Youth and children jobs

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead a national service that improves the lives of children and young people living with arthritis, with a strong focus on innovation, inclusion, and amplifying youth voice. The role offers the chance to build strategic partnerships across healthcare and communities, influence service design at key life stages, and drive meaningful change that reduces health inequalities. Working within a collaborative, values-led organisation, you’ll have real scope to grow and evolve our support service.

Key responsibilities include leading the delivery and continuous development of high-quality, safe, and inclusive services across England and Scotland as part of a UK service, managing and coaching staff and volunteers, and driving increased access and impact through strong planning and partnership working.

You will oversee safeguarding, budgets, data and performance frameworks, while embedding systems and processes that strengthen insight and delivery. The role also involves working closely with NHS and third-sector partners, supporting youth engagement and leadership, and ensuring services are shaped by young people and families.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Experience leading staff and volunteers to deliver inclusive, safe and impactful services for young people and families.
• Track record of developing and evolving services to increase access and impact, including managing change with stakeholders.
• Experience building effective partnerships across health, community and voluntary sectors.
• Experience using service data collection and databases to drive performance, impact, and continuous improvement.
• Understanding of disability and long-term health conditions, with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Knowledge of children and young people’s rights, and experience ensuring participant and stakeholder voice shapes service development.
• Strong planning and project management skills, with the ability to prioritise and deliver multiple workstreams.
• Confident influencer, able to identify opportunities, build partnerships and drive improvement.

As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings.

As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Welcare is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced manager committed to supporting local families to lead and manage their Family Centre and Family Resilience service in Redhill. 

The Family Centre is part of a local integrated system with a wide range of partners that builds family resilience in Surrey and seeks to improve life chances for the most vulnerable children.

You would manage a small, dedicated team of family support workers and have lead responsibility for supervising their work and ensuring delivery of our sub-contract with the YMCA.

Successful candidates will already have the right to live and work in the UK without restrictions. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: 27 July

The successful candidate will have empathy with Welcare’s Christian values base.

An inclusive workplace We are committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment.

Community & Corporate Fundraiser – Wales (Dolfor)

Full-time 37.5 hours a week. (flexible/part-time requests will be considered)

Salary £38,000.00 -£42, 000.00 pa

Hybrid role- 3 days in office and 2 home working

This role will lead fundraising across Wales and into the Midlands, building relationships with communities, businesses and supporters to grow income and raise awareness of our work. 

You’ll develop and manage a mix of community and corporate fundraising activity, working closely with colleagues across the organisation and using our Wales site to engage and inspire supporters. 

A big part of the role is building strong, long-term relationships that support sustainable fundraising and help extend the reach of our services.

About you:

• Experience in fundraising, partnerships or a similar relationship-based role
• Confident building and managing external relationships
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities
• A proactive, self-motivated approach

This is a varied role with real scope to grow fundraising across Wales and make a direct impact on the children and families we support.

Keeping Young People Safe

We are committed to keeping young people safe. All successful applicants will undergo an enhanced DBS (England & Wales) check and receive ongoing safeguarding training.

At Young Enterprise, safeguarding is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. All successful applicants will receive ongoing safeguarding training throughout their employment and be expected to uphold excellent safeguarding practice at all times.

Are you passionate about helping young people build brighter futures?

Do you love building relationships and making things happen in education? If so, we’ve got a brilliant opportunity for you to join our team as an Educational Partnerships Manager at Young Enterprise.

Who We Are

We’re Young Enterprise – a national charity with a bold mission: to give every young person the skills, confidence, and mindset to thrive in the changing world of work.

For over 60 years, we’ve empowered more than 7 million young people through hands-on enterprise and financial education programmes. Whether it’s launching a student business or learning how to manage money, we help young people develop key life skills-teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and resilience.

We’re a passionate, down-to-earth team of 90+ staff and 2,000+ volunteers who believe that every young person, regardless of background, deserves a fair start in life.

Why Join Us?

We think Young Enterprise is a great place to work—and we’re proud of our people-first culture. Here’s what you can expect:

• A friendly and supportive team where your voice is heard
• A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion—we want everyone to feel they belong
• Generous holiday allowance and flexible working
• Cycle-to-work scheme, life assurance, and NHS top-up plan
• Ongoing learning and mentoring opportunities
• A chance to directly impact the lives of young people every single day

About the Role

This is a role where you’ll really see the difference you make.

As Educational Partnerships Manager, you’ll work across Dorset and the South Coast of Hampshire, building partnerships with schools, colleges, youth organisations and community groups-particularly in areas where opportunities are hardest to come by.

You’ll be right in the mix: planning events, delivering programmes, supporting volunteers and connecting with school staff to make sure young people have access to our inspiring enterprise and financial education experiences.

You’ll be a key driver of our Inspiring Futures programme-helping young people break down barriers and imagine bigger futures.

It’s a varied, people-focused role with loads of room for creativity, independence and collaboration. Whether you’re visiting a school, chatting with a funder, or supporting a trade fair, you’ll be helping young people build skills that will last a lifetime.

You’ll love this job if you are…

• A brilliant relationship-builder, confident working with teachers, volunteers, and community leaders.
• Passionate about education, social mobility, and giving every young person a chance to shine.
• A natural communicator-whether leading a session in a classroom or inspiring a room of volunteers.
• Organised and able to juggle multiple projects (with a great sense of humour!).
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and happy working remotely but never alone-you’ll be part of a close-knit regional team.
• Excited by the idea of doing a job that combines delivery, relationship-building, fundraising and volunteering.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and grow relationships with schools, colleges, youth clubs and local communities.
• Focus on expanding our reach in areas of multiple deprivation and underrepresentation.
• Deliver and support the rollout of YE programmes in schools and other settings.
• Recruit, train and support volunteers-making sure they feel valued and inspired.
• Work with your regional team to meet shared goals and celebrate local impact.
• Help secure local funding by supporting fundraising efforts and managing project deliverables.
• Support the planning of events, trade fairs and celebrations for young people.
• Keep accurate records, track impact, and make sure safeguarding is front and centre.

A few practical things

• This is a hands-on role-you’ll sometimes be lifting resources, setting up venues and travelling regularly (a car and full driving licence are essential).
• You’ll need to be happy occasionally working evenings or weekends during peak delivery times.
• Expect to be on your feet during some events or sessions-it’s all part of the fun!

How to Apply

If you’re ready to help shape the futures of young people across Dorset and the South Coast of Hampshire, we want to hear from you!

Please send your CV and a cover letter (max 2 pages) telling us why you’re the right person for this role. Applications must be submitted by 23:30 on 26 July 2026. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Interviews will be held via Teams and may take place before the closing date. Please note, we are only able to respond to shortlisted candidates.

Full details can be found in the Job Description.

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Join us – and help us give every young person the chance to thrive. Apply today!

Job Title: Children’s Rights Services Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time – 35 hours per week

Salary: £34,701 - £36,701 per annum

Location: West Midlands (Home-based with regular travel across the region and occasional national travel)

Are you passionate about championing children’s rights and ensuring their voices influence decisions that affect their lives?

Do you have the leadership skills and commitment to develop high-quality advocacy, independent visitor and children’s rights services that empower children and young people to be heard, respected and involved in decision-making?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Children’s Rights Services Manager to lead our advocacy and children’s rights services across the West Midlands. This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognised children’s rights organisation and play a key role in ensuring children and young people receive high-quality, independent support that promotes their rights, wishes and feelings.

You will lead a team of coordinators, advocates, independent visitor staff and volunteers, ensuring services are delivered in line with national standards, contractual requirements and best practice frameworks. You will also contribute to the development of innovative services that improve outcomes for children and young people across the region and nationally.

If you are committed to empowering children and young people, promoting participation, and delivering excellent services that make a lasting difference, we would love to hear from you.

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity, founded by Thomas Coram in London in 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills, opportunities and support they need to thrive.

About Coram Voice

Coram Voice is a leading national children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and young people and ensure their voices are heard in decisions that matter to them.

For over 50 years, we have worked alongside children in care, care leavers, children receiving social care support, and others who rely on the help of the state. Through advocacy, independent visitor services, participation and rights-based projects, we help children and young people understand and exercise their rights and influence the services they receive.

Our vision is a society where every child and young person is treated with dignity and respect, free from inequality and discrimination, and where their views are at the heart of decision-making.

About the Role

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join Coram Voice as our new Children’s Rights Services Manager for the West Midlands.

In this pivotal leadership role, you will be responsible for the operational management of advocacy, independent visitor and other children’s rights services delivered across the region. You will ensure that services are child-led, rights-based and delivered in accordance with the National Standards

You will provide leadership and support to service delivery teams, oversee contract performance and compliance, manage service budgets, develop partnerships with local authorities and other stakeholders, and contribute to service innovation and growth.

As Designated Safeguarding Person for the region, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people accessing our services.

What You Will Receive

Coram Voice reward and recognise the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offer an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 28 days’ annual leave plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year and a suite of family friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.

We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services.

The recruitment process

Our Service Managers will undertake Shortlisting. Successful candidates will be invited for interview. The interview process comprises of a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.

Returning Your Application

• We cannot accept CVs.
• When completing your application form, please address each point in the person specification and provide clear examples demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role.
• Applications must be fully completed to be considered.
• Internal applicants should follow the internal recruitment process and contact HR for further information.

Closing Date: Monday 20th July 2026 at Noon

Interview Date: Wednesday 29th July

General Information

• DBS Checks: All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Training: Successful candidates will complete our mandatory induction and training programme, including Advocacy in Action, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and GDPR .
• Conflict of Interest: The independence of our advocacy services is fundamental to our work. Applicants should declare any potential conflicts of interest during the recruitment process.

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.

FINANCE DIRECTOR - financial leadership role in a national STEM charity. 

Drive financial sustainability, strengthen governance and help inspire the next generation of engineers.

The Smallpeice Trust inspires young people to pursue engineering and STEM careers, helping build the future talent pipeline through innovative educational programmes and partnerships. 

As Finance Director, you will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, providing strategic and operational financial leadership across the organisation. Reporting to the CEO and working closely with Trustees, you will strengthen financial governance, improve forecasting and management information, and support informed decision-making across the charity.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting and forecasting 
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and risk management 
• Deliver robust management information, KPI reporting and analysis 
• Lead statutory accounts, audit and regulatory compliance 
• Develop and support a high-performing finance team 

Benefits:

• Pension (7% employer contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Private Healthcare

This role will suit a qualified accountant with significant senior finance leadership experience, strong commercial judgement and the ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational level. This high-impact role is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a mission-led charity while helping to shape and modernise the finance function for the future.

Please see the candidate pack for full details.

• Location: Holly House, Leamington Spa / there is an expectation that you will spend 2 days a week in the office
• Closing date: 29 July 2026
• Charisma vetting interviews must be completed by: 6 August
• Interviews with the Smallpeice Trust: 
  • 1st stage: w/c 10 or 17 August 
  • 2nd stage: w/c 24 August 

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Location: MSSC NSC, 200B Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7JY (Hybrid Working)

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary: £40,300 gross, per annum

Closing Date: 8 July 2026

Assessment Day: 16 July 2026

Application: CV & Covering Letter 

Are you a Safeguarding professional looking for a new opportunity and challenge?  We are currently looking for an exceptional Safeguarding Officer to join our expanding team. 

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.

About the role 

We have an opportunity for a Safeguarding Officer to join our very busy team!

The organisation has a strong safeguarding ethos promoting the overall safety, safeguarding and welfare of all of our members. We are seeking individuals who have experience of the voluntary youth or community sector or other relevant professional field and have direct practice experience of working with children & young people in a safeguarding context.  You will have excellent knowledge of the principles and practices of Early Help along with experience and knowledge of statutory requirements, and best practice guidance, relating to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk.  

Our safeguarding team operates centrally in London where we are responsible for providing support, advice and guidance to our volunteers relating on all safeguarding matters across the UK. Our safeguarding Officers act as our lead professionals in managing safeguarding casework in line with our policy, procedures and statutory duty.

We aim high and strive for excellence in our practices to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.  We are continually evolving and seeking ways to improve and enhance our safeguarding practices as we move forward. 

Whilst this is a Monday- Friday full time position, a flexible approach to work and working patterns is a must, as is the ability to work effectively and respond appropriately in challenging circumstances. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jane Sales, Head of Safeguarding & Young People Support.

Some information about the role: 

- Support, guide and coach SCC volunteers to implement a local response to safeguarding concerns

- Effective and skilful management of an allocated caseload

- Lead professional – Allegation Management

- Action referrals to statutory agencies e.g. Local Authority Designated Officer, Police, Children’s Services, Social Care or

equivalent across the UK (including DBS, PVGS)

For further information, please download the full . If you are interested in this role, please apply now!

Requirements

For applications to be considered, it is essential that both a CV & Supporting Statement are submitted.  Supporting statements should detail how a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience meet the requirements of the Job Description and Person specification.

Without this, we sadly will be unable to progress your application for this role.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum, pro rata for part time employees, increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working for many roles
• Volunteering Leave
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the Marine Society Digital Library
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential. 

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer. 

Safer Recruitment - We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

Safer Recruitment:  All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.

Safenet is part of the Calico Group, an innovative group of companies, working together collaboratively to have a greater impact than they could alone.  Our shared vision, flexible group structure, and expanding range of services help us adapt to the fast-changing environment and times in which we work.

Safenet are a well-established Domestic Abuse charity, working to reduce and eliminate domestic abuse and to deliver support services to survivors of domestic abuse across the Northwest of England. 

At SafeNet, we believe in empowering individuals to build safer, healthier futures. We're offering a unique opportunity to train towards a Level 4 Domestic and Sexual Abuse Practitioner qualification, paving the way for a fulfilling career in roles such as:

• Domestic Abuse Practitioner
• Children & Young People Domestic Abuse Practitioner
• Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)
• Black and Minoritised Specialist Practitioner
• Outreach Community Practitioner
• Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)

We invest in our people, ensuring you learn and grow with SafeNet. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to creating lasting change.

About Us.

SafeNet is an innovative, value-led charity empowering individuals to live free from domestic abuse through fair, inclusive, and compassionate support services. Every day, we assist those who reach out to us in leading safer, healthier lives. As part of The Calico Group, our shared purpose is to make a real difference in people's lives.

We are at the forefront of promoting safe, healthy relationships and the conditions for productive and positive futures. SafeNet delivers innovative and life-changing services to support over 500 victims and survivors each year across Burnley, Lancaster, Rochdale, Bury, Preston, Pendle, and Oldham.

The Opportunity

We are seeking passionate, caring individuals who are excellent team players and committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse.

As a Domestic Abuse Support Practitioner (Children and Young People) within SafeNet’s community team, you will:

• Build trusted, supportive relationships with children and young people, working both one-to-one and in group settings, ensuring they feel heard, safe and empowered.
• Provide a high-quality, proactive frontline service to children and young people affected by domestic abuse, supporting their emotional wellbeing and helping them feel safe.
• Work closely with parents or carers, promoting healthy relationships and supporting families to recover together.
• Assess risk and complete safety and support plans that are child-centred and inclusive.
• Ensure all support is trauma-informed, accessible, and inclusive to reflect the diverse needs of the community.

What We’re Looking For

We believe in recruiting for potential as well as experience. Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience supporting and advocating for parents through Safeguarding/Child Protection processes and the Family Court System.
• The ability to work directly with children and young people, both individually and in group sessions, using creative and age-appropriate approaches to help them express themselves and recover from the impact of domestic abuse.
• A commitment to helping families rebuild relationships that may have been affected by abuse.
• Confidence in organising and facilitating structured activities for children aged 0–18, enabling learning, development, and fun in a safe environment.
• Experience of contributing to reports for Courts and Children’s Social Care conferences and meetings regarding the families you support.

What’s in It for You?

At The Calico Group, we value our people and offer a supportive, inclusive culture alongside fantastic benefits:

• Bravo Benefits – Exclusive discounts at popular high street brands including many retailers and restaurants.
• Westfield Health – Our company funded cash plan, with access to a Doctor 24/7 – for you and your dependents.
• Mental Health Support – Access emotional and mental well-being services through Spectrum.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save on commuting costs while staying active.
• Pension Options – with employer pension contributions.
• Life Assurance – Peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Financial Advice – Expert guidance to help manage your finances.
• Recognition Awards – Celebrate your achievements with our recognition programs.
• Meaningful learning and development programmes with regular focus on your individual growth.
• Gym Membership Discounts – Stay fit with local gym access.
• One Calico Events – Connect and unwind at our employee social gatherings.
• Paid Professional Fees – We’ll cover the cost of professional subscriptions so you can continue growing your career.

And much more! We also offer enhanced holidays, sickness, maternity, and paternity options, ensuring you feel supported when you need it most.

Location: The role is national, managing teams in Northern Ireland, Wales and across England. You will need to be able to work at one of our BookTrust offices in London, Leeds, Belfast or Cardiff for an average of 8 days per month whilst some of these collaboration days may be worked in partner locations, at events or stakeholder meetings in any part of the country. The position will require regular travel to BookTrust office bases and to visit and engage as needed.

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

This is a new role within the organisation and the new role holder will have a chance to shape and build the role over time.  You will be a strong leader with great people skills -experience of working with and leading teams working in geographically dispersed locations is advantageous. 

You will have a clear experience the public sector landscape with a track record of relationships building, and an understanding of the local government policy landscape. With a collaborative approach to working across interconnecting complex work areas, you will be comfortable working within a matrix style of management for your won direct reports and those of other teams. 

You may have charity or statutory setting experience, and will have the ability to set out a strategic direction for partnerships team members as well as being hands on in developing new relationships to support our work as well as being able to produce high quality written materials, analyse complex data and respond dynamically to a changing external landscape.

You will be an excellent communicator who manages up effectively and who is comfortable working across a matrixed managed team. You will have the ability to work closely with the Director of Partnerships in building relationships, and developing and delivering on strategies that support impact in our early years programmes by guiding the work of our partnerships team.  You will be working closely with key role holders such as but not confined to the Head of Partnerships Delivery, and Head of Programme for Vulnerable Children.

The Head of Partnerships Development will ensure increasingly effective pathways to families by setting out ways of working that ensure delivery teams can access these routes, influence decision makers and develop and build the right relationships for greatest impact. Along with the Director of partnerships the role holder will aim to both influence and respond to central, local and regional policy initiatives in the sector to support BookTrust’s mission to get all children reading, especially those from low income and vulnerable family backgrounds.
The role holder will ensure internal stakeholders are briefed on the local government landscape and that risks and opportunities are clearly articulated.

This work spans the organisation – from within our partnerships team to our research and impact, communications and external affairs, design and innovation, growth planning, communications, profile-raising and income generation – and requires strong collaborative working to draw on skills and capacity in all these areas. 

The role will work internally and externally to ensure the right inputs to ensure success for our scaled programmes, supporting everything from design to upskilling our team and relationship building across the local government and regional and country landscape.

To apply, please complete the application along with a copy of your CV.

Want to join us? To find out more about who we are please go to our website. 

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and communities,

Please note that this advert may close early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details are available on our website).

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

Location: The role is national, managing teams in Northern Ireland, Wales and across England. You will need to be able to work at one of our BookTrust offices in London, Leeds, Belfast or Cardiff for an average of 8 days per month whilst some of these collaboration days may be worked in partner locations, at events or stakeholder meetings in any part of the country. The position will require regular travel to BookTrust office bases and to visit and engage as needed.

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

This is a new role within the organisation and the postholder will be responsible for defining aspects of the role, building relationships and processes that will enhance our ways of working as part of wider organisational processes. 

You will be an excellent communicator who manages up effectively and who is comfortable working across a matrixed managed team. You will work closely with the Director of Partnerships in building relationships, systems and processes that support our delivery across regions and countries as well as working closely with key role holders such as but not confined to the Head of Partnerships Development, and Head of Programme for Vulnerable Children.

The Head of Partnerships Delivery will lead and coordinate our early years scaled programme delivery as well as ensuring activities to support delivery and development of our vulnerable children’s work are catered or within team processes and relationship building with strategic and local stakeholders.

This work spans the organisation – and will have a close working relationships with key stakeholders in operations on aspects of the work as well as to research and impact, design and innovation, growth planning, communications, profile-raising and income generation – and requires strong collaborative working to draw on skills and capacity in all these areas. 

To apply, please complete the application along with a copy of your CV.

Want to join us? To find out more about who we are please go to our website. 

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and communities. 

Please note that this advert may close early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details can be found on our website). 

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

Job Description 

Job Title:  Strategic Communications and Marketing Planning Manager

Directorate:Communications 

Team/Department (if specific):Marketing and Planning

Date Written/ Amended:August2025

Context and Background

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it inspires our Communications and Marketingteam to find ever-more creative ways to promote our work and share how people can get involved in making a difference to children’s lives. 

The award-winning NSPCC Communications directorate is known for its talent, expertise and creativity in inspiring and challenging people to act on child abuse. We work collaboratively, both organisationally and across integrated communications disciplines, to deliver shared outcomes and measurable results through all available communications channels. 

The Strategic Communications and Marketing Planning Managerforms part of our Brand and Marketing Planning team. The role is central to developing a strategic framework to support prioritisation of our annual communications and marketing plans, ensuring we’re optimising our activity to drive impact. 

The Communications Planning Manager will lead on the communications and marketing planning process for all teams. Working with teams across the organisation, they will lead on the communications planning process. As part of this responsibility, they will work closely with senior stakeholders within Marketing and Communications and the Fundraising and Engagement directorate to maximise brand awareness and income driven by our communications and marketing activity. 

Job purpose

1.Lead the development and implementation of the strategic framework for annual communications and marketing planning, ensuring it is clear, comprehensive, and aligned with organisational priorities and budget allocation to drive the maximum impact for children and young people.

2.Coordinate and oversee the planning process across all communications teams, facilitating workshops and meetings to engage stakeholders, and ensuring plans are efficiently resourced and delivered.

3.Maintain effective planning systems and processes, ensuring timely communication of plans and priorities internally and externally, and supporting the identification and delivery of strategic communications objectives.

4.Build strong cross-organisational relationships, particularly between Communications and other directorates, to ensure alignment, coordination, and shared ownership of strategic goals.

Key relationships - Internal

·Reports to the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning

·Works closely with the Director of Communications and Marketing on the overall strategy for communications and Marketing and delivery of directorate objectives

·Works closely with cross organisational campaign managers and key stakeholders, including our Senior Leadership Team to inform planning and strategic alignment. 

·Works closely with teams to inform, support and manage communications activity.

·Pro-actively works with managers and staff in other NSPCC Directorates , such as Fundraising and Engagement, Strategy and Knowledge, People, Finance and Services as necessary to further communications relationships.

Key relationships - External

·Creative, media and research agencies.

·Peers within the UK charity sector.

·Industry opinion formers, media and other stakeholders. 

·Professionals/trade bodies/organisations in charitable sector.

Main duties and responsibilities

1.Work with the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning to implement the strategic framework for the annual planning process, ensuring our marketing investment is aligned to strategic priorities, led by market research and media insight, and drives impact. 

2.Facilitate workshops and meetings with relevant comms and marketing teams across the organisation to ensure all stakeholders are aligned and engaged in the annual comms and marketing planning process.

3.Support in the delivery and implementation of the communications strategy, ensuring our annual Communications and Marketing directorate business plans support our audiences to get closer to our cause.

4.Support the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning in the analysis of marketing and communications impact data and insight, to share complex information in a clear and compelling way with the Communications and Marketing Leadership Team, the Director of Marketing Communications, Director of Fundraising and Engagement, Executive Leadership Team and Trustees.

5.     Ensure that there are appropriate processes in place to monitor communications and marketing performance, and delivery against business plans and the strategy.

6.     Maximise income and add value to departmental activities by sharing knowledge, specialist expertise and best practice with others as appropriate.

7.     Support the marketing and operations planning meeting by influencing and negotiating to deliver the comms planning process with internal audiences. 

8.     Work closely with finance, our media agencies and internal stakeholders to understand the investment plans and budgets for marketing across the organisation. 

9.     Support the Associate Head of Brand and Marketing Planning in the development of the brand and media investment strategies. 

Responsibilities for all Staff within the Communications

·A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.

·Actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to the Directorate and wider NSPCC activities.

·Adhere to all the NSPCC’s service standards, policies and procedures. 

·Evidence an understanding of and commitment to the demonstration of the NSPCC’s values.

·Maintain an awareness of and comply with NSPCC data protection regulations. 

·Be responsible for personal learning and development, to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation. 

·Work in a manner that supports equality, diversity and inclusion 

·Be pro-active in identifying ways to improve personal and team performance

·Maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.

·Maintain awareness of NSPCCs safeguarding duties and comply with Safeguarding Code of Conduct.

·Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news

A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people

Person specification

1.Excellent written communication skills to analyse, interpret and present proposals, reports and strategic plans in a clear and persuasive way for a wide range of audiences. 

2.Excellent ability to verbally present information, to a range of audiences in a clear, inspiring, and confident way to achieve desired outcomes.

3.Excellent ability to align, prioritise and plan marketing and communications activity against strategic organisational priorities.

4.Excellent ability to establish, develop and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior level individuals and external media agencies and partners to achieve desired outcomes.

5.Well-developed ability to develop, control and manage a communications and marketing plan, keeping within financial limits, monitoring and forecasting income and marketing performance, identifying possible shortfalls or overspends and taking timely and appropriate action.

6.Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage projects, organise and plan own work and the work of others to deliver objectives on time.

7.Experience in marketing and communications planning and strategically scheduling marketing activities on behalf of a large national brand. 

8.Project Management skills

9.Significant experience in leading integrated multi-channel campaign planning for a large organisation. 

10.A personal commitment to ending cruelty to children.

Safer Recruitment

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. 

Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. 

Our principles: 

·Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation. 

·Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.

·We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.

·Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.

·As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.

·All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.

The selected candidate will deliver sexual health and well-being outreach and support for targeted groups in commissioned South West London boroughs, focusing on those at increased risk of poor sexual health.

The postholder will conduct outreach, education, and training in several settings depending on the needs of different young people. These could be educational settings, youth settings, community events, sports settings, clubs and pubs. You will provide targeted support to vulnerable young people, such as looked-after children (LAC), those who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET), those who come from areas of high deprivation and high need, and those with other increased risk factors, as well as young people aged 13-15 who are not yet able to access online services.

We are looking for an experienced Regional Opperations Lead, to coordination all aspects of the StreetDoctors operations within the Midlands  Region and to ensure our programmes are fit for the future.

We are an award-winning national charity  which trains over 20,000 young people affected by street violence each year in emergency first-aid, through a team of 250 healthcare volunteers and youth workers. We empower young people with the skills to become part of the solution to violence by developing their skills and confidence to save lives and increasing their understanding of the medical and psychological consequences of violence.

As the StreetDoctors lead for the region, you will provide leadership in partnership development, volunteer management, the delivery of training and maintaining quality standards.
The key areas of focus include:

• To create, develop and maintain partnerships with a range of organisations including, funders, commissioners, community organisations, criminal justice organisations, education providers and youth organisations.
• To develop and manage engaged volunteers and youth workers and ensure their expectations are aligned to the organisation's objectives and provide the best volunteering experience possible.
• To deliver training and ensure the quantity and quality of projects meet the required targets and new opportunities are maximised.

At StreetDoctors we believe diversity supports innovation and creativity. We are committed to equality of opportunity, being inclusive, and being representative of the people we are here to support. We would therefore encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Schools’ Project Officer
The Mark Evison Foundation aims to promote the personal development of young people through challenge. We work directly with London partner state schools, encouraging non-academic proposals for challenge from 17-year olds (Y12s). It is fascinating work, bringing out the best in young people. Students must create their own applications and challenges, decide what they want to do, research and plan the projects and present them: we help with plans (sending comments by email), careful risk assessment and funding.

Due to expansion, we are seeking a gifted schools’ project officer for a key role within a busy team based in Dulwich SE21, Southwark. The work is varied and fulfilling.  

You should be a graduate from a good university, enthusiastic and very well-organised, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to work independently, manage priorities, work to deadlines, and take initiative. The post involves presenting at school assemblies as outreach, working with students to help them prepare costed applications, handling draft applications by email, and accurate data collection and input. You will need to deal efficiently and accurately with our administrative requirements, and have excellent PC skills – Word, Excel and Outlook. We would train you to deal with the work and our systems.

Salary is in line with experience, range £30k- £35k pro rata, depending on experience. 

Applications by 15 July 2026. Please see attached Job Description, and send CV and cover letter.