Jobs in byfleet
Based at our Head Office in Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0BX
Status: Permanent
Salary: Band 6, £38,164 - £46,104, per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:30, hybrid, 2 days in office, 3 days at home.
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About Us:
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.
About the role:
The Creative Content and Stories Manager works with senior colleagues including Directors and the CEO across the organisation to manage the development and delivery of engaging content to raise awareness about the work of Combat Stress and the impact of our treatment on the lives of veterans for external and internal audiences.
This post holder will write and shape content for all formats, contributing ideas on innovative ways of presenting the charity’s key messages across all communications channels. The Creative Content and Stories Manager will ensure a clear tone of voice and house style is used across all content channels.
The Creative Content and Stories Manager works closely with other members of the Communications Team to ensure an integrated approach and consistent messaging to communications activity including online and offline, internally and externally.
The post holder deputises for the Senior Head of Communications when required, attending meeting on their behalf and acting as the departments representative as required.
This role is subject to a DBS check.
As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
What we offer:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.
Benefits:
• 27 days annual leave, with an increase to 30 days annual leave upon 5 years of continuous service, plus bank holidays and an additional increase to 33 days annual leave upon 10 years continuous service, plus bank holidays.
• Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
• Discount shopping vouchers
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• Death in Service Scheme
Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Finance Business Partner
Salary: £60,000 – £65,000
Permanent, Full-time
Hybrid working – 2 days in office
Location: Central London
An international charity working to combat some of the world’s most serious forms of exploitation is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial leadership across a global programme portfolio. This is a compelling opportunity for an accountant to shape financial insight that drives impact, supports decision-making, and enables meaningful change on a global scale.
About the Role
Acting as a senior partner to budget holders across the organisation, you will lead financial planning, forecasting and management reporting for key programmes and departments. You’ll take responsibility for producing insightful financial analysis, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, and overseeing internal and external financial reporting.
This position plays a pivotal role at the heart of the organisation supporting the Senior Leadership Team, working closely with programme teams worldwide, and ensuring that financial resources enable strategic growth and maximise impact. You will contribute to building stronger processes and tools, providing clarity around performance, and acting as a trusted advisor to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
As part of a collaborative and values-led finance team, this role offers significant scope to shape how financial information guides programme delivery, feeds into board-level decisions, and supports organisational strategy.
Key Priorities in Your First Six Months
- Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles for designated departments
- Produce clear and timely management accounts with accompanying commentary and analysis
- Partner with budget holders to understand financial performance and variances, resolving discrepancies as needed
- Oversee donor reporting and compliance, ensuring budgets and reporting meet funder requirements
- Support multi-year financial projections and the development of performance tracking tools
- Contribute to improvements in financial reporting, financial modelling and accounting processes
- Build the capacity of budget holders in financial management and donor compliance
About You
We are seeking a qualified or qualified by experience accountant with substantial experience in finance business partnering or management accounting, ideally within a grant-funded, international or charitable environment.
You will bring:
- Strong experience delivering budgets, forecasts and management accounts
- Knowledge of donor-funded projects including reporting and compliance requirements
- The ability to design and interpret financial models and reports for non-finance audiences
- Experience working with multiple currencies and/or multi-entity structu
- Excellent Excel skills and strong attention to detail
- A collaborative and proactive approach, with the confidence to advise, challenge and support senior stakeholders
This role would suit someone who enjoys working across boundaries, enabling impact through financial insight and strengthening the link between finance and programme delivery.
Why This Role?
This is an exceptional opportunity to apply your financial expertise in a mission-led, globally focused environment supporting interventions that change lives and confronting some of the world’s most urgent challenges.
You will be part of a small, professional and committed finance team with an international outlook working closely with programme colleagues worldwide and contributing directly to its strategic growth.
IT Support Technician (Infrastructure & Cyber Focus)
Salary: £33,416 per annum WTE
Hours: 37 hours per week, worked Monday – Friday
Location: Farnham / Guildford / Flexible working across sites
Would you like to be part of an organisation that’s dedicated to caring for the local community?
We have an opening for a full time IT Support Technician (Infrastructure & Cyber Focus) within our friendly and supportive IT Team, based at our site in Farnham, Surrey. This role plays a key part in ensuring Phyllis Tuckwell’s digital infrastructure remains secure, reliable, and ready for the future — helping to maintain and further develop the hospice’s modern digital infrastructure as we move into our new facilities. You’ll provide professional, hands-on technical support to staff and volunteers across the organisation, maintaining systems such as Microsoft 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Intune, and our network infrastructure.
If you would like to feel part of a welcoming and committed team, benefit from strong peer and managerial support, and want to develop your career with excellent training and education opportunities, we would be delighted to hear from you.
About You
A successful IT Support Technician (Infrastructure & Cyber Focus) will have:
- At least two years’ experience in an IT support role (ideally 2nd-line or higher).
- Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Intune, Windows 10/11, and networking.
- Awareness of cyber security principles and endpoint protection.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- A professional, customer-focused approach with a desire to continually improve systems and services.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong team working skills as well as the ability to work independently
For a full list of essential requirements, please refer to the job description and person specification document.
About Us
We are based in Farnham, Camberley and Guildford, and provide bespoke, compassionate palliative and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness, across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
Phyllis Tuckwell is a very special place to work. Our staff make a real difference to the lives of our patients and their loved ones, providing outstanding care at a time that really matters. Our IT team members are pivotal in helping deliver our vital services, ensuring ‘every day is precious’ for our patients.
The impact of our services on the lives of our patients and their families can be read about on our website.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, with the principles of fairness and equality at its core. We are an equal opportunities employer, who values and respects our employees’ unique knowledge, skills and experiences. We warmly welcome applications from all sections of the community. All appointments are made following a fair and equitable process, based on merit, job requirements and business need.
We Offer:
Excellent Benefits
- Six weeks paid holiday plus public holidays
- Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension Plan (matched contributions up to 7.5%)
- Health Cash Plan Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff Benefit Scheme
- Blue Light Discount Card
Excellent Career Development
- Skill Development and Training
- Project-Based Learning
- Internal Mobility and Career Progression
- Professional Growth
- Upskilling
- Apprenticeships
- Coaching
- Diverse Training Courses
- Cross Departmental Projects
A Great Place to Work
- Equal Opportunities employer
- Flexible hours and flexible working
- Supportive colleagues
- 97% of our staff are proud to work for Phyllis Tuckwell*
*Phyllis Tuckwell Birdsong Hospice staff survey 2023
For further information regarding the role or to arrange an informal visit please contact Michael Cullen, Head of IT. If you are unable to apply on-line or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Sunday 7th December 2025
Interviews to be held week commencing 15th December 2025
We reserve the right to close the role ahead of the closing date should sufficient applications be received. Your early response is therefore encouraged. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and therefore are unable to provide sponsorship.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
NO MEDIA OR AGENCIES
Our mission is to care compassionately for adults living with an advanced or terminal illness, and those closest to them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Assistant Finance Officer
Sickle Cell Society
Location: London
Contract: fixed term – 24 months
Hours: 14 hours per week/ 2 days per week
Salary: £30,000 per annum (£12,000 per annum)
The Sickle Cell Society exists to improve the quality of life for people living with sickle cell disorder and their families. We are the only national charity in the UK dedicated to supporting this community through advocacy, information and advice, support services and awareness.
We are now seeking a highly organised, self-starting Assistant Finance Officer to join our small and committed team. Reporting to the Finance & Administrative Manager, the postholder will contribute to ensuring our financial operations are accurate, efficient, and compliant.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong finance skills who is looking to grow their experience in a meaningful, mission-driven environment.
About the Role
As Assistant Finance Officer, you will support the smooth day-to-day running of our finance function, contributing to financial reporting, transaction management, audit preparation, and budget support. You will also assist with key administrative and HR processes, helping to ensure best practice across the organisation.
The ideal candidate will be analytical, detail-oriented, and confident managing multiple priorities with minimal supervision. You will work closely with the Finance & Administrative Manager, but also engage with teams across the charity and external partners.
This is a varied role where no two days are the same, offering plenty of opportunity to develop your skills while playing a vital part in supporting the Society’s strategic and operational goals.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Management
- Support the management of daily financial transactions and maintain accurate financial records.
- Prepare and analyse monthly financial reports, budgets, and forecasts.
- Process supplier invoices, staff payments, and expense claims promptly and accurately.
- Assist with financial planning and analysis, including data collection and reporting.
- Support annual audit preparation by collating and organising required documentation.
- Help ensure compliance with financial regulations, internal policies, and procedures.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of financial systems and internal controls.
Administrative & HR Support
- Assist with onboarding new staff and maintaining accurate HR records.
- Monitor and administer the stakeholder pension scheme, including auto-enrolment and monthly contributions.
- Record and update staff absences, including sick leave, TOIL, and annual leave.
- Provide general administrative support to ensure smooth organisational operations.
Organisational Engagement
- Support statutory reporting, including updates and submissions to Companies House and the Charity Commission.
- Participate in key Sickle Cell Society events such as the Annual General Meeting and community workshops.
- Undertake ad hoc duties as required by the Finance & Administrative Manager.
Download the full job details, and application form, on our website.
We support and represent people affected by sickle cell disorder.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Community & Events Fundraiser to play a pivotal role in maximising event and supporter-led fundraising income.
You will develop and deliver growth strategies within your area of responsibility (across mass-participation events, virtual events & supporter-led fundraising) with support from the Head of Community and Events. You will also build great internal relationships with colleagues to enable delivery of the community & events programme.
What you'll do
- Devise marketing plans, strategies and KPIs for community and events fundraising.
- Create and deliver engaging multi-channel stewardship journeys, to maximise supporter lifetime value and experience.
- Researching and developing new campaigns, marketing propositions and creative ideas.
- Managing social media moderation for virtual challenge events.
- Providing excellent supporter stewardship to add value to the supporter relationship and maximise their fundraising efforts.
- Working collaboratively, briefing in requirements to teams such as social media, marketing and brand.
What you'll need
- Experience of working in a Fundraising role, preferably within Community and Events.
- Experience of motivating & inspiring supporters through excellent supporter stewardship to maximise fundraising efforts.
- Experience of managing mass participation events and associated platforms & processes.
- Experience of managing virtual challenge events, including moderation and associated platforms & processes.
- Great sector knowledge and insight to bring fresh ideas and approaches to the team.
- Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values & principles.
- A criminal record check / DBS disclosure (if offered the position).
What you'll get
- Home-based working with flexible hours.
- 25 days holiday - plus an additional 3 days at Christmas (& bank holidays).
- Pension (5.5% employer contribution).
- Healthcare Cashplan.
- Annual performance-based salary increase.
- Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programmes.
What we do
The National Deaf Children's Society are the leading charity for deaf children. We give expert support on childhood deafness, raise awareness and campaign for deaf children's rights, so they have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Disability Confidence
We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification. Please contact us at [email protected] with any accessibility or reasonable adjustment enquiries.
The National Deaf Children’s Society is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1016532 and in Scotland no. SC040779.
AtaLoss is recruiting a skilled, motivated and creative Marketing and Communications Executive to help raise national awareness of bereavement and increase engagement with our services across the UK. This full-time role offers the chance to apply your marketing expertise to meaningful, purpose-driven work that supports people who are grieving.
You will lead a variety of marketing and communication activities, including planning and delivering digital and print campaigns, managing social media and website content, producing creative digital assets, supporting PR, media work and Ambassadors, and reporting on performance analytics. You will also assist with events, webinars and exhibitions, working closely with the Director of Communications and Development and collaborating with the Marketing and Income Generation Executive. This is a rewarding role for someone who is highly organised, digitally confident and passionate about impactful, compassionate communication.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
AtaLoss is seeking an organised, proactive and mission-driven Executive Assistant for our Church Engagement department to support the continued growth of The Bereavement Journey® and our work equipping churches to become Bereavement Friendly. This full-time role provides essential administrative, digital, coordination, resourcing and delivery support, for webinars, events, resources, websites and church engagement activities, helping to expand our reach and impact across denominations in the UK.
Working closely with the Head of The Bereavement Journey® and Church Engagement, you will manage administrative processes, source and assess suitable Bereavement Friendly Church material and resources, update website content, support online programme delivery, coordinate communications, resource practitioners and monitor engagement data. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys varied work, can balance detail with initiative, communicates sensitively and effectively, and thrives in a purpose-driven Christian environment. As AtaLoss continues to grow nationally, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change and strengthen bereavement support within churches and communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join Samaritans and help shape our communications planning during a time of transformation.
Samaritans is undergoing a significant change programme to ensure we are fit for the future and able to reach more people who need us. We are looking for a Strategic Communications Planning Lead to play a pivotal role in helping us tell the story of our future and ensure all communications activity aligns with our vision that fewer people die by suicide.
This is a unique opportunity to influence how we communicate during a critical period of transformation and make a real impact on our ability to save lives.
Contract
- £41,500 - £51,500 per annum plus benefits
- Full time (35hrs per week)
- Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
- Hybrid working with link to Ewell office
- We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
What you’ll do
- Drive strategic communications planning across the organisation.
- Oversee and improve planning processes, implementing tools and inspiring collaboration across teams.
- Support the development of integrated campaign planning across different channels.
- Support the delivery of communications plans for future-proofing projects and organisational change, ensuring sensitivity to our callers and volunteers.
- Champion consistency in narrative and scheduling across all communications activity.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience in strategic communications planning and integrated campaign delivery.
- Strong ability to craft key messages for complex projects and multiple audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, influence, and negotiate in a complex organisation.
- Creative problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.
- Experience in using data and audience insight to shape impactful communications.
- Knowledge of brand management and reputation management.
- Experience in change management and preferably working with volunteers.
Full Job Description and Person Specification below
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure (download below). You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to answer some short application questions and to upload your CV and covering letter.
We kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, or to generate interview answers. We want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths.
Applications close: Monday 1st December
Interviews: Monday 8th, Tuesday 9th December
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ID: 1626 Senior Practitioner, LifeSkills Intensive
Service: LifeSkills
Salary:
- Starting at £28,884 FTE per annum, rising to £31,698 FTE per annum (pro rata for corresponding part-time hours).
- Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Posts available in London and Stockton-on-Tees/Middlesbrough
Hours: 18.5 - 25 hours per week available per role (2 roles available, one per geographical area)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding LifeSkills Intensive team. You will offer supervision and management oversight to support workers primarily in your geographical area. You will be able to retain your practice experience and hold a small caseload and will be part of a wider supportive LifeSkills team.
LifeSkills supports individuals and families to build their confidence, social networks, financial and employability skills. LifeSkills Intensive provides 1-1 support to those that are furthest away from employment, education and training. This service is funded by our corporate partnership with Barclays.
Main Responsibilities:
· To line management and supervise support workers in a specific geographical areas as well as an online offer.
· Support with the management of referrals into the service, both in terms of service promotion and also decision making /allocation.
· To oversee and develop the service offer and ensure that this is having a positive impact.
· To hold a small caseload.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Experience of supervising, coaching ,mentoring or supporting practitioners
· A sound understanding of safeguarding issues.
· Strong communication skills and aptitude for building relationships
· Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service –Enhanced
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holiday pro rata
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· Click the “Redirect to Recruiter” link above and fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Monday 1st December 2025 at 23:59
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Claire Berwick or Lisa Handley
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



We’ve ambitions to change so much, to improve support for endometriosis – are you the experienced and highly organised Executive Assistant to CEO we need to help us?
We are the UK’s leading charity for all those affected by endometriosis, determined to ensure that everyone gets prompt diagnosis and the best treatment and support. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to join our team at Endometriosis UK and help us make a real difference for the 1.5 million in the UK with the disease. This is a crucial role for our small but growing charity, supporting the CEO to ensure the smooth running of the organisation. You’ll be a key point of contact, proactively managing all aspects of EA support to the CEO to enable them to maximise their performance and delivery, as well as coordinating our governance administrative systems and processes. You will be working as part of a passionate team with a strong commitment to achieving change to help those with living with endometriosis.
The role will be ideal for a highly organised, proactive, and experienced Executive Assistant used to working on their own initiative and comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment. You will be a born organiser, with superb judgment, a diplomatic approach, solution focused and with excellent problem-solving skills. You will have the ability to think two steps ahead, guided by our strategic and operational priorities, and the confidence to steer senior managers accordingly. You will bring a meticulous attention to detail and exemplary skills in prioritisation, time management and task completion. Advanced skills in MS Office are essential. Your written and verbal communication skills will be first-rate, with stakeholders at all levels. You will be comfortable handling confidential material with the utmost discretion. You will have proven experience supporting senior executives and Boards, ideally in the charity or non-profit sector. The EA will also play a proactive role in improving organisational processes and supporting priority areas as needed.
This will be a busy, varied and important role working closely with the CEO to make sure their diary supports their strategic priorities. Key responsibilities include managing, triaging and responding to emails, complex diary management to ensure effective use of their time, providing briefing papers and ensuring the CEO is well prepared for meetings, and ensuring we’ve efficient governance and office processes. You will need to have the ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and sensitivity, with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills. You will act as that indispensable individual for the CEO, ultimately responsible for proactively ensuring their work life runs effectively and efficiently. The key focus of the role is to ensure the CEO is able to maximise their impact and influence in the charity, plus ensuring the smooth operation of board and committee functions,
This is a hands-on role in a small but ambitious charity, ideal for someone who’s willing to get stuck in, take initiative, is flexible and brings structure and calm to a busy leadership team. You’ll be a trusted partner, helping to manage schedules, coordinate meetings, prepare documents, and ensure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job title: Executive Assistant to CEO
Reporting to: Chief Executive
Working hours: Full time/ 37.5 hrs a week
Location: Endometriosis UK’s office at London Bridge, with hybrid working options
Contract: Permanent
Annual salary: £38,000 - £40,000 depending on experience, and incl London Weighting
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 1st December 2025
Interview date: Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th December, at our office in London Bridge
Our Network is here to offer those affected by endometriosis the support and information they need to understand the condition and take control


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ID: 1627 LifeSkills Support Worker
Service: LifeSkills
Salary:
- Starting at £25,221 FTE per annum, rising to £27,780 FTE per annum (pro rata for corresponding part-time hours)
- Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Homebased Role covering a specific geographical location (Stockton-on-Tees/Middlesbrough)
Significant travel required within the Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough area.
Hours: Part-time (between 18.5 and 25 hours per week)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker to join our friendly team and help support the continued work of our LifeSkills Plus team across Stockton and Middlesbrough. You will provide intensive support to adults with complex needs who are further away from employment or training by using a strength based approach, ensuring those accessing the programme receive appropriate practical and emotional support by visiting them at home or in the community.
The LifeSkills programme supports individuals and families to build their confidence, social networks, financial and employability skills. The LifeSkills Support Worker will work closely with the linked LifeSkills programme, entitled LifeSkills Open.
Main Responsibilities:
· Deliver a range of support and interventions to individuals with complex needs that focus on their strengths and which enable them to consider options and think differently, helping them to feel more empowered and able to face new challenges
· Support and deliver activities that increase confidence, improve mental health, widen social networks, help with budgeting and enable individuals to seek training, work or volunteering opportunities.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Experience of working in services that deliver positive outcomes for individuals and their families
· Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to present to a range of audiences and to communicate effectively; and proven ability to develop and sustain relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
· ability to work collaboratively with individuals to identify their support needs, plan, implement and monitor emotional and practical support.
· Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Children and Adult Workforce, Enhanced with Children’s Barred List
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
·Click the “Redirect to Recruiter” link above and fill out our digital application form
·Closing Date: Monday 1st December at 23:59
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email Claire Berwick
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



Team: Reward & Talent Acquisition
Location: Homebased
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £35,065.00 per annum
Contract: Permanent
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Reward & Benefits Officer:
- overseeing the administration, renewal, and ongoing improvement of the charity’s core benefit offerings
- driving innovation in benefits design, ensuring our offer remains competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs
- championing accessibility and engagement with benefits through inclusive, multi-generational communications
- supporting with data activity for the annual pay review, including assisting with market research, pay modelling, and data checking
- supporting with job evaluation by attending panels, querying role details, and offering insight
- providing market benchmarking for roles using our range of benchmarking platforms
- producing quarterly management information reports and dashboards on benefit usage and engagement
About the Reward & Talent Acquisition team:
- we sit within the People & Culture directorate
- our team is responsible for developing reward strategies, including pay frameworks and wellbeing initiatives, the development and improvement of an inspiring benefits, cost effective offering, working within regulatory, safeguarding and compliance frameworks and driving Cat Protection’s employer brand
- we currently have a team of six working across reward and recruitment, consisting of Head of Reward & Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Manager, three Talent Acquisition Partners and a Reward & Recruitment Officer. We have vacancies for a Reward Specialist and a Reward & Benefits Officer
- this role will be line managed by the Reward Specialist
What we’re looking for in our Reward & Benefits Officer:
- experience of administration of a cost-effective benefits programme
- experience of working in a reward/benefits role in a large, multi-site, multi-functional organisation
- experience supporting with job evaluations and salary benchmarking
- strong communication style and able to collaborate successfully with stakeholders
- strong analytical skills and the ability to analyse data
- super expert in using Microsoft Excel to build reports and manipulate data
- strong administrative skills including high attention to detail
- excellent planning and organisational skills
- is a self-starter and able to work remotely to deliver results
- a sense of fun and passion for all things reward!
What we can offer you:
- range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 30 November 2025
Virtual interview date: 11 December 2025
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
Application
- Anonymised application form
- Video screening
Interview
- Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Interview
Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Please email [email protected] if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey
Summary
The IT Department now executes a mixture of Azure Cloud and 3rd party outsourced IT services, in an entirely new and modern IT infrastructure that utilises the latest technologies. The IT function serves 900 staff in the National Church Institution co-located bodies and aims to adopt common solutions across the NCIs where practical. IT provides a broad range of customer focused IT services such as technical architecture and support, networks, change management, business analysis, project management, Training, Procurement, systems administration and applications hosting.
The purpose of this role is to support our Microsoft M365 platform, largely focused on the end user compute devices including desktops, laptops and mobile devices within agreed service levels and quality standards with minimal disruption to users; to work with other IT and business colleagues and 3rd parties on IT projects, change requests and other initiatives and to provide informed technical advice to the National Church Institutions and all IT users.
- Experience of Microsoft M365 Suite including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive.
- Experience if Microsoft's Defender Suite (Endpoint, 365, Identity, Cloud Apps).
- Experience of managing Microsoft licensing to ensure value for money.
- Excellent experience of supporting EUC devices including Windows and Mac endpoints; IOS and Android mobile devices; and Teams meeting room equipment.
- Experience of Intune for device deployment, updates and application packaging.
- Experience of Active Directory and Entra ID.
- Understanding of Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, and networking.
- Understanding of Windows Server, SQL Server and IIS.
- Good knowledge of networking principals including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and firewalls.
- Experience in mitigating security incidents caused by malware, viruses and non-compliance with network security policies.
- In-depth knowledge and experience of working on or with a service desk day to day, providing advanced technical support in line with ITIL standards and following change control procedures.
- Excellent customer service skills, able to support the requirements of users across the organization including VIPs.
- Significant troubleshooting expertise and structured problem-solving skills.
- Experience in problem management, solving issues effectively, identifying ways to mitigate future repeated incidents and working with other IT colleagues to provide resolutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing end user guides and updating technical documentation.
- Printer management and troubleshooting.
- Experience of using PowerShell for administration and automation.
Attendance of 3-4 days a week in the office (Church House, 27 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3AZ) will be required.
- A salary of £48,557 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We are seeking a dynamic and driven fundraiser to be our Trusts and Foundations Manager. The Sutton Trust is at an exciting point in our organisational journey, with a new Chairperson and ambitions to significantly grow our impact and fundraising as part of our 2030 strategy.
Over the past five years the impact of the Sutton Trust has increased, especially in our programme numbers, securing a relatively stable income of c.£6m over a number of years. In recent years this has grown to c.£7m, and our organisational strategy to 2030 will continue this fundraising trajectory to increase income to £12m. Trusts and foundations income currently accounts for c.37% of our fundraising, and we know there is considerable enthusiasm and opportunity in the grant-making world for building strategic partnerships with us.
Our fundraising approach will continue to focus on major gifts and strategic multi-year partnerships, leveraging a range of drivers to secure Trust, Foundation and Statutory support. There is significant opportunity to build mid-level income (£50k-£100k) from family and organisational trusts/foundations, in which the Manager will play a pivotal role, as well as completing a deep dive into the team’s extensive prospect pipeline.
The Role and Team
As Trusts and Foundations Manager, you will be an experienced, proactive relationship manager and fundraiser. You will be confident in securing new business through active prospecting and networking, along with securing and stewarding funding relationships with a wide variety of Trusts, Foundations, Statutory and organisational donors. With an entrepreneurial mindset for income generation, the postholder will be able to confidently manage competing demands to balance securing new funding and delivering high quality stewardship and grant management to a portfolio of current and prospective supporters.
The role will manage a growing portfolio of mid-level Trusts, Foundations, and organisational donors (predominantly £50k-£100k), while also providing strategic support on grant management of our major Trust and Foundation partners. This will include compiling key reports and support of gathering and analysing programmatic data.
The role sits in the Trusts and Foundations team of the Development Department and is managed by the Head of Trusts and Foundations. All team members work on both new business and grant/account management, with ambitious individual income targets. You will work closely with colleagues across both the Development Department and the wider organisation.
Main duties
New Business
- Undertake prospect research into trusts and foundations, statutory opportunities (contracts or grants) and organisational funders in collaboration with the Head of Trusts and Foundations, and other senior staff and senior volunteers. This includes identification, due diligence, qualification, and creating briefings and outreach plans.
- Work with the Head of Trusts and Foundations to cultivate a prospect pool of potential donors, looking at lapsed supporters, the prospect pipeline, stakeholder network mapping through the Board and Trustees, as well as funders with an active interest in education / social mobility.
- Submit compelling funding proposals and reports to mid-level trusts, foundations, statutory and organisational donors to secure income (predominately £50k - £100k) for the Trust. Work alongside other Development team and wider organisation members to ensure high-quality submissions.
- Alongside team members, manage the shared Development inbox to ensure all enquiries are dealt with in a prompt, consistent, and friendly manner.
- Follow all relevant policies and processes to ensure due diligence is completed for prospective donors and account management plans are kept up to date.
Account Management and Development
- Manage and grow a portfolio of mid-level trusts, foundations, statutory supporters and organisational donors, delivering impactful stewardship (e.g. impact reporting) while meeting all donor reporting requirements to maximise financial income and partnership longevity.
- Support senior team members on strategic management of our major trust and foundation partners, including leading on compiling key impact reports, coordinating meetings, attending programme visits, event invites, writing targeted donor communications and reporting.
- Work with the Head of Fundraising Operations to compile and analyse key programmatic data for use by the Development team in their grant reporting.
- Be accountable for achieving agreed trusts and foundations income targets, looking for opportunities to grow funding and diversify income for this stream.
- Ensure all record keeping and administration relating to trusts and foundations income is maintained, up-to-date, and processed in accordance with GDPR and Sutton Trust policies and procedures.
Fundraising Finance and Reporting
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust with external audiences, delivering presentations and providing expertise as required.
- Work with colleagues to deliver impactful events to cultivate prospects and steward partners, with a focus on experience for trust and foundation supporters and prospects.
- Work with colleagues across Development and Finance to ensure accurate forecasting, income tracking and reporting for trusts and foundations income, through the Trust’s CRM (Salesforce), account management plans, and all relevant income pipeline documents.
- Ensure you appropriately follow policies and procedures on due diligence, Salesforce and data management, account management, stewardship, and reporting.
- Stay up to date with grant fundraising best practice, learning from senior members of the team, and keep abreast of developments and opportunities within the wider fundraising space.
- Other duties as necessary from time to time.
Person Specification
We welcome applications from individuals who have:
- Experience in successfully securing, managing, and developing Trust, Foundation, Statutory or organisational donor partnerships at five figures or above, from initial prospect research to securing income and ongoing grant management.
- Experience building and managing relationships, particularly in the philanthropic sector with organisational donors.
- Strong presentation skills and the ability to write compelling proposals and impact reports, or pitch to audiences with the intent of persuading them to your point of view or secure a specific outcome.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to summarise information from readily available sources clearly and concisely.
- Experience managing multiple priorities and tasks to successfully achieve project or other goals.
- Excellent prospect research skills and strong analytical skills.
- First-class interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust with confidence in a range of settings.
- Knowledge of fundraising in the education and/or not-for-profit sector.
- Experience using CRM software (ideally Salesforce) to accurately record funding relationships (desirable).
And someone who is:
- Sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage and increase social mobility.
- Able to take the initiative and take responsibility for a wide variety of tasks and projects.
- Strong communicator, skilled at persuading others through writing and conversation.
- Enjoy working with impact and outcomes data to create compelling narratives for reporting purposes (desirable).
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to multi-task and prioritise multiple funder relationships.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Is eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work)
Terms of Appointment
- Contract: Full-time, Permanent
- Salary: £43,000-£48,000
- Working location: Minimum of two office days per week. Our home working policy gives staff the option to - work from home for up to 60% of the time, with approval from their line manager.
- Office location: The Sutton Trust, 9th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP.
- Hours: The standard working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. This role is likely to also be required to attend events / meetings outside of normal working hours during weekday evenings and occasionally at weekends, in line with organisational policies.
- A DBS check may be required
Interviews
Applications should reach us by 9am, Monday 1st December, with first round interviews held on Tuesday, 9th December, and second round interviews held on Wednesday, 17th December. Both rounds will be held in our London office.
Safeguarding statement
The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.
Contextual recruitment
The Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and that all applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented at present at the Trust, to apply for this role. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the young people we support.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates throughout our recruitment process and during employment.
We also operate contextual recruitment at the Sutton Trust. Our application process gives you the option to include information about your background, such as whether you were eligible for free school meals, whether your parents went to university, or whether you attended a state school. For more examples and information on contextual recruitment, please see our website.
Team: Legacies & In Memory
Location: Remotely, UK
Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £70,004.60 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Cats Protection are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity, and we’re seeking an ambitious, knowledgeable and compassionate individual to lead our successful legacy and in memory fundraising programme
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Head of Legacy Giving:
- Our Head of Legacy Giving is responsible for Cats Protection’s largest charitable income stream, leading our Legacy Marketing, Legacy Administration and In Memory teams as we seek to delivery exemplary fundraising programmes raising upwards of £50m a year – around half of the cats we help are cared for thanks to this work.
- With ambitions to continue growing the income we receive from Legacy and In Memory giving, our Head of Legacy Giving is responsible for shaping the long-term strategy to deliver this growth and overseeing the implementation of activity across the organisation that maximises the scale and value of current and future support.
- Underpinning this transformation is a responsibility for the role to lead our medium and long-term legacy modelling, inspire and develop our high performing teams, and collaborate with an array of internal stakeholders and key external partners.
- The role is also a member of our Marketing and Income Generation (MIG) directorate leadership team, as part of a unified leadership group that has shared accountability and strategic responsibility for the organisation’s collective income generation performance.
About the Legacy and In Memory department:
- The department sits within our Individual Giving and Legacies business area of the Marketing & Income Generation Directorate
- There are four broad areas of expertise and delivery within the department – legacy marketing, legacy administration, in memory fundraising, and local legacy and in memory giving – with 16 individuals making up the teams.
- The teams are responsible for fundraising programmes that cover traditional legacy giving, Free Wills, our Cat Guardians service and In Memory giving for both people and cats.
What we’re looking for in our Head of Legacy Giving:
- Proven experience in a senior charitable legacy fundraising and direct marketing role
- Experience of leading and managing multiple teams working together to deliver ambitious targets, overcome challenges and achieve measurable impact in a remote working environment
- Proven track record of strategic development, planning and implementation
- Experience of commissioning and managing external agencies and consultants
- Experience of managing significant income and expenditure budgets
- Experience of providing impactful management information and reports to internal stakeholders on legacy income and key KPIs
- Knowledge of Chartered Institute of Fundraising codes of practice, sector regulation and compliance, and data protection legislation
What we can offer you:
- Range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 30th November 2025
Virtual interview date: Week commencing 8th December 2025
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1. Anonymised application form
2. Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats


