Organisational development and change lead jobs in westminster, greater london
Job Title: Housing Independent Gender Violence Advocate (Housing IGVA)
Location: The GAIA Centre (Lambeth, London)
Salary: £28,857.12 per annum (Inclusive of London Weighting, which may not be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement)
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
The Housing Independent Gender Violence Advocate (IGVA) will be embedded within borough housing teams to facilitate the dual working that will ensure that survivors’ safety and housing needs are met. This includes:
· Close working relationships with Housing colleagues
· Provision of specialist knowledge relating to DA for Housing Officers and Homelessness Teams to draw on
· Specialist support for survivors at the moment of crisis
· Provision of advocacy; supporting survivors to access safe accommodation
· Ongoing support from the IGVA from wider DA service, including access to group clinical supervision, casework management meetings, reflective practice sessions, one-to-one supervision from service manager
The Housing IGVA will work closely with victims of gender-based violence from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence at the highest risk and their children. The role will be part of increasing the ability of partner agencies to recognise, reject and respond appropriately and safely to all forms of gender-based violence (including domestic violence, sexual, financial and emotional abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage and honour-based violence).
The job involves working within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership protocols and procedures that prioritise the safety of survivors. The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal, housing and practical options that might increase their safety. The post holder will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and personal welfare support especially around complex housing needs.
The job involves ensuring that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment, enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Closing Date: 09:00am October 2025
Interview Date: 13 October 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
This role is key to turning data into insight that drives strategic decisions and deepens supporter relationships. Collaborating across fundraising, digital, and service teams, you’ll proactively identify opportunities, shape analysis, and influence decision-making.
You’ll deliver clear, accessible reporting and dashboards, support and mentor colleagues, and contribute to the development of our data warehouse. You’ll embed segmentation and find ways to include AI into our work and ensure insights are timely, relevant, and easy to understand.
Trusted to work independently and manage competing priorities, you’ll deliver high-impact insight with confidence and clarity. Your expertise will help shape how data is used across the organisation, and your ideas will be welcomed as we continue to evolve our approach.
About you
You’re an experienced analyst who’s confident working independently and partnering with senior stakeholders. You bring a strong track record of translating complex data into actionable insight and influencing decisions at all levels.
You’re comfortable using tools like Power BI and combining supporter and digital data to uncover trends and opportunities. You’re proactive, detail-oriented, and confident working with complex and sensitive data, ensuring accuracy and integrity in everything you do. You communicate clearly and adapt your approach to suit different audiences, helping others build confidence with data.
You’re curious about new technologies, including AI, and keen to explore how they can improve our work. You enjoy mentoring others, improving processes, and driving continuous improvement.
Above all, you bring a collaborative mindset and a commitment to making insight meaningful and accessible.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date Thursday 25 September 2025
Interview date First stage interview - 2 October 2025
Second stage interview – week commencing 6 October 2025
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
£28,000 - £30,450 per year
Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office
What the job involves
We’re looking for a Healthcare Improvement Officer to join our Improvement Programmes Team and help us deliver exciting initiatives that support healthcare professionals to improve prostate cancer services across the UK. Examples of projects supported include work around establishing better Active Surveillance so that more men can avoid unnecessary radical treatment; work to restructure and make faster the diagnostic pathway; work to coordinate with primary care and support earlier diagnosis; new surgical procedures that spare men the burden of incontinence. You can read more about our work on our website.
As Healthcare Improvement Officer, you’ll play a central role in making sure our programmes run smoothly and have maximum impact. You’ll oversee on the logistics and delivery of events across the UK and online, from our Clinical Champions Programme and Clinical Advisory Group meetings to our annual healthcare professional conference. You’ll also oversee recruitment for programmes, manage databases and monitoring systems, and handle financial processes such as invoices and purchase orders, ensuring everything is delivered on time and to a high standard.
Your work will range from planning and scheduling programmes, to procuring resources, preparing materials and helping to facilitate sessions so that participants are fully supported in their learning. You’ll also contribute to quality improvement project development and coordination, working with teams across Prostate Cancer UK to share good practice and expand the reach of our initiatives.
Engagement will be a key part of your role, from maintaining webpages and digital channels to supporting our alumni network through newsletters, communications and opportunities for continued involvement. You’ll help manage our online Clinical Champions learning hub and, with training provided, will also have the chance to coach and mentor clinicians using Insights Discovery (a psychometric tool helping people understand their own and others' behavioural preferences and communication styles).
What we want from you
We’re looking for someone who’s highly organised, comfortable working with people and able to keep several projects moving at once. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences, from clinicians to colleagues across the organisation.
You’ll bring experience in event planning and support, along with project coordination, and you’ll be comfortable managing webpages and creating online content. The role involves building and maintaining strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, colleagues and senior leaders, so collaboration will be second nature to you.
An understanding of the healthcare and/or charity sectors will be valuable, as will experience in presenting and facilitating discussions. You’ll also need excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively when things get busy.
Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.
Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We’re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.
Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
At Prostate Cancer UK we’re committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. To make this happen, we're dedicated to being an inclusive, proactive organisation, as we strive to be Allies to Black communities. We’ll achieve this by advocating and working alongside those communities to promote change. We're also working to be Allies to each other, not only protected groups. In 2024, we launched our New Allyship Training Programme. All colleagues at Prostate Cancer UK will be trained to act and identify as an Ally.
We've also signed Business in the Communities Race at Work Charter, as a dedication to our Black health equity work and wider EDI priorities. As a signatory, we're responsible and accountable for driving positive change.
Ways of working
Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working – a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips.
Next steps
More information on what we offer, as well as the role, can be found on our vacancies page. Please download our job profile document (job description) with our ‘How to apply’ section sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply, please visit the website via the apply button.
The closing date is Sunday 28th September 2025. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.
Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 6th October 2025.
Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.
Role Summary
Join our team and help us improve public sector food across the UK with our School Plates and new Hospital Plates programmes. We're looking for a passionate and driven Chef Trainer to support schools and hospitals in delivering healthier and more sustainable menus.
The programmes continue to go from strength to strength. Through School Plates, we currently support over a third of all UK local authorities, catering for more than 12,000 schools and feeding over 1.25 million children daily. To date, we have been responsible for swapping over 50 million school meals from meat-based to meat-free or plant-based. We're now expanding our successful model into the health sector with our new Hospital Plates programme, bringing the same positive change to patient and staff menus.
Are you a skilled chef trainer with a passion for improving public food? Can you match our ambition? You'll be using your culinary expertise to train catering teams in both schools and hospitals, provide menu advice, and get involved with recipe development and culinary education. You will also run cooking workshops for pupils in secondary schools, inspiring the next generation to get excited about plant-based food. You will also build and manage relationships with our catering partners, helping them deliver delicious and sustainable meals. This is a UK-wide role and will require travel to different sites.
We’re looking for someone to join our team for 3 days a week but are open to applicants looking for flexible working hours, including, potentially, 4 days a week.
Job Details
Job Title: Chef Trainer - School Plates & Hospital Plates
Reporting to: Programme Manager, UK
Location: Remote (home-based with travel across UK)
Hours: 21-28 hours per week (0.6-0.8 FTE)
Salary: £32,000 per annum pro rata (based on 1.0 FTE)
Responsibilities
As our Chef Trainer & Programme Support, you'll be a key player in developing and delivering our School Plates and Hospital Plates programmes. You'll use your culinary expertise and passion for food system change to create resources, train professionals, and engage with our partners.
Key Responsibilities
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Recipe Development & Training: You'll co-lead the creation, testing, and development of new plant-based recipes for our school and hospital programmes, and lead on developing ‘grab-and-go’ and internationally inspired options for secondary schools. You'll also plan and deliver training sessions, including in-person and online workshops, and create e-learning courses for caterers.
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Programme Development & Support: Work closely with programme managers to develop and refine the strategy for our initiatives. This includes supporting pilot programmes, measuring their impact, and creating bespoke catering resources for our partners.
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Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Represent our organisation at events and in meetings, providing expert catering advice and information on our programmes. Collaborate with our communications manager to create engaging content, including recipes and videos for our website, e-learning platform and social media.
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Education & Outreach: Partner with our education manager to plan and co-deliver secondary school cooking workshops. These sessions will teach pupils basic plant-based culinary skills that align with the National Curriculum as well as inspire the next generation to choose plant-forward options and learn about the impact of their food choices in a positive way.
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Inspire Catering Teams: Your role is to build and maintain relationships with catering partners, providing expert catering advice and practical recipe suggestions. You'll work with them directly on pilot programmes, offering bespoke support to inspire positive menu changes. You'll also provide essential administrative support for our programmes and help create and deliver presentations to promote our work to a wider audience.
Qualifications
Essential
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Experienced in planning and delivering cooking workshops to groups.
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Experience of working in a culinary setting and developing recipes with a strong interest in plant-based recipes.
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Excellent communication skills and be a confident and engaging educator.
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Flexible and agile approach, with a willingness to be a true team player and fill gaps as needed.
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Proactive with initiative and drive.
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Strong organisational skills.
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Attention to detail.
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Solution-focused and resilient.
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Confident in creating basic spreadsheets and slide decks.
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Ability to work well under pressure and manage time effectively in a fast-paced and small but fast-growing non-profit work environment.
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Ability to work well unsupervised with experience of working in remote teams with a reliable internet connection.
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Passionate about food systems change.
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Alignment with our vision and mission.
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Based in the UK and able to attend meetings, events, and training to represent the team and programme across the UK.
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Willing to travel across the UK for workshops and events.
Desirable
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Experience of working within school and/or hospital food.
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Experience of food photography and creating recipe content for social platforms or online courses.
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Experience of managing projects.
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Experience of liaising with local authorities, schools, or other public sector bodies.
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Experience in the field of nutrition, including an interest in plant-based nutrition.
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Experience of working in the food, health or environmental sector.
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Experience of using customer relationship management (CRM) systems (training will be provided).
Benefits of working with us
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Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days per year, with an additional day granted at the start of each calendar up to a maximum of 30 days (plus bank holidays)
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A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
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Provision of a work laptop.
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Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
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Career development support
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
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Compassionate animal companion leave
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Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
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Access to 24/7 virtual GP Service
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Mindfulness support via a free Headspace account for you and up to 5 friends or family members
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Access to the Wisdom app with exclusive perks and discounts
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Membership to the OpenUp platform
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We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
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And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
When?
Application deadline: 5th October 2025
Start date: November 2025
Application process and timeline
Please submit your application using our online form including your CV and cover letter. By submitting your application you agree that your personal data will be processed by and shared with our UK entity (ProVeg C.I.C.) and German entity (ProVeg e.V.).
The recruitment process consists of two rounds: 1): an online trial task; 2): an interview with the Programme Manager and Director.
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Application deadline: 5th October 2025
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Online trial task: sent to longlisted candidates by 10th October 5pm, to be completed by 12 October at 5pm
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Interviews: take place on 21st and 22nd October 2025
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Start date: November 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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The Childhood Trust is London's child poverty charity. We are dedicated to creating opportunities and brighter futures for the 700,000 children growing up in poverty in London. While we work to alleviate today’s impact of poverty, we support children and families to build pathways to become happier, healthier, safer and more resilient, breaking the cycles of inequity. Listening to and engaging with young people who have experience of living in poverty, is critical to ensuring our efforts truly reflect their needs and aspirations.
As Director of Fundraising, you will be a key member of our senior leadership team delivering on the strategic objectives of the charity with responsibility for raising £4m this financial year in voluntary income for the Childhood Trust across trusts & foundations, corporates, major donors and community. Delivering growth year on year to support the ambitious plans of the organisation. Directly managing three ‘Heads Of’ fundraising roles, you will create a new fundraising strategy, steer the fundraising team’s activities, secure funding, and cultivate relationships that fuel our mission.
Benefits to working at the Childhood Trust include:
- Competitive holiday package including a day off for your birthday and the days between Christmas and New Year Off
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Flexible working environment
- Hybrid working, with the expectation of ideally two days in our office in Victoria a week
- Part time hours are considered
To read more about the responsibilities in the role, please read the attached Job description.
We are aiming to hold interviews the week beginning the 6th October.
Please submit your CV and Cover letter.
Who are we?
Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support Elected student leaders so as they make change, improve lives and fulfil potential, we help make it happen.
The Union of Brunel Students has a small but impactful staff team dedicated to serving the needs and interests of our members. Our size allows us to work closely together and make decisions quickly, while our passion for creating positive change means that every member of our team has an impact on helping us deliver our Vision to ensure that every student thrives at Brunel.
We are one of more than 600 students’ unions across the country. And with more than 15,000 members, 150 clubs and societies, a huge range of services and a bold strategy, we’re one of the most exciting.
What’s the job?
This maternity cover role will have a significant and stabilising impact, ensuring co-ordination in governance, HR, and compliance for the Union of Brunel Students. The postholder will act as a key operational anchor, supporting legal integrity, staff wellbeing, and organisational continuity.
We are seeking an experienced and proactive individual to step into a vital fixed-term position during the maternity leave of our Head of People and Compliance. This role ensures continuity and excellence across governance, HR coordination and legal compliance.
You will work closely with the Trustee Board, Senior Leadership Team, and Union staff to uphold high standards in documentation, policy, and people management.
From servicing board meetings to managing recruitment and GDPR processes, your work will be central to our success, promote a positive workplace culture and supporting the Union’s mission to be a trusted and effective organisation for students, staff, and trustees.
This is a Fixed term role, completing on the 22nd May 2026.
Who you are:
You are a highly organised, empathetic, and values-driven professional with a passion for good governance and inclusive practice.
With excellent literacy and numeracy skills, you bring an understanding of charity, education, or similar sectors, alongside a working knowledge of key legal frameworks like GDPR, charity law, and equality legislation.
You will have experience of co-ordinating governance processes, supporting recruitment, and managing sensitive information with discretion and care. Whether you are preparing agendas, taking minutes, or liaising with trustees and senior leaders, you do so with clarity, professionalism, and integrity.
Your attention to detail is second to none, and you thrive in busy environments—juggling deadlines, solving problems independently, and adapting to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.
Above all, you’re a team player who champions equality, diversity, and inclusion. You’re proactive, resilient, and committed to the ethos of a student-led charity and are content to pitch in where needed.
Why apply?
Because you're inspired by the opportunity to make a real difference in students’ lives.
As a Students’ Union and registered charity, our mission is simple but powerful: “To ensure every student thrives at Brunel”. We’re anything but corporate – a dynamic, values-driven team of passionate individuals committed to positive change. We work in an unconventional, energetic environment where creativity and purpose go hand in hand.
In return for your passion and commitment we offer a flexible and supportive workplace, and an excellent holiday allowance – all designed to help you thrive too.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. We’re building a diverse, inclusive team that reflects and champions the diversity of our student community.
And just so you know – your application will be read by a real person. We don’t use AI to screen candidates, because we genuinely care about getting to know you. So, when you apply, write your personal statement as if you're speaking directly to us. We’re looking forward to hearing your story.
BENEFITS
We offer a generous benefits package to reward our staff's hard work and commitment:
- Pension Scheme – statutory workplace pension scheme ‘NEST’.
- Generous holiday allowance - 25 days a year plus bank holidays. Additional days are usually given at Easter and Christmas in line with the University closure dates (usually about 5 additional days a year).
- Long service - 2 additional days leave will be given after 5 years continuous service
- TOTUM Card - All Union career staff are entitled to receive a TOTUM student discount card free of charge.
- Free Union sport membership - Allowing access to 35+ sports clubs, and our Active@Brunel social sport programme.
- On-site parking – Parking on campus at a low-cost rate.
- Flexible Working - The Union adopts a flexible working environment.
- Hybrid working – The Union allows for the ability to occasionally work from home, based on business need.
- Personal Development - The Union is fully committed to investing in your future. If you are interested in a training programme which you feel would benefit you within your current position you can submit a training request via your line manager.
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
KEY DATES
Application Deadline: Monday 6th October 2025
Interviews: Week Commencing 13th October 2025
Start Date: To be discussed with the successful applicant, but ideally in November 2025.
OUR VALUES
At the Union of Brunel Students, our values are at the heart of everything we do. They guide our decisions, shape our culture, and define how we support our student community. We’re proud to stand by these principles:
- Driven by You
- Open to All
- Passionately positive
- Integrity
These values are more than just words, they’re the foundation of our work and the reason we exist: “To ensure every student thrives at Brunel”.
To find out more about our values and how they influence life at the Union, visit our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
We are excited to be recruiting a Communities Manager to join our Communities team. You’ll work with our team to deliver the goals set out in Join the Club, our ambitious strategy for 2021-2026, and to develop and deliver our exciting new strategy in the coming years.
We want to better connect with, listen to and mobilise the communities we work with. This role will play an integral part in building our parent and carer communities. You will support with the expansion of our ground-breaking Parent Power chapters, supporting with the development of local parent/carer communities and creation of a national parent network.
Reporting to the Director of Communities, you will:
- Lead the Parent Power delivery team, including the Communities Officers and Parent Power Community Organisers
- Line manage two Communities Officers and several Parent Power Community Organisers responsible for delivery of parent/carer 121s and meetings
- Manage partnerships with Parent Power partner organisations and schools, ensuring high quality project delivery and dealing with/escalating issues to ensure positive solutions are reached
- Manage Parent Power chapter budgets and operational Parent Power processes, including implementation of our evaluation framework and data protection
- Manage the process for recruiting and inducting new Community Organisers
About you
The role will best suit someone who has:
- Ability to take a relational approach when working with others
- Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities
- Project management skills, with appropriate levels of time and resource input
- Commitment to own professional development
- Commitment to the development of others
- A demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission
- Ability to adhere to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual and complete information security training
We support less advantaged students to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.





The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to use your research skills to influence real change?
The Race Equality Foundation is an evidence-based charity working to dismantle systemic racism and improve outcomes for Black, Asian, and ethnically minoritised communities across the UK. We generate and share knowledge, influence policy and practice, and deliver programmes that make a tangible impact.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Researcher or Senior Researcher who is passionate about using evidence to tackle racism and inequality. Organised, reflective, and inquisitive, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering the Foundation’s research and policy work.
You will develop and lead projects exploring the persistence of racial inequalities and their consequences, identifying and sharing good practice, and developing potential solutions. Central to the way we work are intersectional and participatory approaches that place the voices of those with lived experience at the heart of our research, and you will be instrumental in embedding these principles in the projects you manage.
As part of the role, you’ll also take a leading role in disseminating findings to diverse audiences, influencing policy and practice, and developing and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders, including central and local government, funders, and voluntary and community sector partners.
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful research, inform systemic change, and be part of a collaborative, values-driven organisation dedicated to tackling racial inequality.
Why work with us?
You’ll join a values-driven organisation where your work directly contributes to racial justice. We offer:
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Generous annual leave – 25 days rising to 31 after five years, plus bank holidays
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Above-statutory employer pension contributions
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Employee Assistance Scheme (EAS) to support your wellbeing
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Opportunities to work on impactful, high-profile research projects
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A collaborative, supportive, and inclusive working environment
How to apply
Apply via our online recruitment portal, submitting your application form and supporting statement.
Closing date: Monday 29th September 2025
Interview date: Monday 13th October 2025
Tackling racism, transforming lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for someone who is committed to taking our supporters on journeys which inspire them to help people living in extreme poverty fulfil their God-given potential. Is that you?
Our vision is to see people freed from poverty, living transformed lives, and reaching their God-given potential. To make that vision a reality, we are growing a global community of people who want to tackle extreme poverty, and who will be invited to give, pray, campaign, volunteer and make lifestyle changes, partnering with Tearfund in this vision.
As Marketing Executive - Supporter Journeys, you will be responsible for the delivery of supporter journey activity, planning and executing individual and church supporter journey activities across various channels, including direct mail, telephone, and digital.
Do you have the following experience?
- Delivering marketing/supporter engagement campaigns across multiple channels including direct mail, email and telephone.
- Knowledge of CRM systems and how to use data to design and monitor performance
- Project managing efficiently and communicating clearly with multiple stakeholders
- Monitoring and evaluating campaigns and adopting a test and learn approach
Do you have the following skills?
- Ability to see through projects from start to finish
- A flexible approach to your work, showing agility to adapt and make changes if required
- Highly collaborative
- Ability to influence and work alongside senior stakeholders
- Strategic thinking, and desire to drive forward new ways of doing things.
If that's you, we'd love to hear from you!
Hybrid working: This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from Teddington's Tearfund office and from your home by agreement with the line manager. This currently means around 2 days per month working from the Teddington office, with the rest worked from home.
This a full time role 35 hours per week, flexible working patterns may be considered.
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.
All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs
The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an ambitious senior HR professional who is keen to shape the future of a world-class sports organisation.
At Commonwealth Sport, they are more than just a sporting body, they’re a global movement. They aim to deliver their ten-year vision to become a truly world-class organisation, and are looking for a forward thinking Head of People to help lead the charge in creating an inclusive, high-performing culture where people feel valued, involved and respected.
This is a pivotal, end-to-end role that owns the full employee experience for a passionate, multicultural team of around 35 staff, who are mainly based in London. They also have regional colleagues across five continents so it would be very beneficial to have international HR experience. The Head of People will play a strategic and hands-on role, championing everything from wellbeing and inclusion to recruitment, development, engagement, and compliance.
The Head of People role is a full time role paying around £70,000 per annum and will require the post holder to attend the office 2-3 days per week. Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:
- Partnering with the Senior Leadership Team to design and deliver a People Strategy that aligns with their organisational goals and culture.
- Monitoring and improving the People Experience through initiatives such as annual culture surveys, wellbeing plans, and their commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Reviewing and managing people policies, ensuring consistency, compliance and cultural alignment, while offering trusted support on all people-related matters.
- Leading the end-to-end hiring process, from advertising to interviews and onboarding, to ensure a welcoming and efficient experience for all new team members.
- Overseeing their Talent Management System, support line managers with performance reviews and development plans, and identify learning and training needs across the team.
- Advising leadership on structural changes, resourcing plans and future skills needed as the organisation evolves.
- Managing payroll and benefits for both UK and international staff, and make sure it’s always aligned with employment law, data protection, and health & safety.
- Being a vital point of contact for HR and people support during Games deployments, ensuring smooth operations and quick resolutions when needed.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, experienced people professional with a strong generalist background ideally in the sports, events or the arts sector. You’re strategic yet hands-on, approachable, and inclusive, with great communication and problem-solving skills. Ideally CIPD-qualified (or working towards it), you’re passionate about people, purpose-led work, and the power of sport to bring communities together. You’ll also need a solid understanding of employment law and HR best practice.
The interview process will consist of a two stages, the second being held in person at their office.
Apply now and be part of something big and exciting.
Womankind Worldwide are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell in their search for a new Director of Finance, People & Culture to join their team on a permanent basis. Womankind Worldwide is a global women's rights organisation working in partnership with women's rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls.
Reporting into one of the Co-CEOs, the Director of Finance, People & Culture will lead Womankind’s finance, HR, and Resources functions while ensuring regulatory compliance across jurisdictions (UK and Kenya). You'll work closely with their Finance & Resources Committee and serve as Company Secretary, supporting their ambitious Strategy to 2030.You will also lead the people strategy that strengthens Womankind’s culture, enhances employee wellbeing, drives engagement, and aligns talent with their strategic goals.
The organisation:
Womankind Worldwide strengthen and support women’s movements in their focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence. Currently, Womankind has staff based in Kenya and the UK. They’re undertaking a strategic transformation to strengthen their impact through a grantmaking and partnership review, an updated business model and a strategic alignment process. Staff wellbeing - one of their core feminist principles - will remain central as they navigate this journey. These changes reflect their deep commitment towards a feminist future and will position them to provide more strategic support where it is most needed across their focus countries during these unprecedented times in the development sector.
The key duties of the Director of Finance, People & Culture are as follows:
- Lead strategic financial and HR planning in collaboration with Co-CEOs and Finance & Resources Committee
- Drive implementation of Strategy 2030 particularly those strategies pertaining to Womankind’s goals to value our team and decolonise our practice
- Support assessment of funding landscape and sustainable financing strategies
- Ensure effective 3-year rolling budgeting and planning cycles
- Line manage Finance, People & Culture team, provide coaching, supervision, and development support, whilst building team capacity through process improvement
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes
- Lead annual audit and statutory accounts production in the UK and Kenya
- Act as Company Secretary to Board of Trustees
- Ensure consistent quality and delivery of all finance processes (internal and external)
- Strategic development and review of Human Resource management, policies and processes
- Shape and model a feminist, inclusive, and high-performing organisational culture that aligns with Womankind’s values
- Oversee design and implementation of a wellbeing strategy
- Lead on information technology, ensuring systems meet needs of the organisation
- Provide oversight of facilities in the UK and Kenya
The successful candidate will have:
- Qualification: A full, recognised accounting qualification
- Leadership: Proven track record delivering strategic plans as part of senior leadership team
- Experience: Significant experience leading Finance and HR functions
- International: Experience working across multiple jurisdictions
- Charity Sector: Understanding of charity governance, SORP accounting, and charity financing
- Management: Strong staff management and development experience
- Communication: Ability to explain complex financial matters to non-financial
- Governance: Experience working with and being accountable to Board of Trustees
- Values: Strong commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and social justice
This role can be based in either the UK or Kenya, with flexible hybrid working policies in place. The team are also open to considering candidates with strong experience on a 0.8 FTE basis.
Applications are open until Sunday 28th September, with first stage interviews due to take place the week commencing 6th October. CVs will be under continuous review in advance of this date and we reserve the right to close the advert early, so please submit your application today to make sure you don’t miss out!
Are you passionate about using data to drive meaningful change? Do you thrive on accuracy, insight, and collaboration? Do you have Generalist HR experience? Join our People Experience team and help our organisation make informed decisions using high quality, impactful data.
As the HR Data & Insight Analyst, you will champion data accuracy, reliability, and insight across the People Experience team and wider organisation. You’ll lead the production, distribution, and analysis of high-quality People Management Information (MI), ensuring compliance with data protection laws and enabling data-driven decision-making. You’ll also provide generalist HR support when needed.
Contract terms:
- £34,000 - £37,000 per annum with Benefits
- Permanent
- Full time hours are 35 hours per week, but we are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences.
- Hybrid working: Linked to our Ewell (Surrey) office
- In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month
What you'll do:
Data & Insights
- Deliver and analyse People data reports.
- Maintain and improve reporting tools and MI.
- Support forecasting and strategic planning.
- Enable data self-service for managers.
- Optimise systems with providers and stakeholders.
- Lead system procurement and implementation.
- Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance.
- Drive system improvements and efficiencies.
- Share insights and train users.
Generalist HR (People Experience) Support
- Provide generalist HR support (e.g. covering annual leave, supporting Employee Relations casework)
For full Job Description and Person Specification click here
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available here. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to answer application questions and to upload your CV and a short cover letter.
We kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, or to generate interview answers. We want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths.
Applications close: 9am Wednesday 24 September
Interviews: Tuesday 30 September. Please note the interviews will be in person at our office in Ewell (Surrey) and will consist of data presentation exercise and competency based questions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Toynbee Hall
Based in the East End of London since 1884, Toynbee Hall is a charity working alongside people facing poverty, injustice, and inequality to build a fairer East London. We provide vital advice and support, working in partnership to tackle unfairness and ensure everyone has an equal chance to thrive.
Job purpose
As a Debt Advisor (Omni-Channel: Telephone & Video), your primary role will be to provide over-indebted clients with tailored debt advice through various channels, including telephone, WhatsApp, and our network of video advice kiosks located in prisons, hospitals, job centres, town halls, and other community settings. You will help clients start their debt advice journey efficiently, ensuring they receive accurate and effective support.
Scope of role
- To provide over-indebted clients with free, face-to-face advice that is accurate, effective and tailored to individuals’ circumstances
- To maintain detailed case records
- Keep up to date with legislation, policies and procedures and undertake appropriate training
Key Responsibilities
- To provide over-indebted clients with free, face-to-face advice that is accurate, effective and tailored to individuals’ circumstances
- To maintain detailed case records
- Keep up to date with legislation, policies and procedures and undertake appropriate training
- Contribute to team
Essential Criteria:
Experience and Skills:
- Hold a valid Money Advice Service accredited qualification in debt advice to level three or higher
- Minimum 2 years f debt advice experience
- Prven record of good quality debt advice
- Prvided casework support
- Experience in a client-facing service envirnment
- CMS experience (Advice Pr preferable)
- Strng IT knowledge and familiar with using Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams
Communication and Interpersonal Skills:
- Clear cmmunication skills and a strong command of the English language, oral and written
- Ability t communicate with internal and external stakeholders
- Advcacy skills
- Ability t remain non-judgmental
- Awareness f, and ability to, understand and empathise with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds and disadvantaged groups living in the community
Personal Attributes:
- Ability t work as part of a team and be open to receiving feedback and learning from others
- Ability t give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively
- Custmer-focused attitude and a commitment to delivering exceptional service
- Tenacity t remain persistent throughout a difficult situation with excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability t think outside the box and be open to new challenges
Commitment:
- A cmmitment to continuous professional development, including a willingness to develop knowledge and skills in advice topics
Please download the full Job Description for more details.
Our Benefits Package
We believe in supporting our employees with a well-rounded benefits package designed to enhance work-life balance, financial security, and overall well-being.
Annual Leave
- 25 days of annual leave, plus 3 additional days for our Christmas shutdown (on top of bank holidays).
- After 2 years: +3 extra days of leave.
- After 3 years: +1 additional day.
- After 5 years: A total of 30 days annual leave, plus the 3-day Christmas shutdown.
Pension
- Standard Life Pension Scheme – Employer contribution: 4%, Employee contribution: 5%
Additional Perks & Support
- Enhanced Sick Pay for peace of mind during illness
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to support growing families
- Employee Eyecare Vouchers to support your vision health
- Employee Assistance Programme for free, confidential advice and support
- Mental Health First Aid to ensure workplace well-being
- Tenancy Deposit Scheme to help secure your home
- Interest-Free Season Ticket Loan for cost-effective commuting
- Cycle to Work Scheme to promote a healthier, greener way to travel
- Charity Mentoring Network to support professional development and networking
We’re committed to creating a supportive and rewarding work environment, because when our team thrives, we all succeed!
Since 1884 Toynbee Hall is a charity working alongside people facing poverty, injustice and inequality to build a fairer East London
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
The City of London Corporation manages 11,000 acres of land in and around London, welcoming millions of visitors annually. The North London Open Spaces (NLOS) section oversees c. 1,000 acres of that portfolio and includes some of the UK's most iconic urban greenspaces, including:
- Hampstead Heath (including Golders Hill Park, Parliament Hill Fields, and Heath Extension)
- Highgate Wood
- Queen’s Park
- West Ham Park
These beloved green spaces boast spectacular landscapes and vistas, ancient woodland, diverse wildlife, world class sporting and athletics facilities, and heritage assets. We work closely with local communities and stakeholders to preserve and enhance these natural assets, helping to make London one of the most liveable large cities in the world.
About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to take a senior leadership role at North London Open Spaces, and directly contribute to and make a meaningful impact in the conservation and protection of these cherished green spaces.
As a member of the senior management team, the successful candidate will serve as the primary subject matter expert at NLOS for nature conservation, conceiving and leading on initiatives, advising colleagues, and working collaboratively both internally and externally. They will have responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day management of most of Hampstead Heath and all of Highgate Wood, and will also oversee a number of services that function across and support the four open spaces (eg, arboriculture and tree management, waste and recycling, conservation, and ecology).
For the better performance of their duties, the Head of Conservation will be required to reside in accommodation that is provided on site and will be scheduled onto an on-call and duty manager rota with other colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert for nature conservation at Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Queen’s Park, and West Ham Park
- Oversee the day-to-day management of Highgate Wood and most of Hampstead Heath
- Oversee arboriculture / tree management, waste management, conservation, habitat creation/restoration and management, wildlife management, water body management, and climate change adaptation across North London Open Spaces
- Lead and motivate a team of 25-30 multi-skilled professionals committed to the conservation of these four sites
- Ensure compliance with all applicable legislation, including environmental protection, climate change, nature recovery, wildlife protection, flood risk management, and health and safety.
About You
We are looking for a high-energy and innovative leader with a strong background in nature conservation, open space management, and team leadership.
The successful candidate will bring:
- Demonstrable experience in managing complex public open spaces.
- Comprehensive experience developing and delivering biodiversity and land management programmes and projects in a range of habitats, ideally within an urban setting.
- Significant experience managing complex conservation work and projects across varied landscapes
- Significant knowledge of biodiversity and wildlife management, including land and water management.
- Strong experience managing a diverse team of professionals in an operational environment.
- Experience of implementing legislation and policy relevant to biodiversity conservation, planning guidance, and site designation for wildlife conservation and species status designations.
- A highly creative, entrepreneurial and ‘can do’ approach to problem solving, with the ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges.
- Strong quantitative skills and comfort interrogating and analysing data and budgets.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to join a prestigious organisation that protects some of London’s most treasured landscapes.
- Lead through a high-impact role with the opportunity to shape the future of these iconic spaces.
- Work within a supportive and collaborative team that is committed to conservation and community engagement.
- Work across multiple iconic sites.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
How to Apply
If you are excited about the opportunity to play a pivotal role in preserving and enhancing London’s most cherished green spaces, we’d love to hear from you.
Provisional Interview dates: W/C 6th October & 13th October 2025
Closing date: 12 Noon on Monday 22nd September 2025
To apply please click the Apply button.
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide.
We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with a leading literacy charity to recruit for their next Head of Digital.
This charity empowers children, young people and adults from disadvantaged communities with the literacy skills they need to succeed. They work directly with young people and their families, with the 5,000 schools in these communities, with nurseries, prisons, YOIs and through their teams leading community literacy programmes in 20 places in the UK facing the biggest literacy and poverty challenges. Literacy is a vital element of action against poverty and their work changes people's life stories.
Contract: Permanent role
Salary: £50,000 to £55,000
Location: Contracted to London office (SW8 1RL) with flexible home working
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Closing date for applications: Monday 6th October
Interview date: first stage interviews will be held remotely on Friday 17th October with second round held week commencing 27th October
As Head of Digital, your core responsibilities will include:
- Lead the development and implementation of the charity's digital transformation strategy
- Provide digital leadership and expertise across the organisation
- Oversee the development of digital platforms to enhance brand and mission delivery
- Lead the delivery of key digital projects on time and within budget
- Enhance data analysis and CRM capabilities, developing reporting dashboards, generating data-driven insights and making recommendations to optimise performance and growth
- Manage the digital marketing budget and relationships with third-party suppliers
- Work with the Director of Marketing and Communications to build, implement, and maintain a consistent and high impact brand strategy
- Lead high-quality campaign activity on all digital channels, demonstrating the charity's thought leadership and influencing policymakers and politicians and ensuring brand and messaging is consistent through all digital channels
- Oversee development of content for websites, social media and newsletters
- Ensure communications channels influence existing and potential donors and supporters of the charity
We'd love to hear from candidates with the following skills and experience:
- Proven significant experience in senior digital leadership and/or strategy development
- Strong track record of managing agency partnerships
- Expertise in influencing public opinion or behaviour through communications and marketing
- Experience leading and motivating a digital team
- Success in delivering consumer-facing, digital-first campaigns
- Skilled in managing relationships with senior external stakeholders
- Excellent cross-departmental collaboration and communication skills
We're particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates who have the following experience, although this is not essential:
- Experience of contributing to organisational strategy development
- Good understanding of the role of digital marketing to deliver strategic growth
- Knowledge of using data insights to support strategy development
- Knowledge of how behavioural insight can be utilised to deliver behaviour change
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice Wood at Charity People in the first instance.
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.