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Financial Controller
Salary £53,000 - £58,000 per annum (dependent upon skills and experience)
Location Remote
Permanent, Full Time
Purpose:
To provide financial leadership and effective management of the Trusts financial operations including Finance system administration, AR, AP, Treasury and Fixed Assets.
To ensure delivery of a proactive and professional customer focused service, ensuring finance deadlines, and legislative and statutory requirements are met.
To work closely with the wider organisation, building strong internal relationships to ensure the effective management of financial resources.
Location & Travel:
Home based.
The role of Financial Controller is a home-based role; however, you will be expected to attend one of our communities regularly.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Oversee the month end process, working closely with all finance staff including leading on the month end timetable and ensuring all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
Working closely with the Head of Finance and Finance Business Partners and assist with the preparation and consolidation of the monthly management accounts.
Maintaining the Trust Staff Establishment Budget and support the Head of Finance and Finance Business Partners during the annual budget cycle and ensure all budgets are agreed and implemented on the accounting system
Manage the external audit and the yearend processes and complete statutory financial statements to draft stage in accordance with the Charities SORP including all working papers.
Ensure efficient and effective financial control operates throughout the Trust, ensuring all regional and central financial activities comply with legislation, policies, procedures and the delegated authorities.
Manage and administer the Trust bank accounts, credit cards, and cash flow
Developing and maintaining a long-term rolling cash forecast to monitor and maximize cash levels to benefit the organisation.
Undertake the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and inter-company accounts and ensure regular review of general ledger, bad debts fixed assets, debtors and creditors etc.
Monthly administration of the Trusts investment portfolio and maintaining a close relationship with the charities investment advisers/managers to ensure sound management and compliance with the Investment Committees agreed policy.
Management & Oversight of the Trusts fixed asset register.
Management and oversight of the Trusts Restricted and Designated Funds.
Vat Compliance including the preparation of quarterly VAT Returns for submission to the HMRC, implementing recommendations from VAT Reviews and ensuring the Trust systems and processes are compliant with HMRC VAT Rules.
To provide critical oversight and administration of the Trust wide insurance arrangements
Responsible for the maintenance, optimisation, and support of the organization’s financial systems and software. To ensure financial data integrity, system efficiency, and the successful implementation of new tools and processes to support finance operations.
Complete statutory returns for Charities Commission & Companies House.
Actively oversee the management of the Trust payroll function (including pensions) ensuring compliance with legislation and ensuring accuracy and timeliness of employee pay and third-party payments.
Manage and develop the Finance Team members to enable them to fulfil their roles to their full potential, ensuring that they and the department operate within with the Trust Strategic Plan and operational priorities
Being the systems administrator for finance, providing training to finance colleagues and non-finance colleagues, including budget holders as required within their induction.
Advising and assisting the Head of Finance with the development of key financial operational policies that reflect organisational values and comply with best practice and legal requirements.
Alongside the Head of Finance continually review the finance system and processes and explore process and system improvement.
Acting as project manager for specified projects at the direction of the Head of Finance.
Oversight of all operational leases in place at the Trust.
Provide data for the monthly reporting of financial KPIs relevant to the area of finance.
Be the finance system lead, working with colleagues from IT to manage licensing, report development and provide systems training.
General:
To comply with the Trust’s Policies and Procedures, including Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Data Protection.
To comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Employees must look after their own health, safety and welfare and be mindful of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees must co-operate and comply with management instructions regarding Health and Safety issues and report all accidents, incidents and problems as soon as practicable to their manager or other senior members of staff where necessary.
To ensure that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times.
To attend and participate in Team Meetings, 1-2-1 Supervision sessions and other meetings as required in line with the post.
To undertake any other duties which are consistent with this post, as directed by line management.
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.
Person Specification:
Essential:
Professional Accounting qualification ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or Part Qualified (Final year).
Knowledge of payroll practice and a full understanding of HMRC requirements.
Experience implementing & internal controls & accounting processes.
Experience of Treasury management including cashflow forecasting & monitoring.
Experience of preparing VAT returns.
Experience of preparing statutory accounts and working papers and proven success working with auditors and managing the audit process.
Able to demonstrate a proven track record in all aspects of accounts e.g. preparation management accounts, budgets, balance. sheet reconciliation and forecasts.
Desirable:
Degree in Finance and Accounting.
Previous experience in an accounting role in the Charity or Housing Sectors.
Experience of working with investment advisors/managers and an understanding of portfolio management.
Experience of working with Iplicit.
Understanding and Experience of preparing Vat returns using Partial VAT methodology.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Their organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
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Centre 33 offers a free and confidential counselling service to young people aged 13-25, living in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. We have a team of volunteer counsellors / therapists, from a range of modalities and backgrounds, some of whom are on clinical placement and others fully qualified. We also have a substantial team of Mental Health & Counselling Project Workers who are qualified to a minimum of Level 4 and support young people experiencing a range of difficulties, including more complex presentations that sit outside of the statutory offer. Case work includes ongoing counselling (in person, telephone and Zoom)- applying a short term model of 6 sessions (with option to extend to 12 in specific cases) alongside assessment and a ‘single session thinking’ approach.
Young people can access our counselling provision via our ‘Someone to Talk to Service’ which offers a ‘drop in’ triage to gain a holistic understanding of needs prior to joining a waiting list for intervention. Centre 33 also sits within the ‘YOUnited’ partnership- a single point of access for professional referrals where we work closely with CPFT, CCS and Ormiston Families to ensure needs are meet by the appropriate service.
In addition to the counselling service, we have other front line teams holding complex case work of young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Clinical Supervisor Role Description
Centre 33’s Clinical Supervisors are self-employed consultants, remunerated on an hourly basis for their work with us.
Principle Duties
The supervisor’s primary responsibility is to provide supervisees with professional consultancy for their work. Supervisors are expected to:
Offer regular fortnightly supervision to counsellors - a total of approx. 20 hours per year per counsellor.
Oversee the professional integrity of the work the counsellor is doing. ·
Be a resource for the professional development of the counsellor and to identify training needs for individual counsellors or the group as a whole. ·
Take part in six month probationary review of new counsellors and annual appraisal of counsellors. ·
Engage in annual 121 meetings with Clinical Lead to review supervisory practice.
Keep professional boundaries about confidentiality appropriately within Centre 33 and outside it, and assist the counsellor to do so too.
Be familiar with and act within the policies, guidelines and ethos of Centre 33 and the BACP code of ethics & practice, and to support the counsellor to do the same.
Be available to counsellors in crisis work, if required.
Liaise regularly with the MH&C Senior/Team Leads/Clinical leads and inform them of any concerns (s)he may have about the supervisee's competence, engagement or professionalism.
Attend bi- monthly Supervisors’ meetings and feedback on processes and policies Centre 33 develops in relation the Mental Health and Counselling work · Ensure that all supervisory administration is undertaken as appropriate
Ensure their own supervision, professional development, accreditation or professional registration requirements are fulfilled with particular focus in remaining updated on themes effecting clients in the C33 age range.
Maintain excellent standards of communication and organisation around sessions. Ensure supervision sessions are scheduled in a clear and timely manner and cancellations, absences and annual leave are communicated appropriately to both supervisee and Clinical Lead.
Be open to offer supervision where deemed appropriate to non-clinical staff either on ad-hoc single session or ongoing basis.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Significant and demonstrable experience pre and post qualification. counsellor/psychotherapist
Experience of working with Volunteers and/or Placement counsellors
Experience of supervising Counsellors with Multiple theoretical orientations
Experience of counselling and/ or offering supervision to counsellors working with children and young adults
Experience of supporting complex risk assessment and management and safeguarding issues
Desirable
A minimum of two years’ experience post training as a clinical supervisor
Experience of working as part of a team and supervising groups
Experience of offering counselling trainings and workshops
Experience of working with and contributing to the development of agency policies and procedures
Qualifications and Training
Essential
Level 4 or equivalent in counselling/psychotherapy
Registration / Accreditation with UKCP / BACP or equivalent
Training and qualification in clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
Extensive knowledge of therapeutic theories, practice and interventions.
Extensive knowledge of clinical supervision theory and practice
Extensive knowledge of issues affecting the mental health of young people
Extensive knowledge of child and adult safeguarding and child protection issues
Desirbale
Knowledge of referral processes and the statutory services working with children and young adults
Other
Essential
Open and inclusive attitude to Equal Opportunities and diversity principles in all aspects of work
Effective oral and written communication skills
Excellent time management with ability to multi-task
Suitable premises/access to secure online platform from which to offer supervision to counsellors/ therapists
All roles at Centre 33 may involve access to information about young people and as such all new employees and volunteers will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us.
This will depend on the nature of the position and circumstances and background of your offences.
Our Vision is for a future where all young people are listened to, respected and supported





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The Woodland Trust is looking for a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Manager to lead the development and delivery of BNG projects across the Woodland Trust estate, including identifying and managing on-site opportunities and habitat banks.
The Role:
- Build and manage relationships with local authorities, partners, and internal teams to unlock BNG opportunities aligned with our Create and Restore goals.
- Coordinate BNG activities and governance, ensuring regulatory compliance, robust delivery frameworks, and effective reporting across the organisation.
- Provide technical, ecological, and project management support to internal teams, including site assessments, due diligence, and monitoring.
- Develop and implement a strategic, Trust-wide approach to BNG, supporting consistency, best practice, and alignment with our monitoring and evaluation principles.
- Support external affairs and policy teams with technical input on planning matters and champion the Trust’s position on BNG in external forums.
- Manage budgets, secure development leads in collaboration with the Corporate Partnerships team, and lead on partnership and agreement development for BNG delivery.
- This is a 36-month fixed term contract
- This is a homeworking role with travel across a wide area, sometimes to remote locations. Overnight stays may be required which may be at least once per month.
The Candidate:
- You have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count
- Strong ecology background with practical experience delivering Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), and the ability to act as a ‘Competent Person’ representing the Trust.
- In-depth knowledge of BNG policy, legislation, and the Defra metric, with experience preparing Habitat Management & Monitoring Plans and costing project delivery.
- Proven project management and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing internal and external partners to embed best practice.
- Experience working with the development sector and ideally with local authority planning departments, supported by a relevant professional network.
- Understanding of land rights, liabilities, and environmental policy, with the ability to deliver community benefits through BNG and conservation projects.
- Willingness to travel across the UK, including remote locations, with a full driving licence and flexibility for occasional overnight stays.
Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
- Enhanced Employer Pension
- Life Assurance
- Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
- Generous Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
- Buy and Sell Annual Leave
- Enhanced Parental Pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees.
People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.
Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application.
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Make sure that you complete the Personal Statement to show your relevant skills and passion for the role.
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Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.
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Urban Saints (formally known as Crusaders) equips youth leaders to disciple young people in today's changing world. Our vision is to see every young person given the opportunity to explore faith, wherever they are.
About the role
As our Support Care Coordinator, you will be the friendly and professional first point of contact for our valued Crusaders Associates, those who have been on the journey with Urban Saints since we were known as Crusaders. You’ll play a key role in delivering exceptional supporter experiences. Your work will help continue and build lasting relationships that inspire ongoing support for our mission from those who have journeyed with us over many years.
You'll be responsible for:
- Responding to associate enquiries via phone, email, and post in a timely, warm, and professional manner, with empathy and attention to detail throughout.
- Listening and responding to the needs of each supporter, understanding their motivations and experiences to foster long-term relationships.
- Developing a programme to regularly thank donors for their support.
- Ensuring supporters feel valued and appreciated.
- Maintaining accurate supporter records on our CRM system, ensuring compliance with GDPR.
- Working closely with the Head of Development to ensure consistent messaging and supporter journeys.
Location
The role is home-based with regular travel required to visit supporters and to supporter events across the UK.
Please note, it's a requirement of the role that you have a UK driving licence and access to a car.
About You
We’re looking for a compassionate and highly organised individual who excels in building meaningful relationships and delivering exceptional supporter care. You will have experience of working with supporters, or in a donor relations role, and be an excellent communicator.
This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
How to Apply
Please fill out our application form which you can find on our website. The closing date for applications is Friday the 24th of October at Midday.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a proactive and passionate Learning & Development Designer who's ready to make a real impact.
In this exciting role, you'll create modern, engaging learning interventions across a wide range of subject areas helping learners grow, adapt, and thrive. Your focus will be on designing high-quality virtual classroom experiences, but you'll also have the opportunity to explore and implement other innovative learning methods.
This role is full-time and is home-based with some travel throughout England & Wales as required.
What we offer
At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package includes:
- Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
- Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
- Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
- Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
- Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
- Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
- Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
- Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
- Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
- Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
- Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.
About the role
In this role, you'll play a key part in upskilling practitioners who support victims and witnesses of crime, helping them develop the soft skills needed to make a meaningful impact. You'll be at the forefront of modern learning design, applying contemporary thinking and innovative approaches to shape materials that are both practical and powerful. You'll need to be a dynamic learning professional with a strong grasp of learning theory and a flair for designing engaging, outcome-driven content across multiple formats.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have excellent project and time management skills, and are excited by the opportunity to influence change through learning, we'd love to hear from you.
You will;
- Support the scoping of learning needs with L&D colleagues and make recommendations on potential learning interventions.
- Lead on the design and implementation of virtual and in person learning and other interventions (including independent learning resources, handbooks, tools), within a project management framework, working with a range of key stakeholders, ensuring products are designed within scope, delivered on time, within budget and achieve the desired outcome.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation collating learning needs and providing consultation on effective learning solutions.
- Lead on the continuous improvement of learning across the organisation, using various sources of information, to make recommendations on amendments. Take ownership of courses and conduct scheduled reviews on content and the effectiveness of the intervention.
- Create new ways of learning across the organisation enhancing opportunities such as peer learning, independent learning, on the job learning and virtual communities.
It is essential to be able to work without direct supervision, prioritise work and deal with competing and conflicting demands in an organised and effective manner. The post is for 37.5 hours per week and a degree of flexibility is necessary. This role will work from home but will have moderate travel nationally across the organisation.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the selection process.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
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Join an amazing charity that makes a difference for the 110,000 adults and children in the UK with a muscle-wasting condition. This is a role where you can really make a difference.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with lived experience of conditions we represent. We believe that diversity strengthens our work and helps us better support our beneficiaries.
The Community Fundraising Manager is an exciting role at MDUK, that will sit within the Fundrasing Team.
In Community Fundraising we are the team that builds relationships with our supporters, families, and event participants to fundraise so that MDUK can continue to find treatments and ultimately cures through research, and to drive improvements in care and quality of life.
In this small but close team there are four other Community Fundraising Managers covering the rest of the UK and a Senior Manager who can support you and the rest of the team in delivering an excellent supporter journey to deliver the charities aims.
You will build relationships and manage both supporters and volunteers within the local community creating an impact by maximising financial contributions and raising awareness of fundraising for Muscular Dystrophy UK.
You will need a flexible approach to your working hours as the role may require some evening and weekend work.
About us:
Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 110,000 children and adults in the UK.
We share expert advice and support to live well now; fund groundbreaking research to understand the different conditions better and lead us to new treatments; work with the NHS towards universal access to specialist health; and together, campaign for people’s rights, better understanding, accessibility, and access to treatments.
Benefits:
We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.
Location: Home Based
Closing date: Tuesday 30 September
Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities
NB: Please note that we are interviewing on a rolling basis and may close the advert earlier than the stated deadline if we successfully fill the role.
We connect a community of more than 110,000 people living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions and people around them.




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Having adopted a new and ambitious strategy, and embarked on a period of transformational change, Two Saints are now looking to ensure they are in the strongest position to deliver their vision in what are difficult times. This vision is ‘to be a safety net for people in tough times and the springboard to a brighter future.’ The organisation delivers a full range of services to clients across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight, and the role of the Two Saints Board is to guide, direct and challenge the plans and strategic decisions relating to these services.
So we’re looking for people who can help Two Saints deliver their vision, with a background and experience in either:
- Asset management, perhaps with experience of the net-zero agenda
- Supported housing services or social care
We’re interested in hearing from talented people who may be looking for their first governance role, and you may have had lived experience.
If you’re interested in what Two Saints do and feel you can make a contribution, we’d like to hear from you so take a look at the candidate pack here https://bit.ly/45U1yDX.
You’ll be at the heart of ensuring families caring for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions receive the best possible support.
About the Role
As Lead Kentown Family Service Co-ordinator, you will:
- Oversee and support Family Service Co-ordinators across Lancashire, Cumbria, and Greater Manchester.
- Ensure families receive consistent, high-quality support through home visits, events, and online services.
- Co-ordinate complex referrals and help families access financial and practical assistance.
- Build partnerships with health, education, and voluntary sector organisations to widen support for families.
- Support data collection, reporting, and service improvement to strengthen our work and measure impact.
About You
You will bring:
- Experience working with children, young people, or families with complex needs in health, social care or voluntary settings.
- Strong organisational skills to co-ordinate services across multiple regions.
- Experience supporting or supervising staff or volunteers.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with families and professionals.
- A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and delivering family-centred support.
We exist to ensure every seriously ill child and their family gets the high-quality children’s palliative and end of life care





Role Summary
Join our team and help us improve public sector food across the UK with our School Plates and new Hospital Plates programmes. We're looking for a passionate and driven Chef Trainer to support schools and hospitals in delivering healthier and more sustainable menus.
The programmes continue to go from strength to strength. Through School Plates, we currently support over a third of all UK local authorities, catering for more than 12,000 schools and feeding over 1.25 million children daily. To date, we have been responsible for swapping over 50 million school meals from meat-based to meat-free or plant-based. We're now expanding our successful model into the health sector with our new Hospital Plates programme, bringing the same positive change to patient and staff menus.
Are you a skilled chef trainer with a passion for improving public food? Can you match our ambition? You'll be using your culinary expertise to train catering teams in both schools and hospitals, provide menu advice, and get involved with recipe development and culinary education. You will also run cooking workshops for pupils in secondary schools, inspiring the next generation to get excited about plant-based food. You will also build and manage relationships with our catering partners, helping them deliver delicious and sustainable meals. This is a UK-wide role and will require travel to different sites.
We’re looking for someone to join our team for 3 days a week but are open to applicants looking for flexible working hours, including, potentially, 4 days a week.
Job Details
Job Title: Chef Trainer - School Plates & Hospital Plates
Reporting to: Programme Manager, UK
Location: Remote (home-based with travel across UK)
Hours: 21-28 hours per week (0.6-0.8 FTE)
Salary: £32,000 per annum pro rata (based on 1.0 FTE)
Responsibilities
As our Chef Trainer & Programme Support, you'll be a key player in developing and delivering our School Plates and Hospital Plates programmes. You'll use your culinary expertise and passion for food system change to create resources, train professionals, and engage with our partners.
Key Responsibilities
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Recipe Development & Training: You'll co-lead the creation, testing, and development of new plant-based recipes for our school and hospital programmes, and lead on developing ‘grab-and-go’ and internationally inspired options for secondary schools. You'll also plan and deliver training sessions, including in-person and online workshops, and create e-learning courses for caterers.
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Programme Development & Support: Work closely with programme managers to develop and refine the strategy for our initiatives. This includes supporting pilot programmes, measuring their impact, and creating bespoke catering resources for our partners.
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Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Represent our organisation at events and in meetings, providing expert catering advice and information on our programmes. Collaborate with our communications manager to create engaging content, including recipes and videos for our website, e-learning platform and social media.
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Education & Outreach: Partner with our education manager to plan and co-deliver secondary school cooking workshops. These sessions will teach pupils basic plant-based culinary skills that align with the National Curriculum as well as inspire the next generation to choose plant-forward options and learn about the impact of their food choices in a positive way.
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Inspire Catering Teams: Your role is to build and maintain relationships with catering partners, providing expert catering advice and practical recipe suggestions. You'll work with them directly on pilot programmes, offering bespoke support to inspire positive menu changes. You'll also provide essential administrative support for our programmes and help create and deliver presentations to promote our work to a wider audience.
Qualifications
Essential
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Experienced in planning and delivering cooking workshops to groups.
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Experience of working in a culinary setting and developing recipes with a strong interest in plant-based recipes.
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Excellent communication skills and be a confident and engaging educator.
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Flexible and agile approach, with a willingness to be a true team player and fill gaps as needed.
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Proactive with initiative and drive.
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Strong organisational skills.
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Attention to detail.
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Solution-focused and resilient.
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Confident in creating basic spreadsheets and slide decks.
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Ability to work well under pressure and manage time effectively in a fast-paced and small but fast-growing non-profit work environment.
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Ability to work well unsupervised with experience of working in remote teams with a reliable internet connection.
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Passionate about food systems change.
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Alignment with our vision and mission.
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Based in the UK and able to attend meetings, events, and training to represent the team and programme across the UK.
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Willing to travel across the UK for workshops and events.
Desirable
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Experience of working within school and/or hospital food.
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Experience of food photography and creating recipe content for social platforms or online courses.
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Experience of managing projects.
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Experience of liaising with local authorities, schools, or other public sector bodies.
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Experience in the field of nutrition, including an interest in plant-based nutrition.
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Experience of working in the food, health or environmental sector.
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Experience of using customer relationship management (CRM) systems (training will be provided).
Benefits of working with us
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Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days per year, with an additional day granted at the start of each calendar up to a maximum of 30 days (plus bank holidays)
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A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
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Provision of a work laptop.
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Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
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Career development support
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
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Compassionate animal companion leave
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Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
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Access to 24/7 virtual GP Service
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Mindfulness support via a free Headspace account for you and up to 5 friends or family members
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Access to the Wisdom app with exclusive perks and discounts
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Membership to the OpenUp platform
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We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
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And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
When?
Application deadline: 5th October 2025
Start date: November 2025
Application process and timeline
Please submit your application using our online form including your CV and cover letter. By submitting your application you agree that your personal data will be processed by and shared with our UK entity (ProVeg C.I.C.) and German entity (ProVeg e.V.).
The recruitment process consists of two rounds: 1): an online trial task; 2): an interview with the Programme Manager and Director.
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Application deadline: 5th October 2025
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Online trial task: sent to longlisted candidates by 10th October 5pm, to be completed by 12 October at 5pm
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Interviews: take place on 21st and 22nd October 2025
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Start date: November 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.