill Fellowship’s income from Trusts, Foundations, and other institutional funders. Working closely with the Development Director, the post holder will identify, cultivate and secure new funding partnerships that support our core Fellowship programme, unrestricted income, and the Activate Programme in line with our organisational priorities.
The postholder will manage the full funder journey, from initial engagement to long-term stewardship, ensuring all relationships are grown and managed professionally and effectively. They will work closely with relevant departments to coordinate proposals, reports, and communications, helping maintain strong connections with funders.
Key responsibilities
Prospecting and Pipeline Development
- Research and identify new potential supporters, primarily from the Trusts & Foundations sector, with some engagement of aligned individuals or family-foundation prospects in conjunction with the wider Development Team.
- Support the Development Director in delivering targeted cultivation and engagement strategies to grow new income streams.
- Build and maintain a healthy, dynamic pipeline of qualified new business opportunities.
- Monitor sector trends to identify emerging supporters and new partnership opportunities
Approaches and Proposal Development
- Prepare tailored, persuasive funding proposals, applications, and cases for support, drawing on internal expertise and materials.
- Lead on initial engagement with new prospects, coordinating meetings, briefings and follow-up communications.
- Manage the cultivation process ensuring prospects receive timely and professional engagement throughout.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure proposals are accurate, evidence-based and aligned with organisational objectives.
Relationship Management
- Act as the key contact for donors and funders secured through this role, managing relationships and ensuring continuity of communication.
- Work closely with the Development Director, Appeal Director and CEO to coordinate senior-level involvement in funder engagement where appropriate.
- Ensure accurate monitoring, evaluation and reporting for all grants, providing timely updates and impact information to funders. Liaise with colleagues across the organisation to identify when and how internal contacts or senior volunteers can support prospect engagement, ensuring this complements any existing relationships or approaches.
Internal Collaboration and Systems
- Record all activity in Salesforce, ensuring accurate data capture on all prospect and funder activity.
- Contribute to income forecasting and team reporting
- Collaborate with colleagues across departments to align fundraising approaches with strategic initiatives, ensuring consistent messaging and shared priorities.
General
- Ensure fundraising activity complies with relevant regulations, GDPR, and due diligence processes and ethical fundraising policies
- Support Development team events and activities as required, occasionally outside normal working hours.
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably required by the Development Director to support the success of the team and organisation.
Person Specification
Qualification:
- Degree level or equivalent transferable skills - Desirable
Skills and Experience
- 3 - 5 years’ experience in a fundraising, grants or donor facing role, particularly prospecting new funders
- Proven success in securing funding from Trusts & Foundations or HNWIs, particularly new business (one-off or multiyear grants and repeat grants)
- Strong experience in research & prospect identification for trusts/foundations or major donors
- Excellent proposal/application writing, with ability to tailor cases to funder priorities
- Good interpersonal and communication skills — able to engage funders at senior levels and with colleagues internally
- Strong organisational skills, managing multiple proposals and deadlines simultaneously
- Proficiency with CRM systems (preferably Salesforce) and using it to manage pipeline / prospect data
- Ability to interpret and present information (budgets, impact data, reports) clearly to funders and internal stakeholders
- Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with senior staff, trustees and senior volunteers
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations, due diligence and GDPR
Personality Characteristics
- Proactive, self-starter with a solution focused approach
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy (important in proposals, budgets, follow-up)
- Strongly committed to the values, mission and ethos of The Churchill Fellowship
- Comfort meeting face‑to‑face and representing TCF externally
- Ability to meet deadlines under pressure and prioritise work effectively
- Collaborative, dependable and able to work with integrity
- Willingness to travel occasionally and work flexibly to meet funders.
Other
- Some UK based travel required for meetings, presentations etc
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
About our charity
Join us to support people-led change across the UK
We run the Churchill Fellowships, a unique programme that supports UK citizens to find new solutions worldwide for today’s most pressing challenges.
Every year we fund over 100 new Fellows to discover the latest ideas and best practice in any practical issue they care passionately about, anywhere in the world. The topics they explore cover every aspect of society and are often informed by their own lived experience. They meet leading practitioners, encounter cutting-edge projects and gather their findings in a published report. We help share their findings to inspire change in communities, sectors, and fields across the UK.
Fellows tell us that their Fellowship is life-changing, for themselves and for those who benefit from their global learning. These are dedicated and practical individuals with a strong vision of the change they want to see, the knowledge to progress it and the drive to make it happen. As a result, their impact is felt throughout the UK and many go on to be leaders in their fields.
Our unique approach has created a community of thousands of highly effective changemakers working on the frontlines of today’s key issues. At the heart of all this is a simple but enduring concept: we are empowering individuals to learn from the world and transform lives across the UK.
Working for The Churchill Fellowship
Detailed package, benefits and wellbeing package:
- Salary £45,000 per annum
- Hybrid working policy (minimum of 1-2 days per week in the office)
- 5 weeks holiday a year, with additional paid leave when the office closes over the Christmas Break
- 1 weeks paid leave for volunteering
- Non-contributory pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Bike purchase salary sacrifice scheme (Cycle2Work)
We have embraced the benefits of working from home and at the same time, we value the contribution of face-to-face contact in building teamwork, collaborating with your colleagues, exchanging ideas and know-how, and for work efficiency. We therefore operate a hybrid working policy, where staff can work from home if they wish, however everyone is required to work in the office a minimum of 1 to 2 days a week with Tuesdays as the core day for regular whole team meetings.
Note: unfortunately, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship for visas and all applicants will need to have, and be able to prove, the right to work in the UK.
How to apply
Please submit your CV, along with a cover letter using this as an opportunity to tell us a bit more about who you are as a person. As a people centred, relational organisation, we want to understand how you as an individual are going to be a great fit for this role.
Recruitment Process
We hope to meet initially with as many candidates as possible, however where demand is unusually high, we may not be able to meet everyone.
If your skills and experience are relevant to the role, you will likely meet with a member of the HR Team to talk through any questions you may have, and for us to find out a bit more about you.
Once the advertising has closed, we will invite the shortlisted candidates to a formal in-person interview with the view to appointing the Finance Assistant as soon as possible after that.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are core to the values and ethos of the charity’s work across all activities. The Churchill Fellowship is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Our office accommodation is accessible throughout.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Introduction
Digital Care Hub CIC (DCH) is the leading digital support organisation for adult social care providers in England. We provide practical guidance, resources, and leadership to help care services adopt and implement digital technologies safely, efficiently, and in line with regulatory expectations. As digital transformation accelerates across health and care, Digital Care Hub plays a crucial role in shaping a future where technology enhances, rather than replaces, human-centred care. As part of our continued development, we are expanding our regional delivery model to ensure greater alignment, visibility, and consistency across our support offers. The Regional Strategic Manager will play a key leadership role in this model.
About the role
The Regional Strategic Manager will act as the main point of coordination and leadership for our work across all 9 regions, ensuring local support is high quality, consistent, and strategically aligned with national goals.
You will work closely with our Local Support Organisations (LSOs), local authorities, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), system partners and care associations to build strong regional networks, ensure insight flows between local and national levels, and embed DCH and Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) priorities.
Reporting to the Programme Director, you will be part of the national delivery team but focused on regional strategy, delivery oversight, and stakeholder engagement.
Key responsibilities
• Provide strategic oversight of all regional delivery activity, ensuring alignment with the national programme objectives.
• Act as the main point of contact for LSOs in the region, supporting them to meet their grant requirements and develop high-impact local delivery plans.
• Coordinate and facilitate regional & cross-regional networks, communities of practice, and events.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key regional stakeholders including local authorities, ICSs, ADASS branches, and care associations.
• Lead regional reporting and insight gathering, ensuring local intelligence informs national strategy and vice versa.
• Support consistency and quality of LSO delivery across the region, sharing best practice and facilitating joint working.
• Represent DCH and BSBC at national and regional meetings, boards, and strategic forums.
• Feed into the development of regional strategies, funding bids, and improvement plans.
• Work closely with the national team to ensure strong integration of regional activity within wider programme delivery.
About you
Skills and experience
• Proven experience in a strategic or delivery leadership role within health, care, or the public sector.
• Strong understanding of adult social care and/or digital transformation within the care system.
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships with senior stakeholders and build collaborative networks.
• Experience supporting or overseeing delivery partners or commissioned services.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a wider team.
• Confident in using data and local insight to drive planning and improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal presentation and written reporting.
• Highly organised and adaptable, comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving context.
• Understanding of regional policy structures, local government, or ICS and ICB governance is desirable.
Send your CV and a short covering statement outlining your interest in the role and
how your experience fits what we’re looking for via the Charity Jobs platform.
Early applications are encouraged as applications may close early if we receive a high volume of candidates.
The Digital Care Hub provides free information, guidance and support to enable adult social care providers to make the most of digital technology
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about turning data into stories that inspire change? The Medical Research Foundation is seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Research Impact Manager to lead our monitoring and evaluation efforts ensuring we can demonstrate the real-world impact of the research we fund.
This is a high-profile role at the heart of our mission. You’ll develop and implement frameworks, analyse outcomes, and communicate insights to shape our research strategy and inspire donors. If you thrive on evidence, storytelling, and strategic influence, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.
Why this role matters
We fund the brightest minds to tackle the biggest challenges in human health. But to keep doing so, we need to show the world that our funding makes a difference. Your work will help us prove our impact by capturing outcomes, evaluating effectiveness, and sharing compelling stories that drive support and shape future funding.
You will:
- Develop and implement research monitoring and evaluation systems and tools that align with our strategy.
- Oversee and review research reporting, following up with researchers using structured M&E tools to capture key impact data and stories.
- Lead on impact reporting and, working closely with our Fundraising and Communications functions, tell compelling stories of our research impact to the public and our donor base.
About You
You are a data-driven thinker with a passion for medical research and a talent for turning evidence into action. You are confident leading projects, managing data, and communicating complex ideas with clarity and purpose.
You bring:
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, and the collection, analysis, reporting and management of data, ideally in medical research
- Familiarity with the UK biomedical research landscape
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, IT and data visualisation skills
- Line management expertise
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience of widely used databases (e.g. Dimensions, EuropePMC), survey tools
- Experience of Flexigrant or Flexigrant Insights
- Project management or strategic planning experience
- Confidence in presenting complex concepts to non-expert audiences
What we offer
- A chance to be part of a mission that matters.
- A supportive, collaborative, and ambitious team culture.
- Opportunities to grow, learn, and make a real impact.
About the Medical Research Foundation
Our vision? A world where medical research improves health for everyone. We fund life-changing science, and we’re proud of the role good governance plays in that mission.
Salary & Working Style
- £51,000-£56,000 per year full-time (36 hours per week) dependent on experience
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- 12% employer pension contribution + life assurance
- Generous other benefits
- Wellbeing support and flexible working culture
This is a full-time post, but we are happy to consider a part-time contract (min 0.8 FTE).
We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of three days a week if you are full-time (Monday, Tuesday, and either Wednesday or Thursday) with the option to work remotely for the remainder. If you are part-time, you will be office-based for at least 50% of your time.
A Place for Everyone
At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity, fostering fairness and inclusion, and creating an environment where everyone feels that they belong.
We especially welcome applications from individuals from minoritised groups, including those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Business development & Partnership building
1. Identify funding opportunities by keeping abreast of the funding landscape, as well as trends within the international development and Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking sectors, assessing new market opportunities, and forming partnerships. Work closely with country offices to identify and respond to funding opportunities.
2. Build a robust pipeline of opportunities for Hope for Justice programmes.
3. Build highly productive relationships with donors and negotiate effectively, when required.
4. Develop and deliver tailored, high-quality bids, working closely with all relevant HFJ departments to design comprehensive and evidence-based projects for funding.
- Manage the bid development cycle - follow internal processes for bids, work with the teams to ensure high quality bid design, write and edit technical content for bids, and respond to donor requirements.
6. Report on specific projects from the team’s annual plan.
Donor management
1. Represent Hope for Justice at external meetings with donors and consortium partners.
2. Manage relationships with donors - input into engagement/donor stewardship strategies, communicate with donors regularly, and share key information about projects in between reporting periods.
1. Ensure reporting requirements for all donors are met and quality reports are completed to deadlines.
2. Lead on donor grant agreement/contract negotiations and compliance.
3. Ensure all relevant team members are fully briefed on the terms and conditions of donor grant agreements/contracts, including key deadlines (completion of grant management documents as required).
4. Manage due diligence processes, facilitate donor audits and support the programmes team on external evaluations for donor funded projects.
General
1. Travel is expected as part of the role, including to Hope for Justice Programmes.
2. Support digitalisation of donor and grant records and bid and grant processes.
3. Support volunteers that are assigned to the team.
4. Any other related duties as delegated by the Head of Strategic Partnerships.
5. Ensure harmonious working relationships with all Hope for Justice Departments and staff.
6. Work always in line with HFJ policies and procedures and the wider strategy, culture and ethos of Hope for Justice.
Understand and uphold the standards outlined in the Hope for Justice Safeguarding policies, acting with due care and attention to safeguard the wellbeing of anyone that meets our work and reporting concerns if they do arise.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

