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Purpose of the role
The Legal Director provides strategic leadership on immigration, economic migration, asylum and nationality for ILPA, with a primary focus on legal policy, legislative analysis, member engagement and public influence.
The role is responsible for shaping ILPA’s legal positions, overseeing the quality and coherence of legal analysis across the organisation, and maintaining ILPA’s standing as the leading professional membership body in immigration and asylum law.
Key responsibilities
1. Legal strategy and leadership
In collaboration with the Trustees and Chief Executive, the Legal Director will:
a. Develop and maintain ILPA’s short-, medium- and long-term legal strategy in line with ILPA’s charitable objectives.
b. Identify emerging legal, policy and practice issues affecting immigration, asylum and nationality law.
c. Engage with ILPA members to understand frontline impacts and systemic concerns.
d. Advise the Trustees and Chief Executive on legal policy priorities, organisational positioning and risk.
e. Translate member insight into clear legal and policy positions.
f. Lead ILPA’s legal responses to legislative proposals, consultations and policy initiatives.
g. Ensure ILPA’s legal work remains focused, authoritative and aligned with ILPA’s strategic plan.
2. Policy, parliamentary and public influence
a. Lead ILPA’s engagement on legal and policy matters with government departments, Parliament and public bodies.
b. Draft and oversee consultation responses, parliamentary briefings and policy submissions.
c. Represent ILPA at meetings with Ministers, officials, parliamentarians and sector partners.
d. Provide expert evidence to parliamentary inquiries and committees.
e. Support the Chief Executive in high-level advocacy and external relations where appropriate.
f. Maintain ILPA’s reputation as a trusted expert voice on immigration and asylum law.
3. Member support and legal expertise
a. Maintain expert-level knowledge of UK and international immigration, asylum and nationality law.
b. Monitor and analyse developments in legislation, case law and policy.
c. Oversee the accuracy and quality of legal information provided to members.
d. Support ILPA’s thematic and regional working groups, including attendance and follow-up actions where appropriate.
e. Build and maintain relationships with NGOs, migrant organisations and advice-sector partners.
f. Strengthen member engagement through high-quality legal leadership and insight.
4. Relationship with litigation and advice functions
a. Work collaboratively with the Director of Strategic Litigation and Advice to ensure consistency between ILPA’s policy positions and litigation strategy.
b. Provide legal policy insight to inform litigation priorities where appropriate.
5. Management and organisational leadership
a. Line manage the Senior Legal Officer and support the Chief Executive’s HR management function for the Senior Legal Officer
b. Provide strategic direction and professional support to the legal function without direct responsibility for operational casework or project delivery.
c. Contribute as a senior member of ILPA’s management team.
d. Support organisational planning, risk management and reporting.
e. Act as a senior ambassador for ILPA internally and externally.
6. Cross-organisational working
a. Work with the Training Manager to identify emerging legal training needs and priority topics for members.
b. Contribute to the development of training programmes, events and conferences by advising on content and legal accuracy.
c. Support identification of suitable speakers and trainers from within ILPA’s membership.
d. Work with the Content and Digital Services Manager to ensure legal content is accurate, accessible and up to date across ILPA’s digital platforms.
e. Contribute legal expertise to funding bids and project reporting where required.
f. Support organisational strategy development and review.
g. Undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the seniority of the role.
Accountability and relationships
Reports to: Chief Executive
Direct reports: Senior Legal Officer
Key internal relationships:
· Director of Strategic Litigation and Advice
· Training Manager
· Content and Digital Services Manager
· Trustees and Chief Executive
Person specification
Essential
· Substantial expertise in immigration, asylum and nationality law
· Strong understanding of public law and human rights frameworks
· Proven experience of legal policy development and advocacy
· Excellent analytical and drafting skills
· Experience managing senior legal staff
· Authority and credibility with Parliament, government and the profession
Desirable
· Experience within a membership organisation or charity
· Understanding of litigation governance structures
· Experience contributing to digital legal resources
· Familiarity with training design or professional education
Why work at ILPA
• National profile and respected reputation
• High-impact policy and legal work
• Flexible and supportive working culture
• Collaborative, expert-led organisation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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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 are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with lived experience of conditions we represent. We believe that diversity strengthens our work and helps us better support our beneficiaries.
As part of our safer recruitment and safeguarding responsibilities, this role requires a DBS check and professional/character references. We are committed to inclusion and will consider each application fairly.
About you:
This is a terrific opportunity to play a fundamental role as Referral Service Project Manager at Muscular Dystrophy UK’s as we pilot a new referral system to ensure timely, holistic, and emotionally supportive care for individuals and families affected by muscle-wasting and weakening conditions.
- You'll support the development, delivery, and evaluation of this pilot, working closely with healthcare professionals, internal teams, and colleagues across the charity to embed the system and create a scalable framework for national rollout.
- You will play a dynamic role requiring strong project management skills, stakeholder engagement, and adaptability to evolving priorities.
- You'll work closely with the Head of Regional Support and Outreach/Director of Services and Support
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.
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...
Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, London SE1).
Closing date: Sunday,15th February 2026
NB Interview will be on a rolling basis: We will actively interview and reserve the right to close this advert once we find the right candidate
Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities
We connect a community of more than 110,000 people living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions and people around them.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Circa £49,000 per annum
Permanent
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as our Senior Prospect Research Manager.
In this pivotal role, you will lead the delivery of our ambitious prospect research strategy, driving the growth and management of our high-value Philanthropy and Corporate pipelines to help achieve ambitious fundraising targets. You’ll be part of a highly experienced, supportive, and collaborative team that empowers you to thrive.
We’re looking for an experienced, strategic, and analytical prospect researcher with exceptional data skills and meticulous attention to detail. Alongside technical expertise, you’ll bring the ability to build strong relationships across the organisation, raise the profile of our team, and demonstrate influential leadership through clear and compelling communication.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 5 February 2026.
Interview date: First round: Thursday 19 February 2026 via Microsoft Teams. Second round: Thursday 26 February 2026 in person.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), a charity funded by supporters, raising funds for UNICEF’s work for children.

Seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, dedicated yet compassionate leader to drive the charity forward with a fresh strategy, new ideas and a bold vision. As CEO you will provide visionary, strategic, and operational leadership to the Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association, ensuring we fulfil our mission and grow sustainably. You will act as a key ambassador, building partnerships and maintaining our reputation for excellence ensuring we move forward with impact sharing the strength and passion that we have continued to experience for almost 70 years.
Key Responsibilities (see breakdown within attached job specification)
- Strategic leadership
- Operational Management
- External Engagement
- Governance and Board Relations
- Team Leadership
What we do
IA offers peer-to-peer support to those with, or about to have, either an ileostomy or an internal pouch. We also help fund research into bowel disease and other conditions leading to the removal of the colon, as well as providing relevant information to interested parties using a range of channels.
Our strapline, “Because we know, we care”, sums up our whole ethos. Individuals can join either their local IA member organisation, or the IA national charity, and in either case, gain access to a range of services and support, including our flagship quarterly Journal, local and national meetings and information events, and other services such as our One2One peer support and Support Through Therapy services.
What you offer
Essential
• Proven senior leadership experience, ideally as a CEO or Director in the charity or social enterprise sector
• Demonstrable experience of strategic planning and implementation
• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage effectively with stakeholders, professionals and volunteers both internally and publicly
• Work empathetically with vulnerable adults employing working knowledge of safeguarding
• Financial management and budget oversight
• Demonstrable experience of implementing and monitoring services based on financial benefit and social benefit
• Track record of income generation and fundraising
• Demonstrable experience of operating within a governance and regulatory framework
• Experience of developing, managing and supporting high performing teams with a strong growth mindset
• Builds effective relationships with a strong network instilling confidence and trust
• Experience of leading a team delivering effectively against objectives
Skills and Qualities
• Visionary and values-led leadership
• Ethical decision-maker
• Strong, confident and decisive performing well under pressure
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Resilience, adaptability, empathy and emotional intelligence
• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
What we offer
Contract: Part time 60% FTE – flexible over 3-5 days, permanent role.
Location: Remote (with regular travel to National Office (Rochford, Essex) and other UK locations, as required)
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 equivalent FT (pro-rata 60%), commensurate with experience plus benefits
Please see further information about us, what you will offer and who we are looking for within the attached role profile.
Submit:
1. Your CV (max 4 pages)
2. A covering letter outlining suitability including responses to the following questions (maximum 1000 words)
Additional Questions:
• What motivates you to join IA and why this role?
• What makes you an ideal candidate to take the charity forward?
• What three priorities do you think non profits, in general, should focus on in the current climate and why?
• How would you introduce positive, effective change into a 70-year-old organisation?
Applications should be submitted via the advertising platform including your CV and covering letter. See attached role profile for recruitment timetable and further details about us/the role, including contact details for an informal chat, if required, before applying.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part-time, permanent.
West Midlands Heritage Trust is seeking a skilled and motivated Finance Officer to join our small, dedicated team working to safeguard historic buildings across the West Midlands. This newly created, permanent role offers a flexible, hybrid working arrangement, primarily home-based, with one day per week in a shared office (currently Worcester), bi-monthly evening board meetings, and occasional regional travel.
Working closely with the Treasurer, trustees, external accountants and project teams, you will support the financial management of WMHT and its partner Project Trusts. Responsibilities include maintaining financial records and budgets, processing invoices, monitoring project expenditure, supporting grant applications and claims, ensuring compliance with statutory and funder requirements, and preparing financial reports for the Board.
We are looking for an AAT-qualified (or equivalent) individual with strong bookkeeping and accounting skills, experience using financial systems (e.g. Sage or QuickBooks), excellent communication abilities, and a proactive, organised approach. An interest in heritage and community-based projects is desirable.
The role is 22.5 hours per week, with some flexibility required, including occasional evenings and weekends.
Full details are available in the job description and person specification.
Deadline: 12 noon, Saturday 31st January 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Caribbean Programme Manager
Reference: DEC20259290
Location: Flexible in the Caribbean
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £44,315.00 - £47,312.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Introduction
We are looking for an exceptional fundraising Programme Manager to join and lead our Caribbean UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) team. Based in the region the Caribbean UKOTs Programme Manager will work closely with regional management teams and our excellent external partners to develop and oversee a pipeline of high impact conservation projects across the Caribbean UKOTs.
What's the role about?
In a time of constrained funding the primary responsibilities for this role include a significant focus on helping to identify and develop fundraising opportunities, supporting our various partners to build their own organisational fundraising capacity, and working to secure financing to deliver against a range of national and regional environmental priorities.
The Programme Manager will in addition lead and oversee several Caribbean-based RSPB project managers to ensure successful delivery of projects within the region and ensure that these contribute to impactful outcomes for species and habitats and delivery of the Strategic Outcomes of both the RSPB and our partners.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of Caribbean conservation issues, species and habitats.
- Innovation and adaptation in fundraising practices and approaches.
- Knowledge of project / programme management principles and their application.
- Programmatic working and project development as a member of multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Demonstrate experience and ability to engage, persuade, influence and work with a wide range of organisations, prospective donors/funders, and stakeholder groups, both internally and externally.
- Proven experience of delivering structured training, mentorship and capacity development within teams and across partner and peer organisations.
- Ability to work collaboratively with external and internal teams to identify and manage the development of donor relationships and funding proposals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including representation of data and income trends, and ability to present, influence and represent RSPB and partner priorities to a wide variety of audiences.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to find creative solutions to complex issues.
- An understanding and sensitivity to the diverse cultural perspectives and identities held in the Caribbean.
- Logical, methodical, and analytical approach to working with proven time management and organizational skills and a good eye for detail.
- Proven experience in successful large-scale fundraising from a range of sources (corporate, philanthropic, high-net worth, etc.) within the Caribbean region.
- Experience forming, leading and managing multidisciplinary teams, overseeing workloads, and evaluating programmes/projects.
- Demonstrable experience of developing and working effectively in cross-disciplinary partnerships to achieve shared outcomes.
- Knowledge and experience of working with and advocating to Government and other authorities to deliver change.
- Experience in cost and budget management, with a track record of working with complex financial systems, developing and managing budgets, overseeing financial reporting of partners and direct reporting for diverse funding streams.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of relevant environmental management activities such as habitat creation and/or restoration, biosecurity and eradication, species recovery.
- A good technical background on island and species conservation.
- Direct experience using MS Project, or similar project management software packages and fundraising databases (e.g. Raisers Edge, Care or Salesforce).
Additional Information:
- This is a Permanent role for 37.5 hours per week.
- The role is Caribbean based and only open to those with existing rights to live and work in the region. The position is home based with frequent travel to support partners across the Caribbean UKOTs.
Closing date: 23:59, Monday, 9th February 2026
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 25th February 2026.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship.
As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.
Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
The RSPB brings people together – people like you – to protect the things that matter to us all.

Citizens Advice Southwark provides outreach advice service in hospitals across South East London as well as from our main offices in Peckham and Walworth. We are seeking to recruit a senior welfare benefits advisor who will have lead responsibility for the day to day running of the welfare benefits advice service including line managing other welfare benefits and hospital-based advisors and volunteers working on the services. You will also undertake casework, assisting clients to access their entitlements to welfare benefits and other sources of financial help.
You must:
- Have experience of supervising and supporting other advice workers (paid staff or volunteers)
- Be able to take responsibility for the delivery of a high-quality advice service
- Have substantial experience of managing your own case load of complex welfare benefits cases and an in-depth knowledge of welfare benefits including those related to disability and sickness.
- An understanding of the issues facing people affected by long-term illness and disability.
- Understand, empathise and be committed to the Citizens Advice Service aims, principles and equal opportunities policies
Interviews: Wednesday 11 February 2026
Woodgreen Pets Charity has been helping pets and their owners live happier, healthier lives for over 100 years. From rehoming and community support to education and advocacy, our work is powered by dedicated people and a data led approach.
Woodgreen is in an exciting period of growth and transformation and we are seeking a Data Engineer to help strengthen and evolve our data platform as we become a more digital, data-led, pet services organisation. As this is a hands-on role in a small-to-medium environment we are looking for someone who can work pragmatically, apply good judgement, and steadily improve how data is captured, modelled and used across our organisation.
Working closely with, and reporting to, our Senior Data Manager, you will help design, build and maintain reliable data pipelines and models across the Microsoft data ecosystem, including Azure, SQL, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. Our platform uses a mix of these technologies today, and you’ll play a key role in helping us evolve it over time, improving reliability, consistency and usability for teams across Woodgreen. You will also contribute to good data management practices such as documentation, data quality controls, clear definitions and proportionate governance that helps colleagues use data confidently.
Just as important as technical skills is your ability to work with people. You will partner with colleagues across fundraising, corporate and pet services to understand their needs, translate them into workable data solutions, and communicate clearly and respectfully throughout. We’re looking for someone collaborative and delivery-focused, who prioritises data quality and sustainable, maintainable ways of working.
You’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference to Woodgreen, our customers and supporters, and the animals that we care for.
This is a full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. The role will operate in a hybrid working environment and although much of it can be done remotely the successful applicant will need to be able to attend our offices near Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire (PE29 2NH) for between 2 - 3 days a month depending on business need.
The starting salary for this position is £45,511 - £50,568 per annum depending on experience. In addition you will receive:
- 36 days annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 40 days after five years
- Up to 8% employer pension contributions
- Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan)
- Employee wellbeing package to include free access to Headspace
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Enhanced parental leave (subject to qualifying period)
- Benefits hub – exclusive discounts on popular brands
- 25% discount in our charity shops
Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this opportunity as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
Woodgreen is committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and, as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
Early application is encouraged as this position may close sooner than the stated deadline if a suitable candidate is found.
Woodgreen is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our vision is for every pet to have a home where they are loved, well cared for and enjoy positive relationships with their owners.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Domestic Abuse Practitioner to join the New Era team to support victims of domestic abuse, working 37.5 hours a week. 9am -5pm Monday to Friday, with occasional Saturday working if required (day off in lieiu). This post is a fixed term role until the end of March 2027.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the Role:
As a Domestic Abuse Practitioner you will be:
- Providing pro-active, high quality, frontline service to victims of domestic violence and abuse through on-going risk assessment, individual safety planning, advocacy, emotional and practical support.
- Working within a multi-agency framework with a focus of keeping victims of domestic abuse safe.
- Working with survivors and other agencies to monitor the care pathway.
You will need:
- The ability to identify and assess the risks and needs of domestic abuse victims using an evidence-based risk identification checklist.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
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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!
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Are you a proactive, organised and compassionate individual with a proven record of working with male adults in the criminal justice system whether in the community or in prisons? Do you have experience of engaging successfully with challenging people such as people who have complex needs, people who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and people who are angry and confused
If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Personal Wellbeing Coach to join us and help to oversee the delivery of Personal Wellbeing services to referrals made by Wales Probation Service.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24-year-olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.
The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise working to lift people out of poverty. St Giles and The Wise Group came together to form a partnership with the aim of supporting the Probation Resettlement reforms by offering a high-quality service underpinned by staff who have lived experience and cultural competency. As a result, we have been awarded contracts to deliver Personal Wellbeing Services for North and South Wales. These services will involve a range of support to community offenders and prison leavers including families, emotional wellbeing, lifestyle and associates and social inclusion (including meet at the gates).
About this exciting opportunity
Working as part of a multi-agency team, you will provide person-centred support to a caseload of service users who will either be serving community sentences or being released from prison. You will undertake assessment and action planning with individual service users, create a safe and trusting environment, using trauma-informed practice to successfully facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users, plus deliver a range of interventions to service users which contribute towards achievement of prescribed outcomes.
We will also count on you to develop and maintain positive working relationships with external agencies, including probation, prisons, partners, and others who will assist in achieving prescribed outcomes for service users, ensuring you work towards contractual targets and outcomes within agreed timescales. Using agreed CRM databases and recording all activity relating to caseload and providing updates and reports are also key duties.
What we are looking for
- Experience working with partner agencies either as part of a multi-agency team working towards common objectives or negotiating to establish links to further the aims of a project
- L3 in Advice and Guidance or equivalent
- The ability to assess clients’ needs and provide tailored, client-led support through action planning and interventions involving advice, guidance, advocacy, and coaching
- An ability to work sensitively with clients applying trauma-informed strategies
- Impressive IT, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written
Please note this role requires Enhanced Adult DBS checks
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage ) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: 9am 02 February 2026.
Interview date: The position is subject to rolling recruitment. Interviews will be conducted once a suitable applicant is identified, after which the vacancy will be closed.
We help people held back by poverty, unemployment, the criminal justice system, homelessness, exploitation and abuse to build a positive future.
Location: London
Location type:Hybrid
Reporting to: Director of People and Operations
Annual salary: £50,000 to £55,000 GBP per annum, depending on experience
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time, 35 hours a week
Candidate level: Manager
Closing date: Monday 23rd February, 9:00 am CET
Background
Lumos Foundation works to realise every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. Our vision is a world in which all children grow up in safe and loving families within supported communities. Founded in 2005 by author J.K. Rowling, Lumos partners with governments, civil society, and young people with lived experience to transform care systems globally and advocate for family-based solutions that help children thrive.
We ensure that families receive the support they need to stay together or reunite, and that children grow up in family-based settings such as foster or kinship care, not institutions. Despite clear evidence of the harms of institutionalisation, more than 5 million children worldwide continue to live in institutions. And a much larger number of children are at risk of family breakdown and separation – those living in poverty, experiencing domestic violence and abuse, and living in countries affected by conflict. We are ambitious for children. In the next 10 years, Lumos will enable 500,000 children in care to return to family-based care and prevent 10 million children from experiencing family breakdown and separation – so that they can thrive in their own families. Working with local, national, and global partners, Lumos supports government-led transformation of childcare systems across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America- driving systemic and sustainable change.
Lumos’ ambition for children is significant and will require the organisation and its partners to work in new ways, with a pace, drive, and urgency that this moment demands, and that children everywhere deserve. Lumos’ success will continue to be based not just on what we do, but on how we do it – our values. We embrace collaboration. We strive for excellence. We show respect. We always care. And we are passionate. We are Lumos.
Purpose of role
Lumos is entering an exciting period of strategic transformation to strengthen our operational foundations, refine our systems, and enhance our capacity to deliver on our mission to realise every child’s right to a family. The Senior Operations Manager plays a pivotal role in building the operational foundations and risk-aware culture needed for success both now and as the organisation prepares for the future.
As a delivery partner to the Director of People & Operations, the Senior Operations Manager leads the implementation of agreed operational priorities, strengthens country office and partner capability, and ensures that operational standards, policies, and practices are consistently embedded across existing and new geographies. The role provides independent oversight and assurance across operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding, working closely with delivery teams while retaining the authority to challenge, escalate, and inform senior decision-making.
This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who thrives on systems thinking, coordination, and execution, and who is motivated by turning risk awareness, data, and lessons learned into practical organisational improvement that strengthens organisational resilience and impact.
Primary responsibilities
Operational leadership & delivery
- Act as a senior delivery partner to the Director of People & Operations, leading the implementation of agreed operational priorities.
- Coordinate cross-functional operational delivery across Operations, Safeguarding, and Security.
- Deputise for the Director of People & Operations in internal and external forums as appropriate, with delegated authority.
Global safety, security & incident management (focal point)
- Act as Lumos’ organisational focal point for safety, security, and travel risk, coordinating risk management frameworks, systems, and oversight across the organisation.
- Work closely with, and oversee the delivery of, Lumos’ global safety and security consultant(s), ensuring clear scope, quality outputs, and effective follow-through.
- Monitor safety and security incidents across the organisation, ensuring appropriate recording, escalation, follow-up, and learning.
- Coordinate incident response in line with agreed protocols, working closely with country teams and external security specialists.
- Lead lessons-learned processes following incidents and ensure recommendations are embedded into systems, guidance, and practice.
- Support the implementation and monitoring of safety and security standards across country offices and partners.
Safeguarding & PSEA (operational oversight)
- Provide operational oversight and coordination of safeguarding and PSEA frameworks, working closely with specialist safeguarding focal points, leads, and consultants while the recruitment and scoping of a Global Safeguarding Lead is planned across 2026.
- Monitor implementation of safeguarding and PSEA standards, policies, and training across country offices and partners.
- Support incident tracking, information management, and follow-up actions, ensuring confidentiality, proportionality, and appropriate escalation.
- Contribute to organisational learning and continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.
Risk management, contingency & assurance frameworks
- Lead the development, implementation, and refinement of operational risk management and risk assessment frameworks across Lumos.
- Ensure consistent approaches to risk identification, mitigation, escalation, and assurance across countries, partners, and programmes.
- Maintain and monitor operational risk registers, ensuring risks are actively reviewed and managed.
- Coordinate comprehensive contingency planning, crisis protocols, and organisational preparedness.
- Support due diligence and risk assessment processes for partners, vendors, programmes, and new geographies.
Programme, MEAL & risk integration
- Work closely with Programme and MEAL teams to embed operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding considerations into programme design, delivery, and monitoring.
- Support the development of proportionate, decision-useful KPIs related to operational risk, duty of care, safety, security, and safeguarding.
- Strengthen alignment between operational risk management and programme assurance and learning processes.
Operational systems, policy tracking & insurance
- Lead the development and improvement of operational systems, trackers, workflow,s and dashboards to strengthen consistency, quality assurance, and organisational insight.
- Maintain and oversee policy trackers across Operations, Safeguarding, and Security, ensuring review cycles, ownership, and implementation are monitored.
- Develop operational reporting, audit, and monitoring mechanisms that complement existing MEAL, programme, and governance systems.
- Support audits and internal reviews by maintaining clear documentation and evidence.
- Ensure strong information management and data protection practices are embedded.
- Oversee coordination of Lumos’ global insurance arrangements (e.g., travel, medical, liability), including renewals, compliance tracking, and liaison with brokers and insurers, under the direction of the Director of People & Operations.
Country office & partner capability building
- Work closely with Country Directors, operational focal points, and partners to embed global operational, safeguarding, and safety/security frameworks locally.
- Support capacity building through guidance, tools, training coordination, and structured follow-up.
- Provide practical support and constructive challenge to strengthen compliance, confidence, and consistency.
- Balance global standards with appropriate local adaptation.
Performance insight, reporting & organisational learning
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that provide visibility on operational risk, safety, security, safeguarding, and organisational readiness.
- Provide clear insight to the Director of People & Operations and Executive Team on trends, incidents, risks, and areas for improvement.
- Support organisational learning through analysis of data, incidents, audits, and reviews.
Project management & continuous improvement
- Lead or coordinate project management for time-bound operational initiatives
- Identify capacity gaps, monitor progress, and escalate risks.
- Translate lessons learned into updated frameworks, tools, and guidance to support continuous improvement.
Profile
The postholder will:
- Build effective, trusted relationships across Lumos, using strong relational skills to influence, support, and challenge constructively without becoming adversarial.
- Steward a strong, proportionate and risk-aware culture, where operational, safety, security and safeguarding risks are understood, named and managed well.
- Strengthen operational systems and frameworks for monitoring, assurance, and learning across risk, safety, security, and safeguarding.
- Develop clear, decision-useful dashboards and reporting that improve visibility of risk, incidents, readiness, and organisational resilience.
- Build confidence and capability across country offices and partners through guidance, coaching, constructive challenge, and follow-up.
- Advise and guide senior leaders and teams with sound judgement, evidence, and insight, supporting timely and well-informed decision-making.
- Embed operational risk, safety, security, and safeguarding considerations into programme design, delivery, and monitoring, while retaining appropriate independence and assurance
- Translate data, incidents, and lessons learned into practical improvements that strengthen systems, readiness, and organisational impact.
Essential experience
- Demonstrable experience operating at a senior level within operations, risk, safeguarding, security, or organisational assurance functions
- Experience coordinating complex, cross-functional workstreams across multiple teams or locations
- Experience providing oversight, assurance, or quality control
- Experience incident response, escalation, and lessons-learned processes
- Experience building or strengthening systems, frameworks, or organisational infrastructure
Desirable experience
- Experience working within or alongside programme delivery teams.
- Experience in international, multi-country or partnership-based organisations.
- Experience overseeing consultants or specialist providers.
Personal characteristics
- Strong alignment with Lumos’ mission, values, and commitment to duty of care.
- Emotionally and relationally confident, able to build trust and rapport across diverse stakeholders.
- Able to influence, support, and challenge constructively.
- Calm, pragmatic, and thoughtful when dealing with risk, incidents, or sensitive issues.
- Sound judgement in identifying, naming, and escalating risk appropriately.
- Collaborative and credible working with senior leaders, country teams, and partners
- Comfortable operating with independence.
- Resilient and adaptable in evolving or ambiguous organisational contexts.
- Curious and committed to learning and continuous improvement.
Safeguarding statement
Lumos recognises that the rights of safety and security are aligned with its core mission for children, families, and communities. Effective and robust safeguarding sits at the heart of our mission and values, and accordingly, Lumos is committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children and adults at risk in all of its work. We expect all staff, associates, and volunteers to share this commitment. Lumos has a zero-tolerance approach towards all forms of abuse, bullying, harassment, and sexual exploitation. Lumos is a member of The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will carefully screen all applicants. Offers of employment are subject to checks and suitable references.
All staff and associates must:
- Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of Lumos safeguarding and PSEA requirements
- Ensure work complies with all safeguarding and PSEA policies and procedures
- Ensure that their behaviours and actions support the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults at risk as appropriate.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion statement
Lumos is wholly committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and against all forms of discrimination.
We are committed to creating and sustaining a positive working environment that encourages, supports, and gives a voice to all, so that we can best support the children we serve.
We must ensure that all staff are equally valued, included, empowered, and respected across the organisation and in everything we do. Lumos is fundamentally built on diverse, multi-national and multicultural teams.
This is something we cherish as a key strength and an integral part of our identity. Our organisation values and celebrates the diversity, culture, and experience of each member of staff, provides equality of care, and support to everyone.
We pledge to listen carefully, to educate ourselves continually, to promote open dialogue, and to seek out and deal with discrimination and prejudice wherever it occurs in Lumos.
· The deadline for applications is Monday 23rd February, 9:00 am CET ·
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To realise every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world.
About the Refugee Council
The Refugee Council is the nation’s refugee charity. Together with community groups, partners and volunteers, we help people who have escaped war and persecution to rebuild their lives, integrate into communities, and play their part in Britain. Born in the aftermath of World War II, our frontline services support over 14,000 refugees each year to find safety, get to know their neighbours, and enter education, training or work. We share our evidence and expertise with policymakers to help build integrated communities where everyone can contribute.
We have offices across the UK where our Services teams provide support to refugees at local level.
Inclusion and accessibility
Ensuring that the Refugee Council is an inclusive and accessible place to work is important to us. We want to enable people from different backgrounds to apply and thrive with us. We believe our recruitment process enables that and are also happy to make adjustments on request.
Our Values
Our values underpin everything we do:
- Inclusive: We are inclusive. We work with - not for - refugees and people seeking asylum, so they have an equal voice, co-producing projects and ensuring their expertise and experiences are at the heart of what we do.
- Collaborative: We are collaborative. Working with others is a priority in order to have the collective impact that is vital to achieve policy and practice reform.
- Courageous: We speak out when we see injustice, cruelty and unfairness. We always stand up for what we believe is the right thing to do to transform the experiences of those seeking protection in our country.
- Respectful: We are respectful of all those we interact with. We treat everyone – our staff, volunteers, beneficiaries, partners and people we disagree with – with the same respect, professionalism and understanding.
About the role
The Therapeutic Service Programme Manager provides strategic leadership and clinical governance for the Refugee Council’s therapeutic programmes, ensuring safe, high-quality care for separated children, adults and families seeking asylum. They maintain professional standards and regulatory compliance; oversee all clinical decisions, referral pathways and service integration with advice and casework; lead and develop therapeutic managers and staff through supervision, reflective practice and trauma-informed wellbeing initiatives; embed client participation and advocacy into service design; and manage operational finances, performance reporting and cross-organisational collaboration to drive continuous improvement and service sustainability.
Location: Any Refugee Council office - Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, London, Kent, Hertfordshire.
Staff benefits
To reward our staff for the value they bring, we offer a variety of enhanced terms and conditions and a wide range of benefits, including:
- Training & Development
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Scheme
- Work Life Balance Policies
- Employer-Sponsored Volunteering
- And more.
Let’s work together to improve the lives of refugees in the UK - apply on our website today.
Closing date: 4 February 2026.
Ensuring that the Refugee Council is an inclusive and accessible place to work is important to us. We want to enable people from different backgrounds to apply and thrive with us. We believe our recruitment process enables that and are also happy to make adjustments on request.
We are recruiting for three fixed-term User Research Officer roles for our Digital Team. Two 23-month contracts and one 12-month contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to join The National Lottery Community Fund, and develop your skills as a User Research Officer within a multi-disciplinary team.
You’ll conduct user research to help us understand the needs of both the people who apply for our funding, and our colleagues who manage that funding. Your insights will inform the design of new systems and improvement of existing ones, ensuring that we make changes based on real user needs.
Working within our Digital Team, you’ll also have opportunities to collaborate with and learn from a thriving group of designers and researchers who love sharing knowledge and experience. We’ll offer you support to develop your research and design skills, and opportunities to take part in training and communities of practice.
You’ll need some practical experience of qualitative research methods, and of designing and running research. This could be from working in user research or user experience design. But we’d also welcome applications from people with similar experience from professional work, academic work, or study in fields like:
- human-computer interaction
- user-centred design
- psychology
- ethnography
- social research
The responsibilities of the job include:
- Designing and running user research to help us improve our existing digital services and design new ones.
- Recruiting participants for research.
- Analysing qualitative research data.
- Presenting findings to Digital team colleagues, and stakeholders from the wider organisation.
- Collaborating in a multidisciplinary team, and supporting colleagues’ design work by helping them understand what users need.
- Contributing to our user research and design community – taking part in team meetings and providing feedback on prototypes and other design work working in a collaborative and inclusive way.
Interview Details:
Interview Date: Virtual interview – 23rd or 24th February
Location: Hybrid working, anywhere in the UK. Choice of home or office working (offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, or Newtown). Some in person meetings, including quarterly away days across UK locations.
We’ll talk to you about where you are based and your working pattern if you get the job.
We will be hosting a briefing session on: Tuesday 27th January 2026, from 11am to 11:45am. To register or ask any questions please email us.
How to apply
Upload your CV in Word format and write a supporting statement of up to 1000 words. We'll use the following criteria to score your application – so you should show how you meet them in your supporting statement.
Essential Criteria:
- Passionate and knowledgeable about user-centred design, and digital ways of working.
- Experience of designing and running user research or other qualitative research studies, and a good understanding of when and how to use different research methods.
- Experience of analysing qualitative research, and turning it into clear insights that others can understand and use.
- Confident in explaining research findings to others, verbally or in writing.
- Good at collaborating, involving colleagues in research activities and contributing to shared planning.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience of standing up for the needs and perspectives of users.
- A good understanding of inclusion and accessibility for digital services.
- Knowledge of agile working and the roles in a multidisciplinary digital team.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
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Closing Date: 18 February 2026
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Save the Children UK is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join the team in a key role providing expert legal advice, supporting compliance, and managing legal risk across the organisation.
If you're a qualified lawyer with relevant experience looking to take on an exciting new challenge and create meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you.
About us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
As Legal Counsel, you will provide high-quality, pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of charity, commercial, contract and regulatory matters.
Working within an experienced legal team collaborating on complex and high-impact legal matters, you will support SCUK's legal and compliance obligations, assist with risk management, instruct external counsel when needed, and contribute to a culture of ethics, integrity and safeguarding. You will also support the development of legal tools and training to empower colleagues to operate with confidence and compliance.
In this role, you will:
- Provide pragmatic, risk-based legal advice across contract, commercial, charity law and regulatory compliance matters.
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of contracts, including donation agreements, grant agreements, partnership agreements, service agreements and NDAs.
- Support compliance with legal obligations including data protection, safeguarding, anti-fraud, anti-bribery, sanctions, and charity law.
- Support external counsel management and liaise with SCUK and SCI legal teams.
- Deliver training and guidance to staff and volunteers to embed legal awareness and self-service across the organisation.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the charitable sector, assess their impact on SCUK and ensure that staff are aware of and comply with changes and updates.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you demonstrate the following:
- Qualified lawyer in England and Wales (or equivalent jurisdiction) with post-qualification experience advising independently on a broad range of commercial, contract and/or charity law matters.
- Experience in at least 1 of the following areas: general corporate / commercial / contract, regulatory compliance, charity / not-for-profit.
- An understanding of:
- the UK charity regulatory framework; and
- the UK's bribery and anti-terrorism laws and practice, including the way in which they may impact an international NGO.
- Demonstrated ability to draft, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of contracts, plus experience of advising on compliance issues.
- Ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and to explain complex legal issues clearly and pragmatically to diverse audiences.
- Strong ethical judgment, flexibility and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Efficient, highly organised, self-motivated, and able to prioritise effectively under pressure.
- Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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Humanity & Inclusion UK is looking for a Head of Institutional Relations (maternity cover) to lead our engagement with institutional donors, programme partners and allies in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dynamic team in the delivery and implementation of an ambitious institutional relations strategy. With a particular focus on the FCDO and Start Network alongside growing our Australian and Irish portfolios, you will build partnerships and maximise income and influence to achieve our strategic aims. As a member of the HI UK Leadership Team, you will also play an important role in shaping the culture and direction of the organisation as a whole.
Background Information and Purpose of Post
The Head of Institutional Relations leads HI’s engagement with institutional donors, programme partners and allies in the UK, working closely with colleagues from across the global HI Federation, including our country programmes and our technical departments.
You will lead a dynamic team in the delivery and implementation of an ambitious institutional relations strategy. With a particular focus on the FCDO and Start Network alongside growing our Australian and Irish portfolios, you will build partnerships and maximise income and influence to achieve our strategic aims. This will involve managing relations with a wide range of actors, building our profile and responding quickly and effectively to opportunities. You will oversee and strengthen our compliance with donor requirements, ensure our programmes are effectively supported to implement grants and consolidate our capacity to bid for and manage commercial contracts.
As a member of the HI UK Leadership Team, you will also play an important role in shaping the culture and direction of the organisation as a whole.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and management
- Implement our ambitious plan for institutional relations, staying aligned with the organisation’s objectives and responding appropriately to the external environment.
- Contribute to the implementation of the network-wide institutional funding strategy.
- Lead, empower and motivate your team to achieve their goals, providing support as needed.
- Manage the team budget, including planning, phasing and forecasting in line with the organisation’s financial procedures.
- Participate as an active and constructive member of the Leadership Team, promoting a positive culture, modelling excellent behaviour and supporting cross-organisational initiatives.
- Provide timely and accurate reporting to the Chief Executive, trustees and Federation as required.
Institutional Relations
- Lead the team in ambitious engagement strategies for all donors in the portfolio, particularly the FCDO, Start Network, Australian DFAT and Irish Aid, strengthening existing relationships and, where appropriate, developing new ones.
- Ensure the team develops and maintains expertise on UK donor priorities, expectations and compliance requirements and is proactively analysing, interpreting and sharing this knowledge internally with relevant colleagues across the Federation.
- With your team, build the ability of our country programmes to engage with our donors locally and to comply with donor requirements, including through training.
- Oversee the process of identifying, analysing and sharing new funding opportunities with relevant colleagues, taking a lead when needed on coordinating large multi-country/framework bids to our donors.
- Maintain a network of contacts at other organisations and, working closely with operational and technical colleagues, build relationships with potential partners, including supporting the development of consortia for new bids when required.
- Contribute to building HI’s capacity to bid for and manage commercial contracts, including frameworks.
- Support the team with risk-based contract analysis and negotiation, due diligence and donor compliance.
- Ensure your team is delivering timely and high-quality reporting and grant/contract management, including follow-up of payment requests and tracking.
- Oversee the team’s information management tools and champion HI-wide internal processes and tools such as the CRM.
- Participate in the Bond Disability and Development Group, including supporting its influencing to promote greater emphasis on disability inclusion by the UK Government.
- Monitor and respond to threats and opportunities relating to the UK aid budget and aid policy, as well as for other donors in our portfolio where capacity allows.
- Support your team, the Chief Executive and technical colleagues to engage appropriately with other relevant networks in the UK to influence the UK government and raise HI’s profile (e.g. on specific crisis contexts, the impact of counter-terrorism legislation, health, education, humanitarian mine action, climate change etc.).
- Contribute to engaging with the Start Network and implementing our Start Network strategy.
Other duties
- Maintain a positive and collaborative working relationship with HI UK colleagues and the Federation’s institutional funding, operations and advocacy teams.
- Represent the organisation at relevant external events and meetings.
· Keep abreast of developments within the sector by liaising with counterparts in other NGOs and relevant networks.
- Keep up to date with any relevant changes in legislation, regulatory procedures, innovation, best practice and industry standards.
- Any other activities commensurate with the level of the post, as may be required.
Person Specification
We genuinely value diversity and are looking to build a team of people with a wide of range of personal and professional experience. If you don’t meet all of the criteria listed below but feel you would be a good candidate for this role, please apply. If you would like an informal conversation about this, please do send us an email or call us – we would love to hear from you.
Essential criteria
· Substantial relevant experience with INGOs, including at least five years’ experience managing strategic relationships with donors, partners and/or networks.
· A track record of securing and managing institutional income.
· Good knowledge of the FCDO as a donor and influencing target.
· Excellent management skills, including the ability to provide appropriate support and to develop colleagues’ capabilities.
· Excellent relationship-building, networking and negotiation skills, both internal and external, and at a variety of levels.
· Demonstrated capacity to design and deliver high-quality proposals, reports and briefs.
· An entrepreneurial thinker with a strong ability to identify opportunities, cultivate prospects and achieve strategic aims.
· Ability to carry out sound strategic analysis, identifying key trends and producing clear summaries from complex information.
· Good understanding of project design, programme quality and effective delivery.
· Excellent planning skills and an ability to work under pressure, to prioritise and to meet standards and deadlines.
· A collaborative and team-oriented approach with strong self-motivation.
· Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural organisation.
· Willingness to travel and to work outside of office hours when necessary.
· Good IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
· Commitment to creating and maintaining an inclusive and protective environment for everyone that comes in contact with the organisation.
Desirable criteria
· A track record of securing and managing funding from, building relationships with and influencing DFAT and/or Irish Aid
· Good knowledge of the Start Network
· Experience of bidding for and managing commercial contracts for humanitarian and development programmes.
· Experience of cross-organisational leadership.
· Understanding of key humanitarian and development issues.
· Understanding of and experience of advocacy or campaigns, including working with the UK political system.
· Experience of developing NGO or academic partnerships.
· Lived experience of disability or from one of our countries of operation.
· French-language proficiency.
Equal Opportunities Policy
HI UK is committed to diversity and inclusion. We recognise that discrimination shapes the opportunities that many people have in society and that people have different needs in order to realise their full potential.
Addressing this requires organisations to be proactive in creating environments that encourage the inclusion and development of all. Though we still have a long way to go, inclusion is central to our identity at HI UK and we are strongly committed to the continuous work that it requires.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, to help make us more representative. If you declare a disability and you meet the minimum requirements for the role, we will offer you an interview to demonstrate your skills. In the event that we receive a high level of applications for a role, we will invite those applicants who best meet the person specification.
Our vision is a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.



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