Local delivery manager jobs
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!
Be part of the first step in a survivor’s recovery journey by supporting safe and timely access to specialist services. This is a key frontline role working with survivors who have experienced sexual violence or sexual abuse to ensure they receive the right support at the right time.
As a Sexual Violence Practitioner within our Navigation and Engagement Service, you will act as the first point of contact for individuals accessing Survivors in Transition. You will deliver trauma-informed screening, risk assessment and triage, working closely with survivors to understand their needs, strengths and support priorities. Using your professional judgement, you will guide individuals into appropriate services and recovery pathways, ensuring safe entry into services and responding to any safeguarding or crisis needs in partnership with statutory agencies where required.
You will manage a short-term caseload from assessment through to intervention, providing check-in support, advocacy and wellbeing input while coordinating care with mental health services, police, social care and voluntary sector partners. This role plays a vital part in managing referral pathways, waiting lists and safe access to therapy, contributing to joined-up, survivor-led care across the region.
Working within a supportive and reflective team environment, you will maintain accurate records, monitor outcomes and contribute to service evaluation, helping to identify trends at the entry point to improve access to recovery services. This is a practitioner-level role requiring experience of working with trauma, managing risk and complexity, and making autonomous decisions within a safeguarding framework.
In return, Survivors in Transition offers hybrid working, regular clinical supervision and the opportunity to shape a growing specialist service supporting survivors across Suffolk.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a resilient and dedicated person to join our Avon & Somerset team as an Adolescent and Child to Parent (APV/CPV) Violence Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA), working within the VS team as part of the Avon & Somerset Victim Service partnership.
The service provides support across the whole geography of Avon & Somerset. This role involves making initial contact with victims of adolescent and child to parent violence and providing initial support in a dynamic and ever-changing environment. The role is part-time and is hybrid between our Bristol office and home working. A suitable and confidential workspace at home is therefore required.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer
At Victim Support, we 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:
You will provide high quality support to all victims of APV/CPV, leading on completing initial impact and risk assessments that are comprehensive and holistic. You will also provide cover for the local VS Helpline.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and assess the risks and needs of APV/CPV victims using an evidence-based risk identification checklist.
- Focus on and prioritise high risk cases and provide a pro-active, short to medium term crisis intervention service. Deliver individually appropriate tailored support and information, advocacy, and practical support.
- Work with victims of APV/CPV to assist them in accessing services to keep them and their family safe. Develop individual safety plans to meet client's needs as identified in the risks and needs assessment.
- Ensure each victim receives an individually appropriate tailored support and information service that fully meets their needs, keeping complex needs central to all processes and decisions.
- Work within the legal framework relating to the protection of children and vulnerable adults, including the policy and procedures of the Local Safeguarding Adult and Children's Boards.
- Providing advocacy and information to victims including exploration of legal and civil options, housing, health and finance and support clients through the criminal justice system.
- Support the empowerment of the client.
- Comply with data protection legislation, confidentiality and information sharing policy and procedures, as well as all legislation connected to your work.
About you:
You will need:
- A good command of the English language both verbally and in writing.
- A good understanding of APV/CPV and/or domestic abuse including the impact of these on victims and their children.
- Understand the principles of risk assessment, safety planning and risk management for victims of domestic abuse and their children.
- Understand Safeguarding issues and the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues
- Direct service delivery experience to victims of domestic abuse or APV/CPV
- Experience of working within a multi-agency and legislative framework
- Experience of managing a complex caseload, to prioritise work and deal with competing demands
- Strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations
- Excellent communication, negotiation and advisory skills, both written and verbal when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals
- An IDVA qualification or willingness to work towards this
Please note that duties may differ to those listed in the job description due to the nature of APV/CPV work so this provides an indication of duties.
This role involves regular travel and due to the location, a driving license and access to a vehicle is considered an essential requirement. If you are unable to drive because of a disability, please indicate this in your application in your personal statement so we can explore the feasibility of alternative arrangements.
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.
Director of Income Generation & Business Development
Salary - £55,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience
Location: Leeds (hybrid working)
For over 50 years, Leeds Women’s Aid has been a lifeline for women and children experiencing domestic violence and abuse. The organisation has grown significantly, from a c.£600–700k income charity 10 years ago, to one now approaching £5m annual income. With this growth comes bold, renewed ambition to diversify income, strengthen influence and ensure LWA’s voice, values and impact are communicated with clarity and confidence to reach those who need them most.
It’s an exciting time in LWA’s development. With a growing footprint, deeper community roots, expanding services and renewed ambition to influence systemic change for women. This newly established Director of Income Generation & Business Development role is designed to bring together income generation, marketing and communications, and retail under one strategic umbrella to shape the next chapter of LWA’s development and impact.
As Director of Income Generation & Business Development you will set the strategic direction for all income related activity across the charity, ensuring LWA develops a sustainable, diversified income portfolio that is aligned with the charity’s purpose and values. This is an opportunity to shape a sustainable future for LWA – ensuring it can continue to grow its impact and that its work remains rooted in the voices and experiences of women and children.
You’ll play a key role in the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to collective leadership, organisational governance and the long-term resilience and strategic direction of the charity.
As Director of Income Generation & Business Development you will:
- Strategically lead a multi-year income generation and business development strategy, setting key objectives and enabling diversification that aligns with LWA’s values and new organisational strategy.
- Provide strategic leadership for marketing and communications, ensuring organisational-wide narrative building that reflects the values and impact of LWA, while championing the voices of women and children.
- Ensure strategic leadership for LWA’s retail function, developing growth strategies that balance community impact alongside financial performance.
- Develop compelling, adaptable cases for support that reflect LWA’s impact and ambitions, ethically and meaningfully embedding survivors’ voices.
- Strengthen organisational resilience through income diversification beyond statutory funding, establishing strong communities of support and identifying opportunities for growth.
- Work collaboratively with the Director of Services & Engagement and Director of Strategy, Partnerships & Influence to identify and develop new commissioning and business development opportunities, ensuring viability and strategic alignment.
- Represent LWA with authenticity, integrity and sensitivity to ensure the values of the organisation are upheld and that organisational decision making reflects women-centred principles.
The role would best suit:
- A senior income generation leader, with broad multi-stream experience and a proven track record of strategically driving growth and diversification of fundraised income.
- A strategic leader with the ability to develop a team across income generation, marketing and communications and retail.
- An individual with experience of developing income generation strategies that intersect with organisational strategies and ambitions.
- Someone with the ability to balance income generation with ethical storytelling/responsibility, public accountability and regulatory considerations.
- An individual who demonstrates commitment to LWA’s values and the Nolan Principles: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
- Someone with demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of, women-led and women-centred support services, including the importance of trauma-informed, inclusive, and empowering practice for women and girls.
Please get in touch as soon as possible to express an initial interest, the deadline for applications (CV and Application Questions) is Tuesday 24th February with first stage interviews scheduled to take place Thursday 5th/Monday 9th of March.
Due to the nature of the services provided and the population supported, this post is subject to an Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore the postholder must be female. This requirement is applied lawfully and proportionately, reflecting the organisation’s provision of specialist women-centred services and the need to maintain safety, trust, and authenticity in leadership and external representation.
Appointment to this role will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including satisfactory references, right to work verification, and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the appropriate level.
Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Development, Alumni and Campaigns Office
Prospect Research Officer
Ref: SC4931
Starting salary from £31,236 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, with an annual increment up to £37,694 per annum.
UEA is advancing its ambitious £100 million Dare to Do Different Campaign, with Prospect Research playing a central role. We are seeking someone who can help drive transformational change.
In this role, you will work closely with our fundraising team to identify, research, and engage high‑quality prospects, helping to build a strong pipeline of major donor opportunities while upholding the highest ethical standards. Your insights will inform strategic fundraising aligned with the University’s key priorities.
The ideal candidate will be educated to at least A level (or equivalent qualification) or equivalent experience and have a good understanding of fundraising, along with strong research, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
You will join a collaborative, supportive team that takes pride in achieving excellent results. This is a valuable opportunity to make a lasting impact helping us meet campaign goals and shape UEA’s future.
This full-time post is available on an indefinite basis.
UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.
Further information on our great benefits package, including 39 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days, can be found on our benefits page.
Closing date: 16 March 2026
The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.
At UEA we’ve got the vision, the drive and some of the best, most innovative minds ready to solve the planet’s most pressing challenges.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract type: Fixed term to end December 2026
Hours: This is a full-time post [35 hours per week], however, we welcome applicants with proposals for shared working arrangements or other flexibilities. We are also open to applicants with an interest and expertise in one or more of the devolved nations who wish to apply on a part-time basis.
Location: Home based and flexible with some travel across the UK.
Closing date: Wednesday 18th March 2026
Reward package: £51, 000 - £57, 000
Overall Purpose
NHS Charities Together is at a critical stage in its strategy and needs to ensure the NHS charity sector and its operating environment in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is well understood, supported and positioned for sustainable growth. This fixed-term role will build understanding of, and support the development of, the sector across the devolved nations by combining strategic scoping, membership and financial modelling, and future planning with practical implementation. The postholder will strengthen insight, partnerships and capacity, and help scope what an effective investment, support, and resourcing model for NHS Charities Together’s work in the devolved nations might look like, to maximise impact for patients, staff and communities.
Overall Objectives
1. Build a robust evidence base across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by mapping, scoping and modelling the NHS charity sector, including membership and income-generation potential, to inform strategic planning and sector support.
2. Strengthen member capacity and capability by providing advice, guidance, and practical support to NHS charities in the devolved nations, working closely with other NHS Charities Together teams - including membership and other relevant functions - to ensure coordinated, high-quality support and engagement.
3. Enhance the profile and influence of the NHS charity sector across the devolved nations by building strong relationships with stakeholders, supporting strategic plans and communications, and acting as a bridge between regional insight and NHS Charities Together’s wider work and offer.
4. Support organisational strategy and future planning by contributing to the design and delivery of programmes and initiatives, working collaboratively across teams, and scoping what an effective investment, support, and resourcing model for NHS Charities Together’s work in the devolved nations might look like to maximise impact.
Key Responsibilities
The main duties and responsibilities of the role holder are as outlined below:
1) Lead mapping, scoping and modelling of the NHS charity sector across the devolved nations, including membership growth, income-generation potential and future opportunities, to provide a robust evidence base for strategic planning.
2) Analyse trends, risks and opportunities in each devolved nation, using predictive and horizon-scanning work to inform organisational strategy, partnerships and programme delivery.
3) Build and maintain strategic relationships with NHS bodies, Government departments and other relevant agencies and organisations in the devolved nations, strengthening partnerships that support sector development.
4) Support the development and delivery of strategic plans, programmes and communications, including scoping future investment, support and resourcing models for the devolved nations, to enhance the sector’s profile and maximise impact.
5) Work with the membership and other teams to ensure high-quality advice, guidance and support to NHS charities across the devolved nations, helping them build capacity and capability to engage effectively in programmes, partnerships and initiatives.
6) Hold and apply devolved nations-specific health and care policy, strategy and contextual expertise, ensuring programmes, plans and communications are informed by local policy, strategy and sector context.
7) Work collaboratively across NHS Charities Together teams, including programmes and communications, to ensure coordinated support, effective delivery and shared organisational learning.
Deliverables
The following deliverables are indicative of the focus of the role during the fixed-term period and may evolve in response to organisational priorities, learning and the external environment.
- A clear and well-evidenced mapping and analysis of the NHS charity sector in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including income-generation potential, membership context and future opportunities.
- Insight and recommendations to inform NHS Charities Together’s strategic and operational approach to working in the devolved nations, including partnership opportunities, opportunities, investment, resourcing and development needs.
- Practical support and capacity-building activity delivered with NHS charities across the devolved nations, informed by sector insight and member needs.
- Strengthened relationships and engagement with NHS bodies, government departments and relevant agencies in the devolved nations to support collaboration and sector development.
- Defined approaches to membership relationships in the devolved nations, developed in collaboration with the membership team and informed by regional insight.
- Contributions to strategic plans, programmes and initiatives, including both design and delivery elements, working closely with teams across NHS Charities Together.
- Clear and accessible communication of learning and insight to colleagues and stakeholders, supporting shared understanding and informed decision-making.
Other Duties
- Act as a champion for NHS Charities Together and NHS charities.
- Visibly live NHS Charities Together’s values, including our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Carrying out the duties of post in accordance with NHS Charities Together’s policies and procedures on Health and Safety and take responsibility for ensuring personal health and safety.
- Working flexibly, prioritising workload and working effectively as part of a team.
- Adhere to relevant legislation, best practice, policies and processes including, but not limited to charity law, the fundraising regulator, GDPR and professional codes and standards.
- Represent NHS Charities Together as needed.
Benefits: 10% employers pension contribution (NEST) HSF Health cash Plan-covering employee partners and dependants under 18 28 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays and increases with length of service 2 hours weekly wellbeing time out Employee assistance program , offering GP advice lines, virtual doctors, prescription services, emotional wellbeing support, a legal help line and counselling. Funded eye site test (Specsavers) Pay it forward days- 2 days volunteering Mindful Employer Perkbox and Reward Gateway – discount platforms
REF-226 889
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!
Role:Fundraising Executive / Junior Consultant
Reporting to:Head of Fundraising
Hours of Work:37.5 hours per week
Salary:£28,000
Closing Date:13 March 2026
Location:Royal Trinity Hospice – Clapham, London (hybrid) 3 days onsite
Application:CV and cover letter
ABOUT COMPTON
Compton is the UK’s leading fundraising consultancy - with seven decades of experience managing successful annual, capital, and legacy campaigns for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Our clients recognise Compton as ‘the trusted name in fundraising’, thanks to the transformational contributions we make. We are proud of our history and track record, and ‘The Compton Way’ continues to deliver extraordinary fundraising results, even in today’s challenging operational and economic conditions.
ABOUT OUR CLIENT – ROYAL TRINITY HOSPICE, CLAPHAM
Royal Trinity Hospice (Trinity) is the UK’s oldest hospice and serves a community of 950,000 in central and southwest London. Trinity delivers specialist end of life and palliative care at the Hospice and in the community as well as support and counselling services for family and friends. Trinity is a key client for Compton, and we have a long record of success in generating income and sustainable growth across all income streams for the Hospice. The Compton team deliver transformative funding results allowing the hospice to deliver outstanding care to patients and their families.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Fundraising Executives provide support to the wider Fundraising team assisting with all aspects of fundraising activity. Three Fundraising Executives are managed by the Head of Fundraising and support fundraising activity across 11 segments of income generation. The role provides an opportunity to gain a level of understanding and knowledge about each income stream and donor stewardship.
The Fundraising Executive is a varied role with involvement in each stage of fundraising activity, from research and planning to campaign or event delivery and then income processing and thanking of donors and supporters. The successful candidate will be passionate about learning about fundraising and how we as a team raise the vital funds needed to provide Trinity’s care for future patients and their loved ones.
This is an entry level role that is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn about fundraising and make their first step in developing a fundraising career.
The successful candidate will:
·Open mail and process cheques and donations to the fundraising database, ensuring donations are accurately recorded and thanked in a timely way.
·Support with email and written correspondence with donors and grant makers
·Assist Fundraising Managers with research and administrative support.
·Join the team at fundraising events (at the hospice and in our community) raising the profile of the hospice and encouraging support (events include hospice events and external events such as London Marathon).
·Support our reach to fundraising audiences through social media and other channels.
·Work collaboratively with the Events Coordinator to provide logistical and practical assistance in the planning and hosting of our key fundraising events (including Summer Garden Party, Summer Solstice, Concert at the Hospice, Gala Dinner, Christmas Fair and Christmas Carol Concert and others).
·Maintain excellent internal relationships with the Communications team, as well as the Hospice clinical teams and other stakeholders.
·Support the wider Fundraising team providing support and participating in other duties where required.
Experience, knowledge, skills, and characteristics
Required:
·Enthusiasm to learn about fundraising and contribute to the Compton team activity.
·Excellent written and oral communication skills.
·A friendly and confident demeanour and a desire to engage and communicate with people from all parts of the community.
·A proactive and results-driven attitude with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and take initiative.
·A passion for fundraising and creating meaningful change – particularly at a local level.
·Basic computer skills and a working knowledge of general software packages (i.e. MS Office, Word, Excel).
·Availability to work onsite at least three days per week.
Desired:
·Paid or voluntary fundraising experience plus a basic understanding of charitable giving.
·Some experience or understanding of hospice care.
·Excellent relationship skills, with the ability to engage sensitively with individuals.
·Empathy and communication skills with emotional intelligence and an understanding of bereavement.
·An ability to communicate with a wide and varied group of supporters and colleagues.
·Well-organised, and confident in planning and executing activities.
·Able to manage time and prioritise workload effectively.
·A responsive and flexible approach to stakeholder’s needs and enquiries.
·Experience of using a database to manage supporters or clients and monitor income.
·Any experience in managing events; successfully promoting, acquiring participants, and achieving targets.
·Experience of writing engaging copy or communications.
·An interest in and desire to become a fundraising consultant at Compton and a career in fundraising consultancy.
Company benefits
Annual leave 25 days plus bank holidays (rising with experience)
Standard Life pension scheme with Company contributions starting at 3%
Life assurance paying a multiple of annual salary
Discretionary performance bonus
Compton conferences, workshops and other learning and development opportunities
Regular team socials
Employee Assistance Programme, offering free 24/7 support + counselling and advice
Potential to work across other Compton charity clients.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Outreach Recovery Worker
Location: Gillingham
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Advertising End Date: 25 Feb 2026
About The Role
Are you driven to help people move away from street-based living toward safer, more stable futures?
We’re looking for a committed Outreach Recovery Worker in Medway to engage individuals living on the streets and help them move toward safer, more sustainable lifestyles.
In this role, you’ll empower service users, increase their involvement in their own recovery, and work collaboratively with partners to coordinate effective support that leads to positive outcomes.
What You’ll Do
You’ll spend much of your time out in the community, reaching out to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or living street-based lifestyles. You’ll build trust, offer support, and help people overcome barriers to engaging with services. This includes offering persistent, compassionate engagement to those who may be reluctant to accept help, guiding people away from street-based living where possible, and supporting smooth transitions from hospital into safe, appropriate accommodation.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Building strong, trusting relationships with service users and delivering flexible, strengths-based interventions.
- Using approaches such as Motivational Interviewing to advise and support individuals around substance misuse.
- Working closely with drug and alcohol teams, mental health services, healthcare providers, housing partners, and local authorities to ensure coordinated support.
- Contributing to case conferences and representing the team at external forums where required.
- Maintaining accurate, confidential case records and participating in rough sleeping counts and national monitoring programmes.
- You’ll play a vital role in helping people access ongoing healthcare, reconnect with their home communities if appropriate, and move towards stable accommodation and improved well-being.
What We’re Looking For
Someone who can:
- Bring compassion, professional resilience, and a proactive, assertive approach to supporting people experiencing rough sleeping, begging and multiple disadvantage to achieve sustainable change.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of complex needs, including mental health, substance and alcohol misuse, and the impact of trauma and long-term exclusion.
- Work confidently and patiently with people who may be reluctant to engage with services and who may at times present challenging behaviour.
- Uphold anti-discriminatory practice, maintain clear professional boundaries, and contribute to safe working environments for service users and staff.
- Work effectively within a multi-agency, strength-based approach, building positive relationships with statutory and voluntary partners.
- Commit to ongoing learning, training, reflective practice and supervision.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and adapt to changing priorities and client needs.
- Work flexibly across sites and be able to work unsociable hours in line with service delivery requirements.
About Us
We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -
- Flexible working
- Training and development opportunities
- Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Crisis Loan Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
- Access to Blue Light Card
- 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
- Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
- Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
Chief Nurse
Location: Rachel House, Kinross or Robin House, Balloch
Salary: £87,400 – £93,685 per annum (aligned to NHS Band 8C)
Contract Type: Permanent; Full-Time; 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 26/02/2026 at 23:59
The Vacancy
This is a rare opportunity for a dynamic, compassionate and person-centred Nurse Leader to deliver real impact for children and families.
In Scotland, three children die from a life-shortening condition every week. CHAS provides unwavering care for children who may die young, and their families. Our team includes Nurses, Doctors, AHPs, Social Workers and Family Support Specialists. They work across two children’s hospices, in community settings and in hospitals in deep partnership with NHS staff.
We are seeking a Chief Nurse to lead the delivery of our nursing services across all these settings. Reporting to the Director of Nursing and Family Support, you will lead a team of approximately 180 nursing staff working in all parts of Scotland.
You will inspire Nurses to deliver exceptional care every day. You will work closely and collaboratively with NHS Boards, HSCP’s and other organisations to plan seamless wrap-around care, which helps some of the most vulnerable families in Scotland.
Following a planned retirement and organisational restructure, this is a new role in a new structure. It offers a chance to join CHAS in a senior nursing role, set to shape the future of paediatric palliative care across Scotland.
About You
You will be an experienced Nurse Leader with a track record of delivering positive change across health care systems. Your experience will include:
- Having significant experience leading nursing teams.
- Strong knowledge of Clinical Governance and Regulation, workforce planning, safe staffing and quality improvement.
- Proven ability to deliver on organisational targets.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and partnership skills.
- Commitment to staff wellbeing, compassionate leadership, and clinical supervision.
- The ability to lead multidisciplinary teams with courage and compassion.
We are particularly interested in hearing from Children’s Nurse Leaders, but this role is open to Nurse Leaders from all backgrounds.
Why CHAS?
For families we support, time is precious. This is an opportunity to lead a team that makes extraordinary things happen every day.
In 2024, CHAS launched our 2024 – 2028 Strategic Plan, setting out our vision to provide unwavering care to children who may die young, and to their families, at every step of their journey. Our work is grounded in three core fields of care:
- Learning that your child is seriously ill and may die young.
- Living well.
- Dying well and bereavement.
As Chief Nurse, you will play a pivotal leadership role in bringing this strategy to life – shaping practice, developing people, and ensuring the highest standards of safe, compassionate and effective care.
- Broad and impactful role: Representing CHAS nationally as an expert Nurse Leader, building strategic partnerships to influence policy, promote best practice, and enhance CHAS’s impact.
- Flexibility: Your primary base will be either Rachel House in Kinross or Robin House in Balloch, with regular travel between both hospices. CHAS provides care and support to children and families across Scotland with staff bases in Aberdeen and Inverness. This role will require travel to all CHAS sites, including clinical settings and office locations, as well as attendance at external events. Flexibility is essential, and business mileage expenses will be reimbursed. As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that flexibility works both ways, and we will support a balanced and adaptable approach to working hours and locations wherever possible.
- Professional growth: You will work with Healthcare Leaders in a visible role where you will be encouraged and supported to excel and develop your skills.
- Holidays: 35 days annual leave, increasing progressively to 40 days after five years’ service. For applicants coming from an existing NHS post, your current service-based enhanced annual leave entitlement will be honoured, up to 40 days (CHAS maximum entitlement).
- Pension: Continued membership of the NHS Scotland Pension Scheme or the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme for Scotland, administered by Lothian Pension Fund.
- Comprehensive benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, life assurance, employee assistance programme, access to Blue Light and Perkbox discount schemes, health and wellbeing support.
Further Information and How to Apply
Click apply now and you will be redirected to our careers website where you can access more information and submit your application.
The Haberdashers’ Company is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London, with a history dating back to 1371. While custodians of a remarkable heritage, we are firmly focused on the present and future. Our enduring purpose is to empower young people from every background to fulfil their potential through our schools and by supporting their communities.
Today, the Company is a thriving membership organisation of more than 1,000 members from a wide range of professions, united by a shared commitment to service and social impact. We are a modern, values-led funder, committed to flexible, relational and transparent grant-making, working in partnership with our schools, churches, communities and charity partners to create lasting change.
Central to our approach is the Haberdashers’ Advantage, a distinctive funder-plus model that combines grant funding with member-led governance support, volunteering, mentoring and capacity building. Each year, the Company distributes over £5.6 million to support schools, young people, churches and charities across North London, Southeast London, South Wales and the West Midlands, with a primary focus on education and community resilience.
The Role
We are seeking a Director for Charities to lead and further develop the Company’s grant-making, philanthropy and fundraising. This senior leadership role is responsible for shaping and delivering charitable strategy and ensuring the Company’s resources create meaningful, long-term impact for young people and communities.
The Director for Charities will oversee our grant-making, steward key funding relationships and play a central role in developing fundraising with members, including growing individual giving, legacies and events-based income. The role is inherently relational, working closely with charity partners, schools, dioceses, Company members and colleagues. You will support and advise grant-making committees, convene learning and engagement events, and represent the Company within external funder networks to remain connected to best practice in modern philanthropy.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for a values-driven leader with strong experience of flexible and responsive grant-making and fundraising in the charitable sector, and a clear commitment to improving outcomes for young people and communities. You will have excellent communication skills, a warm, engaging and reflective leadership style, and will thrive in a small but highly collaborative organisation. You will be comfortable engaging with grassroots charities, senior stakeholders, Company members and robust governance structures, combining an appreciation for heritage and service with a commitment to modern, progressive philanthropy.
To read more about the opportunity and our work, please download the full appointment brief.
Closing Date: 3 March 2026
People Beyond Profit Screening Conversations: 9-18 March 2026
The Haberdashers’ Company Panel Interviews:
- First Stage: 27 March 2026
- Second Stage: 13 April 2026


