Jobs in highgate
Volunteers Coordinator - Maternity Cover (12 Months)
Location: Central London - OFFICE BASED role
Salary: £33,524 per annum (including London Weighting)
Contract: Full-time, Fixed Term (35 hours/week)
Your new company
This well-established, values-driven charity based in Central London is committed to supporting vulnerable communities through inclusive, person-centred services. With a strong reputation for impact and innovation, the organisation offers a collaborative and supportive working environment where staff are empowered to make a real difference.
Your new role
As Volunteers Coordinator, you'll lead the coordination of a dynamic volunteer programme, ensuring volunteers are recruited, inducted, trained, and supported effectively. You'll work closely with service teams to shape meaningful volunteer roles, maintain accurate records, and deliver engaging development opportunities. You'll also take the lead on planning two major volunteer celebration events annually, helping foster a culture of appreciation and inclusion.
What you'll need to succeed
We're looking for someone with:
- Proven experience managing volunteers across recruitment, onboarding, supervision, and retention.
- Strong understanding of volunteering policies, processes, and relevant legislation.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across diverse audiences.
- High-level organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Confidence using IT systems including Microsoft Office and volunteer management platforms (e.g. Better Impact).
- Experience designing and delivering training and development sessions.
- A proactive, problem-solving mindset and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Commitment to confidentiality and professionalism.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary with London Weighting
- 34 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Pension scheme and employee benefits
- A supportive and inclusive workplace culture
- Opportunities for professional development
- The chance to make a meaningful impact in the community
What you need to do now
If you're passionate about volunteer engagement and want to be part of a purpose-led organisation making a real difference, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your CV today to take the next step in your career.
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Editor in Chief
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: c£110,000
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Flexible, with a preference for the UK, Germany, or Denmark.
Our client is a globally recognised leader in evidence-based healthcare. For over 30 years, the organisation has been committed to producing trusted health evidence that informs decisions, improves outcomes, and supports better health for all.
The organisation is now seeking an outstanding Editor in Chief to provide scientific, editorial, and publishing leadership across its global evidence production and publishing activities. This is a pivotal appointment that will shape the future scientific direction and ensure that the organisation’s evidence remains rigorous, relevant, and trusted worldwide.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Editor in Chief will lead the implementation of the organisation’s 2025–2030 Scientific Strategy, guiding its evidence synthesis and publishing portfolio, and ensuring the highest standards of methodological integrity and policy relevance.
The Editor in Chief will be responsible for setting the scientific and editorial vision, strengthening the organisation’s position as the global benchmark for trustworthy evidence. The postholder will work in close partnership with the CEO and Governing Board to uphold editorial independence and scientific credibility, while advancing innovation through living evidence, AI integration, and equity-centred approaches.
The Editor in Chief will also serve as one of the organisation’s key scientific ambassadors, engaging with funders, policymakers, and international partners such as the World Health Organization, the Wellcome Trust, and other leaders in the global evidence ecosystem.
To be successful in this role, the organisation is looking for:
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An internationally recognised expert in evidence synthesis or related fields, with a deep understanding of methodological standards and research integrity.
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A proven leader with experience managing complex scientific or editorial programmes, ideally with international reach.
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A strong track record of innovation in evidence production, including digital, AI-enabled, or living evidence approaches.
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Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels across scientific, policy, and health communities.
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A personal commitment to the organisation’s values of rigour, transparency, and collaboration, and to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in global health research.
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The motivation and courage to lead change within a dynamic and evolving external landscape, taking thoughtful, evidence-informed risks to drive progress.
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The ability to inspire, engage, and unite both the internal team and the wider community around a shared purpose, demonstrating emotional intelligence, adaptability, and composure when navigating complexity and challenge.
Above all, the successful candidate will bring vision, integrity, and passion for the transformative role of high-quality evidence in improving health outcomes worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to lead the scientific strategy of a world-leading organisation at a time of significant innovation and opportunity.
If you share this commitment to evidence-based practice, global collaboration, and equity in health, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please see the appointment brief for a more detailed outline of the role, along with additional information about the organisation and its community.
How to Apply:
Please apply by submitting an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement addressing the role requirements via the Prospectus website.
The organisation is a Disability Confident employer. If you have a disability and would like to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please let us know in your covering letter. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, we encourage you to tell us.
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Department: Adult Services
Salary: £29,132.25 Pro rata
Hours: 18.75
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Are you an experienced support worker ready to take the next step into a leadership role?
We’re looking for a skilled and confident Support Lead to join our Wandsworth Floating Support team. You’ll provide hands-on support to clients while supervising a team of Support Workers, ensuring the service delivers high-quality, person-centred support that promotes independence and recovery.
You will:
- Provide supervision, guidance and appraisals for Support Workers
- Work directly with a small caseload to model effective support
- Support service users with tenancy sustainment, recovery, and wellbeing
- Lead on complex support or tenancy breach issues
- Support recruitment, staff induction, training and performance development
- Ensure accurate recording of outcomes and contract performance indicators
- Build effective working relationships with internal teams and external agencies
- Collaborate with the Community Lead Manager to deliver service targets
- Contribute to team culture, best practices and continuous improvement
You are:
- Experienced in mental health or housing-related support services
- Able to supervise and develop a frontline team
- Person-centred, with strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Confident managing risk, support plans, and complex casework
- Knowledgeable in safeguarding, tenancy rights, and support frameworks
- Skilled in working collaboratively with a wide range of professionals
- Organised, proactive and values-driven
About us:
We’re a leading community-based organisation dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and clinical interventions across London. Our experienced clinically led teams are focused on directly addressing a range of mental health needs in our communities. We combine innovative solutions with decades of local community knowledge to empower people to live the life they choose. We partner with the NHS and local authorities to deliver clinically driven frontline services with fantastic outcomes. We focus on early intervention and prevention, targeting mental health conditions at the most cost-effective stage, while also supporting people with moderate to severe mental health needs across our communities.
Benefits:
- Hybrid-working if nature of role permits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme (interest free lone paid back 12 months period)
- Employee Assistance Programme A 24-hour helpline from Health Assured to support you through any of life’s issues or problems
- Free eye test
- Flexible working
- Interest free loan, those in financial hardship
REF-224 540
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Department: Adult Services
Salary: £27,008
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you passionate about supporting people with mental health and complex needs to live more independently?
We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated Support Worker to join our Housing Services team. You’ll provide floating support to people with mental health and other complex needs, helping them sustain tenancies, improve their wellbeing, and build independence in the community.
You will:
- Deliver high-quality tenancy sustainment and floating support
- Manage a recovery-focused caseload with clear support plans
- Build warm, trusting relationships with service users within professional boundaries
- Support clients to improve life skills, wellbeing, and independence
- Work in partnership with statutory and voluntary services
- Monitor wellbeing and raise any safeguarding concerns
- Provide move-on support, including resettlement planning and access to housing options
- Promote service user involvement and support access to meaningful activity
- Help tenants manage finances, benefits, and budgeting
- Contribute to monitoring reports and service development
- Work as part of a collaborative team across services
You are:
- Experienced in supporting vulnerable adults, ideally in mental health or housing
- Person-centred, empathetic, and strengths-based in your approach
- Confident in building effective working relationships with clients and professionals
- Knowledgeable in safeguarding, tenancy sustainment, and welfare rights
- Organised, reliable, and a strong communicator
- Committed to promoting equality, inclusion, and service user empowerment
About us:
We’re a leading community-based organisation dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and clinical interventions across London. Our experienced clinically led teams are focused on directly addressing a range of mental health needs in our communities. We combine innovative solutions with decades of local community knowledge to empower people to live the life they choose. We partner with the NHS and local authorities to deliver clinically driven frontline services with fantastic outcomes. We focus on early intervention and prevention, targeting mental health conditions at the most cost-effective stage, while also supporting people with moderate to severe mental health needs across our communities.
Benefits:
- Hybrid-working if nature of role permits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme (interest free lone paid back 12 months period)
- Employee Assistance Programme A 24-hour helpline from Health Assured to support you through any of life’s issues or problems
- Free eye test
- Flexible working
- Interest free loan, those in financial hardship
REF-224 538
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Department: Adult Services
Salary: £29,132.25
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you an experienced support worker ready to take the next step into a leadership role?
We’re looking for a skilled and confident Support Lead to join our Wandsworth Floating Support team. You’ll provide hands-on support to clients while supervising a team of Support Workers, ensuring the service delivers high-quality, person-centred support that promotes independence and recovery.
You will:
- Provide supervision, guidance and appraisals for Support Workers
- Work directly with a small caseload to model effective support
- Support service users with tenancy sustainment, recovery, and wellbeing
- Lead on complex support or tenancy breach issues
- Support recruitment, staff induction, training and performance development
- Ensure accurate recording of outcomes and contract performance indicators
- Build effective working relationships with internal teams and external agencies
- Collaborate with the Community Lead Manager to deliver service targets
- Contribute to team culture, best practices and continuous improvement
You are:
- Experienced in mental health or housing-related support services
- Able to supervise and develop a frontline team
- Person-centred, with strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Confident managing risk, support plans, and complex casework
- Knowledgeable in safeguarding, tenancy rights, and support frameworks
- Skilled in working collaboratively with a wide range of professionals
- Organised, proactive and values-driven
About us:
We’re a leading community-based organisation dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and clinical interventions across London. Our experienced clinically led teams are focused on directly addressing a range of mental health needs in our communities. We combine innovative solutions with decades of local community knowledge to empower people to live the life they choose. We partner with the NHS and local authorities to deliver clinically driven frontline services with fantastic outcomes. We focus on early intervention and prevention, targeting mental health conditions at the most cost-effective stage, while also supporting people with moderate to severe mental health needs across our communities.
Benefits:
- Hybrid-working if nature of role permits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme (interest free lone paid back 12 months period)
- Employee Assistance Programme A 24-hour helpline from Health Assured to support you through any of life’s issues or problems
- Free eye test
- Flexible working
- Interest free loan, those in financial hardship
REF-224 537
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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!
Communications, Engagement and Advocacy Manager
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Communications, Engagement and Advocacy Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the Trust’s voice, profile and influence across the road safety sector.
Position: Communications, Engagement and Advocacy Manager
Location: Home-based with regular UK travel, including to Manchester HQ
Salary: £50,000
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date:Sunday 2nd November 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
The Role
The Communications, Engagement and Advocacy Manager will lead the day-to-day delivery of the Trust’s communications, advocacy, and engagement work. You will help increase the Trust’s visibility, impact, and influence by delivering high-quality content, campaigns, events, and stakeholder engagement. This is a hands-on role requiring excellent communication, strategic awareness, and strong project management skills.
You will work closely with the Director of Communications and Engagement, colleagues across the organisation, and external partners to ensure our messaging is consistent, impactful and aligned with our 2025–2028 strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality communications across media, digital and print channels.
- Manage day-to-day media relations including reactive comment and proactive stories.
- Draft press releases, briefings, speeches and policy statements.
- Lead advocacy activity to advance the Trust’s policy and funding priorities.
- Monitor national policy developments in road safety, policing, transport and public health.
- Coordinate the Trust’s participation in events, forums and conferences.
- Produce engaging web, newsletter, social media and print content.
- Ensure brand consistency, accessibility and quality across all outputs.
- Administer supplier contracts (e.g. PR and dissemination partners).
- Collate KPIs and analytics for reporting to the Director.
About You
We are seeking a confident communicator and collaborator with a strong background in communications, advocacy, or public affairs. You’ll have excellent writing and editing skills, the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, and a proactive approach to building relationships and achieving results.
Essential Experience & Skills
- Excellent writing and editing skills across multiple formats (press, policy, digital).
- Significant experience in communications, public affairs or advocacy within charity, public, or policy settings.
- Proven media handling and stakeholder engagement experience.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
- Collaborative approach with excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of road safety, public health, transport, or criminal justice policy.
- Experience working in a grant-giving, research-led or evidence-based organisation.
- Familiarity with media monitoring tools (e.g. Onclusive), CRM or stakeholder systems.
- Understanding of digital publishing and social media engagement.
- Membership of CIPR or similar professional body.
To Apply
Please submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.
About the Organisation
We are the UK’s largest independent grant funder of road safety initiatives. Through innovation, partnership, and evidence-based practice, we fund projects that save lives and reduce harm on UK roads. Our new 2025–2028 strategy positions us as a visible, vocal and connected leader in the sector working with grantees, government, police and the public to achieve our vision of zero deaths and serious injuries on UK roads.
You may have experience in roles such as: Communications Manager, Advocacy Manager, Public Affairs Manager, Media and Engagement Lead, Campaigns Manager, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Policy and Communications Officer, or PR and Media Relations Manager. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Company Description
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end of life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end of life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they’re likely to die from.
Job Description
You’ll join Marie Curie’s Policy & Public Affairs team in Scotland – part of our award-winning UK Policy & Research Directorate. We are a collaborative, passionate, and evidence-driven team working to influence national and local government, challenge inequalities, and ensure palliative and end of life care is accessible and high-quality for everyone.
As Senior Policy Manager, you’ll play a leading role in shaping Scotland’s end of life care agenda. You will develop evidence-based policies, build influential relationships with decision-makers, and lead strategic campaigns to drive meaningful change. Working alongside colleagues across the UK, you’ll help deliver Marie Curie’s vision of a Scotland where everyone’s right to palliative care becomes a reality.
Your Impact:
- Lead development of high-impact policy projects to influence end of life care in Scotland.
- Build and maintain relationships with MSPs, ministers, government officials, and sector leaders.
- Develop and deliver public affairs and campaign strategies to influence decision-makers.
- Analyse and respond to government consultations and legislative developments.
- Represent Marie Curie Scotland externally through media, conferences, and events.
- Collaborate with colleagues and partners across the UK to deliver evidence-led, coordinated policy change.
- Contribute to the Scotland policy team’s strategic direction and deputise for the Associate Director when required.
Key Criteria:
- Significant experience leading policy and public affairs work, ideally in health or social care.
- Strong political awareness and proven ability to influence at national and local levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting high-quality reports and briefings.
- Strategic thinker with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Understanding of Scottish Government and Parliament structures, and health and social care policy context.
- Experience engaging with media and speaking at public events.
- Commitment to tackling inequity and improving end of life experiences for all.
Please see the full job description .
Additional Information
Application & Interview Process
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and supplementary details. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications: 28 Oct 2025.
Salary: £45-50,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Based: Home-based with regular travel to Edinburgh
Benefits you’ll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We’re happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Head of Electric Vehicles and Low Carbon Transport
Location: London (Hybrid 3 days in the office)
Department: Policy
Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
About the job
We're looking for a dynamic and driven individual to lead our Low Carbon Transport Pillar at the Renewable Energy Association (REA). As Head of Electric Vehicles and Low Carbon Transport you'll play a central role in shaping UK transport policy, advocating for a net zero future built on renewable energy and clean technology. Reporting to the CEO, you'll engage with government, industry leaders, and stakeholders to influence policy, represent our members, and drive meaningful change. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of sustainable mobility, driving strategy on electric vehicles, low carbon transport systems, and the enabling infrastructure that supports them.
About you:
Personal Characteristics
Enthusiastic with good eye for detail and organisational skills, determination and stamina; a flexible, team player with personal integrity and confidence, and the ability to build relationships with civil servants, politicians, regulators and wider stakeholders.
You will be comfortable becoming a spokesperson and leader for the sector, while being comfortable with policy development and regulations.
Qualifications and knowledge areas
Likely to be educated to postgraduate level in a relevant area, or with equivalent experience, with knowledge of renewable energy and clean technologies and specific knowledge in low carbon transport and infrastructure technologies.
Candidates are likely to have a number of years’ experience in the sector and already be seen as a respected voice or participant in the sector, or a related field.
What REA offer
- 25 days holiday plus days between Christmas and New Years treated as holiday
- Westfield Health insurance EAP
- Discounts and perks
- Birthday voucher
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Climate perks sustainable travel days
How to apply
If you feel this role could be the right fit for you, please click the “apply now” button
*Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the advertised closing date if sufficient applications are received, therefore we encourage early applications.
About us
The REA is a not-for-profit trade association, established in 2001. While the world has changed dramatically since then, our mission remains the same: to champion our members and promote a future built on renewable energy and clean technology.
Our Vision: A future built on renewable energy and clean technology
Our Mission: To decarbonise the economy whilst helping our members build commercially and environmentally sustainable businesses
Our Approach: We do this by;
CHAMPIONING the role and benefits of renewable energy and clean technologies
INFLUENCING governments, industry and individuals
EMPOWERING renewable energy and clean technology businesses to achieve sustainable growth
REF-224 546
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About the role
Galop is looking for an experienced monitoring and evaluation professional to act as a specialist lead within the charity on monitoring, analysing and evaluating our internal services data for robust research and reporting. You will work with Galop’s services, including our Helplines, Advocacy & Support and Therapeutic Services and will report to the Director of Services.
As the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, you will work closely with the Services, Policy and Evidence, and Fundraising teams, as well as the Senior Leadership Team and the Data Protection Officer.
Location: This role is offered on either a National (remote) contract basis, or a London-based contract basis (which includes London weighting and the expectation of 2 days per week in Galop’s central London office).
Hours: This role can be offered on either a full-time (35 hours per week) basis, or potentially on a 3 or 4 day per week basis. We are open to flexibility in our approach, as we want to consider a wide range of applicants, including those who may have caring responsibilities, health limitations or other needs.
Contract: Permanent
Reports to: Director of Services
Salary: This role is offered on Band F of Galop’s pay scales.
The starting salary is F1 which equates to:
£27,774.92 per year FTE on a remote National contract.
£31,986.91 per year FTE including London Weighting of £4,212.01.
Closing Date and Applications
Applications should be submitted by 10:00am on 13th November 2025.
Interviews will be held on 1st & 2nd December 2025.
REF-224 544
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The Services Manager (Housing) will primarily focus on managing New Horizon's busy Housing Advice service, delivered both from the day centre and remotely. You will work with the Head of Housing Services to ensure the service responds holistically to young people with multiple needs or barriers. You should have relevent professional experience within the housing and homelessness sector, be a passionate advocate for young people and have the ability to motivate a team to deliver high quality services in a fast-paced environment. You should be skilled in partnership management and able to collaborate effectively to identify and deliver new housing solutions for young people experiencing homelessness.
- Permanent, full-time role in the Housing Team
- Salary: £37,024 – £41,600
- Deadline to apply: 9am Monday 3 November
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We're looking for a passionate and dynamic Grants Officer to join our Fundraising Team. You will help the Grants Manager and Head of Fundraising and Development secure vital income from a growing number of Trusts and Foundations. You will need to be a confident in writing compelling funding applications and have excellent attention to detail. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to life-changing work, develop your fundraising career, and be part of a supportive, inclusive team that's determined to make a difference.
- Permanent, full-time role in the Fundraising Team
- Salary: £31,200-£34,736
- Deadline to apply: 9am Wednesday 5th November
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you an experienced and hands-on HR professional ready to lead a high-performing team and elevate employee experience across an organisation? Our client, a fantastic international charity is now seeking an exceptional People Services Manager to drive excellence in their customer-centric People Services function, ensuring seamless support throughout the employee lifecycle - from recruitment and onboarding to offboarding.
In this pivotal role, you'll manage a small, dedicated HR operations team, fostering collaboration across the People department and wider organisation. You'll champion inclusive, efficient, and compliant practices, ensuring that people processes are robust, engaging, user-focused and continuously improving.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a highly respected and values-driven organisation. If you're passionate about people, process excellence, and creating a supportive and inclusive workplace, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Leading the delivery of end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and talent pool coordination, working closely with hiring managers and the Talent Development team.
- Overseeing payroll, pensions, compensation, and benefits administration, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal checks and external regulations.
- Managing contractor and freelancer records in line with GDPR and IR35, collaborating with finance and procurement.
- Driving continuous improvement in employee lifecycle processes, including contracts, leave, flexible working, and more.
- Supporting data analysis and reporting for internal metrics and external bodies (e.g. HMRC, ONS).
- Enhancing internal communications and self-service guidance through SharePoint and other platforms.
- Leading initiatives and projects aligned with the people plan, building ad hoc teams and stakeholder relationships as needed.
What We're Looking For:
- CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience).
- Proven experience managing People (HR) Services functions and leading small teams in a complex organisation.
- Strong project delivery skills with a focus on accountability and outcomes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement across all levels.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and inform decisions.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in practice.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 and hybrid collaboration tools.
Please note; This role offer hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days working from the central London offices.
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We are looking for a new senior political adviser who will help build on our relationships and networks across Westminster, to deliver ambitious political leadership on a range of issues. The post holder will be responsible for leading advocacy interventions and providing political support to our policy experts, primarily in the natural environment theme, with a direct focus on nature, land use, food and farming.
As a senior political adviser within the politics team, you will also be involved with, and lead on, major projects or themes of work across the political leadership theme (for example, the Environment APPG), managing and developing key external relationships and supporting the Director of politics and Director of strategic partnerships as they lead the politics team.
You will need to be an exceptional communicator, adept at bringing people together around a shared vision and have the interpersonal skills to inspire and work across Green Alliance and liaise with our extensive network of partners.
The role entails identifying and leading on opportunities for the UK government to achieve environmental progress and implementing advocacy strategies to secure it. You will have direct access to senior policy makers and environmental leaders, so will need to articulate recommendations succinctly and persuasively.
The role requires excellent understanding of UK political processes (especially in Westminster, parliament and Whitehall) and experience of using it to influence policy effectively. Experience of operating within the system or of working directly with politicians and the media to achieve policy change would be a distinct advantage. An understanding of environmental policy would be beneficial but is not vital.
You will be a highly organised, capable multi-tasker with experience managing projects and able to think on your feet, while managing multiple relationships and advocating plans concurrently.
Position in the Organisation
The senior political adviser will report to the Director of strategic partnerships and will work closely with Green Alliance’s policy and communications teams. You will be required to brief and advise the senior management team regularly and will be involved in task managing politics and policy advisers and analysts, with scope for direct line management responsibilities in the future.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Lead and support the delivery of Green Alliance projects to influence environmental policy.
- Track issues and analyse their relevance to the organisation’s objectives, and the UK’s environmental agenda, with a particular focus on our efforts to rebuild the cross-party consensus on the environment.
- Contribute to the implementation of Green Alliance’s political strategy and deputise for senior political staff, where necessary.
- Represent Green Alliance at external events, including speaking on panels and webinars, and attending events and conferences.
- Develop and sustain Green Alliance’s relationships with decision makers in Westminster and Whitehall and use them to enhance the impact of our work.
- Where relevant, develop and maintain relationships across the environmental sector to maximise impact of our strategic priorities.
- Strengthen and expand Green Alliance’s relationships with political journalists in the Westminster lobby and enhance their understanding of environmental issues and the politics around the net zero goal and nature.
- Write (or ghost write) briefings, articles and content on behalf of Green Alliance, and our partners and allies, to effect meaningful policy change in Westminster.
- Build relationships with MPs’ and peers’ offices to table Written and Oral Questions, provide briefings for debates and evidence sessions, and more, as well as strengthen relations with relevant select committee staff.
- Manage projects efficiently, within budget and to deadlines, including the task management of other team members.
- Initiate new projects and strategically develop existing ones to maximise our impact.
- Lead funding bids for new projects, including setting budgets and work plans, liaising with the Director of politics and Director of strategic partnerships.
- Be an active member of the Green Alliance staff team, contributing to a supportive and inclusive work culture.
- Work effectively as part of a team and work independently with initiative and drive.
- As required, manage consultants or freelancers.
- Any other task which may reasonably be requested to be undertaken within the scope of this post.
Person specification
Essential:
Excellent understanding of the UK’s political landscape and processes, e.g. parliamentary questions, amending legislation, select committee processes, etc.
Detailed understanding of UK and global climate and nature policy.
Experience of working with a broad range of stakeholders, convening and collaborating while managing competing priorities and beliefs.
Strong ability to manage projects, delivering outcomes to time and budget.
A passion for achieving change and experience of successfully influencing policy processes through advocacy and campaigning.
Ability to manage people, including direct reports, consultants or freelancers and to task manage those contributing to projects.
Experience of leading programme delivery, co-ordination and administration.
Experience of writing press releases, quotes and media engagement to secure coverage.
Direct experience of working with and influencing politicians and political advisers, or senior decision makers, in a political context.
Ability to collaborate effectively as part of a team, and to work on your own when needed.
Motivation to work in a purpose-driven organisation, working towards a world where people and the environment thrive together.
Desirable:
Knowledge of DEFRA related policies (particularly around food, farming, nature and land use).
Experience building relationships and networks with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Commitment to, and familiarity with the complexities of cross sector collaboration.
In your application we’ll ask you to provide evidence for how you meet the key criteria for the role, which are the ones in bold above. We will assess all aspects of the person specification across the different parts of the recruitment process. If you feel you meet the essential criteria, but not any or all of the desirable criteria, then please still consider applying.
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Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment.
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We are people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
This is a pivotal moment for human rights and for Amnesty International UK. Around the world, authoritarianism is rising, press freedom is shrinking, surveillance is expanding, and inequality is deepening. In the UK, regressive protest laws, the Illegal Migration Act, systemic racism and hostile welfare systems show how urgently rights must be defended. At the same time, funding pressures across the non-profit sector make this fight more challenging, and more vital, than ever.
This is an extraordinary role, demanding both courage and vision. We are seeking a CEO who can be a steadying force and a strategic fundraiser, able to lead with cultural competence and integrity.
You will bring the breadth and depth of leadership experience needed to step confidently into a complex environment and, from the very start, unite members, activists, boards, staff and the wider global movement. You will be a visionary strategist who looks beyond short-term challenges and helps shape Amnesty’s future over the next decade, ensuring the organisation remains bold, relevant and sustainable, balancing movement-building with financial stewardship.
As a people-centred leader, you will bring emotional intelligence, resilience and the ability to inspire confidence, nurture a high-performing team, creating a culture of psychological safety and bringing people together in a polarised world. You will be a powerful communicator and ambassador, comfortable holding external space, building alliances, and telling Amnesty’s story with clarity and conviction.
Your financial acumen will allow you to navigate our dual structure, steward resources responsibly, and find innovative ways to grow income. Above all, you will lead as an, inspiring and collaborative change-maker: someone who listens deeply, respects diverse voices and leads democratically, while still taking clear, pragmatic decisions.
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Prospetus is suppoorting a Global Foundation in the search for a UK Development Director. This Foundation is a dynamic and forward-thinking international foundation committed to driving positive change in the world and transforming the lives of vulnerable communities. They serve as a bridge between nonprofits forging solutions to today's most pressing challenges, and the donors-individual and corporate-who are essential to fuelling that work. They find, select, and monitor nonprofit organizations that design and implement essential solutions to transform the lives of children and youth and protect our planet for generations to come.
Global Foundation
UK Development Director
Permanent
London hybrid 2-3 days per week
£75,000 plus benefits (including BUPA Health Insurance)
The UK Development Director will be driving force for income growth and diversification for the organisation, expanding relationships across philanthropy giving including major donors, partnerships, and other high value donors. Setting income generation strategy to drive growth and achieve the organisation's objectives, this role will be a strategic leader reporting to the Global Director of Development and oversee a small team of two to deliver fundraising success. This role will also lead key income generation and strategic relationships to increase income, and work towards a seven-figure team income target.
The successful candidate will be able to evidence extensive high value fundraising experience in complex organisations, with notable examples of successfully securing multi-year five and six-figure relationships from high value donors including major donors or corporates. This person will have proven experience of leading successful teams to achieve income and engagement growth of a multimillion-pound level. They will also be an experienced manager and ideally have knowledge of the grant giving, youth, or sustainability sectors.
Application information
Closing date for completed applications is midnight on 28 th October. First interviews will take place w/c 3 rd November and the second and third stages the w/c 10 th November.
To apply
To apply for the role please upload your CV together with a supporting statement onto the Prospectus website via the link below.
https://www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/193169
Prospectus is committed to providing equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. For all job opportunities and progression, job applicants and employees will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. If you have any disability and would like assistance with completing an application, then please contact Rhiannon Mehta at Prospectus on [email protected].
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.