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Location: Hybrid/Remote
Department: Services
Salary: ?£32,580? actual salary
Hours: 35
Contract Type: Permanent
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious and experienced practitioner to join Become’s Care Advice Service. They will respond to enquiries to our independent national Care Advice Line (CAL), advising children and young people in and leaving care, and professionals and caregivers supporting them, so that young people understand and access their rights, are signposted to specialist support, and feel less alone as they navigate care. They will deliver workshops and advice surgeries in the West Midlands, advising care experienced young people and care leavers to understand their rights.
Location
We are currently hybrid working: our team primarily works from home with in-person attendance and meetings generally expected once or twice per month, usually at our central hot-desking location in Old Street, London. For non-London based staff we will consider hot-desking options near you, if required. This role will deliver regular in-person workshops and advice surgeries in the West Midlands. As such Become is unable to meet the cost of travel for this from other regions, or the accumulation of TOIL for travelling to or from the region. However, any travel required within the West Midlands region for work purposes and required travel to our London office will be reimbursed by Become, as London is not the specified location for this role. We are open to conversations about flexible working arrangements.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
As an organisation serving children in care and young care leavers we are keen to receive applications from people with lived experience of care. We are actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially-minoritised communities. We ask all applicants to fill in an Equity and Diversity Monitoring from to better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected with your application.
How to apply
We ask interested applicants to answer several competency-based questions. Your application and answers will be reviewed anonymously to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV and it will be anonymised before review.
To apply for this role, you will need to:
- Provide us with a copy of your CV;
- Answer the competency questions in no more than 400 words per question, providing relevant examples to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience required;
- Complete the Equity and Diversity Monitoring Form (this is not compulsory, but the information is very useful to us).
If you have any reasonable adjustments you would like us to consider for this recruitment process (either for the application or interview) please advise us on your application form.
The deadline for applications to be received is Tuesday the 18th November @ 11.59pm.
Interview Details
Interviews will have two parts:
- A session with young people;
- A panel interview with Become staff.
Interviews may be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) or in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/internet is difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.
Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.
Interviews will take place:
- Young people’s panel: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
- Staff panel: Thursday 4th December 2025
Please Note
All applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we are unable to offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates.
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Benefits: Real London Living Wage Employer; Generous Annual Leave Scheme; Flexible working; Pension Scheme; Life Insurance Scheme; Health Cash Plan; Access to a Rewards and Benefit Platform; Signatory of Halo Code; Disability Confident Employer; Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7; Fostering Friendly Employer; Support for Team Members with lived experience; Access to Virtual GP
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Money Adviser – National Debtline
Salary: £36,069 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance) + excellent benefits
Birmingham (remote with some hybrid working)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (rota basis including evenings and occasional Saturdays).
Closing date: 16th November 2025
About the Role
Our client are passionate about making a positive difference. They’re now looking for Money Advisers to join our National Debtline team and help them support people across the UK to tackle their debts and manage their money with confidence.
As a Money Adviser, you’ll provide tailored, specialist money advice to clients. You’ll help clients navigate complex debt situations, providing clear, empathetic and non-judgemental support while meeting quality and productivity standards.
Your key responsibilities will include:
· Providing specialist money advice and support across multiple channels.
· Communicating with clients in a clear, supportive and empathetic way.
· Identifying and explaining appropriate debt solutions (e.g. DROs, IVAs, DMPs).
· Accurately maintaining client records and administrative processes.
· Collaborating with colleagues to ensure service quality and continuous improvement.
· Acting as an ambassador in all client and stakeholder engagement.
About You
Their ideal candidates will bring:
· Proven experience in a telephony customer service or advice role.
· Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – with the ability to explain complex information simply to a variety of callers, some of whom may be distressed or have suicidal thoughts.
· A customer-focused, empathetic and non-judgemental approach. A high level of IT proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Zoom) and ability to adapt to new systems.
· Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage workload effectively.
· Resilience and the ability to stay calm in challenging situations.
What they offer
They provide full training and extensive support to give you all the tools needed to become an exceptional adviser. The majority of their 10-week training programme will be conducted at their offices in Birmingham (Five Ways) along with some remote training too. You must be able to commit to training on a full-time basis.
Training to become a Money Adviser is challenging and also staying up to date with new legislation in this arena is important, therefore you need to be willing to manage your own development during and outside working hours. With the initiative to research some of the finer technical points of debt advice, you will possess the drive to succeed in a role that presents challenging targets.
We believe in taking care of our people, and we offer a great range of benefits, including:
· 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays
· A contributory pension scheme
· Flexible hybrid working arrangement
· Generous life insurance
· Wellbeing days to support your mental health
· A healthcare cashback scheme
· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
· Working outside the UK (up to 30 days in a 12-month period)
· Free on-site gym (Birmingham)
· Enhanced maternity pay
· A birthday voucher to celebrate your special day
How to Apply
We’d love to learn more about you! Please send us your CV and a short cover letter (max 500 words) outlining how you meet the criteria in the job description and why you would be a great Money Adviser.
We value authentic applications, so please refrain from using AI-generated content. We’re interested in hearing your own words, experiences, and motivations, this helps us understand your genuine interest in the role and what makes you unique.
If you need any adjustments to help you perform at your best during the recruitment process, please contact us and we’ll be happy to discuss them.
Important Information
We may close this advert and process early if we receive a high number of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.
We will only use the data you supply to us for recruitment purposes, and it will be held for twelve months. For further details, please see our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants on our vacancies page.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We take diversity seriously and are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. Our values: ‘We put people first, We support each other, We solve problems’ underpin our vision to be a place where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
We use a blind recruitment system to ensure fairness. Personal details such as name, address, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or educational institution remain hidden until shortlisting is complete. We warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds.
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s.
We are looking for people to join our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together to support the Parkinson’s community.
Location: Homebased. Please be aware; in order to apply for this role, you must live in Greater London.
About the role
The Community Fundraising Team at Parkinson’s UK is dedicated to supporting thousands of individuals, groups and local businesses to fundraise across the UK.
As a Community Fundraiser, you’ll play a key role in strengthening these connections, identifying and cultivating new local partnership opportunities, in generating leads and inspiring others to fundraise for people living with Parkinson’s.
What you’ll do:
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Develop and deliver ambitious local fundraising plans and budgets to maximise local support, provide exceptional stewardship and achieve financial targets in line with the community fundraising strategy.
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Proactively identify and build partnerships with local companies, networks and community organisations to grow and build a sustainable pipeline.
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Actively support, motivate and manage a portfolio of individual supporters to fundraise for Parkinson’s UK, ensuring opportunities realise their full potential and key supporters are retained.
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Lead on the development and delivery of a portfolio of fundraising activities such as local delivery of the Walk for Parkinson’s event series.
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Lead in developing all streams of local fundraising in allocated areas, including community support, local corporate activity and collaborating with central teams.
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Collaborate with your local Community team to promote best practice and encourage the sharing of ideas.
What you’ll bring:
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Demonstrable experience of general fundraising principles of the following fundraising disciplines: community, corporate and events.
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Experience of identifying and managing successful community and corporate partnerships to achieve agreed income and long term engagement.
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Experience of setting and effectively managing budgets to achieve agreed targets.
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The ability to identify and maximise opportunities to grow and develop income.
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Experience of managing own workload effectively and planning work to meet deadlines.
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Ability to communicate clearly and assertively with excellent public speaking skills
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!
Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.
First round interviews for this role will be held online on Wednesday 26 November.
In-person second round interviews for this role will be held on Thursday 4 December, at our London office.
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
We exist to make every day better, for everybody living with Parkinson’s. Right now.
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About Us
Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.
We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong.We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.
About the role
As an Experienced Practitioner, you will provide direct support and care for our young people who have complex emotional and mental health difficulties (such as trauma and loss) and can struggle to regulate their emotions.
Working within a therapeutic framework, you will develop a direct programme of work aimed at developing authentic relationships with our children and young people (aged 12 – 17 years old), you will also have responsibility for making sure our residents are safe, providing support, liaison with other professionals and completion of support documents to record information.
Applicants should have
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent (i.e. Level 3 Diploma Children and Young People Workforce with the children's social care pathway) or be willing to achieve the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare within 2 years as per Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 (England).
- Minimum of 1 years’ experience working and supporting children and Young People to achieve their full potential.
- Genuine commitment to working with and supporting children and Young People to achieve their full potential; with the ability to build and promote trusted relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
- An understanding of the issues facing children and Young People and a basic understanding of safeguarding Regulations and Procedures.
- The ability to cope effectively with challenging behaviour.
- Good communication and team working skills.
- Flexibility to work shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.
- Commitment to undertake any mandatory training (outside of working hours) and continuous learning to ensure a high level of service.
- Creativity, enthusiasm and energy to inspire and encourage young people to achieve their goals.
What you should expect from us
- Salary: £27,248 per annum
- A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
- 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
- Industry leading training programme including access to level 3 qualifications, children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and social pedagogy.
- Contributory pension scheme, enhanced maternity and company sick scheme.
- UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
- BUPA employee assistance programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
- Discretionary funded training programs.
- Employee awards based on performance and length of service.
- Fantastic opportunities to develop your career within our range of services.
Recruitment Process
At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.
Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.
First Stage Interview
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview at our Head Office
Second Stage
Successful candidates will then attend the second stage interview at the home they have applied for.
We advise you to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please note:
- This post has a minimum age restriction of 21 year for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and supported accommodation Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’.
- It is illegal to apply for any role that involves working with children and young people under the age of 18, if you know you are barred from working with children.
- All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a Self-Declaration and Disclosure form which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.
We are a leading charity for children and young people, providing fostering, children's homes and leaving care services across the UK and Isle of Man



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about helping to explore impactful, Bible based content that helps Christians deepen their faith? UCB is looking for a Content Producer to coordinate and refresh teaching content and other inspirational programming across UCB radio, that help our listeners apply God’s Word to everyday life.
You must be well informed in Christian teaching and media, have excellent organisational and communication skills and have an enthusiasm for the ministry of UCB.
Working within a busy media environment, you’ll know how to work collaboratively but also to tight (often changing) deadlines. You’ll be in a lively culture with a team of fellow creatives, where we’ll support your development and growth.
This staff position is currently based at our Broadcast Centre in Hanchurch, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8RY (so you’ll need your own transport as we’re currently based in a rural location.)
Take a look at the job description and email our Content Team Leader if you have any questions before completing your application form - details on the advert on the UCB website.
Closing date for applications: - Monday 17th November 2025 - noon
Interviews: Monday 1st December 2025
Salary: £27,500 - £28,500 per annum depending on skill and experience plus staff benefits. UCB benefits include life assurance of 4x salary, healthcare cash plan, and matched pension contributions up to 6%
For an application form and job description please visit our website
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UCB is a Christian Charity. Schedule 9 Part 1 (3a) and (3b) of the Equality Act 2010 apply to this vacancy
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
Job Title: Kent Infant Feeding Peer Supporter
Contract: Fixed term to 1st January 2029
Contract type: Part time
Hours per week: 16 hours per week
Location: Community based with travel around Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone & Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate and Thanet.
Salary: £24,500 FTE
Closing date: Sunday 16th November 2025
Interview date: Interviews will be conducted week commencing 24th November 2025
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the love of parents and families. The Kent Infant Feeding Peer Supporter role is vital in the delivery of community Infant Feeding Peer Support within the region. Offering support face to face within the community, family hubs, local hospitals, within families homes and virtually via social media platforms, phone and video calls.
Your role will include:
- To provide breastfeeding and infant feeding peer support to parents and.
- Support in delivering inductions and offer shadowing for volunteer peer supporters.
- To attend regular supervision/support sessions.
- Collecting data as and when required including case studies and narrative of work with the communities.
- Attend meetings relevant to safeguarding duties to ensure effective and informed practice, responding to and supporting safeguarding concerns.
About you
· Trained NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter or equivalent with appropriate experience, or willing to train.
· Have a passion for breastfeeding and ensuring every family in Kent has accessible support.
· Experience of working with families from diverse backgrounds.
· Good interpersonal skills with the ability to create rapport with a range of people.
· Have knowledge of the local perinatal services and communities within the Kent area.
Our Benefits – What we offer you
We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
· 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
· Pension matched up to 5%
· Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
· Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
· Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
· Life Assurance for peace of mind
· Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
· Blue Light discount card
At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special!
How to apply
Visit our website for details on how to apply
The Role
This is a great opportunity to join a busy and vibrant brand and communications team.
As Corporate Communications Executive, you'll be responsible for the creation and delivery of communications to key audiences that build understanding, awareness and satisfaction with the Law Society and our work.
The role includes planning and delivering communications and campaigns, including around our corporate strategy and business plans, and our governance and leadership.
You will support the development of our brand tone of voice, including the effective use of a messaging bank and a consistent writing style.
What we're looking for
We're looking for someone with excellent experience in planning, managing and delivering effective communications campaigns that deliver meaningful results.
You'll have proven experience using a range of communications channels (i.e., email, social media, web) to reach key audiences, and the ability to draft engaging and impactful messaging for a large, segmented professional audience.
You'll need experience in tracking the performance of communications and analysing data to inform decision making.
You'll have strong planning, analytical and organisational skills, including the ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
As a person, you'll be self-motivated, flexible, proactive and highly collaborative, with the ability to work with colleagues at all levels across the organisation.
What's in it for you
This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity and respect.
We offer a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.
Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.
The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.
A leading professional membership and awarding organisation is seeking a Psychometric Analyst to join their examinations team in a newly created role. This is your opportunity to shape and enhance the quality assurance of assessments, working alongside dedicated professionals committed to excellence in education and member support.
Salary: £41,655-45,000 per annum, depending on experience
Employment type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Working arrangements: Hybrid – 20% office attendance per month (London)
Start date: As soon as possible
About the Organisation
This organisation is a respected professional membership and awarding body, dedicated to advancing standards and supporting its members across the UK. With a strong focus on collaboration, respect, and excellence, the team fosters an environment where every colleague can thrive and contribute to the mission of improving professional practice and outcomes.
About the Role
As Psychometric Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in assessment quality assurance processes. Reporting to the Head of Assessment, you’ll be responsible for:
- Analysing assessment data (80% of your time)
- Reporting on assessment data and liaising with subject matter experts (20%)
- Leading standard setting activities for examinations
- Providing training, guidance, and support to stakeholders
- Presenting psychometric findings to a range of audiences, both verbally and in writing
- Supporting the continuous improvement of assessment methodologies
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct statistical analysis of written and oral assessment data
- Produce clear, evidence-based reports for boards and committees
- Organise and facilitate standard setting meetings
- Deliver training and guidance on assessment standards
- Respond to data and information requests from stakeholders
- Contribute to research, validity, and reliability studies
- Maintain up-to-date specialist knowledge and skills
Skills / Experience Required
Essential:
- Strong background in data analysis and reporting
- In-depth knowledge of assessment and psychometric methodologies
- Experience with large datasets and statistical analysis (SPSS, R, Stata, or similar)
- Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office, especially Excel)
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly, both verbally and in writing
- Collaborative, adaptable, and able to work independently
Desirable:
- Qualification in education or assessment
- Experience in healthcare or higher education sectors
Interview Process
- One-stage remote interview, including a data-based task
- Shortlisting: week commencing 17th November
- Interviews: week commencing 24th November
To Apply
- Bespoke cover letter
- CV
Deadline
- Wednesday 12th November 2025
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Job Title: Healthier & Wealthier Adviser
Salary: £26,050 per annum
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)
Location: Head Office, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 – working across County Durham
About us
Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. Groundwork aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. Groundwork’s mission is to support people to improve their prospects and reach their full potential.
About the role
We are seeking a compassionate, proactive, and client-focused Healthier & Wealthier Adviser to join our team. In this role, you will deliver high-quality advice and guidance to residents across County Durham, helping them navigate welfare benefits, debt, housing, energy, budgeting, employment, family support, and more.
You will primarily provide telephone-based advice, with additional support via face-to-face meetings, email, online chat, and video appointments. You will work with clients referred from Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and other health organisations, gathering information about their circumstances, offering tailored guidance, and acting on their behalf when required.
Your role will include:
- Providing high-quality advice and guidance via phone, email, online chat, video, and face-to-face appointments.
- Gathering detailed client information to offer personalised support and make referrals to specialist agencies when needed.
- Maintaining accurate case records and ensuring all work meets quality standards.
- Responding to enquiries promptly and supporting the general advice line during busy periods.
You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative team that values learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Empathetic and approachable, with excellent listening and communication skills.
- Experienced in providing information, advice, and guidance (experience in welfare rights, housing, or debt advice is desirable).
- Organised and proactive, able to manage a varied workload and meet deadlines.
- Committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion in service delivery.
- Adaptable, with a willingness to travel and work flexibly to meet client needs.
Join us to make a real difference in the lives of people across County Durham, helping them to be healthier, wealthier, and more empowered.
Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 20th November 2025
Please note, should we receive a high volume of applications, we may look to close the role early, therefore we recommend an early application.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Make yourself at home
We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role
At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship – the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
No agencies please.
Salary: £34,434 starting salary (salary range will increase due to max £37,280 via the length of service) per annum (pro rata where applicable).
Contract: Fixed Term until 30 June 2026
Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks)
Location: This role is a 4 day a week role, of which 3 fixed days of Tues-Thurs MUST be on-site at The Refugee Support Centre, Liverpool. 1 day, Monday can be working from home or from our Manchester office.
About Refugee Action
Refugee Action exists to work with refugees and people seeking asylum who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes. We are a national charity with more than 40 years’ experience of empowering people who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes to secure the protection and support that they need to live with dignity and respect and build a new life in the UK. We do this by providing expert advice and casework, building the capacity of partner organisations and campaigning on the policies that affect them.
To succeed in the role you will need to demonstrate:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the issues facing refugees integrating to a new community.
- Experience, commitment and understanding of the importance of cultural diversity.
- Ability to recruit and manage volunteers .
- Ability to carry out assessments and action plans with individuals and provide information and signposting.
- Experience and understanding of how to provide high quality face-to-face community-based group work and demonstrable knowledge of good practice approached to group work.
- Ability to develop projects in partnership with other organisations, community groups, voluntary/statutory agencies and experience of doing so.
- Commitment to removing barriers to power for people with lived experience, and commitment to anti-racist practices.
- Understanding of how the UK’s hostile refugee protection and asylum system impacts those affected by it.
- An understanding of Refugee / Diaspora Communities and insight into how to collaborate with a range of providers to support them.
Those with lived experience as a refugee are particularly encouraged to apply
Closing date: 23:59 on 23 November 2025
Interviews: 4 December 2025 (on Zoom)
Refugee Action only operates in the UK, so all roles are UK-based, and you must have the right to work in the UK.
This role is not on the Shortage Occupation List. If you have permission to work that is restricted to the Shortage Occupation List, we will be unable to appoint you to this role.
You can find out which roles are on the shortage occupation list via these two links:
- Skilled Worker visa: shortage occupations
- Skilled Worker visa: shortage occupations for healthcare and education
We are currently campaigning for people seeking asylum to have the right to work in the UK, see our Lift the Ban campaign here.
The Organisation
This is a well-established national charity with an income in excess of £100 million, playing a vital role in supporting people affected by a major health condition. The organisation is values-driven, impact-focused, and undergoing continuous improvement in its financial operations. The Finance & Assurance directorate is a trusted partner across the charity, enabling better decision-making through high-quality financial insight and compliance.
The Job
As Financial Accountant, you'll lead a small team and report to the Head of Financial Accounting. You'll be responsible for producing accurate financial statements, managing audit deliverables, ensuring compliance with charity and company law, and driving improvements in financial processes and reporting. This is a hands-on technical role with leadership responsibilities, requiring collaboration across finance, systems, and planning teams to deliver a seamless finance function.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing statutory accounts and technical accounting adjustments
- Leading year-end processes and audit engagement
- Ensuring compliance with VAT, Corporation Tax, and Gift Aid
- Driving system and process improvements
- Supporting and developing Associate Accountants
The Person
You'll be a qualified (or part-qualified with suitable experience) accountant with strong technical expertise in SORP/FRS102 and experience in a large, complex organisation. You'll bring a track record of producing high-quality financial reports, managing audits, and improving performance through data and collaboration.We're looking for someone who:
- Communicates confidently with senior stakeholders
- Builds high-performing, accountable teams
- Is resilient, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement
- Works collaboratively across departments and disciplines
- Champions inclusion and values-driven leadership
What's in it for You?
- A meaningful role in a purpose-led organisation making a real difference - Remote working with occasional office attendance
- Competitive salary in the region of £50,000-£55,000
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with service
- Up to 8% employer pension contribution
- Life assurance and income protection
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
- Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- A collaborative, high-support environment focused on learning and impact
What to Do Now
If you're a technically strong accountant who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment, I'd love to hear from you. Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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Our Client is a UK charity supporting vulnerable women and families facing unexpected pregnancy or pregnancy loss. Through supported housing, a helpline and counselling service, and practical, non-judgemental support, this Charity helps pregnant women, often aged 16-25 and in crisis due to homelessness, abuse, or other trauma, build safer, more stable futures. Guided by universal values of Humanity, Solidarity, Community, Charity and the Common Good, the Charity is growing community fundraising to increase impact nationwide. The team is now looking to appoint a Community Fundraising Lead - Acquisition, and Prospectus is leading the search.
Community Fundraising Lead - Acquisition
Part time, 21 hours per week over 3 days
Hybrid - Midlands base with frequent travel to supporter locations (Home Counties/Midlands); occasional travel to Leamington Spa Head Office
£28,000-£34,000 per annum (FTE)
The Community Fundraising Lead will recruit, inspire and support volunteers, delivering sustainable income growth while balancing hands-on fundraising with the development of long-term initiatives. Working closely with Marketing and Income Generation teams, you will collaborate on projects, cultivate pipelines and develop leads to maximise fundraising activity and donor acquisition across communities, groups and local businesses.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will implement a community fundraising strategy across diverse networks; designing engaging activities, stewarding supporters, and leveraging national campaigns and events. You'll champion excellent supporter care, build visibility for Life in local settings, and use data and insights to evaluate performance and scale what works.
The successful candidate will be an ambitious, proactive relationship-builder with experience of community or volunteer-led fundraising. You'll bring creativity and confidence engaging people at all levels, a track record of delivering against income targets, and the organisational skills to juggle multiple projects while maintaining high standards of compliance and supporter experience. Alignment with the Charity's values and mission is essential.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
At Bexley Voluntary Services Council (BVSC), we're passionate about strengthening our local voluntary and community sector to make a real difference in people's lives.
As part of a project to support Bexley residents living with multiple long-term health conditions, we're looking for a compassionate and proactive Health & Wellbeing Coach to join our team.
Using a person-centred, coaching approach, you'll support residents over 4–6 sessions, meeting them in local spaces like GP surgeries, libraries, and community centres. You'll help people navigate services, overcome barriers and move towards greater independence and better health.
You'll be part of a supportive, proactive team working across sectors to create practical, community-led solutions. We provide regular supervision, peer support sessions, and opportunities for professional development in health coaching and community engagement.
At Bexley Voluntary Services Council (BVSC), we’re passionate about strengthening our local voluntary and community sector to make a real difference.
Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham (CAHF) is the leading provider of generalist advice services in Hammersmith and Fulham. We help approximately 18,000 people each year with free, confidential, and impartial advice on a wide range of issues.
Our Assessors are the first point of contact for anyone in the community that contacts us by phone or in person. The Assessor establishes what the issue is, ensures that all relevant information is collected, provides information and advice, and identifies the best next steps, ensuring clients are directed to the appropriate Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham (CAHF) advice project, or external agency.
Successful candidates will be supported by our supervisory team to develop the skills needed to succeed and thrive in the role as well as having access to our wealth of resources.
This role requires a passion for helping people to work through many challenging situations.
Applicants must demonstrate the following,
- Organised focused approach, with the ability to accurately record information.
- An ability to use sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control.
- Good IT skills, especially the ability to use databases and navigate websites.
Ideally you will have experience of delivering advice (Welfare benefits, debt, housing and employment) but transferable skills and experience will be considered.
All shortlisted candidates will be asked to take a written test with those achieving a satisfactory score invited to interview.
We reserve the right to close the applications earlier if suitable candidates are found so we encourage early applications.
Closing Date: 5pm Friday 14th November 2025
Interview & Test: 24th and 25th November 2025
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Fundraising and Engagement Officer
Post no: 653
Office base: Flitwick
Area covered: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £24,790 per annum FTE (£16,750 per annum actual for 25 hours per week)
Hours: 25.0 hours per week, Monday to Friday
About the Role
This exciting Fundraising and Engagement Officer role will be part of the Fundraising and Engagement team to ensure that the delivery of Mind BLMK’s current and future offer of fundraising and engagement are effectively delivered. As the Fundraising and Engagement Officer you will be responsible for supporting the growth of income across individual, major donors alongside community and corporate fundraising.
In this role you will be responsible for implementing and administrating fundraising and engagement activities, supporting inspiring campaigns, optimising stewardship and attending fundraising events.
As the Fundraising and Engagement Officer you will work closely with the fundraising and engagement team in the planning and development of fundraising initiatives. You will monitor and maintain donor and fundraising data in accordance with the organisations policies and procedures. You will be involved in the planning, implementation of PR, communications, media posting, newsletter, AGM and any other appropriate organisational priorities.
You will have a proactive approach in working well on own and in a team and engage with the wider population of Mind BLMK’s workforce and volunteers.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Westfield Health Plan – includes access to everyday healthcare and indemnifies towards the cost of routine health care.
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Friday 21st November 2025
Interview date: TBC
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: Immediate
Interested?
If you would like to find out 'more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.