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The Society of Authors (SoA) is the UK's largest trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. We’ve been advising authors and speaking out for the profession since 1884.
We’re currently looking to welcome a Finance Manager to our team.
The role
The Finance Manager leads on the operational management of the finance function to ensure there are robust financial controls, effective reporting and efficient day-to-day financial operations across the organisation, including our ancillary charities and literary estates. The postholder is expected to foster excellent working relationships across the organisation with all staff, member volunteers, senior colleagues, board members and charity trustees.
Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer, the Finance Manager has significant responsibility for:
· Management accounts and reporting
· Budgeting and forecasting
· Cashflow oversight
· Audit and compliance
· Financial controls and process improvement
· Operational financial analysis
Responsibilities
Day-to-day financial management
- Manage the day-to-day finances for the organisation. Ensuring all aspects of the financial systems are accurate and kept updated including banking and sales and purchase ledgers.
- Manage the finances for our 14 charities. Ensure all aspects of the financial systems are kept updated.
- Undertake monthly reconciliations ensuring all transactions are properly and efficiently recorded.
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns for the organisation including the partial VAT exemption calculation.
- Oversee the management and appropriate allocation of any restricted funds for the charities ensuring that monies are allocated as per donor wishes or grant specifications.
- Prepare any ad hoc budget request and figures for other departments or the management.
- Regularly review and maintain financial policies and procedures.
- Support with funding bids and reports for donors and grant-making bodies.
Budget process management
- Work closely with the Chief Operating Officer on preparing the annual budgets for the organisation and our ancillary charities.
- Prepare quarterly figures for review, explaining any variation from budgeted figures.
- Monitor the actual spend against budgets for all the charities.
· Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the needs of the organisation and our charities in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Charities.
- Work closely with all Departmental Heads to ensure they fully understand their budgets and ongoing organisational performance against budget.
Statutory reporting
- Assist the Chief Operating Officer with the preparation of the organisation’s accounts.
- One of the main points of liaison with the external auditors, ensuring all supporting papers are collated for an efficient and effective annual audit to take place.
- Maintain fixed asset register and inventory of all equipment contracts and agreements.
- Ensure adequate controls are in place to safeguard the financial assets of the organisation.
- Lead on preparing all our charity accounts.
- Assist the COO to ensure the organisation and its ancillary charities are compliant with statutory bodies and external institutions including:
o Companies House
o Certification office
o Charity Commission
o HMRC
o All banks and payment processors
Financial risk management
- Work with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that the appropriate processes are in place for the long-term financial viability of the organisation.
- Develop, update and produce long-term cashflow forecasts for both the organisation and our ancillary charities.
· Ensure appropriate financial risk management techniques and controls are in place at strategic and operational levels.
Governance support to the Finance Sub-Committee and Charity Trustees
- Assist in the preparation of all associated papers and minutes for the Finance Sub- Committee.
- Assist the Chief Operating Officer in preparing papers for Board and Charity Trustees.
The duties above outline the broad areas of responsibility. The SoA reserves the right to vary these duties to suit the requirements of the business.
Person specification
Essential
- Minimum part-qualified accountant or qualified by experience with strong financial management experience, with an ability to understand the practical impact of finance decisions and processes across the organisation.
· Strong IT skills including the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel, and experience of using databases.
- Experience of using Sage 50 Cloud Accounts.
- Significant experience and confidence in managing a full range of finance operations in a small or medium sized organisation in the not-for-profit sector.
- Confident presenting financial information to non-financial audiences.
- Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, organisation and communication skills.
· Resilience in working under pressure, ability, and willingness to both give and take constructive feedback.
· Bring ideas for improvements and is open and honest in all communications where relevant and appropriate.
- Ability to work with the Chief Operating Officer to develop the formulation of long-term financial plans and strategies for the society and its ancillary charities.
Desirable Skills
· Specialist knowledge of Charities, including Charity SORP guidance and procedures, underpinned by strong theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
· Experience of working for a trade onion or a membership organisation.
· Tax and charities law, including a good understanding of partially exempt VAT status.
What we offer
As a progressive and ethical not-for-profit organisation, we offer a range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. We are a London Living Wage and a Disability Confident – Committed employer.
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Death-in-service benefit (8 x salary)
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible, hybrid working practices.
- Family-friendly, disability-confident inclusive culture
- Generous annual leave, including all bank holidays.
- Salary exchange pension scheme
- Interest-free annual travel card loan
- *Office closure over Christmas
- Private healthcare
*Colleagues can work over the Christmas period, although the building is closed. For those who wish to take additional time off, colleagues take these days from their annual leave allowance.
As an employer, we nurture a working environment in which staff can grow and develop. We recognise the value of flexibility in the way we work with a positive culture of hybrid working practices.
Inclusion, diversity, and representation are at the core of our values, and we work to tackle structural discrimination and prejudice. Part of this commitment means that we are looking to increase diversity in our organisation at all levels. We strongly encourage applications from a broad range of social, cultural, educational, and underrepresented backgrounds
To apply, please send your CV and a personal statement as a single document (max. 3 x A4 pages)
If any part of the application process is not accessible to you, please let us know.
Empowering authors since 1884. We have been advising individuals and speaking out for the profession for more than a century.
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Reporting to the Head of Internal Communications and working alongside a delivery manager, this new fixed term role will be a crucial colleague helping us to deliver a new network wide communications platform. The platform is key to a new internal communications strategy to enable the Age UK Network of local, national and international charities to collaborate more effectively and ultimately deliver more for older people.
This role will act as the internal communications team's key specialist on the project and work closely with a Delivery Manager, technology colleagues and our platform provider.
The successful candidate will bring significant internal communications experience and be able to demonstrate and evidence knowledge and significant expertise in setting up, launching and embedding a new intranet across a complex network of organisations. Strong collaboration and presentation skills are essential as the role will work with diverse stakeholders through the delivery and launch phases.
This is a hybrid opportunity, a blend of homebased and office working. Our linked office for this role is in London (EC3N 2LB). As this is a new fixed term role, with high stakeholder engagement, you will be expected to attend the office twice a week. Travel costs to the London office are not covered by the charity.
Please note: This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position.
Age UK internal grade: 4L
Last date for applications Monday 22nd June 2026.
Must haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
Experience
- Demonstrable and significant experience of delivering new online internal comms platforms (intranets) from start to finish (A, I, P)
- Evidence of significant experience of internal communications stakeholder management (A, I, P)
- Evidence of significant experience of devising and delivering training programmes as part of the establishment of new internal comms online platforms (A, I)
- Evidence of incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into internal communications strategies and content (A, I)
- Evidence of significant experience of devising and delivering content governance processes for internal communications platforms (A, I)
- Evidence of significant experience advising and coaching senior leaders on internal communications (A, I, P)
Skills and knowledge
- Evidence of strong project management skills within an internal communications context (A, I)
- Evidence of strong written communications skills, with the ability to distil complex information into compelling content (A, T)
- Strong knowledge of the workings of internal communications platforms (intranets) (A, I)
- Confident presenter and facilitator with evidence of strong presentation skills (I, P)
Personal attributes
- Evidence of strong people skills, including examples of collaborating across all levels of an organisation and across networks, federated structures or complex partnerships (I, P)
Great to Have's:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
Experience
- Previous experience of working within the charitable sector (A)
- Journalistic background (A)
- Experience of working in a federated organisation (A)
Skills and knowledge
- Evidence of strong video and audio experience for employee and partner audiences (A)
Please look at the attached job description for more information on the role responsibilities.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250
- Many additional benefits
Additional Information
Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.
Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
For a full list of benefits please visit our website.
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Fundraising Manager
28hrs/4 days a week - £39,000 pa pro rata (£48,750 full-time equivalent)
Reporting to: Head of Fundraising and Communications
Location: Wimbledon London SW19 with occasional UK travel. The office is just a few minutes’ walk from Wimbledon mainline and underground stations. (Hybrid option up to 2 day p/w working from home).
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund has been helping doctors, medical students and their families through hardship for almost 190 years. We are looking for an experienced relationship fundraiser to take ownership of our growing mid-value donor programme and help shape the future of supporter engagement at the charity.
This is an opportunity to build meaningful relationships with committed supporters, develop innovative stewardship strategies and contribute to a fundraising programme that has a direct and lasting impact on the lives of doctors within the medical profession.
Joining a friendly and collaborative team, you'll enjoy a high degree of autonomy, excellent benefits including a 15% employer pension contribution, flexible working arrangements and genuine opportunities for professional development.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced senior fundraiser to join our small and friendly fundraising and communications team. The Fundraising Manager is primarily responsible for developing, managing and growing the charity's mid-value donor programme. The role will steward and upgrade a defined portfolio of supporters, delivering excellent supporter experiences that increase donor retention, engagement and income. In addition, the post holder will support on individual giving, legacy fundraising and developing and stewarding a small portfolio of corporate partnerships.
Join a well-established, financially secure charity where people genuinely enjoy working together to make a difference. We pride ourselves on our friendly, collaborative culture, where everyone's contribution is valued and supported. As an organisation, we are committed to helping our employees develop and grow.
About RMBF
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) supports doctors, medical students, and their families, providing vital financial, practical, and emotional support when illness, disability, bereavement, or other life-changing circumstances create hardship. The RMBF helps hundreds of doctors each year, ensuring that those who have dedicated their lives to caring for others have somewhere to turn when they need help most.
For fundraisers, the RMBF is a fantastic cause to work for. We deliver tangible, life-changing assistance that enables beneficiaries to regain stability and, in many cases, return to medicine. We have a long history, a strong reputation, and deep roots within the medical community. We also have a loyal and engaged supporter base, with the majority of our donors coming from the profession.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a portfolio of mid-value supporters, delivering tailored stewardship, personalised communications, meetings, events and digital engagement that demonstrate impact, strengthen relationships and enhance the supporter experience.
- Design and implement segmented donor journeys and cultivation strategies that move supporters from mass fundraising communications to more personalised engagement, identifying opportunities to increase giving through appeals and special funding opportunities.
- Use donor insight, data analysis and supporter behaviour to monitor engagement and retention, reducing attrition, increasing lifetime value, and identifying supporters with the potential to upgrade their giving and progress towards major donor status.
- Develop, manage, and grow a small portfolio of corporate supporters, identifying and securing new fundraising opportunities including sponsorship, employee fundraising, and cause-related marketing initiatives.
- Manage the legacy giving programme, overseeing legacy administration and delivering targeted marketing and stewardship activities to raise awareness, generate enquiries and encourage supporters to leave a gift in their Will.
- Ensure all fundraising activity complies with relevant legislation, data protection requirements, fundraising regulations and organisational policies.
- Maintain accurate supporter records and activity tracking within the CRM system.
Personal Specification
- A proven track record in fundraising
- Ability to think strategically to identify potential donors, prioritise efforts and develop effective fundraising strategies. This includes analysing data, assessing donor potential and adapting approaches based on feedback and results.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain donor relationships and understand donor motivations and interests.
- Excellent written skills with an ability to craft compelling and personalised proposals, with a meticulous attention to detail.
- Confident and comfortable making telephone calls and meeting donors in person as a key part of relationship building and stewardship.
- Strong collaborative skills as a team player, whilst also able to work autonomously initiating and driving tasks as a self-starter.
- Experience using CRM systems and supporter data to drive fundraising performance.
- An understanding of the challenges facing doctors and medical students, including mental health and workplace pressures would be desirable.
Additional Information
- Occasional UK travel maybe required for donor meetings, events and conferences.
- Occasional evening or weekend work may be required (time off in lieu provided)
Package
- The remuneration package includes:
- Generous pension scheme with 15% employer contributions and 5% employee contributions with salary sacrifice option
- Death in service benefit
- Flexible working arrangements
- 25 days paid holiday in first year, increasing in stages to 30.5 days after four years’ service, plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Employee assistance programme
- Dental insurance
Application Instructions
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter. The cover letter should clearly demonstrate your relevant experience and explain how you meet the personal specification outlined in the job description. Applications that do not include both documents may not be considered.
Interview Process
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first-round online interview, scheduled for Wednesday 8th July. Successful candidates will progress to an in-person second-stage interview.
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter. The cover letter should clearly demonstrate your relevant experience and explain how you meet the personal specification outlined in the job description. Applications that do not include both documents may not be considered.
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Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 50% office attendance)
Summary Purpose - what you will be achieving:
The Policy Directorate brings together the Academy’s policy, analysis and external affairs functions to address major science and health policy issues in the UK and internationally. The Directorate works as a single, coordinated team, focusing resources on priority areas, applying strategic approaches, generating high‑quality evidence and insights, and engaging effectively with government, stakeholders and partners to inform decision‑making and influence policy.
You will work in the Academy’s new Analysis Function, which ensures that policy development, external engagement, and rapid response work are consistently underpinned by high‑quality analytical insight. Reporting to the Head of Policy Analysis, you will lead activities in a team that spans qualitative and quantitative methods, evidence synthesis, horizon scanning, policy modelling and evaluation.
You will work within the Policy Directorate (including the Policy Development and External Affairs functions) to improve the quality and impact of policy recommendations, and ensure decision-makers can rely on timely, trusted analysis.
About the role - what you will be doing:
1. Provide expert advice and guidance in support of policy analysis
- Work with the Head of Policy Analysis to develop the Analysis Function’s strategy, operating model, standards, governance and ways of working.
- Work with Policy Managers to agree strategies for evidence gathering in support of policy priorities.
- Advise on risks, uncertainties, and the implications of emerging scientific and technological trends as they pertain to the conduct of medical sciences and the health service.
2. Lead the Policy Directorate’s ‘rapid response’ function
- Lead the process of developing rapid responses to emerging policy opportunities.
- Oversee horizon scanning activities to ensure opportunities for rapid response are identified and planned for at early stages.
- Work with the Policy Directorate to agree, manage and quality assure rapid response projects.
- Where rapid response work has been commissioned by external organisations (e.g. government, arm’s length bodies), ensure their project needs are defined and addressed.
- Ensure rapid response outputs are underpinned by high‑quality analysis.
3. Project manage analytical activities
- Lead the Academy’s policy analysis projects, determining the best methodological approaches to gathering evidence that will inform policy development and external affairs.
- Manage the design and delivery of evidence syntheses, horizon scanning, modelling, impact assessments, stakeholder insight analysis, and evaluation.
- Lead colleagues in the Analysis Function to coordinate project planning and evidence-gathering activities.
- Support the Analysis Function with commissioning external analysis where appropriate.
- Regularly report on project progress, risks and issues to the Head of Policy Analysis.
4. Build analytical partnerships and external credibility
- Engage with analytical teams across government (e.g., DHSC, NHS England, UKRI, ONS), the charity sector, research funders and national academies.
- Engage with academic experts, methodologists, research networks and data holders to strengthen analytical depth.
- Represent the Academy in analytical or evidence‑focused fora.
- Work with the External Affairs team to support external activities.
Requirements
Essential
- Extensive experience working in analytical or evidence functions.
- Expertise in a range of analytical methods, such as: evidence synthesis, horizon scanning, behavioural insights, data analysis, evaluation, modelling, or forecasting.
- Experience in ensuring analytical quality assurance and establishing or applying analytical standards.
- Proven ability to engage with and communicate complex analytical findings clearly for non‑technical system partners, including government and sector representatives.
- Experience with working at pace and managing a range of projects.
- Good understanding of the UK science, research and health policy landscape and how evidence informs decision-making.
Desirable
- Previous work in a science, health, research or public policy environment (e.g., government, national academy, think tank, research funder).
- Experience with managing budgets and commissioning research.
Benefits
We provide our staff with a comprehensive benefits package outlined as follows:
Competitive rewards
- Generous pension scheme with flexible contributions – we contribute between 8% - 13% of your gross salary (with employee contributions of 3% - 8%).
- Life assurance at three times your salary.
Work-life Balance
- Hybrid and agile working. 50% office attendance.
- 26 days annual leave, plus Christmas closure days and bank holidays.
- Buying and selling leave.
- Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to a qualifying period).
Wellbeing and Development
- Complimentary subscriptions to Headspace and Classpass to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Support through tailored learning and development.
Additional Benefits
- A range of enhanced benefits become available once you’ve completed your probation period.
For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.
Closing date: 9:00am on Monday 6 July 2026.
Interviews will likely be held w/c 20 July 2026.
Your new organisation
A long-established humanitarian and environmental charity is seeking a qualified and proactive Financial Controller to join its small, dedicated finance team.
Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will play a key role in strengthening financial processes, improving reporting, and supporting senior leadership with timely, accurate management information.
Key responsibilities include:
- Financial support for operational teams
- Process and controls improvement across the finance function
- Balance sheet reconciliations and core accounting duties
- Assisting with management accounts and statutory accounts for multiple entities
- Preparing statutory returns (HMRC, Charity Commission, etc.)
- Manage one member of staff
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a fully qualified accountant and enjoy a hands-on, detail-focused role. You will enjoy working collaboratively and using your initiative to improve systems and processes.
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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Closing date: 16th June 2026 Interviews: 19th June 2026
This role leads a new flagship grants and strategic activity programme - a national outdoor play partnership supporting community foundations to deliver risky, adventurous and child-directed play opportunities for children aged 0–12 in up to 20 places across the UK. You will work in the UK Community Foundations team, the national backbone, co-ordinating and convening the wider partnership. The minimum £10m programme (likely larger) runs from June 2026 through November 2031, is delivered with seed funding from an anonymous lead funder.
You will be accountable for the day-to-day running of the programme. That means managing the relationship with the lead funder, overseeing delivery across the four-outcomes learning framework, coordinating the national learning and influence backbone, building and maintaining sector relationships, and ensuring the programme is delivered on time, on budget and to consistently high standards.
Alongside the programme, you will also support wider partnerships activity and act as a point of expertise on children and young people. You will advise the Partnerships team on CYP matters, provide a credible internal source of guidance on safeguarding, and keep UKCF abreast of policy and sector developments so we are well positioned to support community foundations to design and deliver further CYP-focused partnerships.
You do not need to have worked in community foundations before. We are interested in people who combine substantial programme leadership experience - ideally within funding or grant making, though other types of programme delivery are likely to be relevant - with credible CYP sector knowledge, and the confidence to balance delivery, stakeholder relationships, sector influence and partnership support across a complex multi-year portfolio.
The Partnerships & Insight team designs and delivers UKCF's national partnerships, brings new funding into the community foundation network, and grows our influence on the policy and funding environment community foundations operate in. This role sits at the heart of all of that, and gives you a broad view across the sector, the network and the wider VCSE landscape.
We know that good programme leadership depends on different perspectives, lived experiences and ways of working. We encourage applications from people who may not meet every requirement but feel excited by the role and believe they could grow into it.
Your portfolio
You will hold responsibility for two connected areas.
Programme management (0.65 FTE)
You will lead the end-to-end delivery of the programme across four outcomes - Reach & Access; Quality & Character of Play; Lasting Local Capacity; National Evidence, Learning & Influence - and the operational layer that sits behind them. You will lead programme planning, budget management, risk management and quality assurance, working closely with the Director of Partnerships & Insight.
You will manage the relationship with the lead funder, and any subsequent funders that come on board, including reporting, milestone delivery, board updates and stewardship of the partnership over the full grant period. You will also oversee community foundation onboarding, contracting, ongoing relationship management and convening across the cohort of around 20 delivery partners.
You will coordinate the national backbone of the programme – participating community foundations, learning partner, expert panellists, sector relationships, and the dissemination of evidence and influence outputs - and oversee learning outputsagainst the programme's two-layer tracking architecture.
You will build and maintain relationships that lead to the change the programme seeks to achieve and supports a potential continuation funding pipeline. You will represent UKCF and the programme externally - with funders, government, sector bodies and international peers, including our peers at community foundations in Canada.
Wider partnerships and CYP responsibilities (0.35 FTE)
You will support the Director of Partnerships and the wider team on general partnership matters, pitching in at crunch points and offering senior advice and leadership on design and delivery.
You will act as UKCF's internal point of information on safeguarding for children and young people, supporting the Partnerships team and wider colleagues to apply appropriate standards across CYP-related programmes and proposals. Training will be provided.
You will keep UKCF abreast of CYP sector developments - policy, funding landscape, research and practice - and translate these into practical advice for partnerships and field-building work. You will advise the team on CYP matters during pipeline development, scoping and proposal-writing, making sure new opportunities are well grounded in current sector knowledge.
You will build and maintain relationships with key CYP sector bodies, funders and expert networks to position UKCF as a credible, well-informed partner in the children and young people space, and you will contribute to UKCF's wider thought leadership and external profile on CYP, including occasional speaking, writing and convening.
Your wider responsibilities
Like everyone at UKCF, you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation. You will partner with Communications, Finance, Field Building and other teams to support wider organisational activity, contribute to the development of the Partnerships & Insight team and to UKCF's culture, standards and ways of working, and take on other reasonable duties commensurate with the role.
What you will bring
We are looking for someone who combines substantial programme leadership with credible CYP sector knowledge, and who is comfortable holding the whole of a complex programme in view while making sound day-to-day decisions. You might recognise yourself in some, but not necessarily all, of the following.
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Programme leadership and judgement - able to hold a complex, multi-year programme in view while making sound day-to-day decisions.
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Excellent written and verbal communication, adapted confidently for funders, government, community foundations, sector peers and internal audiences.
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Diplomatic, confident and effective relationship-building and influence with senior and varied stakeholders.
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Proactive problem-solving - acting on initiative, diagnosing issues early and proposing practical solutions.
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Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance multiple deadlines and priorities across a complex portfolio.
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Creativity, flexibility and intuition, with a willingness to adapt your approach as the programme evolves.
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Commitment to learning and improvement, including reflecting on your own practice and seeking continual development.
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Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and climate justice, and interest in how these values shape programme design, participation and whose voices are heard.
Essential experience
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Senior programme leadership: substantial experience leading voluntary and community sectormulti-year, multi-partner programmes, including accountability for budget, delivery and outcomes.
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Children and young people sector expertise: strong working knowledge of the CYP landscape - policy, funding, practice - and credibility with sector stakeholders.
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Safeguarding: confident acting as an internal point of information on safeguarding, with a basic or good understanding of safeguarding standards in CYP-related work, and willingness to undertake further training.
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Stakeholder management: experience managing significant relationships, including reporting, stewardship and the negotiation of programme changes.
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Charity or non-profit setting: understanding of values-driven work and the operating norms of the voluntary sector.
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Data, impact and learning: able to interpret quantitative and qualitative information, undertake basic and intermediate analysis, and oversee a learning partner, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. Understanding of the norms of impact and learning in the voluntary and community sector.
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Relationship management: builds trust with funders, peers, partners and delivery organisations; offers diplomatic, credible guidance.
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Digital, CRM and AI confidence: confident across Office 365 and AI tools (or have started to experiment with them) to support efficient working and free up more time for relationship building. Motivated to use AI, and to do so mindfully, responsibly, ethically and to increase impact.
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Ability to travel occasionally, which may include overnight stays and multi-day events.
Desirable experience
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Grant making and funding, particularly relational or participatory approaches; systems change or place-based approaches to community impact; or asset-based community development and community-led programmes.
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Working with community foundations or place-based funding structures.
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Play, early years, youth work, education or related CYP fields.
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Designing and delivering co-design, collaboration or systems-change activity.
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Contributing to policy or sector influence.
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Developing AI tools within a VCSE context, and understanding of AI ethics and the unique VCSE context around AI - or an interest in this topic.
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Securing continuation or follow-on funding for complex programmes.
Inclusion statement
UK Community Foundations is committed to building an inclusive organisation and a diverse field. We welcome applications from people from minoritised ethnic communities, disabled people, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds and others who are underrepresented in the charity and philanthropy sector.
Every UK community should have access to an agile community foundation, known for identifying local need and providing resources that empower change.



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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!
Join Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity and play a vital role in ensuring our teams can support families facing the unimaginable, helping us make a real difference.
We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to take operational ownership of IT infrastructure and MSP relationship management, facilities, fleet, and contracts across our organisation. This is a wide-ranging role where your work directly underpins our frontline teams’ ability to deliver life-changing support to families with seriously ill children.
About the role:
Reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Operations, you will have input into how Rainbow Trust manages its IT, property and facilities, and fleet - while also leading on the day-to-day operational infrastructure across the organisation, including overall responsibility for our IT infrastructure and security. The role holder will act as the primary internal point of contact for our Managed Service Provider, overseeing service delivery, SLAs, and ensuring our IT infrastructure remains secure, compliant and fit for purpose
Managing the office facilities, leases, and contracts across our head office and nine regional sites, you will lead on contract negotiation and supplier management, managing a central administration budget and project manage office moves and operational projects.
With a focus on improving the efficiency of our systems, processes and ways of working, you will also line manage our Fleet Administrator, overseeing our fleet of 80 leased vehicles and be an integral part of decision making.
This is a substantive management role with real ownership, and meaningful variety - ideal for an experienced operations professional with a sound understanding of Microsoft Administration and cyber security ready to take on a broad remit in a values-driven organisation.
What we’re looking for:
Applications will be particularly welcome from those who have demonstrable experience of negotiating and managing contracts, including managed IT service contracts and budgets. A qualification in cyber security or IT and experience of Microsoft administration, cyber security and MSP management is also necessary for this role.
- A systematic and effective problem solver – you are self-disciplined and analytical, and you thrive on providing solutions, delivering high standards, and are skilled in appropriately tailoring your output to a range of different stakeholders for decision-making.
- A self-disciplined multi-tasker who is able to work independently and at a fast pace to meet deadlines – you are someone who perseveres and ensures close follow-up of delegated tasks to deliver consistently high-quality work through to completion.
- A strong verbal and written communicator with a high level of attention to detail – you’re a quick decision maker, who operates well within a defined area of control, basing your decisions on policy and procedures.
- You build strong working relationships both internally and externally – you are driven to achieve results and have the ability to train and support others to make correct decisions
- You work well within established systems, standards and procedures – you are accurate, highly numerate with excellent Excel skills and make fact-based and solution orientated decisions.
Why join us?
We’re proud to be a Two-Star Best Companies Top 50 mid-sized organisation and a Top 10 Charity, and we’re committed to creating a great place to work. You will benefit from:
- Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%.
- Flexible working hours to balance home and working life.
- 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time).
- The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping.
- Time off in Lieu.
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand.
- Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year.
- Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts.
- Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes.
- A recommend a friend recruitment bonus scheme.
- Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth.
If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our why work with us page.
More information about us and our recruitment process can be found in our online Candidate Pack.
About us:
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.
Apply now:
To apply please send your CV and Covering letter to us via the link.
Your covering letter should highlight why your application should be considered above others and clearly state how your experience matches the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification.
For a full job description and person specification please visit our website
Please disclose in your covering letter if you have used AI for any part of your job application.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful. If you require any adjustments during the interview process, please let us know.
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
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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!
The COO will translate BLiM's mission and strategy and ensure its well-run, properly resourced, with its ambitious day-to-day delivery. You will free the CEO to focus on strategic leadership and external influence by owning operations, people management, financial oversight and internal systems.
The COO will be a senior leader who shapes organisational culture, makes operational decisions, manages complex stakeholder relationships and drives the performance of a passionate, high-commitment team. You will be the person the organisation looks to when it needs clarity, stability and momentum.
The COO joins at a moment of leadership transition following the departure of BLiM's co-founder and Director of Operations.
Why Join Us:
Black Lives in Music (BLiM) is a not-for-profit dedicated to advancing racial equity across the UK music industry. We amplify the voices of Black artists, music professionals and communities; drive systemic change; and hold the industry accountable for meaningful progress. Through research, advocacy, programming and strategic partnerships, BLiM creates the conditions for Black talent to thrive.
BLiM has published ground-breaking research including the Being Black in the UK Music Industry report, produced the UK's first Black classical music festival in Classically Black, influenced government policy on live music licensing, and built a network of over 100 partner organisations across the four nations. BLiM is now entering a new phase of its development, with a strengthened leadership team, a Target Operating Model designed to carry the organisation beyond its founding era, and an ambition to become the UK's most influential voice for racial equity in music.
Person Specification
Essential
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Significant experience in a senior operational leadership role, ideally as a COO, Head of Operations or Director of Operations in a charity, social enterprise or purpose-driven organisation.
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Demonstrable track record of building and improving operational infrastructure: systems, processes, policies and ways of working that make organisations more effective and resilient.
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Proven people management experience, including line management of senior staff, performance development, recruitment and team culture-building.
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Strong financial literacy, including experience of budget management, grant compliance, financial reporting and working with a board finance function.
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Experience of leading or supporting governance processes, including board reporting, risk management and compliance.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex operational information into clear, accessible reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
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A genuine, demonstrable commitment to racial equity and an understanding of the specific systemic barriers faced by Black professionals, artists and communities.
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The emotional intelligence and interpersonal skill to lead with care, build trust quickly and navigate complex relationships under pressure.
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The resilience and adaptability to thrive in a small, fast-paced, mission-driven organisation where the work is varied, the stakes are high and no day is the same.
Desirable
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Experience of working in or with the music industry, creative industries or arts and culture sector.
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Familiarity with Arts Council England funding frameworks, charity law and the regulatory environment for non-profit organisations.
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Experience of implementing or managing a CRM system, project management platform or other operational technology.
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Knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) frameworks and how to embed inclusive practice into operational systems and culture.
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Experience of leading an organisation through a period of significant change, transition or growth.
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An existing network within the UK music sector, creative industries or racial equity and social justice space.
At BLiM, we're interviewing on a rolling basis, so we'd encourage you to apply sooner rather than later!
To be considered for a first interview, please include a Cover Letter with your application. This initial conversation will be relaxed and informal, and we'll take you through the full interview process together so you know exactly what to expect at every stage.
To drive transformational, systemic change across the UK music sector, ensuring every person regardless of background.
Head of FP&A | Permanent | £63,000 - £67,000 | London | Hybrid
For a well-known charity in central London, we're recruiting a permanent FP&A Lead to join a high-performing finance team. This role will design and deliver accurate and timely financial information, supporting the decision-making process for stakeholders. The role will manage a Finance Business Partner and Systems Analyst and will lead on ensuring the financial systems and processes and fit for purpose, whilst collaborating across the organisation to build financial capacity. Finally, the FP&A Lead will integrate financial planning and drive improvements to enhance decision-making and long-term sustainability.
Main Duties:
- Lead annual budgeting and reforecasting - working with department to set KPIs and provide decision-making analysis
- Build the framework for collecting and communicating the organisational budget and forecast
- Develop and deliver regular financial MI to stakeholders
- Develop first-class financial analysis across income and expenditure, project and fund accounting, and cashflow
- Champion continual improvement in financial management across the organisation
- Lead the production of key financial reporting and analysis
- Lead engagement with all stakeholders, needing FP&A meets needs and good practice
- Manage restricted fund accounting, ensuring financial reporting enables robust grant applications and reporting
- Collaborate with senior leadership to provide insight, planning and analysis for major programmes
- Partner with the Head of Finance to review existing and new finance software to meet strategic planning needs
- Maintain workflows, chart-of-accounts, polices and procedures
- Lead and manage a team of 2
- Partner with senior budget holders to enable planning and budget decisions, and produce robust financial reports to inform decision-making
Person Specification:
- Qualified CCAB or substantial experience
- Experience leading a budget and reforecast process
- Experience developing financial reporting systems and MI
- Experience using tech to deliver financial planning and analysis
- Line management and supporting teams
- Experience evaluating and adapting financial systems to meeting organisational and technological demands
- Ideally experience of Charity SORP, fund and project accounting (restricted funding)
- Experience using AI tools to enhance forecasting, reporting and decision-making
- X-Ledger and Power BI experience
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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.
Purpose of the job
UK Youth exists to widen the reach and deepen the impact of youth work and outdoor learning.
As we enter an exciting new phase of our five-year strategic period, we are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer to help us build on political momentum around young people and youth work to inspire lasting change.
You will support the Head of Policy and Public Affairs, within the Impact department (covering research, evaluation, service design, policy and public affairs, and communications), working closely with colleagues across the organisation to build and develop UK Youth’s relationships with a broad range of external stakeholders, including: Westminster government (e.g. ministers, officials and special advisers), parliamentarians, the devolved administrations, NGOs and third-party organisations, while shaping and responding to a wide range of public policy issues.
The role will require a strong understanding of complex policy issues and an interest in the political landscape and how it interacts with third sector organisations. You will have a can-do attitude, excellent written and oral communication skills, strong time management and organisational skills and an ability to develop positive relationships with colleagues internally and externally to support our goals.
Why work at UK Youth?
Every young person deserves a youth worker. UK Youth exists to make that a reality. Our vision is a society that backs every young person - through each spark, struggle and success.
As the UK’s national infrastructure body for youth work, we strengthen and champion a diverse network of youth organisations, unlock investment, shape policy and build the evidence base for what works. At a time of growing need and inequality of access, our work has never been more important.
We are entering an exciting new phase of our strategy - focused on long-term resilience, income diversification and a transformational Capital Appeal to develop Avon Tyrrell as a national centre of excellence for outdoor learning. Joining UK Youth means being part of an ambitious, impact-driven organisation committed to strengthening youth work for generations to come.
Key responsibilities
Public Affairs support
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Produce briefings and speaking notes for UK Youth leadership and trustees relating to important policy issues and external events.
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Manage relationships with politicians, civil servants, and staff in local authorities and regulatory bodies to brief them on matters relating to UK Youth’s policy objectives.
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Identify opportunities for UK Youth to publicly intervene on key policy priorities – including responses to government consultations, speaking at events, meeting with key influencers, etc.
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Develop written content, including blogs, and support colleagues in our Communications team to respond to breaking news relating to UK Youth’s policy priorities.
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Work closely with the Communications team to support the development of influencing plans that promote our policy messages on public channels.
Political monitoring and policy development support
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Coordinate with monitoring services to ensure proactive monitoring of relevant announcements and developments in Parliament and the devolved nations that relate to youth work and young people.
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Work with colleagues across the Impact Function to understand trends and innovations in the youth and outdoor learning sectors that have implications for policy.
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Ensure that there is a clear record of UK Youth’s policy positions on key issues, along with rationale and suggested messaging.
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Contribute to external-facing policy reports and briefings on topics relating to UK Youth’s work.
Stakeholder engagement and event management
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Build strong working relationships with policy professionals across the youth sector and identify opportunities to work in partnership, where appropriate.
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Develop relationships with key external stakeholders including other policy and public affairs teams in the youth sector and civil servants.
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Work closely with young people and youth workers to help refine UK Youth’s policy positions and influencing plans.
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Lead on day-to-day management of UK Youth’s secretariat role for the Back Youth Alliance, with oversight and support from the Head of Policy and Public Affairs.
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Project manage UK Youth’s involvement in key influencing events, such as party conferences, with oversight and support from the Head of Policy and Public Affairs.
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Represent UK Youth at meetings and events – helping to disseminate insights from our work, tell the story of youth work’s impact to inspire lasting change.
Experience we're after
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Experience working in the area of policy and public affairs or equivalent experience in other areas (such as through an apprenticeship, volunteering role, or university)
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Experience of project management
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Experience of understanding and communicating with different audiences
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Strong relational and stakeholder engagement skills
What we can offer you
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:
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Flexible/Agile Working
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27 days annual leave (24 days + 3 days winter closure) plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)
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Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity
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Other training available in support of your personal and professional development
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Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
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Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
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Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
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20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
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IT equipment provided for the duration of contract
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CycleScheme and TechScheme
How to apply
If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system provided by Applied which looks to create a fair and unbiased application process for all. Scroll to the top of the page and start your application.
Closing date: 29th June 2026 at 23:59 (midnight)
Provisional Interview Dates: w/c 6th July 2026
As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.
UK Youth is a leading charity with a vision that all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
37 hours per week / permanent / based on site at our Hove office, with some travel across Sussex and Surrey. Hybrid - three days from our office in Hove and up to two days working from home, working Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed at interview).
YMCA DownsLink Group is the leading charity for children and young people across Sussex and Surrey. We offer safe homes, mental health support and trusted advice.
We believe that every child and young person has the right to be safe, heard and to shape their own future. We work alongside them to make that happen.
We are here for children and young people, many of whom face multiple challenges and need our support.
Our Values - we do what’s right, we work with heart, and we build real connections – guide us in all our actions.
Working within the Impact and Improvement Team, you will be responsible for championing data- driven decision making. You will analyse and report on risk and performance across large and complex datasets, translating this into actionable insights to inform strategic decision making.
In delivering the role, you will develop the organisation's data strategy and oversee the creation of engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Pyramid, In-Form/Salesforce, MS Business Central, HealthBoxHR and other analytics platforms.
With excellent people skills, you will act as a mentor in the development of the Data C Systems Support Officer and will help to improve data literacy skills across the organisation as a whole.
Key responsibilities:
Insights, analytics and reporting
- Use data visualisation tools to regularly present and communicate insights and complex analysis to a range of audiences in a clear, concise, and compelling way
- Lead on small analysis projects and support on larger analysis projects throughout the full project lifecycle
- Work with the Head of Impact and Improvement, identify and proactively exploit opportunities to streamline or automate data collection processes for greater efficiency
Data systems and processes
- Lead on data migration and system deployment for the upgrades in 2026 for our key system In- Form, contribute to defining and setting up of new reporting, dashboards, and process mapping where needed
- Reporting to the Digital Manager and working closely with business system owners, the Head of Impact and Improvement and IT Managed Service Provider, establishing high quality systems and tools for capturing, organising and using data
- Act the lead for our build on the Salesforce platform, dashboards and reports. Working with service managers, support the design, production, and continuous improvement of this client management system
- Lead the design and delivery of a regular programme of induction and training sessions to build organisational knowledge and capabilities around our data systems
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.
You will already have experience of complex data analysis and reporting on performance across large datasets, along with experience of building engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce, or similar analytics platforms. You have analytical and problem- solving skills to interpret and present complex data, along with expert digital skills around use of MS Office 365 and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel to summarise and graphically represent data. You will understand data migration across systems and how to map effective reporting requirements. Experience with MS Fabric or similar data lakes/warehouses would be very beneficial.
You are a team player who can work with others to deliver a service and challenge colleagues appropriately where required. You have strong planning and time management skills, with ability to deal with competing priorities and deliver results to tight deadlines. You will already have a good understanding of the importance of data and information security, with experience of managing and working with information, systems and databases, designing and producing reports from them.
CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 23 June 2026 at midnight.
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorship for this role, so applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK independently.
An inclusive workplace We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment.
Accessibility If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please do contact us.
YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns.
Successful applicants will undergo a thorough background screening process, conducted by an accredited third-party provider. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (with Children’s and Adults’ Barred Lists) as well as comprehensive reference and activity check.
Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role sits at the heart of Medical Justice, ensuring the organisation runs smoothly and effectively. You will play a key role in connecting people, systems, and processes, enabling us to respond efficiently and compassionately. You will be the first point of contact for anyone calling Medical Justice, providing welcome and support to clients, their family members and volunteers. You will support the coordination of clinician visits, manage essential organisational systems, and contribute to the accurate recording and reporting of our work.
We are looking for someone with proven experience across administration, operations, IT, and finance, ideally within an NGO or human rights organisation. You will be highly organised, proactive, and comfortable managing a varied workload, with experience in office coordination, maintaining systems, and supporting teams to work efficiently and collaboratively. Your contribution will help ensure our clinical evidence, advocacy, and casework can achieve meaningful and lasting change.
There will always be opportunities to learn and grow in this role. We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting the team to challenge the health harms associated with immigration detention, and who is eager to play a key role in developing new initiatives, strengthening the organisation, and driving greater efficiency for the whole team.
Location: North London, the role is hybrid with 3 days based in the office each week.
Reports to: Head of Operations
Salary: £33,000 per year
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
About Medical Justice:
Medical Justice works to uphold the health and associated legal rights of people in immigration detention and provides medical evidence, so the devastating health harms of detention are understood and acted on. Our paid and volunteer clinicians visit people held in immigration detention, document scars of torture, assess deterioration in health, and challenge medical mistreatment. We use medical evidence to secure lasting change through research, policy work, and strategic litigation. We work with parliamentarians and the media.
How to apply:
Please read the candidate pack carefully, you will need to send a completed application form and CV to be considered for this role. The application form can be downloaded from our website by clicking the 'Redirect to Recruiter' button below.
Application close on Thursday 2 July at 23:30. We are unable to accept any incomplete or late applications.
We welcome applications from refugees and other migrants, and from people with lived experience of detention, which could include detention in another country, or in the UK (immigration detention in an IRC or prison or being placed in institutional asylum accommodation such as military barracks).
We are part of the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative. The network supports inclusive recruitment of people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system. If this is your experience, you can find useful resources on their website.
We uphold health rights of people in immigration detention and provide medical evidence, so the devasting health harms are understood and acted on.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role: Repairs and Compliance Manager
Location: Hybrid working with a minimum 2 days per week in Thame (Oxfordshire) or Leicester (Leicestershire)
Salary: £45,000.00 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Permanent
Reports to: Head of Housing and Property
Delivering safe, compliant properties
As Repairs and Compliance Manager, you will help keep our homes, offices, and supported living environments safe, well maintained, and fully compliant. You will oversee responsive repairs, void works, planned maintenance, and landlord compliance across Affinity Trust’s property portfolio.
You will work with contractors, operational teams, landlords, and stakeholders to ensure repairs are completed efficiently, compliance standards are met, and services keep improving. This is a varied role where you can make a real impact.
What you will do
- Oversee repairs, voids, and planned maintenance across the property portfolio.
- Ensure landlord compliance and health and safety requirements are met and accurately recorded.
- Carry out site inspections and monitor contractor performance and quality.
- Manage contractor relationships and drive service improvements.
- Support the maintenance and management of Affinity Trust offices.
- Improve systems and processes to deliver efficient, value-for-money services.
- Provide property and compliance support to operational teams and third-party landlord arrangements.
- Support planned maintenance programmes and respond to tenant feedback in line with our values.
What we are looking for
- Experience in repairs, maintenance, or compliance services.
- Knowledge of landlord compliance and property health and safety requirements.
- Strong contractor and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent organisation and problem-solving skills.
- Confidence managing competing priorities and working across teams.
- Strong IT skills and experience using property or compliance systems.
How You’ll Make an Impact
In this role, you’ll make a real impact by ensuring the people we support live in safe, compliant, and well-maintained environments that enable them to thrive.
Details
- Salary: £36,565 FTE (£29,252 pro rata)
- Location: Brent, Northwest London
- Working Pattern: 32 hours across 4 days (Monday–Thursday)
- Working arrangements: Hybrid (2 days per week on site)
- Contract: Fixed term to 20th April 2027
About the Organisation
This is a frontline charity tackling poverty and food insecurity and supporting people to move from crisis towards longer-term stability. The organisation’s advice offer is a key part of that support, delivering timely, high-quality guidance to people navigating complex challenges.
About the Role
As Interim Advice Manager, you’ll manage an advice service across multiple sites, leading staff and volunteers who deliver advice on benefits, housing, debt and immigration. You’ll combine hands-on delivery (including a small caseload) with oversight of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with senior colleagues, including the Head of Advice, to help implement new initiatives and strengthen the service’s impact
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day delivery of the advice service, including setting objectives, managing performance, and providing supervision and feedback to staff and volunteers
- Hold a small caseload to stay connected to frontline delivery and community needs
- Maintain high-quality, compliant advice provision, ensuring delivery aligns with funder expectations and internal standards
- Use case management systems to report on cases and outcomes, supporting funding needs and future applications
- Drive service development, reviewing procedures, improving systems, and supporting expansion aligned to organisational strategy
- Undertake quality assurance activity (including case checking and advice audits) and keep colleagues informed of relevant policy/legislation changes
- Support effective volunteer management, including induction, support, supervision and retention activity
- Contribute to budgets, monitoring, evaluation, stakeholder feedback, and action planning to strengthen service effectiveness
- Work within the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) framework, ensuring policies and procedures remain current and audit-ready
Skills / Experience Required
- At least 3 years’ experience in welfare advice or casework within the charity sector
- Strong people management experience (including supporting and developing staff/volunteers)
- Strong project/service improvement experience, with confidence managing competing priorities
- Knowledge across welfare benefits, housing, debt and/or immigration, plus safeguarding understanding
- Confidence using case management systems and using data to inform reporting and improvements
- Experience of the Advice Quality Standard, work with refugees and asylum seekers, and/or community language skills (e.g., Arabic, Farsi, Somali) – desirable
To Apply
- If you’re ready to inspire others and be part of a team dedicated to saving lives, we’d love to see your CV!
Interview Process
- Stage 1: informal screening call (fit, motivation, and values alignment)
- Stage 2: formal in-person interview
Deadline for Applications
- Monday 1st June 2026, 9am
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
The Sandhurst Trust - an extraordinary community.
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has shaped leaders since 1802. Spanning heads of state, generals, ministers, diplomats and captains of industry – the Sandhurst alumni community is remarkable.
The Sandhurst Trust is the Academy’s independent charitable foundation and is responsible for securing philanthropic support for the Academy and its community, supporting expansion, innovation and initiatives that government funding alone cannot sustain.
The Trust is at an inflection point. With new leadership and momentum, we are looking for exceptional development leaders to help build a once-in-a-generation philanthropic programme for an institution whose purpose has never felt more urgent.
Director of Alumni Engagement and Regular Giving
£80,000 - £90,000 (depending on experience)
Old College, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) GU15, Hybrid
As Director of Alumni Engagement and Regular Giving and the CEO’s Deputy, you will have the chance to build and lead a best-in-class programme that will form the future foundation of the Trust’s philanthropic strategy, engaging, igniting and transforming the alumni community into a powerful and sustainable source of long-term support.
Head of Major and Principal Giving
£80,000 - £90,000 (depending on experience)
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) GU15, Hybrid
The Head of Major and Principal Giving will cultivate and secure major and principal gifts from a highly receptive and loyal constituency in the UK and internationally. With a portfolio that is rich in potential and ready for discovery, this is an outstanding opportunity for an entrepreneurial fundraiser.
Head of Operations
£50,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience with scope to go beyond for an exceptional candidate)
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) GU15, Hybrid
As Head of Operations and a member of the senior leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping the systems, governance, and operational infrastructure that will support the Trust’s long-term success. You will also play a critical role in shaping a high-performing and collaborative operational culture.
These leadership roles offer something that is genuinely rare in the fundraising profession: the opportunity to build something exceptional from the ground up, at a cornerstone British institution whose story, community and moment in time combine to make the case for philanthropy almost uniquely compelling. The Sandhurst Trust is looking to build a team full of passion and ambition so if this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
The Trust operates a hybrid working model with two days onsite (Old College, RMAS, Camberley, GU15 4PQ).
Closing date: Midnight on 30 June 2026
Interested?
Please familiarise yourself with the attached Candidate Packs.
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter clearly staing which role you are applying for.
The Sandhurst Trust is partnering with Erin Hall-Westfall and Joanna Logan of Constellate Global Talent on this search.
No agencies please.
Please familiarise yourself with the attached Candidate Pack.
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter clearly staing which role you are applying for by midnight on 30 June 2026.