Upload your CV
Save time when you spot your dream job. Upload your CV with ease.
Save time when you spot your dream job. Upload your CV with ease.
Sporting Events Administrator
The Sporting Events Team at Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is responsible for securing income from individuals taking on sporting challenges and effectively managing relationships to maximise income.
As Sporting Events Administrator,you will play a significant part in contributing to a high-performing fundraising team. You will work closely with the Sporting Event Managers (SEM) and Sporting Event Officers (SEO) to drive the continued growth of the charity’s sporting event fundraising income. You will also be required to show excellent organisation and relationship-building skills to support supporters.
Please note: This role will be known internally as *Sporting Events Executive.
Key Responsibilities:
· Be the first point of contact for all Sporting Event fundraisers, providing excellent customer service, acknowledging support and increasing long-term loyalty.
· Provide effective administrative support to the Sporting Events team, including maintaining accurate records, managing inbox and telephone queries and supporting smooth event delivery.
· Provide organised administrative support to SEOs across a range of sporting events and tasks, helping to coordinate day-to-day activity and manage competing priorities.
· Fundraising data management including adding new constituents to the fundraising database (Salesforce), ensuring details are accurately recorded and maintained and that supporters are appropriately thanked.
· Ensure fundraisers and volunteers have all necessary materials for fundraising initiatives.
Event and Supporter Management
· Support the team in managing the sporting events as agreed with the Sporting Events Manager (SEM). Including recruitment of sporting places, recruitment of volunteers, communications plans, event marketing and event attendance.
· Working alongside the SEM and the SEO to manage the stewardship of all supporters.
· Build and manage relationships with prospective and current sporting fundraising supporters through prompt, helpful, professional and friendly contact.
· Proactively contact fundraisers by phone to offer encouragement, guidance and tailored support, helping those who need additional stewardship to build confidence and maximise their fundraising potential.
· Taking the opportunity to maximise income and long-term support with every fundraising supporter, suggesting ARUK fundraising products where appropriate.
· Schedule and deliver stewardship good luck calls for all portfolio sporting eventers.
· Drafting prompt, professional thank you letters and certificates to fundraising supporters.
· Managing emails sent to sporting events inbox.
Events Support
· Support in the effective delivery of sporting fundraising events for ARUK.
· May include relationship management with suppliers and logistics companies.
· Attendance of weekend events where necessary.
Knowledge, skills and experience needed:
· Experience of working in a customer service role
· Use of CRM or database systems
· Confident working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and databases
· Excellent, enthusiastic telephone manner
· Ability to build rapport and establish relationships with our supporters quickly and effectively
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Excellent organisational skills
· Excellent attention to detail
· A professional and hard-working team player
· Flexibility to work occasional unsociable hours and willingness to travel independently
· Contagious enthusiasm to inspire supporters
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £24,788 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Role
This is an exciting time to join Starlight. We already have considerable expertise across influence, insight and communications and a strong platform from which to build. Recent opportunities with broadcasters, parliamentarians and other influential audiences demonstrate the potential to take Starlight's voice further. The Head of Influence, Insight and Communications will bring these strands together, working with talented colleagues to spot, shape and amplify opportunities that advance our ambition to end preventable trauma in children's healthcare.
As we enter the next phase of Starlight's development, with our new strategy to end preventable trauma for children in healthcare, our focus is on increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of our influencing work. Our aim is to build on our strong existing capability, bringing together complementary specialist teams to create greater strategic impact, stronger external influence and an even more integrated approach to delivering our mission.
This new Influence, Insight and Communications role brings together the existing influencing, insight and communications teams, recognising the significant overlap between strategic communications, public affairs, campaigns, insight and organisational influence. The role will provide strategic leadership across these disciplines, enabling Starlight to connect research, lived experience, policy engagement and communications around organisational priorities, and maximise our external impact.
The role will sit within the Play in Healthcare team, reflecting the shift in emphasis of our communications and marketing activity towards influencing, campaigning and systems change. It plays a critical part in making children's experiences visible, amplifying the voices of children and families, and building understanding of why emotionally safe healthcare matters.
Reporting to the Director of Play in Healthcare, and working closely with the Director of Income Generation & Engagement, the postholder will bring together Starlight's existing expertise in influence, insight and communications to translate evidence and lived experience into compelling narratives, policy positions, thought leadership and strategic communications that strengthen Starlight's reputation, influence decision-makers and support organisational growth. The postholder will identify, shape and amplify opportunities to position Starlight as a trusted voice on children's healthcare experiences and the role of play in supporting children's wellbeing, development and emotional safety.
About Starlight
Starlight is the national charity for children's play in healthcare.
We believe that healthcare should be a more humane and child-centred experience for every child. We work across the UK to champion the importance of play during treatment, care and recovery, supporting children, parents and carers, and healthcare professionals.
Our ambition is to end preventable trauma in children's healthcare.
Please apply for this role through Charity Job with your CV accompanied by a supporting statement which demonstrates how your experience matches the person specification and highlights your most relevant, recent experience for this role. In your application, we’d love to hear about what inspires you about Starlight’s purpose, beliefs and values with a statement that is very personal to you and gives us an insight into who you are, and how you would contribute to Starlight’s success with your experience, expertise and approach.
The role will close at 9am on Monday 5th October and we are actively recruiting for this post on a rolling basis, allocation for interviews may happen as candidates apply, which may be before the interview dates.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you an experienced fundraiser who enjoys building relationships and wants the opportunity to shape a role around your skills and experience?
We’re looking for a Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser to join Enham Trust and help grow our corporate fundraising. You will manage and develop our existing partnerships while also building new relationships and identifying opportunities to bring new supporters on board.
This is a role where you will have the opportunity to take ownership, bring your own ideas and help shape how our corporate fundraising develops.
What you will be doing
You’ll build and maintain relationships with our corporate partners, while also identifying new organisations and opportunities to grow our income. You’ll work closely with businesses to develop fundraising, sponsorship, volunteering and other ways they can support Enham Trust.
You’ll also:
There is plenty of scope for the role to develop, so we’re looking for someone who is confident working independently, takes ownership and happy to bring new ideas to the table.
About you
You’ll already have fundraising experience and understand how to build strong relationships with supporters and develop those relationships into fundraising opportunities. Corporate or partnership fundraising experience is important, as you’ll be managing existing relationships while also looking for new opportunities.
You will be responsible for growing income to support Enham Trust’s fundraising targets.
We’re looking for someone who is:
Experience of working within the disability sector would be useful but isn’t essential. Fundraising training and support will be available, so we’re looking for someone who has the right fundraising experience and wants to develop their career with us.
You will need to be based within or near Hampshire, as we’re looking for someone who can work from our Enham Trust office around 2 to 3 days a week. You’ll also need to be comfortable travelling to meet corporate partners and attend external meetings, so you’ll need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
About Enham Trust
We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years and we are looking forward to continuing this for the next 100 years! Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities. Through first class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives.
We live by our values, TOGETHER we do amazing, we WOW people every day and we dare to be DIFFERENT!
Join us at Enham Trust and become part of a team that makes a real difference.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our Vision for Transformation through Forests
This is a defining moment for the National Forest, with a renewed Vision to harness the transformative power of forests to restore nature, connect communities, and drive enterprise for a positive future. Over 30 years, this 200 square mile landscape has been reshaped, more than 10 million trees planted, and forest cover increased from 6% to 26%. Now, we are ready to build on this success enabling three new national forests and championing a forest network for England.
We are now looking for an Evidence and Impact Manager to join us on a permanent, full-time basis, working 37 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £48,575
- Civil Service Pension scheme
- 30 days’ annual leave plus 10.5 days’ public and privilege holidays
- Staff bonuses
- Flexible working options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on gym memberships
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced performance and evidence professional with GIS expertise to join our ambitious organisation.
You’ll have the chance to work on a wide variety of projects that shape our work, ensuring insight sits at the heart of our future direction, and we can continue to deliver on our vision.
What’s more, you’ll discover a passionate and dedicated team all working towards the same goal of a future where people, nature and the economy can grow together.
If you’re passionate about evidence, impact and the power of forests to transform places and lives, read on and apply today.
The Role
As our Evidence and Impact Manager, you will lead the development and continual improvement of our Outcomes Framework, helping us evidence progress towards our vision of ‘Transformation through Forests’.
Working to deliver our vision for nature, communities and enterprise, you’ll establish meaningful metrics, effective data collection, evaluation and reporting processes.
Managing a small team, you will oversee the generation and delivery of robust evidence and insight, translating complex information for a range of audiences to inform decision-making, support programme development, and inform external messaging for communications and advocacy work.
Additionally, you will:
- Oversee reporting for the Defra England Tree Planting Programme
- Line manage a Grants Officer who administers £2m of grants for forest creation and woodland management
Some evening and weekend work may be required, for which time off in lieu will apply, and you may also need to travel to sites across rural locations.
About You
To be considered as our Evidence and Impact Manager, you will need:
- At least five years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience of leading corporate performance monitoring and reporting within the environmental field
- Proven experience of using GIS for dataset analysis and the presentation of spatial information
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and information presentation techniques
- An understanding of the benefits of tree planting and habitat creation for nature, communities and enterprise
- A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification
The closing date for this role is the 28th September 2026.
Other organisations may call this role Impact Manager, Evidence Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Environmental Performance Manager, Research and Impact Manager, Insights and Impact Manager, or Evaluation and Impact Manager.
The National Forest is an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you want to use evidence and insight to help demonstrate the transformational potential of forests as an Evidence and Impact Manager, please apply via the National Forest website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an exceptional philanthropy leader with a track record of securing transformational seven-figure gifts? Do you combine outstanding relationship-building with the ability to lead talented fundraising teams and turn ambitious strategy into results?
We’re creating two new Principal Philanthropy Lead roles at GOSH Charity: Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Chance and Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Childhood.
These pivotal new positions will strengthen the leadership of our growing Philanthropy programme as we enter an exciting new chapter for fundraising at GOSH Charity.
As a Principal Philanthropy Lead, you’ll join the Philanthropy leadership team, lead a team of eight colleagues including three Senior Managers, personally secure significant philanthropic investment and act as a deputy to the Head of Philanthropy.
Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Chance will lead philanthropy across pioneering medical research, innovation and new treatments, as well as our growing US Giving programme. The role will help shape our next major fundraising campaign, significantly increasing our ambition for philanthropic investment in research and innovation. It will also offer senior leadership for Fundraising Research, our prospecting, insight and due diligence service across Relationship Fundraising.
Principal Philanthropy Lead – Best Childhood will lead philanthropy across our hospital environment, capital infrastructure and patient and family experience, including senior leadership of the final phase of our £300m Build It. Beat It. appeal and the transition towards our next major campaign. The role will also offer senior leadership for Stewardship across Relationship Fundraising, supporting exceptional supporter experiences, impact reporting, recognition and engagement.
Salary
The salary for these positions is £71,831 per annum.
In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.
We operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office with Monday as the fixed in-person Philanthropy team day.
Key Responsibilities
For Best Chance: the transition to our next major campaign, US Giving and Fundraising Research across Relationship Fundraising;
For Best Childhood: the final phase of Build It. Beat It., transition to next campaign and Stewardship across Relationship Fundraising.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
About the team
You’ll join our ambitious Philanthropy team, working with high-net-worth individuals, charitable foundations and other influential supporters to secure transformational investment in the research, innovation, capital and patient experience projects at the heart of GOSH Charity’s work.
The team secures a significant number of £1m+ gifts and is at the forefront of delivering some of the Charity’s most ambitious fundraising priorities.
This is a particularly exciting time to join us. Alongside completing the £300m Build It. Beat It. appeal to help deliver the world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, we are shaping the next chapter of philanthropy fundraising.
Our new strategy is centred around two pillars – Best Chance and Best Childhood – which will form the foundation of an exciting new fundraising appeal. Our Philanthropy team will play a central role in bringing this ambition to life and securing the transformational support that helps give every seriously ill child the best chance, and the best childhood, possible.
The creation of these two Principal Philanthropy Lead roles represents an important investment in the team’s future: increasing our leadership capacity, strengthening day-to-day leadership and creating clearer development and succession pathways as our programme grows.
DBS - note a basic DBS check is required for this role
How to Apply
Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.
Closing date: 23 September 2026
First interviews will be held: Tues 6 / Wed 7 October
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and we reserve the right to close the roles prior to the closing date should suitable applicants be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply early to avoid disappointment.
We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
We are looking for a Development Coordinator to support and develop Outside Edge Theatre Company’s fundraising and income generation.
Working closely with the Artistic Director/CEO, Trustees and external consultants, you will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of fundraising activity, with a particular focus on trust and foundation fundraising, individual giving, corporate relationships, supporter communications and donor stewardship.
This is a newly created role and we welcome applications from candidates interested in taking their first steps in a career in fundraising. Training, strategic support and development opportunities will be provided.
Key Responsibilities
Grant Management
– Research, prepare and write high-quality applications to trusts and foundations.
– Identify new funding opportunities and manage application deadlines.
– Coordinate funder acknowledgements, monitoring and evaluation reports.
– Support the development of statutory contracts and restricted project funding.
Individual & Major Giving
– Support the implementation of a new individual and major giving strategy.
– Analyse donor data to identify engagement and fundraising opportunities.
– Develop fundraising campaigns, donor events and personalised supporter communications.
– Lead supporter stewardship and cultivation events.
– Develop targeted content and approaches for high-net-worth individuals and corporate partners.
Corporate & Challenge Events
– Support the implementation of the corporate and challenge events strategy.
– Develop and deliver challenge events.
– Build relationships with corporate partners and sponsors.
– Support social media and community engagement to recruit challenge event fundraisers.
Communications & Administration
– Oversee the monthly supporter newsletter and other fundraising communications.
– Update donor communications, website and promotional materials.
– Maintain accurate Gift Aid, income and expenditure and fundraising records.
– Keep the development database up to date and use Salesforce and Mailchimp effectively.
– Ensure fundraising systems and procedures are effective and GDPR compliant.
– Prepare fundraising reports and keep up to date with fundraising and charity sector developments.
Person Specification
We are looking for someone with:
– An interest in fundraising or supporter engagement, gained through paid work, volunteering or other relevant experience.
– Excellent copywriting and editing skills, with the ability to adapt communications for different audiences and platforms.
– Experience in an administrative, fundraising, customer service or similar role.
– Excellent organisation, time management and attention to detail.
– Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with a wide range of people, including public speaking.
– Good IT skills; CRM experience is desirable.
– The ability to analyse data and identify trends.
– A positive, inspiring and collaborative approach.
– A passion and commitment to arts with social inclusion at its core.
– The ability to manage a varied workload in a busy, fast-changing environment.
– A willingness to meet the requirements of Outside Edge’s Vulnerable Adults Protection Policy.
– A willingness to support marketing and promotional activity.
We particularly welcome applications from people with relevant transferable skills, even if you do not meet every criterion.
Access & Inclusion
Outside Edge aims to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and we want our team to represent the same diversity of our participants, audiences and artists.
We are keen to hear from a diverse range of candidates from all backgrounds drawing on different perspectives, experience and knowledge. We particularly want to encourage people to apply for this role who have lived experience of being affected by addiction and those who are representative of the diverse communities we serve.
Please feel free to contact us if you require further assistance or would like to submit your application in an alternative format. We will support any access requirements you may have during the recruitment process and ensure that reasonable adjustments are in place as required by the Equalities Act 2010.
Your application and any associated personal information will be stored and processed in accordance with our Data Policy and destroyed after six months. We will keep your equal opportunities form for a period of up to 6 months, after which point the data will be anonymised and aggregated for monitoring purposes. If you are engaged by us, the information you supply will be kept securely and form part of your record with us.
Outside Edge is the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity working with those affected by and at risk of any form of addiction.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Type: Fixed term contract
Duration: 2 years
Location: A mix of working remotely and in the McPin office (Bethal Green, London)
Salary: Starting from £46,637 per annum FTE (point 22)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Do you want to ensure mental health research has a real-world impact?
Can you lead strategic communications that influence researchers, policy makers and the public?
Are you an experienced, values-led communications leader who can support and inspire a busy team?
The McPin Foundation is looking for a Senior Communications Manager to lead our communications function at an exciting point in our growth. This strategic, hands-on role suits someone with excellent communications skills and strategic leadership and communications experience.
McPin is a mental health research charity working to transform how research is done by putting the expertise of people with lived experience at its heart. We believe this makes research more relevant, meaningful and likely to create real-world change. Recent work has included young people’s mental health, digital mental health and virtual reality, inequalities, data sharing and artificial intelligence.
As Senior Communications Manager, you will ensure McPin’s work reaches the right audiences and has the greatest possible impact. You will lead our communications strategy, support influencing and impact work, and help colleagues translate complex research into engaging and accessible content.
You will manage and develop a communications team (two people), oversee consultants for specific projects, and work closely with colleagues, partners, people in our networks and external stakeholders. As part of the charity’s senior leadership, you will help shape organisational strategy, strengthen internal working practices and support other McPin colleagues to develop their own media and communications skills.
You will support delivery of McPin’s communications strategy, strengthen how we capture and demonstrate impact and grow our supporter base. You will bring strategic confidence, creativity and practical delivery skills, whilst working in a way that reflects McPin’s values.
Currently, most staff at the McPin Foundation are working remotely, although office spaces in London are open and available for use. This post will involve a mix of working remotely and working in London.
Our team is committed to transforming mental health research through collaboration, inclusion and a belief in equity and anti-oppressive behaviours. We strongly encourage applications from Black people, People of Colour, people who are LGBTQIA+, those with a disability and those who identify themselves in marginalised groups, as well as people with lived experience of mental health issues.
We offer benefits including a competitive salary, hybrid/flexible working, a NEST Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, wellbeing support and mentoring scheme, an individual training budget and access to an Employee Assistance Programme and healthcare cash plan with Hospital Saturday Fund. Please see the full Job Description on the McPin Foundation website for more information.
The closing date for applications is Monday 21st September 2026 at 9.00 am. The first stage of Interviews will take place week commencing 28th September.
To apply please visit The McPin Foundation website to download the job description and application form. In line with our values, McPin does not use AI in its recruitment processes, all applications will be read by our team.
Queries to Vanessa Pinfold if you have any questions about the post.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Community Engagement Officer – North
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 36 hours per week, plus pension and benefits
Salary: £30,300 per annum, plus pension and benefits
Location: Homebased with regular travel across the North
The future of CCT’s outstanding collection of historic churches depends on communities supporting their local CCT church with funds, events, inspiring interpretation, visitor services and preventive conservation. The Local Community Officer will engage and support communities and volunteers to care for 20 historic churches across the North, (Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester – North, West Yorkshire) ensuring each site achieves agreed standards.
We have recently published our TRUST values, which outline the behaviours and expectations that act as our foundations at CCT. We have attached the pack, outlining each value, which we will also be using as part of our shortlisting and interview process to find the right candidates that align with our values.
If you would like to apply for this role, please visit our recruitment portal to begin your application. You will be asked to submit a CV and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining why you’d like to apply and how you fulfil the person specification for this post, so you’ll need to refer to the job description.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on Friday 16th October 2026.
The interviews will take place in York on Wednesday 28th October 2026. Please note that the interview date and location have been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.
Please note: As part of our recruitment process, we undertake candidate psychometric testing. If your application is successful and you are invited to interview, you will receive an email asking you to complete a series of activities, these need to be completed at least 2 days before your interview.
All successful applicants will be subject to a basic DBS, credit check, references and right to work checks.
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
As the Programme Manager, you’ll own and drive the planning, governance and delivery of major cross charity fundraising appeals, including a significant capital appeal that forms a key part of the Charities’ long term fundraising ambitions.
The Programme Manager is accountable for the effective governance and delivery of these programmes across multiple teams within the Charities Directorate, ensuring that priorities are clear, dependencies are actively managed, risks are addressed, decisions are made at the right level, and programmes are ready to deliver key milestones and intended outcomes.
You will ensure programmes are underpinned by:
Acting as a key interface between the Charity and the Trust, you will build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, influence and challenge where appropriate, align competing priorities and ensure critical dependencies are actively managed. You will use judgement to identify when issues require escalation, intervention or senior decision-making.
You will provide leadership across programme governance and performance, chairing senior cross functional forums and ensuring that decisions, actions and accountabilities are clear and followed through. You will intervene where necessary to resolve delivery challenges, challenge unrealistic assumptions or plans, and protect programme outcomes.
Beyond immediate appeal delivery, the Programme Manager leads horizon scanning to identify opportunities that leverage appeal success for sustainable fundraising growth, working with teams like Supporter Experience to embed donor retention and long-term income strategies into our work.
The Programme Manager will be an experienced programme leader who can take accountability for complex, multi-stakeholder programmes; bring clarity and structure to ambiguity; influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams; and exercise sound judgement to resolve challenges, manage competing priorities and protect programme outcomes.
As part of a small Strategy, Planning & Innovation team, the Programme Manager will also champion project management best practice across the directorate, building the tools, capability and ways of working that enable consistent high-quality delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Programme and project Leadership (approx. 40% of role)
Management of stakeholders and interdependencies (approx. 40% of role)
Project management best practice (approx. 20% of role)
Work environment The post holder should expect to:
Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Skills, abilities, and attributes
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
Benefits
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have a strong track record of securing high-value corporate partnerships, including six- and seven-figure relationships, plus a real desire to work for one of the leading charities in its field?
Then join Shelter as a New Corporate Partnerships Manager and help drive transformational private sector support for one of the UK’s leading charities.
About the role
If you're looking for an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping Shelter's corporate partnership strategy, this is a senior position with significant impact. As New Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of a high-value new business pipeline, securing transformational partnerships that generate substantial income and help defend the right to a safe home.
You'll build, cultivate and convert relationships with major corporate prospects, creating compelling and commercially astute partnership propositions tailored to organisational priorities. From charity of the year partnerships and strategic commercial collaborations to policy-led and purpose-driven initiatives, you'll identify opportunities that deliver value for both partners and Shelter.
Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll develop innovative partnership concepts, influence senior stakeholders and bring ambitious partnership opportunities to life. You'll play a key role in helping Shelter grow its corporate income, strengthen its position as a leading charity partner and deliver lasting impact for people facing housing insecurity.
You'll also contribute to a culture of ambition and collaboration, sharing expertise, supporting colleagues and helping drive the success of the wider team.
At Shelter, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome conversations about flexible working and personal development and believe success should be determined by talent, potential and contribution.
About You
We're looking for an ambitious and tenacious new business professional with a proven track record of identifying, developing and securing high-value partnerships. You'll be a confident relationship builder, skilled at engaging senior stakeholders and converting prospects into long-term strategic relationships. A strong communicator with excellent commercial awareness, you'll be able to create compelling, tailored proposals and presentations that inspire organisations to support Shelter's mission to defend the right to a safe home.
We welcome applications from candidates with corporate fundraising experience, as well as those from related sectors such as sales, business development, marketing and creative agencies, where transferable skills in income generation, stakeholder engagement and business growth can be applied in this role.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, flexible working practices, a competitive pension scheme, salary sacrifice options and a sector-leading Life Leave policy, including up to five volunteering days per year.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
About the team
Shelter has a mature fundraising program that has seen continuous year on year diversity and growth. The directorate generates over £48m gross income, of which a high percentage is unrestricted
The directorate consists of Community and Events, Individual Giving, Planning and Improvement and High Value Partnerships, where this particular role sits. High Value Partnerships covers Major Donors, Trusts & Foundations, Legacies and Corporate fundraising, with the Corporate Partnerships team split between New Partnerships and Partnership Management.
How to Apply
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ on the advert. You are required to submit your work history and a supporting statement with responses to the points in the About You section of the job description of no more than 350 words each. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format.
Please ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviours below throughout your responses:
Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything,
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
We are seeking a Relationship Fundraiser. This is an exciting and varied role incorporating developing corporate partnerships, supporting volunteer fundraisers, organising fundraising events, and building relationships with community groups.
Sight Support West of England exists to reduce the impact of sight loss, supporting blind and partially sighted people across the county to lead independent lives and to secure equal access to services.
The role is based in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire, and you will be travelling around the area to meet supporters and attend fundraising events. You will need to regularly attend our office in Bristol. There will also be occasional travel to our partner offices in Devizes (Wiltshire) and Cheltenham.
As Relationship Fundraiser, you will be playing a key role in ensuring the financial success and stability of our charity. There is a wide salary band depending upon experience. You might be coming to this role as a fundraiser, looking to develop your career, or as an established fundraiser looking to use your skills in your local community.
Full details of the post can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, along with details of how to apply for this post. Sight Support is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you would like to discuss any elements of the role in advance of applying, please do contact us for an informal discussion.
Please send CV accompanied by a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role and how you meet the criteria in the person specification. Applications without cover letters will not be considered.
Sight Support is committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a sight loss charity, we particularly encourage applicants who are visually impaired to apply.
If you would like to know more about the role before you apply, informal confidential discussions prior to application are welcome; please call our office to arrange an appointment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
We’re looking for an experienced and community-focused Environmental Project Manager to lead our Environmental Project and initiatives across our four-acre Community Park, Horticulture Hub and growing spaces, manage staff and volunteers, and build partnerships that help local people connect with nature and improve their environment.
To ensure CCA continues to respond to the social, health, recreational and educational needs of our local community.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a committed, creative Membership Development Manager who exemplifies our three core principles: Connect, Collaborate and Change, to join our small but mighty team, leading membership development and driving our new strategy.
Salary: £30,000 – £34,000 FTE
Closing date: 26 September 2026
Location: Barking & Dagenham | Hours: 4-day week
Do you want to make a difference and create real impact in the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise space?
We are looking for someone who is passionate about communication, about building and maintaining relationships, and about listening rather than telling. You’ll have a highly collaborative working style, and be excited to be part of a small team. You’ll care deeply about the impact your work has, and will have a strong commitment to improving the world around you. You’ll be used to thinking outside the box to find solutions, and to challenging existing structures.
If you’re passionate about building stronger communities through connecting and collaborating to achieve systemic change, this role is for you.
We’re looking for someone who:
You’ll be working in a small, dedicated team, leading on our membership development and the implementation of our new strategy. You’ll gain experience in building a community-focused, member-driven local infrastructure organisation with big ambitions. You’ll have the chance to make a real difference in one of the country’s most deprived boroughs, supporting the people and organisations who help to hold it together.
We especially welcome applicants from Barking & Dagenham and Global Majority backgrounds.
Apply now by sending your CV and a cover letter (no more that 2 sides of A4) telling us:
We welcome applications from all candidates and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you. If you require any reasonable adjustments please contact us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Take the next step in your fundraising career
Lauderdale House is looking for an experienced fundraiser who is ready for a role with more responsibility and the opportunity to help shape how fundraising develops across the organisation.
This is our first dedicated fundraising role, but you won't be starting from scratch. We have successful previous trust fundraising, established education and community programmes, previous individual donors and a large community of people with a long-standing connection to Lauderdale House.
Working closely with the Director, you'll help develop fundraising into a consistent and sustainable income stream, with a particular focus on Trusts & Foundations andIndividual & Legacy Giving.
You'll develop and manage a pipeline of trust and foundation applications, write compelling applications and reports, build relationships with funders and develop approaches to encourage longer-term support.
You'll also help establish our individual and legacy giving programme, researching and cultivating prospective donors, making fundraising approaches, developing donor stewardship and putting appropriate systems in place for donor data and Gift Aid.
Alongside this, you'll contribute to fundraising strategy, impact and evaluation, cases for support, fundraising communications, reporting and compliance.
About you
We're looking for someone with solid practical fundraising experience and a track record of securing income who is ready to take the next step in their career and possesses all or most of the following:
You don't need to have previously been a Head of Fundraising or run an entire fundraising function. You might currently be a Fundraising Officer, Senior Fundraising Officer, Development Officer or similar and be ready for a role with more responsibility and scope to use your own judgement.
Above all, we're looking for someone who combines fundraising knowledge and real experience with initiative. You won't be expected to arrive knowing everything about Lauderdale House, but you should have enough fundraising experience to recognise opportunities, recommend a course of action and confidently take responsibility for delivering it.
About Lauderdale House
Lauderdale House is a Grade II* historic house in Waterlow Park, Highgate, brought to life as a busy arts, heritage, education and community centre. Around 80,000 people visit us each year, and in 2028 we will celebrate 50 years as an arts and education centre.
Salary: £37,818
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Holiday: 25 working days plus public holidays
Location: Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate N6 – on-site, not suitable for remote or hybrid working
How to apply
Please send your CV and a covering letter to Director Katherine Ives, with the subject ‘Application for Fundraising Manager’.
Your covering letter should explain why the role interests you and how your experience meets the essential requirements. We'd particularly like to hear about fundraising work you have personally been responsible for and examples of income you have successfully helped to secure.
Please also include contact details for two referees and let us know at what point they may be contacted. We will not contact referees without your permission.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Director Katherine Ives.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
Application deadline: 9am on 5 October
First interviews: w/c 12 October
Second interviews: w/c 19 October
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.