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Good Law project’s (GLP) legal team has a busy workload advising GLP as a party, funder and campaigner in respect of the broad range of legal proceedings in which it is involved, as well as acting on the record in a subset of those proceedings. The current team includes four senior solicitors, two subject matter experts and a trainee. We are seeking to hire a solicitor to round out the team.
CULTURE & CHARACTER
This role requires a value-driven lawyer who is genuinely excited about using the law to make a real-world difference. Thriving in a passionate, non-corporate environment where legal strategy goes hand-in-hand with public campaigns, they are a supportive, proactive, and adaptable team player. They are rolling up their sleeves to help senior colleagues on high-profile public law cases, confidently running their own matters, while bringing a collaborative spirit. They combine sharp technical skills and a meticulous eye for detail with a friendly, relationship-first approach, working seamlessly with clients, external counsel, and campaign teams to drive positive social change together.
What we're looking for
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Excellent technical lawyer, ideally with one to three years post qualification experience as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales (legal experience prior to training and qualification, e.g. as a paralegal, may also be taken into account), with experience in the conduct and processes of civil litigation, ideally including public law matters
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Interest in social change and how the law can be used to deliver it, willingness to facilitate campaigning on legal cases and embrace GLP as a campaigning organisation
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Strong team player with the ability to use initiative and problem solve, both when assisting senior lawyers and when conducting own matters
What we do
Good Law Project is a not-for-profit campaign organisation which uses the law to hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future. We take on the cases and campaigns where we’ll have the biggest impact, even when the odds are stacked against us. We had a primary role in overturning the prorogation of Parliament in 2019. We successfully challenged the Government’s operation of a fast track ‘VIP lane’ for awarding lucrative PPE contracts to those with political connections and our campaigning played a key role in the Met Police opening an investigation into Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal. In July 2023, we forced the Government to accept that its flagship Net Zero strategy is unlawful and to develop a better plan. We get a positive outcome in more than two thirds of our cases – either a straightforward or a partial legal win. But whether we win or lose in court, we always fight to make positive change. See our website for more about what we do
Key Details
Salary: £52,000 - 57,000 per annum (dependent on PQE) with generous benefits including 25 days annual holiday plus public holidays, private medical insurance, life assurance, non-contributory pension scheme (employer contributions are based on your salary between £6,240 and £50,270 per year, not your total pay), salary sacrifice options for Electric Vehicle and Bikes, Cycle to Work scheme
Hours: 35 per week over 5 days
Contract type: 12-month Fixed Term
Location: Hybrid working with an expectation to attend our office in central London a minimum of 2/3 days per week
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We hold power to account and fight for a fairer, greener future
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The National Gallery is looking for a Technical Project Lead to drive the delivery of two transformative, multi‑million‑pound projects: a state of the art Research Centre and a landmark new wing.
You will lead the technical oversight of complex MEP building services for a new Research Centre and a major new public wing, ensuring high-quality, sustainable, and compliant design delivery within a historic, publicly accessible environment.
For more details and to apply please go directly to The National Gallery website.
Supporter Journey Lead
Salary:£36,880 - £41,439
Location: Home based with an expectation to travel as appropriate each month
Hours: Full Time – 35 Hours a week
Contract: Permanent
We’re looking for a Supporter Journey Lead to join our Supporter Experience team.
This is a key role in shaping how supporters experience Help for Heroes across different journeys, touchpoints and moments that matter.
You’ll work with teams across Commercial to map, develop and improve supporter engagement journeys, turning strategy, insight and campaign learning into practical plans that strengthen relevance, supporter experience and long-term value.
About the Role
As Supporter Journey lead, you’ll lead the mapping, development and ongoing improvement of supporter engagement journeys across Commercial.
You’ll work with product owners, delivery teams and enabling colleagues to understand current journeys, define target journeys, identify pain points and opportunities, and turn strategy, audience insight and campaign learning into clear, practical plans.
In this role, you will:
- Map and maintain current and target supporter journeys across Commercial, defining key stages, touchpoints, triggers, handoffs and moments that matter.
- Run journey mapping, process discovery and improvement workshops to identify pain points, gaps, opportunities and inconsistencies.
- Work with product owners and relevant teams to define journey requirements for campaigns, communications, process changes, data capture and operational improvements.
- Coordinate with Digital/ESP, data, content, supporter care, fundraising and other teams to make sure journey changes are understood, aligned and deliverable.
- Help ensure audience segmentation is applied meaningfully, so content, asks and next steps are relevant to different supporter groups.
- Use campaign learning, supporter feedback and operational insight to identify where journeys should be adjusted, strengthened or simplified over time.
About You
Are you someone who enjoys understanding how people experience an organisation across different touchpoints, channels and moments?
Do you like bringing people together to map journeys, uncover pain points and turn ideas, insight and learning into practical improvements?
You’ll be confident working across supporter, customer or audience journeys, with a good understanding of how touchpoints, handoffs, segmentation and communications shape experience.
You’ll be comfortable working with product owners and delivery teams to define clear requirements, actions and workplans, while keeping activity aligned, realistic and deliverable.
You’ll also be someone who can use campaign learning, supporter feedback and basic performance information to identify where journeys could be strengthened, simplified or made more relevant.
Essentially, we’re looking for someone who is supporter-focused, organised, collaborative and practical — with the facilitation and relationship-building skills to help teams improve journeys and create better experiences over time.
About the Team
Supporter Experience is a newly formed department within Commercial, created to help us better understand, engage, support and motivate our supporters.
We’re a collaborative and developing team, working across Commercial to shape more joined-up, relevant and thoughtful supporter journeys.
This is an opportunity to help shape how the department develops from the beginning, bringing teams together to understand supporter needs, improve key moments and create stronger experiences over time.
In return we can offer you:
- Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion.
- 29 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, regardless of service — plus your birthday off to celebrate!
- Opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
- Added to our free health scheme from day one, including discounts on dental, opticians, massages, and more - with the option to upgrade.
- 3 volunteer days per year to support the Help for Heroes community.
- A generous salary sacrifice pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution and a minimum 3% employee contribution, plus life insurance up to 4× salary as an active member.
Closing date: 5th July 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of strong applications.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role focuses on building and maintaining strong relationships with partner organisations, supporting firms throughout their participation in the Suicide Prevention Action Lab (SPAL) programme, and ensuring they remain motivated, accountable, and on track to deliver their commitments.
We’re bringing together six representatives from financial services firms to explore ways to improve support for customers experiencing suicidality. The Partnerships Officer will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the SPAL, working closely with participating firms to assist them in developing, testing, and implementing practical changes to help prevent suicidality.
The Partnerships Officer will manage relationships with multiple firms simultaneously, each at a different stage in their journey to testing and embedding new and improved approaches to identifying and supporting customers experiencing or at risk of suicidality. Success in the role requires excellent organisation, persistence, and relationship management skills, alongside the ability to understand the challenges and competing demands faced by participating firms and to support them in maintaining momentum and delivering results.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills in partnership management, stakeholder engagement and influencing change within organisations. The role offers significant autonomy and responsibility, with opportunities to build expertise, lead stakeholder relationships, and contribute directly to the SPAL’s growth and impact.
While the role will predominantly focus on the SPAL, the postholder will also contribute to the continued development of the wider Action Labs research-to-impact offer.
Key tasks in the role will include:
- Acting as the primary day-to-day contact for participating firms, building strong and productive relationships throughout their involvement in the SPAL. Coordinating and supporting consultancy and coaching meetings with participating firms.
- Developing and maintaining a strong working knowledge of emerging Action Lab research insights. Applying research insights in discussions with firms, supporting them in translating evidence into new or improved tools, processes and communications.
- Supporting a portfolio of firm representatives simultaneously, ensuring each remains engaged, motivated and on track to deliver against agreed objectives and milestones.
- Developing a strong understanding of participating firms' priorities, pressures and operational realities, using this insight to provide effective support.
- Building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders beyond participating firms, and developing strong internal relationships, proactively sharing insights and intelligence from Action Labs to maximise our organisational impact.
- Identifying opportunities to raise the profile of the Action Lab research-to-impact model, including relevant conferences, speaking opportunities and awards.
We are an independent charity, committed to breaking the link between financial difficulty and mental health problems.



VIDERE
Videre is an award-winning, UK-registered NGO that exposes human rights abuses and holds perpetrators to account. We work directly with communities in stressed environments, equipping networks of activists and community leaders with the technology and training necessary to safely capture visual documentation of political violence, human rights violations, and other systemic abuses. Our aim is to ensure that the concerns and knowledge of affected communities drive advocacy, policy, and legal action.
POSITION SUMMARY
This is a critical senior role in the organisation, reporting to the Senior Director-Programming. The role is responsible for managing the organisation’s programmes across 2 locations in Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia, line managing three people. The position provides leadership on direct programming for community-led investigations and evidence gathering as well as our CSO partnership programme in two geographies. The Head of Programmes works closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) on critical areas including fundraising and strategic development.
The priority for this role is the safe and high quality performance of projects. The balance between ‘doing’ and ‘managing’ in this role varies depending on available resources for each project, and the ability to create competent teams to delegate to.
Location: UK, France, Nairobi or Thailand preferred. Remote applicants considered.
Package: Pay is dependent on location. The UK salary of £62,000 plus pension contribution will be converted using ICSC scales. All locations receive 28 days annual leave, counselling support and annual wellbeing days.
Start date: 1st September
Duration: 7 months with possibility of extension
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Programme Leadership and Delivery
- Working closely with the Senior Director- Programming, lead the development and implementation of programme strategy and annual plans, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and priorities.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Project Teams for both direct investigations and local CSO partnerships, ensuring programmes are delivered safely, effectively and to a high standard.
- Act as a member of the Management Team, contributing to organisational planning, decision-making, continuous improvement and cross-organisational initiatives.
- Work closely with the Senior Director – Programming and other colleagues to identify organisational risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
- Work closely with the Head of Development and SMT to contribute to proposal development, programme design and concept note drafting in support of organisational fundraising efforts.
- Maintain and strengthen relationships with donors and programme partners throughout the project lifecycle, supporting effective communication, reporting and programme delivery.
- Ensure all aspects of programme design and delivery promote diversity, equity, inclusion and responsible partnership practices.
Civil Society Partnerships and Capacity Strengthening
- Provide strategic oversight of the organisation’s civil society partnership portfolio and approach in two geographic areas.
- Oversee staff responsible for partnership implementation to design, implement and continuously improve partnership and capacity strengthening activities, ensuring they have the guidance, resources and support required to deliver high-quality work.
- Ensure partnership activities are aligned with programme objectives, organisational strategy and donor commitments.
- Contribute to the development of organisational methodologies, learning and good practice relating to partnership working and capacity strengthening.
People Leadership
- Lead, support and develop a high-performing, inclusive and collaborative team culture.
- Provide ongoing management, coaching and mentoring to direct reports, including through annual performance reviews and regular development conversations.
- Support staff wellbeing and duty of care, ensuring teams have access to appropriate support and resources.
- Work with managers and staff to identify and facilitate learning and professional development opportunities.
Financial Management
- Oversee programme budgets and spending strategies, ensuring resources are managed effectively and in line with organisational priorities.
- Monitor programme expenditure and forecasts, ensuring appropriate financial oversight and accountability.
- Ensure compliance with organisational financial procedures, procurement requirements and donor regulations.
- Support the development of programme budgets for new funding proposals and organisational planning processes.
Security, Risk and Compliance
- Contribute actively to organisational security and risk management processes.
- Ensure programme activities are delivered in accordance with organisational policies, security procedures and compliance requirements.
- Support teams to identify, assess and manage operational, programmatic and security risks.
- Maintain oversight of security considerations affecting staff, investigators, partners and programme participants.
- Promote a culture of risk awareness, responsible decision-making and proactive risk management.
- Ensure the safety and quality of operational practices, including data collection, information management, secure data storage and transfer.
Skills, Experience and Characteristics
Essential
- Professional writing and speaking in either English or French, with at least effective operational efficiency in the other language (B2 or above).
- Experience managing teams or individuals across multiple international locations
- An understanding of risk management methodologies and experience applying them
- An understanding of human rights and a strong belief in their indivisibility and interdependence
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and requirements.
- Commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work.
Preferred
- Experience with human rights research, investigations or legal cases
- Experience with filming or documentary making
- Strong technology / IT skills and/or aptitude
- Experience with fundraising or confidence in public speaking and presenting
Application Process & Timeline
- Please submit your CV (maximum two pages) and a cover letter (maximum 400 words) describing your suitability for this position.
- Applications will close on Tuesday 7th July
- Interviews will be conducted remotely.
- We intend to complete the recruitment process by 31st July
- The successful candidate should be available to start work on Tuesday 1st September.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the human rights sector and we are committed to doing what we can to correct this. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities that we serve. Therefore, we are particularly keen to receive applications from people who identify with minority and/or underrepresented groups (whether on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status). We also value diversity in terms of personal and professional experience; believing that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create stronger and more creative working environments.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP) is a not-for-profit social enterprise that works alongside Government, community groups and specialist Delivery partners to design and deliver vital services that support people to improve their lives, in areas ranging from housing and employment to education and health & wellbeing.
The role of BOP spans project development (working with Government and others to design and launch the service), project management (coordinating the delivery phase, managing performance, and liaising with the various stakeholders) and project finance (funding the project until it starts to earn outcomes payments). Our own funding comes from a group of pioneering social investors, including The Office for Civil Society, Big Society Capital, Pilotlight, Trust for London, who, like us, are motivated by improving lives and changing the system for the better.
About the Opportunity
The London Boroughs Outcomes Partnership (LBOP) delivers homelessness prevention services across London, supporting families living in temporary accommodation, as well as single adults and childless couples who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
LBOP is a pan-London outcomes partnership that brings together local authorities and specialist delivery partners to provide flexible, person-centred support that helps residents secure and sustain suitable accommodation. The programme also includes specialist provision for groups who may face additional barriers to housing, including refugees and LGBTQ+ individuals.
LBOP operates as an outcomes-based contract, with local authorities paying for the positive social outcomes achieved rather than a prescribed set of activities. This approach enables greater flexibility and innovation in service delivery, allowing support to be tailored to individual circumstances while maintaining a strong focus on achieving measurable impact.
The programme is designed to achieve a range of positive housing and social outcomes, including:
- Preventing homelessness and supporting people to remain in their existing accommodation where appropriate.
- Supporting individuals to secure suitable, stable and sustainable accommodation.
- Helping people sustain their accommodation and reduce the risk of future homelessness.
- Resolving housing-related issues, including landlord and property concerns.
- Improving mental wellbeing, financial resilience and independent living skills.
- Supporting access to education, training and employment opportunities.
Role and responsibilities
Support Delivery and Performance
- Build and maintain effective referral pathways with London Boroughs and partner agencies.
- Monitor referral activity, service performance and outcome achievement, identifying risks and implementing improvement plans where required.
- Oversee triage, outcome verification and CRM data quality to ensure accurate reporting and contractual compliance.
- Support delivery partners to achieve targets through coaching, challenge and performance management.
Partnership and Stakeholder Management
- Develop strong relationships with Local Authorities, delivery partners and community organisations across London.
- Act as a key operational contact, facilitating collaboration, problem-solving and knowledge sharing.
- Promote the programme through meetings, presentations and stakeholder engagement activities.
Service Development and Innovation
- Work with delivery partners and people with lived experience to continuously improve service delivery.
- Identify barriers to achieving outcomes and implement practical solutions.
- Share learning, best practice and innovation across the partnership.
Impact, Quality and Safeguarding
- Analyse performance data and trends to inform service improvements and support decision-making.
- Coordinate reporting requirements and contribute to commissioner and stakeholder reports.
- Act as Safeguarding Lead, maintaining oversight of concerns, risks and organisational learning.
- Support quality assurance processes, audits and outcome verification activities.
About you
You will have the following skills, knowledge and competencies:
· Drive to be part of a positive change to improve people’s life chances.
· Desire to support a unique impact-led programme with a passion to make a positive difference to young people.
· Significant contract management experience, including management of multiple subcontracts with external organisations. Demonstrated ability of driving improved performance of external teams through effective contract management.
· Experience and skilled in working across partner organisations and in using data and insight to inform and enhance performance
· Excellent operational management skills, with a proven track record of successfully overseeing delivery of multiple areas of responsibility.
· Knowledge of working with a case management system, including monitoring and maintaining data and ensuring teams are effectively using systems.
· Strong communication skills with a collaborative and flexible approach to work
· Ability to develop and manage positive and collaborative relationships with many partners and stakeholders with different perspectives and interests.
· Ability to work independently and use own initiative to find solutions.
· Be prepared to attend London offices 3 days a week.
Desirable
· Knowledge of working within programmes which take a strength based and person-centred approach.
What we will offer you
• We are a flexible employer and we will support you to ensure you achieve a healthy work life balance.
• You will be joining an incredibly dedicated, vibrant, dynamic and talented team of people who are deeply passionate about services which improve people’s lives and public sector reform.
• You will get 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days for bank holidays plus a birthday leave day and 2 additional ‘gifted’ day/s between Christmas and New Year
• We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• We offer 4 x Life Insurance, Income Protection Insurance and wellbeing benefits & resources
• We also offer Private Medical Insurance on successful completion of your probation period
• You will be able to access Learning and development opportunities
Application process/next steps
You’ll answer some questions that are related to the day-to-day job and will be asked to upload your CV. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.
NB We value authenticity and are looking for applications that genuinely reflect your own experience, skills, and motivation for the role. While we recognise that some candidates may use AI tools for light support (for example, to check grammar or structure), we ask that all answers and application content are predominantly your own work. This helps ensure a fair and meaningful assessment of every application.
If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which will be first and second round interviews with the hiring team. First round interviews are anticipated to take place w/c 20th July.
Bridges Outcomes Partnerships is an equal opportunities employer and ensures that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process for candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please note, for this particular role candidates will require Right to Work in the UK.
PLEASE NOTE: We are only accepting applications through our recruitment platform Applied.
We're a not-for-profit social enterprise. We work with partners to create people-powered partnerships that get better outcomes for people & the planet



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
The Head of Delivery & Partnerships is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the
successful implementation, quality of outcomes, and retention of DFN Project SEARCH programmes
across the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Iberia, in line with our franchise agreement from Project
SEARCH . This role leads the Delivery & Partnerships team, ensuring strategic alignment, excellence
of delivery, and sustained impactful partnerships.
You will play a pivotal role in driving programme quality, ensuring retention, maintaining model
fidelity, and ensuring high-quality outcomes for interns. Additionally, you will oversee the growth of
our number of programmes, in line with our strategic regional and national plans. You will also
contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation, working closely with cross-functional teams
to maximise DFN Project SEARCH’s impact.
Regular travel throughout the UK will be required, with occasional travel to other areas of our delivery.
In addition, occasional international travel may be required, for example to the annual conference in
the United States.
Essential Experience and Skills
• A passion for changing the lives of young people with learning disabilities and / or who are
autistic
• Educated to degree level or relevant Professional Qualification
• Highly motivated and organised self-starters with the ability to work under your own initiative
• Strong understanding of supported employment, education, and local authority partnerships.
• Experience in project management, partnership development, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Experience using data systems and performance management tools.
• Experience delivering training and speaking at events or conferences.
• Understanding of SEND provision and funding arrangements in the UK (e.g., EHCPs, DWP, local
authorities).
• Experience working with senior stakeholders via formal reporting mechanisms.
• Leadership experience managing people/teams.
• Financial literacy and experience managing budgets.
Desirable Experience and Qualifications
• Experience working with DFN Project SEARCH programmes or similar supported internship
models.
• Experience in selling services or products and effective account management.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and health & safety in programme delivery.
• Knowledge and experience of using the Microsoft suite, in particular Outlook and Excel
• Experience of using a CRM for administrative and reporting purposes
DFN Project SEARCH are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young
people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject
to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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 DFN Project SEARCH.
-Interviews will take place on:
1st round July 23rd and July 24th
2nd and final round: July 31st
Closing date: Sunday July 12th
-Start date - Asap
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- 30 hours/week (0.8FTE)
- £35,000p.a. pro rata (actual salary £28,378.38) plus 6% pension contribution
- Remote
Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is the national campaigns and membership body for a network of independent, community-based Rape Crisis Centres working to end child sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and all other forms of sexual violence.
The 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line is a national service led by Rape Crisis England & Wales and funded by the Ministry of Justice.
We are looking for a thoughtful and committed *professional who can combine strong safeguarding knowledge with a collaborative approach to quality assurance and service improvement.
Job Summary
The Support Line Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day quality control, safeguarding oversight, and assurance of the 24/7 Support Line. Acting as the Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO) for the service, the postholder will provide oversight and assurance of safeguarding practices, complaints, and quality issues are managed appropriately, consistently, and in line with organisational policies, procedures and statutory requirements.
The role is responsible for coordinating and delivering a proactive quality assurance programme that assesses practice, monitors compliance with policies and procedures, identifies areas for learning and development, and supports continuous service improvement. Through audits, case reviews, and quality monitoring activities, the postholder will identify themes, risks, and opportunities to strengthen practice and improve service delivery.
The Support Line Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Coordinator will be experienced in customer service, safeguarding, and quality assurance, including responding to complaints and concerns, with the ability to communicate appropriately and sensitively with a range of stakeholders, including complainants, survivors, delivery partners, and colleagues. They will have a strong understanding of sexual violence, safeguarding responsibilities, and the wide-ranging impacts on survivors and those supporting them.
*This role is restricted to applicants who are female. This is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Due to the nature of the role, the post holder will be required to provide direct support to women and children who have experienced sexual violence and abuse. The role involves working in women-only spaces and delivering trauma-informed services where privacy, dignity, and the ability to build trust with service users are essential.
We consider that being female is an occupational requirement for this role, and that applying this requirement is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, namely the provision of safe, appropriate, and effective support services to survivors.
This requirement has been carefully considered in line with equality legislation and is applied only where it is necessary for the effective delivery of the service.
Key Responsibilities
Safeguarding and Quality Assurance
- Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for the national 24/7 Support Line, providing safeguarding oversight, guidance, and decision-making across all delivery partners.
- Lead and coordinate safeguarding and quality assurance activity across partner organisations to ensure services are delivered safely, consistently, and in line with organisational standards, contractual requirements, legislation, and best practice.
- Identify, assess, manage, and appropriately escalate safeguarding concerns relating to adults and children, ensuring concerns are recorded and responded to in accordance with safeguarding procedures and statutory guidance.
- Oversee and undertake safeguarding audits, case reviews, complaint investigations, and quality assurance activities to monitor compliance and identify areas for improvement.
- Monitor safeguarding, complaints, and quality assurance trends across the service, identifying themes, risks, learning opportunities, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Ensure safeguarding records, referrals, investigations, and quality assurance documentation are maintained accurately, confidentially, and in line with data protection and information governance requirements.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with delivery partners, commissioners, safeguarding agencies, and other stakeholders to support collaborative service delivery and safeguarding responses.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of safeguarding and quality assurance training, guidance, and resources, working in partnership with 24/7 Support Line Managers to promote a culture of accountability, continuous learning, reflective practice, and ongoing service improvement.
Complaints, Feedback and Quality Control
- Act as the first point of contact for complaints relating to the 24/7 Support Line, ensuring responses are managed sensitively, appropriately, and within agreed timescales.
- Investigate complaints and service concerns in collaboration with delivery partners, establishing findings and making recommendations for resolution and service improvement.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of complaints, feedback, investigations, outcomes, and actions taken.
- Work with delivery partners to ensure consistent collection and review of service user feedback across the Support Line.
- Analyse concerns, risks, themes, and patterns identified through complaints, feedback, safeguarding activity, and quality assurance processes, taking responsibility for driving improvements, promoting learning, and working collaboratively with Support Line Managers to strengthen practice and enhance service quality.
- Coordinate and oversee Quality assurance activities, including call and chat monitoring, case reviews, and feedback processes, ensuring consistent application across all partners.
Data, Reporting and Insight
- Work collaboratively with the Data and Impact Coordinator to review and analyse service data, outcomes, complaints, safeguarding concerns, and quality assurance findings.
- Produce reports, summaries, and actionable insights for the Support Line Operations Manager, commissioners, or funders as required.
- Identify trends, recurring themes, and development needs across the partnership, supporting improvements to training, guidance, policies, and operational practice.
- Support the monitoring of service quality, safeguarding performance, and compliance against agreed standards and contractual requirements.
Service Improvement
- Ensure learning from safeguarding activity, complaints, feedback, and quality assurance informs continuous service improvement and operational development.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and delivery partners on service improvement initiatives, including accessibility, consistency, and service user experience.
- Contribute to the development of processes and systems that strengthen quality, safeguarding practice, and partnership working across the national Support Line.
Synergy with the wider work of RCEW
- Participate in team meetings, cross-organisational projects, and wider organisational activities as required.
- Maintain effective communication and collaborative working relationships with colleagues across the organisation and partner network.
- Keep up to date with relevant legislation, safeguarding guidance, sector developments, and wider organisational priorities relevant to the role.
This list is indicative only, not exhaustive. It is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will be expected to perform but additional duties commensurate with the role may be required. The job description will be reviewed from time to time and may change in light of experience and changing circumstances, in consultation with the post-holder. We ask all employees to uphold our organisational values, support our mission and purpose, and to maintain respectful and collaborative relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
Person Specification*
- Experience of working to improve support services, ideally within a quality assurance, safeguarding, customer service, helpline, or support service environment.
- Experience acting as a Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO), safeguarding lead, or in a similar role with responsibility for safeguarding oversight and decision-making, or a willingness to undertake relevant DSO training.
- Experience of handling complaints, concerns, or service issues effectively and sensitively.
- Excellent knowledge of safeguarding practice, including the ability to recognise, assess, and respond appropriately to a range of safeguarding concerns relating to adults and children.
- Experience using data, feedback, and performance information to identify trends, monitor service quality, support decision-making, and drive continuous improvement.
- Experience of assessing practice, identifying learning opportunities, and supporting service and practice development.
- Strong understanding of how helpline or support services operate, including service user needs, operational challenges, and quality standards for call and chat handling.
- Knowledge of best practice in complaints handling, safeguarding, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
- Awareness of accessibility requirements and inclusive practice, with the ability to support services that are accessible to diverse user groups.
- Strong customer service skills, with the ability to communicate sensitively, professionally, and appropriately with complainants, survivors, colleagues, and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate concerns, assess information objectively, identify themes and trends, and make clear recommendations.
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate records.
- Experience of coordinating quality assurance activities, audits, service reviews, or improvement initiatives.
- Experience working within the sexual violence, violence against women and girls (VAWG), safeguarding, or wider support sector.
- Experience of working with multiple partner organisations or external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and survivor-centred approaches.
Personal Attributes
- A passion for making a difference and for delivering high quality support services for survivors of sexual violence.
- Able to think critically and assess information objectively.
- Able to see the big picture, to see the connections between complaints, feedback and QA insights and how the service is delivered.
Success in the role of Support Line Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Coordinator is determined by the ability to work collaboratively with delivery partners and stakeholders to ensure safe, high-quality, and consistent service delivery across the national 24/7 Support Line. The role will ensure that safeguarding, complaints, feedback, and quality assurance activity informs continuous improvement and supports positive outcomes for service users. Key measures of success include:
- Complaints, safeguarding concerns, and quality issues are managed effectively, appropriately, and within agreed timescales and organisational procedures.
- Quality assurance and safeguarding oversight processes are implemented consistently across all delivery partners.
- Feedback collection and engagement processes remain effective, with feedback collection rates maintained above agreed targets.
- Trends, risks, learning, and insights from safeguarding, complaints, feedback, and quality assurance activity are regularly analysed and used to inform service improvement and operational practice.
- Regular, accurate, and data-informed reports are provided to the Support Line Operations Manager or funders as required.
- Positive working relationships are maintained with delivery partners, colleagues, and external stakeholders to support safe and effective service delivery.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a CV and a covering letter (no more than two pages) explaining why you are interested in this role and how your experience meets the person specification.
Eligibility
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Evidence of this will be required prior to appointment.
Additional Information
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Data and Systems Officer
Role Details & Staff Benefits
Salary: £30,385 gross per annum
Duration: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Location:Hybrid – NASP have an office space at London's Southbank Centre which can be used by staff at any time. The role will be expected to work up to 2 days per week in the office with the remainder at home, depending on agreed hours. There may also be additional travel required for staff days, site visits and other events.
NASP offer a range of core benefits for staff including:
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30 days paid annual leave per annum, plus Bank Holidays
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An additional day of paid leave per year on your birthday
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Opportunities for Volunteering & CPD days each year
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Opportunity to request flexible working arrangements, including compressed hours
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Contribution to annual eye test, eyeglass purchase, and flu vaccination
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Access to discounts across the Southbank Centre site; including free/discounted reciprocal access to participating galleries & museums in London & the UK
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position based on a flexible working arrangement. Should a candidate be successful after the interview stage, any reasonable requests will be reviewed and be sought to be accommodated within the needs of the role. All appointments are subject to proof of right to work in the UK, references and a 3-month probationary period.
About NASP
The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. Our goals are to promote social prescribing and to bring about a social revolution in wellbeing, as set out in the NASP Strategic Plan.
To learn more about our organisation, partners, and social prescribing, please visit our website.
Our working culture values flexibility, wellbeing, and collaboration. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and supporting our staff to work in ways that suit both their roles and personal circumstances, fostering an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute to the success of the organisation.
Inclusion at NASP
We particularly welcome applicants from global majority and LGBTQIA+ communities, those with lived experience relevant to social prescribing, and those who identify as disabled and/or neurodiverse.
As a Disability Confident Employer we guarantee an interview to candidates who identify as disabled and opt into the ‘Guaranteed Interview Scheme’ on our application portal, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
We are committed to creating a fair, accessible and supportive recruitment process, and to removing barriers wherever possible. We will consider reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to support individual needs. Adjustments will depend on your specific circumstances and request, but may include:
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Flexibility with interview times and formats and locations
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Providing application materials in alternative formats
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Accepting applications in alternative formats including video or audio
If you require adjustments, an alternative method of application, or would like to discuss your needs, please contact us and we will be happy to support you.
How To Apply
To apply for this role, please follow the link to our application portal. You will be required to upload your CV and covering letter only, outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and person specification. Please note that any additional files (such as reports) will not be considered during shortlisting.
To support us with monitoring our Equal Opportunities Monitoring, we ask also all candidates to complete our Equal Opportunities form. Your responses will not be shared with the panel or used to make any recruitment decision.
The deadline to apply is 9am on Monday the 13th of July.
First stage interviews will be held on Wednesday the 29th & Thursday the 30th of July 2026. You will be able to indicate on our application portal whether you will be available or unavailable during this period.
For more information on the role, please email any questions to us via the email on the job description document. We look forward to hearing from you about the role of Data and Systems Officer.
Job Description & Person Specification
Purpose of This Role:
This key support role will work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure NASP’s data and key systems, including our CRM (Microsoft Dynamics 365), dashboards and databases, are effective, accurate, and useful. This includes improving data capture, enabling consistent reporting, and ensuring that quality data can be used to support organisational priorities.
The role will support colleagues to use systems confidently and understand data requirements, providing analytic solutions that meet the needs of the organisation, and identifying where practices and systems can be improved.
The role will sit within the wider Operations team who oversee the core business and operational functions of NASP, including Finance, HR, Governance, Project Support, Administration, and Logistics. As a member of this team, the role will provide general administrative support to NASP programmes, liaising with our CRM support provider (Chorus) and IT provider (Logicata) to act as an essential bridge between internal colleagues and these external technical experts.
As NASP continues to develop its membership and training offers, the Data and Systems Officer will support the growth of this work, ensuring that systems and data flows are aligned, and leading on the technical management of data within these systems. The role will also support teams with reporting and evaluation, making effective use of NASP’s data.
This is an ideal opportunity for a proactive and highly organised individual with excellent data management, administrative, and technical skills (particularly working with CRMs) to support across the range of NASP’s programmes and projects, as well as development of new systems and processes.
Person Specification:
Essential
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Knowledge of the VCFSE sector and/or Social Prescribing
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Good working knowledge of CRM systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 (including technical skills)
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Experience of administrating/managing membership systems or other databases
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Knowledge of GDPR and other Data compliance requirements
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High-level numeracy, logical reasoning, accuracy and attention to detail
Desirable
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Comfortable working with large, complex data sets and identifying trends and data quality issues
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Strong Microsoft Excel skills, and experience with data visualisation tools
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Experience in the charity, health, or public sector
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Ability to work within a busy environment and effectively prioritising and managing own workload
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Ability to manage working relationships with external partners & providers
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Experience in training & upskilling colleagues (particularly in data management, systems & processes)
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Affinity with NASP’s Values as defined in the NASP Strategic Plan
Responsibilities:
CRM and Systems Management
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Ensure colleagues across the organisation are effectively using the CRM (Microsoft Dynamics); as well as other key data systems, supporting with staff training and guidance, providing advice and support where needed to ensure the team feels positive and confident using them in their day-to-day work.
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Undertake regular reviews & audits of data stored on the CRM to amend errors (e.g. duplicate records), and identify gaps or areas of concern, ensuring a smooth user experience.
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Work closely with our CRM support provider (Chorus) to manage any support requests and technical errors, undertaking any updates, fixes and developments to the system where required.
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Proactively identify any CRM and wider system processes that can be improved or developed, working with NASP colleagues to ensure the CRM is being effectively integrated into their work.
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Working with the Strategic Project Manager, undertake regular contract reviews with our CRM provider to ensure value for money and quality of service.
Data Management
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Oversee NASP’s Data inbox, responding to enquiries and escalating concerns or risks.
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Working with Director of Operations to proactively support NASP to meet data compliance; to identify any data risks and to mitigate these, including gaps in data capture or poor system use.
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Present data through reports and produce insights to support NASP’s evidence, evaluation and reporting needs (e.g. for grant funders, programme evaluation or trustee board reports).
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Work with NASP colleagues to improve how data is used in their work, building good data habits across the organisation.
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Identify and address common issues in how documents and information are managed across the organisation, ensuring standards are maintained consistently across NASP.
Systems Integration
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Work with colleagues to support the ongoing development of NASP’s Membership & Training offers, by ensuring the data and systems that support this work are effective.
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Support colleagues with effective data use to track the engagement, activity and growth of key networks and communities.
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Provide administrative support to establish and develop any new systems, working with colleagues and external providers as needed, ensuring that data flows between existing systems are aligned.
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Work closely with the Communications team to ensure the NASP website supports the capture and flow of data effectively.
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Liaise with our IT provider (Logicata) for anything relating to the Microsoft suite, including technical support.
General
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Take a proactive approach to support and lead administrative reviews / efficiencies across the organisation, ensuring consistency of approach.
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Work with teams across the organisation to help ensure we are delivering business objectives.
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Support the Communications team and other colleagues in managing NASP shared mailboxes, including deputising for colleagues where necessary.
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Support the Operations team in the ongoing maintenance of business, finance and project management processes & systems.
Reporting To: Strategic Projects Manager (International, Arts & Grants)
We support communities and organisations through social prescribing so that more people across the UK can enjoy better health and wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
This is an exciting opportunity for a Data and Insights Officer to join our Impact and Evaluation team and shape how data is used at Chance to Shine. The role holder will strengthen our data practices and lead our monitoring analysis to ensure data is used effectively to support continuous improvement, planning and shape future priorities. They will play a key role in helping Chance to Shine use data in line with wider best practice by working collaboratively with internal and external partners, and being proactive in identifying and driving improvements.
This is a London Office based contract. A minimum of two days a week in the office would be required with the option to work from home on the other days. The role holder will need to be flexible as and when they are required to attend meetings, events, mostly in London but elsewhere around the country.
You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.
Key Responsibilities
· Lead management, analysis and reporting of monitoring data – ensuring the organisation and partners have timely, robust and relevant analysis. Engaging data visualisation to meet needs of different audiences.
· Plan and deliver data quality assurance processes; regular KPI analysis for England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Sport England and internal reporting; and analysis to support fundraising applications and reports.
· Identify and carry out improvements, including effective use of DfE and other data to make sure our systems reflect the most relevant and up-to-date information.
· Work collaboratively with the Director of Strategy and Impact, Impact and Evaluation Manager and Operations department to identify and deliver more detailed analysis to support learning, planning and inform strategic priorities.
· Work closely with the Digital Systems Manager to ensure we are using digital tools effectively internally for monitoring analysis and reporting.
· Work closely with Operations department to ensure we collect and use the right data effectively and together provide support to delivery partners to understand and use analysis.
· Stay abreast of relevant wider developments to inform and improve our monitoring approach – particularly in terms of DfE, DCMS, ECB and Sport England data.
· Support the Impact & Evaluation team with other ad hoc tasks as required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
· Experience with data analysis and visualisation tools - experienced in using Microsoft Excel (e.g., advanced formulas, pivot tables) and Power BI to clean and manipulate data and build engaging, interactive dashboards and reports
· Data collection and analysis – demonstrable experience working confidently with large, complex datasets from multiple internal and external sources, ensure its accuracy and analyse it meaningfully
· Experience leveraging AI to support data collection and data analysis
· Collaborative working skills – the ability to work confidently with a range of colleagues to understand, agree and deliver analytical priorities
· Communication skills – able to communicate analytical findings clearly to different audiences
· Organisational skills - able to manage multiple projects and deadlines
Desirable
· Experience of using Salesforce
Inspiring young people through cricket
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Technical Lead (Contract)
Contract: Initial 6-Month Contract (Rolling)
Rate: £500–£650 per day
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Reporting to: Head of Service Delivery
Technical Lead – Enterprise Technology & Service Operations
We are currently seeking an experienced Technical Lead to join a high-profile organisation on an initial 6-month rolling contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on technical leader to take ownership of a complex enterprise technology estate, ensuring operational excellence, resilience, security, and continuous improvement across business-critical systems.
Working closely with the Enterprise Architect, Head of Service Delivery, managed service providers, and senior business stakeholders, you will play a key role in bridging the gap between technology design and operational delivery, ensuring new solutions are successfully transitioned into BAU support and optimised throughout their lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the transition of newly implemented technology solutions into operational support.
- Act as the technical custodian for the live IT environment, ensuring stability, resilience, performance, and security.
- Provide technical governance and oversight of third-party managed service providers.
- Assess technical changes for impact, risk, and alignment with architectural standards.
- Lead root cause analysis and resolution of major incidents and recurring technical issues.
- Maintain technical standards, documentation, and operational architecture artefacts.
- Drive platform lifecycle management, upgrades, patching strategies, and technical debt reduction.
- Collaborate with Security and Resilience teams to ensure secure-by-design principles are embedded throughout the technology estate.
- Facilitate technical reviews with stakeholders to identify risks, improvements, and optimisation opportunities.
- Contribute operational insight into technology roadmap planning and future-state initiatives.
- Ensure compliance, security, and regulatory requirements are effectively managed.
Required Experience
We're looking for a technically strong leader with broad enterprise technology experience and a proven track record of operating within complex environments.
Essential Skills
- Strong technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, security, systems, and integration technologies.
- Experience supporting enterprise architecture within operational environments.
- Strong understanding of ITIL and service management best practices.
- Ability to translate architectural designs into sustainable operational support models.
- Experience managing and governing outsourced or managed service providers.
- Strong knowledge of change management, risk assessment, and technical governance.
- Experience balancing BAU support, operational improvement, and strategic technology initiatives.
- Comfortable working within both agile and traditional delivery frameworks.
Stakeholder Management
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Proven experience working closely with architects, service delivery teams, and external partners.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive technical discussions and resolve complex issues.
- Passion for operational excellence, documentation standards, and continuous improvement.
What's on Offer?
- Initial 6-month contract with strong likelihood of extension.
- Competitive day rate of £500–£650 per day.
- Hybrid working model with a London-based office.
- Opportunity to influence the operational direction of a large-scale enterprise technology environment.
- Work alongside senior technology leaders and architects on strategically important initiatives.
If you're an experienced Technical Lead with a strong background in enterprise technology operations, service governance, and stakeholder management, we'd like to hear from you.
Head of Security & Resilience
Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract: Initial 6-Month Contract (Rolling)
Rate: £500–£650 per day
Lead Security, Resilience and Facilities Strategy
We are seeking an experienced Head of Security & Resilience to lead our cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities management, estates, and organisational resilience functions.
This senior leadership role is responsible for protecting our people, assets, data, systems, and workplaces while ensuring the organisation remains resilient, compliant, and able to deliver critical services without disruption.
The Role
Reporting to the Director of IT & Business Services, you will develop and deliver an integrated security, resilience and facilities strategy aligned to organisational objectives and risk appetite.
You will provide strategic oversight across cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, physical security, facilities management and estates, ensuring robust governance, compliance and operational excellence. You will also lead enterprise risk management, incident response, crisis management and resilience planning across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the organisation's Security, Resilience and Facilities Management strategy.
- Oversee cyber security, information security, physical security, business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Manage estates and facilities services, including statutory compliance, planned preventative maintenance and contractor performance.
- Drive enterprise risk assessment, threat management and control assurance activities.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulatory requirements and recognised security standards.
- Lead crisis management, incident response and resilience testing exercises.
- Manage key suppliers and third-party assurance arrangements.
- Provide strategic advice and reporting to senior leadership and governance forums.
- Develop high-performing teams and foster a culture of security, resilience and continuous improvement.
About You
You will be a proven leader with significant experience across security, resilience and risk management within a complex organisation.
You will bring:
- Extensive cyber security leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST or equivalent frameworks.
- Experience of business continuity, disaster recovery and organisational resilience planning.
- Knowledge of Facilities Management and Estates, including statutory compliance and contractor management.
- Expertise in enterprise risk management, incident response and regulatory compliance.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at Executive and Board level.
- Experience leading teams, managing suppliers and driving organisational change.
- The credibility and confidence to lead during major incidents and crisis situations.
What's on Offer?
- Opportunity to shape and lead a critical organisational function
- High-profile role with significant exposure to senior leadership
- Chance to make a lasting impact on organisational security, resilience and operational excellence
If you're an accomplished security and resilience leader looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
The Head of Performance and Improvement is a new role that will lead our work to drive excellence in our grant making in England. They will play a critical role in ensuring our grant making is not only delivered, but understood, improved, and aligned with our purpose. This team helps us answer key questions about our grant making:
Are we doing what we said we would? How well are we doing it? What have we learned? And what should we do next?
The Head of Performance and Improvement ensures our grant making is evidence-informed, insight-driven, and continuously evolving.
Partnering with the Head of England Operations and working closely with senior leaders, you will ensure performance insight informs improvements to our grant making as well as feeding into decision-making, and strategic direction. It’s a role that connects information and delivery, helping us fund with confidence and learn with purpose.
Key responsibilities may include:
- Funding Development and Delivery
- Directorate coordination of improvements to our grant making
- Performance Management & Management Information
- Learning & Continuous Improvement
- Grant making Risks & Issue Spotting
- Audit, Oversight & Compliance
- Leadership Collaboration & Strategic Alignment
Interview details:
- Date: Week Commencing 20 July 2026
- Format: Online
- Location: UK-Wide
We have a hybrid approach to working. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Newtown.
We will be hosting a briefing session on Monday 6th July, 12pm. To register for the session or for any questions about the recruitment process, please email the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of embedding and establishing performance management frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of the funding cycle and implementing grant making best practice.
- Extensive experience of engaging effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with an ability to communicate complex information to all levels of the business.
- Ability to build strong relationships, influence a range of stakeholders and build buy in to bring about changes for users and customers.
- Strong planning, priority setting and organisational skills within a complex environment.
- Forward-thinking and solutions-focused, able to balance immediate operational needs with long-term strategic goals.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of one of the largest Church of England dioceses, working closely with an experienced and committed Diocesan Secretary as a trusted advisor to a small senior team. This is a varied, high‑impact role with significant scope for professional growth.
The role blends strategy, operations and governance and is ideal for someone who thrives on complexity and likes getting things done. You will be a trusted adviser and sounding board, offering challenge, perspective, and solutions. You will be expert at developing and maintaining excellent relationships with a wide range of people including trustees, staff and senior clergy.
The Diocese of Southwark is committed to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation and to increasing our diversity at all levels. We especially welcome applications from those with Global Majority Heritage, those with disabilities and other protected characteristics.
Job Purpose
To ensure the smooth functioning of the central diocesan office in particular by leading on governance in the Diocesan Board of Finance, co-ordinating activities and managing the day-to-day responsibilities of the Diocesan Secretary’s role as Company Secretary.
This will involve a range of responsibilities including:
- Leading on all elements of governance and charity law compliance
- Leading the Health and Safety and facilities management in the Diocesan Offices, including the line management of staff.
- Co-ordinating, preparing planning and follow up for a range of meetings associated with the governance of the diocese. This includes drafting agendas, preparing papers, taking minutes of meetings and following up the actions
- Supporting the Diocesan Secretary in all other aspects of synodical and committee management, including overseeing elections and the electoral process for Diocesan Synod and Deanery Synods
- Acting as a point of contact and expertise for Parishes, Deanery Secretaries and Deanery Lay Chairs including:
The Person
You should have significant experience in a governance or secretariat role, preferably in a charity and ideally in the Church of England. Proven ability to work closely with senior leaders, ideally at CEO or Board level is essential, as is the experience of leading a small team to deliver well under pressure. You should have a strong understanding of the charity sector and ideally of Church of England governance
As a key contact for people in the Diocese, you should have outstanding communication skills: written, verbal, and interpersonal, combined with strong organisational and project management skills. You will need to be comfortable switching between high level strategy and hands on delivery, with the ability to influence without authority and navigate sensitive issues with discretion. The role is challenging and involves some evening and weekend working for which time off in lieu is given.
Welcome to the Diocese of Southwark, where we seek to be Christ Centered Outward Focused in all we do.


As Data Officer, you will support the Head of Finance and Operations across a range of important day-to-day tasks, with a particular focus on income reconciliation, accounting preparation, the maintenance of our Salesforce CRM database, as well as using the CRM to run reports.
You will take responsibility for keeping Save the Rhino's data clean, accurate, and audit-ready — carrying out regular imports, cleaning routines, and backups, and producing reports that help colleagues across fundraising and communications to do their jobs effectively.
Alongside this, you will contribute to key financial processes including Gift Aid claims, VAT returns, and monthly management accounts, developing a solid grounding in charity finance. For the right person, this combination of data and financial responsibilities offers an unusually broad grounding - ideal for someone early in their career who wants to develop skills across both disciplines rather than specialise immediately.
You will be methodical and detail-oriented, comfortable working with data and spreadsheets, and confident following established and documented procedures while flagging issues when you spot them. You will be a collaborative team player, supporting colleagues across the organisation and keen to learn and grow within a small, committed team.
This is a new role for Save the Rhino, and it is one that might appeal to individuals with different experience and backgrounds. We are open to this role being full time (35 hours per week) or part time (28 hours per week). The hours agreed will reflect the experience of the successful applicant — a more experienced candidate may be able to deliver the full scope of the role in fewer hours.
For more information and to apply, download the application pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.