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About Glitch

We work to ensure that  internet technologies in the information ecosystem do not replicate or further discrimination to Black women and other marginalised people. We’re a Black-led, transnationally-focused remote charity, with the majority of our staff in the UK. 

In the past year, we have been going through a period of growth and change — we have a new Executive Director; we are formalising our Black feminist technology policy approach with a new strategy, and we have a clearer remit in our core issue areas. Our advocacy work also covers broader societal and collective harms such as tech-facilitated gender-based violence, and algorithmic injustice and discrimination, by mitigating and organising for tech governance, platform accountability and direct support for our focal population of Black women and Black gender-expansive people. If you are familiar with our work on online abuse, this is still a core issue area but no longer our sole focus. 

Our values: Accountable, Black feminist, Care-full, Radical, Thoughtful

Key Details

• Contract type: 1 year fixed-to-permanent (subject to funding)

• Hours: Full-time (32 hours per week - Monday to Thursday) 

• Benefits: 

  • Four day work week (Fridays off)

  • 5% employer pension contribution (with minimum 3% employee contribution)

  • Wellbeing budget £500 annually

  • 23 days annual leave (including bank holidays, allowance is pro-rata for four day work week)

  • Annual team retreat

  • 9 paid sick days

  • Private healthcare

  • Two-week December shutdown for the end-of-year period (not deducted from annual leave allowance) 

Role Overview

Glitch is looking for an Advocacy and Communications Manager to help support the charity's work — ensuring technology does not further or replicate discrimination towards Black women and gender-expansive people. This position offers the opportunity to lead on UK tech policy developing and promoting our Black feminist approach to key UK legislation through advocacy and communications to relevant audiences and stakeholders. 

Specifically, you will lead on our tech-facilitated gender-based violence issue area, working on the Online Safety Act and engaging with relevant government ministers and parliamentarians, as well as our online violence against women coalition partners, and the Online Safety Act Network. This role blends elements to advocacy and pub The position is remote (UK only) and is a one year, fixed-to-permanent role, extension subject to funding.

Ideal Candidate

To be successful at Glitch, the Advocacy & Communications Manager must demonstrate an understanding of and passion for Black feminist thought, and the ability to translate this critical social theory into advocacy and communications work, specifically in pushing towards systemic change with/in: tech policy, digital rights, tech-facilitated gender-based violence and algorithmic injustice. 

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum three years experience working in communications, policy or research function at a UK, EU or US think tank, charity or non-profit in the area of tech law, tech or digital policy, or human rights and technology.

• A degree in a relevant field (i.e, public policy, international relations, law, computer science, digital media and society, culture, media and society, media and communications). 

• Knowledge of UK government and legislative decision-making processes.

• Experience creating and disseminating complex information to various audiences across newsletters and social media.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A proactive, thoughtful, and collaborative working style.

• For this role, candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

At Glitch, we are committed to providing equal opportunities for employment on our team. All applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We strongly encourage Black women and gender-expansive people to apply!

Key Responsibilities

As the Advocacy and Communications Manager, you will support the team in working towards our mission in several core areas: 

Advocacy (50%)

• Support the Advocacy Director in the delivery of the Mitigation strand of advocacy work.

• Implement all policy work related to tech-facilitated gender-based violence, including but not limited to our intimate image abuse work, non-criminal redress, and automated content moderation.

• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including Ofcom and UK regulatory bodies, our network engagements, civil society, and others, attending meetings as determined by the Advocacy Director.

• Draft agendas for coalition meetings, taking minutes and actions, building and mobilising our partnership network around submissions, PMQs and other key parliamentary processes.

• Undertake regular policy and media monitoring and share updates and intel

• Support on the drafting of all external policy requests (briefings, statements, joint letters).

• Build relationships with external key figures in the UK including government ministers and civil servants. 

• Own the management and updating of our CRM, ensuring monthly maintenance of our records of interactions with key individuals and organisations.

Strategic Communications (50%)

• Ensure that communications outputs are of the highest standard and respond to the needs of the target audience(s) in order to inform or influence. 

• Develop communications strategies and content for all advocacy activities requiring public dissemination.

• Create compelling content for social media posts, to promote awareness of our programmes and advocacy work.

• Represent Glitch through writing blogs and commentary on issues relating to our core issues areas.

• Lead and develop the content calendar for the newsletter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

• Support with virtual or offline event promotion and meeting minutes.

Person Specification

Essential qualifications and experience

• Experience with policy, research and/or campaigning work ideally in a social justice or tech for good environment.

• Experience working in communications, particularly Instagram and LinkedIn

• Experience working with communications software or platforms (our communications stack is Mailchimp and Canva).

• Experience of writing and editing in a specific tone of voice, with a compelling style with excellent spelling, grammar and style.

• IT skills, including Google Suite and Beacon CRM, and project management tools like ClickUp and Slack. 

• Remote work experience.

Essential knowledge and capabilities

• Good knowledge and understanding of current debates in technology and human rights, tech-facilitated gender-based violences, and the experiences of Black women and other marginalised communities online.

• Understanding of working with Government, Parliament and international institutions.

• Understanding of the policymaking process in the UK and working with Government, and Parliamentarians.

• Ability to nurture strategic relationships and influence key people or organisations. 

• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and time management skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a small team.

• Commitment to our mission and values.

Desirable

• Video editing and scripting skills.

• Advanced design skills. 

We are seeking a motivated and proactive individual to join our friendly and supportive team to lead on individual giving, in memory and lottery fundraising - income streams that collectively raise over £1.5m each year. These income streams are at the centre of our new fundraising strategy, and we hope to build on our strong local reputation and loyal supporter base to grow income over the next five years, through online and offline acquisition and retention campaigns.

The successful applicant for this role will have strong experience in individual giving, but equally important is a curious, can-do attitude and a willingness to try new things and learn from mistakes. The right person will thrive in a busy environment and enjoy creating and delivering plans, events and campaigns, being both strategic and hands-on.

Our fundraising team offers a supportive and fun environment, with flexibility including up to 40% working from home, if desired, and a close connection to the work you will be fundraising for - our office looks over the Inpatient Unit and our supporters are passionate about giving back.

Other benefits include free parking and a generous holiday allowance with the ability to buy and sell additional holiday. You can view more information about our range of benefits on our website.

Applicants should be prepared for a two stage interview process, with first interviews held over Microsoft Teams the week of 6th October, and second interviews in person in Pembury the following week.

For more information or for an informal chat about the role, please contact Sarah Bowes, Head of Public Fundraising

To apply, please visit our website.

Already experienced in Special Education needs, delivering and facilitating youth projects and looking for a chance to make a big difference to the lives of learning disabled and autistic young people?

Ready to be part of a growing team at a community youth organisation based in Westminster?

We are Caxton Youth Organisation. We are a specialist youth club, creating community, breaking barriers and empowering learning disabled and autistic young people. Over the next three years and beyond, we will aim to reach more disabled young people and become more youth-led - and you could help make that happen.

There are many reasons why the work Caxton Youth Organisation does is important. At Caxton, we want to shape a more inclusive society free from disabling barriers where all young people can lead happy, healthy and more independent lives.

Our team of qualified youth workers and practitioners create a safe, welcoming and inclusive space in the community where disabled and autistic young people can make friends, learn new skills, build confidence, and be themselves.

We're a small charity but our work and impact is long-lasting and holistic. For everyone who works at Caxton, it's more than just a job. All the team want to make a lasting difference to the young people we work with. If this sounds like something you want to be part of then we hope you will consider joining our organisation.

Purpose of the role:

• To provide innovative, exciting and accessible youth work and youth projects to disabled young people aged 11-25 years old.
• To support the running of Girls Group aged 11 – 25 years, including accompanying minibus runs.
• To provide additional support to programme leads where your contribution can make the most meaningful difference. Our programmes are: Independence, Social and Emotional Wellbeing, Employment Support, Creating Communities and Opportunities (cultural experiences), Changemakers (social action), Health and Getting Active (health and fitness) and Greener Futures (environment).
• To support the delivery of our holiday programmes and residentials, providing overnight disturbance cover where you will be responsible for our female members.

Required skills, knowledge and qualifications

• A minimum of 1 years experience in the youth work sector.
• A minimum in Level 2 Youth Work or working towards a qualification.
• A highly motivated, passionate and creative youth worker.
• Strong empathy and a person centred approach.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• A strong understanding of the principles of youth work as a distinctive practice of informal education and voluntary participation.
• An informed understanding of inclusive practice, with an enthusiasm to learn more and share your knowledge.
• Confident use of Microsoft packages.
• A good understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality.
• Able to work as part of a team and to use own initiative.
• Willing to work regular evening youth clubs, stay on overnight on residentials and work the (very) occassional weekend.

Desirable

• Experience of supporting learning disabled and autistic young people.
• Knowledge of Makaton or other communication aids.
• To have a driving licence
• Ability to drive a minibus (including a D1 licence and MIDAS qualification).
• First aid and/or mental health first aid training.

Essential Safer Recruitment Criteria

1. A cleared Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. This check is necessary as the work involves dealing with or having access to children and vulnerable adults whilst undertaking normal duties.

2. The candidate must be able to provide at least two relevant references prior to taking up the post.

Caxton Youth Organisation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider all reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010) to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups’.

*For genuine occupational requirement reasons we are seeking female applicants only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1).  

Please note that interviews will take place on Tuesday 21st or Thursday 23rd October.

About the role

Kids Cancer Charity have been supporting children affected by cancer from all over the UK since 1989.  Life changes when a child is diagnosed with cancer, every aspect of their life and that of their family is thrown into turmoil.  We offer support through our care breaks and Play Therapy during treatment and beyond.

We are looking for a passionate, talented Trusts and Foundations Manager to join our ambitious, successful Fundraising team that has been growing year-on-year since 1989 as we approach our new fundraising strategy.

Role summary and purpose

This role is responsible for managing and developing the charity’s portfolio of Trusts and Foundations, securing significant gifts and growing the long-term potential of this portfolio.  There are no direct reports, however the successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the General Manager, to build and develop cases for support to help fund our much-needed work.

The successful candidate will utilise their expert writing skills to shape those cases for support into compelling, high-quality proposals and reports.

Building relationships with a wide range of audiences including funders is key. Inspiring them to support families affected by cancer across the UK.

A dynamic, self-motivated, ambitious and pro-active fundraiser is required for this role, demonstrating enthusiasm for the projects and services we are seeking funds to support.

About you

The ideal candidate for this role will have experience and a proven track record of successful income generation and delivering against targets.

You will have demonstratable experience in researching potential Trust funders, submitting compelling proposals, securing funding and project managing successful bids through to completion of the grant award.

You will also have a background in report writing and demonstrating grant impact whilst being able to build relationships with funders, individual/major donors and senior stakeholders.

Experience of providing excellent supporter care, building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with funders is a must for this role.

Key responsibilities

Research and process management

· Work closely with our General Manager and fundraising team to fully understand our work, and the costs of delivering our work.

· Build strong cases for support, ensuring that you have all the information needed to create compelling proposals and reports for high and mid-value funders.

· Research and identify prospective trusts and foundations and other grant giving bodies.

· Grow and maintain a strong trust funding pipeline, creating new trust prospects for our priority funding areas.

· Develop our long-term trusts and foundations strategy and agree ongoing budgets and targets for this income stream.

· Maintain accurate records including tracking and analysing opportunities, results, and outcomes.

Fundraising 

· Identify and manage a pipeline of high-value prospects and opportunities which have the potential to deliver five- and six-figure grants.

.         Oversee the Trusts Team in delivering to develop and deliver persuasive and timely funding applications.

· Develop relationships with staff members and other key stakeholders across the charity maximising every opportunity for cultivation and development.

· Plan and organise opportunities for funders to view Kids Cancers Charity’s work first-hand, ensuring all safeguarding procedures are followed and met.

Reporting

· Compile comprehensive and compelling progress reports to feed back to grant makers in a timely fashion and incentivise continued support.

· Alongside the General Manager prepare accurate budgets detailing spending of specific grants.

· Draw down on any multi-year grants as outlined in our annual budget.

· Provide briefing notes and income pipeline on donor activities and potential funding opportunities.

At Home-Start Barnet, we believe every child deserves the best possible start. We walk alongside families with young children, offering non-judgmental support through life’s toughest times. Now, we’re looking for a passionate and dedicated Family Support Coordinator to join our team.

This role focuses mainly on families living in Brent and Barnet, with children aged under 5. Since the pandemic, there has been a noted decline in the readiness of children in starting school, and there has been a greater identification of neurodivergence and complex additional needs at an early age. For many of our families, this has been even more impactful due to the multiple vulnerability factors that many families are experiencing – many are migrant and transient families, lone parents, those living in poverty, having multiple young children in a single household, with experience of domestic abuse or substance use.

About the Role

As a Family Support Coordinator, you’ll play a vital role in helping families with young children who are experiencing multiple challenges. You’ll:

• Work directly with families to help children meet key early years milestones and prepare for school.

• Run parenting workshops, stay and play groups and peer-support sessions that empower parents

• Recruit, train, and support a team of incredible volunteers who make a lasting difference in children’s lives.

• Collaborate with professionals across health, education, and social care to provide a truly joined-up approach to family support.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a warm, committed, and supportive team who share your passion for making a difference.

• Receive a thorough induction, work shadowing, and ongoing training to help you succeed.

• Benefit from regular supervision and peer support to keep you motivated and supported.

• Work flexibly – we welcome applications for both full-time and part-time positions.

About You

We’re looking for someone who:

• Understands the challenges families face and how these impact childhood development.

• Has experience of supporting vulnerable families, ideally in early years or family services.

• Can confidently coordinate volunteers and inspire them to achieve the best outcomes.

• Brings empathy, resilience, and excellent communication skills.

SLRA is a well-established local migrant support organisation working with and for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants who are at risk or in crisis as a result of immigration issues. We provide specialist immigration advice (SLRA is regulated to provide advice at IAA Level 3) as well as a broad range of practical, social and therapeutic support services. SLRA also campaigns for a fairer immigration system, involving local people with lived experience in influencing local and national policy and practice.

We are looking for a Senior Immigration Advisor and/or Solicitor who will be responsible for the delivery of immigration advice and casework to service users in a wide range of circumstances, although most will be rough sleepers. The work will be varied and will cover a broad range of asylum and immigration issues, along with the opportunity to support advocacy work and to improve access to justice.

We would love to hear from you if you:

Are an Immigration Advisor regulated at IAA Level 3 and/or qualified solicitor with substantial relevant experience of providing high quality advice and casework to clients.

Have a good understanding of a wide range of legal, rights and entitlements issues as they relate to immigration and asylum, along with knowledge of and empathy with the backgrounds and experiences of migrants who are in crisis or at risk

Benefits include:

• 25 days holiday per year (with 3 additional days when the office is closed at Christmas) plus bank holidays. 
• Additional long service annual leave days up to a maximum of an additional 5 days per year. 
• Flexible and family friendly working arrangements including compressed hours and school term time working.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution. 
• Commitment to staff learning and development.
• Cyclescheme and travelcard loans. 

DEADLINE: Rolling deadline, applications will be reviewed on submission and successful candidates invited to interview straight away.

For all roles, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals, and those who are migrants or refugees, and who have lived experience of the hostile immigration system. We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network, which aims to create a charitable sector that is led by people with lived experience of the asylum and immigration system. As part of this network, we challenge the one-size-fits-all approach in our employment practices, and respect personal circumstances and needs of people with lived experience. Please feel free to use information and resources on their website which may help in preparing your job application. 

Role Purpose

• To provide psychosocial assessments and bereavement support interventions to children and young people and/or their significant adults or professionals (as appropriate) who are experiencing moderate levels of psychological distress as a result of a bereavement through the Winston’s Wish On Demand services as required.
• To work with children and young people and/or their significant adults (as appropriate) using a range of supportive methods, approaches and techniques, functioning at level 2 of the NICE psychological framework.
• To provide psychosocial education to children and young people and/or their significant adults (as appropriate) about grief, bereavement and coping skills.
• To carry out comprehensive risk assessments with children and young people, and/or their significant adults (as appropriate), and to liaise with relevant external agencies—including social services, the police, general practitioners, and parents or carers—following the safeguarding policy.
• To conduct referral callbacks on a regular weekly basis, applying clinical judgement to ensure that each child or young person is supported in accessing the most appropriate services for their individual needs at that time.
• To co-facilitate therapeutic group sessions in collaboration with the clinical team, and to deliver one-off psychosocial educational groups as required.
• To accurately record and maintain individual case data within the organisation’s CRM system, in accordance with Winston’s Wish policies and procedures. This includes documenting contact notes, safeguarding concerns, and any information shared with external agencies and parents/carers (as appropriate).

Main Responsibilities

Communication and Relationships

• Communicate effectively within the organisation and externally including liaising appropriately with social care, health care and mental health professionals such as schools, social services, CAMHS and GPs.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information to stakeholders.
• Manage individuals and groups, including those who may be distressed by the information given to them. 
• Establish excellent internal working relationships with peers and colleagues. 
• Model the values and culture of the organisation in interactions and relationships at work.
• Build and maintain trusting, empathetic relationships with children, young people, and their significant adults, ensuring interactions are trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate.
• Adapt communication style and approach to suit the needs, preferences, and emotional states of service users, including those with neurodiverse profiles or communication difficulties.
• Provide clear, compassionate explanations of support options, safeguarding procedures, and next steps to children, young people, and families.
• Maintain professional boundaries while fostering a safe and supportive environment for service users.
• Respond to challenging or emotionally charged situations with sensitivity, professionalism, and a focus on empathy and support.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of communications and decisions in line with organisational policies and data protection regulations.

Knowledge, training and experience

• Assess and engage in interventions with children and young people and/or their significant adult (as appropriate) in accordance with best practice.
• Complete comprehensive assessments which include assessments of risk and determining appropriate level of response/intervention.
• To be accountable for ensuring own practice meets minimum national standards and is compliant with professional Code of Conduct.
• Maintain knowledge about current, evidence-based practice.
• To maintain a personal profile of professional development in accordance with professional requirements/governing bodies.
• Demonstrate knowledge of all relevant policies and procedures.
• To practice in accordance with relevant legislation involving Safeguarding Children and Young People, Safeguarding Adults and the Mental Capacity Act and to be able to provide advice and guidance to other professionals.
• Provide supervision to volunteers in group or individually as needed.

Analytical and judgment skills

• To work within given frameworks for good and best practice.
• To participate appropriately in meetings to plan and/or evaluate strategies of care.
• Responsible for the provision of accurate and timely data to support team and organisational needs. 

All Staff

• Contribute to the vision and mission of Winston's Wish; whilst embedding the values into your daily work activities.
• Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.
• Contribute to the overall success of the charity’s fundraising needs by providing case studies, attending events and adding value to the experience of our supporters as required.
• Contribute to the brand and reach of the charity by working alongside our Marketing & Communications Team when relevant press opportunities arise or when required for social media and online content (including the use of photography).
• Work to objectives, targets and work plans agreed with your line manager.
• Undertake specific projects and other ad hoc duties agreed with your line manager, fulfilling any deadlines, reviews and reporting procedures required.
• Take an active part in the Quarterly review process and participate in training agreed with your line manager.
• Recognise and champion the lived experience of children and young people with bereavement within your work.
• Ensure the health and safety of all colleagues, volunteers and visitors in accordance with Winston’s Wish policy.

As our Relationship Fundraiser you'll work with colleagues, Trustees, and supporters to explore the relationships they hold, and how they can add value to our mission.You’ll undertake prospect identification, research, and plan approaches to develop relationships with, and income from, corporate and individual supporters.You’ll play a key role in creating and managing relationships within the engineering community, raising funds for, and awareness of, the vital support we provide for people when life becomes challenging.We find creative ways of working as a team and look to showcase the individual talents and personalities that people bring to their role.

The Head of Data & Technology will play a central role in delivering our mission to transform outcomes for everyone affected by ovarian cancer. This is a newly created leadership role, and an exciting opportunity to own and lead the entire technology & data programme for the organisation.

As Head of Data & Technology, you will ensure that we’re maximizing the functionality of our fundraising database (Raiser’s Edge), make proposals to SLT spanning topics from cyber security and technology strategy to compliance and internal capability and skills, and deliver tangible improvements to how the organisation works. This is a varied and crucial role and the postholder will have a real opportunity to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy. 

You will be supported by a forward-thinking SLT, a range of great suppliers (including an outsourced IT provider and data protection advisors) and the wider Corporate Services team.

The job description for this role is broad and we are not expecting applicants to have deep technical experience in every area of the role – but we would love tohear from anyone who can meet the following key requirements:

• Experience of working with, and maximising the effectiveness of, fundraising databases. 

• A collaborative colleague who enjoys working with others to understand across an organisation and solve problems using technology.

• A strategic thinker who is able to shape strategy, as well as diving into the detail when required. 

• A great project manager.

• A problem solver who is able to resourcefully manage a broad portfolio of work. 

• A passion for using technology and data to amplify impact. 

This is a permanent, full time role. We currently offer a hybrid-working model. This means you may usually work from your home or remote location, but are expected to attend meetings and pay for your own travel to the office in London.

If you’d like any more information on the role, please contact us.

Please visit our website for details on how to apply.

Please submit your application by 11.59pm 5 October 2025.

Interview process:  

• First round – Thursday 9th October, focusing on skills & experience, may include a brief assessment tbc, in person in central London

• Second round – Monday 13th October, focusing on values & behaviors, held online via Teams. Second round candidates will also be invited to informally meet individuals in key roles via a 20-30 minute informal Teams call on the same day. 

For both rounds, some questions will be shared in advance.