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About Spinal Research

Every two hours, someone in the UK becomes paralysed. Globally, more than 15 million people live with paralysis. At Spinal Research, our vision is a world where paralysis can be cured. We fund groundbreaking research to deliver life-changing treatments for people with spinal cord injuries. By backing the brightest minds and fostering innovation, we are driving progress towards what could be the medical breakthrough of the 21st century: curing paralysis. We will not stop until that future is achieved.

Role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Office Manager who will report to the Head of Strategy & Operations, and be responsible for health & safety, and HR for the organisation. This exciting role will also ensure the smooth running of the office space, support staff wellbeing and team culture, and assist the CEO and Trustees as Secretary to the Borad.

Key Responsibilities

Office Management

• Develop and implement office policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal, and Health & Safety requirements.
• Serve as the main contact for the office’s building management, and keep staff updated about the premises as needed.
• Maintain and organise the office space and storage unit.
• Provide general administrative support as needed.

Health & Safety

• Act as the Health & Safety Officer for the organisation.
• Collaborate with external consultants to ensure compliance with current legislation, and annual Health & Safety assessments.
• Keep team members informed about office safety, First Aiders, and Fire Wardens; maintain up-to-date records on SharePoint and in the office.
• Attend relevant training to stay current with new legislation.

Human Resources

• Serve as the first point of contact for staff HR matters; including annual leave, sickness, contract changes, and updates to the staff handbook.
• Work with the charity’s external consultant and legal advisors to resolve HR issues.
• Support recruitment by posting job openings, scheduling interviews, and managing candidate communications.
• Maintain accurate employee records.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring payroll and benefits information is correctly shared.
• Review and recommend employee benefits based on changing team needs.
• Manage the in-house learning portal and ensure all staff training is current and relevant.

Company Secretarial Duties

• Act as Secretary to the Board of Trustees.
• Manage correspondence with the Charity Commission and Companies House.
• Ensure timely submission of required documents and accurate record-keeping on SharePoint.
• Coordinate and schedule Trustee meetings, ensuring all documentation is completed ahead of deadlines.

Skills & Experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail.
• Proven experience as an Office Manager or in a similar administrative role.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook), SharePoint, and other relevant software.
• Solid understanding of HR processes and Health & Safety regulations.
• Proactive, adaptable, and able to solve problems and make decisions independently.
• Willingness to work occasional additional hours as required.

Benefits

• 4 day working week
• Five weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Flexible working hours, with core hours between 10am–4pm.
• Hybrid remote working (minimum one day per week in the office, on Borough High Street).
• Private health insurance cash plan.
• 8% pension plan.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Onsite gym.

Are you an experienced video producer who loves telling compelling stories through your work?
We’re looking for a Senior Video Producer to produce engaging, creative video content for various channels and purposes and manage a small team of video producers.

What does this role do?

As Senior Video Producer, you’ll:

• manage all aspects of video production, from pre-planning, conceptualisation and scheduling to delivery to editing, you’ll oversee the full lifecycle,
• collaborate with colleagues across the division to gather their requirements for video content, ensuring all briefs align with campaign objectives and brand guidelines,
• plan and develop a year-round schedule for our YouTube channel,
• coach, manage and develop a team of Video Producers, ensuring they create compelling, on-brand content that builds Dogs Trust’s brand.

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 3rd February 2026, and will take place on Teams.

Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be an experienced video producer and storyteller, who has a strong portfolio of work and track record of producing high-quality, engaging video content. You’ll need experience with all aspects of video production, from working with a variety of cameras and lenses to proficiency in industry-standard editing software, motion graphics and animation software. You’ll also need some experience of supervising or managing teams, with excellent communication skills to ensure work is delivered to a high standard.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
 
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.

The Programme Director, Media and Communications leads on the design, development and implementation of communication strategies and plans to advance Humane World for Animals UK’s strategic priorities with regard to campaigns, brand-building and fundraising. The role creates, implements and measures the success of a comprehensive communications programme that will aim to significantly enhance the organisation’s image and position within the UK animal protection space.

If you are results-oriented, organised and creative and have strong proven experience as a media and communications professional then we would like to hear from you.

Key areas of responsibility

1. Develop and execute communications strategies for Humane World for Animals UK’s key campaigns and fundraising requirements.

2. Measure and track communications impact, reach and effectiveness, reporting against agreed targets.

3. Manage, maintain and grow productive relationships with a range of journalists with a goal of securing prominent national media coverage.

4. Oversee the organisation’s social media channels to promote campaigns, support fundraising and engage meaningfully with UK supporters and political stakeholders.

5. Serve as chief content reviewer to ensure communications materials adhere to policy, factual accuracy and visual brand guidelines.

6. Lead on designing reputational risk management mitigation strategies.

7. Implement UK specific brand strategies with the aim of increasing and measuring brand awareness in the UK market.

8. Lead on celebrity recruitment and stewardship.

9. Manage sourcing and contracting relationships with communications / PR agencies and databases to ensure consistently high-quality and value for money communications outputs.

10. Manage the communications and media budget, including regular reporting.

About you

Our successful candidate will be confident, creative and positive with a proven track in media and communications roles at a senior level. A proactive self-starter, you will have demonstrable experience of managing and developing strong, focused and ambitious teams, and a solution-focused approach to overcoming obstacles. You will have experience of building high quality media and communication strategies and plans and delivering these in a fast-paced environment. You will have ambition and drive for creating positive change for animal welfare; a willingness to constantly learn and develop the most impactful, cost-effective communications for our target audiences; and your work will be solidly underpinned by regular evaluation of progress and impact with a view to further improving strategies.

We are searching for an experienced media and communications professional to make a difference and be part of our successful and friendly team. If that’s you, please get in touch!

At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for an IT Systems Engineer to join our team.

You'll ensure the delivery of a robust, secure, and high-performing IT environment by installing, developing, monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimising all network hardware, software, and infrastructure across all Ambitious about Autism (AaA) locations. You'll provide IT support services to users across the organisation in person, online and via telephone as required, ensuring issues are appropriately logged and resolved.

You'll administer, monitor, and develop Microsoft 365 services, security and compliance policies, and organisational intranet processes, whilst collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to explore and develop new technologies that support the Charity and all Education Services.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Excellent working knowledge and application of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure and virtualisation technologies, especially Microsoft Hyper-V server
• Strong hands-on experience in networking, routing and switching in a multi-site environment
• Excellent working knowledge and application of: Firewalls, Internet VPN's remote implementation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution
• Experience of MS Cloud Services – Azure, Microsoft 365

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible working and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.

Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
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Are you a dynamic and effective practitioner able to empower children and young people? Do you have a good understanding of current theological thinking around the ministry of children, youth and intergenerational discipleship? Are you able to develop and maintain positive relationships with partners to ensure the voices of children and youth are heard in the Church? Can you guide, manage and support work in a changing context that will lead to confidence and growth?

As a self- motivated leader in the field, you will be a strategic thinker, able to link theology with the necessary strategies needed for children youth and intergenerational ministry, with a proven track record in developing and delivering programmes at denominational level. You will also have ability to determine priorities within available resources, operating at pace to deliver effectively through others. This experience will have ensured you are a skilled communicator, highly organised, with excellent people management skills.

We offer you a flexible and friendly hybrid work environment from the Office of General Assembly in London and from home.

If you are interested in working for us and can meet the above requirements, please visit our website for job description and application form (noting that we do not accept CVs).

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Tuesday 10 February 2026     
Interview date: Tuesday 10 March 2026 

*In accordance with the Equality Act 2010: Part 1, Schedule 9, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a Christian and/or a member of the United Reformed Church or member of a Church which belongs to one or more of World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council (DECC), the Council for World Mission (CWM) Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS), Churches Together in England (CTE), Churches together in Wales (Cytun), Free Churches Group (FCG) or Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)*

This post also requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Flood Engagement Officer – Job Description Overview

The National Flood Forum (NFF) is seeking a dynamic, motivated individual for the role of Flood Engagement Officer for London and the Home Counties. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about working with communities, especially those at risk of flooding, to deliver community-based flood risk management solutions.

Key Details:

• Location: Home-based (London and Home Counties team), with regular travel across London and the South, including evening meetings and occasional overnight stays.

• Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

• Salary: £24,500 to £25,500 per annum rising to £27,840.90 (discretionary London weighting may apply) travel expenses covered

• Contract: Permanent

• Benefits: 30 days annual leave including bank holidays, a day off for your birthday, auto-enrolment pension scheme, learning and development opportunities.

• Closing Date: 29th January 2026 (Midnight). Early application is encouraged as the position may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.

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Role Overview:

The Flood Engagement Officer will support the London and Home Counties community engagement team, reporting to a Community Engagement Manager. Your primary responsibility will be to work closely with communities to support them in tackling flooding risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Community Project Delivery: Lead and support the implementation of projects focused on flood risk management.

• Community Engagement: Engage and empower at-risk communities, ensuring they have the tools and information to co-create solutions to flood risks.

• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders and partners.

• Data Management: Provide data to help evaluate and support engagement activities.

• Support the Senior Team: Assist in broader tasks and activities as required by the senior team.

About You:

The ideal candidate will be:

• Empathetic: Understand the challenges faced by those at risk of flooding and help to work with communities and agencies to provide practical solutions.

• Organized and Flexible: Able to prioritize tasks and travel extensively across the region, including evenings and occasional overnight stays.

• Collaborative: A team player with a solution-focused mindset.

• Skilled in Engagement: Experience or an interest in community engagement and building relationships.

• Driving Licence: Full driving licence and access to a car are essential due to the travel requirements.

You must also be a resident of the UK with the right to work in the UK.

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About the National Flood Forum:

The NFF is a national charity founded by those affected by flooding, working to support and represent individuals and communities at risk. The organization focuses on empowering flood-affected communities to recover and improve flood resilience. The NFF encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of flooding, and from diverse backgrounds.

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Location:  London 

Location type:Hybrid

Reporting to:  Director of People and Operations

Annual salary:  £50,000 to £55,000 GBP per annum, depending on experience

Contract type:  Permanent

Working hours:  Full-time, 35 hours a week

Candidate level: Manager

Closing date: Monday 23rd  February, 9:00 am CET

Background

Lumos Foundation works to realise every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. Our vision is a world in which all children grow up in safe and loving families within supported communities. Founded in 2005 by author J.K. Rowling, Lumos partners with governments, civil society, and young people with lived experience to transform care systems globally and advocate for family-based solutions that help children thrive.

We ensure that families receive the support they need to stay together or reunite, and that children grow up in family-based settings such as foster or kinship care, not institutions. Despite clear evidence of the harms of institutionalisation, more than 5 million children worldwide continue to live in institutions. And a much larger number of children are at risk of family breakdown and separation – those living in poverty, experiencing domestic violence and abuse, and living in countries affected by conflict. We are ambitious for children. In the next 10 years, Lumos will enable 500,000 children in care to return to family-based care and prevent 10 million children from experiencing family breakdown and separation – so that they can thrive in their own families. Working with local, national, and global partners, Lumos supports government-led transformation of childcare systems across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America- driving systemic and sustainable change.

Lumos’ ambition for children is significant and will require the organisation and its partners to work in new ways, with a pace, drive, and urgency that this moment demands, and that children everywhere deserve. Lumos’ success will continue to be based not just on what we do, but on how we do it – our values. We embrace collaboration. We strive for excellence. We show respect. We always care. And we are passionate. We are Lumos.

Purpose of role

Lumos is entering an exciting period of strategic transformation to strengthen our operational foundations, refine our systems, and enhance our capacity to deliver on our mission to realise every child’s right to a family. The Senior Operations Manager plays a pivotal role in building the operational foundations and risk-aware culture needed for success both now and as the organisation prepares for the future.

As a delivery partner to the Director of People & Operations, the Senior Operations Manager leads the implementation of agreed operational priorities, strengthens country office and partner capability, and ensures that operational standards, policies, and practices are consistently embedded across existing and new geographies. The role provides independent oversight and assurance across operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding, working closely with delivery teams while retaining the authority to challenge, escalate, and inform senior decision-making.

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who thrives on systems thinking, coordination, and execution, and who is motivated by turning risk awareness, data, and lessons learned into practical organisational improvement that strengthens organisational resilience and impact.

Primary responsibilities

Operational leadership & delivery

• Act as a senior delivery partner to the Director of People & Operations, leading the implementation of agreed operational priorities.
• Coordinate cross-functional operational delivery across Operations, Safeguarding, and Security.
• Deputise for the Director of People & Operations in internal and external forums as appropriate, with delegated authority.

Global safety, security & incident management (focal point)

• Act as Lumos’ organisational focal point for safety, security, and travel risk, coordinating risk management frameworks, systems, and oversight across the organisation.
• Work closely with, and oversee the delivery of, Lumos’ global safety and security consultant(s), ensuring clear scope, quality outputs, and effective follow-through.
• Monitor safety and security incidents across the organisation, ensuring appropriate recording, escalation, follow-up, and learning.
• Coordinate incident response in line with agreed protocols, working closely with country teams and external security specialists.
• Lead lessons-learned processes following incidents and ensure recommendations are embedded into systems, guidance, and practice.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of safety and security standards across country offices and partners.

Safeguarding & PSEA (operational oversight)

• Provide operational oversight and coordination of safeguarding and PSEA frameworks, working closely with specialist safeguarding focal points, leads, and consultants while the recruitment and scoping of a Global Safeguarding Lead is planned across 2026.
• Monitor implementation of safeguarding and PSEA standards, policies, and training across country offices and partners.
• Support incident tracking, information management, and follow-up actions, ensuring confidentiality, proportionality, and appropriate escalation.
• Contribute to organisational learning and continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

Risk management, contingency & assurance frameworks

• Lead the development, implementation, and refinement of operational risk management and risk assessment frameworks across Lumos.
• Ensure consistent approaches to risk identification, mitigation, escalation, and assurance across countries, partners, and programmes.
• Maintain and monitor operational risk registers, ensuring risks are actively reviewed and managed.
• Coordinate comprehensive contingency planning, crisis protocols, and organisational preparedness.
• Support due diligence and risk assessment processes for partners, vendors, programmes, and new geographies.

Programme, MEAL & risk integration

• Work closely with Programme and MEAL teams to embed operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding considerations into programme design, delivery, and monitoring.
• Support the development of proportionate, decision-useful KPIs related to operational risk, duty of care, safety, security, and safeguarding.
• Strengthen alignment between operational risk management and programme assurance and learning processes.

Operational systems, policy tracking & insurance

• Lead the development and improvement of operational systems, trackers, workflow,s and dashboards to strengthen consistency, quality assurance, and organisational insight.
• Maintain and oversee policy trackers across Operations, Safeguarding, and Security, ensuring review cycles, ownership, and implementation are monitored.
• Develop operational reporting, audit, and monitoring mechanisms that complement existing MEAL, programme, and governance systems.
• Support audits and internal reviews by maintaining clear documentation and evidence.
• Ensure strong information management and data protection practices are embedded.
• Oversee coordination of Lumos’ global insurance arrangements (e.g., travel, medical, liability), including renewals, compliance tracking, and liaison with brokers and insurers, under the direction of the Director of People & Operations.

Country office & partner capability building

• Work closely with Country Directors, operational focal points, and partners to embed global operational, safeguarding, and safety/security frameworks locally.
• Support capacity building through guidance, tools, training coordination, and structured follow-up.
• Provide practical support and constructive challenge to strengthen compliance, confidence, and consistency.
• Balance global standards with appropriate local adaptation.

Performance insight, reporting & organisational learning

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that provide visibility on operational risk, safety, security, safeguarding, and organisational readiness.
• Provide clear insight to the Director of People & Operations and Executive Team on trends, incidents, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Support organisational learning through analysis of data, incidents, audits, and reviews.

 Project management & continuous improvement

• Lead or coordinate project management for time-bound operational initiatives
• Identify capacity gaps, monitor progress, and escalate risks.
• Translate lessons learned into updated frameworks, tools, and guidance to support continuous improvement.

Profile

The postholder will:

• Build effective, trusted relationships across Lumos, using strong relational skills to influence, support, and challenge constructively without becoming adversarial.
• Steward a strong, proportionate and risk-aware culture, where operational, safety, security and safeguarding risks are understood, named and managed well.
• Strengthen operational systems and frameworks for monitoring, assurance, and learning across risk, safety, security, and safeguarding.
• Develop clear, decision-useful dashboards and reporting that improve visibility of risk, incidents, readiness, and organisational resilience.
• Build confidence and capability across country offices and partners through guidance, coaching, constructive challenge, and follow-up.
• Advise and guide senior leaders and teams with sound judgement, evidence, and insight, supporting timely and well-informed decision-making.
• Embed operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding considerations into programme design, delivery, and monitoring, while retaining appropriate independence and assurance
• Translate data, incidents, and lessons learned into practical improvements that strengthen systems, readiness, and organisational impact.

Essential experience

• Demonstrable experience operating at a senior level within operations, risk, safeguarding, security, or organisational assurance functions
• Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional workstreams across multiple teams or locations
• Experience providing oversight, assurance, or quality control
• Experience incident response, escalation, and lessons-learned processes
• Experience building or strengthening systems, frameworks, or organisational infrastructure

Desirable experience

• Experience working within or alongside programme delivery teams.
• Experience in international, multi-country or partnership-based organisations.
• Experience overseeing consultants or specialist providers.

Personal characteristics

• Strong alignment with Lumos’ mission, values, and commitment to duty of care.
• Emotionally and relationally confident, able to build trust and rapport across diverse stakeholders.
• Able to influence, support, and challenge constructively.
• Calm, pragmatic, and thoughtful when dealing with risk, incidents, or sensitive issues.
• Sound judgement in identifying, naming, and escalating risk appropriately.
• Collaborative and credible working with senior leaders, country teams, and partners
• Comfortable operating with independence.
• Resilient and adaptable in evolving or ambiguous organisational contexts.
• Curious and committed to learning and continuous improvement.

Safeguarding statement

Lumos recognises that the rights of safety and security are aligned with its core mission for children, families, and communities. Effective and robust safeguarding sits at the heart of our mission and values, and accordingly, Lumos is committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children and adults at risk in all of its work. We expect all staff, associates, and volunteers to share this commitment. Lumos has a zero-tolerance approach towards all forms of abuse, bullying, harassment, and sexual exploitation. Lumos is a member of The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will carefully screen all applicants. Offers of employment are subject to checks and suitable references.

All staff and associates must:

• Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of Lumos safeguarding and PSEA requirements
• Ensure work complies with all safeguarding and PSEA policies and procedures
• Ensure that their behaviours and actions support the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults at risk as appropriate.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion statement

Lumos is wholly committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and against all forms of discrimination.

We are committed to creating and sustaining a positive working environment that encourages, supports, and gives a voice to all, so that we can best support the children we serve.

We must ensure that all staff are equally valued, included, empowered, and respected across the organisation and in everything we do. Lumos is fundamentally built on diverse, multi-national and multicultural teams.

This is something we cherish as a key strength and an integral part of our identity. Our organisation values and celebrates the diversity, culture, and experience of each member of staff, provides equality of care, and support to everyone.

We pledge to listen carefully, to educate ourselves continually, to promote open dialogue, and to seek out and deal with discrimination and prejudice wherever it occurs in Lumos.

· The deadline for applications is Monday 23rd February, 9:00 am CET ·

Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

 

Location: London

Location type:Hybrid

Reporting to: Director of People and Operations

Annual salary: £60K - £70K GPB

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Candidate level: Manager

Closing date: Monday 9th February 2026, at 9:00 am CET

Background

Lumos Foundation works to realise every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. Our vision is a world in which all children grow up in safe and loving families within supported communities. Founded in 2005 by author J.K. Rowling, Lumos partners with governments, civil society, and young people with lived experience to transform care systems globally and advocate for family-based solutions that help children thrive.

We ensure that families receive the support they need to stay together or reunite, and that children grow up in family-based settings such as foster or kinship care, not institutions. Despite clear evidence of the harms of institutionalisation, more than 5 million children worldwide continue to live in institutions. And a much larger number of children are at risk of family breakdown and separation – those living in poverty, experiencing domestic violence and abuse, and living in countries affected by conflict.

We are ambitious for children. In the next 10 years, Lumos will enable 500,000 children in care to return to family-based care and prevent 10 million children from experiencing family breakdown and separation – so that they can thrive in their own families. Working with local, national, and global partners, Lumos supports government-led transformation of childcare systems across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America- driving systemic and sustainable change. Lumos’ ambition for children is significant and will require the organisation and its partners to work in new ways – with a pace, drive and urgency that this moment demands – and that children everywhere deserve. Lumos’ success will continue to be based not just on what we do, but on how we do it – our values. We embrace collaboration. We strive for excellence. We show respect. We always care. And we are passionate. We are Lumos.

Purpose of role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role at Lumos at a time of organisational strengthening and global growth. As a member of the wider leadership team, the Head of People will be central to building and embedding high-quality, values-led, and risk-aware people practices that enable Lumos to deliver its mission and long-term ambitions.

Working closely with Country Directors and HR focal points in country offices, the role supports the consistent application of global people frameworks while enabling appropriate local practice. The Head of People will play a key role in supporting Lumos to grow and operate safely across existing and new geographies, ensuring that people practices underpin organisational readiness, duty of care, and sustainable impact.

In close partnership with the Director of People & Operations, the Head of People provides expert insight into People strategy and organisational priorities and is accountable for translating agreed direction into consistent, effective delivery across the organisation. The role combines strategic thinking with strong operational leadership, ensuring that people frameworks, systems, and practices are embedded, trusted, and fit for purpose, and that values, culture, and ways of working are reflected in how work is done every day. This role will suit an experienced senior HR professional who enjoys shaping and embedding sustainable people practice, exercises sound judgement, and enables others to lead well. You will be motivated by values-led work, long-term impact, and the opportunity to grow with an organisation, strengthening organisational capability within a complex, international environment.

Primary responsibilities

People strategy contribution & execution

• Contribute expert insight, options, and analysis to the development of the People strategy, operating model, and organisational priorities.
• Translate the agreed People strategy into clear frameworks, plans, and delivery across the organisation.
• Ensure people initiatives are prioritised, resourced, and implemented effectively.
• Monitor impact and effectiveness, recommending adjustments based on data, risk, and organisational need.

Full employee lifecycle ownership (global)

• Own and oversee the operational delivery and quality assurance of the full employee lifecycle across all geographies.
• Ensure consistent, values-led, and safer recruitment practices are embedded across Lumos.
• Lead the design and delivery of high-quality induction and onboarding, embedding EDI, duty of care, and organisational culture from the outset.
• Oversee probation, performance cycles, development, progression, and exit processes.
• Ensure leaver processes, exit interviews, and data capture support organisational learning.

Performance, capability & leadership development

• Lead the implementation and embedding of Lumos’ performance management framework.
• Oversee annual objective-setting, performance reviews, and development planning.
• Build leadership and line manager capability through training, guidance, and coaching.
• Enable managers to take confident ownership of people management, feedback, and performance conversations.

Pay, rewards & progression

• Lead the delivery of pay and reward activity, including time-bound pay and reward reviews and job evaluation processes.
• Ensure reward approaches are equitable, transparent, affordable, and aligned with organisational values.
• Work closely with Finance and the Director of People & Operations to align reward activity with budgets and governance.
• Support the implementation of progression frameworks and guidance.

Employee relations, policy & legal frameworks

• Oversee the review, update, implementation, and monitoring of people-related policies, ensuring they are accessible, legally compliant, and consistently applied, while allowing for appropriate local context.
• Provide senior HR oversight and judgment on disciplinary, grievance, and complex employee relations matters.
• Act as an escalation point for managers and the Global HR Advisor, supporting proportionate and defensible decision-making.
• Ensure people practices reflect relevant legal frameworks across all countries of operation.

People risk & governance

• Lead the development and embedding of people-related risk frameworks across existing and new geographies.
• Ensure people risks are identified, mitigated, and monitored.
• Work closely with safeguarding, security, and operations colleagues to support joined-up risk management.
• Contribute to organisational governance and assurance through clear documentation and reporting.

Global partnership & country support

• Work closely with Country Directors and HR focal points to embed global people frameworks in country offices.
• Provide guidance, support, and constructive challenge to ensure consistent application of people policies and practices.
• Balance global consistency with appropriate local adaptation in line with legal and cultural contexts.
• Build HR capability and confidence across country teams.

EDI, culture & engagement

• Ensure equity, diversity, and inclusion are embedded across the employee lifecycle, policies, and people practices.
• Lead staff engagement activity, including surveys, analysis, and action planning.
• Support the development and reinforcement of a healthy, inclusive, and values-led organisational culture.

HR systems, data & insight

• Oversee people systems, tools, and workforce data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and insight.
• Work with the Global HR Advisor to strengthen tracking, dashboards, and reporting.
• Use people data to identify trends, risks, and priorities to inform effective decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with data protection and confidentiality requirements.

Leadership of the people function

• Line manage and develop the Global HR Advisor, providing clear direction, prioritisation, and support.
• Oversee time-bound HR consultancies, ensuring clear scope, value for money, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Act as a close partner to the Director of People & Operations, providing trusted judgment, operational leadership, and space for strategic focus.
• Deputise for the Director of People & Operations in people-related matters, as required and appropriate, including representing the People function in internal and external forums.
• Ensure the People function operates with professionalism, consistency, and strong internal credibility.

Profile

The postholder will:

• Strengthen Lumos’ ability to attract and retain talented people through fair and transparent rewards, clearer progression, and a positive employee experience aligned to our mission and values.
• Embed consistent, values-led people approaches across the organisation, while supporting appropriate local context and delivery of impact in country offices.
• Improve safer recruitment, induction, and onboarding to support safe, sustainable growth across existing and new geographies.
• Embed clear performance expectations and accountability that link individual and team contribution to organisational impact for children.
• Strengthen a values-led culture by reinforcing behaviours that support collaboration, trust, inclusion, and operational excellence.
• Build manager confidence and capability to lead people through change, manage performance well, and support development and wellbeing.
• Strengthen people-related risk management and the use of people insight to support sound decision-making, duty of care, and organisational resilience.
• Bring thoughtful, evidence-informed people practice into Lumos, drawing on best practice while ensuring approaches are proportionate, values-led, and appropriate to a complex international context.
• Operate as a trusted senior People leader and deputy to the Director of People & Operations in people-related matters, providing continuity, sound judgement, and credible leadership.

Essential experience:

• Experience operating at a senior level within a People/HR function, with experience of/or readiness to lead at the Head level.
• Experience owning and overseeing the delivery of the full employee lifecycle.
• Experience leading performance management, pay and reward, and employee relations.
• Experience building and embedding people policies, frameworks, and systems.

Desired experience:

• Experience working in international or multi-country organisations.
• Experience working closely with Country Directors or senior operational leaders.
• Experience overseeing outsourced or consultancy-based HR support.

Essential knowledge/skills

• Senior-level HR/People expertise across the full employee lifecycle.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Ability to translate strategic direction into practical, high-quality people delivery.
• Sound professional judgment and confidence in handling complex people matters.
• Understanding of pay, reward, and progression frameworks.
• Ability to build and embed a values-led organisational culture.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at a senior level.
• Ability to use people data and insight to inform decision-making.
• High standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and integrity.

Desirable knowledge/skills

• CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent professional learning and experience).
• Experience applying HR practices across multiple international jurisdictions.

Essential personal characteristics

• Strong alignment with Lumos’ mission and values.
• Calm, pragmatic, and thoughtful approach to complex situations.
• Ability to build rapport and trust with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Sound judgment in identifying, managing, and escalating people-related risk appropriately.

Desired personal characteristics

• Collaborative and credible working with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to balance consistency with flexibility and local context.
• Comfortable working in evolving or ambiguous environments.
• Curiosity and openness to learning across cultures and contexts.

Benefits

Alongside the opportunity to contribute to a truly life-changing mission, you’ll enjoy excellent benefits, a supportive and inclusive culture, and a genuine commitment to your personal and professional development. Some of the benefits we offer include:

• Direct impact on operational systems supporting our global mission, with exposure to senior decision-making during a transformative period.
• Hybrid and flexible working with occasional international travel opportunities.
• 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave (maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental) and enhanced sick pay.
• Competitive employer pension scheme.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for confidential wellbeing support and advice.

Safeguarding statement

Lumos recognises that the rights of safety and security are aligned with its core mission for children, families, and communities. Effective and robust safeguarding sits at the heart of our mission and values, and accordingly, Lumos is committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children and adults at risk in all of its work. We expect all staff, associates, and volunteers to share this commitment. Lumos has a zero-tolerance approach towards all forms of abuse, bullying, harassment, and sexual exploitation. Lumos is a member of The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will carefully screen all applicants. Offers of employment are subject to checks and suitable references.

All staff and associates must:

• Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of Lumos safeguarding and PSEA requirements
• Ensure work complies with all safeguarding and PSEA policies and procedures
• Ensure that their behaviours and actions support the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults at risk as appropriate.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion statement

Lumos is wholly committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and against all forms of discrimination.  

We are committed to creating and sustaining a positive working environment that encourages, supports, and gives a voice to all, so that we can best support the children we serve.  

We must ensure that all staff are equally valued, included, empowered, and respected across the organisation and in everything we do. Lumos is fundamentally built on diverse, multi-national and multicultural teams.  

This is something we cherish as a key strength and an integral part of our identity. Our organisation values and celebrates the diversity, culture, and experience of each member of staff, provides equality of care, and support to everyone.   

We pledge to listen carefully, to educate ourselves continually, to promote open dialogue, and to seek out and deal with discrimination and prejudice wherever it occurs in Lumos.

· The deadline for applications is Monday 2nd February, 9:00 am CET ·

Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

 

Kitchen Chef

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Chef to join our Homelessness Social Care Service in Westminster.

£12,603.50 per annum, working 17.5 hours per week.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Our benefits include:

• Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
• Free DBS
• Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
• Fully paid induction programme and further training
• ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
• Cycle to work scheme

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision for all staff working in the kitchen/dining room
• To prepare and cook meals for residents according to agreed menus
• To ensure that meals are provided on time in accordance advertised meal times
• To ensure food kitchen hygiene meets a high standard at all times
• To ensure that all meals are appropriately presented and served
• To monitor all kitchen staff in safe methods of working with equipment and machinery

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

• Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
• Approachable and open behaviour
• Prefers working as part of a group or team
• Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
• Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
• Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments

What you'll bring:

Essential:

• Holds a level 3 food safety certificate

Desirable:

• Previously worked in a kitchen environment

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

• We focus on Excellence and innovation.
• We are Caring and Compassionate.
• We are Inclusive and Trusted.
• We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What you’ll focus on:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

About the role

The Practice Manager plays a key role in supporting the Association of Charitable Foundations’ (ACF) strategic objective to help trusts and foundations aspire to and achieve excellent practice.

Working within the Policy and Programmes team, the role leads and contributes to ACF’s practice work across a range of foundation practice issues. This includes gathering and analysing insights from members and stakeholders, developing evidence-based positions, and producing practical guidance and resources to support learning and improvement across the sector.

The role works closely with colleagues across ACF to ensure practice insights are embedded across the organisation and effectively communicated to members through events, networks, learning opportunities and publications.

This is a maternity cover role offered on a fixed-term, part-time basis.

Key Responsibilities

Practice Insight, Research and Development

• Maintain and develop ACF’s understanding of current foundation practice and the context in which foundations operate
• Gather insights from ACF members, networks and external stakeholders to identify examples of excellent practice and areas where additional guidance is needed
• Research and analyse complex and technical information from a range of sources to inform practice positions and content
• Contribute to the development of long-term organisational approaches and positions on key areas of foundation practice, building on frameworks such as Stronger Foundations

Guidance, Content and Learning

• Develop clear, accessible and engaging guidance and practice resources to support members in reflecting on and strengthening their practice
• Contribute practice content for events, learning opportunities and member communications
• Respond to practice-related queries from individual members and other stakeholders
• Support the ongoing delivery of member benefits such as the Daily Digest

Stakeholder Engagement and Networks

• Build and maintain productive relationships with ACF members and external stakeholders
• Represent ACF at meetings, events and external initiatives to monitor developments affecting foundation practice and build sector relationships
• Take responsibility for a small portfolio of member networks, supporting co-convenors and feeding insights into ACF’s intelligence base
• Maintain ACF’s mechanisms for members to engage with initiatives such as the Funder Commitment on Climate Change and report on progress

Internal Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing

• Act as a key internal source of knowledge and insight on foundation practice
• Brief senior leaders on emerging practice issues and trends
• Work closely with colleagues across ACF, particularly policy, communications and learning teams, to ensure practice developments are shared accurately and consistently
• Support strong internal communication so colleagues are aware of and can engage with practice activity

General and Organisational Responsibilities

• Uphold ACF’s values, behaviours and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Comply with organisational policies, including health and safety requirements
• Take responsibility for personal development and participate in training and performance reviews
• Undertake other duties reasonably required within the scope of the role

About the Association of Charitable Foundations

ACF is the leading membership association for foundations and independent grant-makers in the UK.

We strengthen trusts and foundations so they can rise to the challenges of our time. Our vision is diverse, vibrant and effective foundations working together for social good. 

You can read our new five-year strategy here.

You can read the Principles of engagement for our learning, events and networks here

Our values are:
We care · We are open · We are evidence-based · We are ambitious

About our members

We have over 440 members, who together represent one third of the assets of the charity sector and make over 40% of the grants awarded by UK foundations. Our members range from small family trusts to some of the largest charitable foundations in Europe, funding across sectors from social justice and the environment to education and the arts.

Our commitment

We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation, recognising different perspectives, will enable us to provide excellent services. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

We welcome all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the members we serve. We would like to encourage applications from disadvantaged socio-economic, disabled, LGBTQ+ and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.  If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.

Benefits

ACF has developed a range of benefits to enable staff to perform and be supported in times where personal situations change.  Annual leave is 25 days per year, plus all the bank holidays, as well as additional time off between Christmas and New Year.  We will also make a pension contribution of 10% of base salary on your behalf without any expectation of colleagues matching the organisation contribution.

ACF supports flexible working arrangements, offers hybrid working and has a family friendly policies. We also support employee wellbeing by offering occupational sick pay and an Employee Assistance Programme to all staff.

We're looking for a kind, empathetic and resilient Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Tower Hamlets.

£28,808.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training
* ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
* Online wellbeing resources
* A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
* Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

What you'll do:
* If a need arises, deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate
* Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
* Participate in the support planning and risk management, as facilitated by the lead Support Worker
* Carry out security duties to ensure the safety of the customers and premises
* Monitor the CCTV throughout the shift

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:
* Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
* Prefers working as part of a group or team
* Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
* Flexible
* Open to feedback and self development
* Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
* Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
* Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
* Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
* Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
* Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
* Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour

What you'll bring:
Essential:
* NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector

Desirable:
* Relevant specialism experience

About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

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Reports to - Development Director

Location - London - Clapham / Hybrid working (minimum 40% of working time in the office)

About Us

For over 30 years, The Money Charity has been the UK’s Financial Capability charity. We proactively provide education, information, advice and guidance to people of all ages, helping them to manage their money well and increase their Financial Wellbeing.

We believe that being on top of your money as a part of everyday life reduces stress and hardship, helps you achieve your goals and live a happier life as a result, so we empower people from all backgrounds across the UK to build the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours to make the most of their money throughout their lives.

We also aim to change the culture around Financial Wellbeing by working with the financial services industry to improve practices and outcomes for their consumers, and influencing policy-makers, media, industry and public attitudes.

We are a small, passionate team with a big reach and an open mind, committed to quality accessibility and inclusiveness. We offer a flexible work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration. For more information about us, please visit our website.

About The Role 

We’re looking for a dynamic and relationship-driven Corporate Partnerships Manager to initially grow our portfolio of corporate partners through business development, support the Senior Management Team with their existing corporate partners and then take on your own portfolio of corporate partners. This is a key role in strengthening our income generation, expanding our reach, and creating partnerships that support financial wellbeing across the UK.

You’ll lead on securing new partnerships and managing existing ones - from banks and building societies to insurers, fintechs and professional services. You’ll develop creative propositions, deliver exceptional account management, and drive income that supports our mission.

Closing Date - 11:30pm, Monday 26 January 2026

Interviews - 1st round week commencing 2 February 2026 (virtually). 2nd round week commencing 9 February 2026 (face-to-face in our offices).

Please visit our website for the full job description including the application details.

Job Title: Marketing and Communications Manager (Maternity Cover)

Reporting To: Director of Fundraising

Line Management: This post has no line management responsibilities

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 (FTE), pro-rata for part time hours

Hours: 28 hours per week, working pattern to be agreed

Contract: 14 months

Location: Currently one day in the office in Kings Cross N1 9LG (Tuesdays)

DBS: This post is subject to an enhanced criminal record check under the arrangements established by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Context of Job

AFK is a national charity creating opportunities for children and young people who are disabled or neurodiverse, to increase their independence, reach their individual potential and remove the barriers they face. Our vision is a world where there are no barriers to independence for children and young people who are disabled or neurodivergent.

As part of this we offer bespoke employment skills training and organise work experience across North London. At a national level, we provide mobility equipment not available on the NHS for disabled children and young people up to the age of 25.

Overall Job Purpose

As part of the Fundraising and Communications Department this role is responsible for creating bold, inspiring new ideas for the charity across digital, marketing and communications, PR, campaigns and internal communications.

You will be passionate about telling stories to inspire action from external supporters and will have responsibility for executing the marketing plan to support events, partnerships, and campaigns. You’ll also collaborate with the Fundraising and Services Teams to identify our target audiences and make suggestions on how to communicate across multiple channels to best drive engagement.

Your creativity and passion will deliver tailored marketing and communications campaigns and you will work closely with colleagues and external agencies/freelancers as required to influence and engage external stakeholders. You will help to bring our brand promise and our mission to life for colleagues, supporters and the young people we support.

This role will provide practical support to produce videos, social media, and materials to help raise funds, increase our profile and support the wider charity.

Working Conditions

The post is 28 hours a week, split flexibly across the working week (working pattern to be agreed). The post holder may be expected to work some evenings and weekends as required by the job.

28 days annual leave pro rated will be given in addition to public holidays.

There is a TOIL policy.

Working Relationships

This role is all about building strong relationships across the organisation to align marketing and communications with our priorities, juggling income generation, service promotion, and leadership communications.

You'll be the central communications hub, turning organisational goals into engaging content that resonates with our audiences.

You'll work closely with the Fundraising team to create compelling campaigns that engage donors and boost income. You'll partner with our Service Delivery teams to capture great impact stories and share what we do with stakeholders. Regular collaboration with the CEO is key for managing organisational messaging, supporting strategic communications, and keeping our brand consistent.

Principal Responsibilities

· Implement the Marketing and Communications strategy and plan, including tracking progress against KPIs

· Undertake a full and routine evaluation of all marcomms activity including preparing reports for colleagues and the leadership team

· Write briefs for external agencies/freelance support as required

· Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive suite of marketing collateral that meets needs across the organisation, ensuring there is a cost-effective process in place for commissioning new materials

· Support internal communications by maintaining the Sharepoint hub front page

· Produce design and copy for inclusive and accessible marketing content including off and online for fundraising appeals, service delivery programmes and organisational brand messaging

· Maintain the AFK website, built on Wordpress, and manage the external web hosts and developers to ensure updates are successful and the website reflects brand guidelines and AFK’s tone of voice

· Produce a regular e-newsletter and increase subscribers by promoting the e-news across owned channels

· Manage the AFK social media accounts, working closely with the wider organisation to ensure brand alignment across all social channels

· Oversee the appropriate and consistent use of our brand across all communications touch points by ensuring all internal and external stakeholders have the resources and support required to work within the brand guidelines

· This post currently has no direct reports