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Fundraising & Corporate Partnerships Manager
MCKS Charitable Foundation UK
Full Time | Hybrid | National Role
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Help Us Build the Next Phase of Growth
MCKS Charitable Foundation UK is an ambitious and rapidly growing charity supporting schools and communities across the UK through school pantry programmes, breakfast clubs and wider wellbeing initiatives that help children and families experiencing food insecurity.
We currently support around 180 schools nationally, with a long-term vision to expand to 500 schools and beyond.
As part of this exciting growth phase, we are investing in two of the charity’s first full-time paid roles to help build the next stage of MCKS’ fundraising, partnerships, impact and operational infrastructure.
The Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising Manager will work very closely alongside our Schools, Community & Impact Manager, with both roles playing a key part in helping shape the future growth of the charity.
Together, these roles will help strengthen supporter engagement, develop partnerships, improve impact reporting, increase fundraising income and expand the charity’s national reach.
This is a genuinely hands-on opportunity to help build something meaningful from the ground up. Whilst significant growth and development is already underway, the charity is still evolving its infrastructure, systems and processes. We are therefore looking for someone who enjoys working within a growing environment and is excited by the opportunity to help shape and build new ways of working.
This is not a role for someone who only wants to sit behind strategy documents.
We are looking for someone who can think strategically whilst also being willing to roll their sleeves up and deliver — someone who enjoys building relationships, creating opportunities, driving activity forward and helping turn ideas into tangible results.
About the Role
Working closely with the charity’s leadership, trustees and Schools, Community & Impact Manager, you will help develop and deliver a diversified fundraising and partnerships strategy that supports the charity’s ambitious growth plans.
This is a varied, fast-paced and hands-on role where you will focus on developing corporate partnerships, securing fundraising income, supporting campaigns and events, and helping strengthen the charity’s fundraising infrastructure for future growth.
Alongside longer-term relationship building, we are keen to see visible fundraising activity, momentum and new opportunities generated within the first year.
We are looking for someone who enjoys making things happen — someone who is proactive, delivery-focused and comfortable balancing strategic thinking with practical implementation within a growing charity environment.
As the charity continues to evolve, this role will also contribute towards shaping systems, processes, partnership approaches and supporter engagement activity from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Partnerships
- Identify and develop partnerships with corporate organisations aligned with the charity’s mission
- Secure financial support from businesses
- Develop partnership proposals and sponsorship opportunities
- Build and manage long-term relationships with corporate partners
- Develop employee engagement and fundraising opportunities with partners
Fundraising & Income Generation
- Identify and secure fundraising opportunities across corporate partnerships, community fundraising, events and trusts
- Support the development and delivery of fundraising campaigns and initiatives
- Help grow and diversify sustainable income streams
- Develop fundraising resources and supporter materials
- Support the planning and delivery of fundraising events and activities
Trusts & Foundations
- Research and apply to relevant grant-making trusts and foundations
- Develop compelling funding applications and proposals
- Manage funder relationships and reporting requirements
Donor Engagement & CRM
- Support the implementation and development of the charity’s fundraising CRM system
- Maintain accurate records of fundraising activity, donors and partnerships
- Track fundraising activity and provide updates to leadership and trustees
- Support supporter engagement and donor stewardship activity
About You
We are looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in fundraising, corporate partnerships, sponsorship or business development
- A confident relationship builder with strong networking and communication skills
- Proactive, organised and delivery-focused
- Comfortable working independently within a growing and evolving charity
- Hands-on and willing to get involved operationally as well as strategically
- Able to manage multiple priorities and work at pace
- Commercially aware with a creative and solution-focused mindset
- Comfortable helping build and improve processes, systems and ways of working
- Passionate about making a genuine difference to children, schools and communities
Experience within the charity sector is welcome but not essential if you have strong partnership development or fundraising experience.
Most importantly, we are looking for someone with energy, initiative and the ability to turn ideas into action.
Why This Role Matters
MCKS Charitable Foundation currently supports around 180 schools across the UK through its school pantry programmes and breakfast clubs.
Through strategic partnerships, fundraising and community engagement, this role will help expand that support to 500+ schools nationally, helping thousands more children and families access essential food support through their schools.
This role will play a direct part in helping the charity strengthen its long-term sustainability, fundraising infrastructure and national reach.
In your first year, the focus will be on creating fundraising momentum, building a strong pipeline of opportunities and securing new income through corporate partnerships, trusts, fundraising initiatives and supporter engagement activity.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role will involve bringing energy, momentum and proactive delivery into the charity’s fundraising activity from the outset.
You will be comfortable taking ownership of opportunities, building relationships, identifying new income streams and helping turn ideas into tangible fundraising activity and partnerships.
Alongside helping develop longer-term fundraising infrastructure and partnerships, we are looking for someone who enjoys making things happen and delivering visible progress within a growing charity environment.
This role would suit someone who enjoys building relationships, creating opportunities, working collaboratively and seeing the direct impact of their work on schools, children and families across the UK.
Why Join MCKS?
This is an opportunity to join a charity at a genuinely exciting stage of growth and help shape its future direction.
You will be joining at a pivotal time as MCKS invests in building its fundraising, partnership and impact infrastructure to support long-term national growth.
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Help shape one of the charity’s first dedicated fundraising and partnerships functions
- Work closely alongside the Schools, Community & Impact Manager to help build the charity’s future infrastructure and growth
- Build meaningful corporate and community relationships
- Work closely with senior leadership, trustees and the wider charity team
- Help influence systems, processes and future direction
- Make a visible and measurable impact across schools and communities nationwide
For the right person, this is an opportunity to build something meaningful from the ground up and be part of a charity with ambitious plans for growth and long-term impact.
To alleviate suffering and strengthen communities by delivering practical, structured support programmes that help children and families access the fo


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Legacy Case Officer
Salary: £30,255 - £37,732 per annum
Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3RB and other UK locations as needed)
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for a Legacy Case Officer to join our Legacy team at Help for Heroes. You’ll be playing a vital role in our legacy fundraising, taking responsibility for a wide variety of legacy cases, and ensuring we receive funds to support veterans and their families to live well after service.
Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.
About the Role
Legacies are key to our work at Help for Heroes. It is thanks to our generous supporters that we can continue providing practical help and hope to veterans and families across the UK. We wouldn’t be able to continue without them.
The Legacy Case Officer is key in ensuring we will receive these gifts. The role has responsibility for almost half of our legacy income, covering a significant number of non-contentious residuary, specific and life interest cases.
It involves a high degree of autonomy as you will help protect the charity’s income and reputation through sensitive case management, and acting within the limits delegated. You will be supported throughout by your colleagues and manager, with additional learning & development available.
This role is remote to ensure we can recruit the best candidate, but with an expectation to be able to travel occasionally to our Head Office or London for meetings
About You
You have first-hand experience of dealing in legacy administration, capable of dealing with a variety of charitable gifts and matters. It is not essential to have knowledge of resolving contentious cases, but you are able to identify which may require additional support.
You will be experienced in Charity Legacy Administration with a ILM qualification (CiCLA or Diploma) or relevant experience from the charity or legal sector.
As an individual:
- You are confident and able to work autonomously
- You are empathetic and sensitive when helping bereaved families
- You have strong attention to detail
- You are great at prioritisation and time management
- And you are passionate about legacy fundraising
You are also willing and able to travel as required for meetings, training or other, including to Downton (SP5 3RB) or London, with occasional travel to other UK locations. You are welcome to ask for further information during the interview stage.
You are also comfortable staying away from home overnight on occasion, when required to support events or team activities.
About the Team
This role is a key part of the Legacy Management Team which sits within Legacy & In-Memory, and part of the wider Mass Fundraising Team. We’re a team with a variety of experience and knowledge, always welcoming those with new perspectives.
The team is values-driven, supportive and committed to best practice, learning and continuous improvement. Collaboration sits at the heart of how we work - both within the service and across the wider charity — to ensure we do the best for our beneficiaries.
In return we can offer you:
- Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion.
- 29 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, regardless of service — plus your birthday off to celebrate!
- Opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
- Added to our free health scheme from day one, including discounts on dental, opticians, massages, and more - with the option to upgrade.
- 3 volunteer days per year to support the Help for Heroes community.
- A generous salary sacrifice pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution and a minimum 3% employee contribution, plus life insurance up to 4× salary as an active member.
Closing date: 31st May 2026
Interview Process: First Interview (virtual), week commencing 15th JuneSecond Interview (in-person), 25th or 26th June
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of strong applications.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 60,000 young people each year at its 46 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.
We are looking for graduates who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a permanent role as an Education Worker on IntoUniversity’s Graduate Scheme, helping to change the lives of young people.
We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector, an excellent career opportunity with exceptional training and hands-on experience, opportunities for promotion, and the chance to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.
Contract
Full-time, permanent
Start date
July 2026
Working hours
Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00
Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30
(Some out-of-hours work will be required from time to time - for example, early starts to deliver workshops in schools.)
Education Workers are based at one of our IntoUniversity learning centres and work directly with young people, schools and families on a daily basis. It is therefore not a hybrid role and is based full-time in our centres.
Salary
£28,250 per annum
Location
We have positions available in Hull
Annual leave
33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Application deadline
9am Wednesday 27th May 2026
Selection Day (online)
Tuesday 16th June 2026
We may hold a further selection day on Friday 19th June 2026 if we receive a high volume of applications.
Interview Day (online)
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Please ensure that you are available on these dates
IntoUniversity provides local learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve.



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Can you tell a great story?
Hope into Action is an inspiring story. It starts with a couple, Ed and Rach Walker, who decide to use £30,000 of their own money to buy a house for people who were homeless in Peterborough in 2010. And from this seed, an organisation has grown which 16 years later has 134 houses and has seen over £34 million invested in homes for people who were homeless.
Hope into Action is a story of how faith in God has been put into action and led to resources being shared, new relationships being formed and people’s lives being transformed.
Last year we housed over 500 people who had been homeless. Each of those individuals has a story to share of how Hope into Action has helped them. This is the story we want to share.
The Communications & Engagement Lead is responsible for implementing Hope into Action’s communications and engagement strategy. Working closely with the CEO, they will be responsible for telling the Hope into Action story and driving increased engagement with our vision for every church in the UK to be engaged in ending homelessness.
At least 50% of the role is harvesting stories from around our Network to create engaging content which expresses our vision and mission. We want someone who can be both responsive and strategic. To hear a story from our frontline workers and be able to share it on our website and social media later that day – whilst also working towards the longer term goal of more people in the UK being aware of our work and its impact.
We are focused on combining both professional excellence and spiritual passion. The first quality we look for in our staff, therefore, is a passion for the work we do. This needs to be matched by integrity and commitment to leading by our values. You will work closely with all other departments in the organisation, so an ability to build and maintain strong relationships in a rapidly growing and constantly changing organisation is essential.
A deep commitment to the Christian faith is essential as is the ability to communicate the nuance of our faith-driven work sensitively, maturely and passionately. Whilst our office hours are 9am-5pm we support staff in their flexible working. For this role you will be expected to be in our Peterborough Support Centre Office at least 2 days per week with occasional travel to other locations. Our office is located 5 minutes’ walk from Peterborough railway station and with good parking facilities available.
We are committed to staff care and realise the importance of a good work-life balance. To help our staff perform to their best, we offer a range of benefits including generous leave allowance and occupational sick pay provision, retreat days and sabbatical leave, an employee assistance programme and a generous workplace pension, to name a few.
Hope into Action has a great story to share – could you come and help us tell it better?
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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 client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an experienced corporate fundraising manager with demonstrable success in building relationships and maximising income from corporate supporters, sponsors and prospects. The role will lead on securing new business partnerships and developing a varied portfolio of exciting opportunities and events.
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 client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Administrator to expand capacity and play a key role in the next phase of our organisation-wide Salesforce rollout. Having successfully implemented Salesforce for donor management, we are now expanding the platform to support our international field operations.
Working as part of our International Salesforce team, you will configure a brand‑new Salesforce NPC platform, integrate it with our existing NPSP donor system, and provide day‑to‑day support to users across 18 countries. You’ll be a Salesforce product champion - triaging support tickets, delivering configuration changes, supporting testing, and helping drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with our Salesforce Developer & Product Owner, Project Manager, and stakeholders around the world. Occasional travel to our London office and internationally may be required.
About you
You are a certified Salesforce Administrator with strong experience building and configuring Salesforce from scratch. You’re a confident communicator, an excellent problem solver, and comfortable supporting and training users in an international environment. Experience with NPSP and / or NPC is required. You must be a fluent English speaker with the right to work in one of the following countries: UK, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania or Ukraine.
About us
Mission Without Borders is an international Christian organisation working with poor and marginalised families and children across Eastern Europe. We support communities through practical, emotional, and sustainable development initiatives - serving people regardless of religion or ethnic background.
Rewards and benefits
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Up to 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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Pension scheme
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Flexible working, with occasional travel
Help develop a new international Salesforce platform, transforming the lives of families, children, and communities in Eastern Europe. Working with 18 countries, this is a real opportunity to make a difference.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About HCPT
HCPT is a UK-based Catholic charity that provides life-changing pilgrimage experiences to Lourdes for children and adults with disabilities, complex medical needs, and social challenges of all faiths, and none. Every Easter and Summer, HCPT brings together thousands of volunteers, medical professionals, and chaplains to support pilgrims in a joyful, inclusive, and faith-filled environment. Our work is rooted in Christian values, community, and the belief that every person is uniquely gifted and loved.
We are ambitious. We are growing. And we are looking for exceptional people to help us get there.
Role Overview
This is a rare chance to join HCPT at a pivotal moment in our new strategy. As Fundraising & Events Manager, you will work closely with the Fundraising & Communications Director to build new income streams, develop compelling funding applications, and deliver high-impact fundraising events that bring HCPT's mission to life.
We are looking for someone who is energised by growth; someone who sees a blank canvas as an opportunity, who thrives on building relationships, and who measures success by outcomes rather than activity. Attitude and ambition matter as much as experience here. We want someone who wants to be sector-leading, not just sector-present.
In the early stages of this role, your focus will be predominantly business development and event cultivation. As income grows and the team expands, you'll help shape what a sector-leading fundraising function at HCPT looks like, and play a central role within it.
HCPT is a volunteer-based charity helping children and adults with varying needs experience a pilgrimage holiday to Lourdes in small, caring groups.



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Good systems enable better care.
We’re so grateful for all our supporters. We want them to feel valued as they generously support our mission to empower churches to end homelessness in the UK. And to do that well, we need someone who is passionate about people, data and systems. Great supporter care depends on accurate data.
Are you highly organised, great with people and confident working with CRM systems? Do you have excellent attention to detail and enjoy improving processes, data quality and reporting?
This is an exciting, varied and hands-on role combining supporter stewardship, CRM management, reporting and insight. You’ll play a key role in ensuring supporters receive excellent care and stewardship, while taking ownership of CRM data quality, reporting and continuous improvement across our systems.
Reporting to the Fundraising Lead, you’ll support the development of our CRM, maintain high standards of data quality, producing clear reporting and insight, and help improve how we use data across the organisation. You’ll play a key role in future CRM developments.
As part of a small but growing team, you’ll work closely with colleagues across the organisation, so the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively is essential.
We are passionate about combining professional excellence with spiritual passion. The first quality we look for in our staff is a commitment to the work we do, matched by integrity and a desire to live out our values. A deep commitment to the Christian faith is essential, alongside the ability to communicate the nuance of our faith-driven work sensitively, maturely and passionately.
This is a hybrid role across our Peterborough, Nottingham, Cambridge and Norwich offices, alongside home working. Wednesdays are a regular team day in Peterborough and are a key part of how we work together. We usually work in person around two days per week, with flexibility on the rest of the pattern.
We are committed to staff wellbeing and offer a range of benefits including generous annual leave, retreat days, sabbatical leave, an employee assistance programme and a generous workplace pension.
Help us strengthen how we use data to serve our mission.
Help us empower churches to end homelessness in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re a dedicated, inspiring and forward-thinking healthcare charity. Our mission is to improve the bone health of the nation and prevent osteoporosis by influencing healthcare providers and professionals, supporting services to help our beneficiaries and driving research.
We’re also proud to have a committed, highly engaged workforce, as shown by our employee engagement rating, and we want to attract the brightest and the best to help us beat this condition and change society for the better.
This role requires a senior marketing leader with strong team management, brand experience, excellent planning and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery.
The post holder will work closely across Fundraising and Services, Influencing & Innovation to ensure marketing supports organisational priorities spanning audience growth, public engagement, service impact, influencing and income generation.
A key focus of the role will be ensuring that activity is integrated, audience-led and aligned to organisational priorities.
• Do you have significant experience in senior marketing leadership within a charity, health, public sector or purpose- led organisation?
• Are you collaborative, pragmatic and solution-focused in your approach?
• Do you have the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery?
If this is you, and you’re looking to join a fantastic organisation and team where you can really make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Location - In this role, you would benefit from fully remote working with occasional travel to London/Bath.
How to apply
To apply, applicants should provide a comprehensive CV, including details of relevant experience and achievements. This should be supplemented by a supporting statement in a cover letter, demonstrating how your skills and experience meet the person specification.
We particularly welcome qualified applicants from the global majority, as they are under-represented in the team.
Want to know more? For more details on this exciting role, please download the job description. The closing date is Tuesday 26th May at 9am. Online, first stage interviews may be held later in the week. Please note we may close early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants, so early applications are encouraged.
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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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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This role will support the development and delivery of our services and resources for young people born with a cleft lip and/or palate. Working closely with the Engagement & Services team to help us achieve our mission.
The Youth Engagement Coordinator will sit within the Engagement & Services Team. They will join a friendly and supportive team of seven colleagues who, together, are responsible for the delivery of CLAPA’s adult, family, children and young people and involvement services. The post holder will develop and deliver services for eight- to seventeen-year-olds, which will enable the young cleft community to connect, share experiences and access guidance and emotional support. Shaping what support looks like, creating positive impact and strengthening reach, this new role for CLAPA will make a real difference to the lives of children and young people born with a cleft.
If you think you have the talent, passion and experience to help us ensure we can always meet the needs of the community we serve, we want to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Anti-Racism Organiser will sit at the heart of Himmah's organising work, building relationships in racialised and working-class communities, supporting members through advice and casework, and turning lived experience, collective memory and community knowledge into collective power.
This is a role for someone who believes that anti-racism is the organised struggle to shift power, resources, voice and decision-making into the hands of Black, Asian and other racialised communities.
In this role, you will:
- Build relationships across racialised and working-class communities through the Race Equality Justice Council Nottingham
- Organise meetings, listening sessions and local activity in priority neighbourhoods
- Support members through advice, casework and navigating systems
- Identify patterns in issues and turn them into collective action and campaigns
- Work with partners, coalitions and public bodies to challenge institutions and shift power
- Contribute to political education and community-led organising activity
- Work across the Race and Class Arts Lab to connect organising with cultural and narrative work
- Engage with the Fanon Centre to support approaches to care, reflection and sustainability in the work
Himmah exists to dismantle structural poverty and racism by building community power, turning crisis into solidarity and lasting change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of Customer Experience and Service Innovation
At CAP, we celebrate diversity and strive to build an inclusive workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Global Majority/UK Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our wider workforce. We are committed to creating an environment where every individual can thrive and feel they belong.
Everything we do is rooted in our values. First and foremost, we are Christ-centred. The work that we do is guided by faith and the belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and God’s love.
We are bold in fearlessly putting that faith into action to help others and challenge injustice, while also seeking to be compassionate in the way that we want to understand others and offer them meaningful care. We are collaborative in our approach, making time to learn from others and work together to take on UK poverty. And finally, we prioritise being joyful in the face of challenges, because our faith gives us confidence that change is truly possible.
Context:
Our vision at CAP is to see Transformed Lives, Thriving Churches, and an End to UK Poverty. Our core purpose is to inspire and equip churches across the UK to help people out of debt and poverty, and see them become followers of Jesus.
CAP is the catalyst to a church-based movement against poverty, partnering with churches across the 4 nations of the UK. Our products and services equip and inspire nearly 3000 local CAP workers and volunteers in their mission to come alongside those that are in financial crisis or vulnerability to bring practical help and the good news of Jesus.. CAP stands with the local church in its mission to its community. Currently these products include Debt Help, Job Clubs, Life Skills and Money Coaching and it is the development of these offerings that form the core focus of the role.
These service lines have been built at different times by different people and sit quite separately. Today we have a clear view of our target client, a new set of models for how we partner with churches and so we want to architect now are the customer journeys and experiences that draw these threads together.
Purpose:
This role of Head of Customer Experience (CX) and Service Innovation reports to the Chief Agility Officer, and is the chief service architect of the CAP church-based movement’s ecosystem. This role will lead our transition towards a modular suite of services, ensuring every interaction across our audiences are seamless, dignifying and high-impact. The role is responsible for balancing safety, regulation and theology with flexibility and innovation, enabling a national movement to grow at scale.
Passion:
This team is driven by a shared passion to eradicate UK poverty by equipping churches with flexible and innovative tools and resources. You will be a champion for customer experience excellence across the organisation, directly contributing to the transformation of lives and the delivery of hope.
Role:
Accountabilities:
Team and Capability Development
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Capability Leadership: Recruit, manage, and mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team, fostering a collaborative and mission-driven culture.
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Maturity of Practice: Define and establish best-in-class methodologies and quality standards for CX, service blueprinting, user research, and rapid prototyping across the Agility team, ensuring all practices align with the FCA/Safeguarding regulatory requirements.
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Talent and Culture: Actively drive professional development and manage skill gaps within the CX/Innovation function, creating pathways for internal growth and advocating for the retention of key talent.
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Cross-Functional Embedding: Work with peer Heads to embed CX and product thinking principles throughout the movement, supporting other teams to adopt a user-centric, iterative mindset.
Modular Service Architecture (Design to Grow)
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Innovation: Deconstruct complex services into modular components. Ensure the foundation is robust and regulated (FCA/Safeguarding), while allowing churches to adapt services to their unique community context.
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Movement-Led CX: Focus on Partner Effort. Designing digital and physical journeys that make it significantly easier for a church to join, launch, and sustain a CAP ministry.
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Movement-Focused Impact: Simplifying the technology stack church partners are wrestling with. Evolving CAP’s digital infrastructure from a fragmented set of tools, towards an integrated Mission Suite.
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Productisation of Onboarding: Partner with the wider movement to turn the onboarding process into a high-quality product that inspires and equips without lag and reduces pain points.
Decentralised Content & Knowledge Strategy
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Community Drive Content Strategy: Shift content from centralised, high-production manuals to a dynamic, community-curated Knowledge Commons.
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Modular Learning: Ensure all training and coaching materials are bite-sized, searchable, and easily swappable, reflecting the diverse voices of the UK-wide movement.
Impact-Led Design
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Embedded Insight: Work with the Head of Impact to bake measurement frameworks into service design. Ensure that impact data is a real-time byproduct of the service, not an additional task for the church.
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Data Completeness at Source: Work with the Head of Impact to increase the percentage of impact data points (as defined by the the impact framework) captured automatically during the natural flow of service delivery (reducing the need for manual surveys or back-office data entry).
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Enabling the Impact Community of Practice: Work with the Head of Impact to ensure Insight and Evidence content is accurately and efficiently captured through good design.
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Closing the Feedback Loop: Translating voices across Client, Church and Supporter. Working with insights from across the movement into immediate improvements.
Senior Leadership Team Contributions:
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Be a key member of the Agility and organisation leadership team, demonstrating and living out CAP’s values.
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Provide strategic counsel to the Chief Agility Officer and Executive Leadership Team on product-related matters.
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Represent CAP at industry events and conferences, establishing the organisation as a thought leader in the social impact space.
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Lead cross-functional initiatives to drive organisational change and improve overall operational efficiency.
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Play an active role as a member of the team in:
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Platform Democratisation: Advocate for low-code/no-code solutions that move configuration closer to the business teams, reducing technical bottlenecks and increasing the speed of test and learn.
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Agile Culture Lead: Coaching the wider movement in iterative mindsets, helping teams move from Risk-Aversion to Risk-Awareness.
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Governance: Be an active participant in governance processes, complying with the technical guardrails as defined and championing best practice.
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Measurable Outputs:
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Team Capability Index: Achieve an agreed-upon score on the internal capability maturity assessment for the CX/Innovation function
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Partner Effort Score (PES): A specific metric measuring "How easy was it to launch your latest CAP service?" (Target: Year-on-year reduction in perceived effort).
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Modular Component Adoption: The percentage of church partners using at least one component (e.g. a centre created idea) alongside traditional CAP created products and services.
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Partner Retention Rate: Reduction of the number of centres who leave due to system/process frustration
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Partner Created Content Usage Ratio: Track an increase in the percentage of church-contributed content that is verified and adopted by other churches in the movement.
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Onboarding Automation: The percentage of the Church Partner Journey that is self-service vs. requiring manual intervention from the Church and Client Support team.
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Meantime to innovation: Reducing the time it takes from idea to implementation.
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Innovation Roadmap: Developing an inspiring and impact focused roadmap with detailed business cases and projected impact targets, ready for philanthropic engagement
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Team Engagement/Retention: Maintain an average team engagement score above the organisational target and meet specific goals for voluntary staff turnover within the immediate team.
Culture:
Working at CAP is more than a job; it’s a commitment to a community and movement. We believe that a healthy culture is the fuel for our mission. This means we prioritise spiritual rhythms in our week—including dedicated time for morning prayer, worship, and team huddles. We are a 'joy-filled' office, which means we celebrate every win, from a client becoming debt-free to a colleague’s personal milestone. We expect our team to be 'all in'—not just in their tasks, but in contributing to a supportive, laughter-filled, and prayerful environment.
CAP is a mission-driven, fast-paced, and deeply relational environment. You will find a culture that prioritises:
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Spiritual Rhythms: We start our days with prayer and worship, staying connected to our 'Why.'
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Celebration: We are 'Debt-Free' obsessed. We ring bells, share stories, and celebrate transformation.
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Collaborative Bravery: We tackle big problems (like UK poverty) by working across teams and daring to try new things.
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Inclusive Belonging: We want you to bring your whole self to work, knowing you are valued for who God made you to be.
Other responsibilities include:
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Being willing to pray with staff and fully engaged with our Christ-centred culture.
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Encouraging friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer programme and other fundraising initiatives.
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Attending annual CAP staff conferences.
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Completing all compulsory CAP training within given timescales.
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This role falls within the scope of the FCA’s conduct rules, and you will be provided with training as to how these apply to the role. It is your responsibility to ensure that you follow these conduct rules.
The above job profile is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment. It may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
Person:
Education:
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Degree level or equivalent vocational training.
Strengths / Working Genius:
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Whilst not mandatory, these are the types of Strengths or Working Genius profiles we feel are best suited to this role:
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Strategic Arranger
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Invention, Discernment
Experience:
Essential
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Proven experience (5+ years) in a leadership role with multi-disciplinary teams, with at least 3 years of managing managers and defining organisational strategy.
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Experience of working in regulated industries.
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Experience of working with modular design.
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Track record of developing and executing successful service architecture and design.
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Experience managing budgets and forecasting return on investment.
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Expert knowledge and demonstrable experience of applying Agile/Lean principles, product methodologies, and working with service blueprints in a transformation environment.
Desirable
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Experience of working with Theory of Change.
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Experience working with non-profit organisations, churches, or in a church based social action context.
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Experience of CAP Products and Services or experience within the church-based movement with good knowledge of operations and client base.
Skills/Abilities:
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Systems thinking, with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure impact.
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Ability to speak the language of UX, Data and Tech.
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Excellent communication skills.
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Experience of inspiring and listening in a movement culture.
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Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
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Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments.
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High emotional intelligence and ability to understand the human factors involved in the role.
Christian Commitment:
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The candidate must be able to verbally assent to and practically demonstrate Christians Against Poverty’s Statement of Faith and Core Values.
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The candidate must be able to actively participate in prayer and worship, whether individual, small group or corporately, as an expression of their own personal faith and in line with CAP’s Statement of Faith.
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All adults working in or on behalf of CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes:
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A responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP services can be delivered.
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Identifying children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns.
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Following the CAP Safeguarding policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.
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