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Chelsea or Sutton (with 1 day a week working from home)
About Us
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to save the lives of people with cancer, everywhere. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world. Join our ambitious and supportive Individual Giving Team and help us deliver our most ambitious fundraising strategy yet.
What You’ll Be Doing
As our Individual Giving Assistant – Supporter Retention & Development, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our fundraising campaigns and projects, helping to retain and maximise the lifetime value of our supporters. You’ll be one of the first points of contact for our donors, providing exceptional supporter care and ensuring every supporter feels valued. Your day-to-day will include:
- Responding to supporter enquiries by phone and email, ensuring all queries are handled efficiently and with care
- Thanking donors and personalising communications to build strong relationships
- Accurately recording and processing donations, including “in memory” gifts, and updating supporter records on our database
- Supporting the delivery of fundraising campaigns, including creating timing plans, checking data, and monitoring stock levels
- Managing invoices and supporting the team with administrative tasks
- Working with colleagues and volunteers to deliver the best possible supporter experience
What We’re Looking For
You’ll be an enthusiastic team player with:
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- The ability to prioritise, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines
- A proactive, flexible approach and willingness to support the team as needed
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (experience with customer databases is desirable)
- Commitment to providing outstanding supporter care and working in a supporter-focused environment
Previous experience in customer or supporter service, office administration, or the charity sector is desirable but not essential – full training will be provided.
Why Join Us?
We’re a values-driven charity committed to saving lives by funding world-leading research, treatment, and care at The Royal Marsden. You’ll be part of a collaborative, ambitious, and kind team, with plenty of opportunities for learning and development.
What we offer:
- 27 days annual leave (rising with length of service), plus UK bank holidays
- Up to 6% employer pension contributions (increasing with service)
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
- Life insurance and employee assistance programme
- Flexible and hybrid working options (work from home one day a week)
- Access to subsidised staff restaurants, wellbeing initiatives, and more
- Bright, modern offices in Chelsea and Sutton, with excellent transport links
Inclusion Matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply:
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Please submit a cover letter highlighting how you meet the person specification along with your CV. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
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Tandridge Learning Trust is expanding, and we now have a new and exciting position for a HR Manager to join our Central Services team. We are looking for a strategic and operational HR specialist to work collaboratively with our Trust Leaders to successfully deliver a HR Business Partnering service and embed our values driven, positive culture.
The successful candidate will combine excellent technical knowledge of relevant people management legislation and compliance alongside a forward-thinking approach to develop an effective people function which attracts and retains the very best people. We would expect you to develop effective HR systems and processes and drive strategic projects and priorities to support our ambitious vision for children and young people.
We are looking for an outstanding individual to direct and lead our established, committed and hard-working HR team to drive positive change and continuous improvement across our group of schools. You would be expected to provide trusted professional advice to senior leaders on all HR matters and to ensure best practice standards are met in line with educational policy, whilst embedding a consistent, positive culture at every level to impact staff development and employee engagement and satisfaction.
The ideal candidate will:
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Have an unwavering determination to deliver excellent operational and strategic HR leadership across our multi academy trust
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Demonstrate proven experience in managing complex HR casework and an understanding of people management processes, legislation and best practice
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Be CIPD qualified (to Level 5) or have the comparative extensive HR operational and leadership experience at a strategic level
In return we can offer you:
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The opportunity to lead on the development of HR practices and processes in a growing and ambitious multi academy trust
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A professional mentor/buddy to support you throughout your first year
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An established HR operational team, a strong local HR network and HR forum
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Opportunities for professional growth and personal development
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Membership of a generous Local Government Pension Scheme
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A flexible working arrangement
Our vision is to empower every learner to excel and flourish within a culture of inclusion and high aspiration.
Would you like to join an organisation that is striving for systemic change? We believe it is not enough to reform structures and systems which are foundationally discriminatory. We are calling for a complete overhaul, and for people with lived experience to lead that change.
Migration is one of the most hotly debated political topics with rapid policy changes shaping the lives of millions. We’re looking for a proactive and inspiring leader to join us as Interim Head of Policy and Communications.
In this vital role, you will champion our mission to create a just society for all migrants, ensuring those with lived experience are at the centre of our work and heard by policymakers and supporters alike. You will influence national policies, engage diverse stakeholders, from policymakers to grassroots groups, and build impactful communication campaigns.
Working closely with our CEO and as part of the Senior Leadership Team, you will help shape the strategic direction of our policy and communication efforts during this critical time.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in contributing to a vision for intersectional campaigns that call for systemic change, and for those with lived experience to lead the changes we need.
If you’re passionate about social justice, experienced in policy and advocacy, and a skilled communicator, we want to hear from you!
As a lived experience and values-led organisation, and diverse team, we are looking for candidates with a:
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Commitment to upholding the rights of ALL migrants
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Real vision as to how this can be done in the current political, social and economic climate
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A commitment to MRN's vision and values
The salary will be £43,817 per annum, pro-rata. In addition, MRN contributes up to 6% of salary to pensions. We are keen to have someone start in the role immediately.
Closing date for applications: 9am, 14 January 2026
Date for candidate interviews: 26 January 2026
We are a charity and campaigning organisation that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fights for rights and justice.

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The Royal Commission's diverse and growing alumni community spans academia, industry, science, engineering, and the arts. We are now seeking an Alumni Manager to strengthen engagement with this community and help build meaningful, long-term relationships that enhance the impact of our programmes.
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is a historic charitable foundation established to carry forward the legacy of the Great Exhibition. Today, we support excellence in research, innovation, and STEM education through prestigious postgraduate fellowships and awards, alongside the stewardship of our South Kensington estate.
The Role
Reporting to the Secretary to the Royal Commission, the Alumni Manager will lead the coordination and delivery of our alumni strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong communication and organisational skills who enjoys building communities and working in the not-for-profit or higher education sector.
Key Responsibilities
Alumni Relations & Community Building
· Maintain and develop the Commission’s alumni network, fostering long-term engagement.
· Work with the Secretary and Alumni Steering Group to develop and deliver an alumni engagement plan.
· Act as the main point of contact for alumni enquiries.
· Manage alumni use of Commission facilities.
Communications & Content
· Produce newsletters, alumni profiles, updates, and case studies.
· Manage alumni-related online content, including website updates and mailing lists.
· Coordinate content and publication of the annual external stakeholder magazine.
· Develop targeted communications for different alumni audiences.
Events
· Plan and deliver dedicated alumni events.
· Support alumni in delivering their own events.
· Assist the Events Coordinator and executive team with other Commission events.
Data & Administration
· Maintain and develop the alumni database, CRM (Hivebrite), survey tools, and internal records.
· Ensure alumni data is accurate and up to date.
· Track engagement metrics and prepare reports for internal review.
You may also be required to undertake other duties reasonably associated with the role.
About You
Essential qualities
· Experience in alumni relations, community management, stakeholder engagement, or a similar role.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.
· Experience planning and delivering events.
· Ability to build positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
· Proficiency in CRM or database systems and Microsoft Office.
Desirable
· Experience in higher education, charities, research organisations, or learned societies.
· Understanding of academic or research environments.
· Experience in digital communications, content creation, or website management.
Salary & Benefits
Salary: £16,932 per annum (10 hours per week; £59,262 FTE).
Flexible working hours agreed with the Secretary, within core hours of 10am–4pm.
At least one day per week working from the office.
Annual leave: 8.5 days plus public holidays (pro rata).
Employer pension contribution of 15% of gross salary via The People’s Pension or a personal pension scheme.
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We have big ambition, and our organisation strategy reflects this. As Senior Trust Fundraising Manager, your role will focus on securing five- and six-figure gifts from grant-giving trusts and foundations. You will provide exceptional stewardship to those trusts with whom we have existing relationships, whilst researching and cultivating new prospects to maximise income, value, and influence for The Children’s Trust. This role will be key in enabling us to strengthen long term financial sustainability, through multi-year funding relationships and to drive restricted and unrestricted income to realise the strategy for 2030.
WHEN APPLYING PLEASE INCLUDE A COVERING LETTER
This role is not open for sponsorship.
Skills and Responsibilities
To develop relationships to secure gifts and grants from Corporate Foundations, Trusts and statutory grant makers to achieve income targets. Responsibilities include:
Prospect Research:
- Identify and develop a pipeline of opportunities from grant-giving trusts and foundations.
- Use internal database, online resources, desk research, and contact mapping to identify new funder opportunities.
- Review trusts’ and foundations’ funding criteria to grow the prospect pipeline.
- Develop a thorough understanding of our work and future developments to identify new funding opportunities.
Submitting grant applications:
- Create compelling and persuasive funding appeals.
- Complete grant application forms and follow application processes as required.
- Work closely with colleagues across the Directorate and the wider charity to articulate our work and build strong funding propositions.
Leadership & Relationship Management:
- Lead and manage the Trusts and Philanthropy Executive by developing skills, conducting appraisals and overseeing ongoing development.
- Lead & steward a portfolio of existing charitable trusts and foundations, and cultivate new potential donors, ensuring their support is recognised and celebrated.
- Ensure funders are thanked promptly and that grant terms and conditions are applied.
- Provide progress reports and manage all formal reporting requirements on time.
- Build relationships in person, by phone, email, or virtual meetings to secure long-term commitment.
- Identify opportunities for funders to meet key staff and attend events and site visits that strengthen their relationship with the charity.
- Implement the High Value Donor Stewardship Plan.
- Take a proactive role in developing assets such as appeals and cultivation events.
- Work with colleagues across the charity to monitor and evaluate funded projects, producing reports that demonstrate impact.
Administration and Reporting:
- Manage trust prospects and donors on the CRM database, ensuring records are accurate and compliant with fundraising regulations.
- Budget management, cost control forecasting and taking corrective action to achieve budgets.
- Use the CRM database to manage task “actions”, prioritise and evaluate opportunities, and record funder interactions.
- Manage and develop a portfolio of high value relationships.
- Liaise with colleagues to ensure grant applications are coordinated across the organisation.
Education & Qualifications:
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Experience:
- Significant experience and track record in trust fundraising.
- Experience of writing compelling proposals and appeals.
- Proven experience of working as part of a team to deliver ambitious income targets.
- Experience in undertaking prospect research and creating a pipeline of prospects through to cultivation, ask and stewardship.
- Experience of securing and managing statutory funding desirable.
- Demonstrable experience of using fundraising or relationship management databases.
Skills & Abilities:
- Exceptional skills with excellent attention to detail and proof-reading ability
- Excellent research skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills whether on the phone, virtually, in person or in writing
- Excellent relationship building skills.
- Professional, positive, and committed
- Results focussed with strong analytical skill.
- Adaptable and flexible, tenacious, and persuasive
- Financially astute, with the ability to understand project budgets and read the accounts of grant giving trusts.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Doctors of the World UK (DOTW UK) is part of the global Médecins du Monde (MDM) network, which delivers over 400 projects in more than 70 countries through 6,000 volunteers.
Our vision is of a world in which vulnerable people affected by war, natural disasters, disease, hunger, poverty, or exclusion get the healthcare they need.
Through our health programmes and advocacy, we work to ensure excluded people overcome barriers to realising their right to healthcare. Since opening in the UK in 1998, we’ve raised £10m for overseas programmes, helped 20,000 service users here and fought for healthcare as a human right for all.
We believe that every person living in the UK has the right to healthcare, and we work to influence public policy and local implementation to reduce health inequalities and ensure access to healthcare for all.
DOTWUK have a fun and friendly finance team in a small, but high-performing function and are looking for a collaborative, experienced and energetic leader for the role of Head of Finance.
In this exciting role, the successful candidate will provide the organisation with a timely, accurate and relevant financial management service by assuming day-to-day responsibility for the organisation’s accounting function, to enable the senior management team and the Board of Trustees to assess results and performance and make informed, strategic decisions, and ensure the organisation complies with statutory and corporate regulation and requirements.
You will work closely with the treasurer, directors and managers to enable them to manage their programme finances and support them to report to donors and to devise sound plans for growth and sustainability.
The UK chapter expects to grow income across all sources, including from institutions and foundations. You will play a critical role in maintaining and building on this success.
You will also be responsible for and provide input from a financial and management perspective on strategic development and the general organisation-wide structure and management as part of the Senior Management Team.
Those with lived experience of migration, the asylum system, homelessness, or exclusion from health services are encouraged to apply.
For more information on the role, including a person specification, please refer to the role profile.
Closing Date:
Sunday 18th January 2026 2330 hrs
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV, covering Letter & additional information form to the email provided. Your CV and cover letter should be clearly tailored to the position and should reference points from the person specification section of the role profile. Interview dates TBC.
Applications which do not demonstrate the essential skills, knowledge, experience, and competencies will not be shortlisted.
We work tirelessly to empower excluded people to access healthcare.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As the leading specialist mental health charity for women who have experienced domestic abuse, Woman’s Trust’s mission is to help survivors to overcome the devastating mental health impact of domestic abuse.
We are seeking a Counselling Support Group Administrator to join our service delivery team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional who is looking to make a real impact on women and children’s lives.
About Woman's Trust
The charity, established almost thirty years ago to meet the gap in specialist mental health services, is led by and for women and aims to ensure that women affected by domestic abuse can live a life free from further harm and abuse. Our approach is trauma-informed and person-centred, empowering survivors on their journey to recovery from the trauma. We are committed to a positive, inclusive and equitable environment for our staff, service users and volunteers.
Alongside delivering our existing 1-1 counselling, self-development workshops and therapeutic support groups for women who have experienced domestic abuse, we are focused on developing our innovative mental health services for young women and girls, delivering new peer-led support groups and providing therapeutic groups to children and their mothers. We are also committed to developing further awareness-raising workshops and training for professionals, building on our research and policy to improve systems nationally.
About you and how to apply
As a skilled and compassionate Counselling Support Group Administrator, aligned with our feminist ethos and the needs of our service users, you will provide high-quality administrative support to the delivery of counselling and support group services for women affected by domestic abuse. You will bring experience in service administration within a sensitive or trauma-informed setting, with the ability to manage referrals, coordinate sessions, maintain accurate records, and support counsellors and volunteers through effective scheduling and communication.
You will play a key role in supporting the smooth running of services, including monitoring attendance and outcomes, maintaining safeguarding and confidentiality standards, and ensuring compliance with organisational and funder requirements. You will also contribute to service improvement by supporting reporting, data collection, and administrative processes that enable the ongoing development and effectiveness of counselling and support group provision.
If you are looking for a new job opportunity whilst making a real impact on women and children’s lives, we want to hear from you!
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your experience, skills, and knowledge, relevant to this post.
Closing date for applications: To be considered on a rolling basis.
Interviews: To be held on a rolling basis.
This post is open to female applicants only, in line with the Equality Act 100 pursuant to Schedule, 9 Part 1 applies. We particularly welcome applications from women from black and minoritised, and disability communities.
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your experience, skills, and knowledge, relevant to this post.
About Us
Action Village India (AVI) is a small UK based organisation that since 1989, has been supporting Indian partner organisations who work alongside villagers in some of the most remote parts of rural India so they can improve their lives, livelihoods and resilience. We work towards an India which is just, fair and inclusive, where all people regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, caste, religion can benefit from the country’s economic development and lift themselves out of poverty.
At the heart of our work, are our partnerships; many of which have spanned decades. Our partner organisations are led by Indians and whether these are large or small organisations, or social movements, all work directly at the grassroots level across rural India – from Bihar and Jharkhand in the North, in Odisha and down to Tamil Nadu in the South. The communities they work with, are some of the poorest in India. They are experts in their fields and work hand in hand with local people to design and inform projects to best serve their local communities and secure rights and social justice for women, men and children.
We accompany our partners for the long term, solidarity with our partners and their communities is at the core of how we work. This means we have developed relationships over the years, based on mutual respect, reciprocity and transparency. We are not governed by donor funding cycles and agendas but are led by our partners and the needs they identify and are committed to shared learning and collaboration. We keep our UK costs to a minimum with core staff and rely on an active and engaged set of Trustees, volunteers and supporters. Both staff and Trustees of Action Village India have relationships with staff from our partner organisations, created through ongoing dialogue, partner and community visits and participation in learning forums.
Key details
- Salary: £30,000 pro rata
- Hours: 14 hours per week (2 days), ideally Wednesday and Thursday
- Strong possibility of increasing to 21 hours (3 days) in future
- Option to work up to 8 additional paid event days per year (e.g. WOMAD), reviewed annually
- Reports to: Executive Director
- Contract: Permanent, subject to successful 6-month probation
- Annual leave: 25 days (pro rata)
- Pension: Auto-enrolment after 6 months, with 3% employer contribution
- Right to Work check required
Accessibility
We regret that due to the office being on the second floor with a narrow staircase and no lift, this role is not currently suitable for applicants with additional accessibility needs. We will update this if circumstances change.
Key responsibilities
Fundraising and donor management
- Research, develop and submit fundraising proposals to trusts, foundations and major donors
- Maintain accurate fundraising trackers for applications and reporting deadlines
- Coordinate partner inputs for monitoring and donor reports
- Support the Executive Director with fundraising and reporting to trusts and individuals
Events
- Plan and manage Action Village India events across the year
- Attend fundraising events (including evenings and weekends, as agreed)
- Attend WOMAD festival and support delivery of Action Village India’s stall and presence
Individual giving
- Plan and deliver regular appeals and supporter communications
- Develop new ways to engage supporters and grow individual giving income
- Build strong supporter journeys to retain and deepen engagement
Communications and development
- Create compelling fundraising and supporter communications
- Contribute to newsletters, annual reports and appeals
- Coordinate content for events and exhibitions, including WOMAD
- Work with partners to generate stories, updates and visual content
- Manage organisational content such as leaflets, webpages and reports
- Work closely with the Communications and Administrative Officer on social media and CRM content
Person specification
Essential experience
- Minimum three years’ experience in fundraising (trusts and foundations, events and individual giving)
- Proven success securing funding from UK trusts and foundations
- Strong proposal and report writing skills
- Experience co-organising fundraising events
Knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of UK trusts, foundations and institutional funders
- Understanding of the international development and solidarity sector
- Knowledge of Charity Law, Data Protection and the Fundraising Code of Practice
- Excellent written communication skills for diverse audiences
- Proficiency in Excel
Personal qualities
- Passion for social justice and supporting marginalised communities in India
- Highly organised, self-motivated and able to manage competing priorities
- Comfortable working independently in a small team
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural relationship-building skills
Desirable
- Experience working with NGOs, particularly in Asia and India
- International development experience
- Photoshop and InDesign skills
- Clean driving licence
Other requirements
- Willingness to work some evenings and weekends and attend WOMAD (late July)
- Ability to travel to rural India if required
- Strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and to Action Village India’s values
How to apply
Please email:
- Your CV (with two contactable references)
- A supporting statement or cover letter (around two sides of A4, maximum three)
Closing date: Sunday, 8 February 2026
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About Edward’s Trust
Edward’s Trust is a local West Midlands charity providing support for bereaved children, young people, and parents. We have 36 years of experience and operate at the highest level, providing qualified counselling and holistic support for complex or prolonged grief. We do not set time limits and the service is completely free. We do not get Government funding; therefore, we rely on donations to keep this vital service going.
Our Values
RESPECT
We will act with integrity in all that we do, being mindful and considerate to all. We respect and remember those who have died. Respect is a constant that embraces diversity and uniqueness of experience.
HOPE
A feeling of trust in tomorrow. We embody, instill and empower a feeling of trust in tomorrow. Hope is the hand to hold. We have a vision that one day there will be a universal understanding of life-changing grief.
HOLISTIC
Complete and all encompassing. We acknowledge and respond to the needs of the whole person: mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We recognise the total experience of grief, promoting a holistic approach to bereavement care.
SUPPORT
Enabling with compassion and care. We provide responsive support that is appropriate, relevant and meaningful to each individual. Together in safety and strength. Encouraging society to respond appropriately to people facing loss and surviving bereavement
EXCELLENCE
Embracing professional integrity and creative innovation. We are passionate about providing exceptional services and maintaining the highest standards in all that we do. Excellence is valuing people. We are committed to driving innovation and change.
Role summary
If you’re ready for your next fundraising role, taking a step up and pushing yourself whilst working in a small but mighty team, this role really is for you. This role is a critical part of the fundraising puzzle to deliver the Edward’s Trust fundraising growth plan for 2026 and increase income and services in the local West Midlands area. This role allows you to apply your fundraising skill and knowledge and have a real and measurable impact." This Senior Fundraiser will report to the Interim Head of Fundraising, with a plan to lead the team from June 2026 with a comprehensive handover.
This role will deputise for the interim Head of Fundraising when required and has huge potential for professional growth. This role will be an exciting opportunity to work with the leadership team to develop and implement the Edward’s Trust income generation strategy, and we are particularly interested in candidates that have grown corporate income. You will be individually responsible for Corporate, Legacy, and Regular Giving fundraising.
Working with interim Head of Fundraising, you will enhance the donor experience, ensure relationships are strong and that excellent personalised communication systems are in place and that we are truly audience led. You will be required to support other members of the Fundraising Team on fundraising activities where extra resources or senior representation may be required.
You will be responsible and accountable for ensuring the database (Donorflex) is maintained by the Fundraising Team alongside the Head of Fundraising.
You will be responsible for supporting the Head of Fundraising in reviewing systems and processes and ensuring that the Fundraising Team is working efficiently and in accordance with regulatory and legal requirements and best practice.
The role will involve managing and tracking the Fundraising Team budget through direct line management when appropriate and you will be required to create monthly reports and updates as well as Trustee Reports, and, when needed, to reforecast income/expenditure, liaising with the senior leadership team.
We are open to flexible/hybrid working requests which can be discussed at interviews.
Supporting bereaved families with care, compassion and hope across the West Midlands



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The Head of Safeguarding is a new role for the organisation. You will lead our safeguarding strategy and practice, ensuring we provide the highest standards of safety and care for the young people we support. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, overseeing quality, consistency and continual development of safeguarding practice across the organisation. You will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer to develop and implement relevant safeguarding policies, facilitate staff training, embed learning from incidents, and ensure safeguarding is understood as everyone’s responsibility.
We are happy to consider candidates taking their first step into leadership and we will consider exceptional part time candidates to ensure we find the right person or people for the role. We particularly welcome candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as these are overrepresented communities in our services and yet underrepresented within our leadership.
- Permanent, full-time role in our Leadership Team (part-time considered)
- Salary: £46,800 (salary scale £46,800-£52,000)
- Deadline to apply: 9am, Friday 30 January 2026
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At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Head of Philanthropy to join our Fundraising team.
You'll lead, oversee and implement ambitious plans, as set out in the new fundraising strategy and enabling us to fully capitalise on the opportunities presented over the next few years, with a focus on the development of a major donor strategy, growing our profile and supporting a high-performing Philanthropy team. Alongside this you will personally manage a portfolio of high value solicitations, resulting in 6- and 7-figure gifts.
You'll evaluate each income stream and develop plans aligned with fundraising strategy, ensuring these translate into deliverable objectives. You'll play a key role in the development of fundraising appeals, including large scale proposals and approaches, as well as developing creative and compelling funding applications to engage new supporters.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Proven experience of planning and implementing successful major donor fundraising programmes
- Proven experience of securing high-value major gifts
- An understanding of trends and developments across the sector and demonstrable knowledge of best practice in major donors, trusts and foundations fundraising
- Experience of financial management of expenditure budgets including setting, accurate forecasting and achieving financial and non-financial targets
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.
Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities.
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This is a rare opportunity to join the Scottish Wildlife Trust at a transformative time and play a leading role in one of our most ambitious fundraising initiatives.
For over 60 years, the Trust has championed healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.
We are now creating the role of Major Gifts Manager. Joining our Development Team, and managing our Development Officer, you will lead philanthropic giving, with a particular focus on securing the Inverbroom Endowment – a multi-million pound campaign to safeguard the long-term future of our newest and largest wildlife reserve.
Working closely with an external fundraising agency, senior staff and volunteer leaders, you will manage and grow a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, secure major gifts (including six-figures and above), and develop compelling cases for support that bring complex conservation challenges to life.
We are looking for a confident fundraiser with at least five years’ experience in philanthropy, ideally within the environmental NGO sector. You will have a strong track record of meeting financial targets, managing prospect pipelines, and stewarding long-term donor relationships.
If you are a confident relationship builder who acts with integrity, thrives on collaboration and wants your work to deliver real, lasting impact for nature, we would love to hear from you.
Our vision is for a network of healthy, resilient ecosystems on land and sea, supporting Scotland’s wildlife and people.


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We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Administrator (known internally as Salesforce Specialist) to support our Systems Manager in maintaining and developing Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud.
In this role, you will act as a strategic systems enabler, driving efficiency, data insight, and user adoption. You’ll be responsible for making updates to reports, fields, page layouts, custom objects, flows, and user management to support nurtureuk’s marketing, business development, product development, and delivery. You will play a key role in driving data accuracy and enabling smarter digital processes, as well as collaborating with internal teams and assisting with user support and training, ensuring nurtureuk’s use of Salesforce supports our organisational goals.
Nurtureuk is a charity that has been working with schools for many years to improve the social and emotional development of children and young people. We help schools remove barriers to learning by promoting nurture in education.
We believe in a whole-school approach to promote access to education for all. With increasing numbers of children and young people affected by social, emotional and behavioural difficulties inhibiting their progress and limiting their life chances, nurtureuk has developed a range of interventions and support to give vulnerable children and young people the opportunity to be the best they can be.
With the continued school attendance crisis, rise in exclusions and misunderstood behaviour support, the need for our work has never been greater, and the potential is clear. We have a dedicated team, trustees, and a CEO who is passionate about education and the development of young people.
This role is central to nurtureuk’s digital transformation, ensuring Salesforce acts as the single point of truth for customer, training and membership data, enabling evidence-led decisions and a seamless customer experience.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Salesforce administration, including managing user roles, permissions, page layouts, custom objects, and flows.
- Troubleshooting issues, data cleansing, and implementing secure system changes.
- Evaluating and deploying Salesforce updates, managing Mass Action Schedulers, and documenting workflows.
- Advising on system development viability and working in sandbox environments to test and deploy changes effectively.
- Providing user support, troubleshooting, and training to colleagues across the organisation.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter, outlining how you meet the person specification. We are also keen to hear why a role at nurtureuk would meet your personal values and career aspirations.
Nurtureuk is dedicated to improving life chances of every child and young person by promoting nurture across the whole education system and beyond.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity to join the Dignity in Dying team and help lead a national campaign for assisted dying law reform.
About Us:
Dignity in Dying is the UK’s leading campaign for assisted dying law reform. We fight for a compassionate assisted dying law for terminally ill, mentally competent adults. We are a national campaign and membership organisation campaigning for change across the UK.
Compassion in Dying is a national charity working to amplify people’s voices, shift attitudes and drive changes to the healthcare system so people’s end-of-life decisions are heard, understood and respected when it matters most. We support people to start honest conversations about death and dying, and record and revisit their wishes whenever they want to.
The Role:
We are seeking an exceptional, creative fundraising leader who can bring their knowledge and skills to build on a successful fundraising programme to deliver long-term transformation for a truly unique cause and organisation.
As we move closer towards assisted dying law change across the UK, this role presents an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-profile campaign and sister charity. It is critical for us to develop our Individual Giving, Membership, In Memory and Legacy programmes, ensuring they are audience-led and can deliver the income growth that our future organizations will need.
This role is integral to achieving our aims – leading the strategic development and management of all our individual giving income streams.
To succeed in this role, you will understand the power of data and insight to help us improve our understanding of our audiences, develop new products - and increase income from individual giving and legacies. You will work collaboratively with senior leaders across the organisation on strategic cross-organisational projects, at the same time helping to build a culture that recognises and reflects the importance of fundraising for long-term and sustainable income. You’ll also inspire and lead a busy, fast-paced cross-organisational team (finance, operations and database, digital and social media) to meet targets; and set, monitor and report on team budgets.
This role offers an opportunity for a highly experienced and ambitious fundraising leader to join a supportive team, within a purpose-driven and focused organisation. As we reach a pivotal point in our campaign, we're looking for someone who brings innovative thinking and can adapt confidently to a fast-evolving environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the strategic direction of the Individual Giving and Legacy programme in line with the wider organisational strategy and continually monitor results and insights to assess performance against targets, proactively managing risks and providing accurate reporting
- Embed innovation and technology into strategic planning, adopting forward-thinking tools and approaches.
- Lead on budgeting for Individual Giving and Legacies, setting budgets, mapping out activity, reforecasting quarterly and reporting monthly on income and expenditure.
- Plan and deliver individual giving and legacy campaigns end-to-end, working with colleagues on content creation, marketing, supporter journeys, stewardship and thanking.
- Work closely with the Development Lead to build a robust mid-value programme to increase supporter life time value, and support prospecting of major donors.
- Work closely with the Director of Fundraising and campaigns, digital and media colleagues on cross-organisational projects to increase net income, supporter reach and team efficiencies.
- Build and nurture your external network and strategic external partnerships that actively shape planning and decision-making for your specialism and the wider organisation.
- Ensure all Individual Giving and Legacy campaigns, appeals and products are fully compliant and be a proactive leader in understanding and applying all fundraising compliance requirements including data compliance, the fundraising code of practice etc
Person Specification
Experience
- Proven success as a leader in individual giving and legacy fundraising, responsible for building and delivering fundraising strategies resulting in income growth
- Strong knowledge of a range of Individual Giving fundraising techniques, including acquisition and retention in digital, direct mail, in memory, legacy
- Experience of using data and insight to innovate new products and build stewardship journeys designed to maximise audience engagement
- Experience of building and sustaining successful relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Proven track record of building a successful and high achieving team
Skills and abilities
- Highly skilled at understanding and analysing complex data and utilising internal and external insights to make changes and improvements to strategy and programmes
- Proven ability of building and managing complex budgets and regular reporting of income and expenditure
- Proven ability of developing over-arching plans for multi-channel (especially digital) marketing campaigns and supporter journeys
- Ability to successfully collaborate with data teams to make strategic decisions and evaluate work
- Competent user of databases and analysis software
Personal Qualities & Attributes
- Proactive and able to prioritise and manage a cross-team’s workload
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with a test and learn attitude
- A confident communicator, both written and verbally
- Be committed to learning and developing your own skills to grow both themselves and the organisations capabilities.
Values:
- Commitment to Dignity in Dying’s vision and mission and organisational behaviours.
- Commitment to Compassion in Dying’s vision and mission and organisational behaviours.
Organisational Behaviours:
Leading by example
You lead by example through your behaviours and motivate others through your professional approach to work.
Trust and respect others
You are aware of your impact on others and treat other people with kindness and respect. You value diversity and listen carefully to understand the views of others.
Proactive and supportive team member
You work with others to reach a common goal by sharing information and supporting colleagues.
Strive to be the best
With a positive attitude, you work to a high standard to meet personal and organisational expectations.
Responsibility and initiative
You take ownership of your work and take responsibility for your actions and decisions. You use your initiative and take pride in what you do.
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ROLE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10AM, 12TH JANUARY 2026.
We are the leading UK movement for end-of-life choice. We campaign for a safe and compassionate law for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Bradbury Fields enables blind, partially sighted and people with dual sensory impairments to achieve their potential, giving them the ability to contribute to the social and economic fabric of their local communities. The organisations' overarching aim is to provide advice, support, and guidance from the point of diagnosis and subsequently for as long as people need and require their wide range of services.
Following a period of significant change, Bradbury Fields is entering a new and exciting chapter underpinned by a clear commitment to long-term sustainability. Currently, Bradbury Fields is predominantly funded by statutory sources, the organisation is keen to grow unrestricted income to provide greater flexibility, support core costs, and enable service development for blind and partially sighted people. With core services funding relatively secure in the short term, Bradbury Fields is investing thoughtfully in fundraising growth and is seeking an enthusiastic Head of Fundraising and Marketing – a brand-new role for the charity - to help build a strong, sustainable foundation for the future.
This role has wide ranging appeal. Bradbury Fields are happy to consider candidates for whom this role might be an exciting step up to managing multiple income streams beyond one specialist area, but equally this would be an engaging role for an experienced manager or Head of looking to work for a well established, local charity making a difference to people across Liverpool, ultimately taking their income success to the next level.
Application notes
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To progress your application, please contact THINK Recruitment to organise an informal screening call. Please note, we cannot shortlist candidates who have not had a screening call so please allow enough time to have a call before the closing date.
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Closing date for applications: Midnight Sunday 18th January 2026



