Head of policy and campaigns jobs
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
About us:
Are you passionate about financial capability? Join us to develop knowledge, resources and tools that are accessible to all!
At The London Foundation for Banking & Finance (LFBF), our story began in 1879 when a group of visionary bank workers set out to elevate professional standards and leadership in the industry. Over the years, we became a recognised leader in financial services education, offering industry-leading qualifications and setting the gold standard for professional competency.
In 2023 we entered an exciting new chapter as an independent charity, revitalising and refocusing our mission to improve financial capability and empower professionals in the sector. In 2025 we published a new external strategy with our social impact metrics which will lead to our 150 year anniversary in 2029. We are now seeking a passionate leader in the Financial Capability field to join our senior management team and work alongside our Chief Executive to continue to drive our transformation forward.
Our charitable objective is the advancement of knowledge and education in financial services, and to carry out research and publish useful results for the benefit of the public. In doing so, we seek to improve levels of financial literacy and skills, as well as support those working within or considering a career in the financial services industry.
Our objective is just as relevant, perhaps even more so, today as it has been in our long history. If you're inspired to make a real impact and contribute to the advancement of financial knowledge for the benefit of society, we want to hear from you.
About the role:
In this role, you will be instrumental in implementing our strategic financial capability objectives, which align with our charitable objects and goals. Your responsibilities will include developing partnerships, identifying new markets, expanding our reach, measuring social and commercial impact, and strengthening the organisation’s brand and stakeholder relationships. The role also supports policy, communications, risk management, project delivery and long-term strategic planning in financial capability.
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior professional who is looking to apply their expertise in a strategic leadership role while enjoying both the flexibility of hybrid working and flexible part-time hours.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement strategies to promote and broaden the use of the content from existing financial capability educational material to build income streams.
- Develop a business model for the financial capability content which balances the achievement of our charitable object with income streams.
- Identify and develop opportunities to secure widen the reach of our financial capability content.
- Identify new markets, audiences and partnership opportunities and make evidence-based recommendations on where to focus our effort.
- Develop a suite of metrics for Financial Capability to measure success, to include both social and commercial impact
- Lead and support presentations to win commercial commitment from organisations and stakeholders.
- Play a key role in supporting UK policy development and implementation with regard to financial inclusion and capability - acting upon and responding to initiatives proposed by UK and international policy makers, legislative bodies, and regulatory authorities.
- Leverage strong project management skills to drive and sustain financial capability projects.
- Identify and keep under review the risks associated with the financial capability proposition, reporting on any that have emerged and identifying any potential news ones, putting forward strategies to mitigate the impact.
You will have:
- Worked in a senior executive role in financial capability, preferably at Head of or Director level.
- Knowledge of financial capability issues within the UK
- Excellent business development skills including commercial awareness, negotiation and written and verbal communication skills.
- Project management skills to oversee financial capability plans, and expertise in identifying and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
- Be collaborative and team orientated
What we offer:
- An opportunity to make a significant impact on the success of the strategy of the charity.
- A collaborative, adaptable and supportive work environment where integrity and innovation are valued.
- Competitive compensation based on your experience and the charity sector.
- Hybrid working – work from home and work from our London office based in the City: we need you to be in the office on at least two fixed days a month but otherwise we’re flexible.
- Flexible working days and times: we’re flexible on how this role is worked — it could be three full days, five shorter days, or another arrangement that works for everyone.
- We recognise that physical, mental and financial wellbeing is important:
- so enjoy our generous annual leave (30 days plus bank holidays for full time hours, pro rata for part time hours).
- join our Private Medical insurance scheme.
- provision of generous life insurance cover, to provide financial security to your loved ones should the worst happen.
If you meet the requirements of the role and are looking for a new challenge, then submit your covering letter and CV using the Quick Apply button. Please read our recruitment privacy statement before application.
Please note LFBF does not hold a sponsor licence so is unable to offer a Skilled Worker Visa for this role.
Proposed Interview dates:
Interviews: One date from either 16 or 17 September 2026 (in person at our London office)
Please note that depending on number of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance, a charity incorporated by Royal Charter, dedicated to supporting knowledge and lifelong education.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Circa £60,000 per annum
Permanent
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) as
Business Development Lead. The award-winning Corporate Partnerships team secures and manages long-term, multi-million-pound partnerships, with major UK companies including easyJet, Unilever and Accenture. We have ambitious plans for growth, by adding to and growing our portfolio of truly strategic and pioneering shared-value corporate partnerships.
The Business Development function sits within the wider Corporate Partnerships team and is focused on building the new business pipeline, increasing the variety and volume of our partnerships, ensuring all relationships align with business objectives to deliver for the partner and for children. Reporting into the Head of Corporate Partnerships - Business Development, this role leads the team in developing strategic, long-term partnerships with UK-headquartered companies through building a proactive culture to growth. This role includes line management responsibilities, and role-modelling inclusive behaviours and a growth mindset across the wider Corporate Partnerships Team is a core expectation.
To succeed in this role, you will need to be a confident and strategic relationship-builder, with a proven track record of securing or leading complex, high-value partnerships. You’ll bring a proactive approach to new business, combining commercial acumen with creativity to identify compelling shared-value opportunities for UK-headquartered companies. You should be comfortable leading and motivating a team, role-modelling inclusive and collaborative behaviours, and creating an environment where people can perform at their best. The ability to navigate senior stakeholders, prioritise effectively, and maintain momentum across a dynamic pipeline will be essential, as will a genuine passion for UNICEF’s mission and the impact corporate partnerships can achieve for children globally.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 9am, Friday 14 August 2026.
Interview date: First Round Interviews Week Commencing 31 August 2026.
Second Round Interviews Week Commencing 7 September 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)
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), a charity funded by supporters, raising funds for UNICEF’s work for children.

About the role
We’re seeking a senior media and PR manager (fundraising and brand) to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team at an exciting time of growth for the charity.
As part of our 2025-2030 organisational strategy, we have ambitious plans to increase awareness, understanding, trust and engagement, to support the impact we can have for people affected by breast cancer and this role will play a key part in helping realise these ambitions.
You’ll lead all media and PR activity around Breast Cancer Now’s fundraising and brand marketing, developing and leading delivery of bold and ambitious annual media strategies for these areas that support the charity to supercharge progress for anyone affected by breast cancer. You’ll ensure all plans are tightly aligned to the charity’s strategic ambitions and integrated across owned, earned, shared and paid channels for consistency and greatest impact.
You’ll build media profile that positions Breast Cancer Now as determined leaders and as the ‘charity partner of choice’, raising awareness, engagement and support among actual and potential supporters across our fundraising activity, from our wide range of fundraising challenge events and flagship campaigns, to driving excellent results for corporate partnerships around shared values and targets in a way that makes us an aspirational charity to partner with.
Leading media and PR for our brand marketing activity, you’ll work closely with the brand marketing team and have a unique opportunity to work closely with our world/industry leading brand marketing agency to provide counsel and support the shaping of creative media and PR activity that best amplifies the charity’s brand across the year. Key to this role is ensuring relevant internal stakeholders are brought in where appropriate.
You’ll also play a key part in supporting the day-to-day leadership of the wider media and PR team.
About you
Excellent at building and nurturing impactful relationships both internally and externally at all levels, you’ll be an effective negotiator with the ability to balance complex and sensitive needs across stakeholders (including corporate partners, agencies, fundraisers, and journalists) to secure media profile that cuts through and resonates with key audiences. You’ll also be a sensitive in your interactions with people affected by breast cancer who support our work.
Drawing on strong experience of working in health communications, and media/PR relations environments, you’ll digest and translate complex health information and create compelling copy at pace for media. With an instinctive news sense you’ll identify and be quick to seize proactive and reactive opportunities to secure impactful media profile.
A creative thinker, you’ll bring fresh ideas and bold thinking to help elevate the charity’s brand, cutting through the media noise with smart, stand-out storytelling. You’ll be agile in feeding into and delivering campaign ideas that make an impact.
A natural planner with a strategic mindset, you’ll work closely with colleagues to forward plan and consider the bigger picture while ensuring tight alignment and consistency across all communications output. Your ability to prioritise multiple and complex projects and handle conflicting demands and tight deadlines will also be key to the success of your team.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
The salary range is: £47,000 and £52,000 per annum
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement online. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date: Friday 14 August 2026
Interview date week commencing 23 August 2026
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Orpheus Centre is a specialist performing arts college and charity that supports young disabled adults to live more independent and fulfilling lives. Guided by our values—joyful, bold, inclusive, resilient and determined—we empower our students through the arts while providing an exciting, creative and supportive environment for staff.
The role
We are looking for an energetic, organised and enthusiastic challenge event and corporate fundraiser to join our ambitious fundraising team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in fundraising, ideally working within the corporate or challenge event fields.
You will play a key role in growing our corporate income by stewarding existing relationships and cultivating new ones. Alongside growing our TEAM ORPHEUS! Challenge event. Recruiting, stewarding and retaining fundraisers. Working closely with the Partnerships Manager and Deputy Head of Fundraising, you’ll help the organisation prepare for significant planned growth and an upcoming capital appeal
If you are passionate about relationship-building, motivated by targets, and want to make a meaningful difference to the lives of disabled young people—this could be your next step.
Location: Godstone, Surrey
Salary: £26,000- £30,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week / 52 weeks per year. Hours may be altered on occasions according to the needs of the curriculum and organisation
Contract: Permanent
Key responsibilities
- Deliver against corporate income targets in line with our fundraising strategy.
- Identify, cultivate and secure new corporate partnerships, including Charity of the Year opportunities, sponsorships and corporate fundraising campaigns.
- Steward existing corporate supporters with high-quality engagement, communication and reporting.Plan and manage corporate supporter engagement opportunities including meetings, volunteering days and events.Recruit and engage participants to sign up for fundraising challenge events.
- Provide excellent supporter care by guiding participants before, during, and after their challenge.
- Identify opportunities to grow income, including upselling participants to larger events or encouraging repeat participation.
- Maintain up-to-date and accurate records using our CRM system.
- Contribute to industry insight by monitoring trends, opportunities and sector developments.
- Attend meetings, pitches, events and occasional evening/weekend activities (TOIL provided).
About you
Essential Experience & Skills
- Experience in fundraising or B2B account management.
- Ability to build strong, positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience working to income targets and managing pipelines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including report and proposal writing.
- Good negotiation, influencing, and presentation abilities.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy and varied workload.
- Confident user of Microsoft Office and CRM systems.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Desirable Experience
- 1+ years’ experience in fundraising.
- Experience developing pitches and securing COTY partnerships.
- Experience in working with challenge events and participants.
- Understanding of disability issues.
Other Requirements
- Full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Willingness to occasionally work outside standard hours.
Why work with us?
- A warm, friendly, and creative working environment.
- Opportunities for training, development and personal growth.
- The chance to make a direct, meaningful impact on the lives of young disabled adults.
- Being part of an ambitious organisation entering a period of exciting growth.
Join us in making a lasting difference in the lives of young disabled people through the power of the arts.
Safeguarding and Equality
Orpheus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references. This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, online searches may be undertaken as part of due diligence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
In order to be considered you must be eligible to work in the UK.
The Orpheus Centre is proud to be a disability confident employer
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure as required in consultation with the applicant to ensure no-one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If a disabled person is selected for a position, reasonable adjustments will be made to the workplace, including premises and equipment, work duties and practices or policies, as appropriate. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role as set out in the role profile and person specification will be considered for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are:
- Challenging attitudes towards disability
- Increasing understanding of disability
- Removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions
- Ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspiration
No agencies please.
We are focused on inspiring and empowering young disabled students to live fulfilling, independent lives



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Why this role matters
Good ideas, strong evidence and inspiring stories only create change if the right people understand and act on them. This role exists to ensure that the case for physical activity reaches the right people, in the right way, at the right time, and that it moves them to act. You’ll develop compelling narratives grounded in insight, evidence, and behavioural science, helping partners across the system create greater impact and supporting Yorkshire Sport Foundation in leading and influencing far beyond its own boundaries.
Responsibilities
Strategic comms leadership
• Develop and lead a long-term strategic marketing andcommunications approach aligned to our Active Partnership role
and Sport England priorities
• Use behavioural science, audience insight and evidence to shapehow the system understands physical activity and inequality
• Identify the beliefs, motivations and barriers of key audiences anddesign communications that influence action
• Ensure all communications activities support YSF to influencestrategic stakeholders
• Advise the organisation on how messaging can support policy, investment and system change
• Develop Yorkshire Sport Foundation’s reputation as a trusted strategic voice
Influence & stakeholder engagement
• Shape communications that influence policy, investment and practice across local authorities, health and education systems
• Support senior leaders to land key messages with senior stakeholders
• Equip partners with messaging that helps them to demonstrate and amplify the impact they make
• Translate complex insight and evaluation into clear narratives and messages
Insight-led communications
• Embed audience insight and behavioural science into messaging
• Combine data, evaluation and lived experience to demonstrate impact whilst ensuring communications reflect communities
authentically
• Build a learning approach to testing, adapting and improving messaging effectiveness
Organisational leadership
• Lead and develop the strategic marketing and communications function
• Set standards for when communications activity should, and should not, happen
• Maintain humility while strengthening clarity of impact and purpose
Channels & delivery
• Plan and deliver integrated marketing and communications campaigns across digital, media, content and internal channels, ensuring activity aligns with organisational objectives and brand standards
• Produce and oversee high-quality content (copy, press materials, web, social, email and collateral) while coordinating agencies, suppliers and internal stakeholders to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Monitor performance using analytics and insight, report on outcomes and continuously optimise campaigns and messaging to improve engagement and reach.
Other
• To lead on YSF public affairs and policy work in partnership with the CEO
• Strategic comms planning with the Active Partnership National Organisation and other leading Active Partnerships ensuring consistency of messaging across England
• To support the marketing of events across Yorkshire
• To work flexibly to respond to changing organisational requirements and carry out any other duties which may arise from
time to time
• To follow policies and procedures in relation to other matters, e.g.Health and safety, safeguarding, GDPR, financial procedures, etc.
What we’re looking for
We know great candidates rarely tick every box. If you have strongskills across most of the areas below and believe you can add value, we’d love to hear from you.
• Skills in both operational and strategic marketing and communications
• Ability to influence policy, investment or organisational behaviours
• Ability to design and deliver communications strategies that change decisions
• Skills in translating evidence and insight into persuasive narratives
• Understanding of behavioural science and audience-centred communications
• Able to operate with credibility and humility in partnership environments
• Comfortable working where success means others receive recognition
• Strategic thinker who challenges activities that lack purpose
• Commitment to reducing inequalities
• Strategic narrative and messaging development skills
• Senior stakeholder influencing and facilitation skills
• Ability to simplify complex evidence and communicate in engaging ways
• Leadership and team development skills
Other
• Ability to travel independently around West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
• Ability and willingness to work to our organisational values
Please make sure you demonstrate your ability to meet therequirements of the job by giving clear, concise examples of how you meet each of the requirements in the What We’re Looking For section of the job description.
We recognise and welcome our responsibility to remove any barriers in our Recruitment and Selection process for disabled people. We have tried to do this, but if you have a disability and identify any barriers in the job description or employee specification, please tell us of these in your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments
to the job wherever possible and it would help us to know your needs to do this.
Location: Flexible with home working option. Travel to London required.
Contract type: Contracted (August 2026 – April 2027)
Salary: £44,323.14 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing Date: Thursday 6th August 2026 at 11:30pm
Do you have experience leading complex, cross-organisational fundraising campaigns and the ability to bring multiple teams together around a shared goal? Are you a confident fundraiser and dynamic project manager who can balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery?
Then join Shelter as Senior Fundraising Campaign Manager and lead the delivery of our flagship integrated fundraising campaign, the Winter Appeal.
About the role
As Senior Fundraising Campaign Manager, you will lead the planning and delivery of Shelter’s 2026 Winter Appeal — our largest integrated fundraising campaign and a vital contributor to the organisation’s financial sustainability.
Working across Income Generation and with teams throughout Shelter and Shelter Scotland, you will bring together fundraising, media, marketing, digital, creative, campaigns, services and retail activity to maximise income, supporter acquisition and longer-term value.
Alongside delivering the 2026 appeal against ambitious targets, you will work with the Head of Planning and Project Management to develop a multi-year Winter Appeal strategy. You will ensure future campaigns are supported by strong governance, clear milestones and robust plans that align with Shelter’s Income Generation strategy.
This is a contracted role from August 2026 to April 2027. The role offers flexible and home-working options, with travel to London required.
Role specifics
We’re looking for an experienced campaign leader who can confidently matrix manage a complex, cross-organisational project team and keep delivery progressing against agreed timelines, budgets and objectives.
You will oversee campaign governance, coordinate activity across multiple workstreams and ensure that marketing plans, media activity and creative content are fully aligned with the campaign’s audiences and objectives.
You will identify opportunities, anticipate challenges and ensure risks or barriers are understood, escalated and resolved at the earliest opportunity. You will also own key project documentation, including campaign plans, governance arrangements, risk registers and stakeholder reports.
As part of the role, you will line manage a Senior Project Management Executive, supporting their work across content development, creative delivery and performance reporting. Following the campaign, you will lead a full evaluation and establish clear, timebound improvement actions to strengthen future Winter Appeals.
You may also support other organisational campaigns, acting as a fundraising representative and ensuring income generation is embedded within their development and delivery.
Apply to be part of our team and help bring colleagues and supporters together in the fight for home.
About you
You will have experience project managing complex, cross-organisational income-generating projects and understand the opportunities and challenges involved in bringing multiple teams and priorities together.
You will also have experience developing and delivering multi-year fundraising strategies, balancing long-term strategic thinking with the detailed, hands-on delivery needed to achieve results.
You will be:
- A highly effective communicator with strong emotional intelligence
- Collaborative, flexible and diplomatic, while able to be assertive when required
- Confident influencing and negotiating with a wide range of stakeholders
- Comfortable moving between the fine detail and the bigger strategic picture
- Experienced in using a range of project management approaches, methodologies and tools
- Organised, proactive and able to bring energy and momentum to complex work
Experience of leading multi-million-pound campaigns and working across fundraising, marketing, media or other integrated campaign disciplines would be particularly valuable.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family-friendly policies, a competitive pension scheme and interest-free travel loans.
Our employees also have access to flexible working practices, salary sacrifice schemes, a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, a cycle-to-work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
We are happy to talk about flexible working and personal growth, and we are committed to creating a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based on your merit.
About the team
This role sits within Fundraising Enablement in Shelter’s Income Generation Directorate and reports to the Head of Planning and Project Management.
Fundraising Enablement provides direction, structure and specialist support to colleagues across the organisation, helping to deliver Shelter’s Income Generation strategic plan. Through expertise in planning, project management, innovation and fundraising compliance, the function enables teams to achieve their income-generating goals and supports an organisation-wide culture in which fundraising can thrive.
You will work closely with colleagues across Individual Giving, High Value Partnerships, Community and Events, Retail, and Product Development and Innovation, as well as teams including Media, Creative, Digital, Campaigns, Services and Shelter Scotland.
How to apply
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit your work history and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should include your responses to the points in the ‘About You’ section of the job description of no more than 350 words each.
Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviours below in your responses:
- We work together to achieve our shared purpose
- We create change and align behind our strategy
- We are open to risk and learning from our experiences
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day, millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement.
In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter, and we welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
We recognise that people from marginalised groups may face additional barriers throughout their careers. Research has shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for roles unless they feel they meet every requirement.
If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every part of the job description, please do not let that stop you from applying. We encourage you to tell us how your skills, knowledge, behaviours and experience would support your success in the role.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.
All staff are expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies or accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Global Head of Finance
Location: London or Bath, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Contract type: Permanent
Salary range: £56,000 to £62,000 per year, dependent upon experience
Applications: Please apply via the application form linked in this job posting by 10 August.
About EJF
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is a global non-profit organisation working to protect the natural world and our fundamental human right to a secure environment. We work at the frontlines of environmental injustice, alongside communities most affected by climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and exploitation - transforming evidence into action, and injustice into lasting change.
Through field investigations, rigorous research, and strategic international advocacy, we expose environmental crime, challenge impunity, and catalyse systemic reform. Our work delivers real-world impact, shaping policy, strengthening governance, protecting vital ecosystems, and defending those who risk their lives to safeguard them.
Our campaigns span four interconnected areas: oceans, climate, forests and wetlands, and the training, protection, and empowerment of environmental defenders and investigative journalists. From illegal fishing and plastic pollution to deforestation, land grabs, and climate breakdown, we confront some of the most complex and urgent crises of our time - always with a focus on accountability, equity, and durable solutions.
EJF has a diverse team of campaigners, filmmakers and community mobilisers working across four continents, united by a shared ambition: to protect people by protecting the planet. We are bold, evidence-led, and impact-driven. We speak truth to power - and we build pathways to a fairer, more resilient future. Join Us.
About the role:
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced, precise and conscientious qualified accountant to join a dynamic, high-impact team working to protect the global environment and defend human rights. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you'll lead the international finance team and provide financial insight and analysis to the CEO and Senior Management Team to support a fast-growing, ambitious charity.
This role is right for you if you're an energetic, meticulously organised finance professional with a strong commitment to protecting the environment and the people who depend on it. You'll work globally to ensure EJF's financial administration runs efficiently in every country where we operate, securing value for money so that resources are focused on delivering impact.
Key responsibilities:
-
Maintaining and improving EJF's global financial policies, systems, controls and processes, ensuring they are applied consistently in every country where EJF operates.
-
Managing six finance staff working in the UK and overseas.
-
Ensuring the production of accurate, accessible and insightful monthly and annual global financial reporting for internal and external audiences.
-
Providing strategic financial forecasts, insights and advice to the CEO, Senior Management Team and Trustees to inform planning and decision-making.
-
Preparing budgets for funding proposals and ensuring accurate and timely financial projections of spend against grants and reporting to funders.
-
Leading the annual organisational budget process, including multi-year financial plans.
-
Mentoring team leads on financial budgeting, tracking and expenditure oversight.
-
Monitoring and ensuring value for money in expenditure, identifying and removing inefficiencies and waste.
-
Developing and executing EJF's treasury strategy, including managing currency risk and reserves.
-
Overseeing payroll and pensions, working with external providers where relevant.
-
Completing regulatory returns as required by the Charity Commission and statutory bodies in the countries of operation.
-
Leading the annual external audit and overseeing the preparation of statutory accounts.
-
Managing financial risk, including safeguarding EJF against fraud, and maintaining relationships with auditors, banks and other professional advisers.
Essential skills and experience
-
Demonstrable commitment to EJF’s vision, mission and values and a determination to change the world for the better.
-
Qualified accountant with a superb eye for detail.
-
Minimum of six years' work experience, preferably in the international charity sector, including responsibility for managing a finance team.
-
Demonstrable experience designing and implementing financial controls and securing good value for money through procurement and commissioning.
-
Strong IT skills, and experience managing IT systems and/or databases.
-
Excellent communication skills, in writing and in person.
-
Proactive and solution-oriented, highly organised and self-motivated.
-
Enthusiastic, outgoing and friendly, able to work in a growing, diverse, international team with minimal supervision.
-
Experience of working with the UK Charity SORP and the production of the annual report and accounts.
-
Experience with multi-currency income & expenditure and management of the processes around sub-grants to overseas partners.
-
Ability to travel to EJF's countries of operation to assess the development and implementation of financial systems and to manage finance staff.
Desirable skills and experience
-
Employment or volunteer experience in the not-for-profit sector.
-
Experience using Iplicit.
-
A track record of producing budgets and financial reports for successful international projects in the Global South funded by bilateral donors.
We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds in the environmental and human rights sectors to apply. If you believe you would be a great fit but don’t meet every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
What we offer
We offer a rewarding package designed to support your well-being, flexibility, and professional growth:
-
22 days’ annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays), increasing with each year of service, plus additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year.
-
Private healthcare package.
-
Generous pension scheme, with employer contributions increasing over time.
-
Flexible working hours and hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office / 2 from home).
-
Cycle-to-work scheme.
-
A dynamic, supportive, and inclusive working environment, with genuine opportunities for professional development and career progression.
-
The chance to contribute to an organisation delivering real-world impact for people and planet.
Application process
To apply, please complete the application form linked in this job posting. This includes:
-
A personal statement outlining your suitability for the role (max 2 pages)
-
Your CV (max 2 pages)
The deadline for applications is 18:00 BST on 10 August, 2026.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
EJF is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Vacancy
- Location - London or Kenya
- Salary -£50,919 - £52,259 per annum if UK based. (Competitive Birches rated salary for the local market if based outside of the UK)
- Team - Digital Team within People Operations and Assurance Directorate
- Hours - Full time, 35 hours/week
- Contract - FTC (2 years)
JOB PURPOSE
Start Network is delivering an ambitious digital transformation strategy that will fundamentally change the way the network anticipates crises, makes decisions, manages risk, and supports locally led action. Working under the strategic direction of the Head of Digital and Operations, the Digital Delivery Lead is responsible for translating Start Network's digital strategy into successful delivery. The role owns the planning, coordination, implementation and adoption of digital products, platforms and transformation initiatives, ensuring strategic priorities are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards. The postholder acts as the bridge between strategy and execution, turning organisational objectives into practical delivery plans and measurable outcomes.
The post holder plays a hands-on leadership role across cross-functional teams, suppliers, and partners—embedding user-centred design, agile delivery practices, strong risk management, and high technical standards. They support the organisation to build digital capability, strengthen digital culture, and ensure that digital systems enable speed, scale, and accountability in locally led humanitarian action.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
DELIVERY LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE
- Lead delivery of the digital, product and innovation roadmap agreed by the Head of Digital and Operations, translating strategic priorities into delivery plans, milestones, resource requirements and measurable outcomes.
- Support digital governance and portfolio prioritisation processes, providing delivery insights, performance data and recommendations to inform investment and prioritisation decisions.
- Lead organisation-wide digital transformation initiatives, ensuring the successful adoption of new technologies, systems, ways of working and digital capabilities across Start Network, ensuring alignment between digital delivery teams, operations, programme operations, and organisational strengthening
- Identify opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness, collaboration and member experience through digital solutions.
- Lead end-to end delivery of digital products and system enhancements.
- Deliver the organisation's AI and innovation roadmap, supporting the responsible adoption of emerging technologies within governance frameworks, policies and risk appetite established by the Head of Digital and Operations
- Ensure delivery teams, suppliers and stakeholders are aligned around agreed strategic objectives.
DIGITAL PLATFORM AND PRODUCT DELIVERY
- In liasion with the Head of Digital and Operations, owning the vision for our digital platforms including setting priorities for future development, gathering user feedback and improving products
- Work in partnership with Communications colleagues to ensure organisational digital platforms effectively support audience engagement, campaigns and storytelling objectives
- Manage day-to-day development, iterations, integration, and optimisation of Start Network’s digital platforms.
- Lead backlog management, sprint planning, UAT, release cycles, and performance monitoring.
- Ensure digital products are user-centred, accessible, and adapted to the needs of members, hubs, and internal teams.
- Manage the operational performance of digital suppliers and technology partners, ensuring delivery against agreed contracts, service levels and project outcomes, while escalating strategic supplier or investment decisions to the Head of Digital and Operations.
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify, scope, prioritise, and deliver digital projects that support organisational needs and opportunities.
- Manage relationships with developer agencies and ensure value for money in maintenance, retainers, and project work.
- Lead project teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Support the development and integration of internal systems—including Salesforce, data management tools, and digital communications platforms.
- Build strong relationships across the organisation, understanding staff needs and advising on emerging digital opportunities.
DATA INSIGHTS
- Implement data elements in line with organisational data governance standards
- Oversee delivery of dashboards, analytics tools, and data pipelines, ensuring digital solutions reliably support decision‑making across the network and align with agreed data standards and governance.
- Integrate ethical AI, automation, and data driven capabilities under the guidance of their line manager
INNOVATION
- Responsible for horizon scanning and researching emerging technologies.
- Test new ideas and pilots, identifying opportunities for digital innovation across the organisation
- Represent Start Network externally, sharing learning and positioning the organisation as a leader in humanitarian digital innovation
CYBERSECURITY
- Implement technical security controls and privacy‑by‑design measures within digital platforms and projects, in line with organisational data protection and governance requirements.
- Coordinate cyber security assessments, vendor security due diligence, and digital incident preparedness, working with assurance and data leads as required.
- Ensure digital solutions meet Start Network’s standards for trust, safety, and responsible use of technology, embedding these principles into system design and delivery
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
- Develop strategic partnerships with technology organisations, innovation networks and academia to support digital innovation
- Provide expert advice to colleagues and senior leadership on digital delivery, product development, implementation options and user adoption, being the key liaison between technical teams, suppliers, internal teams, and hubs.
- Provide clear communication of delivery progress, blockers, risks, and achievements.
- Support organisation‑wide digital literacy and adoption initiatives.
- Support organisation‑wide initiatives to build digital literacy, confidence, and adoption.
DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT & CULTURE
- Build a strong digital culture by designing and delivering digital focused training and capability building for staff.
- Lead the rollout and scaling of digital communication tools to hubs and internal teams.
LINE MANAGEMENT
- Lead, motivate and develop the Digital Team, setting direction, priorities and standards for digital delivery across the organisation.
- Build organisational digital capability through coaching, mentoring and leadership of cross-functional teams.
- Carry out effective line management of a team, including recruiting and training direct reports and have an active role in building an inclusive team culture in line with our values.
- Monitor performance and ensure key performance indicators and targets are met or exceeded
- Recognise good performance appropriately and address poor performance effectively.
- Support direct reports to line manage and lead their teams
- Support talent management across all teams, including through succession planning and identification of skills gaps
- Support the professional development and growth of direct reports and other members of the team
START NETWORK CULTURE
- Carry out the responsibilities of the role in line with the Start Network Code of Conduct and with a commitment to safeguarding adults and children
- Commit to Start Network’s vision, principles, values, and approach
- The Start Network team is an agile group of individuals who use their experience and skills across the network, so flexibility to work in and with different teams and functions is a part of our culture.
PERSON PROFILE
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
- Significant experience delivering digital projects or products end-to-end
- Solid project lead and delivery management skills, with a track record of delivering on time and to scope
- Ability to work across technical, operational, and business teams to drive delivery
- Experience managing digital products, platforms and technology suppliers.
- Experience working with cybersecurity, digital governance and risk management.
- Strong experience managing stakeholders, including internal teams, suppliers, and partners
- Experience supporting digital adoption, including user engagement, training, or rollout
- Experience working with digital systems and platforms, with an understanding of user-centred design and continuous improvement
DESIRABLE
- Experience leading organisation-wide digital transformation programmes.
- Experience developing digital strategy and roadmaps.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary digital teams.
- Advice and influence senior leaders on technology and investment decisions.
- Experience of Salesforce platform and management
- Understanding of databases and CRMs
- Experience of working in International / NGO / networked environments and complex stakeholder ecosystems
- Experience working with agile or product delivery approaches (e.g. backlog management, sprint planning, release cycles)
- Experience using data, dashboards, or analytics tools to inform decisions and improve performance
- Awareness of digital security, privacy-by-design, and governance considerations
- Awareness of emerging technologies such as AI, automation, or data-enabled solutions
The Company
Start Network is made up of more than 90 non-governmental organisations across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to local and national NGOs. Our programmes allow members to deliver humanitarian action around the world.
Our mission is to create a new era of humanitarian action that will save even more lives. We aren’t driven by media headlines or political will, we’re here for the communities affected by and at risk of crises.
We are an organisation committed to doing things differently. For some roles, we need more technical humanitarian expertise, but for other roles, we are looking for relevant transferable skills, the right attitude, and a passion to bring change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Marketing Officer (part time) - Royal Statistical Society
Salary: £34,000 per annum pro rata, £20,400 actual salary
Contract: Permanent, part-time, 0.6 FTE
Hours: 21 hours per week (with flexibility as to how these are worked subject to business need and prior agreement)
Location: Hybrid, with regular attendance at our central London office (40%)
Reports to: Director of Commercial
Application deadline: Thursday 6 August 2026, inclusive
Interviews: Week commencing 10 August 2026.
Overview
The Royal Statistical Society is looking for an outstanding, proactive and organised Marketing Officer to help plan, coordinate and deliver marketing campaigns across our diverse commercial and engagement activities.
Founded in 1834, the RSS is one of the world’s leading organisations advocating for the importance of statistics and data. We are a charity, a professional body for statisticians and data scientists, and a membership organisation with thousands of members across the UK and internationally.
This is a new role and an exciting opportunity to bring additional marketing capacity and expertise into the Society. You will drive and support campaigns that increase awareness, engagement, bookings, enquiries and income across diverse areas such as membership, training, events, the annual conference, advertising, sponsorship, partnerships and venue hire.
About the role
This is a hands-on marketing role with plenty of variety. Working closely with colleagues across the RSS, you will plan and coordinate multi-channel campaigns across email, web, social media, digital advertising, partner channels and other routes.
You will help turn plans into practical campaign action, making sure marketing is well-organised, audience-focused, delivered on time and measured for effectiveness. You will work closely with our Digital and Content team to coordinate website updates, content, newsletters and campaign assets.
What you’ll be doing
Day-to-day you will:
- promote RSS products, services and business areas including membership, training, events, conference, sponsorship and venue hire;
- plan, coordinate and deliver integrated and effective marketing campaigns across these RSS activities, working closely with key colleagues;
- draft and edit clear, audience-focused marketing copy for social media, emails, adverts, landing pages and promotional materials;
- create, schedule and monitor marketing emails and social media activity, including segmentation, testing and reporting;
- use CRM, campaign and marketing data to support targeting, customer journeys and evaluation;
- monitor campaign performance, including reach, engagement, enquiries, bookings, leads and income;
- help improve campaign effectiveness, audience targeting and ways of working;
- coordinate suppliers, agencies or freelancers where required.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone with fantastic marketing skills and practical experience who is proactive, collaborative and confident managing multiple priorities.
You will need:
- experience of working to and achieving ambitious targets, including income generation and customer engagement targets;
- experience coordinating and delivering multiple marketing campaigns simultaneously;
- experience of email marketing, digital marketing and campaign administration;
- experience using CRM systems, customer data or marketing lists;
- experience monitoring and reporting on marketing performance;
- strong writing skills and the ability to produce clear, audience-focused copy;
- excellent organisational and project coordination skills;
- good attention to detail;
- an understanding of digital marketing channels and customer journeys;
- the ability to work with colleagues across different teams;
- a positive, proactive and customer-focused approach.
It would also be helpful, but not essential if you have
- experience in a charity, membership body, professional body or similar organisation;
- experience marketing training, events, conferences, membership or professional services
Why join the RSS?
This is a great opportunity to make a visible contribution in an internationally respected charity and professional body with an important public purpose. The RSS is a highly colleague-centred organisation with a great range of benefits. We offer:
- hybrid working, with regular (40%) attendance at our central London office;
- flexibility in how hours are arranged, subject to business needs and prior agreement;
- pension scheme after three months, with employee contributions of up to 5% double matched by the RSS, up to a maximum employer contribution of 10%;
- 25 days’ annual leave, pro rata, plus bank holidays;
- additional office closure between Christmas and New Year;
- training budget;
- season ticket loan;
- cycle to work scheme;
- employee assistance programme.
Occasional flexibility may be required, including some evening work, to support key campaigns and major events such as the RSS annual conference.
How to apply
Please apply via Charity Job by submitting:
- your CV; and
- a supporting statement explaining how your skills and experience meet the role requirements.
Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 6 August 2026, inclusive.
Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 10 August 2026. We may contact and interview strong candidates before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, is the leading global charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales and dolphins. Through our offices and teams around the world we campaign against the many threats facing whales and dolphins, and support cutting-edge science exploring the lives and importance of these remarkable creatures.
We are looking for a full-time, social media officer to join our team in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Reporting to the head of comms, you will help to develop WDC’s busy social media activity, advising fundraising, campaigns and policy colleagues on the best ways to grow the number of people who support our work.
We are looking for someone with proven track record of developing and delivering digital communications plans, experience in the use of social media to support communications, marketing and/or fundraising functions, and a good understanding of digital platforms and social media (especially Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok).
The role requires solid copywriting skills, an eye for detail, creative thinking, a proactive attitude, commitment, and enthusiasm for the cause.
A world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Could your strategic financial leadership help us maximise positive impact for people affected by dementia? Are you ready to embed the gold standard for financial partnering, planning and analysis in the charity sector? We are now recruiting for a Head of Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis to join on a permanent basis, working full-time 35 hours per week.
About the opportunity
Following the successful transformation of our Finance directorate, the Head of Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis (FPP&A) will join us at an exciting stage in our development as we build on the great progress we’ve made and continue to strengthen the way we work. This is a real opportunity to make your mark and shape the future of finance at Alzheimer’s Society.
You will play a critical role in shaping what comes next, embedding new ways of working, driving continuous improvement and ensuring a consistent and sector-leading finance service is delivered across the charity.
This role extends far beyond traditional finance. You’ll lead the development of the FPP&A function and strengthen finance’s role as a trusted strategic partner across the charity. You’ll establish a consistent approach, combining strong relationship building and influencing skills with high quality financial insight and decision making.
Working collectively with our leadership team, you’ll help shape our culture and redefine how we strategically plan and allocate our resources to create maximum impact for people affected by dementia. Acting as the bridge between our Finance Business Partnering and Planning & Analysis teams, you’ll bring together observations, insights and reporting to the Leadership Team, Board and Trustees, providing recommendations that inform and support strategic decision making.
You'll role model collaborative leadership, building and developing a high performing team by setting high standards, providing constructive challenge and creating a supportive environment where your team are empowered to perform at their best.
This is a hands-on leadership role, you’ll provide strategic direction and expert guidance, while also rolling up your sleeves to implement change, improve processes and deliver results leading by example.
Through effective partnerships and high-quality financial planning and analysis, you’ll help us to ensure every pound we spend is aligned to our strategy, ensuring we make the biggest impact for people affected by dementia.
If you're passionate about using your financial leadership expertise to drive meaningful change, enjoy building trusted relationships across the organisation and influencing strategic direction, we'd love to hear from you.
About you
You're an accomplished financial leader who builds meaningful relationships across diverse teams while maintaining analytical excellence. You use your influence to communicate with clarity and excel at creating transformation within complex organisational structures.
We welcome applications from candidates who meet most of these criteria:
- Previous experience of working in commercial finance/FP&A function and Strategic Business Partnering (in either charity or similar sized organisation) with cross matrix ways of working.
- CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or QBE) with substantial post-qualification experience at senior level (essential).
- Proven experience directing and developing high-performing teams within complex, matrix environments. Extensive background in strategic business partnering and financial planning with senior leaders on high-profile programmes.
- Track record implementing process excellence and sophisticated forecasting tools across large organisations. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience engaging leaders across multiple directorates.
- Experienced in driving cultural change and continuous improvement within finance functions. Background in strategic investment appraisal and financial modelling for new systems and technologies.
What you’ll focus on:
- Overseeing the Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis team, providing coaching and mentoring while embedding our collaborative leadership approach.
- Establishing consistent, high-quality financial business partnering standards across all directorates to create our single source of truth.
- Implementing sophisticated budgeting, forecasting and analytical tools that equip the organisation for strategic decision-making.
- Building strategic relationships with senior leaders across the Society, balancing relationship-building with thorough financial analysis and constructive challenge.
- Setting the standard of what financial planning & analysis means at Alzheimer's Society and shaping financial planning policy to ensure alignment with our strategic priorities.
- Implementing continuous improvement initiatives and bringing best-practice approaches to enhance our financial insight and strategic planning capabilities.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute towards how we plan and partner financially. Every strategic decision and insight supports families facing dementia's greatest challenges.
Virtual Interviews will be held on Wednesday 12th August.
About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.
Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? We know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart.
Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.
UK Influencing Lead
10-12 month Fixed Term Contract. Full Time. Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
Location - London
Salary - £65,099 per year
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.
About the role
Reporting in to the Head of Policy and Influencing, the UK Influencing Lead provides strategic leadership and oversight of all the UK advocacy work and the advocacy unit, aligning with organisational values and goals, to ensure advocacy achieves maximum impact.
The postholder will represent Christian Aid in UK advocacy spaces and UK coalitions and acts as a media spokesperson. The role will lead the development of the UK Influencing Strategy, bringing together our work with the UK Government, Faith Leaders, Private Sector, Campaigns, etc, including through coalition networks.
The role will collaborate with the Campaigns & Youth Lead, to matrix manage the Campaigns Advisor, to foster a team mindset and ensure coherent and joined up approach to influencing and campaigns and church engagement output.
Some of the main areas of responsibility of the UK Influencing Lead include:
- Leads on and is accountable for Christian Aid’s influencing and engagement strategy development, ensuring that it is aligned with our mobilisation and movement building work, that it maximises the involvement of churches, the INGO sector, and is effective at engaging decision to drive meaningful change.
- Leads, internally and externally, in shaping and securing our influence towards the government and decision makers, leads external engagement for impact with senior government ministers, MPs, civil servants, private sector partners, faith leaders, and INGO convened spaces to drive meaningful change.
- Leads on the processes to develop and deliver influencing strategies and activities, fostering a team mindset and a mindset of connection across the organisation to ensure an integrated approach to influencing policy and political change in the UK.
- Leads (jointly with relevant income lead) growth strategy for UK aid (and other UK government related) funding opportunities to maximise income and impact.
- Leads the UK Influencing Team, to deliver influencing projects and policy products to UK decision makers and ensure they meet their outcomes on budget, and staff are guided and coached to enable high-impact initiatives to be achieved that maximise our impact.
- Represents Christian Aid in UK spaces, including as a media spokesperson, ensuring messaging is meaningful, impactful and consistent, aligning to organisational values and goals.
- Oversees UK advocacy budget to support with financial sustainability.
- Deputise for Head of Policy and Influencing, as needed.
About you
Who we are looking for
Essential:
- Degree in Politics/International Relations.
- Extensive experience in in UK advocacy/public affairs.
- Substantial experience and detailed understanding of successful advocacy and influencing strategy development.
- Detailed understanding of UK advocacy context for international and geopolitical issues.
- Detailed understanding of the UK political landscape, the role of Christian Aid’s sponsoring churches and Civil Society.
- Substantial experience of strategic planning.
- Substantial budget management.
- Substantial experience in public speaking and communicating to non-specialist audiences.
- Substantial line management experience and ability to provide high quality leadership and support to staff, including remote management.
- Highly developed ability to analyse complex information, present that information, and frame arguments, in a simple way.
- Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills within a large or complex organisation.
- Highly developed ability to work cross-organisationally and build internal stakeholder relationships, delivering outstanding partnership working.
- Highly developed public speaking ability.
- Highly developed ability to deal sensitively and discreetly with people and information.
- Highly developed ability to devise, lead and implement advocacy strategies.
- Highly developed ability to work across cultural contexts with civil society and faith leaders from the global south.
- Highly developed ability to manage complex projects.
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills.
- Significant experience of representing an organisation at a senior level.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. tian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity.
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process 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 their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
Starting Salary: £44,766 - £48,225 (including London weighting)
Contract: Permanent
Location: UK, Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the London Office
Job Profile
This role will lead CAFOD’s policy and advocacy work aimed at building a fairer global financial system. The post holder will have a solid understanding of contemporary global economic issues, including the global debt crisis, development finance and the workings of international multilateral organisations. 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 economic 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 economic 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 the global debt crisis, and other economic justice issues
-
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
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
Job Specific Competencies
- Strong background working in international economic policy and/or international development policy
- Excellent analytic and research skills and an understanding of how to form strategic policy positions
- Experience of developing strategic advocacy plans
- Experience of lobbying decision makers
- Background working with partners and coalitions, both in the UK and overseas
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will 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.
CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales tackling poverty and injustice across the world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key responsibilities:
The Marketing Officer (Retention) at CBM UK is an important role in making our lifechanging work possible. The position holder is responsible for producing direct mail and digital fundraising appeals for individual supporter audiences that will elicit strong engagement and ongoing financial support.
Working closely with the Head of Marketing and across the Fundraising, Impact and Communications department, the Marketing Officer (Retention) plans and delivers 10-12 fundraising appeals per year to existing supporters. These include one off cash fundraising appeals, newsletters, and prayer diaries, which are produced through working with external copywriters, designers and printers. The role works across multiple
marketing channels, including direct mail, email, web, and telephone, towards an agreed income target.
The position holder also supports the development of fundraising plans, supporter
(customer) journeys, and the testing of new channels and messaging.
Cultivation appeals (60%)
a. Direct mail: Deliver regular and inspiring off-line direct mail campaigns to existing supporters on time and within budget. The role-holder will plan, co-ordinate and prepare fundraising appeals. This involves creating briefs, working alongside
freelance copywriters and designers, and managing print and fulfilment suppliers.
b. Email marketing: Plan, build, and send mass marketing and fundraising emails to existing supporters.
c. Online landing pages: Build landing pages (using WordPress) to support individual fundraising and offline marketing appeals. Ensuring landing pages on the CBM website are integrated with offline appeals and are engaging to existing audiences. This includes utilising Search Engine Optimisation tools aimed at maximising online traffic and income.
d. Newsletters and prayer diaries: Lead on the planning and implementation of reporting back to existing supporters about CBM UK’s work as part of their donor journey, through delivering supporter newsletters, e-news, and prayer diaries, currently produced three times per year.
e. Internal briefings: Prepare internal marketing materials for colleagues and provide briefings for supporter facing teams ahead of each appeal.
f. Agency and freelancer management: Develop excellent working relationships with existing and new agencies and suppliers, including marketing agencies, freelance copywriters and designers, print suppliers, and mailing houses. Evaluate and source new agencies and suppliers as appropriate.
High donor fundraising (20%)
a. High donor direct mail: Lead on CBM UK’s high donor fundraising programme, through planning and managing regular direct mail communications and fundraising asks to this segment of supporters, working towards achieving annual income targets.
b. Relationship development: Work alongside the Supporter Relations team to develop and carry out a donor journey for high donors, including the planning,
briefing and reporting of personalised communications, carried out by the Supporter Relations team through phone, email, and post.
Planning and reporting (10%)
a. Analysis and reporting: Review appeal performance against key performance indicators (response rates, average value, net income) to report back and provide learnings to support decision making around future activity.
b. Data and CRM handling: Develop a good knowledge of the CRM system (SalesForce), including the creation of data briefs and appeal selections through the CRM, and ensuring clear recording and reporting of direct marketing activity.
Other (10%)
a. Sector knowledge: Maintain awareness and anticipation of charity sector trends relating to direct marketing and keep abreast of competitor activities to enable CBM to respond and adapt quickly where appropriate.
b. Communication guidelines: Ensure the consistent implementation of CBMs brand, key messages and style guide in fundraising activities.
c. Compliance and data protection: Awareness of, and compliance across direct marketing, of Fundraising Regulator and Data Protection legal requirements (GDPR and PECR).
d. Collaboration and integration: Work alongside other teams, including the CBM Global Federation, to maximise collaboration opportunities and integrated working. Ensure fundraising plans are shared across departments.
In developing and testing new fundraising approaches, messaging, and channels, the role holder is part of a culture of enthusiasm, continual improvement and success which reflects the ambitions of CBM UK. The role may also include occasional working out of normal office hours, agreed in advance, and occasional travel in the UK, as well as the possibility of travel internationall
Please download the recruitment pack for full details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of Housing & Safe Haven (Crisis Support)
Hours: 37 hours per week (Flexible working options are available, including part-time and job-share)
Salary: £50,000 - £53,813 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Base: Osney Mead office, OX2 with travel to services across Oxon along with WFH options
Who we are, and what we do
We’re Oxfordshire Mind, the mental health charity, operating across Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
Our passionate employees and dedicated volunteers are helping people with mental health issues find somewhere to turn for advice, information, and support.
We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health issue gets both support and respect.
Like all local Minds, we are an independent charity that is proud to be affiliated with the national Mind association.
About the Role
We are looking for an exceptional Head of Housing & Safe Haven to lead our supported housing and crisis alternative services, ensuring people receive high-quality, person-centred and recovery-focused support when they need it most.
This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and values-driven leader who champions lived experience, thrives in partnership working, and leads by example to create safe, responsive and impactful services for local people.
About the Service
Operating 365 days per week in Oxford and Banbury, Safe Haven diverts people from attending the Emergency Department when they do not need clinical support. The Safe Haven model offers short-term, non-clinical crisis support in an empowering, empathetic, person-centred way.
Oxfordshire Mind’s supported housing service offers accommodation with support in Oxford City and in West and South Oxfordshire for residents with severe and enduring mental health problems who would struggle to live independently.
We are currently looking to recruit a Head of Housing & Safe Haven (Crisis Support) and would really welcome applications for it.
We would really like to know how your skills and experience match our requirements. If you feel they do, please tell us how you meet the below requirements:
- Good level of knowledge about housing and mental health sectors
- Strong knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to mental health supported housing
- Understanding of best practice in community-based mental health and accommodation services
- Knowledge of local statutory and VCSE mental health services in Oxfordshire
- Operational management of a housing service or mental health crisis services
- Working with and through others to deliver effective, person-centred, recovery focused support
- Monitor and manage escalating client risks
- Successful negotiation with clinical and non- clinical services to obtain supports and services on behalf of clients
- Effectively managing and supporting managers, staff and teams
- Proven experience of delivering effective change to services
- Budget and resource management
- Performance Management
- Delivering outcomes against agreed objectives in a relevant setting including contracted KPIs and quality
- Excellent organisational planning administrative & IT skills to deliver work to agreed timescales and standards
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with service users, staff, partners, funding agencies and the public
- Skilled people manager, including challenging conversations and conflict
- Collaborative and inclusive team working
- Contract management skills of statutory and non-statutory commissioners and funders
- Effective Contract management of procured services
- Problem solving skills
- Safeguarding practice and experience, of children and adults
- Organisational risk management
- Crisis management
- Actively promotes the involvement of people with lived experience in decision making at all levels organisation-wide, and ensures involvement within own areas of responsibility
- Leads by example
- Understands and committed to our values and approach
Closing date: Monday 10 August 2026 by 1PM
Shortlisting date: Monday 17th August 2026
Interview date(s): 20 & 21 August 2026 (TBC)
Interview location: In Person - Oxfordshire Mind, 2 Kings Meadow, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0DP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Please ensure that you match your skills and experience against the above and provide details and evidence of this in your application. If you don't provide this you may not be shortlisted for the role.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visa applications.
Oxfordshire Mind is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We therefore require a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for all our roles. The level of which will vary depending on the nature of the role.
No agencies please.


