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Are you an experienced fundraising professional, or at the early stages of your career, or a skilled communicator looking to make a meaningful impact? Join our Development and Alumni Engagement team at the University of Oxford to make a difference within a globally renowned institution.
Location: Oxford (with options for hybrid working)
Salary: £35,681 - £41,636 per annum, with a possible extension to £45,212 (includes Oxford University Weighting of £1,730).
Contract: Full-time or Part-time (minimum 30 hours), Permanent
About Us
Spanning the historic streets of the "city of dreaming spires", the University of Oxford has been ranked the world’s leading university for ten consecutive years. A place where centuries of tradition meet world-changing innovation, we offer you the chance to shape the future while working in an inspiring environment that promotes excellence. Here, you’ll contribute to an organisation which delivers ground-breaking research that tackles global challenges - from advancing sustainability to pioneering healthcare solutions - and join a diverse, inclusive community that champions your wellbeing, development, and aspirations.
The Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) team works collaboratively across the University to secure philanthropic support that ensures Oxford remains a world-class centre of learning. By building meaningful connections with alumni, trusts, and global partners, the Team helps to fund vital research, world-changing academic posts, and life-changing student scholarships.
For over 900 years, Oxford Law has shaped global legal leadership through world-class teaching, research and independent thought. Today, as one of the world’s leading law faculties, it plays a critical role in providing legal solutions and leadership to global challenges - including artificial intelligence, climate change, geopolitical instability and threats to democracy. Oxford Law's global influence is reflected in an alumni community that includes a majority of the current Justices of the UK Supreme Court, members of the US Supreme Court and High Court of Australia, and two recent UK Prime Ministers. Apply now to become part of our extraordinary legacy.
What We Offer
Working at the University of Oxford offers several exclusive benefits, such as:
- 38 days of annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) to support your wellbeing, with the option to purchase up to 10 extra days and additional leave after long service.
- One of the most generous family leave schemes in UK higher education, offering up to 26 weeks of full-pay maternity and adoption leave, plus 12 weeks of full-pay paternity/partner leave.
- A commitment to hybrid and flexible working to suit your lifestyle (with 3 days a week spent on-site in Oxford).
- An excellent contributory pension scheme.
- Affordable and sustainable commuting options, including a cycle loan scheme, discounted bus travel, and season ticket loans.
- Access to a vibrant community through our social, cultural, and sports clubs.
About the Role
This role is a rare and exciting launchpad for an ambitious professional looking to step into major gift fundraising. You do not need a legal background to succeed here - we are looking for someone with the drive, energy, and interpersonal warmth to connect with people, and we are fully committed to providing the coaching and mentoring you need to master the art of fundraising.
Working closely with the Faculty of Law, you will champion philanthropic efforts to raise vital income, by securing donations in the £50,000–£80,000 range from your own developing pool of individual alumni, trust representatives, law firms and a group of loyal barristers' chambers.
You will also gain hands-on experience with face-to-face major gift fundraising by contributing to an ambitious fundraising appeal to redevelop the Faculty of Law’s home, the St Cross Building; alongside securing support for graduate scholarships, academic posts and our growing access and diversity programmes.
About You
We are looking for individuals who can bring the following core attributes:
- Experience in a fundraising, marketing, or a relationship-management role; alongside the confidence to professionally represent the University and make ‘the ask’.
- Excellent verbal and written skills with the creativity to translate legal or academic projects into inspiring donor materials.
- Ability to listen actively, build trust, and manage relationships with a diverse range of academic and external stakeholders.
- Genuine enthusiasm for fundraising and a passion for social or environmental justice or related areas.
- You are organised, capable of managing a diverse workload calmly under pressure, and comfortable using standard Microsoft Office tools and database systems.
Application Process
To apply, please upload:
- A covering letter/supporting statement
- Your CV
- The details of two referees
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 11 June 2026.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 25 June 2026, and will be held face-to-face.
We raise funds in support of the University’s academic priorities, securing donations for all aspects of academic and student endeavour.



You’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of our research grant programmes across the entire funding cycle, from application and peer review through to award management and post-award administration. You’ll work closely with the Head of Research, internal teams, external experts, and funded researchers to maintain high standards of governance, transparency, and impact across all our research funding activities.
We’re looking for a confident communicator, with strong organisational skills, who’ll use their own initiative and ability to manage a varied workload. You’ll be motivated by ensuring our robust processes are followed to provide the best possible experience for CCLG-supported researchers, and ultimately that the highest quality research that will make an impact for children and young people with cancer is funded. You’ll be able to contribute to the continual development of our research programme to drive improvements. You’ll have a good understanding of research grants and funding processes, as well as an understanding of academic research environments in the UK, paired with a good understanding of a relevant biomedical science discipline through a degree or experience.
This role is offered on either a remote working basis, with occasional travel to our Leicester office, or on a hybrid basis, with a minimum of two days per week in the Leicester office.
Hours for this role can be flexible - while advertised as full time, we would be willing to explore part-time employment (minimum 0.6FTE).
About CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association
CCLG is a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer. Powered by expertise, we unite the children and young people’s cancer community, driving collective action and progress.
Research is the key to better treatments, improved care, and potential cures. We fund and lead world-class research, fuelling groundbreaking work led by brilliant minds. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach—bringing together the right people and organisations to drive progress and deliver real impact.
We provide trusted information and guidance for children and young people with cancer, their families, and everyone supporting them. Our expertise helps them navigate the challenges of cancer and its impact, offering reassurance and clarity when it’s needed most.
Through our professional membership, we bring together the brightest minds in children and young people’s cancer, creating a national network that drives progress. Together, we shape better treatment and care - developing guidelines, sharing knowledge, offering expert advice, leading pioneering research, and creating essential resources and education for professionals. Our collective expertise sets the standard, advocating for excellence at every level—local, national, and global.
Our work is only possible thanks to the generosity of fundraisers, donors, and supporters who share our mission. Every pound raised helps fund our research, provide trusted information for families, and brings together experts to improve treatment, care and outcomes.
Our Research Team is responsible for the delivery of our research strategy, which includes our programme of research grant-making as well as initiatives to support the children and young people’s cancer research community, ultimately improving outcomes for young cancer patients.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
CCLG is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Benefits of Working at CCLG
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with 6 additional closure days per year (usually 2 at Easter, 4 at Christmas) (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Life insurance and employee assistance scheme
- Defined contribution pension scheme: 8% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution
- Hybrid working model
- Supportive and collaborative team culture
Application instructions
For your application, please upload a CV (which should include details of two referees, including your current/most recent employer - we will not contact references without your consent or prior to a provisional offer being made) along with a covering letter. Your covering letter should be bespoke to this job application, demonstrating how your experience makes you suitable for the role and showing how you meet the person specification. If you wish to include a small number of examples of relevant content you have created, please include links in your covering letter.
We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value AI adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to tell us about your skills and experiences in your own voice.
We are CCLG, a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You’ll focus on creating and maintaining a broad range of content to support and promote CCLG’s extensive range of activities, including research, our professional membership activities, health information for patients and families, influencing and policy work, and fundraising. You’ll work with teams across the organisation to identify opportunities to create content, ensuring it is engaging, of a high quality, on brand, and that it helps the organisation to meet its objectives.
We’re looking for a user-focused champion of great content, with strong organisational skills, who’ll use their own initiative and ability to manage a varied workload. Beyond your technical skills of producing high-quality content, you’ll have great interpersonal and communication sills, allowing you to build great working relationships across departments within CCLG and with key stakeholders, including our professional members and those with lived experience of children and young people’s cancer.
This role is offered on a hybrid basis, with an expectation of two days per week in our Leicester office.
About CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association
CCLG is a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer. Powered by expertise, we unite the children and young people’s cancer community, driving collective action and progress.
Research is the key to better treatments, improved care, and potential cures. We fund and lead world-class research, fuelling groundbreaking work led by brilliant minds. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach—bringing together the right people and organisations to drive progress and deliver real impact.
We provide trusted information and guidance for children and young people with cancer, their families, and everyone supporting them. Our expertise helps them navigate the challenges of cancer and its impact, offering reassurance and clarity when it’s needed most.
Through our professional membership, we bring together the brightest minds in children and young people’s cancer, creating a national network that drives progress. Together, we shape better treatment and care - developing guidelines, sharing knowledge, offering expert advice, leading pioneering research, and creating essential resources and education for professionals. Our collective expertise sets the standard, advocating for excellence at every level—local, national, and global.
Our work is only possible thanks to the generosity of fundraisers, donors, and supporters who share our mission. Every pound raised helps fund our research, provide trusted information for families, and brings together experts to improve treatment, care and outcomes.
Our communications team works to support and promote CCLG’s extensive range of activities, across research, professional membership, health information, policy and advocacy, and fundraising, raising awareness of our work, supporting our income generation strategy, and ultimately improving outcomes for children and young people with cancer.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
CCLG is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Benefits of Working at CCLG
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with 6 additional closure days per year (usually 2 at Easter, 4 at Christmas) (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Life insurance and employee assistance scheme
- Defined contribution pension scheme: 8% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution
- Hybrid working model
- Supportive and collaborative team culture
Application instructions
For your application, please upload a CV (which should include details of two referees, including your current/most recent employer - we will not contact references without your consent or prior to a provisional offer being made) along with a covering letter. Your covering letter should be bespoke to this job application, demonstrating how your experience makes you suitable for the role and showing how you meet the person specification. If you wish to include a small number of examples of relevant content you have created, please include links in your covering letter.
We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value AI adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to tell us about your skills and experiences in your own voice.
We are CCLG, a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You’ll be responsible for developing and delivering our portfolio of mass participation and challenge events, ensuring excellent supporter experiences and sustainable income growth.
The role will lead on recruiting and supporting event participants across a mixed portfolio (including guaranteed places, third-party event and challenge providers, international challenge events and CCLG-owned events such as our Big Hike. You’ll also take a pro-active role in growing CCLG’s own events programme, identifying, testing and helping to scale new opportunities, while maintaining strong reporting, compliance and supporter care.
Events fundraising is a key area of growth for CCLG, and we’re looking for a passionate, focused and driven individual to support the team to make our ambitious growth plans a reality.
We’re looking for a confident communicator, with strong organisation skills, who’ll use their own initiative and ability to manage a varied workload. You’ll be self-driven, motivated by achieving targets and delivering the best possible supporter experience. The role involves project management and innovation, and you’ll be responsible for confidently driving projects forward, whilst confidently managing a range of internal and external stakeholders.
This role is offered on a hybrid basis, with an expectation of two days per week in our Leicester office.
About CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association
CCLG is a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer. Powered by expertise, we unite the children and young people’s cancer community, driving collective action and progress.
Research is the key to better treatments, improved care, and potential cures. We fund and lead world-class research, fuelling groundbreaking work led by brilliant minds. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach—bringing together the right people and organisations to drive progress and deliver real impact.
We provide trusted information and guidance for children and young people with cancer, their families, and everyone supporting them. Our expertise helps them navigate the challenges of cancer and its impact, offering reassurance and clarity when it’s needed most.
Through our professional membership, we bring together the brightest minds in children and young people’s cancer, creating a national network that drives progress. Together, we shape better treatment and care - developing guidelines, sharing knowledge, offering expert advice, leading pioneering research, and creating essential resources and education for professionals. Our collective expertise sets the standard, advocating for excellence at every level—local, national, and global.
Our work is only possible thanks to the generosity of fundraisers, donors, and supporters who share our mission. Every pound raised helps fund our research, provide trusted information for families, and brings together experts to improve treatment, care and outcomes.
The fundraising team at CCLG drives our mission forward by ensuring we have the financial resources to carry out our work, playing a vital role in ensuring we delivery on our strategy and commitments, and ultimately improving outcomes for children and young people with cancer.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
CCLG is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents the communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Benefits of Working at CCLG
- 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with 6 additional closure days per year (usually 2 at Easter, 4 at Christmas) (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Life insurance and employee assistance scheme
- Defined contribution pension scheme: 8% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution
- Hybrid working model
- Supportive and collaborative team culture
Application instructions
For your application, please upload a CV (which should include details of two referees, including your current/most recent employer - we will not contact references without your consent or prior to a provisional offer being made) along with a covering letter. Your covering letter should be bespoke to this job application, demonstrating how your experience makes you suitable for the role and showing how you meet the person specification.
We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value AI adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to tell us about your skills and experiences in your own voice.
We are CCLG, a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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!
The COO will translate BLiM's mission and strategy and ensure its well-run, properly resourced, with its ambitious day-to-day delivery. You will free the CEO to focus on strategic leadership and external influence by owning operations, people management, financial oversight and internal systems.
The COO will be a senior leader who shapes organisational culture, makes operational decisions, manages complex stakeholder relationships and drives the performance of a passionate, high-commitment team. You will be the person the organisation looks to when it needs clarity, stability and momentum.
The COO joins at a moment of leadership transition following the departure of BLiM's co-founder and Director of Operations.
Why Join Us:
Black Lives in Music (BLiM) is a not-for-profit dedicated to advancing racial equity across the UK music industry. We amplify the voices of Black artists, music professionals and communities; drive systemic change; and hold the industry accountable for meaningful progress. Through research, advocacy, programming and strategic partnerships, BLiM creates the conditions for Black talent to thrive.
BLiM has published ground-breaking research including the Being Black in the UK Music Industry report, produced the UK's first Black classical music festival in Classically Black, influenced government policy on live music licensing, and built a network of over 100 partner organisations across the four nations. BLiM is now entering a new phase of its development, with a strengthened leadership team, a Target Operating Model designed to carry the organisation beyond its founding era, and an ambition to become the UK's most influential voice for racial equity in music.
Person Specification
Essential
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Significant experience in a senior operational leadership role, ideally as a COO, Head of Operations or Director of Operations in a charity, social enterprise or purpose-driven organisation.
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Demonstrable track record of building and improving operational infrastructure: systems, processes, policies and ways of working that make organisations more effective and resilient.
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Proven people management experience, including line management of senior staff, performance development, recruitment and team culture-building.
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Strong financial literacy, including experience of budget management, grant compliance, financial reporting and working with a board finance function.
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Experience of leading or supporting governance processes, including board reporting, risk management and compliance.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex operational information into clear, accessible reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
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A genuine, demonstrable commitment to racial equity and an understanding of the specific systemic barriers faced by Black professionals, artists and communities.
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The emotional intelligence and interpersonal skill to lead with care, build trust quickly and navigate complex relationships under pressure.
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The resilience and adaptability to thrive in a small, fast-paced, mission-driven organisation where the work is varied, the stakes are high and no day is the same.
Desirable
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Experience of working in or with the music industry, creative industries or arts and culture sector.
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Familiarity with Arts Council England funding frameworks, charity law and the regulatory environment for non-profit organisations.
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Experience of implementing or managing a CRM system, project management platform or other operational technology.
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Knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) frameworks and how to embed inclusive practice into operational systems and culture.
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Experience of leading an organisation through a period of significant change, transition or growth.
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An existing network within the UK music sector, creative industries or racial equity and social justice space.
At BLiM, we're interviewing on a rolling basis, so we'd encourage you to apply sooner rather than later!
To be considered for a first interview, please include a Cover Letter with your application. This initial conversation will be relaxed and informal, and we'll take you through the full interview process together so you know exactly what to expect at every stage.
To drive transformational, systemic change across the UK music sector, ensuring every person regardless of background.
The National Flood Forum (NFF) is seeking a dynamic, motivated individual for the role Head of Flood Support – Hybrid with significant travel in the UK. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about working with communities, especially those at risk of flooding. This role is to support our Flood Support Work, encompassing the delivery of a professional Helpline and Community based Flood Recovery activity.
Key Details:
- Location: Home-based / Hybrid with significant travel, overnight stays and occasional weekend work.
- Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
- Salary: £42,230.00travel expenses covered
- Contract: Permanent
- Benefits: 30 days annual leave including bank holidays, a day off for your birthday, auto-enrolment pension scheme, learning and development opportunities.
- Closing Date: 24th June 2026. Early application is encouraged as the position may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
About the National Flood Forum:
The National Flood Forum is a national charity founded by those affected by flooding, working to support and represent individuals and communities at risk. The organization focuses on empowering flood-affected communities to recover and improve flood resilience. The NFF encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of flooding, and from diverse backgrounds.
Role Overview:
This role is a member of the organisation’s management team and has responsibility for the delivery of our flood support work. The postholder will lead the delivery of a professional helpline service and oversee reactive and proactive flood support services to communities and business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Flood Support: Lead and manage high-quality proactive and reactive Flood Support Services for communities and businesses at risk of, and impacted by, flooding, including helpline & recovery services and management of the flood support vehicle. Ensure service quality through performance management, maintaining service consistency, maximising strategic impact, championing best practice, and delivering against objectives.
- Stakeholder relationships: Develop and maintain key partnerships with Risk Management authorities, (RMAs), and other stakeholders. Act as senior engagement lead, providing a clear escalation route and positioning National Flood Forum as a trusted, informed critical friend for flooded communities.
- Research and Evidence: Oversee flood support research, collecting and evaluating evidence to strengthen advocacy. Provide insight to support policy and practice influence.
- Income: Identify, scope, and lead the development of high-quality engagement contracts, working with teams and management to prioritise and secure income.
- Political and Fundraising support: Provide data, case studies, and research to support political engagement and fundraising. Attend relevant meetings.
· People Management: Manage a matrix team, fostering collaboration, motivation, and development. Mentor team members and ensure skills and competence are maintained to achieve high performance
All activities are expected to be carried out in line with policies, procedures and relevant regulations and legislation, respecting the organisation’s values and behaviours. This profile is not an exhaustive list of duties and other activities may need to be carried out requiring similar skill levels.
Experience and Qualifications required:
- Empathetic: Understand the challenges faced by those at risk of flooding and help to work with communities and agencies to provide practical solutions.
- Organized and Flexible: Proven experience working to deadlines and prioritising workloads. Able to self-motivate and work in isolation or as part of a small team.
- Projects: Comprehensive experience of managing projects including able to analyse, diagnose problems through to implementing effective solutions.
- Communication: Able to stay calm and constructive in challenging situations.
- Knowledge – Working knowledge of relevant regulations, legislation and current practice.
- Staff management: Have previously directly managed staff.
- Qualifications - BTEC or NVQ4 or relevant experience in one or more relevant subjects e.g. environmental science, development, engagement.
- Full driving licence
Be a resident of the UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About FLEX
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research, policy and practice organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation. FLEX seeks to achieve this vision through the prevention of labour abuses, protection of the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation and by promoting best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. FLEX is a small organisation that packs a big punch in terms of policy change and influencing.
About the Role
As Communications Officer, you will play a central role in delivering FLEX’s communications strategy and ensuring communications activity supports the organisation’s strategic objectives. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation and with external stakeholders, you will develop engaging content, manage digital communications channels, strengthen the organisation’s profile, and support media and stakeholder engagement.
The role requires a proactive and organised communicator with strong writing, digital and project management skills who can adapt content for different audiences and platforms.
Job title: Communications Officer
Location: FLEX office, Vauxhall, London – currently operating flexible hybrid working with a mixture of in-person and remote working.
Salary: £34,840 per annum, pro rata, subject to deductions for ta and national insurance contributions as required by law.
Hours: 4 days per week (30 hours)
Contract: Permanent
Key Responsibilities
Content Creation
- Lead the delivery of FLEX’s communications strategy and ensure communications activity aligns with organisational priorities.
- Produce high-quality assets including blogs, newsletters, policy briefings, video scripts and case studies.
- Produce visual and multimedia content using design platforms such as InDesign or Canva.
- Develop audience-focused messaging and identify new and effective ways to communicate FLEX’s work and impact.
Social Media and Digital Engagement
- Manage and maintain FLEX’s website (Wordpress), ensuring content remains accurate, accessible and up to date.
- Day to day management of FLEX’s social media accounts, including monitoring, scheduling, and creating engaging posts
- Track, analyse and report on communications performance across digital platforms.
- Conduct media and digital monitoring to identify emerging issues, trends and engagement opportunities.
- Support audience growth and engagement through digital communications planning and targeted outreach.
Branding and Internal Communications
- Act as FLEX’s brand guardian by ensuring that all messaging and visual assets adhere to brand guidelines, tone of voice and quality standards.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to coordinate communications activity and maintain a communications schedule.
- Support strategic communications planning for organisational priorities.
Media Relations and External Engagement
- Act as a first point of contact for media enquiries in line with FLEX’s press protocols.
- Liaise with external partners, stakeholders and contractors on communications-related activity.
- Coordinate the dissemination of FLEX reports and briefings.
- Provide background briefings and coordinate responses to press enquiries with relevant team members.
- Maintain confidentiality in line with Data Protection laws.
- Represent FLEX at external meetings, events and networks where appropriate.
Project Management and Reporting
- Plan, coordinate and deliver communications projects and activities against agreed objectives and deadlines.
- Manage relevant communications budgets and resources effectively.
- Implement monitoring and evaluation processes for communications activity.
- Produce reports on communications performance, learning and impact
- Support fundraising activity through contributing to donor reports and funding applications where relevant.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer, creating a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive. This means we are committed to being an anti-racist, trans-inclusive, gender-equitable and intersectional organisation.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. In particular, those who have lived experience of the immigration system or who identify as part of marginalised communities.
If you are disabled or become disabled, we encourage you to tell us about your condition so that we can make reasonable adjustments and consider what support may be provided at the interview and task stage.
We are working to end labour exploitation by challenging and transforming the systems and structures that make workers vulnerable to abuse.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe in the transformative power of medical research. As an independent charitable foundation, we fund exceptional research into underfunded and emerging areas of health, areas where we can make the biggest impact. As we roll out an ambitious strategy to 2029, we’re looking for a Research Grants Officer to join our dedicated Research Team and help us deliver funding that has the potential to improve lives around the world.
Reporting to one of our Research Managers, you’ll play a central role in administering research funding competitions and supporting our portfolio of funded research. You will ensure our funding processes are fair, rigorous, and efficient, making sure the right researchers get the right support at the right time.
From managing day-to-day queries and processing applications to helping deliver scientific events and award ceremonies, this is a varied and rewarding role with plenty of scope for professional development. The job description gives full details of this varied role.
About you
We would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate:
- working, studying, or volunteering in a grant-giving or grant-management role, or a research funding organisation or science-related environment
- strong administrative, planning and time-management skills with the flexibility to respond to team priorities and unexpected changes
- experience of providing in-the-moment support at formal meetings and events to ensure they run smoothly
- excellent customer service with the ability to persuade people to engage and contribute
- clear communication in writing and verbally with colleagues, scientists, and other stakeholders
- good analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
- IT skills including confidence using spreadsheets and database platforms
- an interest in scientific affairs or medical research.
About the Medical Research Foundation
Our vision is a world where medical research improves health for everyone.
There are still many health conditions which impose a heavy burden on millions of people, in the UK and around the world. History has shown us, time and again, that the best way to achieve better human health is through medical research. We know that by investing now, we will see life-saving advances in the future and improvements in health for everyone.
Salary, benefits and working arrangements
We will offer a salary of between £33,000 and £36,000 per annum depending on skills and experience for a full-time post (36 hours). We are happy to consider a part-time contract (min 0.8 FTE).
We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of three days a week (usually Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) with the option to work remotely for the remainder.
We offer
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Double-matched pension contributions up to 12% employer contribution
- Life insurance at 4x salary
- Wellbeing support and flexible working culture
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Medical Research Foundation
At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity, fostering fairness and inclusion, and creating an environment where everyone feels that they belong.
How to apply
The job description gives full details of the role and who we are looking for. To give your application the best chance of success, please prepare a CV and supporting statement that set out clearly how you meet the shorlisting criteria listed above under 'About you', then visit our website to find out how to submit your application.
If we invite you to interview we will ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC), a learned society, is a charity and company limited by guarantee and registered in the UK. ISAC is a federation of Member Societies and delivers education via a number of different modalities including an in-person congress, peer reviewed journals and an online academy. Further information may be found at https://www.isac.world
Over recent months, ISAC carried out a strategy review and is now progressing priority strategic objectives. As a result, an opportunity has arisen for a Communications Officer to advance a number of priorities under a general “communication” heading.
The Communications Officer will initially be employed part time (0.6 FTE) on a temporary basis (12 months). They will be line managed by the ISAC CEO and must be able to work within a pre-existing team. Principle duties and responsibilities will be to assist the Trustees and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the areas of Member Society and Industry engagement. Additional duties will include helping to develop SOPs to operationalise ISAC’s Communication Strategy, populate ISAC’s social media accounts, contribute to the redesign of ISAC’s website and provide cover for the CEO and Executive Officer, as required.
Salary: Will depend on qualifications and experience.
Enquiries should be directed to Dr Fiona MacKenzie, CEO.
Application for the role should be made by sending a cover letter and CV to by 30 June 2026.
Outline Job Description
The ISAC Communications Officer will project manage the following areas of activity under the supervision of the CEO and in liaison with the Executive Officer.
1.1 Member Societies
The Communications Officer will:
1.1.1 Work with ISAC’s Member Society Engagement Group which is a sub group of the society’s Executive Committee, to realise their strategic objectives.
1.1.2 Make contact with each of the Society’s Member Societies (currently 107).
1.1.3 Undertake research if contact details are out of date to make the initial contact.
1.1.4 Open a dialogue with the Member Societies.
1.1.5 Request updated contact details and society information as required.
1.1.6 Produce a paper summarising the different areas of activity undertaken by ISAC’s Member Societies.
1.1.7 At the request of the CEO, send the Member Societies regular newsletters and updates about the Society and the benefits of membership.
1.1.8 Create a template for the member societies to complete as details change.
1.1.9 Diarise AGMs or key annual / biennial meetings for when member society key personnel may change and proactively request updated information as these take place.
1.1.10 Undertake a membership survey, if required.
1.1.11 Engage with membership through online media (social media, websites, online journal).
1.1.12 Take overall responsibility for Member Societies under the guidance and supervision of the CEO.
1.2 Liaison with Commercial Companies
The Communications Officer will:
1.2.1 Work with ISAC’s Industry Liaison Group which is a sub group of the society’s Executive Committee, to realise their strategic objectives.
1.2.2 Update the details in ISAC’s industry database.
1.2.3 Identify commercial companies (pharmaceutical / diagnostic) to add to ISAC’s industry database.
1.2.4 Aid ISAC’s Industry Liaison Group to complete an industry review and produce a strategy document to identify opportunities to increase commercial support for both the Society itself (if required) and for the biennial International Conference of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC).
1.2.5 Identify key prospects.
1.2.6 Develop tailored approaches to these companies.
1.2.7 Make these approaches.
1.2.8 Facilitate discussions and negotiations as they develop.
1.2.9 Maintain the relationship and engagement with corporate partners and other supporters.
1.2.10 Fulfil contracts and ensure appropriate representation at the ICC and other meetings.
1.2.11 Ensure corporate partner programme and sponsorship and exhibition offerings at the ICC and other meetings are complementary.
1.3 Communication
The Communications Officer will:
1.3.1 Establish an internal communication / reporting structure and plan with the CEO during the handover phase.
1.3.2 Produce an external communications plan for the Society to include all aspects of communication if required to include a strategy (24 month cycle) for the newsletter.
1.3.3 Produce and maintain a database of E-mail addresses and ensure compliance with data protection requirements.
1.3.4 Design, construct and disseminate a regular newsletter under the guidance of the CEO.
1.3.5 Take overall responsibility for communication under the guidance and supervision of the CEO.
1.4 Website
The Communications Officer will:
1.4.1 Provide recommendations on redesign and usability of ISAC’s current website.
1.4.2 Be responsible for updating the design and content under the guidance and supervision of the CEO / Executive Officer.
1.4.3 Work with the CEO / Executive Officer to establish requirements and access.
1.4.4 Act as the Society’s webmaster to update content as requested.
1.4.5 Proactively update the content on Member Societies, Scientific and Educational Meetings and Archives.
Prerequisites and qualifications:
- Education to degree level.
- Previous experience in a communications role is essential.
- Previous experience working in international organisations is an advantage.
- Previous experience working with a professional society or with pharmaceutical / diagnostic companies is an advantage.
- Must have excellent communications skills (communicating in English in a professional, business style).
- Must have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with people from different nationalities, disciplines and backgrounds.
- Ability to grasp new tasks and adapt to new challenges quickly.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (including Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams), content management systems, social media.
- Team player, but also able to work autonomously.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Must be able to work from home or a pre-existing office as ISAC does not have office premises.
- Ability to travel to meetings (including to CEO’s base in Aberdeen UK).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer
Location: London, Hybrid - with a minimum 2 days per week in the office
Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week
Contract type: Permament
Salary: £32,000 per annum
At Tommy’s, we’re working to stop the heartbreak of baby loss. Our Philanthropy and Partnerships team builds the meaningful relationships that make this possible.
We’re looking for a proactive Partnerships Officer to help grow and steward our corporate and philanthropy supporters. You’ll build strong, lasting relationships, helping to create engaging supporter experiences through communications and events. As a new role, you’ll also unite the Philanthropy & Partnerships Directorate by identifying gaps and overlaps, ensuring everything runs smoothly through strong coordination and attention to detail.
To be successful, you’ll be a confident and empathetic communicator who enjoys connecting with people. You’ll be a key person in our team helping to provide an exceptional supporter experience, while making sure the detail behind the scenes is accurate and consistent. You’ll be organised, take pride in attention to detail and bring a proactive, solutions-focused mindset. In return, you’ll gain valuable experience working alongside a range of high-value supporters, learning from brilliant colleagues to develop your partnership skills while contributing to something that makes a real difference to families.
How to apply
Please apply via Charity Job, we wll be closing the ad by midnight, Sunday 21 June. We will, however, be reviewing applications on a rolling basis so please do get in touch as soon as you are able to.
Please include
• Your CV
• A cover letter explaining how you meet the job spec/description.
We regret that we cannot accept any applications without both. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
For a full overview of the role, please see the Recruitment Pack for a detailed job description and responsibilities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Director of Fundraising
Podium Analytics
London, UK
Full-Time and permanent role
Salary: range of c. £110,000 – 120,000 pa with some flexibility on this for an exceptional candidate who will swiftly be able to make a significant impact.
Established in 2019, Podium Analytics is a charity that is creating a world with more sport, less injury.
We were founded with the belief that, to see the full benefit of sports participation, more needs to be done to address the issue of youth and grassroots sport injury, which is an under-researched, under-resourced and often overlooked issue. Harnessing the power of data and research, and through education, influence and advocacy, we are creating a revolution in grassroots and youth sport, making players safer and more able to enjoy the sports they love and for longer.
Our work so far has been underpinned by our founding funders and key major supporters, who believe in our unique position in the sporting world and ability to drive change. In order for us to achieve our mission and the long-term impact that we are striving for, we need to build out and diversify our income base and have made good progress by recently establishing a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). At this point of our growth, we are seeking a new Director of Fundraising and it will take an experienced philanthropy leader to join us and help shape the next stage of our evolution.
You will be responsible for developing growth strategies, funding opportunities and donor relationships across a diverse portfolio of income streams. You will therefore need to bring experience of securing gifts and grants, ideally at the 6-figure level or more. To complement our existing activity, high-value Trusts & Foundations and corporate partnership experience would be a bonus.
A commitment to our purpose will drive you, as you establish close working relationships with our CEO, Chairman, Trustees and senior management team, to enable the successful delivery of fundraising initiatives and drive opportunities forward. As a strategic operator with an entrepreneurial and enterprising approach to your work, your track record of actively engaging with existing and potential supporters, and in developing and implementing comprehensive income generation strategies will underpin your ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the charity. As we are a small charity, this is a very hands-on role so you will therefore need to be comfortable with rolling up your sleeves, working in the detail without losing sight of the big picture, and navigating new or ambiguous areas with a positive and solutions-orientated mindset.
In return, you will have the support of a highly professional senior management team and an exceptional Board who are all committed to ensuring success in our fundraising endeavours.
If this is the sort of environment you are looking for in your next career step and you thrive on organisations in growth mode, we would like to hear from you. Please contact our recruitment partners at Richmond Associates on +44 (0)20 3617 9240 or visit their website to download further details before applying.
Closing date for applications: 09:00 UK ON FRIDAY, 26 JUNE 2026
Water Witness International is seeking an excellent international development practitioner to support our expanding portfolio of work to secure lasting water security and justice across multiple countries. Based in Edinburgh, you will coordinate the Fair Water Action Fund and work closely with partners and grantees to respond to their evolving needs, making sure that evidence emerging from their work is effective in driving system change at scale. The role involves overseas travel, supporting the co-design and delivery of a wide range of initiatives, liaising effectively with stakeholders, building consensus and ensuring high-quality documentation. You will work closely with the Senior Management Team, Trustees and colleagues to help shape our wider organisational strategy and programme direction.
WE’RE WORKING TO ENSURE EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE HAS ACCESS TO THE WATER THEY NEED.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£36,250 - £42,500 per year
Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office
What the job involves
We’re looking for an ambitious fundraiser to join our Philanthropy team, capitalising on recent growth and with the chance to really make your mark. Your role is to engage influential and high-profile individuals and Trusts in the UK, connecting them to the difference they can make to thousands of men facing prostate cancer. You’ll lead on our established high value giving club, ‘The Pioneers’, and be creative with developing and growing membership and income for this product.
Providing the highest level of stewardship, you’ll ensure existing and new supporters feel valued, inspiring them to make five and six figure gifts, which will significantly improve the lives of men facing prostate cancer and their families. You’ll also harness the support of our enthusiastic and influential Trustees, Senior Volunteers and Leadership Team, involving them when appropriate.
As a Philanthropy team, we work hard to support and motivate each other. We’re inclusive, enthusiastic, open, helpful and driven. We’re looking for someone who shares our passion to achieve success and work collaboratively to bring about the urgent change needed for men.
What we want from you
You’ll bring strong experience within a philanthropy fundraising environment, including a solid understanding of solicitation stages and effective engagement techniques. You’ll have a proven track record of securing five-figure gifts and ideally experience working with major donors and/or trusts, with the credibility and confidence to build lasting relationships with high-net-worth individuals, trustees and senior stakeholders.
A natural collaborator, you’ll combine a strong team ethic with the flexibility and drive needed to achieve ambitious targets. You’ll be an excellent communicator, with the influencing and negotiation skills to engage a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Highly organised and comfortable managing competing priorities, you’ll be able to balance the stewardship of existing supporters with the cultivation of new prospects. You’ll be comfortable working both strategically and in detail, from shaping individual engagement plans to supporting the growth of giving clubs or membership schemes as a key driver of future income and impact so we can save more men’s lives.
Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.
Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We’re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.
Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
At Prostate Cancer UK we’re committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. To make this happen, we're dedicated to being an inclusive, proactive organisation, as we strive to be Allies to Black communities. We’ll achieve this by advocating and working alongside those communities to promote change. We're also working to be Allies to each other, not only protected groups. In 2024, we launched our New Allyship Training Programme. All colleagues at Prostate Cancer UK will be trained to act and identify as an Ally.
We've also signed Business in the Communities Race at Work Charter, as a dedication to our Black health equity work and wider EDI priorities. As a signatory, we're responsible and accountable for driving positive change.
How and where we work
Colleagues attend the office at least four days per month (pro rata for part-time colleagues) to collaborate, build relationships, and support projects and decision-making. You can choose where to work the rest of the time. Travel to the office is a commute, so we pay our own travel costs.
Additional in-person attendance will be required during your first few months for induction and training, to support you to learn the role and get to know colleagues.
We trust colleagues to work flexibly while balancing personal commitments with the needs of the charity, and we are committed to making reasonable adjustments for colleagues with a disability, neurodiversity, or a long-term physical or mental health condition.
How to Apply
Visit our Prostate Cancer UK Careers page to learn more about this role and the benefits we offer. On the vacancy advert, you’ll find everything you need to know about the role, how to apply, and what to include in your application.
You can also download a copy of the job description and access the link to our careers portal to submit your application by visiting our website via the apply button.
The closing date is Sunday 7th June 2026. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.
Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 22nd June 2026. We’re expecting the interviews for this role to be held online and will be a two-stage process.
Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.
At the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB), we are on a mission to place ethics at the centre of decisions regarding biomedicine and health so that we all benefit. We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and organised communications all-rounder to support our communication and engagement activities and assist in our mission to ‘Make Ethics Matter’.
The Communications and Engagement Officer role combines work on events, communications, stakeholder management and public affairs, all seeking to build audience engagement and increase the profile and influence of the NCOB.
This is an important role within our Executive team, working across our priority areas and workstreams, with range of stakeholders, and utilising a variety of channels including in-person and online events, website, email, social media and traditional media.
The Communications and Engagement Officer reports to the Senior Communications Manager and works closely with them across all communications functions. This post will have responsibility for updating our website, running our social media channels, producing internal and external newsletters and championing and maintaining our brand identity. The post holder will also help to deliver our media relations and policy influencing activities, playing an active role in delivering media campaigns and in supporting our Parliamentary and Government engagement through working closely with the Public Affairs Manager.
We are looking for someone with experience across the communications and engagement mix, including in events and internal communications, stakeholder management and digital and social media content creation. Our work focuses on research and policy in biomedicine, health and life sciences, and while you don’t need to be an expert in those areas, you should have an enthusiasm to develop knowledge of them and the ability to quickly get to grips with the landscape in which the NCOB operates, our strategy and our target audiences.
You will enjoy working in a team environment and will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be confident working with a range of stakeholders, ranging from subject specialists and academics to policy makers, journalists and members of the public. We are seeking someone who can think creatively about communicating complex and technical research and can work independently on a range of projects. You will be highly organised, with good project management skills and the ability to prioritise and work across several projects at once.
You will have a creative mind, strong news sense and ability to tailor communications to the appropriate audience. You will be able to turn your hand to writing newsletter copy, stakeholder emails, social posts and event materials / briefings to a high standard. You will be able to distil key messages from our outputs and use them to create content for a range of communication channels and audiences.
Ideally, you will have some experience of managing both online and face-to-face events. You will be confident working with audio visual equipment and systems and have experience of using data for analysis, reporting and evaluation.
Stakeholder engagement is a big part of the role, so you will need some knowledge and experience of using databases/CRM systems to manage and report on stakeholder communications.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills across the full range of communications and engagement, working on projects and campaigns in the high-profile area of bioethics, and supporting our ambitious policy-influencing agenda.
For further information about the role, please click through to the vacancy listing on our website.
About us
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is a leading independent policy and research centre, and the foremost bioethics body in the UK.
For over thirty years we have tackled some of the most complex and controversial bioethical issues facing society. We are funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.
We aim to inform policy and public debate through timely consideration of the ethical questions raised by biological and medical research so that the benefits to society are realised in a way that is consistent with public values. Our work has led to shifts in public understanding and policy change on topics ranging from assisted reproduction and genome editing to managing the disagreements that arise in the care of critically ill children.
We value diversity in background, skills, perspectives and life experiences.
Further information and how to apply
For further information about the role, please click through to the vacancy listing on our website. The closing date for applications is 09:30am (BST) on Tuesday 9th June 2026.
We are committed to inclusive working practices and during the application process we commit to:
- As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the essential criteria for the job.
- making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews etc
- paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required
Our benefits package includes:
- Genuine flexibility - we are open to requests for part-time hours, compressed working weeks, or job shares.
- 28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days (prorated for part time staff).
- A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.
- Life assurance scheme.
- Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.
- Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.
- Regular opportunities for learning and development – including coaching, mentoring, and dedicated reading days for personal development and reflection.
- Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders.
- A warm and welcoming workplace culture, with active peer groups and social networks to help you connect and belong.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is a leading independent policy and research centre, and the foremost bioethics body in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The National Flood Forum (NFF) is seeking a dynamic, motivated individual for the role Flood Engagement Officer – Thames Valley. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about working with communities, especially those at risk of flooding.
Key Details:
- Location: Home-based (Thames Valley), with regular travel across the Thames Valley including evening meetings and occasional overnight stays.
- Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
- Salary: £24,784.56 per annum rising to £27,840.90 travel expenses covered
- Contract: Permanent
- Benefits: 30 days annual leave including bank holidays, a day off for your birthday, auto-enrolment pension scheme, learning and development opportunities.
- Closing Date: Sunday 14th June 2026 (Midnight). Early application is encouraged as the position may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
Role Overview:
The Flood Engagement Officer will support the Thames Valley community engagement team, reporting to a Community Engagement Manager. Your primary responsibility will be to work closely with communities to support them in tackling flooding risks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Community Project Delivery: Lead and support the implementation of projects focused on flood risk management.
- Community Engagement: Engage and empower at-risk communities, ensuring they have the tools and information to co-create solutions to flood risks.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders and partners.
- Data Management: Provide data to help evaluate and support engagement activities.
- Support the Senior Team: Assist in broader tasks and activities as required by the senior team.
About You:
The ideal candidate will be:
- Empathetic: Understand the challenges faced by those at risk of flooding and help to work with communities and agencies to provide practical solutions.
- Organized and Flexible: Able to prioritize tasks and travel extensively across the region, including evenings and occasional overnight stays.
- Collaborative: A team player with a solution-focused mindset.
- Skilled in Engagement: Experience or an interest in community engagement and building relationships.
- Driving Licence: Full driving licence and access to a car are essential due to the travel requirements.
You must also be a resident of the UK with the right to work in the UK.
About the National Flood Forum:
The NFF is a national charity founded by those affected by flooding, working to support and represent individuals and communities at risk. The organization focuses on empowering flood-affected communities to recover and improve flood resilience. The NFF encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of flooding, and from diverse backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.