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Our Company

Keychange is a charity with care and supported housing communities across England, we are a charity based on Christian values and not only do we support those who live and work with us, but we also do what we can to support the wider community. We provide a warm, welcoming and fun environment to work in, with amazing teams across all our communities. We are an inclusive company who is welcoming of all faiths or non-faiths.

Why Work For Us

• Pension & Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Refer a Friend Bonus
• Funded Blue Light Card for discounts on 1000s of stores, days out, holidays etc.
• Keychange Awards and annual conference
• Wellbeing champions across our communities
• Fully funded training opportunities

The Role

We are looking for a strong leader for the role of Registered Manager at Erith House care community, based in Torquay. The person in this role will be responsible for the overall management within the community and creating a healthy team culture. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring person centred care is delivered in the home, the financial budget, management and leadership of staff including training, to understand the expectations set by Keychange and the CQC.

As Registered Manager, you’ll be the heart and soul of Erith House – leading a team to deliver outstanding, person-centred care. You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading and inspiring staff through effective management, supervision, and development, creating a positive team culture
• Upholding care excellence, ensuring we exceed CQC standards across all key areas, that care plans are up-to-date and overseeing all documentation
• Managing budgets, finances, and sustainability with confidence, working closely with the Finance and Care Operations teams to monitor the expenditure and income of Erith House
• Building community, engaging with residents, families, churches, and local networks
• Fostering a safe and nurturing environment, rooted in compassion and faith
• Collaborating with other Keychange Registered Managers in training and learning opportunities

Essential Skills

• Completed or willing to work towards 'Level 5 Leader in Adult Care' Qualification
• Completed or working towards ‘Level 4 Safeguarding Lead’ Qualification
• CQC Registration
• Experience of leading a team in the care sector
• Operational experience of managing budgets, rotas and working with financial data
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Desirable Skills

• Proficiency with digital care planning systems and booking systems
• Experience working with people with dementia
• Familiarity with Christian values in care environments

How to Apply

Please submit a cover letter clearly addressing the essential and desirable criteria and an up-to-date CV focused on relevant experience. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

For your cover letter, we'd love for you to address the following questions:

1. What particularly excites you about this opportunity and why have you decided to apply to Keychange for this role?
2. Using the essential and desirable criteria, how do you think that your experience makes you a good fit for the position?
3. What would you like to tell the panel about yourself that your CV might not highlight that you feel makes you a great candidate for this role? Please tell us about any work, voluntary or life experience that is pertinent to the role but might not be included on a CV.

While we appreciate the role of AI in work and in life, we want to get to know you as an individual, so please do not use AI to write your application. We’d rather read something that speaks from the heart of who you are, that’s far more valuable to us than the perfectly crafted application written by AI.

Recruitment Timeline

• Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice periods
• Deadline for submitting your application: Tuesday 23rd June 2026
• Full interviews in person at Erith House: Wednesday 1st July 2026
• Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice period

All applicants need to be able to evidence the right to work in the UK. At this time we are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Salary:  £67,752 per annum with excellent benefits
Contract type:  Permanent, full time or part time
Hours per week:  37.5 hours per week. All staff are required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week, in line with our hybrid working policy. The post-holder may be required to undertake some work outside normal working hours.

About the Health Foundation:
Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity and helps build a stronger society. Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK, and health and care services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.

The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation with a mission to build a healthier UK. We work to achieve this by generating high quality research and analysis; developing practical solutions to the biggest problems in health and health services; engaging, convening and building coalitions to build understanding, inform debate and drive action; and developing the long-term capability needed to transform health and care.

Our values:
We expect everyone who works with us to be committed to our values and to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. Our values are impact, evidence, integrity, and collaboration. You can read more about them in our five-year strategy. We also expect everyone to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and to help deliver our EDI strategy.

About the role:
The IT Operations Manager is responsible for ensuring the effective, reliable and secure operation of the Foundation’s IT services and infrastructure. The role oversees the day-to-day management of service delivery, infrastructure, and cybersecurity functions, ensuring systems are robust, resilient and able to meet the evolving needs of the organisation. Working closely with colleagues across the Foundation, the postholder ensures that technology services enable productivity, support research and analysis, and safeguard the organisation’s information assets. The role provides leadership to the Service Desk and Infrastructure & Security teams, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality support and the continuous improvement of IT services, processes, and controls.

• Ensure delivery of a comprehensive, reliable and secure IT service across service desk, infrastructure, core applications and cybersecurity, including proactive maintenance, patching and resilience measures.
• To utilise, maintain, evaluate and contribute to the development of the Foundation’s operational cyber assurance, coordinating security testing, driving remediation, and
  maintaining the operational cyber risk register with reporting to governance forums.
• Take all steps necessary to lead major incident management, coordinating technical response, ensuring timely stakeholder communication, conducting post‑incident reviews and driving service improvement actions.
• To establish, maintain and develop effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/MSPs to ensure value for money, performance, compliance and
  continuous improvement.
• Ensure successful planning and delivery of IT projects aligned to strategic objectives, maintaining disciplined change management practices and managing risk and dependencies.
   

How to apply:
Our priority is to find the right individual for each opportunity. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity and invite you to find out more.

If you would like to apply, please submit your CV, and answer the application questions below. Please try to limit your response to each question to no more than 300 words.

1. Tell us about a time when you took responsibility for improving the performance or maturity of an IT service desk. What challenges did you identify, what actions did you take to address them, and how did you measure the impact on user experience or service quality?
2. Tell us about a major incident you were responsible for managing (for example, loss of a critical system, widespread outage, etc). How did you lead the response, communicate with stakeholders, coordinate teams, and drive post incident improvements? What changed as a result?
3. Describe a situation where you identified a significant cybersecurity weakness or risk within an organisation. How did you assess the issue, gain buy in for
   remediation, minimise disruption to staff productivity, and ensure follow through? What measurable impact did your actions have?
4. How do you build positive relationships with colleagues inside and outside of your team? What methods do you employ to ensure you communicate impact, especially to non-IT colleagues? Please provide an example of how you have forged positive relationships with colleagues in previous roles

Our commitment to equality, inclusion and diversity:
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each opportunity on merit.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.

We have identified three key areas to improving diversity. Our aim to achieve a more balanced representation across our organisation, with a particular focus on increasing the number of women in leadership, enhancing the representation of people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds and welcoming more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from these groups.

Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a more diverse and inclusive workplace together.

If you require any support through this process, please contact us. Help us work together to make the recruitment process and potential future employment more accessible and enjoyable for you.

Closing date: 21 June 2026, 23:59

Interview date: w/c 29th June 2026

Are you a strategic events professional, with experience of leading high value engagement activity in the charitable sector? 
From intimate cultivation dinners to flagship stewardship moments, our high value events play a vital role in building long term relationships with our most committed supporters. We’re looking for two new High Value Events Manager’s to lead the operational oversight of this programme and ensure our events create meaningful, high-impact experiences that support our wider fundraising goals. 

What does this role do?
As High Value Events Manager, you'll:

• provide strategic oversight of an allocated portfolio of flagship, bespoke and stewardship events for high value audiences, ensuring activity is well planned, of exceptional quality and aligned with wider income and engagement objectives. 
• lead the delivery of selected large, complex events and line manage a High Value Events Officer, providing operational oversight and support to ensure effective delivery of a shared events portfolio that supports the wider event programme. 
• lead on the development of event concepts, audiences, messaging and calls to action, ensuring events are purposeful, impactful and the best use of team resource. 
• work closely with colleagues across Philanthropy, Corporate and Trusts to ensure that the events programme supports integrated cultivation and stewardship activity. 
• alongside the Deputy Head of High Value Fundraising Operations (Events), contribute to the development and delivery of a long-term strategy for high value events that supports sustainable income growth and supporter engagement. 

First stage interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th June 2026, and will take place on Teams. Second stage interviews are provisionally scheduled for Monday 6th July 2026 at our London office.

Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you’ll have significant experience working with high value supporters within the charity or not-for-profit sector, and a strong understanding of how strategic engagement events underpin cultivation and stewardship. You’ll be a confident manager, able to provide clear direction, guidance and oversight while empowering others to deliver. You’ll be an excellent communicator, comfortable working with senior stakeholders and collaborating across teams. Above all, you’ll have a strong commitment to the mission and values of Dogs Trust and the impact of our work. 

About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

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.

Join an amazing charity that makes a difference for the 110,000 adults and children in the UK with a muscle-wasting condition. This is a role where you can really make a difference.​

We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups, including people with lived experience, those from ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with previous convictions.​

Any disclosure will only be requested where relevant to the role and at the appropriate stage of the process.​

As part of our safer recruitment and safeguarding responsibilities, this role requires a DBS check and professional/character references. All applications will be considered fairly and on a case-by-case basis.​

By creating opportunities for a diverse range of people, we strengthen our impact and better support the communities we serve.​

About you:

You are an organised and collaborative professional with experience in developing and delivering events, programmes, or engagement activities. You are confident working closely with colleagues and regional teams to plan, manage, and deliver high-quality support service events and professional training programmes.​

You have strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage a varied portfolio of events for individuals, families, and healthcare professionals. You are proactive, detail-oriented, and able to balance multiple priorities while ensuring events are delivered effectively and to a high standard.​

You are passionate about ensuring events are inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the needs of diverse communities. You understand the importance of maximising engagement opportunities and are committed to providing high-quality information and support through meaningful and well-delivered events and programmes.​

You enjoy building positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders and are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the work and impact of Muscular Dystrophy UK.

Please submit a cover letter and CV to demonstrate how your background aligns with the personal specification in the attached job description, using specific examples where possible.

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About us:

Muscular Dystrophy UK is a charity that connects a community of more than 110,000 people living with one of over 60 muscle wasting conditions, and all the people around them. So everyone can get the healthcare, support and treatments needed to feel good, mentally and physically. ​

This is an exciting time to join Muscular Dystrophy UK. We recently launched our new 10 year strategy to transform the lives of people living with muscle wasting conditions. Our vision is clear, a world without limits for people with muscle wasting conditions, and we won’t stop until we achieve it.

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Values and behaviours:

• A positive attitude and approach that reflect the charity’s values.

• Seek opportunities to contribute to the development of the charity.

• A commitment to and an understanding of disability issues, equality, diversity and inclusion.

• Always demonstrate role model behaviour.
  
   

Benefits:

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally.​

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote wellbeing, work–life balance, and career development. Our offerrange of benefits includes great pension contributions, life insurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, employee assistance programme, instant retail and events discounts, and much more...

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Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, London SE1). ​

Closing date: Friday, 12th June 2026​

NB Interviews likely to be held on week commencing the 15th June 2026​

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities

About us

The Maypole Project supports children and young people with complex medical needs and their families, providing emotional, practical and social support. We are a small, values-driven charity making a meaningful and lasting difference to the families we work with.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Business Development & Fundraising Manager to play a central role in strengthening and growing our income.

This is an opportunity to lead the development of a strategic and sustainable approach to fundraising, while continuing to deliver hands-on income across a diverse portfolio.

You will work closely with the CEO and colleagues across the organisation to identify new opportunities, develop partnerships, and build on existing income streams.

The role would suit someone who enjoys working in a small organisation where you can shape direction, take ownership, and see the direct impact of your work.

What you’ll be doing

· Lead the development and delivery of a multi-year fundraising and income strategy

· Grow and diversify income across corporate partnerships, community fundraising, events, individual giving and digital activity

· Identify, develop and secure new funding opportunities, including partnerships and collaborative projects

· Build and manage strong relationships with funders, partners and supporters

· Work with the CEO to explore and develop cross-sector opportunities (e.g. NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector partners)

· Line manage a part-time Fundraising Officer and support volunteers to maximise impact

· Strengthen systems, pipeline management and performance monitoring to support sustainable income growth

About you

We are looking for someone who can combine strategic thinking with practical delivery in a small charity environment.

You will bring:

· Experience of securing meaningful income and developing funding opportunities (e.g. five-figure grants or partnerships)

· A track record of building effective external relationships

· Confidence identifying new opportunities and turning them into tangible outcomes

· Strong communication skills, with the ability to create compelling cases for support

· The ability to manage multiple priorities and work both independently and collaboratively

· You may already be working at manager level, or ready to step up into a broader role with greater ownership and scope.

Why join us?

Play a key role in shaping the charity’s future sustainability and growth

Work closely with senior leadership and influence organisational direction

Be part of a supportive, collaborative and purpose-driven team

See the direct impact of your work on children and families

Flexible working arrangements

If you are looking for a role where you can take ownership, develop new ideas and make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway is looking for an experienced Senior Manager to provide maternity cover through to June 2027.

This is a senior role with responsibility for managing our Children’s, Carers, and Health services, alongside wider operational leadership across the organisation. Working closely with the CEO, you’ll help oversee day-to-day activity while contributing to longer-term planning, service development, and organisational growth.

We’re looking for someone who can effectively lead large, diverse teams, manage competing priorities, and build strong working relationships across the organisation and with external partners. You’ll need experience in operational management, financial oversight, and supporting staff to deliver high-quality services.

The role is based at Norfolk Lodge in Sheffield and offers the opportunity to work within a well-established local charity supporting people with learning disabilities and their families.

Role: Senior Manager (Maternity Cover until June 2027)
Hours: 30 hours per week (working pattern to be agreed)
Salary: £39,608 pro rata (£48,850 FTE)
Location: Norfolk Lodge, Park Grange Road, Sheffield S2 3QF

Closing date:  Monday 22nd June at 5pm
Interviews: Tuesday 30th June

Please note: This role is called Business Development Manager - National Statutory Commissioners internally.

Age UK is seeking an experienced statutory funding professional to play a key role in ensuring that Age UK is strategically positioned, prepared and able to secure statutory funding from national commissioners/grant makers - including national government departments and non-departmental public bodies. It will lead on statutory tenders and some specific statutory grant bid development/submissions. It will review organisational readiness, maintain an opportunity pipeline management, and build key strategic relationships with statutory funders.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working within complex funding environments and wants their expertise to deliver outcomes that genuinely matter.

This role is one of two newly created Business Development Manager positions. While each post will have a distinct focus-one on national commissioners and the other on local/regional commissioners-the two managers will work closely to ensure strategic alignment and balanced workload across the portfolio.

This is a 24-month fixed term contract. There is potential for the role to become permanent depending on a review of business needs.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our London office - currently once a week on a Thursday and may involve occasional travel for meetings and cultivation events. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

Age UK internal grade: 5L

Last date for applications Tuesday 16th June 2026.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience leading or supporting securing six and seven figure statutory contracts for charities. A, I
• Experience of managing or supporting relationships with key individuals from public sector bodies. A, I

Skills and knowledge

• Understanding of statutory funding processes, including commissioning and procurement. A, I
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral - with the social skills and presence to communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences. I, T
• High levels of gravitas and influencing skills: credible and confident with senior level contacts internally and externally. I
• Excellent levels of financial management and numeracy A, I
• Ability to distil complex information and convey it powerfully to a variety of different people, including distilling complex issues to understandable and actionable items. I, T
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment, ensuring our prospects and donors are at the heart of our fundraising. A, I
• Sound administration skills, including a good working knowledge of MS Office products. I

Personal attributes

• A passion to join Age UK in supporting older people and a belief the support from statutory fundraising is critical to achieving our strategic goals. A, I
• Takes ownership of responsibility - able to identify and deliver the key activities - whilst collaborating and challenging others - that ultimately provide the best pathway for the organisation to realise statutory funding opportunities. I
• Makes things happen, links with others, thinks outside the box, spots where new approaches can achieve desired results, and then delivers at pace. I
• Thrives on collaboration - linking with others with a friendly and engaging approach that enables close working cross-organisationally, two-way challenging conversations and the ability to work confidently and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. A, I
• Is resilient to change -flexible, pragmatic, and able to quickly adapt plans in alignment with organisational priorities. I

Great to haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience with framework agreements and call offs. A, I
• Experience with shared learning and knowledge management (e.g. bid libraries, support tools, sharing of good practice). A, I
• Experience creating or supporting partnership brokering/consortia bids. A, I

Skills and knowledge:

• Understanding of trends in national commissioning. I

Please look at the attached job description for more information on the role responsibilities.

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250
• Many additional benefits

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

About the role:

At Camden Young Person’s High Support Accommodation Service, nights matter. They can be the point where worry, distress, conflict or risk comes to the surface - and where calm, skilled leadership can make all the difference. As Night Manager, you will lead the overnight service, making sure young people experience safety, consistency and support when they need it most.

You will be the senior operational decision-maker overnight, leading the night team to respond confidently to incidents, safeguarding concerns, missing young people procedures, building safety, visitor access and any actions handed over from the day team. You’ll work with a high level of independence, while knowing when to liaise with the on-call manager, emergency services or wider management team to keep young people, staff and the building safe.

This is also a role about connection. You’ll line manage, support and guide Night Workers, oversee locum or agency staff where needed, and make sure overnight learning, handovers and emerging themes are shared clearly with the Service Manager and wider team. Through trauma informed, strengths-based and psychologically informed practice, you’ll help build a service where night and day support feels joined up, purposeful and ambitious for young people’s futures.

About you:

• You are calm, confident and steady under pressure, with the judgement to manage risk overnight and know when to escalate.
• You have experience supporting, supervising or leading staff in supported accommodation, youth work, social care, housing or a similar setting.
• You understand the needs, strengths and risks of young people in high support accommodation, including safeguarding, trauma, distress and non-engagement.
• You can create clear structure without losing warmth, building a team culture where staff feel supported, accountable and able to do their best work.
• You communicate clearly and confidently, with strong records, handovers and partnership working that help keep support joined up across day and night.

About us:

We’re London’s leading homelessness charity – and we get things done.

In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we’re not shying away. We’re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up. 

We’re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own. 

Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that’s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You’ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that’s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable. 

We’re not perfect, but we’re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 31st May at midnight

Interview date: Sunday 14th June in person at a Young Person's Service

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted or progressed.

About Us

Slade Gardens Community Play Association is a small registered charity that operates a 1.25-acre staffed adventure playground in the heart of Lambeth. Our open-access service welcomes children and young people aged 0-21, providing them with the freedom to come and go independently while enjoying a diverse and stimulating play environment designed to support exploration, creativity and development.

About the Role

This is a genuinely hands-on, hybrid role. In this small organisation, one person will carry operational playwork leadership alongside fundraising, safeguarding, finance, governance, line management and community partnership. If you’d love being out in the playground itself as much as building the plans and partnerships that keep it thriving, we would like to hear from you.

Please see attached the full job description. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join RCR Learning as our Digital Learning Production Scheduler, playing a central role in delivering high quality digital learning experiences for clinical radiologists and clinical oncologists across the globe.

We are building a world class digital learning library that supports doctors at every stage of their careers strengthening professional development, improving clinical practice, and ultimately enhancing patient care.

To help us achieve this, we’re looking for a proactive and detail driven production specialist who can bring clarity, structure and momentum to our digital learning production workflows. As our Digital Learning Production Scheduler, you will own the end to end production lifecycle of multiple digital learning resources: from scoping and scheduling through design, development, quality assurance and release.

What you’ll be doing

• Plan, track and coordinate digital learning production across multiple projects
• Keep schedules and trackers up to date, ensuring everyone has a clear view of deadlines, dependencies and risks
• Work closely with our Learning Designers, Digital Content Developers, SMEs and Project Leads to keep delivery on track
• Maintain strong production processes — intake, prioritisation, reviews, approvals and release
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks and slippage, working with the Digital Learning Manager and Digital Learning Project Manager to keep projects moving
• Support rigorous quality assurance, version control and release management
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, documentation and production standards

This is a hands on, highly collaborative role at the heart of our digital learning operation.

What you bring

• Proven experience coordinating digital learning or e learning production, from planning to release
• Confidence managing multiple concurrent workflows with clarity and composure
• Strong organisational and scheduling skills — you love a good tracker!
• Experience supporting QA processes, media checks and issue tracking
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work smoothly with a wide range of stakeholders included external contributors and SMEs
• A highly detail oriented approach and commitment to maintaining consistent standards
• Confidence using project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, Jira, Teams or SharePoint

Experience with SCORM/xAPI standards, accessibility (WCAG), and working with freelancers or external suppliers is desirable, but not essential.

At RCR Learning, you’ll be part of a dynamic, supportive team designing innovative learning solutions that genuinely make a difference to clinical practice. You’ll help ensure that every course we deliver is high quality, accessible and impactful — contributing to better training for doctors and better outcomes for patients.
If you’re passionate about structure, quality and delivering meaningful digital learning, we’d love to hear from you.

Why join us 

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and medical specialties
• Hybrid working – up to 60% remote
• Modern working environment with home‑working equipment provided
• Generous annual leave, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave (maternity, paternity and adoption) for those with 2+ years continuous service 
• Excellent pension scheme
• Sabbaticals (5+ years’ service) and secondment opportunities
• Interest‑free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Long service recognition awards 

About the role

You will play a crucial role in making sure our volunteer-focused Learning and Development function runs smoothly and effectively. You will be the first point of contact for learning and development queries, helping volunteers and colleagues resolve issues. You will be responsible for managing the full learner journey, from booking through to completion, ensuring a positive experience and identifying improvements when this is not the case.

You will build strong experience in a Learning and Development operational role within a national volunteer network. You will develop skills in problem solving, service improvements and stakeholder management. You will also gain exposure to SSAFA’s Learning Management System and to general system and process design.

You will have the opportunity to improve the volunteer learning experience by streamlining processes and communications and help to shape how learning is promoted and accessed, as well as supporting the delivery and access to a variety of training events.

This is a varied role with the chance to support volunteers who make meaningful differences to beneficiaries lives each day.

About the team

You will join a supportive, collaborative team focused on delivering high quality training with a strong mix of skills across training design, delivery, digital learning and operations. A team that values ideas, continuous improvements and practical solutions.

About you

You will bring a mix of organisational, people skills and a proactive mindset. You will bring a problem solving approach, with the ability to improve process and learner experience, strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities. You will have experience in Learning and Development, events, administration or similar activities.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need. In 2024 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way they need us..

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.

Further information about the role

Download the full job description on our Applied page.

Click here to view the benefits SSAFA has to offer.

If you have any queries or would like to speak to someone about this role, please contact Eilidh Chown for an informal discussion.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

How to apply

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If you need any adjustments to support you with the application process, please contact us.

Closing date: Midnight on 15 June 2026 SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews: 24/25 June 2026

Please note: This role is called Business Development Manager - Local Statutory Commissioners internally.

Age UK is looking for an experienced statutory funding professional play a vital role in supporting local Age UK federation partners to sustain and grow statutory income - including leading/supporting collaborative bids to regional/combined commissioners; creating and maintaining statutory commissioning knowledge hubs - with shared tools and knowledge; enabling access to quality third party support; providing 'critical friend' and other opportunity specific support through clear pathways and Service Level Agreements. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys enabling others to succeed, navigating complex commissioning environments, and turning collective effort into lasting impact for older people.

This role is one of two newly created Business Development Manager positions. While each post will have a distinct focus - one on local/regional commissioners and the other on national commissioners - the two managers will work closely to ensure strategic alignment and balanced workload across the portfolio.

This is a 24-month fixed term contract. There is potential for the role to become permanent depending on a review of business needs.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our London office - currently once a week on a Thursday and may involve occasional travel for meetings and cultivation events. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

Age UK internal grade: 5L

Last date for applications Tuesday 16th June 2026.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience leading or supporting securing six and seven figure statutory contracts for charities. A, I
• Experience of managing or supporting relationships with key individuals from public sector bodies. A, I

Skills and knowledge

• Understanding of statutory funding processes, including commissioning and procurement. A, I
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral - with the social skills and presence to communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences. I, T
• High levels of gravitas and influencing skills: credible and confident with senior level contacts internally and externally. I
• Excellent levels of financial management and numeracy. A, I
• Ability to distil complex information and convey it powerfully to a variety of different people, including distilling complex issues to understandable and actionable items. I, T
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment, ensuring our prospects and donors are at the heart of our fundraising. A, I
• Sound administration skills, including a good working knowledge of MS Office products. I

Personal attributes

• A passion to join Age UK in supporting older people and a belief the support from statutory fundraising is critical to achieving our strategic goals. A, I
• Takes ownership of responsibility - able to identify and deliver the key activities - whilst collaborating and challenging others - that ultimately provide the best pathway for the organisation to realise statutory funding opportunities. I
• Makes things happen, links with others, thinks outside the box, spots where new approaches can achieve desired results, and then delivers at pace. I
• Thrives on collaboration - linking with others with a friendly and engaging approach that enables close working cross-organisationally, two-way challenging conversations and the ability to work confidently and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. A, I
• Is resilient to change -flexible, pragmatic, and able to quickly adapt plans in alignment with organisational priorities. I

Great to haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience with framework agreements and call offs. A, I
• Experience with shared learning and knowledge management (e.g. bid libraries, support tools, sharing of good practice) A, I
• Experience creating or supporting partnership brokering/consortia bids A, I

Skills and knowledge:

• Understanding of trends in local/regional commissioning. I

Please look at the attached job description for more information on the role responsibilities.

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250
• Many additional benefits

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

The Operations Manager plays a key leadership role in ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the charity. Working closely with the Business Development Manager and Board of Trustees, the postholder will oversee operations, finance, governance, and organisational systems to ensure the charity delivers high-quality services in line with its mission and strategic objectives.

The role will strengthen organisational sustainability through robust financial management, effective systems and processes, strong team leadership, and support for income generation activities.

The Operations Manager in conjunction with the Business Development Manager together form the CVS’s senior management team. They will ensure the charity operates in compliance with all regulatory requirements while maximising impact for beneficiaries and communities.

The National Youth Agency is looking for an Events Manager.

Events Manager
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week
Salary: £35,000 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Location: Home-based in England with occasional travel for meetings, workshops, and team activities. Head Office is in Leicester.

What we do

As the national body for youth work, the NYA has a dual function. We are the professional statutory and regulatory body (PSRB) responsible for qualifications, quality standards, and safeguarding for youth work and services in England. In line with our charity mission and aims, we also champion youth work through research, advocacy, campaigns, and programmes.

We work in partnership and believe in collaborative leadership, listening to youth workers and the youth work sector so that we can understand their needs and respond to the challenges they face. We are ambitious for youth work and for young people and integrate youth voice and influence across our work.

Role Purpose

To manage the planning, delivery and continuous improvement of our most high-profile annual events, including, but not limited to, UKYP, Peer Network Conference and a number of our annual policy events. The postholder will deliver multi-stakeholder events to high standards, on time and in budget, identifying opportunities to develop and improve events year on year.

The Event Manager plays a pivotal role in organising the events and activities that will provide young people, from across the United Kingdom, the opportunity to collaboratively engage in the democratic process through the UK Youth Parliament Programme.

This role involves working closely with the UK Youth Parliament team and our partners to support the effective organisation, communication and delivery of the UK wide events and activities.

The Event Manager will work closely with the Policy team, Communications team and Programme Management teams.

Key Responsibilities

As our Events Manager, you will:

• Plan, organisation and on-site delivery of regional and national events, including residential and single-day conferences, networking events and a House of Commons sitting.
• Project management of all event elements including budgets, logistics, health and safety, safeguarding, attendees, AV and delegate communications.
• Be responsible for selection and management of all event suppliers including accommodation, equipment, AV and logistics.
• Oversee venue and supplier management
• Act as first point of contact for all delegates where appropriate to the event
• First point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
• Work with our finance team to ensure event budgets are managed closely and events are delivered in budget
• Report for each event during event planning phase and developing comprehensive post-event reports which
• Any other reasonable duties to support the successful deliver of the events.

Why Work for NYA?

• NYA operates as a people-focused organisation, prioritising the well-being and needs of its employees.
• NYA offers an exceptional flexible working approach which encourages our team to balance professional responsibilities with their personal life.
• A remote based team, spread across England, fostering inclusivity and diverse talent. Despite geographical distances between team members, NYA maintains a highly motivated and connected team through the optimisation of digital tools.
• NYA is committed to supporting the continual personal and professional development of our team and helping them achieve their ambitions.
• We provide 25 days leave plus 8 days, life assurance scheme, 5% employer pension contribution and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme via Spectrum.life with unlimited specialist support available to all NYA employees.

Closing date: 23:59 Friday 26th June 2026.
N.B. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may close the vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications.
Interviews: Week commencing 13th July (subject to change)

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

The National Youth Agency is an equal opportunities employer.

At NYA our inclusive culture means that we embrace individual differences and understand that we need a diverse team to achieve our organisations mission.

We wish to recruit candidates from all backgrounds to ensure our team reflects the rich diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage applications from anyone regardless of disability, ethnicity, heritage, gender, sexuality, religion, socio-economic background and political beliefs but we particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates and those from other minoritised ethnic groups in the UK as they are currently underrepresented in our team.

Please note: We use AI detector software, so applications or CV’s with high levels of AI generated content may be disregarded. We understand that AI tools can offer support to candidates who have learning differences, which is why we will accept applications with some AI assistance.

No agencies please.