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About Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Pathfinders is a user-led charity run by and for people living with muscle-weakening conditions. We support disabled people and those who employ personal assistants (PAs) through peer support, information, training, and advocacy. We believe in the power of lived experience and centre disabled voices in everything we do.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly organised and motivated Project Coordinator to lead the delivery of an exciting new learning and development project for individual employers and personal assistants. The project will support people who employ PAs through direct payments and their PAs to develop the knowledge and skills they need through videos, peer-led training, discussion sessions, and case studies.
You will oversee the planning, coordination and delivery of the project, ensuring activities run smoothly, are well-attended, and meet the needs of learners. You’ll work closely with people with lived experience of employing PAs, guest speakers, partner organisations, and the wider Pathfinders team to deliver high-quality, accessible training and resources.
We will prioritise applications from people with lived experience of employing PAs, or who have supported others to do so.
Key Responsibilities
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Coordinate the delivery of the training project, including scheduling and facilitating sessions, managing communications, and tracking progress against objectives.
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Work with Pathfinders staff, guest speakers and people with lived experience to produce a series of bite-sized training videos for PAs and employers.
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Organise and support delivery of:
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Fortnightly peer-learning sessions for PA employers
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Monthly case study sessions for PAs
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Monthly “Train the Trainer” classes for employers
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Engage and support participants, including managing bookings, sending reminders, and providing follow-up information.
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Promote the project in collaboration with our communications team and external partners, including disability charities, PA networks, and local authorities.
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Gather feedback, measure impact and contribute to reporting for the funder.
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Support participants to access additional training opportunities (e.g. SfC resources, the Individual Employer Fund, local training).
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Ensure accessibility and inclusion are embedded in all activities.
Person Specification
Essential:
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Strong project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously
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Excellent communication and people skills – confident talking to diverse audiences including disabled people, PAs, professionals and partner organisations
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A clear understanding of the challenges and responsibilities of employing personal assistants
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Good digital skills and confidence using online platforms like Zoom, Google Drive, Microsoft Office and social media
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Ability to work independently, manage time effectively and meet deadlines
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Committed to inclusion, accessibility and user-led values
Desirable:
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Lived experience of employing PAs or supporting someone who does
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Lived experience of a muscle-weakening condition
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Experience creating or coordinating learning content or training sessions
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Experience working in the disability, health or social care sector
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Knowledge of direct payments and personalisation in adult social care
Timeline:
The closing date for this role is 7th July, with interviews to be held between 14th-18th July.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are working in partnership with Veterans Outreach Support (VOS), an award-winning, UK registered charity that supports those who have served our nation, in the Armed Forces and Merchant Navy, through the provision of welcoming and relaxed settings where UK veterans and family members can access welfare, wellbeing, and mental health support. VOS are well known in the armed forces charity sector for the Drop-In model of support they have developed, focused on close collaboration with delivery partners, and dedicated mental health support. VOS’s development has taken them well beyond these elements to a wide-ranging, person-centered one-stop shop that provides direct and holistic support.
VOS is now seeking a part time Volunteer Coordinator, who will oversee and manage the delivery of volunteer-supported activities and social groups with the aim of improving service user wellbeing through non-clinical means. The post holder will design, develop and deliver a variety of activities, both physical and online, in collaboration with VOS volunteers, delivery partners and activity providers, working closely with other VOS team members providing welfare and clinical support. The post holder will have a key role in maintaining relationships with local partners, including other charities and social prescribers.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Highly organised self-starter and creative planner, capable of managing multiple strands of activity, whilst remaining close to service users and their needs.
- Ability to work on own initiative and with minimal supervision to meet targets and deadlines within agreed timescales.
- High level of emotional intelligence (EQ), with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, especially listening skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels.
- Strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Competent in use of IT systems and social media, including video-conferencing and MS Office software.
- Ability to travel independently, across all VOS locations.
We are seeking a proactive, flexible and responsive individual with a strong team player work ethic, capable of working as part of a dynamic, high-tempo team, including with volunteers and other supporters and partners.
For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant at Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage expressions of interest from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Location: Royal Maritime Hotel, Portsmouth / limited scope for homeworking / flexibility
Requires the ability to travel independently, across VOS locations, including the Isle of Wight (IOW)
Closing date: Sunday 6 July 2025 (please see note below)
However, Charisma is reviewing and actioning applications on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Interviews with VOS: Rolling
Fundraising Development Manager
Up to £41,500 per annum
Full time (35 hours per week)
Permanent contract
Newark office, Hybrid - remote working with regular travel to other places of work
Closing date for applications: 6th July 25
First interview: 14th July 2025
Second interview: 22nd July 2025
About Us
The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have more than 944,000 members, over 38,000 volunteers, 3,600 staff and 600 trustees. There are 46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each of which is a place-based independent charity with its own legal identity, formed by groups of people getting together and working with others to make a positive difference to wildlife and future generations, starting where they live and work.
Every Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts federation and a corporate member of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a registered charity in its own right founded in 1912 and one of the founding members of IUCN – the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Taken together this federation of 47 charities is known as The Wildlife Trusts.
The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big, bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we mobilise others and support them to organise within their own communities.
About you
Are you passionate about raising funds to make a real difference to nature in the UK?
We are seeking an exceptional person to develop our opportunities to secure funding from charitable trusts and foundations, with a focus on growing our reach among international funders, to enable The Wildlife Trusts to achieve our ambitious goals for nature’s recovery. Based within our Fundraising team and working closely with our Senior Leadership Team and colleagues across the organisation, you will be instrumental in growing our fundraising through relationship development and excellent stewardship.
You will be a motivated and resilient self-starter, enthusiastic about meeting new people and engaging them with our work. You will be skilled in researching funders and confident working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and with colleagues across the organisation to identify and utilise networking opportunities (both online and in person).
You will be a talented communicator, skilled in developing a compelling case for support to secure funding and in managing relationships with funders, both directly and with colleagues. A strategic and creative thinker, you will see the connections between different priorities and areas of work and create opportunities to raise the profile of our work with potential funders
The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click here to read our commitment statement. The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.
RSWT are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment.
Please be aware we may not accept applications if we have reason to believe they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic fundraiser who will help develop and implement a new community fundraising strategy, and become the face of SpecialEffect in the local area – building relationships with supporters, mobilising volunteers, and working on creative fundraising initiatives that raise vital income and awareness.
This role will form strong and lasting relationships with our existing community and local business supporters with a focus on sustained engagement, retention and growth. They will also be involved in identifying and developing new community partners to ensure a reliable source of income for the future.
Elements of the community fundraising coordinator brief as defined in the job description currently sit across a number of existing team members, so you will need the confidence to work alongside your colleagues to define your supporter base and manage the handover of key contacts to ensure a smooth transition of responsibility.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for someone to be the regional representative for Crimestoppers in the Avon and Somerset area, with specific responsibility for;
- Creation and delivery of local/county/regionally specific crime-based campaigns in partnership with law enforcement agencies, local committees and volunteers.
- Coordination of cross border and national activity in support of ROCU’S, the NCA and other bodies such as the GLAA.
- Identifying and maximising funding opportunities for our charity including RM post, campaign activity, Fearless workers and for Business Development.
- Enabling volunteer committees to develop so they can operate effectively and achieve their full potential.
- Act as Crimestoppers spokesperson for the region covered, regarding media interviews.
Criteria
Essential
- Project management i.e. scoping planning, implementation and delivery of projects
- Budget management experience
- Ability to spend time away from home to meet the needs of the role.
- Ability to work unsociable hours in line with the needs of the role.
- Ability to work to tight timescales, and to work within pressurised time critical and decision-making scenarios.
Desirable
- Experience of working with the commercial/ statutory sector in relation to campaigns/ media.
- Experience of working with volunteers and the third sector.
- Ability to liaise with senior and junior management within organisations to delivered relevant outcomes.
- Basic knowledge of policing practice.
- Experience of lone working
Please submit a CV and covering letter expressing your interest in the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The deadline for applications is Monday 7th July 2025 by 9 AM CET.
Location: London, minutes from Old Street Station
Location type: Hybrid
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Manages: 5
Annual salary: £85K - £95K GBP
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Candidate level: Director
Background
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. A UK registered charity, we work in collaboration with Palestinian communities and trusted local partners, and coordinate with key stakeholders and relevant clusters, to meet a wide range of health and social needs, from providing vital medical aid in emergencies, to supporting the development of better health services for the long term. We also uplift the voices of Palestinians, and campaign for an end to the barriers to health and dignity that come from living through occupation, displacement, discrimination and conflict.
Purpose of role
MAP is in a period of growth and rapid development, and as such, the incoming Chief Operating Officer (COO) will be responsible for the financial strategy and management of MAP and for the leadership of operational areas to help deliver the organisation’s mission and strategic goals. The COO provides support to the CEO in areas of governance, legal and risk management and may deputise for the CEO as required.
Responsibilities
Strategy, vision and leadership
- Be accountable to the CEO and Board in the areas of finance, technology, risk and compliance, supply chain and logistics, and safety and security.
- Advise the CEO and SMT on financial planning, legal, governance and related policy matters.
- Work closely with SMT colleagues to ensure that appropriate processes and systems are in place across the organisation, including delivery against KPIs.
- Serve as the management liaison to the Finance & Operations Committee, Audit Risk & Governance Committee and, where required, to the Board of Trustees; effectively communicate and present critical financial and operational matters at governance meetings.
- Ensure robust, secure and scalable IT systems and infrastructure. Lead on information governance & data protection and identify and drive opportunities for digital transformation.
- Lead on the development of MAP’s strategic goals and objectives in all areas of responsibility and contribute to the development of other goals as well as the overall management of the organisation.
- Work with direct reports to ensure the delivery of an effective strategy in all areas of responsibility.
- Maintain continuous lines of communication, keeping the CEO informed of all critical issues.
- Lead cross-organisational projects in line with organisational strategy and direction.
- Build strong working relationships with colleagues across the organisation at all levels, adopting and encouraging a collaborative working approach.
- Represent the organisation externally, as necessary, in areas under the COO’s responsibility.
- Deputise for the CEO as required.
Team development/leadership
- Oversee, direct, and organise the work of the finance and operations teams.
- Create a high-performing team that is ambitious and passionate about MAP’s vision.
- Ensure staff members receive timely and appropriate training and development, to facilitate continual improvement as individuals and as a team.
- Establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities, and conduct annual performance appraisals.
- Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach and motivate the team to be innovative and professional in its thinking and delivery.
Operations
- Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure annual audits, budgets, and reports in all areas of operations are produced in an accurate and timely manner for SMT, the Board, and Board sub-committees.
- Ensure strong financial controls, risk management and regulatory compliance, including with UK Charity Commission standards, donor requirements and legal and regulatory requirements in countries and territories of operation.
- Build a culture of continuous improvement in operations and ensure appropriate and timely action to address operational risks when they arise.
- Provide analytical support to the CEO and SMT including development of internal management reporting capabilities.
Profile
Person specification
- Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) or post-graduate business degree mandatory.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in a senior management role ideally with in-house financial management experience gained in a high-growth organisation.
- Experience either as an employee or board member of a non-profit organisation; must be familiar with non-profit finance and accounting regulations.
- Proven track record of success facilitating progressive organisational change and development within a growing organisation.
- Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills including negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Bring strong mentoring and coaching experience to a team with diverse levels of expertise.
- Entrepreneurial team player who can multitask.
- Superior management skills: the ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports and peers.
- Self-reliant and results-oriented, with good problem-solving skills.
- Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive; a team leader who can positively and productively impact both strategic and tactical finance and administration initiatives.
- Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with the SMT, MAP’s Board of Trustees, and staff.
- Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker.
- Prepared and able to travel when required, including to Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, and Egypt.
- Passion for MAP’s mission and commitment to MAP’s values.
Terms and conditions
This job description reflects the key requirements of the role and does not form part of your contract of employment. It can be amended from time to time as the needs of the organisation require and as appropriate to the role.
An offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and social media checks.
An applicant’s pack is also available on request.
The deadline for application is Monday 7th July 2025 by 9 AM CET.
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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.
We’re looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Operations and Finance Manager to join our passionate team at Bury VCFA. As a key member of our leadership group, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of our charity, ensuring our operations run smoothly and our finances are strong, transparent, and sustainable.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a movement that changes lives. You’ll bring your expertise to the heart of an organisation that values integrity, collaboration, and innovation, helping us maximise our impact every step of the way.
We are looking for an analytical, detail-oriented person to manage the smooth running of our operations and finance functions. You’ll have strong decision-making skills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including staff and trustees, partner organisations and users of our services.
You will have a sound understanding of legal responsibilities and regulations required to maintain a safe environment for our team, tenants, and users, as well as good problem-solving skills and the ability to address issues quickly as they arise.
If you’re ready to combine your professional skills with purpose and make a real difference, we can’t wait to meet you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.