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Our client, a well-known anti-poverty charity is looking to recruit a Director of Policy & Engagement on a maternity contract of up to 12 months. This great charity provides front-line advice, advocacy and campaigning and policy work on behalf of people in London beneath pension age, who are experiencing issues around benefit payments, disability and housing or who are at risk of homelessness. The services they provide have become even more essential during the current cost of living crisis.
The role:
As Director of Policy & Engagement, you will lead the organisation’s policy, public affairs, and campaigns function, shaping and delivering local and national influencing to drive change on social security and housing issues. You will ensure the voices of people with lived experience are central to all of the organisation’s work, embedding meaningful participation across the organisation, in governance, services, policy and campaigns.
You will also oversee strategic external communications to support the organisation’s influencing, brand and fundraising objectives and will direct all fundraising for your department including managing funder relationships, identifying opportunities and leading on bid writing and reporting.
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for influencing policy and practice locally and nationally and representing the charity as a spokesperson in the media, with government ministers, MPs, and other senior stakeholders.
You will manage a small multidisciplinary team of four, ensuring integrated effective delivery across the organisation.
The role will cover strategic leadership, policy, public affairs & campaigns, stakeholder & media engagement, external communications, embedding participation, fundraising leadership, team leadership and cross-organisational Integration.
The person:
The successful candidate will be a strategic, politically astute leader with experience of leading policy, public affairs and campaigns at a senior level. They will have experience of integrating research campaigns, participation, external communications and fundraising to deliver impact locally and nationally. They will have excellent media stakeholder and political engagement skills, with experience of acting as a spokesperson for an organisation. This person will value and embed lived experience in all aspects of their work and will have a strong understanding of social security and housing policy.
This person will also have substantial experience of leading on research for social policy influencing purposes in addition to having developed and shaped policy for an organisation in a charity which works towards combatting poverty and other social justice issues. Having managed political and media engagement and external influencing activities in the past, this person will be an effective relationship manager both internally and externally, in addition to having provided knowledge based leadership to small teams in the charity sector. In addition to being a highly effective project manager, this person will be a very strong communicator both verbally and in writing, and will be fully committed to the aims and objectives of this anti-poverty charity.
This organisation is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of poverty, from global majority backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and disabled people are strongly encouraged to apply. We welcome evidence of experience from both work and non-work settings such as volunteering and personal life.
Are you a natural networker? Do you have a passion for philanthropy? The Head of Membership is a key role within this membership organisation, supporting philanthropists on their funding journey, and ultimately creating greater positive impact for people and the planet.
This role is responsible for connecting with HNWI’s, the private sector, philanthropists and impact investors. This role requires a candidate who is a self starter, who enjoys increasing membership, and seeks out opportunities in which to do that.
The role requires some evening work for evening corporate events, a love for the charity sector, and also a strong understanding of the UK financial sector.
- Strategy & Growth: Developing and executing strategies to attract new members and increase retention rates.
- Member Engagement: Enhancing the member experience through tailored communications, events, and support.
- Operational Leadership: Managing CRM systems, data, and reporting to measure success.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with internal teams and external partners to deliver value.
- Commercial Acumen: Driving revenue through membership dues and subscriptions
To discuss this role further, in the first instance, please apply with your CV and a covering letter to showcase your relevant experience. CV’s will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as such, we would recommend that you apply early.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prospectus invests in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
Prospectus are delighted to be supporting our client with a much needed and impactful grant making position.
Come and fund the work that helps people rebuild their lives.
When someone is granted refugee status, the period that follows can involve significant uncertainty and risk.
Immediate needs such as housing and income sit alongside longer-term challenges, including access to legal advice, language support, education and employment. The immigration and resettlement system can add further barriers.
The foundation funds organisations that support refugees and people seeking asylum throughout their journey and that work to improve the systems that shape their lives.
We are hiring a Grants Manager to focus on this area of our Safer Futures priority.
You will:
• Back trusted partners with long-term, flexible funding
• Build open, constructive relationships with the charities and community organisations we fund
• Get out from behind the desk and use what you hear to shape funding decisions
• Support work that strengthens the systems around immigration and resettlement
At its best, this role contributes to fewer people navigating complex transitions alone.
It helps organisations plan and lead with confidence.
It supports funding that strengthens systems, not just services.
Know the migration sector?
Understand the realities facing refugees and people seeking asylum?
Believe funding can help shift systems as well as support people?
Come and do work that matters.
If you are interested, please apply with just your CV in the first instance (in Microsoft Word format). We are reviewing CVs on an ongoing basis, so it is highly recommended to submit your application as soon as possible. If you feel that you meet some of the job brief, but not all the criteria, please apply in the first instance or email Catherine at Prospectus.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice Prospectus is committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prospectus invests in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
The interview date: Tuesday 24th March 2026.
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Prospectus is pleased to be working with a world-leading London-based conservatoire and drama school to recruit for an exciting, newly created role – Head of Learning (music). This is an 18 month contract, with the possibility of becoming a permanent position. The role will be based in London (Waterloo) and remotely.
Our client runs a specialist Saturday school offering advanced musical training to young people aged 5–18. Students combine their studies with general education in schools, coming together each week to learn under the guidance of leading professional performers and educators. The school offers a broad and ambitious programme of individual lessons, ensembles, choirs, chamber groups, and supporting studies classes. Many students progress to conservatoires and universities, while others pursue diverse careers enriched by their musical experiences at the school.
The Head of Learning will provide strategic and educational leadership across the school ensuring that all programmes are inspiring, inclusive, and of the highest quality. The Head of Learning will lead the design and delivery of their curriculum and programmes — working collaboratively with Heads of Department and colleagues across the Centre to shape provision, promote excellence in teaching, and ensure strong progression for every student, regardless of background. The post-holder will play a key role in defining their educational vision and strategy, as well as contributing to the wider learning and programme strategy. They will also act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and lead on quality assurance, data evaluation and impact, and continuous improvement across the Centre.
The successful candidate will bring significant leadership experience in a music education setting, including responsibility for curriculum/programme design, delivery and evaluation. You will have experience of managing, motivating and leading an educational team, including recruitment, induction, appraisal, and supporting performance and development. You will also bring evidence of promoting inclusive practice and supporting progression for students from underrepresented groups.
For further detail and to apply please click through to the Prospectus website and submit your CV only in the first instance. You may also be asked to complete a supporting statement if you do progress further in the recruitment process. If you have any further questions or would like additional information, please reach out to Steven Fraser at Prospectus.
Please note: Applications and interviews for this vacancy will be on a rolling basis therefore we encourage candidates to apply ASAP, and we reserve the right to close the role before the advertised closing date
As a specialist Recruitment Practice Prospectus are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prospectus invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
Prospectus is excited to be working with our client to recruit a newly created individual giving officer role to join their team. The organisation is part of a global charity that uses hospital ships to deliver free healthcare to people in some of the poorest countries in the world. Their volunteers work with host nations to improve healthcare systems by training local medical staff and renovating facilities to leave a lasting legacy. Since 1978, They have visited 55 countries, providing services worth more than £1.2 billion.
The UK currently raises £9 million a year to support the organisation's operations, benefiting from a diverse base of committed funders and partners. As well as providing financial resources for surgeries, healthcare, education and local partnerships, the UK identifies over 400 professional volunteers with medical, maritime and many other skills to crew the world’s largest charitable hospital ships.
This role is offered on a permanent full-time contract basis paying a salary between £29,000 to £35,000 per annum with flexible hybrid working arrangements at their Stevenage office.
This newly created role will support the Individual Giving team by leading the day-to-day delivery of legacy stewardship, supporter journeys, and mid-level donor care. The post holder will support the Individual Giving Manager with mid-level and retention campaigns when required. They will build and maintain relationships with mid-level donors, ensuring they receive a personalised and engaging experience. By strengthening supporter relationships, it enables the IG Manager to concentrate on acquisition and retention campaigns.
They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in individual giving, supporter journeys, and legacy fundraising. They are looking for a positive, intuitive learner with a willingness to take initiative and a practical, can-do approach. They are looking for a candidate with demonstrable communication and relationship management skills. The ideal candidate will have good awareness and passion for international development and healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.
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 Firas El Dib at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
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. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Prospectus is delighted to be working with a London-based charity that supports homeless and vulnerable people to recruit for an Interim Head of Finance. This is a full time, contract role for 6 months however the charity is also open to this being a permanent role. To start by April 2026, the role is based from their London office and remotely.
Managing a small team, the Head of Finance will oversee all aspects of the day to day finance function, ensuring the operation runs smoothly. You will support your team members, provide advice and guidance where necessary, and ensure that deadlines and targets for the team are met.
The successful candidate will have proven experience of managing a finance team previously, having worked aT Head/senior level. You will have experience of working in a larger charity, with a mindset of finance as an organisational resource rather than a separate department. You will be adept at supporting and motivating teams, with excellent organisational skills, ensuring actions for the team are completed in a timely manner. You will ideally have some experience of working with contracts and services.
To apply please submit your CV only in the first instance. You may also be asked to complete a short supporting statement if you do progress further in the recruitment process.
Please note: Due to the requirement to appoint someone by April 2026 applications and interviews will be on a rolling basis therefore we encourage candidates to apply ASAP
As a specialist Recruitment Practice Prospectus are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Prospectus invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
We are supporting a strategic grant making charity operating at the intersection of physical activity, youth empowerment, and systemic change. The organisation exists to empower women and girls, particularly those from backgrounds facing the greatest inequalities, to get active and stay active for life. Through targeted funding, co designed programmes, and bold advocacy, it tackles the physical, emotional and cultural barriers that prevent girls from feeling strong and confident in their bodies.
Its work combines grassroots investment with high level influence, guided by three core strategic priorities: reinventing how sport is offered to girls, amplifying their leadership voices, and sustaining its mission through long term investment.
Chief Executive Officer
Strategic grant making charity
Salary: Up to £70,000
Location: Hybrid, 2 days a week at a London office with regular UK wide project visits.
As the organisation enters its next phase of development, with growing ambition and an evolving funding landscape, we are seeking an inspirational and adaptable Executive Director to lead the organisation forward.
You will lead a small, high performing team and act as a principal bridge across a diverse network of partners and stakeholders. This is a significant charity leadership role, requiring someone who can steward strong governance, grow and diversify income, and build trusted relationships across corporate, community and trustee audiences, ensuring the organisation continues to maximise its impact for the girls it serves.
About you
We are seeking a creative, self motivated and values driven charity leader, who brings the following:
• Senior charity leadership and governance expertise, including experience reporting to and influencing a Board of Trustees and ensuring strong regulatory and financial oversight.
• Grant making and impact leadership experience, with confidence overseeing programme partnerships and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.
• A proven track record of growing and diversifying income, ideally through corporate partnerships, brand activation, staff or customer fundraising, or within grant making environments.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and commercial confidence, able to operate effectively within a corporate environment, build high level partnerships, and influence senior corporate leaders, trustees, community partners and young people.
• Credibility in youth facing and equity led work, with a deep understanding of the systemic barriers facing women and girls and a demonstrable commitment to advancing inclusion.
The organisation is committed to achieve greater diversity in its executive team and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.
How to Apply
For further information, including how to apply, please view the appointment brief by clicking the ‘appointment brief’ button located against the role on the Prospectus website.
Recruitment Timetable
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 15th March
PRELIMINARY INTERVIEWS: W/c 16th March
PANEL INTERVIEWS London: Late March or Early April
Our client is primed for brilliant, sector-leading community fundraising and they will now hire a new Community Fundraising Manager. Prospectus is proud to lead this search and is working at pace with the team, so get in touch to learn more ahead of the closing date in early March 2026.
The Community Fundraising Manager will play a vital role in connecting passionate supporters with the the trust’s cause. You will empower inspire local supporter groups, volunteers, and individuals to fundraise on our behalf. Turning community energy into meaningful impact nationwide. By building strong relationships, providing, expert guidance, and championing grassroots initiatives, you will ensure that every, everywhere, can play a part in protecting places they live.
The selected candidate will have in-depth understanding of various fundraising techniques and strategies, especially community and events-based fundraising. This includes ideally knowledge od digital fundraising, community groups fundraising, in-memory fundraising, and local and knowledge of regional community fundraising trends. You will have a proven track record in community fundraising, including planning and delivering successful campaigns too.
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 Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
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. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Prospectus are delighted to be supporting a corporate foundation focused on social mobility. They are a complex organisation, with ambitious goals and are looking for a Head of Finance to lead their finance function through this next period of growth.
This is not a typical charity finance role. You’ll operate in a uniquely complex environment with higher expectations, richer stakeholder relationships, and the chance to influence work that directly impacts thousands of people each year. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how they work and strengthen their financial capability across the organisation.
Please note this is a hybrid role, with the option to be based in either the London, Birmingham, or Manchester office.
The Role:
As Head of Finance, you will:
- Lead and develop a small, capable finance team, fostering a business partnering culture and support strategic decision making across the organisation.
- Oversee day‑to‑day finance operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance and strong internal controls.
- Produce high‑quality management accounts, budgets, forecasts and financial analysis.
- Lead on the annual audit and statutory accounts.
- Ensure compliance with tax, VAT (including partial exemption), Gift Aid and SORP.
- Deputise for the CFO, including at Board and Committee meetings.
- Champion financial literacy across the organisation, helping non‑finance colleagues understand risk, budgets and financial decision‑making.
Essential:
- Fully qualified accountant (CA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong experience leading finance operations, producing management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
- Confident managing and developing people.
- Excellent stakeholder management, comfortable navigating a complex environment.
- Strong VAT and tax compliance knowledge (partial exemption experience highly valuable).
- Experience improving systems, processes, and reporting.
- Excellent communication, able to translate financial information clearly for non‑finance colleagues.
- A curious, proactive mindset—someone who asks “why?” and “what if?” and seeks better ways of working.
Desirable:
- Experience with Xero, Microsoft Dynamics, or Power BI.
- Procurement or contract management experience, especially in complex or multi‑party environments.
If you are a strategic, hands‑on finance leader who thrives in complexity and wants to use your expertise to create lasting social impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Please submit your CV by 8 March 2026 at midnight. This role will be subject to an advanced DBS check.
Prospectus is excited to be working with our client to help them recruit for a part-time Digital and Creative Fundraising Lead to join their team. The youth club is a voluntary organisation and registered charity, working with young people aged 8 to 19 years. The club was founded in 1926 and is located in Shepherds Bush, West London. Open six days a week, the club provides children and young people with a range of regular after-school and evening activities during term time, and a variety of daytime activities and residential trips during the school holidays. In 2025, it was attended by over 500 local children and young people.
This role is offered on a part-time, 18-month flexible contract (up to 21 hrs/week), paying a salary of £35,000 per annum pro rata, with flexible hybrid or remote working arrangements between home and the club.
This newly created role is responsible for helping the Board of Trustees diversify the club’s income by focusing on increasing voluntary income and strengthening community engagement. As the club celebrates its centenary year, the Trustees are looking to diversify its income streams to ensure it continues to thrive for another 100 years. The post holder will build a donor and alumni base for regular giving and will also develop corporate sponsorships aligned with the club’s objectives. They will strive to raise local awareness of the club’s impact and services, both online and offline.
They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in individual giving, digital fundraising, and an understanding of how to secure new corporate sponsorships. They are seeking a candidate with strong digital and social media skills, including experience producing and delivering advertising campaigns across a range of social media platforms. The ideal candidate will be committed to a collaborative approach, with a passion for making a positive impact on young people in West London.
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 a disability and require reasonable adjustments to any part of the process, please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role—and hopefully your application—so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.