Jobs in Hemel hempstead

Our Time Charity is seeking an experienced Corporate Fundraiser to help grow vital income through meaningful, long-term partnerships with businesses and corporate supporters.

This role plays a key part in delivering our fundraising strategy by connecting purpose-driven organisations with our mission to support children and families affected by parental mental illness. You will build and steward corporate relationships, develop partnership and sponsorship proposals, and represent Our Time Charity to external audiences.

Working closely with the CEO and wider team, you’ll help secure funding that directly supports our KidsTime Workshops and wider programmes – enabling children to feel supported, understood and less alone.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in corporate fundraising, relationship management or partnerships, who enjoys building connections, telling compelling stories, and turning shared values into lasting impact.

To learn more about the role, responsibilities and how to apply, please download the full recruitment pack.

Our Time Charity is seeking an experienced Development Manager to help grow and embed our early help and family mental health services across the UK.

This is a senior, outward-facing role focused on securing statutory income, developing high-quality tenders, and building strong relationships with local authorities, Family Hubs and strategic partners. A key priority will be positioning KidsTime Workshops as a recognised, commissioned early help offer within local authority family support systems.

Working closely with the CEO, you will identify high-impact opportunities, navigate commissioning processes, and help ensure more children affected by parental mental illness receive timely, preventative support.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in local authority commissioning, business development or statutory income generation, who understands early intervention and wants to use their skills to create lasting social impact.

To learn more about the role, responsibilities and how to apply, please download the full recruitment pack.

The Role

If you are passionate about the outdoors, have a "roll up your sleeves" attitude and are looking for a role where your event management skills will make a lasting impact on young lives, then this is the job for you. We’re seeking a dynamic individual who can lead our exciting portfolio of outdoor challenge events and help us take our fundraising to the next level.

The Youth Adventure Trust's outdoor challenge events are a vital source of funding for the charity, and the relationships we build with our participants and corporate partners are more important than ever. This is where you come in.

As our Challenge Events Manager, you'll be the driving force behind our exciting challenge events portfolio.You'll work on bespoke corporate team-building challenges, high-energy industry networking events like the Hike Bike Paddle for the sports and outdoor sector and the Housebuilders Challenge, and our popular open events like the Wiltshire 3 Peaks Challenge and the Somerset Cycle. 

Challenge events not only enable people to raise amazing sums for the charity, but are also a fantastic way to engage supporters with our work, giving them the opportunity to step outside their comfort zones, embrace the outdoors and achieve things they never thought possible - similar to our work with the young people on our programmes.

The Challenge Events Manager role is a varied position which would be perfect for somebody who has event management experience. You will be responsible for the full event cycle, from the initial planning, participant recruitment and stewardship to on the day event delivery and post event follow ups. You will be somebody who can spot opportunities, take on a project and run with it. You’ll be an excellent communicator, happy to pick up the phone to chat to event participants, deliver pre-event webinars or create engaging participant emails. You’re self-motivated, well organised, able to multi-task, a strong administrator, a fantastic team player, have excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy being outdoors.

You'll work closely with the Corporate Partnership Manager, who is highly experienced in delivering our challenge events, but needs time to develop new corporate partnerships which is why we have created this new role. You'll also line-manage our Events Fundraising Officer who plays a key support role on the events.

About You

You’re a people-person, self-motivated and highly organised. You are as comfortable managing a budget and a CRM database as you are standing on a mountain side in your waterproofs! You’ll have:

• Event Expertise: A proven track record in delivering successful fundraising or challenge events.

• Agility: The ability to think on your feet and adapt plans dynamically when situations change on the ground.

• Leadership Skills: Experience managing staff or volunteers and the ability to motivate a team.

• A Passion for Adventure: A genuine love for the outdoors, comfortable in wellies and waterproofs with an understanding of 'the power of the outdoors'.

The Charity

At the Youth Adventure Trust, we use outdoor adventure to empower vulnerable young people from Swindon, Wiltshire and Somerset to fulfil their potential and lead positive lives in the future. We work with them to build resilience, develop confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime, helping them to face the challenges in their lives. Dedicated support, guidance and mentoring from our staff and volunteers ensures young people receive the maximum benefit from our long-term intervention. Our aim is to make a lasting improvement to the lives of vulnerable young people. All our services are provided completely free of charge to the young people who are nominated by schools and other youth organisations to take part.

We’re proud to offer our programmes completely free of charge to participants, and with ambitious plans to help more young people over the coming years, our fundraising challenge events are more important than ever.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to make a direct and lasting impact on young lives through your passion for the outdoors. You’ll be part of a small fundraising team with a big heart, with plenty of opportunities to visit our camps and see the tangible impact of your work. 

If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, please download the full Job Pack for more details, including the job description and person specification. All applicants must complete an application form and refer to the job description and person specification in their application.

The Youth Adventure Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. Full details can be found in the Job Pack.

Do you have experience and expertise in HR/People Analytics, data science or workforce planning? Could you work closely with senior stakeholders to shape strategies and optimise workforce planning across the UK’s leading dementia charity?

About the role
We are recruiting for a Workforce Data Analyst* to join on a fixed term contract until September 2026. This is a remote, home-based role, working full-time, 35 hours per week.

As Workforce Data Analyst, you’ll have the opportunity to make a long-term impact in one of the most dynamic and fast-growing charities in the sector. Your role will be critical in developing an approach to workforce planning that will enable us to deliver our ambitious strategy Help and Hope.

You will work closely with the People and Business leadership teams, using insight to shape strategies, optimise workforce planning, and ensure our People practices are aligned with both internal goals and external market dynamics. Providing expertise in workforce analytics and planning, you’ll be a trusted expert who enables stakeholders to make long term, strategic decisions about the size, shape and mix of their teams.

This role will focus on using predictive analytics to identify workforce trends, benchmark against the market and answer the important ‘so what’ questions – turning raw data into strategic action.

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th February.

*The job title for this role is ‘People Business Analyst’ internally.

About you
Joining us, you’ll have 3+ years’ experience in HR/People Analytics, data science or workforce planning. You’ll be data driven with good analytical capabilities and you’ll have expertise in HR technologies and data and analytics software (e.g. Power BI), which will enable you to transform workforce data into meaningful business insights.

Crucially, you’ll be a good communicator with experience working with senior stakeholders to deliver change and influence decision making. You’ll be able to prioritise your workload effectively and therefore maximise your contribution towards achieving outcomes.

What you’ll focus on:

- Defining the workforce planning process through understanding business needs and expected outcomes for the work.
- Using Power BI and AI tools to analyse People data to identify key trends and patterns in workforce data and other vital metrics, including highlighting key concerns.
- Implementing predictive analytics to forecast future People trends across the metrics and highlight any possible concerns.
- Engaging with the Senior Leadership, People Business Partners and People teams to understand existing perceptions and workforce challenges.
- Provides subject matter expertise on establishment data, working closely with People and Finance Business Partners to support budget holders to maintain the establishment.
- Using insights to prepare recommendations to the relevant leadership team, outlining the implications of current trends and what changes or strategies are needed to mitigate concerns.
- Exploring new AI technologies to enhance insight generation and reporting accuracy.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.  

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.  

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for. 

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.     

Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart. 

Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.

CRM Manager

We are looking for a CRM Manager to join the team in this full-time, fixed-term role.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we complete the final phase of our Microsoft Dynamics implementation and embed a new, organisation-wide CRM system that will transform how we engage with and support our community.

This is a hybrid role for the charity which is based in Luton.

Position: CRM Manager
Location: Hybrid working to include a minimum of two days per week in the office in Luton
Salary: £43,003 per annum
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Fixed term contract for 12 months

Closing Date: Sunday 25th January 2026 at 23.59pm

The Role

As CRM Manager, you will lead the successful completion and optimisation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 across the organisation, ensuring it is fully embedded, well-governed and widely adopted.

You will act as product owner for the CRM, overseeing configuration, integrations, upgrades, reporting and data governance, while supporting colleagues to use the system confidently and effectively. Your work will directly support fundraising, clinical and operational teams, helping to maximise supporter insight, improve engagement and enable better decision-making.

You will:

• Complete the implementation and organisation-wide rollout of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and closure of legacy CRM.
• Own CRM configuration, workflows, integrations and ongoing development.
• Develop and enforce a CRM data governance framework, including data ownership, access controls and retention policies.
• Ensure compliance with UK GDPR and organisational data protection standards.
• Maintain audit trails, oversee data quality, and manage regular cleansing and validation activities.
• Design and deliver training and support for staff across the organisation.
• Co-design complex queries and produce reports and dashboards to support fundraising and strategic planning.
• Manage relationships with CRM suppliers and oversee CRM-related budgets and contracts.

If you are passionate about using technology and data to make a meaningful difference and enjoy helping people embrace new systems and ways of working, we would love to hear from you.

About You

We are seeking an organised, proactive and collaborative CRM Manager who combines strong technical expertise with excellent communication skills.

You will have:

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience managing a CRM system, ideally within a charity or similar organisation.
• Experience delivering system implementations and optimisations.
• Strong understanding of data governance, UK GDPR and regulatory compliance.
• Advanced skills in data analysis, reporting and complex query building.
• Experience developing workflows, configurations and system integrations.
• The ability to train and support colleagues with varying levels of technical confidence.
• Excellent organisational, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.

Desirable:

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Experience within the charity or healthcare sector.
• Experience using dashboarding tools such as Power BI.
• Project management experience.
• Knowledge of APIs and data integration tools.

About the organisation

This Hospice provides free specialist palliative and end of life care for people of all ages. We support adults in Bedfordshire, and children and their families in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes – at home, in the hospice, or wherever we are needed.

As a teaching hospice, our exceptional people, training and facilities are helping local communities to live and die well. We are an equal opportunities and disability confident employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Help ensure essential goods reach people facing real hardship. Join a small charity with big impact and play a hands-on role at the heart of our operations.

At Goods For Good, we redistributed donated clothing, footwear, bedding and essential items from manufacturers, retailers and industry to charities supporting people in crisis across the UK and around the world. This role is about making that happen, day in, day out.

We’re looking for an Operations & Logistics Supervisor who is practical, organised and motivated by impact. Someone who is happy to roll up their sleeves, keep things moving, and take pride in making sure goods reach the right place, at the right time, in the right condition.

You’ll be part of a small, committed team, with real visibility across the organisation and exposure to all aspects of charity operations. From managing stock and overseeing warehouse activity, to working with volunteers and liaising with charity partners, this is a varied role where no two days are the same.

The role is based in Watford, with regular travel to our partner warehouses in Northampton and Biggleswade. You’ll oversee stock movement across all sites, support consolidation and dispatch, and help ensure our systems, records and processes are accurate and effective. Your work will directly support frontline charities responding to poverty, displacement and crisis.

This role would suit someone who enjoys responsibility, thrives in a practical environment, and wants to see the tangible results of their work. There is also genuine scope to grow the role over time, depending on your strengths and interests.

If you’re looking for a role where your organisational and logistics skills directly contribute to dignity, relief and positive environmental impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Day Centre Support Assistant Advert

Location: Hemel Hempstead, on site
Salary: £13.49 Per hour
Hours: 19 per week, 9am-1pm Mon Tues and Thurs, 9am-4pm Weds
Reports to: Day Centre Manager
Closing date: 30th January 2026

About DENS

Our aim is to be the first port of call for people in Dacorum who are facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion; to support and empower them to take the next positive step in their lives.

About the role

DENS Day Centre provides a safe and welcoming space for individuals experiencing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. As a Day Centre Support Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of our mission, offering practical help, emotional support, and a listening ear to those who need it most.

You’ll be welcoming clients, helping them to access our facilities and finding out more about them so you can signpost them to the right support. You’ll help run activities like quizzes and games, prepare and serve meals, and work alongside other DENS staff and partner agencies to keep the centre running smoothly.

This is more than a job, it’s a chance to empower people to rebuild their lives. You’ll see firsthand the positive impact of your work, even on the toughest days. While the role can be demanding and unpredictable, it’s also deeply rewarding. You’ll be part of a dedicated team that never gives up on those who need help.

About you

We’re looking for a dedicated, friendly individual who is passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives and thrives in an environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to help others. Ideally you will have…

· Experience working with vulnerable adults.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

· Ability to stay calm under pressure and handle challenging behaviour.

· Compassion, resilience, and a non-judgmental approach.

· Basic IT skills for recording client attendance and engagement

· The stamina to carry out the physical aspects of the role

Benefits

• Contributory pension scheme with NEST, employer contributions of 3%
• Sick pay scheme
• 25 days annual leave (FTE) + bank holidays
• 1 additional day of annual leave after each 5 years service (FTE, up to a max 3 days)
• 1 day per year to volunteer for DENS or another organisation (FTE)
• Employee assistance programme - 24/7 advice/support helpline & access to counselling
• Access to Medicash for cashback on health costs and access to services to support your wellbeing
• Staff wellbeing days and team building activities
• Training and professional qualifications relevant to your role

 

How to apply

· Please read the full Job Description & Personal Specification

· Please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter to show how you would be a great fit for the role. 

Please advise us should you require adjustments to be made to the recruitment process

The time commitment will be approximately 20 panel sessions per year, with a payment rate of £500 per panel, plus reasonable expenses incurred. Attendance at 2 training sessions per year is required and travel expenses will be covered. Panel sessions are held online.

PACT is one of the UK’s leading independent adoption charities, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support.

Our external Adoption Panel Members play a vital role at PACT by carefully considering applications from those wishing to become adoptive parents. We are currently seeking an independent Adoption Panel Chair, to lead our online panel in making fair, informed recommendation outcomes to a high quality standard.

You will bring an understanding of the adoption process, gained from professional or personal experience, and will be competently skilled in chairing complex meetings. You’ll be capable of facilitating active participation and ensure the panel operates within a clear regulatory and policy framework.

With an awareness of the richness of different kinds of families and their potential for meeting children/s needs, we would love to hear from you if you can bring different experiences, knowledge and perspectives to our panel member group. 

We are actively working to ensure that equality and inclusion is embedded in everything that we do. It is central to our work with vulnerable children and families, and championed by our community. However, we know there is more we can do. We want to do all we can for our service users, and we want everyone at PACT to feel a sense of belonging. To support this aim, we are working proactively to develop a panel member group that it is representative of our diverse service users (both current and prospective), volunteer community and our wider eco-system. We also know the value of having panel members who champion inclusive values and bring a wide variety of perspectives to our organisation. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds, cultures and experience to apply for this role.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please visit our website to find contact details for our Panel Advisor.

If you believe you can contribute to the skills and diversity of our panel as Independent Adoption Panel Chair, then visit our website to apply today to join a dedicated team who are part of something truly meaningful. We look forward to hearing from you!

Early applications are encouraged as we may review and appoint on an earlier basis if a successful candidate is secured.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Fri 30 January 2026

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 18 February 2026

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Independent Adoption Panel, Adoption Panel Member, Adoption Panel Representative, Adoption Panel Chair, Adoption Panel Vice Chair, etc.

Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at PACT. We have robust measures and best practices in place to safeguard and protect the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we take pride in maintaining outstanding safeguarding standards.

Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s safer recruitment pre-appointment enquiries, including a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). The role description provides information on what our safer recruitment enquiries include and the level of DBS required to work in the role.

All opportunities with PACT are based in the UK.

Are you an experienced trusts fundraiser who can write compelling applications for a charity with big ambitions?

The Neuro Therapy Centre is a member led charity which provides practical support and therapies to help manage the symptoms of a wide range of long-term degenerative neurological conditions including MS, Parkinson’s, FND and ME. The Centre supports 700 people across North Wales, Cheshire and the Wirral.

The Centre has expanded its facilities over the last two years to be able to support more people who can benefit from its services and we have lots of exciting plans to grow our services and use our facilities. Come and join us to help us make a life-changing difference to people’s lives in the region.

You’ll be a confident writer with the ability to collate and portray the impact of our services and projects whilst still being able to meet the varied criteria of funding applications. You’ll have a keen eye for detail, and be on the pulse looking for opportunities to apply for funding, whilst building and maintaining funding relationships for the Centre.

Our friendly team is based in Saltney, near Chester where our services and support also operates from – so you’ll get to see first-hand how your role makes a difference to people’s lives first-hand. Many of our fundraising and marketing team work in a hybrid model and we are open to applications from people who wish to work in this way or fully remotely with occasional visits to the Centre on an in-frequent basis to learn about the charity and for funder visits.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Research and identify potential funding sources for applications including charitable foundations, lottery bids, and statutory organisations.
• Liaise with the Centre management team to highlight funding opportunities and collect facts and information to form Cases for Support.
• Write fundraising bids to support projects and service delivery.
• Maintain communication with our network of funders
• Manage and maintain a funding pipeline of prospective funders, applications submitted, and feedback/monitoring requests.

What We Offer

• Supportive, friendly working environment
• Opportunities for training and professional development
• A meaningful role that positively impacts people’s lives
• Free on-site parking
• Flexible working

South Atlantic Programme Manager (International)
Reference: DEC20259229
Location: Flexible in UK
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £44,315.00 - £47,312.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Introduction:

We are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to join our UK Overseas Territories team to develop and manage an ongoing programme of international conservation projects in St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha and the Pitcairn Islands. Working closely with the RSPB’s network of territory partners the successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating the development of an ambitious portfolio of impactful projects conserving and protecting the unique biodiversity of these special islands.

What's the role about?

Your main duties will include:

• Facilitating the development, funding and implementation of a diverse programme of partner led projects including policy, species, habitats, science and capacity focused interventions
• Working closely with partners to ensure development and the successful delivery of projects and the ongoing development of organisational capacity.
• Define the RSPB role in supporting territory governments in identifying and prioritising impact focused recovery and conservation programming across the Southern Ocean UKOTs.
• Work with internal fundraising teams to identify new funding opportunities and to develop new projects and secure legacies/extensions to existing projects.
• Building and maintaining a network of stakeholders, both internal and external.
  • Internally this will include: relevant Programme Boards, the Globally Threatened Species Nature Recovery Group, Leadership Teams, Heads of International Programmes, Conservation Science and Policy Colleagues
  • Externally this will include: BirdLife Partners and other NGOs, UK and Territory Government Departments, Fund-raising bodies.
• Management of budgets (up to £1m p.a.)
• Reporting on progress through CORA
• Assisting the Head of UKOTs in running a Leadership Team to oversee the UKOT project pipeline and to maintain and build team morale and cohesion.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

We are looking for a professional, persuasive and engaging individual with an excellent understanding of programme management and the development and funding of compelling, high impact projects. They should have the skills and personality to be able to bring together dynamic teams and lead cross-organization collaborations.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following experience:

• Educated to degree level.
• An ability to lead, inspire and influence a wide range of people, both internally and externally.
• Extensive experience of international partner led conservation delivery
• Demonstrated background of managing multifaceted projects and programmes in complex settings with immovable deadlines.
• Experience of line-management. Including H&S procedures for international work.
• Proven ability to manage budgets up to £1m p.a.
• Proven ability to secure external funding for projects through grant applications and especially governments and other institutional funding. Experience of the Darwin funding mechanisms of particular relevance.
• Experience of partner development working with small international NGOs to increase their capacity.
• Experience of working with UK and International government departments and ministries.
• Experience of managing contracts with partners or contractors.
• Excellent networking skills and experience of facilitative leadership.
• Knowledge of Project and Programme Management Frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Competent IT user including MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint SharePoint and CORA.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience of working in the UK Overseas Territories
• An ability to make occasional International trips. Although most of these would result in periods of up to two weeks away from home the extremely isolated locations of some of the territories may require longer timeframes away.

Closing date: 23:59, Monday 9th February 2026
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position in early March 2026.

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.

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 process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and 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.

Contract length: Permanent

Location: North West London

Hours per week: 35, working Sunday - Thursday, 9am-5pm

Salary:  £28k-£34k pa depending on experience and knowledge

Closing date for applications: Saturday 31st January 2026. First round interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams; interested candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible

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Every dog and cat in need deserves expert, personalised care and support, and to be loved. When you work for Mayhew, you understand that better than ever.

We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of c80 staff and c150 volunteers, here for dogs, cats and communities in the UK, in Afghanistan and in Georgia. We offer expert veterinary care, rescue and rehoming services, programmes in the community and guidance and support to improve the lives of dogs and cats in need.

We do our best for dogs and cats in need every day, working with colleague across the sector to improve their lives and to give them the care, support and love they deserve. But it’s our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the dogs and cats we care for and those who love them.

At our North West London Home, we are recruiting a Head of Kennels who will share our compassion and commitment for animal welfare to provide front line leadership to our team of Kennel and Animal Care staff and volunteers. We care for up to fifteen dogs on site, in addition to dogs placed into foster homes. Our Head of Kennels is responsible for managing the day-to-day smooth running of our kennels and maintaining the wellbeing of all dogs in our care, so that their individual physical and psychological needs are catered for adequately, and in line with our standards and ethics.

This is a high profile and hugely important role for Mayhew as our Head of Kennels oversees each dog's journey through Mayhew from in-take to assessment and then to rehoming. Working with staff and volunteers across the Home, foster carers, adopters, other charities and rescues and members of the public, our Head of Kennels is instrumental in ensuring that our dogs have all they need - from feeding, exercising, cleaning, and socialising to finding their perfect forever home. This role can be physically and emotionally demanding but is also hugely rewarding; you can view some of our amazing rescue stories here.

Leading a small team, our Head of Kennels is responsible for managing all aspects of our dog in-takes, adoptions, fostering and Pet Refuge (read more here), managing our capacity to ensure we help as many dogs as we can and ensuring our dogs are rehomed to a home suited to their individual needs as soon as possible.

We offer a caring and supportive team and the chance to make a lasting difference to the lives of dogs who rely on us.

Generally, you will:

• Lead and manage our kennels and ensure the very best care and support is given to each of our dogs
• Proactively, collaboratively and resourcefully maintain relationships with volunteers, foster carers, adopters, other rescue managers and other colleagues in the wider Mayhew community
• Manage your team in an inclusive and collaborative way, enabling and empowering them
• Engage and collaborate with senior staff to ensure effective delivery of our strategic and operational goals

To be successful in this role, you need relevant experience in:

• Experience working with dogs, preferably in a shelter environment
• Knowledge of dog behaviour, training and welfare
• Experience of successfully motivating, managing, and developing a high performing team and managing performance
• Experience of effectively managing competing and changeable priorities, a high workload and multiple complex issues and tasks

Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence of their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.

Job Purpose

This role sits within our new project supporting male asylum seekers accommodated in hotels based in Ealing. The service aims to address mental health challenges exacerbated by displacement, trauma, and isolation, with a culturally sensitive approach that prioritises language accessibility, stigma reduction, and improved access to onward referrals.

This will be achieved through in-reach targeted group sessions and 1:1 tailored support sessions, addressing:

• Psychoeducation
• Emotional regulation and coping support
• Peer-based and social connection activities
• Creative and expressive activities (art, drama, storytelling)
• Better accessibility with onward services

 

The Role

The role of the Mental Health (Asylum Seekers) Coordinator is to engage male asylum seekers who are accommodated in hotels in Ealing; arrange, coordinate and facilitate a range of culturally appropriate psychoeducation, peer-led and expressive activities which will be delivered twice a week. The role will also include 1:1 sessions; providing mental health stabilisation, advice and support to connect with wider services including multilingual engagement. This role includes autonomous and creative thinking.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing a person centred and recovery orientated approach in all aspects of the roles and responsibilities.

• Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities

• Considering each person as an individual

• Working collaboratively with clients to understand their needs and developing flexible and realistic crisis support packages/person centred plans

• Understanding of safety planning

• Experience of working within mental health services

• Understanding and experience of challenges and stigma asylum seekers face

• Understanding of social climate and an advocate to challenge biases and stigma

• Understanding and experience of challenges men experience regarding mental health and society

• Experience of leading workshops

• Creative approach

• Experience with de-escalation, recognising and mitigating risks.

• Experience of working with those in crisis and challenging behaviour

• Listening to clients and encouraging positive steps towards self-management of wellbeing and recovery

• Understanding safeguarding adults and children processes and legal requirements

• Understanding of social issues such as debt, housing and welfare benefits

• Promoting people’ rights and responsibilities

• Providing advice, information, practical and emotional support to clients

• Proactively recognising the indicators of deteriorating mental health and facilitate appropriate action, whilst liaising with relevant agencies e.g., CATT, Emergency Duty Teams, CAMHS, Safe Space, SCFT etc

• Engaging with clients to show empathy, inspire hope and promote recovery

• Establishing supportive, empowering and respectful relationships with clients and carers/ family

• Maintaining accurate records, detailing interventions

• Ensuring that outcomes, outputs and impact are recorded

• Providing administrative and management support to the team

• Attend reflective practice, clinical supervision, peer supervision and line management supervision

• Create and maintain good working relationships with partner agencies

• Follow workplans

• Actively participate in training and development

• Provide and manage resources for clients and staff

 

Person Specification

• Minimum of 1 year working in mental health services and with clients experiencing mental health distress

• Minimum of 1 year working within trauma-informed approaches

• Understanding of cultural sensitivities

• Ability to challenge biases and stigma

• Experience of raising awareness and participation in outreach events

• Experience of managing challenging behaviour and dealing with clients with complex needs

• Minimum 1 year of project coordination/management

• Experience of facilitating workshops/group sessions

• Experience of managing safeguarding risks and understanding legal requirements for safeguarding adults and children

• Evidence of continual professional development

• Understanding of the principles of trauma informed care

• Understanding of suicide prevention and safety planning

• Understanding of the relationship between mental health and social issues and how these issues may impact on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing

• Understanding of relevant legislation and policies

• Awareness of issues in mental health service provision

• A good understanding of mental health conditions

• Experience of working with vulnerable individuals

• Creative and flexible approach to working with individuals

• Ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner and de-escalate challenging situations

• Ability to prioritise and manage workload

• Ability to involve clients and carers in all aspects of work

• Empathy and non-judgemental approach

• Good communication skills

• Capacity to work within an agreed shift pattern

• Experience of delivering information and advice (housing, benefits, debt etc)

• Experience of non-clinical, therapeutic interventions like psychoeducation

• Good IT skills including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, with proven ability to input and extract information and produce reports

• Multilingual is desired

• Staff within this role will be considered key workers, so in the event of a government lockdown, staff will be expected to continue working

Our charity has grown rapidly over the last five years, with each year bringing new faces and new opportunities. This year, we’re excited to be welcoming a Fundraising Manager to join our team.

In this role, you’ll work closely with our CEO and operations team to deliver our annual fundraising targets, focusing on individual giving, trusts and foundations, and fundraising events/external opportunities. Partnerships are currently managed by the CEO and our Board of Trustees.

We have a fun, joyful working culture and work flexibly and mostly remotely, though you may occasionally need to attend meetings in London or travel for events. Our registered office is in Margate, so if you’re local or fancy a change of scene, you’re welcome to come and work by the sea.

As this is a new role for Not A Phase, we’re looking for someone confident, proactive and full of ideas. You’ll have the freedom to shape and implement your own systems and processes, with full support from the team.

It’s vital that you have an understanding of the issues currently faced by the trans+ community in the UK. We recently launched our new five-year strategy, Joy as an Act of Resistance, which will guide our mission in these challenging times. Your role will be key in helping us achieve it, if you'd like to check it out, you can read it in full over on our website.

We encourage applications from those with lived experience or a deep understanding of the topics we work within.

About You

• Experienced fundraiser, ideally with a background in individual giving.

• Skilled bid writer with a proven track record.

• Lived experience of, or strong understanding of, the challenges facing the trans+ community in the UK.

• Experience developing and managing fundraising events from start to finish.

• Passionate about giving supporters the best possible experience and skilled at building relationships to exceed targets.

• Confident communicator who can engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

• Creative, proactive problem-solver who thrives in a flexible environment.

Please be aware that we use AI detection software will not be moving ahead with applcations or CV's that are written by AI.

Hiring remote - we're open to candidates in the UK & EU

About Electica 

Electica brings the best data and technology to advocacy campaigns across the world. We deliver digital messaging to audiences on behalf of mission-driven clients, including political campaigns, advocacy organizations, and institutions. Our clients include the European Parliament, UK Scottish Labour, major red-to-blue US Congressional races, GreenPeace, Hope not Hate, and pro-democracy advocacy organizations in more than 40 countries. 

Electica is a progressive company of 30 employees, not just in our political campaigns but also our way of working. We are fully remote, so for this role that means you can be based anywhere in the UK/EU providing you can work on the GMT timezone. We organize awesome in-person retreats to align on strategy and bond with teammates. Think Croatia, Portugal, Italy, and Mexico!

Role Overview

Working in the AdOps team, you will be helping develop campaign strategies based on our client needs. Campaign Associates are responsible for writing corresponding media plans and running campaigns on our own digital advertising platform (called Advocate) and other platforms, to ensure campaign goals are met. 

As a fully remote company, you can work anywhere on the Central or Eastern timezones in the US or Canada // anywhere in the UK or Western Europe.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design of digital advertising strategies for our clients

• Execute digital advertising campaigns on a variety of advertising platforms.

• Monitor campaign performance, and translate campaign reports into actionable optimisations to improve performance. 

• Conduct quality assurance checks to ensure accuracy of team output.

Must Have Skills

• University degree (Bachelors or Masters)

• Strong attention to detail.

• Proven organisational skills, with the ability to manage tasks from multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfort working with digital tools and learning new platforms quickly.

• Strong problem-solving skills. 

• Interest in progressive campaigns and causes.
   

Nice to Have Experience

• Experience implementing digital advertising campaigns. 

• Experience working / volunteering for progressive campaigns or causes. 

• Experience using project management tools to track work and maintain documentation (such as ClickUp).

• Experience with buying ads via search, social, and programmatic buying platforms such as: The Trade Desk, Google Search, DV360, Meta. 

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary around GBP 35,000 / EUR 40,000 depending on experience.

• 2x yearly personal performance bonuses targeting (and averaging!) 15% of base salary

• Annual company profit-sharing scheme (5% of company profits)

• Unlimited vacation

• Pension scheme (UK/Ireland only)

• Healthcare plan (UK/Ireland only)

• 100% remote working

• Monthly wellbeing budget

• Home office set up allowance

Our Values

• Campaigns we believe in. Our work has a real impact. For this reason, we only work with campaigns that share our vision of a more progressive, democratic, equal, integrated, and sustainable society
• For impact. Electica exists to support campaigns who are fighting the progressive fight on the front line. We only work with campaigns we can add value to, and our commitment to them is to enable them to deliver the highest possible impact
• Excellence and grit. We aim at being the absolute best at what we do. We persevere through every obstacle relentlessly to help you pursue your campaign’s objectives
• Dive deep. We are data driven critical-thinkers. We dive into details, audit frequently, and connect the details to the broader objectives of your campaigns to maximize impact
• People-centric. We value personal bonds, and we invest in each other. We know campaigning is hard work, so we keep it fun and motivating to enable everyone who works with us to flourish