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ID: 1866 Participation & Co-production Lead (London Region)
Service: Family Action London Region Services
Salary:
- Grade 3 point 24-28
- Starting at £36,501 - £40,024 FTE per annum (£21,900.60 - £24,014.40 per annum, pro rata)
- Inclusive of £3,866 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum
Location: London Region (hybrid working arrangements available, subject to service requirements).
Hours: Part-time, 22.2 hours per week (0.6 FTE). We offer flexible working arrangements.
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent position (funding is currently secured for two years and may be extended if additional funding is secured).
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and strengthen participation and co-production across Family Action's London services. This role will enable children, young people, families and adults to influence the design, delivery, evaluation and continuous improvement of services, ensuring that lived experience is at the heart of decision-making.
As the regional lead for participation and co-production, you will provide leadership and specialist advice to managers, build organisational capacity, and establish sustainable participation structures across London. While the role has a broad regional remit, youth participation will be the initial priority area.
Main Responsibilities:
· Lead and champion participation and co-production across Family Action's London services.
· Support the implementation, development and continuous improvement of Family Action's national Participation and Co-production Strategy across London services, ensuring regional learning and lived experience inform organisational practice.
· Coordinate regional participation initiatives, including advisory groups, consultations, engagement activities and co-production opportunities.
· Establish sustainable participation structures, including a Young People's Advisory Group during the initial phase of the role.
· Support managers and teams to embed inclusive participation and co-production approaches within services.
· Work collaboratively with EDI, Learning & Development, Practice Development and Communications colleagues to promote participation, share learning and communicate impact.
· Monitor, evaluate and evidence impact, contributing to service improvement, partnership development and future sustainability.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
We are looking for someone with:
· Experience of leading, facilitating and embedding participation, engagement and co-production approaches within services or organisations.
· Experience of influencing managers, leading projects and driving positive organisational change.
· Experience of working with diverse communities, including people experiencing disadvantage, inequality or social exclusion.
· Experience of facilitating inclusive engagement and empowering people with lived experience to influence decisions affecting their lives and communities.
· Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
· Knowledge of participation and co-production principles, frameworks and methodologies.
· A strong commitment to participation, co-production and ensuring the voices of people with lived experience shape service development.
Desirable:
· Personal lived experience relevant to the communities we support.
· Knowledge of national participation structures, standards and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, and after a full year of service, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Sunday, 20th September 2026 at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place from 14th-15th October 2026 at Family Action Head Office, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: austra.welburn (full email addres located on advert document)
All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Actionbecause we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



As part of the leadership team, you'll hold ultimate responsibility across our democratic lottery delivery teams, develop partnerships, and help shape where we go next as an organisation. You'll grow our opportunities through a considered and systematic approach to business development - new applications, bids and partnerships - and the revenue that comes with them, with support from the team.
This is a role for someone who's genuinely committed to democratic renewal, and good at bringing people together across different contexts and cultures.
Key Responsibilities
Please see the recruitment pack for more details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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CAHN is seeking an ambitious, creative and experienced Head of Fundraising & Events to lead our fundraising and events portfolio and help drive the organisation’s next phase of growth.
You will lead fundraising development, identify new income opportunities, build strong relationships with funders, corporate partners and supporters, and deliver high-profile events that generate income, engagement and impact.
Working closely with senior colleagues and external stakeholders, you will combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery to grow sustainable income, strengthen partnerships and maximise opportunities for CAHN.
We are looking for a confident and results-driven professional with a proven fundraising and events track record, excellent relationship-building skills and a passion for tackling health inequalities affecting Black Caribbean and African communities.
This is your opportunity to use your expertise, creativity and leadership to help create lasting change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Join us as our Community Fundraising Manager (maternity cover) at The Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity and play a key role in growing our community fundraising programme. You will inspire and support individuals, schools, groups and organisations to raise vital funds through creative and engaging fundraising activities, while leading the strategy, development and delivery of our fundraising campaigns to maximise income and help make a lasting difference.
As Community Fundraising Manager you will:
If you are motivated by purpose, value and integrity, and want your work to have real-world impact, we would love to hear from you. While this is a fixed term contract there is potential for this to be extended depending on organisational requirements and growth.
The closing date/time for applications is midnight on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis from Monday 21 September and could close the vacancy early if a suitable applicant is appointed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will use a wide range of commercial and interpersonal skills to develop the way our services support children, young people and families.
The core area of your work will be working with teams of Barnardo's colleagues to produce compelling proposals to commissioners and partners in Scotland and Northern Ireland. As such, you'll be able to demonstrate:
You will need to be a good writer, communicating ideas effectively on paper with an ability to analyse large volumes of information to develop clear and compelling responses to tenders. It is critical that you can build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support the development of proposals and service design.
You will manage all aspects of proposals and tenders, leading the development and delivery of bids, working to deadlines, ensuring that we present strong business cases and bids that underpin successful outcomes. In addition, there will be the opportunity to help us develop new services and innovations in priority growth areas, monitor market intelligence, assess commercial and contract risks and work alongside operational colleagues in Children's Services.
Your project management skills may have been developed in any sector, and may need further development, but your commitment to the work we do will be demonstrated by your enthusiasm and ability to learn. In Business Development we are a supportive team, with stimulating and challenging work and extensive opportunities to learn and to help Barnardo's transform the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children.
These roles will operate on a 'Work from Anywhere' basis, meaning that you can work both from home and/or from an office 'hub' that's nearest to where you live. Some travel across Scotland and Northern Ireland may be required.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
We're here to help children and young people feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful – and have somewhere they feel they belong.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for an inspiring Head of Community Delivery to join our London-based team. This is a senior leadership role within our Delivery Team, where you’ll play a key part in shaping and delivering AllChild’s place-based programmes, ensuring they create meaningful and lasting impact across your region.
Across the UK, millions of children and young people are facing complex social and emotional challenges. AllChild works within local communities and wider support systems to identify and support children and young people most at risk of poor social, emotional and academic outcomes. Through our two-year Impact Programme, we help build a joined-up network of support around each child and family, working in partnership with schools, local services and community organisations.
For further information, please view the Job Pack.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 25 September 2026.
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We are looking for experienced social workers to help take the Weekenders programme into its next chapter. You will join a small, ambitious charity and play a central role in growing a relational, child-focused programme across England.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Salary: starting from £40,000, subject to experience
Hours: full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: home-based within England, with regular team co-working and travel
Contracts: one permanent post and two 18-month fixed-term posts
Flexibility: occasional evening or weekend delivery, usually around once per month
Travel: across England, including occasional overnight stays; reasonable expenses are covered
ABOUT NOW FOSTER
Now Foster brings together social work, service design, lived experience and innovation to transform fostering in England. Our vision is to bring many more wonderful people into fostering so that more children and young people can experience stable, meaningful relationships with caring adults.
We are a small team with big ambitions. We value creativity, collaboration, learning and continuous improvement, and we work with partners who share our determination to do better for children and families.
ABOUT WEEKENDERS
Weekenders is our flagship programme. We recruit and support weekend foster carers – known as Weekenders – who build regular, long-term relationships with children and young people supported by local authorities. It is about showing up, making a difference and becoming an adult a young person can count on.
The programme is entering an exciting period of growth. We are expanding our partnerships with Regional Care Cooperatives, Fostering Hubs and local authorities across England, currently including London, the South West, North West and North East.
THE ROLE – Lead delivery, develop people and stay close to practice
As a Weekenders Programme Manager, you will turn our ambition into consistently excellent delivery. You will lead the day-to-day support of applicants across an agreed portfolio of areas, making sure prospective Weekenders receive a warm, responsive and motivational experience and that our partners can rely on us to deliver what we have agreed.
This is a people-management and delivery role with a strong connection to practice. You will line-manage Journey Guides, manage a network of independent social workers (ISWs), lead our prep group training and undertake some intro chats yourself.
The role does not carry a statutory caseload. It does carry real responsibility for safeguarding, practice quality, operational oversight and relationships across a growing, geographically distributed programme.
Delivery Leadership: Lead programme delivery
Take day-to-day responsibility for Weekenders delivery across an agreed portfolio of Fostering Hubs and local authority partners.
Turn partnership agreements and local processes into clear applicant journeys, with roles, handovers and timescales understood by everyone involved.
Plan capacity across Journey Guides, ISWs, prep group training and your own direct work so that delivery keeps pace with demand.
Monitor applicant progress, identify delays or risks early and work with colleagues and partners to find practical solutions.
Maintain a consistent Now Foster experience across regions while adapting thoughtfully to local contexts.
People Management: Manage and develop Journey Guides
Provide reflective one-to-one and group supervision, clear objectives and timely feedback.
Allocate work fairly, monitor workloads and create the structure needed for responsive applicant support.
Coach Journey Guides in relationship-based, strengths-based and motivational conversations, using observation, role play and practice review where helpful.
Support sound judgement, safe practice and professional boundaries, addressing performance or wellbeing concerns early and constructively.
Build a connected team culture in which people share learning, ask for help and take ownership.
Practice Oversight: Manage ISWs and assure practice quality
Build and maintain a reliable pool of qualified, registered ISWs to undertake initial home visits and teach on prep group training days.
Coordinate ISW recruitment, onboarding, availability, allocation and briefing in line with our safer recruitment and practice arrangements.
Set clear expectations for the quality, timeliness and tone of home visits, written outputs, training and feedback.
Review quality, provide constructive feedback and address concerns promptly, while forecasting capacity and arranging cover.
Training: Plan, staff and lead prep group training
Own the planning and delivery of prep group training across programme areas, including schedules, venues or online delivery, materials, communications and staffing.
Facilitate and teach on prep groups, modelling inclusive, relational and reflective practice.
Brief and support ISW co-facilitators so sessions are coherent, well-paced and grounded in the realities of fostering.
Make sure applicants can reflect meaningfully on children's needs, safer caring, trauma-informed care, cultural matching and working with fostering services.
Ensure observations and training feedback are recorded sensitively and on time, and use feedback to strengthen future delivery.
Relationships: Stay close to applicants and partners
Undertake some intro chats, particularly where additional experience, judgement or continuity is needed.
Step into complex applicant situations or difficult conversations without taking over work appropriately held by Journey Guides.
Develop trusted operational relationships with Fostering Hubs, Regional Care Cooperatives, local authority fostering teams and other partners.
Work through differences or blockages constructively, combining persistence with curiosity about other people's pressures and perspectives.
Programme Addurance: Safeguarding, quality and improvement
Promote a strong safeguarding culture and ensure concerns are recognised, recorded and escalated appropriately.
Maintain accurate, timely records and use pipeline data, feedback and practice observations to understand performance and improve delivery.
Contribute to the development of tools, guidance, communications and digital workflows as Weekenders grows.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR – Experience, judgement and a strongly relational approach
Essential
You will need a recognised social work qualification and current registration with Social Work England. Beyond that, we are looking for someone who can combine strong practice judgement with people leadership and operational oversight.
You will thrive in this role if you have
People-management experience – line-managing, supervising or developing staff, including giving feedback and supporting performance and wellbeing.
Operational leadership – experience leading a service, programme or complex workflow with multiple people, deadlines and handovers.
Children's services experience – in fostering, children's social care or a closely related setting, with a sound understanding of safeguarding and professional accountability.
Training confidence – experience planning and delivering engaging adult learning, workshops or group training.
Partnership skills – experience building productive relationships across organisational boundaries and working through operational challenges.
A relational approach – able to hold warm, purposeful and appropriately challenging conversations with people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Strong organisation and judgement – able to prioritise, delegate, manage dependencies and recognise what needs closer oversight or escalation.
Digital and data confidence – comfortable using CRM and workflow systems, interpreting delivery information and turning insight into action.
The way you work matters
Children first – you keep children's needs, relationships and long-term outcomes at the centre of decisions.
Warm and reflective – you build genuine relationships, remain curious about your own impact and welcome feedback.
Courageous and accountable – you name concerns, make decisions, follow through and own mistakes.
Collaborative – you share learning generously while maintaining clear accountability.
Adaptable – you are comfortable in a small, ambitious organisation where roles and systems continue to evolve.
Bonus points for
Lived experience of the care system.
Training or experience in motivational interviewing, systemic practice, coaching or another relational approach.
Experience of foster carer recruitment, initial visits, assessment, prep groups, panel or post-approval support.
Experience commissioning, coordinating or quality-assuring ISWs, associates or other independent practitioners.
A practice educator, adult-teaching or training qualification, or substantial equivalent experience.
Experience scaling a service across regions or working with a dispersed team and multiple delivery partners.
Project, budget, contract, risk or resource-management experience.
Experience of co-production, service design or continuous improvement.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU
Joining Now Foster means being part of something different. We are small, ambitious and innovative, and you will have genuine influence over how Weekenders grows. You will stay close to practice and impact without carrying a statutory caseload.
You will join a supportive, collaborative team that cares about doing excellent work in a sustainable and humane way. We work a 37.5-hour week and trust people to manage their time with balance. The programme sometimes requires evening work, weekend training days or travel, and we flex working time around those commitments.
Salary from £40,000.
28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
Home-based working with regular co-working and team days.
Travel and reasonable work expenses covered in line with Now Foster policy.
The tools and technology you need to work effectively.
Workplace pension scheme
The opportunity to help build a bold, lasting and more relational approach to fostering.
We know strong candidates do not always meet every desirable criterion. If the purpose of the role excites you and your experience gives you a strong foundation for the essentials, we encourage you to apply.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS – Key dates and how to apply
Early application is encouraged. We may close the advert before 20 September if we receive a sufficient number of strong applications.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply through the Charity Jobs listing by the closing date. Candidates invited to interview will receive further information about the format and preparation in advance.
You must have the right to work in the UK. Appointment is subject to current registration with Social Work England, a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and our other safer recruitment requirements.
We recognise that candidates may use generative AI tools to support their application. This is acceptable, but your application must remain an authentic reflection of your own experience and motivation. Please tell us if and how you used AI as part of preparing it.
As a small charity unfortunately we do not have capacity to respond to unsuccessful candidates or offer feedback at the application stage. Please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion if you do not hear from us before the interview dates.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
Now Foster is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. Recruitment decisions are made using fair, objective and transparent criteria, and we will make reasonable adjustments so the process is accessible.
If you want to help grow a pioneering programme, develop a thoughtful team and create more lasting relationships for children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
Your answers to the four questions when you click apply are what we assess. All answers up to 300 words. Allow around 90 minutes in total. We ask for a CV because the platform requires one, but we score the questions first and use the CV only for factual checks after shortlisting.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Overview:
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with our client on a fantastic Philanthropy Manager (part-time) role. This position involves cultivating relationships with high-net-worth individuals and philanthropic donors to support impactful education programmes in developing regions, through personalised engagement and strategic fundraising.
Key Responsibilities:
Person Specification:
What’s on Offer:
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
Please note a covering letter is required in order to be considered for the post.
Are you an experienced community engagement professional who would love to use your skills to help us Beat Macular Disease?
Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research, and the best advice and support.
To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to beat macular disease forever.
This is a permanent, part-time job-share role working Monday and Tuesday. You will work closely with the existing Community Engagement Manager, who works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, providing an important overlap day on Tuesday.
The role covers the whole of the South of England, including London. You will help strengthen community connections, support volunteers and local groups, and build relationships with organisations and stakeholders across the region.
Key accountabilities of the role:
Support community groups and peer networks across the South of England, including London.
Lead local community engagement and ensure community insight informs wider work.
Work closely with the other job-share postholder to provide clear handovers and consistent support.
Support and engage volunteers in partnership with the Volunteer and Group Support Team.
Build relationships with community organisations, healthcare professionals and other key partners.
Gather and share insight to help shape services and organisational decisions.
Support relevant fundraising and partnership opportunities.
Provide information, advice and learning to external partners.
Maintain knowledge of local and national services to support signposting and referrals.
Plan volunteer development and community engagement activities.
Promote inclusive, accessible and welcoming approaches. You will have experience of community engagement, partnership working or service delivery and be confident building trusted relationships with a wide range of people and organisations.
You will be able to work independently, manage competing priorities and work effectively as part of a job-share arrangement. Strong communication, organisation and IT skills are essential.
In return we provide a great working culture and offer flexible working options, 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one year's service, pro rata for part-time employees, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies and a 6% pension contribution.
In line with our value of “Showing we care”,we ask that the covering letter is written in your own words and not heavily reliant on AI-generated content.
Closing date: Monday 21 September 2026
We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
Travel across the South of England, including London, will be required, along with occasional attendance at events or meetings at our Andover office.
Please submit a covering letter
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A varied, practical support role at the heart of Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
Executive Assistant
Salary: Starting in the region of £25,526 per annum, pro rata for part time
Salary band: Rank 5 (£25,526 - £28,978 per annum FTE)
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Full time or Part Time
Location: Bickley Hall Farm, Malpas, SY14 8EF – Hybrid Working
About Us
Cheshire Wildlife Trust is the region’s leading independent wildlife charity working across Cheshire, Halton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington and Wirral for over 60 years.
Wildlife is in decline and the climate crisis is accelerating — but change is possible. At Cheshire Wildlife Trust, we’re working towards a bold vision: by 2030, nature is in recovery and more people are taking action for wildlife.
About You and the Role
At Cheshire Wildlife Trust, we’re working for a wilder future across Cheshire. We’re looking for a capable, conscientious Executive Assistant to help our CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Board of Trustees stay organised, informed and on track.
This is a hands-on administrative role in a small, friendly charity. You’ll help arrange meetings, share papers, track actions, maintain records, support communications and make sure the right people have what they need at the right time.
The role will suit someone organised, dependable and detail-focused: a practical all-rounder who takes pride in accuracy, follows through on tasks and enjoys keeping things running smoothly.
You may have experience as an administrator, team assistant, office coordinator, secretary, governance assistant or similar. You’ll be confident using common office systems, communicating clearly and warmly, and handling confidential information with care.
In return, you’ll join a welcoming organisation with varied work, great benefits, flexible full or part-time hours and the chance to support work that helps nature recover across Cheshire.
At Cheshire Wildlife Trust we embrace agile working with a focus on supporting you to achieve your objectives alongside a healthy work-life balance. We operate a hybrid working policy with most staff working at least part of the week from home and/or out on site.
We are open to both full-time and part-time applicants. We’re happy to discuss working patterns with candidates.
Closing date: Sunday 4 October 2026
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
You may be required to carry out a DBS check for this role.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sorry, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position
No agencies please.
Programme Manager (Strategic Delivery)
Canterbury
£45,012-£51,764 pa plus excellent benefits
Full-time, fixed-term contract for three years
Would you like to create meaningful change and lasting impact by helping to shape the future of mission and ministry across the Diocese of Canterbury? We’re looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead, coordinate and deliver our strategic change portfolio.
Working closely with the Director of Strategic Development, you’ll bring people together, keep projects moving and turn vision into action - supporting flourishing parishes, sustainable ministry and church growth across the Diocese.
As Programme Manager, you’ll work with colleagues, clergy, parish leaders and partners across the Diocese to coordinate programmes, manage priorities and make sure great ideas become real outcomes.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys leading complex programmes and making things happen, is adept at building strong relationships and capable of bringing people together whilst being confident of managing priorities, risks, governance and budgets.
You’ll be a collaborative and organised programme professional with experience of working with multiple stakeholders, supporting senior leaders and delivering strategic change. You’ll also be a practising Christian (GoR applies under section 9 of the Equality Act 2010) with a good understanding of the Church of England and a passion for supporting its mission and ministry.
Canterbury Diocese is the oldest in England and spans a diverse region from Maidstone to Thanet and the Isle of Sheppey to Romney Marsh. With coastal towns, rural communities and urban areas side by side, it offers a rich and challenging mission context.
Our vision is Changed Lives, Changing Lives: a community transformed by encountering Christ and committed to transforming and blessing the families and communities we serve.
All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks inclusive of Right to Work in the United Kingdom, references and relevant background checks applicable to the role.
Closing date: 11:59pm, Tuesday 6 October
Interview: Tuesday 20 October, Canterbury
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LCH Charity is one of the East Midlands' fastest-growing children's charities.
In just five years, we have grown from an annual income of £70,000 to a forecast £1.2 million by August 2027. We have expanded our reach across the East Midlands, built strong partnerships with schools, businesses and communities, and supported tens of thousands of children and families experiencing poverty.
Our growth has been driven by innovation, ambition and a relentless focus on meeting the needs of children and young people. Through close collaboration with our school partners, we deliver practical support where it is needed most, helping children to thrive regardless of their circumstances.
While our impact within schools continues to grow, we know there is still enormous potential ahead. Awareness of our work beyond the education sector remains relatively low, and the opportunity to engage businesses, philanthropists, individual supporters, trusts and foundations across the region is significant.
We are now seeking an exceptional Director of Fundraising and Communications to help unlock that potential and lead the next phase of our journey.
The Opportunity
This is not a role focused on maintaining the status quo.
This is an opportunity to build on a proven success story and help shape the future of a charity with ambitious plans for growth.
This is a genuinely exciting opportunity that offers the freedom to be creative and ambitious, with the autonomy to shape, lead and deliver your own strategy.
Reporting directly to the CEO and serving as a member of the growing Executive Leadership Team, you will lead the creation, development and delivery of an ambitious fundraising and communications strategy that diversifies income, elevates our profile and strengthens our reputation across the East Midlands.
You will inherit an organisation with strong foundations, a compelling story and a highly successful fundraising model. Our flagship School Colour Dash programme currently generates approximately 70% of our income and has become a powerful platform for both fundraising and engagement.
The challenge, and opportunity, is clear.
We are looking for a dynamic and entrepreneurial leader who can develop sustainable income streams capable of matching, and ultimately exceeding, the success of our flagship event.
This is a rare opportunity to help create the next £1 million of income growth.
About the Role
As Director of Fundraising and Communications, you will:
Who We Are Looking For
We are seeking an ambitious, strategic and inspirational leader with a proven ability to deliver significant growth.
You will be someone who combines vision with action, enjoys building relationships, and thrives in environments where there is genuine opportunity to innovate and make a lasting impact.
You will bring:
Most importantly, you will be excited by the opportunity to take an already successful charity to the next level.
Why Join LCH Charity?
This is a unique opportunity to join a charity that has already demonstrated what can be achieved through ambition, innovation and determination.
Over the last four years, we have transformed our income from £70,000 to a forecast £1.2 million, expanded our reach across the East Midlands and built a model that is changing lives every day.
Yet we believe we are only at the beginning of our journey.
We are looking for a leader who shares our ambition, who sees opportunity rather than limitation, and who wants to play a defining role in shaping the future of a growing and impactful organisation.
What Success Will Look Like
In this role, you will:
Join Us
We have grown from £70,000 to a forecast £1.2 million in just five years.
Now we are looking for an exceptional fundraising and communications leader who can help us do it again.
If you are ambitious, entrepreneurial and motivated by the opportunity to create lasting change for children and families, we would love to hear from you.
Join us and help build the future of LCH Charity.
We are looking for ideas as well as experience.
Please submit your CV together with a supporting statement (maximum two pages) outlining:
Informal and confidential conversations with our Chief Executive Officer are welcomed and encouraged.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Sheffield Cathedral is inviting applications for the role of Community Organiser, a new post within the Cathedral Resourcing Project, at an exciting moment in the Cathedral’s mission, civic life and partnership with communities across Sheffield.
At the heart of a changing and creative city, Sheffield Cathedral is both an ancient holy place and a living centre of worship, welcome, culture and public engagement. We are seeking to grow as a civic, relational and faith-rooted institution: not acting for communities from a distance, but acting with communities through trust, shared leadership and common action.
This new role is for a relational, disciplined and justice-minded organiser who can listen deeply, build trust across difference, identify and develop local leaders, and help people move from shared concern to collective action. Working in the Citizens UK tradition of broad-based community organising, the Community Organiser will help embed organising across the Cathedral, its parish partnerships and its civic relationships, contributing to the co-creation of Sheffield Citizens Alliance.
We are looking for someone who understands that lasting change is built through relationships, local leadership, patient listening, strategic action and negotiated public wins. The successful candidate will work confidently within the life and values of Sheffield Cathedral, while helping churches, communities and civic institutions build the power to act together for justice and the common good.
This post is open to people of all faiths and of none. There is no requirement to be a practising Christian, but the postholder will need to work sympathetically within the public mission and inclusive Christian values of Sheffield Cathedral.
Salary: £36,000 p.a. plus pension
Contract & Working Pattern
37.5 hours per week, with some evening and weekend work
Fixed-term until 31 December 2028, starting as soon as possible
Working at Sheffield Cathedral, partner parishes and civic institutions across Sheffield, with some hybrid working possible by agreement
Final application closing date: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 2.00pm
Shortlisting: Thursday 8 October 2026
Interviews/Tasks: Thursday 15 October 2026
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received. We therefore encourage interested applicants to apply as early as possible.
For more information, or to download an application form, please visit the vacancy page on Sheffield Cathedral's website.
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This post is offered as a 12 month fixed term contract, or secondment for internal candidates.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Service Development Manager to lead transformational change and support the successful mobilisation, delivery, and continuous improvement of our pan-London specialist rough sleeping services, including migrant support services.
Working closely with the Head of Specialist Rough Sleeping Services, you will play a key role in establishing and developing three Greater London Authority (GLA) contracts: London Navigators, MAPS, and the Crisis Prevention and Response Service (CPRS).
Working as Service Development Manager you will support services through periods of growth and transition, helping to ensure operational readiness, embed new ways of working, and deliver against contractual objectives. Key responsibilities will include:
Where you’ll be working
In this post you will be required to travel across the region to visit services, teams and partners. There will be opportunities for home working up to 3 days per week dependent on the needs of the region.
What we’re looking for
This role is a great fit if you enjoy leading change, improving services, and helping teams deliver the best possible support for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.
You'll thrive in a complex environment, be organised, practical, and comfortable managing several priorities at once . You can build positive working relationships, bring people together around shared goals, and turn ideas into action.
Whether working independently or alongside others, you'll be motivated to make services work better and improving outcomes for the people we support.
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups, particularly Global Majority candidates who are underrepresented at this management level.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
Closing date: 10am on 22 September 2026
Interview and assessments on: week commencing 28 September 2026
What we offer
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to influence the future direction of homelessness services across London, lead meaningful transformation, and work alongside passionate colleagues and partners to improve outcomes for people experiencing rough sleeping and homelessness.
You'll play a central role in ensuring services are mobilised effectively, deliver measurable impact, and continue to evolve in response to the needs of the communities we serve.
We’re looking for a Training Officer to help us develop and deliver high quality learning and professional development for people working with and for young people across the North West.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys creating and delivering engaging training and supporting others to learn and grow.
Working with our Learning, Workforce Development & Equality Manager, you’ll help shape our learning offer and support a skilled, confident and connected youth sector workforce.
What you’ll be doing
Design and deliver engaging training and workshops (online and in person)
Build relationships with learners, partners and organisations
Support learning events, networks and Communities of Practice
Use feedback and evaluation to improve what we do
We’re looking for someone who has:
experience of training, facilitation or learning and development
confidence delivering engaging sessions to different audiences
good communication and organisational skills
an understanding of youth work or the issues affecting young people
a commitment to equality, inclusion and safeguarding
More information in attached recruitment pack - closing date Monday 21 Sep 2026 @ 12 pm
Interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 29 September 2026.
To benefit the lives of young people in the North West of England by providing opportunities for them to engage and become active citizens.
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