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Are you looking for a role where your skills and passion can truly make an impact? This is an exciting time to join our friendly, busy, and supportive team as we implement our 10-year Mission Plan, shaping the future of our Diocese and the communities we serve.
Covering Hampshire, Berkshire, South Oxford, and the Channel Islands, our Diocese is home to 87 parishes and 50 schools, serving over 27,000 practising Catholics and supporting 32,000 children and their families. Our work is both challenging and deeply rewarding, offering the opportunity to be part of something truly meaningful.
We are seeking a Director of Finance to lead financial strategy to ensure long-term resilience, manage the finance team, deliver a high standard of financial governance, and provide effective support for our parishes. This role reports to the Chief Operating Officer.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will provide expert financial guidance to the Bishop, Trustees, and diocesan leaders. You will oversee financial governance, treasury and investment management, risk assessment, and IT strategy, ensuring financial prudence while supporting the mission of the Church.
We are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with experience in complex organisations and, ideally, knowledge of the charity or not for profit sector. The successful candidate will have well-developed interpersonal skills, a track record of excellent attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex financial matters to non-finance audiences. A commitment to teamwork and supporting parishes is essential.
An understanding of Catholic Church teachings and values is crucial, as you will play a key role in aligning financial decisions with pastoral priorities.
This role will be working 37.5 hours per week, offering a competitive salary of £85,000 - £95,000 per annum.
Based at St. Edmund House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA, with regular travel across the Diocese to parishes and diocesan meetings, including the Channel Islands which may require overnight stays. Please note, for this role a full driving license and access to a vehicle will be required.
If you are inspired by the idea of working in a values-driven environment where your efforts will have a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.
Come and be part of our mission!
Role Purpose
The Director of Finance is a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, responsible for strategic financial leadership and ensuring the financial sustainability of the Diocese. This role encompasses treasury management, investment strategy, risk management, IT oversight, and long-term financial planning. It also involves leading and developing a resilient and professional finance team.
The Director of Finance must balance financial prudence with pastoral priorities, fostering trust with clergy, lay leaders, and stakeholders while driving financial and operational efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Develop and implement a financial strategy aligned with the Diocese’s mission and long-term objectives.
- Provide financial analysis, forecasting, and risk management to support strategic decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with Canon Law, UK financial regulations, and charity law across all jurisdictions.
- Advise the Bishop, COO, Trustees, and key leaders on all aspects of financial management.
- Attend senior board and committee meetings presenting clear and insightful financial reports.
Treasury & Investment Management
- Oversee treasury operations, ensuring effective cash flow management and financial sustainability.
- Lead on investment strategy, working with the Investment Committee and external advisors to maximise ethical and responsible investment returns.
- Regularly review Restricted and Designated Funds to ensure compliance with Diocesan policies and procedures for such funds.
Leadership of the Finance Team
- Provide strong leadership, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Develop and mentor finance staff, ensuring they have the skills and support needed to succeed.
- Ensure the efficient operation of financial systems, budgeting, reporting, and internal controls.
- Promote collaboration across diocesan departments, ensuring effective financial stewardship at all levels.
Financial Oversight, Risk Management & Investigations
- Oversee fraud risk management, implementing robust controls to identify, prevent, and address financial irregularities, particularly in parish accounts.
- Develop and maintain a Financial Risk Register, identifying and mitigating key risks across the Diocese, including fraud, liquidity, compliance, and operational risks.
- Regularly review and update the Risk Register, ensuring risks are assessed, mitigated, and reported to senior leadership and trustees.
- Establish and implement risk management strategies, embedding a culture of financial accountability across the Diocese.
- Provide audit support and financial guidance to parishes, ensuring adherence to best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Lead the development of annual budgets, ensuring alignment with diocesan strategy and long-term financial sustainability.
- Develop and maintain long-term financial forecasts, assessing future income, expenditure, and funding requirements.
- Lead and manage complex financial investigations, ensuring transparency, accuracy, and compliance.
Financial Planning & Parish Support
- Provide strategic financial support to parishes, schools, and diocesan agencies, helping them develop long-term sustainability plans.
- Offer guidance on budgeting, financial controls, and fundraising strategies.
- Develop and implement financial training for clergy and parish finance teams to improve financial literacy and compliance.
- Operational & IT Leadership
- Lead the IT strategy, ensuring digital transformation aligns with financial and operational objectives.
- Work with IT providers to ensure cybersecurity, data protection, and technology governance.
- Embed and oversee financial systems and processes, driving efficiency through modern financial software and automation.
Payroll
- Lead the payroll function working closely with the HR manager to deliver a reliable and accurate service for employees. This will include the effective use of the designated payroll IT system.
Governance, Reporting & Compliance
- Ensure full compliance with accounting standards, charity law, and internal policies across all jurisdictions.
- Delivery of the Financial Annual Report and Accounts to agreed timescales.
- Develop and update key policies and procedures to ensure financial governance and accountability.
- Work closely with Trustees, external auditors, and regulatory bodies to maintain transparency and good governance.
- Implement robust internal financial controls to safeguard diocesan assets and mitigate risks.
- Develop a standard suite of financial reports to enable informed strategic and operational decision-making for the Board of Trustees and senior leaders.
- Timely production of monthly management accounts and cashflow analysis
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a trusted advisor to the Bishop, clergy, Trustees, and Senior Leadership Team.
- Communicate complex financial information clearly and persuasively to both finance professionals and non-experts.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring financial decisions support the Diocese’s mission.
Other Duties
- Undertake any other reasonable duties required by line manager.
Director of Finance – Person Specification
Competence, Expertise and Knowledge:
Essential
- Degree-level education (or equivalent professional qualification/experience).
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Extensive financial leadership experience, ideally within charities, faith-based organisations, or complex institutions.
- Proven expertise in treasury and investment management, with experience in ethical investment strategies.
- Strong IT acumen, with experience in financial systems, digital transformation, and IT governance.
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage clergy, Trustees, and external stakeholders effectively.
- Confident public speaking and presentation skills, with the ability to deliver complex financial information in an engaging and accessible manner.
- Exceptional written communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality financial reports and strategic documents.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the teachings, values, and mission of the Catholic Church.
- Strategic thinker, with the ability to balance financial discipline with pastoral priorities.
- A full, clean UK driving licence, with the ability to travel across the Diocese, including the Channel Islands.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Canon Law, charity governance, and ecclesiastical structures.
- Experience working in a faith-based or mission-driven organisation.
How to Apply
Please send a comprehensive and up to date Curriculum Vitae with a covering letter setting out your suitability for the role and motivation in applying. Please state ‘Director of Finance’ in your cover letter title.
We encourage an early application as we may close this advertisement at our discretion before the date stated, if a high number of applicants apply.
You will be notified should we wish to progress your application and invite you to an interview.
The Diocese of Portsmouth is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all who support the ethos and values of the Catholic Church.
You must have a valid UK Right to Work, as the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth does not offer UK Visa Sponsorship.
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We're seekingan experienced and qualified accounting professional who is capable of delivering a high standard of financial stewardship. You’ll pair deep charity-sector know-how with the confidence and agility to keep us SORP-compliant while leading financial planning and management of staff and operational expenses. Clear communication skills, existing knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and prior experience of Xero are also highly desirable skills for this role.
As Finance Manager you would be in charge of handling everyday financial operations including payroll and VAT returns for a lean and dedicated HQ team. You would take the lead on the development of budgets, drive annual forecasting and have responsibility for compiling audit reports. You would also create informed strategic fiscal plans and advice to share with SLT, the CEO and our board of Trustees.
Rapid humanitarian action for the hard-to-reach and most vulnerable.




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Senior Fundraising Events Manager (Virtual and DIY)
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Full time (34.5 hours)
Location – Hybrid split between home and our London Office
£42,800 - £47,800 per annum
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
About the role
You will manage a team of 3 fundraising professionals to plan and deliver our portfolio of virtual and DIY fundraising events, including our Facebook Challenges and growing Swim It campaign, with the objective of raising over £6m for people living with cancer. You will be responsible for the campaign strategy and delivery, supporting the team on recruitment through paid and organic marketing and delivering sector-leading stewardship, acting as the strategic lead for both internal and external relationships to enable this delivery.
This role does require weekend work (although not at your desk) as you’ll be out and about cheering on our participants. You will be compensated for your weekend work with days in lieu.
Please note, the internal job title for this role is Senior Challenge Events Programme Manager.
About you
- Leadership and Management: Experience of successfully motivating others to deliver projects – this could be as a project manager or lead, matrix manager or line manager. And experience of working collaboratively to improve or maintain a positive, inclusive team culture.
- Project management: Responsible for your teams planning, marketing, delivery and optimisations of your fundraising product portfolio.
- Relationship Management: An ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and external partners, which enable productive collaboration on projects
- Marketing and Stewardship Skills: Experience of delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns or management of complex projects, in line with agreed budgets and schedules and of delivering mass-scale stewardship campaigns.
- Results-focus: Experience of using data or insight to understand performance, make decisions and inform plans
- Analytical/Solution-focussed: A proactive approach to resolving project blockers, conflict or underperformance
- Budget Management: Experience of financial reporting, managing campaign expenditure and income across products.
- Market Knowledge: Understanding of the virtual and DIY fundraising events market.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Wednesday 30th July 2025
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.



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Job Title: Engagement and Employability Coach
Location: Kent and Medway (Hybrid/ Field-based)
Salary: £27,058 – £31,086 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week) OR Part-time (4 days per week)
Contract: Permanent
Report to: Area Manager – Engagement Programmes
About CXK
CXK empowers people to succeed in employment, education and training. The charity strives for a fairer society where everyone can grow and realise their potential. “The CXK Way” embodies the following core values:
- Ethical – We work with professionalism, honesty and integrity
- Passionate – We reach out enthusiastically to all who need out support
- Innovative – We inspire, enhance and improve
- Collaborative – We engage, support and share with others
The Team
The Targeted Support Team deliver a wide variety of programmes to empower young people and adults to improve their confidence and skills and then progress into training and employment. Leading group sessions and individualised mentoring, the team deliver with passion and expertise to individuals from a range of backgrounds, offering person-centred guidance and support.
The Role
This is an exciting time to join CXK as we are looking to extend our work in Supported Employment. These roles will support a small caseload of individuals with a range of needs who are looking to move into work, enabling them to find the right opportunities and sustain the roles through in-work support. The coaches will also need to be skilled in working with employers to support them to make their roles accessible and sustainable. Growing and maintaining a strong employer base will be a central part of these exciting new roles.
Skills and Knowledge
At CXK we are proud to be a disability confident and equal opportunities employer. We actively promote diversity within our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Minimum Criteria
- An understanding of the employment needs, and challenges faced by people who experience labour market exclusion
- Experience of working with individuals on a one-to-one basis, developing personalised plans and goal setting
- Experience of managing a range of tasks at any one time, and holding positive relationships with different stakeholders
Essential Criteria
- Full UK drivers’ licence and use of own vehicle
- Maths and English GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Experience working in employment services supporting people to obtain or keep work
- Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
- An understanding of the employment needs, and challenges faced by people who experience labour market exclusion
- Experience of working with someone on a one-to-one basis
- Experience of providing supported employment services
Employee Experience
A career with CXK is rewarding work, enabling you to fulfil your potential. This fulfilling and exciting role provides the opportunity to develop and grow meaningful relationships with a range of services and employers in East Sussex. You will build upon the specialised skills and knowledge relating to Supported Employment and be a positive influence on the lives of people entering work.
Benefits of working with us
Our employee benefits include:
- 30-33 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme (matched by CXK up to 10% depending on length of service criteria)
- Benenden private healthcare cover
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Training and development programmes and opportunities
- Mental and physical healthcare initiatives and more
Recruitment Timeline
Vacancy closing date: Tuesday 15th July 2025
Application review date: Wednesday 16th July 2025
Interview dates: From Monday 28th July 2025
Useful Information
If you have any questions or wish to have an informal conversation before submitting your application, please contact the Recruitment Team.
Please note: Applicants will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide references before any offer of employment is made.
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About the role:
We’re searching for an experienced and ambitious corporate fundraising professional, to drive Back Up’s corporate partnerships programme.
In this pivotal role, you’ll develop and deliver a strategy to secure and grow mid and high-value, long-term partnerships that support our mission to support people affected by spinal cord injury. You’ll build strong relationships with new and existing partners and collaborate across teams to create impactful projects that align with our values. We pride ourselves in the strength of our partnerships and the difference we make together.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong track record in partnerships and sponsorships who is passionate about creating social impact and building meaningful, long-term relationships.
For full details please see our job description.
About us:
At Back Up, we have big ambitions. We launch our bold new strategy in April 2025 and together we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone affected by spinal cord injury has access to the support they need. We have a unique portfolio of high-impact services, and we are the only spinal cord injury charity in the UK providing dedicated services to children and young people.
At Back Up, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We particularly welcome applications from those from black, Asian or ethnic minority backgrounds or those with higher level spinal cord injuries.
In 2024 Back Up won The Times and The Sunday Times Spotlight Award for Best place to work for disabled employees. Previously, Back Up was voted one of the top ten charities to work for (Third Sector Best Charities 2020). The enthusiastic, inclusive and supportive spirit of our very skilled staff ensure excellence in the services we deliver.
At Back Up, we inspire people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life.




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The Magistrates’ Association is the membership organisation for magistrates in England and Wales. Magistrates are the backbone of our justice system and we’re the only independent organisation that supports, champions and advocates for them.
One of the ways we do this is by sharing our members’ stories and achievements, as well as their concerns and issues, with key decision makers, the media and the wider public. That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for a new Media and Communications Officer, so if you’re a talented writer, PR expert and team player with a strong instinct for storytelling and outstanding attention to detail, we’d love to hear from you.
It’s an exciting time to be joining us. In the last year-and-a-half, we’ve turbo-charged our media relations and have more than quadrupled the volume and value of our media coverage in that time. We’re becoming the go-to organization for the media looking for comment on magistrates and the wider justice system and we want to build on this, to further raise awareness of the vital work that magistrates – our members – do, and by doing this to better promote ourselves and our services to members, potential members, other stakeholders and the wider public.
It’s an interesting and varied job. On any day, you might be:
• Working with the chief executive and policy colleagues to plan our next big media campaign
• Brainstorming ideas for new blogs and news items for the website or magazine
• Managing and producing one of our two email newsletters for members
• Reaching out to the media to brief them on a story we want to promote
• Interviewing members for stories
• Creating and curating content for our website
• Planning and writing posts for our X and LinkedIn social media accounts
• Evaluating the success of a recent campaign or media push, and considering how we might do even better next time.
How to apply
Please click the link at the top of this advert to visit the job page on our website and download the recruitment pack for this role. Applications (by CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements in the person specification) need to be with us by 11:59pm on Sunday 10 August 2025.
Thank you and good luck!
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Directorate: Marketing, Education, Events and Membership
Reports to: Marketing and Communications Manager
Salary range: £33,457 - £38,250 per annum, depending on experience
Location: London – EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (31.5 hours over 5 days)
Job Purpose
Help shape the voice of rheumatology and make a difference to people living with rheumatic conditions. We’re looking for a creative and proactive marketing and communications professional to join BSR. The post-holder will support the planning and implementation of marketing and digital campaigns for a wide range of BSR projects, connecting us with our community. Managed by the Marketing and Communications Manager, the role is responsible for planning and building powerful marketing emails and newsletters in Dotdigital, creating digital assets, running social media content, running paid campaigns, and providing performance reports and insights. The role also includes updating website content, advising on SEO and user experience, and using analytics to support data-driven decision-making. Whether it’s promoting an event, launching a research initiative, or raising awareness of vital issues, your work will help us reach and inspire the right audiences.
Main responsibilities
- Plan and deliver imaginative marketing campaigns and social media activity to support excellence in rheumatology and support better care for people with rheumatic conditions.
- Manage content requests and workflows; create and publish meaningful copy and visuals across digital channels.
- Build and schedule email campaigns and newsletters, using audience segmentation, automation, and testing to improve engagement.
- Maintain and update website content, ensuring strong user experience and search engine visibility (SEO).
- Turn data into direction: Monitor and report on campaign and social media performance using analytics tools; provide insights to inform strategy.
- Design or coordinate creation of marketing assets, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines.
- Support lead generation initiatives and contribute to cross-functional projects with marketing expertise.
- Write and edit content with purpose, across formats including blogs, newsletters, reports.
- Stay informed on competitor activity and sector trends to inform campaign planning and innovation.
- Collaborate with colleagues to support the organisation’s wider communications and engagement objectives
General
- Flexibility, proactive approach to work and willingness to take on occasional duties deemed reasonable for the role and circumstances.
- Occasional travel and ability to work out of normal office hours when necessary is expected including attendance and overnight stays at BSR conferences and events.
Person Specification
- Scheduling and writing content including briefs for agencies
- Creating assets for digital channels using design programmes such as Adobe Creative Cloud
- Planning and building newsletters and email marketing automations
- Supporting SEO through keyword research, content optimisation, and link strategies
- Using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, social media insights) to evaluate campaign performance
- Supporting paid social media campaigns or advertising activity
- Working with a CRM system to segment audiences or support campaign planning
- Competency with website CMS management and understanding of UX/UI best practice
- Lead generation techniques and programmes desirable
- Strong ability to work with multiple deadlines and adapt to changes
Inclusion and diversity statement
BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010.
We want a working environment free of all of the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all BSR employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity.
To champion the specialty, influencing change and building a thriving community of best practice.
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Learning Support Worker (0997)
At St. John's, we have been making a positive difference to the lives of young people for nearly 140 years. We are now looking for an amazing Learning Support Worker to support us in making that difference! Could that be you?
Why join our inclusive team?
St. John's is one of the largest employers in Brighton and Hove.
What can we offer you?
- Salary of £23,469
- 32-days paid holiday (plus bank holidays) - 32-days are taken outside of term time
- Fulfilling and meaningful work – make a difference!
- Career development plans that are tailored to you
- Discounts across businesses in the local community.
Who are we?
St. John's is a non-maintained specialist provision, working with autistic people, the majority of whom also have learning disabilities. Some of our learners have co-occurring conditions such as epilepsy, hearing or visual impairments, or mental health needs. We also support autistic learners who have an additional profile of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) syndrome. We have a team built up of support workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nurses, PBS practitioners, assistant psychologists, and more, to support us in our holistic approach to development.
Each learner's curriculum is shaped by their individual strengths, interests, and challenges. St. John's is awarded with Autism Accreditation by the National Autistic Society (NAS). We support our learners to develop their skills in the NAS's four focus areas of:
- Difference in social communication and interaction
- Self-reliance and problem-solving
- Sensory
- Emotional Well-being
What are we looking for?
We've been doing this long enough to know that, whilst desirable, experience is not everything! Our amazing learning and development team and our passionate managers have coached people new to this field into support working roles. We know that if you have, the passion and desire to learn, and the want to empower others, you already have the foundations of an outstanding support worker. We are looking for drivers to support our young people to access the community, but having a licence isn't essential.
Sound like you? Then keep on reading!
What will you be doing?
- Supporting the young people in a classroom setting and during breaktimes
- Implementing the learner's behaviour support plan and risk assessment
- Working within a team of multidisciplinary professionals across the charity
- Tracking the progress of individuals and reporting to the teacher, care manager, and/or parents at review meetings.
Exciting opportunity? We think so! Click apply to start your journey as part of the St. John's College family as a Learning Support Worker
Please note that interviews will be arranged progressively as suitable applications are received. Early application is therefore advisable.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
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.
Documents
- Learning Support Worker- Recruitment Pack (2).pdf (2.46 MB)
We stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities.

Looking for an experienced charity Finance Director to join our Senior Leadership team. This is an exciting time to join the charity as we have recently launched our new long-term strategy, building on our ambitions to make an even bigger difference to the lives of people developing or dying from heart diseases.
We are looking for someone to join our energetic, collaborative, and dedicated team. Someone who will contribute to our culture and have the drive and passion to help us achieve our ambitious goals.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
· Production of monthly, quarterly and annual accounts to a variety of audiences. Ensuring budget holders receive financial information necessary to fulfil their own responsibilities
· Work with the Chief Executive and Finance Committee on annual budgeting, long term financial planning and forecasting for the organisation
· Production of the annual statutory accounts with the Auditors and liaising with the Audit Committee
· Production and presentation of standard and ad hoc reports to the Board of Trustees, Committees and Senior Leadership Team
· Management of the Finance Assistant, and IT and Office Assistant, including training, development and performance management
· Proactively seeking to improve all financial controls, ensuring the processes are fully documented, frequently reviewed and communicated as appropriate
· Company Secretary for Charity & Trading Companies.
Ensuring the organisation meets and complies with all statutory reporting obligations and requirements, Charity Commission, Companies House and OSCR
· Presenting financial information and data from a variety of sources in an easily understandable way
· Payroll administration including liaising with the Inland Revenue & pension company
· Liaising with auditors, banks, Investment Managers and other financial institutions
· Continually innovating to ensure financial processes link up with other processes across the organisation
· Responsibility for statutory insurances with Insurance Broker
· Manage the contract with the IT Support Company
· Undertaking any other duties appropriate as identified by the CEO
We won't stop until there are no more deaths from heart diseases.
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Job Title - Caseworker (Immigration and Asylum Law)
Contract - Permanent
Hours - 35 hours per week
Salary - £27,000 - £29,000 dependent on experience
Location - Coram Campus, London, with the possibility of hybrid working
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive
About the role
This role is a newly created position working within the Youth Access to Immigration Representation and Advice (YAIRA) project providing immigration and asylum support to young people who are in care or are care leavers. The YAIRA Project was set up by Coram CLC and 4 local authorities – Enfield, Islington, Barnet and Camden - to increase access to representation and advice for children in care and leaving care.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a keen interest in upholding the rights of vulnerable children and young people with experience of the care system who is seeking to progress their legal aid career in the charity sector. Our lawyers benefit from a good work-life balance and realistic financial and chargeable hour targets. The role can be split between working from home/office-based with flexibility as to the balance between the two.
The successful candidate will work alongside a senior caseworker already working on the project and together you will liaise with the local authorities involved in the project to implement an effective referral mechanism for children and young persons in their care and have conduct of and be responsible for a caseload of immigration, asylum and associated human rights law matters concerning children, young people and families referred by the local authorities. You will be expected to provide high quality legal advice, assistance and representation to these clients through legal aid casework.
The candidate will also be involved in providing ad hoc training as required to the local authority partners on areas relating to the immigration needs of children in care and care leavers and as agreed with the local authorities.
When not working on the YAIRA project, the postholder may be asked to provide paralegal casework support to the wider immigration and asylum team.
We welcome applications from caseworkers at different stages of their careers provided that they have experience (ideally 1 years+) of conducting immigration & asylum cases. The successful candidate should be able to manage a caseload independently, but we also offer excellent supervision and training opportunities, and we support all our employees in their career progression.
We welcome applications from candidates with direct personal or lived experience of the issues that CCLC works on, such as the UK immigration and asylum system, the care system, the family justice system or children's educational law rights.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: 23.59pm 7th August 2025
Interview date: 14th August 2025
Coram is an equal opportunities employer, and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
Coram changes lives, laws and systems to create better chances for children, now and forever.
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Job Title: Assistant Shop Manager
Reporting To: Old Swan Shop Manager
Salary: £25,570 - £27,401
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Old Swan, Liverpool
About us:
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families we care for every year.
The charity supports a wide range of life-enhancing projects that improve the experience of our amazing young patients. This includes funding specialist medical equipment to ensure our skilled surgeons and clinical teams have access to the most cutting-edge technology and investing in hi-tech distraction equipment proven to reduce pain and anxiety for children during their hospital stay. We also support innovative programmes such as ward musicians, our on-site magician, and dedicated play specialists on every ward.
In addition, our charity retail operation plays a key role in raising funds and engaging our community. With a presence on-site at the hospital and across local areas, our retail outlets offer a variety of high-quality donated and new goods. Every purchase helps us continue to deliver exceptional care and fund critical projects, while also providing volunteering and community engagement opportunities that extend the impact of our mission beyond the hospital walls.
About the role:
We are looking for a passionate, ambitious Assistant Charity Shop Manager to join our successful team to help manage our charity shop in Old Swan.
The Assistant Shop Manager will be an integral part of the wider Charity team.
Main Duties/Tasks:
You will play a vital role in supporting the Shop Manager to lead, motivate, and develop a team of dedicated employees and volunteers, fostering strong community engagement and maximising the shop’s impact. This includes encouraging and harnessing the gifts of time from volunteers, goods from donors, and income from customers. As a visible and active ambassador for Alder Hey Children’s Charity on the high street, you will ensure the shop reflects the Charity’s values and purpose in all that it does. You will also support van collections and deliveries, helping to ensure the smooth and efficient transport of donated goods, while representing the Charity with enthusiasm and professionalism.
Income generation:
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Work with the Shop Manager to maximise sales and profits ensuring weekly targets are met.
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Support the team to maximise income from Gift Aid on donated products.
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Support the team to maximise income via our online platforms.
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Support the team with arranging van deliveries/collections daily.
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Work with the wider Charity team to promote and support fundraising activities and events.
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Explore ways to maximise sales via events, donation drives, pop-up shops etc.
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Cash up the till at the end of shift and ensure banking documents are completed. Investigate any discrepancies and report them to the Manager.
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Support with ensuring the money is ready and accessible for cash collection.
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Open and close the shop at the appropriate times.
Volunteers:
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Support and management of a team of volunteers.
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Utilise volunteer skill sets and motivate them to deliver great customer service and perform tasks in-line with charity standards.
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Maximise the shop’s opening hours and ensure the shop is open and managed by the shop team in the absence of the Shop Manager.
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Help to provide and support ongoing training and development for volunteers.
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Work and treat employees, volunteers and stakeholders in accordance with the Charity’s values.
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Health & Safety (in conjunction with Shop Manager)
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Ensure the shop adheres to Retail Health and Safety regulations.
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Implement good Health and Safety practices to help protect employees, volunteers, and customers.
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Help to ensure employees and volunteers are trained in manual handling.
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Help maintain the cleanliness of the shop and behind the scenes areas.
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Stock Control (in conjunction with Shop Manager)
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Ensure continuous, sufficient levels of high-quality stock.
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Be responsible for deliveries and stock controls.
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Ensure stock is appropriate to the business and priced accordingly.
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Maintain a rigorous process of stock rotation, ensuring rotation within expiry dates.
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Ensure visual merchandising is a high priority, with products featured prominently in window displays.
Customer Service:
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Be professional, patient and have a ‘people-first’ approach to customer services.
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Be committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and collaborative working.
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Set high standards of cleanliness, display and merchandising.
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Establish quality standards, consumer safety and ensuring continuity.
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Play a key role in enabling the shop to represent the Charity’s values.
Other Duties:
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Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
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Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.
The Charity retail team are currently conducting a four-day working week trial, due to end on 30th September 2025. This means that, for example, staff previously working 37.5 hours a week are now working 30 hours a week to enable a four-day working week. The trial is monitoring the benefits of a four-day working week against productivity. We are confident that by embracing a more flexible and balanced approach to work, we can continue to create a thriving and fulfilling work environment while driving growth and success for our charity. A decision will be made before the 30th September 2025 to agree the next steps, based on an assessment of the trial period; the four-day working week trial may be ended, extended or adopted permanently.
Our Values
Here at Alder Hey Children’s Charity, our values guide the way in which we work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about our work, and making sure that we are creative in what we do, helps us to deliver the support necessary so that our hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for our young patients and their families. Our values are:
Courage: we try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. We have the courage to speak up and take a stance. We are accountable, responsive and responsible. We are unstoppable.
Together: we work together as one team, sharing our knowledge and learning. We work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. We are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve our aims.
Passion: we are passionate about what we do and why we do it. We work together to share and grow. We inspire others.
Magic: we are fun, creative and child led. We create special moments, provide little extras and go further for our brave young patients.
How to apply
You can apply by clicking the link below. Applications must include your CV and a covering letter which answers the following questions:
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How do you meet the person specification? If you don’t exactly meet all of the role requirements but have transferable skills please do consider applying and provide details as part of your answer.
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Why do you want to work for Alder Hey?
Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role please contact the People Team.
Closing date: Sunday 10 August 2025
Interview date (to be held at Alder Hey Children’s Charity Shop – Old Swan): Tuesday 19 August 2025
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role delivers a range of dynamic and engaging financial education programmes to young people, adults, and professionals. As part of our Programmes and Delivery Directorate, our Trainers love working with our participants; they’re the front line of our work, representing Money Ready’s exceptional programme quality in a range of settings.
This role will work with both children and adults across our programme suite and will require significant travel to our delivery locations throughout the area to deliver face-to-face sessions to diverse groups of learners. Occasional virtual sessions will also need to be delivered.
We are proud of the quality of trainers we hire, and we have a good mix of people, including former primary and secondary teachers and youth workers. You will be joining an excellent team in Wales who know their stuff, so there will be ample opportunity for you to learn and to provide feedback on where our programmes might improve. You do not need to be an existing expert on financial education; we will train you on everything you need to know.
Key responsibilities
Programme Delivery
- Deliver Money Ready’s suite of programmes in a variety of settings to support the delivery of our business plan and the Programme and Delivery Directorate’s Delivery Plan.
- Deliver to the Money Ready education and accreditation framework, ensuring learners have an excellent shot at achieving the programme accreditation.
- Adapting your delivery to meet the needs and learning requirements of diverse participants, often thinking on your feet and adapting to what is happening in the room.
- Completion of all Money Ready processes that surround our delivery work.
- Investing your time in your own development by learning from your colleagues and finessing your delivery craft. This will include participating in our internal training offer.
Programme Development
- Using your insight and experience to help support changes to our current programmes in a structured and thoughtful way, for example, through developing content.
- Support Money Ready in engaging with learners to help develop our programmes as we move the organisation into a co-creation mindset.
- Take ownership of programme adaptation and development, considering the differing needs of delivery across the country and allowing diversity of thought to thrive.
- Support Money Ready in innovating into new programme areas that help deliver our mission.
- Build relationships with delivery partners across your patch.
- Proactively identify new opportunities where we can deliver our programmes or grow our work in a different way. Initial focus on our courses catering to vulnerable young adults.
- Be the best ambassador for our work to all external stakeholders including young people, delivery partners, politicians, funders, the press, the wider education community, local authorities and so on.
External relations
- Build relationships with delivery partners across your patch.
- Proactively identify new opportunities where we can deliver our programmes or grow our work in a different way. Initial focus on our courses catering to vulnerable young adults.
- Be the best ambassador for our work to all external stakeholders, including young people, delivery partners, politicians, funders, the press, the wider education community, local authorities and so on.
Working across Money Ready
- Work with colleagues across the country as we continue to develop and grow the organisation.
- Contribute to areas of the organisation that are ‘outside’ your immediate focus, acting as trusted counsel to those in roles or teams that are different to yours.
- Embed yourself into the organisation, recognising that our strategy and business plan are yours to deliver and that our culture is shaped with you and by you.
Money Ready is committed to equality, effective diversity management, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture.
See the full Programme Trainer job pack for further details. To be considered for the position, please ensure your CV is accompanied with a cover letter.
We bring the language of finance to life so that everyone can navigate their money with confidence, no matter where they start.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a motivated professional with a knowledge of property management, including maintenance and health and safety compliance, with strong organisational and communication skills, looking for a role where you can make a real difference?
Join our Diocese Estates Team as Estates Coordinator, where you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge through training, whilst working on a diverse property portfolio including Grade II listed historical buildings.
In this role, you will:
- Organise the Diocese and Estates team, by scheduling and instructing 5 yearly cycling building condition surveys (known as Quinquennial reports) and help the Building Surveyor(s) to prioritise remedial repair works initially on Parish properties and later School Diocesan properties.
- Enable positive relationships between the Estates team and Employees in the delivery of shared tasks by providing support to raised enquiries.
- Play a key role in organising the Estates Team to manage the Diocesan Estates Portfolio.
- Use triage to fully explore and deal with initial enquiries.
- Schedule building condition report inspections with external and internal Building Surveyors
- Contractor management – Coordinate works to deliver value, meet quality and safety standards.
Location: This role is based at St. Edmund House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA. Some out of office hours and occasional travel may be required across the Diocese including the Channel Islands. You must have a clean valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
This is an exciting time to join our friendly, busy, and supportive team as we implement our 10-year Mission Plan, shaping the future of our Diocese and the communities we serve.
Covering Hampshire, Berkshire, South Oxford, and the Channel Islands, our Diocese is home to 87 parishes and 50 schools, serving over 27,000 practising Catholics and supporting 32,000 children and their families. Our work is both challenging and deeply rewarding, offering the opportunity to be part of something truly meaningful.
Estates Coordinator - Job Description
Main Duties
Administration
- Play a key role in organising the Estates Team to manage the Diocesan Estates Portfolio.
- Use triage to fully explore and deal with initial enquiries.
- Co-ordinate urgent and minor works processes.
- Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Negotiate effective working practices between internal and external stakeholders.
- Be accountable for and maintain an excellent audit trail for each enquiry.
- Schedule building condition report inspections with external and internal Building Surveyors.
Repairs and Maintenance
- Contractor management – Coordinate works to deliver value, meet quality and safety standards.
- Schedule contractors to carry out associated work.
- Assist with the management of minor works, repairs and maintenance.
- Assist with the management of site inspection actions.
- Assist with the responsible management of religious and listed buildings.
Residential Lettings and Hall Hire
- Assist Parishes in proactively managing income-generating residential properties and parish halls.
- Assist Parishes with managing agents so that rental properties are safe and achieve competitive rent.
- Liaise with managing agents to ensure that the best service is being provided.
- Assist Parishes with hall hire queries, coordinating the appropriate Estates Manager.
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure parishes comply with all relevant Diocesan policies.
- Assist with insurance claims and annually review the extent of insurance coverage.
Professionalism and values
- Uphold and promote the ethos and values of the Catholic Church.
- Work collaboratively with the Parish Team to ensure the Parish Priest remains supported.
Estates Coordinator - Person Specification
Essential
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- High level of proficiency in IT, including Microsoft Office and financial software.
- Knowledge of property management, including maintenance and health and safety compliance.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with people at all levels across a variety of projects.
- Ability to negotiate improved shared working practices.
- Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Desirable
- Professional property qualification
- Knowledge of the values and teachings of the Catholic Church.
- Experience working in a parish, charity, or non-profit organisation.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and data protection practices.
How to Apply
Please send a comprehensive and up to date Curriculum Vitae with a covering letter setting out your suitability for the role and motivation in applying. Please state ‘Estates Coordinator’ in your cover letter title.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th August, at 10pm.
We encourage an early application as we may close this advertisement at our discretion before the date stated, if a high number of applicants apply.
You will be notified shortly after the closing date, should we wish to progress your application and invite you to an interview.
The Diocese of Portsmouth is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all who support the ethos and values of the Catholic Church.
You must have a valid UK Right to Work, as the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth does not offer UK Visa Sponsorship.
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Are you a RICS or CIOB qualified Building Surveyor with a minimum of 3-5 years post qualification experience, with experience in delivering professional reports to internal clients and proven ability to successfully prioritise tasks within budget, looking for a role where your skills can make a real difference?
Join our Diocese Estates Team where you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge through training, whilst working on a diverse property portfolio including Grade II listed historical buildings.
In this role, you will:
- Assist the Diocese and Estates team, by scheduling, instructing and overseeing 5 yearly cycling building condition surveys (known as Quinquennial reports) and prioritising the resulting recommended remedial repair works by agreement with each Parish on the Diocese’s churches, halls, offices and residential properties to include listed buildings.
- Proactively reduce the current backlog of circa £28m remedial repair work resulting from building condition surveys.
- Improve the value for money spent on both the building condition surveys and the resulting repair works.
- Provide tailored project management services to ensure the professional procurement and delivery of major and minor capital projects ranging from new buildings and church campus improvements to alterations, extensions and refurbishment projects.
- Prioritise, oversee and project manage works resulting from building surveys.
- Act on Joint Contracts Tribunal construction contracts dispute resolution and prepare the information required to support the litigation of contracted works or collateral warranty claims.
Location: This role is based at St. Edmund House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA. Some out of office hours and travel are required across the Diocese including the Channel Islands. You must have a full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.
This is an exciting time to join our friendly, busy, and supportive team as we implement our 10-year Mission Plan, shaping the future of our Diocese and the communities we serve.
Covering Hampshire, Berkshire, South Oxford, and the Channel Islands, our Diocese is home to 87 parishes and 50 schools, serving over 27,000 practising Catholics and supporting 32,000 children and their families. Our work is both challenging and deeply rewarding, offering the opportunity to be part of something truly meaningful.
Employee benefits include 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, free life assurance and employee wellbeing programme, and contributory pension scheme.
If you are inspired by the idea of working in a values-driven environment where your efforts will have a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you.
Come and be part of our mission!
Building Surveyor - Job Description
Main Duties
- Oversee and later complete building surveys on Diocese church properties.
- Prioritise, oversee and project manage works resulting from building surveys.
- Work with relevant Parish representatives to develop and implement a planned works and later preventative maintenance programmes for church properties.
- Establish best value from both Parish building surveys and the resulting works via the introduction of improved contractor selection and increasing competition.
- Developing and implementing building projects with Parishes.
- Provide tailored project management services to ensure the professional procurement and delivery of major and minor capital projects ranging from new buildings and church campus improvements to alterations, extensions and refurbishment projects.
- Act on Joint Contracts Tribunal construction contracts dispute resolution and prepare the information required to support the litigation of contracted works or collateral warranty claims.
- Be accountable for and submit individual proposal reports, block program updates and general performance reports to the Parish, Director of Estates and Diocesan Committees as required.
Governance and Compliance
- Ensure parishes comply with all relevant Diocesan policies.
- Assist with insurance claims and annually review the extent of insurance coverage.
Professionalism and values
- Uphold and promote the ethos and values of the Catholic Church.
- Work collaboratively with the Parish Team to ensure the Parish Priest remains supported.
Building Surveyor - Person Specification
Essential
- RICS or CIOB qualified Building Surveyor with a minimum of 3-5 years post qualification experience.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering high quality professional reports to internal clients.
- Proven ability to successfully prioritise tasks within available budgets.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with people at all levels.
- Ability to provide and maintain trusted advice to lay persons.
- High level of proficiency in IT, including Microsoft Office and financial software.
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Knowledge of building pathology, property management, including maintenance and health and safety compliance.
- Valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the values and teachings of the Catholic Church.
- Experience working in a parish, charity or non-profit organisation.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and data protection practices.
- Knowledge of Listed Buildings.
How to Apply
Please send a comprehensive and up to date Curriculum Vitae with a covering letter setting out your suitability for the role and motivation in applying. Please state ‘Building Surveyor’ in your cover letter title.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th August, at 10pm.
We encourage an early application as we may close this advertisement at our discretion before the date stated, if a high number of applicants apply.
You will be notified shortly after the closing date, should we wish to progress your application and invite you to an interview.
The Diocese of Portsmouth is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all who support the ethos and values of the Catholic Church.
You must have a valid UK Right to Work, as the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth does not offer UK Visa Sponsorship.
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Salary circa £45k with opportunities for growth.
Generous Relocation Package with temporary accommodation available.
Do you have a leadership career in Care and are looking to join a faith-based organisation dedicated to supporting vulnerable people in a beautiful part of the UK.
Karrek Community is a vibrant not-for-profit company that provide genuine person-centered support to a wide range of people across the County.
Whether you have a background in Social Care or the NHS this might be an opportunity for you work with a committed leadership team that wants to impact the lives of people that need that extra level of support to enable them to live at home for as long as possible.
With close connections with the Christian community Karrek Community aspires to influence the sector from a faith perspective whilst delivering inclusive support to those in need.
You will need to hold relevant care sector qualifications, be a car driver and be prepared to assist the Directors in maintaining the Christian ethos with the leadership team. For the full job description please refer to the attacehment below.
If becoming the Homecare & Complex Support Registered Manager for Karrek sound interesting to you and you would like to have an informal chat with one of our Directors, please contact us.
(Please only appply if you have the right to work in the UK. We do not offer sponsorship for this or any other role)
Benefits
- 35 days Annual Leave
- Temporary Accomodation provided
- Making a difference in vulnerable adults lives
- Beautiful Location in the heart of Cornwall
- Help to shape the direction of a growing company
Karrek is a not-for-profit Home Care Company supporting vulnerable people and their families in Cornwall.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.