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The vacancy
We are seeking to appoint one lay member to sit on our GOC Council.
About the GOC
We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. Our purpose is to protect the public by promoting high standards of education, performance and conduct. For more information about us please visit our website:optical. org.
About the Council
The role of Council is to lead on the GOC’s mission to protect the public by upholding high standards in eye care services. The Council is composed of six lay members (including the Chair) and six registrant members (i.e. registered optometrists and dispensing opticians). At least one member of the Council must work wholly or mainly in each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. One Council member acts as a Senior Council Member whose role is to carry out the Chair’s appraisal as well as provide a sounding board for the Chair and serve as an intermediary for Council members, Executive and stakeholders as necessary.
The successful candidate will contribute to Council by exercising oversight, ensuring effective corporate governance, and making high-level policy decisions. They will be able to operate strategically and impartially; listen, communicate, and influence effectively; exercise judgment; and inspire confidence and support amongst our stakeholders.
Remuneration and time commitment
Council members are remunerated in accordance with our member fees policy (£13,962 per annum plus reasonable travel and subsistence expenses). The member fee includes time for reading and preparation.
The appointed member will be expected to commit approximately 2-3 days per month. Meetings will usually take place via MS Teams but may on occasion be held at the GOC Offices at Level 29, One Canada Square, London, E14 5AA. There are occasional online catch-up meetings - these are currently scheduled on a Tuesday evening every 6-8 weeks, from 5.30pm – 6.30pm.
How to apply:
Please email the the following to appointment@optical. org
· your CV outlining your employment history, any relevant voluntary work, public service or other experience; together with any relevant professional, academic or vocational qualifications;
· the application form, stating how your experience matches the criteria for the vacancy you are applying for; and
· complete the EDI monitoring form linked in the candidate pack (this is an online form and does not need to be included in the email with your CV and application form).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: midnight on Sunday 10 August 2025.
Online interviews will be held on between Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October 2025.
If you have any questions, please email them to appointment@optical. org and we will aim to respond to you within 48 hours.
We welcome applications from individuals who are disabled and from diverse ethnic backgrounds as these are currently under-represented on our council and committees.
We strive to be as diverse as the public we protect and welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity and geographical locations outside of London.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
London (Office-Based) 6-Month Contract - Public Sector / Not-for-Profit
Are you an experienced administrator with a flair for project coordination? We're recruiting on behalf of a respected not-for-profit organisation for a Business Project Officer to support the delivery of key internal projects and provide high-level administrative support to senior stakeholders.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a structured environment, enjoys managing multiple priorities, and is confident working with data, documentation, and internal processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive administrative support to project leads and senior managers
- Maintain and monitor project documentation, schedules, budgets, and action logs
- Organise and minute internal meetings, ensuring timely follow-up on decisions and actions
- Track project progress and support reporting on key milestones and deliverables
- Assist in identifying and mitigating project risks and issues
- Summarise and analyse project data, producing clear reports and recommendations
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth project delivery
- Support the implementation of change initiatives and process improvements
What We're Looking For
- Strong administrative background with experience supporting multiple projects
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Able to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Comfortable handling sensitive information with discretion
Desirable
- Experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector
- Exposure to project management tools or methodologies
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience
This role offers the chance to work in a values-led organisation where your administrative and coordination skills will directly support meaningful work. If you're looking for a role where you can make a difference while developing your project support experience, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply or send your CV
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Salary: £34,093.64 (Including ILW)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Flexible – Minimum 1 day per month in Vauxhall Head Office
Closing date: Rolling
Benefits: 28 days annual leave (plus BH), enhanced family leave, cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, access to Perkbox and more
We are working with the inspiring team at Refuge, the UK’s largest specialist domestic abuse organisation, to recruit a Senior Legacy and In Memory Executive to join their team.
Refuge supports thousands of women and children every day through frontline services, while also campaigning to change societal attitudes and influence policy to end violence against women and girls.
As the Senior Legacy and In Memory Executive, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering Refuge’s legacy and in memory fundraising programmes. You will work closely with the Legacy and In Memory Manager to manage multi-channel campaigns, steward supporters with empathy and care, and help develop strategies to grow income and engagement in these vital areas.
To be successful as the Senior Legacy and In Memory Executive you will need:
- Experience working on successful legacy and/or in memory fundraising campaigns
- Experience working to and achieving financial targets
- Strong supporter stewardship and relationship-building skills
- Experience using CRM systems (e.g. Raiser’s Edge) to manage and analyse data
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Ashby Jenkins Recruitment and ask to speak to Harry.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received, Refuge reserves the right to close the application period early.
If you would like to discuss this role with us, please quote the reference 2651HW
Our client is a highly respected environmental and health charity dedicated to preventing synthetic chemicals from causing long-term harm to wildlife and human health. This charity works tirelessly to ensure these harmful substances are regulated, replaced with safer alternatives, and removed from everyday products. Its' work focusses on and influences EU and UK chemical policy at the highest levels and ensures safety remains a priority for governments, regulators, and businesses. The charity now seeks a Philanthropy Manager, and Prospectus is leading the search.
Philanthropy Manager
5 or 4 days per week
Permanent
Hybrid
£50,000 FTE
We seek a proactive Philanthropy Manager to join its successful Fundraising Team and lead the organisation's first-ever major donor programme. This new role offers the opportunity to shape how the charity engages with high-net-worth individuals from the ground up. Reporting to the Director of Fundraising, the postholder will develop and implement a new major donor strategy and cultivate long-term relationships with major donors. The role will also involve working closely with senior leadership, subject matter experts and trustees to identify and engage prospects, host donor events, and steward high-value supporters.
The ideal candidate will be a confident and hands-on fundraiser with a strong track record in major donor giving. They will be skilled at building meaningful relationships and crafting compelling communications that inspire support. With excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, they will thrive in a small but ambitious team and be passionate about the charity's mission to protect people and nature from harmful chemicals.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Salary: £40,000 – £42,000 per year
Contract: 6-month Fixed Term Contract, Full-time (open to 0.8)
Location: Remote (must be based in the UK)
Closing date: Thursday 24th July 2025
Benefits: Flexible working, 25 days annual leave bank holidays (pro rata), wellbeing support, opportunity to work in a global federation
We have a great opportunity for a Trusts and Foundations Officer working the fantastic SOS Children’s Villages UK, reporting to the Senior Programme Funding Manager. This is an exciting role for someone looking to deepen their experience in international development fundraising, gain exposure to global programmes, and work in a values-driven, flexible environment.
As part of this role, you will manage and grow a portfolio of small to medium trusts and foundations (up to £50,000), write compelling applications, and build strong donor relationships. You’ll also support the wider Programme Funding Team on larger bids, gaining valuable experience with institutional funders and international programme teams.
To be successful as the Trusts and Foundations Officer you will need:
• Experience in fundraising or income generation, with a track record of securing funds from trusts and foundations
• Excellent written communication and relationship-building skills
• Strong research skills, and the ability to distil complex information
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Heather and please quote the reference 2659HB
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to end the application period sooner.
Salary: £45,000-£48,000
Contract: Permanent: Full Time
Location: London- 2 days per week
Closing date: 1st August
Benefits: Health care benefits 6% pension contribution, season ticket travel loan
We have a great opportunity for an In Memory Manager with a fantastic welfare charity. This is an exciting time to join this large charity, where you will be working on key donor journey campaigns, develop new In Memory fundraising products, whilst providing superior supporter engagement throughout.
To be successful as the In Memory Manager, you will need:
- Significant experience of developing and managing In Memory fundraising campaigns, including working with agencies, multiple channels, budgets and monitoring results
- Excellent communication and negotiating skills with the ability to communicate to a diverse range of audiences through variety of materials and channels
- Empathy and sensitivity to work within an area that connects with bereaved supporters, ensuring communications and approaches are appropriate and compassionate
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Emma
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
If you would like to discuss this role with us please quote the reference 2646EI
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Service Manager to join our Nimrod House service in Newham.
£42,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.
Want to feel in control of your career? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
As the Service Manager you will be required to successfully apply for CQC registration for regulated activity and/or registered services within 6 months of appointment. You will ensure that your teams meet all statutory requirements and that all support is delivered in compliance with CQC expectations and Look Ahead's policy and procedures. You will take responsibly for maintaining compliance with the regulations and ensure that the appropriate notifications are made where necessary.
You will be responsible for the effective management of all aspects of service delivery, including line managing the relevant front line staff as well as effectively managing all stakeholder relationships in partnership with the Head of Operations. You will lead and manage the teams ensuring that Positive Behaviour Support is embedded in the service and provide ongoing coaching and support to allow staff to effectively support customers with high needs.
Leadership Accountabilities:
- Successfully lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing and ongoing maintenance of a positive performance culture within your service
- Work to continuously improve staff competence, ensure ownership of all staff issues and speedy and effective conflict resolution - this includes but is not limited to staff supervision, coaching, team meetings, reflective practice and training
- Responsible for reporting all staff changes to HR and Payroll departments, as appropriate e.g. starters, leavers, additional hours etc.
- Deliver effective, professional and commercially focused briefings and supervision meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting & communications flow up/down is effective
- Responsible for managing and allocating customers to support staff (casework management)
- Where appropriate to role, carry client group specialism activities, linking in with other Managers and Heads of Operations to ensure focussed integration of specialisms across the whole organisation
- Develop and maintain excellent internal management relationships with all other Look Ahead departments and functions, ensuring sharing of best practice and supporting initiatives to improve organisational performance
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Operational Accountabilities:
- Drive business planning activities within your contract, ensuring relevant and challenging objectives are set and ongoing performance tracking, developing turn around action plans as necessary
- Using sound financial and accounting principles, manage contract budgets to deliver on corporate and local contract financial targets
- Develop key business relationships with all relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Have sound knowledge of the customers living in the service and be able to promote their wellbeing and quality of life
- Plan, organise and prioritise operations within your contract to ensure maximum efficiencies/utilisation of all resources
- Working with your team, lead creative and ambitious customer involvement plans across the patch and ensure successful implementation
- Lead quality visits, using Look Ahead's local indicators to monitor quality/performance, set targets and lead action plans to ensure highly rated services that reflect requirements of local funders and local and national standards
- Responsible for producing and submitting Monthly Management Reports to the Performance team, ensuring that all data gathered on local KPI's are accurate and up to date
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across contract portfolio ensuring Look Ahead continues to set and achieves sector best practice standards and is held as a benchmark to competitors
- Within your service, ensure competent use of all relevant business IT systems and all company policies and frameworks
- Responsible for managing petty cash for the service in accordance with Look Ahead procedures
- Deliver an out of hours on-call service for region
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to throughout the service, to review at local level and ensure staff are competent and suitably trained
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Head of Operations Managers
- Ensure that all other Look Ahead policies and procedures are adhered to
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
Please see our website for the full job description.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Therapist to join our Young People's services in Bromley and Ealing.
£6,936.00 per annum, working 8 hours per week.
Want to feel in control of your career? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS (take this out if BSW advert)
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training
* ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
* Online wellbeing resources
* A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
* Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
Anerley Station Road and Horn Lane are innovative young people semi- independent accommodation services. Anerley Station Road is based in one site in Bromley and Horn Lane is spread across two neighbouring sites in Eailing, both services support a broad range of service users including Looked After Children, Care Leavers, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children, as well as other young people being referred in for multiple support needs.
The services work closely with statutory services to provide wrap around support for each customer within the service. Support is provided by a large and skilled workforce with specialist roles.
We are recruiting for an experienced counsellor/psychotherapist to join the team who will lead in facilitating therapeutic groups and individual counselling /therapy for customers across the two locations spending 4 hours a week at each service.
The post holder will support the staff team in developing their psychological understanding and raising awareness in the emotional impact of working with young people, whilst leading on creating and maintaining a therapeutically informed programme for the team to deliver Psychological Informed Environment in the service.
The Therapist will work with young people to improve engagement with support services as well as providing in depth sessions with young people with the desired outcome of the young person having a clearer insight into their own emotional wellbeing.
The post holder will have a creative approach to engaging young people including group and individual therapy and will tailor their interactions to each young person (this could involve using any approach which might be easier for the young person to engage with: self-expression, mindfulness, art, creative writing etc.).
Key information and documentation will be kept up to the required standard as expected between a therapist and a client and the post holder will adhere to all relevant legislation that governs these professional relationships.
The post holder will work flexibly across the service and will use technology were appropriate to ensure time is effectively used across the service provision.
What you'll do:
* Adopt and implement a Psychological informed Environment in the service.
* To support the team in carrying out holistic assessments on appropriate support plans, and comprehensive risk assessments in full consultation with service-users, their families/carers, and other agencies.
* To liaise with the multi-disciplinary team working collaboratively to ensure that full information is given (in case of risk) to enable a robust assessment of service-users.
* Lead on staff team debriefs following any serious incidents, develop workshops to assist staff in managing stress and wellbeing in the workplace and advise the manager on supportive interventions for the team as a whole
* Lead on team reflective practise sessions but also other creative activities for the team to aid reflection, insight, and best practise.
* To ensure recovery focused support plans are reviewed, evaluated, and amended in accordance with changing needs, presenting risks and individual preferences to promote recovery with an attitude of 'positive risk taking'.
* To provide recovery focused support to achieve personal goals/aspirations in partnership with service-users, family members and statutory agencies. To work with service-users on a one-to-one basis to achieve positive outcomes within a given service timeframe.
* Provide structured support and guidance to other front-line staff in their area of expertise, building capacity and skills within the team, and contribute to the relevant internal specialist forum.
* Lead on external relationships with Mental Health professionals, including the Recovery team, maintaining excellent relationships with them.
* Develop and maintain links with key agencies and service providers in the local community.
* Demonstrate a commitment to the empowerment of service-users and a strong interest in co production and promoting people's rights.
* Knowledge and practical experience of using person centred tools to support recovery and development of service-users.
Please see our website for a full job deescription.
Harris Hill is thrilled to be working with a leading international development/children charity to appoint their new Information Security Officer. This is a permanent, full-time position with flexibility around hybrid working arrangements.
You will be at the heart of a modern, cloud-first technology environment, working across functions to ensure the charity’s security standards are embedded, understood and continuously enhanced. This is a key leadership role in the Technology Team, reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer and influencing strategic decisions across the organisation.
You will be responsible for overseeing cybersecurity frameworks, monitoring risk, and ensuring ongoing compliance with standards such as Cyber Essentials Plus and CIS. In a charity where public trust is essential, you will play a pivotal role in protecting hardware, software, and data while cultivating a culture of security awareness. From managing incidents and auditing third-party suppliers to shaping policies and delivering training, your work will directly support the integrity and resilience of one of the UK's most high-profile charities.
We're looking for someone with solid experience in managing ICT security services, a strong technical grounding, and a people-first mindset. You will be able to share technical information with non-specialist audiences, communicating complex security matters in a clear, confident and pragmatic way. You will have hands-on experience across security operations in a SaaS or hybrid environment and bring a solid grasp of tools like Microsoft 365 and Defender, alongside familiarity with frameworks like ISO 27001 or NIST. Relevant certifications such as AZ-500, CISSP, or CISM are highly desirable.
To apply, please submit your up-to-date CV by the 7th of August 2025 at 5.00 PM. Cover letters are not required.
Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As a leading charity recruitment specialist and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Because the world needs creativity.
University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking to appoint an exceptional individual to be their new Head of Prospect Development and Operations. Ranked number two in the world for Art & Design by the QS World Rankings, UAL is the biggest provider of creative education in Europe and is proud to be an influential global leader, where creativity and innovation flourish. The University is made up of six colleges (Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Arts), and four institutes each making a unique contribution to creative endeavour. UAL strives to break boundaries and challenge norms, delivering cutting-edge research and ground-breaking creative education to the next generation of world-defining thinkers and doers.
The new Head of Prospect Development and Operations (PDO) will sit on the Development and Alumni Relations Management Team, using prospect research to systematically drive success in the University’s fundraising activity. The role supports all philanthropic and alumni engagement activity across the department. They will lead a team of two, directing prospect research for maximum strategic benefit and identifying novel ways of approaching potential prospects. The new Head of PDO will also lead the department’s database operations (CRM Raiser’s Edge NXT), turning vital data into useful information, including specialist financial reports. They will improve usage of the database, manipulating it and customising it to a high level. The post-holder will have the opportunity to make a transformative difference to UAL’s development infrastructure, in advance of the University’s upcoming fundraising campaign.
UAL is looking for an excellent team leader with a strong track record in prospect development and senior-level data management. They will be technically competent and ideally an experienced user of the RE NXT database. Strong candidates will bring their ideas and experience to bear to enhance systems and processes. They should ideally be familiar with Higher Education or creative environments, as well as be aligned with the social purpose of UAL. This is an outstanding opportunity to play a pivotal role in attracting the funding that will enable UAL to generate and inspire the creativity the world needs for a better future.
Supported Housing Services Manager
Location: Newham, E12
Salary: £45,000 - £48,000 p/a (dependent on your qualifications, skills, and experience)
Are you passionate about empowering communities and tackling homelessness head-on? The Renewal Programme is seeking a highly skilled and visionary Supported Housing Service Manager to lead our dedicated team and drive impactful change.
About us
For over 50 years, the Renewal Programme has stood alongside those on the margins of our community in Newham. We are a respected multi-service local charity committed to inspiring hope and offering opportunities for connection, growth, and progress. Our work focusses on helping people reach their full potential by providing advocacy, education, temporary accommodation, and a wide range of positive activities. We believe in treating everyone with dignity and inclusion, fostering collaboration, and empowering individuals to co-create positive change.
Your impactful role:
As our Supported Housing Service Manager, you will be instrumental in providing effective, high-quality support and resettlement services to vulnerable, single, homeless individuals. You'll lead the charge in promoting independent living, ensuring our residents gain the skills and support they need to thrive – from managing their tenancies and finances, to cooking for themselves and moving towards sustainable independence.
What you'll be doing:
- Championing excellence: Provide outstanding services to all housing clients, ensuring their needs are identified, assessed, and met with appropriate, empowering support.
- Driving performance & outcomes: Spearhead the delivery of a strengths-based support service, directly contributing to Newham Council's vision of fostering independence and wellbeing for vulnerable adults. You'll drive performance excellence by tracking and achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) related to service user outcomes, move-on rates, and tenancy sustainment, as agreed with our local authority partners. This includes overseeing the effective use of assessment tools like the Homelessness Outcome Star to tailor support and demonstrate impact.
- Leading service enhancements: Lead and contribute to exciting service improvement initiatives, including enhancing our trauma-informed supervision models, refining our casework quality assurance processes, championing resident involvement in service design and playing a key role in finalising and implementing our move-on strategy to ensure every resident has a clear pathway to independence.
- Driving financial sustainability: Maximise rental income and support clients to meet their tenancy obligations, paving the way for their independent futures.
- Leading & inspiring a team: Motivate and support your staff, build a trusting and supportive working environment, fostering a culture of best practice, proactive case management, and solution-focused approaches.
- Strategic development: Review and enhance policies and procedures to ensure our services are proactively supporting clients to achieve their goals and move away from homelessness, aligning with our strategic themes of promoting health and wellbeing, and fostering independence.
- Building strong relationships: Work collaboratively with local commissioners, other departments within the charity, housing association partners, and external agencies to deliver best value and evidence best practice.
- Ensuring safety & compliance: Uphold robust health and safety, safeguarding, and incident management practices to create a safe and progressive environment for all.
Who we're looking for
- Proven experience in managing within a supported housing service, ideally with a strong understanding of local authority contract delivery, performance management frameworks, and outcomes-based commissioning.
- A proactive leader with a passion for continuous improvement and experience in driving positive change within housing services, including developing and implementing effective support planning processes and staff development initiatives such as reflective practice.
- Strong financial management and budgetary control skills.
- Excellent leadership, motivation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- A solid understanding of health and safety and safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Experience conducting risk assessments and utilising tools like the Outcome Star.
- Demonstrable ability to work collaboratively with local authority commissioners and registered social landlords to report effectively on service delivery and outcomes, and ensure robust compliance with contractual requirements.
- A collaborative team player dedicated to making a positive difference.
- Someone who embodies our values of dignity, inclusion, collaboration, and empowerment.
Why join the Renewal Programme?
This is a permanent, full-time (36 hours per week) opportunity to make a tangible impact in Newham. We offer:
- A competitive salary: £45,000 - £48,000 p/a (dependent on your qualifications, skills, and experience).
- A vibrant and supportive values-driven work environment.
- Generous leave: 28 days annual leave + bank holidays.
- Great benefits: Cycle and Tech salary sacrifice schemes, employer's pension contribution, employee assistance programme and other employee perks.
- A commitment to your growth: We encourage personal development and offer opportunities such as training and mentoring.
You'll be based across our two supported housing provisions in the London borough of Newham.
Ready to unlock potential & inspire hope?
There's no closing date for this vital role – we're excited to hear from talented individuals and will be interviewing on a rolling basis. Don't delay!
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Newham Community Renewal, please do not hesitate to apply.
Over 1.1 billion people worldwide live with vision loss, and for 90% of them, it is treatable or preventable. At this charity, we’re committed to changing this by providing sight-saving treatments to thousands each year, training new generations of eye health workers, and leading innovative scientific breakthroughs. Our vision is a world where no one is needlessly blind, and communities work together to protect sight.
Prospectus are delighted to be supporting the charity with their search for a Supporter Acquisition Manager. As a key member of the Fundraising & Communications division, you will lead the recruitment of new individual supporters through a variety of online and offline fundraising products. The Marketing & Engagement team works across multiple markets, raising funds and awareness to support the organisation's mission.
You’ll bring proven experience in planning and executing multi-channel campaigns to acquire new supporters, with strong data and insight skills to inform strategy. Excellent communication and relationship management abilities are essential, as you’ll manage campaigns, budgets, stakeholders, creative content, and evaluation to deliver results.
Location: London (near Charing Cross), hybrid/flexible working (in office Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £41,492 per annum
At Prospectus, we’re committed to supporting you through the application process and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please contact Jessica Stoddart at Prospectus.
If you meet some, but not all, of the criteria, we’d still love to hear from you. Prospectus can advise and support you throughout the process to help you put your best application forward.
To apply, please submit your CV in the first instance. If your experience is a good match, we’ll arrange a meeting to brief you fully on the role before you submit a formal application. We look forward to hearing from 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!
Job Title: Support worker
Location: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Salary: £28,808.00 per annum
Hours: Hours: 40 hours per week, including sleep-ins
Contract: Permanent
PRHA is a great place to work – Our award-winning teams work together to improve the lives of our residents and make a real contribution to ending homelessness. As an IIP Gold standard employer, we value our staff and commit to develop their skills and support them in their important work.
We have an exciting opportunity for Support Workers within two of our specialist services. We are looking for self-starters with a passion for sparking change in people’s lives. You will have the necessary skillset to empower people and support residents to achieve their goals.
PRHA hostels guarantee a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic environment where no two days are ever the same. We are seeking motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams and help our residents to change their lives for the better.
We are looking for:
Competencies
- Knowledge, empathy, understanding and proven ability to work creatively and engage homeless people whose alcohol/ drug misuse/ mental health/ complex trauma has had significant effect on their physical and mental health, social and coping skills .
- Ability to assess needs, risks (within a framework of positive risk taking) and develop user led support plans.
- Awareness of and ability to identify and address health and care issues with partners, especially substance misuse, mental health, dementia etc.
- Ability to respond to challenging behaviour in a safe way.
- Ability to develop successful professional relationships, working collaboratively with external and internal partners , sharing expertise and learning from colleagues in health, social care,probation and voluntary sector etc
- Knowledge of and commitment to service user involvement, self empowerment, equalities, diversity andservice improvement
- Basic understanding of the principals of delivering support within a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) and commitment to working within this model
- Robust knowledge and practical application of adult safeguarding requirements.
- Knowledge and understanding of Healthand Safety in a hostel setting, including dealing with emergencies and working alone.
- A good listener and communicator at all levels, including people with communication difficulties
- A good standard of literacy, numeracy, computer skills and the ability to write accurate and succinct reports.
- Proven ability both to work within a team and use initiative to problem solve.
- Excellent time management skills
- Willingness and ability to support personal care where the service user is at risk
- Ability to implement policies and procedures,standing orders and financial regulations
What we offer
We offer our staff a generous benefits package, which includes:
- Pension Scheme – We offer a group stakeholder pension scheme with 3% employer's contribution, employee contribution is 5%
- Holidays - Employees receive up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with long service
- Medical – we provide a “Cash Back" Scheme for a range of services such as dental, physio, chiropody, health& wellbeing
- Training Programmes – We provide comprehensive training to our employees to enable them to grow in their career and achieve their professional aspirations.
- Season Ticket Loans – We offer interest-free season ticket loans after successful probation
- Life Assurance - Upon death whilst in service, a Death in Service payment may be made according to the scheme rules. The payment covers 3 times of the employee’s annual salary.
How to apply
Please read the full Job Description & Person Specification which can be found on our website. To apply, please send your CV and Supporting Statement outlining your interest in working for PRHA and explaining how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description & Person Specification. Please send your CV and Supporting Statement by clicking the Apply Now button. Furthermore, applications with no attached personal statement explaining how you meet the job description will not be considered.
It is required for this post that the successful candidates will have to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill is delighted to be working with a fantastic UK charity to recruit a Digital Communications Manager, based in Leatherhead, Surrey.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of digital strategy and delivery at a long-standing, social welafre charity supporting a niche but vital profession. You’ll lead on digital campaigns, drive web traffic, and ensure strong visibility and engagement across SEO, PPC, social media, and email marketing.
You will join a growing, innovative team, and collaborative team, who are at the start of a clear 5-year strategy.
Reporting to the new Head of Marketing, you'll:
- Develop and deliver integrated digital campaigns
- Manage website content and performance (GA4, SEO, CMS)
- Oversee email marketing and social media strategy
- Work with internal teams and external agencies to grow online presence
- Use data insights to inform and improve digital activity
About you:
- Experience in digital communications or marketing
- Skilled in CMS platforms, SEO tools, GA4, and email platforms (e.g., Mailchimp)
- Confident managing digital campaigns from strategy to delivery
- Strong copywriting and stakeholder engagement skills
- Third sector or digital fundraising experience is a bonus
This charity offers a supportive and flexible working culture, generous benefits, and the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives.
- Based in Leatherhead, Surrey, 5 days a week in the office
- Full-time, permanent
- Salary £38,000 per annum
- Some of their benefits include 25 days holiday, plus closure over Christmas, and holiday increases with service. Bupa health insurance.
Get in touch to find out more and have an informal conversation, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply now to avoid disappointment.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
People Manager
Hybrid – Home-based, typically with 1 day per month in London
£19.81 per hour
28–35 hours per week
3-month contract | ASAP start | View to extend
I am excited to be working with an amazing London-based charity that supports young families experiencing poverty. They’re looking for a People Manager to join their small, values-driven People Team on a 3-month temporary basis — with potential to extend.
This is a broad generalist HR role, offering the chance to make a meaningful impact quickly.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide expert HR advice across the full employee lifecycle
- Manage onboarding, changes to terms, and offboarding processes
- Support and coach managers on employee relations issues (performance, grievance, conduct)
- Lead on inductions and help drive engagement through effective people practices
- Collaborate on recruitment alongside the internal coordinator
- Ensure up-to-date HR records, compliance, and policy reviews
- Work with the Director of People on people-focused projects (e.g. wellbeing, inclusion, engagement)
- Support accurate data entry for payroll processing
About you:
- Proven generalist HR experience (ideally in the charity or SME space)
- Confident advising managers on employee relations matters
- Sound knowledge of UK employment law and best practice
- Excellent attention to detail and organisation
- Comfortable with HR systems, Microsoft Office, and producing people data reports.
If you're an immediately available experienced HR professional looking to contribute to meaningful work in a flexible, purpose-led setting — I would love to hear from you!