Jobs in Ickenham
Title: Head of Campaigns
Salary: £60,000
Contract: Temporary
Hours: 37.5 per week (Monday to Friday)
Holiday: 25 days per year plus bank holidays
Location: Home based with regular across the UK
Probationary Period: 3 months
Reports to: Chief Executive
Benefits: An additional 3 days holiday between Christmas and New Year
Flexitime policy
5% pension contribution
Anticipated contract duration: 9th November 2026 - February 2028
We are River Action
We are a small and agile campaigning organisation on a mission to rescue the UK’s rivers from a toxic cocktail of agricultural, sewage and industrial pollution and water shortages. We support community action, galvanise and mobilise public opinion, influence government policy, take legal actions and call out destructive industrial practices to incentivise changes that end river pollution and secure freshwater.
We are a talented team of positive disrupters and stakeholder mobilisers delivering our strategy to urgently protect and restore our rivers for the benefit of communities, rivers and wildlife.
Our rivers are our life support system and they are dying. We need urgent action to bring them back to life.
Who we are looking for
We're looking for an exceptional campaigner to lead an ambitious environmental campaigning programme for just over a year to cover maternity leave. This is an exciting opportunity for an inspiring leader who can develop bold, strategic campaigns that shift public debate, influence decision-makers and deliver tangible environmental outcomes.
You'll be an experienced campaign strategist who understands that lasting change rarely comes from a single tactic. You'll know how to bring together compelling communications, evidence and investigations, grassroots mobilisation, political engagement, legal interventions and partnerships into integrated campaigns capable of changing policy, behaviour and corporate practice.
We're looking for someone who combines strategic vision with practical delivery. Someone who is comfortable making decisions in a fast-moving environment, spotting opportunities as they emerge and adapting campaigns to maximise impact.
Experience in environmental campaigning would be highly valuable, but above all we're looking for someone with an outstanding track record of leading successful campaigns that have shifted opinion, influenced policy or held powerful institutions to account.
We’re looking for someone who brings energy, creativity and courageous leadership. Someone who is excited by building campaigns that challenge the status quo, comfortable navigating complexity and able to combine bold thinking with sound judgement. You'll know when to disrupt, when to collaborate and how to inspire others to believe that together we can restore the UK’s rivers.
If you're motivated by creating change, thrive in a dynamic environment and want to lead campaigns that make a genuine difference to one of the UK's greatest environmental challenges, we'd love to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing:
As Head of Campaigns, you will be developing and delivering bold, integrated campaigns that drive lasting change for the UK's rivers. You'll lead and inspire a talented team of campaigners, helping them to develop innovative, impactful campaigns while fostering a collaborative, ambitious and supportive culture. You'll work closely with colleagues across communications, policy, legal, fundraising and research, ensuring our work is strategically aligned and greater than the sum of its parts.
Leading River Action's Campaigns Team, you will shape the organisation's campaigning strategy, ensuring our work is innovative, evidence-led and designed to influence public opinion, hold polluters to account and secure meaningful political and systemic change. You'll create campaigns that connect compelling storytelling with community mobilisation, strategic communications, political advocacy, legal action and partnerships, ensuring every part of our work contributes towards our mission to rescue the UK’s rivers.
You'll provide strategic leadership across the full campaign lifecycle, overseeing campaign planning, delivery, budgeting, resourcing and evaluation. You'll ensure our campaigns are informed by robust evidence, guided by clear objectives and measured against meaningful outcomes, using insight and learning to continually strengthen our impact.
You will lead River Action's communications and public profile, ensuring our campaigns cut through the national conversation, inspire public action and strengthen our reputation as one of the UK's leading environmental campaigning organisations. You’ll oversee media, messaging and campaign communications that amplify our voice and build public support for change.
Internally, you'll work in close partnership with the Head of Public Affairs to ensure our public campaigns reinforce and accelerate our political influencing work, while ensuring community campaigns and grassroots action inform our national priorities. You'll also work alongside the Head of Legal to develop campaigns involving strategic litigation to achieve change within and outside of court and legal processes, using legal action as a catalyst for wider public awareness, policy change and industry accountability.
As a member of River Action's Senior Management Team, you'll help shape the strategic direction of the organisation and contribute to organisational leadership beyond your own department. You'll work alongside the CEO and fellow Heads of Department to deliver our organisational strategy, embedding collaboration, innovation and impact across all areas of our work.
You'll also play a key role in securing the resources needed to deliver our ambitions. Working with the Head of Development, you'll help develop compelling funding proposals, inspire funders with our vision and demonstrate the impact of our work through robust monitoring, evaluation and reporting. Working with the Finance and Operations Manager, you'll oversee campaign budgets, ensuring resources are managed effectively and strategically.
Main Duties
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Provide strategic leadership as a member of the Senior Management Team, supporting the CEO to deliver River Action's organisational strategy, theory of change and long-term vision.
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Lead the development and delivery of River Action's integrated campaigning strategy, ensuring our public campaigns drive measurable environmental, political and societal change.
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Develop and oversee a portfolio of ambitious national campaigns, identifying opportunities to influence public opinion, policy, regulation and industry practice through innovative and impactful campaigning.
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Lead River Action's communications, media and public engagement strategy, ensuring compelling storytelling, strong brand visibility and effective use of traditional, digital and social media to grow our influence and supporter base.
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Lead the planning and delivery of River Action’s creative interventions and actions, from polling, petitions and shareholder actions to public protests and high-profile actions.
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Serve as a senior public representative and spokesperson for River Action, building the organisation's profile and influence through media engagement, public speaking, stakeholder engagement and high-profile external events.
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Oversee River Action's digital campaigning platforms, including the strategic development of our website and digital engagement tools.
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Work closely with the Head of Public Affairs to ensure campaigns and political advocacy are fully integrated, maximising opportunities to influence government, regulators and decision-makers.
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Work closely with the Head of Public Affairs to ensure grassroots action informs national campaigns, and national campaigns empower and amplify community action.
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Work with the Head of Legal to identify, develop and deliver strategic legal interventions that strengthen campaigns, increase accountability and drive systemic change beyond the courtroom.
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Build and maintain influential relationships with campaign partners, coalitions, NGOs, academics, community organisations, funders and other key stakeholders to maximise collective impact.
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Lead campaign planning, governance and delivery, ensuring campaigns are effectively resourced, managed and evaluated against agreed objectives, budgets and monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) frameworks.
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Lead, inspire and develop the Campaigns Team, fostering a collaborative, creative and high-performing culture that enables colleagues to thrive and deliver exceptional work.
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Work with the CEO, Head of Development and senior colleagues to secure funding for campaign activities, contributing to funding proposals, donor engagement and impact reporting.
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Work with the Finance and Operations Manager to develop, monitor and manage campaign budgets, ensuring resources are used effectively and strategically.
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Support organisational reporting by contributing to Board papers, quarterly and annual reports, organisational planning and performance monitoring.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
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Adopt a positive approach to personal and professional development; engaging in one to one meetings and relevant training.
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Be aware of, and act on, relevant health and safety responsibilities as an employee of River Action and adhere to these wherever you are working.
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To maintain confidentiality in all areas of work at River Action.
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UK travel will be required. Training & operational activities may require overnight stays away from home, in which case standard River Action procedures apply.
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Demonstrate a strong commitment to creating an inclusive, equal and diverse workplace and a positive organisational culture.
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Work collaboratively with colleagues across River Action to collectively deliver our ethos and mission.
What you’ll bring
The position will suit a strategic, well organised, energetic, passionate and dedicated person. The ideal person will be an excellent leader, a people person, and thrive within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The person will have a passion to protect and restore our waterways and hold those responsible for environmental destruction to account.
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Ability to think strategically to deliver campaigns that are positively disruptive and meet River Action values.
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Line management experience of highly experienced professionals, bringing out the best in your team.
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Creative attitude and skills for solving problems and raising awareness of problems and solutions.
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A head for organisation and excellent time management, bringing others along with you in planning and delivering interventions and projects at short notice and under pressure.
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Experience in public and/or political campaigning either within or outside the environmental sector.
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Experience and contacts in communications and PR.
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An understanding of the issues that are impacting our rivers, and their solutions.
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The ability to establish and maintain effective contacts and relationships with senior and influential external individuals and bodies.
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The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a wide range of people both verbally and in writing including the media, community groups, other NGO representatives, government, industry leaders, supporters and followers on social media.
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Exceptional IT literacy and a head for figures and budgeting.
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Ability to work independently and take initiative to solve problems.
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Ability to work flexible hours as necessary.
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A good team player with a willingness to muck in as and where required.
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Ability to think clearly even when working under pressure.
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A passion for River Action’s mission and vision.
Diversity and Inclusion
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies show that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. So if you like the look of this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description, we would still like to hear from you. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.
How to apply
To apply, please submit to jobs at riveractionuk dot com with the subject ‘Head of Campaigns’’:
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your CV (2 pages max),
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a cover letter (2 pages max) explaining why you want to work for River Action and how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role, and
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a written submission (2 pages) as described below.
Only applications including all three documents will be accepted. Please provide your documents in pdf format.
Written submission
River Action is looking to develop a campaign around water security in the UK to launch in 2027. Please put together a campaign brief setting out the challenges faced, how we would develop and deliver this campaign including campaign asks; campaign outcomes; public, political and legal tactics; routes for funding and resource requirements.
Your campaign brief should be no longer than 2 sides of A4.
Application process
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until 23:59 on 19th July.
Should your application be shortlisted, the next stage will involve an initial 30 minute interview on 28th July via video conference. You may then be invited to attend a second interview with a panel on 3rd August.
Please indicate in your covering letter or in a covering email your availability for interviews on these dates.
If you have any questions about the role or your application, please contact us on jobs at riveractionuk dot com.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Since 2019, we've supported over 150 collectives and organisations across the UK and Ireland to make change in their local areas. This includes building the power of people with disabilities, migrants and refugees, young people, carers, working class communities, LGBTQ+ collectives and those living in poverty.
Our work consists of training, coaching, hands-on organising and supporting communities to navigate difference and change.
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About the role
The Project Manager coordinates and delivers Act Build Change's programmes and initiatives, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to agreed standards. This hands-on role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects across membership programmes, partnership activities, and internal operations.
Working closely with programme leads and stakeholders, you'll provide essential coordination support to keep projects on track whilst maintaining clear documentation and communication throughout project lifecycles. Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you'll ensure consistent project delivery standards and contribute valuable insights from project evaluation and monitoring.
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Key responsibilities
Project planning and coordination
- Manage project lifecycles from initiation through to completion:
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and documentation using workflow systems.
- Track project progress against milestones, identifying risks and proposing solutions to keep projects on track.
- Support budget monitoring and resource allocation to ensure projects stay within agreed parameters.
- Facilitate project meetings, prepare agendas and keep time, and maintain clear communication between stakeholders.
Project delivery support
- Coordinate logistics and delivery across a variety of organisational activities:
- Manage workshop, event, and campaign logistics including venue coordination, travel arrangements, and participant communications.
- Organise internal projects including team away days, meetings, and organisational events.
- Support partnership project delivery by liaising with external stakeholders.
- Oversee delivery of programmes and maintain accurate records.
Monitoring and evaluation
- Track project outcomes and support continuous improvement:
- Collect and analyse project data, feedback, and evaluation results.
- Produce regular project reports highlighting progress, outcomes, and lessons learned.
- Support evaluation processes for workshops and programmes, identifying areas for improvement.
- Maintain project archives and documentation for future reference and organisational learning.
Process and team support
- Contribute to effective project management practices across the organisation:
- Support implementation of project management frameworks and processes.
- Collaborate with colleagues to share learning and improve project delivery methods.
- Participate in team planning and reflection sessions.
- Assist with ad-hoc projects and activities as required to support organisational goals.
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What we're looking for
Essential experience and skills
- Demonstrable project management experience with a proven track record of delivering multiple concurrent projects on time and within budget.
- Strong experience coordinating events, workshops, or programmes involving multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage project timelines, resources, and logistics effectively.
- Experience working with external partners, suppliers, or contractors.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage diverse audiences.
- Strong team collaborator.
- Proficiency with project management tools and systems.
- Comfortable working remotely with minimal supervision and strong self-management skills.
Desirable experience and skills
- Previous experience of community organising or a strong interest in it.
- Experience of working in nonprofit or mission-driven environments.
- Background coordinating membership programmes or community engagement activities.
- Experience organising team events, away days, or internal organisational activities.
- Budget monitoring experience.
Personal qualities
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
- Confident project manager who maintains professional standards whilst remaining collaborative and open to different perspectives.
- Proactive problem-solver who identifies challenges early and offers practical solutions.
- Clear communicator who builds positive relationships with colleagues and external partners.
- Adaptable and resilient, thriving in a fast-paced environment with changing demands.
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What we offer
Salary and benefits
- £30,900-£39,140 salary, depending on experience.
- Permanent contract with option for 4-5 days per week (salary and benefits will be pro-rated).
- Over 30 days of leave, including 25 days of annual leave, one day off for your birthday, one week off in August for learning and rest, plus Christmas close.
- Pension scheme and enhanced parental leave and sick pay.
Working arrangements
- Fully remote working (must be within 4 hours of central London).
- Access to office space in London when needed.
- Co-working space expenses available for those based outside London.
- Occasional travel to London may be required (up to twice a month), with expenses covered.
- Team away days around the UK (up to four times a year), with expenses covered.
- Full equipment and tech support provided.
Growth and impact
- Direct contribution to building people's power and making positive social change.
- Collaborative, mission-driven work environment with impact across the UK.
- Professional development opportunities including training and events (assessed on an individual basis).
- Clear growth pathway in an expanding team.
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How to apply
Note:
- This role is for UK-based candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
- Applicants that do not follow these instructions may not be considered.
- Due to the volume of applications we may not be able to respond to everyone.
Please submit your application using the application form, which should include:
- Your CV (PDF, max. two pages).
- Answers to the application questions, referring to the job description and providing specific examples.
Next steps
- Submit your application by Thu 23 July at 23:59.
- First round interviews will begin the week of Mon 17 Aug.
- We may arrange a second round of interviews.
- The role will start from Sep/Oct 2026.
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We are a neurodiverse and intersectional team. We’re committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone of all backgrounds. If there is anything you need us to do to support you in the application process please let us know as soon as possible.
Training the next generation of community organisers to act collectively, build power and change the world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Employability Events and Partnerships Manager
London, Greater London (Hybrid)
£35,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description
If you share our vision that ‘every young person should be supported to gain the confidence, independence and skills they need for a better and brighter future’ we might have the perfect role for you!
ThinkForward is recruiting an Employability Events and Partnerships Manager to aid our team in delivering our unique programme supporting young people into further education and employment. If you….
• Have a keen enthusiasm for working with young people
• Experience facilitating engaging and inclusive employability activities to equip young people for further education and sustained employment
• Are process driven and organised, with experience in planning and delivery across multiple programmes and projects
• Possess the ability to develop new and maintain our strong external business partnerships that support the delivery of employability programmes
• Can influence ThinkForward’s careers advice through expertise and insight around the local educational and employment landscape
• Have the skills to use data to plan, analyse and evaluate employability and progression activities
• Can lead on cultivating and onboarding new business partnerships in the London area
…then please click on the attached job pack for our role description and information pack for more details about ThinkForward and the role you could play, then apply via CharityJob with your CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should answer the following questions:
1. Can you share an example of where you have project managed and delivered employability events or programmes, such as ‘ready for work’ activities?
2. Describe your experience of building and maintaining relationships with external partners, such as employers or corporate organisations, to support employability outcomes.
3. How have you used data, local labour market insight, or feedback to plan, deliver, and improve employability activities or progression programmes?
4. Can you give an example of how you have worked collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to deliver successful employability initiatives?
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking dedicated and compassionate Caseworkers to join our Adult multi-crime team based in London. These are hybrid roles working from home and our office in Singer Street, London at least once per week.
What we offer
At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package includes:
- Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
- Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
- Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
- Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
- Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
- Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
- Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
- Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
- Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
- Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
- Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.
About the Role
As an Independent Victim Advocate you will be ensuring the provision of individual structured, tailored support plans, based on a holistic assessment of impact and risk, within the framework of VS's Service Model. You may make initial contact with victims of crime, explaining our services and assessing the impact of crime, or receive referrals from colleagues, in order to provide on-going support and case management.
You will develop, deliver and monitor safety and support plans for those affected by crime, who accept ongoing support. Support will include providing resources, interventions, and information to all service users. In order to:
- support those affected by crime in understanding and asserting their rights and entitlements
- understand their journey through the criminal justice and legal systems including the Victims Code of Practice
- facilitate access to additional services
- establish healthy coping mechanisms
- provide practical support and information
You will directly support service users, who may be affected by all types of crime. You may work within a specialist area, for example concentrating on one crime type, or a certain demographic of victims.
You may, in some services, be responsible for elements of volunteer management. This may include the development and case management oversight of a cohort of volunteers who will contribute to the service, in line with VS's policies and volunteering ethos and approach.
About Us
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.
How to apply
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
Title: Customer Experience Coordinator
Location: Homebased with regular centre travel
Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2027
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,199 per annum (Pro-rata) – Band C, Level 3
About the Role
Are you passionate about delivering outstanding customer service and making a real difference? We're looking for a Customer Experience Coordinator to join our friendly and collaborative team, supporting groups to access unforgettable outdoor learning and adventure through our funded programmes.
Our team is supportive, passionate and committed to helping young people benefit from life-changing experiences. We work closely with customers, partner organisations and colleagues across our centres, ensuring every group receives the guidance and support they need from their first enquiry through to the delivery of their visit.
This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to expand the reach and impact of our funded programmes. You'll play a key role in helping more schools, youth groups and community organisations access Scout Adventures experiences, making the booking journey as smooth, welcoming and efficient as possible.
Key Responsibilities as our Customer Experience Coordinator
- Provide a helpful, supportive and friendly service across a variety of contact channels including email, and phones to communicate with applicant groups and customers.
- Be an expert in our funded residential project to ensure customers are recommended the correct packages/bookings to their requirements.
- Work within our service level agreements, objectives and policies.
- Process funded bookings and contact through systems such as SharePoint, Cinolla, Zendesk, Eventsair and Trust Pilot, or other similar platforms.
About You
We’re looking for someone with:
- Experience in cordination, support or customer service roles.
- Experience f residential activity centres, or similar programmes.
- Experience managing high-vlume correspondence and juggling multiple tasks
- Strng organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Cnfident communicator who can provide friendly, clear and timely responses.
- Ability t work logically and manage competing deadlines.
- Apprachable, supportive and people focused.
- Enthusiastic abut youth development and the benefits of outdoor adventure.
Benefits:
- We are an award-winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations across the country.
- 28 days holiday and going up to 32 days after 2 years’ service plus additional days at Christmas
- Flexible working hours
- Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
- Double matching pension up to 10% of gross salary
For a full list of our benefits, click .
Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Tuesday 7th July 2026
Interviews will be held W/C 13th July 2026
Strictly no agencies.
The Scouts is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We offer flexible working arrangements to support diverse needs and lifestyles, ensuring that our teams can thrive both professionally and personally. We welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life, believing that varied perspectives strengthen our innovation and community. Your unique experiences and ideas are essential to our success, and we look forward to hearing from all voices.
Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 FTE depending on experience
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (minimum 30 hours considered)
Contract: Fixed term contract – 12 months (maternity cover)
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring we pay our employees fairly, we offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.
Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.
We want to prevent kidney disease from becoming a public health emergency and find better treatments for kidney patients sooner.
This is an exciting opportunity for a philanthropy manager who is based in or within easy reach of London. The role offers the chance to build meaningful relationships with supporters, partners and stakeholders across the capital, so regular travel within London will be an important part of the role.
The Role
- Manage a portfolio of prospects and donors to build long lasting and highly engaged relationships
- Work closely with the head of philanthropy and the major appeals manager to play a key role in growing income from major donors over the next 3–5 years
- Build a pipeline of new and existing donors and secure five and six-figure gifts
- Manage mid to high value prospects and donors, building personal relationships through understanding donor motivations
- Deliver tailored funding proposals and communications, and create a bespoke donor journey with the aim of increasing giving and connection to the cause
Working Arrangements
- Although our office is based in Peterborough, no regular office attendance is required
- Staff usually come together in Peterborough twice a year for staff conferences
- Travel within London is considered part of the role's normal working arrangements and will not be reimbursed
- Travel to other locations outside London and Peterborough will be reimbursed in line with the expenses policy
If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
About Kidney Research UK:
Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever
At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.
Over the last ten years we have invested more than £71 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.
Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.
Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.
Closing date: Tuesday 14 July 2026. We may extend the closing date, however, please apply as soon as possible.
Telephone interviews will be held on Friday 17 July and in-person interviews will be held virtually on Wednesday 22 July 2026.
No agencies please.
You may have experience in the following: Philanthropy Manager, Major Gifts Manager, Major Donor Manager, Fundraising Manager, Individual Giving Manager, Relationship Fundraising Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, High Value Fundraising Manager, Donor Development Manager, Senior Fundraising Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
An international membership organisation is seeking a Finance Manager to join on an interim basis for a 9-month contract.
The successful candidate will play a key role in safeguarding the organisation's financial health through high-quality financial management, business partnering, planning and analysis. This is a broad role offering exposure across management accounting, budgeting, financial modelling, payroll oversight, governance and continuous improvement.
Reporting to the Senior Finance & Risk Manager, you'll work closely with budget holders and senior leaders, providing financial insight and challenge to support strategic decision-making while helping to strengthen financial controls and improve organisational performance.
Key responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, financial reporting and performance analysis.
- Coordinate annual budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes across the organisation.
- Develop financial models, scenario analysis and cashflow forecasts to support strategic planning.
- Partner with budget holders, providing financial guidance, challenge and decision support.
- Monitor financial performance against budgets and KPIs, investigating variances and identifying trends.
- Produce insightful monthly, quarterly and annual management reports for senior leadership.
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts and annual audit processes.
- Oversee payroll processes and liaise with external payroll providers, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Support the development and enhancement of financial controls, governance frameworks and risk management processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting and operational efficiency through automation and process improvements.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including auditors, banking partners and service providers.
You will:
- Be a fully qualified accountant or with significant QBE experience
- Have strong experience in management accounting, FP&A, business partnering or finance management.
- Have experience leading budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
- Be confident developing financial models and providing commercial insight to support strategic decision-making.
- Have excellent analytical skills with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Have experience supporting external audits and maintaining strong financial controls.
- Demonstrate a proactive approach to improving financial processes, systems and governance.
- Be highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively across the organisation.
About the role
As local campaigning lead in our award-winning public affairs and campaigns team, you will play a pivotal role in driving Sands’ mission to save babies’ lives and ensure bereaved families receive the care and support they need.
You will need experience of delivering and evaluating impactful campaigns, and of working in close partnership with those with lived experience to create meaningful, lasting change at a local or national level.
This is a dynamic, outward-facing role that combines strategic campaigning with hands-on community organising. You will have the skills to support and develop a network of local campaigners, empowering volunteers and supporters to take action in their communities, influence decision-makers, and improve services over the long term. You will also feel comfortable representing Sands at a local level, developing strong relationships to amplify the organisation’s voice and impact.
Working collaboratively across the organisation, you will ensure campaigns are evidence-based, inclusive, and shaped by the lived experiences of diverse bereaved families. You will create compelling content and digital actions, support media engagement, and use data and insight to evaluate impact and continuously strengthen our approach.
This role offers an opportunity to combine leadership, influencing and community engagement skills in a purpose-driven environment, making a tangible difference to families and communities across the UK.
Main Purpose of Job
To lead Sands’ local campaigning function.
Co-lead impactful campaigns at a local and devolved nation level with bereaved parents and families, supporting Sands core aims to save babies lives and ensure anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the care and support they need by:
1. Leading the implementation and evaluation of Sands local campaigns to further our core aims.
2. Developing the capacity of Sands local volunteers, supporters and campaigners to take action to improve their local services in the long-term.
3. Ensuring that Sands campaigns are evidence based and reflect the views and experiences of a diverse range of bereaved parents and families.
Principle Tasks and Responsibilities
Leading implementation, and evaluation of Sands local campaigns to further Sands core aims.
- Lead local campaigns at Sands in line with our local campaigning strategy, collaborating and planning with key internal stakeholders, and staying up to date with best practise in local campaigning and community organising techniques externally.
- Evaluate the success of the local campaigns with internal and external stakeholders, implementing recommendations for future improvement.
- Work with colleagues to grow Sands’ local campaigning presence across the UK, including supporting funding applications to build staff capacity.
- Manage the budget for local campaigning.
- Represent Sands at a local level, attending meetings, and building relationships, with local politicians, NHS and council officials, journalists, third sector organisations, and other local stakeholders.
- Produce engaging campaigns content for use digitally across different platforms and in hard copy, working with the engagement team to ensure asks are effectively communicated to key audiences.
- Create compelling e-actions to support our campaigns using the Sands digital campaigning platform.
- Work with colleagues to support the production of press releases and responses to media inquiries.
- Organise campaigns meetings and events (virtual or in person).
- Recruit and line manage local campaigns staff, supporting and collaborating with them to roll out impactful local campaigns in more areas (subject to future funding).
Developing the capacity of Sands volunteers, supporters, and campaigners to take action to improve their local services in the long-term.
- Manage local campaign groups of bereaved parents and families, empowering and motivating them to implement campaigns to solve issues that affect them and create long-term change in their communities.
- Using community organising techniques to build the capacity of local campaigners and groups to campaign independently in the long-term – connecting local people, facilitating workshops and discussions, developing local campaign leaders, and recruiting new members into campaigns.
- Work collaboratively with teams working with Sands supporters and volunteers to maximise the impact of our campaigns, including supporting the creation of effective campaign supporter journeys.
- Create written and visual resources to support campaigning.
- Develop training sessions to build campaigning skills, to be delivered online or in person, or recorded.
- Provide advice and support to Sands campaigners via email, telephone and video call.
- Ensure key data and information about Sands campaigns and our campaigners are up to date and stored in the relevant place, including the Sands database.
Ensure that Sands campaigns are evidence based and reflect the views and experiences of a diverse range of bereaved parents and families.
· Undertake evidence gathering projects to support Sands campaigns work, including collating and analysing data and presenting findings in an accessible and engaging way.
· Ensure that the views of bereaved parents and families inform Sands campaigns and provide opportunities for Sands volunteers to get involved in our campaigning activity.
· Provide direct support to bereaved parents to help them become confident campaigners, so they are well informed, equipped to speak out and know how to go about it.
General tasks
· Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as required by the Head of Public Affairs and Campaigns and the Director of Research, Education and Policy.
· Model the culture and values of Sands at all times.
· Work flexibly with other members of staff and team, with some evening/weekend working.
· Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professional conduct.
· Abide by all Sands Policies and Procedures and undertake all mandatory training as required.
· Participate actively in annual appraisals and personal development reviews.
· Actively promote and embody the vision, mission, and values of Sands including a commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI).
· Occasional evening and weekend working.
This job description is not contractual and may be amended from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the organisation.
We are here to support everyone touched by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. Always.


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About Us:
Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting is the world’s only movement for every girl and any girl because we believe that each of them deserves to be the best they can be. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts learn by doing, make friends and have fun. In brave, local spaces, girls develop the skills and attitudes to change themselves, their communities and our world. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts supports 153 national Girl Guide and Girl Scout organisations around the world to be united, thriving and growing.
Job Purpose:
WAGGGS is embarking on a once-in-a-generation capital investment programme to secure the long-term sustainability of its global property portfolio, including its iconic World Centres.
These centres are at the heart of the Movement - places where girls and young women from across the world come together to learn, lead, and build lifelong connections.
Over the next ten years, £5.9 million is required to protect, upgrade, and future-proof these spaces, ensuring they remain accessible, inclusive, and fit for the next generation.
A significant proportion of this funding (£3.75 million) will be raised through a global capital fundraising campaign. This project will coincide with WAGGGS Centenary in 2028 and is an amazing opportunity to amplify the moment.
This role will lead the initial scoping and feasibility phase of the campaign- testing assumptions, shaping a compelling case for support, and laying the foundations for a successful multi-year appeal. The consultant will assess readiness, define strategy, and provide clear recommendations on campaign viability, structure, and resourcing.
Subject to successful scoping and organisational readiness, there is potential for this role to transition into a longer-term position leading campaign delivery.
About You:
We are looking for an experienced fundraising professional with a track record of developing and delivering major fundraising strategies, ideally including capital campaigns, feasibility studies, or significant growth projects. You have experience securing high-value support from trusts, foundations, institutional funders, major donors, or other philanthropic partners, and understand how to build compelling cases for investment.
A strategic thinker with strong relationship-building skills, you are comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, assessing fundraising potential, and translating complex projects into clear, evidence-based recommendations. You are motivated by the opportunity to help shape a once-in-a-generation campaign that will secure the future of WAGGGS' World Centres and their impact on generations of girls and young women around the world.
Key Responsibilities:
- Campaign Scoping and Feasibility
- Case for Support Development
- Donor and Market Analysis
- Campaign Strategy Design
- Resource and Delivery Model
- Implementation Road map
Please refer to the attached Job description for the detailed key responsibilities.
To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a Cover Letter.
In your Cover Letter, please highlight your relevant experience in fundraising and capital appeals, including any experience of campaign planning, feasibility assessments, major donor fundraising and developing cases for support, and tell us why you are interested in working with WAGGGS.
Please note applicants must have right to live and work in the UK.
We are the largest voluntary movement dedicated to empowering girls and young women in the world.

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We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Administration Co-ordinator to support the effective operation of our charity. This role will play a key part in developing and a task management system that helps streamline processes, we envisage this platform utilizing AI to help maximise efficiency across the organisation.
Working closely with the CEO and Business Development Co-ordinator and the Executive Support Officer. The successful candidate will be part of the team providing high-quality administrative support across the organization.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys improving systems, solving problems and providing exceptional administrative support within a purpose-driven organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation and administration of a task management platform.
- Work with colleagues to develop processes and procedures within the platform to improve efficiency.
- Support the exploration and integration of AI to enhance productivity and service delivery.
- Coordinate and undertake a wide range of administrative tasks to support teams across the organisation.
- Ensure administrative processes are delivered accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner.
- Monitor and manage shared inboxes, responding to enquiries where appropriate and forwarding communications to relevant colleagues.
- Deliver professional, empathetic and customer-focused responses to members of the public and stakeholders.
- Handle sensitive communication with discretion and professionalism.
- Maintain accurate records across organisational databases and CRM systems, including Zoho/Bigin.
- Working with the Data Management and Insight Officer to carry out data cleansing etc.
- Support compliance with data protection requirements and organisational policies.
- Proofread external communications, checking grammar, spelling, formatting and functionality of hyperlinks prior to publication or distribution.
- Process purchase orders and support the administration of invoices in line with organisational procedures.
- Maintain accurate records relating to financial transactions as required.
- Assisting with supplier set up.
· Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the role.
This is a new role therefore the job description will change over time as the role develops.
Person Specification
- Significant experience in an administrative or business support role.
- Experience of using task management platforms.
- Experience of managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
- Experience of maintaining accurate records and databases.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent customer service and relationship-building skills.
- Confident user of Microsoft Office applications and digital systems.
- Ability to learn new software and systems quickly.
- Proactive, adaptable and self-motivated.
- Able to work effectively in a remote environment.
- Professional and dependable approach to work.
- Able to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
- Empathetic and able to communicate effectively with people who may be experiencing challenging circumstances, including those affected by abuse.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of implementing or developing administrative systems or processes.
- Experience of proofreading and quality-checking external communications.
- Experience of using CRM systems, particularly Zoho or Bigin.
- Experience of working within the charity, voluntary or not-for-profit sector.
- Knowledge of AI-enabled productivity or workflow tools.
- Understanding of safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion principles.
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For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.
Events Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £24,479 per annum
Location: London E8/ Belfast BT15, NI/ Newton Abbot TQ12/ Sheffield S1/ Remote within the UK
NCB promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working with 2 days working in the office if based in London.
The Vacancy
This is an exciting opportunity in NCB’s newly formed Centralised support functions, supporting the Business Support and Events teams and linking with the Project Support team.
Post holders will support the operational delivery of activities across their team, working closely with colleagues in their own and aligned teams to provide consistent support.
Events colleagues support the planning, logistics and delivery of online and in-person events, while Business Support colleagues provide business administration, facilities and organisational support. Post holders will also provide flexible support across the wider organisation to help deliver business objectives as necessary.
The roles require close working with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
A key requirement is the ability to deliver consistent, high-quality work and maintain accurate, timely records.
About NCB
For more than 60 years, the National Children’s Bureau has championed the rights and amplified the voice of children and young people in the UK. We interrogate policy and uncover evidence, blending in lived and learnt experience to shape future legislation and develop more effective ways of supporting children and families.
Bringing people and organisations together is fundamental to how we improve the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive. We push boundaries, even looking beyond childhood itself to consider transitions into adulthood and the impact of childhood issues on an entire lifespan. We are united for better childhoods and brighter futures.
The Benefits
- 30 Days Annual Leave
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible Working
- Winter Holiday Closure & Break
- Employee Assistance Programme
Closing date: 8am, Wednesday 15th July 2026
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are actively seeking to broaden the diversity of our staff group and warmly welcome applications from candidates underrepresented in the charity sector, including those from Black and Global Majority communities, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with lived experience of the issues NCB works on.
No agencies please.
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This is an exciting role with a significant level of autonomy for an ambitious and experienced youth work professional. The Head of Youth Work & Delivery Partnerships will lead and manage a large team of Youth Workers while taking operational responsibility for WEST’s seven-day-a-week universal youth work offer. As the leading provider of universal access youth work in Hammersmith and Fulham, and part of the OnSide network, WEST has a strong reputation and growing impact. The postholder will hold overall responsibility for delivering a vibrant, open-access Youth Zone for the young people of West London, welcoming up to 200 young people per session.
You will lead the development and delivery of the core youth work provision, including junior, senior and holiday clubs, ensuring high standards of practice and a culture of continuous improvement. You will also ensure the Youth Zone remains a fun, supportive, safe and inclusive environment that attracts and retains young people, helping to raise aspirations and support positive outcomes.
You will be a member of WEST’s Senior Leadership Team, and will work in tandem with the Chief Executive, the Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees to help WEST achieve its goal of delivering life-changing youth work to young people in West London.
As a member of SLT, you will embody the highest standards of professionalism and act as a role model for the culture we wish to create at WEST, and make a focused, measurable contribution to WEST’s overall strategic plan.
ABOUT WEST YOUTH ZONE
WEST Youth Zone, named Where Everyone Sticks Together by local young people, opened in April 2024 - a purpose-built space fizzing with energy and crammed with incredible facilities. Staffed by talented, skilled and dedicated youth workers who truly believe in young people, helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.
At WEST, we believe all young people in West London should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose and be able to explore where it can take them. We are open 7 days a week, while schools are closed - that’s evenings and weekends, plus all through the school holidays. We offer a safe and active space for young people to flourish in their leisure time, where their interests can be nurtured, and they can grow as individuals.
Hammermith & Fulham is a borough of wide disparities, with an acute need for youth services. This vast difference between those living in different neighbourhoods can lead to radically different life outcomes. Our Youth Zone is a vital provision that will make a huge impact on the lives of young people, and on the whole area, levelling the playing field for our young people.
We give 8 to 19-year-olds, (and up to 25 for young people with additional needs) affordable access to a broad range of sport, arts and mental health support, and employability services, designed to empower them to lead healthier, positive and more active lives – raising their aspirations for themselves and their community. This is a charity that the whole community can be proud of, and you can be part of that journey.
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This role covers our Senior Social Media Officer’s maternity leave and takes full ownership of our social media strategy and execution across all platforms. This is a highly autonomous role requiring strategic thinking, creative leadership and strong analytical skills.
You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, varied working environment and be full of creative ideas. You’ll be as happy filming and editing engaging videos, as you are leading content planning or campaign delivery. You’ll be adept at making short, snappy videos for Instagram and longer form content for LinkedIn. You’ll have an eye for design and be confident on Canva.
You’ll be confident making independent decisions, managing multiple projects simultaneously and know how to unearth stories that bring our mission to life. A collaborative approach will be at the heart of how you work as you help position Chefs in Schools as an innovative changemaker in school food.
What else do you need to know?
The responsibilities, skills and experience listed below are intended to give you an idea of what we need for this role. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you would be able to work with us to deliver the majority of them, we urge you to apply anyway.
We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and for us the most important ‘experience’ is passion for our mission. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities, to apply.
We want to get to know you at the interview and understand we can do this best if you’re at ease. We’re an inclusive employer and work hard to create a welcoming working environment for everyone. If you need adjustments to the interview process please let us know.
As we work with children & young people, an offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance, in line with our safeguarding policy.
Key responsibilities:
● Develop and implement quarterly social media content planning aligned to organisational priorities, ensuring strategic forward-planning across all platforms
● Lead audience and sector-wide research to reach a diverse follower base through targeted content and share best practice across the charity
● Develop platform-specific strategies for underutilised channels, making data-driven recommendations about platform investment
● Create exciting, constantly evolving content across videos, graphics and copy that drives specific actions and conversions
● Maintain and develop brand consistency standards and content frameworks across all organisational social media channels
● Manage regular creative brainstorms to build a bank of content ideas and champion creative innovation
● Plan, pitch and deliver social media campaigns and organisational content programmes end-to-end, from concept through to launch and beyond — including production coordination, communications planning and stakeholder management
● Lead photoshoot planning and content production end-to-end, managing external agencies and professional photographers where required
● Plan and manage school visits strategically to maximise content output, coordinating permissions, logistics and team involvement and building ongoing relationships with school kitchen teams
● Develop briefs and guidance to empower wider team members to gather suitable content when needed
● Lead conversations on social channels, proactively sharing sector news with organisational commentary to position us as a thought leader, and build and maintain strategic relationships with relevant networks, schools, chefs, partners and influencers
● Plan, pitch and create strategic content to maximise partnerships, patrons and ambassadors, proactively identifying opportunities and ensuring prominent placement on our platforms
● Deliver analytics with strategic insights and recommendations, tracking meaningful KPIs including conversions, target audience growth and actions taken
● Use data to optimise strategy and prove return on investment, setting targets and deadlines for performance improvement based on insights
● Champion diversity, equality and inclusion in all social media content, and work collaboratively with the wider communications team sharing expertise on brand standards and best practice
Essential skills & experience:
• Demonstrable experience leading social media strategy and delivery across multiple platforms
• Proven ability to plan and deliver campaigns end-to-end with minimal oversight
• Strong creative skills with ability to produce engaging content across formats (video, graphics, copy)
• Strategic thinker who links social media activity to organisational goals
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality standards
• Confident working autonomously and making independent judgements
• Experience using analytics to drive strategy and demonstrate impact
• Solutions-focused approach with proactive problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion
• Belief in our mission to improve children’s health through better food and food education in schools
Desirable skills & experience:
• Experience in the charity or public sector
• Knowledge of school food, education or public health sectors
• Experience managing relationships with external agencies or freelancers
• Understanding of brand development and consistency frameworks
• Experience using social media scheduling and management tools
Benefits
You would be joining a friendly, supportive team who work hard but believe in a healthy work/life balance. We were voted one of CODE Hospitality’s happiest places to work in 2024. We seek a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge. Joining a small, collaborative team means you’ll be able to contribute to and draw on various projects and strategic insights.
We offer 33 days of holiday per year including bank holidays, 3 additional office closure days over the Christmas period as well as wellbeing days over the summer school holidays. We also have a Cycle to Work scheme, hybrid working, enhanced parental leave, and free access to the CODE app for discounted restaurants & hospitality venues. We are committed to developing our team and will support you with relevant training opportunities including £250 towards elective training and development of your choice.
We also offer Bupa Dental Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, as well as access to the Aviva Smart Health Platform which offers health benefits including free rapid access online GP appointments, free counselling and wellbeing support.
We’re on a mission to transform kids’ health through food – plate by plate, class by class, school by school.



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Job Description
Job Title: Strategic Communications and Marketing Planning Manager
Directorate:Communications
Team/Department (if specific):Marketing and Planning
Date Written/ Amended:August2025
Context and Background
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it inspires our Communications and Marketingteam to find ever-more creative ways to promote our work and share how people can get involved in making a difference to children’s lives.
The award-winning NSPCC Communications directorate is known for its talent, expertise and creativity in inspiring and challenging people to act on child abuse. We work collaboratively, both organisationally and across integrated communications disciplines, to deliver shared outcomes and measurable results through all available communications channels.
The Strategic Communications and Marketing Planning Managerforms part of our Brand and Marketing Planning team. The role is central to developing a strategic framework to support prioritisation of our annual communications and marketing plans, ensuring we’re optimising our activity to drive impact.
The Communications Planning Manager will lead on the communications and marketing planning process for all teams. Working with teams across the organisation, they will lead on the communications planning process. As part of this responsibility, they will work closely with senior stakeholders within Marketing and Communications and the Fundraising and Engagement directorate to maximise brand awareness and income driven by our communications and marketing activity.
Job purpose
1.Lead the development and implementation of the strategic framework for annual communications and marketing planning, ensuring it is clear, comprehensive, and aligned with organisational priorities and budget allocation to drive the maximum impact for children and young people.
2.Coordinate and oversee the planning process across all communications teams, facilitating workshops and meetings to engage stakeholders, and ensuring plans are efficiently resourced and delivered.
3.Maintain effective planning systems and processes, ensuring timely communication of plans and priorities internally and externally, and supporting the identification and delivery of strategic communications objectives.
4.Build strong cross-organisational relationships, particularly between Communications and other directorates, to ensure alignment, coordination, and shared ownership of strategic goals.
Key relationships - Internal
·Reports to the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning
·Works closely with the Director of Communications and Marketing on the overall strategy for communications and Marketing and delivery of directorate objectives
·Works closely with cross organisational campaign managers and key stakeholders, including our Senior Leadership Team to inform planning and strategic alignment.
·Works closely with teams to inform, support and manage communications activity.
·Pro-actively works with managers and staff in other NSPCC Directorates , such as Fundraising and Engagement, Strategy and Knowledge, People, Finance and Services as necessary to further communications relationships.
Key relationships - External
·Creative, media and research agencies.
·Peers within the UK charity sector.
·Industry opinion formers, media and other stakeholders.
·Professionals/trade bodies/organisations in charitable sector.
Main duties and responsibilities
1.Work with the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning to implement the strategic framework for the annual planning process, ensuring our marketing investment is aligned to strategic priorities, led by market research and media insight, and drives impact.
2.Facilitate workshops and meetings with relevant comms and marketing teams across the organisation to ensure all stakeholders are aligned and engaged in the annual comms and marketing planning process.
3.Support in the delivery and implementation of the communications strategy, ensuring our annual Communications and Marketing directorate business plans support our audiences to get closer to our cause.
4.Support the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning in the analysis of marketing and communications impact data and insight, to share complex information in a clear and compelling way with the Communications and Marketing Leadership Team, the Director of Marketing Communications, Director of Fundraising and Engagement, Executive Leadership Team and Trustees.
5. Ensure that there are appropriate processes in place to monitor communications and marketing performance, and delivery against business plans and the strategy.
6. Maximise income and add value to departmental activities by sharing knowledge, specialist expertise and best practice with others as appropriate.
7. Support the marketing and operations planning meeting by influencing and negotiating to deliver the comms planning process with internal audiences.
8. Work closely with finance, our media agencies and internal stakeholders to understand the investment plans and budgets for marketing across the organisation.
9. Support the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning in the development of the brand and media investment strategies.
Responsibilities for all Staff within the Communications
·A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
·Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the Directorate and wider NSPCC activities.
·Adhere to all the NSPCC’s service standards, policies and procedures.
·Evidence an understanding of and commitment to the demonstration of the NSPCC’s values.
·Maintain an awareness of and comply with NSPCC data protection regulations.
·Be responsible for personal learning and development, to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation.
·Work in a manner that supports equality, diversity and inclusion
·Be pro-active in identifying ways to improve personal and team performance
·Maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
·Maintain awareness of NSPCCs safeguarding duties and comply with Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
·Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news
A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
Person specification
1.Excellent written communication skills to analyse, interpret and present proposals, reports and strategic plans in a clear and persuasive way for a wide range of audiences.
2.Excellent ability to verbally present information, to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring, and confident way to achieve desired outcomes.
3.Excellent ability to align, prioritise and plan marketing and communications activity against strategic organisational priorities.
4.Excellent ability to establish, develop and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior level individuals and external media agencies and partners to achieve desired outcomes.
5.Well-developed ability to develop, control and manage a communications and marketing plan, keeping within financial limits, monitoring and forecasting income and marketing performance, identifying possible shortfalls or overspends and taking timely and appropriate action.
6.Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage projects, organise and plan own work and the work of others to deliver objectives on time.
7.Experience in marketing and communications planning and strategically scheduling marketing activities on behalf of a large national brand.
8.Project Management skills
9.Significant experience in leading integrated multi-channel campaign planning for a large organisation.
10.A personal commitment to ending cruelty to children.
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
·Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.
·Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
·We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.
·Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
·As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.
·All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.
We are looking for two new Senior Officers to join our Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns team. One role will focus on Policy, whilst the other on Campaigning, however there will be significant overlap between the two. Both will play a leading role in delivering Transport for All’s policy, public affairs and influencing work.
The postholders will be responsible for undertaking policy analysis, leading consultation responses, developing evidence-based recommendations, coordinating strategic stakeholder engagement, and representing Transport for All externally.
If you always wanted to appear before a Select Committee in Parliament, love a consultation, or read transport strategies for fun, we want to hear from you.
These roles are open to disabled applicants only.
Please note – These roles have a genuine occupational requirement of lived experience of disability. This explicitly includes those of us who are Deaf, neurodivergent, chronically ill, have a mental health condition, have age-related impairments, and people with both visible and non-visible impairments. If you do not meet this requirement, and state this in your application, you will not be shortlisted for interview.
Please download our candidate pack, including a detailed job description and information on how to apply.
Transport Justice for disabled people.
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