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Volunteer Lead
What is the opportunity
Balance is seeking a persuasive and values based role model to work with its leadership team and operational managers to build the volunteer offer across the charity and its services. This is a part time post based on 25 hours per week based at our offices in Kingston with additional flexibility for home working.
About your values and strengths
You are someone who strengths and values will align with the following attributes:
- Shows independence and can think on their feet to bring new ideas to the table
- See’s volunteers as valued contributors to support the visibility and inclusion of with learning disabilities in our communities.
- Is collegiate and outward facing in their working style.
- Sees problems as opportunities particularly in building you own knowledge and that of others you work with
What you can expect from us
A charity that works hard to put its people, those who it supports and those who provide its services at the heart of what we do. A charity that takes its mission and values seriously in developing its services, operational approach and commercial relationships That supports and encourages its staff to participate as partners in our development as a business, our outcomes and the delivery of our values.
You can also expect
A commitment to training and professional development to support internal progression in and beyond the charity. Inclusion in and a 3% employers contribution to the charity's pension scheme. Generous annual leave allowance of up to 25 days a year plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday. Access to a range of discount schemes including Blue Light Card Access to the charity's employee assistance programme. Access to travel card loan, and bike to work scheme.
To Apply
Please follow the link to our recruitment site and ensure that you submit both a current CV and supporting statement that addresses the strengths and values set out in the person specification.
We are an inclusive employer
This charity employs and welcomes applications from backgrounds and communities that are widely representative of the SW London communities in which it works.
The development of services that support the independence of vulnerable people with learning disabilities and/or enduring mental health needs and the
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Purpose of the role:
The HR, People and Culture Manager is a recently created role at Back Up in response to our continuous growth and services expansion.
People are central to Back Up’s work. The ideal candidate will be able to both take a lead in defining our future approach to our human resources and fostering a positive workplace culture whilst also providing hands on delivery, and ensuring compliance with UK employment laws. They will help us ensure we have the right people, in the right place at the right time and will support our team members to realise their full potential.
They will oversee the operational management of HR activities, providing tools which empower our organisations leaders and ensure best practice is followed throughout the Charity, while enhancing the overall employee experience.
The role requires strong operational HR knowledge, with a clear understanding of end-to-end HR processes and risk management, ensuring robust foundations are in place as the function continues to develop strategically.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Recruitment and Staffing:
· Oversee best practice in inclusive recruitment, including impactful and engaging job
postings, screening, interviewing, reasonable adjustments and onboarding of new staff and
Trustees.
· Partner with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and develop effective
recruitment strategies in order to recruit high performing staff which share Back Up’s values.
· Ensure our role descriptions are consistent and in line with the charities current and future
requirements.
· Manage the onboarding for new team members ensuring it is smooth and consistent.
· Ensure team members have the best possible start at Back Up including orientation and
feeling of belonging at the Charity.
· Oversee delivery of exit interviews and analyse feedback to improve retention strategies.
· Prepare contracts and ensure all required paperwork and legal checks are completed accurately and efficiently.
· Deliver comprehensive HR inductions for new staff, ensuring access to policies,
procedures, and essential information from day one.
Employee Relations and Culture:
· Foster a positive and inclusive workplace environment where employees feel valued and
engaged.
· Act as a first point of contact for employee concerns and conflicts, facilitating resolution
and providing support.
· Work with the charity staff Wellbeing Group and Diversity and Inclusion Group to promote
employee well-being initiatives, activities which support an inclusive workplace and
engagement activities to enhance morale.
· Working with the SMT develop a programme of internal communications relating to people management, organisational culture and behaviours
Payroll and Benefits:
· Manage monthly payroll, pension contributions, and employee benefits administration, ensuring records are accurate and staff inquiries are addressed promptly.
· Prepare letters and update the HR system to reflect any changes in employee contracts.
Learning and Development:
· Support the SMT to identify training needs and implement professional development programmes for staff and trustees which are tailored to individual and Charity goals.
· Work closely with the People Development volunteer supporting team member coaching, awareness and self-development.
· Review and coordinate the induction programme and ongoing training for existing staff to ensure continuous learning and development.
· Lead on our e-learning programme, ensuring training not only meets regulatory requirements but inspires and helps team members grow and develop. Ongoing management of the platform.
Performance Management:
· Oversee performance appraisal process in line with Charity’s values and behaviours.
· Provide support and guidance to managers on performance-related issues.
· Line Management of HR administrator providing clear direction, development support and quality assurance across HR administration
Best Practice, Policy Development and Compliance:
· Review and update our staff handbook and HR policies and procedures using Back Up’s tone of voice and ensuring compliance with UK employment law and best practice.
· Ensure all staff are aware of and understand HR policies and procedures through effective communication and training.
· Conduct salary and benefits benchmarks and identify other initiatives which can enhance our employee value proposition and to ensure that the Charity remain competitive and a place where people want to work.
· Stay informed about changes in employment legislation and recommend necessary adjustments to policies.
· Support us to be leaders in inclusive workplace practices delivery of the Disability Confident scheme.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Collaborate with the SMT to align People and Culture operational practice with Charity goals.
· Oversee annual staff survey.
· Manage HR-related budgets, including training and development costs.
· Provide ad-hoc reports and analysis on HR metrics to inform decision-making.
· Support the ethical and responsible use of AI and other technologies across the charity to support our ability to deliver for people with spinal cord injury.
At Back Up, our vision is a world where everyone affected by spinal cord injury can reach their full potential.

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The Trust of St Benedict’s Abbey, Ealing, wishes to appoint a Safeguarding professional as a permanent position to continuously ensure that Ealing Abbey and its works are comprehensively assured to be safe environments for all.
The post is to be the Safeguarding lead responsible for ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding across all activities of Ealing Abbey. It is to promote an effective culture of safeguarding that protects the health and wellbeing of everyone who comes into contact with the Abbey, ensuring they can live free from harm and abuse. It is to support victim survivors, helping to bring their voices to the forefront in all our safeguarding work.
The role is to assist the Safeguarding Trustee, providing strategic leadership, policy oversight, governance, and cultural development in safeguarding. It is to ensure compliance with national legislation and the “One Church” Approach of the Catholic Church of England and Wales articulated through the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) within the safeguarding framework of the Abbey charitable trust.
This part-time role allows for flexible working hours appropriate for fulfilling the responsibilities outlined in the job description. There is the possibility for hybrid working.
Salary of between £40-48k FTE depending on experience.
Required from June 2026
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Team: Media
Location: Remote with some travel to visit cat centres, approx 1-2 times a month
Work pattern: Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week
Salary: Up to £35,065.63 per year
Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract, potential to go 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 Stories Officer:
- Establish the role of storytelling at Cats Protection, looking for opportunities as well as risk
- Develop and deliver a multi-channel storytelling strategy
- Work closely with colleagues across the organisation to develop new ways of working
- Manage a database of stories and track their usage across Cats Protection
- Write and communicate compelling case studies based upon the stories sourced
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of stories used across campaigns and channels
- Provide support and stewardship for those who share their stories with us
- Support the Media Office with reactive and proactive journalism requests
About the Media team:
Although very much a pan-organisation role, the Stories Officer will work closely with Cats Protection’s Media team. The team plays a critical role in safeguarding and enhancing the charity’s reputation. The team delivers proactive media campaigns, manages high-profile reactive queries, and supports branches and centres with expert communications advice. Working closely with all departments, the team ensures our work and impact are visible on a national stage while upholding best practice in ethical and trauma-informed storytelling.
What we’re looking for in our Stories Officer:
- From a professional communication, journalism or creative writing background
- Experience developing and implementing an organisations storytelling strategy
- Experience building relationships with storytellers
- Understanding of media and fundraising environments
- Skilled in trauma-informed storytelling and working sensitively with vulnerable people
- Strong writing and interviewing skills
- Understanding of what makes a good story/case study
- Ability to manage sensitive content with discretion and empathy
- Strong editorial judgement and understanding of tone, voice, and audience
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
Application closing date: 30th March 2026
Virtual interview date: 15th, 16th & 17th April
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 successful, your recruitment journey will include:
1. Anonymised application form
2. Video Screening
3. Vitual Interview
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Please email us if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats
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About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
About the role
You’ll be the main contact for the national training team providing support directly to kinship carers, training facilitators and others relating to the access and delivery of training events and workshops.
You’ll provide professional and effective administrative and technical support to training operations, including co-ordinating logistics, publishing event details, administrating the back-end data, supplier communication, financial administration and attending in person and online events to ensure smooth delivery.
Key responsibilities:
Training event coordination
- Provide administrative support, including supplier communication, coordinating logistics and delivery of all relevant general and financial administration tasks
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Communicate effectively with all stakeholders to coordinate and confirm event logistics for in-person and online events.
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Identify and secure appropriate organisations to exhibit as part of Roadshow marketplace events, providing in event hosting of these organisations.
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Source and secure venues and catering that meet event requirements for all in-person training events.
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Provide administrative, practical and technical support at training events both online and in-person.
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Act as central point for Zoom set-up, licenses and queries for team, kinship carers and external partners.
Systems and processes coordination
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Monitor planned expenditure to ensure it is in line with event budgets.
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Ensure invoicing and payments are accurate and processed to time.
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Support the monitoring and reporting on training activity via our Salesforce database, including providing data reports as required.
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Support the production, update, distribution and quality assurance of workshop materials and ensure all collateral is on brand, signed off as required.
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Develop and maintain an asset register of all training materials and equipment, ensuring availability when and where it is needed.
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Act as website champion for the team, managing and uploading all training content (workshop and events) and ensuring online training information is kept up to date.
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Provide support to the training team as required including to assist service improvements and supporting manualisation and documentation of all processes
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Set up and implement effective tools and documentation to support all operational needs of the training service.
What we offer you:
- Flexible working - we understand how important it is to balance family and work life.
- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (1 April to 31 March) pro rata (3 to be taken at Christmas shutdown)
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential advice line and counselling)
- Charity Worker Discounts.
How to apply:
Please apply for the role of Training and Events Officer by sending a CV and answering the questions below via Charity Job. The deadline is 12pm on Monday 30 March 2026. Any applications arriving after the closing date will not be considered for shortlisting unless there are exceptional reasons. Please ensure you have read the application timelines.
- Why do you want to work with Kinship, and how do your values and experience align with our mission to support kinship carers and families?
- Describe a recent event or training session you coordinated. Include how you managed logistics, communicated with stakeholders, and handled any challenges.
- Provide an example of how you have used administrative systems or platforms (e.g., Salesforce, databases, online tools) to track activity, manage resources, or produce reports accurately.
- Give an example of how you have supported a team to deliver a project or service, highlighting communication, process management, or assistance to colleagues.
- Describe a situation where you identified a potential delivery problem and took proactive steps to resolve it. What was the outcome?
Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion. We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams. We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us.
• Please tailor your CV to highlight how your experience aligns with the essential requirements for this role.
• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your application reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
• Tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above.
• Keep your response clear - use bullet points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to focus on your knowledge, skills and experience.
• Please do not use AI tools like ChatGPT to produce your answers. We use software to check, and your application will be rejected if you do.
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.



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The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity, founded by Fiona and Tim Spargo-Mabbs in 2014 in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Dan having taken ecstasy. The charity aims to support young people to make safer choices and reduce harm, through increasing their understanding of the effects and risks of drugs and alcohol, and improving their life skills & resilience. We work with young people, parents, teachers and professionals, in schools, colleges and communities across the UK.
We are looking for an enthusiastic communicator to join our team to coordinate our community and corporate fundraising activities. The Corporate and Community Fundraiser is a fixed term maternity leave cover – it is therefore a great opportunity if you have previous experience and would like to use this to make a big impact.
The Corporate and Community Fundraiser will be responsible for raising money from the community and local/national organisations at our small but always rapidly growing and highly motivated charity. A key aspect of your role will be building relationships and using your story-telling skills with new and existing contacts, inspiring them to donate or help raise funds for the Foundation.
The role will have three key areas of responsibility:
Community fundraising – you will build on our well-established and growing group of regular donors and supporters to maximise donor income and engagement; instigating and managing a portfolio of fundraising activities that resonate with both existing and new supporters.
Corporate fundraising – you will manage and develop our existing relationships with companies and organisations to maximise potential partnerships and income; formulating and implementing a plan to raise the profile of the Foundation to build new relationships, both locally and nationally.
Communication – you will capture and develop stories about our work for use with fundraising, relationship building and reporting, contributing to regular newsletters, website updates and social media posts.
We are a small but committed team – we work hard and often juggle a wide range of concurrent projects as our work continues to develop. We are kind, we laugh often, and we like eating cake.
If you enjoy building relationships with a variety of stakeholders, and share our passion for supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs, alongside being very organised, with strong attention to detail and confident IT skills, we’d love to hear from you.
If you’re excited about this role but your experience is mainly in community fundraising, we’d still love to hear from you. For the right candidate, we’re open to shaping the role around your strengths and could consider reducing the 0.6 FTE to reflect an adapted remit. If you’d like an informal conversation about how this could work in practice, please email Caz Heath using the contact details in the 'How to apply' section.
Benefits:
- Flexible working (predominantly office-based but with some working from home)
- Pension scheme
- Opportunity to contribute to our amazing work
To apply please see the job description and application form below.
Application deadline – 12th April 2026
Interviews – w.b. 20th April 2026
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Who we are: Brake is the national, acclaimed charity delivering the National Road Victim Service, a specialist, accredited, UK-wide support service for road victims, delivering case-managed care for anyone who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or who is supporting a road crash victim.
Not your average job: This is a highly specialised frontline role supporting people affected by traumatic road deaths and life-changing injuries. We are seeking candidates with a strong understanding of trauma-informed practice and experience supporting people through the impact of traumatic bereavement and/or injury.
You will provide a specialist trauma-informed and bereavement-informed approach to care, helping individuals and families navigate the immediate and long-term impact of sudden loss or catastrophic injury. You will undertake a comprehensive needs, risk and safety assessment from which a bespoke support plan will be agreed with the person and/or families, ensuring that immediate wellbeing needs, vulnerabilities and safeguarding considerations are identified and addressed.
By joining this role, you will make a profound difference to individuals and families during their most difficult moments, helping them regain stability, access practical and emotional support, and navigate the complexities of the criminal justice or coronial process with guidance and care.
Take a look at our comprehensive job description for more details.
What we offer:
- A generous 35 days of annual leave (including bank holidays and 3-day shutdown period between Christmas and New Year, pro-rata for part-time working patterns)
- Birthday day off (taken any time)
- Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave
- Death in service benefit
- Pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working
- A rewarding role with purpose
- Be part of a skilled, friendly team with an engaged Board of Trustees
Who you are: We need energised and resilient self-starters with experience in supporting traumatic grief and post-traumatic stress. a background in providing high-quality emotional support and advocacy. Experience in the following sectors often provides a robust toolkit of high-level transferable skills: Police or criminal justice roles, family liaison, counselling or trauma support, health and social care, casework in any related field
Specifically seeking candidates with:
- Experience with people affected by trauma, sudden bereavement, or serious injury
- Understanding of trauma-informed practice and ability to provide support sensitively
- Experience identifying and responding to safeguarding and vulnerability concerns
- Strong advocacy skills ability to act as a powerful voice for service users, expertly navigating external networks, assemble resources and cross-functional support where required.
About us: At Brake, we are committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel valued, respected, and supported. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and life experiences, and particularly encourage candidates from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ community, and people with disabilities to apply.
We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our work and enable us to deliver the best possible support to individuals and families affected by road trauma. As a proud Disability Confident employer, we don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it
If you are passionate about making a difference and share our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we want to hear from you.
Not for traffic offenders: Due to the nature of our work we can't accept applications from traffic offenders. Candidates will be asked to disclose whether they have any unspent points on their licence at interview.
An enhanced DBS check is required due to the sensitive nature of our service.
Join us today and be part of the solution!
If writing a cover letter isn't your thing, why not send us a short video telling us all about why you think you'd be a great fit for our charity
We work to stop road deaths and injuries, support people affected by road crashes and campaign for safe and healthy mobility for all.

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Full-time role (see operation of 28-hour week below). We are open to considering applications for a part-time role that would require job share.
Home Based Working in the UK (some access to a London office or co-working spaces across the UK available, flexible working policy).
Action for Global Health is a membership network of over 50 organisations working to improve global health. Its vision is a world where everyone can access quality healthcare without financial hardship, achieving true health equity.
AfGH’s strategy, extended to 2029, aims to ensure that stronger commitments from the UK Government help more people worldwide access affordable, high-quality healthcare suited to their needs. The network works by bringing together member organisations, civil society groups, and people with lived experience of health inequality - especially from low- and middle-income countries - to influence UK policy. It acts as a key link between global health civil society and government departments such as the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Department of Health and Social Care, guided by its 10 health-equity principles.
AfGH is an independent network hosted by STOPAIDS, which provides legal, financial, HR, and administrative support.
The Advocacy Manager role helps lead AfGH’s advocacy strategy, working with the Director to coordinate campaigns and policy engagement to advance global health equity. Please download the full job description for more details.
Benefits of working at Action for Global Health (hosted by STOPAIDS)
We offer a number of benefits, including:
- We operate a 28-hour (rather than 35-hour) working week policy with no salary reductions. Staff are able to work reduced hours over 5 days or a 4-day week. We offer flexible working, with non-standard working hours
- We operate a home-based working policy with some access to a London office or co-working spaces across the UK. We also provide a small home working grant and monthly working from home allowance
- A group stakeholder pension scheme with 6% employer contributions
- An individual learning and development budget allocated to staff members each year
- 20 days of annual leave per year (excluding bank holidays), plus 1 day for every year of service (up to 4 years)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay for employees with 1 year's service or more
Closing date: 6th April 2026
Please note that should sufficient applications be received we reserve the right to close this advert early.
STOPAIDS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive positive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, HIV status, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
Solo Homes combines independent living with intensive personalised support to clients. By adopting a flexible, creative and strengths based approach, the Solo Homes initiative supports individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and improve their quality of life. Solo Homes is The Connection’s version of Housing First.
The Solo Homes, Women’s Service Pilot is an exciting and innovative extension to our specialist 24-hour supported housing service in Clapham for women from across South London who have experienced homelessness and multiple disadvantage. The successful candidate will work with 6 of the women currently living in this service to move in to their own social tenancies.
Salary: £38,753 - £43,471 (scale points 23 – 28)
Closing Date: Monday 6th April
Interview Date: Wednesday 15th April
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
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Head of Services
LinkAble Woking (Charity)
2 Board School Road, Woking, Knaphill GU21 5HE
£50,000 a year – Permanent, Full‑time
Job details
Pay: £50,000 a year
Job type: Permanent, Full‑time
Shift and schedule: Weekend availability
Location:
2 Board School Road, Woking, Knaphill GU21 5HE
Benefits
(Pulled from the full job description)
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
- Free parking
- Store discount
- Company pension
- Company events
- On‑site parking
Full job description
About LinkAble
LinkAble is a charity in Woking supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to create the life they want to live. Our vision is a world where they and their families are empowered and supported to live life to the full.
About the Role
This is a rewarding senior leadership role at an exciting time for LinkAble.
As Head of Services, you will join the Senior Leadership Team with the Chief Executive and Head of Finance. You will provide both strategic direction and hands‑on operational leadership, role‑modelling best practice and coaching staff across all children’s, young people’s and adult services. You will ensure services are safe, high‑quality, financially sustainable and continuously improving.
We have secured a two-year extension to our Short Breaks contract and expanded our adult services premises, creating strong opportunities for growth and innovation.
While the role oversees all services, you will directly manage children’s services day to day, supported by two Team Leaders. Adult services leadership is supported by the Adult Services Development Manager.
You will be responsible for:
- Strategic and operational leadership across all services
- Direct leadership of children and young people’s services (minimum 2 years’ experience with high‑support‑needs CYP required)
- Oversight of adult services, supported by the Adult Services Development Manager
- Management oversight of 60–80 sessional staff
- Contract management and commissioner relationships, especially with Surrey County Council
- Monitoring performance, outcomes and attendance
- Ensuring Ofsted and CQC compliance and robust safeguarding
- Developing three new income‑generating services (PA service, Post‑16 service, education for children not in school)
- Partnership building, networking and statutory funding
You will play a key role in ensuring LinkAble stays sustainable, responsive and ambitious within a changing external environment.
About You
We are looking for a values‑driven senior leader with:
- Significant management experience in the disability sector (e.g., special school, charity, children’s residential care)
- A credible, respectful and motivating leadership style
- Level 5 Education or Health & Social Care qualification (or equivalent)
- Experience supporting people with learning disabilities or autism with moderate to high support needs
- Experience with non-speaking children and/or behaviour that challenges, including de-escalation techniques
- Strong safeguarding, compliance and incident‑management knowledge
- Confidence identifying growth opportunities and diversifying income
- Related sector experience (physical disabilities, ABI or complex needs) also welcomed
You will be a visible, approachable and inspiring leader, able to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on operational presence.
Working Pattern
- Mon, Wed, Thu: 10:00–18:00
- Tue, Fri: 09:00–17:00
Flexibility is required for occasional evenings, weekends, on‑call duty and to work during school holiday playschemes.
We are interviewing as applications are received.
Pay: £50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On‑site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you have significant hands-on experience of supporting children with additional needs? If so, please say which organisation and role this relates to on your CV. Candidates who don't evidence this will not be shortlisted.
- Do you have experience of management in education, health or social care services?
- Do you have experience of supporting children or adults with high support needs and challenging behaviours. Please note the organisation and role this relates to on your CV. Candidates that don't evidence this will not be shortlisted for interview.
Work Location: In person
Only UK residents with the right to work in the UK should apply. The job is based in Woking, Surrey and candidates should live close by.
LinkAble supports people with a learning disability and autistic people to create the life they want to live.
Role Purpose
To lead Trussell’s email and marketing CRM strategy and digital projects by creating insight‑led, compliant, and engaging digital communications and journeys that bring our story to life and drive programme outcomes.
This role is part of the Together with Trussell programme, the goal of which is to build stronger connections with our supporters, partners and donors to increase funding, campaigning, and other forms of support for our work. As a member of an enabling programme, this role is focused on the successful delivery of the Together with Trussell programme outcomes, which underpin and enable the outcomes of our 5 external programmes – together contributing to the fulfilment of our long-term vision of a UK without the need for food banks.
Key Responsibilities
Email and CRM marketing
· Lead the design, content development and delivery of Trussell's email programme and related projects, optimising workflows, journeys and alignment with our audience strategy to deliver organisational goals.
Product leadership
· Overall product leadership of our customer marketing platform, Marketing Cloud, ensuring data models and digital ecosystem are optimised and compliant with data privacy laws and industry standards, protecting supporter data from cyber threats.
Analysis and insight and performance
· Implement digital tracking, attribution and measurement in line with established UTM governance and tagging standards to enable accurate tracking and optimisation. Lead the supporter data function, ensuring accuracy and compliance of supporter data, working with business system teams to ensure reporting enables actionable decision making.
Consultancy and stakeholder management
· Act as an expert inhouse consultant for programme teams providing advice and guidance to embed best practice, accessibility and innovation in digital communications, driving continuous improvement.
Digital marketing project management
· Lead digital marketing projects that deliver continuous improvement and compliance driving improved engagement with our audiences and programme outcomes.
Person Specification
Core Knowledge
· Deep understanding of CRM, CDP and marketing automation platforms. Experience of Salesforce and Marketing Cloud would be an advantage.
· Management of multiple audience-focused email marketing programmes with complex segmentations and competing priorities
· Excellent understanding of email copy and content best practice
· Excellent understanding of accessibility and legal regulations for email marketing, including the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR and accessibility best practice
· Strong understanding of digital measurement, including tracking, attribution and analytics methodologies and summarising insights to inform decision making.
Essential Skills
- Data analysis and converting this to actionable strategies
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- Able to influence decisions, demonstrates collaborative approach
- Ability to think strategically and practically deliver
- Excellent ability to co-ordinate a variety of projects simultaneously in a multi-stakeholder environment
· Problem solving approach, giving strategic direction
· Process review and improvement skills
Key Experience
- Leading and delivering digital projects and outcomes
- Leading email strategy and function
- Ensuring best practice and compliance
- Performance measurement and reporting skills
- Team leadership
- Managing relationships with suppliers and agencies
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Partnerships and Impact Officer
About Us:
Population Matters is a growing UK charity with a global remit. We are a dedicated small organisation of individuals who has big ambitions. We adopt a can-do approach and belief to implementing our vision - a world in which our human population lives fairly and sustainably with nature and each other.
Key responsibility:
- This is a dynamic role at the intersection of grassroots partnerships, evidence-building and organisational learning. You will play a key part in deepening our work with rights-holder-led and women-led partners, while helping design and coordinate Population Matters’ global grassroots network of partners, ambassadors and collaborators.
- You will help build and nurture relationships across our key regions, supporting the development of a connected, values-driven grassroots network that strengthens shared learning, collective advocacy and systems change.
- Working closely with partners, you will strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) systems, ensuring projects are ethical, evidence-based and grounded in lived realities. From developing practical tools to leading the collection of case studies, your work will translate complex impact evidence into clear, persuasive and compelling narratives for funders, media and wider audiences. Exceptional written communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- You will collaborate closely with Fundraising and Advocacy & Influencing teams to develop an Impact Compendium and support appeals, while helping implement Population Matters’ organisational MEAL framework across all goals and programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about grassroots movements, network-building, and embedding a culture of impact and continuous learning. This is a varied and rewarding role, and we don't expect you to have done everything in it before. If the purpose excites you and you meet the core requirements, we'd love to hear from you.
Location and Eligibility
This is a remote role and must be undertaken from within the UK. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
While the role is UK-based, we particularly value candidates with experience working with grassroots or rights-holder-led organisations in the Global South.
How to apply
Please submit a CV (no more than two pages). As part of the application, you will also be asked to complete a short case study exercise and answer two screening questions. Please refer to the attachment below for the case study details, and submit your responses by clicking ‘Apply’ and answering in the text box provided. A cover letter is not required.
We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert before the published closing date, so we encourage you to apply early.
Closing date: 23 March 2026 at 11:00
Population Matters is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age and all other categories protected by law. Please refer to our full EDI statement attached with this advert.
If you require any adjustments to make the process more accessible, or to arrange an informal conversation about the role, please email Shweta Shirodkar at shweta.shirodkar(at)populationmatters(dot)org.
Thank you for your interest in Population Matters.
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Please submit a CV (no more than two pages). As part of the application, you will also be asked to complete a short case study exercise. Please refer to the attachment above for the case study details, and submit your response by clicking ‘Apply’ and answering in the text box provided. A cover letter is not required.
The Vacancies
We are seeking to appoint one registered medical practitioner and one business registrant (Companies Committee), one lay member (Education Committee) and one optometrist (Standards Committee) to our Advisory Panel Companies Committee.
About the GOC
We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. Our purpose is to protect the public by promoting high standards of education, performance, and conduct. For more information about us please visit our website.
About the Advisory Panel
The Advisory Panel is a meeting of the four Council’s committees (Companies, Education, Registration, and Standards) in plenary session. They are established by statute for the purpose of giving advice and assistance to Council (whether or not in response to a request from them) on:
- matters relating to business registrants other than matters required by the Opticians Act to be referred to the Investigation Committee, the Registration Appeals, Committee or the Fitness to Practise Committee;
- matters relating to optical training, education, and assessment;
- matters relating to registration, other than matters required by the Opticians Act to be considered by the Registration Appeals Committee; and
- matters relating to the standards of conduct and performance expected of registrants or those seeking admission to the register.
Time Commitment and Remuneration
This role is part time with a commitment of approximately 2-3 days per year, including time spent preparing for meetings. Meetings will usually take place via MS Teams but may on occasion be held at the GOC Offices in London or other suitable venues.
Members are paid up to £185 per meeting. This is taxable and subject to National Insurance (NI) contributions. This is in line with our member fees policy and member fee schedule.
How to apply
Please apply with the following:
- your CV outlining your employment history, any relevant voluntary work, public service, or other experience; together with any relevant professional, academic, or vocational qualifications (please keep this to two sides of A4);
- the application form (attached), stating how your experience matches the essential criteria for the vacancy you are applying for; and
- an EDI monitoring form (linked in the candidate pack)
Please email your completed application quoting reference GOC01/26 to appointment@optical. org.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are disabled and from diverse ethnic backgrounds, as these are currently under-represented on our Council and committees.
For more information about these roles please download the candidate information pack attached.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: midnight Sunday 29 March 2026.
Online interviews will be held on 14,15,18 and 19 May 2026.
If you have any questions, please email them to appointment@optical. org and we will aim to respond to you within 48 hours.
We strive to be as diverse as the public we protect and welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, and geographical locations outside of London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and skilled training developer to join our growing charity, to develop two eLearning courses that support our goals to train school chefs nationwide. This role will transform our existing flagship Chef Educator programme into a bitesize eLearning course and create a new School Food Standards course, making high-quality chef training accessible, practical and engaging for every school chef.
Who we are
Chefs in Schools is a young, ambitious charity that’s rapidly growing. Our mission is to improve kids' health, through improving school food & food education.
We focus our efforts in areas of high socio-economic deprivation, where more than a third of children are entitled to free school meals, and diet-related disease is driving further inequality.
We support and train school kitchen teams to serve the best, freshest and tastiest food possible, alongside meaningful food education. We share learning and resources, aiming to inspire and enable others to follow our lead.
We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and have ambitious targets to ensure every child has access to incredible school food and food education, setting them up for life with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves well.
About you and the role
We are looking for a creative and systematic Training Development Lead to help us develop two eLearning training courses to support school chefs across the country engage with professional development.
In this role, you will lead two key training projects. First, you will take the lead on a major digital transformation, evolving our existing flagship School Chef Educator programme, which is currently a 10-week hybrid model, into a streamlined, high-quality, eLearning training course. Working closely with the Chef Educator team, you will transform the course content into a bitesize, accessible online course that will be available nationally. You will work with school chefs to feed into the design, delivery, and pilot of the course, embedding feedback loops to ensure early improvements. You will work with our evaluation team to ensure the course meets our organisation’s goals, whilst embedding impact and evaluation metrics into the back end of the course design.
Second, you will lead the creation of a brand-new eLearning course focused on School Food Standards, ensuring every school chef has the tools to meet modern nutritional and quality benchmarks. The course will be made available to all school chefs nationwide and is therefore required to be accessible and easily digestible to all types of learners. This short course will provide the bedrock to understand the School Food Standards, to ensure compliance and improvements can be made nationwide throughout school kitchens.
Training for school chefs is currently not mandatory, nor commonplace, a core mission of ours to change, therefore the online-only courses need to truly meet the requirements of trainees, with every minute of training being practical, engaging and delivering high-impact.
The responsibilities, skills and experience listed below are intended to give you an idea of what we need for this role. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you would be able to work with us to deliver the majority of them, we urge you to apply anyway. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and for us the most important ‘experience’ is passion for our mission. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities, to apply.
We want to get to know you at the interview and understand we can do this best if you’re at ease. We’re an inclusive employer and work hard to create a welcoming working environment for everyone, including appointing a neurodiversity champion to help us identify how we can make our work environment work for everyone. If you need adjustments to the interview process please let us know.
As we work with children & young people, an offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance, in line with our safeguarding policy.
Key responsibilities:
Your primary objective is to create two eLearning training courses for school chefs; School Chef Educator & School Food Standards. Your day-to-day will involve:
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Audit the existing 10-week hybrid School Chef Educator programme and reimagining its delivery for a 100% digital environment.
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Design and develop the end-to-end eLearning course for the School Food Standards, ensuring it is accessible, interactive, and compliant with English regulations.
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Work with Programme Managers, Chef Trainers and the Chief Innovation Officer for content information and development of both courses.
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Lead content creation, from scripting video lessons, designing interactive quizzes and self reflective tasks, and creating downloadable resources, specifically tailored for a time poor audience.
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Develop learner journeys, ensuring it is intuitive for users who may have varying levels of literacy and digital literacy, and who may learn across desktop and mobile devices whilst on-site.
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Work closely with our stakeholders, including school chefs, to ensure all content is grounded in the practical realities of school catering.
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Test and iterate on course modules based on pilot feedback to ensure high completion rates and genuine skill acquisition.
Essential skills & experience:
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Experience in developing eLearning training courses from scratch, ideally within a Learning Management System (LMS) environment.
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Experience of successfully converting face-to-face or hybrid training into fully digital formats that maintain high levels of learner engagement.
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You are able to translate technical or complex language into clear, understandable communications.
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You have experience in developing videos for training courses.
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A strong understanding of how to optimise content for desktop and mobile viewing.
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The ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
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You have the ability to listen, understand and interpret user requirements
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You are self-motivated, audience-focused and driven.
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You have an interest and belief in our mission, to improve kids' health through improving food and food education in schools.
Desirable skills & experience:
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Experience in school catering or the UK education sector
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Experience of the charity sector, and the ability to identify where training outcomes can amplify long-term impact
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The ability to contribute to the creation of training materials or resources that add value to the membership programme.
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An understanding of the challenges and opportunities of working in school food and school catering work environments.
Benefits
You would be joining a friendly, supportive team who works hard but believe in a healthy work/life balance. We were voted one of CODE Hospitality’s happiest places to work in 2024. We seek a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge. Joining a small, collaborative team means you’ll be able to contribute to and draw on various projects and strategic insights.
We offer 33 days of holiday per year including bank holidays, 3 additional office closure days over the Christmas period as well as wellbeing days over the summer school holidays. We also have a Cycle to Work scheme, hybrid working, enhanced parental leave, and free access to the CODE app for discounted restaurants & hospitality venues. We are committed to developing our team and will support you with relevant training opportunities including £250 towards elective training and development of your choice.
We also offer Bupa Dental Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, as well as access to the Aviva Smart Health Platform which offers health benefits including free rapid access online GP appointments, free counselling and wellbeing support.
Application process
In line with our commitment to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we invite candidates to answer a series of questions related to their day-to-day job. Please follow this link to answer the questions and submit your application along with your CV.
We recommend that you develop your answers offline and copy them in when you’re ready to ensure you don’t lose your work if interrupted.
Your answers will go through our sifting process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers. A long list of candidates will then additionally have their CVs reviewed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30 mins online interview. Successful candidates will be invited to attend a second, in-person interview at our office in Brixton, London.
Expected duration of this application process: 4 weeks
In line with our commitment to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we will invite candidates to interview based on their answers to a series of questions related to their day-to-day job.
The deadline for applications is midday on 20th March 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online 30-minute interview to take place on 26th March 2026.
Successful candidates will be invited to an in-person second interview on 1st April 2026 to be held at our office in Brixton, London. The interview overall will take a maximum of one hour.
We are looking for someone who can start with immediate effect in April.
We’re on a mission to transform kids’ health through food – plate by plate, class by class, school by school.



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Southall Community Alliance is a charity working in Southall that is looking to recruit
an experienced, part-time Human Rights Outreach Officer to oversee an exciting
new 2.5 year project we are delivering to build understanding of human rights issues
and law.
The person we are looking for will be well organised, motivated and aware of the
nuanced issues affecting diverse and disadvantaged communities. Their duties
include arranging training, workshops and outreach visits to create awareness of
human rights legislation and the practical impacts in areas with large, transient
communities.
The Outreach Worker will act as primary contact for the project and policy work and
ensure good working relationships with a range of key contacts including policy and
programmes partners.
This post is funded by The Baring Foundation.
To bring together voluntary and community groups, businesses and local residents in Southall to address the social, cultural, religious & local needs.

