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Country Director – Scotland

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Leadership team and help sustain and expand our programmes across Scotland.

Position: Country Director – Scotland
Salary: £53,836 - £59,012
Location: Hybrid with travel to Glasgow office at least once a week
Hours: 35 hours per week, full time
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th May 2026
Interview Dates: 13th May (online) and 18th May (Glasgow)

About the Role

This is an exceptional opportunity to join The Fostering Network as one of four Country Directors, working closely with the CEO to deliver organisational strategic objectives.

You will lead and manage our work in Scotland, making a vital contribution to improving the lives of foster families, children and young people in foster care, while supporting fostering services across the country.

Key responsibilities include:

· Overall management and leadership of our work in Scotland

· Driving forward the monitoring, impact and evaluation of our work

· Developing and maintaining key stakeholder relationships including government, fostering services and sector partners

· Overseeing the development and delivery of sustainable, impactful programmes

· Securing grants, fundraising and promoting our work across the sector

· Budget management and financial oversight

· Identifying opportunities for innovation and collaboration

· Growing membership and maintaining our position as the leading fostering charity in the UK

· Acting as safeguarding lead for Scotland

About You

We are looking for a strategic, collaborative leader with extensive experience of the fostering sector.

You will bring:

· In-depth knowledge of foster care practice and children’s social care

· Experience working within statutory local authority social services

· A track record of leadership, line management and delivering change

· Experience of strategic planning, programme delivery and budget management

· Strong experience working with government officials and key stakeholders

· Excellent communication and relationship management skills

· The ability to inspire trust and credibility across a wide range of audiences

· Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively

You will also demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, and the organisation’s mission and values.

About the Organisation: The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation, dedicated to empowering, enriching and supporting the relationships at the heart of the fostering community.

They work across all four nations of the UK to improve outcomes for children and young people in foster care and to support foster carers and services.

What’s on Offer

· 38 days leave including bank holidays

· Flexible and hybrid working

· Enhanced maternity, adoption and sick pay

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Pension and life assurance

· Family friendly policies and fostering friendly leave

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Director of Services, Head of Fostering, Assistant Director Social Care, Service Director, Head of Operations, Programme Director, Children’s Services Manager

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client Not For Profit People.

We are seeking a dedicated, and highly professional Personal Assistant to the Headteacher at Islamia Girls’ School and Brondesbury College, a high-achieving secondary school rooted in strong Islamic values and a commitment to academic excellence.

This is a vital and rewarding position where you will provide comprehensive administrative and organisational support to the Headteacher and senior leadership team. You will play a central role in ensuring the smooth and effective daily running of the school, handling sensitive information with discretion and working collaboratively across departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-level personal assistant support to the Headteacher, including complex diary management, meeting preparation, minute-taking, and follow-up.
• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism at all times.
• Serve as a point of contact for key internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage administrative tasks including correspondence, document preparation, and filing systems.
• Support school compliance, communication, and reporting tasks.
• Oversee or assist in the coordination of school-wide events and functions.
• Ensure a professional, efficient, and welcoming environment in the Headteacher’s office.

Support the school's ethos, values, and strategic vision through effective communication and administration.

Salary: £44,766–£48,225 (incl. LW) / £40,662–£44,121 (w/o LW)
Contract: Fixed-term, 12 months (maternity cover), starting April 2026
Location: UK – Home/Hybrid, with at least 40% of time in the London Office

CAFOD is seeking an Evidence and Learning Advisor to support International Programmes (IP) during a period of maternity cover. The role plays a key part in embedding evidence and learning within CAFOD’s Integral Ecology Programme Model (IEPM), which underpins delivery of our strategic framework, Our Common Home.

Working within the Programme Quality Support Team and reporting to the Programme Quality Lead, the postholder will cultivate a strong culture of evidence-based reflection and adaptation across programmes. The role involves primarily distance-based working, with some potential for international travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate core learning processes, including programme deep dives and the Annual Review and Adaptation (ARA).
• Lead the update of International Programmes’ Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) approach, ensuring alignment with the IEPM and reporting needs.
• Provide technical MEL advice and capacity support to programme teams and partners, including contributions to reviews, evaluations and institutional fundraising work.
• Facilitate cross-regional and cross-thematic learning, producing practical knowledge products for internal and external use.
• Support learning-focused events, communications, and engagement with external networks, donors and peers.

Person Specification

• Proven experience in evidencing and learning within development and humanitarian programmes, particularly partnership-based models.
• Experience working across multiple themes and regions, with an ability to communicate complex learning clearly.
• Strong skills in developing guidance, tools, systems and training, and in coaching to build capability.
• Experience supporting institutional fundraising processes and synthesising learning for varied audiences.
• Desirable: relevant academic background; additional languages (Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish); experience engaging with academia, donors or sector networks.

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.

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Employment Type: Full time
Location: Remote · Multiple locationsIreland · UK
Salary: £62,000 - £72,000 (GBP)25 days holiday plus other benefits.
Seniority: Senior
Closing date: 9:00am, 4th May

About GLAN

GLAN is an independent non-profit organisation made up of lawyers, investigators and campaigners. We pursue legal action against powerful actors involved in serious human rights violations and environmental harms, working across borders with international and local grassroots organisations. 

Our vision is justice across borders.

We are a fully remote team - our committed colleagues are spread across multiple countries, and we have offices in Ireland and the UK.

We currently work across three key focus areas: 

• Accountability for Atrocity Crimes
• Environment and Climate Litigation
• Abuses in Value Chains

About the role

The Chief Operating Officer at GLAN will play a crucial role in steering the team in the successful implementation of the charity’s organisational strategy, and will be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day smooth running of the organisation – in order to build a sustainable, compliant, resilient and well-governed organisation.

The ideal candidate

We are looking for an experienced leader with a proven track-record of delivering financial oversight and overseeing complex budgets and projects to completion in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone who possesses excellent people skills, who is emotionally intelligent and can guide a dynamic team remotely.

The Chief Operating Officer will be responsible for the delivery of core services and will manage a core team of staff to deliver Finance, HR, Fundraising, Communications and Governance.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in a similar role, with in depth understanding of how charitable, purpose driven organisations operate. You must have excellent leadership skills, a solid grasp of data analysis and performance metrics, financial planning and budgeting skills, and an advanced understanding of business planning, budget and project management.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Leadership

• Lead the Senior Leadership team in the implementation of our revised organisational strategy 2027-2030.
• Ensure organisation-wide financial oversight and operational business planning.
• Provide guidance and support to GLAN’s team.
• Deputise for the CEO when necessary and take ownership of high-level decision-making.

Operational oversight

• Maintain operational oversight so that legal, advocacy, funding and finance align with GLAN’s organisational strategy.
• Oversee and facilitate the flow of information between the legal and operational teams so that our legal case works aligns with finances, commitments to funders, team capacity, and communications plans.
• Ensure that systems enable on-going monitoring of expenditure so that fundraising and finance are aware of gaps/underspends.
• Help ensure cases/teams are sufficiently resourced in terms of staff capacity.
• Ensure joined up working, and provide strategic guidance when challenges arise.

People and culture

• Provide strong leadership to ensure a professional and healthy working culture.
• Build on GLAN’s existing commitments to a working culture that is in line with our values, overseeing team-wide consistency to HR line-management, 1:1’s, annual 360 reviews and performance.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and staff development and staff feedback.
• Ensure policies on anti-racism, equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are embedded in how we work.
• Support the embedding of GLAN’s values across GLAN’s work.
• Oversee relationship and dialogue between GLAN’s SLT and Trade Union representatives.

Governance and Board relationships

• Lead on ensuring that GLAN is compliant with our legal, regulatory, health & safety, data protection / GDPR and employment law obligations.
• Ensure we have all necessary policies in place and take the lead on coordinating the establishment and review of existing and further policies. Oversee the regular review of GLAN’s risk management frameworks and our risk register.
• Oversee GLAN’s governance structures (internal reporting, Board meetings etc.), ensuring decisions are well informed and documented.

Financial oversight

• Oversee financial operations: budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, expenditure controls, financial reporting, payroll.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, audit requirements and donor / funder financial reporting obligations.
• Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors, banks, and financial service providers.
• Ensure best practices are followed and financial risk is identified and managed appropriately.

Operations

• Ensure the smooth running of IT, data protection, office management. Managing relationships with our external providers.

Person Specification

Essential

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in senior leadership roles, delivering successful organisational financial oversight- with expertise in business planning and complex project management.
• Demonstrable experience of high-level budgeting, forecasting, auditing, proven accountability for ensuring financial sustainability and compliance.
• Minimum of 10 year’s line management experience.
• Excellent strategic thinking and planning skills, able to bridge between high-level strategy and operational detail.
• Sound judgement, risk-management and governance experience; familiarity with compliance, data protection / GDPR, employment law etc.
• Exceptionally organised and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to present complex operational, financial or legal information clearly.
• Strong collaborative approach, ability to work across teams, offer guidance to other senior level staff, and clear people management skills.
• Expertise in ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures, particularly in the charity sector.
• Understanding of UK charity law and governance, including experience with Board of Trustees.
• Aptitude in decision making and problem solving, and confidence in providing guidance to boards and CEO.
• Warm, people-centred and positive approach.
• Emotionally intelligent, able to self-reflect, be honest and conduct open conversations with sensitivity.
• Solution-orientated, able to anticipate and resolve challenges.
• Strong alignment with GLAN’s values and our mission.
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and committed to GLAN’s ongoing anti-racist learning and practice.
• Commitment to developing an organisational culture in which our team thrives and we can achieve meaningful impact in our work.
• Ability to handle difficult situations and handle confidential information.
• Ability to balance GLAN’s operational priorities with our values.

Desirable

• Experience of operating in non-profit / mission-driven / legal organisations.
• Previous experience working in a human rights or environmental protection focussed setting.
• Legal or compliance experience.
• Experience of change management and scaling teams or systems.
• Experience of hybrid / remote team leadership .
• Experience of supporting culture building.
• Experience of working to decolonial commitments.
• Experience of delivering organisational change programmes.
• Legal or compliance experience.
• Experience of change management and scaling teams or systems.
• Experience of hybrid / remote team leadership 
• Commitment to equity, learning and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of HR practices and employment law.
• Fundraising experience.
• Accountancy qualification, Leadership or management qualifications, Project management qualifications e.g. Prince2

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We particularly welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of the issues that GLAN works on. We strongly encourage applications from disabled candidates, older candidates, and Black and racially minoritised candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation. We use an anonymised recruitment process to ensure fairness. Each applicant will be individually assessed against the essential criteria regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or belief. We will use positive action on the basis of race and/or disability in case of a tie break situation.

Our values

Decolonial - We are committed to building decolonial, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive approaches at GLAN.

Collective Power - We believe lasting change is built through collective action and power sharing. 

Responsive - Working across interconnected global systems that are ever in flux, we aim to be adaptable, nimble and responsive to make the biggest impact we can. 

Steadfast - We know the kind of change we want to see won’t happen overnight, that’s why we strongly value patience and persistence. 

Self-Reflective - We recognise the power and privilege we hold as an organization. We’re committed to fostering a culture of honesty, reflection, and continuous learning, constantly examining how we work within the system and why to help us strengthen both our organisation and the movements we support work within the system.

How to apply

To apply, please use our application portal. Applications are due by 9am 4 May 2026. We will not review applications sent via LinkedIn or email.

GLAN does not use AI to review applications, and we ask candidates to avoid its use in this process. We want to read about people’s experience in their own words.

If you need any reasonable adjustments, including this job pack to be sent in a larger font, in order to apply for this role, please contact us.

Following a successful rebrand in 2025 and real momentum in our digital presence, we’re looking for a Digital Communications Manager to join our small but mighty Fundraising and Communications Directorate.

This is a fixed term, 12-month maternity cover role and it’s a brilliant time to come on board. We’ve built solid foundations. Now we want to go further.

You’ll lead our digital communications strategy across every channel: website, social media, email newsletters, blogs and campaigns, making sure our content is engaging, accessible and rooted in impact. Working closely with our Digital Communications Assistant, you’ll use data and insight to grow our audiences, reach new people and demonstrate what good digital communications can do for a cause like ours.

We’re looking for someone with several years of experience in a similar role who brings both creativity and analytical thinking. Someone who cares about making financial education feel relevant, human and within reach for everyone.

Starting Salary: £44,766 - £48,225 (inc London Weighting) 

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the Romero House Office. 

Job Profile

Based in CAFOD’s Education Section and working closely with staff across the organisation, you will be responsible for the creation and development of high-quality resource materials for Catholic Schools and Youth Programmes.

The resources you create will enhance pupils’ knowledge and understanding of global justice issues, assist schools with CAFOD’s fundraising and campaigning activities, support the Catholic Life and mission of schools and inspire young people to put Catholic Social Teaching into action by working for social justice.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Secondary school practitioner currently working in a Catholic school with secure knowledge of how to engage young people in important issues of faith and social justice.

You will have experience of developing interactive resources and creating and editing video content, with a strong digital mindset and confidence working across a range of digital platforms. 

This is a key role which demands creativity, and strong organisational skills.

The role is part of a dedicated team of experienced professionals and reports directly to the Schools Communications Manager.

To read more and apply, please visit the CAFOD Website.

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children and young people and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues. The post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service). 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures. 

Location: National Support Centre, London SE1

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £40k

Closing Date: 1st May 2026

Marine Society have an exciting new role! Help us deliver and expand our core bursary and welfare services and support the needs of seafarers. You will manage our highly renowned Slater scholarship fund and other training bursaries, together with the Coming Ashore mentoring programme and careers advice and guidance resources.

You’ll be expected to have a good understanding of seafaring training and certification requirements and have experience of working in the not-for-profit sector. A background working in the maritime sector is helpful but not essential.

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.

We are currently looking for a Bursary and Welfare Manager to join our team.

About the role

This new role is to manage the bursary and welfare services of Marine Society. This requires an in depth understanding of seafarer’s needs and the training and certification they require to progress in their careers, both at sea and ashore. The manager will also oversee wider aspects of careers information and guidance and assisting with fundraising activity

Responsibilities

· Assess and process all bursary applications, including Slater Scholarships, Worcester, Hanway and Green Skills bursaries against clearly defined eligibility criteria

· Authorise the award of financial bursaries and approve beneficiary claims and expenses

· Maximise the use bursary funding and ensure successful outcomes for beneficiaries

· Identify new bursary funding opportunities and devise bids in collaboration with the fundraising team

· Manage the bursary and Coming Ashore programme restricted funds. Monitor and report on expenditure and activity

· Manage the operation of the Coming Ashore mentoring programme and ensure its sustainability

· Produce statistical reports and analysis pertaining to bursaries and welfare services for internal and external stakeholders.

· Put in place and maintain online and physical resources that provide seafarers with information, advice and guidance and supports maritime career development.

· To lead the annual Matrix accreditation process

· Work with the Digital Marketing Coordinator to ensure the effective marketing of bursary and welfare provision through a range of media and ensure the website remains up to date and relevant to seafarer needs.

· Represent Marine Society on external committees and forums that relate to welfare, including Merchant Navy Welfare Board and Nautilus Slater Management Committee

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualifications/experience
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the training needs of UK and international seafarers including their welfare and certification routes within the maritime sector both at sea and ashore
• Experience of working as team leader or manager in the not-for-profit sector
• Experience of preparing and presenting reports to management team and funders as required
• Ability to use social media and press effectively to inform and promote seafarer welfare and professional development.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.

Job Title: Head of Insight and Impact
Reporting To: Assistant Director of Network Development and Impact 
Manages: Data Analyst (direct management), Data Coordinator (dotted line)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36 hours per week, flexible)
Salary: £49,440 - £55,620 per annum (appointments are typically made at the lower end of the salary range)
Location: Remote (occasional travel to Leicester office & other UK locations as necessary)

About Home-Start UK

Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and over 170 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity.

We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.

About The Role

Head of Insight and Impact is an exciting new leadership role for Home-Start UK at a critical time as we develop and prepare to launch our new, federation-wide strategy in early 2027. You will ensure we make best use of the data and evidence that we already hold and build the insight-led culture we need to deliver on our mission.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the development of a shared, federation-wide approach to impact measurement, transforming how we understand, evidence and communicate the difference that Home-Start makes to babies, children and families.
• Develop and embed data systems, tools and capabilities at Home-Start UK and across our federation, aligning with and enabling delivery of our new strategy.
• Design and lead a consistent approach to monitoring and evaluating the support we provide at Home-Start UK to our federation, ensuring outcomes and learning are captured and shared.
• Lead Home-Start UK’s Impact Team and work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation and with local Home-Start teams, leveraging collective skills and expertise.
• In this busy and varied role, you will put insight and impact at the heart of our work. In a typical day you could be working with our data analyst to visualise and present the results of our latest National Data Return to the Executive Leadership Team, running a feedback session with local Home-Start teams piloting new outcome measures, and/or ensuring colleagues in our Fundraising Team have the insight they need for proposal development.

Ultimately, your efforts will help ensure that our movement can reach and support more families with babies and children facing their toughest times.

The people at Home-Start are its most important resource. Home-Start UK has been accredited with Investors in People since March 2005, which recognises the commitment we give to developing our staff.

Benefits of working for Home-Start

• Flexible working
• Family friendly policy
• PayCare health cash plan
• Enhanced employer contribution pension
• Learning and development
• DAS Employee Assistance

If this sounds like your kind of opportunity, then we want to hear from you!

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 19th May at 4pm.
First stage interviews will take place virtually on week commencing 1st June.
Second stage interviews will take place in-person at our Leicester Office on week commencing 8th June.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Home-Start UK is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. 

No agencies please.

Oxford Hospitals Charity is seeking an enthusiastic, collaborative and organised candidate to join Oxford Hospitals Charity and make a real difference to patients and staff of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This part-time maternity cover role is up to 30 hours per week, worked across our operating hours Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. 

An excellent communicator, you will enjoy working proactively ‘out and about’ across the hospitals meeting clinical staff and supporting them in identifying potential funding needs, working with them in applying for funding and evaluating the impact of the projects the charity funds. Your energy and enthusiasm, along with your excellent planning and communication skills will enable you to coordinate a wide range of applications and projects as part of the Programme Team.

You will work closely with the wider charity team to develop and enhance new systems and processes to ensure all aspects of the programme are captured.  Whilst experience in a Charity or NHS environment is desirable, we are open to candidates from other backgrounds with transferrable skills and an excellent record of relationship management.

Join our small but impactful team and play a pivotal role in our mission to enhance the hospital environment, procure vital equipment that significantly improves patient care, and contribute to groundbreaking research, staff development, and training.

Our Events & Communications Senior Coordinator role sits across all three of our garden sites, supporting our income generating private venue hire as well as our community facing workshops and event programme. Working closely with all parts of the organisation, this person helps to tell the story of the charity through our social media, website, newsletter and other channels.

Key Details

• Time commitment: 5 days a week (this can be organised flexibly depending on what the event schedule requires, which will include some evening and weekend work). Possibility of four day contract, to be discussed, salary pro-rata.
• Contract: This role is a fixed term maternity cover: August 2026 - September 2027
• Salary: £34,000
• Applications due: 17th May 2026 at 11:59 p.m
• Interviews held 1 or 2 June 2026
• Start date August 2026 ideally

Job Purpose: To promote the New Story Garden, Floating Garden and Paper Garden in King’s Cross and Canada Water as event spaces for private and commercial use. To be responsible for delivering the annual events plan and associated budget in order to generate a profit to be reinvested into our community and youth programmes and build of community gardens. To organise and run events in the spaces and manage a team of people where needed depending on the size of the events. To produce communications and marketing materials for the organisation according to agreed style guides and templates.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The role has 2 main strands:

1. VENUE HIRE & EVENTS Communicating venue hire and supporting partnerships with corporates and individuals to aid fundraising, and leading on the facilitation of those events
2. COMMUNICATIONS AND CREATIVE CAMPAIGNS Supporting the wider work of the team by communicating our objectives and achievements, maintaining an engaging and imaginative stream of content that allows GG's work to reach new audiences

Development and strategic

• Work with the Global Generation team to deliver communication strategy highlighting the achievements and objectives of the organisation and building our brand
• Contribute to existing vision, business plan and implementation for venue hire and events at Global Generation
• Jointly responsible for ensuring that venue hire and the events programme makes a profit, working towards an agreed target

Events Planning & Delivery

• Develop, promote and deliver a programme of events in our garden sites, emphasising the uniqueness of each site, as well as assist with larger fundraising events
• Customer relations: First point of contact for new bookings and enquiries via phone and email ; Conduct site visits for potential clients
• Financial & event administration: Draw up quotes for hire costs, process and approve invoices & payments, manage events budgets, track spending and income, manage contracting, scheduling, menus, brochures and terms and conditions (parts to be carried out by Office Assistant)

Partnerships and relationships

• Actively maintain relationships and networks with individuals, organisations and developers
• Understand, value and work together with the GG team to ensure that there is a good balance between commercial priorities and community priorities, to avoid clashing with or limiting the use of spaces for educational and community events. Where possible add value by merging commercial and community.

Communications and Creative Campaigns

• Support delivery of existing communications strategy across the organisation, including monthly newsletter, regular social media schedule, practical copyediting, typesetting and design support for annual outputs.
• Create and deliver creative communication materials and publications for use in the media and online that help bring Global Generation’s work to life
• Utilise existing branding guidelines and templates to create consistent social graphics, newsletter headers and venue hire documents

For full list of tasks and responsibilities, see the JD on our website.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in G-suite and/or Office 365 programmes
• Experience using social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram (for creating & scheduling content)
• Experience using photo or video editing software, Adobe Suite, Canva or Capcut or other similar software.
• Experience coordinating or planning events or organising space hire.
• Experience managing relationships with internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Experience with Squarespace or other website management software
• Good time management and organisational skills

Organisational Context: Founded in 2004, we grow food, people and community for a fair and just world. Our vision informs our two charitable aims which are the guiding principles for our work:

• To provide opportunities for the direct experience of natural wilderness environments for children, young people and adults
• To support young people to develop their full potential so they are able to contribute positively to society and the environment We operate in the boroughs of Camden, Islington and Southwark and work with people of all ages, particularly children and young people.

Working from educational and bio-diverse garden spaces such as the Story Garden and Floating Garden in King’s Cross and the Paper Garden in Canada Water, we combine activities such as urban food growing, supporting bees, carpentry, cooking, and healthy eating with dialogue, storytelling, creative writing, performance and art, silence and stillness. These practices help us to create the conditions for people to come together in a fuller and more connected sense of who they are and what they are a part of and, from that space, to practically and creatively contribute to ecological and social change. We offer our inner city garden spaces for venue hire and events to raise funds towards our charitable aims. This role is based across our sites - Story Garden and Floating Garden in King’s Cross and Paper Garden in Canada Water. You will work with all members of the team, and most closely with the Head of Fundraising, Joint CEO, Operations Manager and Operations Assistant.

Benefits to working with Global Generation We offer 25 days holiday per year, plus all bank holidays. We aim to create a supportive, creative and rewarding environment for you to work in. All members of staff are part of collaboratively developing how we work as an organisation. We do this through offering staff lunches, weekly team meetings, reflective spaces to learn together, away days and residentials which give us an opportunity to come together to reflect and explore different aspects of our work and collectively contribute towards the vision of the organisation. There are also opportunities for job related training and coaching as part of your own personal development, the opportunity to slow down, plan and reflect during the winter, and the possibility for additional support if the need arises through our Employee Assistance Programme. 

Download full JD and application form through our website.

Cydlynydd yr iaith Gymraeg

Mae gennym gyfle cyffrous am Gydlynydd yr iaith Gymraeg i gefnogi ymarferwyr blynyddoedd cynnar, gofal plant a  gwaith chwarae hefo sgiliau'r iaith Gymraeg.

Swydd: Cydlynydd yr iaith Gymraeg

Lleoliad: O Gartref a bydd angen teithio gyda’r swydd

Oriau: Rhan amser, 22.5 awr yr wythnos

Cyflog: £27,500-29,000HLA y flwyddyn

Hyd: Tymor sefydlog hyd at 31 Mawrth 2027 gydag, estyniad posib yn amodol ar gyllid

Budd-daliadau: Yn cynnwys 26 diwrnod tal o wyliau (codi i 30 diwrnod yn unol â hyd wasanaeth ynghyd a 8 g yl banc) , cynllun pensiwn personol, Cynllun arian parod gofal iechyd, cynllun disgownt ar-lein, rhaglen cymorth i weithwyr, ynllun gwobrau Staff, tal salwch  cwmni a phatrwm gweithio hyblyg yn bosib.

Y Rôl

Fel Cydlyndd yr Iaith Gymraeg fyddwch yn chefnogi ymarferwyr y sector blynyddoedd cynnar,  gofal plant a chwarae, gyda’r iaith Gymraeg. Cytunir ar dargedau yn flynyddol rhwng llywodraeth Cymru a phartneriaid elusennol. Fyddwch yn cydlynu’r prosiect Iaith Gymraeg yr elusen, yn annog aelodau i ddysgu'r iaith Gymraeg ar-lein a darparu cefnogaeth barhaus i ymarferwyr i gynyddu eu defnydd or Iaith Gymraeg.

Mae’r prif ddyletswyddau’n cynnwys cefnogi’r sefydliad yn eang a’n cwsmeriaid yn y DU a’n cwsmeriaid rhyngwaladol drwy:

• Sefydlu a rheoli gweithdrefnau a systemau cadarn i gefnogi cydlynu, darparu a monitor prosiect yr iaith Gymraeg
• Nodi lleoliadau a recriwtio ymarferwyr ar gyfer darparu cyrsiau hyfforddi
• Hyrwyddo datblygiad sgiliau Cymraeg drwy roi gwybodaeth am y cwrs hunan-astudio ar-lein, ac annog ymarferwyr i gofrestru ar gyfer yr hyfforddiant
• Rhoi cymorth i ymarferwyr i sicrhau bod dysgu o’r hyfforddiant yn cael ei weithredu yn y gweithle
• Datblygu adnoddau i sicrhau bod hyfforddiant yn dylanwadu ar ymarfer
• Cyflwyno sesiynau rhyngweithiol gydag ymarferwyr a phartneriaid arall
• Casglu data, monitro ac olrhain cynnydd y chyfranogwyr
• Darparu adroddiadau ysgrifenedig yn nodi y cynnydd yn erbyn targedau
• Cynal ymweliadau mewn sefydliadau sydd efo aelodaeth yng Ngogledd Cymru i nodi lleoliadau a allai fod eisiau trosglwyddo i statws dwyieithog neu statws gyfrwng Cymraeg

Amdanoch Chi

I fod yn llwyddiannus yn y rôl bydd angen y sgiliau canlynol arnoch:

• Sgiliau cyfathrebu effeithiol yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg
• Gwydodaeth am fudd a gwerth y Gymraeg yn y sector blynyddoedd cynnar
• Profiad o ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o gymwysiadau TGCH gan gynnwys Microsoft Office / Excel
• Sgiliau gweinyddol rhagorol gyda sylw i fanylion
• Gallu meithrin perthnasoedd yn hawdd a chyfathrebu ar bob lefel,  gan gynnwys y gallu i ddefnyddio iaith a sgiliau cyfathrebu eraill y gall plant ifanc iawn eu deall ac gallynt ymwneud a.
• Brwdfrydedd dros y blynyddoedd cynnar, gofal plant a chyfleodd gwaith chwarae
• Y gallu i gwrdd â therfynau amser a blaenoriaeth llwyth gwaith
• Yn weithiwr tîm a rhwydwaithiwr brwdfrydig, hunangymhellol a trefnus
• Y gallu i weithio'n annibynnol a defnyddio eu menter eu hunain
• Y gallu i drefnu a blaenoriaethu gwaith gyda chyn lleied o oruchwyliaeth a phosibl

Er mwyn gyflawni'r rôl hon mae'n rhaid bod gennych y defnydd o'ch trafnidiaeth eich hun a'r gallu i deithio yn ôl yr angen.

I wneud cais, gofynnir i chi gyflwyno eich CV ynghyd â llythyr eglurhaol sy'n manylu ar sut mae eich sgiliau, eich gwybodaeth a'ch profiad yn bodloni gofynion y rôl.

Yngl n â'r Sefydliad

Mae'r sefydliad yn elusen genedlaethol ac yn gymdeithas aelodaeth yn gymdeithasol ar gyfer meithrinfeydd.  Maent yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth a meithrinfeydd, awdurdodau lleol ac ystod o bartneriaid i ddatblygu amgylchedd lle gall dysgu cynnar a gofal ffynnu.

Mae'r sefydliad wedi ymrwymo i bolisi o gyfleoedd cyfartal ac yn mynd ati i wrthwynebu gwahaniaethu mewn cymdeithas.

Efallai y bydd gennych chi brofiad mewn meysydd fel Swyddog Cymorth Cymraeg, Rheolwr Prosiect Siarad Cymraeg, LSA Siarad Cymraeg, Cynorthwyydd Dysgu Cymraeg, Cyfieithydd Cymraeg, Athro'r Gymraeg, etc.

Location: National Support Centre, London SE1

Contract: Part Time, Fixed term Maternity cover

Salary: £28,000 gross per annum full time equivalent

Closing Date: 1 May 2026

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.

We are currently looking for a Books Services Coordinator to join our team.

About the role

The purposes of the Book Services Coordinator role is to assist the Books and Library Manager in facilitating the charity’s crew’ libraries service and specialist maritime book sales and also to administer all processes and systems involved within Books and library services.

Responsibilities

The following is a list of the principal (but not exhaustive) tasks of the post holder:

a. Administration of the functions and systems involved in providing an effective and efficient exchange hardback library or recyclable paperback library service to ships and maritime installations

b. Administrating book order system, and procurement process for all merchandise necessary for the efficient functioning of the Book Services operation.

c. Updating and maintaining the Bookshop website with accurate information and prices.

d. Assisting in the management of the fulfilment of all sales of books/media to customers and external agencies (On-line bookshop, telephone, mail and “walk-in”), and ensure the maintenance of customer service standards

e. Administration of the Library and Book stock control system

Requirements

• Experience working in book buying/selling/procurement in a customer focussed environment
• Experience of using book stock control and freight systems
• Ability to work unsupervised, make decisions and take responsibility.
• Experience in handling parcel deliveries and packaging goods for shipment

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.

Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering with Maudsley Charity to recruit a Finance Officer. This is a strong opportunity for a part-qualified or early-career finance professional looking to gain broad exposure across financial accounting, reporting and business partnering within a purpose-driven organisation.

As Maudsley Charity continues to invest in innovative projects that improve mental health care for those who need it most, they are entering an exciting phase of growth and operational development.

To support this, they are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Officer to play a key role in strengthening financial processes, supporting robust reporting, and enabling effective stewardship of funds. Working closely with the Finance Lead, this role will help ensure the organisation’s finances are managed with accuracy, integrity and insight, supporting informed decision-making and maximising the impact of every pound invested.

Location: London, UK (hybrid working)
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
Contract: Full time, permanent

About the role

A varied, hands-on position within a small, collaborative Finance team. You’ll support day-to-day finance operations while contributing to reporting, budgeting and project work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining accurate financial records and processing transactions
• Managing invoices, payments, and bank reconciliations
• Supporting monthly management accounts and reporting
• Assisting with budgets, forecasts and grant due diligence
• Contributing to audit preparation and fund monitoring
• Improving processes and supporting finance queries across the organisation

About you

• Part-qualified (AAT or studying ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or equivalent experience
• Background in a finance or accounts role
• Strong Excel and systems skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Proactive, organised and keen to develop

This role would suit someone looking to step into a broader finance position with real variety and progression.

Closing date: 18th of May
interviews: Week commencing 1st of June (likely 4th of June)

Join our ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinar on Wednesday 13th of May at 12pm – 1pm. Link can be found in the information pack page 8.

Harris Hill is a certified B Corp™ and leading charity recruitment agency, committed to equitable and inclusive recruitment practices. Applications from all sections of the community are actively welcomed, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality or other protected characteristics.

Opportunity to pioneer work with children of all ages within the local community at an exciting Community Hub. The Rising Generation Pastor will oversee a team of children's and youth workers, supporting them in offering a wide range of groups and events. 

Overall responsibilities include:

- Overseeing all areas of ministry to the rising generation (0 - 18 year olds) within the church and the local community, including holding the overall vision.

- Line managing the youth team including the Assistant Youth Pastor, PAIS Apprentice team leader and Trainee Kids and Families Pastor.

- Engaging with local schools and building on existing relationships.

- Overseeing the rising generation budget and engaging with the fundraising team to seek funding opportunities.

General Duties:

- To find and initiate innovative ways of engaging with children, young people and their families both within the local community and those already engaged with church.

- To work with the Rector, the PCC and rising generation team in growing the St Peter's vision and strategy for reaching the rising generation in our local community and helping them grow as followers of Jesus.

- To oversee the running of a range of different activities and projects for children and young people in the St Peter's Community and Youth Hub.

- Work alongside mission partners such as PAIS and Scripture Union.

- To visit local schools regularly and lead acts of worship within them.

- To lead lunchtime and/or after school activities in schools, including expanding use of our Youth Alpha material.

- To assist in providing chaplaincy as requested within the local schools and to seek opportunities to grow mission.

Safeguarding

- To oversee the Children's and Youth Ministry in a way that follows National Safeguarding Guidelines.

- To respond effectively and appropriately to any safeguarding concerns as they arise, following the safeguarding protocol.

- To build and maintain consistent appropriate relationships with children and young people in person (employed staff or volunteer team members must not engage in exclusive or romantic relationships with young people under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults as this against the law and could result in prosecution).

Person specification:

- Leadership qualities with the ability to manage a team and work with volunteer leaders.

- Clear and effective communicator with people of varying ages and in particular children, young people and parents.

- Ability to work missionally within the local community.

- Ability to come up with creative ideas for engaging with children and young people.

- Developed organisational skills.

- The ability to work using own initiative when required, as well as to work with a team.

- Good pastoral skills with the ability to relate easily and sensitively to a wide range of different people.

- Ability to show resilience and robustness when dealing with challenges and maintain a positive attitude to problem solving.

- Ability to troubleshoot in high pressure situations.

- Computer literate and able to enage with new technologies.

- Abiltiy to work in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the Church of England.

Personal attributes:

- A vibrant faith and love of Jesus which they are excited about sharing

- Reliability

- Flexibility

- Willingness to recieve feedback and seek to learn from it

- Honesty and integrity

- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential information

We believe that prayer and discernment are fundamental to St Peter's achieving it's mission of restoring relationships and transforming lives.  As a staff member you are expected to:

- Attend meetings involving prayer and worship.

- Be committed to St Peter's Mission, values and beliefs.

- Maintain your own spiritual development, discover your gifts/callings and grow in discipleship.

- Live out Christian values as you represent St Peter's externally.

As a church we are committed to the appropriate development of every team member.  Funding will be provided for training and development.

This role carries a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) that the successful applicant is a committed Christian and part of the church family.