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ACCEND (Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development Programme) Delivery Manager - 

Fixed Term Contract (12 - 18 months) 
Full time (34.5 hours)
Home-based / Split between home and our London Office 
Salary Range: £56,500 - £61,500

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.

We’re looking for a strategic ACCEND Delivery Manager to spearhead Macmillan’s implementation of the NHSE Aspirant Cancer Career Education and Development (ACCEND) Programme with internal colleagues working with NHS organisations, and also to work with Macmillan colleagues in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. T

his multi-professional initiative is designed to establish a career and education framework for nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and support staff working with people affected by cancer.

�� What you’ll be doing

• Define and deliver Macmillan’s external offer to support ACCEND implementation to healthcare organisations and professionals and across the UK.
• Lead engagement with NHSE and Macmillan’s devolved nation teams to support the implementation of ACCEND in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• Scope and prioritise external activity using insight and data, and define levels of support required.
• Design and deliver an internal education and training programme, including an internal community of practice.
• Create a toolkit for Macmillan colleagues to support conversations with healthcare professionals about ACCEND.
• Coordinate internal working groups, manage risks and issues, and maintain governance and project documentation.
• Develop impact reporting, support budget tracking, and contribute to strategic updates for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with communications teams to develop engagement plans and resources.

�� What you’ll bring

• Proven experience delivering complex programmes in a strategic, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Direct experience with ACCEND implementation and a strong understanding of the UK healthcare landscape.
• Background in working and engaging with healthcare professionals, ideally within an education or workforce development context.
• Expertise in project planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, and resource management.
• Ability to manage teams in a matrix structure and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.

�� Who you’ll work with

You’ll collaborate with:

• NHSE national and regional teams
• Macmillan’s Lead Allied Health Professional and Nursing Advisor and Co-Lead for ACCEND with NHSE, Strategic Advisor for Cancer Care and Head of Professional Engagement
• The Centre of Clinical Expertise, National System Change Division, and Communities and System Partnerships Division
• Cancer alliances, devolved nation networks, Royal Colleges, and other professional bodies

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Mon 15th September at 23:59
First interview dates: Late September (TBC)

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.

Project Development Manager - Southern England
Reference: SEP20250002
Location: Home based in the South of England with frequent travel required to RSPB reserves and other sites for meetings
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £43,095.00 - £46,264.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Do you have the passion, skills, and experience to help develop and deliver complex nature conservation and infrastructure projects in the South of England? We’re looking for someone who is well-organised, solutions-focused, and can adapt their skills to the development and delivery of a diverse range of projects.

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, skilled and passionate Project Development Manager to join our England Project Management team, working primarily in the South of England. 

The England Project Management Team manage all sorts of projects, from species recovery at a landscape scale to infrastructure repairs and commercial developments. Each day as a Project Development Manager is different. You might find yourself chairing a project team meeting one day, visiting a construction site the next, and negotiating with contractors the day after that.

As a Project Development Manager, you will directly manage some of the most ambitious and complex projects within the RSPB. At the same time, you will work closely with the Operations Director and Area Managers in the Southern region to develop a pipeline of projects across the South, and make sure they’re being well-managed.

Our project teams include colleagues from a range of disciplines as well as external consultants and suppliers. You’ll need to be able to build relationships across internal and external stakeholders and motivate others to get things done to keep projects progressing smoothly.

Key activities will include:

• Develop and manage one or more complex projects at any one time. To include budget management, stakeholder management, risk management, contractor procurement and other tasks as required. 
• Lead and motivate project teams to achieve project success by focusing on a common goal. 
• Develop and oversee a pipeline of projects that contribute to delivery against strategic priorities, working with regional/country management teams. 
• Provide support & advice to the regional /country management team to enable them to use the PMF effectively to deliver strategic priorities and successful projects (including ensuring project assurance is in place). 
• Line management of more junior project management team members.
• Provide advice and support to colleagues on project management best practice, helping to build overall project management capability across England.
• Be an advocate for Cora, the RSPB’s on-line project management system.
• Undertake project reviews as commissioned by the management team/other stakeholders including other regions & countries to ensure lessons are learned, best practice shared, and capability increased.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Proven project management skills relating to planning and managing complex projects, managing risks/costs/time and leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ability to influence others, communicate effectively, build collaborative relationships and represent the organisation.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and approaches, with the ability to support more junior colleagues in this area.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and working in partnership to achieve shared outcomes. 
• Ability to solve issues quickly, efficiently and creatively.
• Cost and budget management.
• Impressive time management and organisational skills.
• A tangible passion for the planet.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Project or Programme Management Qualification (APMPMQ, Prince 2, MSP).
• Experience of relevant projects such as habitat creation/restoration, building renovations (particularly visitor facilities), multi-partner projects, community engagement. 
• Line management experience. 

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 5th Oct 2025

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from October 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our recruitment partner's website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

No agencies please.

Sheffield Cathedral is embarking on an ambitious seven-year journey as a resourcing cathedral, pioneering mission in the inclusive catholic tradition. At the heart of this vision is the creation of the Community of St Paulinus (CsP), a new non-residential mission community rooted in daily prayer and committed to revitalising parishes and planting new worshipping communities across the Diocese.

To help deliver this exciting work, we are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the Project Resource Team and ensure the smooth running of this initiative. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on strategy and delivery, is highly organised, and has experience managing complex projects—preferably within a church, charity, or community setting.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and coordinate a small, agile Project Resource Team

• Develop and oversee delivery plans for the seven-year project

• Support monitoring, evaluation and reporting for national funders

• Build strong partnerships across parishes, the CsP, and other stakeholders

• Ensure logistics and administration run smoothly for events, placements, and new initiatives

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has at least three years’ experience in project management or operations

• Can work collaboratively and lead with vision and adaptability

• Is committed to inclusive Christian mission and values

This is more than a management role—it’s a chance to shape a pioneering model of cathedral-based mission and help create sustainable, vibrant worshipping communities in Sheffield and beyond.

This is an exceptional opportunity to be at the heart of a truly exciting heritage restoration project to restore, renew and open up to new audiences, a nationally-important building in a thriving but economically and socially challenged central London neighbourhood.

St Peter’s Walworth is Sir John Soane’s first London church and one of only four Grade 1-listed buildings in Southwark. We have secured a major grant of £438,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) for Development Phase funding for the “Building Beyond: Soane Reimagined” project with a view to work towards a Delivery phase grant of £3.1m. The Development Phase is now underway, with the first major procurements completed, and is set to run for 18 months, at which point a Delivery Round application will be submitted to activate a Delivery Phase. Design development needs to be completed to RIBA Stage 3, planning, Faculty and consents need to be in place and all partnership funding raised or pledged. Our fundraising target is challenging – we will need to secure more than £1m with a focus on trusts and foundations, alongside strategic partnerships. We have already engaged a consultant to develop our Fundraising Strategy and Case for Support, and that consultant will be able to work alongside the Fundraising Manager to get them off to a strong start.

The Church has excellent local networks, an active steering group including external professional expertise, a progressive and outward-facing Rector with a strong social media following, and a strong relationship with potential donors and partners with funds already secured from Southwark Council. We have strong foundations to build upon but there is no doubt we have a challenge ahead of us. We would love to hear your application.

The Organisation

This is a globally active organisation in the international development and human rights sector, with an annual income exceeding £5 million. It works across multiple regions to drive systemic change through advocacy, partnerships, and strategic programmes. The organisation is values-led, impact-focused, and committed to safeguarding, inclusion, and long-term sustainability.

The Job

We are recruiting a Head of Finance on behalf of a high-impact international organisation. This role will oversee strategic financial planning, compliance, and operational finance across a multi-currency, multi-country environment. You'll lead a team of three finance professionals and be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, statutory reporting, grant management, procurement, payroll, pensions, and financial systems. The role includes regular reporting to the Board of Trustees and collaboration with senior leaders to ensure financial integrity and value for money. This is a hybrid role based in London, with occasional international travel.

The Person

You are a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with at least five years' post-qualified experience in a senior finance role within the not-for-profit, international development, or social enterprise sector. You bring strong technical expertise in financial management, grant compliance, and strategic planning, ideally gained in a multi-currency environment. You're confident in presenting to Boards and donors, and proficient in financial systems such as Sun Systems, SAP Concur, QuickBooks or Sage. Advanced Excel skills are essential. You're a collaborative leader who can build capacity across teams, inspire a culture of financial excellence, and drive continuous improvement.

What's in It for You?

- Salary: £57,000 per annum, with annual increments
- Pension: Generous 10% employer contribution
- Contract: 2-year fixed term, with strong potential to become permanent
- Location: London-based, hybrid working (2 days onsite per week)
- International Travel: Opportunities to travel globally as needed
- Culture: Inclusive, values-driven environment committed to diversity, equity, safeguarding, and professional development

Please apply now to be considered!

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We are delighted to be supporting a UK higher education institution in their search for a temporary Executive Assistant to join their team. This is a full-time role offering a fantastic opportunity to provide high-level executive support while contributing to key projects, events and strategic initiatives.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities for this role include:

• Providing executive administrative support to the Director of Education and Student Experience and senior leadership team.
• Managing complex diaries, prioritising commitments and acting as a first point of contact for senior stakeholders.
• Supporting projects, drafting reports and briefing papers, and monitoring progress against deadlines.
• Organising meetings, events and away days, ensuring smooth delivery of logistics and communications.
• Assisting with financial and HR administration, including budgets, procurement and staff induction.
• Maintaining accurate records, handling confidential information, and supporting process improvements.

To be considered for this position, you should possess:

• Proven experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant supporting senior leaders.
• Excellent planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with impeccable attention to detail.
• High-level IT proficiency including MS Office.
• The ability to act with discretion, initiative and professionalism at all times.
• Experience within higher education or a similar environment is desirable.

If you're looking to make a meaningful contribution in a dynamic and influential role, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply below and submit your CV in Word format.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

About the Role

As our Housing Coordinator you will ensure The Angelou Centre’s refuge accommodations continue to be a safe and welcoming safe for women. You will ensure we comply with statutory building, property and Health & Safety obligations. You will be responsible for ensuring health and safety compliance, coordinating repairs and maintenance, managing tenancy-related matters, and supporting the wellbeing of women and children accessing our refuge services. You will also line mange our Refuge and Housing Support Workers and our Haven Finance Officer

Our ideal candidate is someone who;

• Is compassionate, non-judgmental and committed to supporting survivors of domestic abuse
• Has experience of working within property, housing or facilities management
• Has excellent knowledge within health & safety, building and property UK regulations
• Has line management experience

Role Overview

Contract: Full-time Permanent,

with possibility of extension subject to funding

Salary: £30,303 to £35,781.20 (per hour £16.65 to £19.66)

Depending on experience and qualifications

Hours & Days35 hours a week

                                        Monday to Fridays 9am to 5pm                                

Additional benefits 25 days paid holiday,

employer’s pension contribution of 6%,

enhanced maternity leave

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

 Key Responsibilities

 Refuge Management

• Ensure that the refuge (dispersed accommodation) provides a safe supportive and welcoming environment in compliance with UK housing laws and the requirements of registered social landlords.
• To ensure completion of all necessary forms including housing and welfare benefit forms. 
• To liaise with statutory and voluntary agencies and networks, e.g. Housing Benefit -Networks/Housing agencies 
• Action any breaches of leases or tenancy agreements promptly and efficiently to ensure compliance with lease/tenancy obligations.
• Proactively address any arrears in a timely fashion and take appropriate action to recover debts.
• Working as a key part of our management team, supporting the Executive Director with planning, monitoring, evaluation and development planning
• Encouraging a positive and supportive environment in the refuge, ensuring that women’s and children’s voices are heard and central to our services
• Working in partnership with voluntary and statutory organisations, including Local Authorities and Children’s Social Care and other external agencies, keeping up to date with local resources and services available
• Ensuring any safeguarding issues for children or vulnerable adults are raised immediately as per our safeguarding policies
• To provide business development support in order to grow and develop The Angelou’s refuge services

Health & Safety

• Taking the lead in all Health & Safety issues for the Refuge service, ensuring compliance with policies and legislation, with responsibility for risk assessments, accident reporting, fire safety, repairs and maintenance issues etc,
• To update policies to align with changing requirements.
• To provide technical support on property-related problems.
• To undertake site inspections and to write follow up reports and action plans.
• To maintain the property database.

Line Management

• Engaging all team members in regular service reviews to promote best practice
• Managing and participating in the on-call support rota, responding to emergencies outside office hours on a rota basis
• Ensure staff are fully trained and able to carry out their duties

In order to deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is required and the post holder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Such duties however, will fall within the scope of the job at the appropriate grade. This job description will be subjected to review, to ensure that it accurately reflects the duties and range of the post.

Person Specification

Experience & Abilities

• Housing/property management experience in a refuge or supported housing setting
• Experience of line management and project management
• Experience of property agreements, drafting and signing them
• Experience of risk assessment, fire safety protocols and managing maintenance schedules
• Experience in procurement of supplies, consultants and contractors
• Experience in site inspections, writing report and action plans
• Able to build and sustain external professional relationships
• Able to priorities workload and work independently using your own initiative  

Knowledge & Qualifications

• An excellent knowledge of UK health and safety, fire safety and housing compliance regulations  
• An excellent understanding of UK policies and legislation around domestic abuse
• Good knowledge of UK adult safeguarding regulations.
• A good understanding of confidentiality and anti-discriminatory practice; safe practice and health and safety procedures
• Line management or supervisory experience
• NEBOSH General Certificate, NVQ Level 3/ 4 in Health & Safety, or IOSH Managing Safety

Values & Approach

• Commitment to anti-racist, trauma-informed, and feminist practice.
• Empathy, kindness, and cultural competence, with a commitment to supporting Black and racially minoritised women
• Has a ‘can do’ positive approach with a curious open to learning approach
• Able to work flexibly and respond to crisis situations with a trauma-informed approach
• Has a commitment to shared responsibility in a team context approach
•  Willingness to undertake training and show a commitment to continuous personal development, reflecting on own practice with a willingness to make changes if needed

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in business development
• Valid UK driver’s license and access to a car
• Skilled in financial management and able to project financial reports
• Experience in crisis management
• Experience working in the VAWG/Women rights sector
• An excellent understanding of domestic abuse and of UK policies and legislation around domestic abuse

The Food Foundation is an award winning charity with a vision of a sustainable food system which delivers health and well-being for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered. We believe that embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success and the positive impact we make. 

Job purpose
The Place-based Food Systems Manager will play a leading role in the development of The Food Foundation’s local policy and project work in 3 interconnected ways:

1.  Stimulating and supporting leadership in regions, cities, local authority areas and anchor institutions to take action to improve local access to affordable, healthy and sustainable food
2. Identifying the policy and food business levers which enable the emergence of more resilient local food systems which improve access to affordable, healthy and sustainable food in local communities
3. Advocating for national and local policy changes which enable local leadership and new food systems to become more rapidly established.

In the first instance, you will play a leading role in our place-based work in Kent and Birmingham, in particular focused on improving the health and sustainability of menus and business offerings through the promotion of beans, pulses and legumes. You will work closely with Birmingham City Council and The University of Kent, as well as local leaders, partners,
local authorities, policymakers and businesses. You will work closely with academic partners on UKRI funded research projects that support place-based interventions and local authorities in creating healthier more sustainable local food systems.

The successful candidate will also play a key role in our nationally focused policy and advocacy on healthy and sustainable diets, supporting a team working on public sector procurement, production (horticulture) and other food policy areas that intersect health, sustainability and climate. This will involve engagement with relevant DEFRA teams, as well as other NGOs
working in the sustainable diet space.

The role will work across both the Policy and Food Business Transformation teams at The Food Foundation, as well as on the health and sustainability policy asks across the organisation. The unique placement of the role, working on place based initiatives as well as with national policy and businesses, will help to bridge the gap and identify areas of synergy between national and local policy, and between national and local policymakers, as well as the role and opportunity
for food businesses in this area.This is a new role in an exciting new team at the Food Foundation, with scope to work with us in shaping the role’s priorities in the coming months.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic young organisation and take it into the next
phase of its growth. There will be a role in shaping the next steps of the journey, working closely
with the Founder and expanding our presence in the UK. Wherever opportunities for learning and professional development are possible, they will be offered.

We plan to adapt components of our signature programmes to support newly arrived refugee children in
London to thrive. In particular, we want to work with children themselves, as partners and active
participants in building their new lives. For this we will be delivering playful learning sessions in transitional housing, and will be drawing upon our “Partners in Learning” programme,which uses a Child-to-Child model to engage older children to deliver playful early learning sessions to younger children.

SCOPE OF WORK
The role will be full-time contract role for six months with scope for extension, involving the following:

1. Programme support (60%)
● Supporting the adaptation of our programme content for implementation in UK schools, in
consultation with early years teachers.
● Programme implementation support for Playful Learning and Partners in Learning programmes with refugee and asylum-seeking children.
● Supporting the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning function of the CfC projects, conducting
observations and generating project reports.

2. Local fundraising
● Identifying opportunities and assisting with grant applications.
● Accessing diaspora and local philanthropy by planning events.

3. Administrative support
● Keeping abreast of enquiries email account.

● Supporting with logistics and procurement of materials.

.PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience and knowledge:
● Demonstrable previous experience of working with children and young people in the UK, either
early years or primary school age (can be a non-teaching capacity).
● Relevant academic experience, ideally in social sciences, education, international development or
related field.
● Ability to provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year).
● Excellent written and oral communication skills (English).
● Demonstrably strong research and analytical skills.

Core skills:
● Self-starter, with strong organisational skills able to take initiative and work independently.
● Ability to work with a diverse range of people and in particular to be able to work with and
engage children.
● Ability to self-structure, prioritise workload and manage multiple deadlines.
● Flexibility to adapt to and address the evolving needs of a small organisation.

Desirable criteria:
● Subject specific knowledge in education, child psychology or child development, particularly in
the UK.
● Understanding of social research methods - designing and conducting face-to-face interviews
facilitating focus group discussions etc.

● Grant-writing or proposal development experience.
● Prior experience with facilitating children e.g. via theatre groups or in sports.

Salary: £80,000–£90,000 WTE (4 days a week preferable)
Location: Hybrid (Central London office with flexible working)
Closing date: 7th September
Contact: Rosemary Pini, Allen Lane  

An opportunity to shape a better future for children across the UK.

Thrive at Five is seeking a strategic and hands-on Finance Director to join the organisation at an exciting time of growth. With programmes now live in Stoke-on-Trent, Redcar and Cleveland, and Middlesbrough—and a new site expected to launch in Scotland later this year—this is a pivotal role supporting national expansion and long-term impact.

As a national charity, Thrive at Five helps children in their early years build strong foundations for life and learning. Working in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities, the charity empowers parents and carers while enabling collaborative, place-based action across local systems of support. This work is already making a difference, with early progress recognised in Parliament and featured in recent government initiatives.

The Role

The Finance Director will provide strategic financial leadership across the charity, supporting its mission through robust financial management, long-term planning, and operational oversight. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the postholder will work closely with the CEO, trustees, and place-based programme teams to ensure the organisation remains sustainable, agile, and mission-driven.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading financial strategy, planning, and forecasting
• Overseeing financial operations, systems, and compliance
• Managing restricted and unrestricted funds, budgets, audits, and risk
• Providing high-quality financial reporting to the Board and Finance & Risk Committee
• Supporting fundraising through effective bid modelling and financial insight
• Line-managing and developing finance team members

This is a hybrid role based in Central London (currently Victoria), with flexibility and occasional travel to programme locations.

The Person

Thrive at Five is looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with significant experience at Finance Director or senior finance leadership level—ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• A strong understanding of charity finance, including SORP and fund accounting
• Experience of strategic financial planning and risk management
• A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to influence at senior levels and build effective cross-functional relationships
• A commitment to Thrive at Five’s mission and values, and a willingness to roll up their sleeves in a growing, fast-paced organisation

Why Join Thrive at Five?

• Purpose-led work: Help give every child the best start in life
• Growth opportunity: Join a high-profile, ambitious charity on a national trajectory
• Flexible working: Hybrid model with supportive culture and work-life balance
• Influence and impact: Be part of a close-knit leadership team shaping strategy and systems
• Professional development: Thrive at Five supports continuous learning and personal growth

How to Apply

To apply, please send a CV and supporting statement.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact:
Rosemary Pini, Business Managerfrom Allen Lane

The Catholic Diocese of Northampton covers the traditional counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, together with the town of Slough, a Unitary Authority within Berkshire.

The Diocese is involved in many different areas of life. Not just in parishes, but also in schools, hospitals, prisons and religious communities; working with people with disabilities, and with the young and the old; promoting the value of family and of marriage; caring for the poor, the homeless and those who live at the margins of society.

With its southern edge resting on the Thames and its northern tip in the East Midlands, it is by no means the smallest English diocese. There are 69 principal parishes with another 26 "satellite churches", chapels of ease, and a few more Mass centres in private schools and other institutions. They are served by 48 active diocesan priests, assisted by 12 active priests from other dioceses and 18 from religious orders.

The diocese has 29 schools at primary/infant/junior level, 6 secondary schools, one 4-19 VA through-school, one private primary school, a private prep school, and one private girls’ boarding through-school. Between them they educate some 20,700 pupils.

The diocese is a registered charity, The Northampton Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust, and is also a registered company. The Chief Operating Officer will be the Honorary Secretary to that corporation. There is one active trading subsidiary, RCDN Property Services Ltd, which provides project management for school projects. There are separate Trustees' Property, Investment and Health and Safety Committees.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will provide strategic and operational leadership across the Diocese, with a particular focus on the effective management of property, land, and other physical assets. The COO will ensure that Diocesan operations support the mission of the Church, are financially sustainable, and are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements. This role is pivotal in safeguarding and enhancing the Diocese’s Mission and the supporting physical estate for current and future generations.

In addition to the statutory and legal and governance responsibilities attached to the role, the Chief Operating Officer is responsible for all the core business functions or finance, facilities, including IT, and HR.

The purpose of the Health and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with health & care partners across the Black Country, including the NHS, Local Authorities and wider Integrated Care System partners.

The role will ensure physical activity & moving are fundamental to people’s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness to support the prevention agenda.

This role will play a critical part in reducing health inequalities, improving health outcomes, and embedding physical activity as a core component of health & care pathways & interventions alongside community wellbeing strategies. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within the Black Country and beyond.

Main Duties

1. Working closely with the health and care sector, operate as the lead advocate for the benefits that physical activity and movement can play in benefiting people with long-term health conditions and future prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

2. Develop understanding of the wider health and care system to influence the integration of physical activity into health & care pathways to support population health outcomes.

3. Establish effective relationships across local place-based health partnerships that develops understanding, listening and acting on the needs of local communities, working in close partnership with providers of activities and community services, to ensure residents will have equitable access to opportunities to be active and move more.

4. Identify and develop models of practice that provide easily accessible physical activity pathways, that can be delivered alongside routine care across health and care settings, that provide consistent quality assured models of delivery, trusted by health and care colleagues and offering better support for those communities in most need.

5. Taking a lead role in the physical inactivity workstream as part of the Black Country Personalisation & Prevention implementation plan to influence and ensure physical inactivity is embedded as a cross-cutting theme to address health inequalities.

6. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised ‘Place Based’ investment in the Black Country. 

7. Represent Black Country partners in regional and national conversations regarding physical activity & health promoting the Black Country as a place for national organisations to work in partnership and invest into.

8. Develop a ‘Prevention & Enablement’ model that can inform future approaches across the Black Country that can support delivery and coordination of community physical activity and health initiatives and opportunities for those living with long-term health conditions to be active and to engage in physical activity within their community in order to enable independence and to achieve wider outcomes.

9. Provide expert advice to senior leaders, boards, and external partners on best practices in physical activity promotion.

10.  Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice to inform decision-making and evaluate the impact of interventions.

11.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

12.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

13.  To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

14. To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times.

15. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate.

Person Specification

Health:

 Experience of the health & social care sectors, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider determinants of health.

Contemporary expert knowledge of national health policy and strategic frameworks i.e. NHS 10 Year Plan.

Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to health & socio-economic outcomes.

Place-based work:

Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities—particularly in roles involving community development, systems change, learning or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country.

Partnership and relationship building:

Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

Systems change understanding:

Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas.
Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change.

Impact and learning:

Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, community-driven settings.

Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of health and socio-economic outcomes.

Demonstrable expertise in building a culture of continuous improvement and reflective practice.

Equity and inclusion:

Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings.

Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity.

Communication:

Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

Initiative and adaptability:
A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.

The purpose of the Transport and Physical Activity Lead is to work in partnership with the four Transport Teams across the Black Country to integrate physical activity into Transport planning and delivery.

The role will focus on supporting the implementation of the Black Country Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan (BC LCWIP), ensuring localised improvements are considered further to ensure connectivity between communities and the active travel infrastructure being delivered.

The role will have responsibility for developing understanding of the walking and cycling landscape and community need.

The role will understand how the BC LCWIP needs to be able to capitalise on both available and emerging funding opportunities to help deliver the cycling and walking vision for the area. The funding, however, is not only limited to the delivery of infrastructure but also to ensuring the right resources and skills are in place to support local activation.

Main Duties

1. Be the lead advocate for the integration of physical activity with Black Country Transport to decrease physical inactivity and support health, environmental and economic outcomes.

2. Drive approaches to place-based work with local partners to support a whole system approach to integrating physical activity into transport policy & services.

3. Lead the development of high-quality relationships which enable a collaborative focus on local transport assets, interventions, initiatives, programmes and activities which create opportunities for people to be active and tackle physical inactivity.

4. Work with appointed strategic and learning leads respectively alongside other suppliers on the Sport England recognised ‘Place Based’ investment in the Black Country. 

5. Work with transport leads from the four Black Country authorities to develop understanding of local people & communities, the needs, opportunities, and challenges of communities to be active and how this understanding can be used to strengthen partnerships and yield influence to integrate services.

6. Coordinate the development of Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure plans (LCWIP) that support the implementation of local priorities to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities in physical activity levels.

7. Establish and/or maintain effective multi-partner place networks and related forums to support connectivity of assets across the Black Country landscape particularly the canal infrastructure to influence co-design opportunities for walking and cycling.

8. Provide regular reports as required on the progress of the implementation of programmes, in line with established key performance indicators.

9. Working to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework to extract learnings and share good practice. 

10.  Ensuring compliance at all times with contract management, procurement and finance procedures.

11.  To be responsible and take reasonable care for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and other employees and the public in accordance with Health and Safety Legislation and company procedures.

12.  To adhere to the Data Protection Act at all times. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

13.  To adhere to all relevant policies and procedures at all times.

14. To undertake such other duties as may be appropriate

Person Specification

Transport:

  Experience of the transport sector, ideally with experience of influencing priorities and using physical activity as a tool to support wider outcomes.

Contemporary knowledge of transport, health & wellbeing policies & strategies.

Can articulate, demonstrate, or evidence the valuable role that physical activity and sport can contribute to environmental & socio-economic outcomes.

Place-based work:

Proven experience supporting specific communities or localities—particularly in roles involving community development or collaborative partnerships, ideally across the Black Country, to develop propositions that respond to strategic need.

Partnership and relationship building:

Able to work as a trusted partner and build strong, effective, and valued relationships across a wide range of people and organisations.

Visibly values and promotes co-design and can bring people together to jointly create innovative ideas and practice.

Skilled in building trust and long-term relationships across sectors—especially with local partners, community-based organisations, local authorities and charities.

Systems change understanding:

Has skills, knowledge and good experience of partnership working to build strong, effective, and valued relationships, across a wide range of people and organisations to influence & develop collaborative agendas.

Able to work with complexity and influence and advocate for learning beyond programme delivery.

Proven experience in using learning as a driver for change.

Impact and learning:

Skilled at applying evidence led approaches to design interventions that can support a range of socio-economic outcomes.

Strong understanding of how to track, assess, and learn from outcomes in complex, multistakeholder projects with defined output requirements.

Equity and inclusion:

Deep commitment to inclusive practice, with experience applying in real-world settings.

Demonstrates professional, voluntary, or lived experience of communities most marginalised or under-represented in being active. Has knowledge and understanding of the barriers to activity.

Communication:

Strong written and verbal skills, able to distil learning clearly for different audiences, including communities, partners, and funders.

Initiative and adaptability:
A self-starter who shows skills in agile and adaptive working proving they can respond quickly, work flexibly and navigate through fast-paced, changing, complex and uncertain environments.