Business development and community engagement officer jobs

JOB TITLE: Digital Communications Officer

DEPARTMENT: Chelsea FC Foundation 

LOCATION: Stamford Bridge / Cobham when required 

CONTRACT: Permanent (35 hours - evening and weekend work when required. For example, evening community sessions or matchday support. On average 1x evening/weekend activity per month with TOIL)

JOB FUNCTION: Supporting the delivery of Chelsea FC Foundation’s communications strategy, by coordinating a variety of compelling internal and external digital communications activity, in relation to Chelsea FC Foundation.

Closing date: 7th August

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the position may be filled before the listed closing date. To avoid missing out, please submit your application at your earliest convenience.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading on the creation of high-quality written communications, including website copy, which highlight the impact of Chelsea FC Foundation’s work across internal and external channels.
• Maintaining internal and external channels, such as website and newsletters, ensuring copy remains up-to-date and aligned with Chelsea FC Foundation’s strategic objectives.
• Developing engaging digital communications activity including social media copy and assets to be utilised across Chelsea FC Foundation’s channels.
• Overseeing the planning, creation, and delivery of Chelsea FC Foundation’s digital communications assets, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and consistency across all initiatives.
• Maintaining Chelsea FC Foundation’s suite of digital communications assets such as imagery.
• Supporting all Chelsea FC Foundation departments through impact-based digital communications activity.
• Carrying out general administrative and research duties related to communications activity including detailed communications plans.
• To attend internal and external meetings as appropriate, creating strong relationships with key departments and stakeholders.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Experience / skills:

Must haves:

• Proven digital communications experience, preferably within the sports and/or charity industry.
• Relevant digital communications experience including website maintenance and working with CMS and additional software such as Adobe and Canva.
• A natural storyteller with a particular passion for football and sport’s role within the community.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven track record of working to tight deadlines and demonstrate strong copywriting, proof reading and researching skills.
• Able to work alongside internal and external stakeholders and manage expectations.
• Experience of working with talent and adhering to high professional standards when doing so.
• Can think quickly and be decisive in high pressure situations, delivering to deadlines.
• Able to deal with sensitive situations tactfully and maintain confidentially at all times.
• Very strong attention to detail.
• IT self-sufficiency and fluent in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook essential.

Our Expectations:

• To embody the club’s BLUE behaviours (Brave, Lead, Unity, Edge) in the approach to work and interaction with others
• To adhere to the club’s policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Financial Authorisation, Confidentiality and GDPR.
• To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and demonstrate a positive commitment by treating others fairly in line with our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy and reporting any acts of discrimination through appropriate channels
• To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are either in your care or attending club premises, and report any concerns to the Safeguarding Lead
• To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: 

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Chelsea FC is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate. 

This Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.

About the Holocaust Educational Trust

The Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) is a leading UK charity dedicated to promoting education and remembrance of the Holocaust through its educational programmes and advocacy efforts, challenging antisemitism and promoting tolerance and understanding to benefit future generations. Working across the UK, the Holocaust Educational Trust partners with schools, universities, communities and policy makers, to educate thousands of young people across the country. Our core educational activities include our flagship Lessons from Auschwitz Project, youth engagement activities and Testimony 360: People and Places of the Holocaust, a digital programme.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research and Production Officer to join our team based in Central London. After several years of research and development, we launched Testimony 360 in June 2024, a digital programme for UK secondary schools that uses interactive survivor testimony and virtual reality to innovatively teach about the Holocaust. Through the programme, students can interact with a recorded testimony of a Holocaust survivor, before seeing some of the sites they experienced using virtual reality headsets, all without leaving their classroom.

The successful candidate will serve as a member of the Trust’s Programmes Team, responsible for the research, post-production, testing and maintenance of interactive recorded testimony to ensure fluency and usability in the classroom. They will also be responsible for the ethical representation and engagement with the testimonies. We are looking for an individual with experience in research, with an understanding of the sensitive use of testimony, as well as experience of data management systems and platforms used for interactive testimony. They will have the ability to quickly learn how to use new technologies and programmes. As an expert in Holocaust education, you will also contribute to the successful delivery of our Testimony 360 programme through research and development of new content or digital resources. 

Key Responsibilities

Interactive survivor testimony

• Work on the development of interactive testimony, including any future capture, clipping, annotation, data / metadata input, and Alpha/Beta testing. Throughout testing, lead the AI training process ensuring the system’s accuracy and ensuring the respectful and ethical representation of survivors’ life-stories.
• Maintain regular contact with our partner organisation, the USC Shoah Foundation, including progress updates, shared learning, and required training.
• Support colleagues undertaking training and/or working on supportive post-production.
• Log activity and decisions regarding the post-production editing process, as discussed with members of the Testimony 360 team and/or USC Shoah Foundation.
• Organise and deliver Alpha and Beta testing stages, working directly with students both online and in-person to deliver test sessions and action any necessary follow-up (to ensure learning from test sessions is fed back).
• Develop and manage systems to ensure the maintenance, accuracy, ethics and security of interactive testimonies and ensure consistency of approach across teams.

Delivery

• Plan and deliver any future online Beta testing sessions as part of the development of interactive testimonies, sharing knowledge and expertise and supporting their delivery.
• Work with the Data and Evaluation Manager on external research and evaluation partnerships to assess the impact of Testimony 360 on students and teachers, ensuring findings are shared and used to continuously improve our digital education offers.
• From time to time, we ask everyone in our team to be trained to deliver our educational programmes. This ensures we can adapt to our peaks of educational delivery during the year. Therefore, it is desirable that the successful candidate will be willing to participate in our classroom programmes as an educator from time to time.

Development

• Carry out research and development relating to the Trust’s digital strategy.
• Work with external providers to create historically accurate content that fits within the Trust’s pedagogical approach and programmes.

General

• Discussions about our learnings from Testimony 360 with the wider Delivery team, and we encourage consideration for how these learnings might feed into our wider educational offer.
• Ensuring the education about the Holocaust is at the core of our work. Members of the Programmes team are responsible for supporting the wider teams as they develop, plan and deliver on broader public engagement, fundraising, and awareness-raising initiatives.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed and amended in consultation with the postholder to reflect the developing needs of the Trust.

Location: Hybrid working between our office, based in Horsforth, Leeds and home working is preferred, however, remote working will be considered for the right candidate. Nationwide travel will be required. 

We are the leading charity dedicated to fighting primary bone cancer and are uniquely placed to make a difference through research, information, awareness and support.

The Involvement Officer role sits at the junction of lived experience involvement and our charitable objectives and will build meaningful collaborations and alignment between those affected by primary bone cancer, researchers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders. The successful candidate will be required to build relationships with and contribute to key organisations and initiatives, such as the FOSTER and Euro Ewing consortia, like minded charities and Sarcoma Patients Global Network.

The successful candidate will co-ordinate and grow our Patient and Public Involvement Panel, which currently focuses on bringing lived experience to shape and review primary bone cancer research; however, we are keen for the voices of our community to contribute to our work across all our charitable pillars including our Support & Information service and our Influencing & Advocacy work. You will also support and empower our panel to share the work of Bone Cancer Research Trust more widely to their networks, ensuring a greater awareness of the charity and the impact of our work. 

This is a varied position offering the chance to apply and further develop your expertise in involvement across areas such as the shaping and reviewing of research, the capturing and sharing of lived experience through written and video stories, ensuring our health information is patient focused and understandable, and advocating with and for patients both nationally and globally. 

We are looking for someone with a good grasp of both the scientific and patient landscapes, who can balance attention to detail with big-picture awareness and work confidently in highly collaborative settings with multiple stakeholders and partner organisations.  This role offers a unique opportunity to make a tangible contribution and ensure that our community’s voices drive progress across the UK and further afield.

The successful candidate will be a natural communicator and will excel at building and maintaining relationships with a variety of stakeholders. A background in cancer research or research funding would be advantageous.

If you are excited about joining our team, please read through this job pack to see if you have the right skills we are looking for. We look forward to hearing from you! 

This is an exciting opportunity for a community development professional who cares about tackling energy-related issues and working towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. We recognise that an effective engagement is a key component in ensuring the households at-risk of or in fuel poverty are able to access impartial energy advice. 

As Outreach Team Lead, you will work with a diverse and supportive team. Ideally you will be locally based covering Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley and Bexley, with a strong interest in community engagement, working knowledge of energy advice and climate breakdown. Your role will be to deliver an outreach program in order to engage voluntary sector organisations and residents in or at-risk of fuel poverty through workshops, outreach events and community level publicity. Your role will also include maintaining and creating referral networks with voluntary sector organisations across SE London as well as supporting the Energy Advice Delivery and Partnerships Manager to adapt the outreach program to meet the needs of our funded projects, as well as those of our partners and local community.

The Role

· Lead and coordinate Selce’s energy advice outreach activity across Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley and Bexley, ensuring delivery is inclusive, well organised and aligned with funder requirements.

· Work closely with the Energy Advice Team and Outreach Team to provide a joined-up approach to engagement, referrals and service delivery.

· Plan, organise and deliver energy advice workshops, pop-up stalls, energy cafés and other community-based events.

· Build and maintain strong referral pathways with voluntary, community and public sector organisations, and train frontline workers to identify and refer residents who may benefit from Selce’s support.

· Develop positive partnerships with community centres, local organisations and other stakeholders to reach residents who are in, or at risk of, fuel poverty.

· Keep local organisations and residents informed about Selce’s services through newsletters, direct contact and community-level publicity.

· Maintain constructive relationships with funders, partners and key stakeholders, representing Selce professionally at public-facing events.

· Line manage, train, mentor and support Outreach Officers, promoting consistent quality, confidence and good practice across the team.

· Monitor outreach activity, referral data and project progress using Selce’s CRM and other agreed systems.

· Analyse data and prepare clear weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for funders, managers and the Selce Board.

· Identify opportunities to improve outreach delivery so that activity responds to community needs, partner feedback and project requirements.

· Support the Energy Advice Delivery and Partnerships Manager with wider service development and other duties appropriate to the scope of the role.

Person specification:

Essential skills, experience and qualities

· Strong presentation, facilitation and public-facing communication skills, with the confidence to engage residents, partners and community groups.

· Ability to build, maintain and develop community-level partnerships and referral networks.

· Excellent organisational and coordination skills, including the ability to manage events, monitor activity and meet project deadlines.

· Accurate record-keeping and data management skills, with the ability to use CRM systems or similar tools to track progress and evidence impact.

· Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear reports, updates and publicity materials.

· Competence in Microsoft Office applications and confidence using digital tools for day-to-day work.

· Good understanding of data protection, confidentiality and media consent processes.

· Experience of working with diverse communities, including people who may face barriers to accessing advice or support.

· Experience of working with voluntary and community sector organisations, local authorities or other public sector partners.

· Ability to adapt to changing project needs, solve problems constructively and respond positively to challenges.

· Self-motivated and collaborative, with a methodical, systematic and detail-focused approach to work.

· Willingness to undertake training and development in line with the needs of the role and the organisation.

Desirable skills, experience and knowledge

· Experience in a communications, participation, community development or outreach role, particularly within the voluntary, community or public sector.

· Knowledge of domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty, retrofit, community energy or related advice services.

· An energy advice qualification, such as NEA Level 3, or willingness to work towards relevant accreditation.

· Experience of giving energy advice or supporting residents with financial, housing, energy-related or welfare issues.

· Experience of facilitating workshops, community groups or participatory activities that support positive community outcomes.

· Experience of coordinating volunteers, supporting peer-led activity or working with community champions.

· Experience using social media, newsletters, digital communications or design tools to promote services and engage communities.

· Good influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to work constructively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders.

· Ability to communicate in another community language spoken locally.

About South East London Community Energy

South East London Community Energy (Selce) was born in 2014, when a group of people living in Greenwich & Lewisham became so concerned about climate change that they decided to come up with a formula that would help to create a clean and just energy future. 

Throughout our first ten-years, we have set up projects that address inequality and seek to reduce our collective carbon footprint at different points in the energy systems.

To date we have built 12 solar arrays on community buildings in SE London and 11 buildings’ lighting systems to be more energy efficient.  We are opening share offers this year for further lighting system upgrades and solar arrays on community buildings. 

We’ve helped well over 4000 house holds with their energy bills and we are pleased to now be able to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient through the Love Lofts and Future Fit Homes pilot programmes.

About Our Energy Advice Services

Almost one in ten households cannot afford to heat their homes adequately. Our team of energy advisors provide practical guidance and support to households who are struggling to pay their fuel bills. They advise clients about how to reduce their fuel bills by switching suppliers or accessing discounts or changing behaviour or by fitting small practical energy-saving measures such as low energy light bulbs and draft proofing. They also support the householder to access funded home energy improvements such as loft, cavity wall insulation or heating upgrades.

Benefits:

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
4% employer pension contribution
Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) for agreed evening and weekend work
Flexible and hybrid working

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of London’s leading city farms and play a key role in providing opportunities, education, and training to the local community and beyond. As a small yet growing charitable organisation, this also offers candidates an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Vauxhall City Farm turns 50 in 2026, and you will join a team that is committed, enthusiastic and future focused. This is a key role that is part of the Management Team leading the organisation. This role will lead in the growth of our profile, engagement with the community and income, to enable us to continue delivering our mission.

The main purpose of the job is to build and improve on our current local, regional, and national profile and our successful range of community, seasonal and corporate events. The role will develop new opportunities to make use of the spaces and resources within Vauxhall City Farm, enabling us to grow our engagement with our local community, and develop income from events and activities.

The post holder will have day-to-day responsibility for planning and ensuring the smooth implementation of a range of events, working with our different teams to support the coordination, staffing, work with our partners, ensure client and contractor management, budget management and monitoring and evaluation processes. All activities and promotion must also ensure compliance with our health and safety, other key policies, legal and insurance requirements. You will have excellent customer relations skills, business acumen, ability to plan ahead and to demonstrate attention to detail and problem solving and be highly organised.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Executive Team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organisation by driving sustainable income growth, strengthening our public voice and extending our impact.

This newly created senior leadership role will lead a step-change in fundraising, marketing and external engagement, increasing awareness of vital services, and developing new opportunities to engage supporters, partners and communities.

With the chance to help deliver our ambitious strategy through to 2028, this role offers the opportunity to bring vision, creativity and leadership to an organisation committed to making a lasting difference in the lives of older people and unpaid carers 

Director of Income Generation (Fundraising), Membership & Engagement

Bangor, North Wales / Hybrid with regular travel to relevant sites in North Wales 

Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience) 

Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Closing Date – 10th August 2026
First Stage Interview – 20th August 2026
Second Stage Interview – 2nd September 2026

Lead the future of nature in North Wales

Can you build the relationships, influence and income needed to drive nature's recovery? Are you an inspiring senior leader with the ambition to drive transformational growth?

These are exciting times, and we’re looking for a Director of Income Generation (Fundraising), Membership & Engagement to drive the next phase of growth for our organisation!

You will deliver ambitious, sustainable income growth while deepening audience engagement and enhancing organisational profile, ensuring we have the resources, relationships and reputation needed to achieve our mission at scale.

This is a varied and influential role, leading fundraising, membership, marketing, communications and audience engagement. You will drive growth across a diverse range of income streams, develop high-value partnerships, strengthen our brand and supporter experience and use insight and innovation to maximise impact and long-term sustainability. You will also lead and inspire a high-performing team while acting as a senior ambassador for the organisation.

The role will be hybrid (after settling in period) and we have office facilities available in Bangor or Aberduna.

Who we are looking for

• Proven success in multi-stream income generation
• Senior leadership experience
• Development and delivery of income growth strategies
• Strategic leadership and organisational decision-making
• High-level stakeholder engagement and influencing
• Demonstrable success in building and managing high-value partnerships
• Ability to build and lead high-performing teams
• Strong commercial acumen and results-driven approach
• Experience of managing substantial budgets, income targets and financial performance

This role may particularly appeal to senior leaders currently working as a Director of External Relations, Director of Partnerships, Director of Development or in a similar strategic leadership position, who have responsibility for income generation, stakeholder engagement, membership growth, communications and external partnerships.

Welsh language skills are not essential for this role but are highly desirable. We expect the successful candidate, if not already fluent, to be committed to learning Welsh and to demonstrate a strong understanding of and support for Welsh culture, which is integral to our work in land management and nature recovery.

We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits including:   

• 32 days of holiday per year, including statutory Bank Holidays, which increase by one day for each fully completed year of service up to a maximum of 38 days. 
• Salary Exchange Pension (6% ER contributions – 6% EE contributions) 
• Life Assurance (2x salary) 
• Learn Welsh on us 

Applicant Information Session

To help prospective applicants learn more about this exciting opportunity, we will be holding a Webinar on Monday 27 July 2026 between 6:00pm to 7:00pm.

This session will provide an opportunity to:

• Learn more about the role and its responsibilities.
• Understand why this is a critical new role for the Trust.
• Hear about the vision and ambitions for the position.
• Ask any questions you may have

WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, is the leading global charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales and dolphins. Through our offices and teams around the world we campaign against the many threats facing whales and dolphins, and support cutting-edge science exploring the lives and importance of these remarkable creatures.

We are looking for a full-time, social media officer to join our team in Chippenham, Wiltshire.  Reporting to the head of comms, you will help to develop WDC’s busy social media activity, advising fundraising, campaigns and policy colleagues on the best ways to grow the number of people who support our work. 

We are looking for someone with proven track record of developing and delivering digital communications plans, experience in the use of social media to support communications, marketing and/or fundraising functions, and a good understanding of digital platforms and social media (especially Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok). 

The role requires solid copywriting skills, an eye for detail, creative thinking, a proactive attitude, commitment, and enthusiasm for the cause.

Context of role:

Key responsibilities:

Support Service:

1. Event Coordination and Delivery

1.1: Coordinate and deliver regular community engagement activities, including; coffee mornings and

support events.

1.2: Organise and facilitate regular wellbeing and social activities, such as; walks or group sessions.

1.3: Represent the organisation at regional events, including supporting fundraising and CYP teams

when required.

1.4: Co-lead on bookings and coordination of Ty Uchaf, our respite house.

2. Awareness, Training and Engagement

2.1: Lead on regional awareness training delivery for non-emergency services and community-based

organisations.

2.2: Deliver additional 2wish training programmes as required, including Children & Young People

(CYP) and Bereavement in workplace support training.

2.3: Lead awareness and advocacy activities with local ‘support champions’, including professionals

within non-emergency services.

3. Partnership and Network Development

3.1: Actively engage with local bereavement networks through attendance at meetings, hosting

information stands and building strong professional relationships across the region.

3.2: Develop and maintain effective links with community partners to expand reach and awareness of

services.

4. Volunteer Support

4.1: Act as a key local contact for volunteers.

4.2: Support the recruitment, training and retention of volunteers in collaboration with the wider

team.

5. Administration, Monitoring and Reporting

5.1: Maintain and take ownership of relevant systems and spreadsheets, including those used for:

52: Event planning and delivery

5.3: Marketing and communications

5.4: Contact and engagement tracking

5.5: Professional and family engagement records

5.6: Accurately record interactions with stakeholders, including; families, professionals, champions

and referral partners.

5.7: Monitor and manage posts/content on Facebook family accounts.

6. Quality Assurance and Improvement

6.1: Support quality audits and contribute to continuous improvement processes.

6.2: Collect and review feedback from events and training sessions to inform future development.

2.0 General:

1.1: To be responsible for organising own work agenda, time management and administration

1.2: To keep clear and up to date records on database of activities with families and any ensuing

action

1.3: To promote the on-going work and continued support that 2wish can offer

1.4: To work as part of a team providing support to suddenly bereaved families

1.5: To work alongside support team and maintain a seamless approach to service delivery

1.6: To maintain a high degree of confidentiality in accordance with the charity’s policies

1.7: To show respect and sensitivity for the cultural and religious beliefs of families

1.8: To undertake learning opportunities and seek them out for the team

1.9: To adhere to all company policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Confidentiality,

Health and Safety and Lone Working; and to be proactive in implementing new safe working

practices as appropriate

1.10: To attend weekend and evening community events in support of the charity as necessary

1.11: Participate as and when required in team meetings and one-to-one meetings, and

undertake, as appropriate, courses/training/other developmental activities, which is relevant to

the role

1.12: To contribute to the evaluation and monitoring processes to ensure effectiveness of

services and activities provided

1.13: Contribute on the social media platforms maintained by 2wish

It is the nature of the work that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances

unpredictable and varied. All employees are therefore expected to work in a flexible way and

tasks, which are not specifically covered in their job description may have to be undertaken.

This role is subject to a DBS check.

The primary purpose of this role is to lead Together Active's Active Environments work, creating the conditions for physical activity to become a safe, easy and attractive choice for everyone. Working across systems, sectors and communities, you will influence the design, development and use of places and spaces so they enable more people to be active, with a particular focus on those experiencing the greatest inequalities.

You will provide leadership for Together Active's Active Environments agenda, building strong partnerships across local authorities, planning, transport, health, education, environmental organisations and community groups to influence long-term change. Through advocacy, collaboration and place-based working, you will champion the role that active environments play in improving health, reducing inequalities and supporting more environmentally sustainable communities.

Help shape the future of Ocean Literacy. We're looking for a commercially minded Partnerships Manager to grow our portfolio of corporate supporters and trusts while developing new partnerships that generate sustainable income. If you're an experienced relationship-builder who thrives on creating meaningful partnerships and generating income for a cause you care about, we'd love to hear from you.

About Ocean Generation

Ocean Generation is a UNESCO-endorsed Ocean education charity turning Science into Storytelling. We make Ocean Literacy accessible through film, pop-culture, and education programmes that empower practical action. Most people grow up unaware that the Ocean is keeping us all alive: Ocean Generation exists to change that.

Established in 2009 by film producer Jo Ruxton MBE, our award-winning documentary ‘A Plastic Ocean’, was named by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the most important films of our time” and ignited mass public awareness about the impact of plastic pollution. Today, we address a full range of human-made threats impacting the Ocean, with a particular focus on programmes for young people across the world.

Our Ocean Intelligence approach, how we translate complex Ocean science into engaging content through Science and Storytelling, has been endorsed by the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission of UNESCO as a project under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Our vision is a world where society understands, values and acts for the Ocean.

Our mission is to improve Ocean Literacy by translating complex science into engaging content, programmes and practical actions.

As our Partnerships Manager, you'll help secure the funding that enables more people around the world to understand, value and act for the Ocean.

Role Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, ambitious charity where you'll have genuine ownership of a portfolio of corporate partners and trust funders while helping to shape Ocean Generation's fundraising strategy and long-term growth.

Account Management & Stewardship

• Manage and grow a portfolio of corporate partners and selected trusts and foundations, delivering excellent relationship management, stewardship and reporting.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality partnership reports, impact updates and funding reports that demonstrate the value of support and strengthen long-term relationships.
• Act as the Funding Relationship Lead for their portfolio, ensuring reporting commitments, stewardship activity and internal coordination are managed throughout the life of each partnership or grant.
• Identify opportunities to renew, grow and enhance existing partnerships, maximising income and engagement.
• Maintain accurate partnership activity, reporting deadlines and pipeline information within Salesforce, monitor partnership performance, manage the fundraising pipeline, and contribute to income forecasting and pipeline reporting.
• In addition to partnership management responsibilities, manage community fundraising activities and events when required, contributing to the wider fundraising programme.

Business Development & Income Generation

• Develop and secure new corporate partnerships by identifying, cultivating and converting prospective supporters into long-term partners.
• Prepare compelling funding proposals, partnership pitches and applications tailored to corporate and trust funding opportunities.
• Develop attractive ESG partnership opportunities and other funding propositions that align with Ocean Generation's mission and strategic priorities.
• Work closely with the Co-Executive Director (Partnerships) and Philanthropy Lead to identify, develop and secure strategic fundraising opportunities.

Partnership Activation & Organisational Collaboration

• Collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to develop engaging partnership opportunities and ensure the successful delivery of partner benefits.
• Work with the Communications team to create partnership resources, campaigns, newsletters and impact content/case studies that strengthen engagement and increase visibility.
• Ensure fundraising activity complies with charity regulations, fundraising best practice, and Ocean Generation's values and ethical standards.
• Contribute as a proactive member of a small, agile team, supporting colleagues and identifying opportunities to maximise the impact and profile of fundraising activity.

Skills & Experience Required

Essential

• Experience in corporate fundraising, partnerships, business development/sales or account management.
• Proven ability to secure, manage and grow fundraising partnerships to achieve income targets.
• Excellent relationship management, communication and proposal writing skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with experience using a CRM and managing multiple priorities.
• Commercially minded, proactive and able to work independently within a small team.
• Confident interpreting budgets and fundraising performance data.

Desirable

• Some experience working with trusts and foundations and/or major donors.
• Knowledge of ESG, CSR or corporate fundraising partnerships.
• Experience using a fundraising CRM such as Salesforce, Beacon or Raiser's Edge.
• An interest in environmental or conservation issues and a commitment to Ocean Generation's mission.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.

What We Offer

• Salary of £30,000–£35,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• A permanent role, full-time (37.5 hours per week), with consideration given to candidates seeking a part-time equivalent over four days.
• A flexible, remote-first working environment, with the freedom to work from anywhere in the UK.
• Core collaboration hours of 10am–4pm, Monday to Thursday, with flexibility over when you work your remaining hours.
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees).
• A workplace pension scheme with automatic enrolment for eligible employees.
• A collaborative, ambitious and purpose-driven team committed to improving Ocean Literacy through science, storytelling and education.
• Opportunities for occasional UK travel to meet colleagues, partners and supporters.

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 6 August 2026.

We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Early applications are therefore encouraged.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Ocean Generation is committed to being an inclusive and equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make the application or interview process more accessible, please let us know.

About Us

We are an environmental charity with science at our heart. We help people to take action to protect the nature around them; by connecting them with it and giving them the tools they need to do so. We passionately believe in citizen science and are leaders in it. Our current focus areas include helping to create nature-friendly urban spaces, growing the impact of internationally known citizen science programmes such as Freshwater Watch, developing early career scientists and sharing learning internationally, and working with partners to advance the science, tools and thinking behind citizen science.

What we are looking for

Earthwatch Europe is recruiting a Director of Science and Impact. We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of the pressures facing our natural world and how citizen science and community action can help address these challenges, using high quality data, knowledge and practical demonstration to influence governments and corporations.

You will have a background in citizen science and an in depth understanding of current and future environmental policy trends and priorities.  You will be an experienced leader with excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of successful relationship and partnership development at all levels. You will have strong project and budget management experience, and you will be an exceptional strategic thinker with the ability to create and deliver effective strategies and action plans

Please see the full job description attached.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications. 

Earthwatch is committed to making any adjustments we can for short-listed candidates, to facilitate participation in our interview process. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check and other due diligence checks, given the nature of this position within the charity.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

We are looking for a communications officer on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover an internal secondment within our team. You will be an enthusiastic, creative individual who wants to pursue a career in communications. You will be excited by the prospect of improving and maximising our communications impact. 

You may be in the earlier stages of developing your career in communications and will be keen to learn, develop and hone a wide range of skills in digital communications, media, events management and publication production. Interest in and understanding of environmental policy and politics would be an asset. 

You will need excellent interpersonal skills as you will regularly liaise with our staff and support them in communicating their work. 

As an unflappable multi-tasker, you will be someone who enjoys managing varied work and who takes great pride in producing content to the highest standard and takes pleasure in achieving success as part of a team.  Attention to detail and sound judgement are vital in this role to maintain Green Alliance’s brand integrity. 

About the role

The Academy runs some of the most valued grant schemes and development programmes in UK biomedical and health research. Springboard Awards help researchers establish their independence. Starter Grants keep talented clinicians in research alongside their clinical work. Leadership programmes like FLIER develop people who can work across academia, healthcare and industry to tackle real-world challenges, and alongside these sit opportunities to spend time working in industry, the NHS or government. Moving between sectors should be a normal part of a medical research career (it is not yet), and much of our work is built with that belief: a more connected and mobile workforce is better able to turn discovery into benefit. Between them, these schemes change the course of people's careers, and the research they enable reaches patients across the UK and beyond.

This role leads that portfolio. The heart of the job is excellent delivery: schemes that are well designed and well run, and that make a real difference to the people they reach. You will work closely with the Fellowship, whose expertise and generosity run through the whole portfolio, and you will make sure the schemes serve the whole of the medical sciences community (across the devolved nations and the regions, in industry as much as academia), not just those already inside the most established institutions. And science is global, so this work is too: the portfolio draws on evidence and partnerships from around the world, and the mentoring and networks around the people we support reach well beyond the UK.

Today much of the portfolio's focus is research talent and careers. That will always be a substantial part of the portfolio, but over time we plan to expand it further. That expansion could go in several directions, and what matters is that we are taking an evidence-based approach to ensure that our efforts are responding to what the medical sciences sector needs. Whatever we launch next, the same principles apply; good design, sound funding, proper governance and solid evaluation, with our effort concentrated where it delivers the most impact. So, the job is twofold: run today's portfolio brilliantly and build the future portfolio. It is a role where you can see your work land in people's lives, with real scope to shape what comes next. And none of it stands alone: what we learn from the people we fund sharpens our policy voice, the community our programmes build strengthens our engagement and public trust work, and insight flows back the other way to shape what we design next.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will share in the leadership of the Academy as a whole, working closely with the other directors: the Chief Operating Officer and the Directors of Policy, Communications and Engagement, and Translation and Enterprise. The relationship with Translation and Enterprise matters especially. That team will shape new partnerships and initiatives that your team is best placed to deliver, so the two of you will work in very close partnership.

What we are looking for

These are the six areas we will explore with candidates. They match the six parts of the role above, so you can read straight across — and your supporting statement can follow the same structure if that helps. We do not expect anyone to arrive with every part fully formed, but the strongest candidates will be convincing across most of them.

1. Excellent delivery

A strong track record of running grant schemes or of significant programmatic delivery. Much of this is operational: holding an annual cycle to time and budget, catching problems early and getting stuck things moving again. It is also about making sure the portfolio adds up to a coherent whole rather than a collection of separate schemes, with the governance discipline — sound contracts, clean compliance, rigorous oversight — that sits behind delivery done well.

2. Building partnerships and negotiating well

A track record of building and sustaining partnerships with funders, delivery organisations and industry, and the skill and pace to turn them into agreements where appropriate. We will want to hear how you have handled a complex negotiation and brought it to a close. The Chief Operating Officer leads the Academy’s income strategy, so we will also explore how you develop partners in concert with colleagues.

3. Range and credibility across the community

This role runs from Fellows (some of the most eminent scientists in the country) to researchers at the very start of their careers, and from government and funders to industry partners. We are looking for someone with the range to work well across all of them, and the credibility to be taken seriously at every level. We will also explore how you have widened access and drawn talent in from beyond the usual places.

4. A focus on impact

A commitment to looking at what difference the portfolio you lead makes. We are looking for someone who treats evaluation as a source of learning and uses what it shows to decide what the Academy should do next, keeping sight of the people and patients the work is for.

5. Leading and empowering people

A brilliant leader of people: someone who gets the best from a talented team by giving them space and ownership, backing them with real support and coaching, and building a culture where people thrive and develop.

6. Collective leadership

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you would share responsibility for the Academy as a whole, not only your own directorate. We want someone who takes that seriously, brings challenge where it is needed, backs colleagues when it counts, and helps make the Academy a brilliant place to work.

Benefits

We offer a competitive and evolving benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work–life balance, including:

• Competitive salary and pension
• 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell annual leave 
• Additional paid closure between Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Health, wellbeing and employee support programmes
• Cycle-to-work scheme and everyday benefits
• Structured learning and development
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave
• Enhanced occupational sick pay

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date for completed applications: Midday on Monday 17 August 2026.

First interviews will be held 25-26 August 2026 with the CEO, Roz Campion, and the COO, James Lawrence, and focused on two competencies – leadership and delivery.

Second interviews will be held on 1 September 2026 with an external panel.