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We’re looking for a Head of Supporter Development to oversee our supporter communications journey, collaborating with various teams to ensure our supporters receive the best care and attention.
What does this role do?
As Head of Supporter Development, you will:
- Lead and transform how we engage with supporters, embedding a cultural shift and supporting teams to deliver on strategic objectives,
- Implement the supporter engagement strategy, including producing annual plans and a programme for regularly monitoring and evaluation activity, continuously improving the approach to enhance outcomes,
- Ensure all fundraising activities and products are audience led, using audience insight to inform decision making and ensuring high standards are upheld,
- Develop and manage budgets for supporter engagement activity.
This role is a fixed term, family leave cover contract until March 2027. Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for week commencing 1st June 2026, and will take place on Teams.
Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you’ll need significant experience in supporter development and direct marketing, and experience of audience insight and segmentation principles. You’ll have strong leadership skills, with experience of leading high performing teams, with the ability to lead change and growth, and embed culture. You’ll also have a deep understanding of compliance and data protection regulations, and excellent attention to detail. Above all, you’ll have a commitment to the work we do.
About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.
Job Purpose
The Group Head of Marketing and Communications is a strategic leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering an excellent quality, high impact approach to integrated marketing, brand and communications across the TLC Group.
The postholder will primarily set direction and enable the team to deliver their work, with some direct input into campaigns, messaging and other outputs.
This role is directly accountable for:
- Growth in key audiences
- Smooth running of the marketing provision of TLC Group including website, social, internal and external comms, press, PR and brands.
- Delivery of high-quality campaigns, on time and to budget, which deliver agreed outcomes.
The role will share responsibility with others for:
- Growth in fundraised income
- Performance of commercial subsidiaries
Wider Support
The postholder will be supported by the Director of Development as their line manager, and beyond that the Development sub-committee of our TLC Group Board alongside the wider Board itself.
There will be scope to shape and grow the internal team if / when the TLC Group continues to expand. Beyond the direct team, TLC Group uses a network of freelancers and agencies and there is potentially scope to draw in their expertise, budget permitting.
Key responsibilities
Strategic leadership
- Provide outstanding leadership and direction for the TLC Group Marketing and Communications team, bringing energy and drive to our ambition.
- Develop and lead the implementation of a TLC Group-wide Marketing and Communications strategy aligned with organisational goals.
- Lead on positioning the organisation as a sector leader, enhancing visibility, influence and impact.
- Advise the Executive Leadership Team on marketing, communications and reputational risk. Plan and mitigate against brand and organisational reputational risk and manage crisis communications effectively.
Brand and Communications
- Lead the development and ongoing delivery of brand marketing strategies for each of our differentiated brands, supporting the transition to an audience led approach.
- Lead the implementation and embedding of our new brand portfolio across our organisation including successful application of brand identities, values, key messages and tone of voice.
- Identify opportunities to increase brand awareness and lead the delivery of these across a national footprint.
- Set the strategic direction for all internal and external communications, including our Press and PR work.
- Ensure our messaging reflects organisational values, mission and impact.
Income Generation and Commercial Integration
- Support the growth of our Charity by providing Marketing expertise and developing marketing plans which facilitate our partnerships and charitable income generation work (fundraising, philanthropy and grants). Work closely with our Development and Partnerships teams to deliver this.
- Support the Group's commercial subsidiaries by providing Marketing expertise and developing marketing plans which assist the subsidiaries to meet their revenue targets. Work closely with our Group Commercial Director to deliver this.
Influencing
- Support our Policy team (part of our Development team) developing TLC's government relations work through influencing campaigns, parliamentary events and policy responses.
Digital and Innovation
- Drive digital changes and innovative solutions to improve customer journeys, supporter retention and AI integrations/automations, helping to futureproof our growing organisation.
Leadership and Management
- Lead the team to deliver across brands, through effective project management and prioritisation as well as ensuring alignment of stakeholder expectations against agreed objectives.
- Develop our high-performing marketing and communications team and build connections which embed marketing and communications across the entire Group.
- Establish a network of strategic relationships with key stakeholders across team and subsidiaries to support a one team approach, integrated planning and effective delivery.
- Set the Departmental budget with a focus on value for money.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, partners, media and influencers.
- Represent the organisation externally at events and in the media.
Organisational
- Support the designated safeguarding lead to ensure all staff, volunteers, trustees and students at TLC Group understand that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Ensure adherence to policies, mandatory training, reporting concerns, and compliance to protect children and adults at risk.
- Perform any other duties within the general scope of this job profile or as reasonably required by the Director of Development.
- Commit to continuous professional development through engagement in specific opportunities agreed with the Director of Development.
Person Specification
Experience
- Senior leadership experience in marketing and communications.
- Proven track record of developing and implementing effective brand strategies across:
- An organisation with a diverse portfolio of services, brands or sub-brands - and/or
-A charity or social enterprise with commercial subsidiaries
- Developing and implementing marketing and communications strategies that employ a mixture of marketing channels.
- Producing comprehensive campaigns that increase income and engagement.
- Building high trust, collaborative relationships and managing stakeholders at every level.
- Understanding and working with diverse audiences.
Skills and abilities
- Seeing things both strategically and operationally.
- Managing a multi-brand portfolio in a fast faced environment.
- Creating and managing a departmental budget to ensure a good return on investment.
- Excellent leadership, influencing and relationship management skills, including with freelancers or agencies.
Qualities
- A positive, creative problem solver.
What success looks like
In the first six months, we would expect this role to build a strong understanding of the Group structure and priorities, while starting to bring greater clarity and alignment across the brand portfolio and marketing approach. There is a real opportunity here to shape direction early, deliver some quick wins, and build momentum across the organisation.
By twelve to eighteen months, the expectation would be to see clear, measurable impact in areas such as audience growth, income generation and brand visibility, alongside a more defined and embedded marketing function that is set up to support both the charity and commercial aims of the Group.
This role offers a high degree of ownership, and will suit someone who enjoys building, prioritising and making progress across multiple areas, while helping the organisation focus its efforts over time.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: The role is based at the Trust’s office in West Berkshire with a minimum of three days per week expected to be worked at our Newbury office. Flexible working arrangements are available with the understanding that this must meet the objectives of the charity and requirements of the role.
Accountable to: Marketing and Communications Manager
Start date: As soon as possible
Hours of work: Part or Full-time (0.8-1 FTE), 12 month fixed term contract
Salary: Grade 2 (£27,745 - £31,227)
Purpose:
This is an exciting new role supporting the marketing and communications activity within a leading mental health charity.
We are looking for someone who brings creative flair, marketing experience, and a collaborative mindset – plus a passion for digital – to join our talented communications team. You will be an excellent communicator, highly organised, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously under guidance, with a strong commitment to delivering an excellent supporter journey for our audiences.
As the Marketing and Communications Officer, your role provides wide-ranging support across the communications function, with a particular focus on content creation, day-to-day management of digital channels, and practical support for campaigns and events.
Key responsibilities and duties:
Content creation
- Create engaging, on-brand digital content, using templates (e.g. Canva), working collaboratively with colleagues to tailor visuals for different audiences and platforms.
- Capture and edit short form video content to effectively promote our work and events.
- Create compelling copy for the website, email campaigns, social media and other digital marketing materials.
Digital communications and website management
- Support our social media activity, including monitoring and responding to comments and direct messages, promptly and appropriately.
- Support the delivery of our email schedule by gathering content requirements from across the organisation and coordinating the approval process.
- Upload and maintain website content using the Customer Management System (WordPress) and manage content within email marketing systems including Dynamics 365 and Click Dimensions.
- Monitor and report on campaign and organic performance against agreed KPIs, providing insight-led recommendations to inform future activity.
Campaign support
- Coordinate the communications briefing process across the organisation to ensure requests are managed efficiently.
- Maintain content calendars and workflows to ensure activity remains on track and visible across the team.
- Support delivery of campaigns by coordinating assets with internal colleagues and external suppliers, including managing print and digital production with suppliers where required.
Other
- Always ensure compliance with data protection regulations, safeguarding, confidentiality and relevant organisational policies and procedures.
- Provide general administrative support across the team, including call handling, stock monitoring and ordering, meeting coordination, and managing shared inboxes.
- Other duties as may be reasonably expected by the Trust, appropriate to the grade and responsibilities of the post.
Person Specification
The successful candidate is likely to have most of the following competencies and experience but not necessarily all. If you feel that you are a strong candidate, please do apply.
Skills required and relevant experience
Essential
- Highly organised and able to prioritise, plan effectively and work to deadlines
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- 2 years + of experience of email marketing and social media
- Experience in marketing/ communications, with hands-on delivery of digital content
- Excellent copywriting and proofreading skills
- Practical design experience using tools such as Canva or Adobe software
- Knowledge of social media platforms and website content management systems (CMSs)
Desirable.
- Experience in the non-profit sector
- Experience using database software or a willingness and competence to pick up this skill quickly
- Knowledge of GDPR requirements
- Experience supporting fundraising or awareness-raising campaigns.
- Knowledge of email marketing systems and analytics tools.
Attainment
Essential
- GCSE English and Maths (Grade 4/C or above) or equivalent by experience
- Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office software
Desirable
- Relevant further or higher education qualification
Personal attributes
Essential
- Solution-minded with a proactive attitude towards any task or challenge
- Professional, enthusiastic and flexible, with a strong willingness to learn
- Great interpersonal and social skills
- Commitment to embedding the values of equity, diversity and inclusion in everything that you do
- Creativity and willingness to try new things
Desirable
- Interest in and awareness of mental health issues
To Apply:
If you would like an informal discussion about the role with our Head of Fundraising and Communications, this can be arranged via email to: recruitment(at)charliewaller(dot)org.
The deadline for applications is 9am Monday 8th June 2026.
We ask that you structure your supporting statement, to clearly demonstrate how your skills, experience and knowledge meet the job description and person specification.
Please try to keep your supporting statement to a maximum of 800 words, excluding headers.
Applications will not be considered without a supporting statement.
You will hear back from us by Wednesday 10th June, and should you be shortlisted, an interview will take place on the week commencing 15th June.
We will provide 50% of the interview questions in advance so that all candidates can perform at their best.
To educate young people and those around them about their mental health and wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Toy Appeal Campaign Assistant
Service: External Engagement
Salary: £28,321 per annum, inclusive of the Inner London weighting
Location: Hybrid – Family Action Head Office, London N1 7GR
We typically work 2 days a week in the office but offer the flexibility to work fully remotely. Our office space is wheelchair accessible.
Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Fixed term, 24-week contract from early/mid July through to late December/early January 2027
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.
Family Action is looking for an enthusiastic and organised Toy Appeal Campaign Assistant to play a vital role in our annual campaign to deliver over 10,000 toys and gifts to disadvantaged children. This is a fantastic opportunity to launch your career in the charity sector, working alongside experienced staff (both in-person and virtually) from our fundraising and marketing teams, gaining valuable skills and contributing directly to a heartwarming cause.
Main Responsibilities:
- Acting as a first point of contact for the Toy Appeal, responding in a timely and professional manner to company enquiries, as well as internal enquiries from service colleagues receiving gifts.
- Managing data across multiple platforms/sources (including our CRM database, Salesforce, and Microsoft documents). Maintaining a live list of all gift requests from Family Action services/projects, and all gift pledges from companies, updating as matches are made and requests are filled.
- Building positive relationships with corporate donors through written and verbal communications, including email, telephone and Teams meetings/in-person visits where appropriate.
- Co-ordinating deliveries of gifts from corporates to local Family Action services/projects, ensuring needs and requirements of both parties are met.
- Assisting the Corporate Partnerships Manager and Fundraising Officer with donation processing and administration.
Benefits*
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- Employee assistance programme
- 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
*Please note that some of these benefits are only applicable after 6 months of employment.
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:
· Apply via our website and click the ‘Apply’ link to fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Sunday 31 May 2026 at 23:00
Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 8 June 2026, in-person at Family Action Head Office (34 Wharf Road, London, N1 7GR), with slots throughout the working day.
Please note that as part of the interview process, we’ll require you to complete a pre-task, which we share details of with the invitation to interview.
We reserve the right to close applications once suitable applications have been received
All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
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 welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*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.



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As Head of Campaigns, Policy and Public Affairs, you will lead our work in securing policy changes that makes things better for people affected by Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
Too many people affected by MND are not getting the right level of care and support. So you will be responsible for the policy development, political and governmental engagement, and campaigning to address this. So along with a compassionate and nurturing leadership style, you will approach the role with pace and ambition, and a real impatience to deliver meaningful change.
MND awareness has increased dramatically, including among policymakers. So this is an opportunity to use your skills and experience to make a real difference to people with MND and their loved ones.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, develop and deliver impactful campaigns, policy and public affairs activity with impact for people affected by MND
- Set priorities that reflect evidence, lived experience and political opportunity
- Develop relationships and influence decision-makers across Westminster, the Senedd and Stormont
- Build strong relationships with policymakers, the NHS and sector partners
- Ensure campaigns are planned, bold, creative and urgent in delivery
- Strengthen and support our community of campaigns volunteers
- Chair our internal access to treatments group
- Lead, support and develop the Campaigns, Policy and Public Affairs team
- Act as a key external spokesperson for the Motor Neurone Disease Association
About You
- An exceptional level of drive and ambition, and an infectious sense of impatience for the policy changes that will make life better for people affected by MND
- Proven success securing policy change through campaigning
- Excellent understanding of the policy landscape and a good understanding of how policy decisions are made
- Sophisticated influencing skills and political insight
- Experience leading, motivating and inspiring teams
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication
- Commitment to shaping work with people affected by motor neurone disease
- Experience of partnership or coalition working
- Experience of budget planning and financial oversight
Hybrid working expectations: London office attendance one day per week
Further information about MND Association and full job description is available in the attached Candidate Pack.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.
What We Offer
- 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays
- Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies
- 24/7 GP access via phone and video
- Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave)
- Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Opportunities for training and personal development
- Hybrid working
About Us
Motor Neurone Disease moves fast. It takes away time, it takes away independence and it has no cure. Every day we support people affected by MND. We fund ground-breaking research. We campaign for better care. We’re here for everyone who needs us. Because with MND, every day matters.
We support people affected by Motor Neurone Disease, campaign for better care and fund ground-breaking research. Because with MND, every day matters.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Endometriosis UK, we are passionate about driving political change for the 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth living with endometriosis in the UK. This role will play an instrumental role in supporting the campaigns and policy function within the wider Communications Team.
This will be a busy, varied and important role working closely with the Policy and Campaigns Manager and Head of Campaigns and Communications to provide administration and wider support for the charity’s growing policy and campaigns function. This will include contributing to the production of government consultation responses, writing letters to politicians, producing background briefings ahead of parliamentary meetings and taking responsibility for political monitoring and informing the team of any engagement opportunities. A key part of the role will also be providing administration support for the policy function of the charity and the Head of Communications and Campaigns, including administrative support for the All-Party-Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis which Endometriosis UK provides secretariat support for. Tasks will include writing minutes, helping produce briefing papers, and booking events and meeting rooms.
You will also be the first point of call for our campaign supporters and will be aiding our supporters to take campaign actions through the drafting and creation of e-actions using Engaging Networks. You will be an exciting opportunity to help build our campaigning work and work towards the goals of our new 2025 organisational strategy.
Closing date for applications is Monday 25th May at 5pm. Interview date will be Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at our offices in London Bridge.
Please note that for capacity reasons, we are only able to get back to successful candidates on the status of their application.
Our Network is here to offer those affected by endometriosis the support and information they need to understand the condition and take control


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role purpose
The Head of Finance is a key member of the Charity’s senior management team, working closely with the chief executive, directors, and trustees. The head of finance will lead the day-to-day financial operations of the Charity, including budgeting, reporting, audit, payroll, and pensions. Managing the finance manager and management accountant, the Head of Finance will ensure the effective running of the finance department and smooth day-to-day processes. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will be a key advisor on strategic financial decisions, balancing meticulous operational control with strategic planning.
As the Head of Finance, you will:
- Proactively contribute to the development and delivery of the Charity’s strategy through developing long-term financial planning to underpin our objectives.
- Act as senior finance business partner to the senior leadership team, supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
- Lead on the annual audit and production of statutory accounts, ensuring effective management of the audit process.
- Support the rest of the Charity team to become financially informed and comfortable understanding financial performance, control, and accountability.
Main responsibilities
Financial controls, reporting, and operational finance
- Lead the finance function of the Charity, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial management and reporting.
- Ensure that appropriately robust internal financial and operational controls are in place.
- Ensure that our unrestricted and restricted funds and accounting records are maintained in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and best practice.
- Ensure timely and accurate monthly management accounts and other reports are produced by the finance team and distributed to members of the senior management team, encouraging ownership of departmental budgets.
- Manage and oversee accounts receivable and payable, ensuring strong cash management.
- Ensure all banking facilities, financial systems, and internal processes function to a high standard and enable the Charity to carry out its transactional and operational financial functions.
- Lead financial risk identification and mitigation, working closely with the chief executive and leadership team, and reporting to the board of trustees.
Financial administration and governance
- Manage the production of statutory accounts in line with the Charity SORP and lead the annual external audit process.
- Oversee our tax affairs, including PAYE, national insurance, corporation tax, VAT, and gift aid.
- Responsible for our payroll and pensions functions.
- Maintain and continuously improve financial policies, procedures, and controls, working closely with the fundraising and operations teams to ensure organisational efficiency.
- Identify and escalate financial risks to the chief executive and board
- Line manage and support the management accountant and finance manager, ensuring professional development and high-quality output.
Person specification
Knowledge and experience
We are looking for candidates with demonstrable strategic financial leadership spanning organisational planning, budgeting, risk, and reporting. You will have:
- You must be a fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, OR CIMA)
- Excellent knowledge of charity financial management, SORP, and audit is essential.
- Experience of effective budget setting and implementing controls and processes to manage and monitoring budgets
- Firm understanding of risk management
- Experience of improving policies and processes in comparable organisations
- Success in delivering increased cost effectiveness
- Evidence of building financial impact and performance metrics and reporting
- Understanding of the requirements of legislation, Charity Commission and professional body guidance on a being a well-run and financially accountable Charity
- Considerable experience of management and development of staff
Skills, abilities, and behaviours
- A strategic thinker with the ability to see the bigger picture and make decisions in line with the charity’s needs as part of a team
- Strong change management skills with experience of managing teams through change
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interpret and communicate financial information to a non-specialist audience
- Strong organisational development skills, able to identify and act on opportunities to drive performance in business
- Experience of the charity or not-for-profit environment (this could be gained as a trustee) preferably with some understanding of charity funding and investment management
- Collaborative working style with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Resilient with a flexible, creative and solutions-focused approach to problem-solving
We are a leading healthcare charity dedicated to enhancing patient care and experience at University Hospital Southampton
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the Charity:
‘Ending Homelessness, Restoring Lives, and Sharing God’s Love.’
Rooted in Christian compassion, our mission is to ensure that every person in Leeds has access to shelter, support, and dignity - regardless of background - through compassionate care on their journeys out of homelessness.
About Our Employees:
The twin objectives of St George’s Crypt are the relief of hardship and poverty among those living with homelessness, poverty and addiction in the city of Leeds and beyond; and the advancement of the Christian religion for public benefit. Therefore, it is key for the employees and volunteers of the Crypt to be sympathetic to the Christian faith which underpins all our work.
Job Purpose:
To drive, lead and grow our income generation strategy. This senior leadership role has responsibility for developing diverse, sustainable income streams and building strong relationships with supporters, partners, and funders.
To play a key role in shaping the organisation’s future, working closely with the deputy CEO, senior leadership team, and trustees to ensure we have the resources needed to deliver lasting impact.
To increase income from the corporate sector and raise the organisation’s profile within the business community.
Key Job Role Responsibilities and Main Tasks:
Strategy & Leadership
- Improve on and deliver the fundraising strategy aligned with organisational priorities and growth plans.
- Lead, motivate, and develop the fundraising team, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
- Contribute to organisational strategy as a member of the leadership team.
- Provide regular reporting and insights to the senior leadership team and Board of Trustees.
- Following agreement of budget and discussions with departmental leads, prepare clear objectives for Fundraising.
- Have 3 121s with the team per annum followed by and annual appraisal review.
Income Generation
- Grow and manage income across a range of streams, including:
- Trusts and foundations
- Major donors and high-net-worth individuals
- Corporate partnerships and sponsorships
- Community fundraising and events
- Individual giving and digital fundraising
- Identify and develop new funding opportunities and innovative approaches to income generation, particularly corporate donations and partnerships.
- Oversee budgets, forecasts, and income targets, ensuring financial sustainability.
Corporate Fundraising & Partnerships
- Identify, secure, and grow corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and Charity of the Year relationships.
- Build and manage a portfolio of corporate supporters, ensuring effective stewardship and retention.
- Develop tailored partnership proposals, sponsorship packages, and presentations for corporate audiences.
- Represent the organisation within the local and regional business community, including networking events.
- Drive engagement opportunities including employee fundraising, volunteering, and corporate-led initiatives.
- Oversee and grow existing corporate schemes, including the Angel Scheme.
- Monitor corporate income performance against targets and provide regular reporting.
Relationship Management
- Build and steward strong relationships with funders, donors, corporate partners, and key stakeholders.
- Act as a senior ambassador for the charity, representing the organisation externally at meetings and events.
- Work closely with communications and service teams to ensure compelling, accurate impact storytelling.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure all fundraising activity is ethical, compliant, and aligned with relevant regulations and best practice
- Manage risk across fundraising activities and ensure robust systems and processes are in place
Person Specification:
Essential requirements:
·Significant experience in a senior fundraising or targeted role, ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector
·Proven track record of delivering and growing income across multiple streams
·Corporate fundraising experience
·Strong leadership and people-management skills
·Excellent relationship-building and communication abilities
·Strategic thinker with strong financial and analytical skills
·Commitment to the values and mission of tackling homelessness
·Must hold a full, clean driving licence
Desirable:
·Experience working with or reporting to a Board of Trustees or director level equivalent
·Knowledge of homelessness, housing, or social justice issues
·Experience of organisational growth or income diversification
·Relevant professional fundraising qualification
Please see the attached documents for full role details and information regarding the selection process
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Compassion in World Farming International is a global movement transforming the future of food and farming. As our Global Head of Major Donors, you’ll lead and grow a high-impact global philanthropy programme, generating significant income from high-net-worth individuals and principal donors to support our mission to end factory farming.
Role type: Full-time; Permanent
Location: Godalming, UK (hybrid working pattern 2x days in the office: Team days Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Salary: £55,000 -£60,000 per annum (depending upon skills and experience)
About the role
As our Global Head of Major Donors, you’ll help shape and deliver an ambitious global major donor strategy, building a strong pipeline of five and six figure donors across key markets, including the UK, US and Europe while personally cultivating high-value relationships. Alongside this you’ll provide strategic oversight of our growing global mid-level donor programme. As part of this role you’ll work closely with senior leaders across Compassion, where you’ll help translate our work into compelling propositions that inspire meaningful, long-term support.
As our Global Head of Major Donors, you’ll be responsible for:
- Leading the global major donor and mid-level fundraising programmes to deliver sustainable income growth across the UK, US and key European Markets
- Building and executing strategies to grow five- and six-figure gifts, with a focus on £50k+ donors
- Personally cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of high-value donor relationships
- Developing compelling donor propositions and exceptional supporter journeys
- Driving pipeline development and prospect acquisition through insight led strategies
- Leading and developing a high-performing small team of fundraisers based in the UK, US and Europe
- Overseeing income forecasting, KPIs and CRM data quality to support strategic decision-making for this programme
- Collaborating across teams to maximise donor engagement, events, and global fundraising impact.
About you
To succeed in this role, you’ll be a strategic and relationship focused leader, with a strong track record of securing high-value gifts and growing philanthropic income streams across different markets. You’ll need to bring a blend of strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and leadership capability, where you are able to inspire donors and team members, while delivering against ambitious income targets.
Skills and experience you’ll need to bring:
- Proven success securing five and six-figure gifts from high net worth individuals
- Experience working in international fundraising contexts, ideally with experience of the US and/or European markets
- Experience designing and delivering major donor growth strategies
- Experience of leading or contributing to mid-level giving programmes
- Strong personal track record in cultivating, soliciting and closing high-value gifts
- Experience leading and developing passionate, high-performing fundraising or philanthropy teams
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including forecasting and pipeline management
- Ability to create compelling, tailored donor journeys and propositions
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with confidence to influence at senior level
- A collaborative, proactive approach with a clear commitment to our mission
If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you could thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.
Why join us
This is a rare opportunity to shape global philanthropy and deliver lasting impact for animals worldwide.
We offer a supportive, flexible workplace with a strong focus on wellbeing and development, including:
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Health Cash Back Plan and 24/7 GP access
- Employee Assistance Programme and MHFA support
- Premium Calm App subscription
- Electric car scheme available
- Defined contribution pension scheme
- Enhanced discretionary sick pay
- Hybrid working model (role and location dependent)
- Free onsite parking and office next to mainline station
- Cycle Benefit scheme and other savings options
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
How to apply and key dates
If you’re ready to make a global impact, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the Person Specification. To support a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly ask that you do not include a photo in your CV.
Please note that we may begin interviews on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
Closing date: Friday 5 June 10am
1st Stage (Teams) Interview: Wednesday 10 June
2nd Stage (Face to Face at HQ) Interview, with task: Wednesday 17 June
“Join us in building a more compassionate future for animals, people, and the planet.”
As part of Stage 1 interviews, shortlisted candidates may receive pre‑shared, values‑based interview questions to support a positive candidate experience. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, we’re always happy to support candidates.
About Compassion
Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global organisation working to end factory farming. Founded in 1967 by British farmer Peter Roberts, we’ve spent over 50 years driving change, successfully campaigning to ban cruel practices such as barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow stalls across the UK and Europe.
Our work combines advocacy, campaigning, and collaboration with policymakers and businesses to promote animal welfare and sustainable food systems. We envision a future where animals are treated with compassion, and farming supports both people and the planet. To learn more about our mission, culture, and opportunities, please explore our Candidate Pack, and Careers Page.
To comply with legal requirements in the UK and internationally, all applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the country where the role is based. Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and live experience and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.
Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global organisation working to end factory farming.



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Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Freedom from Torture to recruit an interim Head of Digital and Campaigns.
London based Freedom from Torture is dedicated to supporting survivors of torture to rebuild their lives. Through the provision of specialist therapeutic care, legal and welfare support, the organisation works directly with survivors to support recovery, helping them to heal and to feel safe and strong again.
Freedom from Torture is also a powerful campaigning voice, working tirelessly to expose torture globally and influence policy to secure justice, accountability, and lasting change.
Interim Head of Digital and Campaigns
Start date: ASAP, ideally mid-June
Contract: Part time role working four days per week, for a period of four to six months
Salary: FTE salary is £ 57,766 per annum, with the pro rata salary for four days per week being £46,212 per annum
Location: Hybrid role between home and London office, with two days per week at the organisation's office in Finsbury Park
Closing date for applications: Applications are being reviewed on an ongoing basis
This is a pivotal role within the organisation and the postholder will work closely with colleagues across Fundraising & Communications, Survivor Leadership & Influencing and Clinical Services. As interim Head of Digital and Campaigns you will be responsible for the strategic development, delivery, and analysis of campaigning and engagement activities.
Core responsibilities within your role will be:
- To deliver Freedom from Torture's digital engagement work to support wider organisational goals
- Using insights and analysis, set and measure appropriate campaign KPIs to monitor success of strategy and drive testing and innovation
- To work with senior colleagues to implement integrated anti-torture campaign strategy, ensuring lived experience is rooted in campaign strategy and delivery.
- To work closely with Survivor Leadership & Influencing colleagues to lead the development of public campaigns aligned to the organisation's influencing theory of change
- Managing external consultants to support the delivery of Freedom from Torture's digital programme
- Lead a team of 5 media and digital specialists
- Overall responsibility for Freedom from Torture's social media strategy to support movement building, campaign engagement and fundraising success.
- Support colleagues to ensure online community moderation is consistently and safely managed
- Responsible for generating insights from digital activity and refining and developing activities to optimise success
- Work with the Web Editor to ensure Freedom from Torture's website and other digital fundraising, campaigning and communications platforms are optimised, robust and support the delivery of the organisational strategy
We'd love to hear from individuals with the following core skills and experience:
- Extensive knowledge of digital marketing, mobilisation, social media and website development
- Proven experience in delivering campaign success through digital engagement
- Experience of leading digital campaigning and digital fundraising campaign work
- Substantial experience of successfully leading and managing staff, including managers, with expertise in overseeing others' development around digital mobilisation and engagement, and proven ability to coach people to success
- Significant digital skills and expertise including of leading and managing integrated multi-channel strategies (email, social, PPC, offline) to mobilise the public, win campaigns, grow income, and engage broad audiences
- Excellent understanding of lived experience collaborations and leadership
- Ability to rapidly respond to emerging and developing news moments through digital activity
- Effective communicator with excellent written ability as well as the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to non-specialist audiences
- Knowledge of data protection regulations, particularly GDPR and PECR
We're particularly interested to receive applications from candidates who have the below, although this is not essential:
- Knowledge of human rights and issues affecting refugees and torture survivors
- Knowledge of movement building
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance. Alice can be reached at .
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
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!
SUMMARY
Position Title: Head of / Associate Director of Organising & Campaigns (2 roles)
Level: Level 6 - 7 (Depending on experience)
Salary: £40, 000 - 55, 000 (FTE yearly/depending on experience/salaries under review as part of our ongoing pay review process)
Reports to: Director of Organising and Campaigns
Location: Liberation centre Brixton, London (New office in Brixton)/ Remote working within the UK with at least 2 days’ work from our office (Pro rata for part time)
Contract: Fulltime (40hrs/weekly), fixed-term contract for 2 years with potential for Part time (e.g., 32hrs/weekly) options
Hours: TAA has flexible working hours, with some expected evenings (e.g., one 9pm finish once every two weeks) and weekends due to the nature of the role. All extra hours are reimbursed as Time off in Lieu (TOIL).
Start date: As soon as possible (with consideration for notice period)
Benefits: TAA laptop and phone, (employee assistance and health cash package including staff supervision, counselling, dental, optical care and more.).
The Advocacy Academy is an activist youth movement. We serve as the political home for grassroots youth organising and the catalyst for collective action. The lives of the young people we work alongside have been directly shaped by living in an unjust world, and we exist to turn their anger into action and change.
Young people are often the catalysts for major social change, from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, to the Soweto Uprising mobilising young people to resist the apartheid regime's education policies, to the Sunrise Movement redrawing the electoral map across America, and more recently protests across the world protesting the genocide in Palestine. How successfully they achieve real and lasting change depends on whether they are organised and whether they have the right strategy and tactics to be effective.
Before you skim the job description, please remember you don’t have to tick all the boxes for each role to apply.We all experience a bit of imposter syndrome, including the staff here at The Advocacy Academy. Let’s name it for what it is - a manifestation of the oppression many of us face on a day to day. If this role pulls you and you believe you could make a difference, then apply anyway or reach out to us to discuss more!
ABOUT THE ROLE
In a context of the rise of the far right, increasing inequality, and climate disaster, The Advocacy Academy is growing to meet this moment.
As part of this, we are expanding our Organising and Campaigns Team, looking to recruit two senior and experienced organisers and campaigners who are able to build the leadership of young people to enable them to turn the resources they have into the power they need to make the change they want. We have raised the funds needed to resource this growth and know what needs to be done. There are three key areas of responsibility:
- Oversee and deliver TAA’s member-led organising campaigns
- Play a lead role in delivering our Coalition Campaigns
- Oversee our HOST programme, our in-house campaign accelerator and fiscal hosting programme
But there are several ways we could divide up the work into people’s roles. So, instead of splitting this up in advance ofapplications, we are asking candidates to apply first, and then dividing up the responsibilities into two coherent roles based on the best candidates that apply.
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The following responsibility areas will be divided between the two roles based on candidates’ strengths.
1. Oversee and deliver TAA’s member-led organising campaigns
- Support members to develop and select key campaigns to prioritise on the basis of:
- People: What our young people want and need to learn to support their growth as organisers and leaders in their own right.
- Power: How we want and need to build power together
- Change: Where there is an opportunity to win material change on the important issues of the day that directly affect our young people and others.
- Once campaigns are selected, you will support members to design clear-sighted campaign strategies to achieve objectives under the three categories above.
- You will then support members to deliver on these strategies, with the necessary campaign infrastructure to ensure it succeeds, including meetings, briefings, comms outputs, creative public action, aligning with allies, and negotiating with key targets.
2. Play a lead role in delivering our Coalition Campaigns, including but not limited to our Climate Coalition (Roots to Rise) and Gender Coalition (name tbc):
- Work closely with the Programme’s Team to develop and deliver organising and campaign training for key partner organisations, helping them to embed organising practices into their work, and support their young people to be organisers in their own right.
- Support the Programme’s Team and partners to develop and select key campaigns to prioritise on the basis of:
- People: What our young people want and need to learn to support their growth as organisers and leaders in their own right.
- Power: How we want and need to build power together
- Change: Where there is an opportunity to win material change on the important issues of the day that directly affect our young people and others.
- Once campaigns are selected, you will support partners and members to design clear-sighted campaign strategies to achieve objectives under the three categories above.
- You will then support members to deliver on these strategies, with the necessary campaign infrastructure to ensure it succeeds, including meetings, briefings, comms outputs, creative public action, aligning with allies, and negotiating with key targets.
3. Oversee our HOST programme, including but not limited:
- Work with the Director of Oraginising and Campaigns to set the strategic direction and priorities for the HOST Programme.
- Proactively build relationships with our HOSTed groups and coach them to develop their leadership. This involved holding regular 1:1s and relational meetings that strengthen our connection and help them to identifyand act on their developing political interests and to plug them into relevant opportunities for growth at TAA and our wider networks.
- Identify opportunities to improve our offer to HOSTed groups and support them to tackle challenges they face. This includes developing a clear understanding of their aims and needs, and how their and our resources can be used creatively to help deliver these effectively.
- Oversee the Lead Campaign Organiser’s efforts to ensure our HOST Programme runs like a well-oiled machine by pulling in the right people at the right time to ensure key milestones are met.
- Oversee the budget for the HOST Programme, ensuring that all activities are run within financial targets, working with the Programmes leadership team to identify efficiencies and savings, checking in regularly with the Head of Organising and Campaigns and relevant senior colleagues to escalate any risks or opportunities that might arise.
4. Be a key member of the Organising and Campaigns Team, including but not limited to:
- Support efforts to set the strategic direction and priorities for the Organising and Campaigns Team each financial year.
- Proactively develop an interest in the impact of political, socio-economic and sector specific changes that could impact the HOST Programme, department and TAA in general.
- Support the Director of Organising and Campaigns and Head of Organising and Campaigns with the management and mitigation of organisational risks presented by the Programme by escalating issues within a timely manner and supporting them with problem solving.
- Support colleagues in the Organising and Campaigns team to run events, training programmes and other key activities to deliver on departmental aims.
5. Support our members to learn and grow as organisers in their own right, including but not limited to:
- Proactively build relationships with our members and grow our membership, through holding regular 1:1s and relational meetings that strengthen campaigns but more importantly help them to identify and act on their developing political interests and to plug them into relevant opportunities for growth at TAA and our wider networks.
- Hold a list of members that you are the relationship lead for, developing and delivering a live learning plan with many of them, supporting them to become powerful organisers.
- Work closely with the Programmes and Community teams to set trajectories and expectations for a young person’s campaigning and organising journey, their starting point coming into TAA, and the training and support they need.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings, holding space effectively and designing and delivering creative learning journeys for young people.
6. Culture, values and wider strategy and mission. Hold Functional or senior responsibilities for driving the achievement of our strategic objectives by embedding our vision, mission, strategy, ideology and cultural values across your area and the wider organisation. Play a central role in shaping organisational direction and leading cross-departmental priorities and initiatives, including but not limited to:
- Embodying and championing our commitment to social and economic justice, ensuring this is consistently reflected in organisational strategy, decision-making, delivery and partnerships
- Acting as a champion of organisational culture and values, setting the standard across teams and holding others to account in upholding these in practice
- Leading on identifying and driving opportunities that strengthen organisational impact, working closely with senior leadership, including the Director of Finance, HR and Ops, and contributing to high-level strategic direction
- Holding ultimate responsibility for identifying, assessing and addressing risks to our integrity, authenticity and alignment with our ideology and culture, taking decisive and timely action
- Enabling and lead effective cross-departmental collaboration, ensuring teams are aligned, appropriately resourced and working cohesively towards shared goals
- Shaping and model a culture of openness, care and accountability, contributing to organisational wellbeing approaches and supporting leaders across the organisation to do the same
- Taking ownership of your continued leadership development, while also actively developing others and building leadership capacity within your area
- Taking responsibility for communicating your own wellbeing and needs and providing feedback on TAA wellbeing initiatives to your line manager, and contribute to living the TAA transformative culture
7. Governance and Compliance
- Provide strategic leadership on governance and risk management within your portfolio, working in close partnership with the Finance, HR and Operations team.
- Lead and hold accountability for risk identification, analysis and mitigation, ensuring risks to strategic objectives are anticipated, escalated and managed effectively
- Maintain oversight of risk across your area, ensuring robust systems, controls and practices are in place and consistently applied
- Ensure strong organisational compliance with TAA policies and practices, taking responsibility for their effective
- implementation, continuous improvement and alignment with wider organisational standards
- You will support Programmes and Community Departments by ensuring that the operations, structures, processes, and practices align with and support TAA's campaigning and organising goals, activating new allies' goals, and community goals
A BIT ABOUT YOU
- You are passionate about, and committed to, creating a more fair, just and equal world.
- You believe in the potential of young people to challenge the status quo and are dedicated to helping them become more powerful citizens.
- You have a deep understanding of, and a personal connection to, issues of social justice. You are attuned to how injustice affects young people and marginalised communities, and are well-informed on the key challenges they face, and are committed to driving meaningful change.
- You’ll be comfortable managing a “to-do” list of competing priorities and balancing your workload to meet competing deadlines.
- You’re a sensitive and thoughtful relationship-builder who is interested in building a network of relationships to support the Advocacy Academy’s work. You’re a great listener, and remember people’s names, faces, and stories.
- You’re a confident written and verbal communicator, who is comfortable with tailoring communication to reach a diverse range of audiences and stakeholders.
- You’re proactive, organised, and eager to learn, whether that’s chatting with potential funders, researching new opportunities or collaborating with teammates.
IDEAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- At least 5 years of experience in organising and campaigning on issues of social justice and/or
- At least 5 years of experience in supporting people to be more confident and comfortable developing and implementing organising or campaign efforts.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with different audiences or types of stakeholders
- Project management and experience working collaboratively across teams both in person and online
- Excellent organisational skills with confidence managing multiple tasks at the same time/ balancing multiple priorities to meet deadlines
- Confidence working in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with our existing systems e.g., Gmail/ Google Doc/ Google Sheets/ Canva
- Confidence working in a fast-paced environment
This is an outline of the responsibilities and duties of the Head of/ Associate Director of Organising & Campaigns roles (2 roles); it is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of the Liberation Centre and our young people. Any changes will be made in consultation with the post holders.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates will be asked to provide a CV and a Cover Letter OR a supporting video application addressing the following questions (no more than 1000 words or 10 minutes for all questions).
- Tell us about a social justice issue that makes you angry and why it matters to you?
- Our Organisers support our members to organise and campaign on issues that matter to them. Tell us about an organising effort or campaign you were part of, what it achieved, what it didn’t, your role in that effort and any reflections you have about being part of it?
- Our Organisers support our members to identify and act on their developing political interests, including helping them to be more confident and comfortable developing and implementing organising strategies. Tell us about a time when you helped someone learn and develop their capacity to make change in the world?
- Include anything else you would like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the roles.
In addition, please also provide information on your notice period and your availability for interview. You may also attach any other content that would be relevant for us to have in order to showcase interest and experience. The content can come in any form of media, including but not limited to - a mind map of ideas, a timeline or portfolio of your work, life or experiences; a recording; a Powerpoint or other form of presentation; a song, article, poem or other writing samples.
DATES
- Closing Date: The deadline for applications 25th May 2026 by 10am.
- Task: If shortlisted you may be required to develop and present an outline of organising strategy on a topic shared in advance.
- First Round of Interviews: will be scheduled for 2nd & 3rd June 2026 (Dates are subject to change).
- Second Round of Interviews: will be scheduled for w/c 10th June 2026 (Dates are subject to change).
Please be aware that we will be interviewing as we receive applications. The application date might be brought forward if we find the right person.
ONLINE OPEN HOUSE
Any questions? Give us a call. If you have any questions about the role or are interested in hearing more about what The Advocacy Academy is about, we are happy to do 15-20 mins exploratory phone call, including trying to find time with the Director of Organising and Campaigns if the questions are helpful. Contact us using the email on the JD if you would like to explore further.
A NOTE ON USING AI TOOLS IN YOUR APPLICATION
We understand that AI tools like ChatGPT can be helpful when preparing an application, and you’re welcome to use them as a support. However, we’re most interested in hearing directly from you. Please ensure your application reflects your own voice, experiences, and perspective.
We value the unique insights, lived experiences, and ways of thinking that each candidate brings. These are what help us understand who you are and what you would bring to the role, and they are an important part of how we assess applications.
If you require any adjustments or support during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know. we’re committed to making our recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible.
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US
We aim to be representative of the community we are working with. We encourage applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, working class as well as disabled people, those living with mental health conditions, refugees and migrants. We welcome people from all identities who are made to feel marginalised.
We’re not just committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we actively celebrate diversity in all its forms. Let us know if we can do anything to make the application or interview process more accessible. If you are invited to interview, we will at that point ask you for any accessibility requirements or preferences.
As an employer we make all reasonable adjustments to support employees in their work if they are disabled or have a health condition. We support the Access to Work scheme which could provide you with financial support to get the help you need to do all tasks successfully. We are happy to facilitate Access to Work assessments and reclaims and would actively welcome applicants who would need this in order to do the job.
All staff who work on our programme must have, prior to starting work, a returned satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) dated no earlier than 1st January 2021. The Advocacy Academy will assist the application for, and pay for the processing of, a new DBS for staff members where required.
We welcome applications from people with convictions. Please disclose in your application if you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)) . We consider each person on their own merits, taking into account all the circumstances.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
War Child UK is at a pivotal moment. As more children than ever are growing up affected by conflict, the need for their work has never been greater, and neither has the importance of connecting with the world and their key audiences in bold, relevant and meaningful ways.
As they begin a new five‑year strategy, introduce a refreshed brand and strengthen their ambition to reach more children impacted by war, we are seeking an outstanding Executive Head of Communications, Marketing and Campaigns to help lead this next chapter.
This is a rare opportunity to shape how War Child UK shows up in the world, bringing together their vital purpose, distinctive voice and creativity in ways that truly resonate. You’ll join a team driven by ideas, collaboration and action, united by a deep commitment to the children, communities and partners they serve.
From stand‑out cultural moments to ambitious advocacy campaigns and urgent emergency communications responding to some of the world’s most severe crises affecting children, you’ll lead a team producing powerful communications that cut through, connect with audiences and inspire action.
Executive Head of Communications, Marketing and Campaigns
War Child UK
Circa £75,000 per annum
London (Hybrid and flexible working policy)
Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Engagement, this is a pivotal new role at a defining moment for the organisation, as War Child UK launches a new strategy and refreshed brand.
You will lead a team of experts across marketing, communications, digital, press, content and advocacy, shaping how War Child UK engages supporters, partners and decision-makers. You will oversee the delivery of high impact campaigns and communications on the worst crises affecting children and across a portfolio of bold music, art, gaming and corporate partnerships and events.
You will develop an audience-led communications, brand and marketing strategy that drives engagement, income and influence, ensuring campaigns and advocacy are fully integrated and mutually reinforcing.
This role combines creativity with strategic judgement, providing senior leadership on external positioning and reputational risk and crisis communications advisory – and shaping how War Child UK shows up in the world, while enabling a motivated, ambitious team to perform at its best.
About you
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on leader with:
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Strategic communications leader with a proven track record of delivering integrated, audience‑first communications and marketing strategies that drive engagement, income and influence in complex, fast‑moving environments.
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Expert in narrative, brand and advocacy, with strong experience shaping external positioning, leading high‑impact campaigns, and using communications to advance political advocacy and public change.
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Insight‑led and externally focused, skilled in using audience insight, data and cultural, media and political trends to inform strategy, prioritisation and decision‑making.
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Credible senior adviser and collaborator, with strong influencing skills, experience advising leadership on external positioning and reputational risk, and the ability to build effective relationships across teams and with external partners.
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Motivational leader and executor, able to build and manage high‑performing teams, deliver high‑quality content and campaigns, balance creativity with discipline, protect workload and wellbeing and uphold best practice in EDI, safeguarding and ethics.
How to Apply
If you have any queries or wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained advisors Jane Ray or Erica Ritchie via email with a copy of your CV.
Recruitment Timetable
Deadline for applications: Sunday 31st May, Midnight
Online Interviews with Prospectus: 8th and 9th June
In-person interviews with War Child UK: Thursday 18th and Friday 19th June
Staff and CEO Engagement sessions:Thursday 25th June
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We have embarked on our 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
This is an extremely exciting time to join the team, as we anticipate the implementation of new homelessness legislation that holds the potential to be world leading and seek to develop relationships with the newly elected Senedd and Welsh Government.
You will lead our agenda in Wales to achieve positive and lasting change to end homelessness. This is an extremely exciting time to join the team, as the Wales Government introduces homelessness prevention legislation that will be world leading.
Location: Crisis Skylight South Wales, 163 St Helens Road, Swansea, SA14DQ. Option of hybrid working from home (minimum 1 day a week in the Skylight) with the ability to travel across Wales and within the UK for training and meetings.
Contract: Fixed term up to 11 months (available as a secondment)
Salary: £57,452 per annum
About the role
As Head of Policy and Communications in Wales you will lead a team working across policy, public affairs and communications to deliver the changes needed to address homelessness in Wales. After the formation of a new government in Wales, this role will be working closely with politicians, government officials, sector leads, and people with lived experience of homelessness to ensure Crisis’ goal of ending all forms of homelessness in Wales is a priority and bring about the changes needed to meet this goal.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have excellent knowledge and experience of developing and securing policy change at a national government level and raising the profile of an organisation through advocacy and strategic communications.
Ideally you will have experience across policy, public affairs and media work, and excel at building stakeholder relations. You will be an experienced spokesperson and understand how to communicate policy matters in a simple and concise way. You will have understanding and knowledge of developing policy and influencing objectives informed by frontline staff and working with people with lived experience of an issue and staff.
Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.
Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- A competitive salary. Please note our salaries are fixed to counter inequity and we do not negotiate at offer stage
- Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
- Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
- And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How do I apply?
Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.
Closing date: Sunday 14th June at 23:59
Interview date and location: Friday 26th June, in-person at Crisis Skylight South Wales, 163 St Helens Road, Swansea, SA1 4DQ
AI in Job Applications
We understand some candidates use AI tools when applying. Whilst we welcome the use of technology to support clear communication and structure, we want to learn more about you, so please ensure that your application reflects your own skills, knowledge and experiences.
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please contact our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
For more information about our work please visit
@Crisis_Cymru on Instagram
@CrisisWales on X
Crisis Skylight South Wales on Facebook
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a creative digital campaigner who can turn powerful stories into content that sparks action, builds movements, and drives change to help save lives and stop economic abuse?
About the role
We are looking for an exceptional candidate to play a central role in the delivery of Surviving Economic Abuse’s new digital engagement strategy by producing high-quality, impactful communications and compelling campaigns to extend our reach and to engage, inform and mobilise our audiences.
You will be responsible for managing and growing our digital presence across social media and ensuring this translates into action through our website and newsletters. This will include creating content tailored to victim-survivors and their family and friends, financial services professionals, policymakers, funders and other stakeholders.
As part of this role, you will help us develop and deliver digital campaigns that amplify our campaigning and policy work, as well as deliver communications to support our fundraising, consultancy and training.
About you
We’re looking for someone with proven experience running social media for a brand, organisation or campaign, with demonstrable results such as audience growth, reach, engagement or conversion. You’ll understand how campaigning and activism work, and how to mobilise supporters from diverse backgrounds to help drive meaningful change.
You’ll be a confident digital campaigner who knows how to make an impact across multiple platforms, especially Instagram, TikTok and other video first channels. You’ll have a strong understanding of trends, formats and algorithms, and know how to use them to create scroll stopping content that motivates people to take action.
This role is ideal for someone with bags of initiative, strong creative instincts, and the ability to turn complex issues into compelling digital content tailored to engage and mobilise different audiences.
If you’re excited by the opportunity to use your creativity, storytelling and digital campaign skills to amplify survivor voices, drive real-world impact and help end economic abuse, we’d love to hear from you.
What we offer
- 25 days annual leave, plus 5 Wellbeing Days and Statutory Bank Holidays
- Home working
- Flexible working
- 5% Employer Pension Contribution
- Reflective practice
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced sick pay, family leave and carer’s leave
- The chance to be part of our highly professional, supportive team
To apply
Please apply via our website.
This post is only open to women applicants, as being a woman is considered a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Applications open from 6 May and close at 11.59pm on 26 May 2026. Interviews will take place week commencing 15 June 2026.
Direct applications only – no agencies please.
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is committed to developing an inclusive team which reflects the diversity of the communities we support. Our culture celebrates diverse voices, and we particularly encourage applications from Black and minoritised applicants and disabled applicants who are under-represented at SEA.
SEA is a Disability Confident Committed, and Kinship Friendly Employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SUMMARY
Position Title: Head of Digital Organising & Communications
Level: Level 6
Salary: £40, 000 - 46, 000 (FTE yearly/depending on experience/salaries under review as part of our ongoing pay review process)
Reports to: Director of Organising and Campaigns
Location: Liberation centre Brixton, London (New office in Brixton)/ Remote working within the UK with at least 2 days’ work from our office (Pro rata for part time)
Contract: Fulltime (40hrs/weekly), fixed-term contract for 2 years with potential for Part time (e.g., 32hrs/weekly) options
Hours: TAA has flexible working hours, with some expected evenings (e.g., one 9pm finish once every two weeks) and weekends due to the nature of the role. All extra hours are reimbursed as Time off in Lieu (TOIL).
Start date: As soon as possible (with consideration for notice period)
Benefits: TAA laptop and phone, (employee assistance and health cash package including staff supervision, counselling, dental, optical care and more.).
The Advocacy Academy is an activist youth movement. We serve as the political home for grassroots youth organising and the catalyst for collective action. The lives of the young people we work alongside have been directly shaped by living in an unjust world, and we exist to turn their anger into action and change.
Young people are often the catalysts for major social change, from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, to the Soweto Uprising mobilising young people to resist the apartheid regime's education policies, to the Sunrise Movement redrawing the electoral map across America, and more recently protests across the world protesting the genocide in Palestine. How successfully they achieve real and lasting change depends on whether they are organised and whether they have the right strategy and tactics to be effective.
Before you skim the job description, please remember you don’t have to tick all the boxes for each role to apply.We all experience a bit of imposter syndrome, including the staff here at The Advocacy Academy. Let’s name it for what it is - a manifestation of the oppression many of us face on a day to day. If this role pulls you and you believe you could make a difference, then apply anyway or reach out to us to discuss more!
ABOUT THE ROLE
In a context of the rise of the far right, increasing inequality, and climate disaster, The Advocacy Academy is growing to meet this moment. As part of this, we are expanding our Organising and Campaigns Team, including recruiting an experienced Digital Organiser.
This person will lead the design and implementation of an ambitious digital organising approach, including building out our base online and supporting campaigns to amplify our message and deliver the tangible wins we are pushing for. The work will be supported by up to five of our ‘changemakers’ - young people who will be paid to support our digital organising alongside their other work or study.
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
1. Oversee and deliver a Digital Organising Strategy within TAA, including but not limited to:
- Working with the SLT to set the strategic objectives and direction of your area of responsibility in relation to the broader growth of the organisation, ensuring appropriate resources, KPIs and relevant tools are in place to assess progress and make judgements on priorities.
- Taking the lead on decision-making and problem-solving for all considerations relating to the area of responsibility, working with your department director and SLT around overlapping projects.
- Understanding the impact of socio-economic and sector specific changes that could impact the department, including wider trends around digital organising and campaigns.
- Supporting the department director with the management and mitigation of organisational risks by escalating issues within your department in a timely manner and supporting them with problem solving.
2. Lead on TAA’s digital organising approach, implementing online strategies as part of our campaigns, growing our membership, supporting our fundraising and building the systems needed to support these initiatives, including but not limited to:
- Leading the development and implementation of digital organising strategies as part of our youth-led organising campaigns, and support members and wider supporters to take action to deliver material change on issues that matter to our membership.
- Leading the development and implementation of digital strategies to deliver membership growth, working alongside colleagues to track and achieve key target numbers.
- Leading the development and implementation of online member journeys, from initial touch points with TAA through to leaders of our youth movement.
- Ensuring the right digital platforms and technology (including website, WhatsApp, CRM, email, social media) are used to facilitate the effective and efficient delivery of key objectives
- Supporting the crafting and implementation of campaign messaging and content to support our campaign aims.
- Supporting the Development Team to create and implement key digital mechanisms to fundraise, including with individual donors, HNWIs, corporate donors and international funders).
3. Lead on TAA’s communications, storytelling and engagement work, ensuring we have a clear, consistent and effective narrative that reaches people, including but not limited to:
- Leading the strategic direction of TAA’s storytelling work, ensuring narrative change is embedded across the programme and rooted in the lived experience, values, and leadership of our communities.
- Coordinating the distributed communications efforts by different teams, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs across all channels.
- Overseeing the development and delivery of multimedia content that shifts public understanding and showcases the impact of youth organising.
- Providing editorial oversight and creative leadership to ensure our digital storytelling is coherent, compelling, values-aligned, and responsive to the external environment.
- Supporting and advise the senior leadership team on narrative risks, opportunities, and emerging digital trends relevant to our movement goals.
4. Support our members to learn and grow as digital organisers in their own right, including but not limited to:
- Proactively build relationships with our members and grow our membership, through holding regular 1:1s and relational meetings that strengthen campaigns but more importantly help them to identify and act on their developing political interests and to plug them into relevant opportunities for growth at TAA and our wider networks.
- Hold a list of members that you are the relationship lead for, developing and delivering a live learning plan with many of them, supporting them to become powerful organisers.
- Work closely with the Programmes and Community teams to set trajectories and expectations for a young person’s campaigning and organising journey, their starting point coming into TAA, and the training and support they need.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings, holding space effectively and designing and delivering creative learning journeys for young people.
5. Be a key member of the Organising and Campaigns Team, including but not limited to:
- Support efforts to set the strategic direction and priorities for the Organising and Campaigns Team each financial year.
- Proactively develop an interest in the impact of political, socio-economic and sector specific changes that could impact the HOST Programme, department and TAA in general.
- Support the Director of Organising and Campaigns and Head of Organising and Campaigns with the management and mitigation of organisational risks presented by the Programme by escalating issues in a timely manner and supporting them with problem solving.
- Support colleagues in the Organising and Campaigns team to run events, training programmes and other key activities to deliver on departmental aims.
6. Culture, values and wider strategy and mission. Hold senior accountability for driving the achievement of our strategic objectives by embedding our vision, mission, strategy, ideology and cultural values across your area and the wider organisation. Play a central role in shaping organisational direction and leading cross-departmental priorities and initiatives, including but not limited to:
- Embodying and championing our commitment to social and economic justice, ensuring this is consistently reflected in organisational strategy, decision-making, delivery and partnerships
- Acting as a champion of organisational culture and values, setting the standard across teams and holding others to account in upholding these in practice
- Leading on identifying and driving opportunities that strengthen organisational impact, working closely with senior leadership, including the Director of Finance, HR and Ops, and contributing to high-level strategic direction
- Holding ultimate responsibility for identifying, assessing and addressing risks to our integrity, authenticity and alignment with our ideology and culture, taking decisive and timely action
- Enabling and lead effective cross-departmental collaboration, ensuring teams are aligned, appropriately resourced and working cohesively towards shared goals
- Shaping and model a culture of openness, care and accountability, contributing to organisational wellbeing approaches and supporting leaders across the organisation to do the same
- Taking ownership of your continued leadership development, while also actively developing others and building leadership capacity within your area
7. Governance and Compliance
- Provide strategic leadership on governance and risk management within your portfolio, working in close partnership with the Finance, HR and Operations team.
- Lead and hold accountability for risk identification, analysis and mitigation, ensuring risks to strategic objectives are anticipated, escalated and managed effectively
- Maintain oversight of risk across your area, ensuring robust systems, controls and practices are in place and consistently applied
- Ensure strong organisational compliance with TAA policies and practices, taking responsibility for their effective implementation, continuous improvement and alignment with wider organisational standards
- You will support Programmes and Community Departments by ensuring that the operations, structures, processes, and practices align with and support TAA's campaigning and organising goals, activating new allies' goals, and community goals
A BIT ABOUT YOU
- You are passionate about, and committed to, creating a more fair, just and equal world.
- You believe in the potential of young people to challenge the status quo and are dedicated to helping them become more powerful citizens.
- You have a deep understanding of, and a personal connection to, issues of social justice. You are attuned to how injustice affects young people and marginalised communities, and are well-informed on the key challenges they face, and are committed to driving meaningful change.
- You’ll be comfortable managing a “to-do” list of competing priorities and balancing your workload to meet competing deadlines.
- You’re a sensitive and thoughtful relationship-builder who is interested in building a network of relationships to support the Advocacy Academy’s work. You’re a great listener, and remember people’s names, faces, and stories.
- You’re a confident written and verbal communicator, who is comfortable with tailoring communication to reach a diverse range of audiences and stakeholders.
- You’re proactive, organised, and eager to learn, whether that’s chatting with potential funders, researching new opportunities or collaborating with teammates.
IDEAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- At least 2 years of experience in digital organising and campaigning on issues of social justice and
- At least 2 years of experience in direct content creation
- Strong written, verbal and visual (graphic, video or other) communication skills
- Experience working with different audiences or types of stakeholders
- Project management and experience working collaboratively across teams both in person and online
- Excellent organisational skills with confidence managing multiple tasks at the same time/ balancing multiple priorities to meet deadlines
- Experience with our existing systems e.g., Gmail/ Google Docs/ Google Sheets/ Canva
- Confidence working in a fast-paced environment
This is an outline of the responsibilities and duties of the Head of Digital Organising & Communications; it is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time to meet the changing needs of the Liberation Centre and our young people. Any changes will be made in consultation with the post holders.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates will be asked to provide a CV and a Cover Letter OR a supporting video application addressing the following questions (no more than 1000 words or 10 minutes for all questions).
- Tell us about a social justice issue that makes you angry and why it matters to you?
- Our Organisers support our members to organise and campaign on issues that matter to them.Tell us about a digital organising effort or campaign you were part of, what it achieved, what it didn’t, your role in that effort and any reflections you have about being part of it?
- Our Organisers support our members to identify and act on their developing political interests, including helping them to be more confident and comfortable developing and implementing organising strategies. Tell us about a time when you helped someone learn and develop their capacity to make change in the world?
- Include anything else you would like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the roles.
In addition, please also provide information on your notice period and your availability for interview. You may also attach any other content that would be relevant for us to have in order to showcase interest and experience. The content can come in any form of media, including but not limited to - a mind map of ideas, a timeline or portfolio of your work, life or experiences; a recording; a Powerpoint or other form of presentation; a song, article, poem or other writing samples.
DATES
- Closing Date: The deadline for applications 31st May 2026 by 10am.
- Task: If shortlisted you may be required to develop and present an outline of organising strategy on a topic shared in advance.
- First Round of Interviews (online): will be scheduled for 9th & 11th June 2026 (Dates are subject to change).
- Second Round of Interviews (IRL): will be scheduled for 24th June 2026 (Dates are subject to change).
Please be aware that we will be interviewing as we receive applications. The application date might be brought forward if we find the right person.
ONLINE OPEN HOUSE
Any questions? Give us a call. If you have any questions about the role or are interested in hearing more about what The Advocacy Academy is about, we are happy to do 15-20 mins exploratory phone call, including trying to find time with the Director of Organising and Campaigns if the questions are helpful. Contact using the email on the JD if you would like to explore further.
A NOTE ON USING AI TOOLS IN YOUR APPLICATION
We understand that AI tools like ChatGPT can be helpful when preparing an application, and you’re welcome to use them as a support. However, we’re most interested in hearing directly from you. Please ensure your application reflects your own voice, experiences, and perspective.
We value the unique insights, lived experiences, and ways of thinking that each candidate brings. These are what help us understand who you are and what you would bring to the role, and they are an important part of how we assess applications.
If you require any adjustments or support during the application process, please don’t hesitate to let us know. we’re committed to making our recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible.
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US
We aim to be representative of the community we are working with. We encourage applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, working class as well as disabled people, those living with mental health conditions, refugees and migrants. We welcome people from all identities who are made to feel marginalised.
We’re not just committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we actively celebrate diversity in all its forms. Let us know if we can do anything to make the application or interview process more accessible. If you are invited to interview, we will at that point ask you for any accessibility requirements or preferences.
As an employer we make all reasonable adjustments to support employees in their work if they are disabled or have a health condition. We support the Access to Work scheme which could provide you with financial support to get the help you need to do all tasks successfully. We are happy to facilitate Access to Work assessments and reclaims and would actively welcome applicants who would need this in order to do the job.
All staff who work on our programme must have, prior to starting work, a returned satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) dated no earlier than 1st January 2021. The Advocacy Academy will assist the application for, and pay for the processing of, a new DBS for staff members where required.
We welcome applications from people with convictions. Please disclose in your application if you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)) . We consider each person on their own merits, taking into account all the circumstances.
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