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The Nuffield Foundation is an open, collaborative, and engaged funder, offering more than money. Its aim is to understand the social, demographic, technological and economic trends that shape people’s lives.
We are looking for a Grants Coordinator (Applications) to join our Grants and Programmes team, a role which is key to ensuring the smooth running of our grant application processes and making sure funding is delivered efficiently, fairly, and in line with our mission.
In this role, you will lead on the development and implementation of the Foundation’s processes for encouraging and receiving grant applications, managing the review process, and processing grant awards. You will be responsible for the planning and coordination of grant application rounds across multiple funding programmes and be the first point of contact for applicants and manage the peer review process. You’ll also play a vital role in maintaining and improving grant management system (managed within Salesforce) and contribute to the design and delivery of an inclusive and accessible application processes.
We are looking for someone with excellent administrative and project coordination skills, strong communication and liaising abilities, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset. Experience using Salesforce or working in a grant-making environment is highly desirable, but we welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds who are ready to learn and grow in the role.
About us
The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being.
We fund research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare and Justice. We also provide opportunities for young people to develop skills and confidence in science and research.
We are the founder and co-funder of Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and the Ada Lovelace Institute.
Further information and how to apply
For further information and to apply, please click through to our recruitment platform. The closing date for applications is 09:30am (BST) on Monday 30th June 2025, with interviews taking place on Wednesday 9th July 2025.
We are committed to inclusive working practices and during the application process we commit to:
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As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the essential criteria for the job.
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making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews etc
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paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required
Our benefits package includes:
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A hybrid approach to working, with full time members of staff normally expected to work from our office three days a week.
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Consideration of requests for part time and/or flexible working
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28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days).
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A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.
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Life assurance scheme.
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Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.
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Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.
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Frequent opportunities for learning and development (including options for coaching and mentoring, and reading/development days)
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Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders.
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Staff peer groups and social networks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
Are you passionate about records and data, GDPR and good governance? If so, we are looking for a highly organised and detail-oriented Records and Information Governance Officer, such as you, to join our Research and Information Services team.
The role is at the heart of our information governance work, supporting our commitment to information rights compliance and records management. Reporting to the Head of Research and Information Services, you’ll manage requests for information, support implementation of our Information Governance Framework, and maintain the College’s Information Asset Register and Record of Processing Activities.
Responsibilities:
Handling information rights requests
Leading on data protection impact assessments
Supporting records management across the organisation
Administering our Information Governance Management Group and leading our internal IG Leads network
Providing staff advice, guidance and training on IG policies and practices.
For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.
About you
This position is well-suited to someone proactive, solutions-focused and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively. You enjoy the detail and importance of records and data governance and are confident when engaging with a wide range of colleagues across the College.
Requirements:
- A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
- A professional qualification in records, information management, or related area, such as information rights
- Experience handling records in line with professional standards and legal requirements, such as the NHS Code of Practice for Records Management and UK GDPR
- Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering projects to time
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence working collaboratively with stakeholders at different levels
- Organisational skills with attention to detail
- Comfortable delivering training or presenting information with the ability to explain complex information clearly
Our culture and benefits
As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
- 10% pension contribution after probation
- Enhanced wellbeing and family support
- Interest-free bike and season ticket loans after probation
- Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
- Affinity staff networks
- Life assurance and income protection schemes
- Lifestyle discounts
For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.
How to apply
- Closing date: 10.00 am on Thursday 26 June 2025
- We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date.
- We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.
Please note: We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
About us
The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 17,500 members in the UK and internationally.
We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.
Senior Management Accountant
Finance
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£59,004.75 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 25 June 2025
About the role:
We are looking for a Senior Management Accountant who can work with our high performing team to deliver a first-class management accounting service to the British Museum.
You will be responsible for ensuring that best practice is embedded across the British Museum in relation to fund accounting, grant management and the financial aspects of the Museum's Advancement strategy and Public Engagement activities. This is an exciting chance to work with a first-class team in a world renown institution.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Support the Collections and Public Engagement business areas in development and monitoring of our public engagement and advancement strategies. Advise on fund accounting and grant management, heritage assets accounting and financial processes.
- Project work - advise colleagues on Museum wide projects and develop processes for/contribute financial expertise towards these, analyse income and expenditure streams and provide and review financial information for business cases and funding applications.
- Accounting services and line management - line management of management accountants, including mentoring and developing your team. Preparation of management reports and quarterly forecasts. Support budgeting processes for departments across projects. Coordination of financial information for reports and paper, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and other activities.
For more information, please see the job description.
About you:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA or other.
- Knowledge of fund accounting and grant management
- Good technical knowledge of relevant regulatory and accounting frameworks (including Accounting Standards, VAT, income tax, NI), IT literacy with strong excel skills and experience of accounting systems.
- Audit experience including some post qualification experience.
- Experience of project management.
- Demonstrable ability to juggle conflicting demands and prioritise personal and team workloads appropriately.
- Able to demonstrate strong judgement and able to present complex financial information to senior and non-financial staff clearly.
- Experience of developing and streamlining processes and setting service standards
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.
You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our virtual gallery.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
- Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
- Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details
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The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.
We specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles.
We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. We would typically see this role as working on site about 1 or 2 days a week.
The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
Job Title: Community and Events Fundraising Executive
Reports to: Community and Events Fundraising Manager
Hours: 0.5-0.6 FTE / 18.5 or 22.2 hours per week.
Location: Hybrid – 2 days in our London office
Salary: £28-32,000 p.a. FTE.
Actual salary £14-16,000 p.a. for 0.5FTE depending on experience and skills or £16,800 - £19,200 p.a. for 0.6FTE.
Contract: Permanent
Are you an experienced community and/or events fundraiser, who loves the buzz of marathon day, and has ambitions to take their career to the next level? We’re seeking someone to join our community fundraising and events team at the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) and help us grow our income to support children and young people with vision impairments.
This role joins us at an exciting time as we are building our community and events fundraising programme and offering new ways to engage. A focus of this role will be supporting our London Marathon team – a pillar of our C&E fundraising – building on the outstanding stewardship journey we offer our runners, and crucially thinking creatively about the stewardship journey once they’ve crossed the finish line, inspiring our fundraisers to continue supporting us.
We’re looking for someone who’s fun, brilliant with people, full of ideas and proactive to join our team. If that sounds like you, drop us a line.
Some flexibility will be required to attend events outside of normal working hours, and around Marathon Day.
Some main duties of this role include:
· Leading on event planning, recruitment and stewardship for the London Marathon with the aim of maximising income and fostering long-term support from our partners and runners
· Grow and develop RSBC’s London Marathon offering, expanding our appeal and reach
· Working with the Community and Events Fundraising Manager to deliver the wider community and events fundraising strategy, developing and implementing new activities and sustainable income streams
· Champion a first-class supporter experience, ensuring every interaction fosters connection and demonstrates value
· Support the co-creation of innovative, integrated campaigns that drive unrestricted income and deepen community engagement
The ideal candidate will have advanced relationship building skills and experience in community and/or events fundraising, proven ability to achieve income targets and build community networks nationally, working knowledge of CRM databases.
In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (rising to 29 days after 3 years’ service) + bank holidays, an option to buy an additional 2 days of annual leave, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox, flexible working opportunities, 3% contribution towards pension, access to 24/7 GP, mental health care and dental advice via apps if member of pension scheme, season ticket loan. We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award.
For further details on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
Please apply by emailing your CV and a supporting statement which details how you meet the requirements of the role and person spec
Closing date: Noon, Thursday 26 June
Interviews: Week commencing 30 June
To apply you must have the right to work in the UK. We do not provide any sponsorship.
The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and 2 satisfactory professional references. Registered Charity No.307892
Please ensure you have submitted a supporting statement detailing how you meet the person spec.
You must have adequate right to work in the UK as we do not provide visa sponsorship.
To be there for blind children and their families with specialist support throughout their journey.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.
By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.
Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.
If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.
We are looking for a Senior Individual Giving Officer (Retention) to join our Fundraising team.
This vacancy may close before the advertised close date dependent on the number of applications, so if the role is of interest please be sure to apply at your nearest convenience.
Title: Senior Individual Giving Officer (Retention)
Salary: £33,000 - £35,500 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)
Location: Hybrid, with head office in Hampstead, London (2 days per week on-site inclusive of day's attending fundraising events)
Job Summary
This role will create and deliver supporter-centric and insight-driven retention campaigns to maximise the loyalty and income from our base of 30,000 individual giving supporters. Reporting to the Individual Giving Manager, you will develop and assess a range of supporter journeys and asks to best retain supporters across regular giving, raffle, lottery, cash giving and legacy - through digital, telemarketing and direct mail channels.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and grow the supporter retention and engagement programme within an agreed annual budget and calendar. The successful candidate will be an experienced direct marketing and digital project manager and collaborative team player. If you have excellent creative, analysis and project management skills across a range of channels with a detailed understanding of supporter engagement for mass audiences, we would love to hear from you.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary
- 27 days annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- Life Assurance of four times annual salary
- Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme
- And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)
Please check out the full job description attached to this advert, or hyperlinked at the bottom of the advert on our careers page. You can also read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.
Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.
Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Richard Whitehead Foundation
At the Foundation, we believe in the impact of sport: the increased mental well-being; the confidence; the self-esteem; the social inclusion and employability which come from it. We want the disability community to be able to thrive and benefit from all these opportunities, and we have big ambitions for the future. We are listening to the disability community, learning from our projects, and are focused on our vision and purpose.
After an exciting first 4 years we are now looking for a dynamic and driven Chief Executive to take us on the next stage in our journey, updating our strategy and growing our reach. We are looking for someone who is self-driven and committed to our values; someone able to demonstrate their ability to grow a charity through fundraising, which they will have extensive experience and previous success in.
We are also looking for a dynamic individual who is confident communicating with people at all levels from volunteers to senior leaders, beneficiaries to funders, in order to build relationships and partnerships to take the charity forward.
If you want to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people, are inspired by the impact sport can have on people’s lives and can help us in building the relationships and partnerships we need to move forward, we would love to hear from you.
Role Details
Location: Home based, with regular UK wide travel where required. Although the charity has national reach there is a particular focus on activity in Nottingham, Richard’s home town.
Reports to: Board of trustees Responsible for: Project Managers x 2, Communications Officer, Fundraising Consultant, Volunteers
Hours: Part time – 22.5 hours per week
Flexibility: Flexible working is available; the role will require some evenings and weekends work.
Length of contract: Permanent
Salary range: c. £55,000 (FTE - 33,000 pro rata)
Job Summary
The CEO will be responsible for leading the strategic direction and overall management of the Richard Whitehead Foundation. They will ensure it has a positive impact on enabling disabled people’s ambitions by removing barriers to give disabled people access to the life-changing power of sport. The ideal candidate will be a driven and visionary leader with a strong passion for making a difference.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the board to review and develop the strategic plan for the Richard Whitehead Foundation.
- Develop lead and manage an operational plan and budget to deliver the strategy
- Proactively build, develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including funders, beneficiaries, disability organisations, volunteers, and staff ensuring that the Richard Whitehead Foundation is able to deliver on its objectives.
- To be bold in our ambition to empower disabled people through the power of sport.
- Lead, motivate and inspire the Richard Whitehead Foundation to achieve its goals and objectives, ensuring that the organisation has the right talent and resources to achieve its strategic objectives.
- Develop and implement fundraising strategies to ensure the sustainability, development and delivery of the Richard Whitehead Foundation and future projects, diversifying our income streams and growing overall income. This will include supporter acquisition, funding applications, event management and donor stewardship.
- Develop and oversee a marketing and communications plans
- To have a hands-on approach to progressing the Richard Whitehead Foundation
- Regular contact with trustees most notably the Chair, and President.
- Ensure that the Richard Whitehead Foundation is compliant with all relevant regulations, including those related to fundraising, governance, and charity law.
Application
Valued Recruitment is working exclusively with The Richard Whitehead Foundation to recruit this pivotal position. We are an ethical recruitment company, intent on hiring inclusively and transparently.
To apply, we welcome a CV and a 2 page (maximum) covering letter addressing your motivation for applying and your experience that is relevant to the role.
Accessibility is incredibly important to us at Valued Recruitment and at The Richard Whitehead Foundation. If you would like any accessibility amendments or support throughout the application and interview stage, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
No question or request is too big or too small. We want this process to be comfortable and enjoyable and a chance for you to bring your best self to the process.
Thank you for your interest in the position of Chief Executive at the Richard Whitehead Foundation.
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Charity People are thrilled to be working in partnership with the brilliant New Horizon Youth Centre as they search for Head of Fundraising and Development (maternity cover) to lead their passionate and successful fundraising team for a 12 month contract.
"London is a fantastic city to call home, but a central truth remains in the capital. Every year thousands of young people find themselves unhoused, unsupported and unsafe.
That's why New Horizon Youth Centre exists.
Founded in 1967 by Lord Longford to address the needs of young people who were homeless and misusing drugs in the West End of London, today New Horizon Youth Centre continues to be a vital support network for 16-24-year-olds with nowhere else to go.
Through the services we provide at our day centre, via outreach and remotely, our multidisciplinary team of over 60 staff support thousands of young people experiencing homelessness in London to find safety, improve their wellbeing, develop skills for life and ultimately find somewhere that they can call home."
Job Title: Head of Fundraising and Development (Maternity Cover, 12 months)
Salary: £46,800 - £52,000
Responsible for: Grants Manager, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Grants Officer, Individual Giving Officer, Fundraising Assistant
Job Type: Full-time/Part-time/Job Share
Benefits:
- 30 days annual leave per year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and some additional time off over Christmas
- Employer contribution of 6% to a group personal pension scheme
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme, including 24-hour helpline, access to counselling, contributions towards medical expenses, discounted gym memberships, high street vouchers and more
- Clinical Supervision and Reflective Practice
- Staff Loan Policy, including Cycle to Work scheme
- Generous Training budget and a Diversity Leadership Programme
- Regular Staff Away Days and teambuilding activities
About the role
The Head of Fundraising and Development role is pivotal within the New Horizon Leadership Team, responsible for driving forward fundraising efforts and managing a small, dedicated team. This role involves developing and delivering a sustainable income strategy, ensuring high-quality stewardship for our donors, and contributing to the overall success of New Horizon Youth Centre.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement a sustainable income strategy across all fundraising streams. Collaborate with the Operations Director and Heads of Services to create compelling funding proposals.
- Income Generation: Achieve annual income targets and build a pipeline for future sustainable income. Oversee the submission of high-quality funding applications and manage fundraising activities with corporates, individuals, and events.
- Stewardship and Relationship Management: Provide excellent stewardship to donors, manage key fundraising relationships, and ensure effective fundraising systems and processes.
- Team Leadership: Support and lead the fundraising team, providing clear objectives, supervision, and development opportunities. Foster a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
- General Duties: Uphold the values of New Horizon Youth Centre, follow organisational policies and procedures, and contribute to the Leadership Team's success.
About you
You will be passionate about the work and mission of New Horizon, and combine this with some previous experience of fundraising across multiple income streams. You will bring:
- Proven experience in meeting financial targets within a fundraising or sales environment, ideally across multiple disciplines.
- Successful track record in building relationships with foundations, corporate partners, and high net worth individuals, securing six-figure gifts.
- Strong understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Excellent written and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex arguments effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a fundraising team and volunteers.
- Passionate commitment to our mission and values.
If this maternity cover role sounds like you perfect next move, then do get in touch with to request a full job pack and to discuss the role in more detail.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please inform Kevin if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.
At Charity People, we match charity needs with the 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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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Position: Programme Officer
Reporting to: Senior Programme Manager
Location: Sidcup, Greater London, and hybrid working of 1 day in the office and 4 days remote (subject to change)
Contract Type: Permanent and full-time
Starting Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 gross per annum (based on experience) plus benefits
Interested in supporting projects that make a difference to the lives of others? This is an exciting opportunity for a person to grow and develop within a challenging but fulfilling sector. The Programme Officer will work closely with both the project teams and the wider organisation to support the effective management and delivery of projects across from our London office.
Purpose
The Programme Officer will be responsible for supporting the effective implementation of project delivery activities across our portfolio, predominantly in Africa, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The post holder will support project delivery, ensuring quality expectations (internal and client), delivering within the scope and budgeted resources of projects, and in line with project timelines. They will work closely with other members of the programme delivery team, our technical team, delivery partners, and consultants to ensure projects maximise their positive impact and will also support the Senior Programme Manager to disseminate good management practice across the organisation, and advise on delivery approaches.
Main Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Programme Officer include the following:
1. Project Support
- Provide support to Programme Managers in the delivery of projects, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope and comply with client contracts
- Take on the project management of assigned select projects within a determined budget/complexity threshold, ensuring that they are delivered to time and quality
- Set-up and monitor project workplans, including change requests ensuring that approvals are formally recorded and filed
- Manage day-to-day relationships with delivery partners and internal team(s) and build a solid understanding of delivery needs and timelines across projects
- Monitor and support timely client and consultant billing and invoices attached to delivery
- Support onboarding of consultants for new projects, including due diligence checks and contract preparation based on set templates
- Ensure project management software and tools are accurate and kept up to date for allocated projects
- Provide timely responses to client queries and alert the Senior Project Manager of any potential risks
- Lead duty of care and travel planning for staff and consultants, working alongside administrative officers
- Liaise closely with technical colleagues and Project Managers on project support needs.
2. Project Financial Management
- Monitor project budget performance, capturing variances and liaising with the Finance Team and Senior Programme Manager
- Monitor and support the processing of consultants’ expenses/fees against contracts and client invoices against contracts.
- Make recommendations to ensure financial outcomes are met with respect to time, quality and cost, and provide early warning of project overspend
- Prepare internal project update reporting including finances and resourcing using required management tools.
3. Organisational Support and Business Development
- Provide support in strengthening policies, procedures, and management tools for Development Pathways
- Coordinate with wider project teams to ensure technical capacity is well planned across Development Pathways’ portfolio of projects
- Signpost colleagues to relevant project management tools and processes, when required
- Support project closure processes as required, capturing and sharing lessons internally
- Provide ad hoc input to evolving organisational requirements as directed by senior members
- Assist with the identification and monitoring of business opportunities in donor markets, as requested
- Update SharePoint and ensure project data sheets are developed and up to date to facilitate bids for tenders
- Collate and share project information to support the Business Development and Communications department.
Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours
The Programme Officer will require the following combination of applied skills, knowledge, and behaviours to successfully contribute to team goals:
Required:
- An undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject
- Around 3 years’ experience working on project support or delivery within international development, research and/or the consultancy sector
- Ability and confidence to work independently and manage their own workflows
- Good communication skills and an ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders at the individual level and in representation of the organisation
- Excellent drafting skills
- Ability to understand and effectively analyse and utilise financial information
- Proven ability to resolve problems, anticipate barriers and create practical solutions
- High IT proficiency (Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc.)
- Demonstrated attention to detail ensuring quality standards are maintained
- Ability to travel internationally when required.
Advantageous:
- Up to 3 yeaers project management experience
- Proficiency in additional languages
- Commitment to social justice and gender equality.
Reporting Lines:
This post will report to the UK Office Senior Programme Manager.
Terms of Employment and Benefits
Recruitment will be at the junior level and is a permanent and full-time post. Along with basic salary, the successful candidate would receive an attractive package of the following:
- Fulfilling work - working to make a difference to some of the world’s most under-served communities
- Flexible working – Development Pathways offers employees flexible work hours and hybrid working
- Generous time off – recharge with 30-holiday entitlement plus public/bank holidays
- Excellent health and well-being provision – access to the company private health care scheme (after the satisfactory completion of the probationary period), pension scheme, long-term sickness benefits and Employee Assistance Programme
- Group Life Insurance
- Commitment to professional development opportunities – we encourage our staff to participate in professional learning and development
- Provision of a company laptop
- Yearly working at home allowance
- Reward Scheme for involvement in winning bid work.
How to Apply
We invite interested candidates to please apply for the post by including all of the following:
- A cover letter explaining why you are applying for this position, and how you would meet the selection criteria for the post of Programme Officer
- A detailed CV (curriculum vitae) specifying your qualifications, education, and relevant work experience
- All applicants will be required to specify if they have the right to work and live in the UK.
Closing date for this post will be the close of business on the 20th June 2025.
Applications should be submitted by email.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we retain the right to close this role without notice. So, if you are interested, please apply early.
Due to the high number of applications expected, unfortunately only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Applicants, please note the Privacy Notice on our website.
Development Pathways is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications and abilitie without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, family or parental status, or disability status.
About us
Founded in 2010, Development Pathways has grown rapidly into an internationally renowned and respected consultancy business, providing high quality consultancies and project management throughout Africa, Asia, Middle East and the Pacific in social protection, inclusive programming and management information systems. We have offices in the United Kingdom, Kenya and Australia, focused on: social protection; social and economic analysis; research and evaluation; training and capacity building; and, digital technology.
We are committed to transformative social policies to promote social justice and gender equality, women’s empowerment and social inclusion. We work hard and are passionate about what we do. We find time to discuss important issues and how we, as a company, can support initiatives that we care about.
Please note our staff have a hybrid working arrangement of 4 days remote and 1 day working in the office per week although this may be subject to change
For more information about our organisation, please visit our website.
Please include a Cover Letter with your CV.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Senior Global Safeguarding Specialist
Contract: Full-time, Permanent.
Location: London, UK or Stockholm, Sweden
UK Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
Salary and Benefits: for the UK, £48,867- £51,439 per annum with excellent benefits. Competitive salary package for the other location.
About WaterAid
Want to use your skills in safeguarding to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere?
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as Senior Global Safeguarding Specialist to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Team
The WaterAid Global Safeguarding Team sits within the Global People Team, and is a team made up of diverse safeguarding professionals based across a number of WaterAid locations. The Global Safeguarding Team are responsible for ensuring that throughout WaterAid’s work, wherever in the world that maybe, we uphold our ‘Do no harm’ principle and prioritise keeping people safe. The Global Safeguarding Team provide critical safeguarding advice and guidance to all 7 members and 27 countries of the WaterAid federation, to ensure we protect everyone we encounter through our work - including staff, partners, volunteers, contractors and the people in the communities we work - from experiencing any form of harm. This includes setting federation wide safeguarding policies and procedures, providing safeguarding training, case management, management of the Safeguarding Focal Point Network, and sector safeguarding engagement.
We are a remote global team, and the successful candidate must be willing to work independently, and to travel when required occasionally at short notice.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Global Safeguarding Team as our Senior Global Safeguarding Specialist reporting to the Global Safeguarding Director. This is a senior role in the team and will play a key part in managing and supervising safeguarding cases and investigations, as well as providing proactive support and guidance to Members and Country Programmes on a range of safeguarding topics. The role involves a considerable about of proactive prevention work such as designing and facilitating training and resources for a range of audiences (Boards, staff groups, volunteers, communities). The role involves organisation and facilitation of large-scale events and management of the Safeguarding Focal Point Network. This role supports the Global Safeguarding Director in implementing safeguarding policies and standards and works closely to deliver core safeguarding projects across the federation. The team is supported by a Global Safeguarding Co-Ordinator for whom this role line manages, a Global Safeguarding Adviser and a Community Safeguarding Engagement Adviser.
In this role you’ll also:
- Lead and Co-lead safeguarding support country programme / member visits.
- Maintain and update core safeguarding policies and standards as and when required.
- Actively engage with external safeguarding networks to ensure WaterAid continues to contribute to improve sector safeguarding standards and engages in relevant sector initiatives.
- Monitor compliance with global safeguarding standards in relation to core performance indicators.
- Lead on planning and developing, training resources such as webinars, videos, and guidance documents for multiple audiences.
- Be available on call throughout the year and during events as designated to ensure safeguarding advice and support can be accessed across the Global Safeguarding Team 24/7
- Cover for the Global Safeguarding Director in their absence.
Requirements
To be successful, you’ll need:
- Proven track record of working in a safeguarding environment with significant case management experience of at least 5 years.
- Significant experience in conducting safeguarding investigations and risk-based interviewing.
- Experience of report writing skills, including risk assessments and risk management report writing.
- Technical knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and protection principles and standards.
- Understanding and knowledge of applying a trauma survivor centred approach
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups such as young people and vulnerable communities.
- Knowledge of UK and globally relevant safeguarding legislation and guidance.
- Experience of working in challenging, face paced, and complex environments.
- Experience of safeguarding policy design and implementation.
- To be able to confidentiality communicate in English both written and spoken.
- Commitment to WaterAid’s values of respect, accountability, courage, collaboration, integrity and innovation and a working style that reflects these.
- You must be available to travel internationally for an event between 04- 11 October 2025.
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
- Spoken and written French, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- Gender and inclusion experience within the international sector
- Qualified sexual exploitation and abuse investigator for example ITQS level 3.
- Appreciation or experience of some of the country contexts in which WaterAid works
View full job description here
Closing Date: Applications will close 12:00 PM UK Time on Monday, 30th June 2025. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found.
We encourage all potential applicants to apply as soon as possible. If you would like to speak to a member of the team about the role, please reach out to Nicci Morgan directly by emailing
How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’ to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV.
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Benefits
As an organisation WaterAid is committed to creating an environment where you can thrive and be yourself at your very best. So, in addition to our inspiring global mission and engaging work environment, we have a generous benefit package to help you take care of your health, happiness and wellbeing. Further benefits information is available from the country of application.
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. As a safeguarding measure, WaterAid carries out background checks on all potential employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.





This is an excellent opportunity to be part of our friendly team, managing and delivering a suite of support services that make a real difference to the lives of families.
The Senior Support Officer provides operational and project management of our volunteering programme as well as developing new digital support services. It sits within the Information and Support team (7 in total), and line manages 1-2 officers.
We are looking for passion, dedication and energy! We’re a vibrant organisation, dedicated to the cause but also to supporting each other and learning as we work. If you don’t meet all the requirements, but feel that you have transferrable skills, please do apply and use your supporting statement to illustrate this.
Key responsibilities include:
•Volunteer management
•Providing support to families
•Project management
•Line management
Terms
Location:Hybrid (minimum of 3 days over 2 weeks in our London office)
Salary:£35,793 FTE.
Terms: 28 hours per week (ideally Monday – Thursday)
Role Details
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to gain experience in delivery of support services, volunteer management and project management.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
•Strong understanding of how to deliver person centred emotional and practical support.
•Good project management skills and a desire to develop them further.
•Desire to champion our work around tackling Health Inequalities.
•Confidence and skills to be a trusted, supportive manager of people.
•Experience of managing volunteers.
•Experience and interest in developing digital support services in innovative and progressive ways, responding to changing needs.
•Organised, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
•Good understanding of EDI and DBS policies and processes.
•Understanding of social media and how to create content to engage diverse audiences and improve reach.
This role will require an enhanced DBS clearance
For more details please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Bliss we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we encourage you to apply to tell us what you can offer our organisation. You could be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
How to apply
Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:
•Your CV (please ensure this does not include your age, gender or any other personal characteristics)
•A supporting statement explaining why you want to work for Bliss and how you meet the criteria in the person specification. This is expected to be no more than 500-1000 words long.
This information is used when shortlisting candidates for interview.
It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for an interview so if you have not heard from us three weeks after the closing deadline, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
Recruitment Timeline
•The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 18th June 2025.
•First round interviews will be held online between Tuesday 24th and Thursday 26th June.
•Second round interviews will be held in person at our London Bridge office during week commencing Monday 7th July.
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We are currently seeking a maintenance assistant to help keep our centres running smoothly and safely for the animals in our care. You will an important role in maintaining our facilities, supporting our team, and ensuring a clean, secure, and welcoming environment for both animals and employees.
Your role will involve supporting the 3 Battersea sites with general maintenance tasks to allow the site to meet its operational needs.
If you’re practical, proactive, and want your work to have a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
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.
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.
Closing date: 6th June 2025. Role may close early if position is filled.
Interview date(s): TBC. Early applications are encouraged as interviews may take place on a rolling basis ahead of the closing date.
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.
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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About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
Are you passionate about supporting people experiencing homelessness and creating meaningful change? Do you want to be part of a compassionate, and forward-thinking team? Do you want to help us prove that better outcomes are possible with new ways of working? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
At The Connection Community, we provide a safe and welcoming space where people can find respite from street homelessness, build social connections, and access vital support. Our multi-disciplinary team is dedicated to reducing the harms associated with rough sleeping, fostering inclusion, and empowering individuals to move towards stability and independent living.
We see relationships as the key tool for change. The Community team build relationships of trust and solidarity that will help people to access our comprehensive professional support network, including NHS health services, DWP benefits advisors, migration specialists, and drug and alcohol support teams – all offering their services inside The Community.
Together we are piloting a psychologically-informed, trauma-responsive model with an embedded specialist NHS psychology team. This means you’ll receive high-quality training, 1:1 consultations, and reflective practice to enhance your skills, and to support you and your team to pioneer best practice in homelessness services.
You will be managing a multi-disciplinary team that is dynamic, creative and focused on building trust through relationships. Supporting the team to identify, engage and provide harm minimisation whilst promoting a sense of belonging. Providing rapid interventions for new people who may not need the service, alongside offering sustained support for the people who need it most.
You will have substantial experience in delivering psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are experiencing street homelessness. You will be both strengths-based and solution-focused, maximising and developing partnerships internally and externally to enhance service provision. You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the service with a commitment to embed coproduction
Full job description can be found on our website
Salary: £40,309
Closing Date: Friday 20th June
Interview Date: Friday 27th June
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
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Description
We would like someone who is passionate about supporting young people from ages 10 to 18. The person would have experience in leading detached and youth club sessions in the delivery of high-quality and exciting activities which contribute to personal and social development.
Job Purpose : To plan, deliver and evaluate youth club activities for young people and ensure that all safeguarding, regulatory and health & safety requirements are met.To actively engage young people in informal learning opportunitiesthat promote their physical, mental, social and emotional development.
Hours of work:35 hours per week , Monday to Friday 9.am to 5.pm (occasional weekend working) to include minimum 3 evenings per week up to 9pm
Location:East Surrey areas including Caterham, Horley, Reigate, Redhill, Merstham and Tadworth.
Salary: £26,780 - £29,974
Annual leave:Five weeks plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time workers) Holidays increase after two years’ service to a maximum of six weeks after six years’ service. (pro-rata for part time workers)
The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year.
Benefits:
Free Gym Membership: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents.Excellent training and professional development opportunities
Free Parking: There is free parking available at all our delivery site. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme.
Pension Scheme: There is a YMCA East Surrey pension scheme - details available on request.
Closing date:27thJune 2025
Interview date : W/C 7thJuly2025
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Data Officer
We are looking for a Data Officer with a keen, analytical mind who is comfortable working with large datasets to be a Data Officer within the Knowledge and Insight team.
Position: SIT53 Data Officer
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide. However, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work related meetings)
Salary: Circa £32,100 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,275 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 11 July 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Data Services, the Data Officer will meet data needs relating to the management and delivery of supporter and engagement products. You will work alongside three other Data Officers to assess, prioritise and provide solutions including the building of data selections and journeys for direct marketing purposes and the running of supporter data imports and exports.
Experience of using CRM Dynamics, Faststats and PeopleStage and or any Donor CRM for marketing purposes will make you a person of interest to us. We will support you in learning to use any of the tools and applications used and actively encourage the development of your data and analytical skills. Communication skills play a key part in this role, because you will need to be able to talk through or present selections or solutions to stakeholders.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering data selections, Building automated journeys for fundraising and engagement activity to support increased income generation and supporter retention, ensuring communications are delivered to agreed Service Level Agreements.
- Providing reports and data sets to supporter product owners, managers and delivery staff to help them maximise the impact of activities.
About You
You will have a proven record of:
- Working with large datasets for marketing purposes and provide solutions and or data in response to enquiries from colleagues and other teams.
- Using a relational customer/supporter database to import and export data to and from external suppliers; including data mapping and the design of appropriate import processes.
- Use of a marketing automation tools such as Faststats and PeopleStage.
Please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
To fulfil the role you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.
Please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement.
Finding strength through support
The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support.
The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity.
The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation work.
A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
You may also have experience in areas such as Data Officer, Data Manager, Database Officer, Database Manager, Data Marketing Officer. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
At The National Lottery Community Fund, we are driven by our strategy, ‘It starts with community’ and its four community-led missions, as well as our equity-based approach to tackling poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Fund as we expand the UK Portfolio to meet our ambitions in delivering the strategy. We're looking for two people to join the UK Portfolio Team as Heads of Funding, leading a team of just under 40.
The UK Portfolio supports the ambitions and potential of communities across the UK.We focus on scaling projects with a UK-wide benefit, through significant investments, which enable systems-level change for communities. Our funding is intended to complement the work of other country portfolios: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
As one of four Heads of Funding in UK Portfolio you will oversee all aspects of our work and ensure the team is resourced and able to deliver operationally. Heads of Funding are responsible for ensuring our programmes are designed and delivered to the scope, standard and deadlines required and will lead on specific strategic areas and relationships inside and outside the Fund. Heads of Funding are responsible for ensuring an understanding of the external policy, practice and funding context from across the UK is reflected in our delivery. You will provide leadership for the team, supporting the work of the Portfolio Managers.
We are currently evolving our UK Portfolio funding offers and programmes in response to the strategy, developing a partnerships offer, and how we are more than a funder through our support to communities across the UK.
All Heads of will lead on a combination of strategic and operational priorities and the roles will involve a variety of responsibilities including:
- Overseeing up to £50m of grant commitments each year ensuring compliance with our operational and governance policies and requirements
- Lead one of the community-led missions in relation to the UK Portfolio’s funding offer
- Lead the strategic development and direction of a combination of our funding programmes and partnership approach
- Responsible for stakeholder management, both internally and externally
- Ensure learning and impact of our work is shared appropriately and informs our practice
- Lead engagement with our decision making Panels, Committees and Board
- Team leadership including culture, resource planning and team development
- Fund wide leadership either relating to one of the missions or as part of cross Fund priorities
You will need to work closely with the other Heads of Funding and each day will be a blend of operational and strategic work, stakeholder engagement, team leadership with lots of opportunities to collaborate with others across the Fund.
We are looking for ambitious, creative and passionate people with experience of the funding environment and brokering partnerships. Excellent leadership and collaboration skills will be essential in building relationships at all levels, from senior management to external stakeholders and funding colleagues across the Fund. You’ll have a keen understanding of the nuances of working within a public body, and a deep commitment to ensuring we are delivering impact through our current funding portfolio whilst also looking to the future and developing new funding initiatives and ways of working to meet our 2030 vision.
If you’re ready to take on a leadership role in an important organisation and have a genuine passion for supporting communities, this is the role for you.
You’ll be joining a dynamic and welcoming geographically dispersed team, working with hugely important and fascinating projects that are responding to and addressing a wide range of topics across the Fund’s four community-led missions.
Due to our dispersed nature as a team, it is expected that there will be occasional travel in order to connect with colleagues, stakeholders and projects. This is likely to be one to two occasions per month.
Interview Dates: 22 and 24 July
Location: We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Newtown.
Please note that only one of these roles could be based in London.
Any questions about the recruitment process or if you’re interested in learning more about the role, we’ll be hosting an online briefing webinar on Monday 16 June at 10am. To reserve a spot, please contact recruitment (the email address can be found on the advert on our website)
On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below
Essential criteria
- Experience and understanding of grant making and the funding environment, including partnership working
- Proven ability to translate strategy to operational development, including problem solving, organisational and decision-making skills and ability to manage a complex workload
- Strong interpersonal skills, and resilience, with an ability to build relationships and work with a range of people inside and outside of the Fund, including working with Boards and Committees
- Experience of building high performing teams and leading change, as a leader and/or as a team player - creating the culture and structures in which people can thrive at work
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, able to analyse and review complex ideas and information and tailor clear messaging to a range of audiences
- Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and experience of applying this throughout all aspects of work
Desirable criteria
- A passion for, experience in and an understanding of one or more of our community led missions and our commitment to equity
- Policy expertise in one or more of our ‘more than a funder’ priorities: partnerships; participation, convening, influencing, supporting grant holders, learning.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.