The Talent Set is delighted to be partnering with Mencap to recruit a new Director of Partnerships & Philanthropy. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the UK's leading disability charities at a pivotal moment of investment and renewed ambition.
Director of Partnerships & Philanthropy
Salary: £85,000
Location: Hybrid (London HQ)
Mencap is entering an exciting new chapter in its fundraising development and is seeking an ambitious and strategic leader to join the organisation as Director of Partnerships & Philanthropy. With strong support from the Chief Executive, Executive Team and Board, Mencap is investing in its fundraising capability and building the foundations for long-term growth across partnerships, philanthropy and trusts.
This role will shape the future of high value fundraising at Mencap. At a pivotal point in their strategy, you will lead an ambitious portfolio across Corporate Partnerships, Philanthropy, Trusts, Foundations and Statutory funding, helping grow major and multi-year income, strengthen senior relationships and build sustainable support for their work.
Many of the organisations and individuals who support Mencap share their commitment to making a positive difference for people with a learning disability and their families. You will build on these valued relationships while developing a compelling case for support that inspires new partners, philanthropists and funders to engage with Mencap's mission. Working with colleagues across the organisation, you will turn shared ambition into meaningful support, strengthening their high value fundraising culture and helping secure the funding needed to increase their impact.
Mencap has a powerful heritage brand, a compelling mission and significant networks that have yet to be fully activated. The organisation believes there is substantial opportunity to build deeper relationships with high-value audiences, influential stakeholders and corporate leaders who share its commitment to creating a more inclusive society for people with a learning disability.
We are looking for a confident senior fundraising leader who combines strategic ambition with strong financial judgement, effective relationship management and a clear understanding of compliant, disciplined pipeline development. You will be credible with senior stakeholders, able to influence well and passionate about building inclusive, high-performing teams focused on meaningful impact.
You will directly lead key roles across the function, including the High Value Relationship Lead and Corporate Development Lead, creating the leadership, confidence, systems and ways of working needed for high value fundraising to grow. This role is for someone who can set direction, build trusted relationships and help the function scale income and deliver lasting impact.
This is a highly visible leadership position requiring someone who is comfortable operating both strategically and externally. The successful candidate will be expected to build relationships personally, develop external networks, identify new opportunities and act as a visible ambassador for Mencap and its mission.
Potential Early Objectives / Success Measures
- Develop and begin delivering a high value income strategy aligned to Mencap 2030 across Corporate Partnerships, Philanthropy, Trusts, Foundations and Statutory funding.
- Agree income targets, investment priorities, pipeline measures and reporting routines across the high value portfolio.
- Strengthen pipeline discipline, prospect management and income forecasting, supported by effective use of Salesforce and other systems.
- Develop a stronger strategic case for support and proposition framework for major and multi-year funding.
- Strengthen partnership working across Mencap and with key external supporters to create opportunities for significant funding.
- Build leadership capability, confidence and performance across high value fundraising so the function can grow sustainably.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- A strong track record of leadership across philanthropy, trusts and/or corporate partnerships fundraising.
- Experience developing and delivering successful relationship fundraising strategies that have generated significant income growth.
- Strong understanding of major donor fundraising, partnership development and strategic account management.
- Experience building fundraising pipelines, prospect journeys and stewardship programmes.
- The ability to develop compelling value propositions and cases for support that resonate with high-value audiences.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders, trustees and executive leaders within complex organisations.
- Outstanding relationship-building, networking and business development skills.
- A strong coaching and leadership style, with experience developing individuals, teams and fundraising capability.
- Strategic thinking combined with operational credibility and strong commercial awareness.
- The confidence to challenge constructively, influence organisational culture and drive long-term change.
Above all, we are looking for an inspiring, ambitious and collaborative leader who is excited by the opportunity to build something distinctive. This is a unique chance to shape the future of partnerships and philanthropy at Mencap, unlocking significant untapped potential and helping secure the investment needed to drive lasting impact for people with a learning disability and their families.
How to Apply
The deadline for applications is Friday 2nd October with 1st stage interviews to take place w/c 12th October. To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role via our website using the apply now button.
If you have any initial questions before applying, please get in touch. We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. We actively encourage applications from people with diverse experiences and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments required throughout the recruitment process.
Empower individuals with learning disabilities and autism to reach their full potential and lead the lives they choose.
Human Resources Director
Permanent | Hybrid Working (50% London Office Attendance - non contractual) | London
Hays are delighted to be working exclusively with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to appoint a Human Resources Director.
This is a rare opportunity to join a globally recognised, purpose-led organisation at a pivotal point in its evolution. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the HR Director will provide visible leadership across a London-based international HR and Learning & Development function, supporting a workforce operating across around 24 countries.
The role offers the opportunity to build on the significant progress already made within the HR function and help shape and deliver its next stage of maturity. You will play a critical role in ensuring the organisation continues to attract, develop and retain talented people while providing expert advice on complex people matters across multiple international jurisdictions.
The Opportunity
This is a genuinely hands-on HR Director role. Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Committee and senior stakeholders worldwide, you will lead a developing HR function through its next phase of growth and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing strategic and operational leadership across the HR and Learning & Development function
- Leading HR operations across the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, reward, employee relations, compliance, systems and people data
- Acting as a trusted adviser to the Chief Operating Officer and senior leadership team on complex and sensitive people matters
- Leading and developing an HR team and supporting continued capability growth
- Reviewing, maintaining and improving HR policies, processes and governance frameworks across multiple countries
- Ensuring compliance with employment legislation and HR best practice across multiple international jurisdictions
- Driving consistency and best practice across international HR operations
- Leading annual reward and pay review processes
- Overseeing HR systems, reporting and people analytics to support business decision-making
- Working closely with leaders to strengthen management capability and performance across the organisation
About You
We are keen to speak with credible and experienced HR leaders who can demonstrate:
- Significant experience leading a broad HR function at Head of HR, HR Director or equivalent level with experience leading and developing HR teams
- Proven recent experience operating across multiple countries and international employment environments
- Strong expertise across employee relations, recruitment, reward, policy, compliance and HR operations
- Experience in supporting senior leaders and advising on complex people matters
- Experience improving systems and governance frameworks
- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Chartered CIPD membership (or equivalent senior HR qualification)
- Degree-level education or equivalent senior professional experience
Whilst sector background is flexible, candidates must demonstrate a genuine interest in working within a mission-led organisation and be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the MSC's environmental and sustainability goals.
Why Join MSC?
The MSC's vision is for the world's oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations. Today, the impacts of overfishing and climate change pose an even greater threat to the ocean and fish stocks. Through our internationally recognised certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and rewarded throughout the seafood supply chain. Over 700 fisheries around the world, representing 19% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 66 countries. Through partnerships and collective endeavour, we are on a mission to end overfishing.
This is an opportunity to join an organisation with real purpose while leading and developing a high-performing international HR function during an exciting period of growth and change.
Additional Information
- Permanent position
- Hybrid working model, which is non-contractual (minimum 50% office attendance)
- London-based role
- 25 days annual leave
- Enhanced pension arrangements
- Life assurance
- International exposure and stakeholder engagement
- Significant opportunity to influence organisational culture, capability and people strategy
If you are an experienced HR leader with international experience, strong operational capability and a passion for building high-performing organisations, we would love to hear from you.
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Head of Earned, Shared and Paid Digital (2666)
- Location: Oxford UK/ (with the ability to work from home under Oxfam GB's hybrid working arrangements)
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Hours: 36 hours per week
- Salary: £49,601 with a discretionary range up to £56,518 depending on experience
- Job Family: Communications
- Division: CEO Office
- Grade: B
- Job Type: Open ended
- Closing Date: 30 September 2026
- Country: United Kingdom
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
The Role:
As Oxfam's Head of Earned, Shared and Paid Digital, you will work collaboratively across teams to shape the strategic direction for how Oxfam earns attention, engages audiences, and grows its reach across organic social, paid digital and channels beyond our own. Together, you'll ensure that this engagement translates into income, influence and long-term support for our mission.
You will lead and empower our organic social and paid digital teams, holding oversight of day-to-day activity while focusing on elevating and optimising our channel, platform, targeting and digital marketing strategies. You will support your teams to deliver brilliantly by setting a clear creative direction, providing strong editorial and brand stewardship, and embedding a data-led approach to performance and learning. You'll create the space, confidence and connections that enable teams to think beyond individual channels and deliver integrated, audience-focused work.
Working closely with the Head of Digital and Head of Owned Digital, you will help shape Oxfam's wider digital strategy and strengthen our impact across the organisation. By building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, you will bring audience insight into campaigning, fundraising and public engagement activity, ensuring digital expertise informs decision-making and positioning the team as a trusted strategic partner.
If you have any questions about the role, we'd love to hear from you.Please e-mail us at , making sure you include the job title and reference number of the role you're asking about.Please be aware we are unable to accept CVs or applications via e-mail.To apply, please use the "apply now" button on the right hand side of this advertisement.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.
An ideal candidate for the role will also have:
- Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team and the performance of others
- Lived experience (s) or evidence of learning/taking action on anti-racism and inequalities.
- Strong knowledge of digital platforms, marketing technologies and industry trends.
- A proven track record of growing income, influence and audience engagement through digital channels, ideally within the charity, campaigning or wider social impact sector.
- Proven experience of crisis and reputation management within digital channels.
- Proven success in developing audience-led digital strategies and integrated campaigns across earned, shared and paid channels that deliver measurable impact.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, experienced in proactive collaboration across organisations.
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to engage, inspire and influence a wide range of audiences.
- A strong commitment to Oxfam's values.
We offer:
We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.
From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer
Flexfam:
We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.
How to apply:
As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the .In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
About us
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
is a member of of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
A thriving diverse Oxfam:
It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.
To do that:
- We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
- We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
- We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.