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Disability Rights UK wish to hire an experienced Communications Officer to join our Sport England funded Get Yourself Active programme. The chosen candidate will be joining a highly successful team that has been working with disabled people for the last six years to change attitudes, perceptions and practices around physical activity and wellbeing.
We are seeking a highly articulate and proactive individual with a flair for communications, with lived and/or professional experience of disability. The successful individual will work closely with Get Yourself Active team colleagues to manage internal and external communications and to engage new audiences and existing stakeholders. The post will play a key role in ensuring our communications are influential, informative and engaging, as well as leading on work supporting the redevelopment of our website.
To apply, please send your current CV together with a cover letter, outlining your interest in this job, addressing each point in the person specification. Applications without a suitable cover letter will not be considered. Closing date is 9.00am on Wednesday 26th May 2021; interviews will be held on Thursday 3rd June 2021.
Disability Rights UK is the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) led by, run by, and working for Disabled people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
We are looking for a data analyst who will be working within the health intelligence function to lead programmes of work and manage projects to better understand the UK population with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions to inform the direction of Arthritis UK's ambitions, strategy, policy and services work.
Our UK Advocacy and Health Intelligence department are responsible for developing and implementing our ambitious evidence-based policy and influencing strategy so that people with arthritis can access the treatment and support they need to live the lives they choose.
About the role
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we would love to hear from you:
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience in applying epidemiological research methods and health metrics (such as incidence and prevalence).
- Experience of drawing insights from multiple sets of health-related data and information systems, and large-scale data sets for policy, quality improvement or research purposes.
- Strong experience with statistical software including building automated analytical processes and creating data visualisations (e.g. using R, python, PowerBI, Tableau).
- Educated to degree level in a scientific or health science discipline.
- Ability to interpret, present and communicate complex data in accessible lay terms, including producing data-rich reports and/or dashboards for a range of technical and generalist audiences.
- Project management and organisational ability, including being able to prioritise activities and independently manage own workload that includes multiple concurrent projects.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
About The Advocacy Project
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care. We’re here to make sure people who are vulnerable because of their circumstance can understand their rights, make effective choices about their lives and voice their concerns.
Some of the ways we do this include:
· advocacy services that make sure people can express their wishes when decisions are being made about their care or wellbeing
· user involvement projects that help organisations improve what they offer by listening to people who use their services
· local Healthwatch services, which act as health and social care champions for the areas they serve and give people a direct channel to share their feedback
Our services are independent, confidential, and free to those receiving them. Together, our teams are standing up for essential rights and supporting people to have a say on the issues that matter to them.
About the role
This position involves supporting the Finance team by providing financial assistance to the Head of Finance in maintaining the organisation’s financial records and internal controls.
You will utilise your finance skills to ensure that transactions are accurately and promptly recorded, and you’ll assist in preparing high-quality month-end reports. You will also collaborate closely with the Finance Officer and wider teams to contribute to the organisation’s financial reporting and planning.
Key responsibilities
- Prepare monthly management accounts and internal reports for departmental managers and participate in regular review meetings; conduct variance analysis against budget and forecasts and provide commentary for senior management.
- Prepare, check, and submit end-of-month financial data to external accountants.
- Respond to internal and external finance queries in a timely and professional manner.
- Process the month-end transactions on Quick Books.
- Assist the Head of Finance with payroll processing, audits, financial reports, and ad hoc finance-related tasks.
- Prepare budgets and financial forecasts in collaboration with the Head of Finance and ensure accurate upload into the financial system.
- Monitor cash flow and support cash flow forecasting.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of financial procedures and systems to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Assist with the preparation of year-end accounts and liaise with auditors as required.
- Ensure compliance with relevant financial regulations, internal policies, and reporting standards.
- î Support the Finance Officer in reconciling bank accounts.
- î Undertake any other duties as required by the Head of Finance to support the effective running of the finance function
General responsibilities
- Work according to the Equality Act 2010 and other forms of legislation that combat discrimination and promote equality and diversity.
- Participate in personal, team and organisational development.
- Contribute to internal and external monitoring reports.
- Adhere to organisational policies, including those related to health & safety, safeguarding, and risk management.
- Work in alignment with our mission, vision, and values.
- Person specification
- We welcome applications from people with transferrable skills and qualities, and people with diverse employment histories and personal backgrounds.
Essential qualities and attributes:
- Proven experience in a finance role, preferably in a management accounting or analytical capacity.
- Strong understanding of financial principles, reporting, and analysis
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and financial software systems.
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise a heavy workload and multi-task
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
- A proactive, solution-focused approach to improving systems and processes.
Desirable knowledge, experience and qualifications:
- Accounting qualification or studying towards an accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience of working in the charitable or voluntary sector.
- Knowledge of data protection regulations and managing confidential information.
Essential qualities and attributes:
- Understanding of the role and responsibilities of an advocate.
- Understanding of issues faced by people with mental health conditions, physical health conditions and learning disabilities.
- Ability to listen and build trust, to encourage people to express their own views and to represent clients’ self-defined interests.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal). Good at working with a wide variety of people including commissioners, service users and colleagues.
- IT literate, including working knowledge of Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, Outlook).
- Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.
- Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and its services in line with our mission, vision and values.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Advocacy Project
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care. We’re here to make sure people who are vulnerable because of their circumstance can understand their rights, make effective choices about their lives and voice their concerns.
Some of the ways we do this include:
· Advocacy services that make sure people can express their wishes when decisions are being made about their care or wellbeing
· User involvement projects that help organisations improve what they offer by listening to people who use their services
· Local Healthwatch services, which act as health and social care champions for the areas they serve and give people a direct channel to share their feedback
Our services are independent, confidential, and free to those receiving them. Together, our teams are standing up for essential rights and supporting people to have a say on the issues that matter to them.
About the role
The Advocacy Project vision is clear: everyone should have a voice. We work tirelessly to ensure that those who are often unheard or whose wishes are dismissed are heard and their rights upheld.
We believe passionately that everyone should have equal outcomes when accessing health and social care services, and we all live our values everyday showing up with kindness, strength, honesty and belief in the work we do. Our work makes a difference, but we need to reach more people and change more lives; can you be part of our journey?
You will be joining The Advocacy Project at a critical time as we enter the second year of our new strategy. Key to the success of the new strategy is developing a sustainable business model that moves us from a reliance on statutory income to a mixed portfolio of funding including trusts and foundations and paid for services. Focussing on growth we are looking to secure at least £250,000 new income annually while maintaining our current income levels, we aim to double our income by the end of our strategy in 2030.
As part of our senior leadership team, you will be agile and collaborative, a fundraising professional who has developed and delivered an income generation strategy and achieved income growth across multiple income streams, including developing commercial income streams, grants and statutory income. You will be hands on, getting stuck into applications, prospecting, communicating, and developing new income opportunities. Building strong relationships with staff, volunteers and service users, you will also have the ability to engage with stakeholders and build relationships externally. You will develop evidence-based and impact-led cases for support for various projects and must be able to unlock growth, develop new approaches and help communicate our impact.
You will build and lead a small, effective and positive fundraising team.
Key responsibilities
- Developing our income strategy to ensure we reach our financial and strategic goals.
- Chairing the Business development and fundraising committee
- Further developing trust and foundations pipeline, growing income and identifying new opportunities.
- Further develop our commercial income opportunities including training, consultancy and paid for services.
- Overseeing all tender submissions including building the pipeline and writing or commissioning tender writers.
- Working with the CEO and our comms officer to ensure our Comms and Income generation strategy are aligned.
- Recruiting and managing bid writers as required.
- Working with our Finance team to ensure all donations are collected and recorded correctly, holding budget responsibility for fundraising and cooms.
- Building our case for support, working closely with staff and service users to understand their lived experience.
- Representing The Advocacy Project with funders, commissioners and external partners
- Ensure the Board of Trustees are regularly updated on the progress of income generation and our comms engagement, using a transparent and consistent reporting framework.
- Embed a fundraising culture within The Advocacy Project.
About you
We’re looking for someone with a significant success and experience of impactful charitable fundraising across diverse income streams especially from trust and foundations.
You must be passionate about our work the role of advocacy and involving service users in design.
Essential
î Effective line management skills and ability to deliver alongside and through small team.
î Experience of developing trust and foundations pipelines, bid writing and evidenced success of winning significant funding.
î Experience of statutory services and tender submissions
î Experience of developing new income streams.
î Experience of delivering to targets, including a strong understanding of risk and how best to manage it
î Knowledge of fundraising regulations, GDPR, and best practices
Desirable
î Experience of working as a senior leader within a third sector, public sector, or voluntary organisation, including setting strategy and managing change
î Experience of designing and delivering commercial income streams including business to business and direct to consumer products
î Previous experience in an Advocacy/user voice organisation
î Previous experience of co production.
Skills
î Strong leadership and management skills
î Ability to work collaboratively and lead change effectively
î Be highly organised and self-motivated with a proven ability to work to tight deadlines
î Positive, creative, entrepreneurial, and solutions focused.
î Proactive, dynamic, able to work effectively independently.
î Ability to problem solve and think creatively
î Confident networker, with strong communication skills.
î Strong understanding of EDI principles and how to apply them in your work
Benefits of working for us
We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.
We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care.



Location: Remote (the postholder must be based in Wales in order to regularly attend meetings in the Senedd and other stakeholder meetings)
Annual leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
- life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
- health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to a wellbeing app
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
- commitment to employee health and wellbeing.
- we have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer
Join Dementia UK as Policy and Public Affairs Manager (Wales) and play a pivotal role in shaping our influence as we deliver our 2025–30 strategy. This new role reflects a significant investment in expanding our Campaigns, Policy and Public Affairs function, strengthening our ability to drive change across all nations of the UK. You will lead our work to amplify Dementia UK’s voice in Wales, ensuring that the experiences of people living with dementia, and the Admiral Nurses who support them, drive meaningful improvements in care and support.
You will lead our political and policy engagement in Wales, building trusted relationships with Senedd, civil servants, political advisers and sector partners. Through sharp political insight and rigorous policy development, you will help shape our influencing priorities, identify strategic opportunities, and position Dementia UK as a credible and authoritative voice on dementia care within the Welsh policy landscape.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across policy, public affairs, campaigns, communications, clinical services and lived experience, you will develop and deliver a Welsh policy and public affairs strategy that aligns with our UK-wide approach. You will also represent Dementia UK externally as our primary political contact in Wales, ensuring our perspectives are heard in key debates and decision‑making forums.
To thrive in this role, you will bring strong political instincts, deep knowledge of Welsh political institutions and policy processes, and a proven ability to build influential relationships with senior stakeholders. You will be a strategic thinker with the confidence to lead evidence-based policy development, assess risks and opportunities in a fast-moving environment, and drive forward activity that supports our long-term ambition to transform dementia care across the UK.
Whilst this role is home-based, the postholder must be based in Wales in order to regularly attend meetings in the Senedd and other stakeholder meetings.
We would love to hear from you!
Our culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to feel comfortable being themselves at work.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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We are looking for a Programmes and Finance Officer to play a key role in supporting the financial management and oversight of DEC appeals. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills and a passion for humanitarian work to contribute to DEC funded emergency responses.
You will provide financial analysis, ensure compliance with policies, and produce high-quality reporting to support decision-making and accountability to stakeholders. Ideally, you should be detail-oriented, have excellent financial skills and have an appetite to learn & shape individual and team efficiencies. You must be able to communicate confidently across diverse groups and be genuinely interested in the humanitarian sector.
About You
We’re looking for someone who combines financial expertise with strong analytical skills and a commitment to humanitarian work. You must be experienced in analysing financial data, budgets and reports and have strong Excel and data analysis/visualisation skills (e.g. Tableau, Power BI desirable). You should have excellent attention to detail and an ability to present complex information clearly.
You should demonstrate strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently. Ideally, you should have interest or have experience in the humanitarian or international NGO sector.
Key responsibilities:
· Develop tools to collect and analyse financial and operational data from member charities.
· Support the development of appeal documentation and reporting templates.
· Help produce data analysis and insights for appeal launches.
· Review budgets and financial reports from member charities.
· Aggregate and analyse financial data, identifying trends and variances.
· Ensure compliance with DEC policies and financial standards.
· Act as a key contact for finance and compliance queries.
· Prepare funding agreements and financial reports for stakeholders.
· Support reporting to institutional donors and external bodies.
· Chair and coordinate finance and compliance working groups.
· Support improvements to systems, processes and the DEC Operations Manual.
· Work collaboratively across Programme and Finance teams.
Please download the job description for full details and provide a short covering letter with an updated CV, if you are interested in this role.
Interviews: Will take place in person in our London office (near Old Street), on Monday 13 July.
The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and provides opportunities to learn and grow in an inclusive, supportive, and productive environment. We encourage applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality, or religion.
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!
Job Title: Digital Content Officer
Location: Hybrid (with 1 day per week in the London Office)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Type of Employment: Permanent
Salary: £30,119 per annum (hybrid)
What we do: We help young people through cancer
How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind
What we’re looking for:
- Someone who understands what it means to work alongside young people going through cancer (including those who share their stories) and will bring the care and empathy required
- A strong writer and digital content creator, across website, email and social media — especially YouTube. You’ll have delivered content campaigns, know your way around SEO and Google Analytics, and be curious about where content is heading (GEO knowledge is a bonus)
- Someone who can land a message for different audiences without losing our brand voice
- A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills from someone who is equally happy working independently or in a team
How to apply:
You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application form and answer questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role.
Key dates:
Applications by 3rd July 2026, First stage interviews on week commencing 20th July 2026 online and second stage interview on week commencing 27th July 2026 online.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What we offer:
- Leave: 25 days of annual leave, which increases with service, in addition to bank holidays and a 3 or 4 day closure over the Christmas period. We also have finish early Fridays in August and quarterly reset days to step away from day to day work and refocus.
- Flexible bank holidays: the option to swap five UK public holidays (except 25th, 26th December, and 1st January or any substitute bank holidays for these dates) for other dates off.
- Paid Carer and Compassionate Leave: paid time off to care for family members or dependants.
- Paid Parental Leave: enhanced pay for parental leave such as maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave.
- Paid Volunteering Leave: support your community by taking paid leave for volunteering activities.
- Health Cashback Plan: access a health cashback plan to cover medical expenses.
- Life assurance and Income Protection: financial support if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury.
- Discount scheme: access exclusive savings at various high street retailers and gyms.
- Flexible Working: we care about your wellbeing and encourage flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
Our commitment to inclusion and accessibility:
At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us.
Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to recognising and valuing individual differences and the contributions of all people.
Should you require any assistance or adjustments to support your interview process, such as additional time for tasks, meeting the panellists beforehand, information in another format or a different interview format (online/offline/in person), please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the HR Team and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
We are a Disability Confident employer which means we have committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role listed under the 'What you'll bring to the team' section of the job description and shortlisting questions.
To opt into this scheme, please enter ‘yes’ in the appropriate question on the application form.
Please note that in recruitment campaigns with a high volume of candidates opting into the scheme, interview offers will be made only to those who best meet the essential criteria and provide the strongest responses to the shortlisting questions.
We are unable to offer individual feedback at the shortlisting stage.
Privacy and Safeguarding:
At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please contact the HR Team.
We’re here to give every young person facing cancer the best care and support.



What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a creative, tech-savvy storyteller to drive our digital communications and fuel the growth of Climate Connect, our pioneering digital organising platform. Because this is a 6-month maternity cover with a varied remit, we need a proactive problem-solver who is excited to hit the ground running, embrace new opportunities, and confidently guide digital projects through evolving changes.
You will be a natural collaborator who works flexibly within a small, passionate team to ensure our digital presence is highly engaging, inclusive, and representative of all communities. Whether you are collaborating with external web developers, optimising a supporter email journey, or promoting our paid services to sector partners, you bring an organised, results-driven approach.
You will have:
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Proven experience delivering successful digital communications campaigns and audience growth strategies.
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Outstanding written communication skills with the ability to translate complex environmental policy, political structures, or impact data into inspiring, accessible content.
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Hands-on experience managing websites (WordPress preferred) and utilising social media, email marketing platforms, and varied digital tools to drive engagement.
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The proven ability to manage multiple projects, tasks, and priorities effectively within a small team and part-time hours.
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The resilience to adapt, find creative solutions when navigating setbacks, and maintain a positive, problem-solving attitude.
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A genuine commitment to climate action and democratic engagement with grassroots communities.
It would be great if you also have:
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Experience of line managing or mentoring staff, freelancers, or volunteers, with an ability to foster collaborative working.
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Experience supporting corporate partnerships or earned/consultancy income streams.
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Experience developing, marketing, or managing digital platforms, apps, or digital products.
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Experience leading, supporting, or coordinating digital individual giving or fundraising campaigns (such as the Big Give).
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An understanding of UK climate policy, nature campaigning, or the UK political system.
The Role
Your time will be split across three core focus areas:
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Digital Marketing & Communications: Execute our marketing strategy and audience growth priorities across all digital channels. Craft engaging monthly newsletters and use digital communications to build strong relationships with our supporters . Support the structured growth and marketing of HFTF’s consultancy and paid services to attract, secure and nurture relationships with our partners. Update and manage our WordPress website and core digital channels. Develop, optimise, and design compelling email journeys for our key services using our digital toolkit, including Ticket Tailor and EcoSend. Supervise our Communications freelancer (1 day per week) providing supportive oversight for social media content.
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Individual Giving & Campaigns: Develop communications showcasing our real-world impact through collaborative storytelling to increase our visibility and strengthen audience engagement. Help grow our base of regular individual supporters to increase our unrestricted income. With the Fundraising Manager's support, you will lead digital individual giving campaigns, including the Big Give, to grow our regular supporter base and boost unrestricted income.
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Climate Connect Platform Growth: Expand our digital organising platform into a sustainable paid service for partners, creating a long-term income stream. Design campaigns to increase platform uptake, engage with organisations and communities to actively use Climate Connect, ensuring a smooth user journey. Help gather impact case studies for future grant funding, and liaise with external developers to coordinate platform updates and improvements.
Throughout, you will foster a collaborative working culture that recognises positive contributions and advances our active commitment to reaching and representing all sectors of society.
How to Apply
Please visit our website jobs page to submit your anonymised CV and cover letter.
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Application Deadline: 20/07/2026
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Interview Dates: Week commencing 27/07/26
Our mission is to equip people across the UK with the tools they need to have effective conversations with their local politicians on climate change
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Placement Manager to join our Business Commissioning and Placements Team. This role of Placement Manager is key to the successful management of children’s placements across school residential, neurorehabilitation and community rehabilitation services (UK and International).
You will provide centralised administrative support during a child’s placement, coordinating effective and timely communications between internal and external stakeholders from pre-admission through to discharge.
Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
This role is not open for sponsorship.
Role Requirements
- Work in collaboration with the Senior Placement Managers and multidisciplinary team to manage the child’s pathway from the time they are accepted for admission, through their care pathway and discharge.
- Work with Senior Placement Managers and Senior Business Development & Commissioning Manager to ensure the package and contract issued to funders is appropriate for the child’s needs and is regularly reviewed to ensure the care needs.
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams across school and child and family services to ensure that all clinical and contractual requirements for the child are comprehensively managed.
- Escalate complex and unresolved issues for support to ensure a positive outcome.
- Ensure the parents/guardians, multidisciplinary team are aware pre-admission and throughout the admission of the arrangements for the admission, including length of stay and discharge plans.
- Take on the lead role for discharge coordination for children and young people accessing neurorehabilitation and step-down placements. Proactively plan discharges including liaison with multiagency teams required to take over care. Where appropriate, chairing discharge planning meetings.
For more detail, please see the Duties and Responsibilities in the candidate briefing pack.
Interview Date: Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th July 2026
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY – ‘How to Apply’
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
Terms and Conditions
As a charity organisation independent of the NHS, we do not follow Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Consequently, we are unable to take into account NHS incremental dates or continuous service for salary, annual leave, or related entitlements such as absence pay at the point of recruitment. Whilst we do not directly match NHS terms, we offer a competitive salary and a range of staff benefits.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Engagement Partner London
Location of work: London, must live within the M25. This post holder will be based at home and will deliver a hybrid model of engagement, combining in-person visits to schools and other establishments within an allocated local area with remote engagement.
The role will require regular local travel, including some early morning breakfast visits, and irregular travel throughout the UK with minimal overnight stays. A full driver’s licence and use of a vehicle is required or access to TFL.
Contract type: Term time only
We have two roles available:
1 x 35 hours per week, term time only, permanent role
1x 35 hours, term time only, fixed term maternity cover (September 2026- July 2027)
Salary: £31,500 FTE (will be pro rata for Term time only working pattern)
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to champion and provide nourishing breakfasts that help children and young people learn and thrive. The latest research suggests that 2.7 million children are at risk of hunger, meaning one in five children don’t have enough to eat.
When a child is too hungry to learn, they struggle to concentrate, absorb information, and manage their emotions, causing them to fall behind in their studies.
Magic Breakfast makes a difference to 350,000 children and young people every school day, providing a nutritious and filling breakfast each school morning. We work with schools in areas of high disadvantage, helping staff target the children most in need without barrier or stigma.
We are now at an exciting point in our journey as we launch Nourishing Futures, our long-term strategy, which capitalises on market changes and government commitments to scale our work, while redefining breakfast spaces not just as places to eat, but as places to thrive
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The Engagement Partner will be responsible for delivering both face to face and remote engagement with schools, teachers, children and young people, and their wider communities within an allocated area. The role will support schools with the setup, rollout and continuous improvement of breakfast provision, and engage with school communities to educate on the importance of breakfast on learning, enabling increased uptake in a barrier and stigma free way by optimising provision and encouraging reach.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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To develop strong relationships with supported schools in the allocated area, enabling, preserving, embedding, enhancing and extending stigma- and barrier-free breakfast provision through a combination of in person and remote engagement.
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To educate and engage the wider school community, including teachers, parents and children and young people, on the importance of breakfast and the implications of hunger as a barrier to learning through assemblies, staff meetings, online support, virtual and in-person events, and regional events throughout the academic year.
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To engage with the wider community, both in person and remotely, to advocate for the importance of breakfast, promote the work being delivered in existing schools, and support Magic Breakfast’s campaigning and advocacy strategy and plans.
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To support supporter visits, volunteering activity, funder engagement and any related requirements, both in person and remotely.
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To enable, support and provide feedback on new ways of working, trials and innovations.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to thrive.
Please see the attachments for our job pack
Please visit our website for more information
APPLICATION PROCCESS
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team.
Shortlisting: W/C 29th June
Interview 1: W/C 6th July
Interview 2 and Informal Panel: W/C 13th July
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Date posted: 12 June 2026
Salary: Up to £81,869 plus excellent benefits
Contract type: Permanent, full time or part time
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. All staff are required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week, in line with our hybrid working policy. The post-holder may be required to undertake some work outside normal working hours.
About the Health Foundation
Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity and helps build a stronger society. Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK, and health and care services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.
The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation with a mission to build a healthier UK. We work to achieve this by generating high quality research and analysis; developing practical solutions to the biggest problems in health and health services; engaging, convening and building coalitions to build understanding, inform debate and drive action; and developing the long-term capability needed to transform health and care.
Our values
We expect everyone who works with us to be committed to our values and to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. Our values are impact, evidence, integrity, and collaboration. You can read more about them in our five-year strategy. We also expect everyone to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and to help deliver our EDI strategy.
About the role
This role is one of three Senior Analytical Manager roles in the Analysis and Modelling team. You will work closely with the other Senior Analytical Managers, and other senior staff across the Foundation. You will be responsible for leading a team of four analysts, developing and maintaining our modelling and simulation capability, and ensuring that the team deliver modelling and simulation products to thematic programme teams to agreed timescales and quality.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring that your team are well led and motivated, share learning across projects, and receive appropriate learning and development opportunities.
- Overseeing the development of simulation models, forecasting tools, and predictive analytics to explore future scenarios in health system performance and population health.
- Ensuring modelling approaches are transparent, high-quality, robust, and appropriate for informing policy and service design.
- Working with other Senior Analytical Managers, Deputy Directors and Director to develop an impactful, rigorous and respected programme of innovative work that is aligned with our Strategy and will deliver impact to our Thematic Programmes.
- Collaborating with colleagues across the Foundation to embed modelling and simulation into our thematic programmes to demonstrate solutions for health and health and social care
How to apply
Our priority is to find the right individual for each opportunity. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity and invite you to find out more.
If you would like to apply, please submit your CV, and a supporting statement that answers the following application questions:
- Why would you be well suited to this role? What skills, knowledge and experience would you bring to it? (max. 300 words)
- How would you go about developing a work programme that aligns with the overall strategic priorities of the organisation and achieves impact, especially when setting up a new modelling and simulation function? How would you balance competing demands and ensure you can meet stakeholder needs? Please include relevant examples from your experience where possible. (max. 400 words)
- Please describe how you would work as part of a wider analytical team to build modelling and simulation capability, ensure appropriate approaches and work collaboratively on projects. Please include relevant examples from your experience where possible. (max. 300 words)
Our commitment to equality, inclusion and diversity
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each opportunity on merit.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.
We have identified three key areas to improving diversity. Our aim to achieve a more balanced representation across our organisation, with a particular focus on increasing the number of women in leadership, enhancing the representation of people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds and welcoming more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from these groups.
Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a more diverse and inclusive workplace together.
If you require any support through this process, please contact us. Help us work together to make the recruitment process and potential future employment more accessible and enjoyable for you.
Closing date: Sunday 28th June 2026, 23.59
Interview date: Thursday 9th July 2026, in-person
Digital Marketing Officer (Paid Media) FTC
As part of our Digital Engagement Team, the Digital Marketing Officer will be a digital advocate promoting, enabling, and supporting the ambitions of the charity and its departments. The officer will help drive the continued growth of the charity’s fundraising, engagement, and brand awareness via digital channels, helping to drive charity income. The officer will work with the Digital Marketing Manager and colleagues across the team to support in the planning, deployment, and analysis of a variety of digital paid-for campaigns.
The post will report directly to the Digital Marketing Manager and work closely with the rest of the digital team, as well as colleagues in the Brand team and wider departments. The Digital Marketing Officer will provide support across the organisation, helping to plan, consult and advise on the creation of new digital campaigns across our PPC and paid social channels, reporting on their progress against target.
This role will have a focus on executing paid-for campaigns across our social and search channels as well as providing feedback relating to strategy, development and implementation.
This role is a 12 month FTC.
Key Responsibilities:
· Plan, develop and implement PPC and Paid Social campaigns for departments across the organisation with a wide variety of goals and objectives.
· Manage and optimise paid advertising campaigns across a variety of channels, including Google Ads, Meta Ads and more.
· Consult across the charity on best-practice use of paid-for digital engagement.
· Analyse and report on key campaign metrics and KPIs, providing regular updates to key stakeholders.
· Provide input into the requirements for campaign reporting dashboards, ensuring budget holders understand the impact of their investment and how campaigns can be further optimised.
· Work with external agencies as appropriate when campaigns are outsourced, advising, and learning from these relationships.
· Oversee other analytics monitoring and reporting as appropriate.
· Identifying key target audiences for each campaign across the marketing funnel to ensure we are engaging people with the right messaging.
· Maintain relevant files and documents, including accurate recording of supporter data.
· Ensure all activities comply with Alzheimer’s Research UK’s communications and branding guidelines.
· Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Digital Marketing Manager in line with the responsibilities of the post.
· Tracking work in the Campaign Management system and reporting back on capacity level.
· Maintaining PPC and paid social calendars alongside key stakeholders to document campaign activity.
Knowledge, skills and experience needed:
· Relevant experience in a previous role.
· Experience of planning and deploying PPC and paid social media campaigns
· Experience of Google Ads and Meta Ads
· Experience of insight reporting and key metric tracking
· Extensive understanding of social media platforms, insight software and campaign management
· Excellent organisational skills; the ability to manage a large number of tasks to multiple deadlines
· A confident, friendly and collaborative manner
· Working with independence, intelligence, drive and initiative
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £32,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 28th June 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
Please note that this role does not meet the minimum salary requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or New Entrant Skilled Worker visa routes. Therefore, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
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Acorns Children’s Hospice provides specialist care and support for babies, children and young people who are life limited or life threatened. Supporting over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families annually, Acorns is a vital lifeline for families across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire during unimaginably difficult times.
Philanthropy is a core pillar of Acorns income strategy, delivering transformational income through Major Donors, high-level Family Trusts and Foundations, alongside their Celebrity Ambassador Programme.
Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy, the role will be responsible for securing gifts from high-net-worth-individuals and family foundations. Contributing to a team income target of £1.5m, you will drive the stewardship of existing relationships and cultivation of new prospects, building a robust pipeline of future supporters.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a charity with a clear fundraising strategy, ambitious future appeals and a compelling case for support. Working closely with senior leaders, trustees and ambassadors, the successful candidate will help inspire transformational investment in Acorns’ work while representing the organisation with professionalism, warmth and credibility.
Working arrangements: Hybrid, 2 days per week at preferred location (Birmingham, Worcester or Walsall)
As Philanthropy Manager, you will:
- Report to the Head of Philanthropy and manage a portfolio of existing (4- to 6-figure) and prospective major donors and family foundations, taking time to understand their motivations, interests and capacity to give
- Support a team major giving income target of c.£1.5m through securing five- and six-figure donations and multi-year commitments
- Shape and drive new business activity to secure new high-value prospects and strengthen the philanthropy pipeline
- Leverage networks across trustees, senior leadership and ambassadors
- Develop compelling, high-quality proposals, cases for support and tailored communications that clearly articulate Acorns’ impact and funding priorities
- Deliver an exceptional donor experience and stewardship journey, ensuring supporters feel valued, informed and inspired
- Feed into pipelines, budgets and forecasts, providing regular reporting on activity, performance against targets and KPIs
- Work collaboratively across Fundraising and the wider organisation to maximise philanthropic opportunities and supporter engagement
Essential skills and experience:
- Major donor fundraising experience is necessary to be considered for this role, with a track record of managing the full donor journey from research and identification through cultivation, solicitation and long-term stewardship
- Track record of personally securing 5-figure gifts, including some from self-generated prospects and new donor relationships
- Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to establish credibility and rapport with HNWIs and senior internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of developing and managing donor pipelines and maintaining accurate prospect plans
- Experience of writing compelling funding proposals and impact reports
- Ability to travel independently across the Acorns region
- A proactive, self-motivated and organised approach, with the confidence to represent Acorns externally and engage effectively with senior stakeholders
Desirable, but not essential:
- Experience of securing six-figure gifts from major donors and/or family foundations through relationship-led fundraising rather than application-led approaches
- Strong track record of identifying, cultivating and converting prospective donors, with experience building and developing major donor pipelines
- Experience of working with, managing or developing celebrity ambassador relationships and engagement programmes
Employee benefits include:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- 5 days holiday buyback scheme
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Life assurance scheme (2 x annual salary)
- Retail discounts (including the Blue Light card)
- Discounted gym membership
Application by CV only in the first instance. For suitable applicants, full support with formal application will be provided by Joe Blythe at QuarterFive.
We encourage applicants use the cover letter section on CharityJob to briefly outline:
1) Your major donor fundraising experience (full cycle)
2) Track record of personally securing 5-figure gifts from HNWIs and/or family foundations (relationship driven). Please clarify if these include from self-generated prospects and new donor relationships.
If 1) and 2) are not already made clear on your CV.
This is a critical role that is responsible for managing the charity's day-to-day people management and development, ensuring appropriate processes are in place and in line with current and relevant legislation. The People Manager will help develop a high-performance culture where all colleagues feel a sense of belonging and are able to fulfil their potential.
RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Provide proactive coaching on values alignment and desired behaviours, with support and advice to managers and team members on all matters relating to people.
- Support managers to create an inclusive culture and workplace that gets the best out of our people.
- Promote and advocate for early resolution when issues arise, including Performance Improvement guided by organisational values and policies.
- Effectively manage employee relations (ER) issues alongside line managers including, but not limited to absences, performance management, disciplinary, grievances and dismissals, escalating to the Director of People as required.
- Support the Director of People to deliver change management programmes including TUPE transfers, redundancy and service re- organisations.
- Develop an understanding of challenges, opportunities and people priorities in each team and work with managers to develop long term resource plans and succession planning.
- Support the Director of People in the development of information, reports and analysis for managers, the Strategic Management Team and the Board, to deliver insights and take action.
- Work with the Finance Manager to ensure the accurate processing of payroll.
- Support the end-to-end recruitment process, including attraction, supporting with job descriptions, shortlisting, interviews and the induction process.
- Build and implement engagement processes and activities including surveys, focus groups, conferences/away days and exit interviews, ensuring they deliver continuous improvement and enhance our reputation as a great place to work.
ROLE
- Support the implementation of Belonging, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (BDE&I) and wellbeing strategies and programmes
- Support the Director of People with the development of reward and recognition programmes
- Support the Director of People in creating learning and development programmes
- Support with the management of the L&D budget and programme, ensuring effective return on investment and value for money.
- Manage the organisation’s people information systems and identify opportunities for enhanced digital services.
- Analyse data e.g., from engagement surveys, exit interviews and turnover to inform the People Strategy and implement improvements.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
- Experience in managing, coaching and developing employees
- Degree in Organisational Psychology, HR, CIPD level 5 qualified or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
- Proven experience in managing the employee lifecycle (recruitment to exit)
- Adept at stakeholder management and relationship building across multiple teams
- Proven track record in managing varied, complex employee relations (ER) issues and capable of managing several issues at once
- Experience of planning and delivering L&D projects
- Experience of working successfully in a changing organisation where flexibility, agility and adaptability are essential.
Skills & knowledge
- Strong relationship building skills, you are equally comfortable having informal positive conversations as you are holding people to account and providing direct challenge
- Working knowledge of employment law, and able to use sound judgement on when we can be flexible and when we need to be rigid in our approach
- Confident in both written and spoken communication with the ability to present to internal audiences both virtually and in person
- High in emotional intelligence, psychological agility and a coaching mindset
- Highly numerate with strong analytical and problem-solving
Personal qualities
- Track record of delivering to tight deadlines and overcoming setbacks
- A focus on continuous process improvements through measurement, analysis and progress of actions in order to deliver service improvements
- Requirement to work at pace to respond to customer requirements whilst balancing key priorities
- A focus on outstanding customer service excellence, high standards of attention to detail, quality, accuracy and responsiveness
Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing TUPE and redundancies
Before starting this position, you’ll need to undergo a criminal record check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. You must be entitled to work in the UK.
Our mission to solve homelessness in east London, one person at a time!
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Greenwich Hospital is the lead charitable funding organisation for the Royal Navy and wider Royal Navy Community. As such, we are able to facilitate the identification of needs and the setting of strategic priorities, build capacity, deliver significant impact and encourage enhanced collaboration within the Naval charity sector.
We have undertaken significant reform in order to generate increased income for grant making – which has risen from £5m in 2023 to £10m in 2026.
Part of this revision has been the implementation of a new grants strategy in 2024, which seeks in particular to evidence need in order to guide the current and future funding of charitable support, with the expansion of our proactive and preventative funding to support education, young people and families. Our grants now encompass more preventative and wellbeing-enhancing education delivery not covered by public funding.
Following a review of our education and employment funding strategies, we are now focussing on widening our funding support beyond the longstanding bursary scheme for the Royal Hospital School. We are funding new educational programmes (such as free tutoring support) and developmental extra-curricular programmes with varied activities for children in order to enhance social mobility, compensate for the disadvantages of service life and enhance retention in service. This is undertaken in partnership with the Naval Children’s Charity, Royal Naval Sailing Association and Andrew Simpson Foundation. These funding streams also include increased focus on supporting partners of serving personnel with life opportunities and employability programmes.
Engaging with the research community to fill knowledge gaps has been key to the identification and balancing of current against future need, enabling accurate financial forecasting and income generation. We have recently completed our first long-term study of the welfare needs of the RN/RM community with granular demographic and qualitative data running through to 2040, and have now developed a sustainable funding strategy out to then.
This work has been led and overseen by our current Research and Education Grants Manager over the last two years. She will be going on maternity leave in mid-September, so we seek to recruit maternity cover for a fixed-term period of 14 months to join our charity team of four. The expected start date will be the beginning of September, but we hope the successful candidate will be able to meet with the current Manager occasionally before then.
Working alongside strategic partners, we will keep our grant priorities under regular review and adjust according to evidenced need. The Research and Education Grants Manager plays a significant role in this life enhancing work.
It is expected that the current Research and Education Grants Manager will return to work, therefore this maternity cover role will be made redundant at the expiry of its term.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION:
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Assist in the delivery of GH’s charitable output to RN/RM beneficiaries in accordance with the Hospital’s objectives, governing legislation, policies and budgets.
· Help shape GH’s charitable work in education and the Life Opportunities programme. This will include direct delivery of support and delivery with/through others in order to ensure high impact and effectiveness. This will also include the development of new projects and programmes together with funding strategies to tackle unmet need.
· Strengthen current charity partnerships and establish new ones.
· Strengthen and assure impact monitoring and reporting across the applied grants, using best practice in current research methodology.
· Coordinate available research to identify gaps and focus GH spend.
KEY TASKS
1. In consultation with the Director of Grants and Finance staff, commission, track and manage the Hospital’s Education and Life Opportunities grants programme and budget, making sure it keeps within approved limits, reflects agreed payment schedules, and ensures the budget is spent in year or agreed as part of a roll over plan.
2. Oversee a portfolio of grants at various stages of the grant life cycle, including assessment of new applications, issuing Grant Agreements and managing awarded grants, applying established policies and processes. The process includes presenting grant applications and their assessment to our Charity Scrutiny Panel and Charity & Education Committee.
3. Ensure grants awards are authorised, paid and reviewed promptly.
4. Oversee and manage educational bursaries and grants, liaising and co-ordinating with the relevant educational organisations, applying established policies and processes. This includes bursaries for children attending the Royal Hospital School and university bursaries for serving personnel, working closely with the RN Learning and Development Organisation.
5. Collect, evaluate and report on the impact and effect of charitable giving and outcome of awards and, as required, collate and submit appropriate data and information to partner organisations.
6. Undertake the co-ordination and administration of cross-charity groups and meetings chaired and hosted by GH; represent GH in discussions and negotiations with stakeholders and other charitable partners and beneficiaries and represent GH at internal and external meetings.
7. Work alongside the Director of Grants to develop and implement GH’s new funding stream focused on supporting the naval charity sector in strengthening organisational capacity building and implementing effective impact measurement frameworks.
8. Identify, co-ordinate and where necessary scope commissioning of new research to inform present and future grants planning and spend, liaising with FiMT, MoD, SCiP Alliance and other appropriate bodies.
9. Work with the Communications Manager to ensure suitable publicity is given to GH charity activity internally, on the GH website and social media, in national publications and by grant recipients.
10. Assist the Director of Grants in the production of impact reporting to inform the GH Advisory Board and Charity & Education Committee.
11. Ensure and promote adherence to good charity governance practice; assist in the periodic review of funding guidelines/ policies and delivery.
12. Develop and apply good understanding of RN ethos, personnel and beneficiaries.
13. Assist in the development and delivery of a Communications Strategy for the Hospital’s charitable activities including website and social media.
14. Draft appropriate contributions to the Annual Review/Impact Report.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Expertise and experience
1. In-depth and evidenced knowledge and experience of charitable and financial support to beneficiary groups; ability to empathise with and advocate imaginatively on behalf of beneficiaries.
2. Knowledge and experience in grant-making processes.
3. Evidence of working effectively in co-operation with other charities and organisations.
4. Evidenced ability to imagine and develop vision into designed, costed, project-managed and delivered programmes.
5. Understanding of the research landscape and ability to make it work for GH.
6. Familiar with introducing new, improved processes and developing joint working and grant giving mechanisms.
7. Excellent proven communication skills, written and oral.
8. Stakeholder management skills are essential; proven ability to develop creative and sustained collaborative relationships; ability to navigate multiple stakeholders who sometimes may have entrenched positions.
9. Familiarity with the Royal Navy and the Service charity sector would be an advantage but is not essential. Empathy with the military community essential.
10. Confident using IT including Microsoft Office, charity management and HR software; knowledge of a grants or other CRM would be desirable.
Personal qualities
· Adherence to GH’s values.
· Integrity, honesty and professionalism at all times.
· A strong ambassador with the ability to make internal and external contacts.
· Able to treat all people with respect and dignity.
· Willing to take responsibility for actions and remain accountable.
· A team player.
REPORTING TO Director of Grants
This job description is not contractual. Tasks may change over time by negotiation with the postholder.
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Purpose of the role
As Deputy CEO of Leeds Older People’s Forum, you will play a pivotal leadership role in driving our mission to ensure older people in Leeds have the opportunities, choices and support they need to live the life they want.
Working closely with the CEO, you will shape organisational strategy, influence policy and system change, and build strong partnerships with decision‑makers, funders and our third sector member organisations.
What’s involved?
The Deputy CEO will support the CEO drive LOPF’s mission and lead delivery of its key outcomes for older people in Leeds. The role combines strategy, influence and leadership, including:
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Shaping and delivering LOPF strategy and developing new ideas that improve the lives of older people.
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Influencing policy and system change by building strong relationships with decision‑makers and ensuring the third sector has a voice at city‑wide boards.
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Supporting and strengthening our third sector members through learning, grant‑making, network support and helping members access funding.
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Responsibility for managing staff, budgets, projects and funder relationships.
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Ensuring impact, keeping work aligned to LOPF’s priorities and involving older people and member organisations in everything we do.
Skills and experience
The skills and experience we are looking for include:
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Senior leadership experience with strong strategic thinking and decision‑making skills.
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Excellent relationship‑builder able to influence policymakers, funders and partners.
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Strong understanding of the third sector and the diverse needs of older people.
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Proven operational management, including staff leadership, budgets and project delivery.
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Confident communicator who can represent LOPF and engage stakeholders effectively.
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Change‑focused mindset, able to innovate, improve and respond quickly to emerging issues.
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Values‑driven, with a genuine commitment to improving life for older people.
Please note this role is fixed term until March 2028 subject to identifying further funding
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