Learning and development manager jobs in stevenage, hertfordshire

About Vision Action

Vision Action, formally Vision Aid Overseas, is a UK-based charity, with a focus on fighting poverty by transforming access to eye care services in lower- and middle-income countries in Africa. The charity was established in 1985. Our work focuses on the development of services for uncorrected refractive error and primary eye health. Uncorrected refractive error is the world’s leading cause of avoidable visual impairment, with an estimated 670 million people affected worldwide. We develop programmes that integrate training, primary eye care, school eye health and facility developments into national and regional eye care plans, seeking always to be responsive to local need. In this way, we help children to learn and adults to earn so that they can provide for their families. Currently, the organisation has programmes operating in Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, and Sierra Leone.

We need great people to help us on this journey. You do not need to have a public health, eye care or charity sector background to work with us. We need our people to be self-starters, innovators and able to get on and work with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Job Purpose

Vision Action seeks a highly dynamic individual for a one-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of an extension. The position is part of the management team, and the post holder will be expected to lead on the financial accounting, management accounting, and budgeting for the organisation as well as taking forward some strategic finance and operations projects as we expand our programmes in existing countries. The individual will also be expected to support the Co-CEOs with administrative, compliance and IT related tasks.

The position holder is required to comply with all of Vision Action’s policies and procedures, including Vision Action’s Safeguarding policy.

The successful applicant must have the right to work in the UK.

Functions / Key Responsibilities:

1. Finance

• Maintain a strong control environment, ensuring accounting records are complete and accurate.

Financial accounting

• Prepare annual statutory accounts in accordance with SORP 2015.
• Prepare for the annual external audit and host auditors ensuring the audit process runs smoothly. This includes supporting Vision Action’s country offices in hosting their respective audits.
• Ensure annual statutory accounts are finalised and submitted to Companies House and the Charity Commission by the appropriate deadlines.

Management accounting

• Coordinate the month-end process with the Finance Officer (UK) and Programme Finance Lead, and review transaction postings.
• Prepare monthly management accounts with cash flow forecasts, modifying the format as needed to suit the preferences of senior management and the Board of Trustees.
• Prepare the annual organisational budget and mid-year reforecast.
• Improve existing budget templates to enable straightforward and transparent budgeting for donors.

Support to country offices

• Collaborate with the Programme Finance Lead on a monthly basis to reconcile intercompany accounts, ensuring that reconciling items are cleared promptly.
• Support country office teams in fulfilling any reporting and financial compliance requirements.
• Conduct internal process reviews (internal audits) of country offices where required.
• Review the bi-weekly payment runs for the UK office and the monthly country office fund requests, ensuring cash flow planning is in place for these payments.
• Ensure asset registers are maintained appropriately.

2. Administration

• Support staff in conducting procurement in line with Vision Action’s procurement policy.
• Assist with preparation for quarterly Board meetings.
• Support office management tasks.

3. Other

• Review and develop existing policies and procedures (e.g. the Finance Manual).
• Conduct staff training on relevant policies and procedures.
• Any other task reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person Specification

Competencies
Essential

• Delivering Results: Dynamic self-starter able to work independently within a small entrepreneurial team.
• Process improvements: Continual review financial processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• Time Management: Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Collaborative: Able to work closely within a small team in the UK and overseas.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Adaptable and sensitive to working patterns and styles in diverse cultural contexts.
• Accuracy: Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Leadership and Management: Lead by example and support colleagues.

Qualifications and experience
Essential

• CCAB fully qualified accountant or finalist, proficient at using MS Office (Advanced Excel)
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in a finance role.
• Preparation of financial accounts.
• Preparation of financial information for senior leadership.
• Preparation of information for and hosting of external auditors.
• Organisational budgeting.
• Budgeting for and reporting to donors.
• Setting up reporting systems to ensure accurate and transparent financial reporting to donors.
• Establishing financial controls and systems.
• Using accounting packages.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Right to work in the UK.

Desirable

• Experience of working in an international charity.
• Preparing charity accounts in accordance with SORP 2015.
• Preparing financial information for Board members.
• Involvement in a financial systems upgrade.
• Conducting internal audits.
• Using QuickBooks.
• Experience of working in international development.

Worldwide Veterinary Service is searching for an experienced manager to support the growth of our global education programme.

 This is an ideal role for an experienced project manager who wants to make lasting improvements to the lives of children and animals around the world.

Reporting to the Head of Education at global animal welfare charity, Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), you will help grow and develop education programmes that protect children from key zoonotic disease and improve the relationship between animals and people.

One child dies from rabies every 10 minutes. Most victims are under the age of 15. Rabies is 100% fatal, but entirely vaccine preventable. Children just need the right information to protect themselves. WVS established Mission Rabies, a campaign that aims to eliminate rabies for good, in 2013. We have worked hard to reach 9.6 million children worldwide, but around half of the world’s 2 billion children at this age still live in rabies endemic countries. You will manage national education managers based across Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America to spread our core messages to a wider audience. This is essential if we are to deliver our goal to halve the number of people dying from rabies in the next 5 years.

We are looking for somebody who is proactive, driven and has a history of making things happen. The ideal candidate will have a results-oriented mindset, be comfortable working with ambiguity and adaptable to change. As an organisation we are embracing hybrid working, and remote working within the UK could be considered for this role. There is an expectation that employees will attend monthly meetings at our Dorset office in Cranborne if practical, and for this role regular international travel to global project sites will be required.

About Us

At Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) we champion animal welfare around the world. We send vets where they are needed most, provide expert veterinary training in hard-to-reach places, and ship urgent aid supplies worldwide, every day of the year.

We deploy teams of vets and vet nurses, send equipment and supplies to help struggling organisations on the front line of animal welfare, and train vets at our international training centres in India, Thailand, Malawi and the Galápagos Islands.  We also work on strategic one health projects such as rabies elimination campaigns with Governments and NGOs all over the world.

Last year, WVS treated over 103,000 animals, trained over 2,800 vets, deployed teams of vets all over the world, and sent over 1,042 parcels of veterinary supplies to 231 charities in 65 countries. Over 1.2 m dogs were vaccinated against rabies last year as part of our Mission Rabies campaign.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

•  Support with the development of our education and behaviour change campaigns in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
• Develop robust monitoring and data collection systems and build capacity in the team to adhere to these mechanisms.
• Work with country teams to research the effectiveness of pedagogical approaches in terms of impact and behaviour change across various contexts and for different age groups.  
• Work closely with colleagues to provide technical advice and implementation assistance to Mission Rabies and WVS projects around the world.
• Write strong project reports and proposals.
• Undertake international field visits in support of this work.
• Any other duties as required.

 Essential Skills & Experience

• 7+ years in project management in an education, animal welfare, public health, humanitarian and/or international development capacity.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL).
• Ability to tailor communication to a range of audiences, particularly making research findings accessible to a non-academic audience.
• Experience in working with diverse teams in low resource environments.
• A strong team player.
• Strong report and proposal writing skills.
• A passion for animal welfare.
• Proficient in Microsoft packages - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• The ability and willingness to be flexible and work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends occasionally when the charity requires.
• Qualified to degree level or with a relevant recognised qualification.
• Proficiency in English (mother tongue or C2 level equivalent).

 Desired Skills & Experience

• A background in qualitative research.
• Experience in delivering public health or behaviour change campaigns.
• Experience working on education programmes.
• Experience working on international programmes.
• Experience in taking projects to scale.
• Experience in working with government stakeholders.
• Experience in business development/proposal writing.
• A full driving licence.
• The right to work in the UK.

Candidates with a right to work in the UK are preferred, however exceptional candidates outside of the UK may be considered on a contract basis. Please include this in your cover letter if this is your preference.

Please note, we are unable to respond to individual queries regarding the role.

About UnLtd

UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. Our mission is to find social entrepreneurs with bold solutions to today’s challenges. Through funding and support, we help them to realise their potential and creating lasting change.

UnLtd values diversity and is committed to inclusion and understanding intersectionality. These are more than just buzz words for us; they are principles guiding how we build our teams, support leaders and empower social entrepreneurs. We want to create an organisation that’s the right fit for everyone we work with.

To support an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their lived experiences and ideas, we have embedded an equity and inclusion group within UnLtd, giving us a wide range of different perspectives in our work to help us see what is most needed in society. We are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as Black, Asian or minority ethnic, LGBTQIA, people who are disabled, those with learning differences, those with caring responsibilities, from a less advantaged socioeconomic background as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce.

About The Role

We are a vibrant, ambitious, and complex organisation, keen to continuously learn and grow so that we can better support social entrepreneurs. In doing so, we want to better align our work around the needs of our Social Entrepreneurs to help them maximise their impact.

As a Portfolio Manager, you will be focused on managing the performance and growth of our scale up portfolio; the portfolio that sits within our Growth Impact Fund (in partnership with Big Issue Invest) and additional cohorts through our wider accelerator work. The Growth Impact Fund focuses on increasing access to investment for underrepresented founders, with lived experience, tackling inequality in the UK.

You will have the opportunity to learn from colleagues and consultants, building your knowledge of social entrepreneur support.

Interested? Here’s how to apply

We need to know a bit about you, your experience and what you can bring to UnLtd.

You can submit a CV + supporting statement (up to 2 pages). We’d love you to tell us:

• About you – your skills, experience and personal qualities;
• Why you’re interested in the role and what you hope to get out of it.

The main thing is you can demonstrate you have skills and experience (Lived or learned) that relate to what we have said we are looking for.

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

• Application Closing Date: 22/September/2025
• First round of interviews: 30th/September/2025
• Final interviews: 7th/ October/ 2025

UnLtd is committed to offering employment opportunities for people with criminal convictions. As a result, we will only ask you about any criminal convictions at initial offer stage. Your information will be treated fairly and confidentially and will not automatically exclude you from the role that you have applied for.

During Covid-19, our staff have been working remotely, some staff are returning to the office in a phased, optional approach. We continue to seek to accommodate remote working.

We use Blind Sift Recruitment at UnLtd to allow for no bias in the selection process, your Name and other parts of your information shall be kept hidden from the hiring manager till those successful for an the interview has been selected.

About Child’s i Foundation

Child’s i Foundation is a small but mighty social impact organisation that started in Uganda and now has a growing global footprint. We work with communities, caregivers, and individuals with lived experience to co-create and scale sustainable alternatives to institutional care. We address the root causes of family separation and demonstrate that every child belongs in a safe and loving family, not in an orphanage.

Purpose of the Role

The Business Development Lead will play a critical role in driving the financial sustainability of Child’s i Foundation. This person will lead efforts to secure new income, grow existing partnerships, and strengthen supporter engagement. This role combines strategy and execution and is ideal for someone with a passion for social justice, a flair for building relationships, and experience in both fundraising and donor communications. The role will report into our Chief Executive Officer. 

Key Responsibilities
Business Development & Income Generation

• Develop and execute the fundraising and income generation strategy across diverse streams including:
  • ​Trusts and Foundations
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Major Donors
  • Regular Giving
  • Campaigns and Events (UK & Uganda)
  • Track investment in partnership with Finance Manager
• Identify and cultivate new funding opportunities aligned with Child's i mission, values and strategic objectives. 
• Lead proposal writing, donor reporting and relationship management for high-value funders and partners.
• Work closely with the CEO and Board to unlock networks and steward strategic relationships

​Supporter Engagement & Communications

• Oversee supporter care and stewardship, ensuring timely acknowledgements and meaningful engagement.
• Manage and work with the comms team to develop content for digital fundraising platforms (website, social media, and email).
• Guide the comms team to develop compelling supporter journeys and storytelling that reflect the voices of communities we work with.
• Oversee the development of newsletters and donor communications that build long-term loyalty.

Operational Fundraising Management

• Oversee donation processing, database management, and tracking of fundraising KPIs.
• Coordinate with UK and Uganda teams to align messaging, campaigns, and compliance.
• Provide strategic oversight of volunteer-led and community fundraising initiatives.

Team Collaboration & Leadership

• Line manage junior fundraising support if applicable.
• Work collaboratively with programme, comms, finance, and impact teams to ensure donor requirements are met and learning is shared.
• Contribute to organisational learning on ethical fundraising, locally-led development, and shifting power to communities.

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in business development and fundraising (minimum 3 years), ideally in the social impact or NGO sector. 
• Track record of securing income from trusts, foundations, or major donors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives.
• Strong relationship-building skills, from individual supporters to institutional donors.
• Organised, proactive, and adaptable, able to juggle multiple priorities in a small, fast-moving team.
• Commitment to Child’s i’s values and vision, and to ethical fundraising grounded in dignity and equity.

Desirable

• Experience working in East Africa or with Global South-led organisations.
• Familiarity and confidence with use of CRM systems. We use Beacon. 
• Understanding of child protection, care reform, or community development sectors.

What We Offer

• A chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of children and families.
• Flexible and supportive working environment.
• Opportunity to be part of a globally respected, locally rooted team shaping the future of child care in Africa and beyond
• 25 days of holiday entitlement 
• Contributory Pension

Normal office hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm (with one hour for lunch), but flexibility will be required

We are open to part-time working requests.

People Manager – Permanent, Remote

Full-time (35 hrs) – Open to part-time

Are you ready to take the lead on shaping people strategy and culture in a mission-driven organisation? MLC Partners are recruiting for an experienced People Manager to play a central role in modernising HR systems, embedding best practice, and creating a workplace where people feel supported, included, and able to thrive.

The opportunity

This is a pivotal role, reporting directly to the Head of People and Governance. You’ll be responsible for managing a small HR team while also influencing senior stakeholders and working closely with staff representatives. The role will combine strategic input with hands-on delivery, ensuring the organisation not only meets its legal obligations but develops as an innovative and inclusive workplace.

Key responsibilities:

• HR leadership: Oversee recruitment, retention, payroll, benefits and workforce planning, ensuring the organisation is effectively resourced.
• Modernising policies: Lead the review and update of policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with employment law and alignment with organisational values.
• Employee relations: Act as a trusted advisor to managers, supporting them to handle disciplinary, grievance, performance, and capability issues with confidence and fairness.
• Change and culture: Partner with managers, unions and staff to deliver organisational change, embedding inclusive and people-focused practices at every level.
• Data and reporting: Use analytics to identify workforce trends and provide insights that shape decision-making.
• Learning and development: Drive the implementation of performance management frameworks, development plans, and training initiatives.
• Team management: Line manage two senior HR professionals as well as providing oversight to a small staff team, fostering collaboration and high performance.

About you:

We’re looking for someone with the confidence and credibility to lead a people function in a complex, unionised environment. You’ll need to be:

• Qualified: CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent) with significant HR management experience.
• Experienced: Skilled in employee relations, organisational change, and managing union negotiations. Background in the not-for-profit, public sector, or membership organisations is highly valued.
• Knowledgeable: Up to date with UK employment law, HR systems, and best practice in people management.
• Influential: Strong communicator and relationship-builder, able to engage and influence at all levels.
• Values-driven: Committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and continuous improvement in people practices.

Why join?

This is an exciting chance to step into a role where you can make a visible and lasting impact. You’ll have the scope to reshape policies, implement new systems, and guide leaders through meaningful organisational change. If you’re motivated by modernising HR, supporting people to succeed, and working in a collaborative and purpose-led environment, please apply now.

We welcome applications from underrepresented communities, including Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic groups, disabled people, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

Applicants are under constant review, and the role may be filled prior to the ad closing. For a further confidential discussion about this role and to discuss your career search, please reach out to Annabelle Stuart at MLC Partners.

Join Our Team!

We have an exciting opportunity to join us as our IBD Project Manager. You will lead and coordinate the redesign and relaunch of the IBD UK Alliance programme, to improve the quality and standards of health services for people affected by Crohn's and Colitis across the UK.

You'll be working closely with the Director of Services & Evidence and Head of Health Services to support the charity's leadership of the IBD UK Alliance.

Download our recruitment pack from our website containing full details of the job description and person specification.

About you

You will need to have:

• Experience of developing and delivering successful health service quality improvement projects and programmes.
• Knowledge and experience of working in UK health services or a health or medical charity.
• Experience of successful development of operational performance metrics, strategies and objectives.
• Evidence of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with external stakeholders, including senior clinicians and NHS business managers.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day per year up to 30 days
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Flexible working options
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing programme
• Interest free loan for season tickets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking and secure bike locks
• Training and development financial support and/or study leave
• Performance review and development scheme

Our location

We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. In this role there is plenty of scope for working from home, although there will be occasions when you will need to attend 2 directorate days and conferences/events. In addition, the charity meets four times a year at the office in Hatfield for its 'All Staff Together' days, at which attendance is mandatory.

Circa £42,000 per annum

Temporary (Funded until August 2029 – This post is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

Part time: 24.5 hours per week

Working from home in Northern Ireland with regular local travel and, at least quarterly, meetings in London.  Access to a car and a clean driving licence are essential requirements.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a member of the Rights Respecting Schools Team.

With knowledge and experience of child rights education in school settings, you will play a key role in the implementation of the RRSA in Northern Ireland. You will have a key role in delivering the COLOUR project (Communities of Learning, Openness, and Understanding through Rights) - a cross-border collaboration with partners from UNICEF Ireland, Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, and Ulster University.

The successful applicant will have:

• Excellent knowledge of the CRC, the education landscape in Northern Ireland and the challenges facing school leaders at this time.
• Well developed ICT and communication skills and a clear capacity to lead, support and develop colleagues.
• High levels of personal drive and motivation with a proven commitment to effective teamwork and delivering positive change for children.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 1 October 2025.

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including generous annual leave and pension contributions, and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children throughout the UK

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for an enhanced criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Head of Finance Business Partnering

£50,718 - £53,387

Location, based out of any of our offices with Hybrid working available

The WEA is the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education, a charity dedicated to bringing high quality, professional education into the heart of communities. We believe that all adults, regardless of their situation, should have access to education.

Job Description

WEA are looking for talented individuals to help us deliver our mission – to bring education within reach. If that sounds like you, then please read on.

As the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will provide strategic financial partnership to the Director of Contract Relationship Management in order to support, challenge and influence performance against all contract deliverables.

Role model comprehensive and collaborative financial support including insight, risk identification, risk mitigation and business solutions to drive high performance, including an understanding of WEA MIS and Learning delivery.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, the successful candidate will ensure the totality of contracts are accounted for accurately and provide robust financial forecasts to support the wider financial performance of the organisation through the development of a team of Financial Contract Delivery Partners.

We have attached the full role profile, that lists the key deliverables, performance measures and experience/qualifications needed for this role. Please take your time to read through this, and if you’d like to apply, hit that button!

We are working hard to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change. We strongly encourage applicants from a diverse range of candidates and encourage everyone with the appropriate skills, experiences and potential to apply.

Should you need any support with your application, then please get in touch.  We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

In our recent OFSTED inspection, we received a GOOD overall grade, with an OUTSTANDING rating for Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development.

You can read more about our benefits and what it’s like to work here, on our website.

This is a new senior leadership role created through Inclusion North’s restructure. It is central to how we rebuild our strategic presence in Yorkshire and Humber while ensuring strong, joined-up working across the Northeast.

You will lead high-level engagement across both regions, with a particular focus on Yorkshire and Humber. In this region, you will help Inclusion North reconnect, build strategic partnerships, and become a visible and valued voice in system-level spaces.

You will take a lead in representing Inclusion North across a range of regional spaces, including Communities of Practice, local authority-led forums, and, where appropriate, ICB-related groups. This means helping shape change, influence commissioning, and ensure that the voices of people with a learning disability, autistic people, and family carers are heard where decisions are made. You will also be expected to challenge constructively when systems fall short of inclusion, equity, or lived experience leadership.

You will line manage the Innovation and Impact Manager and the Good Life Collaborative Programme Lead. This includes overseeing how our delivery connects to system priorities, responds to emerging opportunities, and contributes to our financial sustainability. You will also provide strategic insight to support planning, funding, and future direction.

This is a leadership role for someone who can build trust, speak with credibility, and stand firm in their values. You will need the insight to understand how systems work, and the confidence to push for change when they do not work for the people they are meant to serve.

The Cross-regional Strategic Lead holds senior responsibility for regional engagement, system influence, and delivery oversight at a strategic level.

The role is anchored in Yorkshire and Humber, where you will need to be well-connected and regularly present. You will also work across the Northeast as part of a joined-up, cross-regional team.

DO NOT send your CV. We will only consider applicants who have submitted an application form.

The National Youth Agency is looking for a new Case Lead to join our Local Youth Transformation Team

Contract: 14 months fixed term
Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week
Salary: c£45,000 per annum (dependant on experience)
Remote: This role is homebased (within the UK) This role may require travel to meetings, events and conferences at times.

What we do

As the national body for youth work, the NYA has a dual function. We are the professional statutory and regulatory body (PSRB) responsible for qualifications, quality standards, and safeguarding for youth work and services in England. In line with our charity mission and aims, we also champion youth work through research, advocacy, campaigns, and programmes.

We work in partnership and believe in collaborative leadership, listening to youth workers and the youth work sector so that we can understand their needs and respond to the challenges they face. We are ambitious for youth work and for young people and integrate youth voice and influence across our work

About the Role

We’re seeking a Case Lead to support Local Authority Development Consultants (LADCs) in reviewing and developing youth service provision. You’ll coordinate activities across multiple areas, help gather and analyse information, and support Local Authorities to implement improvement plans.

Responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the primary liaison between the programme and designated Local Authorities.
• Supporting LADCs to ensure consistency and alignment in the review process.
• Assisting with data gathering, analysis, and identifying gaps, strengths, and opportunities.
• Supporting the drafting and refinement of review reports and development plans.
• Maintaining regular communication with Local Authorities to track progress and address issues.
• Documenting lessons learned, good practice, and insights across Local Authorities.

Why Work for NYA?

NYA operates as a people-first organisation, prioritising the well-being and needs of its employees.

NYA offers an exceptional flexible working approach which encourages our team to balance professional responsibilities with their personal life.

A remote based team, spread across England, fostering inclusivity and diverse talent. Despite geographical distances between team members, NYA maintains a highly motivated and connected team through the optimisation of digital tools.

NYA is committed to supporting the continual personal and professional development of our team and helping them achieve their ambitions.

We provide 25 days leave plus 8 days, life assurance scheme, 5% employer pension contribution and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme via Spectrum.life with unlimited specialist support available to all NYA employees.

How to Apply:

We are looking to fill this role urgently and will be reviewing applications as they come in so please apply asap as we may close applications early once we receive a sufficient response.

To apply, please submit the following via our online application platform by 11:59pm on Tuesday 30th September 2025:

A detailed CV setting out your career history, with responsibilities and achievements in line with the person specification in the About You section.

A covering letter (maximum two sides) highlighting your suitability for the role and how you meet the requirements in the About You section.

We will request data for our EEDI monitoring purposes, providing this is optional.

Please note: the covering letter is an essential part of the application process and will be assessed as part of your full application. We use AI detector software, so cover letters or CV’s with over 80% AI generated content with be disregarded. We understand that AI tools can offer support to candidates who have learning differences, which is why we will accept applications with some AI assistance. CV’s will not be accepted without a cover letter.

The National Youth Agency is an equal opportunities employer.

At NYA our inclusive culture means that we embrace individual differences and understand that we need a diverse team to achieve our organisations mission.

We wish to recruit candidates from all backgrounds to ensure our team reflects the rich diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage applications from anyone regardless of disability, ethnicity, heritage, gender, sexuality, religion, socio-economic background and political beliefs but we particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates and those from other minoritised ethnic groups in the UK as they are currently underrepresented in our team.

Youth Work changes lives

Which is why we’re committed to ensuring that as many young people as possible get to benefit from it.As the national body for youth work in England, the National Youth Agency (NYA) exists to champion its transformative power. We believe all young people should have the opportunity to benefit from the life-changing impact of extraordinary youth workers and trained volunteers.

We help to grow youth work provision in ways that keep it effective, relevant, safe and engaging, to help millions of young people reach their potential and thrive. We do this by providing guidance, support, advice, training and staff development opportunities for youth workers and youth work organisations. At the heart of everything we do are young people themselves. We work hard to ensure their voices are integrated into all our work, to develop provision that truly meets their needs.

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Do you have a passion for volunteerism, along with strong organisational and communication skills?

Would you like to join an ambitious £10 million programme empowering volunteering initiatives across East and North Hertfordshire?

We’re seeking a Programme Coordinator to support the development and delivery of a new collaborative, cross-sector programme in East and North Hertfordshire, aimed at growing and sustaining volunteers across health and community settings.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative initiative that builds on the surge of volunteering for health we saw during the pandemic. With experience in project coordination or public engagement in the health, social care and/or VCFSE (voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise sector), the Programme Coordinator will support the Volunteering for Health programme delivery and engage with underrepresented groups in the local community.

Community Alliance (CABEH) is a growing organisation with an ambition to support the voluntary sector achieve meaningful change. This role is a key part of the wider Herts and West Essex Volunteering for Health Programme Team.

Essential skills, experience and personal attributes:

• A relevant degree or equivalent experience in a related field such as public health, community development, community engagement, social prescribing, and/or the Herts and West Essex VCFSE sector.
• Proven experience in supporting and coordinating projects, preferably within the VCFSE, health or social care sectors.
• Experience in research, data collection and analysis to inform project monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in engaging with diverse communities.
• Excellent project coordination skills, including planning, monitoring, and reporting on project progress.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present information clearly to a range of audiences.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously, working across different locations.
• Proficiency in using standard office software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation tools.
• Knowledge of safeguarding practices and commitment to promoting the welfare of vulnerable children, young people and adults.
• Understanding of equality and diversity principles and their application in the voluntary sector and health settings. 
• A proactive and self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changing project needs and priorities.
• Commitment to promoting health equity and improving life chances through volunteer engagement.
• Ability to travel extensively across Hertfordshire as required for the role.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends to accommodate project activities and events. 

Other essential requirements:

• Full, clean driving license and access to a vehicle for travel as required by the role
• Ability to work from both home, Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts hubs and office and the East & North Herts Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust office in the Lister Hospital, as well as attend meetings and events in various locations.
• Commitment to the values and policies of Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts, including equality, diversity, and confidentiality.

For more information, please visit our website.

Please submit a completed Application Form by Tuesday, 30th September 2025 at 12pm.

This post will be employed by Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts.

Location: UK based – Hybrid to any UK office with national travel 

Closing date: Monday 29th September 2025 at 9:00am

Ref: HPOD-251

St Giles Trust is seeking a strategic, values-driven leader to join our People Team as Head of People and Organisational Development. This is a pivotal role in shaping our organisational culture, developing our people, and driving forward our strategic priorities.

About the Role

As Head of People and Organisational Development, you will lead a small but high-impact team to deliver inclusive, responsive, and customer-focused people services. You’ll work closely with senior leaders to embed a culture of high performance, wellbeing, and continuous development across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the People & Organisational Development function, providing strategic direction and operational excellence.

• Develop and deliver a learning and development strategy that supports internal progression and value for money.

• Design and implement an employee wellbeing strategy aligned to the employee lifecycle.

• Drive employee engagement and internal communications, ensuring alignment with our EDI commitments.

• Provide expert guidance to the Executive Director of People and Internal Operations on risks, issues, and strategic opportunities.

About You

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has significant experience in organisational and people development, internal communications and leadership.

• Is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion.

• Can lead and inspire teams to deliver impactful people services.

• Brings fresh thinking and a collaborative approach to change and transformation.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

To Apply

For further information and to apply visit our website via the apply button. 

• Application Deadline:9.00 am on 29 September 2025

• Interview Date: 9 October 2025

Please note: as an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will be subject to a basic DBS check. 

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received, and reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed. We therefore strongly encourage early applications to avoid any disappointment. 

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

Peer Mentor Facilitator (Mental Health)
Post no: 648
Location: Flitwick HQ, covering Bedfordshire
Reporting to: Peer Support Service Manager
Hours: 25 hrs per week (Monday - Friday)
Salary: £24,088 per annum, FTE (actual salary £16,275.68 per annum)

We are searching for a Peer Mentor Facilitator to join our mental health services. The role of the peer mentor facilitator will be to help with the smooth running of the Mind BLMK mentoring service and act as a mentor to service users. The ideal candidate will understand the recovery journey through a goal setting approach to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Our peer support services are a key element of our provisions, and we are looking for someone who can use their own lived experiences to provide support to help individuals achieve their goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate the use of volunteer peer mentors across Bedfordshire, in line with Mind BLMK’s peer support model, operational policies and procedures (assessments, Mentor/Mentee introductions, goal setting, reviews).
• Facilitate initial Mentor / Mentee introductions, identify set goals for the relationship and ensure regular reviews are held.
• Work closely with the Peer Support Services Manager to recruit volunteer peer mentors to meet contract requirements and provide the infrastructure they need to deliver this support safely and confidently.
• Maintain an effective volunteer peer mentor workforce assisted by the Peer Support Services Manager for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures and guidance (recruitment, workload coordination, support, training and development of volunteers).
• Ensure that support is given to peer mentors through regular peer group support meetings and one-to-one meetings as appropriate.
• Carry out Cash Handling, Health and Safety and Data Collection responsibilities in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, requirements and guidance.

Entitlements/benefits:

• 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Health Plan with a wide variety of benefits
• Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)

If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.

Closedown: 17:00, Friday 3rd of October 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.

Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

No agencies please.

We are looking for an awesome conference producer to grow our in person events offering for our community of Pupil Premium Leads across the 1,700 secondary schools in our network

Your role will be to produce face to face conferences that provide them honest, open and trusting spaces to share how they really achieve their results in practice.

Why?

So Pupil Premium Leads and Champions can learn what’s working (and what isn’t), so they can deliver the best education possible to all of their students, regardless of their background

What's the role?

Your job will be to produce in person conferences, with a difference, for Pupil Premium Leads in 

Events where practitioners don’t just share what’s worked but also what hasn’t. Openly and transparently.

The aim is to curate powerful and practical warts and all stories, which attendees can ask questions about and dig deep into each other's work.

• What we avoid
  • Glossy key notes delivered by non serving leaders telling serving leaders what to do
  • Only sharing their successes
  • Surface level panels that don’t say anything of substance about how leaders do what they do
  • Lots of passive sitting and listening in big audiences
  • Not developing deep and lasting relationships between attendees
  • Where the events are geared entirely towards promoting products and services more than the amazing PPM leaders and their practice
• What we deliver
• Dedicated to giving serving Pupil Premium Leaders - from diverse backgrounds - to the platform to share their work
• Sharing openly, honestly and transparently the challenges as well as the wins
• Small group discussions about very specific topics where attendees can go deep
• Workshop formats allowing speakers and attendees to learn from each other via intimate conversations
• Where we do everything we can to help attendees get to know each other, stay in touch and work together long term.

On the speaker/content side, you’ll:

• research what’s important to Pupil Premium Leaders

• find serving Pupil Premium Leaders who have expertise in those areas

• Invite and book them to be speakers and

• support them to be their best on the day.

On the attendee/learning/ side, you’ll:

• communicate the offering

• design sign up and onboarding processes

• promote the event across our social media and email channels and

• ensure delegates have everything they need to get the best out of the event.

On both sides you’ll:

• lead the follow up and evaluation of the events.

On the partnerships side you’ll:

• generate leads from potential partners and sponsor

• contact them with information about sponsorship packages

• manage the relationships with partners

• Events where sponsors provide thought leadership not sales pitches​

�� How you’ll be driving our mission forward

Researching topics that matter to Pupil Premium Leaders right now

• Emailing/messaging them to ask what they’ve had success with and need help with

• Creating a database of strengths and needs across the community

• Reading education press, policy and practitioner led blogs.

• Engaging with conversations on social media

Finding, inviting and booking speakers

• Using national datasets to find schools and Pupil Premium Leaders who are succeeding against the odds

• Digging into PPM practice and Pupil Premium Leaders’ blogs/posts to build a list of possible speakers

• Crafting emails that invite Pupil Premium Leaders you may have never met to speak at the conference

• Following up and leading Pupil Premium Leaders through the speaker onboarding journey

Supporting speakers to be their best

• Designing editorial guidelines and communicating them with speakers

• Supporting them to find a focus for their sessions and feeding back on the content

• Gathering pre-event information such as speaker details, access need, session titles/objectives and resources etc

• Automating workflows and emails using Zapier and Airtable

• Sharing all pre-event information they need in good time

Designing attendee sign up and welcoming processes

• Designing and building pre-event registration processes and forms

• Gathering pre-event information from attendees eg attendee details, access/dietary needs and 

• Automating workflows and emails using Zapier and Airtable

• Sharing all pre-event information so they can get the most out of the conferences

Promoting the event across our channels

• Working with a designer to commission graphics

• Writing social media posts on LinkedIn and Twitter

• Working with the Pupil Premium Leaders who are speaking to write sharable, top of funnel social media posts that inspire, entertain and inform Pupil Premium Leaders

• Designing, writing building email workflows and drip campaigns in our CRM (Hubspot)

Ensuring delegates have everything they need to get the most out of the conferences

• Tracking and auditing that all delegates have shared required pre-event information

• Writing succinct emails which delivered at the right time in a way that respects their workload and capacity

Evaluating the success of the conferences.

• Designing and building post event evaluation forms

• Seek, gather and analyse customer feedback and user data to ensure member success.

• Tracking and auditing evaluation completion

• Following up with both speakers and delegates to maximise

Who are you?

• A values driven educationalist
• Technophilic project manager who has a spreadsheet for everything
• Curious and empathic relationship builder
• Entrepreneurial, innovative and flexible
• Analytical but also a content-minded story finder and teller
• Feedback embracing learner in the pursuit of mastery of your craft

What experience and track record do you have?

It’s not essential you tick every box. But the more boxes you can tick the better. It goes without saying, we can help you gain and learn from the experiences you haven’t had yet.

• Education and/or teaching: Knowing how the MAT and schools system works is a must. Knowing who does what PPM role in schools will help bring the right people in the right conversations and the right time. Knowing and understanding the kinds of problems and types of conversations school leaders and teachers is also essential for this role

• Conference production: researching topics, inviting and booking speakers, crafting promotional materials, shouting loudly and proudly about the events and filling up spaces.

• Project management: Planning, tracking and delivering on project objectives across several workflows on time, every time. Managing multiple audiences who are likely to be at different stages of their engagement cycle.

• Customer Relationship Management: designing, building and automating CRMs including sales pipeline design and management eg Hubspot and Airtable

• Copywriting (and digital marketing and email workflow design): designing and writing posts and emails that convert - whether than be speaker invitations, promotional posts or conference onboarding emails.

• Digital marketing integration and automation: integrating and automating digital marketing platforms like eg MailChmip, Hubspot, Airtable and Zapier. Automating drip campaigns and email workflows.

What are the benefits?

• Exposure to the most inspirational and impactful PPM Leaders in the country 

• Opportunity to work within an early-stage, mission-driven organisation and shape its direction

• Flexible working culture/flexible working hours

• Pro rata £28,000-£33,000 dependent on experience

• Project-based and/or part-time contract based on performance milestones for the right candidate available - this role is approximately 3 days a week for 16 weeks a year: October-February. Possibility to expand conference work to new audiences if successful.

• Free annual membership to all of our premium spaces across the community worth up to £1,197+VAT.

• Dramatically grow your network of school leaders

Timeline:

• Applications open: 27th August 2025

• Deadline for applications: midnight Sunday 14th September

• First interviews: Starting week of 22nd September,

• Second interview: Starting week beginning 29th September,

• Notification of decision: by 3rd October,

• Start date: week beginning 6th October

We expect this to be a popular role. We will be inviting people to interview on a rolling basis. We advise submitting an application early.

How do you apply?

To apply for the role please send complete this application form no later than Sunday 7th September at midnight:

For the application form you’ll need:

1. CV - max 2 sides

2. Covering letter - outlining

   1. why you want to apply

   2. how your values, knowledge, skills and experience make you the best person for the role.

   3. a PS section at the bottom with confirmation of where you saw the job role; confirmation of your current salary and notice period; whether you have the right to work in the UK and a valid criminal check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); any links to any portfolios/bodies of work you have completed in the past to demonstrate what you are capable of (this could be reports, writing, performance figures, social media campaigns, articles, videos); and indication of whether your availability will be limited during the recruitment period.

3. Contact details of references

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role prior to application, please download the attached job ad pdf.