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The Outward Bound Trust’s mission is to inspire young people to believe in themselves and achieve more than they ever thought possible. For over 80 years, we have been transforming lives through outdoor learning and adventure, helping young people from all backgrounds develop resilience, confidence, and leadership skills. Every year, we reach thousands of young people, working closely with schools, local authorities, and community groups to provide experiences that truly change lives.
We are a collaborative, forward-thinking charity that values creativity, inclusivity, and impact. Joining us means becoming part of a passionate team dedicated to making a tangible difference in the lives of young people across the UK.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Development (New Business & Philanthropy) and working closely with our Development Managers, the Development Executive will play a crucial role in generating new income opportunities for the Trust. You will research, identify, and qualify prospects across corporates, trusts and foundations, and high-net-worth individuals. Using tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Dynamics CRM, and wider sector insight, you’ll build a strong, insight-led pipeline of opportunities that support our mission.
This is an excellent opportunity if you are proactive, organised, and eager to grow your experience in business development or fundraising. You will see the direct impact of your work, helping to secure the resources that allow young people to thrive.
What You’ll Be Working On
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Researching and mapping new corporate, trust/foundation, and HNWI prospects aligned with our mission.
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Supporting Development Managers by qualifying leads and preparing briefing packs, proposals, and tailored pitch materials.
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Coordinating research, logistics, and follow-ups for meetings, events, and networking opportunities.
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Maintaining accurate, GDPR-compliant data in the CRM system, tracking all approaches, communications, and outcomes.
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Producing insights and reports to inform strategy and pipeline management.
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Collaborating with Marketing & Communications, Programme Delivery, and Evaluation & Impact teams to ensure proposals are compelling and supported by robust evidence.
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Contributing to the creation of innovative approaches to engage new partners and donors.
This Job Is For You If…
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You’re motivated by creating opportunities that make a real difference in young people’s lives.
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You have strong research and analytical skills and are confident in using digital tools for prospecting and data management.
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You enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
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You are highly organised, able to manage multiple projects, and have an eye for detail.
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You are enthusiastic about learning and developing your career in business development or fundraising.
Desirable Skills and Experience
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Previous experience in fundraising, business development, or sales, particularly in the not-for-profit sector.
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Experience contributing to income targets and producing marketing or proposal materials.
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Knowledge of GDPR and data protection in fundraising.
What We Offer
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24 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day per year to a maximum of 30.
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Life Assurance: 3x salary, from day one, including Employee Assistance Helpline.
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Long-term disability insurance, health cash plan, and personal accident cover.
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Pension scheme with auto-enrolment after three months.
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8 weeks’ sick pay at full salary in any 12 months.
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Staff bursaries, childcare vouchers, Berghaus uniform items, and discounts.
Deadline: Monday 5th January 2025
First Interviews: Wednesday 7th – Friday 9th January 2025
Second Interviews: Wednesday 14th January 2025
To inspire young people to realise their potential through learning and adventure in the outdoors.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However, you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
Do you live in Edinburgh or the surrounding area?
As a senior community fundraiser, you’ll be an important part of the team building Breast Cancer Now’s presence in Scotland, with a particular focus on Edinburgh and the surrounding areas.
We’re looking for someone who is an experienced relationship builder, someone who can find and develop new supporters. You’ll need excellent local knowledge, and the enthusiasm to develop a brand-new fundraising region.
The successful candidate will also be part of the team working on our large-scale project supporting and growing Asda Tickled Pink, our award-winning partnership with Asda and CoppaFeel! which has already raised over £100 million.
You’ll work directly with passionate colleagues across Asda stores in your region driving new fundraising initiatives, inspiring communities and celebrating incredible successes.
No 2 days will look the same as you travel, connect and engage supporters to help us grow income to deliver our mission.
The role is initially offered as an 18-month contract with the potential to become permanent
About you
You’re confident in approaching new contacts and are experienced in developing new relationships from scratch. This may currently be in a customer service, account management or stewardship role.
You’re experienced in managing and building new and established relationships with a focus on retention and income growth.
You’re enthusiastic, proactive, organised and unafraid to test and try new ideas.
You’re required to be involved being out and about in the community that you’re building, so you must be able to work independently outside of the office in varying locations and enjoy being busy.
Previous experience working in a charity is not required.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role
This is a remote role, and the candidate will need to be based in the Edinburgh area with unlimited access to their own car. Regular travel will be required to meet supporters and visit Asda stores in your region, as well as occasional travel to our London, Sheffield or Glasgow office.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact the Breast Cancer Now Recruitment team.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date Tuesday 6 January 2026 9am
Interview date Tuesday 13 January 2026
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Join an amazing charity that makes a difference for the 110,000 adults and children in the UK with a muscle-wasting condition. This is a role where you can really make a difference.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with lived experience of conditions we represent. We believe that diversity strengthens our work and helps us better support our beneficiaries.
As part of our safer recruitment and safeguarding responsibilities, this role requires a DBS check and professional/character references. We are committed to inclusion and will consider each application fairly.
About you:
The Senior Fundraising Database Officer is an exciting role at MDUK, that will sit within the Fundraising Team.
You will manage and optimise Muscular Dystrophy UK’s supporter database, ensuring accurate data, compliant Gift Aid claims, and effective segmentation for fundraising campaigns. Your role will include data imports, cleaning, and reporting, while providing actionable insights to support recruitment and retention strategies.
About us:
Muscular Dystrophy UK is a charity that connects a community of more than 110,000 people living with one of over 60 muscle wasting conditions, and all the people around them. So everyone can get the healthcare, support and treatments needed to feel good, mentally and physically.
This is an exciting time to join Muscular Dystrophy UK. We recently launched our new 10 year strategy to transform the lives of people living with muscle wasting conditions. Our vision is clear, a world without limits for people with muscle wasting conditions, and we won’t stop until we achieve it.
Benefits:
We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally.
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote wellbeing, work–life balance, and career development. Our offerrange of benefits includes great pension contributions, life insurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, employee assistance programme, instant retail and events discounts, and much more...
Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, London SE1).
Closing date: Monday, 5th January 2026
NB Interviews likely to be held on Thursday, 15th January 2026
Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities
We connect a community of more than 110,000 people living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions and people around them.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
What you’ll be doing
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Leading a high performing team, providing organisational leadership and working with colleagues across the organisation to ensure we achieve our shared aims.
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Setting the strategic direction for our content and channel activity ensuring it aligns with organisational priorities and audience needs.
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Driving digital channel performance and optimisation, including paid advertising, to maximise reach, engagement and conversion.
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Leading innovation across digital channels by identifying and adopting emerging technologies, techniques and industry standard best practice.
Who we’re looking for
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A technical and analytical expert with knowledge of successfully developing and measuring digital marketing and channel strategies, that drive reach, engagement and conversion.
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An outstanding creative with a deep understanding of UX and accessibility principles.
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A team leader and team player with excellent communication skills who thrives on working with teams across the organisation to achieve shared goals.
What we offer
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Hybrid working between home and Chelsea with occasional travel to Sutton.
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Flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm
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27 days annual leave rising with length of service
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Up to 6% employer contributions subject to matched contribution from you (increasing with length of service)
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Training, support and development opportunities
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Access to the blue light discount scheme and other discounts opportunities
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Access to subsidised staff restaurants, on-site yoga and wellbeing classes, staff choir and much more
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Range of wellbeing initiatives including access to an employee assistance programme designed to save money and improve your physical, financial and mental health and wellbeing, access to free online GP appointments and free eye tests and contribution towards any glasses required for work purposes.
Inclusion matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading a high performing team, providing organisational leadership and working with colleagues across the organisation to ensure we achieve our shared aims.
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Leading the Marketing team’s programme of brand building in our hospitals, local areas, across London, and beyond, ensuring our targeting strategy and measurement is rooted in insight, effective and good value for money; and together with our Creative team provide creative leadership and direction.
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Driving our programme of marketing intelligence and measuring marketing effectiveness.
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Working with teams across the organisation on the implementation of our messaging framework and updates to our visual identity.
Who we’re looking for
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A marketing expert who has developed, led and measured marketing strategies.
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An outstanding creative with a deep understanding of brand management, messaging and copy development.
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A team leader and team player with excellent communication skills who thrives on working with teams across the organisation to achieve shared goals.
What we offer
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Hybrid working between home and Chelsea with occasional travel to Sutton.
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Flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm
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27 days annual leave rising with length of service
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Up to 6% employer contributions subject to matched contribution from you (increasing with length of service)
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Training, support and development opportunities
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Access to the blue light discount scheme and other discounts opportunities
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Access to subsidised staff restaurants, on-site yoga and wellbeing classes, staff choir and much more
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Range of wellbeing initiatives including access to an employee assistance programme designed to save money and improve your physical, financial and mental health and wellbeing, access to free online GP appointments and free eye tests and contribution towards any glasses required for work purposes
Inclusion matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please apply with a CV and cover letter of no more than 2 pages, setting out how you meet the criteria in the person specification.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of older and vulnerable people in our community? Are you a strategic, values-driven leader looking to make an impact?
At WECHI, our purpose is to support older people to remain living comfortably and independently in their own homes for as long as they choose. If you are passionate about applying your skills to a meaningful cause, the Head of Central Services role offers a unique opportunity to lead and make a difference, guided by our values of care, respect, integrity, and collaboration.
In this senior leadership role, you’ll work closely with the CEO, Management Board and management team to shape our financial strategy, strengthen governance, and ensure effective management of our people, data, IT and facilities functions. This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your expertise to an organisation with a big heart, a strong social purpose and a team that genuinely cares.
What you’ll lead on
Strategic Finance & Planning
- Lead the development of financial and commercial strategies that support WECHI’s long-term vision.
- Oversee annual budgets, forecasts and business planning.
- Provide clear, insightful financial information to support Board and Executive decision-making.
Financial Management & Reporting
- Lead all financial reporting, including monthly reviews, cashflow management, quarterly management accounts, BVAs and year-end accounts (including subsidiaries).
- Manage the annual audit and maintain strong relationships with bankers, insurers and auditors.
- Ensure robust financial controls, policies and procedures across the organisation.
Operational Performance & Growth
- Partner with operational teams to improve performance, efficiency and financial sustainability.
- Provide financial modelling and support for bids, business cases and new service development.
- Contribute to revenue growth, including development of commercial opportunities and private income streams.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Act as Company Secretary, ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance.
- Strengthen organisational governance and risk management, including maintenance of risk registers.
- Ensure compliance with data protection, information governance and financial regulations.
Corporate Services Leadership
- Manage the People Support Lead, providing line management and oversight, while working collaboratively to ensure HR compliance, develop people strategy, and coordinate on key operational matters including payroll and budgets.
- Lead IT oversight and the outsourced IT function, ensuring systems are maintained and improved.
- Oversee facilities management and represent WECHI as a Director for Hide Market Management.
For a full description of duties, person specification, and benefits, please see the attached JD.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Central Services to shape the future of WECHI, make a lasting impact, and champion our values of care, respect, integrity, and collaboration. If you think that's you,we’d love to hear from you!
Help us inspire supporters and transform the lives of animals in need.
Raystede is one of Sussex’s most loved and respected animal welfare charities. Every day, more than 400 animals depend on us for rehoming, rehabilitation, sanctuary and a second chance. We are entering an exciting period of growth — investing in our people, systems and supporter relationships — to secure our impact for decades to come.
We’re looking for a passionate and data-savvy Individual Giving Fundraiser to lead and grow our Individual Giving programme. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves creating engaging campaigns, improving supporter experience and using insight to drive results.
About the Role
As Individual Giving Fundraiser, you will:
- Deliver and continuously improve Raystede’s Individual Giving programme.
- Plan and manage multi-channel campaigns including regular giving, cash appeals, digital fundraising and stewardship journeys.
- Use data and insight to segment audiences, test approaches and optimise performance.
- Oversee supporter journeys to ensure communications are timely, engaging and emotionally compelling.
- Collaborate closely with Marketing and external agencies to deliver joined-up campaigns.
- Produce campaign reports, forecasts and actionable insights to support income growth.
- Line-manage a small team, supporting their development and wellbeing.
This role is perfect for someone who enjoys both creativity and analysis and thrives on delivering high-quality campaigns that inspire people to give.
About You
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Experience in Individual Giving or fundraising/marketing campaign delivery.
- Strong project management skills and confidence managing multiple deadlines.
- Good CRM/data skills and experience using insight to guide decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to support and motivate others.
- A compassionate, supporter-centred mindset and genuine interest in animal welfare.
Desirable:
- Experience of Regular Giving programmes, email marketing and digital fundraising.
- Experience managing agencies, budgets and reporting processes.
- Relevant fundraising or digital qualifications.
Why Raystede?
- Join a warm, mission-driven charity full of passionate people.
- Play a key role in shaping our future fundraising strategy.
- Work in a unique 43-acre site surrounded by animals and nature.
- Benefit from training, development and a supportive culture.
If you’re excited by the idea of growing supporter relationships and helping secure a better future for animals in Sussex, we’d love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Direct Marketing Acquisition Manager (Direct Response)
You will develop and oversee a specialist area of direct response marketing, taking responsibility for paid media activity resulting in giving and prize-led support, and the associated programme and products. You will ensure the highest standard of quality and compliance, across a diverse programme mix. You’ll manage significant income and expenditure budgets and deliver exceptional fundraising campaigns to drive an ambitious growth plan, accelerating progress towards a cure.
Collaborating with different teams across the charity, you’ll be planning, managing and delivering the direct marketing programme across a range of media including digital, TV, telephone, and print. Activities in the acquisition portfolio are diverse; from delivering an established, successful core programme to playing an important role in exciting cross-organisational projects.
You’ll work with a team of three across a range of channels, media and projects at the charity; speaking to range of audiences with one theme in common – compelling people to stand with us for a cure.
Key Responsibilities:
Programme and campaign management
· Lead the development and delivery of the direct marketing acquisition programme and strategy, with a particular focus on the direct response elements.
· To be responsible for reviewing and developing our Weekly Lottery Strategy to maximize income.
· Oversee the delivery of the direct response acquisition campaigns; ensuring they are in market on time, on budget and on brand.
· Deliver consistent, structured testing to ensure continuous improvement. Where appropriate and worthwhile, ensure testing is applied to all activity and reviewed with recommendations acted upon.
· Involvement in charity-wide projects and groups; putting supporters at the heart of what we do, as well as playing a key role in the delivery of our Fundraising & Marketing Strategy.
· Management of all key acquisition suppliers including routine reviews, briefing, optimisation and general relationship management.
· Annual planning of acquisition direct marketing; including input to operational planning and development of relevant marketing plans.
· Ensure the campaign planning and delivery cycle is adhered to across the team, and all stakeholders are well managed.
· Ensure routine end of campaign reviews and analysis (with suppliers as well as your own), with proactive adaptation of plans to optimise results.
· Ensure contingency plans and activities are in place to close any expected income gaps.
People management
· Management and development of a team of three, with two direct reports.
· Empowering team members to succeed and grow with clear, SMART goals and development plans in place.
· Complete routine 1-1 meetings and annual appraisals with direct reports.
· Developing a high performing team who work collaboratively across the charity.
· Agency relationship management across a variety of partners and suppliers, from building relationships and negotiating, to contract and routine performance reviews.
· Working closely with the Supporter Care and Data teams to ensure the acquisition activity and processes are well understood and that they can support the team as best possible.
Budget management and reporting
· Annual budgeting of direct marketing programmes and campaigns.
· Regular forecasting in line with the annual cycle, making recommendations around budget allocation and managing expectations throughout.
· KPI tracking, trend analysis and interrogation of results at all levels.
· Regular financial performance reporting.
· Programme optimisation to ensure contribution targets are met and contingency planning as required.
· Detailed reporting geared towards a longer-term view of performance, covering long-term & ROI modelling, lifetime value and considering supporter experience and engagement.
What we are looking for:
· Budget management experience – preferably across expenditure and income
· Campaign management – specifically direct marketing campaigns
· Media planning experience – across a range of media types
· Agency management – including creative and professional acquisition fundraising agencies as well as others such as printers and market researchers
· Demonstrable people management experience
· Ability to understand complex data sets and compile meaningful reports and analysis
· Excellent attention to detail
· Strategic and critical thinking
· Getting the best out of people and agencies
· Understanding of compliance in direct marketing
Additional Information:
Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £44,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 4th January 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
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!
Finance Business Partner
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours per week
Location: London, UK
UK hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face-to-face (London office, external meetings or travel). 60/40 hybrid working at WaterAid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.
Salary: £48,867 - 51,439 per year with excellent benefits.
Change starts with water. Change starts with you.
Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.
About WaterAid
We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.
About the team
This position sits within the UK Finance team, specifically within the Management Accounting team based in London. The Management Accounting team is responsible for providing robust reporting and analysis across the organisation, to ensure that WaterAid UK makes effective financial decisions and long term plans aligned with the 10 year strategy.
About the role
As our Finance Business Partner you will regularly support and advise UK team leaders and senior managers to review financial aspects of their financial performance and plans, working closely with People, Finance & IT, Policy and Campaigns, and parts of the international programmes directorates.
- Regularly advise UK team leaders and senior manager to review financial aspects of their operational plans.
- Continue to develop the systematic forecasting process for departments and ensure robust 3 year financial plans are implemented
- Support strategic decision making on long term financial plans and modelling, supporting WAUKs 10 year strategy
- Develop enhanced self-service reporting relevant at budget holder and department level that supports optimal decision-making
- Create efficient finance processes that best deliver the needs of the organisation
- Provide training and advice to build the financial management competencies of budget holders
- Work closely with the wider finance and IS team on delivering the organisational priorities
Requirements
To be successful, you will need:
- Completed a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
- Experience of formulating, overseeing and reporting on operational plans, including KPIs.
- Demonstrable innovative ability; using data and insight to inform recommendations for improvements to products, processes or activities.
- Proven experience of using insight and analysis to provide trends, inform and drive business decisions.
- Keen interest in information systems, ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Experience of accounting for restricted funds, preferably in an international organisation.
- Adaptability to build effective working relationships with both finance and non-finance colleagues and work in a collaborative way.
- Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and co-ordinate multiple tasks and confident to work independently.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have:
- Working knowledge of a budgeting and forecasting system.
- Experience of using Power BI.
- Working knowledge of SUN Vision Excel, or a similar multi-dimensional accounting system.
- Knowledge of donor reporting requirements /experience of reporting to donors.
- Knowledge of development issues and the sector.
Closing date: Applications close 12:00 PM UK time on 9th January 2026. Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.
How to apply: Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV
- Why are you interested in applying for this role, and what relevant experience do you have?
- What do you know about WaterAid and why do you want to work with us?
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Pre‑employment screening: To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Benefits
- 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days’ annual leave
- Employer pension contribution up to 10 %
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Season ticket loan
- Free annual eye tests
- ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced parental leave (maternity, adoption/surrogacy, shared parental and paternity)
- Sabbaticals
- One paid volunteer day each year
As part of our annual leave policy, all employees receive three additional days of annual leave on top of their standard allocation of 25 days. These days are designated to cover the period when our UK office closes between Christmas and New Year, allowing all UK WaterAiders to take a well-deserved break.
These days are automatically scheduled and cannot be changed or moved. Annual leave is accrued based on your start date. If sufficient leave has not been accrued by the time of the closure, the 3 days will be taken as unpaid leave or pro-rated, depending on your circumstances.
Our People Promise
We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.
Safeguarding
We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).
Together, we’ll change the world through water.
Join us and be part of the change!
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.



Director of Technology
£78,000 - £82,000 pa plus excellent benefits
Remote working
Permanent, 35 hours per week
Our newly created role of Director of Technology will join our Senior Leadership Team, and will be responsible for our technology strategy. This includes leading the Full Stack and IT teams to develop the technology infrastructure that supports RNID’s work, and to develop tools that directly support our communities. It’s an exciting time to be joining, as you will lead our AI programme, ensuring the charity takes full advantage of emerging opportunities to increase our efficiency and effectiveness.
You will:
1. Lead and develop a high performing team of technology experts, developers and IT specialists.
2. Lead the technical delivery of our digital product roadmaps (like our online hearing check).
3. Ensure our technology infrastructure is resilient, secure, and meets our needs.
4. Ensure that RNID understands the opportunities and threats posed by AI, leading our AI programme
5. Be an active member of our Senior Leadership Team supporting the overall delivery of our strategic plans and driving performance.
We are looking for someone who:
1. Has presence and credibility as a senior leader, able to inspire confidence with deep technology expertise.
2. Builds relationships internally, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of business objectives and requirements.
3. Has proven experience leading full stack development and overseeing business critical technologies, as well as experience of leveraging AI to meet business objectives.
4. Is passionate about RNID, what we do and the role of technology in creating impact for our communities.
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus. We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.
RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.
Closing date: 5 January 2026
Interviews: 12 January 2026 (first round), 19 January 2026 (second round)
Supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus
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!
The post-holder plays an important role in providing a welcoming, friendly, and respectful service to residents, visitors, and staff, while maintaining a clean and organised working environment.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Service
- Provide exceptional customer service to residents, staff, and visitors, ensuring everyone feels welcomed and valued.
- Prepare and serve beverages (including coffee, tea, and cold drinks) and light kosher snacks efficiently and courteously.
- Take orders accurately, process payments, and handle cash and card transactions responsibly.
- Respond politely and promptly to requests or feedback, and escalate concerns to the Café Supervisor when necessary.
- Support residents who may require additional assistance with ordering or carrying food and drinks.
Food and Beverage Preparation
- Prepare all beverages and food items according to recipes and presentation standards set by the Café Supervisor and Head Chef.
- Follow correct procedures for handling, heating, and serving kosher-certified products.
- Monitor product quality and freshness, and ensure stock rotation (first-in, first-out).
- Maintain correct portion sizes and minimise waste.
Kosher Compliance
- Follow all Jewish dietary laws (kashrut) in food and beverage preparation and service:
- Maintain strict separation of meat, dairy, and parev (neutral) items, utensils, and equipment.
- Use only designated and clearly labelled work areas for each food category.
- Confirm that all food and drinks used in the café have valid kosher certification.
- Report any potential breaches of kosher practice immediately to the Café Supervisor or Deputy General Manager
- Respect the religious and cultural environment of the care home at all times.
Food Safety and Hygiene
The Café Barista must comply with all relevant food and hygiene legislation, including:
- Food Safety Act 1990
- Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
- Food Information Regulations 2014 (Allergen Labelling)
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Key duties:
- Adhere to the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) system and record temperature checks as required.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the café area, including work surfaces, equipment, and seating areas.
- Ensure all food and drink items are labelled correctly and allergen information is displayed clearly.
- Complete cleaning schedules and follow infection control procedures.
- Hold a valid Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (or be willing to complete one).
Health & Safety
- Use all equipment (coffee machines, grinders, fridges, etc.) safely and in accordance with training.
- Report any faults, hazards, or accidents immediately to the Café Supervisor.
- Follow manual handling and fire safety procedures.
- Participate in mandatory health and safety training and emergency drills.
Teamwork and Communication
- Work cooperatively with the Café Supervisor, Executive/Head Chef, and kitchen team to ensure seamless service.
- Communicate effectively with residents and colleagues, demonstrating patience, empathy, and respect.
- Assist with stock deliveries and ensure items are stored correctly.
- Support colleagues during busy periods or special events.
Record Keeping
- Maintain accurate daily records of cleaning, temperature checks, and stock rotation.
- Follow cash-handling and till reconciliation procedures.
- Assist with stock counts and inventory control as required.
Person Specification
Criteria
Essential
Qualifications
Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
Knowledge
Basic food and drink preparation, hygiene, and customer service
Skills
Good communication, customer service, and attention to detail
Personal Qualities
Friendly, respectful, reliable, and team-oriented
Values and Conduct
All staff are expected to:
- Provide courteous, respectful, and inclusive service to all residents, visitors, and staff.
- Uphold the care home’s ethos of dignity, safety, and cultural sensitivity.
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to GDPR requirements.
- Promote and respect kosher observance in all food and drink service.
- Act as an ambassador for the care home’s hospitality and professionalism.
Everything we do is with a ‘Residents first’ approach.
Title: Development Team Lead
Location: Gilwell Park, E4 7QW (with Hybrid working )minimum once a month for team meeting
Salary: £82,000 per annum (Band I)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
The Role
The Digital team at Scouts exists to make life easier for our 150,000+ volunteers and to ensure our 400,000+ young people can access safe, modern, inclusive digital services. We’re a friendly, mission-driven group who genuinely care about building technology that makes a difference.
We work in a culture where people are trusted to use their expertise, encouraged to grow, and supported to try new things. Collaboration is at the heart of how we operate — our architects, business analysts, UX designers, product and delivery managers work together to solve real problems for real users.
This is a brand-new leadership role within the Technology & Digital team, giving you the chance to shape how we build, run, and continually improve the digital tools that thousands of volunteers rely on every day.
Shape the future. Transform the movement.
As our Development Team Lead, the Key responsibilities are:
- Build, lead and develop a new multidisciplinary development function, including developers
- Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and line management for the team,
- Take a hands-on role in development and technical problem-solving
- Oversee the design, development, integration and ongoing maintenance of volunteer-facing digital services
- Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, scalable and user-centred
What we are looking for in our Development Team Lead:
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Ability to be both strategic and hands-on
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Skilled in prioritisation and decision-making, particularly in fast-moving delivery environments
Benefits:
- We are an award-winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations across the country.
- 28 days holiday and going up to 32 days after 2 years’ service plus additional days at Christmas
- Flexible working hours
- Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
- Double matching pension up to 10% of gross salary
For a full list of our benefits click .
Closing date for applications: 11:59 pm Monday 12th January 2026
Technical Interviews will be held week commencing 2nd February 2026
Competency Based Interviews will be held week commencing 9th February 2026
Strictly no agencies.
The Scouts is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We offer flexible working arrangements to support diverse needs and lifestyles, ensuring that our teams can thrive both professionally and personally. We welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life, believing that varied perspectives strengthen our innovation and community. Your unique experiences and ideas are essential to our success, and we look forward to hearing from all voices.
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Are you a creative marketer who is eager to gain hands-on experience across a broad range of marketing disciplines? Do you want to help champion the work of ecologists and environmental managers working to protect and enhance the natural environment? This is your chance to join a small but ambitious team with an increasingly influential voice in the sector.
As CIEEM’s Marketing Assistant, you will take responsibility for the administration of our marketing presence across our social media, email, print and website channels, and increase awareness of what we do with our target audiences.
This role is perfect for a motivated, early-career marketer who wants to make a real difference.
What you will do
- Implement CIEEM’s social media and email strategies, and produce engaging content and copy for our key audiences.
- Upload, edit and maintain website content to ensure pages are well-structured engaging, and up to date.
- Review and monitor the effectiveness of CIEEM’s digital marketing activity across social media, email, website and campaigns.
- Play an active role in promoting CIEEM products including membership, training and conferences.
- Manage marketing collateral and coordinate the production of print flyers for events.
About you
- You are a creative problem-solver with an eye for detail.
- You understand how to tailor messages to different audiences.
- You enjoy juggling multiple projects and working to deadlines.
- You’re enthusiastic, motivated and eager to learn.
- You have a good understanding of what marketing can achieve and/or some direct experience of delivering marketing campaigns.
Why join us?
The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) is the leading professional membership body for ecologists and environmental managers in the UK and Ireland.
With over 9,000 members, we are also well-known for our high-quality training courses and conferences, environmental policy work and professional standards.
We are proud that 96% of our staff say that we are a Great Place To Work.
At CIEEM, you’ll benefit from:
- Flexible working options, including hybrid working and TOIL.
- Competitive salaries that are reviewed every year.
- Investment in your training and development.
- Enhanced employer pension contributions.
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- One paid volunteering day per year.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and commitment to supporting your wellbeing.
Closing date: Friday 16th January 2026
We will be interviewing for the post throughout January and reserve the right to close this advert at any time.
Equity, diversity and inclusion statement
CIEEM is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion, fairness, and belonging amongst its employees, volunteers, and our members’ employers under the Championing Change agenda as part of our strategic plan.
Our EDI mission is to champion change as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that works to remove barriers and create an inclusive environment that welcomes individuals of all races, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and backgrounds. In support of this mission, CIEEM aims to make all of our processes as accessible as we can and is committed to providing appropriate reasonable adjustments.
Please apply by sending your current CV and a cover letter (max 1 page) explaining how you meet the requirements of the role.
Our mission is to raise the standards and profile of professional ecological and environmental management for the benefit of nature and society.
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Context
CAP's mission is to end UK poverty by equipping churches to reach their communities. We exist to empower and serve churches through exceptional partnerships, delivering impactful debt advice and coaching services. Providing accessible, community-rooted support to those facing financial and social challenges across the UK. Our approach is centred on empowering individuals, providing holistic support to achieve financial resilience through expert debt advice and tailored coaching products. This approach goes far beyond financial stability, creating lasting personal and relational transformation and contributing to a society where all can flourish. We are committed to fostering strong relationships with our church partners, ensuring a collaborative and effective service that continually improves to meet the evolving needs of local communities.
Purpose
The National Leader Wales role is a pioneering leadership role. We expect the role to make contacts across the Christian community in Wales, linking local congregations, denominations and movements with the mission of CAP. Our aim is to significantly increase the number of churches that we partner with so that more Welsh people are helped with their journey out of poverty and are introduced to the person of Jesus. The Church is the focus of CAP's vision and, as such, we place great importance on how we interact with, equip and support them. This role will help ensure that we fulfil our vision to see Transformed Lives, Thriving Churches and an end to UK poverty. An understanding of the church context of Wales, and a dynamic ability to build relationships that lead to partnerships that help outwork our vision is vital. In time, we also expect the role to develop relationships with Government, statutory bodies and the third sector, and to develop partnership opportunities there as they arise. We are looking for a proactive, resilient, innovative leader to grasp this challenge.
The National Leader Wales role also exists to serve our partner churches through excellent support of our existing church partners. They will work with the Head of Devolved Nations to create a Welsh National Plan (in the context of CAP's overall aims and objectives) and lead on the national strategy to deliver that plan. They will ensure a strong sense of national identity and unity, with strong relationships between CAP's Devolved Nations Hub Team and local centres throughout Wales.
Collaborative working across the organisation will be key to ensuring a consistent approach to how we serve The Church and our clients through excellent products and services. Working across CAP will also be essential to ensure that other directorates are engaging with partner churches in a way that inspires and equips them.
Reports to: Head of Devolved Nations
Passion
As National Leader Wales you'd lead our work in Wales with passion and skill, inspiring and equipping our local CAP workers and church leaders to bring CAP's vision to life within their communities. We'll strive for excellence together, always with compassion, relational warmth, and professional integrity. You'll be a vital listener, truly understanding the needs of our church partners and clients in your nation, and representing their voices internally. Simultaneously, you'll uphold CAP's policies with gravitas and clarity, ensuring our partners are supported in delivering essential services like debt advice and safeguarding.
This role will also hold the responsibility of representing CAP with credibility and influence to national industry and government stakeholders and denominational leaders, fostering valuable partnerships. This is a key area of responsibility as strengthening our relationships with the wider faith community, statutory and voluntary sector is vital to growing our work in Wales.
Responsibilities
- The National Leader is responsible for creating a national development plan and collaborating with the Head of Devolved Nations to ensure plans are aligned with CAP's mission, built into wider CAP strategy and facilitating the delivery of impactful community services.
- The National Leader will engage with local congregations, denominations and Christian movements in Wales to link them with the mission of CAP.
- The National Leader will seek opportunities and partners to achieve a net growth of our church partnerships of debt centres and coaching services by 3 each year so that the Welsh network reaches a sustainable size.
- The National Leader will develop relationships and seek partnership opportunities with Government, Statutory bodies and the third sector.
- The National Leader is responsible for the management and development of existing church partnerships within Wales, supporting the existing network of 10 CAP centres/services.
- Lead the CAP team across Wales, inspiring and equipping CAP Local Workers and church leaders to bring CAP's vision to life within their communities, and linking them with our support hub teams, to deliver against CAP's goal 'To inspire and equip the UK Church to help people out of poverty and become followers of Jesus'.
Partnership & Representation
- Work with the Head of Devolved Nations to be the key CAP representative within Wales, engaging with churches, denominational leaders and movements, fostering valuable partnerships.
- Working with our Mission and Movement teams to engage with the wider Welsh network of churches, denominations and movements.
- Attend and speak at some of the centre launch talks and other appropriate opportunities to promote CAP within the nation.
- Work closely with the Partnership Development team to agree a national strategy for opening new centres/services, and to actively seek opportunities for the openings of new services, and to identify organic growth from existing partner churches.
- To seek a net growth of 3 services and centres annually.
- To engage with and to represent CAP on national bodies or to government departments in Wales (e.g. the Senedd).
- To be proactive in building strategic partnerships with Government, statutory and third sector bodies.
- Lead/ support relationships with organisations located within Wales (e.g. utility providers, council officials etc).
- In partnership with Mission and Movement and in line with our referrals strategy; build relationships and promote the work of CAP with referral agencies at a national level to increase the number of people seeking CAP's help
- Support and/or be the key spokesperson for CAP in regional/national media.
Leadership of services and Local CAP Workers
- Actively participate in cultivating and inspiring a thriving CAP culture across the Welsh network, empowering CAP Local teams through clear and compelling communication.
- Champion CAP's mission of evangelism and discipleship, ensuring its centrality in all CAP activities. Work with the Head of Mission, Evangelism & Discipleship and Head of Devolved Nations to develop the overall MED strategy for Wales.
- To provide excellent management of existing services within Wales; identifying areas to improve, creating and driving forward a strategy for excellence, supporting their centres with compassion, care and excellence.
- Maintain strong Church Partner relationships, ensuring contributions support our work and expand our reach.
- To own the delivery of strategies for the funding, recruitment, training, and ongoing development of future Welsh based CAP staff, fostering excellence and empowerment.
- To ensure consistent application of best practices and quality standards across local CAP workers in national services.
- To celebrate achievements and highlight success both within the nation and sharing with the wider CAP family.
- Leading our Welsh network to engage with all opportunities to connect into the central CAP organisation (e.g. events, attending conferences, supporting projects, PR and referral opportunities).
- To lead or assist on key CAP events in Wales, including, but not limited to, United conferences, national selection days and national team days, frontline revive days and hub/cluster events.
Quality & Compliance
- Ensure regulatory compliance for Debt Centres is adhered to and the quality of service delivered is maintained at a compliant level, in conjunction with the central compliance team.
- Ensure local CAP workers complete all annual regulatory compliance, including safeguarding declarations, audits, and any other legal or statutory requirements.
- Work alongside the Training teams to support the training of all new CAP service workers, including delivering training sessions for Equip training, webinars, and other required training annually.
Fundraising
- Collaborate with Mission and Movement and Head of Devolved nations to support national relationships with major donors to CAP.
- Play a central role in wider national funding opportunities linked to Service Performance and Delivery.
- Support the Mission and Movement department in delivering impactful supporter engagement initiatives, such as donor dinners, while fostering a culture of proactive fundraising engagement to support both church and costs central to CAP.
- Support with the seeking out of new localised funding opportunities to support the churches within the nation.
Collaborative working across CAP
- Build and nurture collaborative, respectful, and strong relationships with colleagues across all departments through internal networking.
- Empower teams to address challenges directly, fostering a culture of ownership.
Skills required
- A proven leader who can inspire, influence and deliver results
- A proven networker and influencer
- A driven leader with a desire for excellence
- A proven ability to collaborate with others and work effectively in a matrix organisation
- A strategic thinker
- Able to prioritise time, tasks and attention effectively
- A confident communicator who promotes CAP¿s culture and values at all times
- Ability to challenge poor performance
- Ability to understand/sympathise with a variety of Christian denominations and streams within the UK
- Respectful, personable and friendly with good people skills
- Excellent communication at all levels - able to cascade key information to line reports and teams
- Ability to develop strengths, skills and motivation in others to maximise performance
Experience:
Essential
- Minimum 3 years experience in a similar leadership role, managing teams to meet objectives, with a focus on service delivery
- Evidence and outworking of a deep love and passion for the church, and for tackling poverty and proclaiming Jesus
- Experience of leading a diverse team to meet key objectives or targets
- Proven ability to work on own initiative and lead diverse teams, including geographically dispersed ones
- Experience in collaborative and partnership working, both internally and externally, including church and industry stakeholders.
- Experience in training and developing effective individuals and teams, including managers
- Experience of having to meet deadlines or targets
- Experience of establishing a localised strategy
Desirable
- Experience of delivering and arranging training sessions
- Public speaking experience
- Experience of managing a remote/dispersed team
- Experience of of debt industry and knowledge of debt advice in UK
- Experience in at least one specialised area that impacts the role (e.g. complex clients, non-employee management, communications, process improvement, project management, fundraising, external relations)
Other:
The National Leader Wales will be expected to travel across Wales and to the wider UK to attend regular training, conferences and meetings.
Christian commitment:
- The candidate must be able to give both verbal assent to and practical demonstration of Christians Against Poverty¿s Statement of Faith and Core Values.
- Must be able to actively participate in prayer and worship, whether individual, small group or corporately, as an expression of their own personal faith and in line with CAP's Statement of Faith.
All adults working in or on behalf of CAP have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. This includes:
- A responsibility to ensure a safe environment in which CAP services can be delivered.
- Identifying children and adults where there may be safeguarding concerns.
- Following the CAP Safeguarding policy in addressing any concerns appropriately.
Other Responsibilities Include:
- Being willing to pray with staff and fully engaged with our Christ-centred culture.
- Encouraging friends, family and other contacts to support the charity through the Life Changer programme and other fundraising initiatives.
- Attending annual CAP staff conferences.
- Completing all compulsory CAP training within given timescales.
- This role falls within the scope of the FCA's conduct rules, and you will be provided with training as to how these apply to the role. It is your responsibility to ensure that you follow these conduct rules.
The above job profile is a guide to the work you may be required to undertake but does not form part of your contract of employment. It may change from time to time to reflect changing circumstances.
Culture:
- Clearly live out and embrace the cultural values of CAP.
- Clearly demonstrate a heart and passion for the charity.
- Sincere acceptance, understanding and practice of the Christian ethos and purpose of the Charity.
Measurable outputs:
Overall performance of the services within region to deliver all relevant KPIs, particularly:
- Completion of health audits across Wales.
- Agent sign-off targets achieved within Wales.
- Achieve agreed target numbers of people helped across services within Wales supported by role (e.g., annually increased households reached and individuals debt-free).
- Achieve target service retention levels across all services in Wales.
- Agreed partnership contributions received within a tolerance of 5%.
- Frontline participation in 'Moments' recording to target 80%.
- 75% conference attendance for relevant regional staff/partners.
- Staff and pulse survey engagement scores for their team to exceed 60%, with scores within agreed tolerances.
- Annual national plan to be in place and targets achieved in each year.
- All direct reports achieve agreed performance targets annually.
- National CAP staff training completion rates >90%.
- Retention rate of nationally based CAP staff >80%.
- Clear evidence of a thriving CAP culture across the Wales Network.
- Net annual growth of the Welsh network by 3 services annually.
- Evidence of strong relationships cultivated with church partners, government, and industry stakeholders within the nation.
- Measurable increase in strategic partnerships built with external organisations (e.g., utility providers, local government).
- Measurable contribution to fundraising efforts and supporter engagement initiatives within their nation (e.g., number of donor dinners facilitated, funds raised).
- Successful alignment with referrals strategy, resulting in increased numbers of people seeking help from CAP.
Educational requirements
- A level education as a minimum.
Under the 2010 Equality Act, schedule 9, we have a genuine occupational requirement for all employees and volunteers to be practising Christians.
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Role Description
The purpose of the Executive Assistant role is to provide administrative, organisational and coordination support to the Executive Team, ensuring their time and attention are aligned with organisational priorities, goals, and objectives. The role covers executive coordination, governance administration and project support. The Executive Assistant enables effective decision making across the Leadership Team, supports the smooth delivery of priorities, and contributes to the execution of long-term strategic goals.
The Executive Team comprises the Chief Executive, Operations Director and Business Development Director. They work together as part of the Leadership Team, comprising key leaders from across the charity.
Excellent attention to detail is crucial, as is the ability to operate with discretion and flexibility. A high standard of written and verbal communication is essential. The role requires collaboration across Finance, HR, Trustees, and external stakeholders, and an understanding of effective charity governance would be desirable.
This role requires a high level of emotional intelligence, sound judgement, and the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation. Success in this role depends on a proactive mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to remain calm and resourceful under pressure. The Executive Assistant must be highly dependable, detail-oriented, and capable of managing sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
Responsibilities
Executive Coordination
- Manage calendars, inboxes, travel and meeting preparation for Executive Team
- Coordinate agendas and logistics for internal and external meetings
- Liaise with stakeholders, clients and partners to ensure smooth engagement
Governance Support
- Own the established governance timetable, board meeting scheduling, and trustee communications
- Draft and distribute board packs, take minutes, and track actions
- Support governance processes in collaboration with the Operations Director
- Support trustee onboarding, training, and engagement
- Ensure timely completion of Charity Commission and Companies House submissions
- Leverage AI tools and platforms to enhance business processes
Strategic communications
- Communicate with external stakeholders on behalf of the Executive Team
- Coordinate staff events and meetings
- Work with marketing and communities & projects teams for conferences and external events
Project support
- Support ongoing transformation projects in collaboration with Head of Business Functions
- Support recruitment and onboarding for senior roles led by the Head of Business Operations
- Support strategic planning and performance tracking led by the Operations Director and Business Development Director
- Support handover and re-onboarding of Executive Assistant on her return April 2027
Role Requirements
Required:
- Minimum of four years’ experience in a similar role.
- Experience supporting senior leaders in a fast paced and changing environment, taking initiative and managing competing deadlines calmly and flexibly.
- Confident communicating with the executive and leadership team, trustees and external partners in a professional and timely way.
- Able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and good judgment.
- Confident coordinating meetings, preparing papers and taking accurate minutes.
- Ability to research, digest, analyse and present material clearly and concisely.
- Ability to identify and apply AI-driven tools to enhance business activities and using AI to streamline workflows and personalise business engagement.
- Comfortable stepping into an established role quickly and maintaining continuity during the maternity leave period.
Desirable:
- Experience in charity governance
- Experience in project support/management
Employees are also expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties that are consistent with the grade, responsibilities, and typical scope of the role. Any additional tasks should remain appropriate to the nature of the post and not extend into unrelated functions or specialisms.
All employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s values and behavioural standards, which include being supportive, transparent, respectful, kind, honest, and collaborative. This means fostering a culture of empathy, openness, integrity, and teamwork in all interactions, and contributing positively to the organisation’s mission and strategic objectives.
We are committed to flexible working and are open to requests for different working patterns. This includes part time arrangements and four day working week requests, which we will always consider as part of the recruitment process.
To apply for this role, please share your CV with a one-page cover letter setting out why this role appeals to you and how your skills and experiences meet the key skills points in the job description.
Interviews expected to take place on week commencing the 2nd of February 2026.
To apply for this role, please share your CV with a one-page cover letter setting out why this role appeals to you and how your skills and experiences meet the key skills points in the job description.
Interviews expected to take place on week commencing the 2nd of February 2026.
To support the social housing sector to unlock the full potential of its social purpose, for the benefit of residents & local communities
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