Part-time jobs in harpenden
About the role
To promote a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture and be responsible for the provision of advice, guidance and support for staff and volunteers on all health, safety and wellbeing related matters, including the implementation and application of new and updated legislation, codes of practice, and safe working procedures.
To ensure that health and safety effectively contributes to the Trust’s strategic objectives, to embed best practice across the Trust’s operations, and drive compliance, identifying improvements, and creating a safe, sustainable workplace. The role requires a consultative, collaborative and pragmatic approach to finding solutions and appropriate measures to support the Trust’s day to day activities and improve standards.
About the Trust
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a local conservation charity working to protect wildlife and help people connect with nature. With a team of volunteers we care for wild places so that nature has a place to thrive. We help people experience the wildlife on their doorsteps and to take steps to protect it.
We believe that wildlife should have space to thrive alongside our everyday lives and that everyone benefits from having access to nature.
Our head office is based in the attractive setting of Verulamium Park on the outskirts of St Albans.
Our staff team are enthusiastic, friendly and committed to wildlife conservation and exemplifies our values of professionalism, valuing contributions by others and continuing to improve.
How do we support you?
The Trust strives to be a positive employer supporting our staff through flexible and hybrid working, and training and development. We recognise the importance of our staff team and looking after their health and wellbeing. Our values and expected behaviours reflect the culture which the Trust seeks to maintain to ensure productive, efficient, effective and pleasant workplaces and roles.
In support of this, we offer an excellent benefits package, ranging from office perks, generous leave entitlements and financial benefits. You can find out more on our website.
As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff.
You can find out more on the Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust website jobs section.
Please see our recruitment pack for more information and on how to apply.
Closing Date is Wednesday 15th October at 9am.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising & Development Officer (FTC)
Remote, UK
£18,000 per year (based on working 24 hours per week)
Part-time (3 days/24 hours per week)
1 year fixed term contract
Young Ladies Club aims to raise aspirations in disadvantaged young women to achieve their education and career potential by providing mentoring, confidence building activities and career workshops from positive role models. We envision a world where young women’s socio-economic background does not impact educational and career outcomes.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a proactive and highly organised Fundraising & Development Officer to join our team on a 1-year fixed term contract. As the Fundraising & Development Officer, you will have experience in fundraising and grant writing and will be responsible for working across the charity to identify new funding opportunities, preparing high-quality applications, and maintaining relationships with key funders.
As a Fundraising & Development Officer, your responsibilities will be:
· Research and identify potential trusts and foundations to approach for funding.
· Work with the Management team to identify projects and proposals.
· Write compelling funding applications and reports to secure financial support for the charity’s projects and initiatives.
· Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key and corporate funders, keeping them informed of progress and the impact of their donations.
· Manage a portfolio of existing trusts and foundations, ensuring timely reporting and stewardship.
· Track and manage fundraising data, ensuring accurate records of all communications and activities and preparing regular fundraising reports.
Required Skills and Experience:
· Proven experience in fundraising, with a strong focus on trusts and foundations.
· Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write persuasive proposals and reports.
· Strong research skills and the ability to identify new funding opportunities.
· Experience in managing donor relationships.
· Highly organised, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
· Self-motivated and comfortable working independently.
· Proficient in all Microsoft and Google software applications
Desired Skills and Experience:
· Knowledge of Beacon Customer Relations Management system
· Certificate in Fundraising either from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising or equivalent
· A good Marketing and/or Fundraising background
· A commitment to making a positive impact.
· Marketing experience
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Imagine This is the only UK charity solely dedicated to supporting the mental wellbeing of seriously ill children and their families. Founded in 2014 by actors Sarah Parish MBE and Jim Murray MBE in memory of their first daughter Ella-Jayne, the charity has rebranded from The Murray Parish Trust to Imagine This in 2025. The charity is now leading a national movement to address a hidden mental health crisis in seriously ill children.
There are one million children in the UK facing life-limiting, life-threatening, and serious chronic conditions. These children are at much higher risk of long-term mental health difficulties that can become more complex and difficult to treat, on top of living with often complex medical needs. Imagine This provides imaginative, innovative and empowering projects to help them navigate their journey with connection, resilience and hope. Our vision is to reach every seriously ill child, and their families, across the UK by 2035, delivering diverse and impactful projects in hospitals, hospices and community settings.
This role will be responsible for an effective and compliant operations function (finance, HR, programmes/projects, governance). You will help the charity to scale its operations sustainably and ensure the charity complies with its legal and governance responsibilities. We are looking for a proactive individual who has an eye for detail in data and administration. You will be ambitious and entrepreneurial, with real vision and a passion for the cause. You will be resilient and collaborative, someone who is highly organised with the ability to juggle a diverse and high workload.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance and HR
- Liaise with outsourced bookkeepers (also payroll providers) to ensure timely/accurate information flow.
- Oversee income and expenditure budgets and performance, processing of donations and scheduled payments, and ensuring accurate and consistent coding.
- Work with accountants to support year-end accounts and coordinate annual report production.
- Produce and circulate monthly management accounts and other reports for the Board.
- Support Trustees with designated responsibilities e.g. finance, risk, governance.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding and HR record-keeping (including freelancers).
- Maintain accurate, compliant data in our CRM (Donorfy), including prompt input of donations.
Charitable projects
- Support the planning and coordination of secured charitable projects, liaising with project partners, monitoring delivery milestones, payment schedule and working with the wider team to maximise success.
- Compiling project monitoring/evaluation data from project partners to support excellent impact reporting.
Governance and operations
Together with the volunteer Charity Secretary:
- Coordination of Board meetings and AGMs, agendas, papers and minutes.
- Maintain central registers (trustee attendance/terms, governance documents, policies, risk, safeguarding training etc).
- Fulfil statutory and regulatory responsibilities, including filing of annual accounts.
- Advise trustees on governance best practice, in line with Charity Commission guidance.
- Management of policies, procedures and operational systems (including the CRM) that strengthen internal controls and identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency.
- Prepare Quarterly reports for the Board, and upon request.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and the Fundraising Code of Practice, including delivering the responsibility of data protection lead.
- Maintain relationships with volunteer Independent Advisors and commissioned service providers e.g. finance, HR and legal to ensure compliance/best practice.
To apply, please share your CV and a supporting statement sharing why you are interested in this job, and how you meet the job description/person specification with evidence/examples wherever possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The MHCPC has a new and exciting job opportunity for a committed, thoughtful, and resourceful person to deliver the clinical and operational components of our counselling service. The Counselling Referral Service of the MHCPC is a voluntary counselling agency providing professional and affordable psychodynamic counselling to the community. It offers both a clinical placement and a referral service.
The Clinical Manager will be a qualified (BACP/BPC accredited or equivalent) Psychodynamic Counsellor or Psychotherapist with significant clinical experience in the mental health field, strong people management skills and a good understanding of running a counselling service.
Supported by a Counselling Administrator, the Clinical Manager’s role is to ensure that our counselling services are delivered to a high standard in accordance with the BACP & BPC frameworks and the Psychodynamic approach.
This is a diverse and engaging role, perfect for an experienced therapist looking for their next rewarding challenge.
If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you.
Business Support Officer
Location: Home Based
Department: Business support
Salary: £16,800
Hours: 21 hours / 3 days per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy and numeracy levels amongst people in the criminal justice system?
We’ve made substantial progress in recent years, with improvements and expansions to our delivery model and significant growth in our staff team. To support this growth, we are recruiting for a part time Business Support Officer to help provide administrative support to our growing team of staff and volunteers.
Working closely with colleagues across the charity, your responsibilities will include supporting our Resources Manager to ensure that our operational teams have access to all the learning resources they need, providing administrative support to our operational and volunteer management teams, and helping to keep our internal systems up to date.
It is essential that you have strong organisational skills, excellent attention to detail, good communication abilities, and a proactive attitude towards assisting with diverse administrative tasks. You must be IT literate, with a good working knowledge of the commonly used Microsoft business tools, and be able to work independently. Underpinning this will be the ability to build relationships, and personal qualities that include persistence, determination and a problem-solving approach. We want to hear from applicants who are as committed to the cause as we are.
This is a home-based role but may require very occasional travel around the UK including overnight stays. This role is 3 days per week (21 hours) with working days/hours to be mutually agreed in line with business needs.
Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 18 days holiday (30 days FTE) plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions.
The closing date for this role is Friday 17th October at 5pm.
Interviews which will be held online, are planned for the week commencing Monday 3rd November 2025
Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.
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Do you want to support people with mental health issues in a moment of crisis?
Are you calm, non-judgemental and able to work effectively with people experiencing distress?
If you can embody our values of Hope, Courage, Togetherness, and Responsiveness, and want to help others build resilience and manage their wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you.
Domestic Abuse Caseworker
Reference number: 301
Responsible to: Team Leader
Working base: Watford Wellbeing Centre
Community Outreach in: Watford and Three Rivers
Working hours: 22.5 / 37.5 Hours, Monday - Friday
Rate of pay: £26,000 - £27,000 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)
About Us
For over 50 years, we have supported the people of Hertfordshire with their mental health. We offer a range of Community Support services which provide advice, information, onward referral and holistic outreach support to people who are experiencing mental ill-health or who need help with their mental wellbeing. Our high quality services are flexible and we help people to resolve real-life difficulties and to improve their own independence, quality of life and wellbeing. Each year, we help 15,000 people experiencing mental ill health.
We are a local Mind, affiliated to national Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. This means that we are an independent charity responsible for raising our own funds through contracts, grants and fundraising.
About the role
The aim of the Hertfordshire Mind Network Domestic Abuse Casework Service is to provide advice, information, and support to survivors of intimate partner or familial violence living in the community about the range, effectiveness, and suitability of options to improve their safety and that of their children. All advice will be based on a thorough understanding and assessment of risk and its management.
The purpose of the Hertfordshire Mind Network Community Outreach Worker role is to:
- To provide support and advocacy services to clients experiencing domestic abuse
- To ensure direct contact is made with the client within a specified time of an incident being reported to the police and to carry out a risk assessment.
- To ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the client is monitored and reviewed regularly.
- To maintain and enhance service delivery standards and effectiveness.
- To support the team with case management and volume of referrals to ensure a short waiting time and referrals are contacted promptly and assessed appropriately.
- To collate and obtain feedback regarding the effectiveness of the service.
Benefits
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year pro rata, rising to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays).
- Birthday leave day.
- Cash plan health cover (after 6 months employment).
- Eligibility for blue light card.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Ongoing training relevant to your role.
Being able to drive and having access to your own vehicle (or equivalent) is essential for this role.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 17th October 2025 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In addition, during the various stages of recruitment, specific measures can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.
Hertfordshire Mind Network is committed to the Disability Confident and Mindful Employer charters. We actively recruit staff who have a lived experience of mental ill health. We recognise and value the unique combination of skills, knowledge and perspective that employing people with a lived experience, at all levels across the organisation, brings. We create an environment where the sharing of experiences and vulnerabilities to support others and create positive change is welcomed and work towards breaking down the ‘them’ and ‘us’ culture. The organisation is committed to nurturing peer relationships that allow all staff to thrive.
No agencies please.
Urban Saints (formally known as Crusaders) equips youth leaders to disciple young people in today's changing world. Our vision is to see every young person given the opportunity to explore faith, wherever they are.
About the role
As our Support Care Coordinator, you will be the friendly and professional first point of contact for our valued Crusaders Associates, those who have been on the journey with Urban Saints since we were known as Crusaders. You’ll play a key role in delivering exceptional supporter experiences. Your work will help continue and build lasting relationships that inspire ongoing support for our mission from those who have journeyed with us over many years.
You'll be responsible for:
- Responding to associate enquiries via phone, email, and post in a timely, warm, and professional manner, with empathy and attention to detail throughout.
- Listening and responding to the needs of each supporter, understanding their motivations and experiences to foster long-term relationships.
- Developing a programme to regularly thank donors for their support.
- Ensuring supporters feel valued and appreciated.
- Maintaining accurate supporter records on our CRM system, ensuring compliance with GDPR.
- Working closely with the Head of Development to ensure consistent messaging and supporter journeys.
Location
The role is home-based with regular travel required to visit supporters and to supporter events across the UK.
Please note, it's a requirement of the role that you have a UK driving licence and access to a car.
About You
We’re looking for a compassionate and highly organised individual who excels in building meaningful relationships and delivering exceptional supporter care. You will have experience of working with supporters, or in a donor relations role, and be an excellent communicator.
This post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
How to Apply
Please fill out our application form which you can find on our website. The closing date for applications is Friday the 24th of October at Midday.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a people person with recruitment and mission experience who can help others discern whether they could serve God with Wycliffe?
Wycliffe Bible Translators currently have around 300 mission partners around the world. But 1.5 billion people are still waiting for a Bible in the language they know best. So we’re looking to grow our number of new mission partners to meet this challenge!
You’ll work in a small friendly mobilisation team, alongside another mission mobiliser, and be comfortable talking to individuals, giving presentations, and using online tools to attract potential enquirers to our mission.
- Salary: £30,000 (pro-rata) + benefits
- Location: Home based or the option of a desk at our office in Oxford
- Terms of appointment: Part-time (up to 22.5 hours per week). 2 year fixed term contract with the potential to become permanent
- Closing date: Monday 20 October 2025 at 9am
- Interview date: Interviews will be held in Oxford on Wednesday 29 October 2025
Key responsibilities:
- Liaising with enquirers
- Enquirers events
- Producing enquirers materials
- Bringing innovation and new approaches to mobilisation
Benefits include:
- 33 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Employer pension contributions up to 7.5%
- Fully employer-funded life assurance
- 24/7 employee assistance programme for emotional and practical support
- Tax-free home-working allowance
- Family-friendly employer
- Monthly in-person team days in Oxfordshire or the Chilterns (expenses covered)
- Hot-desking facility at Oxford office
- Fully paid-for professional development opportunities.
It is an occupational requirement of this role that you have a clear, personal commitment to the beliefs set out in our Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Position Statement.
Visit our careers site to apply.
A world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: Remote / Hybrid (with occasional UK travel & team meetings at the Birmingham Office Monthly) Applications welcome for candidates within commuting distance of the Midlands.
At Fuel Bank Foundation, we believe no one should have to choose between heating and eating. Every day, we help people across the UK who are facing fuel crisis—providing emergency financial support, advice, and long-term solutions that create lasting change.
We’re looking for an experienced Strategic Partnerships Manager to help us grow and nurture high-impact relationships with corporate partners, charitable trusts, and grant-making bodies. If you’re a confident communicator, natural relationship-builder, and passionate about making a difference, this could be the role for you.
About the Role
As Strategic Partnerships Manager, you will play a central role in driving income growth and increasing the impact of our partnerships. You’ll work closely with the Head of Strategic Partnerships to deliver our partnership strategy—developing new funding opportunities, managing existing relationships, and ensuring excellent stewardship throughout the partner journey.
This is a dynamic and varied role that offers scope for creativity, strategy, and hands-on relationship management. You'll collaborate closely with internal teams to bring partner activity to life, demonstrate impact, and align our work with shared goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships, including charitable trusts, corporate sponsors, and grant-making bodies.
- Deliver high-quality stewardship and build strong, long-term relationships with supporters.
- Identify and secure new partnership and funding opportunities in line with organisational strategy.
- Create compelling, tailored proposals and pitches that align with partner objectives and Fuel Bank’s mission.
- Track partnership performance, prepare reports and evaluations, and share impact stories with funders and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate across departments to align partner activity with service delivery and communications.
- Contribute to income planning, forecasting, and the delivery of financial targets.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in partnership management, business development, account management, or fundraising—ideally within the charity, non-profit or social impact sector.
- A track record of building successful relationships and delivering income growth.
- Skilled in writing proposals, reports, and presenting ideas clearly and persuasively.
- Commercial awareness and confidence working with budgets, forecasts, and reporting tools.
- Strategic thinker with a creative mindset and the ability to spot new opportunities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
What you will receive in return:
At Fuel Bank Foundation, you'll join a passionate, values-led team making a real impact in communities across the UK. We offer:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible and remote working options
- Opportunities for personal and professional development
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture
- The chance to help shape solutions to one of the UK’s most urgent social issues
- Enhanced annual leave
- Enhanced pension scheme
- EAP – Healthcare
Fuel Bank Foundation is the only UK charity focused solely on supporting people who cannot afford to prepay for their energy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Enquiry Service Officer
Salary: £21,131 pro rata; (FTE £35,218)
Letchworth Garden City/ home working (hybrid)
Part time (21 hours a week)
15 months fixed term (Maternity cover)
Flexible working considered
Are you a warm and professional person keen to support people dealing with complex health issues? Do you have some experience with MS or other long-term conditions? We have the perfect role for you!
Join our friendly team
We are looking for someone with strong customer service skills, who will be responsible, professional and kind. Ideally you will have some experience in helpline delivery or customer service but for the right person, flexibility and a willingness to learn are just as important. We encourage you to apply, even if you feel you may not meet all the criteria listed.
Our charity
The MS Trust is a UK charity which is here to help everyone make sense of MS. We are here for everyone affected by MS, from the moment of diagnosis and throughout their journey. We're here today, tomorrow and every day after that.
The role
You will be providing information and signposting to people who contact the MS Trust Helpline by phone, email and social media. You will need to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of MS and will receive training and resources to help you. You’ll need to complete enquiry records to a high level of accuracy and treat personal and sensitive data securely, in line with our GDPR and Data Protection policies.
What we can offer
· 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, which increases with length of service to 30 days.
· Company pension with enhanced employer contribution. Salary Sacrifice scheme available.
· Death in Service benefit.
· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
· Sick pay.
· Hybrid working.
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Fantastic office location with free parking, local to town centre and train station. Good transport links to London and Cambridge.
· Learning and development policy to develop all staff.
· Cycle to work scheme, Volunteering Day and Season ticket loans.
To find out more and apply
Please visit our website to download a job pack and application form (CVs will not be considered).
As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), we appreciate your time completing the form, as this allows us to keep our recruitment process fair and neutral.
Closing date: Midnight, 3rd October.
First Interviews: 8th October
To provide trusted information. Secure the future of MS specialist services in the UK. Improve the understanding of the needs of people living with MS
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sands offers support to anyone affected by the death of a baby.
Our volunteers are incredible! They run peer support, community-based activity, build relationships with hospitals, run football teams, cheer at events and much more. Putting them first and enabling the activity they deliver is the primary goal of the Community and Volunteering Team.
Local peer-led bereavement support is a core part of what we do here at Sands. This is primarily delivered by Support Groups and Sands United football teams run by dedicated volunteers right across the UK, most of whom are bereaved themselves. There are 84 Groups and 40 Sands United team across the UK who provide safe and welcoming spaces to be there for each other.
This is a high-profile and exciting new role which is responsible for ensuring that anyone affected by baby loss or the death of a baby has the chance to access Sands peer led activities in Wales, promoting sport and activities for health, wellbeing and support services and groups, ensuring that all sections of the community are aware of available activities and where they can go to be part of the community.
We are looking for successful, demonstrable experience of working with minoritised communities and a good working understanding of the barriers people experience accessing bereavement support and care in statutory, health and community settings.
With experience of coordinating volunteering programmes on a regional or national basis, you will be passionate and knowledgeable about the potential for volunteering within the charity sector.
You will have excellent communication skills suitable for a range of different audiences and environments, with significant experience of volunteer management and relationship building.
Additionally, you will have experience of working with marginalised communities together with an understanding of the barriers to accessing bereavement support that these communities encounter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sands offers support to anyone affected by the death of a baby.
Our volunteers are incredible! They run peer support, community-based activity, build relationships with hospitals, run football teams, cheer at events and much more. Putting them first and enabling the activity they deliver is the primary goal of the Community and Volunteering Team.
Local peer-led bereavement support is a core part of what we do here at Sands. This is primarily delivered by Support Groups and Sands United football teams run by dedicated volunteers right across the UK, most of whom are bereaved themselves. There are 84 Groups and 40 Sands United team across the UK who provide safe and welcoming spaces to be there for each other.
This is a high-profile and exciting new role which is responsible for ensuring that anyone affected by baby loss or the death of a baby has the chance to access Sands peer led activities in the south of England, promoting sport and activities for health, wellbeing and support services and groups, ensuring that all sections of the community are aware of available activities and where they can go to be part of the community.
We are looking for successful, demonstrable experience of working with minoritised communities and a good working understanding of the barriers people experience accessing bereavement support and care in statutory, health and community settings.
With experience of coordinating volunteering programmes on a regional or national basis, you will be passionate and knowledgeable about the potential for volunteering within the charity sector.
You will have excellent communication skills suitable for a range of different audiences and environments, with significant experience of volunteer management and relationship building.
Additionally, you will have experience of working with marginalised communities together with an understanding of the barriers to accessing bereavement support that these communities encounter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you believe that young people should have Somewhere to Go, Something to Do, and Someone to Listen after school? Do you want to inspire, motivate and guide young people to navigate the challenges they may face in today’s world?
If so, there is a place for you on the team at the Swan Youth Project!
Job Title: Youth Worker
Reporting To: The Head of Swan Youth Project
Work Location: In Person at The Swan Youth Centre, Berkhamsted and local area.
Part-time Hours: The role holder must be available to work Monday to Friday, covering the core hours of 3.30pm – 6.15pm when we are working directly with our young people during term time, totalling 13.75 hours per week.
Pay: £12.60 per hour – pay scale dependent on experience
ABOUT THE SWAN YOUTH PROJECT
The Swan Youth Project (SYP) Limited is a Berkhamsted based registered charity which offers 11-16+ years old of Berkhamsted and the surrounding area, a safe and secure recreational facility within which they can relax and socialise away from the stresses of school or home life. To support them in this we provide a daily drop-in facility with organised activities at the centre as well as holiday programmes, workshops, music gigs and so much more.
The SYP centre is well equipped with a DJ booth, pool table, table football, Internet room, chill-out room, Wii & Xbox, coffee bar and a fully equipped band practice room. A free snack and hot drink are offered to all members (some of whom may not have eaten all day).
ABOUT THE ROLE: You will help plan, execute and engage in activities that enhance member development.
Duties will include:
1. Running daily sessions both in the centre and off-site activities / trips
2. Assist with the planning and set up of specific activities
3. Engage and build positive relationships with young people, responding appropriately to challenging situations
4. Create a calm and safe environment for both the young people and the staff.
5. All team members take on a share of the activities required for the smooth running of the centre; i.e. running our social media channels, fundraising, timely completion of all required centre checks
ABOUT YOU:
You will have some experience working with young people; this could be through volunteer work, youth coaching, or as part of a formal qualification route. Full training will be given to develop you on this rewarding career path. What is most important is that you;
· Bring a passion for working with young people and a genuine interest in their personal development and well-being
· Have excellent pastoral skills including active listening, empathy, and building rapport with our members
· Have the ability to remain calm and composed in sometimes challenging situations, and flexible to juggle multiple tasks in the moment
· Be a team player and contribute to the running of sessions and programmes for the benefit of all members
· Be Resilient with a positive mindset and the ability to adapt to sometimes demanding and changeable situations
What we offer
- Meaningful work; knowing you are making a real difference to the young people as they develop towards adulthood.
- Competitive salary benchmarked against the Youth Work sector.
- Training both in-house and external to enable continued self-development to deliver high-level provision to our members.
- High street location, with free parking & close to transport links
The SWAN Youth Project is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.
As part of the selection process, all candidates must be willing to undertake a DBS check and subscribe to the DBS update service
Date posted: 19 September 2025, The closing date for applications is: 22nd October 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Head of People and Culture is a new role at this foundation and is key to their strategic growth. Prospectus is proud to be supporting with this position. The foundation manages assets and investments to generate income that enables the foundation to care for the Garden City estate in Letchworth and support local community with the provision of green spaces and a range of cultural, heritage, learning and leisure facilities.
Your focus will be to develop and grow meaningful people related infrastructure, supporting teams and managers to develop their people related skill set. You will be a well rounded HR generalist, with a specialism in developing organisations and teams. You will work with stakeholders across the organisation on a daily basis. This role is a great mixture of strategy and hands on operations. This is a part time role, based in Letchworth for a minimum of 2 days per week, and joining a pragmatic and enthusiastic team.
The ideal applicant for this role is going to be someone with experience within the charity sector and comfortable to wear multiple hats! The foundation is a fabulous mix of commercial properties, through to supporting arts and culture. This role will provide huge variety, and as such will also require flexibility and agility in style.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Catherine Bunting at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and a first draft cover letter. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Our Senior Individual Giving Acquisition Officer will develop, test, learn and grow our fundraising acquisition programme. The role is crucial in implementing our strategy to attract new audiences and donors across a wide range of fundraising products and campaigns from regular giving to virtual challenges.
This exciting role manages and supports all aspects of fundraising acquisition activity from planning and set-up to implementing end of campaign recommendations. The post holder will work closely with the Individual Giving and Legacy Manager and Head of Public Fundraising to plan how Bowel Cancer UK can acquire supporters through new and innovative campaigns and channels – taking a measured, test and learn approach.
As well as working closely with the entire Public Fundraising Team, the role will also collaborate with other key internal stakeholders and is responsible for fostering excellent working relationships with our portfolio of external agency partners.
The role has line management responsibility for our Mass Participation Officer, supporting them to flourish and develop in their role, and ensuring the successful delivery of our high profile and exciting portfolio of virtual challenges.
We are open to this being a remote or hybrid role and will also consider flexible working hours.
We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.