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Area Manager
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Job Title: Area Manager
Location: Royal Borough of Kensignton and Chelsea. please be aware there is no step free access at this premises.
Salary: £45,000
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00. Onsite face to face service, with flexibility around these hours required. All managers, including this position will take part in the out of hours on call duty.
Interviews Date: Interviews will commence 12th June 2026.
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced and driven Area Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality, trauma-informed services across our organisation.
In this role, you will oversee multiple services, ensuring they operate effectively, meet performance standards, and deliver positive outcomes for residents and participants. You will play a key role in driving recovery, rehabilitation, and independence, while fostering a psychologically informed environment.
You’ll lead a team of frontline managers and coordinators, providing strong leadership, oversight, and strategic direction. You’ll also be responsible for managing service contracts, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, and supporting continuous improvement across your services.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Lead and manage multiple services, ensuring high standards of delivery and performance
- Drive a culture of recovery, inclusion, and continuous improvement
- Oversee service compliance with organisational policies, procedures, and commissioner requirements
- Manage service contracts and support the development and implementation of new services
- Provide leadership, guidance, and support to frontline managers and coordinators
- Monitor performance, analyse data, and implement improvements where needed
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders
- Ensure services are trauma-informed and promote psychologically informed environments (PIE)
- Support services to achieve positive outcomes for residents, including independence and stability
- Manage risk, safeguarding, and health & safety across services
About You
We’re looking for a confident and compassionate leader who is passionate about delivering high-quality support services.
You will be a proactive and adaptable individual who can lead teams through change, manage competing priorities, and consistently drive improvement. You’ll bring strong leadership skills, the ability to influence others, and a commitment to delivering person-centred services.
You will also be values-driven, with a strong understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs, and a genuine desire to make a difference.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience managing services within a similar sector (e.g. social care, supported housing, or related field)
- Strong leadership experience, including managing managers or multiple teams
- Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches and psychologically informed environments (PIE)
- Experience managing contracts, compliance, and service delivery against KPIs
- Ability to analyse performance data and implement service improvements
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work strategically while remaining hands-on when needed
- A proactive, solution-focused approach in a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management, and regulatory requirements
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
What we Offer
- 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
- Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more
- Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
- Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual Staff Awards
- EDI Ambassador programme
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.
We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
Additional Information
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions.
Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.
Empowering independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital and off the streets
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
- health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Dementia UK has an opportunity for a Campaigns Officer to play a key role in delivering our influencing strategy to help transform dementia care, in line with our 2025-2030 organisational strategy.
As part of an ambitious and collaborative team, you will support the development and delivery of impactful campaigns that engage supporters, influence decision-makers, and amplify the voices of people affected by dementia.
Working closely with the Campaigns Manager and colleagues across Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs and Marketing and Communications, you will support the delivery of effective campaign strategies, compelling communications and supporter mobilisation activity across online and offline channels.
Alongside our existing Campaigns Officer, you will be a key contact for our campaigners, managing day-to-day communications and helping to build an engaged and active campaigner community. You will lead on developing our offline campaigning offer, working with people with lived experience of dementia across the UK to empower them to take meaningful action to improve dementia care. This will include creating campaign toolkits and resources.
You will have experience delivering influencing campaigns across online and offline channels and building strong relationships with supporters and stakeholders. You will be confident in tailoring messages for different audiences and communicating sensitively about complex issues relating to dementia.
You will be highly organised, able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and motivated by the opportunity to help improve the lives of people affected by dementia through campaigning.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Interview dates: 17th/18th/19th June (virtual)
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
- health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Join Dementia UK as a Policy and Insights Officer to play a key role in shaping national policy by using data, research and lived experience to influence decision-making and dementia care. Working at the intersection of data, research and policy, you will support the development of insight that underpins Dementia UK’s policy influencing.
You will analyse quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities in dementia care, translating these into compelling policy narratives. You will support the design and delivery of surveys and insight-gathering activity, source and interpret external datasets, and strengthen the use of internal data across the organisation. You will work collaboratively to embed evidence into policy development, contribute to high-impact outputs, and support a coordinated organisational approach to insight. Building strong relationships across teams and with external stakeholders will be central to the role.
The ideal candidate for this role will bring prior experience in analysing and interpreting health, social care or public policy data to influence public policy. You will have experience in designing and delivering qualitative and quantitative research and be able to translate this evidence into clear insights for all audiences.
If this sounds like you, join us to help turn evidence into impact, supporting national influencing work to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: hybrid - a minium of two days in the Aldgate, London office per week
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- three x basic salary life assurance cover
- free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash) - access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing.
- we have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Mass Participation team, helping to coordinate a portfolio of virtual events expected to raise over £4.7 million and bring in over 34,000 participants to the charity in the next year.
The virtual events portfolio at Dementia UK consist of a series of month-long challenges that bring our supporters together online across the UK. Participants receive a free incentive to take on a motivating challenge, from clocking up 60 miles in October to walking 1km a day in February, spending the month moving, connecting and fundraising for Dementia UK. Familiarise yourself with our Virtual Events portfolio here.
As a Mass Participation Executive, you will be responsible for the end to end management of our virtual challenges, delivering marketing plans in collaboration with agency support and stewarding supporters to ensure participation. Using project management tools and a pro-active can-do approach, you will ensure smooth event delivery, continuously analyse, and develop the virtual events portfolio. You will work closely with teams across Fundraising, Data, Marketing & Communications to drive income, collaborate and achieve high levels of engagement across the virtual events portfolio.
We’re looking for someone with previous fundraising experience. A background in areas such as individual giving, community fundraising, or challenge events would bring strong transferable skills to this role. If you have an understanding of effective marketing channels to drive participation in fundraising and effective stewardship techniques, we would love to hear from you.
This is also a fantastic chance for someone who has a proven track-record delivering against fundraising KPIs and who is motivated by its potential to bring people together, strengthen engagement, and create a lasting impact for Dementia UK.
We would love to hear from you!
This role will be subject to a Basic DBS check.
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Legacy Case Officer
Salary: £30,255 - £37,732 per annum
Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3RB and other UK locations as needed)
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for a Legacy Case Officer to join our Legacy team at Help for Heroes. You’ll be playing a vital role in our legacy fundraising, taking responsibility for a wide variety of legacy cases, and ensuring we receive funds to support veterans and their families to live well after service.
Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.
About the Role
Legacies are key to our work at Help for Heroes. It is thanks to our generous supporters that we can continue providing practical help and hope to veterans and families across the UK. We wouldn’t be able to continue without them.
The Legacy Case Officer is key in ensuring we will receive these gifts. The role has responsibility for almost half of our legacy income, covering a significant number of non-contentious residuary, specific and life interest cases.
It involves a high degree of autonomy as you will help protect the charity’s income and reputation through sensitive case management, and acting within the limits delegated. You will be supported throughout by your colleagues and manager, with additional learning & development available.
This role is remote to ensure we can recruit the best candidate, but with an expectation to be able to travel occasionally to our Head Office or London for meetings
About You
You have first-hand experience of dealing in legacy administration, capable of dealing with a variety of charitable gifts and matters. It is not essential to have knowledge of resolving contentious cases, but you are able to identify which may require additional support.
You will be experienced in Charity Legacy Administration with a ILM qualification (CiCLA or Diploma) or relevant experience from the charity or legal sector.
As an individual:
- You are confident and able to work autonomously
- You are empathetic and sensitive when helping bereaved families
- You have strong attention to detail
- You are great at prioritisation and time management
- And you are passionate about legacy fundraising
You are also willing and able to travel as required for meetings, training or other, including to Downton (SP5 3RB) or London, with occasional travel to other UK locations. You are welcome to ask for further information during the interview stage.
You are also comfortable staying away from home overnight on occasion, when required to support events or team activities.
About the Team
This role is a key part of the Legacy Management Team which sits within Legacy & In-Memory, and part of the wider Mass Fundraising Team. We’re a team with a variety of experience and knowledge, always welcoming those with new perspectives.
The team is values-driven, supportive and committed to best practice, learning and continuous improvement. Collaboration sits at the heart of how we work - both within the service and across the wider charity — to ensure we do the best for our beneficiaries.
In return we can offer you:
- Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion.
- 29 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, regardless of service — plus your birthday off to celebrate!
- Opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
- Added to our free health scheme from day one, including discounts on dental, opticians, massages, and more - with the option to upgrade.
- 3 volunteer days per year to support the Help for Heroes community.
- A generous salary sacrifice pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution and a minimum 3% employee contribution, plus life insurance up to 4× salary as an active member.
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Interview Process: First Interview (virtual), week commencing 15th JuneSecond Interview (in-person), 25th or 26th June
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of strong applications.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a permanent Funding Officer to join our Funding team in Wales.
The ability to communicate in Welsh fluently and confidently is essential for this role.
You will join our friendly team and work alongside our colleagues in Wales and across the UK. Depending on your location and preference, you can work from home or a combination of home working and office working in our Newtown or Cardiff offices.
As a funding officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
You will be responsible for supporting local people and communities across Wales, and have a strong understanding of our vision, being able to adapt your approach to the wishes of the people you are working with. You’ll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.
You will be responsible for the pipeline of projects, understanding and responding to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback, and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.
Interview Date: Week commencing 15th June 2026
Location: Wales (Cardiff/ Newtown) – Hybrid working (a combination of office working, home working and working in community). We are open to a conversation on flexible working and job share.
We will be hosting a briefing session on Thursday 14th May, 12pm. To register for the session or to ask any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role specifically, please contact the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse information, including financial data and project plans in order to make written funding recommendations to decision-makers.
- Understanding of strengths-based approaches to working with people and communities across Wales.
- Remain calm under pressure and handle multiple and competing priorities, supporting others when needed.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, community organisations and other stakeholders at various levels.
- The ability to communicate in Welsh fluently (spoken and written).
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of great customer service and being confident in presenting to external audiences.
- Knowledge of the wider funding context.
- Ability to learn from our funded projects and share that learning for the benefit of the wider organisation.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Corporate Development Manager, External Engagement
Service: External Engagement
Salary:
- starting at £42,562 rising to £46,703 FTE per annum (pro rata for part-time hours)
- Additionally, £3,866 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum for Head Office based (pro rata for part-time hours)
or
- Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum for Home-based (pro rata for part-time hours)
Location: Hybrid Head Office or Homebased
For Head Office based roles, we typically work a minimum 2 days a week in the office. Our office space is wheelchair accessible and located in Hoxton, London, N1.
Note that this role requires travel to partner meetings and events, predominantly in central London (but also nationally). Applicants would need to be able to travel regularly, as required, to fulfil the needs of the role, even if home-based.
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week) or Part Time (no less than 28 hours per week)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the role’s impact:
Family Action is a national charity committed to supporting families through change, challenge and crisis. Since the charity was founded in 1869, we have continued to help children and families overcome the challenges they face through a wide range of practical, emotional and financial support. Today we work with more than 60,000 families in around 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through our national helpline, FamilyLine.
This is an exciting time for an experienced and ambitious senior corporate fundraiser to join our high performing corporate partnerships team and lead the New Business function. Family Action recently undertook a major brand review and launched a new website, and income generation is a key priority in our 2024-29 strategy. This role will be focused on developing and growing new business activity, including identifying and securing new high-value partnerships, creating and implementing a robust growth strategy and ensuring we have the tools to deliver it. Our working culture is flexible, fun and open, with excellent opportunities to collaborate with colleagues with a range of specialisms, from brand, to marketing and communications, to fundraising, as well as our colleagues delivering Family Action’s services.
Main Responsibilities (for details check the job description and person specification):
- Leading a small team to drive forward new business activity; identifying, cultivating and securing new income generation opportunities with corporate partners across strategic, commercial and charity of the year style collaborations.
- Creating and implementing a growth strategy for new business, developing our corporate partnerships proposition, maximising income and delivering on our overall charitable strategy and objectives.
- Implementing effective processes, systems and frameworks to increase partnership opportunities and the success of our new business activity.
- Working with senior stakeholders internally and externally to identify and secure partnership opportunities that further shared goals.
- Working with the Corporate Team and other teams and colleagues across the organisation to ensure the smooth setup and onboarding of new partnerships.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays (pro rata if job is taken PT)
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- 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:
· Apply via our website and click the “Apply Now” link to fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Sunday 31st May 2026 at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 11th and 15th of June 2026 - virtually, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.
* Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Help shape a future where fewer people die by suicide
Samaritans is entering an exciting new chapter, focused on transforming how we deliver support to those in greatest need. We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage the successful implementation of our new service delivery structure.
In this vital role you will manage the service structure project, including priorities, risks and budget. You’ll work alongside the Programme Manager and Programme Board to help deliver our Future Proofing outcomes, ensuring our listening service is fit for the future.
You’ll be a strong communicator, who is confident engaging with internal and external stakeholders. You will also have line management responsibility for two Project Officers.
If you have previous experience managing high-profile organisational change projects, we’d love to hear from you.
Contract terms:
- £45,000 - £50,000 per annum, plus benefits
- 24-month fixed term contract
- Full time hours are 35 hours per week, but we are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
- Linked to our Ewell (Surrey) office
- In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month
What you'll do:
- Ensure successful management of the service structure delivery project
- Monitor project progress and maintain momentum
- Work alongside key stakeholders to develop project plans
- Identify and monitor risks and issues, developing mitigation plans where needed
- Drive and embed strong project management across the programme
What you’ll bring:
- Experience of managing high-profile multi-workstream projects
- Experience in managing and monitoring project delivery, risks and budget
- Strong understanding and experience of using project tools and techniques
- Confident communicator, with strong stakeholder management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Formal programme or project management training or qualifications (desirable)
See attached Job Description and Person Specification
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available here. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to some answer short application questions and to upload your CV.
Applications close: Sunday 24th May 2026
Interviews: w/c 1st June onwards
At Samaritans, human connection is at the heart of everything we do.
We do not use AI at any stage during the selection process. Your application will always be carefully reviewed by the recruiting manager or a member of the Talent Attraction Team.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers. We want to hear your own ideas, insights, and writing style so your unique strengths can shine through.
We prevent suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you experienced in Community Investment and looking for your next role?
This is an exciting opportunity for a community focused individual to join our Communities Team at Sovereign Network Group (SNG) as a Community Investment and Partnership Lead on a permanent basis.
We're looking for an impact‑driven, collaborative and CIP Lead to drive and embed place‑based working across our London locality. Based at The Hive in Wembley, you'll be at the centre of our mission to create thriving, healthy and resilient communities through strong local partnerships and meaningful social impact.
SNG provides over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose, to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.
The Role
Reporting to the Community Investment and Partnership Manager this post will be embedded with our other customer facing teams and require excellent partnership skills, a focus on delivering social impact, ability to identify opportunities for fundraising and programme development and commitment to customer service with the confidence to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.
As our London Locality Lead, you will develop and deliver impact‑driven, place‑based working that brings together colleagues, residents and partners around shared priorities. Your work will focus on:
- Improving health and wellbeing
- Strengthening local partnerships
- Co‑creating solutions with communities
- Enabling customers to thrive
What You'll Do
- Develop a place‑based working across London localities
- Lead, commission and support a wide range of community investment programmes and interventions
- Work closely with customer-facing colleagues to ensure community voice and lived experience shape local priorities
Building Strong Local Partnerships
- Build and maintain strong, cross-sector relationships with:
- NHS and Integrated Care Systems
- Local authorities
- Community anchor organisations and VCSE partners
- Police, community safety and youth services
- Education providers and local networks
- Drive collaborative, shared approaches that support health equality and vibrant neighbourhoods
Programme, Contract & Financial Oversight
- Ensure the effective management of contracts, partners and projects, demonstrating clear, measurable social impact
- Oversee budgets, grants and procurement activity in line with financial policies
- Embed robust performance management and outcomes recording across all locality work
Funding & Social Impact
- Work with the Partnerships & Funding team to develop, shape and write compelling funding bids
- Collaborate with our Grants Officer to support and guide grant recipients
- Embed a strong culture of impact measurement, ensuring outcomes are recorded and shared effectively
What we need from you
You'll bring passion, experience and confidence in impact‑driven community investment and cross-sector collaboration. You'll be a connector, a relationship‑builder and someone who thrives in complex partnership environments.
You will have:
- Significant experience in community investment or a closely related field
- Substantial experience in working in place within community investment
- A strong track record of building and managing partnerships with diverse stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills tailored to varied audiences
- Strong organisational abilities with experience in commissioning programmes and managing contract performance
- Great inter-personal skills and a proven record of stakeholder relationship management
- Experience in monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
- Confidence with budget management and financial systems
- Strong digital skills and the ability to use technology effectively for programme delivery
We have some great benefits at SNG, including:
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
- Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
- 3 additional Wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
- Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
- Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
- Enhanced paternity pay - 6 weeks full pay (after 26 weeks' service)
- Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
- Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.
If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Coach
Term time only
Permanent
£32,623 salary.
Do you light up when helping people grow in confidence?
Are you naturally encouraging, the kind of person who can turn a nervous first day into an “I've got this!” moment?
We're looking for an encouraging energetic, proactive and people-focused Job Coach to join our Supported Internship Programme at the incredible Chessington World of Adventures. Every day is different — one moment you could be helping an intern master a new workplace skill, the next you could be celebrating a huge confidence win with the team.
This role is all about empowering autistic young people to thrive in the workplace, build independence and move towards meaningful paid employment in a fun, fast-paced and supportive environment.
What you'll be doing
You'll be a mentor, cheerleader, coach and problem-solver all rolled into one. Working closely with interns and the teams at Chessington World of Adventures, you'll help create positive and inclusive workplace experiences where young people can really shine.
You'll:
- Provide tailored, on-the-job coaching and support to interns
- Help build confidence, independence and workplace skills
- Work alongside managers and staff to champion inclusive employment
- Celebrate progress and support interns through challenges
- Build strong relationships with parents, carers and colleagues
- Track progress and contribute to reviews and reports
- Encourage professionalism, wellbeing and positive workplace habits
- Support interns towards sustainable paid employment opportunities
Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from someone who is:
- Warm, upbeat and encouraging
- Great at building relationships with all kinds of people
- Calm and adaptable in busy environments
- Passionate about inclusion and helping young people succeed
- A natural motivator who brings positive energy to a team
- You don't need to know everything already — if you're eager to learn and genuinely care about supporting autistic young people, we'd love to hear from you.
Ideally, you'll also have:
- Experience supporting young people or adults with additional needs, disabilities or barriers to employment
- An understanding of autism and inclusive employment practices (or a strong willingness to learn!)
- Excellent communication skills
- A flexible, solution-focused mindset
- The ability to work independently and as part of a supportive team
Why join us?
Because this isn't just another job.
You'll have the chance to make a genuine difference every single day while working in one of the UK's most exciting and unique environments.
You'll get:
- A rewarding role where you can see the impact you make
- The chance to work at Chessington World of Adventures
- A supportive and values-led team culture
- Ongoing training, development and encouragement
- Lots of meaningful moments, proud milestones and reasons to smile
If you're energetic, compassionate and ready to help young people discover what they're capable of, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing Date: Sunday 14 June 2026
Shortlisting Date: Monday 15 June 2026
Interview date: Friday 19 June 2026
Start Date: September 2026
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.
Hours: 18.5 hours per week, Wednesday – Friday onsite
Contract: Fixed Term, 14 months
Salary: £18,433 per annum (£31,617 FTE)
Location:North and East London
Reporting to:Enterprises & Training Manager
Our client Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA) is a housing association with charitable aims that create positive change in people’s lives. As well as homes and support, PBHA empower people to learn, access work and discover their creative talents. Based in Hackney, Islington and Newham PBHA work with people who are homeless, have mental health needs, learning disabilities and multiple needs. Their work enables people to move on and lead independent lives.
They are committed to an asset-based and psychologically informed approach to their work. Mutual support, participation and personal development for both staff and service users is key to this.
The role:
As Community & Volunteer Engagement Coordinator you will be assisting Peter Bedford Housing Association with its current strategic aims of making a difference for Tenants and Participants and achieving more through ambitious partnerships.
Situated within the housing association’s Enterprises & Training Team, you will lead the delivery of a specific project seeking to tackle food poverty and long-term development needs such as wellbeing and social connection.
You will work alongside the Pantry Coordinator to lead on developing a wrap-around service to enable access to skills training, IAG, and volunteering opportunities for PBHA’s tenants and local communities.
In this role you will develop partnerships to help Peter Bedford Housing Association listen to community needs collaborating with groups supporting global majority individuals to co-produce activities with wellbeing and community connection at its core. A key target of this important project is to work collaboratively to ensure Peter Bedford Housing Association activities and services are increasingly accessible and relevant to any local person who wishes to join.
Key duties and responsibilities:
- Identify, build, and maintain relationships with organisations supporting disadvantaged adults to develop skills and build resilience.
- Work collaboratively with local partners to co-produce services which reflect community needs.
- Organise and deliver events, and workshops that develop community cohesion.
- Oversee the delivery of exciting new activities, groups and workshops for Peter Bedford Housing Association tenants and the local community.
- Recruit & Support 15 volunteers to support with delivery of services.
- Apply learning gained through collaboration to adapt and improve the organisation’s approach to engaging individuals from marginalised groups.
- Increase Peter Bedford Housing Association’s community presence to promote its activities & services across the community.
- Monitor and evaluate impact over the course of the 1-year project.
- Develop new relationships with organisations that can support the delivery of a wrap-around service including money advice, talking therapies, pro bono legal advice and learning & development.
- Manage a team of volunteers to support with the delivery of services such as digital inclusion, events and marketing & communications.
Person specification:
Essential:
- At least 1 years’ experience working with services promoting learning & development, wellbeing and improving people’s outcomes.
- An understanding of community engagement, poverty reduction initiatives and improving outcomes.
- Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers.
- Experience of providing training and delivering engaging presentations in public.
- Good computer literacy including the ability to use Windows applications and word processing and database packages. This also includes the ability to use the Internet and to draft and send e-mails, marketing and communications for events.
- Experience of focusing on individuals’ strengths and of learning from mistakes.
- Experience of working in an outcomes focused way.
- A demonstrable commitment to promoting social inclusion through collaboration and innovation.
- Can positively contribute and take initiative, good negotiation skills
- Able to constructively challenge and lead positive change- including with assumed constraints and the abilities of people with ongoing mental health needs.
- Promotes positive risk taking and supporting people to find their own solutions to engrained challenges.
- Good verbal, written & positive interpersonal communication skills, ensuring that stakeholders are treated with respect and dignity and are not judged.
- Organise work effectively by prioritising, planning and excellent time management.
Desirable:
- Holds a level 3 award in education and training, level 2/level 3 information, advice and guidance qualification or equivalent.
- Ability to make engaging presentations in public.
- Experience of forging working relationships with the voluntary and statutory sector.
Peter Bedford Housing Association offers in return:
- Pro rata 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days with service
- Company pension scheme with employer contributions up to 5%
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced company sick pay
To apply, please register your interest and we will send you an application form to complete. Using an application form supports equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.
Peter Bedford Housing Association is an Equal Opportunities employer who supports an inclusive culture and diversity for their staff and those they represent. They are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups, and welcome applications from people of all abilities and under-represented groups. Currently, PBHA have an underrepresentation from men and disabled communities. As such, they particularly welcome applicants from these groups.
For more information about Peter Bedford Housing Association, please visit their website.
Interviews will be held during the week commencing 11th May 2026.
Closing date: 11th May 2026
We are recruiting for three Funding Officers, one permanent and two 12-month fixed term contract roles to join our Funding team in Wales.
Please put in your supporting statement which role you would like to be considered for.
You will join our friendly team and work alongside our colleagues in Wales and across the UK. Depending on your location and preference, you can work from home or a combination of home working and office working in our Newtown or Cardiff offices.
As a funding officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.
You will be responsible for supporting local people and communities across Wales, and have a strong understanding of our vision, being able to adapt your approach to the wishes of the people you are working with. You’ll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.
You will be responsible for the pipeline of projects, understanding and responding to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback, and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. Funding Officers will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.
Interview Date: Week commencing 15th June 2026
Location: Wales (Cardiff/ Newtown) – Hybrid working (a combination of office working, home working and working in community). We are open to a conversation on flexible working and job share.
We will be hosting a briefing session on Thursday 14th May, 12pm. To register for the session or to ask any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role specifically, please contact the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse information, including financial data and project plans in order to make written funding recommendations to decision-makers.
- Understanding of strengths-based approaches to working with people and communities across Wales.
- Remain calm under pressure and handle multiple and competing priorities, supporting others when needed.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, community organisations and other stakeholders at various levels.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of great customer service.
- Knowledge of the wider funding context.
- Ability to learn from our funded projects and share that learning for the benefit of the wider organisation.
- Confident in presenting to external audiences.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The role
Job Title: Youth & Community Engagement Officer
Part Time: 8- 12 days per month
Salary: £28-30,000 pro rata
Reporting to: Operations Director
Job Purpose:
This role will lead the development and delivery of Allergy UK’s youth engagement initiative. We are beginning several exciting new projects focused on engaging young people who live with allergy and providing opportunities for them to have a voice and support them in raising awareness of the issues that affect their life. We are seeking young people’s participation and co-production in all activities we develop to support their needs. The role of Youth Engagement Officer will be to engage with young people across the UK, to ensure that they have the opportunities and support to shape and influence Allergy UK’s programmes and activities for young people living with allergy.
The Youth & Community Engagement Officer will engage with children and young people across the UK to ensure they are meaningfully involved and supported to influence Allergy UK’s services, campaigns and resources. This includes creating safe, inclusive spaces where young people and parents and carers feel listened to and empowered to share their experiences.
The successful individual will develop youth opportunities that build confidence, skills and life chances, while supporting children and young people living with allergy to overcome the social, emotional and practical barriers they may face. A key part of the role will be working collaboratively with parents and carers to ensure their voice inform decision making and design.
As a Youth & Community Engagement Officer, you will have experience of working positively with children, young people and families, and have a proactive, organised and confident approach.
Strong organisation skills and initiative are essential as you will be the lead Allergy UK’s youth provision.
You will coordinate a range of activities on-line and in-person engagement sessions, blogs, podcasts, learning opportunities and digital activities all rooted in co-production principles. You will work as part of a wider team to engage children, young people and parents and carers, to amplify unheard voices and stories, and help drive positive change for families living with allergy.
The post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund until September 2028. As a grant- funded role, the postholder will be responsible for the effective delivery, monitoring and evaluation of agreed grant outcome and KPI’s, ensuring full compliance with funder requirements and reporting deadlines.
Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Key Accountabilities:
· Design, develop and deliver youth-led and family-centred services across three core areas:
o Continue to design and deliver youth-led services with the existing 18–25 youth group for people living with allergies
o Recruit, , launch and establish a new youth group for 13–17-year-olds living with allergies
o Recruit, launch and establish a support and engagement group for parents and carers of children and young people living with allergies
· Plan, project manage and deliver engaging co-production projects, building positive, trusted relationships with children, young people and parents and carers, and promoting meaningful participation.
· Create opportunities for young people to have a strong and influential voice, supporting them to engage in Allergy UK’s awareness- raising and public affairs activity to influence policy, improve services and drive change.
· Establish, develop and lead the Allergy UK Youth Forum, ensuring it is representative, inclusive and impactful.
· Support and develop young people to become champions and ambassadors for Allergy UK, building confidence, leadership skills and advocacy capability.
· Work collaboratively with a wide range of organisations including but not exclusively schools, local government, health and youth services and voluntary sector organisations.
· Develop and deliver training and development resources to support young people’s skills, understanding and personal development.
· Ensure all required documentation is completed accurately, secularly, and within agreed timescales, in line with contractual, safeguarding and reporting requirements
· Work closely with the Operations Director and wider staff team, providing insight and advice on issues affecting children, young people and families living with allergy.
· Develop and embed effective youth engagement procedures and best practice, ensuring a consistent, safe and inclusive approach across all activities..
· Take responsible for the health and safety including risk assessments and reviews for all youth and family engagement activities, ensuring safety and wellbeing of participants.
· Act as a key role holder for safeguarding, ensuring that the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and vulnerable adults is central to all youth and family engagement activity. This includes promoting a strong safeguarding culture, adhering to Allergy UK’s safeguarding policies and procedures, identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns appropriately, completing and contributing to risk assessments, and working closely with designated safeguarding leads and relevant staff to ensure safe, inclusive and compliant practice at all times.
· Maintain accurate and confidential records, ensuring the secure and compliant recording of sensitive data on Allergy UK’s Salesforce database in line with data protection requirements.
Person Specification
This role involves regular contact with children, young people and potentially vulnerable adults. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, in accordance with organisational safeguarding policies.
Essential:
Education & Qualifications
Degree or equivalent and demonstrable/relevant work experience.
Essential Experience
· Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with young people
· Experience of directly engaging children and young people (ideally across different age groups, e.g. 13–25)
· Experience of developing and delivering engaging youth engagement opportunities, following best practice, and adopting methods of co-production
· Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating projects or programmes
· Coordinating online and inperson activities (e.g. groups, workshops, forums, events)
· Managing multiple workstreams and meeting deadline
· Experience working independently while contributing to a wider team
· Practical experience of working in a safeguarding‑aware environment
Desirable Experience
· Experience of working with or supporting parents and carers, particularly in health, disability or community contexts
The purpose of this job description is to focus attention on the most important aspects of the jobholders role. It is not intended to be a complete list of duties: therefore, it is to be expected that the day-to-day performance of the job will include tasks not listed above. The list of duties for which the jobholder is responsible may reasonably be varied or added at the discretion of the charity.
What you will bring
Essential Skills and Knowledge
· Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities relating to:
o Children and young people
o Vulnerable adults
· Experience of recognising, recording and escalating safeguarding concerns in line with local and national guidance.
· Experience of recording accurate information on a CRM system, ideally Salesforce, ensuring timely and GDPR-compliant data entry.
· Experience of monitoring, evaluation and reporting against grant-funded KPIs.
· A Demonstrable experience of working directly with young people in a youth engagement/participation role.
· Demonstrate experience in the development and delivery of strategies to successfully engage, interact and promote development with young people.
· Experience in planning and delivering youth sessions and activities.
· Experience of working with a range of stakeholders and representing the views of young people.
· Experience of writing reports and meeting conflicting deadlines.
· Experience of managing people, resources, or projects.
· Skills and Knowledge Ability to engage with young people.
· Ability to work independently.
· Ability to motivate others and work as part of a team.
· To ensure young people feel safe and are safeguarded, by ensuring cross partnership and local safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to.
· Understanding of the issues facing young people.
· Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities policies.
· Evidence of challenging discrimination or implementing equal opportunities with young people.
· Knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, especially regarding children’s rights, promoting inclusion.
· Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Teams, Salesforce (or similar CRM) and Zoom
· Able to work flexibly to meet requirements of the role.
Desirable
· Understanding of allergy
· An understanding of the charity sector and the work of volunteers.
Behavioural Competencies
Relating & Networking Working with People
Adhering to principles and values Persuading and influencing Formulating strategies & Concepts Planning & Organising
Attitudes
· A positive individual who can guide, inspire and motivate team members
· Decisive and determined
· Ability to think on your feet and adapt quickly when needed
· Ability to manage a large and varied workload, prioritising to meet competing deadlines
· Empathetic and sensitive
· A passionate commitment to delivering the charity’s vision, mission and values
· Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
No one should die from allergy We provide expert advice, and advocate for better healthcare and support for those affected by allergy
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund Decision Panel Appointments
Climate Action Fund- Food Systems - Expert Panel Member Role Specification
Term of Appointment: Three Years
Time Commitment - 9 Days per year
The National Lottery Community Fund (The Fund) wishes to recruit an external member for the Climate Action Fund Decision Panel. The Chair of the UK Funding Committee (UKFC) accordingly invites applications for the position of external member of The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund Decision Panel.
Background
The Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It launched the Climate Action Fund in 2019 as a long-term commitment to support communities across the UK to act on climate change and involve more people in positive environmental action. Since its launch the Climate Action Fund has awarded over £182m to communities across the UK. This includes over 175 larger projects, predominantly delivered through partnership approaches and over 440 small grants that were delivered through Together for Our Planet, a funding programme in support of COP26. The programme has always had a test and learn ethos and each strand of funding has built on learning to date.
In January 2026 the Climate Action Fund launched a new strand of funding - Food Systems, focusing on strengthening food systems across the UK, while reducing food insecurity for people and communities, without harming the planet. It will achieve this through supporting partnerships that can deliver long term solutions and transformational systems change. Funding will enable large and long term interventions with the capacity and time to deliver progress against their intended aims and ambitions. We will support agroecological approaches which work with nature to create resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems. Projects can apply for a minimum of £2.5 million over three years, and we expect to fund up to ten projects in the first year. More information about funding aims and criteria can be found in Annex A (attached).
Through the Climate Action Fund we support projects based in all four countries of the UK and a combination of place based, cross country, regional, national and UK wide.
Role Specification
The Climate Action Fund is seeking a subject matter expert in food systems, who will complement our existing panel and support our work across the UK. They will have an understanding of the holistic aims we seek to address in supporting long term solutions that will have benefits for both climate, environment and nature, and to people and communities.
The Climate Action Fund Decision Panel has delegated authority from the UK Funding Committee (UKFC) to make funding decisions on Climate Action Fund Programmes.
The purpose of the Climate Action Fund Decision Panel is to make funding decisions, review the performance of the Climate Action Fund portfolio, and make recommendations where appropriate to UKFC. Funding decisions shall be taken in the context of the UKFC Delegation and shall undertake its duties within the framework of overall National Lottery Community Fund policy and procedures.
Person Specification
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the food system across the UK, with a particular focus on agroecology and long term, systemic ways to strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities.
- The ability and skill to contribute effectively to the development of this strand of funding and wider work of The Fund in relation to food systems, with a strong track record of achievement in this area.
- Ability to work on a Panel with excellent interpersonal, team working, communication and representational skills.
- The ability to engage and influence in relationships with stakeholders to ensure the Fund is well represented and externally impactful.
- Personal and operational integrity, the ability to work with people from different backgrounds, and a commitment to improving equity, diversity and inclusion.
- Clear understanding and commitment to building strong and connected communities, that reflect the whole of the UK.
- Ability to deliver operational transformation and culture improvement in a large organisation.
- A strong commitment to engaging communities across the UK, and factoring UK-wide perspectives into all decision making.
Interview details:
- Date: Interviews will take place in early July with appointments confirmed by the end of July.
- Format: Online
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement with a maximum of 1000 words. Your supporting statement should explain how your skills and experience meet the essential and desirable criteria below.
Essential Criteria
- An advocate and ambassador for The Fund and a demonstrable commitment to its mission and purpose.
- Understanding and experience at a senior level of community organisations and track record in creating an environment where communities are connected and supported.
- Experience of systems change work and how that translates to community centred funding.
- Experience and understanding of food systems, particularly in alignment with our funding aims and the conditions required to influence and shape long term solutions that start with communities.
- Experience of influencing or shaping food systems policy from a community perspective.
- A demonstrable commitment to and experience in equity and equitable practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Desirable Criteria
- An understanding of funding, philanthropy or public sector systems.
If you are excited about the opportunity to help communities drive lasting change, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Full time (35 hrs/wk), permanent
Split place of work between Horizons, Reading (3 days) and Home (2 days)
Salary up to £50,000 FTE pa plus benefits
It’s really simple: we need you to bring your HR subject matter expertise and train our line managers on how to deal with the employment demands they are facing today – demands which continue to grow. You will shape the HR training roadmap and deliver regular technical and induction training, in person and online, to our line manager group. You will train on topics across the full employment lifecycle including recruitment, induction, performance management, engagement, recognition, disputes, exits and more, to upskill our line managers, boost their confidence, and reduce risk to the University.
You will also contribute to the achievement of wider team objectives and projects as part of our people strategy, working with and supporting HR colleagues. Overall, your work will positively contribute to helping the University realise its ambitions for growth and secure its ongoing success.
You must be CIPD qualified and have a business partnering or senior advising background. The things which make you different will be your confidence and passion for training managers and building strong, supportive, and productive relationships. You must have the ability to develop your own training resources using your digital skills and, overall, be prepared to help shape this important new role.
At University of the Built Environment we expect employees to demonstrate our values and behaviours, which are important ingredients of our culture. To find out more about these, view the full job specification, and how to apply, visit our careers site.
We are a long-standing and leading provider of supported online education with a long-term ambition to be the world’s most sustainable university. At The London School of Architecture, our students study onsite. Staff wellbeing and work-life balance are a priority for us, with flexible working arrangements and a generous holiday allowance amongst some of our key employee benefits.
Vacancy closes on Monday 25 May 2026 at 17:00.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We champion equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. We celebrate diversity and the strengths it brings to our staff body, our student community and our Board of Trustees, recognising that people are key to our success. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
