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Our client provides retirement services to those who serve or work for the church. Both a regulated pension fund and registered charity, more than 44,000 people rely on them for their pensions. The board also supports 2,500 retired clergy with housing, including managing a national portfolio of 1,200 rented homes and Community Living options. 

Supported by a multi-million pound grant from the wider church, they are setting up a new function responsible for engaging with clergy at all stages of life and ministry on their current and future plans, offering access to grants to kick-start saving, bespoke advice at key life stages and tailored products that will provide people more choice about their future. As part of this new function, they are now recruiting for a proactive, empathetic Regional Adviser to deliver personalised support to clergy based across the South West region, helping them with day-to-day financial wellbeing matters, and retirement planning.

Working across Dioceses operating across the South West, you will proactively lead local engagement with clergy through structured, personalised one-to-one conversations, events and outreach, helping to connect individuals with expert advice, guidance, products and services that support their current and future financial plans. As a key point of contact for individuals and dioceses in your region, you’ll champion the needs and experiences of clergy, helping to build confidence about what the future might hold, and connecting people to the right information, products, specialists or local support. This is an exciting opportunity to join at the very beginning, shape how the service works, and make a real impact.

To apply for this role you will have demonstrable experience of delivering welfare, casework or financial wellbeing support in a client-facing capacity. You will be a warm, and empathetic communicator with proven experience of building, nurturing and maintaining relationships across multiple organisations and will comfortable adapting approach to meet the specific needs to clients. You will also have experience of planning and delivering local events, workshops or learning sessions. Overall, you will be an organised, proactive self-starter, comfortable working autonomously, managing a varied workload and prioritising fieldwork alongside virtual delivery.

If you are interested in applying for this exciting position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call to fully brief you on the role.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process please reach out directly to Victoria Savva at Prospectus.

Please note, this is a remote role based in the South West region, with an expectation that you combine virtual delivery with regular local travel and partnership-building. While a lot of delivery can be virtual, applicants should have access to reliable transport and be able to travel when required. A full UK driving licence is essential.    

Please note this is a part-time role (28 hours per week).

First stage online interviews – Wednesday 26th August
Second stage face to face interviews – Tuesday 8th September 
 

This Charity is made up of an astounding group of professionals who believe that people's sight matters. This is a pivotal moment for the charity, as they prepare for the opening of a new Eye Health in 2027, and evolve into a national funder to expand their grant making reach and impact across the UK. The team is looking to appoint a prospect research manager and Prospectus is leading the search.

Prospect research manager

Permanent, 37.5 hours per week (flexible working available)

Hybrid (2 days in Old Street)

£53,786-£62,750

The prospect research manager will be responsible for defining, implementing and delivering the prospect research strategy, and will lead the prospect research team and line manage two part-time prospect research officers and a part-time prospect research assistant. They will also play a leading role in fundraising data processes within the team and further developing the CRM functionalities with a strong focus on data and insight to guide team activity. They will provide insight, analysis and forecasts using bespoke research and data analytics to support the charity's planning, activity, performance, reporting and growth, and will lead their team to work collaboratively across the charity's wider team to conduct due diligence.

The selected candidate will have significant experience of managing a prospect research function and will have a thorough detailed knowledge of the voluntary sector. You will have excellent research skills in major gifts fundraising with demonstrable experience in identifying and researching prospects at the six and seven figure levels. You will have excellent analytical skills, including data reporting with the ability to interpret financial data and translate that data into actionable insights, and a strong understanding of relational databases.

To apply

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus. 

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. To formally apply, you will need to complete a supporting statement (answers to three questions shared in the JD) by COB on Monday 17 th August.

Data Management Officer
Salary: £17.90p/h (£35,000 per annum)
Location: Hybrid (Perth/Aberdeen) or Home-Based
Contract: Full Time, temporary contract up to 6 months
Reports to: Data & Insights Manager

Prospectus are excited to be supporting our client in their search for a Data Management Officer to join them on a temporary basis to help them through a period of change. SCAA plays a vital role in delivering pre-hospital emergency care across Scotland, and the Data Management Officer will play a crucial role in helping to ensure their supporter data, systems and insights are delivering maximum impact. This position offers £17.90 per hour, and is a full-time, temporary position for up to 6 months.

You will be an experienced Data Management Officer, combining technical expertise with a collaborative approach and a genuine passion for using data to support charitable impact. You’ll be confident managing and developing CRM systems – ideally DonorFlex – ensuring data accuracy, integrity and accessibility. You’ll bring experience managing large datasets, with the ability to use data visualisation tools, and a solid understanding of fundraising data and compliance. You will be confident building relationships with key stakeholders and producing high-quality reporting that supports informed decision making. You’ll also be confident mapping and formalising processes to ensure the continuity, integrity and relevance of the data being processed and stored. You'll be the go-to person for CRM support, data governance and process improvement, helping colleagues use data effectively while ensuring compliance with GDPR and fundraising best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the charity's CRM system, ensuring data quality, integrity and effective system performance through data cleansing, imports, integrations and process improvements.
• Maintain data structures, workflows, documentation and governance processes to support efficient and compliant operations.
• Provide CRM support and training to colleagues, working with software providers and third parties to resolve issues and optimise system use.
• Manage fundraising and lottery data imports, ensuring accurate income recording and reconciliation.
• Deliver audience selections, reports and dashboards to support fundraising, marketing, KPI tracking and organisational decision-making.
• Analyse supporter and campaign data to identify opportunities for donor acquisition, retention and growth.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, supporter preferences, Gift Aid requirements and data-related financial reporting.
• Work closely with Fundraising, Marketing and Finance teams to support audience segmentation, campaign performance and reporting.

• Provide ongoing guidance and support to CRM users across the organisation, promoting best practice in data management.
• Identify and implement improvements to systems, processes and reporting, contributing to wider data and insights projects.

To Apply:

• Please apply via the application link, this ensures that your application will be reviewed and processed by our consultant, and that you received updates regarding the status of your application.
• Please submit your CV

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you require assistance with your application, please contact Shannon Sanderson, the lead consultant for this role. Please note that applications and CVs sent directly by email cannot be accepted and must be submitted through the application link to ensure they are properly recorded and considered.

We're seeking a proactive and insight-driven fundraiser with experience in charity e-commerce (Online Shop). You'll be confident delivering multi-channel campaigns, using data to inform decisions and improving supporter journeys to achieve growth. Experience of Regular Giving, Lottery and building customer journeys would be advantageous.

As the Senior Supporter Development Officer (Trading & Gaming) you will lead the development and delivery of Brooke's online Trading (Shop), Regular Giving NPD and Lottery programmes, creating supporter-centric journeys that increase engagement, retention and income.

Leading on the growth of our Trading portfolio, you will help transform the Brooke Shop into a year-round engagement and income channel through effective product development, supporter journeys and campaign activity. You will Develop and deliver stewardship and engagement programmes for Regular Giving and Lottery supporters, ensuring positive supporter experiences that increase retention and lifetime value and drive insight-led improvements and innovation, using data, testing and audience understanding to optimise performance, improve supporter journeys and identify new opportunities for growth.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across Supporter Acquisition, Supporter Journeys, Data & Insight, Finance and external suppliers to deliver effective supporter experiences and achieve ambitious income growth targets.

Brooke works across Africa, Asia and Latin America to transform the lives of working animals and the people who depend on them. With a new global strategy and ambitious plans for growth, our vision is a world in which working horses, donkeys and mules are free from suffering. Our mission is to relieve their immediate suffering and create lasting change by working alongside people, communities and organisations.

At Brooke, we celebrate diversity and the creative new ideas it brings. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly global majority candidates, candidates from a social mobility background, disabled and neurodiverse candidates, and candidates under 25, as these groups are currently under-represented at Brooke.

We know that women and global majority candidates are often less likely to apply for a role if they feel they do not meet every criterion in the job description. If you meet most of the criteria, we would love to hear from you.

We offer a variety of flexible working options to support our staff and help ensure our working practices are as inclusive as possible.

Closing date:

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis as we receive applications. We will close this vacancy once a successful applicant is hired.

Lead one of the world's oldest and most influential human rights organisations

Chief Executive

Salary: £93,600 per annum
London | Hybrid working

Our client is one of the world's oldest human rights organisations. For almost 200 years, it has worked to end slavery in all its forms, partnering with survivors, civil society, governments and businesses to influence laws, policy and practice that create lasting systemic change.

As our client enters an exciting new chapter, they are seeking an exceptional Chief Executive to lead the organisation through its next phase of impact.

This is a rare opportunity to lead an internationally respected organisation at a pivotal point in its journey. With a renewed strategic direction, a committed Board and an experienced senior leadership team, the successful candidate will build on strong foundations to strengthen organisational capability, foster a high-performing culture and maximise the organisation's impact in an increasingly complex global environment.

Working closely with the Board, staff, partners and supporters, you will provide strategic, financial and organisational leadership while acting as a compelling ambassador for the organisation. You will build trusted relationships across government, philanthropy, civil society and business, ensuring the organisation continues to influence policy, practice and public understanding of modern slavery.

We are interested in hearing from leaders who bring:

• Significant executive leadership experience, with responsibility for organisational strategy, people, finance and fundraising.
• A track record of leading organisational development, building high-performing teams and leading positive cultural change.
• The ability to build trusted relationships, influence senior stakeholders and represent an organisation with credibility and impact.
• Experience of securing sustainable income and developing strong funding partnerships.
• Strong financial and strategic judgement, balancing long-term ambition with effective operational delivery.
• A commitment to the organisation's mission and the leadership qualities to inspire people, build confidence and deliver lasting impact.

Whilst an understanding of the organisation's mission is important, our client is first and foremost seeking an exceptional organisational leader. Applications are welcomed from candidates both within and beyond the modern slavery sector who can demonstrate the leadership capability to guide the organisation through its next chapter.

This is an opportunity to lead an organisation with a remarkable history, work alongside exceptional colleagues and partners, and help shape a future where everyone can live free from slavery.

To find out more about the role and how to apply, please view the appointment brief located below the advert on the Prospectus website.

Recruitment Timetable

Deadline for applications: Sunday 23rd August
Prospectus interviews: Weeks commencing 17th August and 24th August
Engagement calls with the Interim CEO: 7th and 8th September
Board panel interviews (in person): Monday 14th September

Location: Central London
Contract: Temporary, 2 to 3 months
Hours: Part-time, 28 hours over 4 days per week
Salary: £17.78 per hour (+ holiday)
Start Date: ASAP

Prospectus is proud to be supporting our client, an internationally recognised and highly impactful human rights charity, in their search for a temporary 1st Line IT Support Officer. Please note that internally this role is called IT Administrator.

The successful applicant will be one of the first points of contact for colleagues requiring technical support, helping to resolve IT issues, and ensuring users receive excellent service. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IT professional to utilise and refine their skills within a meaningful organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Provide first-line IT support via phone, email and helpdesk systems.
• Log, track and update support tickets accurately.
• Resolve routine hardware, software and user account issues.
• Escalate more complex technical issues to senior IT team members.
• Assist with laptop and desktop setup, imaging and configuration.
• Maintain IT asset registers and software licence records.
• Support the management of loan equipment and IT stock.
• Assist with IT purchasing, supplier coordination and contract administration.
• Produce reports from helpdesk and telephone systems where required.
• Contribute to maintaining a reliable and efficient IT service for all users.

Requirements:

• Recent, relevant experience in a similar IT role, ideally within a not-for-profit or charitable organisation.
• Strong IT proficiency, with the ability to assist with Microsoft products and office hardware.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to build strong stakeholder relationships.
• High level of organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Collaborative and proactive approach, with the capability to work both independently and in a team.

CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis so early applications are strongly encouraged to avoid missing out. If you're interested, please apply ASAP with your CV in Word format.

At Prospectus, we are committed to supporting you throughout your application journey. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

Prospectus are delighted to be working with an international charity and supporting with the recruitment of a Communications Manager role.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity offering a salary of £40,000 per annum. This role is available on a hybrid, in-office/remote basis. The organisation’s office is based in London.

Within this role, you will oversee the organisation's communications activity across digital and traditional channels, driving engagement through compelling content. You will coordinate publications, manage relationships with external suppliers, create engaging content across multiple channels, and support with media relations. You will also contribute to communications and fundraising strategy development.

To be successful, you will have extensive experience in a similar role and degree in a related field.

You will have a proven track record of producing visual and written content. You will be comfortable working with and developing audiovisual content. You will be confident translating complex information into content for a wide range of audiences. You will have experience using marketing automation systems, design platforms, and management of social media platforms.

You will have excellent communication skills and ability to work with a variety of different stakeholders. Highly organised and detail-oriented, you will bring a proactive approach, fresh ideas and a passion for delivering impactful communications.

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you need any support with your application, please contact George Cook at Prospectus.
 

Our client offers a range of quality, exciting and inclusive short break clubs and activities across Surrey and West Sussex for children and young people aged 5–17 with a disability and additional needs. They are now looking to recruit an Senior SEND Delivery Coordinator to oversee the delivery of high quality, stimulating, safe services for a range of children and young people in Leatherhead and Epsom.

As Senior Delivery Coordinator you will plan and deliver a structured programme of enjoyable, recreational, high-quality activities to meet the needs of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities who attend Short Breaks clubs. You will coordinate and take responsibility for the planning, allocation of places, and sufficient staffing to ensure safe delivery of Short Breaks clubs, and will assist in the recruitment, training and ongoing development of the Disability staff team. You will have responsibility for processing new referrals, initial assessments, individual care plans and any associated risk assessments or specialist plans to ensure individual needs are met.

This exciting and rewarding role will require a passion for working with SEND as well as excellent coordination skills to manage the delivery of high quality, stimulating, safe services. To apply for this role, you must have demonstrable experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities or additional needs and will ideally have a minimum of a Level 3 professional qualification in Childcare, Disability, Health or Social Care or Education (or equivalent).

If you are interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity, please register your interest and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below. Applications will be reviewed, and interviews scheduled with the client on an ongoing basis.

At Prospectus, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. If you are enthusiastic about working with a fantastic charity that makes a real difference in people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

Please note, this role will be 35 hours per week:
Term time hours: Tuesday-Saturday, or Wednesday- Sunday (09:00 – 17:00) on a rota basis with one weekend day each week (max 35 weeks)
School holidays hours: Monday–Friday (09:00 – 17:00) (minimum 17 weeks)

Benefits:
Free Gym Membership: the post holder will be entitled to free use of our client’s fitness centre, and half price childcare for dependents.
Free parking on-site
Pension contribution
 

Our client is a small, community-focused charity tackling poverty and food insecurity in one of North West London’s most disadvantaged communities. Their services aim to prevent hunger, fight poverty and build community by working with families living in poverty, asylum seekers and refugees and people experiencing homelessness and social isolation. At an exciting time of change, they are now looking to recruit an Interim Advice Manager to lead a busy multi-site advice service, supporting people with welfare benefits, housing, debt and immigration issues. Please note this is initially a fixed term contract until April 2027 with possibility of extension.

As Interim Advice Manager you will oversee the daily delivery of our client’s busy advice service, overseeing a small team of staff and volunteers, driving quality and compliance, and helping shape future service development. You’ll maintain a high quality of service by ensuring that the advice team and volunteers work to agreed standards and deliver against realistic grant agreements from funders and will also maintain a small caseload of clients. You’ll also work closely with the senior leadership team and the Head of Advice to support the implementation of new exciting initiatives and the expansion of the information and advice service.

To apply for this opportunity, you will have demonstrable experience of managing advice services within the charity/community sector. You will have a strong knowledge of welfare benefits, housing, debt or immigration and will be confident using case management systems and data. Overall, you will be an experienced advice professional, passionate about delivering high quality advice to a range of vulnerable people.

If you are interested in applying to this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will then reach out to you to advise next steps. Pleases note, this is initially a fixed term contract opportunity, so please only apply if you are available immediately or have no more than a 1 month notice period.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. If you have any disability and would like assistance please reach out directly.

Please note, the client is open to either full-time or part-time (4 days/days flexible) applicants. The role will be hybrid-working (with 60% based onsite in Brent).
 

Founded in 1985, our client is a UK-based, faith-driven international humanitarian and development organisation. The organisation works to serve communities affected by conflict, disasters, poverty, and inequality, providing both life-saving assistance and longer-term support to help build resilience and self-sufficiency. Delivering programmes across emergency response, sustainable livelihoods, health, education, and dignified housing, it operates through a global network of country offices, partners, and affiliates.

Our client is currently executing a phased organisational transformation designed to secure its long-term future and maximise its global impact. Guided by its core values of dignity, compassion, service, justice, and excellence, the organisation is strengthening its financial foundations and sharpening its organisational focus to respond effectively to a fast-changing global landscape.

Our client is seeking a Chief Executive Officer who combines values-driven leadership with strategic depth to lead the organisation forward with clarity, purpose, and conviction. The successful candidate will act as its chief ambassador, forging powerful strategic partnerships across government, institutional, and private sectors while promoting the impact of its work.

Key priorities for the incoming CEO include embedding the organisation's recent transformation and securing long-term financial sustainability. You will refine and execute its long-term strategy, strengthening diversified income streams and forging powerful strategic partnerships. Crucially, you will be tasked with building and empowering a high-performing, values-led culture, cultivating a highly collaborative relationship with the Board of Trustees to drive robust governance and organisational impact.

Chief Executive Officer
Salary: Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
Location: London, with hybrid working

About you

We are seeking a leader who brings fresh thinking, is willing to challenge convention where needed, and possesses:

• Significant executive leadership experience driving complex organisational transformation and strategic change, ideally with exposure within the NGO, humanitarian, or international development sectors, though commercial leaders with highly transferable skills are actively encouraged to apply.

• Demonstrable success in securing financial sustainability, diversifying income streams, and driving innovative revenue generation or funding opportunities.

• Extensive experience acting as a senior ambassador, building powerful strategic partnerships with institutional donors, media, corporate partners, and other key external stakeholders.

• A strong grasp of robust governance, risk, and regulatory requirements, with the strategic agility to adapt quickly within a complex international operating environment.

• An understanding of faith-based values and principles relating to charity and social justice.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to direct, unite, and inspire multidisciplinary teams through periods of change.

How to Apply

For further information, to access the appointment brief, and for how to apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'appointment brief' button located at the bottom of the advert on the Prospectus website.

If you have any queries or wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained advisor via email with a copy of your CV.

Recruitment Timeline

Deadline for applications:
9th August

First interviews with Prospectus:
w/c 17th and w/c 24th August

First-stage interviews with the organisation (online):
w/c 7th September

Second-stage interviews with the organisation (in person):
w/c 14th September

We are looking for an Events Coordinator to develop and deliver our programme of Arts and Crafts workshops and events. You will be based from our Refresh shop in High Wycombe, where we sell donated surplus and unwanted arts and crafts materials, including fabrics, textiles, wools, haberdashery, papers, paints, foils, and many more items to support all types of crafting.

You will be instrumental in building a programme of events around the materials donated to us. Our aim is to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Create, whilst building a community of crafters where people share, repair, make & create, teach & learn, providing easy alternatives to buying new, reducing waste and carbon, through the circular economy.

This is a new part-time role (18-21 hours), fixed term for three years and we are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in event planning or similar.

The Refresh shop is run by Wycombe Environment Centre, a registered charity established in 2001 running a number of projects.

To apply please click on the redirect button.

Applications should include a covering letter and CV.

Closing date: Friday 7th August 2026.

Interviews will take place in High Wycombe on 10th and 11th August.

Location: Cambridge, onsite in office
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, with flexibility for out-of-hours events
Salary: Circa £65,000 per annum

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with a leading science and research organisation to recruit Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, focusing on Social Impact and Community Engagement.

This is a rare opportunity to take on a pivotal, high-impact role shaping the community fabric of a major development from the ground up. Working on site in Cambridgeshire, you will have the platform to translate strategy into tangible outcomes particularly in employability, access to opportunity and community engagement. You’ll play a central role in ensuring local people benefit directly from the organisation’s growth, building partnerships, creating pathways into work, and establishing initiatives that have lasting social and economic value.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands on delivery. You will develop and lead a practical social impact and employability strategy, while taking ownership of initiatives currently delivered across multiple functions. Working closely with planning, development and communications colleagues, you will help shape and deliver against complex funding arrangement, engage with local authorities and key stakeholders, and act as a visible ambassador for the campus. From attending council meetings to developing programmes and partnerships, this is a role that requires both credibility at senior level and the ability to make things happen on the ground.

The successful candidate will bring experience of delivering community impact and socio-economic initiatives in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, alongside the confidence to operate at both strategic and operational levels. You will be a strong relationship builder, comfortable navigating ambiguity and influence, and motivated by the opportunity to create meaningful community impact. Backgrounds may vary, from development, local authority, consultancy or the social impact sector.  You will however share a practical, delivery-focused mindset and the ability to bring clarity, energy and momentum to a broad and evolving brief.

To be considered for this role, please apply with your CV and a cover letter, detailing your achievements within the space of social impact and community engagement with local not for profit organisations.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are here to support you throughout the process.

Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity and its structural causes. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating financial insecurity, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.

The role

The Research and Learning Manager will lead Turn2us's research activity in complex and emerging areas including place-based approaches, co-production, stigma and systems change. Working within the Impact & Evaluation team, you will design and deliver high-quality research, develop learning approaches, and contribute expert input to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks across the organisation. You will work closely with colleagues across Programmes, External Affairs, Digital and Data teams to ensure robust evidence informs decision-making, programme development and strategic priorities. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape Turn2us's understanding of what works to tackle financial insecurity and to influence both organisational learning and wider sector thinking.

Skills and experience

You will bring experience leading research and/or evaluation work in complex, multi-stakeholder environments and be comfortable working in areas where approaches are evolving or not fully defined. You will have strong qualitative or mixed-method research skills, excellent analytical thinking and experience turning evidence into practical recommendations, frameworks or approaches. We are particularly interested in candidates who can build strong relationships, influence thinking across teams, facilitate learning conversations and communicate complex ideas clearly. Knowledge of co-production, participatory approaches, place-based work or related fields would be particularly valuable, alongside an understanding of poverty and financial insecurity in the UK.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 1 day a week.

Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.

Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

Please read the Research & Learning Manager job pack for further information on our website.

The role will require occasional travel within the UK, including visits to place-based programme locations, workshops with partners or participants, and conferences or events relevant to the role.

Turn2us is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we are interested in applications from people from all backgrounds.

Thames Reach is one of London’s leading homelessness charities, working to end street homelessness and help the people we support to find and sustain a decent home, build supportive relationships and lead a fulfilling life.

We are seeking a Director of Operations to take on a new senior strategic leadership role that will play a key part in the future direction and long-term sustainability of the organisation.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will work collectively with the Chief Executive and Director of Services to provide organisational leadership, contributing to strategic direction and operational effectiveness.

You will be accountable for ensuring the organisation has effective infrastructure, people and financial sustainability. You will oversee and provide integration across all non-service operational areas, holding overall responsibility for Finance, People, Data, IT, Property & Facilities, and Thames Reach Housing, our Registered Provider subsidiary.

You will act as a primary point of organisational assurance to the Chief Executive, SMT and Board on operational sustainability, risk and compliance.

Key priorities include providing organisational stewardship of finance, overseeing the transformation and effective operation of digital, data and technology systems, and championing continuous improvement in organisational capability, leadership and ways of working.

Director of Operations Thames Reach
Salary: circa £92,000 per annum
Directorate: Central Operations

About you
We are seeking a leader with a strong collaborative leadership style, with a commitment to collective responsibility and organisational leadership. You will bring:

• Senior strategic leadership experience in a complex organisation, with responsibility for multiple operational and enabling functions.
• Strong financial acumen, including the ability to oversee budgets, interpret financial data and communicate financial matters clearly to senior leaders and Trustees.
• Experience of organisational change, transformation and continuous improvement.
• Experience of governance, risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to operate credibly at Board and Committee level.
• Ability to operate effectively within a regulated environment, including building an understanding of the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing.
• Extensive experience of managing multiple projects and critical decision making.

Crucially, you will demonstrate a clear commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and to furthering our mission of ending street homelessness.

How to Apply
For further information, to access the appointment brief and to apply to this role, please click on the Redirect button.

Recruitment timeline
Application deadline: 9th August
Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 24th August & w/c 31st August
Interviews with Thames Reach: 18th September