Head of learning and development jobs in westminster, greater london
To support the PA to the CEO and Office Administrator, by running efficient and effective systems for front office and office operations. To support the Head of HR and work closely with the HR Officer in HR Administration. To cover for PA duties to the CEO when the PA to the CEO and Office Administrator is not available. This support and coordination role will help the office as a whole to sustain high professional standards and effectiveness.
The Office & HR Assistant is responsible for: office administration (50%), HR, Health& Safety & security administration (40%), finance administration (5%) and IT administration (5%).
Office administration (50%)
• Answer the AKF UK main phone line and pass on messages to AKF (UK) employees as appropriate
• Open and process the post at the Aga Khan Centre and deliver to the relevant AKF (UK) employee
• Manage the “front office” email account and ensure emails are replied to or forwarded to the relevant AKF (UK) employee
• Support the greeting and receiving of AKF (UK) guests at AKC
• Book meeting rooms at AKC for colleagues and external partners and arrange catering as required
• Support AKF(UK) events, facilitate and support hosting of meetings and events for partners, including travel, visas, accommodation, and catering; this may require some out of office duties
• Manage the meeting schedule for All Staff Meetings and ensure that colleagues are confirmed for the presentation slots
• Support the management of the organisation’s travel agent
• Support the management of the organisation’s mobile phone provider
• Arrange couriers for AKF (UK) employees as required
• Collect and maintain a detailed inventory of office equipment, IT equipment (mobile phones, laptops, desktops etc) and supplies
• Maintain the equipment purchasing guide with input from the IT Department
• Support the management of GDPR data lists and data requests
• Keep the Administration Manual up to date at all times
HR, Health, safety & security administration (40%)
• Maintain a detailed contact list for all AKF (UK) employees and keep it up to date
• Keep the AKF (UK) Emergency WhatsApp group up to date and share emergency messages as required
• Support recruitment processes by placing job adverts internally and externally as directed by the Head of HR
• Preparing and sending out offer letters and contracts as directed by the Head of HR
• Support the onboarding process including sending reference requests and background check requests
• Arrange induction and logistical arrangements for new employees including setting up phone, email, mobile, laptop, etc and purchasing new equipment as necessary
• Add new members to benefit schemes such as the private healthcare plan as directed by the Head of HR • Arrange leaving process for AKF (UK) employees and ensure all equipment is returned
• Draft responses to reference requests
• Support the Head of HR with the administration of the HR Management System (MyAKF) including updating it for joiners and leavers
• Troubleshoot any issues or problems with the MyAKF HR system, working with the MyAKF helpdesk
• Provide MyAKF system training to new starters.
• Draft visa sponsorship letters for all AKF (UK) employees and submit for approval and signature
• Provide Visa invitation letters to visiting delegates/employees.
• Coordinate with our travel insurance providers to arrange additional coverage for employee travel where required.
• Maintaining our training systems including allocating courses, adding new hires and removing leavers and running reports as required
• Support the Head of HR to ensure that employee health and safety and workstation tests are up to date
• Act as a Health and Safety Officer and Fire Marshal for AKF (UK)
• Act as a AKF (UK) First Aider including obtaining annual certification
• Create and cultivate an office culture that contributes to the happiness and well-being of all employees, including arranging birthday celebrations, celebrating unit milestones, arranging quarterly and year-end activities, and creating a space and place employees enjoy working in and feel positive about
Finance administration (5%)
• Assist the finance officers with the company credit card processes
• Scan and file bank statements
• Scan and file purchase invoices
IT administration (5%)
• Liaise with internal IT support as necessary to trouble-shoot issues and order equipment
• Work with IT services to ensure that all software is updated and maintained on individual’s computers and hardware on a regular basis (e.g. regular back up of all system software and protocols, including latest updates of virus software)
Other
• Cover the PA to the CEO and Office Administrator’s workload during periods of sickness or annual leave
• Undertake tour guide training so that visiting delegates and VIPs can be shown around the Aga Khan Centre and its internal Islamic gardens and courtyards.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the PA to the CEO and Office Administrator, Head of HR, Head of Finance and Operations, or the CEO.
Qualifications
• Educated to A-Levels desirable
• Qualified First Aider desirable
Skills
• Highly organised with strong logistical skills and proven consistent attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, tact, patience and ability to work in a cross-institutional, multicultural environment dealing with senior and high-level officials/persons and VIPs
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills and ability to draft and write effective copy and present to a range of audiences from senior-level to partners and suppliers
• Comfortable working independently and under minimal supervision but also forming an essential component of a team
• Strong operational and IT skills as well as an openness to learning new software and tools
Knowledge
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Apple applications
• Keen interest in international development and improving knowledge of these issues will be a distinct advantage
Experience
• Proven strong experience of office administration
• HR administration experience is desirable.
• Proven ability to multitask in a busy, open-plan office environment; ability to work under pressure, juggling various requests and deadlines
• Proven ability to deliver a consistently high level of accuracy in preparing and entering information
• Flexible approach to working, able to pick up a variety of tasks/projects with minimal supervision; ability to anticipate issues or scenarios when planning calls, meetings, or business trips, and to address them proactively
Application Details:
• Must have right to work in the UK.
• Must include CV and a supporting statement that outlines why they want the role, why they want to work for AKF(UK) and how their experiences and skills to date will make them the most suitable applicant for the role.
• Closing Date: 9 th October 2025; must be available for interview w/c 16th October 2025. Ideal start date 8th December 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid role, within commuting distance of our London, Birmingham or Bristol, campuses.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People and Culture Administrator to join the National Institute of Teaching. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your HR skills and gain valuable experience in a supportive environment.
About Us
The National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) has an unswerving commitment to high quality, evidence-informed teacher education, and is on a mission to improve the quality of teacher and leader development across the system.
Our programmes are designed by teachers and leaders who understand the joys and pressures of school life. We work in collaboration with schools across the country, ensuring that findings from our research benefits all schools, teachers and leaders.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People and Culture Administrator to join the National Institute of Teaching. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your HR skills and gain valuable experience in a supportive environment.
This role plays a crucial part in shaping the future of our workforce and ensuring a positive employee experience. Key areas of responsibility are supporting the recruitment process by placing job adverts, arranging interviews, onboarding new employees, payroll administration, and supporting the Head of People and People Officer by ensuring that all People and Culture processes run smoothly and effectively.
We are looking for someone with a strong track record of providing administrative support, who can follow and track different administrative processes. Excellent organisational skills are essential as is being proactive and self-motivated, with a positive approach to work.
The role will be based at either our Bristol Campus (BS10 5PY), Birmingham Campus (B15 2HU) or London Campus (BR3 1QP) so you should be within commutable distance. The role is hybrid with the need to be on site at least once a fortnight. This role does involve travel once a month to one of our other sites across the country and travel expenses will be paid.
Previous HR experience is not essential; however, an interest in HR practises and learning more about employment law is a must. If you are passionate about people and eager to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Further information about the role, our benefits, and application details can be found on our website via the Apply button.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 22 September 2025.
Interviews are scheduled for 1 and 2 October 2025.
Please note that we may close the role early depending on the number of applications received.
At Ambitious about Autism we're currently looking for a Senior Prospect Researcher to join our team.
You will be critical in strategically driving our growth, improving practices and increasing efficiency, through guiding and supporting colleagues across the fundraising department. You will work particularly closely with the Major Donor, Trusts and Foundations and Corporate Teams to help grow pipelines and bring to the forefront the most exciting opportunities.
You'll develop processes and tools relating to prospect research, such as pipeline management and prospect propensity evaluations. You'll also lead regular pipeline review meetings to support, guide and motivate fundraisers to drive movement through pipelines.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Proven experience of identifying and qualifying potential new major donors, trusts, senior volunteers and corporates, resulting in further income for the organisation
- Proven experience in communicating effectively and presenting data, information, trends and recommendations effectively with a wide range of audiences
- Experience of forming, maintaining and growing working relationships and ability to influence and persuade
- An understanding of trends and developments across the high value fundraising sector, as well as prospect research
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have experience of providing high-quality administrative and governance support in a complex organisation?
We are recruiting a Governance Co-ordinator to join our Governance Team at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. This is a key role providing essential company secretariat support to the Board of Trustees, Committees, the CEO Office and the Head of Governance & Compliance. As Governance Co-ordinator, you will help to ensure the Association maintains the highest standards of governance through efficient administration, effective meeting support and accurate record keeping.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Head of Governance & Compliance to provide efficient and effective administration for Board and Committee meetings, including maintaining the meeting calendar and timetables.
- Organise logistics for meetings, including dates, venues, travel and accommodation.
- Provide full secretariat support to the Board and Committees, including preparing Chair briefings, attending meetings, drafting minutes and actions.
- Collate and distribute papers and presentations in line with agreed timescales, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
- Liaising with senior leadership, Trustees and others at senior levels on all aspects of Board and Committee meetings.
- Prepare, proofread, collate and distribute Board and Committee papers and presentations on time.
- Provide administrative and planning support for the Annual General Meeting and Trustee elections.
- Assist the Head of Governance and Compliance with implementing recommendations from governance reviews, including updating templates, policies and processes.
- Maintain accurate statutory records with Companies House and the Charity Commission.
- Manage the Board of Trustees SharePoint page.
About You:
- Experience of Board or Committee administration, including minute taking and organisation of Board/Committee meetings.
- Experience of working with meticulous attention to detail accuracy in all aspects of work.
- Experience managing confidential information with discretion and diplomacy.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Strong communication skills, with experience of building effective relationships at all levels.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a flexible approach.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint and MS Teams, including experience of supporting hybrid meetings.
- Awareness of the principles of good governance.
About Us:
Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
What We Offer:
- 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays.
- Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies.
- 24/7 GP access via phone and video.
- Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines.
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave).
- Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping.
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- Opportunities for training and personal development.
- Hybrid working.
The full job description and further information about working for the MND Association is available in the candidate pack.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.
This role is home-based, with attendance once a week in either Northampton or London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ACCEND (Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development Programme) Delivery Manager -
Fixed Term Contract (12 - 18 months)
Full time (34.5 hours)
Home-based / Split between home and our London Office
Salary Range: £56,500 - £61,500
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
We’re looking for a strategic ACCEND Delivery Manager to spearhead Macmillan’s implementation of the NHSE Aspirant Cancer Career Education and Development (ACCEND) Programme with internal colleagues working with NHS organisations, and also to work with Macmillan colleagues in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. T
his multi-professional initiative is designed to establish a career and education framework for nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and support staff working with people affected by cancer.
What you’ll be doing
- Define and deliver Macmillan’s external offer to support ACCEND implementation to healthcare organisations and professionals and across the UK.
- Lead engagement with NHSE and Macmillan’s devolved nation teams to support the implementation of ACCEND in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Scope and prioritise external activity using insight and data, and define levels of support required.
- Design and deliver an internal education and training programme, including an internal community of practice.
- Create a toolkit for Macmillan colleagues to support conversations with healthcare professionals about ACCEND.
- Coordinate internal working groups, manage risks and issues, and maintain governance and project documentation.
- Develop impact reporting, support budget tracking, and contribute to strategic updates for senior stakeholders.
- Collaborate with communications teams to develop engagement plans and resources.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience delivering complex programmes in a strategic, multi-stakeholder environment.
- Direct experience with ACCEND implementation and a strong understanding of the UK healthcare landscape.
- Background in working and engaging with healthcare professionals, ideally within an education or workforce development context.
- Expertise in project planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, and resource management.
- Ability to manage teams in a matrix structure and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Who you’ll work with
You’ll collaborate with:
- NHSE national and regional teams
- Macmillan’s Lead Allied Health Professional and Nursing Advisor and Co-Lead for ACCEND with NHSE, Strategic Advisor for Cancer Care and Head of Professional Engagement
- The Centre of Clinical Expertise, National System Change Division, and Communities and System Partnerships Division
- Cancer alliances, devolved nation networks, Royal Colleges, and other professional bodies
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Mon 15th September at 23:59
First interview dates: Late September (TBC)
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.



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London Support Programme - Prison Caseworker
Location: This programme is currently delivered at HMP Downview and HMP High Down. Future delivery is anticipated at HMP Standford Hill, HMP Ford, and/or HMP Coldingley. Administrative tasks may be carried out remotely from home, or from our London office, near Vauxhall.
Contract: 12 months, with the possibility of a permanent position thereafter, subject to funding availability
Hours: Part time, 28 hours over 4 days
Salary: £32,000 FTE (pro-rated)
Reporting to: Head of Service Delivery
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Our purpose: We support people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life so they benefit, their families benefit and the wider community benefits too.
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Our vision: A future where everyone can achieve their potential within and beyond prison.
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Our mission: Specialising in the unique needs of people on long sentences, we provide tailored practical and financial support to help people find belonging, move into work or training, and reach their personal goals.
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Our values: Knowledge & evidence, Listening & learning, Performance & impact, Partnership & connection, Challenge & innovation, Person centred & fair
Role summary
The London Support Programme (LSP) is a pilot service delivered by the Hardman Trust, providing pre- and post-release support to people on long sentences who are returning to London. This first year of delivery has enabled us to begin offering support, and we are now refining the programme for its next stage.
We are recruiting two part-time, Prison Caseworkers to deliver frontline support, ensuring that people serving long sentences continue to receive consistent, personalised help in preparing for release and rebuilding their lives.
As a Prison Caseworker, you will provide one-to-one, person-centred support focused on wellbeing, confidence-building, and preparation for life after release.
You will support people to set meaningful goals, connect with services, and problem-solve challenges along the way.
The role involves building trusting relationships, promoting the programme across the prison, keeping accurate records, and contributing to the continued development of this pilot into a sustainable, long-term service.
You will be managed and supported by the Head of Service Delivery.
Core responsibilities
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One-to-one support delivery – Provide tailored support to people in prison signed up to the LSP, including initial support planning, goal-setting, problem-solving and referrals to both internal (e.g. Grants, Research Volunteers, Penfriends) and external services.
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Remote support – Provide light-touch support to LSP participants released from prison, during their initial weeks of resettlement, using telephone/video calls, and email to check in, offer guidance, and help address early challenges.
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Service promotion – Actively promote the LSP within pilot and potential partner prisons to increase sign-ups and engagement.
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Administration – Keep accurate, timely records of support activities and outcomes using Salesforce and NOMIS systems.
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Service development – Support the Head of Service Delivery by contributing learning and feedback from frontline delivery, to inform the ongoing refinement of the programme model and resources.
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Collaboration & team contribution - Work closely with colleagues to promote products and services, gather and analyse user feedback, and ensure continuous improvement. Contribute to organisational reporting, monitoring, and evaluation.
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General - Participate in regular one-to-ones, contributing to the identification of objectives and professional development goals. Work in line with the Hardman Trust’s values, actively contributing to a culture of learning, reflection, team work and development, ensuring quality in your work. Undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the role, as may be reasonably required by the Hardman Trust.
Person specification
Essential:
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Commitment to the values, vision, and mission of the Hardman Trust.
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Experience of working within prisons.
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Ability to build rapport and trusting relationships with a diverse range of people
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Experience using case management systems, such as NOMIS and Salesforce.
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Experience responding to safeguarding concerns and lone working within prisons and in the community (e.g. ACCT documents, Mercury Intelligence Reporting, organisational safeguarding procedures).
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Excellent organisational skills – The ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage time effectively within a part-time lone-working role.
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A motivated problem-solver with a common-sense, can-do attitude who relishes working with a diverse range of people
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The right to work in the UK.
Desirable:
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Experience of working with people on long sentences
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Prison vetted and holds current security clearance
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Understanding of the challenges faced by people on release from prison
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Knowledge of London-based support services relevant to resettlement.
What we offer
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Monthly wellbeing supervision
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Travel expenses paid
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Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues at team away days
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28 days of annual leave, and bank holidays (pro-rata)
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Birthday day off in addition to annual leave
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Eye test cost reimbursed up to £25
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Learning and development annual training budget £500
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Standard pension contribution
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A supportive, values-driven culture where your contribution makes a difference.
This JD will be subject to periodic review in consultation with the job holder.
Please apply via Charity Job
Application and interview process: Applications will be considered, and interviews conducted, on a rolling basis until the right candidates are appointed.
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the right candidates are appointed.
Start date: December 2025 or early January 2026. Appointment is conditional upon successful prison security clearance and any additional referencing checks.
Directorate: Marketing, Education, Events and Membership
Reports to: Events and Education Manager
Salary range:£ 26,521 - £33,456 per annum, depending on experience
Location: London – EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid - The Education team is office-based on an agreed day once a week, then a required one day each month for all staff)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (31.5 hours over 5 days)
Job Purpose
BSR education programme is a key benefit to members and the wider rheumatology community, providing updates on the essentials needed to deliver top-quality care for patients and ensuring professional development opportunities.
This role sits within the Education team who are responsible for delivering BSR’s educational activity. Working alongside the Head of Education, the Events and Education Manager, Event Executive and the Digital Events Manager, you will assist in the planning and delivery of a range of education courses, webinars, bursary schemes and digital learning activities. You will work with the team to support the work of our Education Committee, Trainee Committee and Digital Learning Board.
This is an exciting role for someone looking to get more hands-on experience in planning and executing a variety of educational events and activities and liaising with multiple stakeholders. It is a unique opportunity to be part of the team at the forefront of rheumatology education, making a tangible impact on the professional development of members and the broader rheumatology community.
Main Responsibilties
Event & Course Management
- Lead on course and webinar registration processes, including delegate bookings, communications, data management and reporting, and producing delegate materials.
- Support course logistics including venue sourcing and management, accommodation and travel, catering and AV.
- Support stakeholder management at education courses, including communications with patients, sponsors and event supporters.
- Occasional travel, including attendance and overnight stays at BSR conferences, courses and events.
Systems & Data Management
- Oversee the team’s CRM (Microsoft Dynamics) and registration systems, ensuring data integrity, implementing system enhancements, coordinating stakeholders, and carrying out testing.
Project Coordination
- Coordinate the rheumatology training webinar series, including topic development, speaker management and live delivery.
- Coordinate the education bursary programme, including promotion, application management and financial reconciliation.
- Coordinate CPD accreditation of educational activities.
- Support the delivery of digital sponsorship and educational partnership opportunities.
Marketing & Communications
- Work with the Marketing and Communications team to create digital content to engage target audiences.
General Duties
- Manage events inbox and education team enquiries, delivering excellent customer service.
- Input into education budgets by monitoring progress against income and expenditure for owned projects.
- Support with BSR Committee liaison and logistics.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the Head of Education and the Events and Education Manager.
Person Specification
- Be enthusiastic about all aspects of education, self-motivated, and eager to contribute to educational initiatives
- Can work efficiently on a variety of digital systems and quick to pick up new programs
- Have the confidence to manage stakeholders at all levels and to deal with external contacts
- Have confident time and project management skills, you’ll be working on a lot of projects simultaneously
- Demonstrate ability to use initiative and innovation to make positive improvements or efficiencies to how we deliver education
- Can be professional and personable when communicating with customers and volunteers
Equity, Inclusion and Diversity statement
BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity, and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you.
We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
To champion the specialty, influencing change and building a thriving community of best practice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Website and UX Manager
Service: Digital Marketing
Salary: Grade 4 point 29: £36,842 FTE per annum + £480 home working allowance
Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)
Location: Home-based
Contract: Permanent
Responsible to: Website and Digital Content Manager
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
Family Action is a national charity that supports people through change, challenge and crisis across England and Wales. On 1st January 2025, Relate, the largest provider of relationship support, joined the organisation helping us reach even more people and support the creation of secure foundations for children and young people, and safe, supportive relationships for all.
For over 150 years Family Action has seen first-hand the power of family and relationships to shape lives, for better or worse. That's why we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
Whatever family means or looks like to us, it's relationships that matter. With Relate at Family Action, we are able to extend the support we provide with counselling, information, mediation and support to individuals, couples and families from all backgrounds and sexualities, as well as provide expert training for relationship support practitioners.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our organisation and help shape the future of Relate’s website and online presence as part of Family Action.
Job Summary:
As part of the Website and Digital Content Team and wider Digital Marketing Department you will oversee Relate at Family Action’s website and online client experience, driving brand awareness and sales of products and services.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Relate’s website and the writing of digital content, and support the brand’s long term transformation as part of the adaptive change programme, working closely with the Website and Digital Content Manager, Head of Digital Marketing, Brand and Marketing Manager and other key stakeholders.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our organisation and help shape the future of Relate’s website and online presence as part of Family Action.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
1. Manage and optimise Relate at Family Action’s website and online user experience, driving traffic, engagement and sales of products and services.
2. Work closely with key colleagues including the Brand and Marketing Manager, Website and Digital Content Manager and Social Media Team to position and market Relate’s services and plan content.
3. Work closely with B2C and B2B teams, and other internal stakeholders to understand website requirements and improve representation online.
4. Manage digitally delivered products such as Toolkits and Relate’s AI chatbot, including re-marketing and upgrade activity to drive clients to further services on the website.
5. Support the creation of new Toolkits for sale, working closely with the Brand and Marketing Manager and service delivery colleagues to research and test new topics and write content.
6. Develop and write keyword rich content including stories, and support articles on often sensitive subjects, to build brand awareness, improve findability and warm up audiences.
7. Monitor and improve SEO across the Relate website.
8. Support Relate’s adaptive change programme including the website review workstream, working closely with the Website and Digital Content Manager, Head of Digital Marketing and other key stakeholders.
9. Support the development of a new CRM for Relate, working closely with the Systems and Technology Team and Service Delivery Team to ensure a seamless front end client experience.
10. Manage existing infrastructure and systems integrated across the website client journey such as Acuity Scheduling, Typeform and Stripe.
11. Maintain and improve Relate’s website accessibility ensuring it meets WCAG 2.1 AA standard wherever possible.
12. Use sophisticated data and insight tools to test, measure and evaluate content, and website performance, and monitor emerging trends in the wider market.
13. Produce regular reports for senior stakeholders including data and commentary around website performance.
14. Work with external agencies to deliver effective PPC search and display ad campaigns.
15. Manage relationships with external suppliers, contractors, and service providers involved in digital initiatives at Relate.
16. Embrace and implement Family Action’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy in every aspect of your work and positively promote its principles amongst colleagues, service users and other members of the community.
17. Comply with Family Action’s Health and Safety and Data Protection policies and protect your own and others’ health, safety and welfare.
18. Work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the organisation and carry out other reasonable duties as required.
Main Responsibilities (check the job description and person specification for further details):
· Manage and optimise Relate at Family Action’s website and online user experience, driving traffic, engagement and sales of products and services.
· Work closely with key colleagues including the Brand and Marketing Manager, Website and Digital Content Manager and Social Media Team to position and market Relate’s services and plan content.
· Develop and write keyword rich content including stories, and support articles on often sensitive subjects, to build brand awareness, improve findability and warm up audiences.
· Support the creation of new Toolkits for sale, working closely with the Brand and Marketing Manager and service delivery colleagues to research and test new topics and write content.
· Support Relate’s adaptive change programme including the website review workstream, working closely with the Website and Digital Content Manager, Head of Digital Marketing and other key stakeholders.
Main Requirements (check the job description and person specification for further details):
· Extensive experience of managing and developing a website within a complex organisation.
· Experience of developing complex user journeys and improving user experience.
· Extensive experience of writing keyword rich website copy and digital content and an excellent knowledge of SEO best practice.
· Good understanding of online and offline marketing strategies, including sales funnels, particularly in a commercial context.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Sunday 21st September at 23:59
· To learn more about Family Action: Careers
Interviews are likely to take place virtually on 29th and 30th September.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Matthew Dennis (full email address located in advert document)
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.




Business Development Manager Location: Central London (Chancery Lane/Farringdon area) (With hybrid working from home) Salary: £34,400 per annum plus excellent benefits (£43,000 FTE) Vacancy Type: 6 month fixed-term contract (With potential to extend to 12 months) (Immediate start is essential) Hours: Part Time, 30 hours or 4 days per week If you have a passion for driving new business growth and supporting new projects, this is an exciting opportunity to join our mental health charity as their new Business Development Manager. Think Ahead aims to develop a strong and thriving mental health workforce, and you will play a key part in helping them to strengthen the mental health workforce and make a positive impact on people’s lives. They are experts in recruitment, professional training and leadership development for mental health practitioners, ensuring the right people can deliver the right support at the right time. Through their flagship programme, since 2015, they have recruited and trained 1,000 mental health social workers. They are now extending their reach to ensure that they can support NHS and other employers to recruit and retain key people right across the mental health workforce. The Role
Skills and Qualifications
Where you will be working You’ll be expected to attend the office or London venue at least 2 days a month, with flexibility. You’ll be required to cover your own travel expenses to office/London venue. Benefits
To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application. Closing Date: Tuesday 16th September Interview Date: Monday 22nd September and Tuesday (afternoon) 23rd September via Teams |
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Summary
The Interim Head of Funding will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the funding strategy of our three charities (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity). The postholder will play a leading role in enabling the successful delivery of funding and impact across our NHS Charities in line with our strategy, covering activities across the full breadth of our funding cycle, from development of proposals, review of applications in line with our governance and overseeing delivery and monitoring of funded programmes. We are looking for an individual with funding experience from the health sector with strong line management experience to support the work of the funding team. The post is being offered on a six-month basis in a covering capacity.
About Us
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity are part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation. Our collective mission is to build the foundations of a healthier society.
As part of our team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently.
There is more information about working with us on our website, where you can read about:
• how we approach recruitment
• our team, culture and values
• the benefits of working with us
• and our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, and learning & development
Job Description
Key responsibilities:
Funding
· Responsible for overseeing the end-to-end funding process from development of applications to decisions and monitoring of funded programmes.
· Overseeing ongoing delivery of the funding strategy by working with Funding Managers to effectively deliver and manage funding portfolios.
· Co-chairing of funding committees as required, supporting delivery in line with our governance structures.
· Oversee effective management of our Special Purpose Funds (SPFs)
· Working with finance teams and Funding Managers to ensure appropriate financial reporting and information is available across our funding portfolio.
· Supporting on financial and operational planning in-year, at mid-year review and in planning for future years, in line with our strategy.
· Supporting Funding Managers to maintain strong relationships with the Trust leads, to enable a partnership approach
· Working closely with the Head of Evaluation & Learning to ensure evaluation and learning are embedded at every stage of the funding cycle
· Leading on cross-team programmes of work such as embedding health equity into our funding, deliver effective patient and public engagement (working with the Patient and Public Engagement Manager) across our decision-making and deliver improvements to our grant-making.
· Supporting the iteration of the funding strategy
Other
· Provide line management to the Funding Managers and Patient and Public Engagement Manager as well as supporting the overall work of the wider team.
· As a key senior leader of the Funding and Impact Team, contribute and support the wider work of the team.
· Support the Director of Funding and Impact and Executive Director of Charities with other tasks relating to planning and development as required.
· Build and sustain strong relationships with the Fundraising, Marketing and Engagement teams within NHS Charities to enable collaborative working and sharing of information on our funding portfolio.
Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role.
Working Environment:
The post holder should expect to:
- Work in a hybrid hot desk environment, generally working 2 days a week in the London office and three from home.
- Be responsible for the input and maintenance of databases and files relevant to the post requirements.
- Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends.
Person Specification
Skills, abilities, and attributes:
· Strong people management skills, being able to confidently navigate and support a team through change.
· Strong inter-personal communication skills, directly supporting line-reports and confident in manging relationships with different internal stakeholders.
· Able to manage, analyse and present complex narrative and financial information.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share information in a concise manner.
· Able to grasp complex situations quickly, navigate complicated structures and offer pragmatic solutions.
· Empathy and patience.
· Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders.
Knowledge, experience, and qualifications:
· Significant experience within a major grant giving body in the health sector and managing a varied funding portfolio.
· Line management experience and supporting teams through change management.
· Experience of analysing complex financial information for grants budgets.
· Experience and/or understanding managing relationships with key internal stakeholders, such as Fundraising and Marketing and Engagement.
· Understanding of strategy design, delivery and implementation.
Benefits
- Up to 12% employer pension contributions
- Annual personal development budget
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For the full breakdown of responsibilities, please see the recruitment pack
Summary
We are seeking a proactive and diligent Compliance Officer to join our Recruitment and Operations team. You will be responsible for providing a robust compliant onboarding service for all successful applicants to our awardwinning Tutoring Programmes; ensuring all candidates are ready and fully eligible to start their delivering tuition sessions in colleges across the country. The ideal candidate will oversee the end-to-end onboarding process and ensure all pre-employment checks meet the standards required by Get Further and safer recruitment practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Compliance and Onboarding:
- Manage the end-to-end onboarding process, ensuring all pre-employment checks (Right to Work, DBS, references, and safeguarding requirements) are completed accurately and on time.
- Maintain accurate and secure records in line with GDPR and safer recruitment practices.
- Oversee the offboarding process where appropriate Safeguarding and Quality Assurance
- Ensure all safeguarding requirements are met and documented within our CRM system.
- Monitor compliance requirements and ensure continuous alignment with safer recruitment policies.
- Work closely with the Head of Recruitment to deliver in line with Get Further’s five-year strategy.
Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
- Manage tutor communications during the onboarding stage, ensuring candidate enquiries are responded to promptly via the shared mailbox.
- Liaise with College HR departments, providing assurance letters and compliance information for tutors.
- Collaborate with internal departments to ensure smooth onboarding and cross-team coordination.
- Support the onboarding process by reviewing and collating documentation and references.
- Ensure all Right to Work (RTW) checks are completed accurately and renewed and in a timely manner.
- Oversee the processing and verification of enhanced DBS checks, tutor reference requests and Social online Media checks.
- Ensure all safeguarding requirements are met and documented within our CRM database.
- Maintain accurate records in line with GDPR and compliance standards.
- Manage our Tutor Training booking process.
- Oversee the offboarding process where appropriate.
- Liaise with internal departments to ensure smooth onboarding and compliance.
- Manage tutor communications during the onboarding stage and oversee our onboarding mailbox – ensuring enquiries are responded to in a timely manner.
- Liaise with College HR departments and provide assurance letters for Get Further Tutors.
- Work with the Head of Recruitment to deliver Get Furthers five-year strategy.
- Manage the onboarding budget for tutors
Who We’re Looking For
An enthusiastic and diligent team player with a passion for educational equality and inclusive hiring. You’ll thrive on building relationships, to creating a brilliant, supportive experience for applicants on their journey from start to finish. You’ll also bring a meticulous eye for detail and a commitment to safeguarding through thorough compliance checks and understand the importance of safer recruitment practices. If you're someone who combines people-first energy with process driven precision, we'd love to hear from you.
We welcome candidates from a wide range of backgrounds. Experience in the following areas may be particularly useful, but we understand that these skills can be gained in many different ways.
- Carrying out pre-employment checks such as Right to Work, DBS, or reference verification
- Managing onboarding or admissions processes and ensuring documentation is complete and accurate
- Handling sensitive or confidential information in line with safeguarding or GDPR requirements
- Coordinating compliance processes, audits, or record-keeping
- Supporting recruitment, HR, or people-focused processes in education, charities, local government, or other sectors.
We promote a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive working environment and are guided by our core values. These values are at the heart of our organisation’s personality.
To support students in further education from disadvantaged backgrounds to secure gateway English and maths qualifications that unlock opportunities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experience Business Development Marketing professional to join our team.
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Community Rehabilitation Service. We are the largest centre commissioned by NHS England for Category A neurorehabilitation.
This role is pivotal in leading on all business development and services-marketing activity to drive and increase brand awareness to ultimately generate referrals, whilst strengthening our position to be the provider of choice to support children with acquired brain injury and neurodisability across the UK and internationally.
You’ll work alongside a cross-organisational team to promote our services to external stakeholders, in particular managing our key account plan to influence, maximise referrals and income generating opportunities. Key to this is cultivating and maintaining relationships with stakeholders including hospital-based clinicians, commissioners at both integrated care boards and local authorities, with professionals with NHS England at a regional and national levels, embassies, medico-legal professionals including case managers and lawyers.
To underpin this, you’ll create, implement and review services-related multi-channel marketing activity, both on and off-line, including development and oversight of our professionals’ events programme, ensuring all activity aligns to, is integrated and works towards delivering our strategic objectives.
You will have the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an environment that is focused on the highest clinical and quality standards. You will work in a 24-acre site which is unusual in its beautiful historic nature, as it is unique in its state-of-the-art facilities including robotic technology and virtual reality.
Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
You’ll play a key and central role in driving promotion of our services, and this requires a balanced mix of both business development and marketing skills, knowledge and experience in a complex, services environment. You’ll be comfortable with matrix working, recognising the importance of this role in working across the organisation to drive referral generating activity.
To succeed in this high profile and diverse role, you must demonstrate:
- Business development and marketing skills, knowledge and experience in complex, service-oriented environment, across B2B, B2C and B2G audiences.
- Relationship management skills, including cultivating new and existing relationships.
- Ability to influence stakeholders, at all levels, both internally and externally.
- strategic thinking and the ability to drive service development and maximise income, whilst mitigating risk.
- Understanding of commissioning landscapes – NHS (national and local levels), continuing health care, education, and private.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment, with resilience, determination and passion.
Interview Date: Monday 22nd September 2025
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Deputy Director of Global Development, Asia
Salary: circa £80,000 to £90,000
Location: Hybrid/South Kensington and White City (with travel to other Imperial campuses/meetings as required).
This role is based at Imperial’s White City campus. This role is a hybrid role, and the post holder will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite or out on university business.
Imperial College London seeks an accomplished and strategic development professional for the position of Deputy Director of Global Development, Asia – a key position as we prepare to launch our first university-wide fundraising and alumni engagement campaign.
Imperial is one of the world’s great universities, ranked second globally and first in the UK and Europe. Our excellence in research and education is matched by our commitment to solving global challenges - from climate resilience and global health to transformative technologies and sustainable innovation.
As a member of the Principal Gifts and Global team, you will lead our development efforts across Asia and also oversee fundraising in the Middle East and Africa. Working closely with colleagues in Advancement and in partnership with senior academic and university leadership, you will shape and deliver the College’s philanthropic strategy in these regions. The role will be central to cultivating major philanthropic relationships, supporting regional engagement for Imperial’s President and senior representatives, and contributing to the wider success of our global campaign.
Reporting to the Director of Development: Principal Gifts and Global and working closely with senior leadership across the university and the Advancement Division, you will lead a high-performing team focused on principal gifts and international development. You will also serve as the strategic lead for Asia, while overseeing development efforts in the Middle East and Africa.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead our engagement with high-net-worth individuals and stakeholders across these regions, connecting them to Imperial’s world-leading research and innovation ecosystem.
This position is an opportunity for an experienced fundraiser with international vision, deep cultural awareness, and a strong record of securing significant gifts. The role will require diplomacy, strategic insight, and the ability to operate effectively within a complex global institution. Experience working across Asia and fluency in one or more Asian languages would be advantageous.
If you share our belief in the transformative potential of STEMB and are inspired by the chance to help deliver lasting global impact through education and research, we encourage you to consider this unique opportunity.
This is one of three exceptional opportunities to join our dynamic team. As we continue to expand our international presence, we are recruiting for the following key leadership roles:
- Director of Development: Principal Gifts & Global
- Deputy of Global Development, North America
Each of these roles offers a unique opportunity to shape our strategic direction and build impactful partnerships.
Interested?
Please familiarise yourself with the attached Candidate Pack.
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter.
Further Information
Imperial College is partnering with Constellate Global Talent on this search.
No agencies please.
Are you eager to make a difference in health and care but don’t know how to get started? Do you want to learn how policy is made, how senior leaders are influenced, and how research drives change?
We’re looking for a Policy and Research Intern to join our Policy and Influence team for nine months. This is a unique chance to take your first step on the policy career ladder – no prior policy experience required.
In this role, you’ll be right at the centre of our work with senior nursing and midwifery leaders. Yes, you’ll support the team with essential admin and communications, but this internship is about so much more than that. You’ll help deliver high-profile events like webinars and roundtables, track and report on member benefits, and contribute to live policy and research projects that shape the future of the NHS and wider system.
We don’t expect you to arrive knowing it all. What matters is your enthusiasm for FNF’s mission, your willingness to learn, and your drive to get stuck in. In return, you’ll gain hands-on experience, work alongside senior stakeholders, and build the skills and confidence to take the next step in your career.
What we’re looking for:
- A genuine interest in health policy and influencing
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Someone proactive, flexible, and ready to muck in
- A team player who wants to learn and grow
- Demonstrable evidence of how you have lived FNF’s values
This is a nine-month paid internship (at the National Living Wage), with plenty of flexibility and hybrid working. You can join us part-time (three days a week) or full-time — whichever works best for you.
If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, learn by doing, and kick start your career in health policy and influencing, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll be part of a dynamic, ambitious team that’s making a real difference — and excited to have you on the journey with us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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UK-based/ Colchester or Home-based with monthly travel to Colchester office. Overseas travel with trips lasting from 10-14 days.
This post requires the candidates to have independent rights to live and work in the UK
Background
Lepra is dedicated to addressing leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF) and their consequences through direct support, advocacy, and the promotion of inclusive communities. We work in Bangladesh and in India, through our sister organisation, LEPRA Society. We work in partnership with people affected by leprosy and LF to improve detection, ensure access to treatment and care, and promote inclusion and wellbeing. Last year we finalised our new Global Strategy for 2024-30, which will guide us in our efforts to accelerate progress towards global targets for leprosy and LF, and towards our vision of a world free from leprosy and LF.
Job Context
Our Global Strategy marks a significant evolution in our organisational direction, introducing innovative approaches and renewed priorities. This includes our first-ever global Theory of Change (ToC), our most comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) framework to date, a Research and Innovation strategy, and a dedicated Advocacy sub-strategy to guide our influencing efforts.
With the Lepra Advocacy Strategy, we will be working over the next 6 years to strengthen our approaches to our advocacy efforts. The post holder will play a key role in supporting the roll out of the Advocacy strategy working closely with the Director of Programmes and Advocacy, the Head of Research, the Senior Programme Manager, the Programme Officer and the teams where we work.
Job Purpose
This role is an exciting role within the programmes team in response to evolving needs. The incoming post holder will work within the 5 person UK’s Programme and Advocacy team and will drive, advise and support the team in relation to Lepra’s advocacy profile. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, strategic and creative person who has outstanding skills to engage and work with a diverse team. We are looking for someone to work with a clear strategy and then develop, grow and successfully shape the future of Lepra’s advocacy efforts.
Working Relationships
Reports to Lepra UK’s Director of Programmes and Advocacy (DPA)
Works closely with the Programmes and Advocacy Team
Close working links with colleagues in India and in Bangladesh and the UK’s communications team
International travel as needed for programmes oversight and support, and external representation.
Key responsibilities
Advocacy Delivery (50%)
Under the supervision of the DPA implement Lepra’s global Advocacy strategy and coordinate advocacy initiatives.
Serve as the driver of advocacy efforts, facilitating the transitional year of implementation including coordinating the Advocacy Steering Group; advocacy toolkit development; action planning.
Represent Lepra in specific fora and advocacy networks and within the broader leprosy and NTD community in close coordination with the DPA.
Produce quarterly advocacy newsletters
Maintain quarterly reports on flagging areas of concern and actioning steering committee advice.
Assist in the preparation of policy documents and the presentation of papers for publication, conferences, or specific institutions and/or individuals - identifying and targeting the most appropriate audiences.
Support and contribute to the development and implementation of initiatives that foster an inclusive, equitable, and diverse environment across organisational programmes, policies, and advocacy efforts.
Support and contribute to initiatives that promote inclusion and equity, with a strong focus on developing the leadership and advocacy capacity of people with lived experience of leprosy, ensuring their voices are central in decision-making and programme design.
Knowledge management / Learning and Development (20%)
Support the preparation of Lepra advocacy and policy documents.
Disseminate knowledge so that it is integrated into Lepra’s portfolio to amplify the impact for target audiences and improve their outcomes.
Facilitate the new knowledge and learning hub and forge a clear path for its evolution.
Facilitate knowledge sharing through updating the communications team with relevant materials for the new programme folder on the website.
Organise and develop advocacy training.
Develop and take ownership of the new programme’ s team knowledge sharing approaches.
Develop a workplan of knowledge sharing events.
Support annual review meetings.
Communications (10%)
Assist the programmes team with the documentation of Lepra examples and models of best practice, at the same time identifying and developing mechanisms and avenues for the effective dissemination of this knowledge – internally and externally.
Assist the programmes team, DPO, Chief Executive and Country Programme staff in the synthesis of complex technical/scientific information adapting it to language and formats easily used by target audiences.
Contribute to content development of community engagement materials (public information, brochures, leaflets) that help explain the operations and impact of Lepra’s work to LF and/or leprosy affected communities.
Maintain good working links with Lepra’s UK Fundraising and Communications Team, contributing towards UK facing communications materials as and when required.
Prepare updates, papers, and reports for trustee meetings, funding partners, and wherever else applicable.
External representation (10%)
Support the Chief Executive, DPA and programmes team to maintain and expand existing strategic relationships with key international stakeholders to further Lepra’s advocacy strategy and advance Lepra’s agenda.
Ensure Lepra’s external profile is raised and become the go-to organisation for the leprosy community in terms of advocacy and policy briefings.
Support the preparation of documents for presentation, publication or dissemination at international fora.
Develop/support the development of country specific briefing notes/press kits with the communications team.
Represent Lepra at key events, conferences, and meetings to enhance our visibility and opportunity for impact.
Safeguarding (5%)
Promote a culture of respect, transparency, and accountability within Lepra’s implemented projects.
Ensuring that safeguarding mechanisms are in place and remain at the heart of all activities.
Support the integration of strong safeguarding and PSEA practices into project design and delivery.
Monitoring, evaluation, and impact (5%)
Ensure that all advocacy and knowledge transfer efforts are captured and embedded in appropriate results frameworks, objectives, outputs, indicators and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Provide inputs to Lepra’s reports, according to Lepra’s needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Relevant degree level of education in Public Health, Social Sciences, Global Health, Human Rights, Political Sciences or equivalent experience.
Desirable
Relevant post-graduate qualification
Relevant professional health-related qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
Minimum of 2 yrs experience of advocacy/campaigning/policy work with an overseas development organisation
Experience of working to advance the rights of excluded populations
Extensive knowledge of global health issues and an up-to-date familiarity with issues and practice in the international development sector
Experience in planning and implementing successful strategies/campaigns/advocacy in Asia.
Experience in programme/project planning, budgeting, M&E and reporting, within a non-governmental organisation, including the preparation of reports for institutional donors.
Ability to analyse and act on data.
Experience of working on issues in relation to disability, mental health, gender, human rights and social inclusion.
Experience in project coordination and management.
Desirable
At least two years’ experience as an advocacy manager, preferably gained with an overseas development organisation or in academia, in a similar health focused role.
Familiarity with data visualisation tools and packages.
Proficiency in one or more Indian languages (e.g., Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, etc.) is an asset.
Skills, Attitudes and Personal Qualities
Highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal to build strong relationships, negotiate and persuade a wide range of audiences, with confidence at presenting and representing.
Proven strength in both written and verbal communication
Able to reach, network with and communicate to a wide range of stakeholders and potential stakeholders.
Excellent attention to detail, and organisational and time management skills
Ability to manipulate and analyse data to draw useful conclusions to improve programme delivery.
Ability to use databases, Word, excel, PowerPoint and other Office packages
Ability to work independently, be flexible and prioritise workload.
Ability to travel within the UK and overseas.
The right to work in the UK.
We operate a non-bias recruitment process and run our job advertisements through anonymous recruitment methods.
We offer a lot of flexibility in working practices and there is free reserved parking available at our Colchester office. We also offer 26 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro-rated), pension, Employee Assistance Programme and support from an in-house well-being team.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interview. Please check your email inbox and spam/junk mail folder for any email correspondence for this vacancy.
If you require any reasonable considerations such as access or information in an alternative format, please inform us soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.
Please do not use AI to help you write cover letters, CVs and responses to any screening questions. We want to hear your original voice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.