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Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation as we continue into the second year of our new five-year strategy. Our fundraising team bridges the journey of the animals in our care with the wider public, demonstrating how their contributions enable us to support every dog and cat.
We currently have a permanent opportunity for someone to join us as a Direct Marketing Officer - Regular Giving (Lottery & Lead Generation).
As part of this role, you will manage and deliver a series of high standard direct marketing campaigns across our Regular Giving programme. You will be recruiting, retaining and upgrading regular donors to generate agreed income through a variety of direct marketing methods such as direct dialogue, DRTV, digital, and direct mail. You’ll also be encouraging regular monthly gifts or support via one of our main products such as general Regular Giving and Sponsorship, our Lottery, Value Exchange programme and other methods of committed giving as they arise.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year.
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution.
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans.
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Acceptable use of AI:
At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.
To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.
Closing date: 11th January 2026
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Interview date(s): w/c 19th January 2026
For full details on the role, please download the recruitment pack.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.



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We have an exciting opportunity to join the Education Department at Bristol City Robins Foundation, leading our Alternative Learning Provision (Ed Mentor Programme)
- Do you have experience in leading or managing an alternative learning provision, youth programme, mentoring service, or education-based intervention?
- Are you passionate about supporting young people and staff to achieve their potential?
- Can you build and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders?
- Are you organised, proactive and eager to work in a dynamic charity environment?
If so, we would like to talk to you…
We are seeking a full-time member of staff to lead our Alternative Learning Provision (Ed Mentor Programme). The role involves managing a team of staff (Youth Mentors), who are working with young people on the programme to develop confidence, improve educational outcomes and/or reintegrate them back into full time education. Alongside this, you will be required to work closely with key stakeholders (schools, local authorities, families etc), ensuring quality of provision and evidencing its impact.
Your Main Responsibilities:
- Lead, develop and quality assure our Alternative Learning Provision (Ed Mentor Programme), ensuring high standards and positive outcomes for young people.
- Manage, support and develop delivery staff, providing guidance on pastoral, behaviour and safeguarding matters.
- Build strong relationships with schools, local authorities, families and other key stakeholders.
- Oversee referrals, induction, monitoring and reporting processes, using data and feedback to evidence impact and drive improvement.
- Manage programme budget, ensuring sustainability of the programme.
You will have:
- Experience leading or managing an alternative learning provision, youth programme, mentoring service, or education-based intervention.
- Experience in line managing, developing and supporting staff.
- Experience and/or knowledge of the education and youth mentoring sectors.
- A proven track record of effectively building and managing relationships and partnerships.
- Strong behaviour management and pastoral skills.
- An ability to effectively approach and manage challenging situations and conversations.
- An understanding of safeguarding and how to support vulnerable young people, including those with EHCP’s and SEND.
- An understanding of the issues and challenges faced by young people, schools and communities within south Bristol.
- Previous experience of managing budgets.
- An ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- A passion for working with young people to achieve positive outcomes and change lives.
- Competent IT skills.
- Full UK Driving License (preferred).
Safeguarding Statement: Bristol City Robins Foundation are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment. This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists, as such it is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore, all convictions including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared.
Equality Statement: The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave increasing to 28 days after 3 years and 30 days after 5 years employment (plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days)
- 5 days paid leave to volunteer at a charity of your choice
- Flexible Working Environment
- Pension scheme
- Employee Assist Programme
- Generous CPD budget
- Free Eye Test
- Free Flu Jabs
- Work equipment (BCFC clothing, laptop, phone)
- 2 x Bristol City and Bristol Bears tickets to home league games
- 20% discount in the Bristol Sport store
- The chance to be part of an incredible journey
Notes
Please apply through Breathe and make sure you have completed our application form when applying. Please note, we do not accept a CV. If you have any issues uploading your form, please email.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 4th January 2026.
Interview day Thursday 15th January 2026
Contract: Full Time – Starting asap.
Candidates must also be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends. The role will be offered subject to an Enhanced DBS check and self-disclosure form.
Build Up is a youth-led charity that designs and builds public spaces, supporting young people aged 10-25 years old to shape their local area. We’re looking for a Head of Income Generation to drive our fundraising strategy and secure significant investment for our youth-led projects.
The Role
This is an exciting new position in our team, created to help build our case for investment, tell our story and harness the support of new audiences. You’ll shape priorities, diversify income, and build lasting funder relationships – while writing compelling bids that win investment. With consultancy support on communications and evaluation, you’ll have the tools to make a powerful case for our work.
Who You Are
You’ll have a proven track record in leading fundraising strategy, securing charitable investment and writing successful grants. Alongside trusts and foundations, you’ll bring experience across other income streams (like corporates or major donors). You’ll balance strategy with delivery, thrive under pressure, and be excited by funding young people’s ideas. Because our model is unique, we need someone who can turn our distinctive approach into clear, inspiring narratives that unlock new opportunities.
About Build Up
Build Up works to build the power of young people to shape where they live, and to change who can make decisions about London. We support young people to design and build public spaces, equipping young people with the tools and agency to have ownership over their neighbourhoods.
Our approach is unique – and it works. Young people gain skills, leadership and power over decisions that affect them, while local communities benefit from genuinely inclusive spaces designed by and for local residents.
Why Join Us
At Build Up, your work has a visible, lasting and personal impact. You’ll lead strategy, enjoy flexibility and support, and join a small, passionate team where your ideas genuinely shape the organisation’s future.
Key Details
This role is available on a 3 OR 4 day a week contract, subject to candidate preference.
Salary: £48,700 - 54,000 (pro rata, depending on experience) + 8% employer pension contribution
Full / part-time: 3 days (22.5 hrs) or 4 days (30 hrs) per week
Work pattern: Flexible
Holiday: 32 days plus public holidays (pro rata)
Location: Hybrid – at least 1 day per week in our office
Contract: 2 years (with potential to extend)
Start date: March / April 2026 (flexible)
To Apply
For more information and to apply, please visit our website.
Applications close Sunday 18th January 2026.
Build Up runs practical construction projects across London, supporting young people aged 10-23 years old to shape their local area.



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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!
About Speakers Trust
Speakers Trust is the UK’s leading public speaking and youth voice charity. Every year, we empower over 40,000 young people to find their voice, share their stories, and build the confidence to be heard. We are creative, ambitious, and exist to make a real impact.
What Makes This Role Special
Speakers Trust works with over 700 schools as well as partners and supporters from across the third-sector. You will be part of our central team, supporting us to manage these relationships and build new ones. This role will be vital both in helping us reach more young people – and helping ensure that those we do reach are heard and listened to.
The Role
The purpose of this role is to recruit schools to participate in our programmes and coordinate workshops and events in schools and with other third sector organisations and cultural institutions.
Your Key Responsibilities
Manage School Relationships:
- Support on the recruitment of state schools and partners across the UK to participate in all training programmes including all “Speak Out Challenge” programmes;
- Support schools to engage with our resources;
- Maintain and build school and teacher relationships;
- Liaise with schools before workshop delivery;
- Follow up with schools after workshop delivery;
- Assist in the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the programme;
Liaise With Freelance Delivery Team:
- Liaise with trainers to match availability to workshop dates;
- Coordinate the day-to-day trainer delivery of the training programmes with the rest of the Programmes Team;
- Ensure trainer team has adequate resources and supplies to deliver their training;
- Assist in trainer team administration including invoicing and feedback.
Coordinate Events:
- Support the delivery of regional events such as competitions, launches, promotional and networking events;
- Manage competition entries across programmes- ensuring we have all relevant information and permissions including parental consent;
- Liaise with freelance staff delivering events and external event teams, ensuring they have all the correct resources and information required;
- Help implement quality assessment protocols as agreed with funders.
You will also get the opportunity to develop the role by supporting organisation wide initiatives to extend the reach of our programmes to those who most need it and raise the profile and support of the organisation.
What We’re Looking For
A team player. We are a small charity that thrives through collaboration. As part of our team, you will follow organisation policies and procedures and be willing to assist with a wide range of tasks as needed. This includes maintaining our CRM and Project Management systems, ensuring compliance with child safeguarding procedures, and supporting at office training events. We also believe in playing to people’s strengths.
What We Offer
- Salary: £25,000–£30,000 per annum pro rata for any reduced hours. Employed on a fixed term contract (starting asap) for 6 months. Full or Part time contract available - with a minimum of 3 days a week.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Pension scheme with auto-enrolment
- Central London office (2-3 days/week), plus flexible hybrid working
- Supportive, inclusive, and creative team environment
We’re looking for someone to help us double the number of children and young people in our churches and build flourishing intergenerational communities of faith.
You will
· lead our strategy in this area, helping to equip and resource clergy, lay leaders and volunteers
· Recruit and support new children, young people and families’ ministers and missioners to our diocesan network
· Develop ways to build strong partnerships between church, school, and home as a core driver of mission
You will be:
· A committed Christian with a deep passion for the spiritual growth of children and young people.
· A strategic thinker who can turn vision into action and inspire others.
· Experienced in leading change and developing leaders in complex contexts.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a new Senior Development Coach to join us for this national role, with an initial focus on the north of England, and some travel across the UK to support centres as needed.
This is an exciting opportunity to use your extensive coaching experience to invest in newer coaches and support new Spear Centres as we grow nationally, as well as work directly with 16–24-year-olds, equipping them with the confidence, mindset and skills they need to move into sustainable employment.
For more details, please see the Application pack.
With young people, with organisations, for society.



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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!
Closing date: 07 January 2026 at 9am
Are you a motivated, creative, and supportive individual with experience of delivering training to adults facing disadvantage? Do you have a passion for empowering people with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System to build skills, develop confidence, and progress into meaningful opportunities?
If so, St Giles is looking for a Trainer to deliver our assured Learning to Advise course across North Yorkshire, ensuring learners receive high-quality, trauma-informed, and person-centred support as they work towards accreditation and future placements.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
In North Yorkshire, our Personal Wellbeing team works alongside Inspire North and other partners to provide training, volunteering opportunities, and tailored support for individuals with Criminal Justice lived experience. We equip people with practical skills, guidance, and the confidence to progress into volunteering, education, and employment.
About this exciting opportunity
As a Trainer, you will deliver the Learning to Advise course to individuals with criminal justice lived experience, providing high-quality, engaging training sessions that support learners to achieve certification and move into further opportunities.
Your role will include:
- Conducting interviews, learning assessments, and risk assessments with all applicants.
- Delivering training in line with project requirements and quality standards.
- Supporting learners to create and regularly review personalised learning plans.
- Providing one-to-one support to peer advisors and volunteers where needed.
- Working closely with Inspire North to coordinate volunteer placements and maintain excellent partnership relationships.
- Promoting inclusive, anti-discriminatory, and trauma-informed practice in all aspects of your work.
What we are looking for
- Experience of delivering training to adults facing disadvantage.
- Understanding of the barriers faced by people involved in the Criminal Justice System and how these can be overcome.
- Ability to support, motivate, and empower people with multiple and complex needs.
- Creative approach to planning and delivering learning activities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a wider training team.
- Strong IT, communication, and organisational skills.
- Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and anti-discriminatory practice.
Please note this role requires an Enhanced Adults DBS check.
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.
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.
Closing date: 07 January 2026 at 9am. Interview date: 16 January 202
We help people held back by poverty, unemployment, the criminal justice system, homelessness, exploitation and abuse to build a positive future.
Hours: 0.4 or 0.6FTE (14/21 hours per week respectively)
Location: Hybrid. Staff work remotely and from the Medact office in East London. London-based staff work in-person as a team one day per week, and staff based outside London come in at least once a month, with support for travel costs. Applications from outside London are encouraged.
Salary: £15,818.48 at 0.4FTE or £23,727.71 at 0.6FTE (£39,546.19 full time equivalent). Note: We do not negotiate salaries, so please only apply if this is in line with your expectations.
About the role
Medact is hiring for the new role of Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants to secure grant funds for the organisation over a critical one-year period. The new Fundraising Manager will be responsible for completing applications already in the pipeline, and then setting out a plan to apply for as many successful grants as possible in the period and delivering it.
The successful candidate will work closely with the senior leadership team and our programme staff, to identify, develop and write grant proposals to relevant funders, for both restricted and unrestricted income streams.
About you
This is a skilled role but you don’t need to have had a job in an NGO before or be a professional campaigner to be right for it. You might have successfully fundraised for a local community organisation or a grassroots campaign on a social justice or health issue that you care about.
You’ll have strong skills in developing and writing applications, with a strong understanding of the funding landscape and potential relevant grantmakers. You need to be a great communicator, able to translate the work of an organisation into language tailored for different funding bodies. You’ll also be a strong team player, able to work with relevant staff members to develop winning applications that fit properly within our existing strategy and areas of work.
About Medact
Medact organises with the health community to win a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health. We cover some of the most pressing national and global threats to health and wellbeing including institutional racism; climate change; human rights abuses; violent conflict; and rising inequality. We’re a member-led organisation, and our members are made up of a range of people who work in health including nurses, doctors, midwives, and clinical researchers.
We take an organising-centred approach to our work. We build community power by working in solidarity with health workers and the communities experiencing harm from the unjust systems we challenge. We run national campaigns, use research to expose injustice, and we support local organising groups across the country who lead most of our work.
Benefits
- 35 hour full time work week
- 25 days paid holidays (pro-rata) plus bank holidays and additional days at Christmas when the office is closed
- Employer pension contribution
- Flexible working
- Learning and development budget
- Cycle to work scheme
- A caring and supportive culture and lots of opportunities for team connection
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: District Coordinator
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Contract: Two-year fixed term contract, until 30 November 2027
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
About the role
As District Coordinator, you will lead the effective implementation of the Comprehensive and Accessible Eye Health – Bangladesh project at the district level. You will coordinate with partners, including organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), hospitals, and community stakeholders, to ensure project deliverables are achieved. The role involves monitoring, documentation, reporting, and capacity building, while maintaining compliance with donor and organisational standards. You will also support planning, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement to deliver inclusive eye health services.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with hospital partners, inclusion partners, and OPDs to ensure timely and effective project delivery.
- Support partners in planning, monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance of project activities.
- Assist in organising capacity development activities for community health workers and factory staff.
- Monitor project progress, compliance with partnership agreements, and adherence to donor requirements.
- Track project expenditure, analyse budget variances, and report findings to the line manager.
- Conduct monitoring visits, review performance targets, and support partners in addressing underperformance.
- Prepare and submit accurate project reports, ensuring deadlines and donor compliance are met.
- Facilitate coordination with local stakeholders, schools, and disability rights committees to promote inclusive eye health.
- Support capacity building for OPDs, partner hospitals, and field teams in eye care and disability inclusion.
- Collaborate with finance, advocacy, and safeguarding teams to ensure integrated and compliant project implementation.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Jobholder Requirements
Essential
- Master’s degree in social science, Development Studies, Public Health, Economics, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Experience working in health or eye care programmes within NGOs/INGOs or similar organisations.
- Knowledge of project cycle management and experience managing CSR-funded projects.
Desirable
- Ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts, and reports.
- Experience in training needs assessment and facilitation.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Bangla.
- Strong negotiation and motivational skills.
- Valid motorcycle driving licence.
- Proficiency in basic computer operations; Bangla typing skills an advantage.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: 5 January 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: Digital Fundraising Insight and Optimisation Manager
Salary: £42,000 - £47,000
Location: UK Remote with regular office days (approx. 1 – 2 per month) or hybrid (our head in Haywards Heath is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for those who prefer to work from the office regularly)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked.
About the role
Sightsavers are looking for an experienced Digital Fundraising Insight & Optimisation Manager to lead global CRO and experimentation strategies that maximise income and improve supporter journeys.
As the Insight & Optimisation Manager, you will champion data-driven decision-making, embed best-practice processes and drive continuous optimisation across channels and markets. Working with internal teams and external partners, you’ll ensure insights and testing deliver measurable improvements to fundraising performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead global CRO and experimentation strategy to maximise income and donor retention across digital fundraising channels.
- Own and prioritise the testing roadmap, delivering high-impact A/B and multivariate experiments aligned with organisational goals.
- Collaborate with UX/UI, analytics and development teams to remove conversion barriers and ensure accessible, user-friendly supporter experiences.
- Explore and pilot emerging CRO technologies, AI-driven tools, and automation to drive continuous improvement.
- Champion data-driven decision-making and provide actionable insights through performance dashboards and clear reporting.
- Ensure data integrity and best practice across analytics platforms, including GA4, Google Tag Manager and Big Query using SQL for complex queries.
- Partner with CRM teams on predictive modelling and segmentation to enhance targeting and personalisation.
- Manage budgets, forecasting and expenditure plans to align with strategic objectives and support digital fundraising performance.
- Coach and develop the Insight & Optimisation Executive and manage supplier relationships to ensure quality and responsiveness.
- Embed efficient workflows, support technical integrations and collaborate on new digital fundraising products informed by supporter insight.
This is a dynamic role with the chance to shape strategy, influence decisions and drive significant improvements to supporter experience and fundraising performance. Please see the Job Description for full details.
Jobholder Requirements
Essential
- Proven experience managing CRO programmes and leading teams.
- Strong knowledge of CRO principles, A/B testing and experimentation frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with GA4 and familiarity with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Proficiency with CRO and analytics tools such as Hotjar and VWO (or similar).
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to turn complex data into actionable insights.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable
- Experience with SQL, BigQuery and data visualisation tools.
- Knowledge of personalisation strategies and customer journey optimisation.
- Experience working in a fundraising environment.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place from 19 January onwards and the interview process will likely include two stages with a task.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. We will provide interview themes in advance to support candidates.
Closing date: 11 January 2026
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to lead through coaching, support, training and performance management.
You will be a passionate supporter of quality driven, outcome centric, advocacy provision and in coaching others to achieve the exacting standards of excellence in advocacy required to support our clients.
About you
We are looking for a strong and resilient leader with experience of managing a team. Desirably you will be a qualified advocate.
You will be committed to driving high performance and practice standards by actively engaging with our Practice Management team to interpret data. Thereby, making informed decisions and ensuring that the highest standards of advocacy are achieved.
You will ensure a culture of learning and continuous development through a mix of team and supervision meetings, and reflective practice.
You will be experienced in managing risks relating to the safety and wellbeing of staff members and the safeguarding of service users.
How will you make a difference?
You will be responsible for ensuring your team delivery of the highest standards of advocacy, ensuring that all contact with clients is outcome driven.
You will support your team and ensure that they have the necessary skills to make a difference in people's lives on a daily basis.Assisting them to grow in confidence and empowering them to assist those in need of support.
You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with people across the organisation to assist you and your team, fostering a learning culture where all views are respected.
Equality and Diversity
VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.
VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
How to apply
To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form.
Important Dates:
Closing date for applications: 12pm Wednesday 7th January, however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.
We look forward to hearing from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Team: Retail
Location: Stourbridge
Work pattern: 37.5 hours on a rota basis (to include weekends)
Salary: Up to £25,140.96 per annum
Contract: Permanent
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Shop Manager:
- To lead, manage, coach and develop a shop team of employees and volunteers to be the best they can be, maximising shop performance through the safe day-to-day operational management of shop activity
- To take ownership for the delivery of shop income, expenditure and operating profit budgets and other key measures of performance and activity as defined in the Retail Performance framework
- To support the work of Cats Protection, acting as brand ambassador, being a role model for the values and behaviours of the Charity, taking responsibility for shop operations and related people management.
About the retail team:
- Our retail operation consists of over 80 charity shops
- Each of our shops has its own charm and personality due to our dedicated volunteers and colleagues. From vintage jewellery and jigsaws to harps and handbags, whether our customers are looking for that 'must have' item or simply a 'missing piece'.
What we’re looking for in our Shop Manager:
- Demonstrable learning and experience from working in a relevant retail environment
- Previous experience of line managing a team and building a culture to achieve a collective goal
- Experience and/or understanding of working to sales targets and budgets
- Excellent organisational skills including the ability to meet deadlines
- Strong commercial awareness, balanced with an appreciation for the unique needs of the Charity
What we can offer you:
- range of health benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
- and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date: 8th January 2026
Virtual interview date: 19th January 2026
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
- Anonymised application form
- Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats
Location: Hybrid
Department: External Affairs & Communications directorate
Salary: £43,500 - £48,000
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week)
Closing Date: 19th January 2026, 10.00am
Benefits: 10% employers pension contribution (NEST) HSF Health cash Plan-covering employee partners and dependants under 18 28 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays and increases with length of service 2 hours weekly wellbeing time out Employee assistance program , offering GP advice lines, virtual doctors, prescription services, emotional wellbeing support, a legal help line and counselling. Funded eye site test (Specsavers) Pay it forward days- 2 days volunteering Mindful Employer Perkbox and Reward Gateway – discount platforms
Overall Purpose
This role works flexibly across the organisation, providing practical support and expertise around impact, learning and insight in relation to our mission.
This is a practical role, which will deliver support across a number of related areas
• Ensuring we are capturing, understanding and using evidence and data to inform the development of our programmes, initiatives, policy positions and wider organisational strategy
• Support the design and delivery our work to ensure we are set up to measure our impact or that of our sector, and providing support both internally and externally
• Capturing and ensuring we are using the insights we generate.
Key Responsibilities
The main duties and responsibilities of the role holder are as outlined below:
Impact and Insight Delivery
• Work with colleagues across the organisation, and in particular programmes and policy teams and wider organisation to help convene, capture, collate and analyse evidence and impact data from external sources, bringing expertise and practical support to the development of transformation initiatives, policy positions, and wider organisational strategy.
• Support the development of impact frameworks for our initiatives, supporting a systems level understanding of the transformation we seek, and at an organisational level.
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to shape and scope the evaluation/learning required to inform our initiatives or those of our members.
• Ensure strategic alignment of evaluation and impact measurement between our initiatives and programmes.
• Analyse and synthesis data and information received from evaluations, grant reports, learning events and other activity to establish key insights
• Create reports and summary insight documents which capture and explain insights succinctly and in ways that help understand and share key insights, informing our policy and the development of future transformation activity.
• Develop sector benchmarking reports to evidence the impact of the sector and the organisation.
Stakeholder Management and External Engagement
• Assist in the design, tendering, mobilisation and management of external evaluators or external suppliers of learning & insight activity.
• Provide strategic and technical insights into externally commissioned evaluations.
• Support colleagues in the design of high quality learning events, and provide additional capacity when required for their delivery.
• Contribute to supporting NHS Charities to improve their ability to capture learning and insight, providing advice and guidance 1:1 and through supporting the delivery of member events. Where required support the delivery of paid for consulting support to NHS charities on learning and insight.
Internal Collaboration
• Provide practical support to learning processes and help drive an internal culture of learning and development
• Coach and upskill colleagues in the design and delivery of activity relating to learning, analysis and insight capture.
• Provide expert evaluation support where required across the organisation
• Ensure that colleagues across the organisation are informed of insight and learning emerging from programmes, and work with them to identify areas of interest for further exploration.
• Support governance processes by contributing to reports, papers, feeding back to meetings, review panels or advisory groups.
Other duties
· Visibly live NHS Charities Togethers values, including our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
· Carrying out the duties of post in accordance with NHS Charities Togethers policies and procedures on Health and Safety and take responsibility for ensuring personal health and safety.
· Working flexibly, prioritising workload, and working effectively as part of a team. Demonstrating an ability to work calmly and effectively when under pressure of tight deadlines, to deliver work on time and to a high standard.
· Adhere to relevant legislation, best practice, policies, and processes including, but not limited to charity law, the fundraising regulator, GDPR and professional codes and standards.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required, and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
REF-225 782
As our HyPE Manager you will set up, embed and lead the implementation of Voyage’s Horizons Youth Programme for the Environment, a pioneering employability, mentoring and wellbeing programme combining a weekly Job Club, renewable energy and green-skills training, construction pathways and embedded therapeutic support linked to employment opportunities delivered in partnership with Repowering London, New city College and Talking Quest.
The postholder will oversee recruitment, delivery and progression impact and outcomes for young people (16–21) from New City College, PRUs, Youth Offending Teams, courts, social workers and local schools, ensuring they are supported into education, apprenticeships, training or work. We are currently exploring expansion possibilities for the long term unemployed, as an alternative to custody and for refugee communities. We seek someone who can help embed the programme in the community college and assist our plans to expand.
• Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want to work with Voyage.
• In your letter, show your passion for young people we serve and if possible some awareness of how the world impacts them and highlight your empathy, leadership and where possible your lived experience of the communities we serve.
• We value experience over qualifications, though qualifications are welcome.
• We aim to make an early appointment. Shortlisting and interview dates will take place in last week of January
• Feedback will only be provided to shortlisted candidates and only upon request.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role overview:
F&BF will be delivering celebration events in 2026-2027 that are bigger and more ambitious than ever. We are looking for an Events Manager to be the engine driver for visioning, planning, and delivering these on time, within budget, and to an extremely high standard. This role demands someone who can deliver events that cater to and attract participation from London’s diverse faith communities and would suit someone committed to F&BF’s values of connection over division and meaningful inclusion and celebration of those from different backgrounds. Our upcoming events programme will involve both celebration and fundraising events – the former, reaching and celebrating London communities; and the latter, engaging high net-worth donors and securing long-term, high-level support for the organisation. Because of this, experience in engaging and securing major donors is essential. This role requires line management of existing members of the F&BF staff and volunteers and working well with existing, and securing new, partners.
Job Description
All activities will be undertaken in collaboration with the Communities Team and with delivery and sponsorship partners
Delivery of Events
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To lead on the successful delivery of three major events in the F&BF calendar
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Interfaith Wellbeing Festival (June 2026, London)
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10th Anniversary of the Dangoor Awards (Oct 2026, London)
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F&BF’s 30th Anniversary gala event (Early 2027, London)
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Manage event budgets, ensuring events are delivered efficiently and within financial limits
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Ensure compliance with health and safety, insurance, and legal regulations throughout the event cycle
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Review current processes and approaches to event management and update these as necessary
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Review and update event timelines and work schedules to ensure they are achievable within the timeframes
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To perform administrative and logistical tasks using agreed process and conventions including planning, activity/event delivery,
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To observe delivery to ensure quality control (where appropriate)
Impact and Evaluation
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Review, develop, and update processes for monitoring and evaluating the impact and reach of events
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Establish key indicators for success and metrics for measurement for each event
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Report on event delivery and share insights which can inform decision making and spending going forwards
Line Management
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Work closely and supportively to develop those you manage in line with F&BF approaches and policies
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Manage schedules and workloads flexibly to ensure those you manage are able to perform well and thrive in their roles
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Implement performance management processes where needed
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Develop your management skills and grow your abilities to manage and support those around you
Communication and Stakeholder Relations
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Collaborate with colleagues to devise the vision for each event and convey this effectively to sponsors and partners
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Build and nurture relationships with suppliers, sponsors, volunteers, and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth event delivery
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Work with partners to develop and implement multi-channel marketing campaigns to promote events and ensure high attendance at public events
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Support the Communities Team in connecting with local faith groups and leaders to build long-term networks
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Clearly and inclusively communicate the Faith & Belief Forum’s vision and values to all stakeholders.
Major Donor Engagement
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Work with the CEO and other colleagues to develop a major donor engagement plan
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Support the CEO to understand the needs of major donors and help develop proposals, pitches and meeting preparation
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Help develop new leads and identify opportunities as they arise
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Propose new ways of engaging major donors and high net worths in line with their needs and priorities
General
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Support the organisation’s aims and contribute to a positive, inclusive working environment, including upholding our values of inclusion, fairness and a commitment to diversity and justice in all tasks
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Suggest ideas for improving work and strengthening relationships with faith groups and community partners
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Participate in team planning, learning, and reflection activities to develop your skills and improve project delivery
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Undertaking other initiatives necessary to ensure the successful implementation of the work of the organisation.
Organisational strategic goals:
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To equip more learners with the skills and tools they need to handle and influence relations between different faiths and beliefs.
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To generate stronger community-based movement, with youth at the forefront
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To project the voices of those we support and the impact of our partnership with them
Person Specification:
This role would suit someone who is excited about planning and delivering key events; someone who thrives in getting things done under tight deadlines and whilst overseeing many complex moving parts. It requires someone who is good at managing people, and who is enthusiastic and able to motivate and support a team to work together. Ideally, we are looking for someone who can inspire people with a well-devised and well-communicated vision for each event. We require the successful post holder to have experience in engaging major donors and to know what it takes to plan and deliver a successful high-level fundraising event. We realise interfaith work is quite niche so other forms of event management experience would be very welcome -so long as you are committed to our vision, can prioritise our values of inclusion and representation in the event delivery, and are open to learning how we do things, please do apply even if your experience is outside of the faith, interfaith or charity sector.
Essential experience and competencies:
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5 years + experience in delivering large-scale, high quality and impactful events
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Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
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Experience in managing and management good practice
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in engaging supporters and suppliers
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Financially literate with experience monitor, manage and report on large budgets
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Creative, proactive, and solutions-focused with a collaborative approach to team working
Essential traits and characteristics:
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Ability to work sensitively and constructively with people from different backgrounds
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Committed to delivering events in line with F&BFs values
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Professional, flexible and comfortable dealing with stakeholders at all levels
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Proactive, enthusiastic, good at motivating and managing others and bringing people on board to your vision
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Strong attention to detail, ensuring nothing gets missed
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Ability to thrive under pressure and work to tight deadlines
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Committed to F&BF’s vision and mission and excited by bringing people of different backgrounds together
Other
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Willingness to travel across London, including working outside core hours and weekends (TOIL is available)
Benefits include
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Flexibility around working hours and schedule
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Opportunity to work mainly remotely from home (occasional travel to London will be required)
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25 days annual leave (pro rata)
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2 days paid volunteer leave (pro rata)
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Interfaith and intercultural learning opportunities
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Regular support and coaching to help develop your skills
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Access to internal learning sessions on topics relevant to our sector
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.








