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Job Title: Opportunity Centre Supervisor
Reports To: Volunteer Manager
Division: Charity
Team: Volunteering
Location: Cannock
Direct Reports: 3 Volunteer Support Assistants
 
Purpose of the Role

They believe every disabled child deserves a better future. For over 30 years, they’ve provided specialist equipment and support to families across the UK, becoming the largest charitable provider of specialist equipment for disabled children in the country. Volunteers play a vital role in this mission — contributing their time, skills, and passion to help them change lives.
 
As the Opportunity Centre Supervisor, you will lead the day-to-day operations of the Opportunity Centre in Cannock. This inclusive environment brings together volunteers of all backgrounds and abilities to support their work by processing donated stock for sale in their retail stores. In this hands-on and rewarding role, you will manage staff and volunteers, support recruitment and onboarding, and ensure the smooth, safe, and effective operation of the Centre.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily management of the Opportunity Centre and ensure smooth operations
• Supervise volunteers and Volunteer Support Assistants, providing appropriate guidance and assigning stock-related tasks based on skills and ability
• Monitor and ensure timely and accurate stock processing in line with set standards
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on the volunteer database (training, hours, contact information)
• Ensure the availability of equipment and resources for stock processing
• Support recruitment, induction, and training of new volunteers
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety procedures and policies within the Centre
• Organise and participate in volunteer engagement events and activities
• Manage corporate volunteering days, including welcoming and inducting attendees
• Participate in external volunteer recruitment and promotional events
• Handle lifting and movement of stock as needed (e.g. cartons, roll cages)

 
Person Specification
 
Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in a supervisory or team leader role
• Experience working with or supporting volunteers, ideally across a diverse range of abilities
• Understanding of the value and impact of volunteering in the charity sector

 
Skills

• Confident and collaborative leader who can motivate and support others
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to problem-solve and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in IT systems, particularly Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of volunteering legislation and best practices (desirable)

 
Attributes

• Passionate about volunteering and inclusion
• Compassionate and approachable, with a people-first mindset
• Respectful, supportive, and a team player
• Professional, discreet, and able to maintain confidentiality

 
Other Requirements

• Adhere to their internal policies, including Health & Safety and Equality & Diversity
• Willingness to train, learn, and grow within the role
• This position requires an Enhanced DBS Check

 
Why Join Them?
You’ll be part of a charity making a real difference. You’ll work in a supportive and inclusive environment, helping to empower volunteers while contributing directly to improving the lives of disabled children and their families.
 
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Store Manager Location: Rotherham Salary: £25,864 per annum (FTE 37½ hours) Hours: Full time position or two part time positions to cover the hours. The Role As the Store Manager of Rotherham Hospice Charity Shop, you will play a key role in managing the day-to-day operations of the shop to maximise sales and profitability, while also promoting the mission and values of the Hospice in the local community. Reporting to the Retail Area Manager, you will lead a team of staff and volunteers to deliver excellent customer service, drive sales growth, and ensure the smooth functioning of the shop. This role requires strong leadership, retail management skills, excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for supporting the hospice's vital work through the operation of a successful charity shop. Key Responsibilities Shop Operations Management: Oversee all aspects of the charity shop's operations, including opening and closing procedures, cash handling, security protocols, stock management, merchandising, pricing, and customer service. Ensure the shop is well-presented, clean, and organised to create an inviting shopping environment for customers. Sales and Financial Performance: Set sales targets and develop strategies to achieve and exceed sales goals, maximising revenue and profitability for the charity shop. Monitor sales performance, analyse trends, and implement initiatives to drive sales growth and increase shop profitability. Ensure adherence to all the Hospice financial procedures. Staff and Volunteer Management: Recruit, train, and manage a team of staff and volunteers (working with the Volunteer Manager), providing guidance, support, and supervision to ensure high performance and engagement. Schedule and allocate tasks effectively to ensure adequate staffing levels and efficient operation of the shop. Customer Service Excellence: Lead by example in delivering excellent customer service, engaging with customers, addressing inquiries, and resolving any issues or complaints promptly and professionally. Stock Management and Merchandising: Manage stock levels, donations, and inventory (working with the Hub), ensuring a diverse and attractive range of goods for sale in the shop. Implement effective merchandising strategies to optimise product placement and presentation, driving sales and enhancing the customer shopping experience. Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and best practices, maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff, volunteers, and customers. Donation Processing: Oversee the acceptance and labelling of donations, ready for sorting and processing at the Hub. Community Engagement: Build positive relationships with the local community, promoting the charity shop and hospice services, and organising community events or initiatives to drive footfall and awareness. Reporting and Administration: Maintain accurate records of sales, inventory, and financial transactions, and prepare regular reports on shop performance for management review. Skills and Qualifications Essential: Proven experience in retail management, preferably in a charity shop or similar setting. Demonstrable success in achieving sales targets and driving sales growth. Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team of staff and volunteers. Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to engage with customers and provide a positive shopping experience. Good organisational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively. Sound knowledge of retail operations, including stock management, merchandising, and sales techniques. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and retail management / sales software. Desirable: Qualifications in retail management or business administration. Experience using Kudos. Multilingual proficiency. Ability to fluently communicate in multiple languages. Proficiency in additional languages is highly desirable as it enables effective communication and engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders, including patients, families, and staff from multicultural backgrounds. Being multilingual enhances their ability to provide inclusive and culturally sensitive care and support services, contributing to the Hospice’s mission and aims. Full UK driving license To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Rotherham Hospice, please do not hesitate to apply.

About Us

Advocacy Support Cymru (ASC) is a registered charity with offices in Cardiff and Swansea. We provide Independent Mental Health and Mental Capacity Advocacy Services across most of South Wales, employing 44 employees.

About the role

The post holder will provide support to clients who lack capacity and to implement the safeguards of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 or the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. They will provide non-instructed advocacy (NIA) support to people who lack capacity to make specific decisions and who have no-one else to support them. The successful candidate will travel efficiently and effectively within the Advocacy Support Cymru area of operation.

This role will operate within the Aneurin Bevan, Cardiff and Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board Areas..

About you

You will have significant experience working with vulnerable adults and/or children, either within health or social care setting, or indirectly, for example as a carer. You will understand and have experience of working effectively in an intra-agency context with Health and Social Care Professionals. Knowledge of the role of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate as defined in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is essential.

Previous direct experience in the role would be preferred but training will be provided.

Essential Information

The salary band for the role is £24,725 to £29,202, based on a 37 hour week.

This post is for 37 hours a week and is based in our Cardiff office.

All successful candidates will require an enhanced DBS check.

Closing Date: 5pm, 13 June 2025.

Only successful candidates will be contacted for interview. Interviews will be conducted in English.

Do you like to make things happen and have a passion for nature and a talent for turning ideas into reality? Join the Chiltern Society as our new Project Development Manager and play a vital role in protecting one of England’s most cherished landscapes. We’re looking for an exceptional team player to help create and secure funding for impactful, high-value projects that protect and enhance one of the UK’s most cherished landscapes.

This is a newly created, role at the Chiltern Society, designed to help drive our long-term income growth and ensure the sustainability of our work across the region. You'll bridge the gap between an idea and delivery—developing projects and securing the funding, partnerships, and business opportunities needed to bring them to life. Apply now and help shape the future of the Chilterns.

Apply by noon on Thursday 26 June with your CV and cover letter explaining how your skills and experience fit the role. Full JD on the Chiltern Society website.

First round interviews will be held online/remotely on Monday 7 July. Successful second round candidates will be invited to interview and to give a short presentation to the panel, in person, at the Society’s Chesham office on Monday 17 July.

HENRY is an innovative, dynamic, and ambitious charity delivering life-changing impact for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Finance Officer to join our small team and play an integral part in the success of our Charity.  The successful candidate will undertake sales and purchase ledger transaction processing, bank postings and reconciliations, resolve finance queries and liaise closely with other areas of the organisation.

This role reports to the Finance Manager.

Candidates must have demonstrable experience of working in a transactional finance environment, have high attention to detail, be self-motivated with good communication skills.  Previous experience of Xero accounting system (or similar) is essential.

Benefits package:

• 30 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time staff

• Charity Sick Pay

• Access to a pension scheme with a matched employer contribution of up to 6%

• Employee Assistance Programme, giving free and confidential access to a variety of wellbeing support services.

12 months Fixed Term Contract with the potential for extension

0.8 to 1.0 FTE, ie 30 - 37.5 hours a week

Hybrid working – between home and our national support office in Eynsham, Oxfordshire

£26,907 per annum full time equivalent, pro-rated for part time

As a Debt Advice Caseworker, you will provide high quality advice and casework services to our clients who call through to our national help desk. The role is fully telephone based, at our office in Stoke on Trent. The telephone lines are open from 9am-8pm Monday to Friday, and Saturday 9.30am-1pm. The role includes a variety of shift patterns in line with the requirements of the contract.

You will predominantly be advising clients on their debt issues over the phone, helping them to find solutions to their issues. No call is the same, and each client is given tailored advice dependent on their circumstances. The role is demanding, but  full training will be provided, and you will be, working as a part of an approachable and supportive team in a rewarding environment, allowing you to provide the best possible service to our clients.

Through your excellent communication skills and attention to detail, you will be able to deal with complex situations, provide accurate and detailed information, whilst achieving individual KPI’s and targets.

Flexibility is a key characteristic of all our posts and the post-holder may be asked to carry out other tasks consistent with the grade from time to time.

You will have:

1. Experience of delivering excellent customer service in a regulated environment such as banking, insurance or within a contact centre

2.  Some debt advice knowledge and some understanding of the current benefits system.

3. Proficient in the use of IT systems such as client management systems, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel; and Outlook

4. Experience of achieving individual KPI’s and targets, whilst working in a challenging and fast paced environment

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Smart casual dress
• Company pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Birthday leave after 3 months service
• Employer funded cash health plan

About ELBA

ELBA is the leading social regeneration charity in east London. It facilitates corporate investment from over 100 organisations into community programmes across the growth boroughs of Hackney, Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. ELBA also manages an award-winning employment and skills programme and in 2014 launched London Works, a not-for-profit graduate recruitment agency.

With 30 years of experience enabling successful partnerships between businesses and communities, each year ELBA deliver over 10,000 employee volunteers into the community and work with over 200 local organisations to help build their capacity and support their beneficiaries. ELBA also support almost 800 local people into work through its employment and skills programme.

ELBA has an excellent employees benefits package including generous leave, flexible balance between working from home and the office, above sector average maternity and paternity pay, 5% pension contribution, life assurance, and a great learning and development programme, including access to free accredited courses up to degree and post-graduate level. 

Purpose of the job

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Communications Manager to join our team. Working closely with the Partnerships and Communications Director, the role will help deliver ELBA’s Communication Strategy and external comms.

With a background in design, and a knowledge and ability in web design, build and management, the Communications Manager will manage ELBA’s visual identity/design work and website. This role will combine hands-on content creation with design application to enhance our organisational storytelling, digital presence and stakeholder engagement.

Overseeing a cross-departmental committee that helps facilitate all-team involvement in comms, the Communications Manager will support and help generate content for the website, social media and newsletters.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Communications

• Working closely with the CEO and Partnerships and Communications Director, refine and implement the organisation’s communications strategy
• Help align organisational priorities with communications activity and audience needs
• Working with key internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for amplifying impact stories and key initiatives
• Monitor sector trends and digital performance to inform communications direction
• Collaborate with internal teams and partners to ensure coherent messaging across channels

Website and Digital Design

• Manage ELBA’s visual identity/carry out design work, write and schedule social media posts on scheduling platform
• Manage WordPress website by uploading, editing and formatting content using
• Make minor design and layout changes to the website (fonts, photos, promo banners, etc.)
• Create the Mailchimp newsletter, and search for and source images for news articles

Performance Monitoring

• Gather and analyse quarterly data and metrics for website, newsletter and social media performance
• Provide insights and recommendations to improve reach, engagement and content effectiveness
• Maintain content calendars and communications logs to support planning and reporting

Content Creation and Editing

• Create, co-create, edit and upload content
• Ensure content is accurate, engaging, well-written and in line with house style
• Source and include licensed images to enhance content
• Edit and upload ad hoc website content

Newsletters and Campaigns

• Design and distribute a monthly newsletter using Mailchimp
• Support with social media scheduling and platforms (Instagram and LinkedIn) by creating engaging posts and enhancing brand image 
• Produce a bi-monthly “Volunteering Opportunities” poster using existing templates
• Support planning and delivery of campaigns that support organisational goals

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a communications, content or digital marketing role
• WordPress back-end and front-end knowledge and skills 
• Technically-able with experience using newsletter software such as Mailchimp, as well as generally being proficient using a range of digital tools and software.
• Proficient in basic graphic design and layout using InDesign or equivalent
• Strong written English and editing skills with high attention to grammar, style and brand tone
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to and deliver a communications strategy
• Organised and self-motivated, with excellent planning and time management
• Confident interpreting and using digital analytics to inform decisions
• Collaborative, with excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders

Desirable Skills

• Website maintenance, updating plug-ins and modules when needed, ensuring the site is running as smoothly as possible, and fix any bugs –
• Support ad hoc visual content needs including simple graphics and formatted reports using InDesign or similar
• Familiarity with the voluntary or social impact sector
• Experience designing content for campaigns, newsletters or public-facing reports
• Interest in community development, employment or corporate social responsibility
• Knowledge of brand management principles and visual identity design

ELBA wants to represent the diverse community we support and aims to be an inclusive employer in terms of ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation & background. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome all applications.

Please note this role is required to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The successful candidate will be required to comply with ELBA's safeguarding policies and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory references as well as DBS.

Overview of the Legacy Administrator role and the team

Barnabas Aid is looking for a detail-oriented and organised Legacy Administrator to join our International Support function within the Finance team. The Legacy Administrator will be responsible for managing all administrative aspects of legacy and will-related processes, ensuring the smooth and efficient handling of gifts received through bequests, wills, and estates. This role requires close attention to detail, accurate record-keeping, and a sensitive approach to working with legacy supporters and their families.

Working closely with the International Finance Director, the Legacy Administrator will be a key point of contact for all legacy-related matters, providing crucial support to the organisation’s legacy income and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This role plays a vital part in ensuring that gifts left to Barnabas Aid are administered correctly and that supporters’ wishes are honoured.

Reporting to: Senior Peer Support Worker 

Responsible for: None

Hours:                       24 hours per week. These hours to be agreed with post holder set against the backdrop of the needs of the service and in consultation with Ward Managers.

Contract:Permanent

Location:Westways Rehab Unit at the Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Mind in Croydon is a charity concerned with the welfare of people with mental health problems living in the London Borough of Croydon and the surrounding areas. Mind in Croydon delivers Mental Health Transformation Program services alongside Croydon BME Forum, these include Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space and Mental Health Personal Independence Coordinators. Other services include Recovery Space, Advocacy, Active Minds, Carers Support, In-Reach Peer Support, Social Networking, Therapeutic Service and an Information Service.

Purpose of the role:

We are seeking a Peer Support Worker who has personal lived experience of mental health challenges. This individual will act as a role model for service users, utilizing their own recovery journey to instil hope and resilience. By sharing their life experiences and the lessons learned throughout their recovery, they will motivate others.

The Peer Support Worker will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team within the Unit, assisting in-patients in developing essential skills and coping mechanisms, while promoting overall wellness through strength based and non-directive conversations. They will provide both practical and emotional support, facilitate access to community resources to help individuals maintain their independence while ensuring their wellbeing.

Additionally, this role includes supporting service users after discharge in the community for up to 12 weeks, aiding them in fostering independence within their local community, connecting with various agencies, enhancing life skills, providing guidance related to employment or educational opportunities and improving their ability to manage challenges effectively to prevent re-admission.

This position requires building connections with service users through shared experiences of mental health challenges, making lived experience a crucial requirement for applicants.

Please apply only if you meet this requirement.

You will join the wider Peer Support In-Reach Service alongside 7 other peers who will work in various Rehab wards across South London but primarily work in a well-supported In-Patient Unit with the MDT at Westways Rehab Unit, Alexandra House, First Floor, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX.

The ward is for people, aged 18-65, who have severe mental illness. We provide 24-hour rehabilitation, treatment and care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

Our service is for people who would benefit from six months to two years rehabilitation. We help people to maintain their health and move towards greater independence in the community.

Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer. No job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

We encourage applications from those with Lived Experience.

To apply please complete the application form with a cover letter explaining:

• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
• What value you can add to the service?

Closing date for applications is Friday 6th June 2025

Our Community Fundraising Team are a nationwide team, supporting individuals and groups across the UK to raise vital funds for people living with and affected by diabetes.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Community Fundraising at Diabetes UK, as we continue to reach more people and grow our supporter base.

A key driver within our charity’s strategy is that we fight diabetes together, and we can only achieve our ambitious goals by working with and alongside others. As a Community Fundraiser, you will play a crucial role in building these relationships and delivering our exciting growth plans that will help us achieve this.

This role will be shared with another Community Fundraiser covering the Eastern Region.

We’re looking for someone who can inspire and collaborate, building strong, positive relationship. As one of our regionally dispersed Community Fundraiser’s, you’ll be joining a busy team, where you will manage relationships with our key supporters with the primary purpose of generating income across a geographical area, through community fundraising activities. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering income targets across the region by building strong relationships with individuals, local companies, community groups and volunteers, in line with our community fundraising strategy. You will also be responsible for the management and support of local third-party events in your region and in providing excellent stewardship to those supporters.

This role is home-based with regular travel across the region. There will also be regular travel to Diabetes UK offices for meetings. 

This role will only be suited to candidates living within the Eastern Region (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk).

You’ll be able to demonstrate a track record of meeting income targets through relationship fundraising. You’ll be experienced in building and maintaining relationships with supporters and colleagues. A proactive person, you’ll be self-motivated and able to work independently with a solution focused approach. As an experienced fundraiser, you’ll be confident working towards income and expenditure targets and reporting on financial progress. It is desirable that you have managed and secured corporate partnerships and have event management knowledge, though training will be provided.

You will have a passion for building excellent relationships with your supporters to increase loyalty and life-long relationships with the charity.

The role

As a counsellor you will deliver funded time-limited counselling (up to 15 sessions) to people presenting with a range of issues, particularly domestic abuse. The counselling will be online (telephone and Teams) and face-to-face in various settings across Nottinghamshire.

About you

Are you an independent, self-motivated counsellor who is experienced in working with people affected by domestic abuse?

You’ve ideally worked directly with a diverse client group in a therapeutic setting and have experience managing safeguarding issues. You will have experience in a range of issues such as domestic abuse, alcohol & drug recovery, mental health issues such as depression & anxiety, trauma, issues relating to identity.

We believe in empowering our team members to bring their best to this role. That’s why we offer some flexibility to your working hours. We also provide an annual Professional Development allowance, a generous annual leave package, and even time off for your birthday, Health & Wellbeing Day and EDI-focused Volunteering Day.

So, if you’re ready to make a real impact and help shape people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.

About us

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is a relationships charity that has been providing support to individuals, couples, families, and communities in the North of England for over 40 years. The charity focuses on promoting emotional wellbeing through 

the cultivation of safe, healthy, and happy relationships. Originally serving Greater Manchester, the organisation has expanded its reach to help people all over England. TLC offer a range of services tailored to meet the diverse relationship challenges faced by the community. Our commitment to evolving our services ensures we continue to meet the growing needs of those we serve.

TLC values safe, healthy, and happy relationships both within the workplace and beyond, emphasising a culture that is safe, authentic, and person-centred, reflecting our commitment to valuing staff as much as the people we support. The organisation takes pride in being progressive and inclusive. TLC have made specific commitments to staff well-being and inclusivity, such as the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, supporting Afro-hairstyles through the Halo Code, and endorsing the White Ribbon campaign to end men’s violence against women. These initiatives support work to build an equitable and respectful work environment.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest pool, reflecting the diverse range of people we support.

We want to make our recruitment processes accessible to everyone. As standard practice we provide interview questions prior to the interview so we can concentrate on getting to know you. If there is any way that we can support you to be the best you can be, please contact us. 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

This post has a “genuine occupational requirement” covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 & therefore only female applicants will be considered.

We are recruiting for a Peer Support Lead:

The Hepatitis C Trust has developed projects nationally whereby peers use their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C, to provide education and training to increase awareness of hepatitis C, reduce stigma, and promote access to testing and treatment for people living with hepatitis C.

Do you have experience of working in drug services and with volunteers? Have you been affected by hepatitis C, or have you supported anyone who has hepatitis C? We are looking for a passionate and skilled peer lead who has excellent communication and organisational skills. We require a good standard of education and welcome creativity and innovation in all our work.

Alongside a growing team, these posts will continue the development and delivery of the Hepatitis C peer project, recruiting and supporting volunteer peers across the North East Somerset area. Working in partnership with hepatitis C clinical teams, drug and alcohol services and homeless service providers, the post will coordinate delivery of educational workshops, hepatitis C testing in community settings, ensure that service users are referred and supported through hepatitis C treatment and care.

These posts will require extensive travel across the region and it’s desirable the postholders have a clean driving licence and have their own vehicle for work related travel.

We are currently seeking a maintenance assistant to help keep our centres running smoothly and safely for the animals in our care. You will an important role in maintaining our facilities, supporting our team, and ensuring a clean, secure, and welcoming environment for both animals and employees.

Your role will involve supporting the 3 Battersea sites with general maintenance tasks to allow the site to meet its operational needs.

If you’re practical, proactive, and want your work to have a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

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.

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.

Closing date: 6th June 2025. Role may close early if position is filled.
Interview date(s): TBC. Early applications are encouraged as interviews may take place on a rolling basis ahead of the closing date.

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.

About the Role
We're looking for an experienced, confident, and highly proactive Office Manager to take ownership of the day-to-day running of our office and support the wider team. This is a role for an independent thinker; we want someone who sees what needs doing and just gets on with it.

You'll be the go-to person for keeping everything ticking over; managing relationships, handling facilities, supporting CEO and Honorary Officers, and jumping into a range of administration and support tasks. You’ll need to be comfortable using current IT systems and able to work across multiple platforms with minimal supervision. 

Job Purpose:
The Office Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the office and providing comprehensive administrative and operational support to ensure the charity meets its strategic and day-to-day goals. As part of a small team, the Office Manager plays a pivotal role in coordinating key functions such as HR administration, H&S matters, finance support, governance, facilities, and stakeholder communications.

About The Textile Institute
The Textile Institute is a leading institution dedicated to advancing the textile industry through education, research, and innovation. We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Office Manager to join our team and ensure the smooth operation of our office. 
The Textile Institute is the professional body for people and organisations working in the textile, clothing and footwear associated industries worldwide. For more than 115 years, the Institute has been bringing together professionals from all over the world for the exchange of ideas, and a social community promoting friendship among members. It is an international organisation governed by a Council representing members globally.

The Textile Institute is run democratically by and for its members all over the world by, the Trustees of the Institute, and representatives from Sections, Special Interest Groups and internal Standing Committees.

As a registered Charity with a Royal Charter the role of the Institute is to advance the general interests of the textile industry worldwide, more particularly in relation to the acquisition and application of knowledge for the benefit of mankind.

The role will be based at the Institutes international headquarters (TIIHQ) in the city centre of Manchester.