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Personal Assistant - Immediate Start
Central London, hybrid (4 days in office)
£16.48–£19.23 per hour + holiday pay
Ongoing temporary contract

I’m currently working with a leading organisation in the creative sector who are looking for a highly organised and proactive Personal Assistant to join their team on a temporary basis.

This is a busy and varied role where you’ll provide high-level support to the Chief Executive and other senior directors, with responsibilities including:

• Proactive diary and inbox management

• Coordinating Board and Committee meetings, including taking accurate minutes

• Preparing agendas, papers, and high-quality documents

• Organising travel, expenses, and logistics for senior leaders

• Supporting governance processes and company secretariat duties

• Acting as the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

This would suit someone with proven PA/EA experience at executive level, excellent communication skills, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities with discretion and attention to detail. Strong MS Office and digital skills (including Zoom/Teams) are essential, and experience taking board-level minutes will be highly valued.

You’ll be joining a friendly and supportive team in an organisation with a strong focus on collaboration, inclusion, and creativity.

If you’re an experienced PA who enjoys working at pace and would like to find out more, please get in touch today.

About KLS’ Future Foundations education team 

Future Foundations is an education programme of Katherine Low Settlement. Since 2004, KLS’ Future Foundations education team of 10 part-time staff and over 100 volunteers, have supported young refugees and their families in Battersea and the London Borough of Wandsworth to thrive in their education. Through mentoring, family support, casework and homework clubs, we provide the tailored support each young person and their family (if they have one) needs to overcome the barriers to education they face at home and school. 

Key Objectives for this Role

Working with the Senior Caseworker and Team Manager you will: 

Key Objectives and Details for this Role

Working with the Senior Caseworker and Team Manager your role and responsibilities include: 

•Support staff to liaise with families/carers to communicate information regarding our work

•Support staff to keep and maintain robust recording and monitoring systems

•Maintain, collect, edit and store documentation of our work including photos, case studies for Newsletters, funding reports and other records

•Support our senior case workers with weekly drop-in advice sessions at KLS, including completing forms with families, general admin tasks etc.  

•Support casework team with making and following up on internal and/or external referrals, signposting whenever relevant and according to adequate referral pathways and in response to the young people’s/family's needs – with support and guidance from staff

•Add information to our database – guided by team leads/managers - log all cases; monitor progress and ensure all identified actions are taken

•Support with casework tasks, guided by senior caseworker and manager, from initial contact to resolution, maintaining confidentiality throughout

•Liaise with external agencies and organisations on behalf of clients

•Respond to enquiries by telephone, email, referring on internally or externally organisations when necessary

•Ensure records are kept and information managed confidentially in line with the data protection legislation

•Supporting Refugee team with general admin, database, evaluation data

•Maintain excellent safeguarding practices

•Supporting with partnerships liaison work – keeping records up to date 

Teamwork and reporting

•Work with Future Foundations team members to coordinate work, refer young people and/or parents/carers to our casework and advice team.

•Contribute to reports for trustees and funders and attend periodic meetings with funders

•Communicate well with other teams within KLS to provide a high-quality service to our members

Other Duties 

•Participate in regular supervision and annual appraisals; help to identify your own job-related development and training needs.

•Always work with anti-discriminatory, empowering practice, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity andrespect.

•Adhere to Katherine Low Settlement’s code of confidentiality, safeguarding and equal opportunities policies. 

•Undertake your role in a professional manner and maintain a high-quality standard of work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of KLS.

The above job description reflects the position at the time of writing; it is not intended to be a task list but indicates the general level of work involved. It is expected that duties will be reviewed and revised as required.

Person Specification

The following skills and experience are required for this post:

Essential

·Experience of working with refugee communities and/or children/young people and/or vulnerable groups ensuring that clients’ needs are at the forefront of service planning and delivery

·Ability to manage an independent workload and support the wider team

·Ability to work as part of small team, whilst also working independently

·Personal attributes: hard working, organised, takes initiative, reliable, patient, high professional standards

·Excellent IT skills including MS Office suite and ability to use Internet, email and social media

·Committed to KLS’s mission, vision and values

·Passionate about social justice, education and championing the value of families from refugee communities

·Excellent communicating skills (oral and written) with refugee families, staff and partner organisations

Desirable

·Experience of planning, delivery and reporting in a similar voluntary sector project (preferably with refugee communities) 

·Experience and sensitivity working with vulnerable communities who are affected by mental health issues and past trauma. Empathetic, non-judgmental and able to form supportive but boundaried relationships with individuals

·Knowledge of up-to-date best practice as regards safeguarding the welfare of children and adults

·Excellent problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail

·A recognised casework/advice qualification

·Experience of collecting monitoring and evaluating data

·Aptitude for communicating in another language, particularly Somali, Farsi and/or Tigrinya

·Knowledge of Battersea / Wandsworth

Since the inception of IOM in 1951, Movement Operations have been and continue to be a fundamental pillar of the Organization’s work. The organized movement of persons in need of international migration assistance is a primary mandate of the Organization and a cornerstone of IOM’s operations. Movement Operations Units in various IOM Country Offices, coordinated under the Resettlement and Movement Management (RMM) Division in the Department of Mobility Pathways and Inclusion at IOM’s Geneva Headquarters, are responsible for all aspects of travel for migrants and refugees under IOM’s auspices, in accordance with the various framework agreements with resettlement and receiving Governments and partners across the spectrum of the Organization's programmes.

Under the direct supervision of Head of Programmes, and working in close coordination with the National Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer, the Senior Project Associate (RMM Monitoring and Compliance) will support monitoring the effectiveness of UK Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Programmes and contribute to compliance with relevant programmatic and organizational frameworks.

Established in 1997, Jigsaw4u provide a range of services for children, young people, families and vulnerable adults experiencing complex social and emotional difficulties across South West London. Jigsaw4u has experienced considerable growth and development over the past several years. Jigsaw4u’s Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) have recognised the need for dedicated staffing resource to hold the day-to-day responsibility for the service management function as part of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

As a member of our SLT, you will help to deliver and shape and the organisation’s vision and strategy. It will be your responsibility to ensure that Jigsaw4u’s services achieve their goals, meet their strategic objectives and achieve our growth targets while being delivered to Jigsaw4u’s exceptionally high standards.

Under the direction of the CEO, the postholder’s areas of responsibility will be to:

• Line Manage the Service Managers, ensuring that their teams are high performing, reporting and data collection is of a high standard and relationships with funders and other stakeholders are outstanding.
• Ensure that the structure of all Jigsaw4u services are optimised to allow for growth and support staff and volunteers (including trainee counsellors/therapists) to develop key skills.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of best practice within the charitable sector (and other sectors where relevant), to inform and update Jigsaw4u so that we take advantage of the latest approaches to change, innovation and development which can have a positive impact on our beneficiaries lives.
• Work proactively and collaboratively to identify innovation and business improvement within the SLT to define and agree Target Operating Models and oversee implementation and ongoing review. Use insight, evaluation and analysis to continually inform and refine practice.
• Play a full part in the development of the SLT and deputise for the CEO as required. Work closely with the Service Management Team to develop and deliver an outstanding approach to people management, building a learning culture that delivers high quality, extensive support enabling people to achieve their best as a team.
• Represent Jigsaw4u at formal meetings with funders and other stakeholders and through submission of reports and data requests. Establish new, and strengthen existing, external relationships to promote Jigsaw4u’s profile, influence and reputation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, and adherence to relevant professional codes and standards of good practice.
• Support the CEO in funding and tender applications
• Support the CEO and fundraising team in generating income

As a member of the SLT you will be expected, with training and support, to take an active part in supporting the whole organisation. Experience and aptitude to provide calm leadership and a supportive problem-solving approach to practical problems and judgements involving risk is necessary.

Prospectus are excited to be working with our client to help them recruit for a Legacy Officer to join their team. The charity provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, they deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or political affiliation.
   
This role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis with a salary of £35,375.80 per annum and the postholder will be working in a hybrid model from their offices in London.
 
The Legacy Marketing Officer will work alongside the Legacy Marketing Manager to help deliver the organisation's Legacy Fundraising strategy and support the efficient administration of one of the charity’s largest income streams. You will play a key part in the development of legacy administrative tasks associated with both existing and new legacy supporters.

They are looking for someone with significant experience of working in office environment with strong administration skills and time management skills with an ability to manage a varied and busy workload effectively. You will ideally have experience in legacy administration/supporter care/direct marketing with excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

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 Ariha Semontee 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.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a fantastic health charity to recruit their Supporter Care Officer.

The charity offers a flexible working environment, working from their London office 2 days per week.

We are looking for a highly organised and confident Supporter Care Officer to administer and provide an excellent supporter care service for the Fundraising team.
You will be the first point of contact for prospective and existing supporters, helping with enquiries, taking donations, reassuring concerns and ensuring supporters have a positive experience with every contact and interaction they have. You will be confident working independently and will use your own judgement to solve problems and communicate with a wide range of our supporters and donors – and guiding them to key information, quickly and clearly, using offline and online channels.

Key Responsibilities:
 

• Responsible for providing a welcoming and professional first point of contact for prospective and current supporters who contact the charity by telephone, mail, or email.
• Deal with enquiries, concerns, or complaints about fundraising activities, diplomatically and sensitively, taking responsibility for following up with clear, accessible and relevant information.
• Send out thank you letters and welcome packs promptly and within agreed time frames, to ensure all supporters, especially new donors, regular givers and legacy pledgers, feel valued and motivated to keep donating.
• Use own initiative to thank our mid-value donors and legacy pledgers personally where possible, in accordance with our stewardship plans.
• Proactively suggest improvements to our supporter stewardship strategy and working with the Individual Giving Manager to implement these.
• Use Raiser’s edge/ RE NXT, our customer relationship management database, with accurate data entry for all enquiries, updating customers’ addresses, contact preferences and all other admin needs.

Person Specification:
 

• Have a good standard of IT skills and computer literacy specifically relating to MS office packages, database/ CRM systems and the recording or inputting of data.
• Experience of providing excellent customer service, ideally within charity fundraising.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills a good level of confidence, diplomacy, and empathy, especially on the telephone.
• Well organised and able to manage and prioritise workload, to meet deadlines.
• Able to use own judgement and take the initiative to introduce new ideas to improve service.
• Demonstrates ability to make decisions on enquiries, including escalating complex issues when needed.
• Excellent administrative skills and attention to detail, with an understanding of processes and protocols to protect data and uphold GDPR.
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable talking to people of all backgrounds.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

The Trustees of The Pixel Fund are excited to appoint the Fund’s first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to oversee the next stage of its growth and development following further generous bequests by the Trust’s settlors, and with planned increases in the level of future grant-making.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a dynamic individual who has the skills, experience and aptitude to work with the Trustees to refine and support delivery of The Pixel Fund’s overall vision and strategy, and to be the public face of the charity.The successful applicant will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the charity, currently carried out by a part-time administrator, which position is to be discontinued following the CEO appointment.

We are looking for an individual with experience of working in a leadership role with a board of Trustees, ideally with hands-on experience in grant-making and grant management, including managing a portfolio of live grant-holders.Strong financial and budgetary management skills are also desirable, in particular to reduce the Charity’s reliance on the Voluntary Treasurer.

The Trustees wish to appoint an individual who has a demonstrable understanding of, and commitment to, supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Children and Young People.The role will include upholding the charity’s vision, values and strategic focus, including championing equality, diversity and inclusion across our work.

The appointment is currently offered on a part-time basis of 3 days per week, with the potential to be extended in future.Candidates should note that The Pixel Fund does not have a permanent base and almost all activity is conducted online (including grant management). 

Hours and place of work are flexible, but as all Trustees are based in the South-East of England, that location is desirable. The successful applicant will be required to attend all Trustee meetings (around 7 a year), which are generally held in the evening (usually online, but occasionally in person) and some travel will be necessary to visit grant holders and other stakeholders.

ABOUT THE PIXEL FUND

The Pixel Fund (Charitable Incorporated Organisation No. 1191052) is a small charity that makes grants to support improvement in the mental health and wellbeing of Children and Young People.Since we were first established in 2011, we have distributed more than £1.5million to UK registered charities.We have a preference for supporting projects, but do also fund core costs.The work of the Trust, including all grant-making, is currently overseen by three experienced Trustees, together with a Voluntary Treasurer and a part-time Administrator.

Our work to support the mental health and wellbeing of Children and Young People is more important than ever.As our name suggests, we are a small facet of the wider funding picture, but we aim to punch above our weight in the support we give.We focus on funding small and medium-sized charities, where our grants will have most impact. 

Circa £32,000 per annum

Permanent

35 hours per week

Part home/part office (London) based

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

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Supporter Engagement Adviser. You will be joining a dedicated team of 11 who provide the highest level of customer service and directly engage with members of the public by responding to enquiries and engaging in conversations.

As the first point of call for both our supporters and members of the public you will be handling telephone calls, emails, live chat, text, social and even the odd letter.

This role requires you to ‘think with your head’ and ‘act with your heart’ to ensure that the very best experiences are had by those that contact and engage with us. At times these can be difficult conversations with distressing content, but you will have access to comprehensive support and experienced colleagues.

You will have an aptitude and experience of using a variety of communication methods, and knowledge of databases. You will work collaboratively as part of a team; you’ll be a proactive problem solver with the ability see cases through to a successful resolution, so that UNICEF UK can achieve a better world for every child.

Our Supporter Care service is available from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Vicky Johnson, our Head of Supporter Care.

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

Closing date: 9am, Friday 12 September 2025.

Interview date: Week commencing 22 September 2025 via video conferencing (MS Teams).

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

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

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

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

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St John Ambulance is partnering with Robertson Bell in their search for a Finance Business Partner (Volunteering) to join their high performing team on a permanent basis. St John Ambulance is England's leading, volunteer-powered first aid charity dedicated to first aid education and emergency response across England. They are committed to ensuring that everyone receives the help they need in a health crisis from those around them.

The Finance Business Partner in Volunteering is responsible for providing the first line of support and assistance with the development of financial plans, analysis of the financial performance and forecasts of the Volunteering businesses. They will be a key member of the Financial Planning and Insight team to ensure delivery of the annual three-year budgeting process, that is aligned to strategic operational plans.

The organisation:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 30,000 volunteers, united by their goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, they are proud of their past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future. 

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. They do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them. There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

The key duties of this Finance Business Partner will be as follows:

• Provide impactful and effective finance business partnering to St John Budget Holders, the Senior Management and Executive Teams.
• Deliver high quality business and financial analysis, with detailed outcomes and benefits, to identify and present coherent rationales for change, to support effective delivery of services.
• Work with the relevant stakeholders, to timetable in the production of the charity’s monthly management accounts, the annual budgeting and in-year forecasting process.
• Drive continuous improvement in St John’s financial management reporting, forecasting and analysis.
• Utilise technology and tools to continuously improve the presentation and content of the charity’s financial management reports.
• Provide clear and understandable narrative to stakeholders and the rest of the team, advocating good accounting principles.
• Identify and implement cost and efficiency savings, without compromising the quality of the service and accuracy of the reporting.
• Work with business partners to provide the financial analysis and appraisal for business cases.

The successful candidate will have:

• A full professional accountancy qualification (CCAB or CIMA).
• Ideally, experience in the charity sector and working in large complex organisations.
• Significant experience in management accounting processes.
• Demonstrable, previous, extensive experience in a finance business partner role.
• Track record of supporting the end-to-end processes for in-year forecasts and annual budgets.
• Experience in dealing with a stakeholders at all levels, internal and external.
• Excellent influencing skills, with confidence and gravitas to respectfully challenge.

This role is being offered Nationwide within the UK, with only occasional travel required to an office for key in-person meetings. Applicants must be willing and able to attend occasional meetings in the evenings, via Teams. TOIL and flexible working arrangements facilitate this.

The closing date for applications is on Sunday 7^th September, with first stage interview due to take place the week commencing 15^th September. Applications will be under continuous review in advance of this date so please do not delay in applying to make sure you don’t miss out!

Be part of something transformational!
At Parkinson’s UK, we’re on a mission to drive groundbreaking change for people affected by Parkinson’s and we need a dynamic Trusts and Statutory Lead to help make it happen. If you can spot opportunities others miss, inspire a high-performing team, and secure game-changing funding, this is your chance to lead a pivotal income stream at a time of real growth and ambition.

About the role
We’re looking for an ambitious and strategic leader to take our Trusts and Statutory fundraising to the next level. As Trusts and Statutory Lead at Parkinson’s UK, you’ll drive the development and delivery of strategies that grow sustainable income and secure major grants for the charity’s most important priorities.

You’ll lead a talented team of nine (including four Managers), creating a culture of collaboration, creativity, and high performance. By inspiring your team and working closely with colleagues in the wider High Value function and across the charity, you’ll open new doors to funders, deepen existing relationships, and champion innovative approaches to securing transformational support.

This is a pivotal role in achieving our ambition to deliver a step change in income. You’ll be a visible and confident ambassador for Parkinson’s UK, engaging senior staff, trustees, and volunteers in building high-value partnerships that make a lasting difference for people affected by Parkinson’s.

What you’ll do

• Develop and deliver ambitious, evidence-based strategies to maximise income from trusts, foundations, and various statutory grantmakers.

• Oversee the cultivation of key funders and senior volunteers, unlocking networks and securing long-term, high-value support.

• Lead senior staff and volunteers in building relationships with trusts and statutory funders, identifying opportunities for growth and adopting fresh, innovative approaches to fundraising.

• Work across the charity to identify funding opportunities and ensure our programmes and projects are well-positioned for support.

• Create compelling, outcomes-driven funding proposals that clearly demonstrate impact and inspire transformational giving.
   

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience of trust and/or statutory fundraising at a strategic level

• Proven ability to identify and present compelling multi-year fundable proposals including complex project budgets and fundraising targets 

• Strong leadership skills including leading dispersed internal project teams towards clear goals, and to prioritise and communicate organisational updates

• Experience of successful line management, overseeing, mentoring and developing skills of team members 

• Experience managing an annual income budget (£1m+) including monitoring activity, performance and re-forecasting

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.

Interviews for this role will be held in person at Parkinson’s UK Head Office in Central London on 18th September

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.

Leukaemia UK – Our Charity

We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through funding life-changing research and campaigning for change.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and for some types of leukaemia survival rates are among the worst of any cancer.  And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. 

Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment in ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are in a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, engagement and impact.

Team

We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do.  We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia.

From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.  You will be part of an ambitious fundraising team driving growth across the portfolio, so we can fund more leukaemia research and save more lives from this devastating disease.

Leukaemia UK and You 

We have recently invested in growing our fundraising team so that we can fund more life-changing research to increase our understanding of leukaemia as a disease, and accelerate the development of kinder, more effective treatments. This includes investment to grow the fundraising team, develop new fundraising products, recruit new supporters, and increase legacy giving through targeted campaigns.

This is a key role for an organised and accurate administrator with strong attention to detail to support the Fundraising Team across a broad portfolio - from community and challenge to philanthropy – with a focus on stewarding our dedicated in-memory supporters.

With a range of administrative tasks and supporter care to ensure our fundraisers have a positive supporter journey with Leukaemia UK, vital to retaining those relationships. These will include, but aren’t limited to, banking cheques and thanking donors, sending out fundraising materials, database administration, managing inbound enquiries and processing new regular givers.

The successful candidate will be a friendly, supporter-focused individual who approaches their work with pride and enthusiasm, working quickly, accurately and diligently in a fast-paced environment. They will need to be able to work from our central London office at least two days a week.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good working knowledge of customer/supporter databases (ideally Salesforce CRM but not essential).
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Professional, confident and friendly telephone manner to work with a wide range of people and suppliers.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across LUK.
• Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written English including spelling and grammar.
• ü  Ability to pick up new processes and tasks quickly and work independently.
• ü  Ability to manage a varied workload.

Experience

• Experience in a charity environment or customer service role
• Accurate data entry
• Working in an office environment

Job specifics

• Hours: Full time hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday
• Location: Hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office
• Salary range £22,000 - £27,000 (FTE)
• First interviews will be held via Teams on Wednesday 17th September (9am – 2.30pm) and Thursday 18th September (11am – 2.30pm).
• Second interviews will be held face to face in our London Offices – at 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL on Tuesday 23rd September 2025.
• We are looking at a start date ideally by w/c 27th October to allow a handover with the current role holder who has been successful in applying for a career move within the organisation.
• We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website Work with us - Leukaemia UK 

If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert.  

Application instructions: To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter.

Closing Date: 9am Tuesday 9th September 2025. 

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Marisa Goldsborough

Interim Head of Public Fundraising

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week or part time 30 hours per week 

Salary: £30,371 - £39,716 (pro rata for part time working)

Contract: Permanent (hybrid working)

Area of work: Predominantly in the west of our area (may be required to assist across other parts of the South East).

Are you passionate about connecting people with nature and empowering communities to protect rivers? Do you have experience delivering engaging volunteering and citizen science programmes that inspire real environmental action? Join us and play a pivotal role in restoring rare chalk streams, and other river habitats.

About the Role

SERT’s ambition is to reach as many people as possible in the South East, to teach and show them the importance of rivers in the environment, and how everyone can play a part in restoring them. We also want to be more reflective of the diverse communities who live in the South East, and build partnerships within these communities to reach a broader audience.

This role will lead the development and delivery of volunteering and community outreach activities that connect people with their local rivers. Activities will include practical volunteering such as river clean-ups, planting days, and invasive species control, as well as citizen science, guided walks, and community workshops.

About you

For this role we are looking for someone who is:

• A self starter who is able to research, approach and secure funds for developing your programme of delivery.
• Enjoys and has a demonstrable experience writing, organising and managing a programme for volunteers and communities.
• Enjoys seeking out new opportunities and funding as well as keeping your existing volunteers engaged.
• A people person, who is able to plan, organise and multi task. You can think on your feet whilst being adaptable to varying situations, always remaining calm.
• Deeply passion and understanding of our natural environment and enjoy outdoor activities.

About us

Working at the South East Rivers Trust is rewarding, fulfilling and fast-paced. We are a fast growing Trust looking to expand what we are able to offer our communities, to understand their natural environment, including rare chalk streams, within the South East of England. We collaborate with energy and professionalism, guided by our values of delivering high-quality work, using expertise and science, building strong relationships, and bringing positivity and integrity to everything we do. If this sounds like the right environment for you - we’d love to hear from you.

Please visit our website for more information.

How to apply:

You will need to email the following documents in (details are on our website) :

• Your CV
• a completed SERT Application for Employment - please specify if you are interested in full-time or part-time working.
• Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form (optional)

The deadline for application is 11:59pm on Sunday 21st September 2025.  We reserve the right to close the recruitment early.

Interviews will be potentially w.c. 29th September 2025.

If you would like to discuss the position please visit our website for more information on how to do this.   

Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.  We do not have a sponsorship licence for overseas applicants.

All applicants must have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner looking for a role where you can make a real difference in the charity sector? 

We have a fantastic and rewarding opportunity for a Finance professional to join Mencap as Finance Business Partner (FBP). This role is a fixed-term contract for 12 months to cover a maternity leave. The role will be supporting the operational division that provides care and support to adults with a learning disability across England, Cymru and Northern Ireland. 

We are looking for someone who is a confident communicator with both finance colleagues and operational staff, adapting their style to their audience. Someone who is well organised, can prioritise their workload and have the ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail while working to tight deadlines will thrive in this role. 

The successful candidate will use their commercial awareness and work with management teams to help deliver strong financial performance across the region they support, providing timely and accurate financial information to a variety of stakeholders. 

We will consider both full-time and part-time applications and there is flexibility around where the role is based. We have large offices in London, and Peterborough and smaller offices located throughout the UK. If there is no office available within a reasonable distance, the role may be offered as home-based with some travel for team meetings. 

At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap! 

What will it take? 

To be successful as a Finance Business Partner you will be expected to have: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to convey financial information to non-finance colleagues and senior management. 
• A desire to drive improvements in financial understanding & accountability to deliver a first class commercial and customer focused service. 
• Strong collaboration skills including the confidence to challenge others. 
• Ability to interpret a range of financial/operational information and reach quick judgements. 
• Experience in financial analysis and reporting. 
• Appropriate planning, organising and strategic business planning skills. 
• An ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualification or hold a similar and relevant qualification. 

The scope for this role is vast and we are looking for an ambitious and driven individual to join us! 

If you have the relevant skills and experiences we are looking for and this opportunity sounds like the perfect role for you, please apply with your up-to-date CV. Interviews are due to be held w/c 22nd September via Microsoft Teams. 

Benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

Summary

The Interim Head of Funding will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the funding strategy of our three charities (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity). The postholder will play a leading role in enabling the successful delivery of funding and impact across our NHS Charities in line with our strategy, covering activities across the full breadth of our funding cycle, from development of proposals, review of applications in line with our governance and overseeing delivery and monitoring of funded programmes. We are looking for an individual with funding experience from the health sector with strong line management experience to support the work of the funding team. The post is being offered on a six-month basis in a covering capacity.

About Us 

Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Evelina London Children’s Charity are part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation.  Our collective mission is to build the foundations of a healthier society. 

As part of our team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-time roles and job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently. 

There is more information about working with us on our website, where you can read about: 

• how we approach recruitment 

• our team, culture and values 

• the benefits of working with us 

• and our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, and learning & development 

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

Funding

· Responsible for overseeing the end-to-end funding process from development of applications to decisions and monitoring of funded programmes.

· Overseeing ongoing delivery of the funding strategy by working with Funding Managers to effectively deliver and manage funding portfolios.

· Co-chairing of funding committees as required, supporting delivery in line with our governance structures.

· Oversee effective management of our Special Purpose Funds (SPFs)

· Working with finance teams and Funding Managers to ensure appropriate financial reporting and information is available across our funding portfolio.

· Supporting on financial and operational planning in-year, at mid-year review and in planning for future years, in line with our strategy.

· Supporting Funding Managers to maintain strong relationships with the Trust leads, to enable a partnership approach

· Working closely with the Head of Evaluation & Learning to ensure evaluation and learning are embedded at every stage of the funding cycle

· Leading on cross-team programmes of work such as embedding health equity into our funding, deliver effective patient and public engagement (working with the Patient and Public Engagement Manager) across our decision-making and deliver improvements to our grant-making.

· Supporting the iteration of the funding strategy

Other

· Provide line management to the Funding Managers and Patient and Public Engagement Manager as well as supporting the overall work of the wider team.

· As a key senior leader of the Funding and Impact Team, contribute and support the wider work of the team.

· Support the Director of Funding and Impact and Executive Director of Charities with other tasks relating to planning and development as required.

· Build and sustain strong relationships with the Fundraising, Marketing and Engagement teams within NHS Charities to enable collaborative working and sharing of information on our funding portfolio.

Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role. 

Working Environment: 

The post holder should expect to: 

• Work in a hybrid hot desk environment, generally working 2 days a week in the London office and three from home.

• Be responsible for the input and maintenance of databases and files relevant to the post requirements.

• Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends. 

Person Specification

Skills, abilities, and attributes:

· Strong people management skills, being able to confidently navigate and support a team through change.

· Strong inter-personal communication skills, directly supporting line-reports and confident in manging relationships with different internal stakeholders.

· Able to manage, analyse and present complex narrative and financial information.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to share information in a concise manner.

· Able to grasp complex situations quickly, navigate complicated structures and offer pragmatic solutions.

· Empathy and patience.

· Comfortable managing and prioritising a varied workload and multiple stakeholders.

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications:

· Significant experience within a major grant giving body in the health sector and managing a varied funding portfolio.

· Line management experience and supporting teams through change management.

· Experience of analysing complex financial information for grants budgets.

· Experience and/or understanding managing relationships with key internal stakeholders, such as Fundraising and Marketing and Engagement.

· Understanding of strategy design, delivery and implementation.

Benefits

• Up to 12% employer pension contributions
• Annual personal development budget
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities. 
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit. 
• Shower facilities and bike lock area. 
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme