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Training and Consultancy Manager

Salary: £38,655-£41,841 (£43,091-£46,643 London)

Contract: Initial two years fixed term

Closing date: 10:00 6th June 2025

Interviews: 16th June 2025

*please note - the role is home-based but with regular travel across England. 

Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) is the national charity supporting practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience to transform services and systems for people facing multiple disadvantage - a combination of experiences including poverty, trauma, homelessness, substance misuse, mental ill health and contact with the criminal justice system.

Following an exciting period of growth in our support to local areas, we are now looking for an ambitious and effective person to join our team as Training and Consultancy Manager.

As Training and Consultancy Manager, you will help us achieve our mission for people facing multiple disadvantage by:

- Developing, coordinating and helping to deliver our training programmes,

- Leading on sales, marketing and new business for training and consultancy,

- Contributing to our commercial strategy,

- Acting as a valued and active team member.

We are seeking someone with experience of sales and marketing in a similar environment, alongside knowledge and experience related to multiple disadvantage, allowing you to deliver some aspects of our training as required.  You will be highly organised, commercially minded and able to work closely with team members and associates who also deliver training and consultancy work.

You will join a small and committed team working with more than 50 local areas, and build deep relationships with local areas across the MEAM Approach network and beyond.

MEAM values and prioritises different perspectives and all lived experience and as such we welcome applications from all under-represented groups, people with experience of multiple disadvantage and people with convictions.

If you feel this role is for you, please visit the Team -> Jobs section on our website for a full recruitment pack. 

Location: Homebased

Contract: Full time, fixed term 1 year contract.

Salary: Salary £34,000 per annum

Closing Date: 26 June 2025

If you have the creativity and skills to develop engaging and accessible elearning content that supports youth development, then joining Sea Cadets as a Senior Virtual Learning Officer could be a good move for you!

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

We are currently looking for a Senior Virtual Learning Officer to join our learning development team.

This role will be involved in the development of training covering subjects such as:

• Safeguarding
• EDI topics such as Autism and Gender Diversity
• Health and Safety
• Onboarding new adult volunteers to Sea Cadets

If you enjoy eLearning development this could be the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Work with course designers to develop new, and maintain existing, elearning and media content.
• Translate storyboards into interactive learning content, creating activities, graphics, animations, audio and videos, using tools such as Articulate (Storyline and Rise), Canva, H5P, Murf and Adobe.
• Ensure learning meets development guidelines, and is accessible, functional and engaging.
• Integrate learning content to create courses on our learning management system (Moodle).
• Test learning content, including using screen readers and other accessibility software.
• Help to maintain the guidelines for course development.
• Support the day-to-day administration of the Sea Cadets learning management environment
• Cultivate strong working relationships across multiple teams (internal and external)
• Stay up to date with latest system upgrades and advise on their potential impact on existing or new courses

Requirements

• eLearning development experience ( e.g. tools such as Articulate Storyline and Rise, or similar)
• Experience in media creation for graphics, sound and video editing.
• Good MS Office skills

Desirable

• Experience using Teams and SharePoint
• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• LMS Administration experience (our platform is based on Moodle, Mahara and Alfresco but other LMS skills will be transferable)
• Subject matter knowledge in one of the following areas:
  • Supporting Autistic young people
  • Specialised educational needs
  • Other Equity, Diversity and Inclusion subjects
  • Safeguarding
  • Onboarding new people

For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.

Benefits

• Some hybrid working opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

Additional Information

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

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

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check, and successfully acquire MoD security clearance.

Active Lincolnshire is seeking an experienced and motivated individual to lead our approach to insight, evaluation and learning. This pivotal role will be responsible for developing and embedding processes and systems to ensure we are a data and learning-led organisation, enabling us to understand and communicate the short and long-term impact of our work.

The purpose of the role is to share information that enables people to make informed decisions to tackle the inequalities that exist in physical activity and to ensure that Active Lincolnshire can articulate the impact of our work on enabling people to lead more active lives.

We want to recruit a driven individual looking to make a difference to the health of our community. They should be able to reflect, see a broader picture and connect the dots. Enabling a smart approach to our work and making a difference where it’s needed. They should be driven towards a collaborative approach of working, encouraging, championing and enabling others along the way.

Active Lincolnshire is a charity and one of the national network of Active Partnerships supported by Sport England to lead the local implementation of the national ‘Uniting the Movement’ strategy which we do through ‘Let’s Move Lincolnshire’ the countywide strategy for physical activity.

It is our aim that everyone in Lincolnshire has options and opportunities to be active every day. We are particularly focussed on increasing physical activity levels and using the positive power of sport and physical activity to tackle inequalities. Lincolnshire as a county has high levels of inactivity, exacerbating other challenges including longterm health conditions - further impacted by gaps in the provision of relevant and accessible opportunities to be active.

Tackling the challenge of inactivity requires us to be working at system level with a wide and complex network of partners and stakeholders and understanding people in our communities.

Anyone joining the Active Lincolnshire team must demonstrably uphold our values of integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, innovation and learning and our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and tackling inequalities. Given the nature of the role, an utmost ability to maintain and respect confidentiality is crucial.

How we behave and our ways of working are important to success – specifically the post holder will need to be committed to being a team player, having empathy, a growth mindset and understanding other perspectives.

As Head of Insight and Evaluation you will:

• Provide leadership and expertise in insight, evaluation and learning across the organisation.
• Develop and embed monitoring, learning and evaluation methods to guide our work and track progress.
• Develop an approach to monitor our impact against organisational, local and national goals.
• Collaborate across the organisation to embed learning processes.
• Foster and advocate for an organisation culture of continuous learning within Active Lincolnshire and external partners.

This role requires the ability to navigate complex, whole system ways of working and to translate insights into actionable strategies that drive positive change.

Key Responsibilities

Develop Insight, Evaluation and Learning Frameworks.

• Design and embed robust systems for collecting and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data.
• Connect with Sport England monitoring, learning and evaluation frameworks and ways of working and embed them locally.
• Capture, collate and effectively share data from communities, stakeholders, national datasets and partners
• Analyse current patterns, trends and emotional/systemic measures to inform decisions.
• Ensure alignment with governance and programme requirements.
• Develop and maintain best practice guidance on evaluation methods.
• Upskill the Active Lincolnshire team on insight and learning approaches.
• Foster a learning culture, translating data into usable knowledge and change theories.
• Ensure our commitments to diversity, inclusion, environmental sustainability and wellbeing are embedded in all decisions.

Build a Movement through Information

• Share learning effectively with a variety of audiences to influence change.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with local and national data and insight leads.
• Interpret and present complex health and demographic data clearly and accessibly.
• Promote collaboration and data sharing across the system at local, regional and national levels.
• Develop engaging case studies and success stories to complement quantitative data.

Plan and Deliver Efficiently

• Integrate learning, monitoring and evaluation into project and programme cycles.
• Prioritise and manage reporting deadlines and governance requirements.
• Streamline processes to ensure efficient and meaningful reporting.
• Identify opportunities for shared learning and resource use across partners and programmes.

Support Innovation

• Encourage lateral thinking and creative problem-solving in insight and evaluation.
• Demonstrate confidence using various data tools and digital platforms.
• Present data in imaginative and audience-appropriate formats.
• Inspire and enable others to share and act on learning across our systems.

Person Specification Essential

• Proven analytical ability to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative data.
• Demonstrable experience in evaluation, insight generation and data-driven decision making.
• Strong understanding of working with and within community-based contexts.
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation methodology, including Social Return on Investment (SROI)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and build trusted, long-term relationships.
• Confidence in translating academic or data-dense material for practical use.
• Experience supporting projects with uncertainty or evolving approaches.
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to respond quickly to insight needs for funding or development opportunities.
• Ability to produce reports using multiple data sets and information sources and to present findings to various stakeholders.
• Ability to be flexible and agile in your approach, responding to the needs of the organisation and local need as it evolves.
• Excellent team player with interpersonal skills, ability to develop meaningful relationship as a trusted colleague and partner.
• Current, valid, driving licence
• Excellent understanding of the English language
• Fluent in IT, digital skills and technology
• Uphold integrity in all that you do, working transparently and with accountability

Desirable

• Experience working with health-based data (e.g., Active Lives, Moving Communities).
• Knowledge of Lincolnshire’s communities, stakeholders and demographics.

Qualifications and qualities

We’re more interested in your approach, personal and professional experiences and your attitude, than formal qualifications; however, an excellent standard of written and spoken English is essential for this role. You must be passionate about the positive power of sport and physical activity.

What matters to us is that we have talented, enthusiastic and experienced professionals working with us who can help deliver our vision. You don't have to be sporty to work at Active Lincolnshire, but you must be passionate about people and the positive power sport and physical activity can have on people’s lives. We’re more interested in your experience and attitude than formal qualifications.

Inclusive Recruitment Process

We operate an inclusive, equitable and transparent recruitment and assessment process, underpinned by an organisational commitment to equality and diversity. We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds who can bring an array of skills and experience to our organisation. We’re committed to making sure every applicant is assessed solely on merit and relevant experience to do the job.

As an employer, we actively seek to ensure that our workforce reflects the communities we serve, recognising that this makes us better able to understand their needs and priorities. We can only do this by ensuring that the people who work for us are the best they can be irrespective of age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, marital status, religion or belief.

We value the ideas and contributions from everybody and welcome and support difference. Our aim is to make sure that equality, diversity and inclusion run through everything we do as an employer.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities, and guarantee interviews for applicants with disabilities that meet the requirement of the role as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme.

Key Dates

• Application deadline: Wednesday 11th June 2025
• Interviews: Week commencing Monday 23rd June (at our Lincoln office)

Place of work Flexible/hybrid working with community-based and Lincoln office presence.

Contract 12-month fixed-term, with potential to become permanent.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + 3 days at Christmas
• Celebration Day (personal choice)
• Westfield Health private healthcare
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible working policy
• Time to be active in the working week
• Team away days
• Training and development opportunities
• Employer pension contributions
• Time in the working week to volunteer
• Staff wellbeing policy 
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in Lincolnshire

£39,000 to £45,000 (dependent on skills and experience).

Reporting to Director

Responsible for no direct reports

Closing date Wednesday 11th June 2025

Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with our client to help them recruit for their first Interim Fundraising Director. The NGO was founded in 1993, as the UK network for organisations working in international development. They unite and support a diverse network of over 365 civil society organisations to help eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice. They work to influence governments and policymakers, develop the skills of people in the sector, share expertise, and build organisational capacity and partnerships. They also support the sector to decolonise and become more anti-racist and locally-led.

This role is offered on an interim part-time 12 months contract basis paying a salary of circa £85,000 (0.4 FTE) pro rata with flexible remote working arrangements and occasional meetings at their London office.

The post-holder will support the organisation's secure the next phase of their large grants and to identify and engage with new and existing funders to diversify their funding sources. They will combine coordination with building strong relationships and supporting the organisation's managers and leaders to secure their funding into the future. The post holder will lead an informal team of staff drawn from across the organisation and work closely with the CEO and Directors to establish and maintain relationships with key donors. They will also play a key role in upskilling and developing staff capacity to fundraise within the organisation and coordinating their efforts.

They are looking for a candidate with significant existing relationships and networks amongst the major donors likely to fund the organisation's work. They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in bringing teams together to submit bids, overseeing active funder management and finding the best relationships from which to secure funds.  The ideal candidate will have a track record in fundraising from major donors and a strong interest in and understanding of the international development sector and the role of networks within that sector.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.

If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you. 

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

LGBTQ+ Youth Outreach Practitioner

Responsible to: CEO

Hours: Full time 37 hours

Salary: £28,000

Based: Fenny Stratford and hybrid working

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year (extension subject to funding)

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th June

Interview Date: Friday 13th June

Context

Q:alliance provides support, information and representation for the LGBTQ+ people who live, work and play in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas. We have detailed knowledge of the issues and challenges that organisations and individuals face locally.

It’s our goal to create more safe spaces and resources to ensure the LGBTQ+ community is well represented and supported.

Scope

This established role will engage the LGBTQ+ Schools Partnership Forum (Milton Keynes) to plan, deliver and evaluate educational programmes for young people and manage a 1:1 caseload of support for LGBTQ+ young people across schools, colleges, and youth services in Milton Keynes. You will develop and implement training to upskill teachers, education staff and youth workers. Working collaboratively with all partners to ensure safe spaces for young LGBTQ+ people across diverse settings with particular focus on increasing resilience, wellbeing, and mental health of LGBTQ+ youth communities.

You will work closely with our youth work team and CEO to determine targets for outreach, engagement, and effective monitoring systems to ensure robust reporting.

Main Responsibilities

· Networking – Strengthen the LGBTQ+ Schools Partnership Forum, supporting teachers, education staff and youth workers to access resources, implement inclusive learning environments and provide support for LGBTQ+ young people in their settings. Coordinate meetings with the network to update on shifting needs, priorities, and situations in a local and national context.

· Data capture and intelligence - Support Q;alliance’s commitment to sustaining a contemporary data and monitoring mechanism, guaranteeing we can deliver thorough evaluations of our services and competent feedback to our funders and stakeholders on the efficacy of our work. Analyse local intelligence directly from LGBTQ+ youth communities and use this to co-produce plans with young people to ensure our youth services are engaging and meeting needs.

· Support, information and empowerment – develop and implement resources for 1:1 education and resilience work with LGBTQ+ young people, provide support for young people in crisis, ensuring effective signposting to relevant services and collaboration with parents, guardians, teachers and education staff where appropriate.

· Innovation – work with the CEO, LGBTQ+ Schools Partnership Forum and young people to innovate a schools accreditation system that will acknowledge and cultivate schools’ competence to provide safe spaces and support for LGBTQ+ young people.

· Stakeholder and community engagement – Work with Communications and Engagement Manager to plan outreach activities in line with Engagement Plan and communicate with youth communities in line with our Communications Strategy. Forge and support enduring relationships with key partners, strengthening our commitment to building an alliance of cross-sector compassionate advocates for the LGBTQ+ community in its diverse forms.

· Education – Plan, develop and deliver positive and engaging classroom workshops and school assemblies to a wide range of young people, ensuring key messages are inclusive of diverse perspectives, including those from black and minoritized communities.

· Training - Develop and deliver training for teachers, education staff and youth workers with the aim of improving the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth communities and the capacity of those with the power to assist in this endeavour.

Skills and Experience

Expertise

· Vast experience working with and supporting young people

· Experience of developing and sustaining a network

· Proficiency in authoring innovative education and training packages, delivery, and evaluation

· Knowledge of the challenges affecting young LGBTQ+ people

· Knowledge of issues affecting young people’s mental health and the skills required to build resilience

· Excellent planning, organisation and administrative skills

· Expertise in safeguarding young people, ensuring welfare of all by following policy and procedures in relation to recognising, recording, and responding to safeguarding concerns and liaising with the Designated Safeguarding Lead

· Ability to observe strict confidentiality at all times with respect to matters concerning young people and the schools, colleges and youth settings in which you support through your role in the developing network

· Capable to respond to a young person in crisis and establish the right tools and resources to assist them

Communication

· A high standard of written English, including an ability to write thorough reports, make referrals to partner agencies, maintain outreach files, and record minutes of forum meetings

· An engaging and charismatic public speaking style with the ability to adapt delivery style dependent on context and audience

· Ability to adopt a positive constructive language style when talking to young people 1:1

· Confidence to communicate with relatives, guardians, social workers and related professionals or advocates of young people

· Knowledge and proficiency in social media and a recognition of the role it plays in young people’s lives

Behaviours

· Skills in forming constructive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels

· Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of professional boundaries when working with young people and the importance of consistency

· Passionate about equality, the rights of LGBTQ+ people and neurodiversity.

· Evident desire to improve service delivery using co-production initiatives with young people

· An ability to listen with empathy and act compassionately

· Competence to work on own initiative and demonstrate innovation and creative problem solving

· Model conduct essential for successful teams, such as reliability, honesty and courage

Desirable

· Qualifications in youth work, teaching or mental health support

· Data, monitoring, and impact training, including up to date GDPR certificate (2 years)

· LGBTQ+ lived experience

Other

· Full driving license and use of own vehicle

· Ability to work flexibly, with occasional evening and weekend working

· Commitment to further personal development and training

· Please note: Enhanced DBS is required for this role

What you’ll bring to the team

You will serve as the first point of contact for schools, colleges and youth settings. You will chair a dynamic network of school and college leads and empower team members with the information you have gained so that we can better respond to the needs of LGBTQ+ young people, including how this may relate to securing vital funds for services. You will help our youth workers understand the impact education has on the lives of our youth communities, whilst championing the good work of teachers and education staff who are trailblazers. You will ensure continuity of support between school, Q:Hub (our youth support space) and our other youth service provisions.

The LGBTQ+ Youth Outreach Practitioner will have responsibility for the following documents.

· Youth engagement subdivision of the Engagement Plan (Comms and Engagement Manager responsibility for wider plan)

· Contact Evaluation forms/data capture

· Monthly Outreach Report

· Youth Participation Policy

· Resource library pertaining to our work with young people

· LGBTQ+ Schools Partnership Forum minutes (approx. 6 meetings per year)

Apply via our website and submit an application to the designated recruitment email address using the supplied application form.

Enquiries about this post from candidates can be directed to the Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Hill. 

About Women in Prison

Women in Prison is a national, women-led, feminist organisation. We deliver front line support to women harmed by the criminal justice system, through our work in prisons, in the community and ‘through the prison gate’ as they resettle back into their communities. We also campaign for systems change that addresses the root causes of offending, reduces the harmful impact of prison, and creates workable, community-based alternatives to imprisonment.

Job Description:

Job Purpose:

The Family Advocate will provide trauma-informed specialist support to women in the community and in prison who are at risk of losing custody of their children/have already experienced child removal. This role will also upskill colleagues, and work with Children’s Social Care teams to improve the response to women impacted by the criminal justice system.

Key Responsibility Areas 

1.      Provide high-quality, trauma-responsive support to women in contact with the criminal justice system, who are at risk of experiencing/have experienced child removal. 

2.      Provide expert advice and support to colleagues, including upskilling through information and training sessions on Children’s Social Care and family court processes, and increase Children's Social Care teams' knowledge and understanding on women in the criminal justice system.   

3.      Develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, such as Children’s Social Care, probation, prison, to ensure a collaborative approach to women’s needs. 

4.      Monitor case management systems to ensure accurate and timely data recording, aligning with contract KPIs and WIP policies.

Disability Sheffield is currently reviewing how we deliver our Community Advocacy work to ensure it is joined-up, fully user-led, representative, accessible and accountable to the community; and ultimately delivers positive change on behalf of our community. To do this effectively we are recruiting a new, senior post that oversees all of Disability Sheffield’s Community Advocacy work on a day-day basis to ensure that our work is as high-quality, consistent and impactful as possible.

This role will directly oversee both the established Sheffield Voices project and the pan-disability / non-LD community advocacy work. It will be a key role in Disability Sheffield’s newly formed senior management team (SMT) and will be the recognised deputy for the CEO in their absence. Some of this is still a work in progress, so initially the role will be about ensuring Sheffield Voices continues to deliver high quality, impactful work whilst starting to develop a more coordinated, effective and visible approach to our pan-disability / non-Learning Disabilities and Autism work.

For more information and to download the Cover Letter, Job Desctiption and Application, please click the "Redirect to Recruiter" button.

This is an exciting opportunity to join St John and play a key role in helping to continue to rebuild our youth programmes post-Covid. The purpose of the role is to engage with new and diverse communities and take ownership of our strategy to increase membership to 20000 young people. The Project Development Officer will be responsible for driving work within these new communities, recruiting new adult volunteers into youth unit teams, promoting SJA youth programmes and building positive relationships with partners and local communities. This is an initial 11 month FTC with the possibility to extend subject to funding.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, hybrid, flexible working, 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years, options to buy and sell holiday, free first/mental aid first aider courses, Blue Light and NHS online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, flu jab, eye care, mental health and wellbeing tools and volunteering days. 

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You:

• Experience of working with young people
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of supporting teams of people to deliver agreed outcomes
• Experience of community development and evidence of working to engage diverse communities
• Experience of managing a project within a set geography and inputting into a project budget

About The Role:

• Supporting local volunteer teams to write and deliver project plans that promote successful and sustainable growth within their local areas
• Planning, facilitating and delivering forums and working groups ensuring engagement with young people and/or volunteers in all activities to ensure the effective delivery of the project
• Developing, maintaining and reviewing partnerships and networks within the target areas to identify and pursue opportunities for expanding St John Ambulance’s work with young people.
• Consulting with young people, internal and external to St John Ambulance, to promote youth voice at all levels of decision making
• Proactively seeking to recruit new adult volunteers and young people by undertaking recruitment activities including; holding welcome evenings, attending recruitment fairs, and supporting screening.

About Us:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes).

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.

Strategic. People-focused. Ready to grow something that matters?

At Brighter Together, we believe in a UK where every older person has regular, meaningful connections with young children. Our award-winning intergenerational programme tackles isolation and improves wellbeing by bringing together two often-overlooked groups—older adults and early years children—through joyful, structured weekly sessions.

We’re on an ambitious growth journey, and we’re now looking for a Programme Lead to help shape the next phase of our impact.

Founded in 2020, we’ve delivered over 160 projects across London, with extraordinary results: 98% of older adults report improved emotional wellbeing, and 97% of children show significant development in social skills. With expert-designed sessions based on cognitive stimulation therapy and the EYFS framework, our model is evidence-led, highly engaging, and full of heart.

We’re a small, dynamic charity with a start-up mindset: agile, fast-moving, and ambitious. This is your chance to play a key leadership role in a high-impact social venture—and help build something that really matters.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the strategic growth, sales and delivery of our intergenerational programme across London

• Building and maintaining partnerships with care homes, nurseries and local stakeholders

• Overseeing and supporting a team of Session Facilitators and volunteers

• Shaping our impact and evaluation approach and producing key data insights

• Playing a core leadership role in organisational strategy, systems, and communications

This job is for you if:

• You thrive in start-up environments—building, improving, adapting

• You love selling a impactful programme to potential partners

• You’re a natural people person with strong project and team management skills

• You have experience leading programmes or partnerships with social impact

• You’re strategic, solutions-focused, and love getting things done

• You believe in the power of human connection to transform lives

Key details:

• Contract: 12-month fixed term, with potential to become permanent (subject to funding)

• Location: Hybrid, with 2 days/week in our Twickenham office + travel across London

• Salary: £32,000 – £42,000 depending on experience

• Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays

• Hours: Full-time, with flexible working options

How to apply:

Send us your CV, a 2-page supporting statement, and a short task (outlined in our recruitment pack).

First round interviews: w/c 23rd June | Final interviews: Friday 4th July

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences. If you’re not sure you meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.

Are you a passionate, driven professional who wants your work to have real meaning? Do you believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home and the support to rebuild their life?

As a charity supporting adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, we provide essential services that empower people to rebuild their lives with dignity and independence.

We’re now looking for a dedicated and proactive Fundraiser to help grow our income and sustain the life-changing work we do every day.

This is a brand-new and exciting opportunity to join our team at a pivotal time in our journey. Working closely with the Chief Executive, you’ll play a central role in shaping and delivering a diverse range of income-generating activities that drive forward our strategic fundraising plan. Your work will directly support the growth of our services, enable us to reach more people, and help create lasting, positive change in the community.

Key responsibilities include:

• Researching and securing funding from trusts, foundations, individuals, and corporate partners

• Writing compelling grant applications and donor proposals

• Building and maintaining meaningful relationships with donors and supporters

• Developing engaging fundraising campaigns and communications

• Ensuring accurate reporting and compliance across all fundraising activities

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Experienced in fundraising with a track record of securing income

• An excellent communicator - both written and verbal

• Organised, self-motivated, and creative in their approach

• Passionate about making a difference in people’s lives

Why work with us?

At Shiloh, you’ll be part of a compassionate, values-driven team that genuinely cares. We offer:

• A welcoming and supportive workplace

• Flexibility to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance

• The opportunity to contribute to a cause that matters

• Ongoing training and development

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. While our charity is founded on Christian values, we support and employ people of all faiths and none, united by a shared commitment to compassion and community.

The application deadline is 12 noon on Wednesday, 11th June 2025.

Location: Either in one of our global offices (Bristol or London - UK, Madagascar, Belize, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Kenya, Senegal) or home-based within countries where Blue Ventures has administrative capacity (Tanzania) and the United States.

Closing date for applications: 23 May 2025

Start date: As soon as possible 

Contract duration: Permanent

Remuneration: Salaries are gross per annum and will be in line with national salary grades and experience; circa £79,205 - £94, 056 (UK); circa IDR 819,656,485 - IDR 1,213,091,598 (Indonesia); circa KES 8,200,933 - KES 12,137,381 (Kenya); circa TZS 12,137,381 - TZS 140,768,002 (Tanzania); circa XOF 38,749,823 - XOF 57,349,738 (Senegal); circa USD 43,048 - USD 63,711 (Timor-Leste); circa BZD 105,246- BZD 136,167 (Belize); circa MGA 200,388,967 - MGA 361,582,361 (net per annum; only applicable in Madagascar).

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities.

Blue Ventures is a marine conservation organisation that puts people first. We support coastal fishers in remote and rural communities to rebuild fisheries, restore ocean life and build lasting pathways to prosperity. Our work began two decades ago in Madagascar’s remote coastal communities and is growing globally. 

Across a dozen countries, we’re partnering with traditional fishers and community organisations to design, scale, strengthen and sustain fisheries management and conservation at the community level. We bring partners together in networks to advocate for reform and share tools and best practices to support fishing communities across the globe. 

Summary job description

The Director of Community Training and Learning will play a critical leadership role in shaping the technical foundations of Blue Ventures’ global training efforts. As the strategic lead on knowledge content, this role will oversee the development of frameworks, guidance documents, and curriculum materials that form the backbone of Blue Ventures’ training and capacity building across key programme pillars: Community-Based Fisheries Management, Secure Rights, Food Security, and Financial Inclusion.

Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, the Director will manage a team of subject matter experts, ensuring that their work is strategically aligned, technically robust, and rooted in the lived experience of the communities we serve. This role is responsible for creating the substantive content and technical learning outcomes transformed by the Training and Learning team into engaging, accessible training modules for our digital learning platform.

The Director of Community Training and Learning will bring deep expertise in community fisheries, strong leadership of multidisciplinary technical teams, and the ability to think strategically about how interconnected programme themes contribute to community-led resource management and resilience. This is key to ensuring that Blue Ventures’ training content reflects global best practices, is grounded in real-world community experience, and supports sustainable, rights-based approaches to marine resource management.

For the full job description, please download the attached. 

To apply, please click on 'Redirect to recruiter' and apply via the Blue Ventures careers page. 

We are seeking a dynamic and creative fundraiser to support activity across community and events fundraising. The role will focus on providing exceptional stewardship for our calendar of community and events fundraising. You’ll build relationships with supporters and deliver impactful events as well as grow our income through individual giving. 

About Us

The Brompton Fountain is the children’s charity at Royal Brompton Hospital - a world leading specialist centre for complex heart and lung disease. We work in partnership with the teams on the wards, paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and in outpatient clinics. Our charity provides support and resources for patients, families and staff, as well as funding lifesaving medical equipment, accommodation - so that parents can stay close to their child during an admission, toys and entertainment for the playroom and improvements to the facilities to create the best possible environment for families to promote their wellbeing during what can often be a very challenging time. In collaboration with the hospital trust and the NHS we also fund research projects and develop new initiatives for babies, children and young people with heart and lung conditions. 

About You

Our ideal candidate will have experience of working in a fundraising or similar role. You'll have strong written and verbal communication skills to write engaging and inspiring content and messaging. An ability to empathise and communicate effectively about our work is key. If you like the sound of our role then this could your opportunity to join a children’s charity with great credibility and big ambitions as we broaden our reach and significantly increase our impact. 

Main Duties and Responsilbilties 

Community and Events Fundraising

• Assist in the planning and execution of a diverse range of fundraising events, including challenge events and community initiatives.

• Support the management of event logistics, including participant communication, volunteer coordination, and on-the-day activities.

• Collaborate with external partners and suppliers to ensure smooth event operations and build strong relationships for future collaboration.

• Lead outreach efforts to engage new local community partners, such as (small) businesses, schools, and clubs, promoting fundraising opportunities and supporting their initiatives.

• Lead on generating income through supermarket schemes. • To represent the charity when required in schools, engagement events and cheque presentations. 

Individual Giving

• Manage the regular giving programme by implementing a rolling 12-month plan of meaningful touchpoints to deepen relationships.

• Develop and implement a plan to encourage increased giving and recruit new regular donors with personalised cultivation and stewardship.

• Maximise engagement and retention of individual supporters (giving at lower to mid-level) by prompt thanking, excellent stewardship and building effective donor journeys.

Supporter Care

• Serve as the primary point of contact for community and events fundraisers, delivering outstanding stewardship ensuring they receive the information and support needed to maximise their fundraising potential while maintaining the highest standards of stewardship and being respectful of potential sensitivities particularly when working with families who are fundraising in memory.

• Provide timely and effective follow-up communications with supporters, ensuring they feel valued and engaged.

• Maintain our CRM database ensuring accurate records to track communications, income, and supporter preferences, ensuring compliance with GDPR and data protection laws. 

Administrative and Financial Support

• Process cash and cheque donations, Gift Aid and matched funding claims, ensuring this income is processed and recorded accurately on our database.

• Manage the distribution of supporter resources, conduct stock checks for fundraising materials and ensure an organised work environment for all fundraising assets.

• Overseeing our online shop.

Marketing and Communication

• Create engaging materials (posters, leaflets, stories etc), social media content and e-newsletters to inspire participation in fundraising activities.

• Produce impact reports and collate information for the HOF to support fundraising initiatives and grant applications.

• Ensure fundraising and associated webpages are kept up to date. Team Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with the wider team (when required) to support in-hospital and community events as well as assisting with tasks as needed to ensure smooth charity operations.

• Support the CEO and team members with ad hoc projects, activities, and any high-priority tasks to contribute to overall team objectives.

• Any other duties as required by the Head of Fundraising.

Additional Information

Salary is £30,000 - £32,000 per annum (DOE). The role covers 37.5 hours per week. Two days per week working in our charity office at Royal Brompton Hospital - London, and the remaining hours to be worked remotely. Occasional evening and weekend work subject to our events calendar. Exact working pattern to be discussed at the interview stage.

One-year fixed term contract with the potential to extend contract length subject to performance and funding.

A full driving licence or the ability to travel to events and meetings within London and the South East is essential.

Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position.

The role requires successful completion of an enhanced DBS check and mandatory training including level 3 safeguarding (costs covered by charity). Any job offer and subsequent employment is subject to satisfactory references / checks and a three-month probationary period.

The Brompton Fountain is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

You are providing your personal information to The Brompton Fountain and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals (part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) for the purposes of staff administration; administration of membership records (Foundation Trust Membership); crime prevention and prosecution of offenders; National Fraud initiative and occupational health purposes and by applying for this post you hereby consent to the charity and Trust processing of your personal data as outlined above

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to balance home / work life

• Time off in lieu for evening and weekend work

• Home office set up including phone, laptop and printer. • Pension scheme.

• Training and development with career progression opportunities.

• Reasonable expenses paid for offsite meetings and activities

• 27 days holiday entitlement plus 8 bank holidays

• Blue Light Card: enjoy discounts both online and in store across various outlets. 

Assistant Finance Business Partner
Reference: APR20256891
Location: This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will be required to work at our headquarters at the Lodge in Sandy, Bedfordshire when requested and for say month-end (typically in the first week of each month), training etc
Contract: Fixed-Term for 12 months, possibly leading to a permanent contract
Hours: Part-Time, 0.6 FTE, 22.5 hours per week with some flexibility
Salary: £33,027.00 - £35,259.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

The Financial Planning & Reporting Team are looking for an Assistant Business Partner (AFBP) to join the team as soon as possible. 

What's the role about? 

The post holder will support the Finance Business Partners and Senior Reporting Accountant with the production of weekly and monthly financial reports and general management accounts duties.

The post holder will complete reconciliations and maintain records for budget monitoring and forecasting in support of the Finance Business Partners. They may also investigate variances and help maintain the finance systems. 

Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• AAT level 4 qualification or be CIMA / ACCA part-qualified

• Numerate and proficient in using Microsoft 365, particularly excel

• Able to build relationships within the finance team and comfortable resolving queries with non finance specialists

• Able to work at pace with minimal supervision and able to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines

• Proven experience of making recommendations to decision makers through analysis of financial information, modelling scenarios and paying due regard to risk and control issues

• Proven ability to understand business issues and identify interventions to improve business performance

• Proven experience of identifying key metrics that contribute to organisational performance and informing managers of such in a manner that facilitates rapid management response

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Previous experience as a management accountant or assistant finance business partnering role

• Previous exposure to charitable reporting

• Previous experience of budgeting and project accounting

Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 23rd May 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position to be confirmed and agreed with the candidates. 

We reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form. In the cover letter section you will be able to explain how you meet the criteria set above.

This role will require completion of a DBS/PVG/Access NI in addition to the standard pre-employment checks.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Variety is looking for an experienced Office and Facilities Manager who is proactive and highly organised to oversee the smooth day-to-day running of our office environment. This role blends operations, facilities management, and a bit of people-first thinking—ensuring the workspace is safe, efficient, and enjoyable for everyone. We own our building in Camden which has three floors and we intend to rent out one of the floors (one floor is c2,628sq feet). This role requires management of office building matters, tenants and general office management including assistance to CEO.

ABOUT VARIETY

 Variety, The Children’s Charity provides practical, life-changing support to disabled and disadvantaged children across the UK. There are currently 4.3 million children living in poverty in the U.K, with 600,000 children both disabled and living in poverty. Variety’s programmes make an immediate and lasting difference to disabled and disadvantaged children and young people by directly improving their wellbeing and quality of life. As well as improving physical and mental health, Variety’s support enables children to reach their full potential.

In 2024, His Majesty King Charles III graciously accepted the Patronage of Variety, the Children's Charity. This historic milestone coincided with Variety’s 75th anniversary and stands as a testament to the trusted role that Variety plays as a national children's charity meeting the needs of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

 Office Management:

• Oversee daily office operations and maintain a professional, welcoming environment.
• Act as the primary point of contact for office-related vendors (cleaning, supplies, security, etc.).
• Manage office supplies inventory and place orders when necessary.
• Support onboarding/offboarding processes from a facilities perspective
• Handle incoming mail and deliveries and ensure efficient distribution.
• First point of contact for calls, visitors, and general office inquiries.

Governance:

• Assistance to CEO with diary coordination, organisation of events, meetings, and in-office gatherings.
• Coordination of finance committee and Trustee meetings
• Minute taking at meetings as required
• Administrative assistance as required

Facilities Management:

• Oversee building maintenance, safety procedures, and office infrastructure.
• Liaise with tenants, building management, and external contractors to ensure facilities are well-maintained.
• Monitor and manage office budgets related to supplies, utilities, and maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations; manage risk assessments and fire safety drills.
• Lead sustainability initiatives within the office (e.g. recycling, energy-saving practices).
• Ensuring health and safety compliance for staff including being the fire marshal

Cost management

· solicit and compare competitive quotes for office services and building making recommendations based on quality, reliability, and value.

· Negotiate contracts to optimise costs without compromising service standards.

· Proactively identify areas for cost reduction or improvements.

Administrative & Support:

• Maintain records of office leases, utilities, and insurance policies.
• Manage access control systems and office security.
• Support leadership with general administrative tasks when required.
• Create and maintain facilities manuals, process documentation, and onboarding guides.

Other

· Health and safety duties including fire marshal- training will be provided.

· Undertake any other duties that may from time to time be required.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential:

• Proven experience as an Office and Facilities Manager, or similar role.
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving attitude with a high attention to detail.
• Familiarity with office software (e.g. MS Office, Teams)
• Knowledge of health and safety standards and regulations.

FURTHER INFORMATION

· Limited travel around the UK may be required. 

· Variety, the Children’s Charity, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

· Variety, the Children’s Charity, is committed to the principle of equality regardless of race, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, political opinion or affiliation, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, or disability. It is the responsibility of employees to apply Variety’s Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety Policies in their own area of responsibility and in their general conduct.

· Proof of eligibility to work in the UK is required.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your CV with a covering letter explaining why you’d make a great candidate for this role.

Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 23rd May with interviews taking place week commencing 2nd June 2025. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview

EQUALITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Inclusion is one of our key values and it is our ambition to recruit great people from diverse communities.

We welcome and encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment/identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity and or marriage/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements which we might need to consider in relation to the selection process.