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Delivered across the three richly diverse London boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham our Community Engagement programmecurrently includes:
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Exercise classes to help maintain and develop fitness, strength and mobility to prevent falls and promote wellbeing (e.g through the provision of chair-based yoga and walking groups) in our centres and at outreach settings.
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Social activities and events giving older people the opportunity to meet and connect in our centres and in outreach settings.
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Health talks and learning events providing older people with the information ad knowledge they need to remain healthy and independent.
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Lunch clubs providing healthy, warm and affordable meals as well as social connection.
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Digital inclusion supporting older people using digital devices and getting online.
We are able to demonstrate meaningful impact with 97% of people who use our services telling us that they feel better connected to their community and 96% stating that they are maintaining a good level of physical independence as a result of the programmes we deliver.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is a flexible, relationship-led role for someone who loves being out in the community, opening doors, inspiring supporters and turning local goodwill into long-term income to support seriously ill children and their families.
We are looking for an ambitious, energetic and relationship-focused Regional Community Fundraiser to join our fundraising team and grow sustainable support across Surrey. Working from home and spending significant time within your region, you will act as the face of the charity locally, engaging individuals, community groups, schools, local businesses and volunteers.
We support families across SW London, Surrey and Sussex whose children are facing cancer or a life-challenging condition.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Everyone's Invited
Everyone's Invited is a charity dedicated to eradicating rape culture, providing a safe platform for survivors of sexual abuse to tell their stories and delivering specialist education for young people, educators and professionals in workplaces. We are committed to creating safe spaces for survivors to share their experiences and driving meaningful change in communities, schools, and workplaces. We recognise that sexual violence and oppression are shaped by intersecting systems of power, including race, gender identity, sexuality, disability, class and migration status. We are committed to building a workplace and movement that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and centres those most impacted.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Finance Manager to lead the day-to-day financial management of Everyone's Invited and to strengthen the financial foundations of our work during a period of growth. This role is ideal for someone who is organised, reliable, and comfortable owning the finances of a small charity - from bookkeeping and payroll through to budgeting, reporting and financial controls. Working closely with the leadership team, the Finance Manager will ensure that financial records are accurate, payments are processed efficiently, and key financial processes run smoothly. Beyond core financial management, the role also has an income dimension: helping Everyone's Invited identify and develop new lines of income, including charitable giving from corporate sponsors, and providing the financial expertise that underpins funding applications and partnerships.
This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys working independently, setting up clear financial systems, and supporting a small team to stay on top of financial administration -while also thinking creatively about how a growing charity can diversify and sustain its income.
Key Responsibilities
Financial management and record-keeping
•Reconciling transactions and maintaining accurate financial records using Xero
•Managing incoming and outgoing invoices, including raising invoices and tracking payments
•Logging daily purchases and expenses
•Supporting day-to-day bank management, including monitoring balances and processing payments
•Maintaining organised financial documentation and records
Payroll
•Processing monthly payroll and ensuring all staff and freelancers are paid accurately and on time
Budgeting, forecasting and reporting
• Assisting with forecasting, budgeting and tracking, including budget variance reporting
• Supporting financial reporting for the leadership team and trustees, including monthly summaries and inputs to board and finance subcommittee papers
•Assisting with financial preparation for year-end accounts and liaising with external accountants
Income generation and corporate giving
• Working with the leadership team to identify and develop new lines of income for Everyone's Invited, including charitable giving from corporate sponsors and partners
• Researching prospective corporate supporters whose values align with our mission, and supporting due diligence and ethical screening of potential donors and sponsors
•Developing costed proposals and budgets for corporate partnerships, sponsorships, funding applications and earned income (such as education and training delivery)
• Ensuring full cost recovery in pricing and proposals, so that new income genuinely strengthens the organisation
• Supporting financial reporting to funders and partners, including on restricted funds
Financial controls, policies and compliance
•Helping to develop and maintain financial policies and financial controls
•Ensuring financial processes are efficient and appropriate for a small charity environment
• Identifying and implementing improvements to financial systems and processes
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience managing finances for a small organisation or charity
- A recognised finance or accounting qualification (full or part-qualified), or equivalent
- Comfortable managing day-to-day bookkeeping independently
- Highly organised, reliable, and able to manage their own workload
- Communicates clearly and can work collaboratively with a small team
- Proactive in maintaining clear systems and identifying improvements to financial
- processes
- Comfortable working flexibly within a small, mission-driven organisation
- Experience with Xero or a similar cloud accounting system
- Experience supporting income generation - for example corporate giving, sponsorship,
- grant budgets or earned income - in a charity setting
- Understanding of charity finance, including restricted funds, full cost recovery and Gift Aid
What it’s like to work with us
Working at Everyone's Invited means being part of a small, mission-driven team working to
end rape culture through education, survivor support, research and advocacy. Based at
Somerset House in central London, we're a close-knit organisation where everyone's
contribution is visible and valued - you'll have real ownership of your work from day one. We
won't pretend the work is easy: our work is rooted in survivor testimony, and engaging with
this material day to day can be genuinely challenging. That's exactly why we're committed to
giving you the tools and support to take care of yourself, underpinned by an ongoing
wellbeing programme shaped by our own staff's voices. Ours is a culture of fast-paced
excellence - from national research and school-based education programmes to festival
partnerships and public exhibitions, we set a high bar and move quickly to meet it. If you're
looking for work that matters, with a team that lives its values internally as well as externally,
we'd love to hear from you.
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team working for democracy, peace and climate justice.
We’re looking for someone to manage our Advocacy and Media team for a year. The team covers public affairs, media, social media, and relationships with other churches and faiths.
We need someone with the relevant skills and experience, who can also learn fast and start leading the team’s work quickly. You will have a background in policy, public affairs and/or campaigning work, and experience of line-management. You will need excellent interpersonal, communication and organisation skills.
We have our own advocacy projects on democracy and human rights in Westminster and Holyrood, as well as working in coalition with other organisations on issues such as climate justice and peace.
You will have the opportunity to work within a friendly and collaborative team for an organisation striving for peace, truth, equality and sustainability.
Contract: Fixed term for 13 months, maternity leave cover.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week.
Location: Based at our offices in London (NW1) or at home nationally, but must be within 2 hours’ travel of London and willing to travel regularly and sometimes at short notice. Office-based staff can work at home some of the time by agreement.
For details of how to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: 8.00am on Monday, 5 October 2026.
Interviews: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 (Friends House, London).
Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values.
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
About us
New Local has a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. We publish research, lead peer learning, influence government and work with public sector organisations on some of today’s most pressing issues, informed by our network of 50-plus local authority members.
All of our work is guided by a belief in community power - the principle that communities themselves have the best insight into their own circumstances and should be able to participate in shaping their places and services. We believe that active, empowered communities should be at the heart of a wider shift towards place-based public services and a system focused on prevention, which can lead to better outcomes and a more sustainable system for all.
Purpose
Our Head of Practice role sits within our Practice and Programmes team. You will lead the development and delivery of a portfolio of practice work whilst also contributing to New Local's policy and thought leadership work. We are committed to strengthening the feedback loops between practice and policy locally, regionally and nationally and this role is key to this.
In our practice work you will solve challenges alongside councils, other public sector partners and communities, supporting them to deepen the impact of innovative place-based approaches and to understand the conditions needed for them to grow. You will be leading projects, working alongside delivery partners where needed, managing other New Local team members, to deliver high-quality work and impact for our partners.
Our thought leadership and policy approach is deeply rooted in our practice and peer-learning networks.You will draw on the pioneering work we see in places, and with our members, to support New Local's work to inform the national policy conversation about the conditions and enablers needed for places to accelerate and grow innovation in place-based, preventative and relational working.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of practice projects, ensuring effective project management so that practice work is delivered within budget and to agreed timelines.
- Lead the delivery of projects within our practice portfolio, using a range of innovation and practice approaches including design, facilitation, strategy development, user-centred design, adaptive and collaborative learning, and approaches that enable partners to test, learn and adapt.
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with partners and clients for our practice work, across local government, the wider public sector and communities, placing an emphasis on collaborative working, co-design and building the relationships needed to support meaningful change.
- Develop and grow our practice work and generate revenues through deepening client relationships, creatively developing and responding to new partnership and business opportunities, including writing proposals and devising project budgets, aligned to our organisational purpose and vision.
- Lead effective project management of our activities, working with colleagues and partners to deliver high-quality work and impact within agreed budgets and timelines.
- Work with clients and the wider New Local team to connect practice, strategy and policy, drawing out learning from innovation and working with partners to translate this into changes in policy, strategy, systems and services, while contributing to wider thinking about the conditions needed to enable and scale change.
- Model and promote the integration of practice and policy, through testing and iterating New Local's integrated policy and practice model and proactively contributing to our thought leadership and policy work.
- Model and promote collaborative working across New Local, including with our network and communications teams, using your practice expertise and learning from projects to strengthen the wider impact of our work on community power and public service reform.
How to apply
For the full job description, person specification and details on how to apply, please visit New Local's website.
An independent think tank and network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
New Local has a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. We publish research, lead peer learning, influence government and work with public sector organisations on some of today’s most pressing issues, informed by our network of 50-plus local authority members.
All of our work is guided by a belief in community power – the principle that communities themselves have the best insight into their own circumstances and should be able to participate in shaping their places and services. We believe that active, empowered communities should be at the heart of a wider shift towards place-based public services and a system focused on prevention, which can lead to better outcomes and a more sustainable system for all.
Purpose
This role sits within our Practice and Programmes team and will contribute to the development and delivery of New Local’s practice and policy work, supporting community-powered public sector reform in partnership with communities, individual councils, strategic authorities, central government, the NHS and other public and voluntary sector bodies.
In our practice work, you will confidently lead and contribute to projects alongside public sector partners and communities, using a range of innovation and practice approaches to address complex challenges and support change. This could include programme and service design, facilitation, strategy development, user-centred design, adaptive and collaborative learning, and approaches that help partners test, learn and adapt in practice. You will work with delivery partners where needed and collaborate closely with other New Local colleagues to deliver high-quality work and impact for our local authority members, wider clients and partners. Crucially, you will help partners not only to develop and test new approaches, but to understand what the learning means for wider strategy, systems and ways of working.
A key part of the role is connecting our practice work to wider strategy, policy and thought leadership. Our thought leadership and policy approach is deeply rooted in the practice we see in places and through our member and peer-learning networks. You will help draw out and communicate learning from pioneering work, developing practical insights and narratives that challenge thinking and inform wider strategy and policy. This could include contributing to blogs and thought pieces, shaping events and member sessions, sharing learning with wider audiences or supporting engagement with key stakeholders. You will identify connections between emerging local practice and national policy agendas and contribute to relationships and opportunities that advance New Local’s work on community power and public service reform.
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Contribute to the delivery of New Local practice projects, working closely with senior members of the New Local team and using a range of innovation and practice approaches including design, facilitation, strategy development, user-centred design, adaptive and collaborative learning, and approaches that enable partners to test, learn and adapt.
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with partners across local government, the wider public sector and communities, placing an emphasis on collaborative working, co-design and building the relationships needed to support meaningful change.
- Design and facilitate engaging processes and workshops that help partners explore complex challenges, develop new approaches, test ideas and build shared understanding and action.
- Help connect practice, strategy and policy, drawing out learning from innovation and working with partners to translate this into changes in policy, strategy, systems and services, while contributing to wider thinking about the conditions needed to enable and scale change.
- Ensure effective project management of our activities, working with colleagues and partners to deliver high-quality work and impact within agreed budgets and timelines.
- Support the development and growth of our practice work, including contributing to proposals, project scoping and budgets, and identifying opportunities to develop our work with existing and new partners.
- Communicate the process, findings and learning from our work, producing clear and compelling outputs for different audiences and helping to draw out wider insights that can inform strategy, practice and policy.
- Contribute to New Local’s thought leadership and policy work, identifying connections between emerging local practice and wider policy agendas, and contributing to blogs, thought pieces, events, member sessions and stakeholder engagement.
- Work collaboratively across New Local, including with our network and communications teams, using your practice expertise and learning from projects to strengthen the wider impact of our work on community power and public service reform.
How to apply
For the full job description, person specification and details on how to apply, please visit New Local's website.
An independent think tank and network, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Engagement Events Manager plans and delivers cultivation and stewardship events that meet and exceed our engagement objectives. Sitting within the Philanthropy team, the Engagement Events Manager builds strong working relationships with colleagues across Fundraising and the Trust to deliver successful and inspiring events. The role is responsible for delivering and managing a variety of events, from webinars and receptions to dinners and VIP tours for our high value fundraising team, including major and principal donors, trusts and foundation and corporate partners. Work alongside the Head of Philanthropy to develop and deliver the high value events strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead on the inception, development, project management and end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of bespoke events for our charities. The events programme will maximise donor cultivation and stewardship opportunities. Including, but not limited to: dinners, receptions, round table discussions, lectures, VIP tours and online events.
- Prepare and maintain a project plan for each event, and manage multiple, competing deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
- Manage budgets, milestones and KPIs to monitor and respond to performance. • Provide regular event status updates to the senior and fundraising stakeholders, and to flag risks and proposed solutions well in advance.
- Grow and enhance our cultivation and stewardship events fundraising programme and deliver an excellent portfolio of activity based on audience insight and feedback.
- Prepare and deliver event briefings for assigned events, providing briefings for internal and external stakeholders, including board members, trustees and VIPs.
- Lead project group meetings for events, with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Respond to enquiries from staff, patients, donors, potential donors and suppliers.
- Advocate best practice across the team by preparing meeting materials and following up with comprehensive minutes to ensure good communication.
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with internal colleagues and external stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration during the event process, including personal assistants and external suppliers.
- Measure the impact of all assigned events through evaluation and strategic follow-up activity, keeping templates up to date and fit for purpose.
- Contribute to the wider fundraising team, taking a proactive approach to working in a high performing and collaborative team.
- Supervise staff and volunteers at events.
- Work in a hot desk environment, at least two days per week of meaningful time in the Foundation’s office, plus time within a hospital or other sites as required.
- Create policies and templates regarding events at all levels and audiences.
- Be the Engagement Events subject matter expert to advise fundraisers and the wider team on how to deliver impact through events and align individual events to the overarching events strategy.
Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role.
Skills, abilities, and attributes:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to plan and deliver projects within budgets and on time with attention to detail. • Computer literate (i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel).
- Flexible approach and willingness to attend some commitments outside of regular hours.
- Team player attitude with a willingness to step in to support others where needed.
- Confidence working with senior stakeholders and VIPs.
Knowledge, experience, and qualifications:
- Experience of delivering successful event/project management in a fundraising environment, including planning and delivering a portfolio of events/projects to meet targets and within budget.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
- Knowledge of digital events tools such as webinars and/or online community platforms.
- Knowledge of a Fundraising database (e.g. Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce).
- Knowledge of fundraising regulation (e.g. Fundraising code of conduct and GDPR).
- Understanding of NHS Charities or healthcare fundraising.
Benefits
- Contributory Pension
- Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
- Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
- Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities.
- Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit.
- Shower facilities and bike lock area.
- Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
- Subsidies for glasses
- Employee Assistance Programme
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid: Turn2us London Hub (Farringdon) & homeworking Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity and its structural causes. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating financial insecurity, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.
About this role
The Head of People & Culture plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering Turn2us’s people strategy. Working closely with the Director of People, Culture and Governance, the postholder leads a compassionate, forward-thinking team that champions inclusion, wellbeing and belonging across the organisation. They will drive initiatives that attract, develop and retain talented people, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, supported and connected to Turn2us’s mission of achieving financial security for all. Through strategic leadership, innovative people practices and a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, the Head of People & Culture ensures that organisational culture, learning, and policies enable every individual to thrive and contribute meaningfully to the charity’s goals.
About you
The Head of People & Culture must demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire collaboration, compassion and accountability across multiple projects and teams. Excellent communication and influencing skills are vital, along with the capacity to balance strategic priorities with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, evolving environment. The successful candidate will bring proven experience in managing employee relations, driving cultural and organisational change, and embedding equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all people practices. They should be skilled in using HR systems and data to inform decisions and deliver measurable outcomes. Experience of leading complex, cross-organisational initiatives and a commitment to Turn2us’s mission of financial security for all are essential We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 1 day a week.
Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.
Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
Closing date: 22/09/26 11:59PM
1st Interview date: 08/10/26 (in person)
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Job Description
At Hft, our vision is to create a future where learning disabled people can live the best life possible. We do this by coming together to campaign for positive change, provide personalised support and create solutions that enable people to live independently.
We’re looking for an experienced Tender and Contracts Manager to join our Business Development team and play a key role in helping Hft win new business, retain existing contracts and grow our income.
This is a key role for an exceptionally strong bid writer with proven experience within the social care sector. You’ll need to be able to develop compelling, persuasive and high-quality tender responses that demonstrate a clear understanding of commissioners’ requirements and position Hft strongly against the competition.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing together commercial thinking, exceptional writing, project management and stakeholder engagement. You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end tender process, from identifying opportunities and making go/no-go recommendations through to submission and post-tender review. You’ll also manage the income contract lifecycle, ensuring our contracts are well governed, compliant and effectively managed from award through to renewal.
What you'll be doing
You’ll be the central point of contact for tendering and contract management activity across Hft, working with colleagues across finance, operations, legal, governance, marketing and communications, as well as external partners.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing the full tender lifecycle, from opportunity identification and go/no-go decisions through to contract award.
- Monitoring procurement portals and relevant platforms to identify new business opportunities.
- Coordinating internal and external contributors to ensure high-quality, timely submissions.
- Leading the writing, editing and quality assurance of compelling, high-scoring tender responses that directly address evaluation criteria and maximise our chances of success.
- Using exceptional bid writing skills to develop persuasive responses that clearly articulate Hft’s value proposition, demonstrate our social care expertise and differentiate us from competitors.
- Translating complex operational, technical and commercial information into clear and persuasive narratives.
- Developing strong value propositions, win themes, case studies and supporting evidence.
- Maintaining a central bid content library and ensuring our tender materials remain accurate, current and effective.
- Developing supporting tender documentation, including methodologies, pricing narratives, mobilisation plans and social value commitments.
- Managing the full income contract lifecycle, including awards, variations, amendments, renewals and change control.
- Maintaining an accurate contract register and monitoring key dates, obligations, risks and milestones.
- Working closely with finance and governance colleagues to ensure appropriate oversight, approval and risk management.
- Providing clear reporting and insight to senior leaders on the tender pipeline, contract portfolio, risks and commercial commitments.
- Leading post-tender debriefs and using feedback and lessons learned to continually improve our approach.
- Helping to build Hft’s organisational capability through training, guidance and support for colleagues involved in bid and tender activity.
What we're looking for
This role is not simply a contract management position. We are looking for an exceptional bid writer who understands social care and can turn complex information into compelling, high-scoring tender submissions.
Essential experience
You must have:
- Significant experience working within the social care sector, with a strong understanding of the sector, commissioning environment and the needs of social care providers.
- Exceptional bid/tender writing skills, with a proven ability to write persuasive, compelling and high-quality responses that meet evaluation criteria and demonstrate clear value.
- At least 3 years' experience in a bid, tender or proposal management role.
- A proven track record of managing end-to-end tender processes and producing successful submissions.
- Experience of managing contract variations, renewals and change control.
- Experience managing multiple bids and live contracts against demanding deadlines.
- Outstanding written, editing and proofreading skills, with an exceptional eye for detail.
- The ability to understand complex procurement, contractual and service information and translate it into clear, persuasive and engaging written responses.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to influence and coordinate colleagues at all levels.
- Sound commercial judgement and the ability to identify and escalate contractual and financial risks.
- Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to remain calm while managing competing priorities.
- An understanding of governance, delegated authority, risk and audit requirements.
- Knowledge of UK public procurement legislation, including the Procurement Act 2023.
The person we're looking for
We're looking for someone who is an outstanding communicator and writer, with the ability to take information from multiple stakeholders and turn it into a coherent, persuasive bid that tells a compelling story.
You’ll be confident challenging and influencing contributors, asking the right questions to draw out the strongest content and ensuring every response is targeted towards what the commissioner is looking for.
Most importantly, you'll understand social care. You’ll be able to draw on your sector knowledge and experience to demonstrate how Hft can deliver high-quality services, achieve positive outcomes for people and provide commissioners with confidence in our ability to deliver.
We are seeking both strong social care experience and significant bid/tender writing experience
If you're an experienced bid and contract professional looking for a role where you can make a real difference, influence strategic decisions and help shape how an organisation approaches growth and commercial opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.
To improve the lives of learning disabled people by providing personalised support that promotes independence, choice, and inclusion.



At Hestia, we are guided by our core values and are dedicated to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation. Our mission is to empower individuals to rebuild their lives and achieve independence. Right now, we are looking for an IPS Employment Specialist to play a pivotal role in our Employment Services in Redbridge.
Sounds great, what will I be doing?
The Employment Specialist will work one to one with service users who have serious mental health needs, helping them set employment goals and overcome barriers to getting into work. They will support clients with job searching, CVs, interview preparation and in work support, while also building relationships with local employers to identify suitable job opportunities. The role involves working closely with clinical teams and community partners, promoting the service, supporting clients to understand how work may affect their benefits, and helping people stay in employment once they have secured a job.
What do I need to bring with me?
You'll need to be able to demonstrate the core skills this role requires as well as match our values and mission. You don't have to tick all the boxes right away; the important thing is that you're willing to learn. We also value lived experience of the areas we support, so if you feel comfortable, please do mention this on your application.
The key skills for this role are strong employer engagement, relationship building and partnership working, alongside the ability to build trusting relationships with service users and understand their individual barriers to employment. The person needs to be confident working one to one with people with serious mental health needs, helping them set career goals, develop CVs, prepare for interviews and overcome barriers to work, while also building relationships with employers to create suitable opportunities. They should be confident working with clinical teams, community partners and other stakeholders, promoting the service and finding creative solutions that help service users move into and stay in sustainable employment.
Interview Steps
We keep our interview process simple, so you know exactly what to expect.
- Shortlisting call: We have a team of dedicated recruitment specialists who will speak to you about your experience, motivations and values. They will also tell you about all the great work we do!
- Face to face interview: Now you will have face to face interview with the hiring manager. Our interviews are value and competency based.
Don't be alarmed if there are other stages in the process, it's all part of the plan for some of our roles.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Our services users come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes us stronger. We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people and communities bring to our organisation.
We are a disability confident employer
Hestia is proud to be a disability confident employer, dedicated to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for. We also provide reasonable adjustments during the selection and interview process, and throughout your employment with us.
Safeguarding Statement
Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same. We require all staff to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment with Hestia.
Important Information for Candidates
If your application is successful, please be aware that you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks before a formal offer of employment can be confirmed.
We reserve the right to close this job advert early should we receive a high volume of applications or if the position is filled before the closing date. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.
We deliver services across London as well as campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect the people we work with.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager – Charity
Contract: Full-Time (2 1/2 days per week)
Salary: Competitive
Location: London / Hybrid
A leading charity is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, analysis and modelling across the organisation and its associated charitable entities.
Reporting to the Head of Finance, the role will lead a small team and provide senior-level financial insight to the Leadership Team, Trustees and Finance/Risk & Audit Committee.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and scenario planning.
- Develop long-term models covering reserves, cash flow, investment and income planning.
- Provide financial analysis, challenge and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Lead management reporting and develop dashboards to support decision-making.
- Support investment appraisal, business cases, grants and major projects.
- Coach finance colleagues and budget holders on financial planning and analysis.
- Drive improvements to financial processes, systems and value for money.
Ideal background:
- Qualified accountant.
- Strong FP&A leadership experience within a charity or not-for-profit environment.
- Experience across modelling, scenario planning, budgeting, forecasting and management accounts.
- Confident influencing senior stakeholders, budget holders and Trustees/Board-level audiences.
- Strong Excel, analytical and people-management skills.
Advice & Navigation Manager
6 Month FTC
£30,309.60
Part time, 4 days per week (28 hours)
Hybrid, London (Islington)
Interviews: ASAP
Start: Late September
Charity People are recruiting an experienced Advice & Navigation Manager to lead two community focused services for a much loved charity.
The Advice and Navigation Manager is responsible for leading the charity's advice, navigation and social prescribing services, ensuring that residents, particularly those experiencing inequality, exclusion or multiple disadvantage, receive high quality, safe and effective support that helps them navigate complex systems and address interlinked social, economic and health challenges.
Leading a relatively new team, you will provide day-to-day support, guidance and oversight while acting as the service's expert practitioner on complex casework.
Success in this role will come from your ability to quickly build trust, support staff with challenging cases, use data and insight to improve practice, and create stability within the team. This is very much a role for someone who enjoys working with people, solving problems, and rolling up their sleeves when needed.
You'll line manage around four team members, oversee service delivery across two connected services, support complex case reviews, contribute to rota management, and occasionally provide direct service support to ensure residents continue to receive an excellent service.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working closely with people, supporting complex casework, developing staff and ensuring services run smoothly. You'll manage around four team members, oversee service delivery, review cases, use data to drive improvement and help create a stable, supportive environment for both staff and residents.
You will bring:
- Experience in people management
- Confidence supporting complex casework
- Excellent communication skills - relational, approachable, and flexible
- Experience in using data, insight and CRM systems
- Leadership skills with hands-on service delivery experience
- Passion about improving outcomes for communities experiencing disadvantage
- Significant experience working in a client focused advice or support service from a community, voluntary or health setting
You could come from social prescribing, advice and guidance, community services, disability services, health, wellbeing, or broader support service environments.
If you are the kind of manager who leads from the front, loves supporting teams and can quickly get to grips with complex services and casework, then this role could be perfect for you. Please apply without delay as this role will be interviewed on a rolling basis.
There is scope for this role to be extended dependant on the success of the delivery.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
Job details
- Reports to: Philanthropy Manager, ProVeg UK
- Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel for co-working and events
- Hours: Part-time (21h/week) - 0.6 FTE
- Contract: One year fixed term (with a possibility of extension) OR open to freelance applicants
- Salary: Pro-rated for a part-time role, based on a full-time equivalent of £32k-£34k (35 hours/week)
- Application deadline: 17.09.2026
- When: October/November 2026
Role Summary
ProVeg UK is part of ProVeg International, a global food awareness organisation working to transform the food system by replacing animal products with plant-based and cultivated alternatives.
Reporting directly to the Philanthropy Manager, the Philanthropy Coordinator will play a central role in driving ProVeg UK’s fundraising income. The primary focus of this role is using creativity to write high-quality, compelling grant applications, coordinate and track progress of projects for existing grants, and managing comprehensive, impactful reporting for our existing trusts, foundations, and institutional funders.
You will be an exceptional grant writer with basic financial acumen, incredible attention to detail, and a proven ability to translate complex project outcomes into persuasive narratives. By maintaining strong relationships with current funders and securing new grant funding, you will directly support ProVeg UK's mission to drive sustainable, plant-based food systems across the UK.
Responsibilities
Grant Application Writing & Prospecting
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Proposal & Application Writing: Research, draft, and submit tailored, compelling grant applications and proposals to UK-based trusts, foundations, statutory funding bodies, and major donors. This will include drafting accurate project budgets and financial forecasts for bids. On occasion, this will also involve co-ordinating cross-organisational partnership bids with other charities/NGOs.
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Case for Support: Work closely with the Philanthropy Manager and UK programme teams to translate UK impact metrics (e.g., School Plates initiative) into engaging stories and cases for support.
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Pipeline Development: Support to the Philanthropy Manager (who leads on pipeline development for ProVeg UK) in identifying suitable funding opportunities.
Donor Reporting
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Impact Reporting: Take ownership of report writing for existing trusts and foundations, ensuring all reporting deadlines and donor-specific requirements are met accurately and promptly.
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Evaluation, Planning & Data Collection: Support the planning stage of awarded grants, liaise with programme leads to track delivery against objectives, and work with UK staff to gather monitoring and evaluation data for funder reports.
Systems, Compliance & Operations
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CRM & Pipeline Tracking: Maintain accurate and up-to-date grant management records, application deadlines, reporting schedules, and contact details in the CRM (HubSpot).
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Grant Compliance: Ensure all grant conditions, pledge agreements, and restricted funding parameters are communicated internally and strictly adhered to.
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International Coordination: Liaise with the ProVeg International Development Team to share best practices, templates, and joint funding opportunities where relevant.
Qualifications / Experience
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Grant Writing Track Record: Proven track record of grant writing in the non-profit sector, with demonstrable success in securing large grants from trusts and foundations.
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Donor Reporting Experience: Experience preparing detailed narrative and financial reports for existing institutional donors and grant-makers.
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Narrative Skills: Exceptional written English skills, with the ability to turn complex program outcomes, data, and food systems concepts into clear, inspiring narrative bids.
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Project & Time Management: Outstanding organisational skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple application and reporting deadlines simultaneously.
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Financial Literacy: Basic financial acumen and experience with building and presenting project budgets for proposals and reporting.
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Mission Alignment: Passion for and commitment to ProVeg’s mission of transforming global and UK food systems.
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Benefits of working with ProVeg
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A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
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Provision of a work laptop.
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Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
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Career development support.
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Mental health & wellbeing support via access to the OpenUp platform and a free Headspace subscription
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We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
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Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days increasing by one day a year to a maximum of 30 days (plus bank holidays)
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
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Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
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Access to 24/7 virtual GP Service
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Access to the Wisdom app with exclusive perks and discounts
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Compassionate animal companion leave
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And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
Further Information
Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter including your motivation and describing how you meet the person specification. Even if you do not meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. ProVeg supports and invests in staff growth and development.
We also request applicants to apply without attaching a photo or disclosing their date or place of birth.
If you are living with a disability, health condition and/or neurodiversity, please feel free to let us know how we can adjust and support your application process. For example, we can offer alternative tools, different interview formats, or additional time for tasks.
Important: Please make sure to use your own words and ideas in the cover letter. The goal is for us to get to know you better in order to assess if this role and your motivation are a good fit. Letters written with AI, or written in a language other than English, will be disregarded.
Application Process:
Typically, the recruitment process contains the following steps:
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Screening of your application
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Interview with People & Culture (30mins)
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Job related trial task (~ 2 hrs.)
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Second interview with the team (60mins)
To accelerate the transition to a sustainable global food system by making plant-rich foods and alternative proteins more accessible and appealing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for a skilled and proactive Buildings & Maintenance Site Lead to oversee maintenance and facilities services at one of our key sites while supporting projects across our wider property portfolio. You will lead repairs, refurbishments and planned maintenance programmes, supervise contractors and maintenance colleagues, and ensure high standards of health, safety and compliance are maintained.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead planned and reactive maintenance projects, repairs and refurbishments.
- Carry out hands-on maintenance work including carpentry, plumbing, decorating and general building repairs.
- Oversee contractors and ensure work is completed safely, on time and to a high standard.
- Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPMs), fire safety activities and compliance checks.
- Support office, housing and facilities improvement projects.
- Act as the main point of contact for maintenance issues and service requests.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, fire regulations and building standards.
- Management of the Maintenance Operatives
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Has practical experience across a range of building maintenance disciplines.
- Holds a relevant trade qualification (e.g. carpentry, plumbing or electrical).
- Has experience supervising contractors or maintenance teams.
- Understands health and safety requirements and safe working practices.
- Has strong problem-solving, organisational and communication skills.
- Is committed to delivering excellent customer service and high-quality facilities management.
“Providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice”
Citizens Advice Southwark has a track record of delivering high-quality services from its offices in Peckham and Walworth and outreach locations across Southwark and South East London. We sort out problems together, for good, by providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice across all areas of social welfare law, and through using the experience of our clients to bring about positive change through research and campaigns.
Citizens Advice Southwark provides outreach advice service in hospitals across South East London as well as from our main offices in Peckham and Walworth. We are seeking to recruit a welfare benefits caseworker to undertake casework assisting clients to access their entitlements to welfare benefits and other sources of financial help.
To be successful you will need:
- At least one year’s full time (or part time equivalent) paid or unpaid recent experience of advice work. This should include advising and undertaking casework on complex cases in social welfare law.
- Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of welfare benefits including those related to disability and sickness.
- An understanding of and commitment to the Aims and Principles of the Citizens Advice service including Equal Opportunities policies.
Closing date: 9.00am Monday 14 September 2026
Interviews: Friday 18 September 2026
We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, an employer matched pension contribution up to 10% salary, and training and development opportunities to continue your professional development.
Citizens Advice Southwark is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.