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Job Title: Navigator (Gwent)

Location: Gwent (Hybrid) – Home based with regular travel. The postholder will be required to meet veterans and professional partners face to face within the designated region and therefore must be based in the area. 

Contract:Two years fixed term with possibility of extension

Salary: £32,208 per annum full time

Hours: 37.5 hours full time

Now is the time to join our dynamic team in this unique opportunity for a hybrid role, based from home with regular travel across the local area. You will enjoy the flexibility of working remotely from your home, allowing you to efficiently manage your tasks and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Whether it's meeting clients, collaborating with team members, or attending partner meetings, you'll have the chance to immerse yourself in a range of diverse environments. This is the ideal opportunity to build and foster relationships across the region to ensure maximum support for the Veterans we work with. 

If you're a self-driven individual eager to make a meaningful impact while exploring new horizons, this role is tailor-made for you!

At the Poppy Factory, we help armed forces veterans to find meaningful and sustainable employment after service. This often means overcoming a longstanding health condition or injury, and other barriers to employment such as addiction & homelessness. Our aim is to empower veterans, help them to recognise their unique skills and give them the confidence and skills to move forwards in their career.

As a Navigator, you will be assisting veterans who are furthest from employment to engage in meaningful activity as they look to gradually progress back towards work. Based at your home, with regular travel, including some overnight stays at our Richmond offices. The Navigator is a non-clinical role focused on supporting Veterans with mental or physical health conditions. The role aims to support them to overcome various factors impacting their lives, to achieve improved well-being and reduced social isolation. Clients of the service may present with issues around housing, accessing relevant health care services, substance misuse, education and training, financial concerns, and benefits, amongst others. 

What do we need from you?

• Empathetic and effective communicator. You will be comfortable building rapport and trust with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

• A collaborative mindset. You will enjoy working as part of a team with colleagues based across the UK who support each other in what can sometimes be a challenging role. you will work closely with many other organisations for the benefit of the veterans you are supporting.

• Motivation and commitment. It takes hard work, tenacity, and time to help people reach their goals. You will sometimes be helping people in challenging circumstances who need intensive support to move forwards.

• Adaptability. This is hugely varied role, and no two days are the same. You will need to balance competing priorities or quickly shift focus depending on the needs of the people you are supporting.

Why should you apply?

• A chance to give back to our armed forces and make a positive and lasting impact to the lives of veterans and their families.

• Competitive salary and benefits package including generous holiday and pension contributions.

• A welcoming and empowering culture, with regular opportunities for team building throughout the year.

• Variety in the role, a mix of travelling in your area, home working and occasional visits to the historic Poppy Factory in Richmond, London

• The opportunity to develop your region and build relationships with employers and other support services that best meet the needs of the people you’re supporting.

• Be part of an iconic charity with a 100-year history

For further information, including the full job description for the role, please refer to the candidate pack.

How to apply

To apply for this position please send your CV and a covering letter clearly outlining how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification as set out in the candidate pack and submit via the online application process. Please address your covering letter to Kirsty Gronow, Services Manager.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Kirsty Gronow.

The closing date for applications will be 13 July 2025. Please note, we are unable to accept late or incomplete applications.

First stage interviews will take place on 15 July, with second stage interviews scheduled for 21-22 July.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to equality, valuing diversity and promoting inclusion within our workforce, including the volunteers who give their time to us.  We work to maintain an environment where the needs and aspirations of all employees are met, irrespective of characteristics protected under the legislative framework of the Equality Act 2010. We expect everyone to understand and accept their personal responsibility to recognise and value differences and the unique contributions that people make to the way we deliver our work. As an equal opportunities employer our commitment is to take positive measures to recruit people from underrepresented groups, and we actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for any job applicant with a disability who meets the essential criteria for the role. Please indicate in your covering letter if you wish to be considered under this scheme. We are also happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process to accommodate disabled candidates. 

Additionally, we offer a guaranteed interview to veterans of the UK armed forces or members of the Reservist forces who meet the essential role criteria. Please make it clear in your application if you wish to be considered on this basis. Please note, to be eligible for consideration under this scheme your application must demonstrate that you meet the essential role criteria as set out in the person specification.

About The Poppy Factory

The Poppy Factory aims to be an exemplar employer. We recognise the impact that working with a challenging cohort can have on our staff, which is why we prioritise work/life balance and support mechanisms including training, supervision and EAP provision.

The Poppy Factory provides competitive terms and conditions of employment, including:

• Opportunity for home-based/hybrid and flexible working
• 28 days’ basic annual leave per year (including a day in lieu of Armistice Day, and 3 days’ Christmas closure), rising to 32 days with long service, plus bank holidays
• Double-matched pension contributions up to 10% employer contribution

About the role:

We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as a Young Person’s Worker in Islington, Camden and Waltham Forest.

In this role, you will have the unique chance to make a lasting impact on young people who are at risk of homelessness, empowering them to build fulfilling, independent lives. Your day to day responsibilities will include managing a caseload of clients, developing personalised support and safety plans, and guiding young people through the process of moving into independent accommodation, employment, and education.

As a Young Person’s Worker, you will work within a trauma informed, strengths based framework, ensuring that the needs and aspirations of each young person are at the heart of your approach. You will act as the lead worker for each individual, supporting them in developing life skills like budgeting, self care, and cooking while helping them access vital services such as mental health support, housing advice, and employment opportunities. Your role will be crucial in motivating and coaching young people to take ownership of their futures, helping them navigate their journey to independence with confidence.

Working at Single Homeless Project (SHP) means being part of a committed, supportive team that’s dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of young people. In addition to the difference you will make, you will also have the opportunity to grow your own career, with access to ongoing training and professional development. If you are ready to be part of something truly meaningful and make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

About you:

• You bring experience working with young people in the community and in accommodation services.
• Your toolkit includes practical skills in motivation and coaching young people
• Your approach is creative, analytical, trauma-informed and rooted in a strengths and recovery model.
• You can creatively inspire opportunities for our young people to thrive and to develop to their highest potential.
• A non-judgmental approach to working with complex needs young people and to promote a strengths-based approach and an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to supporting young people achieve the outcomes and goals we support them to set for themselves.

About Us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life. We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 12,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for young people in need. Apply now to become a pivotal part of our dynamic team. Together, we'll transform lives and build a stronger community.

Important Info:

Closing Date: Sunday 13th July at midnight

Interview Date: Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th July at SHP Head office in Kings Cross.

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. 

Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s largest charities, providing a range of services focused on supporting people and communities to transform their lives.

Our new business development manager (BDM) will sit within our Specialist Business Development Team, working alongside other BDMs to manage a busy pipeline of business development activity across the following markets:

• Prisons and community criminal justice
• Homelessness and street outreach
• Smoking Cessation
• Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
• Children and Young People
• Scottish Services

If you have proven experience within any of these fields, a commitment to CGL values and a passion for supporting people to make positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

Change Grow Live is looking for a Business Development Manager (Specialist Services) to join our dynamic, high-performing, national Business Development Team and lead our response to this exciting national opportunity.

Joining us means taking on a key leadership role as part of our successful national team, and the chance to share and further develop your skills, knowledge and experience, whilst working with great people from across our organisation.

Full Time Salary: £52,221 - £57,786 (pro-rata). If you’re based in London and regularly travel to the office, you’ll receive an additional £4,072.06 per year (pro-rata)

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

The role

CGL’s Business Development Team is a large national team. This role will sit within a smaller specialist services sub-team, who have responsibility for retaining existing specialist contracts and winning new business opportunities.

You will work with a small group of bid writers to oversee all aspects of the tender process. You will also have responsibility for pipeline management and work closely with our services and operational colleagues to navigate processes under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations.

You will work collaboratively with people who use our services, front line staff and managers, clinicians, departmental leads and senior stakeholders including Directors, to develop service delivery models, budgets and partnerships for tenders and proposals.

You will have the opportunity to visit and engage with our staff and service users across the country, to learn about our services and specific local needs and challenges.

As a leader within our national Business Development Management Team, you will lead on improving the quality of our work and developing our team culture, thinking creatively, sharing your own knowledge and experiences, and challenging existing ways of working.

Ultimately you will play a key role in the design, development and delivery of our services and will help us to deliver on our organisational mission, strategy and values.

About you

You’ll be a highly competent project manager, with proven experience of leading and managing complex tenders and other projects in related fields.

You’ll be an excellent writer, with experience of writing tenders, bids and proposals.

You’ll be a confident and highly competent communicator, have excellent IT skills, be highly numerate and be able to analyse and work with complex data and financial information.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can contact Hannah Carlin, Senior Business Development Manager, to discuss this role further.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We put our values into action. We trust and believe in our staff.

Be part of an amazing team.

Competitive pay (including London weighting if applicable), pension and other benefits.

Flexible working options including working from home and offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, and Manchester.

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. When we’re recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We’re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 47 to 52 (£52,221.35 - £57,786.02)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

30/6/2025

Christ's College is seeking to appoint a full-time, permanent Management and Investment Accountant.

Management and Investment Accountant
Location: St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3BU
Salary: £46,735 - £52,566 per annum
Vacancy type: Permanent, Full time, 36.5 hours per week

The Management & Investment Accountant will work with the Head of Finance, the Bursar and College budget holders to effectively manage income and expenditure and make decisions that will positively contribute to the financial position of the College. This will be achieved through timely provision of accurate financial information to key decision makers.

We would like to hear from you if you have previous experience and a good working knowledge of accounting and financial reporting, and are proactive, well organised, and diligent. The abilities to work to deadlines whilst paying attention to detail, and work both as an individual and as part of a team are essential.

The benefits on offer are many and include 33 days’ annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), pension scheme, a free meal when at work, and the opportunity to work in a beautiful environment. Facilities on-site include a college gym and a multi-faith prayer room. 

Closing date: Noon on Monday 7 July 2025

Interested?

Please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can find further information and details on how to complete your application.

No agencies please.

The school will support up to thirty learners,
with social, emotional and mental health needs, providing a broad and balanced 
curriculum alongside bespoke support to improve pupils’ positive mental health and 
wellbeing. Driven by a fully-inclusive philosophy, we want to empower our learners 
through: 
• real-world experiences 
• outstanding learning and teaching 
• rigorous and high–quality critique and feedback of pupils’ work 
• dynamic leadership – including staff and pupil leadership 
• a culture of respect 
• pathways to post-16 education, employment or training.

About Olive AP Academy – North View

Just forty minutes from central London by train, OA – North View is a brand new SEMH provision, which is due to open in September 2025. This school will support up to 30 learners with social, emotional and mental health needs, providing a broad and balanced curriculum.

Alongside this, we will also offer bespoke support for our pupils’ mental health and wellbeing and help for pupils to understand themselves and their emotions. We will be driven by a fully-inclusive philosophy and we want to empower our learners to realise their full potential so that they can take their space successfully in the wider community. We will:

• give pupils real-world experiences

• deliver outstanding learning and teaching

• offer rigorous and high–quality critique and feedback of pupils’ work

• develop dynamic leadership – including staff and pupil leadership

• maintain a culture of respect

• create a pathway to post-16 education, employment or training

This is your chance to improve the education, and lives, of some of the most vulnerable children and young people in Tilbury, Essex. If you have the experience and enthusiasm to make a lasting difference to the pupils we support, we would love to hear from you.

Thank you for your interest.

Kerry Geary 
Head of School, OA-North View  

Impact, on and off the pitch...

We are excited to be searching for a Men's Player Education and Welfare Officer to join us on a Casual basis. You will organise, facilitate and deliver an outstanding learning environment in all scheduled education sessions with England Development team players whilst they are on England international duty.

What You'll Do?

• Set up and organise all player education equipment for the duration of the camp or tournament.
• Print and organise all player education tasks ahead of each learning session.
• Ensure that all scheduled education sessions are delivered and supported whilst on camp, and to lead on this delivery.
• Provide flexible educational support, tailored to player's individual needs.
• Collate feedback and share with all education providers, club education staff, and parents / carers on player's progress, and where appropriate liaise with key stakeholders if required during the camp. Ensure that this feedback is completed within 2 days of the camp or tournament finishing.
• To be the designated Welfare Officer whilst on camp. Support the MDT to ensure that the player's welfare and safeguarding policy is upheld, with a focus on pastoral care throughout the camp duration.
• Work with the Team Manager and Head Coach to support supplementary organised activities i.e. life skills, cultural workshops, or educational visits.
• Attend at least one MDT planning meeting before each camp, and one MDT review meeting post-event to ensure appropriate handover and transfer of information from FA staff to event staff and vice versa.
• Support with off camp projects and stakeholder communication as required and directed.
• Respect the England team elite performance environment at all times.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties or additional tasks as directed by the Player Education Coordinator or other FA staff.
• Executes additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What You'll Need?

Essentially for the role:

• Safeguarding and Welfare Expertise: A thorough understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures, including The FA's Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures.
• Relevant Qualifications: Teaching Qualification (PGCE, QTS, or equivalent) is essential. Additional desirable qualifications include Elite Athlete Wellbeing course, Player Care equivalency, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification.
• Experience in Welfare Roles: Prior experience in a welfare/pastoral position within a football or sports setting is essential.
• Understanding of Football Development Programmes: Knowledge of The Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) is desirable

Beneficial to also have:

• Education programmes: working knowledge of BTEC Sport Performance and Excellence, Sporting Excellence Professional (SEP) Apprenticeship Standard.
• Collaboration with Stakeholders: Proven ability to work collaboratively with coaches, parents, and external agencies to support player welfare and development.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities to effectively interact with players, staff, parents, and external partners. This includes the ability to present information clearly and handle confidential matters discreetly.
• Organisational Skills: Exceptional organisational abilities to manage multiple responsibilities, such as scheduling meetings, maintaining records, and coordinating educational initiatives.
• IT Proficiency: Competence in using standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite) and familiarity with databases or case management systems used for tracking player welfare and development.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to assess situations, evaluate risks, and make informed decisions to ensure the safety and well-being of players.

What's in it for you?

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations. We have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English football. We are also delighted to have a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Social Care IDVA - RBKC

Salary: £26,000 - £32,000

Location: Across three locations within RBKC and Hammersmith Head Office

Contract: Permanent

Hours p/w        35 hours per week (some working from home up to 2 days)

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

About us

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.  We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community. 

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. 

About the role:

The Social Care IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy, and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process, specialising in working with women whose families are involved with Family Children Services and risk to children is a factor.  You will work to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. This role is part advocacy, part training/education and project work to improve response to victim/survivors experiencing domestic abuse. You will be embedded in the local authority Family Children Services team, working with Social Care professionals to ensure they adopt a trauma informed approach, can recognise the dynamics of domestic abuse and are providing more holistic support. You will be the domestic abuse subject matter expert on site, upskilling fellow professionals and acting as a point of contact for any clients experiencing domestic abuse and support requirements from Family Children Services.

The Social Care project was established in 2021 and has been working in partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham Family Children Services, so the IDVAs will inherit strong working relationships and a commitment from all parties to offering more trauma-informed services.  The borough has a focus on prioritising and developing good DA work in social care and this is an opportunity to be a major player in institutional change, ensuring that women accessing Family Children services for their children have an improved experience and that the local authorities are leading the way for all survivors engaging with their services.

Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Brent, Ealing, and across parts of East London. We work within a coordinated partnership response to domestic violence to provide independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people and women’s community services for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, in anti-social behaviour or are at risk of breaking the law.

About You:

You will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children and of best practice within the domestic abuse in various areas of need, with particular knowledge on children safeguarding/legislation. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, of supporting women with child safeguarding, needs, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.

To be successful as the Social Care IDVA you will need the below experience and skills:

• You will establish positive, proactive, and innovative working relationships with housing services and partner agencies.Provide high-quality crisis intervention, information, advocacy, and proactive support to women referred to the service, in respect to risk management and safety planning, criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights, and children’s legislation.
• Your abilities extend to assessing the needs and risks of survivors, carry out short and longer-term risk management, safety planning and support and identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs.Advising women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies and proactively advocate to ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are reduced. You will work as an advocate and educator to raise awareness and upskill professionals within Children Social Care plus work with colleagues to successfully develop and deliver training.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered. 

Interviews are taking place on rolling basis

*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) 
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• Thorough induction and training
• Career development pathways 

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email contact the Talent team via our website and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

The Operations team forms the bedrock of the charity and this new role offers considerable room for growth and development.

Working with the wider Operations & Impact team, you will lead on managing the tech [SS1] and office environments, taking ownership of the relationships with key external suppliers, ensuring that the team has the support and equipment they need to do their best work.

You will also work closely with the Operations team to co-ordinate the trustee meeting cycle, scheduling meetings, and acting as the key contact point for trustees.

You will work closely with the CEO by providing some support with arranging and scheduling meetings, and as such will be comfortable communicating at all levels.

You will be central to the entire National Numeracy team, maintaining the internal meeting structure and framework that supports a hybrid working environment.

You will be joining the only independent charity in the UK dedicated to improving the nation’s numeracy at a time when the profile of our charity and the numeracy issue is rising. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated with bags of energy and initiative.

Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s largest charities, providing a range of services focused on supporting people and communities to transform their lives.

We are looking for someone with proven experience of leading and managing multiple complex tenders in the criminal justice field or services closely aligned to criminal justice.

If you have proven business development experience within criminal justice, a commitment to CGL values, and a passion for supporting people to make positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

Change Grow Live is looking for a 9-months fixed term Business Development Manager (Commissioned Rehabilitative Services) to join our dynamic, high-performing, national Business Development Team and lead our response to this exciting national opportunity.

Full Time Salary: £52,221 - £57,786 (pro-rata). If you’re based in London and regularly travel to the office, you’ll receive an additional £4,072.06 per year (pro-rata)

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

The role

CGL’s Business Development Team is a large national team. This role will sit within a smaller specialist services sub-team, who have responsibility for retaining existing specialist contracts and winning new business opportunities.

This new fixed-term role will be responsible for leading all business development activities related to the upcoming national Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS) opportunity.

You will work collaboratively with operational and central support colleagues to: develop service delivery models; form national, local, and regional partnerships; lead budgeting; and manage the writing of multiple concurrent tenders.

You will have the opportunity to visit and engage with our staff and service users across the country to learn about our services and specific local needs and challenges.

Ultimately you will play a key role in the design, development and delivery of our services and will help us to deliver on our organisational mission, strategy and values.

About you

You’ll be an experienced manager and leader, with a proven track record in securing and retaining contracts and leading and managing complex tenders in the criminal justice field or services closely aligned to criminal justice. 

You’ll be a confined and highly competent communicator and have proven experiencing of developing national and local partnerships.

You’ll be an excellent writer, with experience of writing tenders, bids and proposals for national procurement processes.

You will have excellent IT skills, be highly numerate and be able to analyse and work with complex data and financial information.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can contact Hannah Carlin, Senior Business Development Manager to discuss this role further.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We put our values into action. We trust and believe in our staff.

Be part of an amazing team.

Competitive pay (including London weighting if applicable), pension and other benefits.

Flexible working options including working from home and offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, and Manchester.

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. When we’re recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We’re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 47 to 52 (£52,221.35 - £57,786.02)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

30/6/2025

Job Title: Finance and Business Operations Manager

Base of Work: Hybrid, typically minimum 1 day per week at Community Impact Bucks Office near Aylesbury with the rest working from home.

Hours: 24 hours per week across min 4 days (0.7 FTE)

Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 per annum FTE  

Contract: Permanent

Are you an experienced manager with a sound knowledge of financial management procedures, HR and governance?

We are looking for a savvy and adaptable finance and business operations manager to support our charity with financial management, HR operations, governance and office management.

You will be an experienced manager with strong all-round finance capabilities, driven to ensure robustness and efficiency across all elements of our finance, HR and governance in a busy charity setting.

You will be adept at managing multiple income streams in a complex environment, enjoy supporting Trustees and colleagues in day to day financial management and HR processes as well as working with the Head of Finance and Leadership team on strategic finance and business planning discussions, providing relevant and up to date financial and HR information, taking responsibility for the charity’s day to day accounting and business operation functions.

About the charity 

We are a local charity that enables people and organisations to get involved, helping to build strong and vibrant communities in Buckinghamshire.   

We do this by helping people find volunteering opportunities, advising charities and other not-for-profit groups on all aspects of running an organisation, and directly supporting those most in need in the community.  

The Role 

The purpose of the Finance and Business Manager is to provide the necessary professional expertise to enable the Charity to successfully execute its strategy and achieve its objectives on time and within budget, while exceeding stakeholder expectations.  

The role will be responsible for:  

• Ensuring sound financial and governance procedures and control.
• Overseeing the management of the charity’s internal business operations, including payroll, HR and premises.  
• Line managing the Finance and Operations assistant.   
• Maintaining and developing a sound system of financial management and control, working closely with the Head of Finance.  
• Working alongside budget managers to ensure that they have a full understanding of financial information to enable them to make informed decisions.  
• Leading on day-to-day financial operations including management accounting, timely issue of invoices to clients and funders and collection of receipts, cash flow management, managing investments, VAT, overseeing petty cash, company credit cards, donations and payments, gift aid recovery and purchase invoices.  
• Overseeing the management of the charity’s internal business operations, including payroll, HR and premises.
• Overseeing the implementation of effective HR and recruitment procedures, record-keeping and staff development. 
• Advising on budget drafting and resourcing for new activity and funding bids, including developing and implementing the full cost recovery model.  

What we offer:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year)
• Onsite parking and lovely office setting
• Wide range of free training courses, plus personal development opportunities
• Supportive and inclusive environment with lots of positivity 
• Company pension scheme with 5% employer contribution

Diversity & Inclusion 

Community Impact Bucks is committed to challenging inequality and values the diversity of our communities in Buckinghamshire. We recognise that reflecting that diversity will only ever make our organisation better. We work to ensure an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed and supported to succeed and thrive. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities.

How to apply 

To apply, please send a CV with a cover letter explaining how your skills, experience and interests meet the Job Description and Person Specification by Friday 27 June 2025. 

For more information, please download the Job Description and Person Specification located at the bottom of this ad, or visit our website - Community Impact Bucks.

Interviews will take place in person at our office in Aylesbury. 

Background:

Consumers International is the only global membership organisation bringing together over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries to empower and champion the rights of consumers.

We work with our members and partners, across national borders to address critical, systemic global issues that impact and involve consumers. Representing and empowering consumers, we are their voice in international policy-making forums and the global marketplace to shape a world where everyone has access to safe and sustainable products and services.

Working for Consumers International provides the opportunity to build solutions and partnerships to address the foremost marketplace issues and opportunities at global scale.

Purpose of the role:

The purpose of the role is focused on generating and developing monthly management accounts information and providing insight and direction to the Director General and Leadership Team. Reporting directly to the ‘Head of Finance and Organisation Development’, the Management Accountant will play a key role across the business in improving data capture and managing reporting across the team. This role will be on a part time basis of 2 days a week.

This role will suit someone who is looking to join a small, dynamic and growing organisation to run the management reporting process and provide timely and accurate financial management information. Systems experience with ‘Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’ accounting package would be an added advantage.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Preparing monthly management accounts, including comparatives to budgets, trends and forecasts

· Compiling Balance sheet reconciliations

· Preparing quarterly Project ‘Income and Expenditure’ reports for Project Managers

· Preparing interim/final financial Project reports for submission to Funders

· Preparing quarterly VAT returns

· Providing accurate and timely financial information to support the organisational financial strategy and decision-making process

· Ensuring all transactions are recorded, filed and reported correctly

· Streamlining and improving accounting systems, controls and process environment

· Reviewing and updating current suite of organisational policies

· Preparing annual budget

· Preparing supporting schedules for Annual audit and working with external Accountants to assist in the preparation of annual financial statements

Finance Business Partner: £500 - £534 per day (Umbrella) | Hybrid | Birmingham

For Europe's largest infrastructure project, based in Birmingham, we are recruiting an interim Finance Business Partner for the Corporate Services Directorate, and specially to partner with the CIO and the IT Directorate. Working within central finance, this role reports to the Senior Finance Business Partner, and provides financial support and critical analytical challenge to directorate business managers and executives to ensure the organisation achieves financial targets and delivers value for money within the budgets set by the comprehensive spending review.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for looking after a portfolio of directorates (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities) and the corporate expenditure in the monthly financial accounts
• Drive consistent month-end reporting and review of all Corporate Directorate (c£200M)
• Lead business planning and forecasting processes, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations
• Provide Workforce Actual costs and forecast information to inform programme estimates
• Challenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectives
• Supporting Corporate Directors in determining the appropriate disaggregation and delegations to Contracts
• Review financial endorsement of Change and Investments, provide assurance to Finance Director that reporting expenditure and contract payments are appropriate
• Work to NAO Audits as required; Liaise regularly with Corporate Directors, Procurement and Supply Chain, Business Managers, Finance Teams and Corporate Finance Teams

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified
• Experience in business planning, forecasting, business partnering and corporate finance
• Knowledge of Oracle accounting systems or other similar ERP systems
• Experience in working with Corporate Directors, budget holders, Business Managers, Head of HR, and wider Finance teams
• Ability to interpret financial information and determine IFRS treatment
• Ability to use Excel to analyse large and complex data sets and provide useful management information
• Experience in providing financial information to inform project decisions and cost, schedule, and quality consequences

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Store Manager to join Barnardo's on a Full Time, Permanent Basis.

As a Store Manager you will manage the day to day running of our Kirkby Stephen Store, leading a team of colleagues to maximise store sales and profits. By doing so you will play a crucial role in raising the funds for the amazing services and support Barnardo's provides for children, young people, parents, and carers across the UK.

Location: 14 Market Street, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4QS

Working Pattern: As the store is open 7 days a week, the successful post holder will be required to on a rota basis which will include weekend, evening, and bank holiday working.

Parking is available behind the shop and there is also a free car park nearby to the store.

Some but not all key responsibilities are:

• Ensuring stock is generated over the door by members of the public and donors sign up to the Gift Aid scheme.
• Ensure that the high standard of service to customers that is expected by Barnardo's is maintained at all times.
• Implement promotions in the Store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager.
• Maintain a high standard of presentation, both in the windows and the interior of the Store.
• Ensure there is adequate stock available on the shop floor, at all times, on all key lines
• Provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals for paid staff to enable them to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively.
• Create an organised and pleasant working environment for staff and volunteers.
• Actively recruit the correct/specified number volunteers to deliver the stores objectives and KPI's.
• Ensure all financial, cash handling and security procedures are adhered to as per the Barnardo's Manager's Manual and the relevant Retail procedures.
• Hold the shop keys, ensuring that the shop is secure whenever it is left unattended.

Idea Candidates Must Haves:

• Ability to deliver excellent customer service.
• Experience of managing people
• Ability to liaise and respond to a variety of people from varying backgrounds.
• Ability to meet the needs of customers on a face-to-face basis, in order to generate sales and increase customer usage of the shop.
• Ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply up to four figures in order to maintain budgets and complete accurately weekly income/banking sheets.
• Ability to handle cash and reconcile accurately.
• Proven experience of meeting targets and KPI's.
• Basic IT skills.

The full Job description and Person profile is available below. Please read this before applying to ensure that the job matches your skills and experience.

* As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check.

Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application.

The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters,and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards and gifts.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

About the role:

We are looking for Night Support Assistants to join our dedicated Youth Services team, supporting young people aged 16 and over in Lewisham and Greenwich. Working in a supported accommodation setting, you will play a vital role in creating a safe and nurturing environment for at risk young people and young people leaving care, helping them navigate their personal challenges and work towards their goals. Your presence and support at night are crucial to the overall wellbeing and development of the young people we serve.

In this role, you will oversee the overnight operation of our schemes, ensuring that the needs of each young person are met. You will be the first point of contact during the night, responding to incidents, emergencies, and any late-night activities. This responsibility is not only about keeping the service running smoothly but also about making a real difference in the lives of the young people in your care, building important nurturing relationships. Your guidance, compassion, and ability to handle situations calmly will empower them to feel safe and supported at all times.

The impact of this role is far-reaching, as you contribute directly to the success and safety of our service, helping young people overcome their challenges and make positive steps towards independence. Your work will ensure that the service continues to offer a stable, supportive environment where young people can thrive. As a Night Supported Housing Assistant, you will be at the heart of this critical support system, playing a pivotal role in both the day-to-day function of the service and the long-term growth and wellbeing of the residents.

Rota patterns: Greenwich: 38 hours over Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun. Lewisham post 1: 31.5 hours over two patterns - Week 1: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. Lewisham post 2: 42 hours over Thurs, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

About you:

• Proven ability of successfully working with vulnerable young people or young adults at-risk.
• Experience of working in a team delivering a quality customer focussed service.
• The ability to manage complex/challenging behaviours and adapt your approach according to those varying needs.
• Sound I.T and numerical skills.
• A flexible, resilient and thoughtful approach to your work.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 12,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 6th July at midnight

Interview date: Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th July at SHP Head Office in Kings Cross

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant. 

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