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ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries – film, television (high-end, children’s, unscripted), VFX, animation and games. We are supporting economic recovery and future innovation and growth across the whole of the UK by investing in the skilled and inclusive workforce who are critical to the global success of the screen sector.

We are funded by industry contributions to our Skills Funds and with National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of its BFI Bursaries Programme to help people get into the industry and progress within it.

The Senior Grants Officer will support the Finance Manager in maintaining the smooth running of grants and bursaries giving process. The Senior Grants Officer will also be responsible for the processing of ScreenSkills’ grants and bursaries ensuring that projects fall within budget, are contracted in a timely manner and subsequently monitored.  They will work collaboratively across the wider organisation to ensure that funders’ requirements are met.

Contract: Fixed Term, 12 months, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £33,000 - £38,000 per annum

Reports to: Finance Manager

Location: ScreenSkills London/Hybrid (min 2 days a week in the office)

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Essential:

• 3-5 Years – Work related experience.
• Proven experience of working in a similar role within finance department
• Proven experience of data analysis and manipulation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of setting up processes to ensure master templates and contracts are reviewed
• Excellent organisation skills; ability to effectively manage varied tasks with competing priorities with minimum supervision
• Attention to detail and ability to produce accurate work
• Excellent IT skills including intermediate Level of Excel

 Preferred:

• Previous working experience of Blackbaud Grantmaking, SUN accounting system using Q&A

 Other skills and attributes:

• Excellent teamwork
• Innovative Thinking
• Customer Focus
• Commitment to Excellence
• Flexibility
• Commercial Awareness

ScreenSkills offers benefits including: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
• Life Assurance

In the last two years we have helped 48,447 people across: eLearning, training, events, mentoring, bursaries and stepping up programmes such as Trainee Finder, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, minority ethnic people, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.

Job title: Team and Office Assistant
Reports to: Senior Manager, Team and Office
Salary: £22,000 to £24,000 depending on experience
Location: High Holborn, London
The term: Fixed Term Contract, to July 2026
Hours: Full time

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a charity and membership society that has been dedicated to improving tropical medicine and global health since 1907.

Our ambition is to save lives and improve health around the world through increased access to greater equity in global health care. Through our activities we help further our members’ careers. We also bring together their collective knowledge and use our own expertise to achieve change within the sector.

We are looking for a motivated individual to join us as Team and Office Assistant, effectively supporting the small but busy RSTMH Team by providing proactive and comprehensive support across our key areas of work.

The role will require someone who preferably has some experience of providing support and administration to a busy team (preferably within the charity/not-for-profit sector), who is flexible, has excellent time management skills and is able work on own initiative. The successful candidate will be working across various RSTMH activities, including membership, journals, events, Early Career Grants, and communications; therefore, they will need to be efficient and organised, with strong computer skills and a professional outlook.

The Role:

• To develop and maintain effective working relationships across RSTMH
• To ensure that all general, email, telephone and written enquiries are dealt with efficiently and promptly
• To support with the management of the RSTMH office and office processes
• To undertake electronic and paper filing, and maintain filing systems appropriately
• To support with team planning, scheduling and social events and activities 
• To assist with the management and promotion of the RSTMH meeting room
• To support with financial administration
• To support the planning of RSTMH events, including handling delegate registration enquiries via telephone and email, collating event packs and materials, and conducting desk research on the cost and availability of venues and caterers.
• To attend RSTMH events, assisting with Zoom support on online events, and assisting as necessary at in person events.
• To assist with the administration associated with the RSTMH Early Career Grants programme, which includes analysing key data and helping produce reports for the team, our Committees and donors.
• Taking a role in the processes to select grant awardees including helping perform due diligence on the potential awardees
• To support the Communications Manager in scheduling and sourcing content for social media
• To support on the website by uploading and editing content through the CMS
• To help create and send the fortnightly member newsletter and the monthly non-member newsletter
• To support the Communications Manager in creating content to be shared across RSTMH communications channels
• To assist with communications planning
• To be responsible for the general administration and upkeep of RSTMH’s online opportunities platform, grow
• To support with strategies to increase members of RSTMH
• To assist with enquiries from current and prospective members in a professional, timely manner, and to agreed service targets.
• To support with membership management, ensuring data is up to date using CiviCRM
• To provide support to the managing editor for Journal-related tasks
• To ensure that all assigned tasks are completed to a high standard
• To participate in team meetings, planning and initiatives
• To assist in any administrative tasks to support the team and wider RSTMH community
• To undertake any other reasonable tasks as could be expected of a Team and Office Assistant

Essential Technical Skills:

• Ability to manage a diverse set of priorities and meet deadlines to a consistently high standard
• Capacity to set up and maintain administrative processes and office systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong understanding of delivering great customer service
• Experience of being responsible for initiating, planning, and developing own areas of work
• High computer literacy and confidence with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• Exceptional use of written and spoken English
• Experience providing administration support, preferably in an office environment
• Good analytical skills with the ability to identify key points from complex material or information

Personal Skills:

• Ability to work with a wide range of people whilst presenting a professional image on behalf of RSTMH
• Ability to be calm under pressure and help build a collaborative team culture
• Flexibility and willingness to work under own initiative
• Discretion when dealing with confidential information
• Willingness to undertake other responsibilities and an eagerness to learn
• A demonstrated commitment to and interest in the aims and objectives of RSTMH

Desirable Skills:

• Filing experience
• Experience of working with databases
• Professional, polite and confident telephone manner
• Experience of working in events

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident team player looking to enhance their administration and communication skills.

Please note: This is a London based role and will be office-based. This is not available as a remote job.

Interested?

Please submit your application form by 15th October by 5pm BST.
Please note: We encourage you to apply as early as possible as we will be reviewing and interviewing candidates as they submit, and so may close recruitment before the deadline.

Please click the apply button and send your CV and a supporting statement (of up to 1,000 words) to include how your previous experience matches the requirements of the role, it will be sent automatically to us.
Applications submitted without a supporting statement may not be considered. (Please insert your supporting statement where it asks for your cover message or covering letter).

No agencies please.

The Centre for Progressive Change is looking for a full-time Operations Director that will be part of the newly formed Executive Team. This role will be responsible for running the operations of the organisation with a focus on our people, systems and processes. They will work closely with the Executive Team, ensuring the organisation runs smoothly and efficiently so that we can have impact.

The Centre for Progressive Change (CPC) is an organisation that builds campaigns for national policy change in the UK. Our focus is on making progressive gains that improve the lives of low- and middle-income communities. We want the UK to be a place where everyone has the financial resources they need, where people are treated as equals and are free to be who they are without persecution, and where we look after our environment.

To achieve this vision, our mission is to build proactive campaigns for progressive legislative change, do research on what works when campaigning for national policy change and offer training and consultancy to support other organisations to build effective campaigns. Our campaigns use an inter-disciplinary approach including community organising, mobilising, advocacy, business engagement, campaign research and press work.

Location: Remote / Hybrid (with occasional UK travel & team meetings at the Birmingham Office Monthly) Applications welcome for candidates within commuting distance of the Midlands.

At Fuel Bank Foundation, we believe no one should have to choose between heating and eating. Every day, we help people across the UK who are facing fuel crisis—providing emergency financial support, advice, and long-term solutions that create lasting change.

We’re looking for an experienced Strategic Partnerships Manager to help us grow and nurture high-impact relationships with corporate partners, charitable trusts, and grant-making bodies. If you’re a confident communicator, natural relationship-builder, and passionate about making a difference, this could be the role for you.

About the Role

As Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will play a central role in driving income growth and increasing the impact of our partnerships. You’ll work closely with the Head of Strategic Partnerships to deliver our partnership strategy—developing new funding opportunities, managing existing relationships, and ensuring excellent stewardship throughout the partner journey.

This is a dynamic and varied role that offers scope for creativity, strategy, and hands-on relationship management. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams to bring partner activity to life, demonstrate impact, and align our work with shared goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships, including charitable trusts, corporate sponsors, and grant-making bodies.
• Deliver high-quality stewardship and build strong, long-term relationships with supporters.
• Identify and secure new partnership and funding opportunities in line with organisational strategy.
• Create compelling, tailored proposals and pitches that align with partner objectives and Fuel Bank’s mission.
• Track partnership performance, prepare reports and evaluations, and share impact stories with funders and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate across departments to align partner activity with service delivery and communications.
• Contribute to income planning, forecasting, and the delivery of financial targets.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in partnership management, business development, account management, or fundraising—ideally within the charity, non-profit or social impact sector.
• A track record of building successful relationships and delivering income growth.
• Skilled in writing proposals, reports, and presenting ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Commercial awareness and confidence working with budgets, forecasts, and reporting tools.
• Strategic thinker with a creative mindset and the ability to spot new opportunities.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you will receive in return:

At Fuel Bank Foundation, you'll join a passionate, values-led team making a real impact in communities across the UK. We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible and remote working options
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture
• The chance to help shape solutions to one of the UK’s most urgent social issues
• Enhanced annual leave
• Enhanced pension scheme
• EAP – Healthcare

Location: Shaw House, 27 West Way, Oxford, OX2 0QH
Department: Comms
Salary: £35,000 to £38,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: 35
Contract Type: Permanent

RABI is the farmers charity.

RABI supports farming people across England, Wales and NI with expert, one-to-one practical, financial and emotional help, all year round. From confidential advice and mental health support to direct financial assistance, their tailored services respond to the unique challenges of farming life.

At the heart of RABI’s mission is a commitment to strengthening resilience; helping farming people feel valued, supported and better equipped to navigate uncertainty and change. RABI is working to close the farming wellbeing gap and build a future where farming people can thrive.

Over the past 25 years alone, RABI has delivered almost £250 Million in direct financial support to the farming community, whilst the charity’s professional counselling service has provided 11,500 free sessions to farming people since 2022. RABI’s wrap-around support services continue to evolve, reaching more people year on year.

RABI is on a journey to help shape a future farmers deserve.

SUMMARY OF ROLE

The PR & Marketing Manager is a specialist media and storytelling lead within RABI’s Marketing and Communications team, with a core focus on strengthening the charity’s voice across agricultural, regional and national media. This pivotal role requires a journalistically minded communications professional with a strong track record in media engagement, story sourcing, and reactive PR. With a firm grasp of audience insight, campaign messaging and fast-paced content development, the postholder will manage all inbound media enquiries, drive proactive press activity, and lead the creation of compelling editorial and campaign copy that elevates RABI’s brand and influence.

The role reports to the Senior Strategic Communications Manager and is supported by the Marketing & Communications Coordinator. It will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to uncover impactful stories, draft powerful messaging and manage time-sensitive responses. This role is ideal for a media professional with experience in journalism, public relations or press office environments who brings a blend of creativity, copywriting skill, and newsroom agility.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PR and Media Relations

• Lead the delivery of RABI’s press office function, including proactive media outreach, reactive response, and managing journalist relationships.
• Continually scope, plan and deliver media engagement activity to secure positive and frequent press coverage across agricultural, health, regional, and national media.
• Draft compelling press releases, media packs, statements, and comment pieces aligned to RABI’s strategic priorities.
• Cultivate and maintain a live, segmented database of journalists, editors, sector influencers and media contacts.
• Serve as contact for media handling during high-profile campaigns, events, or issues, supported by senior colleagues and external PR agency partners.

Campaign Marketing and Creative Development

• Develop and implement creative marketing campaigns to support RABI’s major initiatives, appeals, events, and sector outreach.
• Coordinate the production of marketing content including videography, photography and storytelling assets.
• Direct the framework and management of RABI’s online asset library.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including External Affairs and Fundraising, to create engaging marketing outputs tailored to key audiences.
• Oversee third-party designers, writers, photographers and multimedia producers for marketing and PR related materials.
• Ensure all outputs are brand-consistent, audience-focused, and aligned with RABI’s tone of voice and messaging guidelines.

Publications and Content Planning

• Oversee the planning and delivery of RABI’s outward-facing publications and branded content, ensuring they align with organisational priorities, audience needs, and campaign timelines.
• Act as editorial lead—commissioning, writing, and editing content in collaboration with internal teams, external contributors, designers and printers.
• Manage project timelines and workflows for all publications, from initial scoping through to production and distribution, ensuring content is delivered to a consistently high standard and to deadline.
• Maintain high standards of content governance, applying editorial judgement and ensuring compliance with brand guidelines, accessibility standards, and legal/ethical requirements (e.g. safeguarding, consent, GDPR).
• Work closely with the Senior Strategic Communications Manager to shape RABI’s long-term publications roadmap, ensuring that content plays a strategic role in reputation building and stakeholder influence.

Digital Collaboration and Integrated Marketing

• Work in close partnership with the Digital Communications team on the cohesive planning and delivery of integrated campaigns across digital and traditional channels.
• Support the Digital Communication team’s planning and rollout of supporter journeys via email, ensuring communications that reflect RABI’s brand voice and objectives.
• Input into CRM-led campaign planning using Microsoft Dynamics 365, helping segment audiences, personalise outreach and track engagement.
• Share campaign results and insights with the Digital Communications team to jointly evaluate performance and identify opportunities for refinement and learning.

Team and Project Leadership

• Line-manage the Marketing & Communications Coordinator, ensuring clear direction, regular feedback, and development support.
• Support the delivery of integrated campaign plans led by the Senior Strategic Communications Manager, ensuring timely implementation of PR and marketing deliverables.

Brand Awareness and Recognition

• Identify new opportunities to grow brand awareness and RABI’s share of voice within the agricultural and wider wellbeing sectors.
• Lead on promotional activity for awards submissions, key events and organisational milestones.
• Create and coordinate celebratory communications for sector recognition, shortlists or accolades achieved by RABI.

Insight, Evaluation and Learning

• Track campaign and media engagement performance using AgilityPR and generate insights to optimise future planning.
• Produce monthly reporting dashboards for the Senior Strategic Communications Manager with narrative summaries of media reach, campaign engagement, and PR activity.
• Apply a test-and-learn approach to campaign marketing, incorporating audience insight, message testing and performance data into continuous improvement cycles

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Marketing or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in public relations, media engagement, or campaign marketing, with a demonstrable track record of leading successful, high-profile communications activity.
• Proven ability to manage integrated marketing campaigns from concept to delivery.
• Exceptional copywriting skills with a flair for storytelling and message crafting.
• Experience in managing staff or direct reports
• Proven experience developing publications and editorial outputs in a professional setting, including commissioning, writing, and managing multi-stage content workflows.
• Ability to transform complex or sensitive material into clear, compelling narratives for varied audiences.
• Confidence working with designers, printers and digital producers to deliver high-quality, on-brand content across formats.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to work across multiple priorities with confidence.
• An understanding of brand application across different channels and content formats.
• Familiarity with media monitoring tools
• Strong understanding of email marketing principles and experience working collaboratively with Digital teams on CRM-supported campaigns.
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.

Desirable

• Experience working within the charity, health, rural affairs, or public services sector.
• Knowledge of the agricultural sector or issues affecting rural communities.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud or Canva.

This role profile is not exhaustive and is subject to review in conjunction with the post holder according to future developments at RABI.

BENEFITS

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (based on full time working).
• Enrolment to Nest on commencement of employment and then opportunity to join RABI’s group pension scheme with Standard Life where RABI make contributions equivalent to 10% of your basic salary, provided you make a personal contribution of 5%.
• Life assurance from day one.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• On site parking.

RABI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and aims to ensure that all employment practices secure equality of opportunity and that no prospective or current employee receives less than favourable treatment at RABI as a result of their sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, disability, marital, or for any other reason which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Our recruitment process strives to ensure that individuals are selected only based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications and abilities.

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Location: York office or national

Join the UK’s Largest STEM Volunteering Programme – Make a National Impact

Are you passionate about STEM education and creating opportunities for young people? Do you want to oversee national programmes that connect businesses, universities, and volunteers with schools across the UK? 

We’re looking for an experienced and visionary careers and enrichment programme lead to oversee the operational delivery of the STEM Ambassador Programme – the UK’s largest STEM volunteering programme, engaging nearly 28,000 volunteers from over 5,000 organisations.

Reporting to the Head of Skills & Partner Engagement, the STEM Ambassadors Delivery Lead will ensure that we deliver a high impact, UK wide STEM volunteering programme providing millions of young people with inspiring careers and enrichment opportunities.

You will be responsible for programme monitoring, reporting to government, liaison with regional delivery partners and connecting the internal departments which contribute to the programme’s success. 

 About Us

STEM Learning’s vision is a world-leading STEM education for all young people across the UK. We are dedicated to improving young people’s lives through the power of STEM and believe great STEM education builds knowledge and skills that are vital for everyone.

To achieve this, we provide a range of support to formal and informal education, including subject-specific professional development for teachers and other educators, quality assured resources, support for STEM Clubs, and student-facing experiences.

We lead the STEM Ambassadors programme, which enables 28,000 volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise with young people and teachers throughout the UK via classroom activities, career talks, etc.

 The Role

This crucial role will be accountable for the efficient operational management of the STEM Ambassador programme, as well as leading improvements and innovation of the customer experience of all stakeholders engaging with the programme.

The role is broad and varied covering financial oversight, milestones and KPI monitoring, reporting and data analysis, programme innovation and external promotion.

Your success in this role will contribute positively to building STEM Learning’s reputation as ‘the partner of choice’ for STEM outreach and increase our network of supporters wanting to engage in and support STEM.

 Our Ideal Candidate

 You will be results focused, with the ability to think analytically and strategically and respond creatively to challenges. Your proven project management and organisation skills will enable you to manage competing priorities to achieve optimum results.

You will have experience of the careers and skills sector, having played a key operational role in overseeing the operations of a large and complex careers programme.

With excellent relationship building and communication skills, you will need to demonstrate your ability to collaborate effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including managing their expectations.

As a visible and supportive leader, you will work effectively with remote colleagues, and be able to manage change and build resilience within teams.  As well as working as part of a team, you will equally be able to work on your own initiative.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a high level of personal resilience who is able to relish a challenge, to deliver impact within a complex education and skills landscape.

The role holder will be required to undertake some UK travel and occasional overnight stays. Flexibility of working hours will be required to meet the demands of the role at key times.

Next Steps

To apply please submit your CV and a cover letter explaining what interested you in the role and why you think you are our ideal candidate.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 6th October 2025

1st Stage Interviews: Wednesday 15th October 2025 (online)

2nd Stage Interviews: Tuesday 21st October (in person in York)

Are you passionate about human rights and committed to ending ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices? We are seeking a Direct Intervention Team Manager to lead our frontline service, supporting those at risk and driving change across communities.

The Role

This is a rewarding leadership role where you will:

• Lead and support the Direct Intervention team to deliver safeguarding and advocacy services
• Manage referrals, complex cases, and ensure person-centred support
• Build and maintain partnerships with agencies and professionals
• Contribute to organisational development, fundraising, and strategy
• Ensure safeguarding, risk management, and service standards are upheld

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience managing frontline safeguarding or domestic abuse services
• Knowledge of working across diverse communities, particularly those where HBA and harmful practices are more prevalent
• Experience in leading, mentoring and supporting staff and volunteers
• Experience in service development, project management, and budgeting
• Commitment to Savera UK’s values of respect, inclusion, compassion, innovation, and ambition

What We Offer

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Wellbeing support and external supervision
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Employer pension contribution (3%)
• Starting salary within the range will be determined based on experience, internal equity, and available budget

Equality & Occupational Requirement

This role is open to female applicants only under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010, due to the nature of the work and needs of our service users.

Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office

What the job involves

We're on the lookout for a motivated Direct Marketing professional to bring their skills to our Individual Giving Team, with a focus on retention campaigns.

Direct Marketing plays an important role in the Charity’s fundraising and overall corporate strategy. We’re looking for a confident and proactive fundraiser to take responsibility for the delivery and ongoing development of our current retention programme.

You’ll deliver timely, targeted, relevant communications to our warm audiences; newly recruited and existing cash supporters and regular givers with the aim of strengthening loyalty and increasing their lifetime value.

With internal and external stakeholders, you’ll project manage existing direct marketing campaigns in the form of direct mail appeals, emails, telemarketing and occasional stewardship events. You’ll consistently analyse KPIs and make evidence-based decisions to help assist with growing the programme and delivering our overall financial target.

What we want from you

Aside from excellent knowledge and experience of working in a direct marketing environment, which includes developing and implementing retention focused direct marketing campaigns, you’ll also have a range of channel experience and marketing knowledge.

You’ll possess first class communication skills, a strong team ethic and you’ll be at ease working with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. The ability to manage budgets and projects is also essential, along with proven knowledge of data protection and sector compliance. Knowledge of direct marking and fundraising law would be advantageous.

Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.

Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We’re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Prostate Cancer UK we’re committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. To make this happen, we're dedicated to being an inclusive, proactive organisation, as we strive to be Allies to Black communities. We’ll achieve this by advocating and working alongside those communities to promote change. We're also working to be Allies to each other, not only protected groups. In 2024, we launched our New Allyship Training Programme. All colleagues at Prostate Cancer UK will be trained to act and identify as an Ally.

We've also signed Business in the Communities Race at Work Charter, as a dedication to our Black health equity work and wider EDI priorities. As a signatory, we're responsible and accountable for driving positive change.

Ways of working

Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working – a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips.

Next steps
More information on what we offer, as well as the role, can be found on our vacancies page. Please download our job profile document (job description) with our ‘How to apply’ section sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply.

Got a question? Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or questions – we’re here to help.

The closing date is Sunday 5th October 2025.  Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.

Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 13th October 2025.

Executive Assistant

Barnwood is not your typical funder. We drive change so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and are included where they live. We bring people together for a different conversation and explore big ideas. Through learning and collaboration, we influence the change that’s needed. By partnering with local organisations and looking for better ways to fund, Barnwood makes a difference in Gloucestershire.

As part of this work, our People and Operations Team engages a wide range of people in the Trust’s vision for Gloucestershire, and our Executive Assistant is integral to this.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to deliver high level professional administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. The Executive Assistant will take responsibility and ownership of office organisation and project delivery, and to provide Trust-wide support for human resources processes and governance processes for the Board of Trustees.

We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who:

· are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.

· have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges. 

Contract terms:

• This role is permanent, and we welcome applications from people looking for full time hours (37.5hrs per week).
• We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday. 
• Salary £39,018 p/a FTE 
• 36 days holiday inc. bank holidays 
• This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.

Summary of key duties:

Executive Assistance:

• Organise meetings and manage diaries for the CEO and COO.
• Prepare agenda, take minutes and keep records.
• Handle communications on behalf of CEO and COO.
• Manage projects and general administrative tasks.

Governance Assistance:

• Organise Board and Committee meetings.
• Co-ordinate and support the preparation of meeting papers and distribute them in a timely manner.
• Take accurate minutes and maintain governance records.
• Support the Trustee recruitment and induction processes.
• Keep governance information on the website and Trustee portal up to date.

Human Resources Administration:

• Support HR processes and recruitment.
• Oversee and manage the IRIS HR system, ensuring all employees know how to use the system and keep their information up to date.
• Provide regular HR reports to managers.

Use of Overton House

• Manage room bookings and visitors arrangements, ensuring policy and practice is consistent with the Trust’s values.
• Ensure external users have the right information and support.
• Work with the Marketing and Comms team to promote available spaces.

Line management responsibilities

• Provide line management to the Operations Administrator, enacting the Trust’s management processes to ensure that all direct reports are motivated, supported and enabled to give of their best.
• Conduct regular reviews and support personal development for direct reports, providing open and honest feedback on performance, setting personal development goals and plans.
• Ensure that all direct reports work within clear and effective safeguarding practices and in accordance with all other Trust policies and procedures.
• Ensure that wellbeing, sickness and absence are managed effectively.
• Contribute to Trust-wide people management policies, procedures and team culture as a member of the People Manager Team.

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

• Proven experience of working as a Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant at a senior level
• Experience of accurate minute-taking and record-keeping for both formal and informal meetings
• Team leadership, experience managing or supporting colleagues

Desirable Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures
• Knowledge of governance processes

Summary of skills

• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities exercising excellent time management skills (E)
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, with attention to detail, that engage a wide range of audiences and which champion accessible communication (E)
• Discretion and confidentiality, demonstrating ability to handle sensitive information with integrity (E)
• Problem solving and initiative, being proactive and resourceful in managing challenges (E)
• Relationship building, able to work effectively with a wide range of people (E)
• Strong IT skills (demonstrable proficiency in using MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Zoom and HR systems like IRIS) (E)

See application pack for full details

Benefits:

• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE)
• Life Assurance (3 x Salary)
• Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity.
• Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates.
• Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.
• Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard.
• We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.
• Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities.
• Assistance dogs are welcome.

Guidance On Applications:

Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.

You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it.

Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org. 

We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.

Deadline for applications: 12:00 noon on Friday 10th October

First interviews: Monday 20th October 2025

Second stage interviews: Monday 27th October 2025

We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager will oversee the development of existing high-net (HNW) donors and pipeline new high-net prospects. You will work closely with key Third Party supporters to establish our presence nationally.

A key part of their role will be to strategise to identify high-net donors and foster long term relationships so Muslim Aid is their charity of choice.

You will also work closely with fundraising and supporter services to organise tactical, innovative, bespoke and strategic events to meet the requirements of high-net donors and maximise major gifts like no other.

About the Role:

1. Develop a three-year high-net donor strategy with stakeholders that drives long-term sustainable revenue and year on year growth.
2. Develop short-, medium- and long-term strategies to maintain engagement, retention and increase revenue with existing and prospective donors that supports our organisational strategy.
3. Develop a full Philanthropy & Legacy system to review fundraising forecasts, review progress and implement quarterly tactical activation plans to recover potential losses.
4. Conduct market and internal analysis to identify novel funding prospects. Use innovative thinking to devise creative fundraising strategies and solve problems as they arise.
5. Develop and implement a corporate fundraising strategy, aligning with our overarching objectives and CSR initiatives. Manage the budget to ensure maximum ROI on fundraising activities.
6. Incorporate legal and regulatory standard into all fundraising activities design/delivery.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Significant experience in fundraising, corporate relationship and/or high-net donor development.
2. Proven track record in implementing corporate / business / high-net donor strategy and achieving challenging targets.
3. Experience in public speaking and presenting information to executive level audiences.
4. Knowledge of a wide range of fundraising mechanisms including CRM, sponsorship, brand association and employee fundraising.
5. Interpersonal and communication skills and ability to liaise effectively with people at various levels.
6. Highly developed negotiation skills.

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as a Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager and lead on building lasting relationships with high-net-worth donors and partners. You’ll grow our national presence, unlock major gifts, and create innovative, bespoke events that inspire generosity. If you’re passionate about strategic fundraising, partnership building, and making a global impact, this is your chance to help shape Muslim Aid’s future. Apply now and help us shape a stronger future for communities in need.

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 Privilege days
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL) 
• Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV.

Applications will be accepted until the closing date. However, please note that Muslim Aid may conduct interviews and progress with the selection process on a rolling basis, with the aim of appointing a suitable candidate as soon as possible.

Job title:     Director of Income and Engagement
Reports to: CEO
Location:    40% of time in any BB office with expectation of regular travel to London
(monthly)/occasional travel to other offices
Hours:        Full-time (37.5 hours per week). Open to flexible working.
Contract:    Permanent

Overall purpose
The Director of Income and Engagement will be responsible for leading a team of talented fundraising and communication professionals across a variety of disciplines to drive the successful achievement of Breaking Barriers 2030 goals. They will have responsibility for developing strategies across all streams and the wider fundraising team, identifying key opportunities for income stream development and innovation, stewarding key donors, and motivating a diverse team to achieve ambitious income targets.

They will be a key member of the organisation’s Senior Leadership team, working closely with colleagues across Services, People Strategy and Finance to maximise strategic opportunities and drive organisational culture and performance.

The Director of Income and Engagement will be an experienced fundraiser with a track record of achieving sustainable growth across multiple functions. They will have experience leading and nurturing income generating teams and be comfortable leading teams across diverse income streams including trusts and statutory, major donors, corporate partnerships, and public fundraising.

They will be ambitious, values-led, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and will act as a leader across the organisation, driving forward a culture of creativity, growth, innovation and entrepreneurialism that will be essential to achieving our 2030 goals.

To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recuitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.

Other considerations

• As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out pre-employment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include basic DBS checks, obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.   

• We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

  Breaking Barriers is committed to protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect and for their views, wishes and beliefs to be fully considered when deciding action.

​How to apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a statement of interest (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:

• Why you are interested in the role
• What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
• Any experience you would like to highlight
• Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
• Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)

Closing date for applications is Wednesday 08 October at 11:30pm. Please note, interviews will be held online on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to emply more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience with of seeking asylum and / or a refugee background.

If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experince of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reach out to HR Manager, Caroline Meechan for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).

The General Manager of DPA will be responsible for supporting the development of DPA, driving the company forward, raising the profile, reach, and impact of the work, and ensuring the viability and effective operations of DPA.

Our General Manager is a key member of Different Planet Arts small staff team. Working closely with the Artistic Director and the Board of Trustees as part of the Senior Management Team, you will manage and organise operational support for Different Planet arts programme, ensuring we provide an excellent service to our participants, partners and audiences.

This role is suitable for someone building a career in operations. We are looking for someone who can maintain and provide the right systems and structures to enable others to lead and create our arts projects, and provide ongoing, efficient admin, managerial and fundraising support.

You will manage and be responsible for our systems and processes for financial administration, fundraising, governance procedures and processes, monitoring and keeping the Different Planet Arts office running day-to-day as an administrative hub. You will work closely with our treasurer (who is responsible for creating quarterly Management Accounts.)

Role: General Manager  

Reports to: Artistic Director & Board of Trustees 

Salary: £190 per day, 3 days a week for 48 weeks of the year

Contract: This is a rolling freelance position initially for 6 months to be extended subject to securing future funding

Hours: Preferably 3 days (22.5 hours) a week, 1.5 days at our office in Lewes.

Benefits: Training and development opportunities

Probation Period: 3 months

Deadline for submissions is midday on the 8th October 2025 & interviews will take place on the 9th & 10th October with a view to onboarding around the beginning of November 2025

Management Responsibilities

• Support and implement the artistic, business, and strategic planning of DPA, in consultation with the Artistic Director, Board of Trustees, and stakeholders.
• Drive relationships with key stakeholders and funders
• Cultivate a supportive climate of creativity, innovation, and risk-taking in DPA's work
• Ensure DPA remains solvent and able to meet its commitments as outlined in the Three Year Plan
• Lead the fundraising strategy and portfolio at DPA and develop new and diverse fundraising initiatives
• Lead the processes and procedures of governance of DPA both internally with trustees and with external agencies.
• Manage DPA's financial operations, ensuring accurate budgets and reports for staff, board, auditors and funders
• Develop and operate the most efficient administrative processes and systems to support the smooth delivery of DPA's work.
• Ensure DPA's organisation and activities comply with the requirements of Charities Commission and Companies House. Act as DPA's principal interface to these bodies
• Ensure governance, HR policies, and practices are reviewed and updated to deliver a safe working environment and compliance with employment law

Other

● To work within DPA’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety 

● To support the development of safeguarding policies and practices 

Job Requirements

Experience & Knowledge

• A minimum of three years' experience in management and administrative in an arts, or charity organisation or as a company manager in theatre

• Experience of financial processes, including budget management & monitoring

• Understanding of HR policy, processes and best practice

• Experience of securing resources, including making successful funding proposals and grant applications

• Experience of managing office systems, including IT systems.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing with a wide range of people

• Understanding of Health and Safety in the workplace

• Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise

• Ability to develop, maintain and contribute to partnerships involving various stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes

• Skilful in managing a small and passionate team of employees, freelancers, and volunteers.

• A commitment to access and inclusion within the arts, in alignment with our justice goals.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• An organised team player, able to balance competing demands and work collaboratively with a broad range of people

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

To apply, please fill out the application ( part 1 and part 2) and email us this together with your CV along a cover letter. We encourage you to discuss your vision for what you would want to do to make Different Planet Arts a thriving home for our creatives and an innovative space for producing our unique, inclusive arts projects, and how you would go about doing it. 

Thank you for your interest in joining our team. We’re excited to hear from you!

Hybrid working with average 2 days per week at St Giles Head Office (Camberwell) or other London St Giles / Partner offices. Occasional travel to regional offices

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Closing date: 9 a.m. on 14 October 2025     

Are you a proactive and driven individual who is highly skilled at building and managing relationships and strategically developing income from a range of sources?  Do you have a proven record of successfully securing and managing five and six figure funders and setting and implementing strategy for raising income from voluntary funding sources?

If so, join St Giles as our Head of Voluntary Fundraising, where you will work closely with the Executive Director of Fundraising, Policy and Communications to identify funding opportunities, trial and evaluate new ideas to secure increased restricted and unrestricted income.  You will also build, lead and inspire a fundraising team to provide the highest level of stewardship maintaining, uplifting and securing new funders and partnerships through a range of fundraising methods. 

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this key role

As our, provide inspiring leadership to the voluntary fundraising team – setting a supportive work culture that inspires staff to develop and contribute to increasing income generation by 10% that aligns with St Giles mission, values and ethos, plus contribute effectively as a member of the wider St Giles leadership team.  You will also identify personal development needs within the team and facilitate staff to build their skills and access training opportunities and work collaboratively to develop and implement effective strategies and new systems for different income streams (Trusts & Foundations, Corporates, Individual Giving, Legacies, Major Donors & Community Fundraising). 

We will also count on you to oversee and generate multi-million income streams with a total value of £5 million per year, refine and test new income streams, including Individual Giving, Legacies and In-Memory, and to work with the communications team to establish stewardship & acquisition campaigns that grow the donor base & awareness of St Giles work.  Devising and delivering an effective cultivation and stewardship programme for prospects and existing donors and partners is also a vital aspect of this role.

What we are looking for

• Five years’ experience working in charity or related sector

• Successful track record of achieving targets and growth in fundraising teams

• Three years’ experience of line management and of managing a team.

• Experience of creating, implementing, and tracking strategy and securing buy-in 

• A detailed knowledge of fundraising and changing trends in the funding environment

• The ability to think creatively to secure funding

• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, verbal and written

• A professional, collaborative and flexible approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 9 a.m. on 14 October 2025        Interview date: 21 October 2025       

Marketing Manager

• Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
• Contract: 12 month fixed term 
• Location: Hybrid and Oxford (minimum once a week in the office and as required)
• Salary: £37,001 - £47,407 per annum
• Closing date: 9th October 2025 at 12 noon 
• Interview date: mid – late October

This is a fantastic fixed term, maternity cover opportunity for an experienced and motivated Marketing Manager, ideally with charity sector communications experience starting in December 2025.  This role sits within a fast-paced environment with one direct report.  You will be close to the change you make so a desire to make an impact is essential and your 'can do' attitude together with energy and passion will make a positive difference.

You will be required to attend the office in Oxford once a week as a minimum and as required.

Ready to bring your skills to a role that matters?

Alongside your CV, please provide a personal statement detailing why you would be a good fit for the role.

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible.