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The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy
We are recruiting an Operations Coordinator to join our team. This role will work closely with the Director to provide Executive Assistant support; work with the Head of Operations to provide HR and finance administration and coordination; and will provide general administrative support across the staff team. This is a new post to support our ever-growing work, and will be based in our Purley office.
Suitable candidates will:
- be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol
- have experience of providing EA support
- have experience and confidence of using financial data and of coordinating both finance and HR-related processes
- have excellent organisation and multi-tasking skills, with experience of coordinating a range of admin processes
- be a skilled and clear communicator, enjoying working closely with a number of people within the extended team
- enjoy working in a small and busy team
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy
We are recruiting a Drugs Education Coordinator (Scotland) to join our team. This role will involve the coordination and delivery of DSMF drug education in Scotland, based in the Grampian region, working with the Head of Education and Engagement and Director to develop provision regionally and more widely.
Suitable candidates will:
- be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol
- have experience of developing and delivering drug and/or alcohol education in schools, colleges and/or the community
- have experience of working with young people, including a knowledge of substance use and its impacts
- have experience of project coordination, with excellent organisation skills
- be a skilled and effective communicator, both in writing and orally, with a wide range of people and agencies
- enjoy working remotely in a small and busy team
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Marketing & Communications Officer (Maternity Cover)
Main purpose of the job
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To support a range of activity that helps raise the profile of the Royal Star & Garter group with a focus on Care for Veterans.
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To provide design services for inhouse creative projects, including the development of on and offline materials to support marketing and fundraising activity.
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To maximise our digital platforms to increase awareness and engagement.
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To lead on activity to promote occupancy and other services provided by the Home
Marketing & PR
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Coordinating the development of the Care for Veterans website, bringing content into line with Royal Star & Garter and helping prepare for a longer term integration.
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Creating engaging content for the Care for Veterans website and social media platforms.
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Development of press content supporting our focus on the Royal Star & Garter group as an exemplar of best practice.
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Effective support for a range of Care for Veterans fundraising events to include digital marketing and attending in person.
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To develop and design marketing materials and literature to be used across Care for Veterans.
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To design and write the content for donor and supporter newsletters (print and digital)
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To develop and implement marketing plans to support occupancy and services for Care for Veterans, including Day Care.
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To develop paid digital advertising campaigns to support activity across fundraising and occupancy
Process & administration
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Review, update and oversee the Care for Veterans consent process.
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Support on incoming media enquiries with a focus on Worthing site.
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Support the planning, tracking and updating of the marketing and communications budget to ensure accurate financial reporting.
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Support the roll out of the new Care for Veterans brand overseeing a range of material production.
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We have an inclusive approach to administration and expect all team members, regardless of level, to be responsible for identifying and effectively managing this aspect of their work
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To provide appropriate support on other Royal Star & Garter activity as required and directed by the Head of Marcomms.
Other
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To be a brand ambassador encouraging a deep understanding of our values and aims, ensuring consistency to a range of audiences.
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To understand and adhere to relevant laws including data protection.
Person specification
Knowledge and experience:
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Experience of working in a busy marketing environment with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload delivering projects to a high standard.
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A sound knowledge and understanding of digital marketing.
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Good knowledge of relevant marketing and charitable legislation and guidelines.
Skills:
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Excellent communication and listening skills across a wide range of audiences.
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Good editing, copywriting and design skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
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Strong relationship building with the ability to work across teams.
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Good IT skills including MS 365, Teams, Mailchimp, Canva and Adobe or other design packages.
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Experience of using Wordpress to maintain web content.
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An enthusiasm and commitment to the work of Care for Veterans and Royal Star & Garter.
Other:
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Be willing to work flexibly including some evenings and weekends.
Personal characteristics should include:
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Enthusiasm and passion for our work and a commitment to our values
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A self-starter with energy, who motivates with enthusiasm
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A positive attitude
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Reliable, professional manner; flexible and calm under pressure.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Purpose
This role plays a key part in the delivery of Operation Smile UK’s retention programme, generating income and retaining existing cash and regular giving donors. The Giving Engagement Officer (Retention) will support the Giving Engagement Manager to implement multi-channel (mail, telemarketing, web and email) donor retention campaigns, ensuring timely delivery, creative accuracy, and effective stakeholder coordination.
You will be responsible for managing campaign schedules, supporting the creative and data processes, and ensuring delivery partners are aligned. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to deepen their fundraising or campaign delivery experience in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Delivery & Coordination
· Deliver cultivation and retention campaigns, setting up and developing schedules in Asana and coordinating all required stakeholders.
· Manage timelines to ensure all activity is delivered on time and to plan.
· Compile campaign costs and track expenditure against budgets, flagging issues as they arise.
Creative, Data & Fulfilment Management
- Develop campaign briefs for creative, data output, print and fulfilment for review by internal teams and suppliers.
- Manage the creative sign-off process: collate feedback from stakeholders and ensure briefing accuracy to suppliers.
- Proof all campaign materials to maintain brand integrity and accuracy.
Digital & Email Communications
- Support the development of donor emails in line with agreed campaign structures.
- Coordinate the production and scheduling of email content in collaboration with the communications and data and tech team.
Performance Monitoring & Reporting
- Compile campaign results for analysis and provide reports to inform future activity.
- Work closely with data teams to ensure appropriate segmentation and tracking.
Donor Stewardship
- Support the thank-you process, including personalising and developing donor thank-you cards as required.
- Contribute to improving supporter journeys and experiences through campaign touchpoints, especially for regular givers.
Recruitment
We are actively interviewing for this role on a rolling basis as suitable applicants apply. If you're interested in this role, it is advisable to apply as soon as possible.
Application Instructions
Could you please provide us with a cover letter (no longer than one A4 page) that addresses the following:
- Why are you interested in a career in fundraising?
- What skills will you bring to this role?
- What specifically attracted you to Operation Smile UK’s mission to provide cleft care and safe surgery globally?
- How have you coordinated campaign schedules, stakeholders, and suppliers in previous roles to ensure on-time, accurate campaign delivery?
Disability Confident Committed Employer
We're a Disability Confident Committed employer, so we guarantee an interview to any disabled applicant who meets the minimum requirements for the job.
At Operation Smile UK, we value individuals based on their performance and potential. We're dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that supports everyone's needs. We're happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the application and employment process, and we particularly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds.
If you need this document in a different format, require any adjustments, or need help with your application, please contact us (further details contained within the job description).
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Operation Smile UK knows fundraising could better reflect the diverse backgrounds and experiences of the people the charity sector supports. If you don’t meet every requirement but believe your transferable skills align with the role, we encourage you to contact us for a conversation.
We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We celebrate diversity and encourage you to bring your authentic self to Operation Smile UK. We are committed to supporting all applicants and ensuring a fair hiring process. All appointments will be made solely on merit, and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
You will be working with young adults (18-30 years old) from an asylum/refugee background. The young people you will be working with will have arrived as unaccompanied minors to the UK, will be seeking asylum or have refugee status, and will have been under 24 years old upon referral. We offer open ended psychotherapy, always working towards enabling people to move towards independence.
You will be working in a multicultural and multilingual therapeutic environment and embrace the opportunity to engage in multi-disciplinary work with our team of therapists, social workers, Art, Music, Sports, Yoga providers and education tutors. We offer open ended psychotherapy, always working towards enabling people to move towards independence.
Please read the Clinical Context and Model at Baobab document attached.
The Baobab Centre is a non-residential therapeutic community that offers support to young survivors of human rights abuses seeking refuge in the UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Venn Group are delighted to be partnered with a large international Charity to support with the recruitment of a Financial Accountant. The role will be supporting with producing statutory accounts for certain large entities, as well as being a key point of contact during external audit.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Assist in the preparation of audited financial statements for two major subsidiaries
- Complete the consolidation of subsidiary entities into the relevant group financial statements
- Prepare statutory accounts for smaller entities for review by senior finance colleagues
- Submit statutory returns, including those for tax and national statistics authorities, and support fundraising and grant teams with financial data derived from statutory accounts
- Collaborate with senior finance leadership to support strategic initiatives aimed at streamlining financial processes, reducing errors, and improving data-driven decision-making
- Lead a project to automate and integrate statutory account preparation using linked Excel and Word documents, ensuring real-time updates and maintaining template functionality
- Reconcile a range of control accounts on a monthly basis and resolve outstanding items in coordination with cross-functional finance teams
- Act as a key contact for external auditors, attend senior-level audit meetings, process adjustments, and implement recommended improvements
- Partner with management accounting and regional teams to align reporting processes and agree on accounting treatments for key balances such as debtors and accruals
- Develop insight into property reporting and funding, and its alignment with statutory reporting—particularly regarding reserves and contingent liabilities
- Support the preparation of key board and audit committee papers, including going concern assessments in collaboration with senior finance leadership
- Ensure compliance with year-end procedures and produce balance sheet reconciliations and supporting notes for audit purposes
- Serve as a principal liaison for external audits relating to both major trusts, providing assistance and documentation as required
Ideal candidate profile:
- Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- Experience in planning and preparing statutory accounts and disclosure notes
- Good understanding of Charity SORP and FRS 102
- Advanced IT skills to enable complex manipulation and interpretation of financial data
- A deep understanding of accounting concepts with proven experience of dealing with external auditors
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.
This innovative and exciting safeguarding officer role will build on our current provision to collaborate on safeguarding across several church denominations to ensure a safe, relevant and caring Church safeguarding environment for all. You would be working for Churches Alive in Mann (CAiM) as part of their ecumenical partnership, providing safeguarding support and services for the four denominations who are the lead contributing partners in this initiative (Roman Catholic Church, Church of England, Methodist Church and the Living Hope Community Church).
The ideal candidate will have:
- A relevant professional qualification or the equivalent (for example, in social care or criminal justice), with current professional registration where applicable.
- The ability to transfer good safeguarding practice to a non-statutory organisation, working with colleagues from a non-safeguarding background and achieve good safeguarding outcomes in that context.
- Experience in developing effective new ways of working for an organisation.
- Experience in cases involving the protection and safeguarding of children and/or adults, with at least some of that experience gained in a statutory agency.
- Experience of working with victims, survivors and perpetrators of abuse.
- Experience of assessing risk.
- The ability to be self-reflective, welcoming feedback from others.
- A strong commitment to equality and diversity.
- A personal commitment to the values and beliefs of the Christian community
A full job description and application form can be received from: hr @sodorandman.im
In line with current safer recruitment practices CVs are not accepted and an application form must be competed.
Completed applications should be returned to: hr @sodorandman.im
The closing date for this vacancy is 5th September, 2025. Short listing is scheduled for w/c 8th September 2025 and short listed candidates will be invited for an introductory visit to the island on 30th September 2025, with interviews the following day, 1st October 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join CEM, a progressive, values-driven charity in Birmingham, as our Finance Officer. You’ll manage day-to-day finance operations, support system improvements, and work collaboratively across a friendly, multidisciplinary team.
We are seeking a highly organised, adaptable, and detail-oriented Finance Officer to join our friendly and fast-paced team. In this varied role, you will be responsible for managing financial transactions, ensuring accuracy across our systems, and supporting process improvements that underpin our charitable and commercial operations.
You will work closely with colleagues across departments and with our developers to enhance our bespoke Management Information System (CEMist), including involvement in system testing and process mapping. This role requires accuracy, initiative, and the ability to balance multiple priorities with care.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to make a tangible impact in the education and charity sectors.
Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification to Lorraine Williams at: [email protected]
To Equip, Educate, and Empower RE teachers, leaders, and schools by providing expert resources and impactful training.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
FareShare’s pioneering Surplus with Purpose scheme works with businesses across the fresh produce sector to help cover the extra costs of redistributing their unsold food to people who need it and preparing unfinished surplus food for redistribution. FareShare will redistribute thousands of tonnes of surplus fresh fruit and vegetables nationally to charities and community organisations that need it, saving it from going to waste.
Working with the volunteer management team and other key personnel, this role will be involved in attracting and supporting the retention of new volunteers for Surplus with Purpose-related work. You will also promote the benefits and opportunities of volunteering at EMERGE to the wider community. You’ll be a strong communicator, happy to jump on the phone or take the lead at in-person recruitment events. You’ll have experience in the community or voluntary sector and strong data management skills to ensure we can accurately report to funders on our outreach and track the volunteers who participate in the programme. An understanding of handling confidential data, meeting targets and deadlines, and experience in recruitment are key skills for this role.
The role is based onsite at our Head Office on New Smithfield Market. We are happy to discuss your preferred working days.
After you've submitted your CV via Charity Jobs, we will send you a recruitment pack, which includes a job description and application form. This must be completed for you to be considered for the role.
As a leading food charity to tackle hunger, our aim is to help tackle the food poverty issue in Greater Manchester.




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A little bit about the role
Please note that this role will be closing on Tuesday 26 August at 9am.
As a member of the Admissions & support team, you will be supporting the recruitment and development of new social workers, who will then go onto change the lives of vulnerable children and families. You will play a key role in supporting the completion of all suitability checks (conduct, health and previous social care involvement) for Approach Social Work applicants, managing competing deadlines and multiple applicant cases at any one time.
The role requires a qualified social worker with experience of statutory practice and ideally substantial working knowledge of implementing reasonable adjustments in practice. The role involves primarily risk assessment to inform often difficult discussions around health, conduct and social care experience for applicants to Approach Social Work. Experience of taking part in panels, navigating sensitive discussion around criminal, conduct, previous social care involvement would be required.
Our suitability advisors are social work qualified and experienced members of the team who hold a vital position in ensuring all pre-programme checks are completed fully and fairly, for applicants to Approach Social Work. Suitability advisors are responsible for completing risk assessments where for applicants who disclose criminal, conduct, previous social care matters or disabilities which may need to be considered pre-programme. Suitability advisors also provide organisational guidance on conduct, reasonable adjustments and disability.
A little bit about you
The ideal applicant must be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England, and be able to prioritise a busy caseload with multiple deadlines. This role will suit someone passionate about the future of the social work profession, and who holds equity, diversity and inclusion at the heart of their work.
We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own.
If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you.
Important information
We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.
We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.
We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!
This role is ineligible for sponsorship and so all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
To make life better for children at risk of harm, by improving the services that support them.




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The West Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church (based in Yardley), is looking for an individual to provide technical expertise on buildings and property in support of Synod Officers, members of Synod Committees and local churches.
The successful candidate will be working to a wide brief and is expected to undertake a range of duties including, but not limited to, advising and initiating action on property issues in local churches, overseeing quinquennial inspections and manse inspections, and providing advice on property-related matters to Synod Committees.
We are looking for someone who:
- has experience of property matters either through extensive operational management or through the practice of a relevant profession, while holding appropriate qualifications at higher or professional level
- has some knowledge of charity procedures
- is a team player and is used to working collaboratively
- possesses effective oral and written communication skills
- possesses sound IT skills
- has a willingness to work within the Christian ethos of the United Reformed Church
- can work flexibly with some evening and weekend work
In return we can offer a friendly, supportive and flexible working environment, five weeks’ annual leave and a contributory pension scheme.
We do not accept CVs and require candidates to fill in an application form to ensure we consider each person on equal terms. We follow United Reformed Church Safer Recruitment Policy and Practice.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 8 September 2025. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 15 September 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
At EMERGE 3Rs, our volunteers are the heart and soul of our charity. They fulfil many varied roles and without them, EMERGE’s activities, including Touch Wood and FareShare Greater Manchester, would have far less social and environmental impact.
Our Give & Gain employability programme is aimed at enabling people to develop the skills, confidence, and aspirations needed for job success. We support people from all backgrounds who face barriers to employment and whose skills often go unused or undiscovered.
Working with the Volunteering team and other key staff, this role assists in promoting the benefits and opportunities of the Give & Gain Programme at EMERGE. You will help us recruit additional volunteers from the local community and beyond by identifying and contacting new networks and operational partners. You’ll be an experienced administrator, ideally with experience in the voluntary sector. Your strong data management skills will ensure we can accurately report to funders on our outreach and track the volunteers who participate in the programme. An understanding of handling confidential data, meeting targets and deadlines, and experience in recruitment are key skills for this role.
The role is based onsite at our Head Office on New Smithfield Market. We are happy to discuss your preferred working days.
Once you've applied via Charity Jobs, we will contact you separately with an application pack which includes an application form.
As a leading food charity to tackle hunger, our aim is to help tackle the food poverty issue in Greater Manchester.




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About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
We have an exciting opportunity for a Supporter Experience Coordinator to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.
At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.
About the role
Your key purpose will be to support the Supporter Experience Manager in the delivering an excellent supporter experience for individuals across all fundraising activities. This includes projects related to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices Individual Giving programme, supporter journeys and ensuring Shooting Star Children’s Hospices families who choose to fundraise are effectively supported in their activity. This role will support the charities appeal fundraising programme, working with the Head of Supporter Engagement and Supporter Experience Manager on supporter stewardship.
The Supporter Experience Coordinator will also provide efficient and effective key administrative support to the wider fundraising team, optimising income generation proactivity cross-team. They will support in maximising the potential of our fundraising data, ensuring accurate and effective fundraising finance processes, gift aid maximisation and utilising the fundraising database.
About you
If you are enthusiastic about fundraising and enjoy diverse responsibilities, this could be the perfect role for you.
We are looking for someone who feels confident working as part of a team as well as working independently. Previous experience in an administrative role is desired, with excellent knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively in a sensitive and compassionate manner.
Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
What we offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:
Pension scheme
• NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
Annual leave
• 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
• 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
• Generous sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
• Flexible working arrangements
• Death in service benefits
• Reimbursed professional membership fees
• Eye care
• Employee referral scheme
• Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
To apply please send your CV and a short covering letter outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role: Senior Partnerships Manager - Corporate
Location: Flexible working with a mixture of remote working and office based at Solar
House, 3rd Floor, 1-9 Romford Rd, London, E15 4LJ or home-based for the right candidate
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part time hours will also be considered)
Salary: £41,500 - £47,949 per annum depending on experience
Closing date: Tuesday 26 August - 9am
Interviews to be held on an as and when basis and we encourage early applications to avoid disappointment
There is a school attendance crisis with 1 in 5 children missing more than 10% of their schooling each year. This figure has doubled since the pandemic. They are missing weeks, months, even years of their education, severely affecting their future life chances.
School-Home Support looks beyond the classroom to tackle the underlying causes of school absence and get children back to school, ready to learn. Whatever it takes.
We require increased funding to help tackle this national crisis and are recruiting to this senior fundraising role to help fund our new strategy. This is a fantastic chance to join our passionate, committed team and make your mark on one of the education challenges of a generation.
You
You will be a passionate communicator with a proven track record of inspiring organisations to support the charities you have represented. You will be confident in approaching and speaking with individuals at all levels in a business, understanding motivations and providing opportunities for them to deliver real impact to the families we support. You will be an inspirational team leader and relish the opportunity of working collaboratively to deliver against targets.
You’ll have previous experience of:
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Achieving income targets
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Successfully identifying and developing new funder relationships
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Motivating, inspiring and leading a team
We will aim to conduct interviews in person as far as possible. We may need to hold second
interviews, and you will be informed of this following the initial interview.
We are committed to maximising staff wellbeing and creating an inclusive, safe
environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.
To find out more about our current initiatives and offerings, please view our EDI &
Wellbeing initiatives document.
As an employer we offer:
● Generous annual leave entitlement
● Comprehensive employee wellbeing programme
● Employee assistance programme
● Life assurance
● Pension scheme
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the
community.
School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the
welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects
statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our
safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all
circumstances. All roles at SHS are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Difference is an education charity, founded to change the story on lost learning. Our vision is to see lost learning falling nationally by 2030 and for schools to be better equipped to support all children, particularly those most vulnerable.
We are a small, growing charity delivering many school leadership programmes, with a growing research and policy arm. We have had excellent early impact but there is work ahead to capture this, share learning with schools and policy-makers, and campaign to lower exclusions across England.
The Role
This is an exciting time to join The Difference as we increase our impact, reach more schools, and develop our influencing strategy. As Data and Evaluation Manager you will:
Manage research and evaluation activities
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Evaluation project design
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Data collection
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Data analysis
Collaborate on building and applying evidence
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Embed learning - Work closely with colleagues to interpret and understand evaluation findings to inform programme development, fundraising bids, practice reports and policy work.
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Sector awareness - keep up to date with developments in education, inclusion, attendance and exclusions, as well as research and evaluation methods relevant to our work
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Internal collaboration - support teams with ad hoc data queries, whether related to our own programmes or data from external sources, such as schools,
Communicating insights
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Insight reporting
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Knowledge sharing
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External representation
Our work is fast-paced, our roles are broad, and there is a culture of being highly autonomous, reactive and flexible. If this sounds exciting rather than daunting, then this could be the role for you!
The Candidate
We are seeking a combination of the following skills, aptitude and experience:
Essential – We are looking for someone with the following knowledge, experience and skills, though you may be stronger in some areas than others:
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Track record of using research and evaluation methods
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Confidence analysing and presenting data clearly
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project management skills
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Ability to report and communicate findings
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Knowledge of the ethical and legal aspects of social research
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Proven ability to work independently and take initiative
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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Strong time management skills
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Passion for The Difference's mission
You are more likely to be successful in your application if you have either/both:
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Familiarity with the education sector and/or school data systems, example MIS
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Ability to conduct desk research and literature reviews
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Lived experience or insight into the school experiences of marginalised young people
The Difference exists to improve the life-outcomes of the most vulnerable children by raising the status and expertise of those who educate them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.