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Research Manager
Location: Flexible, London Head Office (minimum 2 days per week in the office) or Home Based
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £44,598 (London, Hybrid) or £40,320 (home-based)
Closing Date: 9.00am, Monday 17 August 2026
Interview Dates: Thursday 3 September and Friday 4 September 2026 (expected)
Join Homeless Link
Homeless Link is the national membership charity for frontline homeless agencies in England. With more than 750 members, we work to improve services and campaign for policy change that will help end homelessness and ensure that everyone has a place to call home and the support they need to keep it.
As part of the Social Change directorate the Policy and Research team lead Homeless Link’s evidence, policy influencing and thought leadership activities. The research team generates robust evidence and practical insight to improve outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. We exist to contribute to the national evidence base needed to shape policy, challenge narratives, and advocate for system-level change. We deliver applied mixed-methods social research that helps organisations, commissioners, and communities understand needs, experiences, and what works to strengthen responses to homelessness.
About the Role
We’re looking to recruit a Research Manager to support the delivery of our strategic research portfolio. This role will involve managing and delivering research design, data collection, analysis and reporting, while working collaboratively with colleagues across Homeless Link, member organisations, academics, government officials, partners and people with lived experience.
The successful candidate will be an excellent project manager with strong quantitative research skills. They will have communication and relationship building skills, understanding of interpreting research findings in wider policy contexts, and of making strategic recommendations for national and local policy and decision makers. For full details of the role please download our Recruitment Pack.
About You
We're looking for an experienced researcher with strong project management skills and expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. You'll be comfortable working with data, producing high-quality analysis and communicating findings to a wide range of audiences.
You will bring:
- Experience managing research or evaluation projects from inception to completion.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Experience analysing and interpreting data from multiple sources.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with stakeholders.
- Experience using research and data analysis software such as SPSS, R, NVivo or Power BI.
Location and Working Arrangements
This role can be based at our London Head Office or b can be home-based, with flexibility to work remotely. The successful candidate must be willing to travel across the UK when required, including occasional overnight stays.
Employee Benefits
Homeless Link is proud to offers a wide range of generous benefits including:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Enhanced Maternity, Parental, Adoption and Sick Pay schemes
- Enhanced employer pension contributions and Salary Exchange Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season Ticket Loan scheme
- Access to the Blue Light Card scheme
- Group Life Assurance scheme (4x Scheme Salary benefit)
- Flexible working arrangements
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Homeless Link is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and actively welcomes applications from people with lived experience of homelessness, people from Black and minority ethnic communities, disabled people and other underrepresented groups. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the role to recruitment email. Applicants that do not submit a covering letter, will not be considered. If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please contact the recruitment team on the above email address.
Please note: All successful applicants will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK and complete or provide a basic DBS certificate.
To develop, inspire, support and sustain a movement of organisations working together to achieve positive futures for people who are homeless.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a Fostering Coordinator to play a vital role in helping dogs thrive outside the kennel environment, by recruiting and supporting volunteer foster carers.
What does this role do?
As Fostering Coordinator, you will:
- identify and place suitable dogs into foster care, including temporary placements for long-stay dogs needing respite from kennels, and carry out necessary intake assessments,
- recruit, assess, and induct new foster carers, promoting the scheme through events, conversations, and collaboration with colleagues across Dogs Trust,
- support foster carers with regular check-ins, arrange veterinary appointments, and provide access to behaviour or training support when needed,
- deliver training to foster carers, either one-to-one or through organised group sessions,
- promote dogs in foster or Home Stay settings by preparing profiles, contacting potential adopters, organising matching meetings, and completing all adoption paperwork.
Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you'll understand the importance of fostering, and the positive impact it can have on a dogs journey to their forever home. With experience of working with volunteers, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, and ability to support fosterers as they provide temporary care to our dogs. You'll need some dog handling experience, as well as excellent customer service skills.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 20th and 21st August 2026 at Shrewsbury Rehoming Centre.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Help us deliver outstanding care behind the scenes
At Prospect Hospice, every role makes a difference.
We’re looking for an organised, proactive and highly professional administrator to join Prospect Hospice, supporting the governance, quality improvement and patient safety work that underpins exceptional hospice care.
If you enjoy bringing order to complexity, keeping projects on track and making a real difference behind the scenes, this is an opportunity to use your skills where they matter most.
Hours: 15 hours per week (across 3 or 4 days Monday-Friday)
About the role
Working closely with our Quality Improvement Lead and the wider patient services leadership team, you’ll help coordinate the governance, quality improvement and patient safety activities that support outstanding hospice care.
No two days are the same. One day you could be preparing papers for a clinical governance meeting, the next supporting quality improvement projects, collating audits results and helping produce reports that influence how we continue to improve patient care.
You’ll provide administrative support for a range of important workstreams including:
- Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Medicines Management
- Audit and quality reporting
- CQC improvement planning
- Policy management and document control
Your work will help ensure our governance processes run smoothly and that our clinical teams have the information and support they need to deliver the very best care.
About you
You’ll be an experienced administrator who thrives in a busy environment and enjoys working with detail, coordinating multiple priorities and supporting senior colleagues to deliver high-quality work.
You’ll have:
- Experience supporting senior managers or leadership teams
- Excellent organisational skills and outstanding attention to detail
- Experience preparing agendas, taking accurate minutes and tracking actions
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams
- The confidence to work independently while building positive relationships across multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent written communication skills and the ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
Experience within healthcare, governance, quality improvement or the charity sector would be an advantage but isn’t essential.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator looking to develop specialist knowledge in clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety within a healthcare environment.
Why join Prospect Hospice?
You’ll become part of a compassionate organisation where every role contributes to improving the lives of patients and families facing life-limiting illness. As well as meaningful work, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with length service)
- NHS Pension (for existing members) or generous contributory pension
- Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing support, discounts including Blue Light Card
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development
- A values led, inclusive working environment
- Free parking on-site
Interviews will take place on 8th September 2026
Equality & Diversity
Prospect Hospice is committed to a diverse and inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to eliminating discrimination in our workplace and the communities we serve.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we support. As part of our SAFER recruitment process, employment offers are subject to checks, which may include DBS, references, online and social media checks, and qualification verification. We expect all staff to share this commitment and follow our safeguarding policies and procedures.
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We review applications as they are received and may close the vacancy early.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Unifrog’s mission
We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and more than a thousand international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.
Our team is at the heart of our business and it is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Recruitment Lead (details on our website).
The role and responsibilities
As People Lead, you will play a key role in supporting Unifrog employees to work at their best. You’ll help us to retain a happy and effective team by developing great relationships with team members and making sure that all our internal systems and processes are as efficient as possible.
Your key responsibilities:
People operations
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Review, improve, and automate our people processes, including engagement and retention, as well as our people platforms and tools.
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Develop, update, and communicate our policies and the employee handbook, ensuring they reflect current laws and best practices.
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Collaborate with our People Assistant to manage and maintain Bamboo - our HR system.
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Maintain employees’ electronic people files, ensuring documents are filed efficiently and that employee data is up to date on Bamboo.
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Update and track employee time off.
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Support the Head of People Operations by maintaining key HR metrics and reporting to support data-driven people decisions.
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Support the onboarding and offboarding processes.
Employee experience
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Learning and development:
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Using Learnerbly, track and encourage high-quality usage of our training budgets.
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Continually review our professional development policies and processes to support this high take-up.
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Promote and set up mentorship, shadowing, coaching, and cross-team learning opportunities.
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Coordinate year-round, team-led training sessions, including an annual “Learning at Work Week”.
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Facilitate team training as needed.
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Plan and implement stand-alone People projects to improve employee experience (e.g. employee engagement, recognition initiatives).
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In time, help collate feedback from team surveys and work with the People and Leadership teams to put ideas from the team into action.
Unifrog support
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Monitor and manage our People inbox, being the first point of contact for queries and requests from the team (1 day a week equivalent).
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Book hotels, conference rooms and training courses for other teams.
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Work with the Finance team to support the expenses process.
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
At Unifrog, everyone is responsible for creating an equitable and inclusive place to work. In addition, each person on the People team also has specific EDI responsibilities which link to their role.
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Work with the Head of People Operations to:
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Support with EDI projects such as EDI data collection and progression initiatives.
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Develop and implement new policies and processes that promote inclusion at all levels of Unifrog (e.g. support for returning to work after parental or long-term sick leave). Make sure that these policies and processes are consistently applied across the team.
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Regularly review our current policies and processes to ensure they’re inclusive and equitable.
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Working together
You’ll work closely with our current People team, including our: Recruitment Lead, additional People Lead, People Assistant, Internal Communications and Events Lead, Head of People Operations and People and Operations Director. You will also work with our Finance team on a regular basis when processing expenses and making bookings.
You’ll have regular contact with people across all of our teams, and you should build great professional relationships with team members to deliver an excellent employee experience.
You’ll be line-managed by the Head of People Operations.
What we’re looking for
Essential:
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Personable and able to build great professional relationships with multiple stakeholders.
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Ability to manage sensitive employee information, maintaining confidentiality.
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Excellent attention to detail.
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Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
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Excellent project management and organisation skills.
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Experience of managing multiple and competing priorities.
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Experience of managing HR administration processes linked to the employee life cycle, including new starter paperwork, contract changes, and leavers.
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Comfortable working both as part of a team and independently, and happy to ask for support when it’s needed.
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Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in.
Desirable:
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Experience managing an HR system, ideally BambooHR or similar.
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Experience analysing and presenting people data.
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CIPD Level 5 qualification, or working towards it.
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An interest in education, careers and development.
Benefits
On our jobs page you’ll find a full list of the benefits we offer our team. Here’s a snapshot:
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Mission focussed
Join one of Escape the City’s top 1% employers and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
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Be part of a growing company
Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
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Grow individually
Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
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Have impact
Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
Key details
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£38,000 - £42,000 per year dependent on experience (Grade B).
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Full time.
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Split your time between home and our office in Hoxton, London (a minimum of 2 days per week).
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28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
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Working hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm, or 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.30am to 4:00pm or 9:00am to 4:30pm on Friday.
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Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.
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We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
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Deadline: 10:00am (BST) on Friday 21st August 2026.
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We may need to close applications early if we receive a lot of interest. As long as you’ve already started applying, we’ll give you 48 hours’ notice of the deadline changing - so if you’re thinking of applying, please start an application so we can keep you updated.
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Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)
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Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions below:
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Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process, so please be as specific as possible about your experience.
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With reference to examples of your recent experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
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Tell us about a time you created or improved a process. What problem were you trying to solve, what steps did you take, and how did you know it was successful? (250 words)
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Stage 2: Phone interview (15 minutes)
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Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)
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Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).
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Phone interviews will be held throughout the application window. Video call interviews will be held w/c 7th September 2026.
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Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.
Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring
Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog
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How we communicate
Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.
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Embedded EDI
As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.
To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.
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Recruitment processes
To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Main Purpose of the Role
The Duty Officer plays a key operational role in ensuring the smooth running of the Friendly Trust’s office duty function. The postholder will be the designated lead for Office Duty sessions, acting as the first point of contact for calls, visitors, and day-to-day operational queries.
The role also provides structured support to a Trust Officer managing a caseload of Service Users requiring lower levels of support, assisting with administrative casework, financial monitoring tasks, and maintaining accurate records.
This post bridges administrative and frontline service delivery functions, enabling Trust Officers to focus on complex casework while maintaining high standards of responsiveness and record keeping.
Key Responsibilities
1. Office Duty (Primary Function)
- Take responsibility for the delivery of Office Duty sessions in line with the Office Duty Procedure.
- Manage incoming telephone calls, enquiries, and visitors, ensuring all interactions are recorded accurately.
- Maintain and update the Office Duty diary, including:
- Recording calls, visitors, and actions taken
- Logging outstanding actions for follow-up
- Ensuring continuity between sessions
- Use CasparGov to record duty activity promptly and accurately.
· Monitor planned and ad hoc cash collections, ensuring compliance with The Friendly Trust's policies and procedures, checking requirements, and promptly identifying and escalating any issues or discrepancies.
- Carry out cash tin checks and ensure appropriate balances for ongoing sessions.
- Liaise with the Duty Team Manager where queries require escalation.
2. Service User Support
· Support a designated Trust Officer in managing a caseload of Service Users requiring lower levels of support
- Assist with routine financial administration tasks such as:
- Monitoring transactions and basic budgeting support
- Preparing information for review by the Trust Officer
- Maintain accurate records of activity in line with organisational and legal requirements.
- Draft basic correspondence and follow up routine requests.
3. Administrative and Operational Support
- Provide administrative support aligned with organisational systems and processes.
- Assist with:
- Data entry and maintaining records
- Processing documentation and correspondence
- Supporting internal reporting and statistics
- Contribute to efficient office systems and processes.
- Support meeting preparation or coordination where required.
4. Communication and Team Working
- Act as a professional first point of contact for Service Users, families, and external professionals.
- Work collaboratively with Trust Officers, Admin, and managers to ensure seamless service delivery.
- Escalate queries appropriately while maintaining ownership of routine enquiries.
5. Organisational Contribution
- Work in line with the Friendly Trust’s values, policies, and procedures.
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with GDPR and safeguarding requirements.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to the role.
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, professionally and sensitively with Service Users, family members, colleagues and external agencies.
- Strong interpersonal, telephone and customer service skills, with a friendly, approachable and professional manner.
- Proven administrative experience, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload effectively.
- Ability to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines, manage competing demands and respond positively to changing priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records and manage information confidentially.
- Experience of data entry, maintaining electronic databases and record management systems.
- Competent user of Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, and confident using databases and other IT systems.
- Ability to work independently using initiative, as well as collaboratively within a team.
- Positive, flexible and proactive approach to work.
- Empathy, patience and the ability to work sensitively and respectfully with vulnerable people and individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, professional standards, confidentiality and data protection requirements.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience working within the charity, voluntary, health or social care sectors.
- Experience of handling calls, front-line enquiries, reception duties or customer-facing services.
- Knowledge of issues affecting people with learning disabilities and their families.
- Knowledge of welfare benefits, financial administration or related support services.
- Experience of using case management, CRM or client record systems.
- Knowledge of CASPAR Gov or similar case management software.
- Experience of supporting the production of reports, statistics, monitoring information or management data.
- Experience of coordinating office systems, facilities or administrative processes.
- Basic financial administration experience, including invoice processing, cash handling and record keeping.
- Knowledge of information governance and records management practices.
- Good record of punctuality, reliability and attendance.
Personal Attributes
- Professional, trustworthy and dependable.
- Solution-focused, with a willingness to learn, develop and adapt.
- Able to maintain composure and professionalism when handling sensitive or challenging enquiries.
- Committed to supporting The Friendly Trust's mission, values and person-centred approach.
- Demonstrates sound judgement, discretion and a high level of integrity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title – Financial Education Programme Manager & Workshop Facilitator
Reports to – Director of Financial Education
Working Hours – We welcome applications from candidates looking to work 28 hours per week (0.75 FTE) or term-time only. Working arrangements will be agreed with the successful candidate.
Location – Home-based, with regular travel by car to schools across London, Bristol and the M4 corridor, together with occasional travel to The Money Charity's London office for team meetings and training.
About Us
For over 30 years, The Money Charity has been the UK's Financial Capability charity. We proactively provide education, information, advice and guidance to people of all ages, helping them to manage their money well and increase their Financial Wellbeing.
We believe that being on top of your money as a part of everyday life reduces stress and hardship, helps you achieve your goals and live a happier life as a result, so we empower people from all backgrounds across the UK to build the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours to make the most of their money throughout their lives.
We also work to promote Financial Wellbeing in the UK by working with the financial services industry to improve practices and outcomes for their consumers, and by influencing policy-makers, media, industry and public attitudes.
We are a small, passionate team with a big reach and an open mind, committed to quality, accessibility and inclusiveness. We offer a flexible work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration.
About the Role
We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Financial Education Programme Manager & Workshop Facilitator to join our Children and Young People team and play a leading role in delivering one of our exciting new financial education partnerships.
This is an exciting opportunity to join The Money Charity at a time of growth and help shape a brand-new programme that will reach thousands of primary-aged children across the UK. Working in partnership with one of the UK's leading financial services organisations, you'll have the opportunity to influence how the programme develops, helping to create an engaging and impactful experience for both schools and corporate volunteers.
This is a hands-on role for someone who loves working with children. At the heart of the role is delivering engaging, inspiring and interactive financial education workshops to primary-aged pupils. You'll spend a significant proportion of your time visiting schools across London, Bristol and the M4 corridor, bringing money topics to life through energetic, memorable sessions that help children build the confidence, knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions.
Alongside workshop delivery, you'll manage this exciting new volunteer programme delivered in partnership with a major financial services organisation. Working closely with our corporate partner and volunteer network, you'll ensure volunteers are recruited, trained, supported and deployed effectively to maximise both educational impact and volunteer experience. These volunteers will assist you with the delivery of your workshops.
You'll also play a key role in growing the reach of the programme by promoting the workshops to schools and community organisations, building relationships and managing the booking process from initial enquiry through to delivery.
This role has been designed to offer flexibility and would particularly suit an experienced teacher or facilitator looking for either a 28-hour working week or a term-time-only position.
Closing Date – Midday, Friday 14 August 2026
Interviews – First-round interviews will be held virtually on 25 and 26 August 2026
Start Date – We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible following the recruitment process
Please visit our website for the full job description including the key responsibilities, person specification, benefits and application details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Sheffield Cathedral is inviting applications for the role of Community Organiser, a new post within the Cathedral Resourcing Project, at an exciting moment in the Cathedral’s mission, civic life and partnership with communities across Sheffield.
At the heart of a changing and creative city, Sheffield Cathedral is both an ancient holy place and a living centre of worship, welcome, culture and public engagement. We are seeking to grow as a civic, relational and faith-rooted institution: not acting for communities from a distance, but acting with communities through trust, shared leadership and common action.
This new role is for a relational, disciplined and justice-minded organiser who can listen deeply, build trust across difference, identify and develop local leaders, and help people move from shared concern to collective action. Working in the Citizens UK tradition of broad-based community organising, the Community Organiser will help embed organising across the Cathedral, its parish partnerships and its civic relationships, contributing to the co-creation of Sheffield Citizens Alliance.
We are looking for someone who understands that lasting change is built through relationships, local leadership, patient listening, strategic action and negotiated public wins. The successful candidate will work confidently within the life and values of Sheffield Cathedral, while helping churches, communities and civic institutions build the power to act together for justice and the common good.
This post is open to people of all faiths and of none. There is no requirement to be a practising Christian, but the postholder will need to work sympathetically within the public mission and inclusive Christian values of Sheffield Cathedral.
Salary: £36,000 p.a. plus pension
Contract & Working Pattern
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37.5 hours per week, with some evening and weekend work
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Fixed-term until 31 December 2028, starting as soon as possible
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Working at Sheffield Cathedral, partner parishes and civic institutions across Sheffield, with some hybrid working possible by agreement
Final application closing date: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 2.00pm
Shortlisting: Thursday 8 October 2026
Interviews/Tasks: Thursday 15 October 2026
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received. We therefore encourage interested applicants to apply as early as possible.
For more information, or to download an application form, please visit the vacancy page on Sheffield Cathedral's website.
About the role
We're looking for an ambitious marketer who's ready to take the next step in their career and help recruit and inspire supporters across a diverse portfolio of fundraising products and events.
As Senior Marketing Officer, you'll work closely with the Senior Marketing Manager to plan and deliver campaigns across our Third-Party Events and relationship fundraising portfolio. You'll be responsible for the delivery and reporting of marketing activity, managing the day-to-day execution of campaigns to recruit participants for iconic events such as the London Marathon, Great North Run and other challenge events, alongside our In Memory and DIY fundraising products.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across marketing, product teams and agency partners, you'll help deliver engaging multi-channel campaigns that drive registrations, participation and income. You'll also support the marketing of our owned flagship events and other fundraising opportunities as needed, contributing to the growth of the wider fundraising portfolio.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who combines creativity with a data-driven approach and is keen to develop their skills in campaign delivery, digital acquisition and performance marketing. If you're passionate about creating impactful campaigns that inspire supporters and help raise vital funds, we'd love to hear from you.
About you
You're a proactive and organised marketer with experience delivering successful multi-channel campaigns and a passion for understanding what motivates people to take action.
You'll have experience using digital channels such as paid social, search, email and organic social media to acquire and engage audiences, alongside an understanding of campaign planning, performance monitoring and optimisation. Comfortable working with data and insight, you're always looking for opportunities to test, learn and improve results.
You'll be a confident communicator with strong teamwork skills, able to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver successful campaigns. Creative and solutions-focused, you'll enjoy generating fresh content ideas and finding new ways to engage supporters.
You'll be comfortable creating and capturing content, whether that's filming video for paid social content or working with photographers at supporter events when needed.
Most importantly, you're motivated by the opportunity to inspire supporters to take part in fundraising experiences that make a real difference to people affected by breast cancer.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our Cardiff/Glasgow/London/Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
The salary range is:
£34,000 to £36,500 per annum if Cardiff/Glasgow or Sheffield based
£36,500 to £39,500 per annum if London based
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date 31 August 2026 11:59 pm
Interview date First interview – week commencing 7 September 2026
Second interview – week commencing 14 September 2026
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Spear Hammersmith and Fulham
Spear is working in partnership with St Paul’s Hammersmith to deliver the Spear Programme in Hammersmith and Fulham!
At St Paul’s Hammersmith, their vision is to see the church alive, encountering God and awakening cities. Following the call of Jesus to love their neighbour, they want to serve the needs of their local community, creating connection and developing places of safety, strength, and belonging.
The Spear Programme is delivered in Spear Hammersmith and Fulham which offers young people professionally recognised coaching, for free, to support them into sustainable work or education. They leave Spear equipped to thrive in work and life.
Key Information:
- Salary: from £29,000
- Full-time, Maternity Cover - Monday to Friday
- 25 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days) plus bank holidays
- Closing date: Monday 17th August (we interview on a rolling basis and may close the role early if we find the right candidate)
For more information please read through our Job Specification and Work with us pack.
If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.
Person Specification
- An active Christian, dedicated to representing the values and ethos of Spear and St Paul's Hammersmith
- You have demonstrable experience as a coach, or a background in youth work or teaching, and are keen to develop these skills further.
- You have a heart for young people and releasing their potential, no matter what challenging circumstances they are facing.
- Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with a sense of humour and fun.
- You are great at building relationships, with solid communication skills.
- Good administrative and organisational skills, working well under pressure with the ability to prioritise workload.
Spear is a dynamic, growing youth employment charity that coaches young people to overcome barriers and thrive in work and life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
GARAS is recruiting a Refugee Resettlement Officer to support the significant expansion of our Refugee Programme through the UKRS and ARAP Resettlement Schemes. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for someone interested in gaining first-hand experience working on the frontline of a fast-paced, client-facing charity.
The successful candidate will contribute to the effective and efficient operation of our Refugee Resettlement Team, which offers comprehensive advice and support to refugees from various backgrounds.
This is an immensely rewarding role, working in a dynamic charity building on an ethos of care and inclusivity. We are looking for an exceptional individual, committed to go the extra mile and convey our passion to support and transform the lives of refugees in our care.
Job Summary
The purpose of the job is to assist individuals and families in their resettlement into life in Gloucestershire. Interventions will be aimed to ensure families gain independence and feel integrated into their new communities. Clients come from a variety of traumatic backgrounds, and are often living with the effects of their experiences, which may include trauma, PTSD, and domestic abuse situations.
To support individuals and families through five stages of integration to include: Preparation, Housing, Finance, Education, Health and Employment.
To work with key partners across the geographical area to ensure refugees who arrive through the UKRS and ARAP Resettlement Schemes are referred and signposted into appropriate support services and networks.
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post.
A full driving license is essential, as a lot of the work involves visiting clients in locations across the county. The work also may involve taking clients to appointments, and collecting/delivering large or bulky items.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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To develop and deliver comprehensive support plans for families who are newly arrived and throughout their first years in the UK. This includes reviewing these at regular intervals to ensure they continue to fully meet the needs of all family members.
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To be responsible for managing the full support needs of caseload families including helping them to apply for benefits and learn to manage their finances; organising and ensuring attendance at ESOL classes; facilitating access to medical services including initial health assessments and follow ups; applying for schools and ensuring children are supported to settle in; encouraging attendance at community groups and with other practical arrangements as needed on a bespoke basis.
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To support individuals and families with complex physical and psychological vulnerabilities in order that they are able to link with the help that they need to overcome these as fully as possible.
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To record, monitor and evaluate casework practice and maintain confidential records for each family using in-house data recording systems.
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To manage the transition of allocated families from intensive support to independence by empowering families to understand the systems and develop the skills required to live well in the UK.
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To provide support and advice in a manner which understands the core elements of the refugee journey, the impact of trauma and principles for effective recovery.
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To support and assist families to seek and secure meaningful and gainful employment to mitigate benefit cap restrictions; to include the development of CV’s and skills audits.
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To build and maintain collaborative relationship with partner agencies and community services to provide effective support for families. This will include Benefits, Housing, English Learning, Healthcare and Social Care providers as well as others as needed.
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To help other agencies understand the needs of the families of this programme and to help to avoid misunderstandings between parties due to cultural and language differences.
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To connect families with meaningful engagement opportunities to enable them to build community connections and networks, develop confidence and learn new skills to improve their well-being.
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To manage workload effectively using flexibility and adaptability, to ensure a good balance between competing priorities such as urgent client issues, pro-active casework support, medium to long term plans and other project work. This will include providing regular updates on all areas of work to the UKRS/ARAP Resettlement Team Leaders.
Professional Development
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Keep up to date with legislation, policies and procedures and undertake appropriate training particularly with migration.
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Undertake cultural awareness training where appropriate and understanding of UK processes in order to assist the new families as they settle.
Administration
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Use IT, maintain accurate records and GARAS diary.
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Prepare for and attend supervision sessions, team meetings, staff meetings and meetings with external partners.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
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To demonstrate commitment to the aims, principles and policies of the UKRS/ARAP projects.
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Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for own safety and that of colleagues.
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To abide by GARAS’ confidentiality requirements.
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To maintain relevant professional boundaries.
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To undertake any other duties and tasks as may lie within the scope of this post.
Person Specification
Candidates will be shortlisted on the following specifications and need to address each of them in their application.
All relevant experience whether paid or voluntary, in the UK or overseas may be included. GARAS values different and creative ways of working.
Essential
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Experience of providing advice and support to vulnerable people.
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A strong understanding of services available and the needs of refugees moving to the UK.
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A willingness to learn quickly and develop new skills to support your client group.
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A good understanding/experience of the processes in relation to the following systems: Benefit, Education, Employment, Health and Social Care, Housing, and Financial Management.
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The ability to prioritise tasks, to identify and work to deadlines and to manage time effectively under your own initiative.
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The ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with clients, and to manage difficult situations.
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An understanding for the need of confidentiality and a non-judgmental approach to service delivery.
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Ability to work as part of a team and to work collaboratively and professionally with external agencies, community representatives, colleagues and volunteers.
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Ability to use IT.
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Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service. This includes occasional evening and weekend emergency calls.
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To have and hold a full clean driver’s license and have access to a vehicle.
Desirable
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Experience of working directly with refugees. Knowledge of the core components of the refugee journey; the impact of trauma and principles to support effective recovery.
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Experience of managing a caseload with particular regard to Benefits, Employment, Housing and Debts.
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Experience of working with interpreters.
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An ability to speak additional languages would be a significant advantage in this position.
Application deadline: 9am, Monday 17 August 2026
Interview Date: week commencing 24 August 2026
Providing support to asylum seekers, refugees and certain other migrants
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Role purpose
The London Recovery Network Coordinator will provide day-to-day coordination, oversight and development of the Network, ensuring that it operates effectively, inclusively and in line with its strategic objectives.
The postholder will act as a central connecting point between recovery communities, peer-led organisations, treatment providers, commissioners and London-wide partners, supporting collaboration, shared learning and system influence. A key aspect of the role will be supporting the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience and helping to build the foundations for the Network’s long-term sustainability.
Background
The London Recovery Network (LRN) brings together individuals and organisations committed to supporting recovery from problematic drug and alcohol use. The Network aims to improve awareness, visibility and connectivity across the recovery landscape, enabling professionals, peers and communities to better understand and share available recovery support across London.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in coordinating, developing and strengthening the London Recovery Network as it continues to grow and progresses towards a more formal, sustainable and potentially standalone organisation.
The role is hosted by Collective Voice, acting as the umbrella organisation for the London Recovery Network.
While the role is hybrid, there will be a requirement to attend regular meetings and events in London and build local relationships, so the successful candidate will need to live within a one-hour commuting distance from Central London.
We plan to hold interviews in person in Central London on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of September.
Key duties and responsibilities
Network coordination and operations
- Provide oversight and coordination of the day-to-day activities of the London Recovery Network.
- Coordinate the delivery of quarterly and annual LRN events, including planning, logistics, promotion and follow-up.
- Support and recruit new partners to the LRN working group and wider network.
- Maintain and update the LRN community asset map, ensuring information is accurate, current and accessible.
- Be responsible for coordinating network communications and online presence through the LRN website and social media channels.
Strategic development and governance
- Support the development and delivery of the LRN action plan, aligned to agreed priorities.
- Provide coordination and administrative support to the LRN Steering Group and any sub-groups, including agenda-setting, papers, action tracking and follow-up.
- Support the development of appropriate governance arrangements, policies and partnership agreements as the Network progresses towards a more formal and potentially standalone structure.
Stakeholder engagement and system influence
- Build and maintain strong relationships with recovery communities, peer-led organisations, service providers, commissioners and London-wide partners.
- Act as a conduit for sharing intelligence, learning and good practice across the London recovery system.
- Represent the LRN at relevant regional or national meetings, events and forums, where appropriate.
Lived experience and inclusion
- Ensure people with lived experience of substance use treatment and recovery are meaningfully involved in LRN activities, events and decision-making.
- Promote inclusive and recovery-oriented approaches that reflect London’s diverse communities, including women, families, ethnically diverse communities and people experiencing multiple disadvantage.
Communications and knowledge sharing
- Coordinate LRN communications activity, including newsletters, briefings and digital content, in line with agreed priorities.
- Support the development of resources that promote recovery visibility, challenge stigma and highlight community-based support.
- Capture and share learning, impact and outcomes from LRN activity.
Funding, finance and sustainability
- Actively support and contribute to fundraising and income generation activity, identifying opportunities to support the Network’s sustainability.
- Manage and track the LRN budget, ensuring expenditure remains within agreed limits.
- Oversee the preparation, submission and follow-up of accurate invoices and financial information for funders.
Monitoring and reporting
- Support proportionate monitoring of LRN activity, outputs and impact.
- Contribute to reports and updates for funders and stakeholders, including progress, risks and emerging issues.
Person specification
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of supporting or coordinating projects, programmes or networks.
- Strong understanding of, and commitment to, recovery from drug and alcohol use, particularly in the London context.
- Experience of working in partnership with community, voluntary or peer-led organisations.
- Good financial management skills, with experience of managing or monitoring budgets responsibly.
- Ability to supervise and support volunteers in the LRN, including working with external volunteer leads from partner organisations.
- Ability to organise, support and chair meetings involving a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
- Strong digital communication skills including the use of social media platforms.
- Ability to work with website hosts to update and manage the LRN website
- Strong IT skills, including confident use of the Microsoft Office package.
Desirable
- Experience of fundraising, bid development or supporting income generation activity.
- Experience of coordinating lived experience or co-production approaches.
- Knowledge of recovery-oriented systems of care and community-based recovery support.
- Experience of supporting governance or organisational development within the voluntary or community sector.
- Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion principles in programme delivery.
Key relationships
- London Recovery Network Steering Group and working groups
- Recovery communities and lived experience partners
- Treatment providers and voluntary sector organisations
- Community assets across London that offer opportunities for people in recovery to access a range of activities, such as:
- Physical activity
- Creative activities
- Learning opportunities
- Mutual Aid groups
- Commissioners and London-wide system partners
- Collective Voice
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As a People Adviser, you will deliver a high-quality, responsive HR service to our corporate teams based in London. You will provide expert advice and support to managers and employees, helping to ensure people practices align with employment legislation and best practice. You will coach and empower managers to confidently lead on people matters, providing guidance and support when needed.
This is a 12 month fixed term opportunity at 35 hours per week, but we are always happy to discuss flexible working, part time hours and job share arrangements.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year.
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution.
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans.
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. Greyscale copies of the recruitment pack are also available on request.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Acceptable use of AI:
At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.
To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.
Closing date: 18th August 2026
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Interview date(s): First Round Interviews (Online) and Second Round Interviews (In Person) - Dates to be confirmed.
For more information about the role, please download our Recruitment pack.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Role
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, creative marketing team and help the Law Society effectively promote the value of our products to our members and their businesses, from our flagship conferences to our premium member offer. You will be a key supporting member of the team, collaborating with all marketing colleagues on member-focused campaigns, marketing intelligence and research, as well as organisational and administrative support. You will play a key role in content creation, campaign reporting, and organisational support within the Product Marketing Team, and wider marketing department, to ensure our campaigns are dynamic, creative, and always put our members first.
You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including fellow Member Communications and Marketing colleagues, Social and Content teams, as well as our Events, Learning, Accreditations and Membership Engagement colleagues,
This is an exciting and varied role where your skills will be used to great effect to make a real impact for our members,
What we're looking for
- Experience in a professional working environment, with the ability to work flexibly across different areas of work and/or tasks within agreed deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, high level of attention to detail, and the ability to proof-read
- building effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Some experience or interest in learning how to develop s
You will be a motivated, creative thinker with experience supporting in marketing campaigns, and a proven track record of collaborating well with colleagues and managing multiple projects effectively.
have a keen interest in product marketing, including content creation (video, email, social etc) and data analysis to support colleagues in developing dynamic, relevant and engaging campaigns.
You will have excellent written, numeracy, and verbal communication skills with a high level of attention to detail accurate content that resonates with solicitors and take on other essential administrative tasks including PO raising and data collation.
You will also be experienced in building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels and be able to work both pro-actively and reactively, often to tight deadlines.
You will be a proactive self-starter that takes creative initiatives to elevate existing campaigns.
What's in it for you
This is an excellent opportunity in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.
We offer hybrid working a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.
Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.
The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kimberley Taylor
The Engagement Coordinator will join our Engagement Team at the forefront of involving local communities and schools in our exciting tree-planting & urban greening projects and engage people in learning about and taking action for trees and the environment.
The Engagement team at Trees for Cities promotes and leads site-based activities and events for people to participate in our community focused tree planting programme that aims to create healthier, happier urban spaces through nature.
This role supports and coordinates our engagement activities for tree planting and outdoor learning initiatives. This involves conducting community consultations on our site-based projects as well as planning and delivering nature-focused workshops for school children and community groups, public tree planting events, and other activities. Some weekend work is required, with TOIL (time off in lieu).
The person in this role will join two Engagement Coordinators and the Engagement Manager and work closely with other teams to deliver multiple, overlapping projects in diverse London communities.
About Trees for Cities
Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.
For over 30 years, Trees for Cities has brought people together to plant and care for trees in towns and cities across the UK. Alongside local communities, partners, and supporters, we’ve planted over 2 million trees where they’re needed most.
Together, we're building a national movement for urban trees and tree equity, so that everyone benefits from the transformative power of trees, no matter where they live.
We're an organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated, and passionate staff. We have roles available for people with varied relevant experience and a willingness to learn more. In return, we offer a warm and supportive team, in-the-job training, and personal career planning.
Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.
About you
Do you love trees and want to learn more about them? Do you enjoy connecting with people of all ages and backgrounds? Are you passionate about nature and inclusive environmental action? Then Trees for Cities is interested in you!
We're looking for:
• Energetic individuals who are happy to work hands-on outdoors in all weathers at a variety of locations around London. Suitable candidates should also be comfortable working indoors in an open office environment.
• Practical and highly organised collaborators capable of supporting event logistics and keen to facilitate a number of engagement activities from small-scale workshops to public community events involving hundreds of people.
• Confident, adaptable, and inclusive communicators who are comfortable engaging with people of all ages and backgrounds in a range of communities, school staff and pupils, interest groups and volunteers, and who are passionate about what we do at Trees for Cities.
How to apply
Click visit our website to view a full job description.
To apply, use the application link below to submit your CV and answer the application questions outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification. If you experience any issues during the application process, please email HR.
Deadline to apply: 25th August 2026
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.
Trees for Cities is the first UK environmental organisation to have been awarded social value certification. Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No: 1032154
Application Questions:
In lieu of providing a supporting statement, please answer the following questions:
- Describe any key experience that makes you comfortable with hands-on environmental work in the outdoors.
- Highlight any key experience that demonstrates your comfort working collaboratively with others in a fast-paced environment.
- Outline your professional or volunteer experience communicating or interacting with people of varying ages and backgrounds.
- Why are you interested in this position?
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
BENEFITS - What is in it for you?
· 34 days holiday (including Bank Holidays, for this financial year) , plus your birthday off after one year's service and additional leave for long service.
· A genuine commitment to work-life balance and staff wellbeing
· Learning & Development - We invest in our people. You'll have access to a personal training budget, our online learning platform and all the training needed to thrive in your role.
· Free Enhanced DBS check
· Pension & Health Care Cash Plan – All our staff have access to a NEST pension and Simply Health care plan.
· Career breaks after 3 years' service.
About Us
Challengers is a charity dedicated to transforming the lives of disabled children, young people and their families through the power of play. We provide safe and inclusive spaces across the South East where disabled children aged 4-18 can come together to have fun, make friends and learn valuable life skills, while giving their families essential respite from care responsibilities.
Your Role
As our Community Engagement Officer, you'll inspire communities, volunteers, and supporters to help transform the lives of disabled children, young people, and their families.
Working as part of our passionate Fundraising and Advocacy team, you'll build meaningful relationships, grow fundraising, raise awareness, and help expand Challengers' impact in local communities.
Duties and Responsibilities
· Build and maintain relationships with local communities to grow fundraising income.
· Represent Challengers at community events and fundraising activities.
· Support and steward third-party fundraisers to help them achieve successful outcomes.
· Provide outstanding stewardship and support to donors, supporters, and volunteers.
· Recruit, train, and support volunteers, ensuring a positive and rewarding experience.
· Assist with corporate partnerships, business engagement, communications, and fundraising initiatives.
· Maintain accurate CRM records and supporter data in compliance with GDPR requirements.
· Support occasional evening and weekend events as required.
· Undertake other duties appropriate to the role as needed.
About you
We're looking for someone who is passionate about building relationships and inspiring others to support a great cause. You'll bring:
· Experience in fundraising, community engagement, events, or volunteer management, ideally within the charity sector.
· A track record of achieving fundraising or income targets and building strong relationships with supporters and stakeholders.
· Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to engage a wide range of audiences.
· Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver successful campaigns and events.
· A good understanding of fundraising principles (or a willingness to learn) and a commitment to excellent supporter care.
· Confidence using Microsoft Office, CRM systems (ideally Salesforce), and digital tools such as Canva, WordPress, email marketing platforms, and social media.
Essential - A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. We know there's no such thing as the perfect candidate, and we're committed to helping people develop.
If this role excites you and you think you could make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Challengers is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Safeguarding Statement
Challengers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and provide satisfactory references.
We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may start meeting with people earlyif someone brilliant comes along – sodon’twait too long to apply!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.



