Senior project manager jobs in Manchester, greater manchester

We are looking for an experienced and highly organised grant manager with exceptional communication and relationship building skills, to manage all aspects of grants from The Christie Charity to the NHS Trust.

The role will take responsibility for collating project information and supporting internal teams to communicate and demonstrate project impact and ensure accountability to our external partners and audiences.

This is an exciting time to join The Christie charity as we embark on a period of transformational growth with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income. We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our successful fundraising team at this exciting time.

We are looking for an experienced corporate fundraiser to help maximise charitable income to The Christie Charity by developing the corporate fundraising portfolio and securing corporate support and sponsorship from new and existing business contacts.

This is an exciting time to join The Christie charity as we embark on a period of transformational growth with the launch of key capital appeals enabling us to see a real step change in our income. We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our successful fundraising team at this exciting time.

The Senior Fundraising Manager is responsible for delivering Brightside’s fundraising activity with a core focus on grants from trusts and foundations, and major donors. Reporting to and working closely with the CEO, the postholder will forge new relationships with major donors and manage our grant applications to support Brightside to achieve its fundraising targets. The postholder will deliver high quality stewardship across our major donor relationships and act as the key point of contact for all grant activity, working closely with the delivery teams to support funder relationship management and reporting.

The postholder will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to develop clear cases for support for potential funding projects, as well as managing our approach to individual giving and increasing regular donations. The role will involve working closely with the CEO and the trustees, who will provide warm introductions to their networks of potential major donors and support in their stewardship.

Please review the job description attachment at the end of the advert for full roles and responsibilities, application instructions, the essential criteria and further information on salary and benefits.

Responsible for:

Trusts and foundations:

• Identify and research trusts and foundations that would support our organisational priorities and funding needs
• Develop high quality, compelling grant applications and cases for support
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of funding opportunities
• Lead funder relationship management and deliver high-quality stewardship
• Lead on grant reporting, including monitoring, accountability and opportunities for reapplication
• Working closely with technology and delivery teams to build evidence-based cases for support for key projects
• Ensure clear and effective handover of successful grants to delivery teams, including reporting requirements and timelines
• Attending external events and meetings to support our fundraising strategy and learning

Major donors:

• Identify and research potential major donors whose interests and capacity align with our mission
• Cultivate new donor relationships through targeted outreach, contact mapping, networking and events
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of potential major donors
• Develop tailored engagement and stewardship plans approaches for each donor
• Create meaningful opportunities for donors to share insight, experience or sector knowledge and ensure this expertise is valued and acknowledged
• Lead major gift conversations and negotiations, including face-to-face meetings
• Provide high quality, personalised stewardship to major donors
• Identify opportunities to grow or repeat giving through deeper donor engagement
• Deliver exceptional stewardship to major donors

Individual giving

• Maintaining regular contact with donors and potential donors (including our volunteers and alumni) to generate donations
• Maintaining and monitoring our individual giving platforms
• Ensure all donations and supporter interactions are accurately recorded and that donors receive timely acknowledgements

Application instructions

• Submit your CV and one-page cover letter via CharityJob
• Your cover letter should be no more than 1-2 pages and must explain how you meet the essential criteria for the role, with a focus on the items tested in application and clear examples (see job description for the essential criteria)
• You must answer the screening question on the application page
• Applications without a cover letter or screening question will not be considered
• Applications due: 23:30 Wednesday 27 May
• First round interviews (online): 4/5 June 2026
• Final interviews (online or in person) 10/11 June 2026

Bowel Cancer UK is the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. We support and fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.

We currently have employees working across four nations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’re in a privileged position to be able to deliver our ambitious new strategy, On a Mission. There are huge challenges facing bowel cancer patients across the UK and our community needs us now more than ever. We’re building a strong and united team to bring us closer to a world where nobody dies of bowel cancer.

Job Summary for Senior Health Information Officer

This role is ideal for someone passionate about creating high-quality, evidence-based health information and making complex medical topics accessible to all audiences. You will play a key part in developing engaging content, maintaining information standards, and ensuring patients, professionals and the public have access to accurate, up-to-date resources.

You’ll work collaboratively across teams, manage a wide range of digital and print resources, and help drive innovation in how health information is delivered and used.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, write and review high-quality, evidence-based health information content
• Maintain and update digital and printed resources in line with latest evidence
• Translate complex medical and scientific information into clear, accessible language
• Create engaging content across multiple formats (web, social media, publications)
• Monitor research and sector developments to keep information accurate and current
• Work with internal teams, clinical experts and external partners to ensure quality and consistency
• Support evaluation, impact measurement and continuous improvement of information services
• Contribute to innovative approaches to reach diverse and underrepresented audiences
• Assist with funding applications and provide insight on service impact

About You

• Experience in health information, medical communications, or research translation
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex evidence clearly
• Skilled in digital content creation and multi-channel communications
• Highly organised with strong project management abilities
• Collaborative, proactive and committed to high-quality, patient-focused work

​Please note this is a summary of the role. For a comprehensive outline of responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached job description.

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and at Bowel Cancer UK we are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates may be subject to either a satisfactory basic, standard or enhanced DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) dependent upon the role.

About the Giving Directorate and Net Zero Carbon Programme
The Church of England ministers to every community in England, and our mission and ministry is sustained and expanded through a culture of generous giving.

The Giving Directorate plays a vital role in equipping dioceses, parishes, and clergy with the tools and confidence to encourage generosity. Through strategic leadership, innovative resources, and collaborative partnerships, we aim to inspire giving that enables the Church to flourish in every community. We lead major funded projects that strengthen giving across the Church, ensuring that generosity is central to mission and ministry.

The Giving Directorate has four teams: Innovation & Insight (leading on innovations, the parish share project, data analysis and marketing); Parish Giving Scheme (giving mechanisms and technology); NZC Fundraising (including policy, philanthropy and gifts in wills) and Learning & Development (delivering training, mentoring, and equipping clergy and diocesan giving advisors, national and regional conferences, and developing online learning resources for parishes).
You will sit within the Net Zero Carbon Fundraising team which leads the strategy to coordinate and support the plans being developed by our dioceses, churches, cathedrals, schools, and departments to secure the significant additional funding needed to decarbonise the Church of England.

What you'll be doing
Legacies have historically played a transformative role for the Church of England - sustaining parish ministry, helping deliver the 30,000+ community projects run by parishes every year, conserving historic buildings and enabling important work for the future, including Net Zero Carbon projects. There is significant untapped potential for legacy giving to make an even bigger difference to our work, but awareness is uneven, and local church leaders often lack the training and resources to talk confidently about gifts in wills.

As the Gifts in Wills Manager, you will lead an ambitious new legacy programme to significantly expand the support and resources available for all parts of the Church of England to effectively encourage legacy giving. This will include creating new legacy giving resources that can be used by parishes, cathedrals and Dioceses as well as new training for local parish volunteers, clergy and senior leaders.

Gifts in wills have the potential for significantly enhancing the work of the church in caring for God's creation, being the culmination of a person's lifetime of commitment and care for the church and God's creation. The role will include specifically looking to develop NZC cases for support as a way to encourage gifts in wills, through linking the ongoing and perpetual care of God's creation with the long term impact of gifts in wills.
Through your work you will create a culture shift where legacy giving is demystified to become a natural part of Christian discipleship. The increased number and generosity of legacy gifts pledged and received will make a long-lasting impact on the financial ability of parishes, cathedrals, and dioceses to fund their ministry and social impact in the communities they serve.

Key Relationships: Head of Net Zero Carbon Fundraising, Deputy Director (Learning and Development), Regional Giving Advisors, Head of Resources & Insights, Diocesan Giving Advisors, NCIs Legal Team, Farewill, Christian Aid.

This is a fixed-term contract role for three years, and interviews will take place on 08 June 2026.

Do have experience delivering high profile, high exposure events successfully? Would you like to lead the strategic delivery of our conferences and events, maximising engagement opportunities and ensuring those affected by dementia are considered and represented appropriately?

About the role
We are recruiting for a Senior Conferences and Events Manager to join on a full-time, 35 hours per week, maternity cover contract for 12 months. This is a home-based role, with monthly travel required for conferences, events and in-person stakeholder or team meetings.

As Senior Conference and Events Manager you will be responsible on the strategic delivery of an annual portfolio of conferences and events, which range from Society owned conferences and events, to external public and professional events and conferences. You will work to maximise engagement and influencing opportunities for our research and influencing stakeholders, including a national conference, research events and roundtables.

In this role you will oversee and line manage the Conferences and Events team, in addition to overseeing business and financial planning and monitoring. You will be responsible for budget management of the events programmes, including setting, managing, reporting on and reforecasting the team budget.

By working collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholders you will ensure the voice of those affected by dementia is considered appropriately in the events we deliver and attend. You will plan the involvement of lived experience across all events, including co-producing all or parts of the conferences and events we deliver. In addition to this, you will build in meaningful equality, diversity and inclusion into our conferences and events programme, ensuring that our events are inclusive to all attendees, and representative of a diverse range of voices.

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 10th June.

About you
Joining us, you’ll have experience of working at a senior level in an events role and experience managing budgets effectively and using project management skills to remain organised. You’ll also have experience of successful management in conference production, organising successful large-scale events and conferences – in person, hybrid and virtually.

Due to the nature of this role, you’ll need to have good interpersonal and communication skills and the experience required to manage, motivate and inspire staff and volunteers to create a high performing team. You’ll have experience of leading a team to achieve success, including developing and working to briefs, workload planning and managing a team to deliver high standards with agreed timeframes.

Crucially, you’ll have experience building relationships with senior stakeholders, third party event partners and agencies with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.

What you’ll focus on:

- Delivering a portfolio of events for our research and influencing stakeholders, including a national conference, research events and roundtables.
- Supporting the creation of strategies for improving events activity and maximising opportunities.
- Managing the budget of the events programmes, including setting, managing, reporting on and reforecasting the team budget.
- Line managing the Conferences and Events team and temporary staff and volunteers as necessary.
- Ensuring the voice of those affected by dementia is considered appropriately in the events we deliver and attend. Planning the involvement of lived experience across all events, including co-producing all or parts of the conferences and events we deliver.
- Effectively evaluating all activity, measuring the impact of projects against set objectives and outcomes in line with our strategy, and ensuring continuous improvement.
- Working collaboratively with brand, marketing and communications colleagues to create robust communications plans for events that ensure the right promotion prior to, during and after events.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.  

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.  

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for. 

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.     

Our hiring process
We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? We know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart. 

Giving back to you
At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.

Doing Good Recruitment is proud to be partnering with Cornerstone Place on the appointment of a Project Delivery Manager.

At Cornerstone Place, we are seeking an exceptional Project Delivery Manager to join our high‑performing, mission‑driven team at a pivotal moment in our journey. This role will play a critical part in delivering our Impact First Social Housing® projects, creating safe, stable homes for people who need them most, keeping the assets in the hands of the impact makers.

The position is offered on a permanent basis, with flexible remote working and regular national travel to project sites across England.

Who We Are

Cornerstone Place is a multi‑award‑winning social enterprise with a bold ambition to create 100,000 high‑quality social homes by 2034. We exist because the current system is failing too many people: over a million households are waiting for social housing, the country spends £2.2 billion every year on poor‑quality temporary accommodation including, tragically, for over 175,000 children, and families are growing up without stability or security.

We are not a developer seeking margin. We deliver 100% social housing, 0% profit, working with local authorities, registered providers and charities to ensure homes remain in long‑term community ownership. As we enter our next phase of growth, this role will be instrumental in turning bold ambition into lived reality for thousands of people.

The Role

Working closely with our Co‑Founders and partners, you will help deliver complex projects to the highest standards, contribute to the evolution of our systems and processes, and ensure every decision is grounded in impact, quality and long‑term social value. You will translate strategy into delivery, confront challenges honestly, and help drive forward an organisation recognised as one of the UK’s most influential social enterprises; named on the NatWest SE100 list for two years running, with our Co-Founders honoured on the SE100 Pioneers list as leaders shaping the future of the sector.

Day to day, you will take ownership of multiple live projects at varying stages, from pre‑application engagement and support through the planning process, to end‑to‑end delivery, working closely with clients, design teams and professional consultants throughout. You will be responsible for managing consultants, budgets, programmes, on‑site delivery, safety compliance, stakeholder communication, team coordination, and clear reporting to senior leaders and clients.

About You

You will bring accomplished project management skills, experience in housing or construction environments, and a proven ability to lead partners and manage stakeholders with confidence. Highly organised and detail‑driven, you combine strong problem‑solving, decision‑making, communication and negotiation skills with a track record of delivery. You will also be comfortable working across multiple IT systems and curious about how AI can enhance project management, streamline processes and strengthen outcomes. While not essential, MRICS accreditation or a BSc in Construction Management would be beneficial.

We are deliberately open about who this role could be for. You may be an experienced professional with strong sector credibility, ready to apply your expertise where it can have generational impact. Or you may be earlier in your career, with the capability, values and drive to grow quickly in a mission‑led environment. What matters most is your commitment to excellence, your comfort with responsibility, and your belief that housing is one of the defining social challenges of our time and that you want to be part of solving it.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Cornerstone Place is committed to equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality or socio‑economic background. We recognise that no candidate meets every criterion, and we encourage applications from those who meet most requirements and are motivated by our mission

 

How To Apply

We are partnering with Doing Good Recruitment on this campaign. Please click Apply to access the job pack and full details via their website.

Programme Manager

We are seeking experienced Programme Managers to help deliver large scale transformation programmes that improve services, systems and customer experience across a major UK housing organisation.

Position: Programme Manager
Location: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford with hybrid working
Salary: Starting from £65,913 per annum London weighting or £57,900 per annum regional salary, depending on experience
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent and Fixed Term Contract available until 15 August 2027
Closing Date: 31 May 2026 at 23:00
Interviews: First stage online interviews 8 to 10 June 2026, followed by second stage interviews 22 to 24 June 2026

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Programme Managers to join a growing transformation delivery team within one of the UK’s largest housing organisations.

The organisation is undergoing a major transformation programme designed to improve services for residents and customers through new operating models, improved processes, technology enhancements and better use of data.

As Programme Manager, you will lead large and complex programmes from inception through to implementation, ensuring projects are effectively governed, well managed and aligned to strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading large scale transformation programmes and projects end to end
• Managing programme governance, reporting, risks, budgets and business cases
• Developing delivery plans with clear scope, milestones and outcomes
• Working closely with stakeholders across operations, technology, data and service design teams
• Supporting organisational change and embedding new ways of working
• Managing dependencies, priorities and programme performance across multiple workstreams
• Providing clear communication and transparent decision making throughout programme delivery

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring strong programme leadership experience alongside excellent stakeholder management and delivery skills.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience delivering complex programmes or transformation projects
• Experience establishing project structures, governance and reporting frameworks
• Strong understanding of business case development, budgeting and benefits realisation
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and supporting organisational change
• Ability to work across operational, technical and customer focused teams
• Excellent communication, planning and problem solving skills
• Experience balancing user needs, operational requirements and technical constraints

About the Organisation

This organisation is one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers, providing homes for over 250,000 people across London, the South East and the North West of England.

They are committed to creating high quality homes and services that help people live better lives. Diversity, inclusion and sustainability are central to their culture and long term vision, alongside a strong commitment to fair and accessible recruitment practices.

Benefits include an excellent pension scheme, generous annual leave, health cash plan, life assurance, volunteering days, employee assistance programme and a wide range of lifestyle benefits.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Senior Programme Manager, Transformation Manager, Change Manager, Project Director, Delivery Lead, Business Change Manager, PMO Lead, Transformation Programme Lead, Strategic Programme Manager, Digital Transformation Manager.

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate People & Culture Manager to lead the delivery of a high-quality, people-focused service. This is a key leadership role responsible for shaping an inclusive, values-driven culture while ensuring effective people operations across the organisation.

You will oversee the full employee lifecycle, provide expert advice to managers and senior leaders, and drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, wellbeing and organisational development. In addition, you will lead a newly established central operations function, bringing together customer services and administration to deliver a seamless and efficient support service across The Union.

About You

We are looking for a proactive and collaborative professional who is passionate about people and culture. You will bring:

• Strong generalist people management experience, ideally in a similar role
• In-depth knowledge of UK employment law and best practice
• A commitment to inclusion, wellbeing and creating a positive workplace
• A proven ability to drive engagement, culture, and organisational development initiatives
• Excellent communication and leadership skills

Why join us?

• Opportunity to shape and influence organisational culture
• A collaborative and supportive working environment
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on staff and student experience

For more information and to apply, visit our website via the ‘apply’ button.

Application Closing Date: 11:59pm on Thursday 18th June 2026

We are looking for a warm, organised and proactive Membership and Individual Giving Manager to help us deepen relationships with our members and supporters.

EDS UK is the leading UK charity dedicated to supporting people living with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). We provide trusted information, community connection and advocacy, for better recognition, diagnosis and care. Our members and supporters are at the heart of everything we do.

This role is central to building a sustainable income base that allows EDS UK to continue providing vital support, information and advocacy for people living with EDS and HSD.

As part of a small team, you’ll enjoy a varied role that blends hands-on delivery with strategic thinking. You’ll lead our membership scheme, grow regular giving, and ensure every supporter feels valued, understood and connected to our mission. You’ll bring empathy, clarity and creativity to supporter communications, recognising the diverse needs of our community.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to make a tangible difference every day and help shape the future of EDS UK’s supporter experience.

National sight loss charity, Retina UK is currently recruiting for a personable, motivated Senior Research Coordinator with experience in communicating science to a lay audience, who is educated to degree level in a biomedical or clinical science, and has excellent presentation and planning skills.

Key responsibilities will include ensuring effective communication of research into inherited sight loss, including the projects we fund, to our community, fundraisers, supporters and staff and measuring the impact of our research programme.

If you’re passionate about safer communities and want a role where your work has a direct and lasting impact, this could be the perfect opportunity. As Crimestoppers’ Regional Manager for the South of England (Devon & Cornwall, Avon & Somerset), you’ll play a pivotal part in helping protect the public, empowering local people, and supporting the agencies working to prevent and solve crime.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Regional Manager to represent Crimestoppers across the area. You’ll work closely with law enforcement and community partners to design and deliver meaningful crime‑prevention campaigns, while also coordinating cross‑border and national initiatives with organisations such as ROCUs and the NCA. You’ll empower local volunteer committees to thrive, act as a spokespeople for Crimestoppers in local and regional media, and drive funding opportunities that help expand our impact.

This role variety, and the chance to genuinely make a difference. We’re seeking someone with strong project and budget management skills, confidence under pressure, and the ability to build strategic relationships. Experience in or significant knowledge of the voluntary sector, media campaigning, or policing practice would be an advantage. If you’re committed to community safety and excited by the challenge of influencing real change, we’d love to hear from you.

Head of Project Delivery

Help provide more safe spaces and support for young people across the UK.

Are you an exceptional project leader who thrives on delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programmes? Do you want your work to make a lasting difference to communities?

We’re looking for a Head of Project Delivery to play a crucial role in bringing new Youth Zones to life—state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound spaces that transform opportunities for young people in some of the country’s most disadvantaged communities.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.

Position: Head of Project Delivery (internally known as Head of Youth Zone Project Delivery)

Location: Hybrid working (2 days a week in either the Bolton or London offices combined with home-working and travel across our Youth Zone network as required)

Salary: £65,000-70,000

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week) – 0.8 FTE can be considered

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Agile working with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to a maximum of 30 days); birthday leave, additional annual leave purchase scheme; company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity & adoption pay; Employee Assistance Programme, active and engaged networks to join (including Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) and access to Charity Worker discounts.

Closing Date: 12noon on 10th June We may close this role early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

First Stage Interviews (online): 24th June

Second Stage Interviews (in-person at a Youth Zone – location TBC): 2nd July

About the Role

In this exciting and newly created role, you will lead the project management of new projects with end-to-end delivery of multiple new Youth Zones. Working closely with colleagues across multi-disciplinary teams, you will ensure every project is delivered effectively, collaboratively and to the highest standards.

You will thrive on managing the detail of individual projects, whilst also maintaining oversight across the whole portfolio of projects at different stages. The role doesn’t have direct reports but requires strong matrix leadership, influencing others to deliver at pace and with accountability.

You will:

• Lead project planning, governance and delivery across multiple Youth Zone developments
• Chair project meetings and manage decision-making gateways
• Ensure robust reporting, risk management and issue resolution
• Use strong relationships and collaborative working to coordinate diverse stakeholders across multi-disciplinary teams

About You

You will have excellent project management skills and significant experience of project managing multi-year complex projects and/or programmes using robust project management tools and methodologies.

A confident, credible project leader who can operate at both strategic and operational levels, you’ll bring:

• Experience using formal project methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP) and tools such as MS Project
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence others
• Excellent planning, organisational and reporting skills
• A highly collaborative approach with ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams
• Clear, engaging communication skills with the ability to adapt to different audiences
• Experience within the charity or public sector (desirable)
• A genuine passion for improving outcomes for young people

Above all, you’re motivated by purpose and excited by the opportunity to help deliver spaces that enable young people to thrive.

About the Organisation

A national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose that fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres called Youth Zones in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The organisation trains the amazing people that run them and offers continuing support to youth zones nationwide through a national network of independent youth charities.

It’s about opportunity.

You may have experience in areas such as Project Manager, Head of Project Management, Director of Project Management, Head of Project Delivery, Senior Project Manager, Project Manager Lead.

Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP

Senior Systems Developer

Permanent, Full time, Hybrid Working (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)

Location: This role can be based in any of our UK offices - Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Warrington

Salary: £45,732 per year for Cardiff, Edinburgh, Warrington. £50,614 per year for London

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues. 

About the role

In this role, you’ll be a senior, hands‑on contributor to the design and delivery of solutions, with a particular focus on our Microsoft Dynamics platform, helping ensure it delivers meaningful outcomes across the organisation. You’ll act as a technical authority within the ICT team, owning complex development work, influencing technical direction, and upholding high standards of quality, security, and maintainability.

Working closely with colleagues across ICT and CRM, you'll solve complex technical challenges, champion best practice, and ensure the delivery of high-quality features that align with organisational goals. You'll build strong, open relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, protect the team's focus, and introduce new technologies where they can add long-term value. As a senior practitioner in the Dynamics ecosystem, you'll provide trusted advice on platform capabilities, integration opportunities, and strategic enhancements that help the organisation get the most from its CRM systems.

About you

You’ll bring substantial hands‑on experience designing and delivering solutions using Microsoft Dynamics and the Power Platform, supported by a relevant professional qualification. You have strong expertise in Dynamics customisation and extension, data modelling, integrations and APIs, and SQL Server, alongside solid experience with modern software engineering practices such as source control, automated testing, code review, and CI/CD.

You’re comfortable taking ownership of complex work in resource‑constrained environments, improving quality and reliability, and working directly with users to translate real needs into effective solutions. You understand the long‑term impact of technical decisions and are able to balance pragmatism with sound design.

Ideally, you’ll also bring Microsoft certifications, experience working in a not‑for‑profit or mission‑driven context, and familiarity with Azure or similar cloud platforms.

Above all, you’re a collaborative and credible senior developer who communicates clearly, works effectively with suppliers and non‑technical colleagues, and influences technical decisions through expertise and judgment. You value learning and contribute positively to a culture of continuous improvement.

Please see the role profile for a detailed breakdown of the skills, knowledge and experience required for this role.

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. 

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.