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Are you passionate about people, inclusion, and creating a great place to work? At The King’s Trust, we’re on a mission to make sure every colleague feels heard, valued, and empowered to do their best, all in support of transforming young lives.
We’re looking for a values-driven Employee Experience and Culture Manager to join us on a part-time, maternity cover basis. You’ll lead on key engagement activities, champion equality, diversity and inclusion, and help shape the culture of the organisation through insight, collaboration and action.
You must have strong stakeholder skills, excellent time management, a proactive mindset, and a deep understanding of what makes a great colleague experience.
Ready to make a difference where it really matters? Apply now and help shape a workplace where everyone can thrive!
What happens next?
Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need a Employee Experience and Culture Manager?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of our Employee Experience and Culture Manager!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Equal Opportunities
Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). For more information, please click here.
Safeguarding
The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!
Req ID: 3507
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

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Sheila Coates Foundation is a registered charity that provides funds for secondary schools or colleges in England in order to support autistic students.
Our current Business Manager is retiring. We are therefore seeking a new Business Manager to join our small team of professionals. With strong knowledge and skills, the Business Manager will ensure that the charity is well administered and meets its governance, financial and employment responsibilities. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with Trustees and staff to ensure that our funds make the biggest difference to autistic students.
The role of the Business Manager is to work closely with the Chief Executive, Chair, and the Board of Trustees to ensure the charity is effectively managed and meets its governance, financial, and employment obligations. The Business Manager will also support the charity's development, helping to implement its aims and objectives, ensuring that its projects align with its brand and values, and contributing to areas like grant giving when necessary.
The Business Manager will be accountable to the Board of Trustees and directly report to the Chief Executive and Chair of Trustees. Key responsibilities include overseeing the charity's finances, providing financial updates to the Board, ensuring the charity operates in line with legal and regulatory requirements, and managing policies and systems that ensure the charity functions smoothly.
The Business Manager will oversee financial tasks such as budget management, payroll, year-end statements, liaising with auditors and accountants, and ensuring compliance with relevant financial laws. In terms of management, the Business Manager will support the Board and Chief Executive in their operational and strategic work, manage external service providers like IT and HR services, and maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.
The role also involves planning and organizing resources to support the charity's development, enhancing its reputation, and staying updated on relevant laws, particularly in finance, charity governance, and employment law.
Sheila Coates Foundation is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. Everyone who benefits from our services or works for us in a paid or voluntary capacity should be safe, empowered to play a part in promoting their own welfare and that of others and able to live a life free from abuse. This applies to all, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or belief.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Family Support Worker
We are looking for a Family Support Worker to act as a keyworker delivering packages of support with children, young people, and whole families to prevent escalation to more intensive services.
Position: Family Support Worker (5 positions available)
Location: Harborne/Community Based (the families you will be supporting will be based in Edgbaston & Northfield. This is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community)
Hours: Full-time and part-time hours available
Salary: £26,430 per annum pro rata for part time
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.
Closing Date: 1st June (midnight)
Interview Date: 9th & 10th June
The Role
Through undertaking an Early Help Assessment and by working with families in a person-centered way, you will help people on your caseload to make positive changes and to develop the skills to manage their issues in the future.
You will work within the Early Help Locality multi-disciplinary team to provide a timely and front-line response to the needs of children, young people, and their families, acting in accordance with local policies, procedures and priorities.
Key duties include:
• Work in partnership with other practitioner/professionals, children, young people, and their family.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary and professional integrated Early Help service to provide a timely response to the needs of children, young people and their families.
• Deliver evidenced based interventions.
• Provide a timely response to the identified needs of children and young people.
• Promote and use an Early Help Assessment framework.
• Be responsible for a high standard of case recording.
• Engage with children, young people and their families and actively promote their participation in assessments and support plans.
• Manage and prioritise an allocated caseload.
• Organise and participate in planning programme delivery of evidenced based programmes.
About You
We are looking for an empathetic communicator with experience of delivering outreach support work and supporting families and individuals with complex support needs, with the ability to forge links and establishing relationships with partner agencies
About the Organisation
A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer, the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.
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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Description
Location: Birmingham
Contract: full time, 11 week fixed term contract, starting no later than 7 July 2025
Salary: £22,391 per annum, pro rata
Closing Date: 19 May 2025
Interview: Interviews to be held virtually 30 May 2025
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.
We are currently looking for an OTW Project Assistant who will support the delivery of the On The Water project at one of our boating stations in Birmingham. The project provides young people from outside Sea Cadets, age 9-14, the opportunity to get on the water, learn new skills and build confidence through boating activity. This is a very varied and rewarding role that requires someone who is self-motivated, inspiring, organized, creative, tenacious, positive, IT competent and with a real interest in people with a attention to detail and real enthusiasm for the project.
Project delivery takes place between 29 July 2024 and 30 August 2025 when the young people will be attending boating sessions. During this busy time the Project Assistant will be based at the boat station each day to complete registration, manage group change overs, track project targets, encourage survey completion and fill booking gaps. Prior to delivery the role will be focused on supporting the booking process and engaging in community outreach. Once delivery is complete, the Project Assistant role will then predominantly be supporting the evaluation and data collection as well as supporting participants to join their local Sea Cadet unit.
Key Responsibilities
- The welcoming and registration of participants for the On The Water project
- Collecting and uploading daily statistics and figures that show how the project is progressing
- Making new and repeat bookings
- Talking to participants and their parents/carers about the opportunities within Sea Cadets
- Managing a waiting list and reducing drop-outs
- Responsible for the safety and wellbeing of participants alongside the Boat Station staff
- Ensure that participants complete surveys to share their experience of the project and encourage adults to feedback on their young people’s experience
- Attend any meetings as required by the project
- Assist with the evaluation of the On The Water project
Requirements
- Previous experience of working with volunteers
- Experience in a customer facing role
- Experience working with young people
- Experience working with diverse community groups or working in outreach
- Experience of tracking targets and managing data
- Self-motivated and able to manage your time and workload effectively
- Flexible and enthusiastic
- Able to work as a team player with creative ideas and solutions who will empower our volunteers to make a difference to the lives of even more young people across the UK
- Satisfactory DBS
For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack.
Benefits
- Flexible Working hours and a hybrid culture
- Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
- Private medical insurance
- Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
- 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.
- National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.
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 a criminal record check.
We help launch young people for life through adventure.




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Are you an experienced administrator and communicator looking for a flexible, purpose-driven role? Join the Council for Subject Associations (CfSA) as our part-time Membership & Communications Administrator— a vital freelance position supporting the day-to-day operations of a volunteer-led charity working at the heart of subject education.
This is a rare opportunity to become the operational engine of CfSA: you’ll manage charity governance, financial records, events, member communications, and digital platforms — all while working independently and remotely.
About Us:
CfSA is the national umbrella body for subject associations. Independent of government, we speak with a unified voice on curriculum, teacher training, and educational policy. Our members shape the future of education, and we ensure their voices are heard.
What You’ll Do:
- Administer Board and Committee meetings and filings
- Coordinate events including our AGM and conferences
- Liaise with and support member organisations
- Run our communications and digital presence (website, social media, newsletters)
- Maintain financial tracking and statutory reporting
We’re Looking For Someone Who:
- Has strong admin and digital communication experience
- Can work independently and manage their time effectively
- Is confident with tools like WordPress, Canva, and social platforms included LinkedIn, X, Facebook etc
- Has a professional, proactive, and friendly manner
- Understands or is interested in the charity or education sectors
This is a freelance contract, ideal for someone seeking part-time flexibility with meaningful impact. Remote-based with occasional travel (e.g., Leicester for post collection, which can be relocated).
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive and encourage applications from all who meet the person specification regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Closing date for applications: 13th May 2025
Interviews will take place either in Leicester or remotely on 19th May 2025 (between 1 and 5p.m)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Home-based in the UK, with regular national and international travel
Contract: 2 years with the possibility of extension dependent on funding.
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer
Salary: £65,000 to £70,000.
Additional benefits: 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (annual leave increasing by 1 extra day for every years’ service up to 30 days total), life assurance and access to an employee assistance programme.
WeProtect Global Alliance will not be responding to expressions of interest or applications sent by third parties (agencies, brokers or recruitment specialists).
We require a highly skilled and motivated individual who has strong ethical standards and demonstrable commitment to our values to help grow, oversee, retain and actively engage the WeProtect Global Alliance to collaborate, advocate and members and collectively work together to deliver our vision of a world where children and young people can access and participate in the digital world free from harm, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
The successful candidate will demonstrate considerable professional experience in a comparable role and a genuine passion for child protection. They will have a strong track record in developing, harnessing and deploying a diverse community of practice to develop real world solutions to make the digital world safer for children and young people across the globe.
Politically, commercially and financially astute, you will have a broad range of skills. You will be able to grow, activate and develop deep connections to nurture, harness and activate our alliance members to deliver our global mission and strategic objectives in a period where we are developing our new Strategy.
You will relish the opportunity to lead and support our member alliance, which currently comprises a broad range of high profile and influential representatives drawn from government, multi and bilateral agencies, global tech communities, NGO and advocacy groups, to focus on delivering real world solutions to often sensitive issues where competing views, political opinions and priorities can make seeking a resolution a challenge.
You will be comfortable supporting our Members Team and Alliance member community to ensure we remain relevant, responsive and impactful in an increasingly polarised political landscape as we enter the fourth industrial revolution.
You will be able to focus on both the detail and the bigger picture in a complex landscape and be an inspirational and supportive team player who will live our values, shine confidently as a key member of the senior management team, be a role model to our brilliant secretariat workforce and an ambassador when engaging with members and external partners.
If leading, growing and getting the best out of a global community, combined with our mission of making the digital world free of harm for children and young people, motivate you to come to work and give your best every day, then this is the place for you and we cannot wait to welcome you!
About WeProtect Global Alliance
The online world was not created with children in mind and can be unsafe for children and young people to explore. Every phone and computer is a potential gateway for offenders seeking to sexually exploit children. Our Alliance generates political commitment and practical approaches to make the digital world safe and positive for children, preventing sexual abuse and long-term harm.
Our Alliance’s geographical reach is unprecedented: 103 governments are members along with 82 private sector companies, 126 civil society organisations and 10 intergovernmental organisations. This diverse membership is key to our ability to deliver real change. Together, we break down complex problems and develop policies and solutions to protect children from sexual abuse online. More information on who we are and what we do can be found on the WeProtect Global Alliance website.
WeProtect Global Alliance is supported by a high-performing secretariat of eleven staff based in the UK and Belgium and is overseen by an influential Global Policy Board that the Head of Strategy will work collaboratively with to ensure the Alliance members remain impact and child centred.
Job description
Overall purpose of role
As the WeProtect Global Alliance Head of Members, you will grow and lead our capability and capacity to harness and grow our global alliance network to guide and drive the implementation of our Strategy and mission targets. This role requires an organised, driven, and people-oriented leader with deep and global connections in the child protection field.
Your team will develop and deliver an elevated approach to managing a diverse community of members, supporting the Alliance maximise our impact on the global stage, support and advise the Management Board, Executive Team, Head of Strategy and Head of Development on the best ways to harness our Alliance community to respond to a rapidly evolving operational landscape and navigate key strategic decisions.
You will also work closely with the Head of Strategy and Head of Development to support the development of new ways of working to understand our collective impact and ensure our secretariat, members and broader organization actively remain relevant and focused on delivering our mission and strategic objectives.
You will grow the capabilities and lead the WeProtect Global Alliance members work, with key accountability for the following outcomes:
· Work with the Executive Team, Management Board and Policy Board to develop, secure buy-in and implement a members strategy, operational and action plans to harness our diverse community to deliver the existing and forthcoming WeProtect Global Alliance Strategy and delivery targets.
· Collaborate with the Head of Strategy, the Head of Development and MEL lead to collectively build, maintain and oversee our theory of change and broader operational model to ensure we effectively harness and activate our member community to have real world impact on the lives of children and young people.
· Build the capability and capacity of the organisation to remain truly member led, build and manage the Members Team to pro-actively deliver a portfolio of work that will raise the profile of our mission and shift the needle on governmental, public and private sector agencies approaches to child protection and safety in the digital world. This includes overseeing and leading the Alliance’s Reference Groups and working collaboratively with the Executive Team and Head of Strategy to co-lead our work in international fora (most notably the WeProtect Global Summit).
· Build and maintain meaningful engagement with a broad range of members from across the public, private and third sector (including government agencies, advocacy communities, specialist tech and civil society organisations) across the globe to deliver the WeProtect Global Alliance strategic mission.
· Play an active role in building the operational resilience, financial sustainability and compliance capability and capacity of the Secretariat to provide a world class service to our members and Board to ensure WeProtect Global Alliance remains focused on creating a world where children and young people can access and participate in the digital world free from harm, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
Key Responsibilities
1. To lead the Members team to strengthen the WeProtect Global Alliance member’s portfolios by developing, securing buy-in and implementing the organisations member strategy, operating, governance model, plans, success indicators and internal capabilities to harness the power of our members to achieve our mission and vision in line with our core values.
2. To be a thought leader, keep abreast of external trends and developments and changing circumstances to ensure the WeProtect Global Alliance Member Strategy remains relevant, targeted and focused on improving outcomes for children and young people in a rapidly changing legislative, operational and technology landscape.
3. To be accountable for member services, outreach, growth, governance and cross organisational projects and work streams. This includes planning and organising relevant performance and delivery areas, being mindful of cross-cutting impacts and priorities.
4. To ensure the continuous development and effective delivery of the WeProtect Global Alliance Member’s Strategy in a fast paced, politically sensitive and rapidly changing external environment, including participating in and leading (where relevant) annual business planning, forecasting, setting, monitoring, reviewing and reporting on budgets and relevant donor requirements to support effective decision making throughout the year.
5. To provide exemplary leadership and line management to staff, including appraisals, supervision, team meetings, delegating, managing, engaging, developing and supporting staff to be the best they can be and achieve our strategic objectives in accordance with our vision and values.
6. Lead and develop effective working relationships with external partners, stakeholders, members and staff to maximise the collective impact of WeProtect Global Alliance (governmental, public, private, civil society and advocacy communities).
7. To take accountability for preparing papers, reports and presentations for internal and external meetings including senior management meetings, executive team, trustee, board and reference groups meetings. To attend, chair, and contribute to meetings, briefings, reviews, due diligence and auditing and compliance activities.
8. Represent the Executive Director and the Chief Operating Officer at internal and external events, share peer responsibility for problem solving challenges, creating a ‘one team’ approach to delivery and deputising were appropriate.
9. To be an ambassador, spokesperson and representative of WeProtect Global Alliance Secretariat at external events.
Expectations
As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) you will also have a pivotal role to play in supporting and improving the organisation’s effectiveness as we develop the WeProtect Global Alliance’s new strategy, operating model and ways of working to ensure we remain effective, responsive and relevant in an increasingly complex and fast-moving technological landscape.
As a global, multi-sector alliance, ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is embedded in everything we do is a critical priority. We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation, recognising different perspectives, will enable us to be impactful and effective. We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equality in physical and mental health for all.
1. To attend and contribute to meetings, training and other events as required.
2. To actively participate in our supervision and appraisal process.
3. To ensure that all responsibilities and activities within this post are delivered in accordance with WeProtect Global Alliance core values and relevant corporate, organisational, financial and compliance policies.
4. To travel to meetings and fora which may require the need to work unsociable hours e.g. attending evening or weekend meetings.
5. To adhere to relevant legal and statutory requirements including Data Protection Act and the Health and Safety at Work Act.
To use WeProtect Global Alliance resources responsibly.
Person Specification
Essential criteria
Experience
1. Significant senior experience and demonstrable record leading and growing a diverse global membership and/or partnership alliance function and/or service to deliver an ambitious child centred mission on the global stage.
2. Outstanding leadership and team management experience, including experience coaching and line managing direct reports.
3. Demonstrable effective influencing and negotiation skills and political judgment with a proven track record building productive and impactful professional relationship and partnerships with a wide range of individuals and organisations.
4. Demonstrable experience leading change and transformation with demonstrable qualities as a change agent.
5. Demonstrable senior management level experience in project management, financial, donor and budget management, monitoring, evaluation and lesson learning across the fields of strategy, research and policy.
6. Significant experience commissioning high quality, high value research and policy projects and able to demonstrate the use of insights in long term planning and impact frameworks.
Skills
1. Outstanding communication skills and ability to effectively engage and build meaningful relationships with internal and external staff and stakeholders at all levels.
2. Outstanding self-management skills to work independently, autonomously and as part of a team, using own initiative and being flexible and adaptable to deliver as ‘one team’.
3. Excellent IT, project management, financial management and donor engagement skills.
4. Demonstrable excellent planning and organisation skills to deliver work to agreed timescales and standards.
Knowledge
1. Knowledge and understanding of WeProtect Global Alliance mission, vision, values and ambition and how it applies to this post.
2. Knowledge and understanding of a child centred approach to participation, advocacy and EDI and how it applies to this post, with a focus on embedding effective policies and processes.
3. Awareness of global child protection policies and procedures within the digital arena and a genuine passion for child protection.
Other
1. A willingness to travel and work unsocial hours (time in lieu can be claimed)
2. Commitment to your own continuing professional and personal development
3. To uphold high standards of work, standards and conduct in line with WeProtect Global Alliance values.
Diversity, inclusion and equity
We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation. We particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minorities and other under-represented groups.
Safeguarding and values
As a child-focused organisation, we have a strong commitment to child safeguarding and rigorous procedures. The successful candidate will be required to provide two referees and to undergo a criminal record check.
All staff are expected to act at all times in a manner consistent with our values and in compliance with our policies and procedures, including our Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
Our values are:
· Empowerment – collaboration, innovation, challenge
· Accountability – responsibility, delivery, safeguarding
· Respect – honesty, feedback, inclusion
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Through the appointment of a Strategic Programme Director (SPD), we have been given an opportunity to bring a step change in our mission and ministry across the Diocese of Coventry. With a history of innovative missional practice and a dedicated team of lay and ordained leaders across our diverse geographical area (Warwickshire, Coventry and part of Solihull), we are looking to appoint a strategic thinker who is solutions focused with experience in bringing impactful change. The SPD will join us at an exciting time in the strategic development of the Diocese of Coventry as our new diocesan bishop takes up her responsibilities with a vision to see all churches flourish. A highly consultative approach will be needed as we look ahead to the beginning of this new season.
The Strategic Programme Director will be responsible for contributing to and supporting the Bishop’s Senior Staff Team and key lay and ordained leaders in the delivery of the diocesan strategy. The role will ensure that the programmes, projects and workstreams within the plan are delivered on time, within scope and budget. The Programme Director will provide oversight of the strategic plan from inception of ideas through implementation to delivery of projects. Working collaboratively across the Diocese, the role will also ensure that key outcomes are well-defined, appropriately prioritised, delivered to plan and within budget. The role will include shaping and scoping the request for partnership/external funding.
Programme Development & Planning
- In the first year: To prioritise the clear articulation of a diocesan wide vision and direction of travel through working closely with the Bishop and the Bishop’s Senior Staff Team building on the work achieved in recent years.
- Work with key stakeholders to develop strategic initiatives aligned with the diocesan vision and strategy
- Ensure strategic proposals have clarity and viability
- Ensure effective communication with clarity, consistency and transparency
- Work with senior leaders to prioritise outline proposals
- Work with senior leaders to develop change proposals including detailed outcomes and the process by which those outcomes will be achieved
- Regularly assess the viability of development proposals
- Work with partnership funding bodies, including the C of E Vision and Strategy Team, to submit funding proposals and assure the quality of applications for any partnership funding
- Represent the Diocese in discussions with partnership funders
- Work with senior leaders to make the best use of central resources to support change
Programme Management
- Facilitate the launch of partnership-funded strategic projects, ensuring they are appropriately planned, resourced, measured and managed.
- Establish appropriate programme governance, including risk management, change management, regular reporting, and budget management
- Work with the communications team to ensure consistent and effective messaging
- Establish review and support processes to ensure projects are delivered successfully
- Ensure intervention processes are developed to pause, or if necessary, terminate projects that have demonstrated they will not deliver
- Capture and publish lessons learned, and support research studies
- Build consistent protocols for all significant strategic development initiatives
- Track progress against a detailed project plan, deliverables, outcomes and measures
- Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs, escalating to BSIG as required
- Provide support for operational aspects of projects in liaison with diocesan colleagues
- Ensure project leads/managers regularly complete a quality project highlight report
- Address project issues and risks, escalating to BSST accordingly
- Report project status to BSST on a regular basis
- Oversee production of all necessary annual reports for the Strategic Investment Board
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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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!
Job Tile: Operations and Office Administrator
Reporting To: Fundraising and Operations Manager & Health & Safety Officer
Days & Hours: Monday to Friday. Full-time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Depending on experience. This will be discussed with the shortlisted candidates.
Additional Benefits:
- An additional week of holiday (vs national entitlement)
- Four discretionary days of holiday over the Christmas period when the office is closed
- Discretionary Christmas bonus
- Discretionary paid compassionate leave
- Discretionary Occupational Sick Pay
- Discretionary paid time-off for dependents
- Discretionary paid time-off for public duties
- Discretionary additional bank holidays (if any announced by the government)
- Flexible working
- Training
- Long Service Awards
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Pension enrolment (optional)
- Invitation to Charity conferences and webinars
Job purpose
The Operations and Office Administrator will provide wide-ranging administrative & operational support to ensure an efficient office environment, contributing directly to the delivery of the international Missionary Society of St Columban’s mission priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Office Operations: Ensure the smooth running of the office through the management and coordination of IT systems, office supplies, post, telephone/internet, document filing and retention, and oversight of maintenance and improvements to equipment and the working environment.
PA & Administration: Provide IT and administration support to the Regional Director, the Fundraising and Operations Manager, Regional Council, the Board of Trustees, Mission Appeals Team and the community living at St Columban’s House; including minute-taking, arranging meetings, drafting and sending correspondence, database administration, preparation of reports, and booking travel and appointments.
Venue Hire & Events Administration: Coordinate room and grounds hire at St Columban’s – handling enquiries and bookings, diary management, health & safety compliance, preparing the venue, maintaining and improving the facilities, advertising – and assist with the planning and administration of events organised by the Charity.
Reception: Host visitors and handle enquiries by telephone and email; including deliveries/collections, maintenance and supplier visits, and members of the public contacting the office to donate, request a Mass, update their record details, meet with a priest, or for any other reason.
Health & Safety Administration: Manage the online system for health & safety, coordinate the review and update of risk assessments for the office, house and grounds, organise training and briefings, monitor and re-stock first aid supplies, act as a health & safety marshal and organise staff appointed as first aiders and fire marshals.
Principal Tasks
Under the supervision and management of the Fundraising and Operations Manager, you will:
Office Operations
- Champion Microsoft 365 and provide support and guidance to staff in how to make best use of its capabilities.
- Oversee the performance and maintenance of our IT server and network, maintain regular contact with our IT services provider to ensure all issues are resolved.
- Maintain, service and replace office equipment and furniture as required, including IT and telephone systems.
- Monitor and order stock of office supplies, including stationery, cleaning and sanitary products.
- Oversight of office cleaning arrangements.
- Organise and promote recycling to staff for equipment and supplies no longer required.
- Oversee and develop systems for document filing and storage.
- Arrange for confidential disposal of documents in accord with the Charity’s retention policy.
- Oversee arrangements, equipment and systems for receiving and sending out post.
- Process monthly Charity ‘Response with stamps’ claims.
PA & Administration Assistance
- Assist the Regional Director with day-to-day IT and administration tasks.
- Assist the Columban Fathers with administration tasks, when needed.
- Assist with arranging parish appeals and processing the response to appeals.
- Support with direct mail and other fundraising activities.
- Update supporter records in our CRM database.
- Attend and take minutes at Charity meetings.
- Book travel and appointments for the Regional Director and the Columban Priests.
- Prepare and send correspondence by letter and email.
Venue Hire & Events Administration
- Develop a robust and efficient system for the hire and use of the facilities at St Columban’s, covering both external bookings and internal use by staff and volunteers of the Charity.
- Handle all enquiries and bookings.
- Maintain a bookings diary/calendar that is available to all who need access.
- Keep a complete record of all bookings, related documents and correspondence in our CRM database.
- Ensure hirers and users of the facilities are briefed in all matters related to health & safety.
- Ensure the facilities are clean and ready to use before and after each booking.
- Host or arrange hosting for each booking.
- Process payments/donations made for the hire/use of the facilities.
- Collect and record feedback on their experience from external hirers and users.
- Work with the Buildings & Maintenance Manager to maintain and improve the facilities.
- Advertise/market the facilities to agreed target audiences.
- Provide planning and administration assistance for events organised by the Charity.
Reception
- Welcome and host all visitors to St Columban’s during normal opening hours.
- Maintain a visitors log and ensure all visitors sign in and sign out when leaving the building.
- Handle enquiries by telephone and email.
- Process requests from Charity supporters to donate, request a Mass or to update their database record.
- Receive and keep a daily log of deliveries, collections and service/maintenance visits.
- Ensure the Reception area is kept clean and tidy.
Under the supervision and management of the Health & Safety Officer, you will:
Health & Safety Administration
- Maintain and update BrightSafe, our health & safety planning and records management tool.
- Maintain regular contact with Peninsula, our Health & Safety service provider
- Review and update risk assessments for the office and conference room areas.
- Prompt and assist those responsible to review and update all other risk assessments.
- Ensure actions identified following a review are completed and updated in BrightSafe.
- Check and restock First Aid kits.
- Recruit and organise a team of first aiders and fire marshals.
- Provide and monitor accident books for the whole site and keep a central record of accidents reported.
- Arrange training for staff and volunteers in liaison with their line managers.
Some weekend and out of hours work may be required occasionally.
Person Specification:
Qualifications/training:
Essential:
- GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths (grade C or above)
Desirable:
- Business Administration Level 3 or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Microsoft 365 qualifications or equivalent training
- Health & Safety related training
- Other qualifications or training relevant to the role
Skills/competencies:
Essential:
- Competency in Microsoft 365 applications, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint and Teams
- Accuracy, attention to detail and an aptitude for problem solving
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Confidence in building relationships with various stakeholders
Desirable:
- Competency in Microsoft 365 admin centre and other 365 applications
- Competency in Donorflex or similar CRM database systems
- Knowledge and understanding of office IT systems and requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of workplace health & safety
Previous experience:
Essential:
- A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience of office-based administration work
Desirable:
- Employment within a Charity
- Reception/front of house
- Office filing systems
- Event administration
Special aptitudes and knowledge:
Essential:
- Confident and courteous with people on the telephone, in person and in correspondence by letter and e-mail
- A team player
- Ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new ways of working
- Responsible for undertaking core learning for the role
- Determined, innovative, target driven and self-motivated
Desirable:
- Empathy with the charitable aims of the Columban Missionaries.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Caseworker (Thames Valley)
Hours: Full time – 36.25 hours per week worked over five days, between the hours of 8am–6pm
Contract length: 12 months fixed term contract with the possibility of extension depending on funding
Salary: £26,000
Location: To cover the Thames Valley area – candidates must live in the Thames Valley.
Working pattern: Remote work with frequent travel required. You will be expected to deliver a face-to-face service to clients in their own home or safe meeting place within the Thames Valley area.
Deadline for applications: 23rd May 2025 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications)
Interviews to be conducted: Early June
Start date in role: Late June / early July
Rare opportunity: Help those affected by road crashes and create lasting change with Brake, the renowned road safety charity.
Who we are: Brake has been supporting victims of road carnage since 1995, and we're on a mission to prevent future collisions. Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on our roads, impacting lives profoundly.
Join our team: We're expanding our National Road Victim Service and need a dedicated caseworker to join our dynamic, compassionate team. Your role will involve delivering world-class support services to those at their most vulnerable.
Not your average job: This isn't a 9 to 5. You could play a significant part in rolling out trauma-informed support services nationwide. Make a real difference in the lives of those affected by road crashes.
What we offer:
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A generous 35 days of annual leave (including bank holidays and 3-day shutdown period between Christmas and New Year, pro-rata for part-time working patterns)
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Birthday day off
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Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave
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Death in service benefit
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Pension
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Flexible working
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A rewarding role with purpose
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Be part of a skilled, friendly team with an engaged Board of Trustees
Who you are: We need passionate, self-starters with a background in providing high-quality emotional support and advocacy. Your experience in roles within the police, criminal justice, counselling, caseworker or health and social care sectors could make you an ideal candidate.
Specifically seeking candidates with:
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frontline support service experience
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a full, clean UK driving licence, access to your own transport and are willing to use it for work purposes (we reimburse travelling expenses)
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Candidates must be resident in the Thames Valley area
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experience supporting people who have suffered sudden bereavement or working with those with heightened vulnerabilities.
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research and advocacy skills – you will reach out to other organisations to support your cases where required
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competent IT skills for remote work
Join our mission: Your greatest reward will be knowing you've made a positive difference in someone's recovery from psychological trauma.
About us: Brake is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. We particularly welcome applications from those who are part of the global majority, the LGBTQIA+ community or disabled. We are proud to be a disability confident employer. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. So, if you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now: If you're up for a new challenge and have the skills, apply now.
Not for traffic offenders: Due to the nature of our work we can't accept applications from traffic offenders. Candidates will be asked to disclose whether they have any unspent points on their licence at interview.
A DBS check is required due to the sensitive nature of our service.
Join us today and be part of the solution!
If you would like to submit your cover letter in a format other than written, we'd love to see your short videos telling us why you think you're the ideal candidate for our charity.
We work to stop road deaths and injuries, support people affected by road crashes and campaign for safe and healthy mobility for all.


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Location: Remote
Salary: £38,000-£42,000
Contract Type: Permanent
About Police Care UK
Police Care UK traces its roots back to 1926 following the merger of the charities Police Dependants’ Trust and the National Police Fund. Our mission is to reduce the impact of harm on police and their families across the UK.
The Charity is currently undergoing a period of growth and development and has transformed from a traditional benevolent organisation to a leader in the blue light sector. This exciting phase is allowing us to expand both our services and our reach. With our office based in Woking, Surrey, we operate throughout the UK to deliver groundbreaking research, innovation, and evidence-based action that supports the police community in coping with the impact of policing. Our work has included targeted projects within police forces aimed at improving wellbeing as well as providing emotional and financial support to serving and veteran officers, staff, and their families.
Who We’re Looking For:
We are seeking a proactive and highly self-motivated Fundraising Manager to join our team at Police Care UK and make a critical contribution towards our combined annual fundraising target of approximately £1 million.
With knowledge of the funding landscape for first responders, police, mental health, or wellbeing causes, you will take direct responsibility for income from Trusts & Foundations, Major Donors, and legacy fundraising, alongside oversight of our challenge and community events.
With strong research and writing skills, you’ll identify new funding opportunities and produce compelling, high-quality applications. You’ll also bring excellent relationship-building abilities, managing key donor relationships with care and ensuring grant compliance to maximise impact and income.
If you have a strong track record in securing significant income from trusts, foundations, grant-making bodies and major donors, and a commitment to improving mental health outcomes for those who serve, we’d love to hear from you.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver a trusts and foundations fundraising strategy to meet agreed income targets.
- Research and identify new funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and statutory sources.
- Write compelling, tailored funding proposals, applications, and reports.
- Work closely with finance and clinical teams to monitor and report on grant expenditure.
- Organise meetings, presentations, and site visits to engage and inspire funders.
- Provide timely updates, reports, and impact statements to funders.
- Build and maintain strong, personalised relationships with major donors through regular communication and engagement.
- Plan and deliver an effective legacy marketing strategy.
- Champion Police Care UK and the support it provides to our police, their families and the wider police service.
Experience:
- Proven experience in securing significant income from trusts, foundations, or grant-making bodies.
- Experience of raising substantial fundraising income and achieving performance targets.
- Building and nurturing relationships with grant-making bodies.
- Setting and achieving ambitious income targets from major donors.
- Experience or understanding of effective legacy marketing and administration processes.
- Working with the marketing team to showcase donor impact through storytelling and recognition opportunities.
- Working effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of setting, managing and delivering against budgets, reporting on KPIs, variances and re-forecasting.
- Managing multiple deadlines and working under pressure.
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the funding landscape for first responders, police, wellbeing and mental health causes.
- Understanding of financial budgeting and grant compliance.
- The regulatory environment for charities, Gift Aid, Fundraising Code of Conduct.
- Proficiency in fundraising databases and Microsoft Office.
Skills:
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Strong research skills to identify new funding opportunities.
- Preparing compelling, tailored proposals to inspire significant philanthropic gifts.
- Analyse donor trends and provide insights to enhance major donor fundraising strategies.
- Maintain a pipeline of prospects and manage a calendar of funding applications and deadlines.
- Strong relationship-building skills with funders and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to craft persuasive funding applications.
Additional:
- Pro-active and highly self-motivated.
- The ability to change and adapt to changing needs and circumstances.
- Ability to work collaboratively and to support a skill sharing agenda.
- An empathy with the police service and the welfare needs of police officers and their families.
Hours of work: The basic hours of work are 35 hours, Monday – Friday
Location: Remote
How to Apply: If you’re ready to join a forward-thinking charity that values innovation, empathy, and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you. You will need to submit your CV and a detailed cover letter explaining why you’re the right fit for this role. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as you are able.
Limitations
This job description is neither exclusive nor exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time in the light of changing circumstances in consultation with the jobholder.
The jobholder will be required to work within the rules and regulations of the Charity and accept the authority of the Chief Executive, who has the discretion to delegate authority to the jobholder and to withdraw it.
Equal Opportunities Policy
The Charity is committed to eliminating any discrimination and promoting diversity and equality of opportunity in all it does. The Charity is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and we will not unlawfully discriminate against job applicants, employees of the Charity, volunteers, workers, or contract workers on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins) religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
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Department: Programmes
Reports to: Head of Programmes
Location: Home-based, with travel across England, Scotland, and Wales
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus England bank holidays
- Employer pension contribution up to 5%
- Life insurance, critical illness cover & private health benefits
- 37.5-hour workweek
Note: This role requires travel with overnight stays across England, Scotland, and Wales.
About British Gas Energy Trust (BGET)
British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) supports individuals and families across England, Scotland, and Wales who are struggling with energy debt and financial hardship. This is an exciting opportunity to support the effective management of the Trust’s third party funded organisation grant programmes across England, Scotland and Wales
Key Responsibilities
· To act as the managerial point of contact between the Trust’s Grantees & the Trust ensuring programme materials up to date.
· To create documentation linked to grant programmes, such as Applications, Review Templates, Scoring Matrix and Grant Agreements.
· Build & manage positive “listening & learning” relationships with organisational grant applicants.
· Help ensure BGET learns from best practice delivery, and identify, recognize & respond to issues or opportunities as they arise.
· Undertaking both face to face and virtual monitoring visits as part of the project initiation, ongoing KPI and impact evaluation process, creating comprehensive follow-up reports and end of year reports.
· Ensure visibility & assurance of current policies and practice are in place with funded entities, identifying any risk to the Trust e.g. Safeguarding & Data Protection.
· Collect communication materials and help the Trust to amplify the voices of the organisations we support.
· In-put to the day-to-day contractual relationship with our Grant Management System provider, keeping data current and identifying improvements.
Reporting & Contract Management:
· Help ensure that organisations are supported to meet their obligations under their grant agreement, including KPIs and other reporting tools. Including identifying risks to delivery and supporting the grantee to help resolve any challenges with delivery that impact on the grant obligations.
· Collate comprehensive and clear feedback, data and information to monitor performance and impact on an ongoing and regular basis.
· Input into coordination, collection and analysis of Ofgem end of year reporting information.
· Ensure all data collection aligned to current Data Protection regulations and use and storage of data is in line with the Trust’s own policies and provide reassurance to the CEO and Board.
· Prepare clear and informative monthly programme updates and support the preparation of quarterly programme reports to the Board to clearly evidence operational delivery across the grant portfolio.
· Ensure that the outcomes and KPI information are used to create impact reports during the contract period.
· Conduct monitoring visits to funded projects, (in person and online) ensuring accurate briefing notes and write up of meetings are compiled and logged appropriately.
· Establish clear reporting systems with each grant organisation and ensure accurate notes of quarterly meetings with portfolio of projects.
· Work with Finance to ensure grant funds are expended in line with grant agreements and any regulatory requirements.
· Ensure accurate data is in place for year-end reporting.
Knowledge Sharing
· Identify and develop opportunities for the organisational grant applicants to work collaboratively and share learning.
· Create and deliver events for our projects either online or annually at our Annual Advisors Gathering.
· Ensure case studies and other content is collated from the projects to share through our channels.
Person Specification:
Skills and Knowledge:
Essential:
· Strong project management skills, with relevant project management software training.
· Good written communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
· Strong at operational and project management with the ability to meet deadlines.
· Accuracy and attention to detail with a methodical approach.
· Flexible approach to changing circumstances, prepared to re-order priorities as required.
· Practical “can do” approach with ability to manage multiple work streams.
· Highly adept at Office 365 and Excel, technically confident in managing Grant Management systems.
· Significant experience monitoring grant programmes including KPI reporting, assessment and write-up.
· Excellent written communication skills, with an ability to communicate with confidence to a wide range of individuals and audiences.
· Excellent analytical & numerical skills with the ability to interpret data and share insights.
Desirable:
· Stakeholder management experience
Experience:
· A proven track record of managing effective operational delivery of impact focused grant making projects or programmes. Including grant programme design.
· Experience of developing and managing positive, equitable partnerships.
· Responsibility for managing our Grant Management System including establishing reporting systems and dashboards for the Senior Leadership Team and Board.
This role is an opportunity to make a real difference in communities across the UK, working directly with organisations that deliver tangible support to those who need it most. If you are passionate about tackling fuel poverty and have the skills to drive a high-impact programmes initiative, we encourage you to apply.
Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship and the successful candidate must hold the right to work in the United Kingdom.
A basic DBS check is a requirement of this role.
* We are not accepting requests to work with third party recruiters for this or any other vacancy. *
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Home based
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2026 – Full time 35hrs per week
Salary: £27,250 gross per annum
Closing Date: 26th May 2025
Interview: Interviews to be held 5th June 2025
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.
We are currently looking for a Growth and Development Worker based in England to join our team. This is an externally funded post which will be focused on opening new provision and supporting existing provision in order to reduce waiting lists within specific funding areas. This is a very varied and rewarding role that requires someone who is self-motivated, organised, creative, tenacious, positive, IT competent and with a real interest in people. You need to be able to coach, empower and inspire our volunteers and cadets, both in person and remotely, to grow the Sea Cadets.
Responsibilities
- Delivering a variety of training sessions on, for example, recruitment of cadets and volunteers
- Developing new growth and recruitment tools and ideas
- Promoting flexible volunteering and the volunteer strategy
- Assisting with running our social media accounts
- Working with and empowering our volunteers to develop plans for growth
- Planning and setting up Juniors Sections in new and existing locations/units
- Delivering assemblies in schools
- Forming part of various working groups with colleagues to develop the tools, resources and processes needed to increase the positive impact of the Growth and Development team.
- Supporting the delivery of funded outreach projects
Requirements
- Previous experience of working with volunteers
- Experience delivering on multiple project plans simultaneously
- Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a variety of stakeholders remotely and face-to-face
- Experience delivering workshops and/or training
- Self-motivated and able to manage your time and workload effectively
- Flexible and enthusiastic
- Able to work as a team player with creative ideas and solutions who will empower our volunteers to make a difference to the lives of even more young people across the UK
For further information, please download the Recruitment Pack attached.
Benefits
- Flexible Working hours and a hybrid culture
- Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
- Private medical insurance
- Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
- 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.
- National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.
If you are interested in this Growth and Development vacancy, please apply now!
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 a criminal record check.
We help launch young people for life through adventure.




The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Location: Remote
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £45,000
Contract: Permanent
Interviews will be held on 27th May via Teams
What we are looking for:
A skilled marketing professional to join our team and help us improve our brand awareness and reach our target audiences. We’re a charity that delivers services locally but has a national impact and this role will help us grow our reach nationally while supporting the wider team in connecting with our audiences at a more local level.
We’re looking for someone who can put strategy into action and, importantly, track performance. You’ll have experience in line management or have led a similar-sized marketing team, so you’re comfortable providing support and guidance to develop people and help them achieve their KPIs. As a small team, you’ll be comfortable being hands-on and able to deliver impact with limited resources.
You’ll take the lead on developing concepts for campaigns to achieve our goals and support your team to deliver projects that optimise and improve our channels. As a creative thinker, you’ll know what makes compelling content. As you keep up with marketing trends and use data insights, you’ll know when to shift strategy to drive channel performance. You’ll be responsible for our estate of digital assets and you’ll manage the day-to-day relationship with our digital agency. You’ll work with them to ensure we’re making the most of our Google Ad grant and that our website is optimised.
Passionate about accessibility you’ll use your marketing skills to co-produce campaigns and content with our lived experienced experts that help encourage people to join our services, work in our teams and advocate for the rights of the people we support.
Key Purpose of the Role:
To develop and lead marketing strategies and plans to support our organisational aims
Essential Criteria
To thrive in this role, you must have:
- Previous experience in a marketing role
- Line management experience where you’ve supported someone to meet objectives and KPIs
- Adept at using data and insights to devise effective strategies
- Experience of delivering marketing, digital and communications campaigns
- Experience of delivering against and reporting on KPIs
- Demonstrable experience of SEO, PPC, social media and email marketing
- Strong knowledge of GA4
- Proven track record in utilising paid channels, including Google and Meta Ads
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage the needs of both internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of managing multiple projects whilst still meeting deadlines
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to develop creative solutions with limited resources
- A flexible approach to working and a willingness to support colleagues across the organisation
- Alignment with United Response’s values and a commitment to delivering our vision and mission
Desirable
- Experience of working in a marketing or communications role in social care
- Experience of the management and development of brand strategy
- Experience leading and coaching a similar sized team
Benefits
At United Response, we recognise and reward your contribution with:
- Annual Leave: 25 days of paid leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time roles).
- Career Development: Fully funded training and recognised qualifications.
- Financial Security: Pension and life assurance benefits, alongside enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Wellbeing Support: Free access to occupational health, physiotherapy, and counselling services.
- Recognition Programs: Celebrate achievements through our UR Stars Recognition Scheme.
- Discounts: Savings at over 3,500 retailers via our online shopping platform.
- Travel Support: Season ticket loans for commuting.
- Referral Incentives: Rewards for introducing friends to our team.
About Us
United Response is a leading national charity, passionate about empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives. We are committed to promoting independence, inclusivity, and equality for all, breaking barriers to ensure everyone can live, work, and socialise in their communities.
Our core values Creativity, Strength, Honesty, Responsiveness, and Unity drive everything we do.
Equal Opportunity Employer
As a Disability Confident Leader, United Response is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. We guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Since last year, we have been gradually launching our new Excellence Network regional clinical lead roles across England as part of our new regional model in England. We're now recruiting for the final regional clinical lead in England to lead their regional network in London.
In September 2024, the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network (PEN) moved to a new regional model in England and introduced the 7 newly-formed PEN regions in England, with the boundaries aligned to the 7 NHS England regions. Click here to read more about the new model.
The regional model in the devolved nations remains the same: there are 3 regions in Scotland, 2 in Wales and 1 region in Northern Ireland.
Last year we began gradually recruiting the consultancy services of regional clinical leads in each of the 7 regions in England, to help us deliver this new model.
By the end of 2024, we were delighted to have appointed 4 regional clinical leads. We welcomed Antonella Macerollo and Sarah Fraser in the north west and north east and Yorkshire, respectively. You can find out more about Antonella and Sarah here.
So far in 2025, Alistair Mackett and Emily Henderson joined us in January as the regional clinical leads for the east of England and south west. Read more about Alistair and Emily here.
And we will soon be welcoming 2 more regional clinical leads for the Midlands and south east, respectively. We will be announcing these appointments very soon so keep an eye out!
Join the regional clinical lead team
We are now recruiting for the final regional clinical lead vacancy in England to lead their regional network in London.
Who can apply?
Any UK-based healthcare professional, working in Parkinson’s or with an interest and expertise in the condition, with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills is welcome to apply. Healthcare professionals living with Parkinson’s are also encouraged.
You’ll have a good understanding of the landscape of health and care delivery, education and workforce development to support the strategic aims and objectives of Parkinson’s UK.
Time commitment: 0.5 days per week (1 programmed activity) to be worked flexibly across the month.
Remuneration: monthly rate based on skills and experience.
Term of consultancy services: 3 years from date of appointment, with an option to extend for a further 3 years. You can then re-apply for the role if you wish.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a 1 hour virtual interview.
Closing date for applications: midnight on Monday 19 May.
We exist to make every day better, for everybody living with Parkinson’s. Right now.

Head of Grants
Are you a visionary leader who can turn ideas into reality? Do you have the drive to manage complex projects, inspire teams and create lasting impact on a national scale? Do you love giving charities money? If so, we want to hear from you!
This is a remote working role offering part-time hours, on a permanent basis.
Position: Head of Grants
Location: Remote/London
Hours: Part-time (4 days per week)
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Benefits Include: 25 days per year (pro rata – excluding bank holidays), employer pension contribution of 5% into a personal pension (which does not have to be matched by the employee)
Closing Date: 5pm 16th May 2025
About the Role
This role is key to shaping how the organisation maximises impact over the next 5 years, delivering on ambitions for the 2024-2029 Strategy. The aspiration is to help 10,000 young people at risk or experiencing homelessness, to reach their full potential.
By working with key players in the youth homelessness landscape, like-minded organisations, and embedding the voices and experiences of young people in this work, you will help maximise social impact and deliver £150m in social value by March 2029.
You will ensure the charity is the best possible grant funder in the field, thoughtful, diligent, transparent and efficient, as it works with the very best charities across the country deliver vital support to young people facing homelessness.
You will be in charge of grant programme design, development, and delivery in line with the new strategy. You will have the opportunity to work on new programmes and ideas, and to gather data and insight from this vital work (and other sources) that will help both future grant-making and our influencing work nationally.
About You
Whilst grant-making experience would be helpful, what truly matters is your ability to strategically lead and drive projects that deliver impact. You’ll be at the forefront of developing and delivering new programmes, ensuring they align with key targets while bringing innovative ideas to life.
This role is not just about achieving KPIs, it’s about leading teams to achieve results. You will have experience of delivering presentations, developing ideas and projects collaboratively, and using data-driven insights to shape future projects and influence decision-making at a regional or national level. Strong project management, monitoring, and evaluation skills are key in this role, as are those of team- and partnership- working.
If you are a senior leader looking for your next role, then we would love to hear from you.
About the Organisation
The charity has been around since 1986, created by and working with the UK property industry to try and harness a collective desire to do good. Since 2016, the focus has been exclusively on creating a corporate movement within and across the industry to tackle and end youth homelessness.
Additional Benefits
• Opportunities for flexible working
• Free annual Flu’ jabs and annual sight tests
• Cycle to Work Scheme (salary sacrifice)
• ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice, in work time
• Interest-free Annual Travel Card Loans
• A Professional Development Fund
• Commitment to wellbeing (we’re signatories of Mind’s Time to Change Pledge)
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Health Insurance with Vitality (small employee contribution required).
You may have experience in other roles such as Grants, Impact, Grants and Impact, Head of Grants, Head of Impact, Head of Grants and Impact, Impact and Innovation, Director of Grants, Director of Impact, Director of Grants and Impact.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation