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Are you an Early Years practitioner with a love for getting outdoors? We’ve got a job for you!
Location: We are recruiting 6 Training and Development Practitioners to cover the following areas:
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Scotland
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South/South West
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London/ South East
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Midlands/Central
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Wales
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North/North East/North West
You will play a vital role in bringing My Nature Play to life in Early Years settings across your region. You will deliver engaging, hands-on outdoor training sessions for Early Years practitioners and support them to build the confidence, skills and enthusiasm to embed regular, high-quality nature play in their settings.
You will need:
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Experience working in Early Years settings (for example: nurseries, preschools, childminders, or family hubs, local authorities' Early years teams).
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Early Years qualification or equivalent (in Early Years Education, Teaching, Child Development, or Playwork).
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Strong understanding of Early Years pedagogy, child development and play-based learning.
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A passion for helping children and families experience the benefits of outdoor play and nature connection.
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Experience of delivering training, workshops or adult learning sessions.
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Confidence in leading practical outdoor sessions with adults and/or young children.
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Ability to inspire and motivate practitioners with warmth, empathy and creativity.
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Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage and deliver your own varied workload.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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A commitment to highest level of safeguarding and a clear DBS or PVG check.
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Willingness and ability to travel across your region and occasionally elsewhere in the UK (with overnight stays when required).
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UK Driving licence and a car.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Organisation
This is a well-established national charity with an income in excess of £100 million, playing a vital role in supporting people affected by a major health condition. The organisation is values-driven, impact-focused, and undergoing continuous improvement in its financial operations. The Finance & Assurance directorate is a trusted partner across the charity, enabling better decision-making through high-quality financial insight and compliance.
The Job
As Financial Accountant, you'll lead a small team and report to the Head of Financial Accounting. You'll be responsible for producing accurate financial statements, managing audit deliverables, ensuring compliance with charity and company law, and driving improvements in financial processes and reporting. This is a hands-on technical role with leadership responsibilities, requiring collaboration across finance, systems, and planning teams to deliver a seamless finance function.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing statutory accounts and technical accounting adjustments
- Leading year-end processes and audit engagement
- Ensuring compliance with VAT, Corporation Tax, and Gift Aid
- Driving system and process improvements
- Supporting and developing Associate Accountants
The Person
You'll be a qualified (or part-qualified with suitable experience) accountant with strong technical expertise in SORP/FRS102 and experience in a large, complex organisation. You'll bring a track record of producing high-quality financial reports, managing audits, and improving performance through data and collaboration.We're looking for someone who:
- Communicates confidently with senior stakeholders
- Builds high-performing, accountable teams
- Is resilient, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement
- Works collaboratively across departments and disciplines
- Champions inclusion and values-driven leadership
What's in it for You?
- A meaningful role in a purpose-led organisation making a real difference - Remote working with occasional office attendance
- Competitive salary in the region of £50,000-£55,000
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service
- Up to 8% employer pension contribution
- Life assurance and income protection
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
- Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- A collaborative, high-support environment focused on learning and impact
What to Do Now
If you're a technically strong accountant who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment, I'd love to hear from you. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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Senior Financial Accountant - Restricted Income
Reference: OCT20254404
Location: Flexible in UK
Contract: 12 months, fixed term
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £47,313.00 - £50,309.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Are you a qualified accountant looking to make meaningful impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RSPB’s dynamic Finance team and contribute to one of the UK’s most influential conservation charity. With an annual income exceeding £170m and over 1.15 million members, the RSPB combines charitable impact with a substantial commercial operation - offering you both challenge and opportunity.
This role plays a pivotal part in embedding the Overhead Cost Recovery (OCR) internal recharge mechanism into our financial operations. The OCR initiative is designed to improve how we cost projects and recover overheads, aiming to deliver a net financial benefit of approximately £1million annually. By supporting this initiative, you will help drive financial sustainability, improve cost transparency, and enable better decision making across the organisation.
As a Senior Financial Accountant - Restricted Income, you will be a key member of the Financial Planning & Reporting team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Implementing the OCR mechanism: - set-up coding structures and integrate overhead recovery into financial systems and reporting templates.
- Project-level financial management: - Execute debits/credits, track overhead recovery, and monitor funding gaps using a standard 15% OCR rate.
- Stakeholder engagement: - Collaborate with Project Managers and Fundraisers to assess and communicate OCR funding status.
- Financial Planning and modelling: - Prepare and present budgetary analysis, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to long term financial planning.
- FCR tool ownership: - Maintain and update the Full Cost Recovery Projects costing tool and associated guidance, ensuring effective training and usage.
This role offers the opportunity to influence financial strategy and improve operational efficiency across a complex and diverse organisation.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Qualification:
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Skills:
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Advanced excel skills.
Knowledge:
- Solid understanding of financial management and processes and double-entry accounting.
- Familiarity with financial management standards and charity sector regulations.
Experience:
- Proven management accounting experience.
- Track record of delivering projects that improve profitability or efficiency.
- Experience preparing reports for external stakeholders (e.g. HMRC, Charity Commission)
Desirable Attributes:
- Experience with accounting software within a medium sized organisation.
- Experience of liaising with auditors, trustees, and regulatory bodies
Additional information:
- This role is remote, but occasional travel to RSPB HQ in Sandy and other UK locations may be required. Overnight stays may be necessary.
- This is a 12-months fixed-term full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
- The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
- You will be expected to support our Environmental Policy and promote sustainability in your work.
- Volunteers are integral to the RSPB’s mission - staff are encouraged to support and collaborate with them.
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 2nd November 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 10 November, 2025.
Please note that we will be actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this vacancy should sufficient applications be received.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form with cover letter. Please use the cover letter section to explain how you meet the criteria set above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
The RSPB brings people together – people like you – to protect the things that matter to us all.

About us
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
Job Title: Kent Infant Feeding Peer Supporter
Contract: Fixed term to 1st January 2029
Contract type: Part time
Hours per week: 16 hours per week
Location: Community based with travel around Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone & Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate and Thanet.
Salary: £24,500 FTE
Closing date: Sunday 16th November 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted week commencing 24th November 2025
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the love of parents and families. The Kent Infant Feeding Peer Supporter role is vital in the delivery of community Infant Feeding Peer Support within the region. Offering support face to face within the community, family hubs, local hospitals, within families homes and virtually via social media platforms, phone and video calls.
Your role will include:
- To provide breastfeeding and infant feeding peer support to parents and.
- Support in delivering inductions and offer shadowing for volunteer peer supporters.
- To attend regular supervision/support sessions.
- Collecting data as and when required including case studies and narrative of work with the communities.
- Attend meetings relevant to safeguarding duties to ensure effective and informed practice, responding to and supporting safeguarding concerns.
About you
· Trained NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter or equivalent with appropriate experience, or willing to train.
· Have a passion for breastfeeding and ensuring every family in Kent has accessible support.
· Experience of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
· Good interpersonal skills with the ability to create rapport with a range of people.
· Have knowledge of the local perinatal services and communities within the Kent area.
Our Benefits – What we offer you
We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
· 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
· Pension matched up to 5%
· Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
· Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
· Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
· Life Assurance for peace of mind
· Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
· Blue Light discount card
At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special!
How to apply
Visit our website for details on how to apply
About us
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
Job Title:Kent Infant Feeding Project Coordinator
Contract/Job type: Fixed term to 1st January 2029
Contract Type: Full time
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
Location: Home based with travel around the Kent region
Salary:£24,500 FTE
Closing date: Sunday 9th November 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted week commencing 17th November 2025
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the love of parents and families. The Kent Infant Feeding Project Coordinator role is vital in the delivery of community Infant Feeding Peer Support within the region. Offering support to the infant feeding peer supporters and project team, ensuring the service runs efficiently and effectively and leading on the delivery of the post discharge contacts to families within Kent.
Your role will include:
· Extensively advertise service and recruit volunteering opportunities using a variety of platforms including social media and locally.
· Provide clear guidance and information to potential volunteers on the roles, responsibilities and training requirements.
· Have a good understanding of each of the regions within the projects the community groups and the hospitals in which our staff and volunteers offer support.
· Collate and enter all information as and when necessary, into the Kent Infant Feeding database to ensure service users are registered on the system and touch points with the service users are logged.
· Attend meetings relevant to safeguarding duties to ensure effective and informed practice, responding to and supporting safeguarding concerns. To work on safeguarding cases as and when required.
About you
· Have a passion for breastfeeding and ensuring every family in Kent has accessible support.
· Working with families from diverse backgrounds.
· Good interpersonal skills with the ability to create rapport with a range of people.
· Experience of data collection and performing accurate data entry
· Have knowledge of the local perinatal services and communities within the Kent area.
Our Benefits – What we offer you
We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
· 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
· Pension matched up to 5%
· Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
· Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
· Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
· Life Assurance for peace of mind
· Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
· Blue Light discount card
At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special!
How to apply
Visit our website for details on how to apply
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
Job Title: North-West Kent Infant Feeding Regional Lead
Contract: Fixed term to 1st January 2029
Contract Type: Part time
Hours per week: 28 hours per week
Location: Kent community based, including Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Swale
Salary: £27,000 FTE
Closing date: Thursday 4th November
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted week commencing 10th November
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the love of parents and families. The North-West Kent Infant Feeding Regional Lead is a vital role that will ensure the smooth delivery of the NCT Infant Feeing Peer Support service within their region. Building strong relationships with local stakeholders to embed NCT peer support within the Infant Feeding referral pathway.
Your role will include:
· Providing line management and support to the NCT Infant Feeding Peer Support staff and volunteer team within your region.
· Engage with underrepresented communities through networking with other local organisations.
· Working with and supporting peer supporters to carry out their role.
· Managing peer support rotas for place based community support within your region.
· Responding to referrals and signposting to health professionals as and where required.
About you
· Have a passion for breastfeeding and ensuring every family in Kent has accessible support.
· Have experience in motivating teams and managing volunteers
· Experience of working alongside health professions.
· Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus.
· Have worked within or have knowledge of the local perinatal services and communities within the North-West Kent area.
Our Benefits – What we offer you
We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
· 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
· Pension matched up to 5%
· Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
· Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
· Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
· Life Assurance for peace of mind
· Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
· Blue Light discount card
At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special!
How to apply
Visit our website for details on how to apply
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Direct Marketing Manager (maternity cover) - Community Fundraising
Reference: SEP20252626
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £33,027.00 - £35,259.00 Per Annum
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term (maternity cover)
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
The Community Fundraising team is looking for a Direct Marketing Manager (maternity cover), who will support our work in developing, promoting, and analysing our portfolio of Community Fundraising products to attract new and diverse audiences to raise vital funds for nature.
The post holder will support the launch of our Do It Yourself (DIY) fundraising product, as well as supporting In Aid Of (IAO) fundraising activity across the UK. The role will support marketing requests across all new and existing Community Fundraising products and campaigns. The role requires a proficiency in data analytics and a track record in responding to trends and sector best practice.
You will have experience in direct marketing and be proficient in delivering multi-channel campaigns in a fast-paced environment. This role also requires an in depth knowledge of direct marketing techniques including testing, profiling, segmentation, return on investment analysis, cost per contact. You will have experience in managing multiple projects and budgets, as well as a track record in excellent stakeholder management. An understanding of Community Fundraising developments and best practice would be advantageous.
The ideal candidate will be driven, creative and possess excellent attention to detail.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Degree educated or equivalent experience in a direct marketing role
- Excellent understanding of the steps involved in planning and delivering multi-channel direct marketing campaigns
- Direct marketing sector developments, legal requirements and best practice
- In depth knowledge of direct marketing techniques - testing, profiling, segmentation, return on investment, cost per contact etc. to achieve the most effective campaign results
- Charity sector developments and best practice
- Excellent communication skills to elicit great team working to deliver campaigns
- Ability to inspire others
- Comfortable with analysis and metrics to constantly improve campaign performance
- Excellent attention to detail
- Interpreting data and trends, with the ability to analyse and report on results
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Has worked in environment/conservation
- Has worked in not-for-profit/charity
Additional Information:
- This is a 12 month Fixed Term, Full-Time maternity cover role for 37.5 hours per week.
- The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
Closing date: 23:59, Saturday, 1st November 2025
Please note that we are actively recruiting for this vacancy, and reserve the right to close once sufficient applications have been received.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
The RSPB brings people together – people like you – to protect the things that matter to us all.

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!
Flexible within the UK
Ref JV 1423
Closing date 21/11/2025
Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
As a Senior Research Lead, with proven experience leading complex research projects, you’ll be responsible for Energy Saving Trust’s Energy Access research portfolio as part of the LEIA programme. You’ll shape and deliver our research strategy, manage and mentor the Energy Access research team, and build partnerships with leading organisations to produce high-quality research outputs.
Who we are
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
At Energy Saving Trust we don’t just offer jobs – we offer careers. For our people, being part of the effort to address the climate emergency makes working for us truly meaningful and rewarding.
Here are some of the benefits we offer:
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional leave earned through length of service
• Three extra days off over the Christmas period as a gesture of goodwill
• A competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Flexibility in our ways of working – work from home, in the office, or a mix of both, depending on your role
• Two paid volunteering days per year – a chance to give back to the causes that matter most to you
Please see our careers page for the full list of benefits we have to offer and why Energy Saving Trust is a great place to work.
The team
You’ll join our International Energy Access team, primarily working on the multimillion-pound Efficiency for Access Coalition including the Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) programme that aims to double the efficiency and halve the cost of off- and weak-grid appliances in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This programme is funded by UK aid, from the UK government via the Transforming Energy Access platform, and IKEA Foundation, and delivered by Energy Saving Trust in partnership with CLASP.
As part of the International Energy Access team, you’ll contribute to meaningful initiatives that have real-world impact on improving lives and livelihoods, while helping to address the climate emergency. This is an exciting opportunity to join a talented, dedicated and inclusive team to deliver this vital programme of work.
What you’ll do
• Lead the planning, delivery and reporting of our Energy Access research portfolio.
• Identify research gaps and emerging trends, ensuring alignment with user needs and funder priorities.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality research projects in partnership with academia, industry and consultants.
• Manage and mentor a small research team, supporting their development and performance.
• Build and maintain key relationships with partners, funders and stakeholders to expand our Energy Access research portfolio.
What you’ll bring
• Strong experience leading complex research projects using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Proven record of managing high-performing teams and delivering results on time and on budget.
• Experience and knowledge of the energy access sector.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly.
• Strong leadership, organisational and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative and proactive mindset.
To apply visit our recruitment portal via the apply button.
Applications close at 23.59 on 21 November 2025. Interviews are intended to be held around 8-12 December.
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Reasonable adjustments: We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive of and accessible for, everyone.
If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch.
Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.
We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.
Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.
We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and we ringfence a minimum number of interview slots for candidates who apply via the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria for a role.
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Working within the Development and Outreach Department, (responsible for fundraising, marketing and communications) the Partnerships Team crafts and steward collaborations with companies and brands, in the UK and globally, to generate significant income, raise awareness of WDC brand and work and advocate for positive action.
The Partnerships manager:
- is responsible for developing and implementing a strategy, alongside the corporate engagement lead, to deliver an agreed annual income target, across charitable and trading activities and facilitate valuable in-kind support for WDC.
- is required to expertly research, develop, manage, and enhance relationships with new and existing partners across a diverse range of sectors.
- will be an adept communicator, capable of thinking on their feet, delivering inspiring pitches with authority and securing buy in from colleagues across WDC, and external stakeholders.
- will lead a varied and exciting area of fundraising, covering a diverse range of activities and opportunities which involves balancing the needs of WDC colleagues with external partners.
A world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill is delighted to partner exclusively with Consumers International, the only global membership body for consumer organisations, to recruit their new Advocacy and Regulatory Engagement Lead.
Consumers International unites over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries. Together, they work to protect and empower consumers everywhere, championing their rights and ensuring their voices shape products, policy and practice.
In this newly created position, you will play a lead role in one of the world’s most innovative global programmes on fair digital finance. Working closely with consumer associations, regulators, policymakers and global partners in the digital finance ecosystem, and with a focus in low- and middle-income countries, the Lead will ensure that the voice of consumers informs digital finance reform.
As Advocacy and Regulatory Engagement Lead, your role will be to drive impactful policy and regulatory engagement under the Fair Digital Finance Accelerator. You will shape and implement advocacy strategies targeted at financial services regulators to strengthen consumer protection and resilience in digital finance, particularly in instant interoperable payment systems.
Representing the organisation in high-level forums, you will also champion innovation in consumer advocacy and ensure tangible impact in markets around the world. Your experience will combine political acumen, relationship-building skills and a network mindset, and you will be able to talk to stakeholders in the Financial Inclusion space with confidence.
Your experience;
- Proven experience in advocacy, government relations or public policy (ideally in financial regulation, consumer protection or digital policy).
- Demonstrated ability to influence regulatory or policy change in partnership with civil society or multistakeholder coalitions.
- Strong understanding of regulatory processes in low- and middle-income contexts and familiarity with digital finance ecosystems.
- Excellent relationship-building and networking skills, with experience facilitating collaboration across diverse stakeholders. Bringing in and utilising your connections with stakeholders in this space is highly desirable.
There is a unique opportunity to shape the role, and run with your ideas, therefore it is well suited to a pro-active self-starter, someone who is highly detail oriented and with strong project management skills.
- Salary: £45,000
- Full-time hours, 3 year FTC.
- This is a remote based role. Drawn to candidates living in European and East African time zones, to be able to effectively work with their team. There is no office, however, if you are London based, there is an option to meet at a co-working space weekly.
To apply, please submit your up-to-date CV by 09:00 (UK time) on Friday 7th November 2025.
Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As a leading charity recruitment specialist and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality, or other protected characteristics.
Harris Hill is delighted to partner exclusively with Consumers International, the only global membership body for consumer organisations, to recruit their new Strategic Communications Lead (Fair Digital Finance).
Consumers International unites over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries. Together, they work to protect and empower consumers everywhere, championing their rights and ensuring their voices shape products, policy and practice.
I’m looking to hear from strategic communicators with a passion for digital innovation and global impact. As Strategic Communications Lead you will drive powerful narratives, campaigns, and events that champion consumer rights in the digital finance world. You will ensure that all outputs from the digital finance programme are effectively communicated to Consumers International Members, relevant regulators and consumer protection authorities, funders and global partners.
In this high-impact role, you’ll manage the communications and production of global thought leadership and events, including their flagship report, The Consumer Experience of Digital Finance, and a series of Policy Impact Forums to support consumer-regulator dialogue. You will ensure that all outputs from their digital finance programme reach the critical audiences – regulators, consumer protection authorities, funders and global experts – that can act on them.
What you’ll do:
- Develop and deliver compelling multi-channel communications strategies (via case-studies, blogs, social media, reports, newsletters) that spotlight the impact of their work.
- Bring global programmes to life through storytelling, strategic content, and media.
- Lead the production and promotion of major events—including their flagship Policy Impact Forums—connecting consumers, regulators, and decision-makers.
- Translate programme insights into impactful messaging for their global network—Members, regulators, funders, and partners.
If you're ready to lead change, tell meaningful stories, and make a global impact—we want to hear from you.
Your experience:
- Proven experience in communications, campaigns, or public affairs, ideally within digital finance, development or consumer rights.
- Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills across long-form and digital formats.
- Experience producing virtual and in-person events.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, engaging messages for diverse audiences.
- Experience working across international contexts with multicultural teams.
There is a unique opportunity to shape the role, and run with your ideas, therefore it is well suited to a pro-active self-starter, someone who is highly detail oriented, has a creative mindset and with strong project management skills and an eye for innovation.
- Salary: £45,000
- Full-time hours, 3 year FTC.
- This is a remote based role. Drawn to candidates living in European and East African time zones, to be able to effectively work with their team. There is no office, however, if you are London based, there is an option to meet at a co-working space weekly.
To apply, please submit your up-to-date CV by 09:00 (UK time) on Friday 7th November 2025.
Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As a leading charity recruitment specialist and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality, or other protected characteristics.
Harris Hill is delighted to partner exclusively with Consumers International, the only global membership body for consumer organisations, to recruit their new Director, Fair Digital Finance.
Consumers International unites over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries. As the independent voice for consumers worldwide, it works with Members and partners to advocate for safer, fairer, and more sustainable markets, from digital goods to financial services, from data protection to consumer rights in the digital economy.
This is an exciting full-time role offered on a fully remote basis. The post is a fixed-term contract (3 years with possibility for extension, subject to funding).
This is a pivotal and entrepreneurial leadership role at the heart of Consumers International’s global programme on digital finance. The Director will shape and deliver the next phase of the Fair Digital Finance Accelerator – the organisation’s flagship global initiative to strengthen consumer protections in instant interoperable payment systems and related digital financial services. Working closely with the Director, Digital Rights, you will drive internal synergies and ensure alignment across teams, while leading a global programme that influences regulators, financial service providers, and policymakers. You will manage and grow an international team, build new initiatives and partnerships, and secure resources that sustain and expand the reach of Consumers International’s work. Representing the organisation in high-level forums, you will also champion innovation in consumer advocacy and ensure tangible impact in markets around the world.
We are seeking a strategic and confident leader with deep expertise in digital finance and consumer protection. You will bring a track record of delivering complex international programmes that drive measurable change, from regulatory reform and research initiatives to global advocacy and coalition-building. Skilled at navigating multi-stakeholder environments, you will be comfortable engaging with consumer associations, foundations, regulators, and financial service providers alike. Entrepreneurial and creative, you will thrive in a fast-moving, collaborative setting, able to translate strategic vision into concrete outcomes. Above all, you will bring the foresight, integrity, and influence to position Consumers International as the trusted global voice for consumers in the digital finance space.
To apply, please submit your up-to-date CV by 09:00 (UK time) on 13 November 2025. As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we encourage early submissions, as the vacancy may close ahead of the stated deadline. Shortlisted candidates will receive the full job pack, be invited to a role briefing, and asked to provide a tailored cover letter.
Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As a leading charity recruitment specialist and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality, or other protected characteristics.
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00 with some flexibility
Location: Head Office is in Cardiff however the successful applicant can be based anywhere across Wales as we have offices in multiple locations and remote-working can also be facilitated.
Purpose of Role
To work within the Contracts and Planning team supporting the delivery of the Trust, Foundation and Statutory Programme. The role is responsible for liaising with teams across the organisation to develop funding bids which meet the needs of the organisation and prospect research, income monitoring and reporting requirements.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
1. Work with operational teams to develop funding applications to meet agreed income targets to help fund core activities and priority projects.
2. To develop and maintain a list of suitable, well researched prospects and ensure that opportunities for funding are not missed by maintaining a suitable pipeline.
3. Regular review of income pledges and received, and the funding pipeline, reporting progress and risks to manager.
4. Liaise with relevant project staff to coordinate and submit monitoring and evaluation reports to funders.
5. Ensure all reporting requirements are met in line with agreed deadlines.
6. To ensure that all relevant administration is recorded accurately on the fundraising CRM and shared team databases.
7. To monitor payment dates and ensure payments are received when expected.
8. Build and maintain relationships with funders, helping them to understand the impact of their support.
9. Support the Contracts and Planning Team with other duties as required, contributing flexibly to wider team priorities and organisational needs
This role is subject to a Basic DBS disclosure.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A growing £1million turnover charity dedicated to the health and wellbeing of children and adults through the healing power of music have newly created a Head of Finance and Operations role. This role will drive organisational impact with a values driven approach towards financial strategy, resource optimisation, and operational excellence.
As part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Head of Finance and Operations provides a pivotal role in the strategic and operational leadership across the core support functions of the charity. Through sound management of resources, risk, people, systems and data, this role ensures robust governance, financial sustainability, regulatory compliance and organisational effectiveness enabling the charity to achieve its mission.
The core support functions of the charity include Finance, HR, technology and data, health and safety, and governance.
Salary: £60,000 per annum (this will be pro-rata'd for 30hours per week)
Benefits Excellent benefits package including 35 days per year (inclusive of bank holidays), Employer Pension contribution of 6%, Death in Service benefits, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, and the opportunity for flexible working.
Contract: Part time 30 hours per week, Permanent
Location: Remote based role with an occasional travel to London, we encourage applicants from across the UK.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- As a member of the SLT, actively contribute to the development and delivery of the charity's strategic plan, leading on the organisational planning and performance for operational areas.
- Work with the CEO to ensure the Board fulfils its legal, regulatory, and financial responsibilities with effective controls through various Board meetings and sub-committees.
- Lead on the risk management for the charity, working with the Board and SLT to identify, record and mitigate risk.
- Act as the Data Protection Officer for the charity
- Lead, manage and develop the Finance Manager to oversee day to day financial operations and controls.
- Lead, manage and develop the Operations Manager to oversee day-to-day management of the charity's core support functions.
- Develop, lead and implement the financial strategy to ensure long-term financial sustainability. whilst managing cashflow, reserves and investments in line with the relevant policies.
- Lead on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting providing analysis to the CEO, SLT, Board and budget holders to support decision-making.
- Prepare and complete annual accounts and statutory returns ensuring compliance with charity finance regulations, managing relationships with auditors and financial institutions.
- Working with external providers, and advisors, lead on people strategy, including recruitment, retention, performance and people development.
- Ensure legal compliance with employment law and best practice HR policies.
- Promote an inclusive and supportive organisational culture, collaborating with other SLT colleagues to embed the actions on the charity's Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA), leadership development and culture change strategic plans.
- Working with external provider and advisors, oversee IT infrastructure, cyber security and responsibility for the organisation's data protection compliance (including GDPR).
- Oversee organisational health and safety strategy, compliance and training.
- Deputise for the Chief Executive in their absence as required
- Act with integrity and maintain the highest professional standards at all times.
- Carry out other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the organisation.
Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- CCAB recognised qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
- Proven senior leadership experience in the charity or not for profit sector.
- Demonstrable experience of working with Boards and Trustees, experience in HR, governance, and compliance at a strategic level.
- Strong financial acumen and experience of preparing annual accounts, budgets, management accounts and financial reports.
- Proven track record of identification and management of risk.
- Knowledge of charity finance and reporting
- Knowledge of charity law, risk management and regulatory frameworks.
- Strong understanding of digital tools, systems and data governance.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate financial and performance information into accessible management information
- Demonstrable understanding of strategies for embedding change into ways of working.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to focus, align, and deliver, on operational duties.
This role will be closing on 3rd November, 2025 and candidates shortlisted will be required to answer three questions which will form as part of shortlisting by the client.
First interview on 11th or 12th November, 2025
Second stage interview on 17th November, 2025
Charity People is a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background-e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
This is a crucial, high-impact specialist role. You will be the dedicated advocate and expert for members of the Armed Forces community, providing end-to-end support through the complex process of securing compensation and pensions they are rightly entitled to.
You will manage a dedicated caseload, taking full accountability for guiding beneficiaries through claims, reviews, reconsiderations, and appeals under both the Service Pensions Order and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). Your ultimate accountability will be to provide professional representation and advocacy before the War Pensions & Armed Forces Tribunal.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Specialist Legal Advice & Casework: Provide expert-level advice on War Pensions and AFCS legislation, managing a complex caseload from initial claim through to final appeal/reconsideration, and ensuring all advice is meticulously documented.
- Tribunal Advocacy & Representation: Serve as the primary advocate by preparing detailed case files, analyzing legal papers, and providing professional, in-person representation before the War Pensions & Armed Forces Tribunal.
- Holistic Support: Identify beneficiaries' wider welfare needs, coordinating seamlessly with other RBL teams to ensure they receive comprehensive, wrap-around support.
- Compliance & Excellence: Maintain rigorous standards of operational excellence, including accurate case record-keeping and strict adherence to RBL's performance criteria and Safeguarding Policy.
You will be contracted to your home address, and you will perform most of your work remotely there, with occasional travel (incl. for monthly team meetings).
What You'll Bring:
- Experience of working in an Advocacy capacity in the voluntary sector, public service, legal service or Armed services.
- Demonstrable experience of public speaking or training delivery.
- Proven ability to understand and interpret complex legislation (specifically related to War Pensions and AFCS).
- Proven experience of dealing with difficult and complex client situations.
- General knowledge of clinical conditions and their effects relevant to compensation and pensions.
- Experience of report writing and thorough documentation.
- Strong commitment to RBL's values and the ability to travel as required for Tribunal attendance, service meetings, and training.
Employee benefits:
- 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
- Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.