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About Us

We are a passionate and impactful charity dedicated to transforming lives and strengthening communities. Through our services, programmes, and partnerships, we make a real difference to the people we support every day.

We are now seeking an ambitious, relationship-focused, and creative Fundraising & Development Officer to help us grow our income, expand our corporate network, and raise the profile of our work.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, creating engaging communications, and developing innovative fundraising opportunities that deliver lasting impact.

The Role

As Fundraising & Development Officer, you will play a key role in developing and growing corporate relationships that generate sustainable income and long-term support for the charity.

You will engage businesses through meaningful volunteering opportunities, helping to create pathways to financial support, sponsorship, and strategic partnerships. Alongside this, you will help raise awareness of the charity through compelling communications, social media content, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.

Working closely with the Development Director, you will contribute to fundraising strategies, support income diversification, and help maximise opportunities across a range of fundraising activities.

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• A confident relationship builder with excellent communication and networking skills.
• Passionate about creating meaningful partnerships that deliver social impact.
• Experienced in fundraising, corporate partnerships, business development, account management, marketing, or a related field.
• Comfortable presenting to a variety of audiences and representing the charity externally.
• Creative and confident in producing engaging social media and communications content.
• Organised, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Skilled in developing compelling proposals, reports, and presentations.
• Committed to the values and mission of the charity.

What We Offer

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees).
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, including confidential support and a helpline available to partners and dependants.
• A flexible working culture, including a flexi-time scheme that allows eligible employees to reclaim additional hours worked.
• Flexible working options, including home working where appropriate to the role.
• A generous contractual sick pay scheme, providing financial security while you recover.
• Access to the CycleScheme, enabling employees to save 25–39% on the cost of a new bicycle and accessories while spreading the cost through salary deductions.
• Access to the TechScheme, allowing employees to purchase technology and spread the cost through salary deductions.
• Ongoing opportunities for professional development and training.
• A supportive, collaborative, and values-driven working environment where your contribution makes a genuine difference.

For full details about the role, please download our Recruitment Pack, which includes the Job Description, Person Specification, and information about our organisation.

Important information

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 13th July

We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be conducted as suitable applications are received.

As a result, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications or identify a suitable candidate before the advertised closing date. Early application is therefore strongly encouraged.

Job Title: Children’s Rights Services Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time – 35 hours per week

Salary: £34,701 - £36,701 per annum

Location: West Midlands (Home-based with regular travel across the region and occasional national travel)

Are you passionate about championing children’s rights and ensuring their voices influence decisions that affect their lives?

Do you have the leadership skills and commitment to develop high-quality advocacy, independent visitor and children’s rights services that empower children and young people to be heard, respected and involved in decision-making?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Children’s Rights Services Manager to lead our advocacy and children’s rights services across the West Midlands. This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognised children’s rights organisation and play a key role in ensuring children and young people receive high-quality, independent support that promotes their rights, wishes and feelings.

You will lead a team of coordinators, advocates, independent visitor staff and volunteers, ensuring services are delivered in line with national standards, contractual requirements and best practice frameworks. You will also contribute to the development of innovative services that improve outcomes for children and young people across the region and nationally.

If you are committed to empowering children and young people, promoting participation, and delivering excellent services that make a lasting difference, we would love to hear from you.

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity, founded by Thomas Coram in London in 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills, opportunities and support they need to thrive.

About Coram Voice

Coram Voice is a leading national children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and young people and ensure their voices are heard in decisions that matter to them.

For over 50 years, we have worked alongside children in care, care leavers, children receiving social care support, and others who rely on the help of the state. Through advocacy, independent visitor services, participation and rights-based projects, we help children and young people understand and exercise their rights and influence the services they receive.

Our vision is a society where every child and young person is treated with dignity and respect, free from inequality and discrimination, and where their views are at the heart of decision-making.

About the Role

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join Coram Voice as our new Children’s Rights Services Manager for the West Midlands.

In this pivotal leadership role, you will be responsible for the operational management of advocacy, independent visitor and other children’s rights services delivered across the region. You will ensure that services are child-led, rights-based and delivered in accordance with the National Standards

You will provide leadership and support to service delivery teams, oversee contract performance and compliance, manage service budgets, develop partnerships with local authorities and other stakeholders, and contribute to service innovation and growth.

As Designated Safeguarding Person for the region, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people accessing our services.

What You Will Receive

Coram Voice reward and recognise the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offer an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 28 days’ annual leave plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year and a suite of family friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.

We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services.

The recruitment process

Our Service Managers will undertake Shortlisting. Successful candidates will be invited for interview. The interview process comprises of a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.

Returning Your Application

• We cannot accept CVs.
• When completing your application form, please address each point in the person specification and provide clear examples demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role.
• Applications must be fully completed to be considered.
• Internal applicants should follow the internal recruitment process and contact HR for further information.

Closing Date: Monday 20th July 2026 at Noon

Interview Date: Wednesday 29th July

General Information

• DBS Checks: All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Training: Successful candidates will complete our mandatory induction and training programme, including Advocacy in Action, Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and GDPR .
• Conflict of Interest: The independence of our advocacy services is fundamental to our work. Applicants should declare any potential conflicts of interest during the recruitment process.

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

Are you passionate about helping people feel confident and connected, as well as building relationships across community, voluntary sector and research environments?

If so, you may be the Community Research & Engagement Associate we’re looking for.

We’re seeking a warm, organised, community-minded individual to support a growing programme of research, involvement, engagement and participation across Somerset’s voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector.

The role will support activity linked to Somerset’s Research Engagement Network (REN), Somerset Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) and wider research, partnership and engagement activity across Spark Somerset.

The postholder will play an important role in helping strengthen connections between communities, VCFSE organisations and research partners, ensuring community voices and experiences help shape future research and engagement activity.

You don’t need to come from a traditional academic research background – if you have an interest in research, participation and community engagement, and understand how community insights and lived experience can help shape better services, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a fixed-term role, working approximately two days per week for six to seven months. The budget is £10,000 inclusive of VAT and costs such as travel and connectivity.

For further information about the position and who we’re looking for, please visit our website.

Are you passionate about building relationships, inspiring others, and making a real impact? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in growing support for our charity by connecting with local communities, businesses, volunteers, and supporters. You will be at the heart of developing meaningful partnerships, identifying new fundraising opportunities, and increasing awareness of the vital work we do. Through your energy, creativity, and relationship-building skills, you will help generate income, maximise community engagement, and strengthen our presence across the region. Every conversation, event, and partnership you create will contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of those we support. If you thrive on meeting people, creating opportunities, and being part of a passionate and purpose-driven team, this rewarding role offers the chance to make a lasting impact while helping our charity grow and succeed.

Lead a nationally significant youth development and outdoor learning programme that changes young lives at sea.
Join Tall Ships Youth Trust in a senior leadership role shaping pathways, partnerships and life-changing opportunities for young people across the UK.

Tall Ships Youth Trust is looking for an exceptional Director of Youth Development & Outdoor Learning to lead and grow our youth development offer at a pivotal moment in our strategy. This is a rare opportunity to combine mission, leadership and commercial thinking in a role that directly expands opportunities for young people, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds.

You will shape the journey young people take with us, from their first voyage to longer-term development, training, employment and progression opportunities.

Through a combination of outdoor learning and sail training frameworks you will engage educational and youth leaders, apprenticeship providers and sector corporate partners to establish multiple pathways for young people in the UK. You’ll identify and create networks across the UK with education and youth development clients, outdoor learning providers and national organisations that offer leadership and development opportunities for young people. Ensuring that our three-voyage programme and space in between is employed as their preferred option for the personal and social development of the young people that they are responsible for.

This includes trading income generation for groups and individuals, while also supporting fundraising by developing business in geographies and communities that align with geographically restricted funding secured by the Trust.

You will also lead Tall Ships Youth Trust on its journey towards appropriate Kite marks, accreditation and quality marks to establish our credentials in the youth development and outdoor learning sectors. 

As a Community Library Facilitator you will play a key role in creating a warm and inclusive environment, building meaningful relationships with visitors, and helping people connect with the wider services and support available through our organisation. Whether facilitating creative activities, supporting library users, engaging with families, or signposting individuals to additional services, you will be helping to strengthen community connections and improve wellbeing.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, is passionate about community development, and thrives in a varied and dynamic environment. The successful candidate will be adaptable, empathetic, and creative, with the confidence to engage people from diverse backgrounds and encourage participation in community based activities.

This is a part-time position with flexible working hours. Due to the nature of our community programmes and activities, the role will require some after-school, early evening, and occasional weekend working. We are looking for someone who can offer flexibility to meet the needs of the community while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Experience facilitating workshops, creative activities, community projects, or educational sessions is desirable but not essential. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about making a positive difference and helping people feel connected, supported, and empowered within their community.

Key Responsibilities:

Facilitate Activities: Lead and facilitate a range of group activities, including creative workshops, community events, and school-based sessions. Encourage participation and create engaging, inclusive experiences that support learning, wellbeing, and social connection.

Community Library Services: Help create and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and accessible community library environment. Support library users by providing information, promoting services, and encouraging community engagement. Assist with the day-to-day running of library activities and services.

Community Engagement: Build positive relationships with participants, visitors, volunteers, and partner organisations. Foster a sense of belonging and encourage active involvement in community activities and projects.

Participant Support: Provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental environment where individuals feel valued and heard. Offer appropriate support to participants during activities and signpost to additional services where necessary.

Activity Planning & Delivery: Assist with the planning, organisation, promotion, and delivery of activities and events that align with the charity's mission and community needs. Contribute ideas for new projects, workshops, and initiatives.

Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues, volunteers, schools, and community partners to ensure activities run smoothly and effectively. Support the ongoing development and improvement of services through teamwork and shared learning.

Monitoring & Evaluation: Gather participant feedback and maintain appropriate records. Support the evaluation of activities by monitoring engagement, outcomes, and impact.

Safeguarding, Confidentiality & Data Protection: Adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring the welfare, dignity, and safety of all participants at all times. Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and handle sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality. Ensure all personal data is collected, stored, and processed in accordance with GDPR and the organisation's data protection policies.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• A commitment to community empowerment, inclusion, and supporting individuals to thrive.

• Ability to create a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all participants, volunteers, and visitors.

• Ability to build positive relationships.

• Good organisational and time-management skills.

• A proactive, flexible, and collaborative approach to work.

• Commitment to safeguarding and equality, diversity, and inclusion.

• Strong IT and administrative skills, including the ability to use email, databases, Microsoft Office, and other digital systems accurately and efficiently.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience facilitating workshops, group activities, or community programmes.

• Experience working or volunteering within a charity, education, library, or community setting.

• Knowledge of community development principles.

• Experience managing or creating content for social media platforms.

• Understanding of safeguarding practices and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Desirable: A background in education, social work, community development, or a creative discipline.

• Essential: A genuine interest in community empowerment and supporting individuals in their personal growth.

Personal Qualities:

• Warm, approachable, and empathetic.

• Creative and enthusiastic.

• Reliable and self-motivated.

• Adaptable and willing to take initiative.

• Passionate about making a positive difference within the community.

If you love keeping things running smoothly and creating a space where everyone feels at home, this role is for you. As our Office and Services Coordinator, you’ll be the friendly first point of contact for children, young people, families, staff, tenants, and visitors. You’ll bring warmth, professionalism, and great organisation to the front desk and the everyday life of our buildings.

You’ll take charge of room hire bookings, ensuring every customer has a seamless experience. You’ll keep our spaces stocked, safe, and functioning beautifully by managing supplies, equipment, maintenance oversight, and health & safety compliance. You’ll handle queries, calls, and correspondence with confidence and care.

This is a role for someone proactive, organised, and people‑focused — someone who enjoys being at the centre of a busy, community‑driven environment. Your work helps create a welcoming, efficient space where everyone feels supported and valued.

If you’re ready to make a real impact in a vibrant community hub, we’d love to hear from you.

The Society is looking for a new member of staff to develop, manage and coordinate the Make Your Mark in Volunteering Campaign. The Campaign Coordinator will provide project management and delivery of campaign events, training, communications, audience development, partner engagement and evaluation. They will liaise with and support the Make Your Mark Working Group, the wider Make Your Mark membership, community groups and external partners to ensure the implementation of inclusive volunteer programmes.

The Make Your Mark in Volunteering Campaign, is hosted by the Society and supported by the Make Your Mark Working Group.

Role: Make Your Mark Campaign Coordinator – 37 hours per week, fixed term to 31 March 2029, with extension pending further funding

Salary: £35,400 per annum

Pension: 10% pension contribution by the employer

Hours: 37 hours (five days) per week with flexible daytime working hours Monday to Friday, occasional evening and weekend work required with time off in lieu (TOIL) provided

Location: Hybrid at-home and in-person working based at the Society’s office at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, with some time in partner organisation offices, particularly Volunteer Scotland in Stirling. However, as there are several flights of stairs up to the Society offices, we are happy to explore different ways of working.

Reports to: Make Your Mark Working Group; project managed by Sarah Pearce, Heritage Network; line managed by Jeff Sanders, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; oversight group comprising Sarah, Jeff and Joanna Todd, Historic Environment Scotland

Probation: Nine-month probationary period during which time your skills and suitability for the post will be assessed

Find out more information on the Societies website.

How to Apply

Please submit a CV and a covering letter outlining how your experience, skills and knowledge meet the requirements (covering letter to be no more than two sides of A4) by the closing date to the Outreach Manager, Dr Jeff Sanders FSAScot.

Closing date: 11:59 PM (UK time) on 12 July 2026 

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in person in Edinburgh or online via Zoom during the week commencing 27 July 2026. Reasonable travel expenses can be claimed.

Applicants who are not shortlisted will be informed but unfortunately, no detailed feedback will be possible.

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is dedicated to meeting the aims and commitments set out in its equality policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity. Please help us by filling in the Equalities Monitoring Form – a link will be emailed to you with receipt of your application. Filling in this form is voluntary and the results are anonymous and are not used in the recruitment process.

Every day at our Robertson Street hostel, people arrive at a crossroads in their lives. Some have been sleeping rough. Some are leaving hospital, prison or other forms of temporary accommodation. Many are facing challenges with their mental health, substance use, trauma or isolation. What they have in common is the need for stability, support and the opportunity to move forward.

As Deputy Hostel Manager, you'll lead a dedicated team helping people take that next step.

About us
Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in and around London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities.

Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more than 15,000 people. 

Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career.

About the role
Robertson Street is a 42-bed hostel that provides a safe place for people to stay while they plan their next move towards independent living. As the Deputy Hostel Manager, you'll be responsible for creating an environment where both residents and employees can thrive. You'll lead a skilled and committed team, ensuring people receive the support they need to move on successfully and build more stable futures.

This is a role for someone who combines strong operational leadership with genuine compassion. Someone who can keep a complex service running effectively while never losing sight of the people at the heart of it.

Working closely with the Lead Manager and in-house Clinical Psychologist, you'll help shape a positive, psychologically informed culture where employees feel supported, residents feel respected and everyone is working towards better outcomes.

Your main responsibilities:

• Oversee the day-to-day running of a busy 42-bed hostel.
• Support residents to move on to more independent accommodation and achieve positive next steps.
• Develop, motivate and manage a team through supervision, coaching and performance management.
• Oversee referrals into and out of the service, ensuring people access the right support at the right time.
• Build strong partnerships with housing providers, local authorities, healthcare services and other agencies across London.
• Ensure the service remains safe, responsive and effective through strong oversight of incidents, safeguarding and health and safety processes.

About you
We're looking for a confident and compassionate leader who believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to move beyond homelessness. You'll bring:

• Experience of delivering positive outcomes and supporting people through change.
• Experience of managing a complex service within homelessness, housing, health, social care or a related field.
• Strong leadership skills and experience of managing, developing and supporting employees.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with colleagues, partners and people using services.
• Confidence making decisions, managing competing priorities and leading in a fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of the challenges faced by people with multiple and complex needs, and a commitment to delivering person-centred support.

Why join Thames Reach?
This is an opportunity to lead a service that changes lives every day. You'll join an organisation that combines ambition with compassion and is committed to ending homelessness in London. You'll be supported to develop your career, contribute your ideas and make a meaningful difference to the lives of people who need it most.

We are proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best Workplaces.

As part of our commitment to employees, we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata).
• Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%. 
• Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach. 
• Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL. 
• Life assurance – four times your annual salary and critical illness cover.
• Other benefits including a blue light discount card, interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans.

We will not accept applications where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to assist with completing the competency questions.

To apply visit our website and complete our application form.

For further information please contact, Elinor Withington, Lead Manager (via our website).

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Closing date: 15 July 2026 at midnight. Interview date: 24th July 2026.

Our partner is a humanitarian organisation working to support communities affected by conflict and violence. They are seeking an interim finance professional to provide hands-on support to the finance team during a busy period. The role will focus on day-to-day accounting, reconciliations, transaction processing and support with income, inter-company and cost recovery processes.

This would suit a part-qualified accountant, experienced Finance Officer or someone qualified by experience who is confident working across reconciliations, journals and transactional finance.

Key responsibilities

• Post transactions accurately to the organisation’s accounting system.
• Ensure bank reconciliations are completed and reconciling items are followed up, including helping to clear a short backlog.
• Reconcile income received against CRM records, ensuring data and details match across both systems.
• Support the reconciliation of inter-company transactions between UK and overseas entities, including helping to clear existing backlog items.
• Work with the Programme Finance Manager on salary and overhead recoveries.
• Prepare and post journals to the accounting system.
• Support the finance team with other accounting, reconciliation and month-end tasks as required.

Person specification

• Part-qualified or QBE professional with experience in an all-round Finance Officer or similar role.
• Strong reconciliation experience, including bank reconciliations and income reconciliations.
• Experience posting transactions and journals to an accounting system.
• Good attention to detail and confidence working with financial data across different systems.
• A practical, organised and hands-on approach, with the ability to work through backlogs and resolve discrepancies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with finance and programme colleagues.
• Experience in the charity, international NGO or grant-funded sector would be helpful, but is not essential.

Details

• They are seeking someone to start immediately, with the contract is expected to run for approximately 3 months.
• Ideally, the organisation is seeking full-time support. However, they would also consider someone available 4 days per week.
• The role can be delivered largely remotely from the UK. Attendance at the office for induction and occasional meetings would be helpful. Please note, this role requires RTW in the UK. 

Help us change lives through world-class medical research

At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe in the transformative power of medical research. As an independent charitable foundation, we fund exceptional research into underfunded and emerging areas of health, areas where we can make the biggest impact. As we roll out an ambitious strategy to 2029, we’re looking for a Research Impact Officer to help monitor and evaluate our research to ensure our funded projects make a real-world difference.

About the role

• Reporting to our Senior Research Impact Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:
• Provide day-to-day administration for the research portfolio
• Be the first point of contact for reporting enquiries from funded researchers
• Collate qualitative and quantitative data to support impact reporting
• Support the ongoing development of progress reporting forms
• Develop and maintain working relationships with grant-holders
• Organise and attend meetings with researchers in support of impact evaluation activities
• Liaise with the Communications Team to publicise research outputs
• Respond to requests for information about research impact from across the organisation
• Assist in the delivery of scientific seminars and award events
• Represent the charity at external events.

About you

You will use your excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills to help us manage our diverse research portfolio.  You are motivated and enthusiastic and you will be keen to get involved in projects aimed at achieving our ambitious research strategy.  You can see full details in the attached job description, but we will be looking particularly closely for evidence of the following criteria in your written application:

• Experience of working or volunteering in a science-related environment
• Experience of collating and analysing data using Microsoft Excel plus generally high level of IT skills
• An interest in scientific affairs or medical research
• Ability to understand complex scientific information presented in reports and explain it in a simple way
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally with colleagues, scientists and other stakeholders

About the Medical Research Foundation

Our vision is a world where medical research improves health for everyone.

There are still many health conditions which impose a heavy burden on millions of people, in the UK and around the world. History has shown us, time and again, that the best way to achieve better human health is through medical research. We know that by investing now, we will see life-saving advances in the future and improvements in health for everyone.

Salary, benefits and working arrangements

We will offer a salary of between £32,000 and £37,000 per annum depending on skills and experience for a full-time post (36 hours).  We are happy to consider a part-time contract (min 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 (usually Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) with the option to work remotely for the remainder.

We offer

• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Double-matched pension contributions up to 12% employer contribution
• Life insurance at 4x salary
• Wellbeing support and flexible working culture

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Medical Research Foundation

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 encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

How to apply

The job description gives full details of the role and who we are looking for.  To give your application the best chance of success, please prepare a CV and supporting statement that set out clearly how you meet the shorlisting criteria listed above under 'About you', then visit our website to find out how to submit your application.

If we invite you to interview we will ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Join Citizens Advice Richmond as an Advice Session Supervisor

Citizens Advice Richmond, a local charity with over 85 years’ experience delivering free, independent and impartial advice, is seeking an experienced Advice Session Supervisor to join our team. This role is the backbone of our service quality: you’ll mentor and support our paid and volunteer advisers, champion quality, and help ensure clients across the borough receive the life-changing advice they need.

You will manage and supervise advice sessions across all channels – face-to-face, telephone and email – supporting advisers and assessors, carrying out quality assurance and independent file reviews, identifying training needs and keeping advice knowledge up to date. The role combines leadership, quality assurance and hands-on advice work within a friendly, diverse team.

The Opportunity: Why This Role Matters

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team as an Advice Session Supervisor. This role is the backbone of our service quality. You won’t just be managing sessions; you will be a mentor, a quality champion, and a key support for our passionate team of paid and volunteer advisers who are on the frontline of helping our community.

Working within a collaborative team of supervisors, you will ensure the advice we provide across all channels—face-to-face, telephone, and email—is of the highest standard. This is a role with real impact, where your guidance directly helps individuals develop their skills and ensures our clients receive the life-changing support they need.

For more information and how to apply, please see the job pack attached.

What We Offer

• Annual leave of 28 days per year
• A pension contribution scheme
• Flexibility, with hybrid working arrangements considered depending on service needs.
• A strong commitment to your professional development, with ongoing training opportunities
• A positive and supportive working environment in a friendly and diverse team

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we embark on the delivery of our 10 Year Strategy. You will directly contribute to this by supporting practice and policy change, helping to improve service provision, and by supporting other businesses and organisations to prevent and end homelessness too.

Location: Based in anyone of our Crisis Skylight Centres in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham, Oxford, South Wales, Central London, Croydon, or Brent, but with home working as an option in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working Policy. At least one day a week from your local Skylight, and additional external travel

About the role

As Crisis looks forward to the next decade, we have a clear vision of how homelessness can be prevented and ended in the UK. This will be achieved by securing the policy changes that will solve homelessness, by delivering services that end homelessness for people and places, and by building a community of people across Britain who are helping to end homelessness.

As Senior Partnerships and Practice Officer, you will support each of these areas. You will work alongside Crisis’ policy, communications, and campaigns teams in England, Scotland, and Wales, to further Crisis’ policy objectives and ambition through knowledge and practice examples.

You will support the development of Crisis’s own services across Skylight Centres informed by best practice identified internally and externally. This will include leading a Community of Practice within Crisis.

You will support communities across Britain that are helping to end homelessness, by building relationships with external organisations and supporting the development of tools and resources to enable them to end homelessness. For example, you will be directly involved in exciting projects like; developing a Built for Zero placed based approach in defined areas and supporting our charity partners such as Lloyds Banking Group on joint projects and to develop their approaches to preventing and ending homelessness too.

You’ll work alongside Crisis Homelessness Alliance signatories and other corporate partners supporting them to understand more about homelessness and how we can all play our part to prevent and end homelessness.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have great networking skills and be good at making relationships across a range of different sectors.

You’ll understand how local authorities and wider public bodies work and be able to build connections and rapport with individuals working there.  

You’ll understand housing and homelessness systems and the current legal frameworks that underpin them across the UK. You’ll be able to identify barriers and themes and know how services can be designed to make sure that those who need help can get it and how to listen to the voices of those who use it.

You’ll be passionate about change and seeing homelessness prevented and ended, with a drive and energy to shape the role to do this.   

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• A competitive salary. Please note, our salaries are fixed to counter inequity and we do not negotiate at offer stage
• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
• Wellbeing Leave to be used flexibly And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

How do I apply?

Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.

Closing date: Sunday 19th July 2026 at 23:59

Interviews will be held W/C 3rd August 2026

AI in Job Applications

We understand some candidates use AI tools when applying. Whilst we welcome the use of technology to support clear communication and structure, we want to learn more about you, so please ensure that your application reflects your own skills, knowledge and experiences.

Accessibility 

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please contact our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help. 

For more information about our work please our website

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094 

Grants Programme Officer

Maudsley Charity
Salary: £35,000
Location: Hybrid - South London (Denmark Hill) & home working
Contract: Full-time (37.5 hours)
Start date: September 2026

About the role
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Maudsley Charity to recruit a Grants Programme Officer to join their growing Programmes team, supporting the Living Well with Psychosis programme.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build or deepen their experience in grant-making, programme delivery, and social impact. You'll play a central role in ensuring funding is distributed effectively, equitably, and with real impact-supporting work that improves mental health outcomes across south London and beyond.

Working closely with Programme Leads, you'll help manage grant portfolios, support funding processes from application through to monitoring, and contribute to learning and impact across the organisation.

About the organisation
Maudsley Charity is a grant-making foundation dedicated to improving mental health care. It works with NHS partners, King's College London, and community organisations to fund innovative, evidence-based solutions.

The charity is driven by a clear mission: ensuring that everyone experiencing mental illness can access the care that's right for them, with a strong focus on equity, lived experience, and tackling inequalities in mental health outcomes.

Key responsibilities
Grant-making & programme delivery

• Support end-to-end grant processes, including application review, due diligence and decision-making
• Manage and monitor a portfolio of grants, maintaining strong relationships with funded organisations
• Act as a key point of contact for applicants and grant holders
• Contribute to assessment panels, scoring bids and supporting funding decisions

Project & programme support

• Provide project management and administrative support to Programme Leads
• Help plan timelines, track progress, and coordinate programme activity
• Support delivery of events, workshops and engagement activity

Learning & impact

• Gather insights, data and learning from funded partners
• Support the charity's approach to monitoring, evaluation and impact
• Share learning internally and contribute to continuous improvement

Systems & collaboration

• Maintain accurate records within the grants management system
• Work closely with colleagues across Finance, Communications and Fundraising
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and strengthen inclusive grant-making practices

About you
We're looking for someone who is curious, organised and motivated by social impact.

You might already have experience in grant-making, or have gained relevant exposure through funded projects, the charity sector, or programme delivery work.

You'll bring:

• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building ability
• Attention to detail and confidence working with data and systems
• Experience contributing to projects that deliver social impact
• An understanding of (or interest in) grant-making and funding processes

You'll also be someone who enjoys collaborating across teams, is keen to learn, and is motivated by improving mental health outcomes and tackling inequality.

Why apply?

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a values-led, collaborative and inclusive organisation, where you'll be supported to learn, grow and shape your career in grant-making.

Benefits include:

• Hybrid working (typically 2-3 days in the office)
• 25 days annual leave + additional service days + Christmas closure
• Pension contribution up to 6%
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Learning and development opportunities
• Employee wellbeing support and EAP
• A welcoming, inclusive working culture focused on equity and impact

Additional information

• Reporting to: Programme Lead - Living Well with Psychosis
• No line management responsibility
• Based at the Ortus building, close to Denmark Hill station

How to apply
Maudsley Charity is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented backgrounds.

Applications are managed via Charity People and involve a structured, anonymised process focusing on your experience and potential. Please contact Abi for additional information or to arrange an informal discussion.

You must download the Qualifying Questions document and complete this, then sending in your CV and this document as 2 separate documents to Abi. 
You can download all the documentation when you click on 'Apply Now' button. 

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd July at 9am
Interviews (in person): 6th August or 10th August

If this sounds like something you would like to explore but you are unsure if the role is right for you, please feel free to email Abi. 
There is also an optional ‘Ask Us Anything’ Webinar via Zoom on Monday 13th July at 12.30–1.30pm where the Maudsley staff will answer questions.
Please submit questions in advance to Abi before 9am, on Friday 10th July 2026 to ensure all of your queries are answered.
Any further questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the Webinar.

Interested?
If you're looking for a role where you can support meaningful change in mental health care while developing your career in grant-making, we'd love to hear from you.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.