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Systems Administrator
Job reference: LL/25/10
c£50,000 per annum, plus benefits
St James’s Square, London SW1
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm (with flexibility in line with the Library's hybrid working policy)
About The London Library
For 180 years, The London Library has stood as one of the UK's greatest literary institutions, inspiring creativity and ideas. Our esteemed members, past and present, include literary giants like Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and contemporary authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro and Sarah Waters. Our collection boasts around one million books, a vast eLibrary, and an invaluable postal loans service, making it a sanctuary for those who cherish the written word. We are championed by our President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE, and operate as a registered charity.
About the role
We are seeking a Systems Administrator to join our small, dedicated IT team. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for:
• Developing, installing, and maintaining company-wide systems
• Maintenance of the Library’s internal and cloud based systems
• Network administration: monitoring systems on a day-to-day basis, updating systems when necessary
• Providing 2nd/3rd level technical support to the IT Assistant and responding to security threats and network security
• Working with internal stakeholders, service providers, and external partners for both day-to-day operations and digital transformation projects
About You
You are an enthusiastic professional with:
• A formal qualification, preferably in an Information Technology subject
• Experience of maintaining a variety of complex IT systems in an academic library or membership organisation
• Experience of evaluating and commissioning computer hardware
• Ability to work with absolute discretion, tact and confidentiality
• First-rate general IT skills (Windows, MS Office, email, internet), and proven ability to problem-solve IT problems
• Proven ability to learn new systems quickly
• Excellent communication skills, both one-to-one and with groups
• Proven ability to organise own work and use time effectively
• Proven ability to deliver project deliverables to time, cost and quality
Personal attributes include:
• Ability to think beyond existing practices to identify and implement potential improvements
• Presentation of a positive and professional image at all times
• Ability to work accurately, methodically, and successfully to deadlines
• Tact, diplomacy, and flexibility
• Patience, resilience, and a good-humoured approach to problem-solving
Why Join Us?
The London Library offers a friendly, hardworking, and inclusive workplace where we strive to support the diverse needs of our team. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to equality and diversity. Specific adjustments and access needs can be discussed to make this role suitable for you.
If you have the expertise to deliver a great IT experience and are passionate about using your skills to contribute to the development of The London Library, we want to hear from you!
To Apply
Please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 28 October 2025 @ 5.00 pm
Interviews: w/c Monday 3 November
The Library welcomes applications from all sections of the community and all applicants will be considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the post. Please note we are only able to consider candidates with a current right to work in the UK.
Victim Support is recruiting for a Community Engagement and Training Officer. This vital role will support the specialist domestic abuse and stalking team in Bedfordshire, through engagement by leading on raising awareness of our local services through social media, attending events, delivering training to a range of partners and importantly leading on our client engagement activities. Engagement in Bedfordshire is key for us in Victim Support and this role is instrumental to enable us to share what we do with our clients, commissioners, partners and staff.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
You will be resilient, confident & able to engage others, happy to work as part of a team, and willing to constantly learn and adapt to new legislation. You must have good communication skills and the ability to work on your own initiative. You will need good IT skills and the ability to develop and deliver training, presentations and reports. Knowledge of domestic abuse and stalking would be advantageous.
You will need to have the ability to prioritise work and deal with competing or conflicting demands/ needs and interests in an organised and methodical manner. Have an understanding and knowledge of, and an active commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity. Knowledge of confidentiality and safe working practice in accordance with safeguarding legislation, General Data Protection Regulation and other legal requirements.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworker- Domestic Abuse to join the team in Portsmouth working 37.5 hours per week. This role is offered full time working from the office.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
This role is offered to work from the office in Portsmouth, full time.
As a Caseworker you will:
- Make calls to offer support to victims of domestic abuse, delivering immediate support.
- Develop, deliver and monitor safety and support plans for those affected by crime who accept ongoing support, which will include providing resources, interventions, and information to all service users
- Liaise and actively engage with other local providers to share information on the VS service offer and options for victims and survivors
- Use a bespoke case management system to maintain accurate and confidential records and contribute to monitoring information including the collection of outcomes
- Working as part of a team with staff and the volunteer team to provide a seamless service to clients
You will need:
- Understanding of the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their families
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of successfully delivering services and working directly within a statutory, voluntary or multi agency setting(s)
- Ability to balance competing needs and priorities
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience of building effective working relationships across internal and external stakeholders
- Personal resilience to manage exposure to highly emotional or sensitive demands of the role
- Ability to manage a caseload including complex case management
- Ability to use generic IT applications competently.
- This role involves regular travel and due to the location, a driving license and access to a vehicle is considered an essential requirement. If you are unable to drive because of a disability please indicate this in your application in your personal statement so we can explore the feasibility of alternative arrangements.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please be aware that, due to the police vetting requirements for this role, applicants must have resided in the UK continuously for at least the past three years.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
We have an exciting opportunity for two Triage and Early Interventions Officers to join the Staffordshire Victim Gateway team, working 37.5 hours a week.
We are looking for driven individuals, able to deliver a fast-paced and high quality service to victims of crime. The role will be responsible for the 'front door' of the service; with immediate need, risk assessment and safeguarding at the forefront of every contact. You will answer the public helpline and assess needs, enabling onward referred to specialist services, where necessary.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the Role:
This role is based in our Stoke office. You will be working on a rota basis alongside a small team of TEIOs.
You will be:
- Responsible for answering the public helpline
- Responsible for initial contact, needs and risk assessment
- Ensure safeguarding referrals and access to emergency/crisis services
You will need:
- Empathy and compassion; a trauma informed approach
- Personal resilience
- Excellent organisational skills
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the LATA Foundation
The LATA Foundation was established in 2007 by members of the Latin America Travel Association (LATA) to support social and conservation projects throughout Latin America. The LATA Foundation aims to empower local communities, build capacity in the NGOs we support, and help protect the places we all love to visit. The foundation is proud to have donated over £550,000 to carefully chosen and vetted grassroots projects.
We are seeking a motivated and experienced individual to maintain the ongoing progress of the Foundation and continue moving the Foundation forward, building on the work of the Fundraising and Volunteer Manager.
We are seeking maternity cover for the Fundraising & Volunteer Manager starting November/December 2025. The position will be open until the Fundraising & Volunteer Manager returns to work, or 14 months from commencement, whichever is sooner (no later than end of 2026). The exact end date is contingent on the postholder's confirmed return and may change within that limit, we will provide a minimum of four weeks’ notice of any adjustment.
About the role
The postholder will lead on fundraising including income generation, strengthen donor stewardship and communications, and coordinate the effective contribution of our volunteer network. Acting as the Foundation’s principal fundraiser and a key public representative, you will design and deliver fundraising campaigns and partnerships; produce clear, impact-led communications across channels; and ensure volunteer activity is planned, resourced, and aligned to organisational priorities.
Core responsibilities:
Fundraising
- Lead regular-giving acquisition and onboarding; plan and deliver fundraising initiatives/events with the team.
- Build and manage the fundraising programme and pipeline.
Donor Communications
- Own the communications calendar and delivery (newsletters, e-shots, key messaging) and steward donor relationships.
- Develop targeted mailing lists; oversee social media and core collateral/presentation updates.
Volunteer Management
- Recruit and onboard volunteers; support project, fundraising and trustee teams.
- Coordinate meetings, minutes, follow-ups and information flow; monitor the enquiries inbox.
Representation
- Act as a spokesperson and advocate for the Foundation at events and in the media.
Essential experience & skills
- Charity sector experience, especially fundraising.
- Strong organisational skills; able to juggle multiple deadlines.
- Experience managing a team and/or volunteers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Confident networker with events experience.
- Solid digital skills: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Mailchimp.
- Experience managing digital comms and social media.
- Willing to attend some out-of-hours events.
- Self-starter; comfortable working on your own initiative.
Desirable
- Travel industry experience.
- Knowledge of Latin America.
- Spanish and/or Portuguese.
- The team attend the office once a week in West Kensington (London), attendance is desirable.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Associate Advocate
Service: Coram Voice
Contract Type: Freelance
Hours: Freelance
Salary: £16.00 per professional hour; £12.00 per hour travel time; £0.45 per mile for mileage
Location: Home based with travel to the locations of young people accessing Coram Voice’s services. We are looking for Associate Advocates able to travel to locations across Greater Manchester
About Coram:
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About Coram Voice:
Coram Voice is a national independent children’s charity established in 1975 and has grown to become one of the leading organisations for children and young people in the UK.
Coram Voice exists to enable and equip children and young people to hold systems to account, to challenge and support them to do their jobs properly and to uphold the rights of children and young people to actively participate in shaping their own lives.
Coram Voice strives for a society which recognises, and willingly accepts, its responsibilities to children and young people, where the inequalities and discrimination they currently face have been eradicated. Where those children and young people are fully engaged in all decisions that are made about their lives. Where the views, needs and feelings that they express are at the core of those decisions.
Our Advocacy services we provide advocacy direct to children and young people in a variety of situations. Advocates around the country support children and young people to get their voice heard in decisions about their lives. This may be through the telephone helpline or through an advocate working directly with a child, for instance, to support them at a review meeting or to help them make a complaint about their care. Coram Voice provides visiting advocacy services to most of the secure units nationally, to Secure Training Centres, Young Offender Institutions, psychiatric hospitals, residential special schools and children’s homes.
About the Role
You will work directly with care experienced children and young people and those on Child Protection Plans. You will provide advocacy in the way that the child or young person prefers, which may include face to face support in the community and remote advocacy via phone or Teams.
You will empower and support them to ensure their voices are heard within decision–making processes that affect their lives.
You will be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with professionals, carers, other stakeholders and, most importantly, children and young people.
If you have the necessary experience and skills, and a commitment to promoting the rights of young people, we would like to hear from you.
Recruitment process
Shortlisting will be undertaken by our Children’s Rights Managers. Successful candidates will then be invited for interview. The interview process comprises a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance with 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 general CVs.
- When completing your application form, you need to address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it.
- Applications must be fully completed.
Closing date: Accepting applications on a rolling basis until 31st October 2025
Interview date: On a rolling basis until 31st October 2025
General consideration for applications:
- DBS checks: all posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check.
- Training: All successful candidates are required to complete our compulsory training programme which includes training in Advocacy (Advocacy in Action), Safeguarding and EDI.
- Self-employed status: Associate Advocates are self-employed members of the Coram Voice team. Associates will be required to work using their own secure phone and laptop. They are also responsible for maintaining insurance to cover their work. Our HR team can advise further on this.
- Conflict of interest: the independence of the service is important to Coram Voice. Prospective applicants need to raise any other potential conflicts of interest when initially contacting Coram Voice about this post.
Coram Voice is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job title: Employer Engagement Manager
Reports to: Head of Programmes
Line reports: None
Location: Flexible, hybrid, with some travel required to our offices (London, Manchester or Birmingham)
Salary: £38,000-£41,000 (£39,000-£42,000 in London)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with occasional evening or weekend work (TOIL provided). Open to flexible working.
Contract: FTC 12-months, with intention to convert to permanent position subject to funding and organisational requirements.
Overall purpose
The Employer Engagement Manager (EEM) will play a critical role in ensuring refugees supported by Breaking Barriers access meaningful, opportunities that align with client needs and labour market demand. The postholder will lead employer outreach and partnership building in priority sectors and embed consistent systems and processes that make employer engagement coordinated and impactful across the organisation. The EEM will support pathways, work placements, recruitment pipelines and workshops by ensuring employer input is actively embedded where relevant.
This is a strategic, hands-on role, the successful candidate will map and cultivate employer relationships, secure employer input into sector pathways, workshops and recruitment initiatives, translate labour market intelligence into programme improvements, and design the operational processes that enable Programmes and Corporate Partnerships to work together effectively. You will operate in a matrix environment, collaborating closely with the Programmes, Corporate Partnerships and Client Services teams but will not hold direct line-management of delivery staff.
The role is set up to be ambitious but achievable within 12 months. The priority is to build tested, repeatable employer engagement practice (relationships, processes, insight-sharing and measurable impact) that can form the foundations of a permanent employer engagement function if/when funding allows.
To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recuitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.
Other considerations
- This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months. Toward the end of the term, a review will be conducted to assess the impact and scope of the role, with the intention to adapt into a permanent position subject to funding and organisational need.
- This role may require occasional travel for employer meetings, events, and networking opportunities.
- Some evening or weekend work may be required to attend employer engagement activities (TOIL provided).
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As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out pre-employment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include basic DBS checks, obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.
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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
Breaking Barriers is committed to protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect and for their views, wishes and beliefs to be fully considered when deciding action.
How to apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a statement of interest (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:
- Why you are interested in the role
- What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
- Any experience you would like to highlight
- Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
- Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)
Closing date for applications is 11:30pm on Tuesday 28 October. Please note that interviews will be held on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable shortlist is found.
We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to emply more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience with of seeking asylum and / or a refugee background.
If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experince of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reasch out to HR Manager, Caroline Meechan for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a statement of interest (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:
• Why you are interested in the role
• What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
• Any experience you would like to highlight
• Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
• Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)
Breaking Barriers exists so that every refugee can access meaningful employment and build a new life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Family Support Manager - Thames Valley
£29,000 + Company Car and benefits (including 25 days annual leave and pension)
This post will cover the Thames Valley region.
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.
About the role:
We are the Best Companies Top 100 mid-sized organisation and Top 20 Charity is looking to appoint a Family Support Manager to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our Thames Valley Care Team.
Reporting to the Head of Care out of our Thames Valley team base and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for delivering a high quality family support service: and will act as the local Registered Manager for the Care Quality Commission, providing management and leadership to the team in relation to all safeguarding issues.
Having worked in a stressful and emotional environment within the community, you have a commitment to working in partnership with children, young people and their families, developing, monitoring and delivering service outcomes and building and maintaining successful professional partnerships to ensure the service is accessible to relevant families.
What we’re looking for:
· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who understand the impact of family dynamics of having a child/young person with a life threatening or terminal illness and those who have worked in bereavement support.
· A poised and convincing communicator - you will maintain effective relationships with stakeholders including families, referrers, partners and other statutory, private and voluntary agencies.
· Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines
· Comfortable with a changing environment - you will thrive working at a fast pace and controlling tasks form conception to completion and understand that quickly connecting with people is essential.
· A persuasive, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly - with a warm and friendly working style.
· Strong networking skills and confident use of MS Office - educated to A-Level with a recognised childcare and management qualification (NVQ4 or equivalent).
What we offer:
We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, including:
· Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
· Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand
· Company car for front line care posts
· 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)
· Time off in Lieu
· Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes
· A recommend a friend recruitment bonus scheme
· Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
· Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%
· The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping
· Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth
If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, more information can also be found in our Candidate Pack.
As part of our learning and development Anne Harris skills development programme, we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be their best and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.
Our Family Support Teams are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, introduction to play.
The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs.
About us:
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.
How to apply:
Please complete an application form by visiting our website and applying online. Please disclose on your application form if you have used AI for any part of your job application.
Closing date: 29 October 2025
Interviews will take place at our Thames Valley Care Team office with the dates to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.
There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Community Key Worker
Salary: £23,000 - £27,000
Location: Hampshire, Portsmouth
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027
Hours a week: 35 Hours per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills.
You will need to hold a UK driving licence with access to car that can be used for work purposes. You are a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are confident professional relationship builder with have good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. You have strong administration skills and a good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions within the Hampshire area.
How to Apply
Apply with a copy of your CV and a cover letter via our career site.
- Closing date for applications is 29th October 2025
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have any additional needs please email talent and we will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
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Role Overview
- Pay: £162.50 per day (plus travel and lunch expenses)
- Location: London and Essex
- Variable Hours: Between 0 - 60 hours per month
- Benefits: Pension scheme, training, development and flexible working.
About Mind of the Student
At Mind of the Student, we believe every young person deserves to feel empowered to speak about their mental health, both in school and at home. We deliver a comprehensive, school-wide mental health programme and community-led services designed to equip young people with the knowledge, confidence, and skills they need to recognise and address their mental health needs.
Our programmes goes beyond statutory requirements, supporting secondary schools in creating a culture where mental health and wellbeing are protected, prioritised, and promoted. Founded on lived experience, Mind of the Student was created by Co-Founders Kieran and Jaylan, who know first hand the struggles of feeling unsupported and alone in school. Mind of the Student strive to give young people the resilience and confidence to speak up about their mental health.
The Role
We are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and experienced facilitators to join our team and deliver impactful mental programmes in secondary schools and local communities across London and Essex. As a Senior Workshop Facilitator, you will:
- Lead engaging and interactive sessions tailored to the needs of young people.
- Foster a safe, supportive environment for open discussions about mental health.
- Provide practical tools and strategies to empower students to manage their wellbeing.
- Collaborate with schools to ensure workshops align with their specific challenges and goals.
- Represent Mind of the Student professionally, embodying our mission and values.
What We’re Looking For:
To thrive in this role, you should have:
Experience
- Delivering workshops, training sessions, or similar group activities with young people.
- Working within schools, youth services, or mental health organisations (preferred).
Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence in managing and engaging groups of secondary school students.
- The ability to handle sensitive topics with empathy and professionalism.
Qualifications
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage diverse groups (Essential)
- Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check (Essential)
- Background in psychology, education, youth work, or a related field (Desirable)
- Experience or training in the performing arts (Desirable)
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) or equivalent training (Desirable)
- Experience working with schools, community groups, or young people in a wellbeing/educational context (Desirable)
Why Join Us?
- Competitive daily pay with travel and lunch expenses covered.
- The opportunity to make a tangible impact on young people’s lives.
- Work with a passionate team committed to reshaping how mental health is approached in schools and local communities.
How to Apply and Key Dates
- Complete your online application by 28/10/2025.
- Phone interviews are taking place on 3/11/2025
- In-Person interviews are taking place on 10/11/2025
- Training 1/12/2025
Together, let’s empower the next generation to speak up and thrive.
To equip young people at school, and within the community, with the knowledge, confidence and skills to address their mental health needs.


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Summary
- This is a strategic finance business partnering role supporting decision-making, performance analysis, and financial planning across a portfolio of departments
- Ideal for qualified accountants who thrive in a collaborative environment, especially experienced within not-for-profit or membership organisations
Our Client
Mackie Myers is partnering with The Royal College of Surgeons of England, a prestigious professional membership organisation advancing surgical and dentistry care through education, research, and collaboration across the UK and globally.
The Role
- Delivering management accounts, budgets and forecasts
- Provide financial insights for allocated business areas
- Support audits and risk management
- Drive process and system improvements
Main Duties
- Provide accurate and timely management information to key stakeholders
- Analyse income, capital expenditure, endowed and restricted funds
- Collaborate with department heads on business cases
- Develop, measure and monitor appropriate KPIs for the finance function
The Successful Candidate
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
- Good Excel and finance systems skills
- Excellent communicator with non-finance stakeholders
- Experience working in the not-for-profit sector or auditing non-profit clients
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative
What’s on Offer?
- £55,000 - £60,000 per annum
- Central London location, near Chancery Lane
- 27 days annual leave with up to 4 college closure days over Christmas, defined contribution SAUL pension scheme with 15% employer contributions and enhanced parent leave available
- Hybrid working (minimum 1 day in the office per week)
- Progression opportunities available
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We believe that diverse teams drive innovation and success. That's why we're committed to promoting equality of opportunity and creating inclusive workplaces where everyone feels valued and supported. We actively seek out talent from all backgrounds and strive to reflect the rich diversity of the global workforce in every role we recruit for.
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Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering with Youth Sport Trust, a national children's charity who build brighter futures by improving young people's health and wellbeing. They are searching for a Trusts and Grants Manager to join their team.
As Trusts and Grants Manager, you will be responsible for prospecting and managing a sustainable pipeline of opportunities within relevant Trusts and Foundations and grant-makers. You will lead the development and authoring of Youth Sport Trust bids and proposals to Trusts and Foundations, Lottery, Government (national and local) and other funding Invitations to Tender/Requests for Proposals. You will develop effective relationships with colleagues to develop a clear case for support, setting out priority projects, timelines, and detailed budgets for funding. You will also steward relationships with current and new potential funders in order to identify and maximise future opportunities and manage a donor reporting schedule, working in partnership with Programme Managers to ensure that all donors receive high quality and timely reports.
To be considered for this role you will need:
- Proven experience of successful bid writing from a range of sources, including Trusts and Foundations, government, National Lottery Community Fund or other relevant grant-makers.
- Experience in supporter, partner, or donor engagement and relationship management, with the ability to build lasting partnerships.
- Strong understanding of fundraising strategies, trends in charitable giving, and approaches to measuring and communicating impact.
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce concise, compelling, and well-structured proposals and cases for support.
If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill via the apply button.
Salary: £37,312
Permanent, full-time
Location: Loughborough (one day per week in office)
Deadline: Rolling, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply now to avoid disappointment.
Application process: Cover Letter and CV
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
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Join Oakleaf Enterprise and lead a pivotal team transforming lives across Surrey!
Are you a dynamic leader ready to make a real difference? As Head of Client Services, you will oversee a diverse range of vital programs including Employment, Counselling, Wellbeing Activities, Bridge the Gap, and Safe Haven.
If you have strong leadership skills, a focus on client care, and thrive in a busy, rewarding charity environment, we want you on our team.
Oakleaf Enterprise has been operating within the local community for 28 years. We practice what we preach and have a generous holiday allowance and staff wellbeing package.
Including: 32 Days Annual Leave + 1 extra day per year (up to 4), Flexible Working, Private Healthcare, Pension Scheme, EAP, Hybrid Working.
Main duties & responsibilities
1. Oversee all client facing activities ensuring KPI’s are met, and staff, volunteers and clients are actively supported.
2. Recruit and line manage Client Services department inc. Paths to Success, Bridge the Gap and Safe Haven teams, and ensure staffing level meets funding requirements and client need.
3. Ensure all staff, volunteers and activity leaders have the appropriate DBS checks and training to safely support our clients.
4. Develop, motivate, and support client facing teams alongside researching appropriate training. Including being hands on and supporting with key components of the role such as client reviews and engagement when demand requires.
5. Work closely with statutory providers and VCSE organisations to ensure service delivery and cohesive management of staff.
6. Assist with negotiations at all levels from venue hire to major funders in the development and provision of client facing activities.
7. Provide ad-hoc, on call, operational and clinical support to staff working out of hours.
8. Ensure reporting is completed on time and accurately to the Chief Executive, key funders and Statutory partners.
9. Maintain an awareness and in-depth working knowledge of challenges faced by Oakleaf clients’. Maintaining good working relationships clients and volunteers, ensuring Oakleaf services are in response to their needs.
10. Work closely with fundraising team to develop new services and regularly review and report on existing projects.
11. Maintain an awareness of project end dates and work with the senior management team to create a realistic, achievable and sustainable plans.
12. Ensure the client database is kept up to date and is regularly reviewed and adapted in line with different projects.
13. Work within the senior management team and play a strategic part in ensuring organisation wide decisions are in Clients best interests.
14. Work with accounts to ensure budgets are recorded accurately, all invoices are accurate and assigned to the correct funding stream.
Other
1. Attend fundraising & charity events as required.
2. Ensure the organisations confidentiality procedures are adhered to.
3. Ensure maintenance of a safe & efficient working environment in accordance with current Health & Safety legislation including the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, COSHH Regulations, Environmental Health & other Directives
4. Perform any other reasonable duties as may be requested by the CEO.
This job description is an indicator of general areas of responsibility & will be amended in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation & in consultation with the post holder.
In your cover letter please detail your previous relevant experience and awareness of supporting individuals with their Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Transforming lives through the provision of support, training and wellbeing activities, building new futures with adults managing their mental health
Prospectus are delighted to be working with our client and supporting them with the recruitment of a new Governance Manager role.
The body is a membership association that represents the collective ambition of South Bank's leading businesses, cultural and arts organisations, social enterprises, landowners, developers, public agencies, and education providers.
Everything the organisation does centres on their vision of working together for a better London South Bank for all. The organisation have a remit to regenerate, manage, and promote South Bank and represent the interests of residents, students, workers, businesses, and visitors.
This role is available on a permanent contract and full-time basis (35 hours a week). There are very flexible working arrangements on offer for this role, however an expectation to be in the London Waterloo office for Board/Committee/Team meetings. The salary for this role is £40,500.
Within this role you will report to the Chief Operating Officer, and lead and coordinate all governance responsibilities and company secretarial functions for the organisation's Board and its Members’ Council, South Bank BID, and work closely with the Company Secretary for Jubilee Gardens Trust.
You will lead and coordinate meetings, this will include scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking, and follow-ups. You will manage statutory filings and compliance processes with Companies House, Charity Commission, and other regulators. You will maintain accurate governance records, policies, and filing systems in line with GDPR and audit requirements. You will support onboarding, training, and governance advice for Trustees, Directors, and Council members. You will oversee and improve governance frameworks, ensuring consistent templates, systems, and best practice. You will provide support with health and safety governance, risk registers, and insurance renewals in collaboration with internal teams. You will play a key role in coordinating governance reviews, policy updates, and supporting continuous improvement across governance and compliance functions.
You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent professional experience. You will have relevant knowledge of company and/or charity law, GDPR, and ESG reporting. You will have proven experience supporting Boards and Committees, in either the commercial or not for profit sectors. You will have a strong understanding of governance and statutory compliance requirements (Companies House and Charity Commission).
You will have experience of coordinating board papers, preparing agendas, and minute-taking. You will have the ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with discretion. You will have experience liaising with auditors, brokers, and external stakeholders including Board members, directors and trustees. You will have some experience supporting policy development and governance training initiatives. You will also have excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Desirably, you will be proficient in Microsoft Office, CRM database, and document management.
At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.
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Finance Business Partner – Education Sector
Location: Peterborough area (regional travel required)
Salary: £45,000 – £52,000 + excellent pension
Contract: Full-time, permanent (Temp-to-Perm option considered)
A leading educational organisation in the Peterborough region is looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner to join their high-performing finance team. This is a varied and strategic role, combining the production of management accounts with genuine business partnering across a broad range of academic and non-academic budget holders. You’ll provide financial insight, analysis, and guidance to support effective decision-making and ensure resources are allocated efficiently and in line with statutory requirements. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will play a key role in linking finance with curriculum planning and wider organisational strategy. The role does not include line management responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, providing strategic financial advice that drives performance.
- Deliver accurate monthly reporting and insightful analysis to support decision-making at Executive and Leadership level.
- Produce management accounts, journals, and year-end support.
- Provide costing, cost analysis, and interpretation of complex financial data.
- Support budget holders with business cases and project-based financial planning.
- Ensure quality financial information is prepared for external stakeholders, including auditors and the ESFA.
About You:
- Fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or finalist.
- Experience in a Finance Business Partnering role, working with multiple cost centres and diverse stakeholders.
- Strong management accounting skills, with hands-on experience of journals and reporting.
- Skilled in cost analysis and interpreting complex data.
- Pragmatic problem solver with the ability to present financial insights clearly.
- Comfortable working across multiple sites in the region (with the possibility of 1 day per week remote working).
- Experience in the education sector is desirable.
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected educational organisation in a fast-paced, supportive environment. You’ll work alongside high-calibre finance professionals and play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategy.
Closing Date: Ongoing – early applications encouraged.
If this sounds like the right next step for you, please send your CV for immediate consideration.


