Programme lead jobs

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced relationship fundraiser to join Kids and play a key role in growing our philanthropic income. If you are passionate about building meaningful donor relationships and creating lasting impact for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), we'd love to hear from you.

Philanthropy and Relationships Manager

Location: Home-based with regular travel for face-to-face meetings
Hours: 36 hours per week (flexible working arrangements can be discussed at interview)
Salary: £35,000 per annum

About the Role

We're looking for an ambitious and motivated Philanthropy and Relationships Manager to lead the development of our major donor programme. Building on recent strategic recommendations, you will develop and deliver a sustainable fundraising programme that grows support from mid-level and major donors.

Working closely with the Head of Fundraising and colleagues across the organisation, you will identify, cultivate and steward high-value supporters, creating compelling opportunities for them to invest in Kids' mission. You will play a vital role in securing significant gifts and developing long-term partnerships that help children and young people with SEND achieve their full potential.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and grow a portfolio of supporters while helping to create a culture of philanthropy across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Develop and implement a measurable strategy for philanthropic growth.
• Work closely with the Head of Fundraising to strengthen and embed a culture of philanthropy across Kids.
• Collaborate with colleagues to identify, cultivate and solicit major donor prospects.
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues on donor engagement and relationship management.

Relationship Management

• Build, manage and strengthen relationships with existing supporters.
• Understand donor motivations and create tailored engagement plans that inspire long-term support.
• Represent Kids at networking and cultivation events, building visibility and awareness of our work.
• Work collaboratively with service delivery teams to demonstrate the impact of donor support.

Prospect Development

• Manage and grow a mid-level giving programme.
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective donors through research, identification and outreach.
• Build and manage a portfolio of mid-level and major donor prospects.
• Work with the Events Manager to deliver engaging donor cultivation events.

Income Generation and CRM Management

• Take ownership of individual income targets and contribute to wider fundraising goals.
• Manage donor pipelines, forecasting and reporting through Donorfy CRM.
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities to maximise income growth.

Donor Communications

• Develop compelling cases for support and impact reports.
• Create personalised communications and proposals that align with donors' interests and motivations.
• Deliver a high-quality donor experience that encourages long-term engagement and investment.

About You

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Proven success in networking and relationship building that has resulted in financial support.
• Experience securing new gifts and developing new donor relationships.
• A strong track record of building and managing fundraising pipelines and supporter portfolios.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage high-value supporters.
• Experience using CRM systems and data to manage donor relationships, forecasting and reporting.
• Strong budgeting and financial forecasting skills.
• Experience researching and identifying prospective donors.
• Confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including CEOs, trustees and decision-makers.
• The initiative and resilience to build new relationships from the ground up.
• A genuine passion for improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their families.
• An understanding of the policy and influencing landscape affecting children and young people with SEND.

Why Join Kids?

At Kids, you'll be part of a dedicated team committed to creating brighter futures for disabled children, young people and their families. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a growing philanthropy programme, develop meaningful supporter relationships and secure transformational gifts that make a lasting difference.

Apply today and help us create life-changing opportunities for children and young people with SEND.

For further details about the role, responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the full Job Description attached.

We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

Are you a natural relationship-builder? A great communicator who loves connecting people? Someone who has an eye for detail and process development? Has a keen interest to make a positive impact in London communities?

If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

We're looking for a Skilled Volunteer Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery of Link UP's Skilled Volunteering Programme, matching incredible Skilled Volunteers with Social Good Organisations (SGOs) to deliver projects that really make a difference. You'll own the full project lifecycle, from the first exploratory conversations and thoughtful matching all the way through to project completion and impact reporting. Alongside this, you'll help us deepen the programme in different boroughs and strengthen the systems that keep it all running smoothly.

This is an exciting role if you thrive on building relationships, solving problems, managing systems and developing processes, care about details, and like turning good ideas into real results. You'll work closely with the Head of Skilled Volunteering and collaborate across the wider Link UP team, including Communications and Events.

About Link UP London

At Link UP London we build stronger more resilient communities.  By connecting small Social Good Organisations or SGOs (i.e. charities, Community Interest Companies, community groups and social enterprises) with Skilled Volunteers, we help these organisations access the skills they need, when they need them, to address strategic and operational development issues and build capacity and resources. Our Skilled Volunteers have a range of professional backgrounds (HR, finance, comms, marketing, legal, data, IT and many more) and want to apply their skills and expertise to make a positive difference in London. This means that the organisations are better equipped to tackle the multiple challenges of inequality facing their communities and the Skilled Volunteers have a meaningful volunteer experience that fits into busy schedules.

We connect skills to SGOs in 3 main ways main including:

• Skilled Volunteering Programme: Short-term, structured volunteering engagements.
• Social Impact Solutions: Our corporate programme provides structured skills-based employee volunteering opportunities in a range of formats.
• Events: Including Lunch & Learn webinars that allow professionals with limited time to share their expertise on topics of relevance to SGO capacity development, in-person workshops and community learning and networking events.

We work in all boroughs and the city of London with 95% of organisations we support addressing issues of poverty, vulnerability and marginalisation.

Role Details

Title: Skilled Volunteer Programme Manager
Time Commitment: Full time (with the option of 4 days a week)
Locations: Hybrid – remote and in-person (minimum 2 days per week in our Battersea office, with travel across London as required)
Salary: £33,000 full time with the option of pro rate @ 4 days a week

Responsibilities

• Programme delivery: Own the end-to-end matching process from first conversations with volunteers and organisations, through project scoping and agreements, to monitoring live projects and collecting feedback, ensuring fast, high-quality matches and strong relationships throughout.
• Growth & expansion: Lead research and planning for expansion in different boroughs, working with volunteers and the Head of Skilled Volunteering to identify opportunities and build relationships in communities.
• Pipeline & impact: Keep a healthy flow of projects and volunteers coming in, track diversity and reach, and contribute to regular impact and performance reporting.
• Communications & events: Work with the Comms team to promote the programme and represent Skilled Volunteering at events and in the community.
• Systems & continuous improvement: Maintain the programme's key systems, documentation, and data, and help identify better tools and processes to support the programme’s development.
• Strategic contribution: Play an active role in shaping the Skilled Volunteering model and Link UP's wider strategy and growth

Person Specification

Essential:

• At least 3 years' professional experience managing programmes or projects, ideally in a volunteering, community, or charity setting
• Strong relationship-management skills, with the ability to work confidently with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented while being able to understand the big picture
• Proven experience working with data, feedback systems, and reporting frameworks
• Confident with CRM systems and using these to track activity and gather data
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem-solving
• An understanding of organisational development — i.e. how strategy, systems and processes evolve to support an organisation’s growth
• Some direct experience with the charity sector
• The ability to be at the Battersea office a few times a week with the ability to travel around London as needed

Good to have:

• An understanding of volunteering and Skilled Volunteering in particular, and ideally experience in volunteer recruitment
• A good understanding of the charity sector including opportunities and challenges faced by small organisations today

Qualities that are a good fit with our team:

• Personable, warm, caring, friendly
• Hardworking, dedicated, committed
• Entrepreneurial
• Professional

How to Apply

Please submit an up to date CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) addressing your suitability for this role, paying close attention to the job description and eligibility specifications detailed above.

Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered and that cover letters that are clearly AI generated will be discarded.

Job Title: Impact Manager (interim)

Department: Investment Team

Reports to: Impact Director

Salary: £61,500 - £67,000 pa

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract, full-time

Location: Hybrid – London, EC1Y and homeworking
Right to Work: We are unable to provide work visa sponsorship. Candidates need to have the existing right to work in the UK and for the duration of employment 

The Opportunity:

This is a 12 month fixed-term opportunity to take on a central role in how BSC manages impact and systems change across all asset classes we invest in, at a pivotal moment as we become a tech-first organisation. We welcome applicants looking for a secondment as well as those seeking a fixed-term contract to cover a period of parental leave.

You will help shape how BSC generates, reports on and acts on impact and systems change insight across our whole portfolio. This spans building the data infrastructure and analytical capability behind our investment decisions, redesigning how we report to our Investment Committee, Board and external stakeholders, and working directly with the asset class teams and fund managers to embed rigorous impact, ESG and EDI practice into individual deals.

You'll be joining a team already recognised for the strength of its impact investing practice. In 2025 and 2026, following BlueMark’s independent verification, BSC was placed on the BlueMark Global Practice Leaderboard after ranking in the top quartile across all 8 dimensions of the Operating Principles for Impact Management. You will help carry that standard forward.

We invest in our people as seriously as we invest our portfolio. You will gain direct exposure to our Investment Committee and senior leadership, and accelerate your growth through hands-on experience, tailored training and collaboration with sector-leading specialists.

What you will do:

Help lead the design and delivery of our tech-first, data-driven impact and systems change insights capability

• Shape the insights we build and prioritise across asset classes and impact themes, aligned with our 2026-30 strategy.

• Help build the internal data infrastructure that underpins these insights, working with our data, AI and asset class teams to sharpen and scale what we can deliver.

• Lead portfolio-level analysis through our annual performance cycle, turning data into insight the investment team, leadership and our Investment Committee can act on.

Help lead the redesign and delivery of decision-useful impact reporting

• Lead the design of management information that supports how we make, manage and learn from our investments across the portfolio.

• Support the delivery of reporting to our key governance bodies including our Investment Committee and Board.

• Support the redesign and delivery of our external impact report, and lead on our impact, ESG and EDI disclosures.

Enable high quality deal-level impact, ESG and EDI analysis and practice across the investment lifecycle

• Deliver impact, ESG and EDI analysis for investment across their lifecycle, as needed.

• Working with asset class teams, steward the effective completion of our shared ‘impact term sheet’ with our fund managers, including agreeing measurable KPIs.

Help lead the next phase of our market-leading impact investment approach

• Lead and contribute to parts of our market-leading impact investing practice and process, in collaboration with colleagues across BSC and with external partners as the opportunities arise.

• Contribute to team- and organisation-wide initiatives that help us deliver our mission, such as working groups to improve our approach on key areas.  

What you will bring - Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• A passion and demonstrable commitment to improving lives in the UK

• Experience in the design and delivery of impact management and measurement frameworks, processes and tools

• Experience undertaking and communicating detailed analysis of complex problems

• Experience leveraging data and technology to deliver impact insights

• Work experience that faces the financial, social or public sector

• Proven relationship-building and stakeholder management

Desirable

• Work experience in impact investing or sustainable investing

• Experience of ESG and/or EDI analysis

• Experience or knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as TCFD and SDR, and/or reporting frameworks such as PRI

• Proven project management skills

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Structured thinker – able to deal with complexity and keep focus in the face of challenge or uncertainty

• Innovative, creative and strategic approach to problem solving

• Collegial team player – flexible and willing to work with and contribute to a team

• Strong analytical skills and an ability to harness, analyse and interpret data

• Relationship management – excellent interpersonal skills and able to build relationships at all levels

• A confident and effective communicator with an ability to integrate within and across teams

• Hunger for continued learning and development, including developing others

• Self-starter – able to work under own initiative and source new opportunities 

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from racialised communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Are you passionate about supporting fathers to develop a strong bond with their babies?

Do you want to help dads feel heard, build confidence, and access the right support at a crucial time in family life?

Home-Start Hillingdon is looking for a Dad Matters Co-ordinator to join our collaborative, experienced team. This role will work alongside our existing Co-ordinator to grow and strengthen our Dad Matters programme across the borough.

Dad Matters focuses on the first 1001 days, supporting fathers and male carers to build strong bonds with their baby, alongside support for their mental health and access to services. It’s a role that combines direct work with dads and the practical coordination behind the scenes to keep the service running smoothly.

What you’ll be doing:

Building on the strong foundations of our current Dad Matters programme, you will work collaboratively with our existing Co-ordinator, with a focus on:

• Planning and delivering weekly peer support sessions for dads
• Supporting the development and delivering Dad’s antenatal sessions with local NHS services
• Recruiting, coordinating and supporting volunteers to contribute to the programme
• Helping dads develop their understanding of building strong parent-infant relationships
• Raising awareness of fathers’ mental health and suicide prevention, especially in the perinatal period
• Supporting the development of a Dad Matters volunteer programme

You’ll be working closely with an experienced colleague, sharing delivery while also taking a lead on planning, organisation, communication and the co-ordination of groups and activities.

This role would be ideal for somebody with experience of working with families or parents, and of planning and running activities, with a genuine passion for supporting fathers to build strong, positive relationships with their babies, look after their mental health and feel more confident in their role. You will be able to engage fathers from a wide range of backgrounds, while also bringing strong organisational, communication and coordination skills to support the delivery of the programme.

To Apply:

Please send us your CV with a covering letter giving clear evidence, with examples, of how you meet the points listed in the Person Specification

 Applications without a covering letter addressing the Person Specification will not be considered.

Please note: You will need to be a car owner/driver

Closing Date:  Thursday 10th September 2026 at 9:00am

Interview Date: Week commencing 21st September 2026 (date will be confirmed with candidates)

(References and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be taken up)

It’s important that our team reflects the diversity of the borough. We particularly welcome applications from fathers and male carers, and from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities, disabled people and other underrepresented groups.

Company limited by guarantee Registered in England and Wales - No. 04612504 Registered Charity No: 1100534

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical educator to join our expanding clinical professional development team working 30 hours per week.

We are looking for a proactive individual who is passionate about education, professional development and paediatric palliative care. You will have experience in clinical education, running high-quality training programmes for clinical staff, and in overseeing student placements.  

We are widening our student nursing placement offer and the post holder will take a lead role in the development, coordination and quality assurance of our student placements. You will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure students receive outstanding placement opportunities. 

The successful candidate will also oversee the further development of our Paediatric Palliative Care Foundation Course. Having established a strong internal programme, we are looking for an inspiring educator who can help shape the next phase of its growth, extending opportunities for learning to both internal colleagues and external healthcare professionals. 

In addition, as we expand our clinical skills training offer, you will lead the design, delivery and evaluation of simulation programmes that build clinical skill competence. 

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of the future workforce in children's palliative care while helping to create a culture of learning, excellence and continuous improvement.

Ready to bring your skills to a role that matters?

Applications will be reviewed and invited to interview as received. We reserve the right to close the advert at any time, therefore weencourageapplicants to apply as soon as possible. 

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.

WIG is a non-lobbying membership charity that convenes and develops leaders across sectors enabling collaboration to deliver this growth and prosperity across the UK for the common good. Our vision is a country where cross-sector leaders come together to deliver social and economic outcomes, with the mission to become UK’s leading authority on cross-sector collaboration. For over 40 years, we've convened senior decision-makers across government, business and civil society to drive collaboration, innovation and impact.

We're a small, ambitious team of around 34 colleagues where individual contribution is visible, valued and meaningful. As we continue an exciting period of growth and investment, we're looking for a self-starter to help re-establish and expand one of WIG's flagship offers.

The Opportunity

You will have the skills and ambition to lead the delivery, growth and evolution of WIG's secondments portfolio, including our highly regarded Charity Next programme (which places Civil Service Fast Stream graduates within no-for-profit organisations) . You will play a pivotal role in enabling leaders to build cross-sector experience, via secondments and mentoring to share expertise and strengthen collaboration for the benefit of the UK.

This is a highly varied role combining programme leadership, business development, stakeholder engagement, customer service and commercial accountability. You will have the opportunity to work with senior leaders across government, charities and corporate organisations. It presents an opportunity for you to shape WIG’s talent exchange offer at a time when the government is going through considerable transformation.  

What you will be doing:

• Lead the strategy, delivery and continuous improvement of WIG's secondment programmes, including delivering cross-sector secondment opportunities for senior civil service, business and civil society leaders, placing 2 large cohorts annually of civil service fast streamers into charity secondments and supporting senior cross-sector mentoring brokerages. 
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across the civil service, private sector, charity and further education sectors.
• Act as a strategic adviser to hosts and secondees, ensuring successful placements.
• Support governance activity, including the Charity Next Advisory Board.
• Develop compelling proposals, new programme ideas and business development opportunities, aligning to WIG’s mission and Civil Service focus areas
• Capture impact through feedback, case studies and alumni engagement.
• Collaborate across WIG to strengthen the profile and reach of our leadership development offer.
• Drive programme growth, innovation and income generation against agreed revenue targets.

About You

You will be experienced working with multiple customers, able to communicate with people at all levels and in different sectors. You will be inquisitive and energetic and a good listener. You will enjoy working in a relationship-driven environment and enjoys working at the intersection of sectors. You will also be organised and able to manage multiple shifting priorities.

We're particularly interested in candidates who bring:

• Strong programme and/or project management experience, ideally within talent, leadership development, learning, secondments or related fields.
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders, ideally from across sectors. 
• Able to manage budgets, income targets and financial performance.
• Brilliant customer service and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrable experience in building new strategies and models to drive growth.
• A proactive, resilient and collaborative approach.

We'd Love to See

• Experience of talent exchanges, mentoring, secondments or leadership development programmes.
• A demonstrable interest in policy, current affairs and/or business/civil society

Why Join WIG?

This is an exciting opportunity to shape leadership development on a national scale, working with influential leaders across sectors while helping to build stronger connections between government, business and civil society. You'll join a charity with ambitious growth plans, a collaborative culture and the chance to make a tangible impact on the UK's future leadership landscape. You will also be working alongside a brilliant team. 

Join the Commonwealth Foundation at an exciting moment as we launch our new 2026–2031 Strategy with a renewed focus on the value of both our Advocacy and Creative approaches.

Location: Central London (Hybrid)
Annual Salary Range: £40,612 to £45,079 per annum
Closing date: 19 August, 1pm BST
Contract: Permanent / Full-time (35 hours per week)

We are seeking an experienced and collaborative professional to support the delivery of the Foundation’s Advocacy and Creative Programme. They will contribute to flagship initiatives, including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and adda, our online literary magazine. The postholder will also deliver creative outputs linked to advocacy priorities, and other high-profile activities that engage civil society, creative practitioners and partners from across the Commonwealth.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of creativity and advocacy, supporting programmes that amplify diverse voices, foster dialogue and contribute to the Foundation’s wider strategic objectives.

As Senior Programme Officer, you will play a key role in delivering creative projects and initiatives, managing relationships with writers, artists and partners, and ensuring the effective coordination of programme activities. Working closely with colleagues across the Foundation, you will contribute creative perspectives to advocacy platforms and help strengthen engagement with creative communities across the Commonwealth.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a collaborative and international environment, enjoys working across a range of creative projects, and is passionate about using creativity to support civic participation across the Commonwealth.

We are looking for someone who: 

• Has experience delivering creative, cultural, advocacy or engagement programmes in an international, civil society or not-for-profit context
• Combines strong project management and organisational skills with a creative and collaborative approach
• Builds effective relationships with writers, artists, partners and stakeholders across diverse cultural contexts
• Is confident in handling multiple priorities, coordinating complex activities and delivering high-quality outputs to deadlines
• Brings creativity, initiative and sound judgement, with a strong interest in storytelling, civic participation and amplifying diverse voices

Working with us

We aim to create an environment where everyone can contribute at their best. Our hybrid working model combines the benefits of both office-based and remote working inclusively and flexibly.

Staff work from the office for at least five days per fortnight, including Wednesdays as an all-staff day. This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis; however, flexible working arrangements can be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Our offer to you

We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support staff wellbeing, work–life balance and longer-term financial security. This includes:

• 30 days of annual leave, alongside public holidays and privilege days
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family leave and pay
• Learning and development opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive working environment

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a supporting statement demonstrating, with relevant examples, how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements set out in the person specification. Please follow the link below to submit your application.

Please note that we cannot consider incomplete applications.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date and invited to a first-stage online interview.

Full details of the Job Description, Applicant Information Pack, and Behavioural Competencies Framework can be downloaded using the links below.

For queries, please contact our Recruitment Team. Contact details are availble on our website and in the Applicant Information Pack.

Eligibility

To be considered for this role, candidates must have the right to work in the UK. You will be asked to confirm your right to work as part of the application process.

Selection process

First Interview dates: w/c 7 September

Candidates successful at the first interview will be invited to attend a second-stage interview in person.

 Second interview dates: TBC

 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The Commonwealth Foundation values diversity of thought, background, identity and experience, recognising that inclusive teams strengthen organisational effectiveness and impact.

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where differences are respected, contributions are valued, and everyone is supported to thrive. We particularly encourage applications from individuals from historically marginalised and underrepresented groups.

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact our Recrutiment Team (contact information available on the website and in the application pack). We will work with you to provide appropriate support.

Help us create brighter futures after brain injury.

We're looking for a passionate and proactive Programme & Partnerships Manager to help expand our programme of activities and build partnerships that support adults living with brain injury, together with their families and carers.

You'll play a key role in:
Developing partnerships across the South West
Creating opportunities for rehabilitation, wellbeing and community connection
Supporting events and activities that bring survivors, families, carers and volunteers together
Helping grow the reach and impact of our charity.

If you're an experienced relationship-builder who wants to use your skills to create lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. We are the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Supporter Acquisition Officer to help lead MAP's supporter recruitment programme at a pivotal moment for our work. You'll take the lead on multi-channel acquisition campaigns spanning DRTV, inserts, press advertising and new product development — recruiting new cash, regular and Zakat givers to MAP — and play a central role in our integrated campaigns during Ramadan and winter.

This is a role with real scope: you'll shape the strategic direction of our Individual Giving acquisition programme, lead the development of new regular giving products such as value exchange and lead generation, and build the processes that let our team deliver ambitious, high-impact campaigns. 

If you're a direct marketing or acquisition specialist who wants your skills to translate directly into lifesaving healthcare for Palestinians, this is your chance. 

As you will have seen from the role profile, this post requires a minimum of two days per week in our London office. 

MAP has a flexible working policy to support employees with additional needs, caring responsibilities etc. However, it will not be possible for this role to be completely

About you

What you'll do

• Lead the delivery of regular giving and cash acquisition campaigns across DRTV, inserts, press and other channels, from briefing through to review
• Develop acquisition journeys for regular givers in collaboration with the supporter retention team
• Play a central role in high-profile integrated campaigns during Ramadan and winter
• Help shape the strategic direction and annual plan for MAP's Individual Giving acquisition programme
• Lead the development of new regular giving products, including value exchange and lead generation
• Build and run testing plans to identify and scale what works
• Improve internal and agency processes, including content sourcing and sign-off pipelines
• Manage day-to-day relationships with media, print, fulfilment, telemarketing and creative agencies
• Support budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting

What we're looking for

• Proven experience managing Individual Giving campaigns, with a track record of meeting and exceeding targets across channels such as print, TV, telemarketing and/or digital
• Strong project management skills, with confidence managing complex campaigns end-to-end
• A strong eye for creative and storytelling, with an understanding of dignified, response-driving creative
• Strong analytical skills — ability to turn data from multiple sources into clear, actionable reporting
• Demonstrable experience influencing and managing stakeholders, internally and externally
• A good understanding of GDPR and the Fundraising Code of Practice
• Experience in a charity, humanitarian or campaigning environment is a plus, but not essential 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Interviews will take place on Microsoft Teams. 

 How to Apply

Please submit your CV before the deadline of 12:00 noon GMT on 11th August 2026.

Equal opportunities

MAP aims to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure 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.

Background checks

As an organisation MAP is committed to the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable adults. MAP will conduct appropriate background and references checks. Link in that safeguarding and ethical conduct.

Disclaimer

**MAP reserves the right to close this advert before the confirmed closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.     
 

 **We would therefore advise interested applicants to apply as early as possible. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the deadline, then you have not been successful in shortlisting

Programme Manager (Strategic Delivery)
Canterbury
£45,012 - £51,764 pa plus excellent benefits
Full-time, fixed-term contract for three years

Would you like to create meaningful change and lasting impact by helping to shape the future of mission and ministry across the Diocese of Canterbury? We’re looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead, coordinate and deliver our strategic change portfolio.

Working closely with the Director of Strategic Development, you’ll bring people together, keep projects moving and turn vision into action - supporting flourishing parishes, sustainable ministry and church growth across the Diocese.

As Programme Manager, you’ll work with colleagues, clergy, parish leaders and partners across the Diocese to coordinate programmes, manage priorities and make sure great ideas become real outcomes.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys leading complex programmes and making things happen, is adept at building strong relationships and capable of bringing people together whilst being confident of managing priorities, risks, governance and budgets.

You’ll be a collaborative and organised programme professional with experience of working with multiple stakeholders, supporting senior leaders and delivering strategic change. You’ll also be a practising Christian (GoR applies under section 9 of the Equality Act 2010) with a good understanding of the Church of England and a passion for supporting its mission and ministry.

Canterbury Diocese is the oldest in England and spans a diverse region from Maidstone to Thanet and the Isle of Sheppey to Romney Marsh. With coastal towns, rural communities and urban areas side by side, it offers a rich and challenging mission context.

Our vision is Changed Lives, Changing Lives: a community transformed by encountering Christ and committed to transforming and blessing the families and communities we serve.

All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks inclusive of Right to Work in the United Kingdom, references and relevant background checks applicable to the role.

Closing date: 11:59pm, Tuesday 11 August.
Interview: Wednesday 19 August, Canterbury.

ABOUT US

The Great Friendship Project is an award-winning organisation tackling loneliness through research-informed community programmes, campaigns, and partnerships.

We design and deliver social interventions that help people build real-world friendships, strengthen social confidence, and rise out of loneliness.

Over the past four years, we have delivered hundreds of community activities, partnered with major brands and public institutions, contributed to national research and policy conversations, and built a highly engaged community of tens of thousands of young adults.

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THE ROLE

We are looking for a new Programmes & Community Coordinator to help turn ambitious ideas into well-run programmes with meaningful impact.

This is a varied, hands-on role at the heart of a growing organisation. Working closely with the Founder and CEO, you will coordinate programmes from planning through to delivery, support our volunteer team and ensure that participants receive a consistently welcoming and well-organised experience.

You will also strengthen the systems and processes behind our work, helping us deliver programmes that are effective, sustainable and capable of growing.

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PROGRAMME DELIVERY

• Programme Coordination - Coordinate the planning and delivery of community programmes, pilots, campaigns and other initiatives
• Delivery Logistics - Manage programme schedules, venues, partners, materials and communications to support smooth delivery
• Participant Experience - Act as a friendly and reliable point of contact for participants and help create welcoming, inclusive and well-organised experiences
• Impact & Improvement - Collect feedback, track participation and outcomes, and identify ways to continually improve our programmes

VOLUNTEER COORDINATION

• Recruitment & Onboarding - Support the recruitment, selection and onboarding of volunteers involved in programme delivery
• Training & Support - Coordinate volunteer training, shadowing, guidance and ongoing development
• Rotas & Communications - Manage volunteer availability, rotas and communications, ensuring people understand their responsibilities and feel supported

SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS

• Planning & Organisation - Maintain clear plans, timelines, schedules and task-management systems across programmes
• Process Development - Build and improve practical processes that strengthen delivery, reduce manual work and prevent important tasks from being missed
• Systems Management - Maintain digital tools, databases, records and shared documentation so that information remains accurate and accessible
• Documentation - Develop templates, guidance and playbooks that support consistent delivery and organisational growth

PARTNERSHIPS & GROWTH

• Partnership Support - Help coordinate relationships with venues, delivery partners and other external organisations
• Fundraising Support - Contribute to funding research, applications, reporting and partnership follow-up
• Campaigns & Growth - Support the delivery of campaigns, stakeholder events and other opportunities to extend our reach and impact

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WHO YOU ARE

• Organised & Reliable - You can manage competing priorities, maintain accurate systems and ensure that tasks, deadlines and follow-ups do not get missed
• People-Focused - You understand how to support volunteers and create welcoming experiences for people from different backgrounds
• Confident Communicator - You can build positive relationships with community members, volunteers, colleagues, partners and other stakeholders
• Problem Solver - You take initiative, respond calmly when plans change and find workable solutions to operational challenges
• Tech-Savvy - You are confident using digital tools and can improve processes to make work clearer, more efficient and easier to manage
• Flexible - You're able to work evenings and weekends to support programme delivery, with Time Off in Lieu provided

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EXPERIENCE - ESSENTIAL

• Experience in an operations, coordination, programme delivery, or project support role with responsibility for outcomes
• Experience managing multiple priorities across people, systems, and deadlines in a small or fast-moving organisation
• Confidence taking ownership, exercising judgement, and working with limited supervision

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EXPERIENCE - DESIRABLE

• Experience in a charity, community, events, or volunteer-led environment
• Experience supporting partnerships, fundraising activity, or grant applications
• Experience working closely with senior leadership or a founder

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BENEFITS

Beyond the opportunity to play a pivotal role in a growing social movement, we provide a supportive environment designed to help you thrive personally and professionally.

• Meaningful Work - Play a central role in tackling loneliness and helping people build lasting, real-world friendships
• Flexible Working - Work across home, co-working and community settings, with autonomy around how you structure your week
• Annual Leave - 20 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and your birthday off, increasing by one day for each completed year of service up to five additional days
• Learning & Development - Receive mentoring and relevant training while developing experience across programme delivery, operations, partnerships and leadership
• Progression Opportunities - Shape a new role designed to develop as the organisation continues to grow

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HOW TO APPLY

Please complete our online application form by Thursday 13th August 2026 at 11pm.

If you have any questions about the role or application process, please contact us by email or through the enquiry form on our website.

Senior Programmes Manager (Fixed-term contract)

Reports to: Director of Finance and Operations
Hours: Full time with flexible hours. Core hours are 10am to 4pm
Location: Hybrid. London (Embankment) on Wednesdays and Thursdays and remote working
Salary: £44,748 p.a.
Contract length: 13 months (starting mid November 2026)

Applications close: 23:59 on August 28th.

First round interviews: September 8th (online)

Second round interviews: September 16th at The Economist Group’s offices in London.

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process. If there are any adjustments or support we can provide to help you perform at your best during the interview, please let us know.

BENEFITS

• 25 days annual leave, UK bank holidays and one volunteering day a year, one day for moving home
• A highly competitive pension (up to 11% employer contribution for 5% employee contribution)
• Private health insurance, eye tests and medical checks
• Flexible working: core hours from 10am to 4pm with a minimum of two days spent in the office in London each week (currently Wednesdays and Thursdays)
• 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Programme
• Income protection insurance and life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and gym membership loan
• Free access to The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more

ABOUT US

The Economist Educational Foundation is a fast-growing charity on a mission to ensure that every child is empowered to think critically and communicate effectively about the world’s most complex current issues.

In 2025-6 our core programme, Topical Talk, more than doubled its reach to over 1 million young people across 99 countries. We are at a time of great opportunity, in England and internationally, and have ambitious plans to keep growing and deepen our impact further.

Topical Talk helps children join inspiring discussions about the news by providing:

• Topical Talk Headlines – award-winning weekly lessons for classroom discussions about global news stories
• Leadership for Change Prize – child-led solutions to complex global issues
• Community partnerships – support and training for teachers via partnerships with Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK and School Districts in America

Our programme has received international recognition, including from HundrED as one of the top 100 education initiatives, from UNESCO as a winner of the Global Media and Information Literacy Awards 2022 and from the Money And Inclusion Awards (MAIA) for best content in 2025.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly organised, agile and structured Senior Programmes Manager to lead the operational planning, project management and execution of our flagship educational programmes. In this role, you will be the operational engine behind multiple cross-departmental projects, with a focus on meeting the needs of our global teachers and students, as well as funders.

In this fixed-term role you will work closely with our educational content leads, designers and external stakeholders to ensure our high-impact classroom resources and live events are delivered seamlessly, on time and to the highest standard. Rather than drafting the pedagogy yourself, you will manage the project lifecycles, coordinate workflow across internal and external teams and optimise the systems that allow our world-class educational programmes to reach over 1 million young people globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project and operational management

• Manage the Topical Talk Leadership for Change Prize, Live Lessons, curriculum modules and student workshops end-to-end: from roadmaps and capacity mapping through to impact and evaluation
• Project manage the filming required for our content delivery, including the booking and management of experts, production teams and Economist colleagues
• Track and coordinate progress across content creators, graphic designers, proofreaders and editors to ensure all deliverables meet tight production deadlines
• Balance team workloads across concurrent educational projects and plan capacity for incoming projects
• Continuously refine workflow processes to streamline resource creation and evaluation

Programme governance and evaluation

• Partner with the Director of Programmes to track key performance indicators (KPIs), evaluate audience reach and maintain rigorous data collection for monitoring and evaluating our programmes
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, content risks or scheduling delays, implementing swift mitigation strategies to keep delivery on track

Live Lesson and workshop operations

• Manage the end-to-end operational execution of student workshops and our Live Lessons – handling scheduling, platform setups and logistics
• Coordinate school visits for content testing and observation, ensuring all safeguarding and operational requirements are fully met

Stakeholder and relationship coordination

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for external topic experts, guest contributors, and editorial contributors from The Economist Group
• Maintain clear lines of communication between the programmes team, marketing, operations and external partners to ensure projects are aligned with strategic aims
• Manage external freelance contractors and vendors, with support from the administrative officer

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

Whether you come from a project or educational management background or are a leader in charity operations, you possess the following:

• Outstanding ability to build, manage and maintain complex multi-phase project plans with precision and accountability
• A relentless eye for detail, operational rigor, and a knack for creating clean, efficient workflows out of complex tasks
• A proactive, self-starting mindset capable of foreseeing risks, resolving bottlenecks quickly and keeping cross-functional teams moving forward
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to effectively coordinate across diverse stakeholders – from freelance producers and internal creative teams to senior editors and external experts
• A collaborative nature. You motivate project contributors, keep teams aligned and foster a supportive working environment
• Discipline with deadlines, whereby you act as a dependable anchor for the team, managing requests consistently

EXPERIENCE

You have…

• Proven project management experience where you have demonstrated success in managing content creation, publishing workflows or educational delivery pipelines from conception to completion
• Experience using project management and collaboration platforms to drive team accountability and workflow tracking
• A track record of coordinating multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. writers, designers, subject-matter experts) under tight production schedules
• Experience implementing monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks to track project success metrics and user engagement
• Practical experience running hybrid, in-person, or large-scale virtual workshops and webinars

You might have…

• Formal project management certifications or training
• Background working within ed-tech, publishing or non-profit environments

We're particularly keen for you to apply if you are from a community under-represented in the charity sector or have lived experience of facing extra barriers because of your background.

Location: Hybrid: Turn2us London Hub (Farringdon) , Barking and Dagenham & homeworking

Turn2us is a national charity tackling financial insecurity and its structural causes. We work with co-producers and partners to provide people in financial crisis with the means and agency to get back on their feet, build resilience, move forward with their lives and thrive.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to equity, inclusion and diversity and the value people from different backgrounds bring to a team. If, like us, you believe everyone has the right to have enough to live on, and you are ambitious about eradicating financial insecurity, join us and build your career with a charity dedicated to ensuring dignity and equity for all.

About the role
The Turn2us Programmes Team runs place-based programmes to address the symptoms of and tackles the causes of financial insecurity. The Barking and Dagenham Programme has been running for three years working across multiple locations in Barking and Dagenham to design solutions to financial insecurity with residents and convene local stakeholders to drive systems change. This role will continue to work in partnership with local organisations and residents to develop and manage an innovative, high impact programme of support that includes lived experience, grants, and information so that people living in financial insecurity have the opportunity to build financial security and thrive in the places where they live.

About you 
We are looking for someone experienced in managing programmes with complex projects, partnerships, and power dynamics and key stakeholders across the social, public, and charitable sector.
The candidate should be a strong communicator, collaborative, and able to translate complex ideas values to diverse audiences, and skilled in people management. They should be knowledgeable in embedding principals of EDIB, safeguarding, and GDPR.

Candidates should have a proven track record of financial accountability and community-led or community action programmes through collaborative and co-produced approaches.
The candidate should be committed to social justice, accountability, driving change, and empowering communities.

We offer flexible working patterns, both in terms of hours and remote working. Please note that all employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 1 day a week.

Some roles may be required to be in the office more often than others and this will be agreed with the hiring manager upon starting at Turn2us.

Please note that all job offers are subject to 2 – 3 satisfactory references and a disclosure satisfactory to Turn2us from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date: Sunday 23 August
Interview date: 4th and 7th  September

About the role

The Academy runs some of the most valued grant schemes and development programmes in UK biomedical and health research. Springboard Awards help researchers establish their independence. Starter Grants keep talented clinicians in research alongside their clinical work. Leadership programmes like FLIER develop people who can work across academia, healthcare and industry to tackle real-world challenges, and alongside these sit opportunities to spend time working in industry, the NHS or government. Moving between sectors should be a normal part of a medical research career (it is not yet), and much of our work is built with that belief: a more connected and mobile workforce is better able to turn discovery into benefit. Between them, these schemes change the course of people's careers, and the research they enable reaches patients across the UK and beyond.

This role leads that portfolio. The heart of the job is excellent delivery: schemes that are well designed and well run, and that make a real difference to the people they reach. You will work closely with the Fellowship, whose expertise and generosity run through the whole portfolio, and you will make sure the schemes serve the whole of the medical sciences community (across the devolved nations and the regions, in industry as much as academia), not just those already inside the most established institutions. And science is global, so this work is too: the portfolio draws on evidence and partnerships from around the world, and the mentoring and networks around the people we support reach well beyond the UK.

Today much of the portfolio's focus is research talent and careers. That will always be a substantial part of the portfolio, but over time we plan to expand it further. That expansion could go in several directions, and what matters is that we are taking an evidence-based approach to ensure that our efforts are responding to what the medical sciences sector needs. Whatever we launch next, the same principles apply; good design, sound funding, proper governance and solid evaluation, with our effort concentrated where it delivers the most impact. So, the job is twofold: run today's portfolio brilliantly and build the future portfolio. It is a role where you can see your work land in people's lives, with real scope to shape what comes next. And none of it stands alone: what we learn from the people we fund sharpens our policy voice, the community our programmes build strengthens our engagement and public trust work, and insight flows back the other way to shape what we design next.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will share in the leadership of the Academy as a whole, working closely with the other directors: the Chief Operating Officer and the Directors of Policy, Communications and Engagement, and Translation and Enterprise. The relationship with Translation and Enterprise matters especially. That team will shape new partnerships and initiatives that your team is best placed to deliver, so the two of you will work in very close partnership.

What we are looking for

These are the six areas we will explore with candidates. They match the six parts of the role above, so you can read straight across — and your supporting statement can follow the same structure if that helps. We do not expect anyone to arrive with every part fully formed, but the strongest candidates will be convincing across most of them.

1. Excellent delivery

A strong track record of running grant schemes or of significant programmatic delivery. Much of this is operational: holding an annual cycle to time and budget, catching problems early and getting stuck things moving again. It is also about making sure the portfolio adds up to a coherent whole rather than a collection of separate schemes, with the governance discipline — sound contracts, clean compliance, rigorous oversight — that sits behind delivery done well.

2. Building partnerships and negotiating well

A track record of building and sustaining partnerships with funders, delivery organisations and industry, and the skill and pace to turn them into agreements where appropriate. We will want to hear how you have handled a complex negotiation and brought it to a close. The Chief Operating Officer leads the Academy’s income strategy, so we will also explore how you develop partners in concert with colleagues.

3. Range and credibility across the community

This role runs from Fellows (some of the most eminent scientists in the country) to researchers at the very start of their careers, and from government and funders to industry partners. We are looking for someone with the range to work well across all of them, and the credibility to be taken seriously at every level. We will also explore how you have widened access and drawn talent in from beyond the usual places.

4. A focus on impact

A commitment to looking at what difference the portfolio you lead makes. We are looking for someone who treats evaluation as a source of learning and uses what it shows to decide what the Academy should do next, keeping sight of the people and patients the work is for.

5. Leading and empowering people

A brilliant leader of people: someone who gets the best from a talented team by giving them space and ownership, backing them with real support and coaching, and building a culture where people thrive and develop.

6. Collective leadership

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you would share responsibility for the Academy as a whole, not only your own directorate. We want someone who takes that seriously, brings challenge where it is needed, backs colleagues when it counts, and helps make the Academy a brilliant place to work.

Benefits

We offer a competitive and evolving benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work–life balance, including:

• Competitive salary and pension
• 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell annual leave 
• Additional paid closure between Christmas and New Year
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Health, wellbeing and employee support programmes
• Cycle-to-work scheme and everyday benefits
• Structured learning and development
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave
• Enhanced occupational sick pay

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date for completed applications: Midday on Monday 17 August 2026.

First interviews will be held 25-26 August 2026 with the CEO, Roz Campion, and the COO, James Lawrence, and focused on two competencies – leadership and delivery.

Second interviews will be held on 1 September 2026 with an external panel.