Practice development lead jobs
About the Role
We are looking for a creative and values-driven Communications Officer to join our growing team.
Working with our community of brain injury survivors, volunteers and staff, you will co-produce content that shares our stories, increases awareness and broadens our reach.
You’ll play a central role in promoting our services and amplifying the voices of our members.
Headway East London is an expanding organisation that provides sector-leading support services for people living with brain injury: you’ll be joining a mission-driven team where your work will make a real difference every day.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Marketing & Communications Delivery
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Deliver and support the implementation of our communications and marketing strategy across all channels (digital and print.
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Lead on a regular calendar of activity across social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, BlueSky, YouTube) to maintain and grow a network of online supporters.
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Lead on maintaining and developing content for the Headway East London website (using WordPress and Elementor), including blog posts, service pages and events.
Community & Co-Production
- Work with our members (services users - people with brain injury), volunteers and staff to co-create content that reflects their voices and experiences.
- Ensure accessibility is embedded in all communications, including use of plain English, inclusive visuals, and a variety of formats.
- Engage the wider Headway East London community in developing campaigns, storytelling, and communications planning.
Campaigns, Partnerships & Income Generation
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Support fundraising and development teams to plan and deliver digital campaigns that increase donations, engagement and awareness.
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Explore opportunities for brand development, partnerships and earned media that align with our values and strategic priorities.
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Maintain and strengthen relationships with local and national media outlets and stakeholders
Internal Communications
- Support internal communication needs across the organisation, helping teams stay informed and connected across multiple sites.
- Help develop internal resources and templates that enable teams to produce consistent, values-led communications.
Key Relationships - Internal and External
Internal: Members (service users), Volunteers, Day Service Co-Ordinators, Service Leads of Departments, Director of Fundraising
External: Public Audiences, Partner Organisations, Contractors e.g. Website Developers, Graphic Designers, Press
Other
Apply the Headway East London values and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times.
Protect and enhance the interests and reputation of Headway East London internally and externally.
Commit to the organisational principles of: coproduction equity, diversity and inclusion sustainability.
Headway East London is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work. We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do. We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives. We are focused on equality and believe that all the fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
PSPA is the only national charity offering support and information to people living with the rare, incurable, degenerative brain diseases called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD). Our purpose is to create a better future for everyone affected by PSP and CBD. We provide much needed support to people and their families living with these devastating neurological conditions. We also invest in research to deepen our understanding of the conditions with the goal of reducing the time to accurate diagnosis and discovering treatments and an eventual cure. Since 2024 we have increased our investment in awareness raising of these relatively unknown diseases.
Since the charity was formed 31 years ago, we have made significant progress in raising awareness and supporting people living with these devastating neurological conditions. Research estimates there are 10,000 people living with PSP and CBD in the UK. PSPA currently supports around 2,100 people living with PSP, 415 people with CBD and a furter 3,000 people who are supporting someone with these conditions. Alongside this we provide education and advice to over 2,000 Health and Social Care Professionals.
Helpline & Support Services Manager
Reports to: Director of Service Improvement and Development
Responsible for: 6 Helpline Care Navigators (HCNs)
Location: Hybrid – minimum one day per week in Milton Keynes office, remainder from home
Hours: 28 hours per week (some evening and weekend hours may be required)
Salary: £32,400 per annum (FTE £40,500)
Contract Type: Permanent, Part-Time
Benefits:
- Employer contribution to a workplace-defined pension scheme
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Employee Assistance Programme (UK Healthcare)
Make a Difference Every Day
At PSPA, we support people living with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)—two rare and complex neurological conditions. As our Helpline and Support Services Manager, you’ll lead a small, passionate team dedicated to providing high-quality support to individuals and families at critical moments in their lives.
This is more than a management role—it’s a chance to drive real change, improve lives, and lead a service that’s a lifeline for many across the UK.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and Inspire: Manage and support a team of 6 Helpline Care Navigators (including posts based in Scotland and Wales), and a team of volunteers providing out-of-hours support.
- Deliver Impact: Ensure people affected by PSP & CBD receive timely, empathetic, and accurate support and information.
- Enhance Support Services: Design and deliver tailored support groups, including groups for carers and people who are newly diagnosed.
- Champion Service Quality: Monitor performance, gather data, and use insights to shape and improve service delivery.
- Promote Inclusion & Safety: Ensure all services are accessible and comply with safeguarding and equality standards.
- Lead in Safeguarding: Act as Deputy Safeguarding Lead, maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all service users.
- Collaborate & Influence: Work with internal teams to ensure service user voices influence policy, communications, and PSPA publications.
Key Responsibilities
- Line manage, develop, and support the helpline team and volunteers.
- Lead the planning, delivery, and evaluation of support services.
- Work with the Volunteer Coordinator to deliver evening helpline services.
- Develop and implement policies to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based service delivery.
- Ensure all work reflects the lived experience of people affected by PSP & CBD.
- Support the creation of new services and resources based on community need.
- Contribute to the editorial direction of PSPA’s magazine, ensuring it reflects service users' perspectives.
- Deputise for the Director of Service Improvement and Development, including leadership responsibilities and safeguarding oversight.
Person Specification
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in managing a helpline, support, or care service.
- Strong people management and team development skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—empathetic, clear, and confident.
- Experience working with people affected by complex health or neurological conditions.
- Sound understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and procedures.
- Ability to use data and insights to monitor and improve services.
- Skilled in designing and facilitating support sessions or groups.
- Comfortable working independently, flexibly, and across remote/hybrid teams.
- Confident IT user, including case management and reporting systems.
- Familiarity with equality, diversity, and inclusion best practices in health or care settings.
Desirable
- Experience of managing volunteers or out-of-hours services.
- Knowledge of PSP, CBD, or rare and neurological conditions.
Personal Attributes
- Compassionate and person-centred in approach
- Strong leadership presence, able to motivate and empower others
- Detail-oriented and organised, yet flexible and adaptable
- Committed to continuous improvement
- Collaborative and open to feedback
- Passionate about making a difference for people with rare conditions
If you’re looking for a meaningful role where your leadership can directly improve lives, we’d love to hear from you.
CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED BY PSP & CBD.


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Multi Disciplinary Team Clinical Fellow
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Part-time 14 hours (two days a week), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location Split between home and our London Office (every 1st Wednesday of the month)
Salary up to £90,000 FTE (£36,522 pro rata) depending on experience and/ or current NHS pay grade
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
About the role
We are launching the 2025-2026 Macmillan Clinical Fellowship programme. This is an exciting new programme, key in the implementation of our new ambitious 2025-2030 strategy.
The MDT fellow will be based in Centre of Clinical Expertise and be part of the core strategic group looking at Variation in Treatment and Care. Cancer MDTs are well established in the NHS as a core part of cancer care but significant variation in impact and efficiency exists and the role of the patient voice is often not prominent enough. The fellow will work across the organisation and form influential external relationships to support Macmillan to work with Health Care Systems across the UK to improve MDT ways of working.
This role will be both beneficial to Macmillan in helping to improve the lives of people living with cancer, as well as provide the successful candidate with a potentially career changing opportunity.
The fellow will be part of a highly motivated, inspirational and supportive team and be given mentorship support throughout the fellowship.
This role is being recruited to as part of a cohort of clinical fellows from different disciplines and will have different areas of focus around Macmillan’s core strategic objectives allowing for peer support and learning:
- Equitable Experience of Care Clinical Fellow
- Multi-Disciplinary Team Clinical Fellow
- Older People Clinical Fellow.
About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Current registration with the relevant Professional organisation
- Experience of and/or expertise in MDT working
- An understanding/experience in health inequities
- Evidence of involvement in clinical leadership and management commensurate with your level of practice
- Evidence of considering equality, diversity and inclusion in work undertaken
- Good communication and IT skills
- The ability to build and sustain networks and professional relationships and work with multi-professional teams
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days (pro rata)
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Wednesday 30th July 2025
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.



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Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £29,849 per annum
We also offer:
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a discretionary Christmas closure
- Benefits platform with discounts on retail, dining and days out
- Salary sacrifice schemes for gym, bicycles and nursery/childcare
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Scheme to support you inside and outside of work
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Location: Regular travel to Woodberry Wetlands, Walthamstow Wetlands and Camley Street Natural Park, with ad hoc travel to additional sites
Flexible working: Occasional home working is available in this position (likely max 1 day per week). Flexible working requests are available from day one
Role & Responsibilities
Our Engagement Officers will play a key role in making London Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves more inclusive, welcoming, and relevant to London’s diverse communities. Working closely with the Engagement Manager, you will lead targeted outreach and build meaningful relationships with underrepresented local groups, co-creating engagement activities that reflect community needs and help break down barriers to accessing green spaces.
- Plan, promote, and deliver a diverse calendar of public and community events across London Wildlife Trust’s visitor hubs, including Woodberry Wetlands, Walthamstow Wetlands, Camley Street Natural Park, and partner sites.
- Build and maintain inclusive relationships with local community groups, ensuring co-created activities that reflect their needs and reduce barriers to accessing green space.
- Coordinate logistics for events and engagement activities, including booking facilitators, preparing resources, and ensuring smooth operational delivery.
- Work with the Marketing & Communications team to create promotional materials and share engaging content that highlights opportunities and impact.
- Supervise sessional staff and volunteers, supporting their involvement in public and community engagement activities.
- Monitor and evaluate engagement outcomes using feedback forms, visitor surveys, and internal databases to support continual improvement.
- Ensure all activities comply with safeguarding and health & safety procedures, including accurate reporting of incidents or near misses.
- Contribute to wider Learning & Engagement team initiatives and events, sharing insights and updates with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
Our ideal Engagement Officer:
- Demonstrable experience in planning, coordinating, and delivering inclusive public and community events.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences across face-to-face and digital channels.
- Organised, proactive, and adaptable, with a solution-focused mindset and the initiative to work independently.
- Good understanding of safeguarding, health & safety, and inclusive engagement practices.
- Passionate about connecting people with nature and committed to making green spaces welcoming for all.
Please note that we are recruiting for x2 Engagement Officers, with one focussing on Public Events and one focussing on Communities. Please see separate adverts and job descriptions on our website through the application link.
Closing Date: 9am 28th July
Interviews: Are scheduled to take place on 5th & 12th August and reasonable adjustments will be offered to all candidates including the choice to meet online or in-person.
Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you!
Our vision is a London alive with wildlife, with nature in everyone's neighbourhood. To achieve our goal of inspiring everyone to help restore London’s wildlife, we recognise that our team must better reflect and represent all of London’s diverse communities. Find out more about London Wildlife Trust’s commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion on our website.
We are also committed to ensuring that the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk is at the heart of our engagement with people. Read about our commitment to safeguarding on our website.
REF-222833
Reading Strategy Coordinator - HMP Stoke Heath
Location: Shropshire
Department: Prison delivery
Salary: £28,274 per annum
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Contract Type: Permanent
Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing illiteracy amongst people in prison?
Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) and G4S to provide peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes across a number of prisons. We now have the opportunity to provide a service at HMP Stoke Heath. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust Team Members, this is an exciting role leading on the delivery and development of creative and exciting literacy initiatives and an ambitious Reading Strategy at HMP Stoke Heath, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.
Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.
This role is subject to contract award and will be prison-based.
Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
Interviews are planned for the week commencing the 1st September 2025.
Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.
REF-222846
Are you a fantastic leader who is passionate about supporting young people into employment?
The King's Trust is currently going through an exciting period of development. We have ambitions to grow our offer to young people by providing a blended approach of face-to-face and digital delivery and support. To help us on this journey we are looking for passionate and motivated individuals to lead our dynamic teams to work with young people either directly through 121 work or the delivery of programmes. This role also incorporates our partnership with the Department of Health where we are working to support 10,000 young people into the sector. We need a fantastic leader to help us achieve our ambitions in the South West and ensure the success of our Health and Social Care programmes and partnerships.
This role will involve leading a small team of delivery staff working to support young people in the South West, predominantly in Bristol but also some delivery in Plymouth and the wider South West. We are passionate about flexible working but it’s worth being aware that this role will be based in Bristol (working from our Bristol Centre) and you will be required to travel across the patch to support your team.
As part of the Leadership Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of our Healthcare programmes, in line with contractual requirements. You will lead the Health and Social Care team to develop and implement our delivery plan and ensure we meet targets, ensuring that every young person engaged progresses with an appropriate pathway of learning and development and one to one support. You will be a role model for your team, demonstrating best practice in how we work with young people in a safe way to ensure we deliver maximum value for young people and partners.
A background in employment-based programmes and/or knowledge of the Healthcare sector would be great as well as the ability to build and sustain stakeholder relationships and inspire colleagues.
To be successful in the role of Service Delivery Manager, you will be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation.
If you are up for a challenge and working in a great team, we would love to hear from you.
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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Care about community? Good at making connections?
Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. We’re extending a successful project that has been running for 3 years in partnership with Suffolk County Council and need an energetic, and imaginative person to help coordinate things for us.
We are looking for a person to join our existing team of Catalysts to support local entrepreneurial people and community organisations to offer new and creative care and support options for people who need help at home and in the community. In this way we will help people to get the support they need to live the life they want.
To do this job you must:
· Understand the world of care - but maybe feel it could do with a bit of a shake up!
· Be a real people person - able to work well with all sorts of folks with confidence.
· Instinctively make connections - and join up dots that are sometimes less than obvious.
· Be able to spot what people are good at and nurture it.
Have a look at our website and the job description and person specification for more information about us and the job. You will be employed by Community Catalysts and based in Suffolk.
Closing date for applications is on 23rd July at 1.00 pm and interviews will take place in Ipswich on 29th July 2025.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £24,804 – £28,219 (with the potential for progression within the band based on programme development and growth)
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Education Department at Bristol City Robins Foundation and lead our FdSc and BSc (Top-up) courses in Community Football Coaching and Development.
- Are you interested in leading and overseeing an education programme, ensuring its success and development?
- Do you have experience working in, or a passion for, in an education setting? Can you build supportive, professional relationships while supporting learners’ academic, practical, and personal development?
- Are you adaptable, proactive, and eager to thrive in a dynamic charity environment?
If so, we would like to talk to you…
We seek a full-time Programme Lead for our Foundation Degree in Community Football Coaching and Development, including the BSc Top-up year. Delivered in partnership with the University of South Wales and EFL in the Community, this course blends academic study with real-world delivery experience within the Robins Foundation and wider club programmes. This role also includes coaching a team and coordinating fixtures within our post-16 provision.
Your Main Responsibilities:
- Deliver weekly lectures using USW online content and support students with assessments.
- Monitor student progress and provide supportive interventions when needed.
- Develop and manage work placements and coach education sessions.
- Lead student recruitment and build strong relationships with local colleges and schools.
- Create clear progression pathways from BTEC to degree level.
- Grow and enhance the programme, identifying opportunities for development and innovation.
- Coach and manage a post-16 football team, delivering training and overseeing the fixture schedule.
- Support staff development while maintaining high standards of student welfare and safeguarding.
You will have:
- FA Level 2 in Coaching Football (Essential)
- UEFA B License (Desirable)
- Teaching or Instructing Qualification (Desirable)
- Degree or equivalent in Sports Coaching, Education, or related field (Desirable)
- Experience in an education or coach education setting, ideally working within higher education.
- An ability to lead, organise, and manage a degree-level education programme, ensuring high academic and practical standards.
- Strong knowledge, understanding and delivery skills in relation to coaching and coach development.
- Ability to effectively mentor, motivate and support students
- Experience in building and maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders.
- Strong communication, organisational, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Knowledge of safeguarding policies and best practices in an educational and sports setting.
- Ability to lead and facilitate professional development opportunities for students and staff.
- IT literate.
- Full UK Driving License
Safeguarding Statement: Bristol City Robins Foundation are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment. This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists; as such, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore, all convictions, including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS, should be declared.
Equality Statement: The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment to equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description. The candidate must also promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave increasing to 28 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment (plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days)
- 5 days paid leave to volunteer at a charity of your choice
- Pension scheme
- Employee Assist Programme
- Generous CPD budget
- Free Eye Test
- Free Flu Jabs
- Work equipment (BCFC clothing, laptop, phone)
- 2 x Bristol City and Bristol Bears tickets to home league games
- 20% discount in the Bristol Sport store
- The chance to be part of an incredible journey
Notes
Closing date for applications: Thursday 31st July 2025 (however, we reserve the right to fast-track applicants and interview before this end date)
Please note that CV’s alone will not be accepted. A fully completed application form is required, and it can be found at the bottom of the advert, along with the role profile.
Interview date(s): week commencing 4th August 2025.
Contract: Full Time – Starting August 2025
Candidates will be expected to put time into self-development before their start date.
Candidates must also be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends.
The role will be offered subject to an Enhanced DBS check and self-disclosure form.
Previous Applicants need not apply.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Service Manager to join our Braknell Young People's Service.
£40,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.
Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training
* ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
* Online wellbeing resources
* A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
* Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
Join Look Ahead as a Service Manager for Bracknell Young People, where you'll oversee innovative 24 hour supported accommodation for young people aged 16-25 . You will oversee four projects and diverse teams within the Bracknell Forest Council area.
As a Service Manager, you will lead and inspire front-line staff, fostering leadership and competence development within your team. Your operational excellence will ensure effective management of all projects, maintaining high standards in service delivery. You will be responsible for upholding regulatory responsibilities (OFSTED), ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for our customers, and driving continuous improvement through quality assurance.
In this role, you will actively listen to and engage with young people, ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met. Developing and maintaining essential external partnerships will be key to providing a robust support structure for our customers.
We are looking for an empathetic leader who can connect with young people and staff alike, showing genuine care and understanding. You should be adept at comprehending and implementing policies and procedures to benefit both customers and the organisation. Excellent communication skills are essential for effectively liaising with stakeholders, Children services, Commissioning teams, and OFSTED. A proactive approach to service development and regulatory compliance will be crucial to your success.
You'll have the chance to grow your leadership skills and advance your career in an organisation that prioritises personal development and values partnerships and collaborative efforts.
What you'll do:
- Drive business planning activities within your contract, ensuring relevant and challenging objective setting and ongoing performance tracking, developing turn around action plans as may be necessary
* Using sound financial and accounting principles, manage contract budgets to deliver on corporate and local contract financial targets
* Successfully lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
* Work to continuously improve staff competence, ensure ownership of all staff issues and speedy and effective conflict resolution
* Responsible for reporting all staff changes to HR and Payroll departments, as appropriate e.g. starters, leavers, additional hours etc.
* Responsible for maintaining quarterly staff succession plans
* Deliver effective, professional and commercially focused briefings and supervision meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting & communications flow up/down is effective
* Responsible for managing and allocating customers to support staff (casework management)
* Develop key business relationships with all relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
* Plan, organise and prioritise operations within your contract to ensure maximum efficiencies/utilisation of all resources
* Working with your team lead creative and ambitious customer involvement plans across the patch and ensure successful implementation
* Where appropriate to role, carry client group specialism activities, linking in with other Managers and Heads of Operations to ensure focussed integration of specialisms across the whole organisation
* Lead quality visits, using Look Ahead's local indicators to monitor quality/performance, set targets and lead action plans to ensure highly rated services that reflect requirements of local funders and local and national standards
* Responsible for producing and submitting Monthly Management Reports to the Performance team, ensuring that all data gathered on local KPI's are accurate and up to date
* Drive continuous improvement initiatives across contract portfolio ensuring Look Ahead continues to set and achieves sector best practice standards and is held as a benchmark to competitors
* Develop and maintain excellent internal management relationships with all other Look Ahead departments and functions, ensuring sharing of best practice and supporting initiatives to improve organisational performance
Please see our website for the full job description.
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!
We are looking for someone who can live and breathe our values; to work in partnership, deliver quality, adapt, be positive and be inclusive. You will be a self-starting, proactive individual with strong operational ability and a passion for supporting communities and strengthening the local voluntary sector.
Purpose of the Job:
This role leads the day-to-day delivery of Communities 1st’s support for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations and volunteer centre engagement. You will play a key role in supporting community groups to be welcoming, accountable, effective and sustainable, and lead engagement with both new and established organisations.
We’re looking for a confident and capable leader who combines strong values with practical delivery skills. This role is ideal for someone experienced in the sector, ready to take on a broader management remit, with potential to grow into a future senior leadership role..
General Responsibilities
- Act as a key point of contact for VCFSE organisations seeking support, advice and partnership.
- Lead the planning and delivery of multiple services, projects and programmes in line with agreed objectives.
- Line manage and support staff and volunteers across the team, ensuring clear workplans, regular supervision, and high performance.
- Ensure your team meets key deadlines, outputs and targets set by funders or Communities 1st.
- Promote the voice and value of the VCFSE sector in meetings, networks and forums.
- Champion inclusive practice and equitable access in all areas of delivery.
- Ensure accurate records, timely reporting, and continual quality improvement.
- Support income generation through identifying new opportunities, contributing to bids, and building relationships with funders and stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively across departments to ensure a joined-up organisational approach.
Key Responsibilities
Strengthen the Local VCFSE Sector
- Provide high-quality advice, support and guidance on governance, funding, volunteering, project planning and service development.
- Support start-up groups and help existing organisations adapt and thrive.
- Design and deliver practical resources, events, training and workshops that strengthen organisations’ capacity and leadership.
- Work with colleagues and partners to ensure the sector has access to good quality, up-to-date information and funding opportunities.
Develop Volunteering Locally
- Lead the delivery of our Volunteer Centre services.
- Promote inclusive, flexible volunteering that meets community needs and individual motivations.
- Support local organisations to improve their volunteer recruitment, retention and management.
- Promote and embed volunteer recognition and celebration across the community.
Drive Community Engagement and Partnerships
- Build strong relationships with local organisations, public services, community leaders and funders.
- Facilitate connections and collaboration between organisations, networks and systems partners.
- Represent Communities 1st in local forums, networks and multi-agency partnerships.
- Support development of collaborative projects and joint funding bids where appropriate.
Management and Leadership
- Lead and support a team of staff and volunteers, ensuring high performance, wellbeing and development.
- Ensure clear workplans, supervision, and evaluation are in place for your team.
- Contribute to organisational planning, funding proposals and reporting.
- Model a collaborative, supportive and values-led approach.
Data, Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
- Ensure robust monitoring and evaluation of your team’s work.
- Track performance against funder outcomes and organisational objectives.
- Use data and feedback to improve delivery and demonstrate impact.
- Contribute to organisational reporting, storytelling and case study development.
To Partner with local communities, turning knowledge and energy into action and progress

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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!
Carers First is a charity that works directly with, and for unpaid carers, providing personalised information, advice and tailored support making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.
We have a committed, dedicated staff team and you could be just the person we are looking for to join us to make that valuable difference in carer’s lives. We live and work through our values in all that we achieve by being positive, collaborative and ambitious and we have clear plans to scale our reach, support and impact for carers.
About this role
As a Director of Income and Engagement your responsibilities would include: -
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Lead, inspire and manage an integrated Income, Data and Communications Team to diversify and increase income to reach and engage more carers.
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Drive a substantial increase in voluntary income and the charity’s supporter base.
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Lead on communications and campaigns to support delivery of the charity’s strategy.
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Take an active role as a member of Carers First Leadership Team to shape and implement the charity’s strategy and unlock the whole organisation’s potential.
About you
To be successful in this role you will need -
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Experience in strategic planning with an ability to produce and deliver creative and impactful income generation and communications plans with targets and measures.
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Demonstrable achievements in planning and delivering significant income growth within a charity, from a diverse range of sources, including trusts and foundations, community fundraising, individual giving, major donors, legacies and corporate partnerships.
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Demonstrable experience in writing compelling, robust and evidence-based proposals and cases for support for funders.
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Extensive experience of planning and delivering national and local communications/marketing tailored to key audiences, across multiple channels, to increase reach and engagement with key audiences.
We are looking for passionate people who are committed to the overall aims and objectives of the Charity. Carers First is committed to providing a supportive, vibrant, diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Carers First can offer you
In return for your contribution, we have an amazing package of staff benefits including 26 days annual leave entitlement which increases with length of service, flexible working options, paid carers leave, access to our work-place pension, staff discount scheme, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package. Whatever you are aiming to achieve in your career, we are here to encourage, help and support you grow, through our excellent training and development programmes.
How to apply
To apply for our exciting opportunity and make a real difference to the lives of carers, click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to begin your application. Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.
Interview process
The closing date for applications is 5pm on 8 August 2025. There will be a two-stage process.
Candidates who have fully evidenced they meet the requirements of the Personal Specification to a satisfactory standard will be long-listed and invited to Stage 1.
Stage 1: Informal online meeting with the Chief Executive to discuss their application. Please note that applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis and therefore it would be helpful to make an early application.
Following the informal meeting, candidates will be short-listed and successful candidates will be invited to Stage 2:
Stage 2: Week commencing 18 August 2025 - formal face-to-face interview in London. As part of the formal interview, candidates will be asked to give a presentation, and details will be provided in advance.
Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Positive Collaborative Ambitious
Our new three-year strategy will enable us to grow our work to reach and support significantly more carers delivering innovative programmes of support
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Youth Focus NW (YFNW) proudly supports and develops Youth Work across the North West and beyond.
We believe in the power of Youth Work to improve lives.
We collaborate with local and national organisations to improve youth work practice, develop policy, and promote youth voice opportunities.
We nurture youth work practice and create networks, broker partnerships and open up opportunities for young people and organisations to work together. Our youth voice work gives young people opportunities to make a difference individually, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
We are looking for an experienced and passionate Business Support Officer to bolster our work.
Duties include the following:
- Manage calendars, scheduling meetings, and coordinating travel arrangements.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and other documents for executive review.
- Assist in organising and participating in events, workshops and focus groups.
- Input and analyse data, maintain accurate records and produce reports.
- Support the development of team systems and processes to ensure efficiency, quality, and cost effectiveness, including the effective management of administrative resources,where applicable.
- Support the Business Manager with financial tasks, including budget monitoring,invoicing, and payment processing.
- Support the Leaning & Development Manager with internal and external training coordination, monitoring and reporting.
- Act as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure the office base is well-organised and equipped with necessary resources.
Benefits include:
- Flexible Working
- Training and development
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free parking at the office
- 25 days Annual Leave plus an additional day off on your birthday & 3 days for festive closure
Further duties and person specification can be found in the attached recruitment pack
To improve the lives of young people in the North West of England by providing opportunities for them to engage and become active citizens.
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!
About Women in Prison
Women in Prison is a national, women-led, feminist organisation. We deliver front line support to women harmed by the criminal justice system, through our work in prisons, in the community and ‘through the prison gate’ as they resettle back into their communities. We also campaign for systems change that addresses the root causes of offending, reduces the harmful impact of prison, and creates workable, community-based alternatives to imprisonment.
Job Description:
Job Purpose:
Women in Prison’s South London Women’s Hubs provide support and advocacy to women at different points of the criminal justice system – whether they are at risk of offending, serving a community sentence, or in custody and leaving prison. The primary purpose of this role is to work with women in custody, including on remand, offering support to prepare for release and connect them with vital community support services prior to and on release from prison.
Key Responsibility Areas
- Provide high-quality, trauma-responsive advocacy one to one and group support in prison, to women on remand in HMP Bronzefield, HMP Downview and HMP Send
- Development and maintenance of professional relations in prison and the community
- Ensure clear, timely and effective communication and record keeping
- Proactively seek to develop your personal and professional practice, and contribute to wider organisational development
- Contribute to building a feminist leadership culture and positive working environment for Women in Prison
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you are imaginative, entrepreneurial, and able to persuade people and organisations to support one of the most important causes in the UK today, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for. This is an outstanding opportunity to build your professional brand in a transformed organisation with ambitious plans for the future.
To apply, please submit your CV on Charity Jobs describing your achievements to date in your career and email a short PowerPoint presentation (no more than 10 slides) outlining your motivation and experience to take on this role, to Holly Bell. Please also give Holly details of your earliest possible start date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
OASIS NAVIGATOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKERS x 3 vacancies
FULL AND PART TIME (40 and 20 HOURS PER WEEK)
FIXED TERM (2 x vacancies fixed for 12 months and 1 post fixed until 31st March 26)
SALARY: £27,810 - per annum (FTE), pro rata for part time hours
LOCATION: GREATER MANCHESTER (1 post based in Trafford)
Are you passionate about supporting young people and communities? Will you support young people to recognise and reach their full potential. Oasis is recruiting Youth Development Workers to be part of the Greater Manchester Navigator Project. This is an incredible project that supports young people impacted by violence.
We believe violence is preventable…We are passionate about inclusion and believe young people and communities should be central to local and national violence reduction strategies. If you share this passion and want to make a difference, come and join our team.
As a Youth Development worker you will;
· Be present in Hospital/ Custody/ Community locations to support young people that are impacted by violence.
· Work with young people in the community supporting them to process what has happened and linking them in with services/groups that will provide them with sustainable ongoing support.
· Deliver group work sessions to get young people talking about the issue of violence providing a safe space for them to talk about their concerns and what they want to change.
· Support communities impacted by critical incidents.
Amongst other requirements, the successful post holder must have:
· Relevant experience OR qualification in Youth & Community (JNC), Social Work (QSW) or SEND.
· Proven experience working with young people ‘at risk’.
· Reliability, with a flexible approach to changes and able to work unsociable hours.
As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution.
- A generous holiday allowance and training opportunities.
- A supportive, friendly work environment, with flexible working arrangements.
If you are interested in this position, please email a CV and covering letter detailing why you feel you are suitable for this role.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers to application or would like to have a conversation about the role, please let us know.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am Monday 4th August 25.
Interviews will take place on W/C 11th August 25
Oasis is a multi-national charity supporting young people and their families in 10 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
Must have evidence of right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.