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About Degrees 

The Degrees Initiative is a UK-based NGO that builds the capacity of the Global South to evaluate solar radiation modification (SRM) geoengineering, a controversial proposal for reducing some impacts of climate change by reflecting sunlight away from the Earth. Degrees is neutral on whether SRM should ever be used, but we believe that the Global South should be empowered to conduct their own research and to play a central role in SRM discussions. The initiative has been working in different forms for over a decade, and our work receives worldwide coverage and widespread acclaim. 

Role

The Events Officer will coordinate and support the planning and delivery of Degrees’ international events, including workshops bringing together Degrees-funded researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders, and the biennial Degrees Global Forum. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, the Events Officer will help ensure high-quality events that strengthen collaboration, showcase research outcomes, facilitate engagement with policymakers and advance Degrees’ mission to build capacity in the Global South to engage equitably in SRM deliberations.

The Events Officer will also provide general administrative support to the Policy Engagement team.

This role is ideal for a highly organised individual who enjoys coordinating complex logistics, managing multiple priorities, improving processes and ensuring that events run smoothly.

Key responsibilities

The Events Officer works under the supervision of the Events & Projects Manager, while supporting the Policy Engagement team in cooperation with the Policy Engagement Director. Responsibilities will include:

Events

• Arrange travel, lodging and other travel logistics for, funded scientists, policymakers, and other external participants;
• Maintain event budgets and expenditure records, working with the Events & Projects Manager and Operations and Finance team to monitor expenditure against budget;
• Arrange meeting facilities;
• Facilitate requests for visas and other travel authorisations;
• Serve as a point of contact for external event participants’ queries about travel and events;
• Assist Degrees staff with travel questions;
• Ensure proper distribution of participant documents in a timely manner;
• Maintain accurate event plans, timelines, trackers, action logs and participant records, and proactively follow up outstanding actions;
• Coordinate communications and follow-up actions between the Events & Projects Manager and other Degrees teams;
• Support supplier management and contracting processes as directed by the Events & Projects Manager;
• Support the development and maintenance of appropriate event risk assessments;
• Support post-event close-out, including participant feedback, reconciliation of records and expenditure, documentation and lessons learned.

Degrees Global Forum

• Support the Events & Projects Manager and the Conference Manager in the planning and delivery of the Degrees Global Forum;
• Coordinate participant registration processes and attendee records;
• Support abstract, poster and session submission processes;
• Support coordination with the venue, destination management company and other event suppliers, including maintaining schedules, requirements and action logs;
• Coordinate travel and accommodation arrangements for funded participants.

Support of policy engagement team

• Maintain the list of external policy engagement contacts.
• Draft general and formal correspondence; reviewing and formatting documents and slides according to style;
• Organise and maintain the policy engagement team’s shared mailbox and filing system;
• Schedule staff and other meetings;
• Support the administration and maintenance of Policy Engagement team processes, including agreed monitoring, evaluation and learning systems;

Key relationships

• Events & Projects Manager (line manager)
• Policy Engagement team, especially its Director
• Conference Manager
• Programmes team
• Fundraising Manager
• Operations and Finance team
• external venues, travel providers, and other suppliers

Qualifications

Essential

• At least two years’ relevant experience in administration, project coordination, events, or a similar role;
• Experience supporting the delivery of events, workshops, conferences, or similar activities, including coordinating travel and other logistics;
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or an additional three years of relevant professional experience;
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines and work effectively under pressure;
• Strong attention to detail and a professional, responsible approach to work;
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a dynamic, remote environment;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with colleagues and external stakeholders from a wide range of backgrounds;
• Excellent Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook, and confidence learning new digital tools;
• Experience maintaining financial records, monitoring or reconciling budgets, and working with spreadsheets;
• Experience using CRM systems, project management tools or similar databases;
• Ability to travel internationally when required, including to attend the biennial Degrees Global Forum; and
• Legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

Desirable

• Experience supporting international conferences, academic events, or other complex multi-day events;
• Experience with event registration or conference management systems;
• Experience using travel management platforms and supporting visa or travel-authorisation processes;
• Experience developing or maintaining standard operating processes;
• Knowledge of project management methodologies;
• Advanced digital skills, such as specialised spreadsheet functions, database administration or online form and workflow tools;
• Experience working in the charity, international development, research, non-governmental or intergovernmental sectors;
• One or more additional languages; and
• An interest in climate change, international development or international research collaboration.

Benefits of working at Degrees

• You will join a growing and dynamic charity operating at the intersection of climate change and global development.
• You will have the opportunity to contribute to a potentially high-impact issue by helping shape global conversations on climate science, empowering researchers in the Global South, and collaborating with some of the world’s leading SRM experts.
• The role is fully remote, allowing you to live anywhere within the United Kingdom. The charity has no central office and offers each employee up to £250 per month (including VAT) to cover co-working space costs. The team meets face-to-face at quarterly ‘awaydays’ in the UK, which are organised and paid for by the charity.
• Degrees provides an 8% employer pension contribution with no required employee contribution, which is generous by the standards of the UK third sector.
• The role includes opportunities for international travel.
• You will receive 25 days of annual leave per year, in addition to UK public holidays. If the charity closes between Christmas and New Year, you may also receive up to three extra days of leave.
• Personal development budget of £1,000 per year.

Head of Digital & Operations

Salary: £62,415 - £64,058.

Location: London – Hybrid Working.

Contract: Full-time (35 hours/week), Permanent

Line Manager: Director of People Operations and Assurance

Line Reports: Digital Delivery Lead, Operations Manager, Organisational Strengthening Manager, Data Manager

About Start Network

Start Network is a global network of over 150 local, national, and international NGOs. We act as a catalyst for system-level change to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and ethics of humanitarian action. By devolving power, resources, and decision-making to locally led networks and hubs, we build early financing systems and community-led solutions that anticipate and respond to crises.  

The Role

We are seeking a strategic, forward-thinking Head of Digital & Operations to lead our operational and digital systems. You will oversee the continuous improvement of our infrastructure, ensuring our programme teams, local hubs, and network members have scalable, compliant, and user-centred support.

As Start Network’s senior digital sponsor, you will own our digital and data roadmap, embed cyber security controls, strengthen operational resilience, and drive cross-organisational transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the Digital and Operations function, oversee its budget, sit on the Senior Management Group, and advise the Senior Leadership Team and Board Committees.
• Digital Strategy & Governance: Own the technology, data, and digital strategy. Provide senior oversight of digital architecture, system integrations, AI/automation ethics, GDPR, and cyber security.
• Operations & Resilience: Evolve the organisation's operating model. Oversee frameworks for procurement, travel, security, facilities, and business continuity planning.
• Programme Operations: Oversee the operational support models for key funds and initiatives (Start Fund, Start Ready, anticipatory action). Provide senior decision support on complex issues including hosting, compliance, safeguarding, and donor requirements.
• Team Management: Line-manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team of specialists while fostering an inclusive, values-driven culture.
• Rota Responsibilities: Participate in a weekend and holiday rota for smooth programme delivery (Start Fund/Start Ready) and on-call travel/security support.

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience leading large-scale digital and operational transformations in complex, multi-stakeholder organisations.
• Expertise in technology strategy development, cyber security, IT service management, and modern digital architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong data governance, reporting, and insight capabilities.
• Experience designing multi-geography operational frameworks, policies, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong leadership track record in change management, stakeholder influence, and team coaching.

Desirable Criteria:

• Background in the humanitarian, international development, or charity sectors.
• Experience working with Board committees, executive teams, and managing complex third-party vendor relationships.
• Proficiency in Start Network working languages in addition to English.

Travel

This role involves up to 4 weeks of international travel per year to conferences, Start Network hubs, or countries of operation.

Timeline:

- Applications close on Monday 5^th October.

- 1^st Stage Interviews scheduled for w/c 12^th October.

To apply for the role or for an informal discussion, please reach out to Daniel Kelner at Goodman Masson, who are our exclusive recruitment partner for this position:

Are you a social media whizz who loves creating content that people actually want to see? Is digital storytelling your passion, and do you want your creativity to make a real difference?

As MYTIME Young Carers enters an exciting new chapter of growth, we’re on the hunt for a Social Media Executive to help us reach more people, champion young carers, and build a brilliant and supportive online community.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, you might be exactly who we're looking for!

This is an exciting new role within the Marketing & Communications Team, joining at a time of growth.
We’re looking for a full-time Social Media Executive who loves all things digital and wants to grow in a 
role with purpose. This will be an important role in expanding MYTIME’s presence online, creating 
engaging content and building meaningful communities centred around our young carer support. 

As MYTIME works at an increasingly national level, you’ll help us connect with more people, raise 
awareness for young carers, support fundraising efforts, and share the impact our work makes. There’s 
plenty of room for creativity and a chance to turn our owned channels into a beacon for young carer 
information.

The ideal candidate will be someone who loves capturing content in-person as often as possible, has 
an organised approach, and gets excited by the chance to grow our channels.

This role will report directly to the Director of Marketing & Communications and will work closely with 
colleagues across MYTIME to bring stories, campaigns, and ideas to life across social media. This is a 
great opportunity for someone early in their social media career who is creative, enthusiastic, and keen 
to learn - with the possibility for career development in the future.

Interview date - Wednesday 7th October 2026

The Philanthropy, Engagement and Partnerships (PEP) Manager - Regional Ambassadors and Direct Fundraising will advance UWC Atlantic College’s fundraising ambitions by championing an approach grounded in partnerships and volunteering. This role bridges strategic direct fundraising with volunteer network leadership to drive philanthropic growth, long-term engagement, and tangible support for our educational mission.

Acting as the primary staff partner for a well-supported cohort of volunteer Regional Ambassadors, the post holder is responsible for developing a clear Ambassador identification, engagement, and retention plan that fosters solid peer-to-peer connections aligned with institutional goals.

Additionally, the role is accountable for establishing program metrics and objective reporting, effectively identifying and transitioning appropriate prospects into major or transformational strategies with other fundraising colleagues, and achieving agreed personal portfolio activity and annual income objectives.

If you think this sounds like something you would love to do, we would like to hear from you!

Please go to our website to see the full job description, person specification and application form.

Please note that the only method of application we accept is a completed UWCA Application form - we do not accept CV’s.

Closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 21st September, 12pm

Interviews for this role will take place on Monday 28th September.

This specific role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship or Accommodation

UWC Atlantic is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity Number: 525761

Are you curious about what digital data can tell us about how people find and engage with content?

We’re looking for a Digital Analytics Coordinator to join the Communications Directorate at the Royal College of Radiologists. In this role, you’ll analyse performance across our website, email and social channels, turning complex data into clear insight that helps shape how we plan and evaluate content and campaigns. You’ll also help ensure we’re measuring digital activity effectively, using tools including GA4 and Google Tag Manager to implement and maintain tracking.
 
Working closely with colleagues across the Content and Brand teams, you’ll help us understand what’s working, how our members are engaging with our content and where we can improve. Your insight will help us make evidence-based decisions, test and learn from what we do, and improve the digital experience we provide for our members.
 
What you’ll do:

• Gather, analyse and present performance data across the College’s digital channels, including website, email and social media
• Maintain analytics dashboards and produce regular insight highlighting trends, changes in performance and opportunities to improve engagement.
• Implement, test and maintain tracking through GA4 and Google Tag Manager, ensuring digital activity is measured accurately and consistently.
• Work with Content and Brand colleagues to establish appropriate measures for campaigns and evaluate performance against agreed objectives and KPIs.
• Analyse campaign and audience behaviour across digital channels, identifying the content, channels and approaches driving engagement.
• Use email performance data, segmentation and A/B testing to identify opportunities to improve targeting and engagement.

What you’ll need:

• Experience analysing and interpreting data from digital platforms such as GA4, Search Console, social media and email marketing platforms, and using insight to inform content and marketing decisions.
• Practical experience of GA4 and Google Tag Manager, including implementing, testing and troubleshooting tracking.
• Experience creating dashboards, automated reports or data visualisations and measuring performance against objectives and KPIs.
• Experience using segmentation, A/B testing or dynamic content within an email marketing platform to evaluate and improve performance.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex data into clear, practical recommendations for non-specialist colleagues.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a strong commitment to data quality and accuracy.
• A collaborative and organised approach, with the ability to work across teams and manage multiple priorities.

Experience in a membership organisation, charity or not-for-profit environment would be beneficial but is not essential.

Why work with us?

The RCR is a membership organisation and charity that works with our Fellows and members to improve the standard of medical practice across the fields of clinical radiology and clinical oncology.

You’ll join a friendly and ambitious organisation with a clear sense of purpose – and a team that’s proud to support doctors working at the heart of cancer and imaging services.

When you join us:

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and medical specialties
• Hybrid working – up to 60% remote
• Modern working environment with home‑working equipment provided
• Generous annual leave, plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave (maternity, paternity and adoption) for those with 2+ years continuous service 
• Excellent pension scheme
• Sabbaticals (5+ years’ service) and secondment opportunities
• Interest‑free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Long service recognition awards

£33,964 per annum  

Fixed term (12 months)  

Part home/Part office (London) based 

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children. 

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) for someone looking to develop their career in high-value fundraising within one of UNICEF UK's most ambitious growth areas. Working alongside experienced relationship managers, you will help steward major philanthropic partnerships and contribute to securing transformational seven-figure gifts that create lasting impact for children worldwide. 

The ideal candidate will be supporter-driven and mission-aligned, with the ability to build positive relationships that balance supporter needs with the best interests of children. They will be an effective communicator who can manage competing priorities, convey complex information clearly, and collaborate confidently across teams and with high-value supporters. 

They will also be results-focused and resilient, using insight and learning to improve performance, adapting to challenges, and taking a proactive, solution-oriented approach. Experience in donor communications, relationship management, event delivery, and the confident use of systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Office will be important to success in the role. 

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.  

Closing date: 9am, Friday 25 September 2026. 

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 12 October 2026. 

In return, we offer: 

• excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools) 

• outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role 

• impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 

• an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

• the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world 

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process. 

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances. 

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children. 

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. 

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit. 

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences. 

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours. 

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland).

Chief Executive Officer – White Lodge

Location: White Lodge, Chertsey, KT16 0FA (hybrid, minimum 3 days a week in the office)
Salary: circa £75,000
Contract: Permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week

Could you lead a charity with deep roots and a strong sense of community into its next chapter – creating greater opportunities for people with disabilities and/or neurodiversity to thrive?

About us

White Lodge is a leading charity supporting children, young people and adults with disabilities and their families. With more than 60 years’ history, we support over 2,500 people across Surrey and beyond through specialist services and facilities in Chertsey.

White Lodge is a community as much as a service provider, built around our values of ENABLE: Equity, Nurture, Advocacy, Belonging, Language and Empathy. Our Active Plan 2025–30 sets four ambitions: Enhance accessibility and social opportunities; Champion customers' voices in health and social care; Transform local attitudes; and Strengthen its resources.

With strong systems, governance and a diversified income base, White Lodge is well placed for its next phase. The new CEO will provide continuity while bringing strategic, operational and entrepreneurial leadership to respond to a changing funding environment and pursue new opportunities, including a children's services tender.

As our next Chief Executive Officer, you will:

• Strategy & Impact: Deliver White Lodge's strategy, translating ambitions into measurable outcomes and impact.
• Leadership: Lead and develop a committed workforce, fostering an inclusive, accountable and values-led culture.
• Governance & Finance: Partner with the Board to ensure strong governance, financial sustainability and effective risk management.
• Operations: Ensure high-quality, person-centred services and effective organisational systems and performance.
• Income & Partnerships: Diversify income and develop relationships with commissioners, funders, NHS partners and the wider community.
• Influence & Advocacy: Champion customers' voices, strengthen White Lodge's profile and help transform attitudes towards disability.
• Safeguarding & Compliance: Ensure high standards of safeguarding, regulatory compliance, equality and ethical leadership.

Who you are

• A seasoned senior leader with significant experience in a complex organisation, ideally within charity, health, care or wider public services.
• Experienced in leading substantial teams and complex services, with strong financial, operational and commercial understanding.
• A strategic thinker with a track record of organisational change, sustainable growth and measurable outcomes.
• Experienced in working effectively with a Board, commissioners, funders and strategic partners.
• An emotionally intelligent, inclusive and entrepreneurial leader who builds trust, creates clarity and brings people with them.
• A compelling communicator and ambassador, committed to equity, inclusion, dignity, safeguarding and ensuring lived experience shapes decisions.
• Experience of disability, social care, children's services or another regulated service environment would be advantageous, as would commissioned services or significant tender experience. Previous CEO experience is desirable but not essential; exceptional Directors or Deputy CEOs ready to step up are encouraged to apply.

Why White Lodge?

• Help create a world that is inclusive to all, regardless of ability.
• Lead an established charity with a committed team, strong systems and strengthened governance.
• Deliver the ambitions of the Active Plan 2025–30 and pursue new opportunities.
• Work alongside customers, families, staff, volunteers and trustees who share White Lodge's values.

Application

For full details of the role and how to apply, please download the full appointment brief. For an informal and confidential conversation, contact Jenny Hills at Harris Hill with times to speak and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile, treated with strictest confidence.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 5th October 2026

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Starting Salary: £44,766 - £48,225 (including London weighting) 

Contract: Permanent 

Location: UK, Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in theLondon Office 

Job Profile

This role will lead CAFOD’s policy and advocacy work aimed at tackling the global climate crisis. The post holder will have a solid understanding of debates around climate change, in particular how it impacts climate-vulnerable countries in the Global South. You will bring knowledge of the causes of the climate crisis, and its solutions, particularly global financing needs. Working closely with CAFOD’s overseas partners, and within UK and global networks, this role will hold policy expertise on behalf of the organisation. This will involve developing policy positions and representing the organisation externally. The role will work closely with CAFOD’s government relations and campaigns colleagues to lobby decision-makers and mobilise supporters as part of our climate justice work. Sitting within the Advocacy, Policy & Campaigns team, the role is managed by the head of department.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the development and delivery of CAFOD’s global climate justice advocacy strategy 

• Working in partnership with UK and global organisations to develop evidence‑based policy positions 

• Influencing UK, regional and global policy debates on climate change 

• Representing CAFOD in coalitions, to decision makers, in church networks and at international forums 

• Writing policy briefings, reports and communication outputs 

• Building relationships with external stakeholders and decision makers and UK and global levels 

• Ensuring advocacy is grounded in strong analysis, partner experience and a commitment to social and environmental justice 

• Supporting advocacy work of partners and global networks on debt cancellation and financial system reform 

• Providing strategic and technical advice across the organisation 

• Any other relevant duties reasonably required

Person Specification 

1. Strong background working in climate policy and/or international development policy 

1. Excellent analytical and research skills and an understanding of how to form strategic policy positions

1. Experience of developing strategic advocacy plans 

1. Experience of lobbying decision makers 

1. Background working with partners and coalitions, both in the UK and overseas 

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected.CAFODwill make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported. 

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults 

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures. 

The Centre Co-ordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the centre, for co-ordinating the planning and delivery of activities, services and events and for our team of centre volunteers.
Working closely with the Treasurer and Trustees, the Co-ordinator will ensure that the centre is maintained as a well-run, welcoming place for local people of all ages, and that it delivers activities to achieve the key outcomes identified in the workplan to be agreed with Trustees.
In the first year in post the Co-ordinator will be expected to strengthen and support our activities for children, young people, families and older people in line with current funding targets.

The role involves engaging with our funding partners, trustees, staff and volunteers and key elements are:

Community Development

This will involve building relationships with community members and with other community agencies and organisations and use the centre to strengthen community relationships.We would expect you to consult with centre users and community members to identify their needs and plan activities and services to meet those needsThe role may involve setting up and growing new clubs and groups to meet the needs of different groups in the village and supporting and encouraging community volunteers to set up community groups and activities which meet specific needs in the village, and provide space for these within the centre.

Centre and Volunteer Management

You must be able to deal professionally with enquiries made by community members, partner agencies and other community organisations either in person, by phone, by e-mail or by other means with regard to use of the Centre and its facilities including, with other staff, taking room bookings including payments and issuing of receipts and to ensure that an accurate bookings diary is maintained.Working with key holders to ensure that arrangements are in place for opening and closing the centre and for preparing the Centre for use. Working with our cleaner to ensure the Centre is clean and well maintained.. Volunteers are very important and we would need you to support the recruitment, selection and training of new volunteers and support current volunteers.

You would need to ensure that all policies and procedures are up to date, implemented and followed and to train and delegate the day to day responsibility for health and safety to staff and volunteers as appropriate.

Fundraising and Financial Management

We would support you to identify funding sources and streams and, with the agreement of the Treasurer, to draft funding bids to secure funding for current and new activities and projects, as well as ongoing core/revenue/capital costs. You would be responsible for properly maintaining the Centre’s monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure data can be collected and collated to provide robust evidence to support funding bids, preparing reports requested by funders [e.g. progress reports, end of grant reports] and to work with the trustees to review funding needs and to agree fundraising targets and plans. Also you would work with volunteers and staff to plan fundraising activities and events to generate unrestricted funding to support Centre running costs and activities and work with the Treasurer to manage the Centre’s finances, including responsibility for: Payments and receipts; Day to day small scale expenditure; Petty cash; Invoices; Records of income and expenditure; Volunteer and other expenses; Spending in relation to specific grants [restricted funding]. Your support would help the Treasurer with the production of financial reports for Trustees.

Partnership Working

We would want you to establish, maintain and grow relationships with local voluntary and statutory sector partner organisations and agencies near us, attend network and partnership meetings as agreed with the Treasurer., identify opportunities for collaborative approaches and joint funding bids with relevant partners and ensure partnership agreements are in place for funded work

Publicity and Promotion

With other staff and volunteers you would ensure that the Centre’s website and social media accounts are regularly updated, provide information about Centre activities via local newsletter/s and social media, circulate information via email networks and partner organisations and be aware regular groups in the Centre ensuring they have information about upcoming activities and new developments.

Support Havering residents in, or at risk of, fuel poverty by fitting simple energy-efficiency measures in their homes. These include putting up curtain poles and thermal curtains, installing radiator reflector panels, draught-proofing, fitting LED light bulbs and distributing timer switches etc. 

Working as part of our handyperson team, you will deliver kind and friendly person-centred services to diverse communities across east London and Essex. You will work with people referred by our community partners, our hospital discharge teams, and wider AUKEL colleagues to help older people remain safe in their homes. 

Working as part of our handyperson team, you will deliver kind and friendly person-centred services to diverse communities across east London and Essex. You will work with people referred by our community partners, our hospital discharge teams, and wider AUKEL colleagues to help older people remain safe in their homes. 

Carry out home energy checks and support by fitting simple energy-efficiency measures in their homes. These include putting up curtain poles and thermal curtains, installing radiator reflector panels, draught-proofing, fitting LED light bulbs and distributing timer switches etc. 

Carry out home repairs and maintenance work for older people and/or their carers across East London. 

Care Assistant (Nights) 

Calcot, Reading 

£15.26 per hour

Contract Type: Full Time (42 hours per week)

Working Pattern: Nights

Hours: 12 hour shifts, 8 pm to 8 am working on rolling rota of 3 consecutive days on and 3 consecutive days off

You must hold either The Care Certificate or a minimum of Level 2 NVQ in Health and Social Care.

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

About Friends Place, Calcot

Recently opened in July 2025, Friends Place, Calcot is more than just a care home - it is a vibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.

Run by Friends of the Elderly, where we pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care in a state-of-the-art facility.

Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home features:

· A cinema for residents to enjoy movie nights and entertainment.

· A stylish salon offering professional pampering.

· A peaceful tea room for reflection or a chat with friends.

· A vibrant bar for socialising and relaxation.

The modern facilities are designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.

We are recruiting for a Care Assistant to join the team.

Joining us as a Care Assistant, you will help our residents with various tasks including:

· Personal care.

· Companionship.

· Meal preparation.

· Mobility.

· Keeping care records up to date.

We would like our Care Assistant to join us with at least 6 months experience in a care home environment. Empathetic and respectful, self-motivated and flexible, you will be a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile, enabling our residents to lead fulfilled lives.

We would like you to have a real passion for care. Someone who sees this as an opportunity to build solid relationships with our residents, to allow them to live well in later life by putting them at the heart of all that you do.

This isn’t just a job; it’s about making a difference to older people’s lives every day.

Why Join Friends of the Elderly?

· Heritage of Care: Work with a trusted organisation backed by over a century of expertise.

· Non-Profit Mission: Be part of a charity that prioritises people, not profit. While we take a commercial approach to our work, we are not for profit and we are committed to our charitable values.

· State-of-the-Art Facilities: Lead a cutting-edge care home designed for comfort and community.

· Professional Development: Access training and career development opportunities.

Make Your Mark

This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of a brand-new care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents’ lives and the community.

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:

· Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.

· Generous annual leave.

· Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employeeassistanceprogramme.

· Learning, development, and progression opportunities.

· Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.

· Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.

· Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.

· Health cash plans for you and your family.

· Cycle to work scheme.

· Long service awards that increase with length of service.

· Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.

· Uniforms are provided

· Free DBS checks.

Safeguarding:

Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’score values andis central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal record checks:

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal butdefinitely notthe same.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts andretainsthe best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not providesponsorshipbut we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Don’tdelay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.

Are you an exceptional philanthropy leader with a track record of securing transformational seven-figure gifts? Do you combine outstanding relationship-building with the ability to lead talented fundraising teams and turn ambitious strategy into results?

We’re creating two new Principal Philanthropy Lead roles at GOSH Charity: Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Chance and Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Childhood.

These pivotal new positions will strengthen the leadership of our growing Philanthropy programme as we enter an exciting new chapter for fundraising at GOSH Charity. 

As a Principal Philanthropy Lead, you’ll join the Philanthropy leadership team, lead a team of eight colleagues including three Senior Managers, personally secure significant philanthropic investment and act as a deputy to the Head of Philanthropy.

Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Chance will lead philanthropy across pioneering medical research, innovation and new treatments, as well as our growing US Giving programme. The role will help shape our next major fundraising campaign, significantly increasing our ambition for philanthropic investment in research and innovation. It will also offer senior leadership for Fundraising Research, our prospecting, insight and due diligence service across Relationship Fundraising.

Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Childhood will lead philanthropy across our hospital environment, capital infrastructure and patient and family experience, including senior leadership of the final phase of our £300m Build It. Beat It. appeal and the transition towards our next major campaign. The role will also offer senior leadership for Stewardship across Relationship Fundraising, supporting exceptional supporter experiences, impact reporting, recognition and engagement.

Salary

The salary for these positions is £71,831 per annum.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

We operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office with Monday as the fixed in-person Philanthropy team day.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead philanthropy fundraising across Best Chance or Best Childhood, shaping strategy and securing transformational support for GOSH Charity’s most ambitious priorities.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of eight colleagues, including three Senior Managers, fostering collaboration, ambition and exceptional performance.
• Personally deliver an annual fundraising target of £2m+, managing high-value relationships and securing significant gifts from philanthropists, trusts and foundations.
• Act as a deputy to the Head of Philanthropy, contributing to overall philanthropy strategy, business planning and performance, while building influential relationships with senior volunteers and stakeholders.
• Provide senior leadership for key strategic priorities: 

For Best Chance: the transition to our next major campaign, US Giving and Fundraising Research across Relationship Fundraising; 

For Best Childhood: the final phase of Build It. Beat It., transition to next campaign and Stewardship across Relationship Fundraising.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant experience leading philanthropy, major gifts or principal gifts fundraising, with a proven track record of income growth and securing seven-figure+ gifts.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with experience engaging philanthropists, high-net-worth individuals, trusts and foundations, senior volunteers and executive stakeholders.
• Strong strategic and people leadership, with experience developing high-performing teams and translating organisational priorities into ambitious fundraising plans.
• Experience managing and soliciting a portfolio of high-value donors and prospects, alongside strong judgement, resilience and the ability to lead through complexity and change.
• Relevant large-scale fundraising experience: for Best Chance, research fundraising, international philanthropy or similar programmes; for Best Childhood, capital or major fundraising appeals.

About the team

 You’ll join our ambitious Philanthropy team, working with high-net-worth individuals, charitable foundations and other influential supporters to secure transformational investment in the research, innovation, capital and patient experience projects at the heart of GOSH Charity’s work.

The team secures a significant number of £1m+ gifts and is at the forefront of delivering some of the Charity’s most ambitious fundraising priorities. 

This is a particularly exciting time to join us. Alongside completing the £300m Build It. Beat It. appeal to help deliver the world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, we are shaping the next chapter of philanthropy fundraising.

Our new strategy is centred around two pillars – Best Chance and Best Childhood – which will form the foundation of an exciting new fundraising appeal. Our Philanthropy team will play a central role in bringing this ambition to life and securing the transformational support that helps give every seriously ill child the best chance, and the best childhood, possible.

The creation of these two Principal Philanthropy Lead roles represents an important investment in the team’s future: increasing our leadership capacity, strengthening day-to-day leadership and creating clearer development and succession pathways as our programme grows.

DBS - note a basic DBS check is required for this role

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing date: 23 September 2026

First interviews will be held: Tues 6 / Wed 7 October 

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and we reserve the right to close the roles prior to the closing date should suitable applicants be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Senior HR Advisor will be our in-house HR professional and lead the day-to-day people function.

The postholder is responsible for the full employment lifecycle, for helping SRS meet its legal and safeguarding obligations as an employer, and for providing confident, well-evidenced advice to the Management Team on employee relations matters.

What you will need

• CIPD Associate membership with a Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management, or an equivalent degree-level HR qualification
• Demonstrable, hands-on experience of managing employee relations casework, including grievance, disciplinary, capability, performance and sickness absence
• Proven generalist HR experience across the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment through to exit
• Current, applied knowledge of UK employment law, and the ability to translate it into practical advice for non-specialists
• Experience of drafting, reviewing and implementing HR policies and procedures
• Experience of line managing staff and of coaching and supporting other line managers through difficult people matters
• Understanding of safeguarding obligations in relation to staff, including safe recruitment practice
• Sound understanding of data protection as it applies to employee records and HR processes and a proven track record of handling confidential and sensitive matters with discretion, and the resilience to carry that responsibility
• For the full list of essential criteria see the recruitment pack.

About us

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