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About The Advocacy Project
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care. We’re here to make sure people who are vulnerable because of their circumstance can understand their rights, make effective choices about their lives and voice their concerns.
Some of the ways we do this include:
· Advocacy services that make sure people can express their wishes when decisions are being made about their care or wellbeing
· User involvement projects that help organisations improve what they offer by listening to people who use their services
· Local Healthwatch services, which act as health and social care champions for the areas they serve and give people a direct channel to share their feedback
Our services are independent, confidential, and free to those receiving them. Together, our teams are standing up for essential rights and supporting people to have a say on the issues that matter to them.
About the role
The Advocacy Project vision is clear: everyone should have a voice. We work tirelessly to ensure that those who are often unheard or whose wishes are dismissed are heard and their rights upheld.
We believe passionately that everyone should have equal outcomes when accessing health and social care services, and we all live our values everyday showing up with kindness, strength, honesty and belief in the work we do. Our work makes a difference, but we need to reach more people and change more lives; can you be part of our journey?
You will be joining The Advocacy Project at a critical time as we enter the second year of our new strategy. Key to the success of the new strategy is developing a sustainable business model that moves us from a reliance on statutory income to a mixed portfolio of funding including trusts and foundations and paid for services. Focussing on growth we are looking to secure at least £250,000 new income annually while maintaining our current income levels, we aim to double our income by the end of our strategy in 2030.
As part of our senior leadership team, you will be agile and collaborative, a fundraising professional who has developed and delivered an income generation strategy and achieved income growth across multiple income streams, including developing commercial income streams, grants and statutory income. You will be hands on, getting stuck into applications, prospecting, communicating, and developing new income opportunities. Building strong relationships with staff, volunteers and service users, you will also have the ability to engage with stakeholders and build relationships externally. You will develop evidence-based and impact-led cases for support for various projects and must be able to unlock growth, develop new approaches and help communicate our impact.
You will build and lead a small, effective and positive fundraising team.
Key responsibilities
- Developing our income strategy to ensure we reach our financial and strategic goals.
- Chairing the Business development and fundraising committee
- Further developing trust and foundations pipeline, growing income and identifying new opportunities.
- Further develop our commercial income opportunities including training, consultancy and paid for services.
- Overseeing all tender submissions including building the pipeline and writing or commissioning tender writers.
- Working with the CEO and our comms officer to ensure our Comms and Income generation strategy are aligned.
- Recruiting and managing bid writers as required.
- Working with our Finance team to ensure all donations are collected and recorded correctly, holding budget responsibility for fundraising and cooms.
- Building our case for support, working closely with staff and service users to understand their lived experience.
- Representing The Advocacy Project with funders, commissioners and external partners
- Ensure the Board of Trustees are regularly updated on the progress of income generation and our comms engagement, using a transparent and consistent reporting framework.
- Embed a fundraising culture within The Advocacy Project.
About you
We’re looking for someone with a significant success and experience of impactful charitable fundraising across diverse income streams especially from trust and foundations.
You must be passionate about our work the role of advocacy and involving service users in design.
Essential
î Effective line management skills and ability to deliver alongside and through small team.
î Experience of developing trust and foundations pipelines, bid writing and evidenced success of winning significant funding.
î Experience of statutory services and tender submissions
î Experience of developing new income streams.
î Experience of delivering to targets, including a strong understanding of risk and how best to manage it
î Knowledge of fundraising regulations, GDPR, and best practices
Desirable
î Experience of working as a senior leader within a third sector, public sector, or voluntary organisation, including setting strategy and managing change
î Experience of designing and delivering commercial income streams including business to business and direct to consumer products
î Previous experience in an Advocacy/user voice organisation
î Previous experience of co production.
Skills
î Strong leadership and management skills
î Ability to work collaboratively and lead change effectively
î Be highly organised and self-motivated with a proven ability to work to tight deadlines
î Positive, creative, entrepreneurial, and solutions focused.
î Proactive, dynamic, able to work effectively independently.
î Ability to problem solve and think creatively
î Confident networker, with strong communication skills.
î Strong understanding of EDI principles and how to apply them in your work
Benefits of working for us
We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care.



FWAG SouthWest is looking for a Head of Operations to help lead our organisation through its next phase. This is a senior leadership role with real influence over how we deliver our work, support our team and respond to the changing environment for farming and wildlife.
About us
FWAG SouthWest is an environmental charity working with farmers and land managers to deliver practical change on the ground. We combine an understanding of farming businesses with environmental expertise to support better outcomes for nature, climate and food production. Our work brings people together: farmers, communities and partners to deliver change at a local and landscape scale. As farming responds to new policy, markets and environmental pressures, our role is to help shape and deliver solutions that work, supporting resilient farm businesses alongside climate-resilient landscapes and nature recovery.
The role
As Head of Operations, you will lead delivery across the South West, working through a network of county teams and specialists. Your focus will be on strengthening our ability to deliver. Supporting team leaders to grow capacity, manage workload and deliver high quality work in increasingly complex projects. You will work alongside teams to remove barriers, improve systems and step into delivery where needed helping to ensure work progresses and opportunities are achieved. Working closely with the CEO and senior team, you will help translate strategy into delivery and ensure we remain effective, responsive and financially sustainable. You will also play a key role in how we respond to change across the sector, supporting teams to navigate new policy, funding and partnership opportunities.
About you
We are looking for an experienced leader who is motivated by enabling others to deliver. You don’t need to have experience in the environmental sector. We are open to candidates from a wide range of backgrounds who can bring strong leadership, a collaborative approach, professional skills and share our values.
What matters is your ability to:
• Support and develop people to increase their capacity and confidence
• Work alongside teams to solve problems and keep delivery moving
• Manage complex programmes and competing priorities
• Put in place practical systems and structures that support delivery
• Build strong relationships across a regional organisation
An interest in farming, land management or the natural environment is important, detailed sector knowledge is desirable.
For further details and a full job description and person specification, please see attachments below.
Why join us
This is an opportunity to play a key role in a charity with a strong reputation and clear purpose.
You will:
• Help shape how we deliver across the South West
• Lead and support a skilled and committed team
• Work on issues that matter for the future of farming, climate and nature
• Be part of an organisation rooted in practical action and trusted relationships
Further information
o Salary £56,650 – £61,800, dependent on experience
o Permanent contract
o 37.5 hours per week, but applications from those looking for 4 days (30 hours) per week will also be considered
o 25 days per annum, rising by a day a year with service to 30 days per annum, plus public holidays and an opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
o Flexible working hours
o Pension scheme - employer contribution 4%, employee contribution 4% with salary sacrifice applicable
o Employee wellbeing scheme and Employee assistance programme
o Support to undertake relevant external training and qualifications
o Group life insurance scheme
o Professional subscriptions relevant to the post supported
o Regular travel across the South West will be required and therefore access to a vehicle is essential
Supporting farmers to promote and enhance the conservation of wildlife and the environment
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a new role, expanding the management team in our Services team, and providing some additional focus for our grant making, commissioning and direct service provision work.
This is an exciting time to be joining our team. Our grant making work is providing support for wellbeing services across the county, in addition to the £5m Sunflower Appeal, which will provide a major capital grant for a new cancer centre at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. We have recently begun commissioning services directly, with our counselling service for family and carers of cancer patients being our first step into this way of working.
There are huge opportunities to develop our work further. Our Bins for Boys project launched in 2024, and we want to see Bins for Boys venues across our region by 2028. Our monitoring, evaluation and impact work is building, and there is grant potential to shape how we report on the value our work has to the communities around us.
We are looking for someone who is a confident communicator, able to develop strong partnerships and has the skill to understand and interpret new project ideas. A clinical background is not a requirement, but a genuine interest in how we can make a difference for people living with cancer is essential.
Our ideal candidate will have an understanding of managing grant-funded projects, a creative approach to challenges and a supportive attitude to managing others. They will be able to navigate complex governance and work with internal and external stakeholders effectively. They will have the ability to see and realise opportunities for income generation to support their work.
This role will work alongside the Head of Services (Cancer Awareness), and there is an expectation of close collaboration and cross-working between the two sides of the team. It will also form part of the wider Lingen Davies management team, attending senior team meetings and collaborating with others to ensure smooth running and development across the charity.
Please note, this role requires travel across our large, rural region. Therefore, a UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential.
To apply, please submit your CV plus a covering letter of no more than two pages. Your letter should showcase your skills and motivations for the role, and let us know why you think you are the best person to come and join our team.
We exist to enhance cancer services and improve lives in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and Mid Wales.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
The Head of Buildings & Facilities is responsible for the effective, safe and compliant management of The Passage’s buildings and for ensuring that Facilities support the charity’s residential services, day services and offices. The role ensures compliance with statutory, regulatory and organisational requirements, maintains high standards of safety and sustainability as well as delivering value for money.
The role also helps develop and implement our Asset Management Strategy, ensuring our building stock remains in good condition in the medium and long term.
The Head of Buildings & Facilities is supported by a small but experienced Facilities Management team and a number of external contractors.
Main duties
Strategic Asset Management
- Be a leading part of a team to develop and implement an Asset Management Strategy, including reporting on the condition of buildings, forward planning of major renovations and compliance works, making recommendations for investment planning and capital works programmes.
- Play a leading role in plans to acquire new property assets and to bring them into effective use.
- Ensure the work of the Facilities Management team dovetails with the requirements and regulatory requirements of our residential services.
- Implement and embed tools and systems to improve the efficiency and forward-planning of the team’s work.
Buildings and Facilities Management
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the Passage’s buildings ensuring they are safe, secure, accessible and fit for the services provided to our clients.
- Oversee the Facilities Management team to ensure the fabric and systems of all the charity’s buildings are maintained in line with statutory and regulatory standards.
- Work with the Facilities Management team to (i) oversee planned preventative maintenance and improvements to all of The Passage’s sites (ii) oversee and support the team to provide a quick, reliable response to maintenance and repair requests.
- Ensure colleagues and residents are engaged and informed in advance of any issues which may affect them, thereby minimising potential disruption.
Health and Safety
- Act as the lead and Responsible Person for Health & Safety (H&S) across the organisation including risk assessments, accurate and timely recording of health and safety issues, carrying out audits and investigations as necessary.
- Respond to any reported H&S risks, prioritising any reported risks with a significant potential for harm.
- Ensure The Passage is compliant with all relevant H&S statutory, regulatory and legislative requirements, including but not limited to: Fire safety; Gas, Electrical and Water safety; Asbestos management; RSH regulations.
- Formalise, develop and monitor the H&S framework and policies.
- Working with the Facilities Management team, ensure all work is carried out in full compliance with H&S requirements and best practice, whether that work is carried out by Passage staff or by third party contractors.
- Ensure robust record-keeping and compliance reporting to management and Board.
Relationship Management (Contractors and Suppliers)
- Ensure relationships with key services suppliers are well managed by the Facilities Management team. Work with the team to monitor the quality and timing of external contractors’ work and to address any shortcomings promptly.
- Ensure that all contracts for ongoing work and for one-off pieces of work are awarded in full accordance with The Passage’s procurement policy, ensuring best value for money and high-quality delivery.
- Together with the Facilities Management team, ensure contractors conduct themselves professionally and respectfully whilst attending any of the Passage’s locations and to ensure they follow our safeguarding policy at all times.
Teamwork and Line Management
- Line manage the Facilities Management Co-ordinator with an emphasis on supportive communication, skills development and progress towards personal objectives, including his line management of other members of the team.
- Develop positive relationships with all other teams at The Passage’s multiple sites and promote practices to reduce the need for repairs and replacements.
- Be a proactive and constructive member of The Passage’s Senior Management Group
Financial
- Develop and manage the Facilities Management budget, including capital spend, monitoring spending against budget and explaining variances.
- Support business planning through accurate forecasting and long-term planning of major financial spending.
- Ensure value for money and effective financial control across all areas of responsibility.
General Responsibilities
- Working with your Line Manager, develop your role to keep pace with The Passage’s plans and ambitions; participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal and to lead in identifying your own development and training needs.
- Represent The Passage in a professional manner at all times, carrying out your role to a high standard, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of The Passage
- Make sure The Passage’s policies are followed within Buildings & Facilities Management, particularly those for Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Data Protection, anti-Harassment and Equality and Diversity.
- To participate in meetings, training and other events as required.
- Undertake any other duties which are commensurate with the role.
General Responsibilities
- Working with your Line Manager, develop your role to keep pace with The Passage’s plans and ambitions; participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal and to lead in identifying your own development and training needs.
- Represent The Passage in a professional manner at all times, carrying out your role to a high standard, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of The Passage
- Make sure The Passage’s policies are followed within Buildings & Facilities Management, particularly those for Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Data Protection and Equality and Diversity.
- To participate in meetings, training and other events as required.
- Undertake any other duties that may be required which are commensurate with the role.
Desired Experience
- E1 – Proven experience in leading a complex Buildings and Facilities Management function, including effective management of external contractors.
- E2 – Experience of developing and/or implementing a buildings Asset Management Strategy.
- E3 – Experience of introducing a systematic approach to Facilities Management, covering Health & Safety, Regulatory compliance and Planned Preventative Maintenance.
- E4 – Experience of developing and getting the best from a small team.
- E5 – Experience of effectively managing budgets.
- E6 – Experience of playing leading role in major projects as well as day to day operations.
- E7 – Demonstrable experience of taking a long-term planning view at the same time as delivering on day-to-day priorities.
Desired Knowledge
- K1 – Strong understanding of Health and Safety and other legislative and regulatory requirements, ideally gained in an environment providing residential accommodation.
- K2 – Professionally recognised Health & Safety and/or Buildings and Facilities Management qualification (eg IWFM, NEBOSH, IOSH).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with The Passage to recruit a Head of Development to join their senior management team.
The Passage is a leading London homelessness charity, supporting people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to transform their lives. Their vision is of a society where homelessness no longer exists and everyone has a place to call home. The Passage has built a reputation for high-quality services and impactful fundraising, with voluntary income exceeding £5m in recent years.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a strategic leadership role at a pivotal moment, shaping and growing a diverse high-value fundraising portfolio while leading and developing an ambitious team.
Head of Development
Employment status: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Salary: £56,960
Location: Office based (central London) with some flexible working from home
Benefits: 35 Days annual leave including bank holiday
About the Role
This is a key senior position, responsible for leading and growing The Passage's high-value income streams, including corporate partnerships, philanthropy (major donors), trusts & foundations, and commercial/trading activity.
Reporting to the Director of Income Generation and Communications, you'll lead a committed and talented team to deliver sustainable income growth, while ensuring first-class stewardship is provided across all touchpoints.
You'll play a central role in developing and delivering strategy, driving new business, and building long-term, high-value relationships with donors and partners. As part of the Senior Management Group, you'll also contribute to organisational leadership and strategic direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver a high-value income strategy across corporate, philanthropy, trusts and commercial streams
- Drive new business, identifying and securing six-figure+ partnerships and donations
- Personally manage a portfolio of major donors and senior corporate relationships
- Oversee and grow commercial and trading opportunities, ensuring strong performance and sustainability
- Lead, coach, and develop the Development team to achieve ambitious income targets
- Work collaboratively across teams to develop compelling propositions, proposals, and donor journeys
- Monitor performance, budgets, and pipelines to ensure delivery against KPIs and forecasts
- Represent The Passage externally, acting as an ambassador with senior stakeholders and partners
About You
We're looking for a strategic, relationship-driven leader with a strong track record in high-value fundraising and income generation.
You will bring:
- Proven success in developing and delivering high-value fundraising strategies
- A track record of securing £100k+ gifts and partnerships
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
- Strong expertise across corporate partnerships, major donors, and/or trusts
- Commercial awareness, with experience or interest in trading and income diversification
- Excellent relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders
- Strong planning, budgeting, and pipeline management skills
- A collaborative and values-driven leadership style
Most importantly, you'll be motivated by The Passage's mission and committed to driving income that creates lasting impact for people experiencing homelessness.
Why This Role?
This is an outstanding opportunity to shape the future of income generation at one of London's most respected homelessness charities.
You'll join at an exciting point of growth, with the autonomy to innovate, the support of a strong leadership team, and the chance to make a tangible difference through strategic, high-value fundraising.
Application Details
Closing date: Wednesday 17th June, 9:00am
Interviews: 25th/26th June
If this role inspires you, please send your latest CV to Kevin Croasdale at Charity People () and request a job application.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
Head of Development Operations
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Location: London, UK
Salary: £53,317 - £61,034 pa plus benefits
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.
LSHTM have 3,300 staff based around the world with core hubs in London and at the MRC Units in The Gambia and Uganda. Our outstanding, diverse and committed staff make an impact where it is most needed, deploying research in real time in response to crises, developing innovative programmes for major health threats and training the next generations of public and global health leaders and researchers.
Philanthropy is critical to us achieving our mission, and our Development and Alumni Relations department develops and supports relationships with a growing body of supporters and community of over 30,000 alumni in over 180 countries around the world.
As we scale up the role of fundraising at LSHTM, we are recruiting 3 senior specialists to work closely as part of the department’s leadership team in providing strategic and tactical direction of key areas of our work as our Heads of Development Operations, Trusts & Foundations, and a new area – Corporate Partnerships.
As our Head of Development Operations, you will report to the Director of Development & Alumni Relations and bring first-class knowledge and experience of best practice and strategy in fundraising operations. As an outstanding operator, with a proven track record of developing and implementing critical support functions for a successful Development team, you will thrive within a busy environment and enjoy leading a people or teams. You work well with fundraising and engagement colleagues, and enjoy the collaborative process of turning a strategy into reality. Key to your success in this role is the practical and consultative approach you will bring, along with your ability to think laterally and creatively to achieve the Department’s and School’s goals.
If you believe you have the skills, aptitude and commitment to our purpose, we would like to hear from you. We are partnering with Richmond Associates on this campaign. To view the information pack for this role please visit their website to download a detailed information pack and to arrange a confidential discussion with Sonja Dunphy, Managing Director or Nicola Reames, Senior Consultant.
Closing date for applications: 09:00 on FRIDAY, 26 JUNE 2026
We have big goals over the next few years.
We're going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.
Together we'll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.
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Mind Cymru is the national team in Wales working in partnership with the Local Mind and Mind Retail Network (The Federation). The Team is small yet impactful, leading Minds work in Wales, specifically our devolved Policy and Campaigns, Marketing, Communications and Media and our commitment to Federation Sustainability Strategy. Mind in Wales supports over 36000 people living across communities in Wales every year and we have big ambitions to reach more people through our commitment to providing open access to quality mental health support and care.
Key duties and responsibilities
The post holder will:
Role profiles at this job responsibility level are either roles that require highly skilled subject matter experts or roles that lead a team (of at least three direct or indirect reports) with cross-functional impact within and/or outside the organisation. All roles at this level make tactical decisions, create operational plans for the short or medium term and make recommendations to their seniors about potential strategic decisions in response to, for example, emerging trends or legislative changes or other risks and opportunities. These roles work to defined and measurable performance objectives and have freedom to determine how they are achieved by agreement with their manager. Roles at this job responsibility level generally work independently with minimal supervision
This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Mind's equity statement
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria in the personal specification.
This new role will be equally divided between Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland and Vineyard Global.
Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland (VCUKI) is a growing movement of churches, built on God’s transforming word, who worship God with passion, intimacy and expectation. We exist to participate in the advancement of the Kingdom of God through the work of local Vineyard churches that communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and practise.
The Vineyard movement is growing worldwide, with churches now established in countries on six continents. Increasingly, the Vineyard churches within a country are coming together to form national Associations of Vineyard Churches (AVCs), each led by its own national leadership.
Vineyard Global exists to bring together and strengthen those AVCs, and is itself an association. Through its Council, its Leaders, Leadership Team and Trustees, it also provides guidance and support to the Vineyard movement as it emerges, thrives and grows across the world.
The Role
Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland (VCUKI) and Vineyard Global are looking for a dedicated Head of Fundraising to join our team and help us expand our impact through effective fundraising initiatives.
This is a remote position for someone based in the UK, with the expectation to work at a VCUKI office two days a month. The role is full-time and reports to the VCUKI National Coordinator.
This is a new position that offers an exciting opportunity to grow, develop, and shape the fundraising strategy for our national movement. The Head of Fundraising will be responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive fundraising strategy aimed at securing donations from major donors, trusts, foundations, and corporations.
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland as well as Vineyard Global. They will work with movement leaders and Vineyard staff to maximise fundraising opportunities and establish long-term relationships with donors. The candidate should be a starter finisher as this is a new area of development for both VCUKI and Vineyard Global, and over time, it is anticipated that the post-holder will build a team to assist with key aspects of the role. We are looking for a graduate with a proven track record in fundraising within the nonprofit sector, especially someone who has successfully secured large donations and grants. If you're a self-motivated individual who thrives on networking and possesses the ability to influence and persuade a variety of stakeholders, we want to hear from you!
The interview date will provisionally be w/c 6th July 2026.
Please see the job description and person specification for more information.
To apply, please click the link.
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
Occupational Requirement
As this role will require the successful applicant to promote the Christian values of the Vineyard church movement and provide individuals with Christian pastoral support, it is an Occupational Requirement that the successful candidate is a practicing Christian, who regularly attends Sunday church services and can agree with the VCUKI Statement of Faith and Ethos Statement.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed violence by supporting governments to safely manage weapons and ammunition. In 1997, MAG was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for our work campaigning for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
Job Purpose
You will provide leadership for MAG’s global advocacy and influencing work, ensuring engagement with political, institutional, and sector stakeholders is focused, coordinated, and aligned with organisational priorities.
The Head of Advocacy will lead the development and delivery of MAG’s advocacy strategy across key geographies and fora, including national governments, multilateral institutions, and sector networks. The role ensures that MAG’s policy positions are translated into clear and targeted influencing approaches, and that advocacy activity supports organisational objectives.
Working closely with the Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, the Head of Policy, and colleagues across MAG, the role strengthens MAG’s external influence and ensures a coordinated approach across teams and regions.
Advocacy Leadership and Strategy
- Lead the development and delivery of MAG’s global advocacy strategy, aligned with organisational priorities and policy positions
- Identify priority targets, geographies, and influencing opportunities across national, regional, and multilateral contexts
- Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on advocacy opportunities, risks, and positioning
External Engagement and Representation
- Represent MAG at senior level with governments, multilateral institutions, and sector networks
- Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers and advocacy peers across priority geographies
- Lead MAG’s engagement in relevant advocacy fora, including parliamentary, multilateral, and sector spaces
- Support senior MAG staff to engage effectively with advocacy targets
Delivery of Advocacy and Influencing
- Oversee the design and delivery of advocacy initiatives that support MAG’s objectives
- Ensure the development of high-quality advocacy materials, including briefings and messaging
- Ensure advocacy activity is coordinated across MAG and aligned with organisational priorities
Advocacy Management and Internal Coherence
- Provide leadership and line management to the Advocacy Manager and wider advocacy function
- Conduct appraisal meetings in line with MAG policy, agreeing and reviewing progress towards individual targets on a regular basis.
- Ensure clear planning and prioritisation of advocacy activities
- Strengthen internal understanding of advocacy priorities and approaches
- Ensure consistency of messaging across advocacy, policy, communications, and programme engagement
- Sector Engagement and Positioning
- Build and maintain relationships with advocacy peers and coalitions across the humanitarian and disarmament sectors
- Influence sector advocacy agendas in line with MAG’s priorities and expertise
Management
- Contribute to PSP planning and organisational strategy
- Support business planning and programme development
- Manage resources in line with agreed priorities
- Provide updates to the Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships
- Deputise as required
Requirements
Essential Experience
- Significant experience in advocacy, influencing, or external engagement in humanitarian, development, or related sectors
- Experience engaging with political stakeholders, including governments and/or multilateral institutions
- Experience developing and delivering advocacy strategies or influencing initiatives
- Experience producing high-quality advocacy materials and briefings
- Experience working collaboratively across teams and with external partners
Essential Skills and Knowledge
- Strong understanding of political and influencing processes across relevant geographies and institutions
- Understanding of humanitarian, disarmament, or related policy environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong relationship management and influencing skills
- Ability to identify and respond to emerging opportunities in dynamic political contexts
Essential Aptitude
- Ability to represent MAG with credibility and authority
- Strategic thinking and sound judgement
- Collaborative and solutions-focused approach
- Ability to work with autonomy and prioritise effectively
- Commitment to MAG’s mission and values
Desirable
- Experience engaging in multilateral fora (UN, CCM, APMBC, CCW, ATT, UNPoA)
- Experience working across multiple geographic advocacy contexts
- Experience managing or developing a team
- Additional languages
Benefits
Remuneration
The starting salary will be £56,220, based on a 37.5 hour working week. MAG has a system of incremental pay increases, up to a limit, based on length of service in the role. Further information will be provided to the successful candidate.
Closing Date: 12.00 (GMT) - 18th June 2026
To apply please visit our website via the link.
Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding and background checks on our website.
MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential 25 days Annual Leave.
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Suzy Lamplugh Trust
Hybrid (40% office-based)
Full-time (35 hours)
Permanent
£47,124
Start: ASAP
Lead and shape services supporting victims of stalking and abuse
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is seeking a Head of Operations to provide strategic leadership across our services, ensuring they are safe, effective, compliant, and sustainable.
This is a senior leadership role, responsible for overseeing service performance, infrastructure, and delivery at an organisational level. You will play a key role in shaping strategy, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring our services meet the needs of victims and funders alike.
About the role
You will:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across all services, ensuring high-quality and compliant delivery
- Lead on organisational performance, including KPIs, quality standards, and reporting frameworks
- Oversee contract and grant delivery, ensuring all obligations and compliance requirements are met
- Hold senior relationships with commissioners, funders, and external stakeholders
- Lead service development, mobilisation of new contracts, and organisational change
- Ensure effective systems, infrastructure, and processes are in place to support delivery
- Provide leadership across safeguarding, risk, and organisational compliance
- Work as part of the Senior Management Team to shape and deliver organisational strategy
This role focuses on service infrastructure, performance, and strategic oversight, rather than direct frontline management
About you
You will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record in operational and strategic service delivery within a safeguarding or related environment.
You will have:
- Significant experience leading multiple frontline services within a safeguarding or VAWG-related sector
- Experience operating at senior leadership level, contributing to organisational strategy
- Strong experience of performance management, KPIs, and quality assurance frameworks
- Experience managing statutory contracts or grant-funded services
- Proven ability to lead organisational change, service mobilisation, or transformation
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, compliance, and information governance
- Experience working with commissioners and senior external stakeholders
Desirable:
- Experience within stalking, domestic abuse, or VAWG services
- Experience in a charity or commissioned service environment
- Experience in organisational restructuring, service redesign, or systems implementation
Why join us
- Lead and shape services that support victims of stalking and abuse
- Join a collaborative and mission-driven senior leadership team
- Play a critical role in organisational strategy, growth and impact
How to apply
Please submit your CV and a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the person specification.
Applications will not be considered without a supporting statement
Additional information
- This is a senior leadership role reporting to the CEO
To reduce the risk and prevalence of abuse, aggression and violence - with a specific focus on stalking and harassment
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Vacancy
**Part-time fixed term contract until December 2027 with possible extension. This is a new role that could be carried out 3 or 4 days a week **
Who we are
We are RCVS Knowledge, a charity with a mission to advance the quality of veterinary care for the benefit of animals, the public and society. We empower and support veterinary teams to provide evidence-based, quality care and improved animal health and welfare outcomes. We are the charity partner of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). This role reflects our organisational values: integrity, collaboration, ambition, inclusion and empowerment
Job purpose
We are seeking a strategic, collaborative and experienced Head of income and partnerships to drive forward and deliver our plans for income growth and diversification in line with our 5-year organisational strategy.
This is a new, pivotal role at a defining moment for the organisation. As we evolve our operating model and ambitions, you will lead the development of a more diverse, sustainable and innovative income portfolio, ensuring we can continue to grow our impact in advancing the quality of veterinary care for the benefit of animals, the public and society.
Reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with your senior team colleagues, you will develop and implement our income generation strategy, unlocking opportunities across industry partnerships, trust and foundations and individual giving.
We’re looking for someone who is both strategically minded and comfortable with hands-on delivery, and who will take a proactive approach to building our income-generating capacity from the ground up.
Key responsibilities
Strategy and leadership
- Play a key role in developing and refining our income strategy to meet our organisational strategy and priorities
- Take a leadership role in income generation, collaborating with colleagues to identify and take forward opportunities for income generation and partnerships
- Advise the CEO and senior team on growth opportunities and strategic partnerships while providing coaching, guidance and support to the team on best practice in developing successful partnerships to generate income
- Encourage cross-team collaboration on income opportunities
- Work with the CEO and the rest of the senior team to set the annual business plan and budget, and monitor delivery and performance
Delivery
- Build, manage and deliver a pipeline of opportunities across multiple income streams, with a primary focus on industry partnerships, trusts and foundations, and the development of individual giving.
- Develop and secure high-value partnerships with carefully selected industry partners in line with our partnerships policy. Oversee stewardship of partners to develop successful strategic relationships in both the short and long term
- Work with senior team colleagues, clinical leads and other team members to develop compelling, outcome-driven cases for support
- Explore and support potential opportunities for income generation in other areas such as public sector and earned income.
Performance and compliance
- Monitor and report on progress towards KPIs and income targets
- Create and enhance systems, processes and tools to develop the charity’s income-generation capability
- Ensure compliance with fundraising regulation and best practice
- Work with finance colleagues on forecasting, reporting and income tracking.
Person specification
Essential
- Substantial experience leading income‑generation activity, including developing strategies, building pipelines and securing income across multiple streams
- Strong track record of developing and stewarding high‑value partnerships that deliver income and impact
- Experience personally leading successful bids, proposals and pitches
- Confidence operating both strategically and hands‑on within a small or medium-sized organisation
- Strong senior‑level stakeholder‑management skills and the ability to translate organisational strengths into compelling cases for support
- Solid financial literacy, including budgeting, forecasting and income tracking
- Clear understanding of best practice, governance and ethical considerations in income generation
Desirable
- Experience working within the veterinary or animal‑health sector, or in a similarly technical or evidence‑based environment
- Familiarity with developing income opportunities in collaboration with technical or clinical experts.
Closing date 21st June 2026
1st interviews (Online) 29th June or 2nd July 2026
2nd Interviews (In person) 7th July 2026
*The application page will give you a single 'Upload your CV' option. Please use this CV upload option to upload a single document that includes both a Cover letter and a CV within a single document. Please use the Cover letter to outline how your skills, experience and knowledge meets the essential criteria of the role*
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Head of Experience
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours a week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Office-based in London N4, with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £65,118 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 4
About Us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
The Head of Experience is a senior cross-organisational leadership role building and leading a new Experience function at the heart of the Engagement and Income Generation directorate.
It exists to change how the organisation understands and responds to the people it exists for. That means identifying where experiences can be improved and creating the conditions to act on it.
The postholder will drive cross-functional collaboration so that audience insight and data consistently inform strategic decisions. They will create the systems and governance that turn insight into action across the breadth of MS experience.
The postholder is accountable for driving measurable improvements in how audiences experience every interaction with us. This builds the conditions for integrated, audience-led engagement at scale, in service of delivering greater impact and sustainable income.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Thursday 18th June 2026
Interested?
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and or people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our recruitment and selection process
- The first round of our recruitment and selection process includes an interview with competency-based questions.
- Our recruitment and selection process might also include extra tasks. For example, a written or Microsoft Excel test or making a presentation.
- We’ll let you know what the selection process will include when we invite you to interview. You can ask for any more reasonable adjustments for the interview as part of the invitation.
- You might also be invited for a second interview. We’ll let you know about this during the selection process.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 39 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS

Head of Corporate Partnerships
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Location: London, UK
Salary: £53,317 - £61,034 pa plus benefits
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.
LSHTM have 3,300 staff based around the world with core hubs in London and at the MRC Units in The Gambia and Uganda. Our outstanding, diverse and committed staff make an impact where it is most needed, deploying research in real time in response to crises, developing innovative programmes for major health threats and training the next generations of public and global health leaders and researchers.
Philanthropy is critical to us achieving our mission, and our Development and Alumni Relations department develops and supports relationships with a growing body of supporters and community of over 30,000 alumni in over 180 countries around the world.
As we scale up the role of fundraising at LSHTM, we are recruiting 3 senior specialists to work closely as part of the department’s leadership team in providing strategic and tactical direction of key areas of our work as our Heads of Development Operations, Trusts & Foundations, and a new area – Corporate Partnerships.
We have created a Head of Corporate Partnerships position for an experienced practitioner to join us, and explore and strategically design a focused programme to engage corporate support. We have identified a number of potential prospects and are now seeking a creative and enterprising specialist who has a track record of working with key stakeholders to develop attractive value propositions that have secured new corporate partnerships. Success in this role will require intellectual curiosity and a strong relationship-focused approach, with creativity, resilience and strong ambition to build something new and achieve results.
If you believe you have the skills, aptitude and commitment to our purpose, we would like to hear from you. We are partnering with Richmond Associates on this campaign. To view the information pack for this role or to arrange a confidential discussion with Richmond Associates, please contact Sonja Dunphy, Managing Director or Nicola Reames, Senior Consultant via their website or follow the Apply button.
Closing date for applications: 09:00 on FRIDAY, 3 JULY 2026
QuarterFive are delighted to be supporting STEM Learning, a leading educational charity that believes every young person deserves access to high-quality education and career support, regardless of their background.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, and as a member of the Senior Management Team, you will lead the organisation's fundraising strategy and team to secure significant, multi-year income from major donors, trusts and foundations and corporates. You’ll be responsible for expanding their funding base, deepening key relationships, and ensuring the organisation has the partnerships and resources to achieve its mission.
Fundraising has developed rapidly in recent years, with investment, board-level commitment and a growing team driving success. With strong foundations in place and a portfolio of high-value partnerships, there is an exciting opportunity to scale their strategic influence and deepen their impact.
We’re looking for a relationship-driven leader who will take an entrepreneurial approach to identifying opportunities for new funds and develop long-term, high-impact partnerships.
This is a hybrid but mostly home-based role, with monthly team meetings and occasional overnight stays at the N.England headquarters, and fortnightly attendance at the London office. All travel costs covered.
As Head of Fundraising, you will:
- Lead on fundraising strategy with major donors, trusts and foundations and corporates, focusing on driving new funder engagement and developing long-term, high-impact partnerships
- Secure high-value, multi-year funding partnerships with major donors, trusts and foundations and corporates, achieving six-figure and above income targets
- Manage, develop and inspire a team of five, fostering a proactive, collaborative, innovative and high-performing culture
- Build and maintain a strong, diversified pipeline of new and repeat funders aligned to organisational priorities and ethical fundraising principles
- Engage senior stakeholders including the CEO, Chair, Trustees and senior partners to unlock networks and open opportunities
- Work closely with programme and delivery teams to create compelling funding propositions and ensure excellent stewardship and impactful reporting
- Represent the organisation at senior-level networking events, conferences and sector forums, influencing decision-makers and strengthening brand positioning
Essential skills and experience:
- Success in securing and growing income from a range of sources, including HNWIs and trusts and foundations — delivering six-figure and multi-year partnerships
- Skilled relationship builder with experience developing and stewarding complex, multifaceted partnerships that deliver mutual value and long-term impact
- Strong managerial skills to empower teams and support their professional development and enjoyment in their role
- Strategic business developer with the ability to build and maintain a strong pipeline of funding opportunities, identifying, cultivating, and converting prospects to meet fundraising targets
- Entrepreneurial and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and the confidence to identify, shape, and present compelling cases for support
- Collaborative and influential, experienced in working across matrix structures and with remote or cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals, ensuring alignment and effective delivery
- Highly skilled communicator, comfortable presenting to diverse audiences and tailoring messages to inspire and engage at all levels
- Strong networker, eager to represent the organisation at events and conferences, identifying new opportunities, and staying informed on market trends and developments in the philanthropic and corporate partnership landscape
Desirable, but not essential:
- An understanding and general knowledge of the education landscape in the UK
- Experience of establishing or maintaining a Fellowship programme
Employee benefits include:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Up to 15% employer pension contributions
- Private health care via Benenden Health plus Healthcare Cash Plan and Dental Plan
- Annual salary review
- Electric Car Benefit Scheme
In the first instance, application by CV only and answering the two screening questions.
It is not necessary to provide a cover letter at this stage. If you have any questions or wish for us to be aware of anything relating to the working arrangements or contract, please add to the notes section.
Suitable applicants will be invited to a briefing call where we will discuss your relevant experience and we will share a detailed brief from STEM Learning's CEO. Full support with formal application will be provided.
Please note that it may not be possible for us to reply to all applicants.
Expert recruitment for fundraisers and charities.
This senior leadership position is pivotal to our mission, overseeing the strategic direction and delivery of our work to transform the systems that impact refugee learners.
The Head of Education Change leads Pillar 3: Education Change, the branch of REUK dedicated to systemic transformation. Currently, the UK education systems lack overarching policy frameworks to support the integration of refugee learners, and there are key evidence gaps in what works best in education for refugee children. School leaders and teachers want to help, but lack the needed training and support. Good practice is often hidden and the expertise of young refugees is not considered in policy making.
As the Head of Education Change, you will be responsible for bridging these gaps. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to influence national policies, improve educational practices, and ensure that the expertise of young refugees is at the heart of decision-making. Your remit will span research and policy, advocacy, youth leadership, and training/capacity building to ensure that the good practice currently hidden in pockets of the UK becomes the standard across the board. This is a role for a strategic and humble leader who believes in working with, not just for, those with lived experience.
We are looking for a postholder able to operate from and maintain a posture of hope that things can and must be better for children and young people whose lives have been torn apart by war, and who is able to bridge divides in order to communicate how much this matters.
Education for a hopeful future: we enable refugee youth to access, remain and progress in education.


