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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

The Global Advocacy & Influence Department is a dynamic team that uses the power of IRC’s ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing IRC’s clients. From the drivers of conflict to the needs displaced people, the team partners with politicians, policy makers and civil society to bring these solutions to life. We take pride in being solutions-oriented and creative. We are precise in our tactics, and messages. We lead change year over year, knowing that system change takes dedicated focus while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs. Finally, we are collaborative, working not only with programs, strategy, research and innovation, and communications teams across the IRC, but also externally, constantly seeking to new ideas and perspectives from others in the humanitarian sector and beyond. 

IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing. In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

Job Overview
As the Advocacy Manager, you are responsible for crafting our influence strategies on refugee issues, using IRC’s programmatic and research evidence, surgical policy and practice solutions, and trusted brand to inspire collective action. You are the go-to expert for understanding current political and policy trends in the UK and how our policies support or clash with political agendas. You contribute your fresh insights and analysis to inform IRC’s influence approaches, tactics, and messages.  

Major Responsibilities:

•  Advocacy Strategy: Lead and deliver advocacy strategies, collaborating with policy leads, public advocacy and communications colleagues, to advance IRC’s key advocacy objectives. 
•  Influence Analysis: Develop power maps for key policy issues to identify influence priorities and targets. Work with team to support development and execution of creative influence strategies, including with nontraditional partners encouraging IRC to develop innovative approaches to advocacy as usual.  
•  Stakeholder management: Support efforts to build IRC’s credibility, profile and relationships by engaging with political stakeholders and supporting opportunities to raise IRC’s profile at key meetings and events. 
•  Political and Policy Tracking. Expand IRC’s political reach by tracking and analysing shifting government positions, individuals engaging on our issues, and the politics around our issues. Translate policy asks into political asks. Track political processes and profile opportunities / events; including bills, select committee inquiries, and other parliamentary and political developments.  Analyse and report on relevant political and policy trends and regularly communicate across external relations teams.  
•  Policy Engagement: Contribute to policy generation by providing UK specific analysis that increases the credibility and efficacy of our solutions.  Support IRC’s policy team in identifying and developing policy priorities that are impactful and achievable for the UK. 
•  Communications: Provide market and audience expertise to communications team to craft public advocacy in the UK. Support team in developing communications strategy and develop materials for advocacy targets, including digital/social content and take actions. Support planning and implementation of strategic activities including events. 
•  Spokesperson: Act as an IRC spokesperson and as a key interlocutor with political stakeholders. 
•  Teamwork: Support a positive team culture by acting openly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues in their work and sharing credit with others where appropriate. 
•  Steward Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: both in the culture of IRC, as well as through a client-led approach to our policy solutions and influencing work.

 
Key Working Relationships:
Position reports to: UK Advocacy Director 
Internal contacts: Policy and Advocacy colleagues, Communications, Technical Excellence leads; International Programs leads, President’s Office, External Relations Department 
External contacts: Parliamentarians, government officials, key opinion formers, think tanks and sector colleagues in the UK. 
 
Job Requirements:

Work experience: 
•  Demonstrated experience in advocacy strategy development with a focus on creativity, strategy, and critical thinking. 5-7 years of experience working on refugee issues. 

Demonstrated skills and competencies: 
•  Proven success in creating and implementing strategies that influence/impact on legislative and executive policy. 
•  Deep understanding of relevant the UK’s political structures and processes, and familiar with leverage points within these institutions that can be targeted to achieve policy change objectives.
•  Ability to think strategically and creatively, being oriented towards solutions when traditional advocacy means do not suffice.
•  Extensive knowledge of refugee issues in the UK.
•  Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with experts, high level decision-makers, and colleagues in the refugee fields. 
•  Experience in refugee-led advocacy is an asset.
•  Excellent writing skills and the ability to translate sophisticated material and data into coherent narratives that resonate with policymakers. 
•  Strong network of influencers and policy makers in the UK. 
•  Ability to work quickly against deadlines. 
•  Initiative and ability to work independently on fast-paced issues, and balance competing demands. 
 

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community. 

Please note; this opportunity is advertised as maternity cover for a period of approximately 13 months, starting in November 2025

About the role 

As our Brand Marketing Manager, you’ll champion the power of brand and lead the delivery of integrated multi-channel campaigns. With a renewed focus on brand marketing, you’ll help bring the brand to life for audiences and ensure it is applied consistently across the organisation.

You’ll combine strong project management with the ability to engage and influence. Confident in delivery as well as collaboration, you’ll ensure campaigns are impactful, creative and make the most of new opportunities to strengthen our brand.

What you’ll do:

• Manage the development and delivery of brand marketing campaigns, ensuring activity is integrated across channels and delivered within budget.

• Monitor, optimise, and evaluate brand marketing campaigns, maximising impact and capturing learnings for the future.

• Own and manage the media buyer for brand campaigns. 

• Represent Brand Marketing in cross-team projects and campaigns, ensuring activity reflects the brand and contributes to effective brand journeys.

• Provide insight and recommendations to the Brand and Marketing Lead to inform the brand plan and long-term strategy. 

What you’ll bring:

• A track record of leading large-scale, multi-channel brand marketing campaigns that deliver measurable impact. 

• Skilled at evaluating campaign activity and applying learnings to improve future performance. 

• Experience managing media buyers, with knowledge of media planning and buying processes across offline and online channels. 

• Strategic approach to brand communications, underpinned by strong marketing knowledge.

• Experience managing and developing staff.

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

First round interviews for this role will be held online on 28 October via Google Meet.

Second round interviews will take place in person at our London office on 5 November.

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Family Lives is excited to announce an opportunity to join our new Perinatal Support Service in West Northamptonshire. We are seeking a passionate and proactive Perinatal Family Support Coordinator to support women and their families at risk of developing mild to moderate mental health challenges during the critical perinatal period. The focus is on early intervention to prevent mental health issues escalating by providing both practical and emotional support.

As a Perinatal Family Support Coordinator, you will understand the developmental needs of infants and children aged 0-2, and have experience of working with vulnerable parents-to-be and new parents, promoting attachment and improving wellbeing. You will be required to provide a range of services including one-to-one and group-based interventions and collaborating with Family Hubs and external partners to ensure that new parents receive the comprehensive support they need. Additionally, you will lead on engagement activities to enhance access and remove barriers for diverse communities to fully benefit from our programmes

A key part of your responsibilities will involve establishing a peer support programme, by recruiting and training a small group of volunteers from the local community, enabling them to offer light-touch support to women and families. Together you’ll build a community network that actively engages families in positive perinatal support

A recognised qualification (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) in social work, health, education, or relevant experience is essential.

About Us

Family Lives is a national charity with over four decades of experience in helping parents deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life. We provide targeted early intervention and crisis support to families online, via our national services or in the community.

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, and the link to apply using our online system.

Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.  

Closing date: Sunday 19th October 2025

About ShowerBox

ShowerBox provides free mobile shower services for people experiencing homelessness and hygiene poverty – offering dignity, care, and a safe space for anyone who needs it. Our Central London project is our busiest – over 200 guests visit each Saturday and around 60 guests have showers. We couldn’t do it without our amazing team of 20+ volunteers each week. 

Role Summary

We’re looking for a friendly, reliable and hands-on Service Delivery Shift Leader to coordinate and oversee the smooth running of our Central London project based in Tottenham Court Road WC2H.  You’ll be responsible for taking the lead on setting up the Saturday service, managing the volunteer team, and ensuring a respectful, welcoming experience for all our guests. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the setup and close-down of the shower service

• Coordinate and support volunteers on the day

• Ensure health and safety standards are upheld

• Be the main point of contact for guests and volunteers

• Record and provide service delivery data as required

• Respond to any on-site issues with calm and care

Requirements:

• Organised and dependable, with good communication skills

• Experience leading a team of approx 20 volunteers each week

• Physically able to assist with setup (lifting, connecting gas/water/power - training provided)

• Experience of safeguarding processes and conflict management 

• Alignment with ShowerBox’s values of dignity, respect, and inclusivity

• Experience supporting vulnerable adults e.g due to mental health, substance use, homelessness etc

Preferable experience:

• Full UK driving license preferred 

• Certified First Aider

To Apply:
Please send your CV and cover letter demonstrating your relevant experience and suitability for the role with ‘Service Delivery Shift Leader Application’ in the subject line.

Are you ready to make a real difference for people living with MND and their families in Wales?

We have an exciting 12-month Fixed Term Contract opportunity for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Adviser to shape policy, influence decision-makers, and strengthen the MND Association’s voice across Wales. You will work with colleagues, partners and volunteers to improve services and support for people with MND, their carers, and families.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the Public Affairs Manager, and Wales Delivery Team to deliver the MND Association’s influencing, campaigning and lobbying priorities across Wales
• Analyse public policy and develop well-informed policy positions and recommendations
• Communicate our position on policy issues to the Senedd, Cross Party Groups and Government
• Prepare and manage the production of policy papers, briefings, submissions, speeches and reports
• Build and manage strong relationships with key decision-makers, policymakers and partners
• Create opportunities to influence change at Senedd and ensure alignment with NHS Wales and local authorities
• Implement and support public affairs and campaigning activity across Wales
• Work with colleagues to develop and support campaigning actions and volunteers
• Represent the Association at meetings and external events

About You:

• Excellent understanding of the Welsh political system, including Senedd processes and law-making mechanisms
• Experience of responding to policy consultations
• Experience delivering campaigns and public affairs activity
• Proven communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
• Skilled at prioritising work to meet tight deadlines
• Willingness to travel and occasionally work evenings or weekends as required

About Us:

Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

What We Offer:

• 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays.
• Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies.
• 24/7 GP access via phone and video.
• Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines.
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave).
• Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Opportunities for training and personal development.
• Hybrid working.

The full job description and further information about working for the MND Association is available in the candidate pack.

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.

Hybrid Working and Flexibility: This is a home-based in Wales, offering the opportunity to work flexibly while engaging with stakeholders across the nation.

If you are committed to making a difference and want to use your expertise to help improve lives, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join us as a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Adviser and be part of our work to ensure people with MND, their careers and families in Wales receive the care and support they need.

The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity, are seeking a talented individual to join our ambitious fundraising team as the Events Manager. You’ll be experienced in event management, have excellent organisational skills and the ability to multitask. You’ll work across fundraising teams to engage our incredible supporters through specific events including Wrong Trousers Day, Great Bristol Run, Grand Walk, and other stewardship and engagement events. 

Context and Background

The NSPCC’s mission is to end cruelty to children. Today, the NSPCC lobbies government on child welfare issues, leads national campaigns and offers front line services support for thousands of vulnerable children. We do this directly and through schools, local safeguarding children’s boards and others, offering support, advice and training. Since 2006, we have run Childline, the telephone helpline and counselling service. With a core staff and thousands of volunteers, the NSPCC remains a central organisation in the fabric of British society, with the welfare, protection and prosperity of children at the centre of everything we do.

Over the next ten years the NSPCC is focusing on three impact goals we believe will make the biggest difference to children’s lives:

1. Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse

2. Every child is safe online

3. Children feel safe, listened to and understood

Our strategy has teamwork at its heart. Everyone has a role to play, and we want many more people to play a part in protecting children.

The Data and Analytics Hub have developed a new ambitious data and analytics strategy to transform the NSPCC into a leading data-driven organisation at the forefront of preventing child abuse and neglect through the collective insights of our data. The Supporter Data Operations team is a team of 15 sitting within the Data and Analytics Hub that process all the fundraising data coming into the society from numerous and diverse sources and maintains and trains staff on our supporter data systems..

Our Supporter Centricity programme aims to transform our relationship with our supporters and as part of this programme we are bringing together all of our key data systems and processes. This role will bring extra capacity to the busy Database Training, Support, and Governance team. Straddling BAU and project work, the postholder will maintain a high standard of support for users of our existing systems as well as supporting the delivery of our ambitious transformation programme.

Job purpose

The key aspects of the role are:

· User support – Provide a high level of support for all Raiser’s Edge users

· Translate business needs into technical deliverables – Work with stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver supporting work to contribute to technical solutions that meet business needs.

· Process Development & Documentation – Ensure that new business database processes are documented and end-to-end impacts are understood. Support on the production of training resources

· Migration support – Complete data cleansing, analysis, and manipulation as required

Key relationships - Internal

· Reports to the Database Training and Support Manager

· Works closely with the Supporter Data Operations, Income Generation and Supporter Centricity teams

· Builds and maintains working relationships with other teams across the Society as necessary

Key relationships - External

· Works with our implementation partner on implementation of Salesforce

Main duties and responsibilities

· Act as a first line of support for Raiser’s Edge users with BAU queries on a day-to-day basis. Provide clear communication and support, adjusting communication style based on the needs of the user

· Proactively take steps to improve business support and information systems that affect fundraising activities and staff through understanding how information and business processes are used, evaluating their effectiveness and efficiency on an on-going basis and making recommendations for and implementing improvements.

· Support the transformation and migration of all sources of supporter data and systems that will form part of the new platform solution, working with our subject matter experts and suppliers.

· Carry out testing of deployed solutions in the new Salesforce environment as part of User Acceptance Testing

· Develop effective internal relationships. Understand business challenges and opportunities, translating business needs into technical articulations

· Keep up to date on best practice and developments within the charity sector generally and particularly changes to fundraising regulations and codes of practice.

· Work flexibly between BAU and project work, shifting focus according to the needs of the organisation

Responsibilities for all Staff within the Technology & Data Directorate

· 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 NSPCC’s Technology & Data activities

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

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

· Keep up to date with emerging technologies and evaluate whether they could be deployed to the benefit of the Society

Person specification

1. Excellent communication skills, able to understand interpret and present complex information in a clear way for a wide range of audiences. Skilled at translating technical information for a non-technical audience

2. Successful experience of providing high levels of user support in a busy environment for Raisers Edge

3. Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to work well within a cross functional team. Has a proven track record of leading, working with and through other teams and departments to achieve results

4. Excellent decision making skills; objective, data-driven, user-focussed and balanced to best meet many competing demands

5. Ability to identify and devise creative solutions and opportunities and to research and evaluate their viability in order to achieve desired outcomes

6. An ability to organise and plan own work, identifying conflicting demands and establishing clear priorities in order to meet agreed objectives.

7. Knowledge of Salesforce in a non-profit environment is desirable

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.

Background

Social AF are experts in Social Media Moderation. Established in 2021, we work with some of the biggest names in the third sector and have supported charities to raise over £25 million.

Our reputation for delivering an excellent social media moderation service has helped the company grow at a rapid pace. Our services include: 

• Social Media Moderation 

• Facebook Group Moderation

• On-page messaging for Facebook Fundraisers

We are on the lookout for talented comms experts who understand the importance of effective, accurate, and timely online communications and can enhance the work of our expanding social media moderation team.

** The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' professional social media moderation experience, working with a large charity with an active social media following. They will understand the importance of building positive engagement and relationships with the public and be committed to acting in the best interests of our charity partners. 

If you do not have 3 years of professional social media moderation experience, working in-house for a charity please do not apply. You will not be shortlisted. 

About the role

Our dedicated team moderates our full-service accounts (all organic content and paid ads) as well as one-off campaigns and appeals for some of the most recognisable charities in the sector. 

This role is perfect for skilled comms experts who can provide excellent supporter care and is best suited as an additional source of income (the majority of our team are freelancers and consultants). You must be able to begin moderation at 9 am (or earlier), wrap up by 9 pm and adhere to our sub-three-hour response time. 

Our moderators must have a minimum of three years’ in-house, third-sector comms experience. 

As a Social Media Moderator, you would be responsible for:

• Becoming the voice of the cause you are representing, adhering to their brand guidelines and tone of voice at all times

• Identifying, escalating and signposting any safeguarding issues

• Managing your own time and work on own initiative

• Working across a range of social media management tools

• Responding/actioning to all comments and queries in under three hours

• Maximising donations when required 

• Going above and beyond at all times to provide supporters with an incredible experience

Our moderation takes place between 9 am and 9 pm, Monday-Sunday. 

Different accounts will require varying levels of ‘active’ hours (defined as time spent taking action). You will split your active hours between 9am and 9pm. For example, for an account which requires three active hours, you might carry out your work in six, thirty minute instalments throughout the shift.

As you gain experience, you will be allocated multiple accounts which will enable you to increase your hours worked. 

Whilst you need to be on hand to monitor your accounts during 9am-9pm, the role does allow for a great deal of personal flexibility.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' professional comms experience, working with a large charity with an active social media following. They will understand the importance of building positive engagement and relationships with the public and be committed to act in the best interests of our charity partners.

Full training will be provided alongside regular one-to-one and team catch-ups. Here’s what some of our moderators say about working at Social AF:

“I love the flexibility of the role. The team are great and are very helpful, but the flexibility allows you to still do things whilst working.” Megan

“Working with Social AF has been so rewarding - I’ve been able to work with some amazing national charity partners. The team are so friendly and the flexibility of this role has been really beneficial to me, my family and my work-life balance”  Sarah 

Please read our full job description before applying. Applicants that don't meet our minimum criteria won't be considered for interview. 

The Hepatitis C Trust runs national projects where peers draw on their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C to support others with similar backgrounds. We are now recruiting for a new and exciting role in Torbay. 

In partnership with Torbay Recovery Initiatives (TRI) and the Torbay Naloxone Tribe, we are launching the Harm Reduction Peer Support Lead position. This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions—including needle and syringe provision—across the Torbay area. 

We value creativity, innovation, and lived experience at the heart of everything we do, and we strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience. 

What is the overall purpose of the role?

At Youth Action Alliance (YAA), our mission is to support the personal and social development (their values, beliefs, ideas and skills) of the young people living in Kensington and Chelsea, enabling them to increase their resilience and skills in the present and promote their ambitions for the future.

We are ambitious to grow, to continue supporting more young people and influence positive change. To do this we are looking to appoint a Business Support Officer to provide a range of financial support duties and administer the organisation’s general ledger and finance system.

This post will provide high-quality support to the overall operations of the organisation and the team, to ensure the smooth running of the main sites and enable YAA to meet and deliver on its core objectives and obligations.

The post holder will provide administrative support to YAA, covering a wide range of tasks and activities including (but not limited to) procurement coordination, travel and logistics, department meetings and off-site activities, diary management, meeting coordination, and minute-taking for our board and meetings for staff, members and stakeholders.

General Requirements

•  To support the delivery of Youth Action Alliance
• To ensure a friendly, professional and informative service to all visitors and stakeholders
• To maintain a diary and manage all incoming calls and all correspondence
• To maintain a good working relationship across all YAA teams, external stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring queries are dealt with promptly
• To attend and support meetings including minuting (including evening, weekend and events as/when required)
• To collate and maintain all documentation relating to the business
• To act as a point of contact for all Board of Trustees, staff, participants and stakeholders
• To manage office maintenance, including ordering equipment, stationery and products needed for the day-to-day running of YAA
• To be the appointed Fire Marshall and First Aid Officer on site
• To oversee the Health and Safety of YAA and ensure all aspects are attended to in line with the YAA Health and Safety Policy.
• To create and maintain the security of all sensitive data in accordance with YAA Data Protection Policy, including the filing system and database of the shared drive and in-house hard copies
• To coordinate inductions for new starters, ensure DBS checks and training records are kept up to date.
• To maintain risk assessment and action logs for the organisation
• To ensure the main office is kept clean, tidy and presentable
• To manage memberships, contracts/SLAs, facilitators and referrals of YAA
• To support the CEO and team manager directly with administrative duties
• To add participants, staff and registers of all projects to in-house software and produce reports as/when required
• To process organisational income and expenditure and maintain financial records, including preparing accounts against budgets for the Board of Trustees
• To collate reports and data that support evidence building to demonstrate the wider organisational impact

This job description cannot cover every task that may arise within the post at various times and the post-holder will be expected to carry out other duties from time to time that are broadly consistent with those in this document. This job description does not form part of the contract of employment

Person Specification

Essential

• Relevant qualification (college-level or equivalent)
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Experience developing and maintaining administrative systems
• Confident working independently and as part of a team
• Database management experience, or willingness to learn
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office (particularly Excel)
• Strong literacy and numeracy, with clear written and verbal communication
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Positive, solutions-focused approach with a can-do attitude
• Ability to manage complex workloads calmly and efficiently
• Good interpersonal skills, with experience engaging diverse groups (including young people)
• Flexible, proactive, and supportive within a small team
• Passionate about supporting children and young people, with a commitment to diversity and inclusion

Desirable

• Training in accounting or finance software
• Recognised accounting qualification (or working towards)
• Experience in a youth organisation
• Knowledge of the charity sector

About The Role
Are you a highly effective communicator with proven success in raising five and six figure gifts from major donors? Would you like the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders to maximise fundraising opportunities and help deliver a meaningful impact on the lives of people affected by dementia? 
We are recruiting for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to join on a full-time basis, working 35 hours per week on a fixed-term contract for 12 months.

As Senior Philanthropy Manager you will lead on the management and delivery of our highly successful Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) campaign. You will work closely with an exceptional board of senior volunteers from the insurance industry to deliver the campaign strategy. You will lead on securing income from personal philanthropy and Trusts from within the industry, working closely with Board members on peer-to-peer advocacy.

In addition, the role has oversight and input to all IUAD campaign activities - including communications, events and corporate partnerships. You will lead on relationships with key IUAD board members to maximise fundraising opportunities and maintain their motivation and engagement in the campaign. This role will give you the chance to deliver meaningful impact on the lives of people affected by dementia.

This is a home-based role with occasional travel to London to attend meetings with colleagues or stakeholders, with travel costs paid for by the Society. Although this is a 12-month fixed term contract, we regularly recruit for roles in this area internally so there may be the opportunity to secure a permanent role during the contract duration.

About you
Joining us, you’ll have proven success in raising five and six figure gifts from major donors or equivalent. You’ll have experience of managing fundraising, engagement and stewardship strategies combined with the ability to identify and maximise funding opportunities to meet and exceed targets. You’ll also have good organisation skills and attention to detail, with the ability to analyse financial information and present proposals in an accessible format.

Crucially for this role you’ll be an effective and engaging communicator with the ability to influence, negotiate and act diplomatically with senior stakeholders and high-level donors. You’ll have a high level of emotional intelligence and good interpersonal skills, enabling you to network and build credible, positive relationships and build rapport quickly and with a warmth that makes supporters feel valued and connected with a cause over a long period of time.

What you’ll focus on:

- Working with IUAD board members to deliver IUAD campaign strategy, meeting annual fundraising targets for the campaign.
- In conjunction with board members, leading the growth and development of the philanthropic income stream of the IUAD campaign, extending and uplifting current donors and broadening networks to secure new donors to deliver budgeted income.
- Overseeing progress of all additional campaign activities including corporate partnerships, events and communications, working closely with the Development Board Lead to ensure campaign objectives and fundraising targets are met.
- Managing the IUAD Board, in consultation with the Development Board Lead, to lead on recruitment, engagement, and relationship management, to ensure strong working relationships with all board members.
- Delivering first class account management of major donors and board members, creating engagement and cultivation strategies.
- Managing the Fundraising Development Manager, supporting them to meet their objectives and encouraging their development.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.  

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for. 

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging  
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.     

Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart. 

Giving back to you  
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Bupa Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.

WHAT IS START NETWORK? 

Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation. 

Our current membership is made up of over 130 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability. 

OUR SOLUTIONS 

DECENTRAISLING & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and de-centralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations. 

 EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises. 

 COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Incentivising innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions and learning from them together with people affected by crises. 

 For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website.  

OUR VALUES 

WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming. 

WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it 

WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together. 

WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard. 

WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming. 

WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress. 

JOB PURPOSE
This role is based in the Finance Team and works closely with the Resource Mobilisation and Programme teams. The role contributes to the effectiveness and impact of our work by supporting the sound financial, grant management, and administrative practices across Start Network. The role will be responsible for the end-to-end grant management cycle for a number of large and / or complex grants from institutional and corporate funders. The postholder will ensure that the financial and administrative systems and procedures for the programmes and budgets are of high quality and compliant with donor and legal requirements.

TRC Sexual Abuse & Rape Support Greater Manchester are currently recruiting a trauma-informed, person-centred Counsellor to deliver essential and life-saving counselling for survivors of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse. The Counsellor will be engaged in a sessional contract with TRC Sexual Abuse & Rape Support Greater Manchester, with a minimum commitment of 4 sessions a week for 1 year. Sessions can be based at our office space in Trafford or virtually from your own confidential space.

Session payments vary from £30-£40 dependant on session type and time.

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We have embarked on our 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.

Contract: We are currently recruiting for two vacancies:

• x1 permanent
• x1 fixed term contract until October 2026, parental leave cover

Location: Based in Crisis Skylight London, 50-52 Commercial Street, E1 6LT for majority of the year apart from December and January when you will be based in Crisis Centres which will be based all over London.

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week. You will need to be avaliable to work over the Christmas period and on Bank Holidays with time of in lieu given in accordance with Crisis’ TOIL policy.

We are looking for someone to start ASAP.

About the role

Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis at Christmas is our unique event, with centres across Britain offering people experiencing homeless food, clothing, advice and support with health, housing, employment and benefits, as well as a safe space to stay at an extremely challenging time of year.

Our Christmas Case Management Team work across the Crisis at Christmas services in London. We provide support to guests of Christmas experiencing homelessness and who lack support from other services. We continue this support into the year after Christmas and we take further referrals throughout the year from partner agencies.

We prioritise building meaningful relationships and work with people to identify what works for them. Our approach is developed from trauma informed, strengths-based and intensive case management approaches and we deliver this through an outreach-based service, working across the London boroughs.

About you

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and driven person to join the Case Management Team as a Case Manager. In this key role, you will support a caseload of people experiencing homelessness. You will ensure the accuracy of records and data, compile reports which evidence our impact, oversee financial systems and support the mapping of services across London reporting. The role also provides opportunity to supervise volunteers, collect feedback from members, and support the team manager with service development.

You will receive support with training, regular supervision, and professional development. Crisis is an innovative and multi-faceted organisation and there are many internal opportunities to get involved with as well. Finally, you will be joining a high performing and highly experienced team, who are passionate and motivated to improve the quality of life of people experiencing homelessness across London.

Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.

Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• A competitive salary. Please note our salaries are fixed to counter inequity and we do not negotiate at offer stage.
• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
• Wellbeing Leave to be used flexibly
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

How do I apply?

Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.

Closing date: Sunday 19 October 2025 at 23:59

Interview date and location: Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October in person at Crisis Skylight London, 50-52 Commercial Street, E1 6LT

AI in Job Applications

We understand some candidates use AI tools when applying. Whilst we welcome the use of technology to support clear communication and structure, we want to learn more about you, so please ensure that your application reflects your own skills, knowledge and experiences

Accessibility

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.

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