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Location: Remote with regular travel to multiple locations (including Head Office in London)
Contract Type: Full-Time, Standard Contract
Reports to: Executive Headteacher
Responsible for: Curriculum Leads and Teaching Staff
Start Date: 4th January 2027
Please note: Applicants who successfully pass the initial CV screening will be required to submit a full Equal Education Academy application form in line with KCSIE statutory guidance prior to formal shortlisting and interview.
Interview schedule:
Online interview (45mins) - Friday 28th August 2026.
In-Person Assessment Day (London) - Friday 11th September 2026.
About Equal Education Academy (EEA)
Equal Education is excited to launch a new online academy for Key Stage 4 students, accredited under the DfE’s Online Education Accreditation Scheme (OEAS). We deliver high-quality alternative education tailored for learners facing barriers to education or with complex needs. This includes young people with SEND, SEMH needs, interrupted schooling, Children Looked After, and those requiring specialist or alternative provision.
Guided by our values of Belong, Empower and Aspire, we provide a safe, inclusive, and aspirational environment. We align with DfE guidance and aim to meet OEAS standards, ensuring that safeguarding, particularly online, is the foundation of our culture.
Purpose of the Role
The Head of Centre will provide strategic and operational leadership for Equal Education Academy, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, inclusive, and trauma-informed online provision. Serving as the Academy’s Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), the postholder will embed safeguarding, inclusion, and wellbeing into all organisational decision-making.
Key responsibilities include leading SEND and safeguarding strategy (including overseeing the Single Central Record) delivering high-impact staff training, and driving rigorous quality assurance by monitoring and reviewing teaching and learning practices.
Working collaboratively across the Academy and the wider Equal Education Limited group, the Head of Centre will serve as a vital operational bridge, facilitating seamless collaboration and synergy between Equal Education Academy and Equal Education Limited. Operating at the intersection of both entities, the post-holder is uniquely positioned to identify and leverage cross-group resources, optimising them to drive the growth and development of the Academy. By championing alignment across the ecosystem, this pivotal role ensures that the Academy’s functions, team, and strategic objectives are seamlessly integrated within the wider organisation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership & Quality of Education
Support the Executive Headteacher in setting the Academy’s strategic direction and ensuring compliance with OEAS/DfE standards.
Monitor and review teaching and learning across the Academy, using lesson observations, work scrutiny, and data analysis to drive pedagogical improvement.
Contribute to the Academy Improvement Plan and lead on inspection readiness and quality assurance activities.
Lead on developing and implementing a program of CPD and training for new staff. Ensuring the team is aligned under the vision and values of the EE Academy.
Facilitate operational synergy between Equal Education Academy and Equal Education Limited, leveraging group resources to optimise performance.
2. SEND Leadership (SENCO)
Coordinate all SEND provision, ensuring the identification, assessment, and effective support of learners with complex needs.
Oversee EHCP management, annual reviews, and the development of targeted Individual Learning Plans (ILPs).
Oversee PEP management for Looked After Children
Champion inclusive pedagogy, ensuring all staff adopt trauma-informed and adaptive teaching strategies.
Manage multi-agency collaboration with families, local authorities, and external professionals to secure positive learner outcomes.
3. Safeguarding and Wellbeing (DSL)
Serve as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), maintaining oversight of all safeguarding systems, referrals, and online safety protocols.
Ensure policies remain compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and best practice.
Promote a culture of vigilance, ensuring learner wellbeing, attendance, and emotional safety are central to all Academy functions.
Lead on multi-agency safeguarding processes and provide expert advice to the leadership team.
4. Leadership & Staff Development
Design and deliver high-impact staff training programs, specifically focusing on safeguarding, online pedagogy, SEND frameworks, and inclusive, trauma-informed practice.
Lead staff appraisal, coaching, and professional development to ensure high standards of accountability and growth.
Foster a collaborative, reflective culture, supporting recruitment, induction, and retention.
Support learner engagement, attendance and successful transition pathways
Contribute to self-evaluation and school improvement activities
5. Partnership Working, Influence and Professional Representation
Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders to drive seamless integration between Equal Education Academy and the wider Equal Education Limited group.Work closely with the Executive Headteacher, Group CEO and relevant members of operational teams to ensure effective collaboration across the group.
Develop and sustain effective partnerships with families, schools, local authorities, virtual schools, and external agencies.
Support policy development, implementation, and review.
Represent Equal Education at professional meetings, conferences, and external forums.
Undertake any other duties reasonably directed by the Headteacher or Executive Headteacher.
Contribute to strategic planning and organisational development, effectively pitching ideas and challenging the status quo.
Ability to constructively and professionally challenge colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, including leadership as necessary, in the interest of managing risk and developing a quality service offering.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications and Experience
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO).
Significant (3 years minimum) senior leadership experience in a school, AP, SEND, or online setting within the last year.
Proven experience in designing and delivering whole-school staff training.
Extensive (1 year minimum) experience as a DSL (safeguarding) and SENCO (SEND provision).
Deep understanding of KCSIE, the SEND Code of Practice, and OEAS/DfE requirements.
Experience in reviewing teaching and learning to drive quality improvement.
Significant experience supporting children and young people with barriers to learning and/or emerging or complex needs, including those with SEND, SEMH needs, interrupted education, Children Looked After, and learners requiring specialist or alternative provision.
Significant experience supporting learners with EHCPs and complex needs, while coordinating multi-agency support and collaborating effectively with local authorities, schools, and external agencies.
Experience contributing to quality assurance, school improvement or inspection readiness activities.
Skills and Attributes
Strong strategic, operational and project management skills
Ability to manage complex projects in an organised manner, develop project plans with effective tracking (e.g. Project Initiation documents, gantt charts, reporting on key metrics, meeting key milestones and working to budgets).
Ability to lead projects and processes in a collaborative way, identifying and engaging key stakeholders to ensure efficiency and avoid duplication of work across a group business structure.
Demonstrates a commercial mindset, with the ability to articulate business cases, work effectively with budgets and interpret information effectively.
Excellent communication: capable of building high-trust relationships with staff, families, and local authorities.
Resilient, reflective and adaptable. A champion of inclusion: deep commitment to supporting vulnerable learners and EEA’s values.
Strong organisational skills, data-literate and improvement-focused with the abilities to support and develop colleagues.
Analytical mindset, able to challenge own assumptions and adapt based on learnings.
Up to date educational landscape knowledge and a desire to remain informed of sector shifts and updates.
General
The post-holder will be provided with the technology required to complete their role. Equal Education works exclusively on Apple devices using Google software.
Equal Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All colleagues are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance, right to work in the UK, and two satisfactory professional references (one from the last employer).
Every young person we support is unique and our team isn’t any different. Our differences are our strength when it comes to providing a tailored, human approach to education. We are proud of our people and provide an environment where everyone can bring their most authentic self to work.
Our recruitment practices are carried out in line with equal opportunities and all candidates will be reviewed fairly regardless of age, gender reassignment, sex, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Role
This is a management position, known internally as Head of Therapeutic Services, with both strategic and clinical responsibility. As Therapeutic Services Manager, you will drive and develop our therapeutic offer, ensuring that our young people receive high-quality, evidence-based, and culturally responsive care. You will lead our team of multi disciplinary therapists, providing clinical oversight and operational support, and hold a small caseload of clients. You will also manage and oversee our weekly group therapy sessions on Tuesday afternoons in Croydon.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Therapeutic Services Manager will contribute to organisational strategy, safeguarding, service development and build strong working processes across the different strands of Play for Progress. You will work closely with the Executive Director and senior leadership team to shape the organisation’s Therapy Department.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership and Service Development
Provide strategic leadership for all therapeutic services, including individual therapy, group work, and psychosocial support programmes
Develop and implement the clinical strategy aligned with the charity’s mission and the specific needs of traumatised young refugees
Represent therapeutic services within the Senior Leadership Team.
Contribute to organisational planning, annual reports and funding reports.
Clinical Practice
Maintain overall responsibility for clinical quality and standards of practice (clinical and non-clinical) to multi-disciplinary colleagues.
Ensure all therapeutic work is grounded in trauma-informed and culturally sensitive, anti-racist practices.
Provide clinical supervision to therapists and frontline staff.
Maintain a small therapeutic caseload, modelling excellent trauma-informed practice.
Support therapists with complex clinical work and risk management.
Safeguarding
Act as one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads.
Provide safeguarding support and oversight to the therapy team.
Respond to safeguarding concerns arising from therapeutic work.
Operational Management
Oversee referrals and allocation of one-to-one therapy.
Monitor and manage therapy waiting lists and service capacity.
Coordinate delivery of weekly Creative Arts Therapy programmes.
Team Leadership
Line manage and support a small team of therapists and therapeutic support workers
Foster a reflective, compassionate, trauma-informed and well-supervised working culture
Provide day-to-day support on clinical and operational matters.
For detailed job description see attached Job Pack.
Who You Are
Essential
Qualified therapist (e.g. BACP, UKCP, BPS, or equivalent accreditation) with substantial post-qualification experience
Demonstrable experience working therapeutically with children and young people who have experienced trauma, ideally including refugee or forced migration contexts
Strong understanding of complex trauma, PTSD, loss, grief, and the psychosocial impacts of displacement and persecution
Good skill or ability to provide clinical supervision
Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practice in the UK
Cultural humility and experience working across cultural and linguistic differences
Experience managing or leading a small team
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
What We Offer
A flexible, supportive and genuinely values-driven working environment
The chance to be part of an organisation doing vital and meaningful work with young people
20 days annual leave pro rata, plus bank holidays
Pension - 5% contributory pension scheme with 3% employer contribution
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
Regular supervision and access to professional development opportunities
A warm, diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Play for Progress is an equal opportunities employer. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities and from people with direct, generational and/or indirect lived experience of the refugee or asylum journey. We believe that a team which reflects the diversity of the young people we support makes us stronger and more effective in our work.
If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, please feel free to contact us.
Please submit application via Charity Jobs or download the application pack for email submissions by Sunday 2nd August, 23:59.
We are a creative community modelling compassionate approaches to migration centred on wellbeing, cohesion + solidarity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For over 40 years, The ClementJames Centre has been offering local people the skills, knowledge, opportunities and support they need to achieve their potential. Together, we work towards creating a fairer society where everyone gets the opportunity to achieve their ambitions.
As People & Culture lead, you will help for shaping and sustaining an inclusive, supportive, and values-driven working culture at CJC. This hands-on role will work closely with the Chief Operations Officer to support HR operations, policy, recruitment, wellbeing, and training for both staff and volunteers. Our people—whether paid or voluntary—are central to our mission, and this role ensures that everyone feels welcomed, heard, and valued.
In 2024 ClementJames introduced a 9 day fortnight policy through which, staff members work 9 days over a fortnight and have a Friday off every other week. We introduced this as a way of prioritising staff wellbeing, and ensuring individuals have a strong work-life balance. This policy will apply to you.
If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to realise their ambitions and live fulfilled lives and you would like to join a dynamic, innovative organisation, then The ClementJames Centre could be the perfect career choice for you.
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Finance and Operations Officer – Forward Thinking
Forward Thinking is a small, dynamic charity where every member of staff makes a significant contribution. We are looking for someone who enjoys taking ownership of a varied role, works proactively in a small team and takes pride in supporting the smooth running of the organisation which works in frontline mediation in conflict zones.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Finance and Operations Officer plays a central role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of Forward Thinking. This is a varied role comprising approximately two days per week of office administration and operations and one day per week of bookkeeping and finance administration.
The successful candidate will take a hands-on approach to coordinating staff diaries, organising meetings, supporting governance and compliance, maintaining office systems and policies, and managing the charity’s day-to-day financial administration.
You will report directly to the Director of Forward Thinking and will be in regular contact with him to keep him informed of key developments.
To succeed in this role, you will be highly organised, capable of managing multiple priorities, able to work to deadlines and comfortable working independently within a small, collaborative team.
Start date: Immediate
Essential Requirements
The role requires an individual with experience in office administration and bookkeeping, ideally within the charity or voluntary sector.
You will demonstrate the ability to organise meetings at short notice, coordinate diaries, prepare accurate minutes and maintain effective office systems. You will also be responsible for monitoring funding and reporting deadlines, ensuring compliance with the charity’s governing documents, and maintaining key organisational policies including safeguarding, health and safety, insurance and GDPR.
Experience using accounting software (preferably Sage Business Cloud) and strong Excel skills are essential.
3-5 years experience
The successful applicant will demonstrate:
Further Information
This is a permanent role working three days per week, comprising approximately:
The successful candidate will be based in-person at Forward Thinking’s offices in Millbank Tower, London. No hybrid working.
Salary: £24,000–£28,000 per annum for three days per week depending on experience (equivalent to approximately £40,000–£46,500 full-time equivalent).
FOR FULL JOB SPEC AND DESCRIPTION PLEASE SEE ATTATCHMENT
Key words: Finance, Administration, Book keeping, Operations
How to apply
Please submit your CV together with answers to the application questions, paying attention to our word limits. A separate covering letter is not required.
Applications that do not include answers to the questions will not be considered. Please keep your responses within our stated word limits.
We would prefer if candidates do not use digital tools to support the preparation of their applications. All answers should accurately reflect your own experience and capabilities. Applicants should expect to discuss the examples provided during the interview and a practical assessment.
A demand-driven, independent charity working to resolve conflict through inclusive dialogue.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an exceptional governance professional who thrives working in a fast-paced environment?
We are looking for a highly capable Governance and Executive Manager to play a pivotal role at the heart of our charity. Working closely with the CEO, Trustees and Executive, you will help ensure the organisation is governed to the highest standards while driving forward key strategic priorities including EDI and ESG.
This is a rare opportunity to combine your governance expertise with meaningful strategic impact in a dynamic and values-led organisation.
As our Governance and Executive Manager, you will be the trusted adviser and primary point of contact for our Board of Trustees, supporting effective decision-making and ensuring compliance with charity and company law.
You will lead the delivery of high-quality governance processes, oversee Board and Committee administration, support regulatory compliance and help develop policies and frameworks that strengthen our organisation.
Alongside this, you will provide executive-level support to the CEO, helping to coordinate priorities, prepare reports and contribute to organisational success.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About you
We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Facilities Coordinator to join a small, high-performing team within a dynamic, client-facing environment. Working closely with the Facilities Team Leader, you will play a key role in the day-to-day operational management of the site, ensuring a safe, efficient, and professional workplace. This varied position includes supporting building maintenance, coordinating facilities operations, and assisting with the delivery of internal and commercial events, including set-up, in-meeting support, and porterage of furniture, deliveries, and equipment. You will contribute to site-wide Health & Safety compliance, including DSE requirements and evacuation procedures, while managing tasks through a CRM/helpdesk system to ensure delivery in line with service level agreements. Performance in this role will be measured through key indicators, including SLA adherence, timely resolution of helpdesk requests, Health & Safety compliance standards, event delivery effectiveness, stakeholder satisfaction, and overall site presentation. Working collaboratively with contractors, tenants, and stakeholders, you will help maintain high service standards, proactively identify issues, and support their timely resolution.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a professional, solutions-focused approach, strong organisational and communication skills, sound Health & Safety knowledge, and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a fast-paced environment.
About the College
The Royal College of Pathologists is a professional membership organisation with charitable status concerned with all matters relating to the science and practice of pathology. It is a body of its Fellows, Diplomates, Affiliates and trainees, supported by the staff who are based at the College's London offices.
The College is a charity with over 13000 members worldwide. The majority of members are doctors and scientists working in hospitals and universities in the UK.
The College oversees the training of pathologists and scientists working in 17 different specialties, which include cellular pathology, haematology, clinical biochemistry and medical microbiology.
Although some pathologists work in laboratories, many work directly with patients in hospitals and the community. Together, they are involved in the majority of all diagnoses and play an important role in disease prevention, treatment, and monitoring. If you have ever had a blood test, cervical smear or tissue biopsy, a pathologist will have been involved in your care.
The Royal College of Pathologists understands the value and strength that diversity brings and we are proud to be an organisation of members from a wide range of backgrounds. We are keen to encourage and enable more people of all identities and from all backgrounds to become involved in the College.
We reserve the right to close the position early if we receive enough suitable applications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Overview
Where: UK flexible - office space available in major UK cities, but remote-ok. Occasional (~once per quarter) national travel to Leeds office for hackathons, team events etc.
Hours: Full time, 37.5h/week
Why Change Grow Live?
Change Grow Live are a health and social care charity. We support people in a huge range of difficult situations, including those who use drugs and alcohol, and those whose home life is affected by drugs, mental health and/or domestic violence. We're the largest charity of this type in the country, supporting tens of thousands of people in their own journeys. Hundreds of staff work across our organisation to support some of the most vulnerable people in society. Among the many services we offer are:
Responsibilities
Our technology
We've got complex requirements: recording, monitoring and reviewing information about our clients, with their informed consent. Our in-house web application acts as an electronic patient record, a case management system, a quality management system, and more - it's grown over the last 15 years!
We started out with a Perl application, and have improved it aggressively over the years. All our software is deployed using Docker containers using ECS; much of it using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Pulumi. Our data is stored in a serverless/autoscaling MySQL database.
Newer work is often written in TypeScript, using NestJS and SvelteKit. We’ll use a variety of testing tools in both languages: end-to-end, integration and unit testing are all covered.
We practice a genuinely blame-free culture with incidents/mistakes and always focus our conversations on improving processes, not individual recrimination.
We're looking for compassionate, bold, open-minded software developers to help us build this software. Your efforts will empower frontline professionals carry out their life-saving work.
About you!
An ideal candidate will have some familiarity with SQL: our team write queries often!
We’d love to see candidates with some strong knowledge of HTML and CSS beyond the basics. We don't need you to know any frameworks in particular - but we'd love to see great fundamentals for building on the web, so you should have some experience building applications using JavaScript in the browser.
Debugging and testing experience is a must, in any language - we think that's a highly transferrable skill.
Previous experience with Perl is not a strict requirement. We're happy to show you the ropes - you'll be up to speed in no time!
You should really care about security. You’ll be happy to openly discuss approaches which make the software as safe as possible for people who use our services.
You’ll relish – or at least, enjoy the challenge of - diving into legacy code and documenting, improving and testing the code our users rely on. When you choose to rebuild things, it’s because you genuinely understand the previous solution and its shortcomings.
You'll be a curious, generalist thinker, never limiting yourself to one narrow specialty. As a team, we'll jump from CSS to AWS infrastructure in a day’s work. Of course, we don’t know everything: it's a perfect environment for learning; “I don’t know, let me check” is always a good answer.
What we will give to you:
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you
As we want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation for this role
Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 50 to 54 (£56,935.91 - £61,608.17)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Closing Date
2/8/2026
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level.
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
Ref: CAM1221154
Regional Operations Manager
Hybrid - Covering Southern England
£50,000 - £55,000
Lead. Inspire. Transform.
Are you an experienced operational leader looking for the opportunity to make a real difference?
Our client is seeking an exceptional Regional Operations Manager to join their Supported Living leadership team covering their Southern Region
Working as the operational deputy to the Head of Supported Living, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the services are safe, well-led, person-centred and consistently deliver outstanding outcomes for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs.
This is more than an operations role. It's an opportunity to influence culture, strengthen leadership, drive quality and help shape the future of Supported Living within one of the UK's leading charities.
About the Role
You'll provide operational leadership through the management and development of Registered Managers and the Quality & Improvement Lead, ensuring services consistently achieve high standards of quality, regulatory compliance and operational performance.
Working closely with the Head of Supported Living, you'll provide assurance across your region, using governance, performance data and quality intelligence to drive continuous improvement and support strategic decision-making.
You'll build high-performing teams, develop leadership capability, strengthen relationships with commissioners and partners, and ensure services remain inspection-ready while delivering outstanding, person-centred support.
They're looking for someone who:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive senior leadership team where you'll have the autonomy to influence change, develop services and make a lasting difference to the lives of the people they support.
If you're a collaborative, values-led leader who enjoys developing others, improving services and delivering operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
Regional Operations Manager
Hybrid - Covering Northern England
£50,000 - £55,000
Lead. Inspire. Transform.
Are you an experienced operational leader looking for the opportunity to make a real difference?
Our client is seeking an exceptional Regional Operations Manager to join their Supported Living leadership team covering their North Region
Working as the operational deputy to the Head of Supported Living, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the services are safe, well-led, person-centred and consistently deliver outstanding outcomes for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs.
This is more than an operations role. It's an opportunity to influence culture, strengthen leadership, drive quality and help shape the future of Supported Living within one of the UK's leading charities.
About the Role
You'll provide operational leadership through the management and development of Registered Managers and the Quality & Improvement Lead, ensuring services consistently achieve high standards of quality, regulatory compliance and operational performance.
Working closely with the Head of Supported Living, you'll provide assurance across your region, using governance, performance data and quality intelligence to drive continuous improvement and support strategic decision-making.
You'll build high-performing teams, develop leadership capability, strengthen relationships with commissioners and partners, and ensure services remain inspection-ready while delivering outstanding, person-centred support.
They're looking for someone who:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive senior leadership team where you'll have the autonomy to influence change, develop services and make a lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
If you're a collaborative, values-led leader who enjoys developing others, improving services and delivering operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is the only independent, national charity supporting and regenerating Britain’s rivers and canals for leisure, living and business. We campaign both locally and nationally for the waterways; lobbying parliament, championing regeneration, promoting sustainability and the environment and raising waterways users concerns. We also love to roll up our sleeves and get involved with direct work on the waterways, both through local branch activities and through the hands-on activities of our Waterways Recovery Group.
At its heart IWA is a membership organisation, with around 8,000 individual members and over a hundred affiliated waterways organisations, groups and businesses. Having just celebrated the 80th anniversary of our founding in 1946, we continue to build on our legacy of campaigning, action and delivery for the future.
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic manager to co-ordinate the day-to-day operation of the charity. Reporting to the chair of the Trustees and with a small team of permanent staff focused on three areas – Campaigning, Restoration and Support, your prime responsibility will be to ensure the smooth running of the charity.
As an experienced manager you will have experience of all areas of business management: marketing, finance, human resources as well as the myriad issues common to all small charities and businesses. An experienced communicator and active people manager, you will be able to bring your skills to both managing the staff and integrating their work with that
done by trustees and other volunteers for the Association. The role may involve some out of office hours work.
Please download and complete our application form.
The only independent, national charity campaigning for all Britain’s canals and rivers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role: Support Services Lead (Volunteer & Service Operations)
Fixed-term contract (12 months, with possibility of extension)
3 days a week (2.5 days considered for exceptional candidate)
Expected start date September 2026
£35,000 FTE (£21,000 for 3 days/week)
Location: Remote, with one working day per month in central London
About The Loss Foundation
Every year, thousands of adults across the UK turn to The Loss Foundation after the death of someone they love from cancer. At one of the hardest times in their lives, they find a safe place to be understood, connect with others who truly understand, and access specialist support.
Founded by clinical psychologists, The Loss Foundation is the UK's leading charity dedicated to cancer bereavement. Our evidence-informed services are delivered nationally through support groups, workshops, walks and a remarkable community of trained volunteers, ensuring more people can access compassionate support wherever they live. As we continue to grow, we're looking for someone who wants to help shape the next chapter of our support services. You'll join a small, ambitious team where ideas are welcomed, initiative is encouraged and every person makes a meaningful contribution to helping us reach more bereaved people.
About the Role
This is a key operational role at the heart of The Loss Foundation's support services. You'll coordinate our programme of bereavement support events and act as the main point of contact for our extraordinary community of volunteers who give their time to ensure nobody faces cancer bereavement alone. We're entering an exciting period of growth. Over the next few years we're expanding our national support services, growing our volunteer community and investing in new ways to reach more bereaved people than ever before. This role will play an important part in making that happen.
Although the role doesn't include formal line management, you'll have real ownership of your area and the opportunity to shape how our services develop. This role would suit someone who enjoys creating structure, building relationships and making a meaningful difference as part of a small, ambitious team.
What Success Looks Like
In your first 3 months you will...
Learn how our support services and volunteer programme operate.
Become the main point of contact for volunteers, building trusted relationships with volunteers.
Take ownership of coordinating our programme of support events.
Become confident managing the charity's day-to-day operational processes independently.
Identify at least one opportunity to improve our systems, volunteer experience or service delivery, and begin implementing agreed improvements.
By 6 months you will...
Have implemented improvements to systems and operational processes.
Be strengthening and developing the volunteer support cycle.
Be using insight from volunteers and beneficiaries to continually strengthen our services.
By 12 months you will...
Help shape how The Loss Foundation delivers and grows its support services.
Lead volunteer recruitment and onboarding.
Become a key member of a small team helping guide the charity through its next stage of growth.
Key Responsibilities
Event Coordination
You'll oversee the smooth delivery of The Loss Foundation's programme of support services, ensuring events are well organised, appropriately resourced and delivered to a high standard.
Coordinate the charity's programme of support groups, workshops, walks and other services.
Manage event logistics, volunteer allocation and communications.
Ensure event information is accurate across our systems and website.
Volunteer Coordination & Experience
You'll be the main point of contact for our volunteer community, helping volunteers feel informed, valued and well supported.
Coordinate volunteer recruitment, onboarding and rotas.
Maintain volunteer records and day-to-day communications.
Help shape and continually improve the volunteer experience.
Process & Systems Improvement
As we grow, you'll help build the operational systems that enable us to support more bereaved people efficiently and consistently.
Improve systems, processes and automated workflows.
Monitor service activity and maintain accurate operational data.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and support future growth.
Quality and Service Development
You'll help us continually strengthen our services through feedback and learning.
Gather and review feedback from volunteers and beneficiaries.
Recommend improvements to services and volunteer experience.
Support the appropriate handling of complaints and safeguarding concerns.
About You
This role would suit someone who enjoys creating structure, building relationships and helping things run smoothly. You'll thrive in this role if you are -
An excellent organiser who enjoys planning, coordinating and keeping projects on track.
A warm, approachable communicator who enjoys supporting volunteers and working collaboratively.
Comfortable managing multiple priorities and solving problems proactively.
Experienced in event coordination, volunteer coordination or operational support.
Able to work independently while contributing positively to a small, growing team.
Motivated by The Loss Foundation's mission and committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality support.
What difference will you make?
You will sit at the heart of The Loss Foundation's support services, ensuring that thousands of people each year receive a warm, compassionate and well-coordinated experience at one of the most difficult times in their lives. By supporting our volunteers, strengthening our systems and helping the charity grow sustainably, you'll play a vital role in enabling us to reach many more people affected by bereavement in the years ahead.
To Apply
Please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant experience. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview on the 3rd September 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please feel free to get in touch.
Supporting people bereaved by cancer through compassionate, evidence-based services so no one has to navigate grief alone.
Charity Director
We are seeking an inspiring and strategic leader to guide a respected charity supporting people with life-limiting conditions, their families, carers and those affected by bereavement.
Salary: £45,000 pro rata (21 hours per week, FTE 35 hours)
Location: Dorking, Surrey - Office based with some flexibility
Hours: 21 hours per week
Closing Date: 14th August 2026
About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to lead a well-established and highly regarded charity that provides practical and emotional support to people living with life-limiting conditions, alongside their families, carers and those experiencing grief and bereavement.
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Charity Director will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring the organisation remains sustainable, effective and responsive to the needs of those it serves. You will lead a dedicated team of staff and volunteers, oversee service delivery, drive fundraising and income generation, and act as an ambassador for the charity across communities and stakeholder networks.
The role requires a leader who can balance strategic thinking with compassion, building strong relationships while ensuring the organisation delivers meaningful and measurable impact.
Key responsibilities include:
About You
You will be an experienced and emotionally intelligent leader with a track record of managing teams, developing services and delivering organisational objectives.
You will bring:
About the Organisation
This long-established charity supports individuals living with life-limiting conditions, alongside their families, carers and those who have been bereaved. Through compassionate, relationship-based support, the organisation helps people navigate some of life's most challenging experiences with dignity, understanding and practical assistance.
Working closely with volunteers, healthcare professionals and community partners, the charity delivers services that reduce isolation, improve quality of life and provide vital support when it is needed most. With a strong reputation and ambitious plans for the future, the organisation is committed to extending its reach and impact across the communities it serves.
Other roles you may have experience of could include Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charity Chief Executive, Executive Director, Director of Operations, Head of Operations, Director of Services, Head of Services, Charity Manager, Managing Director, Hospice Director, Head of Charity Services, Director of Care Services, Non-Profit Director, Voluntary Sector Director, Community Services Director or Third Sector Leader.
We're looking for someone who can turn plans into reality; mobilising new services, embedding change, improving performance and helping operational teams overcome barriers to delivery.
Working across a diverse portfolio of clinical and non-clinical services, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring new and existing services operate effectively, achieve their objectives and continue to grow. You'll work closely with operational, clinical and senior stakeholders to implement change, drive service improvement and support the successful delivery of care for patients and families across the South-West.
If you're someone who enjoys solving complex problems, improving services and seeing projects through from idea to implementation, we'd love to hear from you.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Full-time Permanent
Salary: £49,382 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata), plus a full range of Marie Curie benefits.
Location: Home-based, with regular travel to Tiverton and services across the South-West.
As Deputy Head of Operations, you will help turn agreed priorities into delivered work.
The work is not finished when a service launches. It is finished when the service is working, stable, understood and delivering what it was set up to deliver. You will help turn agreed priorities into delivered work.
That means building clear plans, keeping actions moving, resolving practical barriers, coordinating across teams, using data well, and staying with implementation after go-live.
This role does not carry a large line management portfolio. That is deliberate. Its value is in delivery, follow-through and operational grip. You'll work across multiple services and stakeholders to identify challenges, implement solutions and ensure services are delivering high-quality outcomes for patients and families.
You'll be someone who:
What success looks like:
In this role, success will mean that work moves more clearly and more quickly. New services are mobilised with better grip. Existing services have stronger follow-through on performance and improvement. Operational problems are identified earlier and resolved more practically. Senior leaders have better visibility without needing to chase every detail. Teams experience the role as helpful because barriers are removed, decisions are followed through, and work does not keep returning to the same conversations.
Key responsibilities include:
Marie Curie provides a better end of life for more people, whatever the illness.

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Location: London and home-based
Salary: £29,350
Hours: 4.5 days per week (31.5 hours per week)
The Administration and Operations Officer provides administrative support to the Birth Companions staff team across all aspects of our work, especially service delivery in the community. The postholder will have regular contact with the women we support, as well as with our volunteers and members of the public.
A key aspect of the role will be supporting, maintaining and helping to improve the systems, processes and records that underpin our day-to-day operations, ensuring they are accurate, well organised and used effectively across the organisation.The role involves regular attendance at our community groups, and meetings in London; occasional support at evening and weekend meetings and events will also be required, by arrangement.
This is a varied, hands-on role offering the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of activities and projects across the organisation - ideal for someone with strong administrative skills who is looking to build a career in the charity sector, with the support and development to build skills and knowledge.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you believe in the power of communities to shape change?
OCVA is seeking a values-driven Chief Executive to inspire, connect and champion Oxfordshire’s community and voluntary sector.
This is an opportunity to lead a respected local infrastructure organisation at the heart of Oxfordshire’s voluntary and community sector. As Chief Executive of OCVA, you will work alongside a committed Board and a small, passionate team to support charities and community groups, promote and champion volunteering, influence local systems, and ensure the sector’s voice is heard.
You will balance strategic leadership with strong relationships. This includes working closely with local councils, funders and partners, while staying grounded in the realities faced by community organisations.
We are looking for someone who shares our values, understands the voluntary and community sector, and is motivated by making a meaningful difference. The role is as much about listening, collaboration and trust as it is about income, sustainability and delivery. If our mission resonates and you bring curiosity, integrity and a commitment to inclusive leadership to all that you do then we would love to hear from you.
Please ensure that your CV is up to date and accurate, including accounting for any career breaks and gaps.
In your cover letter please refer to the job description and make sure you address all the points in the person specification, explaining how your experience demonstrates your suitability for the role.
Please give examples of your experience under the 3 following key areas:
Management Capabilities & Team Building
Setting Strategy / Strategic Thinking
Financial Management / Operational Control
If you have a disability or access issues, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with our recruitment process.
Enabling a diverse voluntary and community sector to flourish in Oxfordshire.
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