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About Us
We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.
The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.
Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
About the role
We are looking for a senior External Affairs leader to oversee a busy multi-disciplinary team to drive our reputational, influencing and engagement work across our national outreach, this is not a new post - it is one that already exists within the company's staffing structure. This is a highprofile position within the organisation, with responsibility for leading an integrated approach to delivering our strategic objectives across government relations, policy influencing, communications and marketing and audience engagement functions.
World class careers education requires engaging lots of institutions and stakeholders to work together in a focussed, strategic and co-ordinated way for young people across the country. Key is ensuring careers education continues to elevate its status within the skills, education and local growth agenda for policy makers and that key influencers and actors in the system collaborate with us meaningfully to achieve our mission of helping every young person to take their next best step.
External Affairs sits within CEC’s Strategy & Communications directorate alongside Policy & Impact and Strategic Business Engagement and plays a key role in helping these teams and other sectorled teams across CEC to engage audiences, communicate evidence led practice and to help inform and influence positively on future approaches to driving high quality careers education.
The role brings together three key areas:
- Corporate Affairs and government and policy engagement, including parliamentary relationsand wider external influencers on careers, skills and education policy and provision
- Communications, inclusive of press and media relations and stakeholder communications across multi-channels
- Marketing and Audience Engagement, to engage and support multiple key actors within the careers education landscape, including schools and colleges, employers and providers
Please visit our website to apply, complete an application form and cover letter and upload an anonymised version of your CV.
Please describe in your cover letter:
- How you meet the experience, skills and competency criteria detailed in the job profile
- Why you would like to work for the Careers and Enterprise Company
Closing date: Midnight on 29th June 2025
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We are looking for a Branch Manager with a passion for animal welfare, who will contribute to our mission of rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing animals in need. Our new Branch Manager will want to actively promote kindness and the prevention of cruelty to animals, and be driven by a desire to give those in our care a second chance in finding their forever home.
They will expand our profile across the North West London and South Hertfordshire area, working closely with the trustees to create a sustainable business plan, and have overall responsibility for the Branch, our shops and the day to day running of the charity.
Role Responsibilities
People
Be responsible for all branch employees, including recruitment, employee development and performance assessment.
Health and Safety
Ensure the Branch fulfils its duty of care and legal obligations for the health and safety of employees, volunteers and others on site.
Have overall responsibility to ensure that the buildings and equipment belonging to the Branch are maintained and operated in a safe and secure manner.
Financial Performance, Governance and Administration
Together with the Branch Treasurer, develop and implement robust policies, procedures and controls in line with guidelines, and produce annual budgets and reports for the Branch.
Income Generation and Fundraising
Lead income generation, innovate new fundraising activities.
Have overall responsibility for the Branch retail operation, working closely with the Retail Operations Manager to ensure that individual shops meet annual sales targets.
Work with the trustees in developing retail strategy and growth opportunities.
Digital Media and Marketing
Be responsible for developing the use of digital media to deliver the charity's vision, mission and strategy.
Work with the trustees to develop a marketing strategy, helping our Branch reach more people and generate additional income.
Animal Welfare
In collaboration with the Animal Operations Manager, ensure the Branch delivers on its commitment to care for and ensure the welfare of animals, overseeing compliance with RSPCA standards and policies, relevant legislation and best practice in the provision of animal welfare services. Develop the Branch’s ability to accommodate the changing animal welfare needs in our community.
Person Specification
You have:
- A proven track record of leading and motivating people to deliver the strategic aims of a business or charity
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and also the ability to listen to the opinions of others
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to multi-task
- A desire to design and implement systems and processes, enabling delivery of our overall strategic aims
- A passion for the care and welfare of animals
- A full UK driving licence
You have expertise and experience in:
- Operating at a senior leadership level
- Project management and business planning
- Business development and growth
- Income generation and budget management
- Business and financial reporting
- The use of technology and digital media
You are:
- Flexible, with an ability to adapt to different situations
- A people person who is approachable and enjoys working with others, communicating effectively to build strong relationships
- Proactive and forward-thinking with an ability to plan ahead
- Able to prioritise conflicting demands and thrive under pressure
- Committed to the highest levels of integrity and effort
Please apply to be our Branch Manager by submitting an up to date CV and a cover letter detailing how your experience and skills fits with each of the key role responsibilties. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered for interview.
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The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Service Manager provides leadership for the outsourced service desk, IT supply and Site Service Engineering functions of the DDaT team and is the point of escalation for all Barnardo's colleagues accessing services, incident management and request fulfilment.
The DDaT Service Manager is responsible for the delivery of exceptional Site Service Engineering at over 1000 sites and responsible for the delivery of IT Supply services to over 7000 colleagues across the UK. The Service Manager also owns and operates the outsourced Service Desk via the current partner relationship, working in collaboration with internal technical teams. The Service Manager will report to the Director of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) and is a member of the DDaT Leadership Team.
Continuous improvement of services, ownership of the service catalogue entries, effective self-help documentation and assets, are core activities of the role, alongside ensuring the delivery of excellent business as usual services, and ownership of key transformation initiatives. Fiscal management of delegated budgets, accurate forecasting are key success factors of the role.
The post holder will be responsible for engagement with all stakeholders, aligning working practices with the DDaT Operating Model, identifying improvement opportunities and all other similar practices to grow the function.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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Job Title: HR Manager
Line Reports: Interns and secondments to People Team
Location: Flexible, hybrid, with some travel required to our offices (London, Manchester or Birmingham)
Salary: £32,500-38,500 (£35,000-41,000 in London)
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week, open to flexible working
Contract: Permanent
Overall purpose
Reporting to the Director of People, the HR Manager will take responsibility for the operational delivery of Breaking Barriers’ key People and HR activities and initiatives. You will have a strong knowledge of all aspects HR and provide proactive, practical support on day-to-day operations as well as leading strategic HR projects. A keen understanding of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and employee wellbeing is an advantage.
This role is essential to ensure we continue to be an effective, inclusive and people-led organisation. Your role will be vital in making sure Breaking Barriers is and continues to be a great place to work for its staff.
You will deliver day to day HR support to team members and managers, work across the organisation to advise on HR policies and good practice, deliver recruitment processes, and deliver and track Learning & Development. You will support on wider strategic initiatives, working with the Director of People to embed new strategies and projects informed by employee feedback.
To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recruitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.
Other considerations
- As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out preemployment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include basic DBS checks, obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.
- Some travel between our different areas of operation (including London, Birmingham and Manchester) will be required. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Time off in lieu would be provided in this case.
- We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
How to apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a CV and statement (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:
- Why you are interested in the role
- What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
- Any experience you would like to highlight
- Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
- Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)
Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is 11:30pm on Saturday 5th July. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to employ more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience of seeking asylum and/or a refugee background.
If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reach out to HR Manager Dani Meier for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).
Breaking Barriers exists so that every refugee can access meaningful employment and build a new life.
HR Advisor
Salary£32,000.00 per annum
LocationHome Based
Weekly Hours35
The Vacancy
Job Title: HR Advisor
Location: Home Based
Salary: £32,000.00 per annum
Weekly Hours: 35
Reference: YMC1095697
There’s a new opportunity for an experienced HR professional looking to make a real impact in a values-driven organisation! YMCA England & Wales is seeking an accomplished HR Advisor to join our national People Services team, supporting our operations across England and Wales.
In this field-based role, you'll act as a trusted HR partner to retail managers and teams, offering proactive and expert advice across a broad spectrum of HR matters. From employee relations and absence management to training delivery and change support, you’ll be integral in driving positive employee experiences and upholding YMCA’s ethos and people-first culture.
About YMCA England & Wales:
YMCA England & Wales supports 83 local YMCAs, advocating for vulnerable young people by providing essential building blocks for a better life—like a safe home, guidance, friendship, and employment skills. We are committed to ensuring fairness and opportunity for all, and through our collective voice, we influence national policy and media to improve the lives of young people across the country.
What you’ll be doing:
- Advising managers on employee relations issues including disciplinary, grievance, and capability cases
- Monitoring absence, conducting welfare meetings, and managing Occupational Health referrals
- Supporting store teams through regular visits, building relationships and trust
- Delivering training sessions to upskill managers and promote HR best practice
- Supporting HR projects, change initiatives, and data reporting
- Collaborating with the wider HR team and deputising for the Assistant Head of HR when needed
Who we’re looking for:
- MCIPD-qualified or equivalent HR experience, ideally in a retail environment
- Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices
- Confident managing casework with a fair, empathetic approach
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to work independently
- Willing to travel frequently (full driving licence required)
Join us and help shape the future of HR in a mission-led organisation that makes a difference to communities across the UK. If you’re passionate about people and want to bring your HR expertise to a cause that matters — we’d love to hear from you
Our recruitment process is anonymised and candidates' names are hidden. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates. Safer recruitment is important to us and the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references. They will also be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration, safeguarding training and undertake a DBS check.
About the role
Looking for a role where your relationship skills can help protect the planet? Join ClientEarth’s Philanthropy team and help grow the support we need to drive real change. ClientEarth is a leading environmental law charity working across four impact areas: Climate, Nature, Health and Justice. You will manage a mix of donors from individuals to foundations and work with teams across Europe to build lasting partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative and creative development team that supports a purpose driven organisation.
Meet your Manager
In this role you will be managed by Sebastien De Menthon who is a Philanthropy Manager and joined ClientEarth in 2022, based in London. Sebastien discovered ClientEarth while studying anthropology and law at university. The high-leverage legal approach to achieve tangible progress on the climate and biodiversity crisis was immediately appealing. Since joining ClientEarth as a Philanthropy Officer, Sebastien has progressed to the Philanthropy Manager position where he supports and oversees two members of the Philanthropy Team. He has found that working in the Philanthropy Team has been a fantastic way to support ClientEarth's mission while learning about the world and developing skills in relationship management and communication.
Main Duties
- Actively manage donor relationships across assigned portfolio of largely UK supporters with first class stewardship and reporting to secure renewals and uplifts of approximately £1m per annum.
- Develop the pipeline of new donors through effective prospect research, network mapping and connecting with new contacts at external and internal events as a representative of ClientEarth
- Support the Philanthropy Manager, Philanthropy Lead for Europe and all the Philanthropy team to create the conditions for success in the European Philanthropy Team. Collaborating with colleagues across Europe inclusively to achieve shared goals, strengthen processes and model ClientEarth’s core values of courage, collaboration, integrity and care
- Keep up to date with fundraising trends and ensure these are worked into internal activities and planning
- Build a strong network of internal relationships across programme teams to facilitate engagement between legal staff and donors
See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.
Role requirements
- Experience of providing best practice donor stewardship and relationship development with demonstrable evidence of securing or managing five and six figure gifts (essential)
- Experience of identifying, cultivating and soliciting prospects (essential)
- Experience of raising funds from donors in different geographies (desirable)
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve fundraising objectives (essential)
- Ability to represent ClientEarth with a range of external stakeholders both in-person and online (essential)
- An interest and understanding of environmental issues (desirable)
See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
Further Information
Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.
Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties
Using the power of the law to protect life on Earth.



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Purposeful vision. Agile planning. Steadfast persistence.
PLANNING MANAGER
Salary: £40,000 - £44,000 per annum
Reports to: Planning and Change Lead
Directorate: ?Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
Contract: ? Permanent
Hours: ?35 hours per week
Location: ?Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1-2 days per week in office)
Closing date: Wednesday 25 June 2025, 23:55
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are looking for a Planning Manager to ensure the execution of CRUK's mass audience strategy through MFE plans, empowering teams to achieve our goals efficiently and effectively. This is a brand-new position and will be crucial for driving change across the business.
You will help drive a step-change to make MFE become a truly audience-centric directorate, especially in the way we translate strategy into plans. You will help design and embed a new approach to planning in MFE, centrally setting clear priorities and improving how agree and align resource to achieve our shared goals.
In a lively, vibrant working environment, you'll discover something new every day, whether it's a new connection, a new method of engagement or a talent you never knew you had. You'll also be surrounded by people who are as dedicated to beating cancer as you are.
What will I be doing?
Support the design, build and implementation of an integrated and well-sequenced planning process to successfully drive forward delivery of the mass audience strategy, including putting a much greater focus on audience needs in the way we plan our work
Support the running of this planning process, working with stakeholders across MFE and key partners in other directorates to align priorities, activity and KPIs.
Support the design, build and implementation of MFE quarterly business performance reviews to drive alignment with the audience strategy and ensure prioritisation and investment decisions deliver on overall strategic goals
Contribute to the development of a '3-year plan' for MFE, translating the mass audience strategy into a high-level plan of priorities and activity
Act as a key interface for MFE with other directorates, ensuring support functions receive a joined-up view of needs, requirements and priorities across MFE, aligned to the mass audience strategy (including deputising for the MFE Planning & Change Lead on forums relating to CRUK-wide planning)
Support improvements to how CRUK-wide planning is done, including how we align people and budgets to achieve our shared goals, especially in areas of org-wide shared resource (e.g. Creative)
Support the design, build and implementation of a new fit-for-purpose governance structure for MFE, and support the MFE Planning & Change Lead in running this new governance
Champion process optimisation initiatives across MFE to deliver efficiencies and improve employee experience
Work with colleagues in Fundraising Finance to ensure financial and operational planning are integrated and aligned, and to collaborate at key points in the business cycle (e.g. target-setting, budgeting etc)
Contribute to writing impactful papers and presentations for a variety of stakeholder groups, including MFE SLT
What are we looking for?
Experience of operational planning and/ or project management, ideally including setting-up new planning processes
Strong project management and planning skills, including resource and risk management
Comfortable with working flexibly and in a rapidly changing working environment, including the ability to set and manage own workload and priorities
Ability to work through ambiguity and to navigate new territory
A strategic thinker, interpreting complex information, putting it in context and having a clear view of the "big picture"
Significant experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple and complex projects.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with and influence a wide range of individuals
Highly organised with a proven ability to show initiative, and a strong desire to achieve outcomes of an excellent standard
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively
We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
What will I gain?
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
Are you a tech-savvy leader, passionate about delivering an excellent service? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where your decisions directly impact the success of an organisation? If so, we want to hear from you.
As our Service Desk Manager, you’ll be the driving force behind our IT support operations—ensuring our users receive top-tier service and our systems run smoothly. You’ll lead a high performing team, manage incidents, and continuously improve service delivery using data, feedback, and your own innovative thinking. You’ll have responsibility for ensuring the IT Service Desk provides effective end-user support, implement the College’s IT infrastructure policies and ensuring that we minimise the number of service desk calls.
In this dynamic and fast paced role you will help achieve our Service Desk’s ultimate mission of delivering a high standard of support and customer satisfaction.
What you’ll do
- Leading and mentoring a high-performing Service Desk team
- Managing day-to-day operations and acting as the go-to escalation point
- Driving service improvements using KPIs, feedback, and best practices
- Supporting AV and video conferencing across the College
- Playing a key role in exam delivery and IT project support
- Collaborating with stakeholders to enhance user experience and IT service quality
What you’ll need:
- Proven experience managing an IT Service Desk
- ITIL v3/v4 Foundation or equivalent experience
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Windows 10/11, and ITSM platforms
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- A customer-first mindset and a passion for continuous improvement
- A proactive, self-starting attitude and a love for learning.
- A commitment to data protection, security, and sustainability.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly.
- Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to identify workarounds and solutions.
- Self-motivated and able to work effectively within a team and collaboratively across the College.
Why join us?
- Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
- Hybrid working (60% working week can be done remotely)
- Modern working environment
- Equipment provided to work from home
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Excellent pension scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Are you experienced in delivering projects that improve services and support? Would you enjoy working in a collaborative and forward-thinking team?
We're looking for a Project Manager to lead and deliver a range of projects that improve services and ways of working across our Services & Partnerships directorate. From initial planning through to completion, you'll work closely with colleagues, stakeholders, and where appropriate, volunteers and people living with and affected by Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This Project Manager role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across teams, managing complexity, and delivering structured, inclusive and effective change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver assigned projects on time and within budget
- Define project scope, objectives, required resources, and success measures
- Introduce and manage ideas for improvement, using proven methods and techniques
- Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders, leading communication and engagement activities and plans
- Work in partnership with staff, volunteers, and people living with and affected by MND to co-produce solutions and ensure engagement and understanding of the project.
- Oversee project progress, risks, and issues, escalating where needed
- Manage project budgets and monitor spending against agreed plans
- Manage contracts with third parties and suppliers including any tender processes
About You:
- Project management experience, including seeing projects through the full life cycle
- Experience in the delivery or transformation of services and support in health or third sector organisations.
- Experience of Quality Improvement methodology
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
- Ability to understand and manage complex issues, and manage changing priorities and draw insight from varied sources
- Experience using data and analysis to support decisions and track progress and improve performance
- Skilled communicator with the ability to engage a range of audiences
- Competent in project management software and tools
- Able to present complex ideas in accessible and engaging ways
- Experience tracking performance indicators and reporting clearly
About Us:
Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
What We Offer:
- 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays.
- Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies.
- 24/7 GP access via phone and video.
- Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines.
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave).
- Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping.
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- Opportunities for training and personal development.
The full job description is available in the candidate pack.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.
Hybrid Working and Flexibility: This is a home-based role with travel requirements to our office in Northampton in-line with business needs. We are open to part-time applications or job shares - please indicate your preferred working arrangement in your application.
How to apply:
Please submit a CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should be no longer than one side of A4 and demonstrate how you meet the following areas of the role.
- Project management experience, including seeing projects through the full life cycle.
- Operational or project experience in the delivery or transformation of services and support in health or third sector organisations.
- Experience of Quality Improvement methodology.
Important Information:
- We may close applications early if we receive a high volume, so early submissions are encouraged.
- If you require sponsorship for this role, please clearly indicate this in your application.
- Depending on the role, a DBS check may be required.
- If you need reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact us for support.
- We are happy to consider alternative application formats for those who find the online form challenging.
If this Project Manager opportunity sounds right for you, we look forward to hearing from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The multi award-winning ISM is the dynamic, change making professional membership body for musicians. With a current membership of over 11,000, the ISM is known for its campaigning work as well as its comprehensive services for its musician members.
The ISM is now looking for a talented marketing professional to join the collaborative and creative marketing team at the ISM to drive our marketing activities: in particular recruitment of new members. You will have a good understanding of why professionals join a membership organisation and great analytical skills as well as emotional intelligence and keen attention to detail. You will also work with membership colleagues to promote retention within the membership. You will be able to demonstrate significant effectiveness in your career to date and have at least 5 years’ marketing experience, preferably in a membership organisation or in an arts setting.
You will be joining a professional staff team who are based in Bayswater, London. The role is hybrid but at least 3 days per week will be in the office.
For a full job description for this role and details of how to apply please visit the ISM website.
Closing date is Monday 23rd June. Interviews will take place face-to-face and applications generated by AI will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Digital Content Manager
Please note a covering letter is required
Reports to: Chief Executive
Line manages: Marketing and Communications Officer.
Hours: 35 hours per week (hybrid working options available)
Term: Permanent
Other benefits: Company pension scheme, Employee assistance programme, Season ticket loan
About the Association for Laboratory Medicine
The Association for Laboratory Medicine (LabMed) is the leading professional body supporting the practice and development of science in healthcare and laboratory medicine.
We are a diverse and inclusive community of scientists, clinicians, innovators, collaborators and researchers. We celebrate the power of science and medicine, the importance of partnership and the value of knowledge in the pursuit of human health and wellbeing.
We foster the highest standards in laboratory testing and patient care, provide trade union support for all our members, promote laboratory medicine to the wider community and support scientists and practitioners through scientific and training meetings, bursaries and awards.
Purpose
As Digital Content Manager, you will oversee and develop LabMed’s digital content across multiple platforms. This role offers a chance to apply your skills to make a tangible impact on healthcare and laboratory medicine, driving engagement and innovation in a meaningful field.
You’ll lead our content strategy to grow engagement with key audiences, implement creative solutions to build our online presence, and explore new opportunities for revenue generation. You’ll also support LabMed’s core values of inclusion, collaboration, and innovation while managing a small team.
You will work closely with the Chief Executive, membership volunteers, editorial boards, and the staff team to create impactful content that informs, inspires, and supports our diverse audiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of a content strategy to grow audience engagement through the Association’s website, e-newsletter and LabMed News (our member magazine).
- Manage and innovate the content on Lab Tests Online (our patient-facing site) including supporting the Editor with editorial and review processes.
- Liaise with editorial boards to ensure our digital content remains insightful and relevant.
- Commission, edit, and deliver high-quality content in partnership with editors, contributors, and topic experts.
- Support the Publications and Communications Committee to ensure consistent quality and alignment with organisational goals.
- Explore and implement opportunities for revenue generation through advertising and paid content.
- Produce the Association’s Annual Report and contribute to business planning in collaboration with boards and teams.
- Supervise the Marketing and Communications Officer, providing clear direction and support.
- Champion Labmed values of inclusion by supporting diverse editorial boards across our publishing programme.
- Develop an awareness of work being done by LabMed committees to promote through communications channels
What do you need to have
- A strong editorial skill set and an understanding of publishing processes.
- Experience managing, evolving and optimising digital content
- Understanding of user experience (UX), accessibility, and SEO best practices
- A proven ability to develop content strategies that drive audience engagement.
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Familiarity with revenue generation opportunities within digital publishing.
- A proactive and enthusiastic approach, with the ability to adapt in a small, dynamic team.
- Experience leading/supervising colleagues?
- A commitment to LabMed’s values of inclusion, sustainability, and innovation.
- Must be a resident in the UK
Our values
LabMed is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you.
Our values are:
- We are innovative – promoting new scientific development to improve health and wellbeing.
- We are inclusive – ensuring that we are open and accessible to everyone.
- We care for people – helping the healthcare profession deliver better care and providing a healthy and fulfilling environment for our members and their teams.
- We care for the planet – influencing how healthcare science can minimise our impact on the wider natural world.
Applications close Tuesday 17 June
Interviews will take place in person at our offices in London Bridge on Tuesday 24 June
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In this role, you will ensure the smooth and effective running of our Board of Trustees and its supporting committees. Working closely with senior leaders and Board members, you will be responsible for coordinating meetings, preparing high-quality documentation, and supporting compliance with governance and regulatory standards.
You will play an essential part in delivering a professional and efficient meeting management service. This includes planning and scheduling meetings, drafting agendas and papers, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring that best practice principles are upheld across all committee processes.
You may already have experience in committee administration, or you may bring a strong background in general administration or an educational interest in governance and a willingness to learn.
If you’re a quick learner with a keen interest in developing expertise in committee administration, we’d love to hear from you!
We would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate:
- Experience of providing diary management support
- Experience of committee secretarial duties
- Demonstrate customer service exeperience
- Confident written and verbal communication with colleagues and senior stakeholders
- Demonstrate strong organisational skills including the management of multiple activities.
- Delivery of work that is on time and to a high standard with excellent attention to detail.
- Demonstrate a high level of IT skill that can be used to deliver day-to-day work and to improve business processes.
The salary for this position will be between £30,000 - £34,000 depending on experience. This is a full time post at 36 hours per work and will be offered on a permanent basis. We will consider making this a part-time appointment, but no less than 0.8 FTE.
We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of three days a week with the option to work remotely for the remainder of the week.
At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity, fostering fairness and inclusion, and creating an environment where everyone feels that they belong.
We welcome all applicants including those from individuals from minoritised groups, including those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
Closing Date: 18 June 2025
Interview Date: 1 & 2 July 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about modernising property services systems to support a mission-driven organisation?
St Mungo’s is transforming its systems to better support colleagues and clients experiencing homelessness. As Property Systems Business Lead, you will lead the implementation of new Property Services systems, ensuring alignment with policies and a seamless user experience. Working closely with the Director of Property Services, and collaboratively with a variety of teams across St Mungo’s you will focus on key responsibilities:
- Act as the voice of the user, ensuring the system meets operational needs.
- Utilise expertise in property services and social housing to identify and navigate challenges.
- Oversee procurement, delivery, stakeholder engagement, and implementation.
- Work closely with the Project Manager to ensure timely delivery of the project.
- Drive continuous improvement in property-related systems and processes.
About You
We need a strategic, solutions driven leader passionate about modernising property services in a complex organisation. If you have experience in social housing or charity environments, with expertise in Asset Management, Property Systems, or system change, we encourage you to apply.
- Proven success in driving change, improving services, and meeting deadlines in complex settings.
- Strong time management, prioritisation, and change management skills.
- Highly organised, adaptable, and thrives in evolving environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management, balancing user needs with business goals.
- Strategic thinker with attention to detail, assessing cross-functional impacts.
- Good communication skills, able to use influencing and negotiation skills and build relationships.
In this role you will be required to work flexibly for at least 2 days per week from our Central Office in Tower Hill, London. This allows for training, in person collaboration, team building, line management and other relationship building opportunities. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home, or other St Mungo’s London or regional locations.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
Closing date: 16 June 2025
Interviews: 30 June 2025
St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
What we offer
- Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
- Great Pay and Other Benefits
We are seeking an Exhibitions and Collections Projects Manager to join the Crafts Council on a permanent basis. This is a vital role in the Public Programmes team to oversee the maintenance and development of Crafts Council Collections and the delivery of key temporary exhibitions.
Reporting to the Senior Collections and Programme Manager, this role will ensure the Crafts Council Collections are documented and preserved to a high standard for future generations. They will also support the strategic development of the Crafts Council’s programme, managing relationships with external commercial partners, artists and institutions, overseeing project budgets and timelines and contributing to reporting and evaluation frameworks.
This is a dynamic and hands-on role which involves working across the organisation and beyond to deliver and communicate best practice in exhibition production and collection management.
About You
- You will bring adept production and organisational skills to this role
- You will be confident leading the planning and delivery of exhibitions and collection projects working in collaboration with artists, partners, contractors and venues
- As an experienced exhibition project manager, with expertise in collection management, you will have a strong understanding of what it takes to successfully realise displays to a high standard and be familiar with collection management procedures and systems
- You should be a self-starter who is confident working independently and as part of a team
- You should be a clear communicator ensuring that project information is disseminated and adhered to by all stakeholders.
Main Duties
In collaboration with the Senior Collections and Programme Manager, you will:
- Oversee planning and arrangements for installation and de-installation of exhibitions including Brookfield Properties Craft Award summer exhibitions
- Maintain exhibition and collection project budgets, timelines and documentation to a high standard
- Lead dynamic teams of casual assistants, freelance technicians, designers, conservators and photographers as required
- Facilitate accessibility of the Crafts Council Collections including Primary, Handling, Archive, Oral Histories and Library. Leading on both online accessibility via Collections Online and ensuring the collection is available to its audiences physically
- Ensure maximum impact from National Lottery Heritage Funded project 'Craft for the People' Is achieved, ensuring crafts council collection is available to a wider amount of people and is more resilient
- Oversee management of upcoming loans, arranging object transportation, entry and exit processes, loan agreements, mounting and conservation, where needed
- Lead on loans marketing and collections income generation projects
- Oversee collection management projects, including acquisitions, auditing, condition checking, improving packing, image and copyright licensing, object photography, location and movement control. Recording Information on Crafts Council's CMS Museum Index +
- Review and improve collections storage processes, embed collections trust benchmarks in security, building management system for temperature and humidity control, pest and disaster management
- Contribute to implementing cost-effective and environmentally sustainable working practices for exhibitions and collection maintenance
- Ensuring that we are recording the impact of our programming by recording data and KPI's. Integrating our customer relationship management system Salesforce.
Please see our Job description for further details.
Salary
£31,500 gross per annum based on part-time working 32.65 hours / 4.5 days per week
(£35,000 gross per annum based on full-time working)
Contract and Hours
Permanent, 32.65 hours / 0.9 / 4.5 days per week
A typical working day is 9.15-5.30pm, including a lunch break (unpaid). With some remote work, a minimum of three days per week are to be worked at Crafts Council office and gallery.
To commence as soon as possible from July 2025 onwards.
Crafts Council aims to support flexible working and part time arrangements where it is appropriate for the role.
Deadline: 12 noon Wednesday 18th June 2025
Interviews: From week commencing Monday 30th June 2025
Please provide a CV and covering letter including the following information:
1. Your interest in working for the Crafts Council and this position
2. Details of your relevant knowledge, skills and experience
3. Tell us about an exhibition or collection you have been inspired by including the reasons why and how this has impacted your work
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus are delighted to be working exclusively with a new client who are a well-established charity that are people focused and deliver to beneficiaries.
This HR Manager role is available on a permanent contract and full-time basis. The salary band is £35,000-£45,000 and has flexible working arrangements, as a remote role with occasional travel.
You will report to the Director of Finance & Corporate Services and be the primary point of contact for all operational HR matters and provide an inclusive people focused HR service. You will foster strong relationships between employees, line managers, and HR ensuring the delivery of an effective HR function.
You will have a hands-on approach and to all aspects of the employee relations cycle which includes leading on recruitment campaigns and onboarding/offboarding. You will maintain and update the HR system. You will conduct data analysis on key HR metrics. In addition to this, you will review, process, and implement HR policies and drive continuous improvement of the HR function.
To be successful in this role, you will be CIPD Level 5 or equivalent and have a vast amount of demonstratable HR experience, with at least a couple of years working in HR Manager roles.
You will have experience of advising and supporting managers on a range of employee relations matters. You will have experience reviewing, developing, updating and implementing HR policies. You will have an understanding of GDPR and the ability to handle confidential/sensitive information. You will have experience using HR and payroll systems. You will be a forward thinker who has a track record of introducing new ways of working and leading HR projects.
You will have strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders. You will be a forward thinker who strives for continuous improvement and able to work under pressure. You will be self-motivated and have experience working as a part of team.
Desirably, you will have experience working in the charity sector and a degree in Human Resources or similar educational qualification. You will have an understanding of employment law, regulations, and ethical HR practises. You will have experience helping an organisation through a period of change and be able to align HR strategy to business objectives.