Policy communications manager jobs in bristol, bristol city
About us:
At Back Up, we have big ambitions. We launch our bold new strategy in April 2025 and together we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone affected by spinal cord injury has access to the support they need. We have a unique portfolio of high-impact services, and we are the only spinal cord injury charity in the UK providing dedicated services to children and young people.
At Back Up, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We particularly welcome applications from those from black, Asian or ethnic minority backgrounds or those with higher level spinal cord injuries.
In 2024 Back Up won The Times and The Sunday Times Spotlight Award for Best place to work for disabled employees. Previously, Back Up was voted one of the top ten charities to work for (Third Sector Best Charities 2020). The enthusiastic, inclusive and supportive spirit of our very skilled staff ensure excellence in the services we deliver.
About the role:
Do you have experience of working with disabled people? Are you a highly organised team player with an eye for detail and a passionfor making a difference?If so, Back Up could offer you an inspiring and fulfilling role making a significant difference to the lives of people with spinal cord injuries.About the role:All of our courses aim to increase confidence and independence in a supportive environment. They’re also led by people who have a spinal cord injury themselves–allowing participants to learn from others who have who have been there and can understand the issues and challenges.
As Courses Team Leader, you will be working closely with our Courses Coordinators and the wider team to oversee the ongoing development and delivery of this key part of Back Up’s services.You will be need to be creative, well organised and be a supportive line manager with supervisory experience. Most important though is your commitment to supporting those affected by spinal cord injury to thrive.
For full details please see our job description.
How to apply
Please apply by emailing recruitment @ backuptrust. org. uk by midnight on 10 July 2025.
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A CV with salary information for your most recent post and two referees, one of whom should be your present or most recent employer. We will contact them after interview.
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A (maximum) two side A4 supporting statement, saying why you want the job and explaining how you fit the person specification. This statement is crucial; CVs alone will not be accepted. We will acknowledge receipt of your application, and then let you know if you are to be invited to interview.
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A completed equal opportunities form. This form will be kept separate from your application, and not viewed by the recruiting manager. It is used to help us assess the diversity of our applicants to ensure our processes are fair to all. It is optional to fill in but it will help us improve and maintain high standards.
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We will acknowledge receipt of your application, and then let you know if you are to be invited to interview. Interviews will be held on 14 July 2025. Please let us know if you are unable to make that date.
What will the process involve?
The process will involve at least one interview round which will be either in person or online. There will be a panel interviewing you and you may be asked to complete a task beforehand to present to the panel. If you need any support or adjustment to the recruitment process at any stage, do please ask and we’d be pleased to work with you to put these in place so that you can perform to the best of your abilities throughout the process and demonstrate your suitability for the role. Please email recruitment @ backuptrust. org. uk
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As a ‘Disability Confident’ employer we are committed to the inclusion of disabled people as candidates and employees. We are proud that we get high numbers of disabled people applying for roles at Back Up. We will offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please let us know if you are eligible for the scheme: recruitment @ backuptrust. org. uk
Don’t meet every single requirement?
At Back Up we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every criteria in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at Back Up.
At Back Up, we inspire people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life.




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About Twins Trust
Twins Trust is at the heart of the multiples’ community, supporting families with twins or triplets, influencing the healthcare system and campaigning on behalf of our community.
Multiple birth families face unique challenges and we’re there for them, every step of the way. With over 40 years’ experience, we tailor our services to our families’ needs.
Twins Trust has over 15,000 members who access our amazing community, information and courses and exclusive discounts.
Fundraising Officer
This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented fundraising team
We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our small and friendly fundraising team. You will support the High Value Partnerships Manager and Community Fundraising Manager, both of which are already well-established income streams with lots of great potential. It’s a great opportunity to work across varied income streams including Corporate, Trusts & Grants, Community, Fundraising Events and Individual/Regular Giving.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week (negotiable for the right candidate)
Flexibility: We are a flexible employer and most of our staff are juggling things (including caring for multiples!) We are great at making jobs work around life.
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000
Reports to: Community Fundraising Manager
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge, although entirely remote option is fine. Travel to partner meetings/events will also be required.
Closing date: Midnight Friday 13th June
Interview dates: First-round interviews will be virtual and take place in mid June
Purpose of the role
- Reporting to the High Value Partnerships Manager you will provide support across our two priority Fundraising streams – Community Fundraising (Community, Events and Individual/Regular Giving) and High Value Partnerships (Trusts, Grants, Corporate and Sponsorship).
- Conducting prospect research (Corporate and Trusts/Grants) creating a pipeline of targeted opportunities, and submitting applications for lower level funding
- Providing excellent relationship management to those in our community who fundraise for us, whether that’s as a Regular Giver or Marathon runner
- Providing support to the Manager planning Fundraising Events, recruiting participants, attending and cheering on our fundraisers and thanking our supporters
- Accountable for delivering our annual raffle and ongoing Lottery programme
- Support the wider Development team with admin relating to Fundraising
Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience either in supporting the delivery of High Value partnerships or Community Fundraising. They will be able to demonstrate how they have researched partnerships and/or submitted funding applications, providing excellent stewardship and creating meaningful partnerships that lead to long term support for the charity.
Person specification
Essential
- Experience of donor stewardship
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Ability to research and find vision aligned funders
- Ability to project manage the delivery of partnerships and/or events
- Excellent writing, communication skills and attention to detail
- Able to collaborate with a team of various disciplines or work independently as required
- Ability to multi-task and manage several different priorities at once
- Enthusiasm for the issues we work on
Desirable
- Working understanding of admin processes relating to fundraising
- An understanding of GDPR in relation to fundraising
- Experience working in a CRM (Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus)
Twins Trust is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to improving the lives and wellbeing of families with twins, triplets or more.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our client is a user-led pan-disability charity operating primarily in Buckinghamshire. They are a successful, dynamic and influential charity, focused on supporting disabled people by fixing the biggest issues facing them. They aim to build a world which is Fair4All, including disabled people.
Position: Project Operations Manager
Salary Range: £31,000 - £34,000 FTE depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hrs/week
Location: Remote working
Reporting to: Chair of Trustees
Benefits: Company Pension Scheme, standard holiday entitlement, flexible working
The role:
The primary purpose of the Project Operations Manager role is to provide leadership to ensure that their project work is delivered successfully, to agreed targets, on time and within agreed budgets.
Responsibilities:
• To take charge of and lead their projects, and the staff and volunteers working on them. Ensure project work is delivered successfully, to agreed targets, on time and within agreed budgets. This includes project reporting, overseeing and managing website, media, online and other communications activities related projects, and managing project budgets.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of their Operational Plan.
• With the Trustee Board and grants team, support the revival of appropriate dormant projects and the creation of new projects. Contribute to and endorse grant applications and ensure funder targets and goals are met.
• Establish and maintain collaborative and positive working relationships with their Trustees and key staff.
• With the Support Manager, positively influence the culture within their to ensure it remains an inclusive, diverse and effective working community and continue the charity’s policy of highly supportive and positive management of staff and volunteers, ensuring that their Values are upheld.
• Contribute to ensuring effective welfare and safeguarding policies are in place that are understood and regularly communicated to volunteers and employees.
• Ensure they deliver excellent customer service, so that service users, external organisations and partners receive high-quality service and support; and ensure any complaints or issues are managed promptly and satisfactorily resolved.
• Represent them and their projects internally and externally.
About you:
They are seeking an experienced charity operations and/or projects manager who can bring skills, expertise and knowledge into their rapidly expanding charity.
Essential skills and experience:
• Previous experience of successfully managing UK charity or not-for profit projects and/or services, including financial and budgetary controls.
• A track record of proactive success in achieving project and service goals and outcomes.
• Previous experience of successfully managing staff and, ideally, volunteers.
• A proven ability to effectively plan and manage a mixed portfolio of tasks and activities, including managing your own time effectively.
• A track record of personal learning and development, adapting to changing circumstances, and proactively meeting challenges.
• Strong personal commitment to diversity and inclusion including the social model of disability. Must be able to work effectively with disabled people with all types of impairment.
Desirable skills and experience:
• Understanding impairments including neurodiversity, mental health, sensory loss, long-term conditions and physical disabilities.
• A highly supportive management style which removes barriers for disabled staff and volunteers to allow them to work in ways which are most effective for them.
• Knowledge of project management tools.
About them:
Our client works by permanently removing barriers facing disabled people and finding answers to the big issues facing them, alongside helping individuals. Their projects and partnerships deliver unique and lasting change and effective support that helps nearly all the 41,000 disabled people in Buckinghamshire – plus many beyond their county.
Uniquely, they are mainly voluntary charity. They have over 150 volunteers, mostly disabled people, supported by a small staff team, who themselves run their projects and services. Many of their volunteers are jobseekers or needing help to move forward in their lives and they actively support them by the way we work.
How to apply: Please submit a CV with a covering letter (of no more than 500 words) setting out how you meet the person specification for the role.
You may also have experience in the following roles: Operations Manager, Project Manager, Charity Operations Manager, Programme Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Operations Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Charity Project Manager, Non-Profit Operations Manager, Service Operations Manager, etc.
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Asylum Matters is looking for a dynamic campaigner committed to upholding the rights of people seeking asylum in Yorkshire & Humber and across the UK at a critical time. Asylum Matters plays a significant role in working towards positive change for refugees and people seeking asylum. We are a small team based around the UK, working locally and nationally with an extensive network of partners to advocate for progressive change in the asylum system. We work with frontline organisations and people with lived experience across the UK on a range of issues that affect people in the asylum system. We co-lead the award-winning Lift the Ban coalition campaign, that brings together almost 300 organisations calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum. The Yorkshire & Humber Campaigns Manager also lead our Lift the Ban campaign Nationally, working with our powerful coalition to raise our collective voices and call for working rights for people in the asylum system.
We are a facilitator of collaboration and joint action. Our work helps strengthen collective advocacy on asylum reform and ensures it is informed by the reality on the ground. We became an independent charity in 2021 and have ambitious plans for the future as we seek to maximise the potential of our collaborative campaigning model and identify opportunities for change at local, regional and national levels, in a challenging external environment.
The successful candidate will work in partnership with local organisations and networks in Yorkshire & Humber to develop and implement strategies for achieving change locally and nationally. They will have experience of developing and delivering impactful campaigns that have achieved change. They will be an effective communicator, able to build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with partners. They will be proactive, able to spot influencing opportunities and quickly mobilise support to respond to them. They will have a commitment to the vision of a fairer and more effective asylum system, and to empowering and working with those with direct experience of it.
We are particularly keen to hear from people with lived experience of the UK asylum system, anyone with lived experience who meets the essential criteria will be granted an interview.
Candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Please submit your current CV, plus a supporting statement that details how you have the experience to meet the essential criteria within the Job Pack attached. Failure to submit a supporting statement or cover letter that details how you meet each of the 8 essential criteria will disqualify your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Partnership and Strategy Manager - Western Forest
The Partnerships and Strategy Manager at Western Forest will be responsible for managing and nurturing partnership relations across the Western Forest area. This role ensures that all partners are supported and resourced to develop and deliver the collective vision of the forest, helping to achieve key targets. The manager will work closely with national and regional organisations, Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), landowners, corporate partners, and developers to create strategic plans, secure significant projects, and develop long-term collaborative relationships. They will also assist with funding applications and support the Western Forest Director in establishing new partnerships.
Salary: £36,750-40,171, with annual pay review
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, with flexible working hours
Contract: Permanent
Location: Bristol with the option of hybrid working. Travel and meetings across the Western Forest area and working at partner offices will also be required.
Benefits include: Staff pension, Employee Assistance package, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, volunteering days and staff training and social events.
Applications closing at 5pm on Monday 30th June 2025
Interviews are likely to be held w/c 14th July 2025
We are England's Community Forest for the West of England, now hosting the Western Forest, England's first new national forest!
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, implementation, and optimisation of several websites.
- Manage third-party developers and ensure smooth technical operations.
- Provide training and support to internal teams on content management.
- Drive improvements in usability, accessibility, and user journeys.
- Monitor analytics and SEO performance, reporting insights and recommendations.
- Oversee potential CMS migrations and ensure seamless transitions.
- Collaborate with marketing and IT to align digital strategy with organisational goals.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate
- Experience in website management and development.
- Google Analytics and SEO experience best practice.
- Strong understanding of HTML and web editing experience essential.
- Knowledge of Kentico and Drupal CMS. Microsoft Office 365.
- Experience of managing multiple websites, across different platforms (including Drupal).
- Ability to keep up to date with the latest content marketing and digital trends.
- Multitasking essential -able to run multiple projects
- Experience of website security tools including CloudFlare and Mimecast or similar systems
- Able to take complex information and create engaging content for various channels and audiences
- Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
- Project planning and delivery
- Previous experience of website platform migration
- Troubleshooting skills - resolving website errors/problems
- Experience of working with a digital agency
- Personal flexibility in communication style and interpersonal relationships
- Self-starter and completer
- Experience of working for a public sector organisation
If this role is of interest, please apply ASAP with an up-to-date word version of your CV highlighting all your relevant experience or get in contact for more details regarding the role. Please note I will be sending them ASAP, so if I have suitable applications before the closing date, I will be submitting them before the closing date.
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This role will play a leadership role in delivering our ambitious policy influencing programme, helping to shape and implement influencing plans to bring about the changes needed to reduce, prevent and eventually end the need for food banks in the UK. It will provide management and oversight to some of our strategic projects.
Role responsibilities
· Developing and implementing Trussell’s influencing strategy
Working with teams across the organisation to ensure key groups, including our community of food banks, corporate partners, churches and church-related organisations have a clear role in our policy influencing approach.
· Planning and delivering impactful public affairs activity
Ensuring systems are in place to help plan, monitor and evaluate public affairs activity and maximise opportunities to engage with key audiences, including Parliamentarians, advisers, and UK Government Ministers; and support close working with colleagues in all UK nations and regions. Managing the development and delivery of public affairs activity to support high profile influencing campaigns.
· Building and managing strong relationships with key external stakeholders
Developing relationships, partnerships and networks to help raise the profile, credibility and influence of Trussell and our policy positions, particularly in the UK Parliament. Representing Trussell and promoting the organisation’s policy position to key audiences, including in meetings and events with Parliamentarians.
· Developing public affairs support to the food bank community
Working closely with a small team of Network Policy and Research Officers and the Organising and Local Mobilisation team to support our community of food banks to build and maintain strong relationships with their local MPs. Ensuring public affairs activity is well aligned to campaign strategies involving the food bank network.
· Embedding participatory approaches across our public affairs and wider influencing activity
Supporting further development of a participatory approach to policy influencing to ensure it is rooted in the lived experience of individuals affected by poverty. This includes ensuring an ethical approach in line with our values.
· Providing advice and line management
Have line management responsibility for individuals within the team, providing pastoral and development guidance along with task management on key projects. This includes regular 1:1s, objective setting and collaborative monitoring, and support with development needs.
Person Specification
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
· Track record of successfully influencing politicians and key decision-makers to achieve strategic goals at different levels of government.
· Track record of delivering strategic public affairs activity based on robust evidence, from development to evaluation.
· Can explain components of effective policy influencing, including knowledge of the machinery and structure of government (UK, devolved, local) and experience of informing campaigns activity to mobilise support for policy change.
· Demonstrates a good understanding of policies that affect UK poverty and hunger. Can explain policy motivations of main political parties and can advise on how to influence them most effectively.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills, particularly in demonstrating enthusiasm and experience when communicating complex topics to non-specialist audiences.
· Experience of line managing, including dealing with performance issues and supporting team development.
Behaviours and competencies:
· Works collaboratively, managing challenges in a constructive manner
· Balances competing priorities and work to tight deadlines
· Demonstrates a dedication to the values of Trussell
· Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantages, marginalised or socially excluded backgrounds
· Role models inclusive behaviour, values and leadership
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a really diverse and exciting analytical role, you’ll be working on a wide range of data projects for different clients and on our own data products for our values and mission led social enterprise.
Here’s what you need to know:
- You need to be curious, and love data as much as we do. We’re seeking someone with expertise in data engineering and analysis, who can communicate brilliantly with both technical and non-technical people.
The ideal person will have expertise in presenting analysis and insights, a strong track record in coding, tools and data management, have expert analytical and problem solving skills, be curious and questioning, with excellent attention to detail. - But you don’t have to have all the experience and knowledge we’ve listed. As long as you are willing to learn, have the right attitude and values and want to be part of our mission, we’ll consider you. That’s why we’ve advertised the post with quite a wide salary band.
- Be part of our mission. Data Orchard is a social enterprise with a fantastic team of data specialists who are committed to helping make the world a better place. We support nonprofit organisations to get better with data. Our clients and their causes make our work incredibly fulfilling and rewarding. We work with many fantastic organisations around the UK, and we reach and engage thousands more around the world, through our events, tools and resources, and online communities.
- We welcome diversity. Here at Data Orchard CIC, you’re encouraged to be yourself. We promote and celebrate diversity and welcome applications from people who are neurodivergent, of global majority ethnicity, trans or non-binary, disabled, or however you might identify. We are led by our values: collaboration, respect, openness, quality and honesty.
- Healthy work life balance. We offer flexible working and a 35 hour week, home/remote working and access to a co-working space, learning and career development, 28 days holidays with an increase of a day per year of service (up to 5), and a company pension scheme. New employees are given a contract and full induction.
If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, please check out the full job details and apply via our website.
#analytics #data engineer #data4good #analysis
We enable organisations working for social and environmental benefit to get better with data.

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This role will be leading and developing the Volunteering and Employability functions for FSSW, alongside providing operational safeguarding support to the Safeguarding Team. The core volunteer program supports the running of the organisation as a whole every day and is embedded across all departments in Bristol and Plymouth. The Employability team runs a NEET Employability programme in our South Bristol warehouse 3 days a week, with administrative duties full time. This part of FSSW is expanding and your role will oversee the pilot and launch of another Employability programme in Plymouth.
In this role you will:
1.Be the senior management overseeing and supporting the running of our employability and volunteering functions across Bristol and Plymouth.
2. Support the organisation as the Operational Safeguarding Lead, working alongside the Strategic lead to oversee incidents and support the training and development of staff.
3. Lead on project development across both volunteering and employability as we grow our offer and launch a number of major organisational developments. This will include but is not limited to; policy, strategy, role and process development.
4. Build and work with our volunteer, employability and warehouse teams to ensure that they have the skills, knowledge, support and training opportunities needed to manage the volunteer workforce and deliver the employability programs across the charity.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Line Management:
· Line management of Volunteer Manager based at Bedminster and St Jude’s in Bristol and the Volunteer team at Sisna Park in Plymouth
· Line management of two Employability Programme Leads based at both Bedminster and Inner-city Bristol office and future Plymouth based Employability staff
· Recruit and contract for any staffing gaps in the Volunteer and Employability Teams based on skills and expertise required
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention & Development:
· Oversee the volunteer managers who run the day-to-day of the volunteer programme
· Oversee the Volunteer teams to create a recruitment and retention plan to build a reliable voluntary workforce
· Support in any required monitoring and evaluation of the volunteering function
· Work with the Fundraising, Volunteer and Partnerships teams to develop corporate volunteering across Bristol and Plymouth, which generates a flow of committed corporate volunteers and income
· Support the development of the enrichment and pastoral aspect of the volunteer journey provided by the volunteer teams
· Develop community and broad stakeholder partnerships to support the volunteer functions across Bristol and Plymouth
· Oversee development of and then lead on reviews for relevant volunteer policies, processes and any necessary training
· Work with the wider leadership team on the volunteering function as we grow our offer alongside the major organisational developments
Employability Programme Management & Development:
· Overseeing the day-to-day management of the Employability Programme
· Working with the relevant Bristol teams on a review and consolidation of Employability and future development opportunities.
· Support in the development of future partnerships and opportunities to expand the work and impact of Employability
· Working with the Plymouth team on the development and launch of an Employability program
· Working with the fundraising team on aspects of funding bids, monitoring and future development.
· Working with the wider leadership team on program expansion alongside the organisational major developments
Safeguarding:
· Take the lead on organisational safeguarding:
o Overseeing incidents and supporting staff to complete actions
o Ensuring incident reports completed
o Completing monitoring and reporting as required
· Facilitate internal safeguarding training
· Report into the strategic safeguarding lead on any high-level incidents
· Attend the Safeguarding Sub Committee meeting
Communications and Reporting:
· Work with the Head of Communications and CEO to design an ongoing internal communications plan to ensure staff and volunteers are up to date with plans, development and activities
· In collaboration with the Communications Team, ensure there is continuous engagement with external audiences
· With the Communications Team build a schedule of promotional activity
· Work with other Fareshare network partners share and learn best practice across the network
· Support the fundraising team to develop future funding proposals and reports
· Collate reports from each team to submit to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and/or Board of Trustees covering all Volunteer and Employability activities, plans and developments
Systems, Policies & Processes:
· Working with the Volunteer Managers, CEO and Wider Senior Leadership Team (WSLT) to develop/update the Volunteer and Farechance Handbooks and other key documentation
· Lead the review and development of policies, processes and procedures specific to Volunteering and Employability
· Support consistent practices and procedures across the south west as well as sharing best practice
· Lead on the FSSW relationship with FareShare UK (FSUK) regarding volunteering, employability, and safeguarding, including policies, best practice, innovations, and systems
· Support the development of the FSSW Corporate Volunteering Policy
· Support the implementation of new systems for the recruitment, rota and monitoring of both programmes
· Identify, monitor, and action specific needs and risks of two programmes, regularly updating the risk register; sign-off risk assessments to ensure safety in the workplace
· Lead on and support the development of a MEL (monitoring, evaluating and learning) framework of primary data collected from IT systems to measure, analyse and report on impact
Person Specification
It is not expected that a successful candidate will necessarily have all the following criteria. FareShare South West is committed to helping individuals develop professionally and personally, and your application is encouraged.
Essential
· High level of organisational and time management skills allowing for managing multiple priorities
· Demonstrable experience of leading a team
· Knowledge and experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults
· Knowledge and experience of working with young people
· Knowledge and experience of volunteer programmes
· Experience of recruitment, either volunteers and/or employees
· Experience or knowledge of developing outreach programmes to increase our diversity, social impact, and community engagement
· Ability to produce high-quality written reports
· Ability to monitor and evaluate project development
· Ability to oversee departmental budgets
· Ability to travel between Bristol and Plymouth
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
· Ability to build effective relationships at all levels, externally and internally
· Good IT skills
Desirable
· Experience of writing strategies and accompanying workplans around programme development working with a variety of demographics
· Experience of working in a management or mid-senior management role
· Experience of process development around on-boarding
· High level budgeting and financial monitoring skills
Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would be a good fit for the role.
If you have any questions about the post please contact Shelley Wright, Josie Forsyth and Lucy Bearn via our phone number or website.
Our mission is a future where no food is wasted, and all people can thrive.





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Fundraising Assistant
Location: Hybrid – One day per week in Bristol office, minimum.
Salary: £23,000 – £26,999 per annum
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday
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Join Our Mission to Defeat Meningitis – Become Our Next Fundraising Assistant!
About the Role
Meningitis Research Foundation is seeking a highly motivated and organised individual to join our Events & Community Team as a Fundraising Assistant. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a globally recognised health charity committed to defeating meningitis by 2030.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing supporter communications via phone, email, and social media
- Maintaining accurate supporter records and processing donations
- Coordinating event resources and logistics
- Supporting the administration of online fundraising platforms
- Attending events and engaging with supporters in person
Candidate Profile
We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates:
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities
- A high level of attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Confidence in engaging with supporters via telephone
- A proactive and collaborative approach to work
- Ability to work unsociable hours on occasion to support our National Events team
Experience with CRM systems and an understanding of GDPR in a fundraising context are desirable.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays
- 6% employer pension contribution
- Free eye tests
- Employee assistance programme
- Opportunities for professional development and training
About Meningitis Research Foundation
Meningitis Research Foundation is the world’s leading meningitis charity, headquartered in Bristol and operating globally. We are dedicated to supporting research, raising awareness, and providing direct support to individuals and families affected by meningitis. Our work is guided by values of integrity, compassion, collaboration, and evidence-led advocacy.
Application Process
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter addressing the job description and person specification by 9:00 AM on Friday, 20th June. Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing 23rd June.
To defeat Meningitis wherever it exists
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Following the return of our co-founder Becca Dean MBE as CEO, we're excited to be recruiting for several new roles as we move into the next chapter of our journey. Having recently celebrated our 12th birthday, we're more determined than ever to reach even more girls and young women, and we’re building a brilliant team to help us do just that. If you're passionate about empowering the next generation, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
This is an exciting role joining a Programme Team of 15 staff based throughout the UK. You will work closely and collaborate with the other Network Managers and share some priorities across regions, working to develop the region as a whole. The purpose of this role is to facilitate good relationships between the mentors and mentees in the region. 70-80% of the role is about relationship building (with schools, mentors and partners), coordination and the tracking/ administration of those relationships. 15-20% of the role is direct delivery with the girls in the region.
Mentoring programme
- Manage overall success of the cohorts (groups of mentees and mentors) in your region, including coordinating and administering events and communications for cohorts in your area.
- Deliver engaging on-boarding sessions for mentees.
- Design and deliver events and workshops for mentees.
- Deliver matching of mentees and mentors at in-person events or virtually.
- Work with the wider programme team to train mentors.
- Support mentors once matched through regular check-ins, monthly emails and ad-hoc conversations.
- Collect data to track the progress, and impact of, mentoring relationships.
- Support mentors with safeguarding concerns, following The Girls’ Network process in line with our child protection policy.
- Develop effective relationships with schools, on-boarding, supporting and retaining the partnerships.
Partnerships
- Work with the Senior Network Manager in your area to identify professional partnerships and sponsorship with local and national businesses.
- Work with your Senior Network Manager to identify a recruitment and retention plan for your area including key partners to work with.
- Be an active presence in the community, attending events and networks to encourage local women to mentor on our programme.
The Girls’ Network reputation and network
- Advocate The Girls’ Network at every opportunity, through local media, PR activities and social media.
- Identify opportunities to build the reputation of The Girls’ Network in your region and through events and networking.
- Report significant successes and achievements to relevant staff members.
Ongoing success of The Girls’ Network
- Work with the Programme Team to identify key areas for programme development.
- Opportunities to get involved in programme and wider organisational projects.
- Understand the development of school initiatives nationally and in your region, and understand their impact and implications for The Girls’ Network programmes.
- Attend programme and whole team meetings and team days.
- Maintain and champion a girls-centred way of working.
Other duties
As a small charity with limited resources, all staff are expected to be flexible with their work and as such you may be required to undertake other duties and tasks as assigned from time to time.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE
Essential skills, knowledge and attributes
- You are deeply passionate and driven to achieve equal opportunities for all and will keep the girls we work with at the heart of your work.
- You are able to build and manage a number of relationships with a variety of different people and are confident speaking to both young people and adults within schools and businesses.
- The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the disadvantages faced by both women and those from the least advantaged communities and have a drive to rectify the inequalities that currently exist.
Desirable skills, knowledge and attributes
- You are flexible in your approach to working with a small organisation and understand the time and resource limitations
- You have safeguarding knowledge and experience
- You have experience of Salesforce or another CRM system
- Understanding or experience of working from home
- Experience of working in a small charity
Visit our website for the candidate pack and details on how to apply.
Good luck with your application
Please note: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged. If a high number of applications are received, this advert will be closed early (with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice). We regret that due to time constraints, we will not contact you unless you are selected for interview.
Our mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and network of female role models.
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Position Title: Senior Income Generation Manager
Responsible to: CEO
Responsible for: Trusts & Grants Manager and Corporate Partnerships officer
Salary: £40,000 (Pro rata £32,000)
Hours: 0.8 FTE (4 days a week)
Benefits include: Flexible work environment, 23 days annual leave (pro-rata) which increases after 2 years, 3 Volunteering Days (pro-rata), 3 Trust Days, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Auto Enrolment Pension, paid agreed expenses.
Location: Home-based with the ability to travel nationally (including small number of overnight stays)
Term: 1 year fixed contract
Closing Date: 16th June 2025
Interview Date: 23rd/24th June 2025
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust puts world-class athletes shoulder to shoulder with young people. Equipping them with a winning mindset and shaping their futures - it's a teammate like no other.
Whether that’s building relationship skills, improving self-esteem or learning to stay focused, our sporting champions help the next generation move forward with confidence.
Application Process
Please apply with your CV and a Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages. Your Cover Letter should demonstrate how you meet the key responsibilities of the role and job criteria listed below.
We actively welcome and encourage applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. To ensure an inclusive recruitment process, all Cover Letters and CVs are anonymised before shortlisting.
Job description:
Reporting to the CEO, we are seeking a Senior Income Generation Manager to be an essential lead across all areas of the Trust’s income streams, with a focus on developing our current corporate partnerships, explore and build new potential partnerships and maximise our fundraising potential through a private event, fundraising challenge, individual giving and fostering new ideas alongside the events calendar. Managing the income generation team, you will seek to maximise value from opportunities across the organisation and ensure that fundraising is consistent with the charity’s broader goals.
You will be an inspiring, collaborative manager who seeks out opportunities whilst supporting your team to succeed and achieve their potential. You will have a proven track record of designing, delivering and achieving ambitious income growth strategies, including demonstrable experience securing five and six-figure value partnerships, including multiyear, through philanthropy and corporate support, as well as an overall understanding of our wider key income streams, Grants & Trusts, Statutory, Education, Health and Corporate Personal Development & Employee Wellbeing products and services.
To be successful, you will need proven success in securing new income and the ability to create strong networks, excellent team leadership and management skills, project management and organisational skills (including financial management).
Whilst your income generation achievements are important, your mindset and the way you approach your work are equally important to us. You may be looking to transfer your skills from another sector, you may be looking to step up or you may be looking for a new challenge in a smaller agile organisation, if you connect to our purpose and our ambition and feel you can do the job, please do apply.
Key Areas of work
- Drive the delivery of our fundraising strategy, alongside the CEO, Board and Income Generation Committee to realise our fundraising ambitions of circa £1mil this FY.
- Responsible for the income generation team, developing the income strategies and raising both unrestricted and restricted income from corporate partnerships, fundraising events and challenges, charitable trusts, statutory bodies, the health sector and educational establishments.
- To seek out and maximise opportunities within our current areas of work, including the ongoing development of increasing our presence and impact at a local ‘hub’ level.
- Ensure consistent and professional presentation of the charity to all funding sources.
- Work closely with CEO & SMT to maximise awareness and funding of our work to allow for continued meaningful engagement with existing supporters and to enable us to reach new audiences.
- Ensure all team members adhere to best practices in fundraising, including the use of data, confidentiality and acknowledgement
- Work with CEO, Senior Finance Manager & Income Generation team to manage the fundraising budget, with direct responsibility for all fundraising lines, ensuring that income is accurately forecasted, and team members work to and report on set KPIs.
- Managing team members to ensure fulfilment of strategic objectives and values, ensuring efficient use of resources, and providing good communication and support.
Other key roles:
- Role model the Trust’s values and behaviours and support individuals to do the same.
- To ensure that a positive image of Dame Kelly Holmes Trust is projected at all times.
- To contribute to other activities undertaken by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust.
- To contribute to organisational effectiveness through positive team working.
- To adhere to Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Health and Safety & Safeguarding Procedures.
Criteria/Essential or Desirable/How Evidenced and Assessed
Leadership:
- A track record of delivering results in the key areas of fundraising, and experience in leadership, management and development of teams. E. Interview/ Application
- Significant experience in leading and motivating teams to deliver ambitious income targets and growth including managing and leading remotely. E. Interview
Knowledge and Experience :
- Significant experience in developing high-value partnerships with corporate/philanthropist’s and an understanding of wider charitable income streams such as trusts and statutory bodies. E. Interview/ Application
- Extensive experience in articulating complex projects and programmes of work and dealing with external and internal stakeholders at a senior level. E. Interview
- Experience and understanding in partnership acquisition and relationship management programmes, and in a wide range of engagement channels, including digital & direct mail. E. Interview/ Application
- Ability to plan, organise, schedule and budget in an efficient, productive manner to focus on key priorities and budgets (including forecasting, monitoring and regular reporting against targets). E. Interview
- Proven ability to determine opportunities and threats through a comprehensive analysis of current and future trends. E. Interview
- Excellent ability to structure and process quantitative and qualitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. E. Interview
- Detailed knowledge of the Code of Fundraising Practice and other relevant sector regulations. E. Interview/ Application
- Experience in event development and management from concept to delivery. D. Application
- A track record of developing corporate partnerships within the youth or well-being context. D. Application
Communication and people skills:
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues to establish a collaborative working environment. E. Interview
Organisational skills:
- Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure and often conflicting deadlines and adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. E. Interview
- Excellent literacy, numeracy, IT, database and presentation skills, and high attention to detail. E. Application
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop internal/external relationships at all levels. E. Interview
- Experience in using Salesforce CRM. D. Application
Values & Mindset:
- Strong leadership skills, able to lead by example on working flexibly as part of a small and dynamic team. E. Interview/ Application
- Able to build strong, lasting relationships with partners and stakeholders. E. Interview
- Able to handle significant confidential material and information. E. Interview/ Application
- Strategic focus on outcomes, both individual and Trust-wide; tenacious approach to problem-solving. E. Interview
- Flexible and adaptable, willing to initiate change and ready to implement new ideas. E. Interview
- Strong sense of personal accountability and responsibility, leading by example. E. Interview
- Analytical and strategic approach to data and insight, ability to recognise solutions and maximise opportunity and impact. E. Application
- Articulate with strong presentation skills. E. Interview
- Ambitious for the organisation and what it can achieve. E. Interview
- Willing to travel across the country as required for the job role. E Application
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust recognises the value that a diverse workforce can bring to our organisation and strives to reflect this among our employees, athletes, volunteers and other stakeholders. To help us measure how well we are doing against this, please could you complete our online Monitoring and Diversity form - https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90615386/EDI-monitoring-2023-RECRUITMENT
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A Champion in their corner - Dame Kelly Holmes Trust puts world class athletes shoulder to shoulder with young people.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Join our friendly and mission-driven team at NFER, where you’ll help bridge the gap between research and classrooms. This is your chance to bring vital insights directly to schools – raising awareness of the NFER Classroom brand and increasing the reach and impact of our research findings within the education community.
Pay: £36,000 - £40,000 (FTE)
Contract: 18-month fixed-term contract
Hours: Part-time (21 hours)
Location: Remote within the UK, with occasional visits to our Slough office (approx. 6 times per year)
Annual Leave: 30 days plus 4 paid closure days FTE
Pension Contributions: 10% employer contributions
Family Support: Enhanced maternity/parental leave and paid compassionate leave
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to connect schools with powerful, practical research. You’ll take a leading role in shaping how NFER communicates with educators, using your creativity and insight to bring our work to life across digital channels.
One day you might be crafting social media content that sparks conversation among teachers, the next, you’ll be writing an email newsletter that lands just right with a headteacher seeking evidence-based ideas. You’ll help turn research into engaging, accessible summaries, so schools can quickly grasp key insights and put them into action.
You’ll also update and improve our For Schools website pages, ensuring every word is useful and user-friendly. Behind the scenes, you’ll track performance using analytics, learning what works and what could work even better. And throughout it all, you’ll collaborate with researchers, designers, and communications experts to deliver thoughtful, impactful campaigns that schools actually want to read.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential skills and experience:
- Experience in marketing communications or a related role
- Excellent writing skills and creative flair
- Confidence using digital tools such as social media platforms, Canva, Google Analytics and CRM systems
- Strong time management and the ability to work independently
- A collaborative approach and a clear focus on impact
- Experience working in or with schools is a bonus, but not essential.
If you meet only 70% of our essential skills, still apply; you may have skills we didn’t know we needed.
Other roles you may have experience of include: Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Specialist, Brand Executive, Communications Executive, Digital Marketing Executive, Social Media Executive, Content Marketing Executive, Email Marketing Executive, SEO Executive
WHY NFER?
At NFER, we are recognised globally for providing trusted research, resources and insights that drive meaningful change. By joining us, you’ll contribute to a mission that prioritises impact over profit, working in an environment where collaboration, flexibility, and inclusion are valued.
What we offer:
- A supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
- Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance from day 1.
- The chance to make a real difference in the education sector.
APPLICATION PROCESS
We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply early. Shortlisting will commence from 23rd June 2025.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re here to support
you and ensure a positive experience. For further details, please review the Job Information Pack.
If you’re ready to bring your skills and passion to a role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and start your journey with NFER.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Homebased
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £26,500 gross per annum
Closing Date: 16 June 2025
Interviews: 24 June 2025
Are you a Training Support Officer looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.
We are currently looking for a Training Support Officer to join our team.
About the role
This role provides tactical and targeted support to our District teams as we seek to enable our volunteers to deliver training to both cadets and volunteers in line with the Sea Cadets Learning Strategy. This post is responsible for supporting the delivery of the district training, including Royal Marine Cadet (RMC) training activity at Troop level. The work location can be flexible (home or office-based) requiring regular evening and weekend working supporting our volunteers by attending virtual meetings and delivering online training.
Responsibilities
- To provide functional support to our area Training Managers and District and RMC Troop Teams, ensure the district training plans are delivered, amended as necessary throughout the year, to the training plan and in line with identified training needed to best support the delivery of the Sea Cadet Experience.
- To support specific District Teams including the District Training Officer (DTO), District Recreational Officer/ Deputy District Officer (DRO/DDO), District Staff Officers (DSO), and RMC Troop Commanders (Trp Cdr) identified as requiring support under our change management process.
- To work closely with all District Officers to increase the number of certificated, current and competent instructors, and develop the capability and capacity of District Instructors to deliver training to cadets and volunteers across all Districts.
- To support the ATOs/DTOs/RMC Troops in all training matters (including uniformed and unit management teams) with a specific focus on Districts/Troops that need support.
- Support our Programmes and Virtual Training Manager with the co-ordination the of delivery of appropriate MSSC and other approved training packages (including BTEC, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award) appropriate to the age and experience of cadets across the organisation.
- Work under the leadership of our Assistant Director Sea Cadet Learning monitor performance against set targets set by the National Support Centre to ensure equitable access for cadets and adults to the Sea Cadet Experience.
Requirements
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- Experience in working with youth groups and awareness and understanding on the challenges young people face.
- Experience in coordinating and supporting a programme of training activity.
- Experience in coaching and mentoring volunteers.
- Experience of drawing data to create support plans for delivery of activity.
- Experienced trainer with the ability to deliver engaging and impactful training.
For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.
If you are interested in this role, please apply now!
Benefits
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- 25 days annual leave per annum, increasing with length of service
- Hybrid working for many roles
- Volunteering Leave
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
- Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
Additional Information
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.
We help launch young people for life through adventure.




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The Noah’s Ark Charity supports the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales in providing world-class care, helping to ensure the best outcome and experience possible for children and their families.
Having raised more than £30 million to build and equip the hospital, today we continue to work hand in hand with the NHS, providing funding for the most up-to-date equipment and facilities. We also fund services like the play specialist team and emotional support for families.
This is an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join a small but determined team. Working closely with the wider charity team, this role offers a real opportunity to see the impact that your work has on the children and families we support and to grow our fundraising reach within your geographical region.
The geographical region will cover anything west of Bridgend and up to Aberystwyth. Ideally, candidates would be based in the Carmarthen/Llanelli area. This is a home-based role, with frequent travel throughout Wales, and monthly travel to Cardiff.
Scope of role
This recently created role within the Noah’s Ark Charity, which will grow our regional community fundraising presence and offering. The postholder will know the West Wales area well and will become the expert in fundraising opportunities within the region, building strong relationships within the community, including companies and will develop supporter-led activity. The postholder will plan for and deliver income for the charity within the region, in line with wider fundraising strategy.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Income generation
- To plan for and deliver income to target through key performance indicators as agreed with community fundraising manager.
- To develop new supporter relationships within the community, in a planned way, to achieve income and provide excellent supporter care to ensure the relationship is ongoing, beyond one-off support for the charity.
- To lead on and deliver community fundraising within the region, through relationships with patient families, third party fundraisers, community groups, schools and education establishments and public bodies.
- To build strong corporate partnerships within the region, to an agreed income level, with the support of the community fundraising manager and head of fundraising and development.
- To lead on key projects to develop income generation.
- To contribute to the strategic development of community fundraising.
- Plan and deliver events in the community where necessary.
- Secure and deliver engaging presentations to groups and organisations.
2. Ambassador programme
- To build the family ambassador programme within the region, growing the network of key supporters who will represent and be the face of the charity within their local community.
- Support the community fundraising manager with the development of the ambassador programme including training and thanking opportunities.
3. Supporter experience
- To champion consistent and excellent supporter care.
- To record all communications accurately on the database, ensuring information is gathered and recorded in accordance with the requirements of the data protection act, GDPR and the charity’s data protection policy.
- To respond to supporter enquiries in a timely manner and deal with complaints, escalating as appropriate.
- To deliver an excellent supporter journey and contribute to the central supporter journey for community fundraising.
4. Cross team working
- To work collaboratively with fundraising colleagues across the team to deliver wider fundraising income and charity objectives. For example, gifts in wills, regular giving, event participation, volunteering and communications.
5. Budgets
- Work with the community fundraising manager and head of fundraising and development, to build and manage a detailed fundraising budget, including income and expenditure.
- Provide forecasts throughout the year, for agreed streams of income.
6. Best practice
- Ensure all fundraising practice is in line with organisational guidelines and policies.
- Encourage and champion compliance and best practice within the fundraising team.
- Ensure own compliance with fundraising standards and requirements, keeping up to date with key policies and regulations, including the fundraising regulator, chartered institute of fundraising and the charity commission.
7. Undertake any other duties which might be required to fulfil the general purpose of the post.