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Position: Assistant
Location: South of England (hybrid working with London/UK wide travel as required)
Contract type: Flexible (full or part-time, contractor/employed)
Salary: Up to £30,000 pro rata depending on experience
WHO WE ARE.
Can Do is a start-up using digital technology to create social change. We work across addiction, mental health, homelessness, poverty and justice to help people access and navigate support. We are small, practical, and focused on building something that works for people facing disadvantage.
THE ROLE
This role supports founder Mark Johnson with day-to-day organisation, preparation, communication, and follow-up. It is a hands-on role and could be suited to someone early in their career who wants an opportunity to grow, learn, and be part of building something from the ground up. You will help bring order, structure, and clarity to a fast-moving environment.
This is a development role with real responsibility. You will handle communications, organise information, prepare materials, conduct basic research, and make sure Mark has what he needs to stay up to date and move projects forward.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
· Someone who can absorb information quickly and think clearly
· Naturally organised, structured, and meticulous with detail
· Interested in social justice, politics, history, and the wider world
· Someone who wants a meaningful opportunity to learn and be part of a start-up journey
· Open, curious, and willing to develop new skills
· Calm and steady
· Someone who enjoys creating order and helping things run smoothly
· Based in the South of England, and willing to travel
· Comfortable using digital and AI tools, with an interest in personal and professional development
WHAT YOU’LL DO
· Communication support: Draft emails, prepare short notes, and help keep Mark up to date with actions and priorities
· Organisation: Keep diaries, documents, and information in meticulous order
· Meeting support: Join conversations, take clear notes, track actions, and ensure follow-up happens
· Research: Collect short summaries, stats, and key information about our sector (addiction, mental health, homelessness, poverty, justice)
· Fundraising and bids: Assist with drafting, formatting, and preparing proposals and applications
· Documentation: Prepare simple business cases, summaries, or briefing papers
· Operations: Support basic bookkeeping tasks, receipts, and expense organisation
· Learning and development: Take on a variety of new tasks as skills grow
SKILLS & QUALITIES
• Strong academic ability and curiosity
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to organise information clearly and maintain structure
• Strong attention to detail and pride in accuracy
• Interest in social justice and willingness to understand the issues we work on
• Ability to learn quickly, listen well, and adapt as the organisation develops
• A steady, reliable attitude
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY.
Can Do welcomes applications from people with lived experience of social challenges. We are committed to ensuring diversity and inclusion in our recruitment process and workplace culture.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We are looking for a committed, highly organised administrator to join our Leeds team on a permanent basis. You will play an important part in helping disabled people, older people and people with long-term conditions access advice, assessments and services that support independence.
This is a busy and varied role, combining telephone enquiries, appointment administration, accurate data entry and general office tasks. You will need to remain calm, organised and accurate when workloads change or increase.
William Merritt Disabled Living Centre is a registered charity based in Rodley, Leeds, supporting people across Yorkshire and beyond. We have grown significantly over the last decade and now employ around 40 staff across a range of services and locations.
You will receive training across our administration services which include: reception, assessment booking, training & room hire, driving school support and shopmobility cover. As we grow, we are looking for someone who can help us improve, document and embed clear administrative procedures for the future.
You will join a busy, friendly and supportive office where service users are our priority. We are looking for someone who communicates with warmth, patience and respect, while supporting people’s independence and treating every person as an individual.
You will need a confident telephone manner, strong IT skills, accurate data entry and the ability to handle enquiries from clients, carers, suppliers and healthcare professionals in a patient, competent and professional way.
Experience of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel is essential; knowledge of CRM databases is also expected.
This role may suit an experienced administrator, recent graduate or early-career applicant who can clearly demonstrate the required skills, attitude and commitment.
We are particularly interested in applicants who want to develop their career with us and contribute to a growing charity.
To be shortlisted, applicants must be able to demonstrate:
· a confident and professional telephone manner, including strong listening and questioning skills;
· accurate data entry and careful attention to detail;
· sound IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel;
· the ability to stay calm, organised and accurate when workloads change or become busy;
· a respectful, patient and clear communication style.
· genuine interest in the work of the William Merritt Centre and commitment to our values of being Open, Together, Friendly and Empathetic.
Your supporting statement must give clear examples of how you meet the essential criteria, particularly telephone communication, accurate data entry, IT skills, organisation under pressure and communication with service users.
Generic applications, or statements that do not address the role requirements, will not be shortlisted.
As part of the application process, shortlisted applicants may be asked to complete a short administration task to help us assess accuracy, written communication, prioritisation and attention to detail.
If you would like more information about the role please contact Hannah Davy, Administration Manager
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Empower older people, disabled people & those with long-term conditions to maximise their independence through advice and clinical assessments.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
This role is key to helping Stewardship build the right things, in the right way, for the people we serve. As we grow our digital products, strong discovery, clear problem definition and effective collaboration are essential.
You will shape product improvements that genuinely meet the needs of our donors and ministry partners, ensuring changes are well defined, well delivered and valuable. By bringing clarity to requirements and supporting teams through delivery and testing, you will improve the quality and pace of what we release. Ultimately, your work will help Stewardship better serve generous Christians and the causes they support, releasing more generosity for God’s work.
Occupational Requirement (OR)
As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement, by:
· Active membership of local church congregation.
· Undergoing a course of teaching or training in personal financial stewardship and giving/generosity or experiencing the benefits from personal discipleship in this area.
An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the preparedness to pray with colleagues, where appropriate.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We help Christians be the best stewards of the resources God gives them
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.