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Help support our members and their families who are diagnosed or going through diagnosis of a rare neurological condition.
Provide support to those affected by a life changing diagnosis at a very difficult time and make a difference that counts!
Myaware is a charity dedicated to ensuring that all people living with or alongside myasthenia can live well, now and in the future. Due to demands on the service we are looking to expand our crucial support team which has provided an exciting opportunity to join the team.
You will be working with our dedicated support team to advise and support our members, over the phone, via email, in online sessions and at conferences and support groups in the community. Providing a listening ear and advice on living with myasthenia is essential as they navigate their diagnosis journey and learn how to live well with the condition.
Delivering support and advice for our members also involves using our CRM database and proactively maintaining and increasing our membership. It requires ongoing essential awareness raising of our work through annual initiatives and campaigns and through growing relationships with Healthcare Professionals and other neurological organisations.
Who are we?
Myaware is the only charity in the UK dedicated solely to the care and support of people affected by myasthenia.
We are working hard to raise awareness of myasthenia, as it is a little-known condition. We provide support for people with myasthenia and their families, whilst offering advice and tips for living with the condition.
We also fund the research that brings us closer to finding a cure as well as funding specialists nurses and advisors.
Members of myaware have full access to a wide range of support services and events including our specialist welfare rights advisor.
Myaware supports people with myasthenia and their families. We campaign for better medical services for people with myasthenia and work to inform medical professionals.
The myasthenias are a group of neuromuscular conditions. They are rare but also manageable and can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or nationality. Myasthenia gravis, ocular myasthenia and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome are autoimmune conditions whereas congenital myasthenic syndrome is caused by an inherited genetic fault. It is thought that there are approximately 20,000 people currently living with myasthenia in the UK.
Benefits
Discretionary £1,000 increase after successful completion of probationary period
Application Instructions
Candidates should submit their CV and tailored covering letter by 23:30 on Friday 8th May 2026
Initial screening chats will take place on Thursday 14th May 2026
Interviews will be week commencing 25th May 2026
Interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams
Applications submitted without a tailored cover letter will not be considered.
This post, due to its nature, duties and responsibilities, will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS. This is funded by Myaware.
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Job Description:
We are seeking a Health and Science Information Manager to lead the development of highquality health information and research communications for people affected by polycystic kidney disease (PKD). This is an exciting opportunity to shape how individuals access, understand and engage with trusted information throughout their journey, from diagnosis and day-to-day management, to the latest scientific and clinical research developments. In this role, you will oversee our extensive portfolio of patient information resources, ensuring all content is accurate, accessible, evidence-based and aligned with the PIF TICK quality standard. You will identify opportunities to create new and engaging resources that meet the evolving needs of the PKD community, using innovative approaches to improve how information is delivered across multiple channels. A key part of the role will be translating complex scientific and medical research into clear, compelling and patient-friendly content. You will help increase awareness of clinical research opportunities, communicate emerging developments in PKD science, and support greater understanding of how research can shape future treatments and care. We are looking for someone with strong strategic thinking, excellent editorial judgement, and the ability to communicate complex health and scientific information with clarity and empathy. This role would suit someone passionate about improving lives through trusted health information while helping connect people to the future of PKD research.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Health information management and quality:
• Support the development and management of the PKD Charity’s health information portfolio across digital and print platforms
• Ensure all content meets PIF TICK standards, including robust processes for development, review, updating and governance
• Maintain oversight of the full information catalogue, ensuring content is accurate, consistent and aligned with current clinical guidance
• Work with clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience to co-produce and review content Content development and user need
Content development and user need:
• Identify gaps in current provision and lead the development of new information resources
• Ensure content is clear, accessible, inclusive, and tailored to the needs of different audiences
• Use patient insight, feedback and data to continuously improve the quality and usability of information Innovation in information deliver.
Research and science communication:
• Explore new ways of delivering information beyond written formats (e.g. video, audio, webinars, digital tools)
• Improve how information is presented and accessed across the website and other platforms
• Stay up to date with best practice in health information and digital engagement Research and science communication
• Monitor developments in PKD research, treatments, and clinical trials
• Translate complex scientific and medical information into clear, engaging, and accurate content for non-specialist audiences
• Work with the Communications Manager and wider colleagues to plan integrated campaigns, awareness activity and audience engagement.
• Develop compelling stories, updates and features that bring research to life and show its relevance to people affected by PKD.
• Work with colleagues to increase awareness, understanding and interest in PKD research.
Building engagement with research:
• Help create a culture of interest and engagement in research across the PKD community
• Develop content that builds understanding of how research works and why it matters
• Support communication around studies and clinical trials to ensure patients feel informed.
Collaboration and stakeholder engagement
• Work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure consistency and alignment in messaging
• Build relationships with healthcare professionals, researchers, and external partners
• Involve patients and volunteers meaningfully in content development and review
Quality, monitoring and impact:
• Monitor the reach and effectiveness of health information and research communications
• Maintain accurate records of content review cycles and updates in line with PIF requirements
• Use insight and evaluation to continuously improve content and delivery
ABOUT YOU:
• Strong Content and Editorial Skills: You have experience producing high-quality written content, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to present complex topics clearly and accurately.
• Health or Science Communicator: You have experience working with health, medical or scientific information and can translate technical material into accessible language for public audiences.
• Collaborative Relationship Builder: You work well with others, build positive working relationships quickly, and enjoy partnering with colleagues across different functions to achieve shared goals.
• Confident Team Player: You are comfortable working closely with colleagues such as communications, fundraising, support and leadership teams, contributing ideas and supporting collective priorities.
• Strategic and Proactive: You can see the bigger picture, identify opportunities for improvement and take initiative to drive projects forward.
• Organised and Self-Motivated: You are comfortable managing your own workload, balancing priorities and delivering high-quality work in a remote setting.
• Values-Driven: You are motivated by improving lives, empowering patients with trusted information and supporting progress in PKD research.
HOW TO APPLY:
For information on how to apply, please read the job pack for further details.
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Role Purpose
The Salesforce Administrator delivers high‑quality configuration, development and support of the organisation’s Salesforce platform to ensure it effectively enables Trussell’s strategic and operational goals. The role designs and maintains CRM solutions, manages enhancements and supports users to adopt efficient, data‑led ways of working. By ensuring a stable, well‑governed and continuously improving Salesforce environment, the role strengthens organisational effectiveness and enhances decision‑making across teams.
This role is part of Trussell’s Knowledge Transformation (KT) Programme. The Knowledge Transformation programme is an enabling programme at the heart of Trussell’s strategy, focused on gathering, curating and sharing our collective knowledge so that it can be used effectively to drive our mission. It brings together our systems, data, insight, and ways of working to ensure that the right information is available to the right people at the right time. By strengthening our technology, improving data quality and access, and building confidence across teams and food banks to use insights effectively, KT enables more informed decision-making, stronger collaboration, and greater impact across all our programmes.
Key Responsibilities
· Design and delivery effective Salesforce solutions.
Design and delivery effective Salesforce solutions by analysing user needs and translating them into Salesforce requirements and configurations to deliver reliable, user-centred solutions to improve workflows and system performance
· Co-ordinate CRM project delivery.
Work with the internal and external stakeholders to manage multiple CRM change projects, co-ordinating requirements, testing and deployment to ensure timely, high-quality delivery
· Manage Issue resolution and enhancements.
Work with external suppliers and internal teams to troubleshoot issues, deliver enhancements and oversee changes, ensuring solutions follow best practice and meet organisation needs,
· Enable and support Salesforce user adoption.
Enable and support user adoption of Salesforce by providing user support training and documentation to strengthen system understanding and ensure consistent, confident use of Salesforce across Trussell.
· Maintain and Improve Data Quality.
Monitor data quality and proactively resolve issues, guiding teams to maintain accurate, consistent data that strengthens reporting and decision-making
· Drive continuous Salesforce Improvement.
Continuously improve the Salesforce platform and ways of working by staying informed of Salesforce developments, identifying opportunities for improvement and to contribute to the ongoing enhancement of CRM processes and functionality
Person Specification
Core Knowledge
· Salesforce platform administration principles, including configuration, data management and security
· Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) or Non-profit Cloud structure, objects and functionality
· CRM design principles, including process mapping, user experience and data governance
· Understanding of data quality, data protection and good information management practice
· Experience with third-party products such as Demand Tools, Click Deploy, Form Assembly, Own Backup, Apsona
Essential Skills
· Stakeholder management and the ability to influence and guide others to adopt best practice
· Ability to effectively communicate complex technical content to non-technical audiences.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret requirements and translate them into technical
· Effective planning, organisation and prioritisation skills to deliver multiple tasks and projects in a multi-stakeholder environment
· Collaboration and teamwork with the ability to work across different internal and external teams and functions
· Ability to manage testing, documentation and change processes in a structured and consistent manner
Key Experience
· Experience delivering Salesforce configuration and administration in a professional setting
· Experience managing CRM-related projects or workstreams
· Experience working with complex CRM datasets including imports, updtes and data quality activities
· Experience collaborating with technical vendors or consultants to deliver enhancements or troubleshoot issues
Special Requirements
· Salesforce Certified Administrator/NPSP Certified.
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Do you want to change the world for vulnerable children?
The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies UK (CVAA) aims to improve adoption policy and practice across the UK for the benefit of children, challenging the adoption system to deliver for children and work in their best interests. Alongside advocating for system change, CVAA works to support our member voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) across the four nations of the UK, stimulating innovation and ensuring they stay at the leading edge of practice. The active engagement of members and the building of collaborative alliances with others who seek positive change for children are essential to the effectiveness of our work.
The Head of Policy is a vital member of the small CVAA team, working closely with the CEO and Board of Trustees to champion the voluntary adoption sector and put children at the heart of everything we do. Due to maternity leave we have an exceptional and unique opportunity for someone who shares our passion to change the world for children, to gain valuable experience working at national level with senior stakeholders to contribute to system change, advocating for the power of adoption to change lives.
You will need strong people skills, experience of developing policy in consultation with stakeholders and using data to transform services and strengthen lobbying work. Most of all you need a cast iron commitment to change the world for vulnerable children.
CVAA works to challenge discrimination and disadvantage and welcomes applications from all communities, particularly those who are underrepresented in our sector, which includes but is not limited to people from Global Majority backgrounds, adoptees, men and those who identify as LGBTQ.
Key information
Applications
Please send a CV and letter of application, outlining your motivation for applying and the skills you offer, to Satwinder Sandhu (CEO) by 5pm on Friday 8th May 2026.
Both Satwinder (CEO) and Alice (Director of Strategy and Policy) are happy to have an informal chat about the role. Please email to arrange a convenient time to speak.
Initial online interviews via Microsoft Teams will be on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th May, with final in-person interviews scheduled for Thursday 28th May 2026 in London. Please let us know whether you cannot make any of these dates in your application.
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About NCT
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the lives of parents and families. Your role will include:
About you
You will:
Our Benefits – What we offer you
We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
Why work at NCT?
Whether you’re supporting services, shaping policy, delivering programmes, raising funds, running operations or telling our story, you’ll be contributing to something bigger:
a society where everyone who becomes a parent feels confident, connected and safe.
People join NCT because they want to make a difference - and stay because they believe in how we do it.
How we work
We’re guided by a simple principle: no judgement, no exception. That shows up in how we support parents - and how we work with each other.
At NCT we are:
We deal with complex issues, make tough decisions, and work in environments that can be challenging. But we do it with honesty, care and a shared sense of purpose.
Join us
At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know - we’re here to support you. If you want your work to contribute to lasting change - for generations of parents to come - we’d love to hear from you.
Together, we are NCT.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
At NCT, we believe everyone should be able to shape their own journey - as parents, and as colleagues.
We are taking positive action to increase diversity across our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion and belonging for all our people and for the parents and families we support. You can read more about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion action.
We are committed to zero discrimination, both internally and externally. This commitment applies regardless of visible or invisible difference, including (but not limited to): sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long‑term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital or civil partnership status, family status (including single parents), socio‑economic background, pregnancy and maternity.
We actively welcome applications from people from communities who are under‑represented in our organisation and the charity sector more widely.
We are the charity supporting people as they become parents. Here through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.



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Are you an experienced complaints leader with the credibility and confidence to shape service standards, influence change and lead a high‑performing team in a regulated environment?
We’re looking for a Call Centre Complaints Team Leader to provide strong operational leadership across our hybrid complaints function, ensuring fair, timely and compliant resolution while championing excellent customer outcomes.
About the role
You’ll have end‑to‑end accountability for the performance, quality and continuous improvement of a large complaints team. Leading by example, you’ll embed a customer‑centred, values‑led culture where complex cases are handled with empathy, consistency and sound judgement, in line with our Complaints Policy and regulatory requirements, including Charity Commission standards.
A key part of the role is driving sustainable improvement. Using insight, root‑cause analysis and performance data, you’ll identify systemic issues, influence change across teams and implement measurable improvements that strengthen customer experience and reduce repeat complaints.
You’ll also act as a senior point of expertise for complaint handling, supporting customer‑facing teams through clear guidance, policy ownership and effective stakeholder engagement.
Key responsibilities
About you
You’ll bring:
If you’re motivated by service excellence, people leadership and driving meaningful organisational improvement, we’d love to hear from you.
Working arrangements
This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our Birmingham Office.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation.
We are looking to recruit a Digital Innovation Adviser (Paternity Cover) to join our Programmes team on a fixed-term basis (16 weeks). This is an exciting opportunity for a technically-minded professional with a passion for responsible AI and digital innovation to play a central role in Elrha's growing portfolio of AI-focused work.
In this role you will have the opportunity to shape how Elrha integrates AI and digital tools across its humanitarian research and innovation work. You will lead the delivery of our AI Lighthouse partnership with NetHope, act as our internal responsible AI adviser, and develop exciting new business development opportunities including an AI Sandbox and Rapid Innovation Fund. You will also play a key role in building Elrha's internal AI strategy and ensuring our digital platforms remain fit for purpose.
Your application will need to demonstrate:
If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed.
We offer:
Note for applicants:
Closing date:4 May
Interview dates:13 & 14 May
About Elrha
Elrha is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We're an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.
Read our strategy: shaping the future: our strategy for research and innovation in humanitarian response 2023 - 2040. It sets out how we'll work with our community to realise its potential in humanitarian response, and how we'll capture the real change and improvements to the lives of people affected by crisis.
Our strategy sets out our values by which we hold ourselves accountable as individuals and as an organisation and employer.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBTQ+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
Please ensure you read the full job description, the Candidate Pack, and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process. We look forward to hearing from you.
A global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation.



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Job Purpose
Coordinate delivery of the BELIEVE programme, managing interns and supporting school-based climate action projects. Ensure effective communication across partners, assist with monitoring and evaluation, and maintain strong operational systems. Play a central role in day-to-day coordination, enabling high-quality delivery of youth-led and community-focused climate initiatives.
-£31,495 (C1) - £33,089 (C3) depending on experience, including London weighting
-£28,952 (C1) - £30,417 (C3) depending on experience, elsewhere in the UK
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Project Coordinator, to support the delivery of Believe in Climate Action (BELIEVE), an ambitious national initiative at the intersection of climate action, youth leadership and community engagement.
This is a unique opportunity to join a complex, high-impact programme that connects schools, communities, young people, researchers and policymakers, shaping a more inclusive and effective model of climate action across England. You would be joining a team that has been running impactful projects for 19 years, which centres the voices, needs and potential of young people to bring about change.
The BELIEVE project
Believe in Climate Action (BELIEVE) is an ambitious and innovative national programme led by the Faith & Belief Forum in partnership with the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Together, we are building a bold new model for climate action, one that connects grassroots communities, young leaders, researchers and policymakers through collaboration, co-learning and shared purpose.
At its core, BELIEVE recognises that climate change is not only a scientific or political challenge, but a deeply human one. By bringing faith and belief perspectives into climate conversations, the programme challenges narratives of fatalism and opens up new, values-led pathways for action, rooted in care, responsibility and collective agency.
This is a rare opportunity to be part of a pioneering, cross-sector initiative that is reshaping how climate action happens in England. BELIEVE connects local and national efforts, linking schools, communities and decision-makers in a dynamic network designed to create lasting environmental and social change.
Through the programme, you will contribute to:
· Developing schools as community hubs for climate action, embedding sustainability into everyday life and learning
· Empowering young people as climate leaders, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds, to design and lead meaningful local projects
· Building a national knowledge-exchange network, connecting grassroots initiatives with regional and national policy and practice
Working on BELIEVE means joining a collaborative environment that values innovation, inclusion and real-world impact. You will engage directly with communities, partner organisations and policymakers, helping to co-create solutions that reflect local needs while influencing wider systems change.
About the Faith & Belief Forum
For nearly 30 years, the Faith & Belief Forum has worked to build connected communities, a society that celebrates diversity, and to tackle faith and belief based hate, discrimination, division and polarisation.
We are a dynamic organisation, who puts the voices of our beneficiaries at the forefront. We work in schools to build connection, understanding and empathy, in universities to build confidence, skills and connection in the next generation of interfaith leaders, and in communities to celebrate the role that faith plays in society, and pilot new, innovative approaches to tackling hate and division at the local level.
Our team is diverse, talented, sensitive, and creative. We value building meaningful connection amongst ourselves, and with our partners and stakeholders. We believe that a central solution to tackling division, polarisation and hate is expertly facilitated, and heartfelt, connection. In our projects this takes place through education, dialogue, social action projects, mentoring, training and development, public engagement events, and community led responses to local issues.
Key responsibilities
· Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of the BELIEVE programme across multiple regions
· Line manage and support youth interns, including onboarding, supervision and ongoing development
· Coordinate school-based climate action projects, ensuring strong communication between schools, interns and partner organisations
· Maintain effective systems for planning, tracking and reporting programme activity
· Support the delivery of workshops, events and knowledge-exchange activities
· Assist with monitoring, evaluation and learning processes, including data collection and reporting
· Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring clear and consistent communication
· Support programme logistics, including scheduling, administration, documentation and resource management
Person Specification
Essential
· Experience in a coordination or programme support role, ideally within a multi-partner project
· Experience working with young people, education settings or community-based programmes
· Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, as well as being detail oriented.
· Excellent communication and relationship management skills
· Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with diverse stakeholders
· Strong administrative and coordination skills, with attention to detail
· Interest in or understanding of faith, belief and/or intercultural work
Desirable
· Experience supporting monitoring and evaluation processes
· Understanding of climate action, sustainability or environmental education
· Familiarity with youth leadership or social action programmes
How to Apply
Please submit:
· Your CV (Max 2 pages)
· A cover letter detailing what motivated you to apply for the role, and how you meet the person specification.
Application deadline:
6th May 2026 at 9:00 AM
Benefits include:
· Opportunity to work mainly remotely from home, with occasional travel to London and other locations across England required for schools, events, and activities.
· Generous annual leave from 25 days (pro rata) plus UK bank holidays, increasing with length of service and including a birthday day off after three years.
· 2 days paid volunteer leave (pro rata)
· Generous pension scheme to help you save for the future.
· Interfaith and intercultural learning opportunities
· Access to internal learning sessions on topics relevant to our sector
· Team events / away days / annual retreat
· Supportive and inclusive work environment with a focus on staff wellbeing
Who we encourage to apply
We value sensitivity to the issues at the heart of our work and a strong commitment to The Faith & Belief Forum’s goals. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities, as well as from faith or belief communities currently underrepresented in our organisation, including Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrian communities. We warmly welcome applicants of all ages and experiences who share our vision and values, and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace, regardless of protected or unprotected characteristics, including but not limited to gender, disability, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.
We recognise that valuable experience can be gained through work, study, volunteering, or community involvement.
Unfortunately, we can only consider applications from individuals who have the unrestricted right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship. Applicants must also already be resident and based in the UK at the time of application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you seek to champion a culture where innovation, learning and cross-organisational collaboration become the norm? Connecting insight with action to reduce inequalities and strengthen community connection?
Involve believes that everyone, regardless of the challenges they face, should have the opportunity to thrive. Using both strategic influence and service leadership, as the Head of Adult Services you will lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of high-quality, evidence-driven adult adult services rooted in lived experience, community voice and meaningful partnership.
See the vacancies page on our website for full job and person specification.
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Job Purpose
The Research Programme Manager will have a strong grounding in scientific research, expertise in grant management, and report to the Director of Research.
The role’s core responsibility will be to lead on the implementation and delivery of large-scale collaborative programmes and funding schemes. The post holder will have a visible presence within the research community acting as an important point of contact between partner organisations, researchers, committee members, peer reviewers and the charity. They will be expected to keep updated with the latest research developments in order to use strategic scientific expertise and judgement in the ongoing development and improvement of the Foundation’s grant funding schemes.
They will be responsible for the successful delivery of a large portfolio of active projects by working closely with others in the team to ensure all awards are expertly administered, monitored, evaluated and reported against, ensuring the outputs are of the highest quality and supporting the charities activities. The post-holder will identify opportunities to communicate the progress or impact of the work we fund and work with the communications team to develop compelling communications for our supporters.
Key responsibilities:
Grant Funding Programme
● Lead on the setup of large-scale collaborative research programmes ensuring robust peer review, effective contracting and close collaboration with funding partners;
● Lead on the management of multiple grant funding schemes, as well as ad-hoc applications that come to the Foundation;
● Oversee the smooth running of application rounds, peer review and ensure that funding committees function in line with AMRC guidance;
● Be the main point of contact for the AMRC with regards to research management;
● Support the ongoing implementation and development of the Foundation’s Grant Management Software, ensuring the research team are using the platform effectively;
● Manage project set-up including contracting, the development of detailed project plans, including go/no-go milestones and budgets;
● Work with the other Research Programme Managers to oversee the research programme budget including planning, monitoring and forecasting; work with the Directors of Research and Finance to ensure that accurate research finance information is available for organisational budgeting and planning;
● Seek opportunities to improve the Foundation’s grant funding schemes to increase the number and quality of applications received year on year, ensuring funding projects support the delivery of the Foundation’s research strategy;
● Monitor any developments or innovations across the sector and implement changes to maintain a high-quality impactful research funding programme.
Project Portfolio and Impact
● Oversee the delivery of large-scale collaborative research programmes including:
● Manage and oversee project delivery of the Foundation’s active project portfolio by:
● Lead on the development and implementation of an Impact Evaluation Framework, to monitor and evaluate the impact of the research we fund.
● Lead on the development of an annual impact report to demonstrate the impact of the research we fund.
Line Management
● Provide line management responsibilities to the Research Officer, supporting their performance and ongoing development.
General Responsibilities
● Support the Director of Research to deliver the Foundation’s research strategy;
● Support more junior members of the team through training and mentoring;
● Contribute to the team being proactive and supportive, and working effectively and efficiently to achieve agreed objectives;
● Support the development of research communications activities, working closely with our communications team.
● Contribute to the development and maintenance of strong internal relationships across the charity, working specifically with the Fundraising Team to support income generation;
● Support the Director of Research in the development of updates for the Board of Trustees and other groups such as our Scientific Advisors;
● Keep updated with the latest scientific developments in the field, attend conferences and build strong relationships with MND experts and other relevant stakeholders;
● Represent the Foundation at external scientific meetings and conferences;
● Undertake other work as required by the Director of Research.
Skills and experience required:
● Educated to PhD level or with equivalent experience in a science subject relevant to MND;
● Experience of research management, including the management of grant schemes, preferably with experience of using Flexi-Grant;
● Experience of research communications, including the ability to disseminate complex scientific information and present it to non-technical audiences;
● Experience of liaising with senior individuals in a variety of organisations with an ability to create favourable working relationships;
● Proven project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at the same time;
● A great communicator, with excellent written and oral skills and the ability to maintain relationships with a wide variety of individuals, including those within the Foundation, researchers and clinicians, relevant organisations and industry bodies, MND patients, and other MND charities;
● Self-motivated, proactive and able to work using own initiative;
● Organised, with a proven ability to successfully manage a broad spectrum of tasks, deadlines and individuals;
● Motivated to make a real difference for those living with MND and future generations.
Working Pattern: Full time, permanent, home-based with regular travel across the UK
Salary: Circa £45,000 dependent on experience
Direct reports: Research Officer, 1 FTE
Closing date: Friday 8th May
Interviews: Week commencing 11th May
We are My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and we're absolutely committed to our goal: A World Free of MND



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Reports toDirector of External Relations
Hours37.5 hours per week
Salary£56,959.05 - £63,886.54
ContractFixed Term Contract - 12 Months
LocationRemote (with occasional travel across UK)
BenefitsA generous package including 25 days holiday per year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone, for good.
We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We want what you would want for your best friend. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. And we challenge perpetrators to change, asking ‘why doesn’t he stop?’ rather than ‘why doesn’t she leave?’ This applies whatever the gender of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship.
Last year alone, we delivered more than 700 sessions to over 15,000 learners across the UK in policing, health, housing, justice, education and the specialist sector. And we have reached 90,000 adult and 100,000 child survivors through programmes designed and delivered with partners.
In the last 9 years, close to 7,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change through flagship interventions developed by our Drive Partnership and the programme continues to expand year on year.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
Description
You will provide strong and steady leadership for SafeLives’ communications, marketing and public affairs work over the next year, communicating our Whole Picture Strategy, finding what works and helping it happen to end domestic abuse for everyone for good.
You will shape and deliver strategic communications and influencing work to reach decision-makers, strengthen public trust, and support our mission to drive real change in the UK’s domestic abuse response.
You will be able bring to together robust data, the voice of survivors, and the view of practice experts to position SafeLives at the centre of the conversation with professionals, key policy and decision makers and influencers as a credible and trusted voice.
You’ll lead a cross-functional team of comms, marketing and public affairs colleagues to:
You will connect reactive work with long-term strategic priorities, ensuring our external engagement supports our strategic priorities, policy goals, and income generation ambitions. And you will lead high-quality responses to breaking news and emerging issues, providing clear strategic advice to the Senior Leadership Team and acting as a trusted lead on reputational risk.
You will ensure SafeLives is visible, authoritative and survivor-centred in public and policy conversations, with timely responses, briefings and support, ensuring our communications and influencing are clear, consistent and drive impact.
You will work with our training, practice, and fundraising teams to drive our business development and income generation, as well as helping us to understand all our audiences and better meet their needs.
And as part of the Operational Management Team (OMT), you’ll work closely with colleagues to ensure an inclusive and supportive organisational culture, role modelling our values.
Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required.
Responsibilities
1. Leadership
·Provide calm, structured and values-led leadership across the Comms, Marketing and Public Affairs team.
·Ensure reliable systems, processes and workflows for communications, marketing and public affairs.
·Set expectations, priorities and working rhythms that bring stability and clarity to the team.
·Promote a supportive, inclusive and collaborative culture with clear communication channels.
2. Core Narrative, Messaging and Evidence Sharing
·Lead the development of SafeLives’ core messages, ensuring they are used consistently across all teams, and the development of our influencing asks.
·Translate SafeLives’ research, data and evidence into accessible, impactful content for external audiences, including practitioners, policy and decision makers.
·Ensure all outputs are survivor‑centred, values‑aligned and evidence‑led
·Develop our brand to reflect our approach to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion and in line with our values - human, rigorous, brave and inclusive.
·Oversee production of communications, marketing and policy materials that help to amplify our Whole Picture strategy and our related priorities.
3. Communications and Media Leadership
·Lead SafeLives’ overall communications strategy and activity.
·Oversee media relations, with strong focus on clear messaging and reputational resilience.
·Implement rapid-response and crisis‑comms protocols with clear escalation to Directors.
·Lead the development and management of our website, digital channels and content strategy.
·Ensure SafeLives is timely, authoritative and survivor‑centred in its external interventions.
4. Marketing and Audience Engagement
·Lead marketing strategy to support:
·Statutory and voluntary income generation
·Training uptake
·Consultancy and practice development
·Fundraising and supporter engagement
·Strengthen audience insight, segmentation and targeting.
·Oversee campaigns that bring SafeLives’ strategy and evidence to life and drive measurable action.
·Ensure that communication and marketing resources are used effectively to support business development.
5. Public Affairs and Policy
·Provide strategic alignment between SafeLives’ core messaging and evidence sharing and our influencing work
·Ensure public affairs activities and outputs (briefings, consultations, correspondence) are clear, accurate and consistent with SafeLives’ communications approach.
·Maintain awareness of political and policy developments relevant to SafeLives’ mission, advising Directors on risks and opportunities for influencing, working with colleagues across the organisation to develop policy.
·Senior level engagement will be led by Directors, as needed, with this role and the public affairs team leading stakeholder engagement and supporting preparation, messaging and follow‑up.
6. Planning, Governance and Performance
·Lead forward planning for all communications, marketing and public affairs activity.
·Set realistic, measurable KPIs that support the delivery of our comms and influencing strategy and our income generation.
·Embed continuous improvement processes and ensure compliance with GDPR and data protection.
·Oversee budgets for communications, marketing and public affairs, ensuring value for money and resource prioritisation.
7. Authentic Voice
·Ensure that the voices, experiences and priorities of survivors remain at the heart of all external communications.
·Support colleagues and Pioneers who use lived experience in SafeLives’ work in a trauma‑informed and respectful way.
Person Specification
Experience
·Strategic communications, including influencing, brand/profile raising, media relations and reputation management in complex, high profile environments (E)
·Media relations, including securing high quality coverage and rapid-response experience (E)
·Developing and delivering effective communications and marketing cmapaigns, including support for fundraising and income generation (E)
·Digital communications across owned, earned and paid media (E)
·Experience using data, research and evidence to inform communications, influencing and storytelling (E)
·Understanding of public affairs or policy environments within the social sector (D/E)
·Leadership and people development, ideally across multi-disciplinary teams (E)
·Influencing professional and policy audiences through clear, impactful communications, information and guidance (E)
·Working with people affected by domestic abuse to support storytelling and influence change (D)
Skills
·Confident in providing strategic communications advice aligned with organisational strategy and policy priorities (E)
·Exceptional written, oral and influencing skills, including excellent writing and editing ability (E)
·Strong political and media awareness
·Excellent judgement under pressure, making sound, values‑led decisions at pace (E)
·Ability to turn complex and fast‑moving information into clear messaging for different audiences, particularly professional and policy maker audiences (E)
·Strong issue and risk management in sensitive public contexts (E)
·Excellent digital and social media skills (E)
·Strong analytical skills to design and deliver campaigns (E)
·Numerate, with experience preparing and managing budgets (E)
·Strong planning, prioritisation and ability to meet multiple deadlines (E)
·Able to identify problems early and propose solutions (E)
·Commitment to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion (E)
·Commitment to ending domestic abuse (E)
Competencies
Leadership, organisational and strategic awareness
·Inspires trust and confidence in others
·Commitment to SafeLives’ values – Human, Rigorous, Inclusive and Brave - underpins all actions and decisions
·Remains calm, decisive and collaborative in fast-moving situations, while maintaining message clarity, survivor focus and organisational credibility
·Demonstrates an understanding of how your own role contributes to achieving SafeLives’ goals
·Is responsive to change which helps achieve goals
·Pursues tasks/goals with energy, drive and need for completion
Teamwork & collaboration
·Fosters an inclusive working environment so that others can contribute effectively
·Supports colleagues in demanding situations, recognises the importance of well-being in self and others, accepts help and support from other team members
·Listens to the views of others and shows flexibility in working with collective decisions
People management and decision making
·Ability to lead and manage effective teams and create an inventive, responsible and generous team culture
·Strong focus on quality, performance and impact
·Coaches staff to reach their full potential
·Makes effective decisions on a timely basis
·Judgement and problem solving is based on identifying outcomes and victim focus
Communications and relationship management
·Communicate with energy and direction
·Ability to build strong and effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
·Promote and contribute to cross team working
·Speaks and writes clearly and effectively and in a timely manner, tailoring communication to suit the audience
·Maintains confidentiality
Delivering quality
·Self-starter with the ability to use initiative and judgement to identify problems and propose solutions
·Excellent organisational skills including the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
·Takes responsibility for own workload, acts on own initiative, seeks feedback from others, evaluates own performance and then acts upon it
·Tries out new ideas and ways of working and identifies and shares learning
Influence
·Inspires confidence and trust– demonstrating high standards of integrity, honesty and fairness
·Actively engages the knowledge, ideas and contributions of others
·Uses appropriate techniques to influence others
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role outline and purpose
To manage policy and public affairs influencing in Wales to ensure effective delivery of Trussell’s strategy to achieve policy and secure policy change that ends the need for food banks.
To contribute to the delivery of the wider goals of the Making Social Security Work programme across the UK and to the Prioritising Hunger & Hardship, Supportive Communities and Holistic Advice programmes in Wales.
Key responsibilities
Support the development and delivery of Trussell’s strategy to end the need for food banks in Wales.
· Supports the development and delivery of Trussell’s strategy to end the need for food banks in Wales. This includes planning influencing opportunities, developing relationships, and shaping asks to advance Trussell’s mission in Wales, contributing to the successful delivery of our overall strategy.
Deliver policy, public affairs, and advocacy in Wales.
· Deliver policy development, public affairs, and advocacy activity to contribute towards the goals of the organisation’s Wales strategy and achieve policy change. This includes working closely with Wales based colleagues to represent Trussell in the media and at external events, managing social media, direct engagement with MS’s. MP’s, ministers, advisers and officials, preparing briefings and co-ordinating events and advocacy activity across Wales that secures impactful engagement. This ensures a coherent, effective influencing programme is delivered that drives policy change and strengthens organisational credibility.
Build strong evidence base for Wales.
· Work with programme teams across Trussell and with external partners to ensure strong evidence base for Wales and ensure our evidence is shared externally and has impact. This includes sharing research findings with a range of audiences and external stakeholders through written and verbal briefings and working collaboratively with programmes across Trussell to build robust evidence base for the organisation’s policy and public affairs influencing and profile in Wales.
Develop effective partnerships and networks.
· Build collaborative external partnerships and develop networks to strengthen policy and public affairs activity in Wales, represent Trussell and promote the organisation’s policy positions to external stakeholders and audiences. This includes working with Wales based colleagues to represent the organisation in key Welsh sector coalitions and promoting the organisations policy positions and evidence to external stakeholders, to build awareness of the issues driving people to use food banks in Wales and our policy solutions.
Support effective campaigning.
· Work with campaign colleagues, food bank-facing colleagues in Wales and the food bank network to shape and deliver effective campaign activity that advances the organisation’s goals and strategy in Wales and across the UK. This includes working with Wales based colleagues to shape campaign activity, advise on the political context, and support mobilisation. This ensures campaigns are well informed, relevant to Wales and contribute meaningfully to UK wide programme objectives.
Person Specification
Core knowledge:
· Good knowledge of policy issues relevant to Trussell’s vision and expertise on the policies that drive hunger and hardship in Wales.
· Significant knowledge of the political landscape in Wales and of effective techniques for influencing change.
· Good understanding of research methods and of how to ensure high quality and credible evidence is deployed effectively.
Essential skills:
· Strong skills in effectively influencing political and public debates and working with politicians and policymakers across the political spectrum.
· Good ability to think strategically, demonstrate effective decision-making and ensure practical delivery of impactful activities.
· Excellent communication skills, including written, presentations and speaking, ability to adapt to influence different audiences.
· Collaborative interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships and influence internal and external stakeholders.
· Effective project management and ability to balance competing priorities and meet tight internal and external deadlines.
Key Experience:
· Track record of delivering effective policy and public affairs activity and achieving impact, ideally in Wales.
Special Requirements
None
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy and numeracy levels amongst people in the criminal justice system?
We’ve made substantial progress in recent years, with improvements and expansions to our delivery model and significant growth in our staff team. In Spring 2026, we will launch our refreshed organisational strategy, which will shape our work over the next three years and beyond. To support this growth, we are recruiting for a full time National Director of Operations to lead our delivery across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and emerging community settings, with an ambition to reach Scotland. This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in scaling our impact and strengthening our presence across the criminal justice system and beyond.
As National Director of Operations, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for our learning programmes in prisons and community settings. You will ensure high‑quality, consistent and accessible delivery, overseeing a team of six Regional Managers and a wider workforce of around 65 staff, volunteers and over 2,000 peer mentors trained each year.
Working closely with senior colleagues, partner organisations and national bodies such as HMPPS, you will drive programme excellence, innovation and partnership working. You will also play a key role in new business development, operational strategy, contractual delivery and ensuring we can reliably demonstrate the impact of our work.
The role requires an experienced operational leader with a deep commitment to improving outcomes for people facing disadvantage. You will bring:
We want to hear from applicants who are as committed to the cause as we are.
This is a home-based role but will require travel around the UK including overnight stays. This role is 5 days per week (35 hours) with working days/hours to be mutually agreed in line with business needs.
Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. This role does require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
Interviews, which will be held online, are planned for the w/c 18th May.
All applications must include a CV and covering letter of no more than 2 pages which outlines your suitability for the role and how you meet the person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN)
The Nature Friendly Farming Network is a UK-wide, farmer-led organisation working to restore the balance between farming and nature.
We support farmers by sharing practical knowledge, resources and case studies that help boost food production, protect wildlife, and build climate resilience.
We influence policy to secure fair rewards for farmers who look after the environment, and we connect thousands of like-minded farmers across the UK through knowledge sharing, events and campaigns.
Membership is free and open to farmers, the public and organisations.
About the role
We are looking for a Parliamentary Engagement Officer to strengthen our engagement with policymakers across the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of farming, environment and policy. You will play a key role in ensuring that farmer experience and evidence are reflected in parliamentary discussions, helping to shape conversations that impact the future of farming.
Working directly with the Chief Executive and closely with the policy team, you will monitor parliamentary activity, identify opportunities for engagement, and support timely and well-informed interaction with MPs, peers and their teams. You will also work across the organisation, including with country teams and farmer steering groups, to ensure engagement reflects priorities across all UK nations.
This is a practical, fast-paced role suited to someone who is organised, politically aware, and able to respond quickly to emerging opportunities.
Key responsibilities
Monitor parliamentary activity across Westminster and the devolved parliaments, identifying relevant debates, questions, committees and opportunities for engagement
Maintain a forward view on key parliamentary activity and upcoming moments of influence
Produce and circulate clear, concise briefings on parliamentary activity and recommended areas for engagement
Draft and support the submission of parliamentary questions, briefings and lines for MPs, peers and their staff
Build and maintain relationships with MPs, peers, advisers and parliamentary staff across parties
Support coordinated engagement with political stakeholders, ensuring activity is timely and aligned with organisational priorities
Work with colleagues and partners to support effective and aligned parliamentary engagement
Support relationships between farmers and parliamentarians, including organising farm visits and meetings where appropriate
Translate farmer experience and insights into clear and practical input for parliamentary engagement
Support the planning and delivery of parliamentary events, meetings and roundtables
Organise meetings with MPs, peers and advisers, including preparing briefings and follow-up actions
Maintain accurate records of parliamentary contacts and engagement activity, and support internal reporting
Contribute to campaign activity and wider organisational work where required
What we are looking for
You will bring:
A working understanding of how the UK Parliament and devolved legislatures operate, and how to engage effectively with those processes
Experience engaging with political, policy or stakeholder environments
Strong writing skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise briefings and summaries
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
The ability to manage competing priorities and respond quickly to emerging opportunities
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships
The ability to translate complex or real-world information into clear, practical input
Confidence working independently in a remote team environment
An interest in farming, environmental issues or public policy
Additional information
The NFFN is a politically neutral organisation. This role requires the ability to engage constructively with stakeholders across all political parties and UK nations.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Salary: £15,600–£18,000 per annum (£26,000–£30,000 FTE equivalent)
Contract type: 1-year fixed term (end date July 2027); part-time (3 days per week, 0.6 FTE)
Location: London, Birmingham or Bristol
Hybrid: Envision operates a hybrid working policy with one day per week in a regional office, plus ad-hoc travel across regions for events and training.
Role: This is an exciting opportunity to champion youth voice across Envision and support young people as they transition beyond our programmes.
As Youth Engagement and Transitions Officer, you will lead and coordinate our Youth Advisory Group, ensuring young people have genuine influence over organisational priorities and decision-making. You will develop and maintain a thriving graduate and alumni network, creating opportunities for continued connection, mentoring and professional development. You will also design and deliver a Transitions Programme that supports young people as they move into education, employment or further opportunities, working with our Partnerships team to engage Envision's corporate partners where relevant.
Youth voice will run through everything you do. Working closely with the Communications Manager, you will ensure young people's perspectives are authentically reflected across our communications - from social media and campaigns to case studies and co-created content. You will be part of the Programmes and Impact Team, collaborating with colleagues across London, Birmingham and Bristol to embed meaningful youth participation at every level of the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and coordinate the Youth Advisory Group and internal youth voice working group
Design and deliver a Transitions Programme and graduate/alumni network
Develop events, mentoring and networking initiatives for graduates
Support youth-focused communications including content creation and co-produced materials
Build relationships with partners and stakeholders to create opportunities for young people
Collect data and contribute to monitoring and evaluation of youth engagement activities
Essential Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
Experience facilitating activities with young people, including creating and co-creating engaging sessions and adapting to the needs of the group
Strong project management and organisational skills with the ability to manage your own time to meet deadlines
Experience working on projects with multiple stakeholders, communicating effectively in writing and verbally
Commitment to Envision's vision, mission and values
Envision seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We actively encourage applications from candidates from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. Envision graduates will be guaranteed a first-round interview.
To apply, please submit your application via Charity Jobs.
Deadline — Midnight, Sunday 17th May
Please note:
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
We will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Successful candidates will be subject to a full Enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
For more information on this role, please see the full application pack.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.