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Workforce Development Coordinator
WorldSkills UK is looking for an organised and proactive Workforce Development Coordinator to join our Workforce Development Team.
At WorldSkills UK, we have big ambitions to help young people, the education system and the economy. We work across the UK to raise standards in technical education and apprenticeships, champion future skills and help more young people from all backgrounds succeed in work and life.
As Workforce Development Coordinator, you will play an important role in supporting the successful delivery of our workforce development programmes. Working with colleagues, participants, delivery partners and other stakeholders, you will help ensure our programmes are well organised, our systems and information are accurate, and participants receive a professional and positive experience.
The role is varied and will include:
- coordinating programme activity, meetings, events and workshops;
- maintaining programme documentation, schedules, records and systems;
- coordinating communications with participants and internal and external stakeholders;
- collecting, validating and collating data and supporting programme reporting;
- coordinating participant registration, onboarding and ongoing support;
- working with suppliers, venues, contractors and delivery partners; and
- helping to improve systems, processes and ways of working.
We are looking for someone who is highly organised, has excellent attention to detail and can confidently coordinate multiple activities, priorities and deadlines. You will need strong administrative and communication skills, the ability to build effective working relationships with a range of people, and the confidence to use your initiative while working collaboratively as part of a team.
Salary: £28,000
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)
Location: London, with flexible hybrid working. The postholder is expected to attend the office at least once or twice a week.
How to apply
Please download and read the application pack attached before applying.
WorldSkills UK uses a blind recruitment approach. To apply, please submit the following:
- an anonymised CV in Word format;
- a supporting statement in Word format outlining your suitability for the role and addressing the role description and person specification; and
- a separate document containing your name, email address, telephone number and confirmation of your right to work in the UK.
Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 4 October 2026.
Late or incomplete applications, or applications that do not follow the application requirements, may not be considered.
WorldSkills UK uses a blind recruitment approach. Applications must include:
1) an anonymised CV in Word format;
2) a supporting statement in Word format outlining your suitability for the role and addressing the role description and person specification; and
3) a separate document containing your name, email address, telephone number and confirmation of your right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses and coaches unemployed women for success at their job interview. We empower each woman by giving her the clothes and the confidence she needs to succeed.
After visiting Smart Works, 68% of clients secure a job, gaining financial independence and transforming their lives.
The Smart Works service is delivered in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading, Bristol and Leeds. Over the past ten years, Smart Works has helped over 50,000 women, and last year alone we reached 10,600 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre.
In 2025 we launched our new 5-year strategy- we are aiming to build a future where every woman, at any stage of her career, can access trusted, personalised support to secure employment. We aspire to be local in feel, national in reach, shaped by the voices of women, valuing every story and every success.
About the Role
Smart Works Greater Manchester opened its first centre in 2015 and expanded with a second centre in Manchester city centre in 2023. Our ambition is to support more than 1,200 women each year across our two centres, helping them gain the confidence, clothing and coaching they need to succeed at interview and secure employment.
As we continue to grow our service, we are committed to ensuring that every unemployed woman across Greater Manchester is aware of and able to access the transformative support available through Smart Works.
The Partnerships & Fundraising Manager will have responsibility for all aspects of fundraising including the design and delivery of Smart Works Greater Manchester’s annual fundraising strategy and activity plan with a clear purpose of ensuring our long-term sustainability. They will focus on the corporate and stakeholder partnership fundraising activity, to generate a six‑figure annual income portfolio.
They will work with the Head of Smart Works Greater Manchester and the Board of Trustees to deliver the fundraising strategy, activity plan and support the organisation’s long‑term sustainability.
Therefore, we are looking for an energetic, creative and forward-thinking individual to join our dynamic team and ensure the long-term future of Smart Works in Greater Manchester. The role requires a self-starting and proactive approach, excellent communication and networking skills and experience in generating income.
This role will be primarily based at our Smart Works centre in Manchester city centre, with some cross-centre working at our Stockport location. As part of the wider centre team, the successful candidate will also support key events, which may occasionally require evening and weekend working.
If you’re passionate about supporting women, then this is an ideal opportunity for you.
How to Apply
Please read the full job pack, then head to our website to apply through our recruitment system.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations for the application and recruitmentprocesses, please contact us.
Smart Works is committed to best practice employment practices, including reducing the burden for those seeking work. Smart Works will therefore reimburse reasonable costs of travel to interviews if required.
Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation during this second year of our new five-year strategy. With increased investment in income generation, we are strengthening our team to drive the growth to achieve our organisational goals.
This role sits within the Philanthropy, Partnerships & Commercial (PPC) team, made up of Philanthropy & Trusts, Corporate Partnerships & Commercial, Special Events & Stewardship, and Fundraising Operations.
Main purpose of the role:
The focus of the Philanthropy & Trusts team is to build a solid base of support through excellent stewardship of existing trusts and major donors alongside cultivation of new prospects, reached through prospect research and the networks of senior volunteers.
The key purpose of this Philanthropy Manager is to meet both financial and strategic KPIs, by managing a portfolio of key individual relationships and cultivating lapsed and colder prospects to support the long-term health of the Philanthropy portfolio. This role, together with Battersea’s other Philanthropy Managers, will also work closely with senior leadership, senior volunteers and other individuals to open up their networks and introduce new major donors to Battersea.
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. If you would like to talk more about this, please contact us. 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: 27th September 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 (online, via MS teams): 5th/6th/7th October 2026
Second round (in person, with task): 13th/14th October 2026
For more information about the role, please download our Recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the "Apply" button.
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.
Sporting Events Administrator
The Sporting Events Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is responsible for securing income from individuals taking on sporting challenges and effectively managing relationships to maximise income.
As Sporting Events Administrator,you will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. You will work closely with the Sporting Event Managers (SEM) and Sporting Event Officers (SEO) to drive the continued growth of the charity’s sporting event fundraising income. You will also be required to show excellent organisation and relationship-building skills to support supporters.
Please note: This role will be known internally as *Sporting Events Executive.
Key Responsibilities:
· Be the first point of contact for all Sporting Event fundraisers, providing excellent customer service, acknowledging support and increasing long-term loyalty.
· Provide effective administrative support to the Sporting Events team, including maintaining accurate records, managing inbox and telephone queries and supporting smooth event delivery.
· Provide organised administrative support to SEOs across a range of sporting events and tasks, helping to coordinate day-to-day activity and manage competing priorities.
· Fundraising data management including adding new constituents to the fundraising database (Salesforce), ensuring details are accurately recorded and maintained and that supporters are appropriately thanked.
· Ensure fundraisers and volunteers have all necessary materials for fundraising initiatives.
Event and Supporter Management
· Support the team in managing the sporting events as agreed with the Sporting Events Manager (SEM). Including recruitment of sporting places, recruitment of volunteers, communications plans, event marketing and event attendance.
· Working alongside the SEM and the SEO to manage the stewardship of all supporters.
· Build and manage relationships with prospective and current sporting fundraising supporters through prompt, helpful, professional and friendly contact.
· Proactively contact fundraisers by phone to offer encouragement, guidance and tailored support, helping those who need additional stewardship to build confidence and maximise their fundraising potential.
· Taking the opportunity to maximise income and long-term support with every fundraising supporter, suggesting ARUK fundraising products where appropriate.
· Schedule and deliver stewardship good luck calls for all portfolio sporting eventers.
· Drafting prompt, professional thank you letters and certificates to fundraising supporters.
· Managing emails sent to sporting events inbox.
Events Support
· Support in the effective delivery of sporting fundraising events for ARUK.
· May include relationship management with suppliers and logistics companies.
· Attendance of weekend events where necessary.
Knowledge, skills and experience needed:
· Experience of working in a customer service role
· Use of CRM or database systems
· Confident working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and databases
· Excellent, enthusiastic telephone manner
· Ability to build rapport and establish relationships with our supporters quickly and effectively
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Excellent organisational skills
· Excellent attention to detail
· A professional and hard-working team player
· Flexibility to work occasional unsociable hours and willingness to travel independently
· Contagious enthusiasm to inspire supporters
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £24,788 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Lead transformation that changes lives.
Are you a strategic thinker who can bring people together to turn complex challenges into practical change?
Do you have the experience and influence to turn ambitious ideas into practical, sustainable transformation?
If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
At Together Trust, everything we do is about creating opportunities for the people we support to thrive. As we deliver our ambitiousfive-year strategy, we are looking for a talented Service Transformation & Innovation Lead to help turn our vision into reality.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys strategic thinking, collaborative change and working across an organisation to connect services, people and ideas in ways that make a real difference.
You will work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the Together Trust to translate strategy into action, align priorities and support transformation, innovation and partnership work.
Salary: £49,943 | Full Time | Permanent
Hybrid Working – Cheadle / home-based with travel across the Northwest (predominantly Manchester and Stockport area)
Interview Date: 23rd October 2026
About the role
As our Service Transformation & Innovation Lead, reporting directly to the Service Director, you will act as a key connector across services, strategic programmes and organisational priorities helping teams build momentum and embed meaningful, lasting change.
What you will be doing
- Shaping and leading improvement activity that helps deliver Together Trust’s five-year strategy and strengthens the way services work for the people we support
- Turning strategic ambitions into practical delivery plans that help colleagues move forward with clarity, confidence and shared purpose.
- Identifying opportunities to align projects, initiatives and change activity across services
- Supporting senior leaders to manage priorities, dependencies and organisational capacity
- Championing innovation, continuous improvement and the sharing of best practice
- Moving new ideas, sustainability priorities and emerging partnerships from early thinking into practical change that services can adopt and sustain
- Facilitating cross-service collaboration to strengthen outcomes and reduce duplication
- Providing insightful reporting, governance support and delivery assurance.
- Working in line with Trust safeguarding policy and practice
About you
You are someone who builds positive working relationships and enjoys bringing people together to solve complex challenges. You balance strategic ambition with operational realities and turn ideas into practical, sustainable solutions.
We would particularly welcome applications from candidates who can show experience, understanding or transferable skills in the following areas:
- Strategic delivery, transformation or service improvement across multiple teams or services
- Stakeholder engagement, influencing and building alignment without direct authority
- Turning organisational priorities into actionable plans and measurable outcomes
- Identifying connections, dependencies, risks and opportunities across complex programmes of work
- Facilitation and collaboration that help teams achieve shared objectives
- Using evidence and data to support planning, decision-making and evaluation
- Planning, organisation and communication
- Relevant professional experience, learning or qualifications that support you to succeed in the role (including degree-level education or equivalent relevant experience)
It would be great if you also have:
- Project Management qualifications such as PRINCE2, APM or AgilePM
- Change Management qualifications such as Prosci or APMG
- Experience within social care, education, health, charity or other regulated service environments
- Knowledge of programme management, portfolio delivery and benefits realisation approaches
- Experience supporting innovation, sustainability or partnership development
Why join Together Trust?
At Together Trust, you’ll be part of a charity with a clear purpose: helping people feel supported, included and able to thrive.
Benefits
- Annual Leave – 27 days plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years.
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit – up to 7% employer pension contributions and up to 6× basic salary.
- Occupational sick pay and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform plus eligibility for Blue Light Card.
- Real Living Wage employer.
- Refer a Friend scheme.
- Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships.
- Long service awards with cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing, including Mental Health First Aiders and free weekly yoga (in person/online).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Inclusive networks: Disability & Neurodiversity, Race Equality, Proud Together (LGBTQ+), Together for Men, Women Together.
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Shape the future direction of services across the Together Trust
- Lead meaningful transformation that positively impacts people's lives
- Work alongside compassionate, courageous, and collaborative colleagues
- Influence strategic decision-making at a senior level
- Be part of an organisation committed to innovation, learning and continuous improvement
- Enjoy a flexible hybrid working environment
Our commitment to inclusion
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive.
We positively encourage applications from people with lived experience. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey we will work with you to understand what support would help.
Enhanced DBS check required (undertaken by Together Trust).
Ready to make an Impact?
If you are passionate about driving innovation, building partnerships and delivering meaningful change that improves outcomes for people and communities, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of Together Trust services
We reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is identified.
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy.
We are a UK charity supporting children in care and people with disabilities, autism and complex needs in the North West.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF), the UK’s leading patient charity for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, to recruit a Senior Education and Events Officer.
Salary: £31,000 - £34,500
Location: Hybrid role, with attendance at the charity’s Peterborough office for team meetings, collaboration and other key activities, typically on a quarterly basis, alongside travel to meetings, events and partner sites as required.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced events and education professional to coordinate and deliver APF’s education and events programme for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, healthcare professionals and wider stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate and deliver patient education sessions across online, in-person and hybrid formats.
- Support the development and delivery of APF’s annual education plan and calendar.
- Work with clinicians, speakers, colleagues and people with lived experience to develop relevant and accessible sessions.
- Host and facilitate education sessions, ensuring a welcoming and positive attendee experience.
- Manage registration processes and attendee communications before, during and after events.
- Maintain accurate attendee, speaker and stakeholder records and ensure effective database and follow-up processes.
- Develop joined-up user journeys so attendees can access APF’s wider support, information, newsletters, fundraising and campaigns.
- Coordinate and deliver APF events, including webinars, conferences, symposia and stakeholder meetings.
- Manage event logistics, including venues, platforms, suppliers, speakers, accessibility and materials.
- Lead coordination of APF’s attendance at external conferences, including BTS, ERS and other relevant sector events.
- Build strong relationships with clinicians, speakers, partners, suppliers and conference organisers.
- Work closely with Communications, Services, Fundraising, Policy and Data colleagues to maximise the reach and impact of education and events.
- Support healthcare professional education activity alongside the HCP Manager and clinical colleagues.
- Track attendance, engagement and feedback, using insight to evaluate and improve future activity.
- Ensure event and education materials are accurate, accessible, up to date and appropriate for different audiences..
We are looking for:
- Experience managing event registration, attendee communications or participant journeys.
- Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, speakers or contributors.
- Experience using databases, CRM systems, booking platforms or similar tools.
- Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence working across teams and with external stakeholders.
- Confidence hosting or facilitating sessions both online and in person.
- Experience using data, feedback and insight to evaluate and improve activity.
- The ability to write clear attendee communications, briefings and follow-up materials.
- A proactive, practical approach with the ability to solve problems and keep activity moving.
- Good digital skills and confidence using event platforms and databases.
- A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, including improving access for under-served and digitally excluded audiences.
Experience within a health, charity, membership, education or patient-support setting would be desirable, as would experience working with clinicians or supporting external conferences, policy events or funded activity.
If you are an organised, collaborative events professional looking for a role with genuine purpose and impact, we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please submit your CV.
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Chief Executive Officer – White Lodge
Location: White Lodge, Chertsey, KT16 0FA (hybrid, minimum 3 days a week in the office)
Salary: circa £75,000
Contract: Permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week
Could you lead a charity with deep roots and a strong sense of community into its next chapter – creating greater opportunities for people with disabilities and/or neurodiversity to thrive?
About us
White Lodge is a leading charity supporting children, young people and adults with disabilities and their families. With more than 60 years’ history, we support over 2,500 people across Surrey and beyond through specialist services and facilities in Chertsey.
White Lodge is a community as much as a service provider, built around our values of ENABLE: Equity, Nurture, Advocacy, Belonging, Language and Empathy. Our Active Plan 2025–30 sets four ambitions: Enhance accessibility and social opportunities; Champion customers' voices in health and social care; Transform local attitudes; and Strengthen its resources.
With strong systems, governance and a diversified income base, White Lodge is well placed for its next phase. The new CEO will provide continuity while bringing strategic, operational and entrepreneurial leadership to respond to a changing funding environment and pursue new opportunities, including a children's services tender.
As our next Chief Executive Officer, you will:
- Strategy & Impact: Deliver White Lodge's strategy, translating ambitions into measurable outcomes and impact.
- Leadership: Lead and develop a committed workforce, fostering an inclusive, accountable and values-led culture.
- Governance & Finance: Partner with the Board to ensure strong governance, financial sustainability and effective risk management.
- Operations: Ensure high-quality, person-centred services and effective organisational systems and performance.
- Income & Partnerships: Diversify income and develop relationships with commissioners, funders, NHS partners and the wider community.
- Influence & Advocacy: Champion customers' voices, strengthen White Lodge's profile and help transform attitudes towards disability.
- Safeguarding & Compliance: Ensure high standards of safeguarding, regulatory compliance, equality and ethical leadership.
Who you are
- A seasoned senior leader with significant experience in a complex organisation, ideally within charity, health, care or wider public services.
- Experienced in leading substantial teams and complex services, with strong financial, operational and commercial understanding.
- A strategic thinker with a track record of organisational change, sustainable growth and measurable outcomes.
- Experienced in working effectively with a Board, commissioners, funders and strategic partners.
- An emotionally intelligent, inclusive and entrepreneurial leader who builds trust, creates clarity and brings people with them.
- A compelling communicator and ambassador, committed to equity, inclusion, dignity, safeguarding and ensuring lived experience shapes decisions.
- Experience of disability, social care, children's services or another regulated service environment would be advantageous, as would commissioned services or significant tender experience. Previous CEO experience is desirable but not essential; exceptional Directors or Deputy CEOs ready to step up are encouraged to apply.
Why White Lodge?
- Help create a world that is inclusive to all, regardless of ability.
- Lead an established charity with a committed team, strong systems and strengthened governance.
- Deliver the ambitions of the Active Plan 2025–30 and pursue new opportunities.
- Work alongside customers, families, staff, volunteers and trustees who share White Lodge's values.
Application
For full details of the role and how to apply, please download the full appointment brief. For an informal and confidential conversation, contact Jenny Hills at Harris Hill with times to speak and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile, treated with strictest confidence.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 5th October 2026
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
At The National Lottery Community Fund, we are driven by our strategy, ‘It starts with community’ and its four community-led missions, as well as our equity-based approach to tackling poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.
We have an opportunity for a Solicitor to join a large team of thirteen, with no line management responsibilities. We are a fast paced in-house legal team which works on a very broad range of matters.
Role Expectations
The successful candidate will be required to provide legal advice across areas of law including but not limited to grant making, contracts, procurement, charity, litigation, insolvency, subsidy control, debt recovery and public law.
In addition to providing substantive advice, the role requires a solicitor to be able to research and upskill on new areas of law very swiftly. It is also expected that the solicitor will use their legal knowledge to help improve the Fund’s internal processes and precedents, as well as ensuring that the Fund complies with statutory and regulatory frameworks at all times.
The bulk of the solicitor’s workload will consist of autonomous matters and legal queries. These will need to be answered in a timely manner. Support and supervision is always available and the legal team works on a very collaborative basis. The solicitor will also work with colleagues on larger scale projects when the opportunity arises.
Experience working in a busy in-house or private practice environment would be ideal, as would experience dealing with a range of clients, and experience with public law or public bodies. Knowledge of debt recovery/litigation and subsidy control law would be beneficial, as would experience gained in the UK.
Interview Details:
Interview Date: Week Commencing 5th October 2026
Format: Virtual
Location: Can be based anywhere in the UK - We have a hybrid approach to working. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Newcastle.
Any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential criteria
- UK qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent
- At least two years’ relevant experience in private practice or in-house legal in a medium/large sized organisation
- Excellent attention to detail and good drafting and negotiation skills
- Good communication and client management skills
- Ability to manage multiple demands and priorities with good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to quickly grasp new legal concepts
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to use your initiative to proactively improve ways of working
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Pawsome Careers - Make Every Day Meaningful
Come and join us as a proactive and purpose‑led Dog Welfare Specialist and be part of something life‑changing - helping people with sight loss live the life they choose.
This is a highly visible and collaborative role requiring regular travel across Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, North Stafford, Cumbria and surrounding areas. You'll work closely with colleagues and stakeholders across a diverse geographical area, so flexibility and a willingness to undertake frequent, and occasionally daily, travel is essential. A regular weekly or twice-weekly presence at our Atherton site will also form an important part of the role, enabling effective teamwork, relationship building, and service delivery. Regular hands-on involvement with our dogs is a key aspect of the role, including organising on-site clinics, monitoring health and welfare, and supporting evidence-based welfare decision making. For this role you’ll be working 21 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
As a Dog Welfare Specialist at Guide Dogs, you'll play a key role in ensuring our dogs receive the highest standards of care and welfare. Working closely with guide dog owners, volunteers, veterinary professionals and colleagues, you'll provide expert advice, assess welfare needs, interpret complex health information and support informed decisions that maximise canine health, wellbeing and quality of life. The Dog Welfare Specialist will be an expert in canine health and welfare, welfare assessment, veterinary case management and translating complex technical information into practical guidance for a wide range of stakeholders. Our Dog Welfare Specialists play a huge part in ensuring everything we do enables us to deliver on our purpose and exceed expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- As part of a regional team, assist in the operational delivery of all dog welfare services ensuring best practice.
- Collaborate with the Dog Triage and veterinary services teams to provide in person advice and practical support as appropriate to volunteers and clients within the designated geographical area.
- Adhering to prioritisation criteria carryout in-person welfare assessments, as directed by the Dog Welfare Operations Manager.
- Responsible for gaining all relevant veterinary information to support decisions on treatment plans. Consult with internal and external veterinary professionals and/or clients to identify the most appropriate course of action, maximise the dog's veterinary care and welfare.
- Interpret or clarify technical information to aid understanding for internal and external stakeholders.
- In collaboration with Guide Dog Service (GDS) colleagues, ensure all dogs allocated to the Dog Welfare Specialist, receive required health screens and investigations.
You
You'll have a proactive and solutions-focused approach to canine health and wellbeing, using your expertise to make informed decisions and support positive outcomes. You'll enjoy working in a collaborative and relationship-driven environment, partnering with colleagues, veterinary professionals, guide dog owners and volunteers, with a dedicated focus on delivering high standards of care and evidence-based decision making. You'll act with integrity and honesty in everything you do.
Skills and Competencies
- Vocational qualification specific to canine health and welfare to NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
- One of the following;
- 2 ‘A’ levels (one of which must be a biological or social science subject) (QCF level 3 / SQCF levels 6-7)
- OR equivalent qualifications, or experience.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role which involves transporting dogs. In the absence of a full valid UK Driving License, you will be expected to demonstrate how you will fulfil this aspect of the role via alternative means.
- Experience working with dogs within a professional environment, applying welfare-based decision making to support positive outcomes.
- Experience coaching, teaching, mentoring or supporting others to develop knowledge, skills or competence.
- Experience of dealing with complex canine health cases in a veterinary, rescue or welfare environment.
- Sound understanding of canine welfare principles and their practical application.
- Good knowledge of common canine health conditions, treatment options and ongoing management requirements.
Benefits
We wouldn’t be able to change the lives of people with sight loss without our people. That’s why it’s important for us to provide a variety of benefits that reward our colleagues in a way that suits them and recognises the hard work and contribution that they make.
- 26 days annual leave. After three years of continuous employment, this increases to 28 days plus bank holidays.
- Real Living Wage Employer
- Flex pot - equal to a proportion of your annual salary to use on our wide variety of flexible benefits
- The option to buy and sell annual leave
- Discounts and cash-back scheme
- Excellent pension scheme (We will match your pension contributions plus 2% up to a maximum of 9% employer contribution)
- And lots more!
For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Behind Every Guide Dog Is Someone Like You - We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.
How to apply
When you are ready to apply, submit an online application form via this page. Please note - If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier. We cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.
As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. You will also be asked to complete a few job-specific questions, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions.
If you choose to use AI tools to assist in completing your application, please use them appropriately. We value authenticity. If you want to stand out, using a generic AI-generated response isn’t going to separate you from the crowd. This is your time to shine and showcase your unique skills, personality, and thought processes! You can find our full statement on the use of AI to complete applications on our careers website.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role before applying, or require any accessibility support to apply, our friendly recruitment team is ready and waiting to help.
Safer recruitment
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If you are applying for a disclosure role, please note that you will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and sign up to the DBS update service.
At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position. Each case will be evaluated individually. We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
UK Youth has launched an ambitious new strategy to widen the reach and deepen the impact of youth work and outdoor learning. At the heart of that strategy is a clear commitment: We Back Youth Work Leaders.
As our new Head of Network Development, you will turn that commitment into action.
You will lead the development and delivery of a powerful national offer that equips youth work leaders with the investment, support, relationships and connections they need to thrive. This includes leading our Grants+ approach—combining significant, multi-year grant funding with tailored organisational-development support—and developing partnerships that strengthen youth sector infrastructure locally, regionally and across the UK nations.
This role is about much more than managing a network. We are evolving towards a more relational way of working: listening deeply to youth-work leaders, understanding the realities they face, involving them in shaping our work and building relationships founded on trust, respect and shared purpose. You will ensure organisations can access the right support, expertise and opportunities—and that their insight continually shapes UK Youth’s work.
You will have the opportunity to lead the delivery of the £13 million UK Youth Fund, strengthen the resilience and effectiveness of grassroots youth organisations, and help create a more connected and equitable system of support for the wider sector.
We are looking for someone with deep knowledge and experience of youth work and the youth sector—someone who can talk the talk and walk the walk with youth organisation leaders. You will bring substantial experience of the youth work sector and infrastructure, organisational development and capacity building, alongside the strategic and operational leadership needed to deliver significant grant-making activity and complex partnerships.
You will be an inclusive and credible leader who can turn ambitious strategy into excellent delivery, bring people and organisations together, and remain focused on what youth work leaders need to succeed.
Across the country, youth workers are changing—and often saving—young lives. This is your opportunity to ensure the people and organisations doing that vital work have the investment, infrastructure and support they deserve.
Purpose of the job
The Head of Network Development will lead the operationalisation of UK Youth’s new We Back Youth Work Leaders strategic pillar. The role will turn our ambition to equip youth-work leaders with the skills, networks and confidence to deliver exceptional support into a coherent network development offer—leading our Grants+ approach of multi-year funding alongside tailored organisational development, and strengthening youth-sector infrastructure locally, regionally and across the UK nations.
Central to the role will be embedding UK Youth’s increasingly relational approach to its network: building trusted, mutually beneficial relationships with youth-work leaders; listening to and understanding their needs; involving them in shaping our support and connecting organisations to the right opportunities, expertise and infrastructure. Reporting to the Director of Network Delivery, the postholder will be responsible for translating this strategic ambition into high-quality, well-governed delivery, while ensuring that learning and insight from the network continually improve our work and contribute to securing sustainable investment in youth work and outdoor learning.
Why work at UK Youth?
Every young person deserves a youth worker. UK Youth exists to make that a reality. Our vision is a society that backs every young person - through each spark, struggle and success.
As the UK’s national infrastructure body for youth work, we strengthen and champion a diverse network of youth organisations, unlock investment, shape policy and build the evidence base for what works. At a time of growing need and inequality of access, our work has never been more important.
We are entering an exciting new phase of our strategy - focused on long-term resilience, income diversification and a transformational Capital Appeal to develop Avon Tyrrell as a national centre of excellence for outdoor learning. Joining UK Youth means being part of an ambitious, impact-driven organisation committed to strengthening youth work for generations to come.
Key responsibilities
Portfolio leadership and delivery
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Lead the strategic and operational delivery of UK Youth’s network development portfolio, translating organisational strategy and funded commitments into clear plans, outcomes, budgets, milestones and accountabilities.
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Ensure programmes and services are delivered to a high standard, on time and within budget, with effective governance, performance management, risk control and escalation to the Director of Network Delivery.
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Mobilise new initiatives and partnerships, establishing proportionate delivery models, systems, teams and governance arrangements.
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Lead continuous improvement across the portfolio, responding effectively to evidence, partner feedback, changing needs and the external environment.
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Be a champion of UK Youth’s network across all of UK Youth’s work.
Grant making and organisational development
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Lead the delivery of UK Youth’s significant, multi-year grant-making portfolio, including the £13 million UK Youth Fund, ensuring responsible stewardship of charitable and restricted funds.
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Ensure effective management of the full grant lifecycle, including programme design, application and assessment, due diligence, decision-making, contracting, payments, monitoring, reporting, complaints and closure.
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Maintain robust and proportionate grant governance, financial controls, safeguarding assurance, risk management, data quality and compliance with funder and regulatory requirements.
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Lead an integrated organisational development offer alongside grant funding, enabling smaller youth and outdoor learning organisations to strengthen their financial sustainability, leadership, governance, workforce and resilience.
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Embed open, trusting, accessible and equitable grant-making practice, reducing unnecessary barriers while maintaining appropriate accountability.
Network and sector infrastructure support
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Develop and deliver UK Youth’s approach to engaging, connecting and supporting our national network, informed by the needs and experiences of youth work leaders and organisations.
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Create opportunities for peer learning, collaboration, knowledge exchange and access to relevant support across the network.
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Lead major initiatives that strengthen youth sector infrastructure locally, regionally and nationally, working with partners to improve the consistency, coordination and accessibility of support.
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Support regional and national partners to understand need, develop shared plans and approaches, and deliver locally relevant infrastructure and organisational support.
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Work with the Communications Team and relevant colleagues to ensure network communications are timely, accessible, coordinated and purposeful.
Experience we're after
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Substantial leadership experience within the youth sector, grounded in an in-depth understanding of youth work practice, youth work leadership and the realities facing youth organisations and their leaders.
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Experience of leading a complex, multi-year network development or comparable portfolio, translating strategy and funded commitments into successful delivery and managing significant budgets and risks.
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Experience of leading substantial grant making or onward funding activity, including governance, due diligence, financial oversight, risk and accountability.
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Substantial organisational development and capacity building experience, including diagnosing organisational needs and designing practical support that strengthens leadership, governance, financial sustainability, workforce and resilience.
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Experience of developing networks, partnerships or infrastructure across multiple organisations, regions or systems, with demonstrable credibility among youth organisation leaders.
What we can offer you
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:
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Flexible/Agile Working
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27 days annual leave (24 days + 3 days winter closure) plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)
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Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity
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Other training available in support of your personal and professional development
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Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
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Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
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Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
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20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
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IT equipment provided for the duration of contract
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CycleScheme and TechScheme
How to apply
If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system provided by Applied which looks to create a fair and unbiased application process for all. Scroll to the top of the page and start your application.
Closing date: 29th September 2026 at 09:00
Provisional First Stage Interview Dates: 5th & 6th October 2026
Provisional Final Stage Interview Dates (in person): 9th October 2026
As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.
Please note CVs will be reviewed as the first stage of the recruitment process. Candidates who are shortlisted following the CV review will then have their sift questions assessed. Only candidates who meet the requirements at both stages will progress further in the recruitment process.
UK Youth is a leading charity with a vision that all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill is delighted to be working with the MSA Trust to recruit its new Chief Executive Officer.
The Multiple System Atrophy Trust is the UK and Ireland’s leading charity supporting people affected by multiple system atrophy (MSA) – a rare neurological disease with no known cause or cure.
We are here to support everyone affected by MSA including people diagnosed with MSA, carers, family members and friends, and healthcare professionals.
We do this by offering a range of support services, information and education, funding research and raising awareness and advocating for people with MSA.
As Chief Executive, you will:
- Lead the charity forward in its next stage of development.
- Demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, strong financial and operational management capability.
- Have a clear empathy with MSA Trust’s cause.
If you are inspired and excited by what the MSA Trust does, we’d love to hear from you.
Job title: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: circa £70,000 p.a.
Contract: Permanent / Full-time
Location: London, N1 with hybrid working in place
How to apply:
Please review the Recruitment Pack for further information about the MSA Trust, the CEO position and for details on how to apply.
Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 9 October 2026
Both the MSA Trust and Harris Hill operate an equal opportunity policy and commit to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Role Summary
This is a key role in our organisation. You’ll be responsible for keeping our financial records accurate and up to date, supporting the Executive Director with clear financial reporting, and ensuring we meet our legal and regulatory obligations including those of the Charity Commission. It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on bookkeeping and wants to make a real difference in a charity supporting the lives of dance professionals.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a monthly pay run of invoices, grant payments and ongoing expenses.
- Liaise with grant awardees about payment schedules (e.g. course start dates).
- Record activity in Quick Books online and reconcile against monthly bank accounts.
- Manage payroll payments (in liaison with our payroll company Payline)
- Manage HMRC communications and refer to Payline/Executive Director if needed.
- Liaise with the charity’s bank when required e.g. to resolve any online banking issues.
- Record CAF Donate income and from other fundraising platforms, including Gift Aid.
- Record other donor income received, including any legacies received by the Fund.
- Liaise with the Fund’s investment managers if requested, e.g. drawdown of income
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including cashflow and bring to the attention of the Executive Director any budget variances.
- Support the Executive Director with financial reports including information that may be required when planning the annual budget.
- Assist with year-end accounts and audit/independent examination preparation.
- Ensure that appropriate financial controls are maintained throughout.
Essential
- Proven bookkeeping experience and industry qualification.
- Strong understanding of bookkeeping principles and financial controls.
- Confident using accounting software.
- Experience in providing financial information, including for audit purposes.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- High integrity and commitment to confidentiality.
Desirable
- Experience of using Quick Books accounting software
- Experience of bookkeeping within a small charity
- Knowledge of charity accounting, restricted funds and Gift Aid.
- Understanding of small charity governance.
- Able to work independently and communicate clearly with senior leadership.
What We Offer
- Permanent contract, with six months probationary period
- Pension contribution of 3% employer, 5% employee
- Enrolment into the EAP scheme
- Hybrid working arrangements
Commitment to Inclusion
Dance Fund is proud to be a Disability Confident Level 1 (Committed) Employer. We actively encourage applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and welcoming workplace, and we will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in employment where needed.
We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment.
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!
- Provide strategic leadership for Governance across the Group
- Advise around governance matters, governance assurance and best practice
About Our Client
Founded in 2000, the Calico Group has grown from a small housing provider into an award-winning group of specialist companies and charities. More than 1000 staff have joined us on our journey, and together we work with a shared purpose: to make a real difference to people's lives.To do this, each part of The Calico Group has its own specialism and expertise. Together, we've established a track record across the North-West for providing a complete community service that includes housing, healthcare, support, employability, and construction.
Job Description
Head of Governance
North West England (Burnley)
Role:
- Provide strategic leadership for governance across The Calico Group, ensuring governance arrangements support organisational objectives, effective decision-making and strong accountability.
- Provide strategic advice to Board Members, Executive Directors and senior leaders on governance matters, governance assurance and best practice.
- Ensure appropriate governance support, oversight and assurance arrangements are in place across the Group, Calico Homes, Syncora and Ring Stones
- Provide strategic oversight of governance services delivered to Group Board, subsidiary Boards and Committees.
- Oversee Board effectiveness reviews, Board member recruitment, succession planning, induction, development and appraisal arrangements, ensuring continuous improvement in governance capability.
- Lead the development of governance assurance methodologies, standards and reporting frameworks used across the Group.
- Provide leadership, direction and professional development to the Governance Team.
- Actively contribute towards organisational decision-making, strategic planning, policy development, business improvement and the achievement of corporate objectives.
- Represent the Group on governance matters with regulators, external reviewers, governance networks, professional bodies and sector partners where appropriate.
The Successful Applicant
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of managing Board and Committee meetings
- Strong working background within a senior governance or company secretarial role
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Demonstrable background of advising Senior Stakeholders around Corporate Governance matters
- Excellent governance experience from within a regulated sector
- Brilliant people management experience
- CGI Qualified, Legal, or similar
Desirable:
- Knowledge of the NHF Code of Governance, the Charity Code of Governance, and the Wates Principles.
What's on Offer
- Salary: £57,000 + benefits
- Location: Burnley
- Hybrid working: example 2 days per week in the office
- Advert close date: 23rd September
Interview Process:
- First stage interview: Wednesday 7th October 2026 (online)
- Second stage interview: Tuesday 13th October 2026 (face to face)
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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We are looking for an experienced Project Lead to lead the delivery of Thriving Change Makers, an exciting new programme supporting young people in Barnet to develop leadership skills, lead social action and influence the services and communities around them.
You will lead the mobilisation and delivery of the programme, supporting approximately 60 young people in Year 1 across two cohorts. You will provide leadership to programme staff, build strong partnerships with schools and community organisations, oversee safeguarding and risk, manage the delegated budget, and ensure the programme delivers against its outcomes.
A key focus will be ensuring that young people have a genuine voice in shaping the programme, with opportunities to develop their skills and progress into youth ambassador, advisory and governance roles.
We are looking for someone with substantial experience of leading youth, community or social-action programmes, with strong skills in project management, safeguarding, partnership working, monitoring and evaluation. You will be organised, collaborative and committed to inclusive, accessible and youth-led practice.
This is a fantastic opportunity to shape a new programme from the ground up, support young people to lead change and help build a model that will expand into Enfield and Brent in future years.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about the role and requirements.
What we offer:
- Generous annual leave entitlement - 28 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Flexible and hybrid working (dependent on role) to ensure you enjoy a good work-life balance.
- Christmas office closure
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Pension scheme – 5% employee contribution, 3% employer contribution
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Promoting a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
At CB Plus, we promote a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can all be ourselves. Everyone is treated fairly, individual differences are celebrated, and all employees are valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from disabled applicants, including those with mental health conditions, people from Global Majority and minoritised communities, and those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the Disability Confident Scheme. However, in the event of a high number of applicants, it may not be possible to interview all candidates who meet these criteria, and we reserve the right to limit interviews to a manageable number.
We also have experience supporting Access to Work applications to ensure that employees who need adjustments have the support they need to feel confident and do their best in their roles.
If you need adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to assist you.
Please send a CV and covering letter setting out your interest in and suitability for the role:
- The CV should clearly state the names and periods/dates the candidate worked or volunteered for each organisation under their employment history and explain any gaps.
- The covering letter should address each point under the person specification showing how the candidate meets the person specification with examples from previous work or volunteering.
Please note we will only consider applications with both a CV and covering letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF), the UK’s leading charity for people affected by pulmonary fibrosis, to recruit a Head of Support Services.
Salary: £50,000 – £59,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid role, with attendance at the charity’s Peterborough office for team meetings, collaboration and other key activities, typically on a quarterly basis, alongside travel to meetings, events and partner sites as required.
With an ambitious five-year strategy, APF is entering an exciting period of growth. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and expanding its support services, ensuring they are accessible, inclusive, evidence-led and sustainable.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction, planning and continuous improvement of APF’s patient-facing support services.
- Lead the redesign of APF’s Support Group Network, using insight, evaluation and lived experience to develop a sustainable and inclusive new model.
- Work with the Support Line team to develop a new delivery model that expands access to specialist support.
- Drive innovation, including the appropriate use of technology and digital solutions to improve access, quality and experience.
- Lead and develop teams across the Support Line and Support Networks, creating a supportive, inclusive and accountable culture.
- Oversee the delivery and development of APF’s Support Line, Support Networks and volunteering approach.
- Ensure people affected by pulmonary fibrosis are meaningfully involved in shaping services.
- Build strong partnerships with healthcare professionals, clinical colleagues, community organisations and other external stakeholders.
- Develop and oversee partnership arrangements, KPIs, reporting and evaluation.
- Ensure services operate safely and effectively, with strong safeguarding, governance, risk management and quality processes.
- Manage budgets and resources effectively, contributing to financial planning and forecasting.
- Work with Fundraising colleagues to provide service insight, outcomes and evidence to support funding proposals and reports.
- Represent APF externally and promote its support offer and approach.
We are looking for:
- Significant experience of leading service change and developing new models of delivery using insight, evaluation and user feedback.
- Strong experience of partnership working, including formal agreements, KPIs, reporting and evaluation.
- Experience managing teams, budgets and resources, with the ability to develop and motivate others.
- Experience working with volunteers, peer support groups, communities or people with lived experience.
- An understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, data protection and risk management within service delivery.
- Experience of using data, insight and feedback to improve services and demonstrate impact.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build trust across a wide range of stakeholders.
- Strong planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
- A collaborative and values-led approach, with sound judgement and confidence making decisions.
- A commitment to inclusive, accessible and person-centred support.
Experience within a health charity, patient organisation, helpline, peer support or voluntary sector setting would be desirable, as would experience working with healthcare professionals or NHS stakeholders.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow APF’s support offer and make a meaningful difference to people affected by pulmonary fibrosis.
If you are an experienced support services leader looking for a role where you can combine strategic leadership with real-world impact, we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please submit your CV.
Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

