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We are seeking an experienced and proven Deputy Manager to lead and inspire our care teams at Dunkirk Memorial House. The successful candidate will ensure the highest standards of person-centred care for veterans and their families, upholding the esteemed reputation of The Royal British Legion.
This is a 12 month fixed term contract working 22.5 hour per week.
While a strong clinical background is mandatory, this senior role demands candidates who can provide substantive, quantifiable evidence of successful leadership and team management, preferable within nursing settings. We are seeking demonstrable experience in driving performance, strategic oversight and people development.
Key responsibilities will include:
As a Deputy Manager, you will be integral to the Home Management Team, contributing to strategic planning and day-to-day operations across residential, dementia, and nursing services.

- People Leadership and Performance: This is the primary focus. You will be responsible for leading, developing, and managing performance of Nurses and allied health professionals. This includes conducting clinical and management supervision, ensuring safe staffing levels, and actively driving team quality and service outcomes. Candidates must evidence the ability to lead and mentor senior staff.
- Quality and Strategic Oversight: Drive the review and development of care pathways, risk assessments, and service development plans. Your work must be supported by clear outcomes and quantifiable impact on service improvement and efficiency.
- Clinical and Operational Oversight: Deputise fully for the Registered Manager, ensuring safe, high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care, and maintaining full compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards.
- Statutory Compliance and Safeguarding: Take a leading role in maintaining strict adherence to all health & social care legislation (e.g., CQC, MCA/DoLS, Health & Safety). You will lead high-level investigations of safeguarding concerns, ensuring prompt and accurate documentation.

Your Background
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate:

- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult Nursing).
- A Proven Track Record of Senior Management/Leadership Experience within a Care Home setting, specifically working with complex elderly care (residential, dementia, and nursing).
- Formal Leadership qualification (or commitment to achieve Level 4 L&M).
- Proven skills in clinical leadership, quality assurance, and incident investigation, evidenced at a management and strategic level.

What we offer:
Here at RBL, we aim to support our people and their wellbeing, with a package including generous paid holiday allowance and pension scheme contributions, and a range of optional benefits and discounts.

- Generous pension with employer contributions up to 14%
- Life assurance of 3 times your salary
- Enhanced sick pay
- 25 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Paid carers and dependents leave
- DBS checks covered by us
- Free parking
- Access to internal and external learning and development opportunities
- Rewards hub with exclusive discounts

About Dunkirk Memorial House:
Dunkirk Memorial House is a CQC rated Outstanding care home. We are proud to offer expert care, including a specialised Dementia Mews providing compassionate support for up to 30 residents. At Dunkirk Memorial House, we prioritise creating a warm and supportive community where veterans feel valued and respected.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
For more detailed information about the role, please see the Job Description attached to our direct advert. Our teams take a personalised approach to shortlisting, which is carried out without the use of AI and is based on the evidence provided in your application against the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer interview schemes for candidates who declare an Armed Forces connection and/or a disability. However, candidates are only eligible for this scheme if their application clearly demonstrates that they meet all of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification for the role.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

About The Company
Since 1921, the Royal British Legion has been dedicated to supporting members of the Armed Forces community, and we will continue to be there for as long as we are needed, ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten.
As the UK's largest Armed Forces charity, we are proud to have over 180,000 members, 110,000 volunteers, 1,900 employees, and a wide network of partners and charities working together to provide lifelong support, whatever the need and whenever it is required.
We are committed to supporting our people through flexible and hybrid working where possible, a strong focus on wellbeing, and opportunities to develop skills and grow careers while making a meaningful impact.
Visit ourCareers Pageto discover more about the Royal British Legion, including our departments, employee benefits, values, candidate guidance, and the strategy that underpins our work and impact.

Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF), the UK’s leading patient charity for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, to recruit a Senior Information and Education Manager.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Location: Hybrid role, with attendance at the charity’s Peterborough office for team meetings, collaboration and other key activities, typically on a quarterly basis, alongside travel to meetings, events and partner sites as required

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced health information, content or patient education professional to lead APF’s information and education work, ensuring people affected by pulmonary fibrosis can access clear, accurate, trusted and accessible information when they need it most.

Key responsibilities

• Lead APF’s patient information and education work, setting the strategic direction and developing a clear information and education roadmap.
• Lead the development, review and improvement of patient information across digital, print and other accessible formats.
• Undertake a full review of APF’s website patient information, improving content, structure, accessibility and user journeys.
• Identify content gaps and develop new resources based on audience needs, insight and emerging health information trends.
• Ensure information is clear, accurate, evidence-based, clinically reviewed, accessible and written in plain English.
• Strengthen APF’s processes for content creation, review, approval, publication, updating and retirement.
• Lead improvements to APF’s information distribution and resource ordering processes, balancing accessibility, cost and sustainability.
• Provide strategic oversight of APF’s education programme, supporting the Education and Events Co-ordinator to deliver high-quality sessions and events.
• Oversee education-related events, webinars and APF’s presence at relevant external conferences.
• Manage relationships with freelancers, suppliers and external partners, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective delivery.
• Develop effective evaluation and impact measurement, using feedback, analytics and insight to improve information and education activity.
• Act as an internal adviser on patient information quality, health literacy, accessibility and user-centred content.
• Manage the information and education budget and support funding proposals and business cases where required.

We are looking for:

• Experience drafting, editing or overseeing patient information or health content.
• Experience developing or contributing to information, education or content strategy.
• Experience managing content lifecycles and working with clinicians, expert reviewers or evidence-based content.
• Experience using feedback, analytics, insight or evaluation to improve content and user experience.
• Strong project and programme management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience supporting or managing staff, including setting priorities and reviewing progress.
• Experience managing external suppliers, freelancers or agencies.
• An understanding of health information standards, including accessibility, health literacy, plain English and clinical review.
• An understanding of health misinformation and the importance of accurate, evidence-based communication.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work with clinicians, people with lived experience, colleagues and external partners.
• Good digital confidence and an understanding of how people find and use health information online.

If you are an experienced health information or patient education professional looking for a role with genuine purpose and impact, we would love to hear from you.

For more information, please submit your CV.

Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Head of Health and Wellbeing Programmes
Are you a strategic leader with a passion for improving health, wellbeing and life opportunities within local communities? YMCA St Helens is seeking an ambitious and innovative Head of Health and Wellbeing Programmes to join our Senior Leadership Team and lead the development of a growing portfolio of community-based services.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead the design, development and delivery of programmes that respond to community need, including adult mental health services, healthy eating initiatives, social supermarket provision, and education and training opportunities for people aged 16+. Working closely with local communities, the NHS, VCSE partners and other stakeholders, you will drive innovation, impact and sustainable growth across our community programmes.

We're looking for someone with:

• Significant leadership experience within community, health, VCSE, education or related sectors.
• Experience designing and delivering community-based programmes, including mental health provision.
• Experience leading education, training or skills-based programmes.
• Strong understanding of health inequalities and community development.
• Experience building effective partnerships across the NHS, VCSE, education and public sectors.
• Experience of co-production and working alongside communities.
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to think strategically while maintaining operational oversight.

Why join YMCA St Helens?
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and grow innovative programmes that improve lives and strengthen communities. You'll join an ambitious leadership team committed to tackling inequalities, promoting wellbeing and creating opportunities for people to flourish.

Closing date 20-09-2026

We’re looking for someone inspirational, approachable, open-minded, with great communication skills and a genuine passion for supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties, their families, friends and their carers to live their best lives.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

As our current CEO prepares for retirement, we are looking for someone new to lead our organisation with the kindness and professionalism we’re known for.

For more than 30 years, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen Mind has supported people across the Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen Local Authority areas and the Hywel Dda University Health Board region.

Mental health challenges affect people from all walks of life, and the need for accessible, person-centred support continues to grow. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, and other long-term mental health difficulties remain some of the most common health issues faced by individuals, families, and communities.

Compassionate, local mental health support can make a meaningful difference, we help people build resilience, maintain independence, and find hope during difficult times.

Across the UK, many people experience significant impacts on their daily lives, relationships, and wellbeing because of mental health problems. The wider effects on families, carers, and support networks can also be profound, highlighting the importance of early help, ongoing support, and community-based services.

Who we’re looking for:

• We’re looking for an experienced, confident and compassionate leader who can balance people, purpose and performance.
• You will be responsible for implementing the organisation’s strategy, as set by the Board of Trustees, leading staff and volunteers, overseeing services and finances, and ensuring strong governance and compliance.
• You’ll need strong knowledge and understanding of NHS and Local Authority structures, as well as health and social care legislation in Wales.
• You will maintain our welcoming, inclusive culture while planning for the future by identifying opportunities, building new partnerships and income streams, managing risk, and ensuring the charity’s financial sustainability.
• You will be a great listener, ensuring that our community feels heard. You will amplify their voices locally, regionally and nationally. These views will also inform the design, development and delivery of all our high-quality services

Application Resources

For Job Role specifics and more about us please see our CEO Recruitment Pack

Application Instructions

Ready to lead?

If you are interested in becoming Pembrokeshire and Carmarthen Mind’s next permanent Chief Executive Officer, please complete our application form and attach your CV. The application form can be found on our website.

For Full Application Instructions and more about us please see our CEO Recruitment Pack

Closing date for this role will be at 12:00 midday on 30/09/26

Interviews for this role will be held on week commencing 19/10/26

We have an exciting opportunity to lead our experienced criminal justice IDVA team, working 37.5 hours a week. This role involves both face to face and virtual support in a hybrid model of working, you will work from home and our Victim Support Office near Old Street station.

Do you want to lead a committed and inspiring team? Do you want to help make a real difference every day?

Do you want to contribute to change & improve the quality of lives of domestic abuse survivors?

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on safety and customer service and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…

What we offer

At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package includes:

• Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
• Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
• Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
• Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
• Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
• Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
• Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
• Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
• Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
• Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
• Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.

About the role:

This is a hybrid role, working from home with travel to the Victim Support office in Islington. As the Criminal Justice Domestic Abuse Service Manager, you will:

• effectively manage and develop a high quality, innovative and pro-active domestic abuse team.
• Work in partnership with other professionals to ensure that risk management and safeguarding duties are effectively met.
• Develop and maintain effective partnership working with statutory, private and voluntary agencies to address the issue of domestic abuse.
• Represent the service at operational multi-agency meetings, feeding back initiatives and outcomes to the team and contribute to the evaluation of the quality of activities these services offer.
• Provide a single point of proactive and regular contact for a range of professionals involved in the case of the service user.
• Comply with child protection and information sharing policies, ensuring that service users and colleagues understand and comply with the service's safeguarding framework.
• Contribute to regular service reviews which include monitoring data, evaluations, intake and output policy, and practice and work load reviews for the whole service.

You will need:

• A passion for working with victim/survivors and a thorough understanding of gender based violence and abuse.
• A thorough understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and harmful practices and its impact on men, women, children, families, and communities.
• Experience of managing a team delivering front line support to victims or domestic abuse or vulnerable people to a high standard.
• A track record of demonstrating and delivering a non-judgemental, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory approach to empowering victim/survivors of domestic abuse.

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.

This is an exciting new role which will be integral to the organisation. Working closely with grant applicants, being primarily NHS Trust teams, the role will oversee and take ownership of the Charity’s grant-making process. The role will have responsibility for ensuring a robust grant management framework is set up and enforced across the organisation. The role will primarily focus on the pre-award stage of the grant life cycle, and work closely with the Charity’s Research and Impact Manager who will focus on the post-award stage of the grant life cycle.

This role requires a proactive individual with excellent communication and organisational skills, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can manage multiple priorities at once. The postholder will be expected to build effective relationships with clinical, research and corporate teams across the Trust and develop a strong understanding of the projects and services for which charitable funding is sought.

The individual will need strong relationship building skills and the ability to work effectively with teams under pressure. The role would suit an experienced grants professional who can help set up future-proofed systems and processes with potential scope for expansion in the future.

WHY THE CHRISTIE CHARITY?

If you want to make a real difference to cancer patients and are ready to rise to the challenge of working for one of the most successful charities in the Northwest, this role could be for you.

The Christie Charity is a vibrant, fast moving, energetic organisation with a passionate team and a fantastic reputation. This is an exciting time to join The Christie Charity as we embark on a period of transformational growth with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income. We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our successful fundraising team at this exciting time.

We are an independent charity and everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie hospital to ensure that cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology. We provide enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds.

The Christie Charity operates from the same campus as The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

Team Leader

Rough Sleeping Support Service, Portsmouth

37 Hours per week (Mon – Fri 8 am-4 pm)

Permanent

Salary Scale: 28 – 32 (£32,606 - £37,204 per annum)

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Charity and Housing Association. The Society of St James (SSJ) has been working in Hampshire for over 50 years, delivering high impact, person-centred, accommodation services to adults and young people experiencing homelessness, problematic substance use and/or poor mental ill health. We believe that every person is of worth and we are prepared to take risks to house and support the most at risk and socially excluded members of society.

Come join SSJ and lead the way in making a lasting impact as a Team Leader in the Rough Sleeping Support Service.

The Impact You'll Make:

As the Team Leader for the Rough Sleeping Support Service, you won't just manage a team—you will be the driving force behind creating a safe, empowering, and recovery-focused environment for vulnerable people.

You will be crucial in supporting people to build confidence, access opportunities for positive change, and sustain their journey toward recovery. This is a role for a dynamic, creative, and enthusiastic leader ready to translate vision into action on the front line.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Development: Provide direct line management, regular supervision, and comprehensive coaching and mentoring to Senior and Project Workers. Identify and coordinate team training needs.
• Operational Excellence: Support the Service Manager in ensuring all staff duties are executed safely, correctly, and according to best practice.
• Client & Staff Support: Act as a reliable point of escalation for complex service user and staff issues, ensuring smooth, professional resolution.
• Service Quality: Promote and embody a person-centred and trauma-informed approach in all service delivery.

Essential Qualities and Skills

We are looking for a candidate who is highly motivated, professionally astute, and brings both compassion and structure to the role.

• Exceptional Communication: Really strong verbal and written skills, enabling professional, approachable communication across the entire organisation, from front-line staff to senior management.
• Leadership & Support: Previous experience in a supervisory or line management role (highly beneficial) with a demonstrable ability to mentor and coach staff effectively.
• Person-Centred Practice: A proven ability to work using a person-centred and trauma-informed approach, supporting individuals to meet their unique needs.
• Professional Standards: Excellent understanding of professional boundaries, safeguarding procedures, GDPR, confidentiality, and general IT systems.
• Initiative & Teamwork: The ability to work seamlessly as part of a team while also using high levels of initiative when necessary.

Who We're Looking For:

The ideal candidate possesses deep, practical knowledge of the complexities facing those who experience homelessness.

• Sector Experience: Substantial knowledge and hands-on experience working directly with people who are, or have been, homeless, including rough sleepers, those with complex social needs, and people at risk of homelessness.
• Complex Needs Awareness: Good knowledge of the issues surrounding problematic substance use, poor mental ill health, and the relationship between these factors and homelessness. (Training will be provided, but prior knowledge is a distinct advantage.)

What we can offer you

We value and recognise our staff, offering some generous benefits, as well as the satisfaction of helping people at risk:

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days rising to 30 days, plus public holidays
• Flexible working options
• Buying additional annual leave
• Comprehensive induction and training
• Counselling, financial, personal support and health and wellbeing services via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company cycle to work scheme
• Discounted laptops and computers with Jamie’s Computers
• Electric Car Scheme

SSJ are an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life

At SSJ, we recognise the benefits of a supported workplace. SSJ is affiliated with Unite the Union. To learn more about their membership benefits or to sign up, you can visit their official website.

Application closing date: 09:00am on Monday 21^st September 2026

Due to the high number of expected applicants, we do reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier. Should you not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £32,606 – £37,204 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with the British Society for Haematology (BSH) to recruit for their next Head of Commercial & Membership.

The British Society for Haematology (BSH) is a leading UK professional membership organisation dedicated to advancing the study and practice of haematology. Supporting nearly 4,000 members across the UK and internationally, BSH plays a vital role in improving patient care through clinical guidelines, education, research support and professional networking.

This is an exciting time to join the Society. With a new five-year strategy, significant investment in systems and infrastructure, and ambitious plans to strengthen member engagement and diversify income, BSH is seeking an experienced and commercially minded leader to help shape its future.

Working closely with the Director of Corporate & Membership Services, this pivotal role will lead the Society's commercial and membership strategy, driving sustainable growth while ensuring members remain at the heart of everything BSH does. Combining strategic leadership with operational oversight, you'll have the opportunity to influence organisational direction, develop new opportunities for growth, and lead a period of meaningful transformation.

Job Details

Role: Head of Commercial & Membership
Salary: £60,000
Contract: Permanent and Full Time
Location: British Society for Haematology, 100 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF
Hybrid: Flexible hybrid working
Reports to: Director of Corporate & Membership Services
Interviews: Early October 2026

About the Role

This is a broad and impactful leadership position responsible for shaping the Society's commercial and membership agenda.

Leading a team spanning membership services, data and systems, you will drive member acquisition, engagement and retention, develop innovative membership propositions, oversee the Society's grants portfolio and identify opportunities to diversify revenue in a way that aligns with BSH's charitable mission and values.

You'll also play a key role in embedding data-led decision making, maximising the benefits of a new CRM platform, and supporting the evolution of a more integrated and collaborative operational model.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and delivering the Society's commercial and membership growth strategy
• Identifying and developing sustainable income generation opportunities
• Leading the ongoing evolution of the membership proposition and member experience
• Using insight, analytics and market intelligence to inform strategic decisions
• Driving membership recruitment, engagement and retention activity
• Leading budget planning, financial forecasting and performance monitoring
• Providing strategic oversight of the Society's grants portfolio
• Supporting the optimisation and adoption of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Leading and developing a high-performing operational team
• Driving service improvement, organisational change and operational effectiveness
• Building strong relationships with volunteers, committees, senior leaders and external stakeholders
• Working collaboratively across the organisation to deliver strategic objectives

About You

We're looking for a strategic and commercially astute leader who can combine big-picture thinking with strong operational delivery.

You will bring significant experience from a membership, commercial, customer engagement or business development environment and thrive in roles where growth, transformation and stakeholder engagement are key priorities.

You will be a confident leader who enjoys developing people, using data to drive decisions and identifying opportunities to create long-term value for members and the organisation.

You'll bring:

• Senior membership leadership experience, working within a professional membership body or learned society
• A track record of delivering income growth and commercial success
• Experience developing membership propositions
• Strong financial management, budgeting and forecasting experience
• Experience leading organisational change, transformation or service redesign
• Excellent people management and team development skills
• Strong analytical skills and a data-driven approach to decision making
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience influencing and working with senior leaders, volunteers and boards
• A collaborative, innovative and solutions-focused approach

Desirable Experience

• Experience developing or managing grants programmes
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics or comparable CRM platforms
• Experience operating within a complex stakeholder environment

Why Join BSH?

This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at a pivotal stage in its development.

You'll have the opportunity to shape strategy, strengthen the membership proposition, develop new commercial opportunities and play a central role in delivering long-term organisational sustainability.

The Society offers a collaborative, supportive and forward-thinking environment where new ideas are welcomed and innovation is encouraged. Working alongside an ambitious senior leadership team, you'll have the freedom and support to make a lasting impact across the organisation.

If you're an experienced Head of Membership, Head of Commercial Development, Membership & Commercial Lead or senior membership professional looking for a role that combines strategy, innovation, transformation and impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

6-Month Fixed Term Contract with potential for permanent

Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 per annum

Location: London (Hybrid Working)

Are you an experienced finance leader who thrives in complex international environments and enjoys driving change and transformation?

We are partnering with a respected international non-profit organisation undergoing a significant period of organisational transformation. This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished Director of Finance to join on an initial 6-month fixed-term contract, with a genuine possibility of transitioning into a permanent role for the right candidate.

The successful candidate will lead the finance function through a critical period of change, ensuring robust financial management, strong governance, and effective operational leadership across a global organisation.

The Role

Reporting into the Executive Leadership Team, you will take ownership of the finance function, providing both hands-on operational support and strategic financial leadership.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the planning, delivery and implementation of the global operating budget.
• Strengthening budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management and financial reporting processes.
• Producing and presenting management accounts, forecasts and financial analysis to senior leadership, Board members and governance committees.
• Leading the month-end close process and improving reporting timelines.
• Overseeing balance sheet reconciliations, cashflow reporting and financial controls.
• Supporting finance systems improvements and implementation projects.
• Providing financial modelling and scenario planning to support organisational change initiatives.
• Leading grant finance activity, including donor compliance, cost allocation and financial business partnering.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and taxation requirements across multiple international jurisdictions.
• Managing audits and maintaining a strong internal control environment.
• Leading and developing a geographically dispersed finance team.

About You

We're looking for a qualified finance professional who combines technical excellence with strong leadership capability.

You will have:

• Full professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant senior finance leadership experience within an international and multi-funded organisation.
• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Proven track record of improving financial controls, systems and processes.
• Experience leading finance teams through periods of transition and organisational change.
• Knowledge of grant-funded environments and donor compliance requirements.
• Experience managing audits and statutory reporting obligations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders and Board-level audiences.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, particularly across global or geographically dispersed teams.

Why Apply?

• Strategic leadership opportunity with significant visibility and impact.
• Join an organisation at a pivotal stage of its development and transformation.
• Hybrid working environment with flexibility.

If you are a hands-on finance leader who can balance strategic thinking with operational delivery and are looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you contact Rosemary Pini at Allen Lane

Permanent | Full-time 

Salary: £58,560 – £71,480 per annum

Hours: 35 per week

Location: Home-based with regular national travel 

Job reference number: 1766

Help shape the future of Cranstoun’s services 

Cranstoun is a social justice and harm reduction charity supporting and empowering people to live healthier and safer lives. Each year, we support more than 45,000 people through services including substance use, criminal justice, domestic abuse, housing and services for children and young people. 

Following a successful five-year strategy and significant growth, we remain ambitious about the difference we can make. As we enter our next phase, we are investing in the leadership and operational capability needed to support our continued development. We are now recruiting an Assistant Directors of Service to join our senior management team.

This is a significant senior leadership role offering the opportunity to lead substantial service portfolios while helping shape how Cranstoun’s services are led and delivered across the organisation. 

The role

Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will lead a substantial portfolio of complex commissioned services and senior operational managers. 

You will lead eight services with nine direct reports, spanning substance use and services for children and young people. You will have clear accountability for ensuring services are safe, effective and well-led, with strong contractual performance, financial sustainability and positive outcomes for the people and communities we support. 

You will provide operational grip and evidence-based assurance, strengthen safeguarding and management accountability, build effective relationships with commissioners and partners, and ensure risks and underperformance are identified, escalated and addressed early. 

You will also work collectively with fellow senior operational leaders to embed a One Cranstoun approach, strengthening common standards, sharing learning, developing leadership capability and improving quality and resilience across our services. 

What you will be accountable for 

As an Assistant Director, you will take senior operational accountability for: 

• Safe, effective and well-led services – ensuring strong safeguarding, quality, operational risk management and service user outcomes.  
• Contractual performance – ensuring services deliver against contractual requirements and KPIs, with strong commissioner relationships and timely action to address underperformance.  
• Financial sustainability – maintaining strong financial oversight, effective workforce management and oversight of the sustainability of individual contracts.  
• Evidence-based assurance – using reliable performance, quality, workforce and financial information to identify risks and drive improvement.  
• Collective organisational leadership – working beyond individual portfolio boundaries to build consistent standards, stronger leadership and shared ways of working across Cranstoun.  

You will lead and develop senior operational managers, set clear expectations and create a culture in which support and accountability operate together. 

You will also lead and contribute to service mobilisation, transformation, workforce planning and continuous improvement. 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for established senior operational leaders with substantial experience leading complex commissioned services and geographically dispersed teams. 

You will bring a strong track record of: 

• leading safe, high-quality services for people with complex needs;  
• safeguarding, quality and operational risk management;  
• contract and performance management;  
• managing significant service budgets and improving financial performance;  
• building effective relationships with commissioners, regulators and strategic partners;  
• leading service improvement, mobilisation and organisational change;  
• developing senior operational managers and addressing underperformance; and  
• using performance, quality, workforce and financial information to provide assurance and drive improvement.  

You will need to combine strategic leadership with operational pragmatism, understanding the detail when necessary while maintaining oversight of performance, risk, quality and sustainability across a complex portfolio. 

Above all, we are looking for collaborative, credible and values-led leaders who can support and challenge in equal measure, build leadership capability and bring people together around common standards and organisational priorities. 

Specialist experience 

For this role, significant senior leadership experience within substance use services is essential, including experience of leading CQC-regulated provision and maintaining high standards of quality, safety and regulatory compliance. 

You will also need a strong understanding of safeguarding and the governance required to deliver safe and effective services for children and young people. Direct operational experience of Children & Young People services would be valuable, but we are equally interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong safeguarding and CYP governance experience alongside substantial substance use leadership. 

This permanent appointment offers the opportunity to provide long-term leadership to a significant portfolio and help shape the future development of Cranstoun’s services. 

Be part of Cranstoun’s next chapter 

Our successful five-year strategy has seen Cranstoun grow considerably, extending our reach and the range of services we provide. We remain ambitious and innovative, committed to developing services that respond to the changing needs of people and communities. 

As we look to the future, we are investing in the leadership, operational capability and organisational infrastructure needed to support our continued development, strengthening operational governance, consistency and assurance across our services. 

This role offers the opportunity to do more than manage established portfolios. You will help shape the future of our services and build an Operations Directorate characterised by high standards, clear accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement. 

Find out more 

Please refer to the accompanying recruitment pack for the full Job Description, Person Specification and details of the application process.

Please note: All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

How to Apply:

For more details and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button. Please quote the appropriate Job Ref in all correspondence.

Applicants must be able to provide satisfactory evidence of their right to work in the UK at the application stage.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Closing date: Sunday 20 September 2026.

We are an inclusive employer, committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work. 

Registered Charity No: 1061582

 

Harris Hill are thrilled to be working with a well-established community charity in North West London, seeking an experienced Interim Advice Manager to lead a vital advice service supporting people experiencing poverty, hardship and food insecurity.

Brent, London (Hybrid) | £36,565–£41,000 per annum
Fixed term until 30 September 2027, with possibility of extension

The charity provides frontline services that help people move from crisis towards greater stability and independence.

About the role

You will lead the Advice and Open ARMS services across multiple sites, managing staff and volunteers delivering advice on benefits, housing, debt and immigration.

Alongside overseeing day-to-day delivery, you will support service development, quality assurance and improvements to systems and processes. You will also maintain a small caseload and work closely with the Senior Leadership Team.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and support advice staff and volunteers, including supervision and performance management.
• Maintain a small caseload, supporting clients with complex needs.
• Ensure high-quality, compliant advice and effective safeguarding.
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Lead on quality assurance, case checking, AQS audits and case management systems.
• Develop Advice and Open ARMS services in line with organisational strategy.
• Support funding applications, reporting and monitoring of outcomes.
• Manage the service budget and funder requirements.
• Support the induction, supervision and development of advice volunteers.

About you

You will be an experienced advice professional and confident manager, committed to supporting people experiencing hardship.

You will have:

• At least three years' experience in welfare advice or casework.
• Experience managing staff and volunteers.
• Experience handling complex advice cases and developing services.
• Experience with monitoring, evaluation and case management systems.
• Experience responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Knowledge of AQS or a similar quality framework.
• Excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and lead change.

Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers, AQS assessments, safeguarding training, budget management, fundraising or community languages would be desirable.

For more information, please submit your CV.

Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

We are looking for someone to contribute effectively to governing the organisation. You will have skills and experience in at least one of the following areas; housing development, property maintenance, strategic asset management or finance / treasury. Preferably, you will also have experience in the social housing sector.

About Hastoe

 Hastoe was established over 60 years ago and now manages more than 7,500 rented, shared ownership and leasehold homes, mainly located across the south of England from Devon to Norfolk. Since 1987 we have focused on being a leading rural housing specialist, helping to sustain rural areas by working in partnership with communities to deliver high-quality, affordable housing developments for local people. However, we still have properties in urban areas that remain important to us.

Our Business Strategy is focused on ensuring our homes are safe, that we deliver on our customer needs, and that we are sustainable as an organisation.

The role

As a Board Member you will be responsible for:

· Helping to set our strategic direction.

· Overseeing our financial and operational performance.

· Supporting effective governance and risk management.

· Ensuring regulatory compliance and customer focus.

· Acting as an ambassador and representing Hastoe.

The role is expected to require a time commitment of around 15 days a year, including an overnight stay to attend an away day. Our meetings are held during the day and generally in London. There may be occasional travel required to other locations, e.g for a scheme opening.

How to apply

Please submit your CV together with a covering letter which sets out your interest and related experience.

Please also include the names of two referees. Referees will not be approached until the final stages and not without your prior permission.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 20 September 2026.

VCSE Development Lead

Wiltshire Wide | 30 hours per week (4 days) | Fixed-term 3 year contract
Salary: £32,000 FTE (pro rata)

Help Wiltshire's community organisations grow, thrive and make a bigger difference

Community groups and charities are at the heart of stronger, healthier communities. They bring people together, tackle local challenges and create opportunities for those who need them most.

At Wessex Community Action, we're looking for a passionate and proactive VCSE Development Lead to work alongside voluntary organisations, charities and grassroots groups across Wiltshire, helping them develop the skills, confidence and resilience they need to flourish.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, supporting others to succeed and making a tangible difference in communities.

What you'll be doing

As our VCSE Development Lead, you'll be out in communities across Wiltshire, working directly with organisations at every stage of their journey.

Whether it's helping a new community group put the right foundations in place, supporting a charity to strengthen its governance, or helping an organisation become funding-ready, you'll provide practical advice, tailored support and encouragement that enables local organisations to thrive.

You'll also develop and deliver training, facilitate networking opportunities and connect organisations with partners, funders and wider support networks.

Most importantly, you'll help community organisations become stronger, more sustainable and better equipped to meet local needs.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with charities, voluntary organisations or community groups
• Understands organisational development, governance and community capacity building
• Can support organisations to improve their sustainability and funding readiness
• Is confident facilitating workshops, training sessions and group discussions
• Builds trusted relationships with a wide range of people and organisations
• Is passionate about empowering communities and reducing inequalities
• Enjoys working independently while being part of a supportive team

What we offer

• A rewarding role where you can make a real difference in local communities.
• Flexible and supportive working arrangements.
• The opportunity to work alongside inspiring community organisations, volunteers and local leaders.
• A friendly, values-driven team committed to strengthening communities.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Additional leave between Christmas and New Year (subject to organisational arrangements).
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Health plan.
• Annual volunteering day.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Dedicated external training budget.

Join us

If you're passionate about helping community organisations develop, grow and create lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a covering letter (maximum two sides of A4) outlining:

• Your interest in the role
• Your experience of working with and supporting charities and community groups

Closing date:  Sunday 4 October 

Interviews: 12 and 13 October

We are looking for a compassionate, confident and experienced Liaison and Diversion Team Lead to provide day-to-day leadership for our Liaison and Diversion outreach team in Surrey.

Working in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you will support the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective services for vulnerable people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. This is a varied and rewarding role, combining operational leadership, staff supervision, partnership working and a reduced caseload of complex and high-risk clients.

You will lead and support a team of practitioners, help manage service performance and quality, and work closely with health, social care, criminal justice and voluntary sector partners to improve outcomes for people experiencing mental health difficulties, substance misuse, homelessness, learning disabilities, neurodiversity and other complex needs.

We are looking for someone who can bring strong leadership skills, sound judgement, and a commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-focused and person-centred practice. In return, you will be part of an organisation that values Kindness, Integrity and Commitment, and is committed to improving health, wellbeing and life opportunities for people across Surrey.

Location: Frimley Park Hospital, Guildford
Salary: £32,680
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: type: Permanent

Key responsibilities:

Leadership and Operational Management

• Provide day-to-day leadership and operational oversight of the Liaison and Diversion team.
• Support the recruitment, induction and development of staff and volunteers.
• Conduct regular supervision, appraisal and performance reviews for team members.
• Support staff wellbeing and promote a positive, inclusive and psychologically safe working environment.
• Provide management cover and deputise for the Catalyst Senior Manager when required.
• Lead team meetings and case discussions.
• Support the implementation of organisational policies, procedures and best practice guidance.
• Monitor staffing capacity and workload allocation to ensure safe and effective service delivery.

Clinical and Case Management

• Hold a complex caseload requiring enhanced intervention, multi-agency coordination and risk management.
• Support staff in managing complex cases involving mental health difficulties, substance misuse, homelessness, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, safeguarding concerns and social vulnerability.
• Formulate support and risk management plans.
• Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified, escalated and managed in accordance with local safeguarding procedures.
• Support clients to access appropriate health, mental health, housing, welfare, treatment, recovery and community support services.
• Promote recovery-focused and trauma-informed practice across the service.
• Ensure service users are supported to engage effectively with criminal justice processes and community services

Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Police, Courts, Probation, Youth Justice Services, NHS organisations, Local Authorities and voluntary sector partners.
• Represent Catalyst and the Liaison and Diversion Service at internal and external meetings.
• Promote integrated working across health, criminal justice and community services.
• Support the development of pathways that improve outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
• Facilitate joint working and information sharing arrangements in accordance with GDPR and information governance requirements.
• Act as a key contact for partner agencies and support the resolution of operational challenges

Service Development and Quality Improvement

• Support the Catalyst and SABP Service Managers in developing and improving service delivery.
• Contribute to service reviews and quality improvement projects.
• Identify gaps in local provision and support the development of new partnerships and initiatives.
• Promote innovation and evidence-based practice across the service.
• Participate in contract monitoring and performance reporting processes.
• Support the development of community resources that enhance recovery, diversion and social inclusion

Performance and Governance

• Monitor service activity and outcomes to ensure contractual and organisational requirements are achieved.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of client information on case management systems
• Carrying out service audits, and following thought to ensure all requirements are met.
• Maintain compliance with information governance, confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection requirements.
• Prepare reports, performance information and outcome data as required.
• Ensure all team members maintain accurate case records and complete mandatory training requirements.
• Contribute to risk management and incident reporting processes

About the organisation

Through Community, Specialist and Outreach services, we support recovery, mental health, and wellbeing—together, every step of the way.

 About you

Essential:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with adults with complex needs, such as mental health difficulties, substance misuse, homelessness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities or offending behaviour.
• Experience of providing supervision, mentoring or line management to staff.
• Experience of working in partnership with multiple agencies and services.
• Experience of managing complex and high-risk cases.
• Knowledge of mental health, substance misuse and social vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of safeguarding legislation and practice.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management.
• Good understanding of information governance, consent, confidentiality and GDPR.
• Understanding of trauma-informed and recovery-focused approaches.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective partnerships.
• Ability to analyse complex information and make sound decisions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and workloads.
• Strong report-writing and record-keeping skills.
• Competent in Microsoft Office and electronic case management systems.
• Demonstrates integrity, accountability and professionalism.
• Committed to social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
• Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Resilient and adaptable in challenging situations.
• Committed to continuous learning and professional development.

Desirable:

• Degree, diploma or professional qualification in Mental Health, Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, Criminal Justice, Health and Social Care or a related field.
• Leadership or management qualification.
• Understanding of the Liaison and Diversion model and criminal justice pathways

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Pension scheme and access to Simply Health (including optical, dental, counselling sessions)
• Birthday leave, employee discounts, and flexible working where possible
• Supportive probation, sick pay after probation, and wellbeing/EAP resources

Safeguarding & Checks

• This role is subject to a basic DBS check.
• A past history of drug/alcohol issues or criminality will not necessarily exclude you from this role; we encourage applications from people with lived experience where appropriate.
• All applicants must have a valid right to work in the UK

Catalyst Support is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate difference and are committed to fairness, accessibility, and inclusion throughout recruitment and employment.

We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process.

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.