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Are you passionate about turning data into stories that inspire change? The Medical Research Foundation is seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Research Impact Manager to lead our monitoring and evaluation efforts ensuring we can demonstrate the real-world impact of the research we fund.
This is a high-profile role at the heart of our mission. You’ll develop and implement frameworks, analyse outcomes, and communicate insights to shape our research strategy and inspire donors. If you thrive on evidence, storytelling, and strategic influence, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.
Why this role matters
We fund the brightest minds to tackle the biggest challenges in human health. But to keep doing so, we need to show the world that our funding makes a difference. Your work will help us prove our impact by capturing outcomes, evaluating effectiveness, and sharing compelling stories that drive support and shape future funding.
You will:
- Develop and implement research monitoring and evaluation systems and tools that align with our strategy.
- Oversee and review research reporting, following up with researchers using structured M&E tools to capture key impact data and stories.
- Lead on impact reporting and, working closely with our Fundraising and Communications functions, tell compelling stories of our research impact to the public and our donor base.
About You
You are a data-driven thinker with a passion for medical research and a talent for turning evidence into action. You are confident leading projects, managing data, and communicating complex ideas with clarity and purpose.
You bring:
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, and the collection, analysis, reporting and management of data, ideally in medical research
- Familiarity with the UK biomedical research landscape
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, IT and data visualisation skills
- Line management expertise
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience of widely used databases (e.g. Dimensions, EuropePMC), survey tools
- Experience of Flexigrant or Flexigrant Insights
- Project management or strategic planning experience
- Confidence in presenting complex concepts to non-expert audiences
What we offer
- A chance to be part of a mission that matters.
- A supportive, collaborative, and ambitious team culture.
- Opportunities to grow, learn, and make a real impact.
About the Medical Research Foundation
Our vision? A world where medical research improves health for everyone. We fund life-changing science, and we’re proud of the role good governance plays in that mission.
Salary & Working Style
- £51,000-£56,000 per year full-time (36 hours per week) dependent on experience
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- 12% employer pension contribution + life assurance
- Generous other benefits
- Wellbeing support and flexible working culture
This is a full-time post, but we are happy to consider a part-time contract (min 0.8 FTE).
We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of three days a week if you are full-time (Monday, Tuesday, and either Wednesday or Thursday) with the option to work remotely for the remainder. If you are part-time, you will be office-based for at least 50% of your time.
A Place for Everyone
At the Medical Research Foundation, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity, fostering fairness and inclusion, and creating an environment where everyone feels that they belong.
We especially welcome applications from individuals from minoritised groups, including those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
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NoFit State Circus is looking for a motivated, ambitious and organised Development Manager with a genuine passion for the arts and the work we do.
You must be excellent at building and nurturing relationships, able to think long term and strategically, and adapt to various needs of the ever-changing world around us.
NoFit State is the UK’s largest contemporary circus company, and every year we engage with 120,000-150,000 people of all ages and backgrounds from across Wales, the UK and the world. We have exciting plans ahead – you and our supporters are integral to making them a success, there’s never been a better time to join us and be part of it.
As Development manager -
- you are managing and nurturing relationships with our supporters and funders, including ACW and ACE, building meaningful connections and rapport.
- you are developing and implementing the company’s development and fundraising strategies across multiple streams.
- you are working with colleagues to dynamically develop our work and seek new prospects, adapting creatively and responsively.
- you are delivering compelling cases for support which meet both the company’s and funders’ purpose, interests, and needs.
- you are managing fund budgets, and collecting and collating data for reporting, including impact reports.
- you are planning, managing and delivering a programme of development events and representing NoFit State at public events and opportunities in the UK and internationally.
- you will be making a real difference to people’s lives and how we hold our place in the world.
Please visit our website to find out more.
Working hours: Full time
Salary: £30,000 – £37,500 per annum
Location: Cardiff
Closing date for applications: 3pm, Monday 24 November 2025
Indicative start date: As soon as possible
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments during the application or recruitment process and we’ll be happy to support you.
NoFit State is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds and people under 30 are currently under-represented in our team so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
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Here at the IOP we are looking for a Project Officer within the Education and Workforce team for a fixed period until the end of September 2026 to support us in our mission.
What is it like working at the IOP?
The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation. Inclusion and diversity are central to our work and we have a ‘work anywhere’ policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible. Looking after our colleagues and supporting them in life and work is our priority, ensuring they can live their best lives, with competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and generous benefits.
Our comprehensive benefits package including:
- An excellent pension scheme - (up to 12% company contribution)
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance, health care cash plan (via salary sacrifice) eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards, employee assistance programme
- Floating bank holidays (choose when to take your bank holidays throughout the year)
- Generous annual leave (25 days starting as a standard)
- Flexible working
The Role
This position will support the Education and Workforce team in its mission to build a thriving, diverse physics teaching community and will see you support the operational delivery of the Scholarships Programme, including the recruitment, assessment and selection of Scholars, and the two-year support programme.
What will I be doing?
Working for our Strategic Implementation Manager the focus will be on leading on the operational delivery of the IOP Teacher Training Scholarships. Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Providing support to the Strategic Implementation Manager in relation to the Scholarships budget, including creating budget forecasts and quarterly invoices.
- Working with our internal Marketing Department to shape the marketing programme and evaluating the effectiveness of our various advertising channels – including our webinar series.
- To manage applications, including setting up and maintaining the online application form, screening ineligible candidates, obtaining references from referees, collating applications for the shortlisting process and assessment panels.
- Data management and storage, including providing data and analysis to facilitate monthly/quarterly reporting and invoicing to the DfE, ensuring candidate and Scholar data is captured, maintained and deleted according to the IOP policy guidelines, supporting the tracking of scholars through their initial training and into teaching. Including, supervising the consultant in charge of the data capture of the status and wellbeing of Scholars.
Who will I work with?
You will be line managed by the Strategic Implementation Manager and support the Manager Teaching Workforce in the delivery of their projects.
Ideally, we hope you’ll apply if your skills include:
Essential Criteria
- Experience of working in a project-based environment with significant internal and external stakeholder interest. Note that formal project management qualifications are not a requirement.
- Sustained and confident working knowledge of MS Excel and handling data
- Skilled in the administration and PM of multiple projects and ensuring quality assurance through evaluation, reporting and monitoring processes and documentation.
Nice to have
- This role does not require physics subject knowledge or teaching experience, but these would be an advantage.
- Website maintenance experience
- Experience using customer relationship management software, such as Salesforce.
The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity. We know that not every candidate fits into a neat little box, and that's okay! So, even if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified but you believe you’d bring passion, creativity, and a willingness to learn, we’d love to learn more about you!
Application
Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a brief cover letter stating how you meet the person specification.
Why should I want to work for the IOP?
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland - we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society. To find out more about our work, watch this film.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and / or throughout the recruitment process please do not hesitate to reach out to us for support.
To apply for this role please click the link below, best of luck with your applications!
We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.


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Purpose
This is an exciting new role supporting the delivery of the events and partnerships programme within a leading mental health charity.
We are looking for someone with a love for events and a passion for supporting people, who is excited by the prospect of raising funds that make a difference for young people’s mental health. You will be an excellent communicator, highly organised, and able to work on multiple projects concurrently. You will be committed to delivering an exceptional supporter experience for our event participants and corporate and community partners. Experience within the third sector is desirable but not a necessity.
As an Events and Partnerships Officer, your role is to support the planning, delivery and promotion of an exciting calendar of fundraising events, and support our corporate and community partners in their fundraising efforts.
Key responsibilities and duties:
Supporting our events programme
- Supporting the overall delivery of our events programme, working closely with the Senior Events and Partnerships Manager, Head of Fundraising and voluntary fundraising committees.
- Take a lead role on the planning, delivery and evaluation of a number of events within the calendar - which may include budgeting, liaising with third-party event organisers, logistics, risk assessment, promotion, participant engagement and post-event analysis.
- Monitor online fundraising and maintain event income and supporter records in the database, working closely with the Fundraising Assistant and finance team on processing income and invoices.
- Act as a point of contact for our various voluntary fundraising committees, supporting them with their activities, and providing event guidance and administrative support to enable them to deliver successful events and reach income targets.
- Working closely with our communications team, co-ordinate the marketing and promotion of our events programme. This will include: writing copy, building emails, supporting social activity, multi-channel promotion planning and supporter engagement campaigns.
- Collaborate on the design and production of event materials, including the development of event-specific fundraising packs and downloadable resources.
- Represent the Charlie Waller Trust at events as required which will include ad-hoc evenings and weekends for which time off in lieu will be given.
Supporting our partnerships
- Co-ordinate partnerships with community and corporate supporters, building long-term relationships and ensuring that partners feel valued and partnership objectives are met.
- Steward relationships with key people within our community and corporate partners, engaging them with the cause.
- Send fundraising materials (including t-shirts, information packs, etc.) to individual supporters, corporate partners and community groups raising money for us.
General responsibilities and duties
- Ensure that systems and processes are used as expected, and that our database is being updated and utilised as the central source of information.
- Provide regular updates on progress against agreed objectives and contribute to wider departmental fundraising reports as required.Ensure compliance to data protection, safeguarding, confidentiality and relevant organisational policies and procedures.
- Other duties as may be reasonably prescribed by the trust, appropriate to the grade and responsibilities of the post.
- Liaise with a wide variety of people and organisations including supporters of the charity, trainers and funders.
- Routine call handling as part of the wider office administrative team.
To apply
If you would like an informal discussion about the role with our Head of Fundraising, this can be arranged via email to recruitment(at)charliewaller(dot)org
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday 18th November 2025.
Please submit via your chosen job website, or send your CV and a supporting statement to recruitment(at)charliewaller(dot)org. We ask that you structure your supporting statement, by providing relevant information under person specification bullet points (combining these if multiple points are effectively responded to by one experience). Please try to keep your supporting statement to a maximum of 800 words, excluding headers. Applications will not be considered without a supporting statement.
You will hear back from us by Friday 21st November, if not before and should you be shortlisted, an interview will take place w/c 24th November and will involve a competency interview along with a short presentation.
Please see the attached job description for our person specification.
To educate young people and those around them about their mental health and wellbeing.
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This role is essential in our drive for evidencing the impact of the work we do. You will lead and manage a large-scale, multi-organisation piece of research aiming to highlight the impact of our programmes. You will play a key role in ensuring the main research project and any supplementary research projects are delivered efficiently and ethically. You will use data and evidence to inform practice and work closely with the Programme Specialist for Pilots and the wider Quality and Impact Team as required. Additionally, you will project manage additional cross-organisational projects as required in support of our growing charity.
This is role is a fixed-term contract for 18 months.
Travel throughout the UK may be required.
You will report to the Head of Quality and Impact.
Key Responsibilities
· You will be accountable for the oversight of the main research and any supplementary research projects from initiation to completion.
· You will collaborate with the Programme Specialist for Pilots and the Associate Director of Business Development to ensure delivery of the research and ensure alignment and fidelity to the research plan.
· You will work with the Head of Quality and Impact and Finance Team to ensure that the project/s meet agreed objectives, timelines and budgets.
· You will support the development of project documentation.
· You will deliver reports and presentations as required both internally and externally from DFN Project SEARCH to share information regarding the research project.
· You will be accountable for collecting, analysing and reporting on data that is relevant to the organisation.
We will be interviewing w/c Nov 24th
We will review applications as they come in and close when we have sufficient numbers
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The Head of Fundraising will lead all fundraising activities, overseeing the full spectrum of income generation to support our mission of empowering young people through football and education. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to lead on fundraising for an organisation which has barely scratched the surface of the fundraising landscape. There is autonomy over the direction of travel with a lot of support from the CEO on ideas and future programmes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Strategic Fundraising Leadership
o Develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy to grow income across all streams, aligning with the Foundation’s goals.
o Set long-term targets for income growth, monitoring progress and adapting strategies to capitalise on emerging opportunities.
o Act as a key ambassador, representing the Foundation at senior-level meetings with funders and corporate leaders to secure support.
· Trusts, Foundations, and Statutory Funding
o Lead on securing multi-year grants from major trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies, producing compelling applications and stewardship reports.
o Manage a portfolio of high-value trust relationships, cultivating new leads and ensuring personalised engagement to maximise funding.
o Oversee statutory funding bids, including government departments and local authorities, to support programme.
· Philanthropy, Major Donors, and Individual Giving
o Build and steward a portfolio of major donors and philanthropists, networking to identify prospects and delivering tailored proposals to secure gifts.
o Develop individual giving campaigns, including digital appeals and supporter journeys, to grow recurring donations and engage a broader donor base.
o Foster long-term relationships through personalised stewardship, ensuring high levels of donor satisfaction and retention.
· Corporate Partnerships and Brand Collaborations
o Secure corporate partnerships for sponsorships, employee volunteering, and content production, leveraging the Foundation’s football focus to attract partners.
o Collaborate with the marketing team to align corporate engagement with brand visibility and impact storytelling.
o Negotiate and manage partnerships that provide financial support, in-kind contributions, or co-branded initiatives to enhance programme delivery.
· Events and Community Fundraising
o Plan and oversee fundraising events, such as corporate football tournaments, charity matches, and supporter evenings, to raise funds and build engagement.
o Manage event logistics, budgets, and partnerships to ensure successful delivery and measurable ROI.
· Digital Fundraising and Innovation
o Support digital fundraising strategies, including online campaigns, social media appeals, and email marketing to grow donor acquisition and retention.
o Champion the use of AI and new technologies to optimise fundraising processes, such as personalised donor communications and data analysis.
o Ensure robust data management in CRM systems to track donor interactions, compliance with GDPR, and fundraising performance.
· Team Management and Cross-Team Collaboration
o Work with programme delivery, marketing, and operations teams to create compelling propositions and gather impact data for fundraising materials.
o Ensure all fundraising complies with legal, ethical, and governance standards, mitigating risks and upholding transparency.
· Safeguarding
o Ensure all fundraising activities, events, and donor engagements comply with the Foundation’s safeguarding policies, including DBS checks and risk assessments.
Person Specification
· Essential Skills and Experience:
o Proven track record of securing significant funding across multiple streams, such as trusts, statutory bodies, philanthropy, corporates, and events.
o Experience leading a fundraising team, with strong people management and mentoring skills.
o Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce compelling proposals, reports, and pitches tailored to diverse audiences.
o Strategic thinker with demonstrated success in developing and implementing fundraising strategies to achieve income growth.
o Strong networking and relationship-building abilities.
o Knowledge of fundraising regulations, governance, and compliance, including GDPR and ethical standards.
o Proficiency in CRM systems, data analysis, and digital fundraising tools.
o Passion for the Kinetic Foundation’s mission, with an understanding of challenges faced by disadvantaged young people in London.
o Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
· Desirable Skills and Experience:
o Experience in sport-for-good or youth-focused charities, particularly with football-based programmes.
o Knowledge of AI and digital innovations in fundraising.
o Track record of managing high-profile events or brand partnerships.
o Familiarity with London’s philanthropic and corporate landscape.
· Personal Attributes:
o Ambitious and proactive, with a growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
o Collaborative and supportive, able to inspire teams and build positive relationships.
o Resilient and calm under pressure, with strong organisational skills to manage multiple priorities.
o Ethical and transparent, with a focus on delivering measurable impact.
We use football to engage and inspire young people, so that they are empowered to complete post-16 education and achieve their full potential.
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The Youth Endowment Fund
Senior Research Manager
Reports to: Research Lead
Salary: £52,736
Contract: 18 months fixed term
Location: Central London or Hybrid (see below)
Closing date: Thursday 20th November at 12 pm
Interviews: Week commencing - 1st December 2025
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
Last year, 509 children were tragically admitted to hospital after being assaulted with a knife. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them. Even when violence doesn’t strike directly, we know that the fear of violence has a terrible effect on children’s lives.
At the Youth Endowment Fund, we are working to create lasting change. To succeed, we must build a world-leading body of knowledge on the violence that affects young people and how it can be stopped. This means producing rigorous, relevant evidence — through synthesis, data analysis and in-depth research into young people’s lives. But knowledge alone isn’t enough. We must make it accessible and actionable: showing what works, how services need to change, and how the systems around them must adapt. And we must partner with the people who can make change happen — across policy, practice and local systems — to turn evidence into impact.
About the role
We recently started a new workstream of research into why violence happens, and which children are most vulnerable. We are working with experts across research, policy and practice to investigate:
· What are the risk and protective factors for violence?
· Why does violence happen? What are the underlying causes?
· How can we use this research to improve policy and practice, and keep children safe?
We are recruiting a Senior Research Manager to lead a portfolio of projects in this workstream. This will include research exploring how predictive tools and algorithms are used to assess risk of involvement in violence and guide support decisions.This joint programme with UKRI Safer Streets Mission will investigate whether these tools can help practitioners identify people at risk accurately, safely, and fairly—and whether their use improves outcomes.
Predictive tools are structured frameworks that aim to help professionals such as police analysts or social workers assess someone’s likelihood of committing violence. They differ from “pure” professional judgement, where practitioners rely solely on their own assessment without a formal checklist or model. These tools have been used for years but are becoming both increasingly powerful and controversial as new approaches, including machine learning, emerge.
The Senior Research Manager will commission and oversee a research team to deliver two projects:
1. A systematic review of existing research on predictive tools in violence prevention.
2. Primary research on how these tools are currently used in England and Wales, including their practical and ethical implications.
The final report will assess predictive accuracy, impact, implementation, ethics, and equity. The Senior Research Manager will ensure methodological rigour and translate findings into clear, actionable guidance on whether and how these tools should be used.
The Senior Research Manager will also lead a range of related projects, such as:
· Commissioning new research into the causes, risk factors and protective factors for violence.
· Contributing to the development of accessible online tools (similar to our existing Toolkit) which make this research accessible and help decision makers target support where it is most needed.
The Senior Research Manager will be part of YEF’s Research team. The Research team is at the heart of our efforts to learn what works and put it into practice. We do this by developing the YEF’s funding strategy and creating free, highly accessible research summaries and actionable recommendations for policy makers, commissioners and practitioners. We’re a high-performing team which values intellectual rigour and getting to the truth, compassion for children, ambition about what we can achieve and humility about what we know. We love to discuss the latest developments in research methods, but we’re not just interested in research for its own sake. We want research to lead to actual changes in outcomes for children.
Please go to our website for the full 'About You' section and job description.
While it’s not a criterion, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of youth violence.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
Hybrid Working Details
Our office is located in Central London. Team members who reside within the 32 London Boroughs or are within a 90-minute commute are expected to attend the office at least two days per week.
For those living outside of London but within England, Scotland, or Wales, the expectation is to work from the London office two days per month.
As part of our commitment to flexible working, we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.
To Apply
To apply, please send a CV, a cover letter answering the questions below and complete the monitoring form. You can submit your application by clicking on the "Apply for this" button by 12:00pm Thursday 20th November 2025.
When applying for this role, please ensure that your cover letter, within a maximum of 1000 words, covers the following questions:
1. A clear example of when you have translated complex research findings into actionable and usable summaries or guidance for policy makers or practitioners
2. A clear example of a research project you have delivered or commissioned, and explain how you ensured its quality
Interview Process
Interviews will take place on week commencing 1st December 2025.
There will be a task to prepare for in advance of the first stage interview and a possible second-stage interview stage.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not sponsor work permits, and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits Include
• £1,000 professional development budget annually
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and 3 additional closure days over Christmas
• Four half days for volunteering activities
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr phone line for free confidential support
• Death in service - 4 times annual salary
• Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm
• Financial support including travel and hardship loans
• Employer contributed pension of 5%
Personal Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
[1] We have launched a call for proposals for teams to do this work. You can read more about this here.
We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
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Location: You can be based near one of the following office locations - Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester or Newcastle.
We operate a hybrid model of work i.e. a combination of in-person and remote, with flexible days in the office depending on business need and your preferences. We would typically expect in-office attendance an average of one day per week.
Hours: We are looking for the right candidate and while we envisage this being a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) we are very open to flexible working arrangements such as part-time, compressed hours and/or flexitime.
Ideal start date: Flexible, as agreed with candidate
Annual leave: 36/37 days (England & Wales and Scotland respectively - includes bank and public holidays and three days to be taken between Christmas and New Year) plus up to 3 days additional annual leave increasing with length of service.
We also offer a Holiday Buyback scheme where you can purchase up to 1 working week additional annual leave per year
Other benefits:
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 5%, plus salary sacrifice contribution the equivalent of Employer National Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme available to staff and their family
- Flexible work options such as hybrid working, flexitime, part-time
The Opportunity
As our Senior Evaluation Coordinator you’ll drive forward how we measure and share our organisation’s impact.
You’ll own our monitoring and evaluation framework and use this to design smart and robust ways to measure how our work creates change.
You’ll lead our annual data collection processes and cycles, collaborating with other teams to collect and share key outcomes data, both internally and externally.
From crafting data methodologies to generating insightful reporting for stakeholders, this role is ideal for someone who loves delving into data, analysing and communicating trends and working with others to make a difference.
1. Designing how we measure our impact
- Shape evaluation questions and themes to explore, design the methodology, and consider data required to conduct robust analysis
2. Evaluating our interventions
- Manage the yearly impact evaluation to further the organisation’s understanding of its effect across our three interventions:
- on students’ outcomes, including student university destinations and longer-term graduate outcomes
- on the outcomes of our employer influencing work, including the impact of the Social Mobility Employer Index
- on the outcomes of our campaigns work
3. Data collection and performance management
- Develop and manage data analysis and visualisation tools and processes, such as PowerBI, to present monitoring data
4. Reporting and sharing our impact
- Consolidate analysis findings, and present them to various audiences to enable conversations around the development of our work
See attached job description for more detail on the key responsibilities in the role
Person Specification/Skills
Monitoring & Evaluation
- How to run an evaluation project, and manage it throughout the full project life cycle, i.e. planning, data collection, analysis, and dissemination
- How to create and implement plans and/or processes, including administrative systems and robust evaluation processes
Systems
- How to use databases, data visualisation tools and CRMs, underpinned by strong IT skills and the ability to learn and build capability
How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply by submitting the following information to our application portal Pinpoint by 23:59pm, Sunday 23rd November:
- A cover letter outlining your suitability and motivation for the role (no more than 500 words)
- Give an example of when you have evaluated the impact of a programme, intervention or project, the steps you took and skills you used (no more than 800 words)
Please note that generic applications and CV’s will not be considered.
We unlock potential, broaden horizons and create opportunities for young people


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We are seeking a visionary Chief Executive Officer to lead one of London’s most vital community organisations into its next chapter. Based in North Kensington, the Dalgarno Trust is a lifeline for many of its 6000+ local residents living in one of the most underserved and diverse areas within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. As the only community centre in the neighbourhood, it tackles long standing community needs, from health inequalities to digital exclusion, vibrant youth programmes, a busy weekly foodbank, and inclusive wellbeing initiatives. The CEO will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of this anchor institution, driving strategic growth while remaining deeply connected to the needs and lived experiences of the community.
This is an opportunity to lead a charity where you not only have direct visibility of the impact, you will also have multiple opportunities to be involved with making a real change to the lives of others. The CEO will be responsible for steering the organisation’s strategic direction, building sustainable income streams, and strengthening partnerships across the public, private, and voluntary sectors. With oversight of a dynamic workforce, including full-time, part-time, sessional staff, and volunteers, the CEO will ensure high quality service delivery, encourage innovation, and foster a resilient, inclusive culture. As the public face of the Dalgarno Trust, they will represent the charity in borough-wide forums, advocate for policy change, and amplify the voices of all its beneficiaries.
Dalgarno Trust is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the community it serves and developing a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can thrive. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. We actively encourage individuals who have a passion for equity and a strong ability to oversee and manage the multiple elements of a thriving and busy community centre where one day is never the same as the next.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Governance
- Work with the Board of Trustees to set and deliver the charity’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
- Provide clear, evidence-based advice and recommendations to the Board, ensuring effective governance and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Position the charity as a recognised leader in tackling inequality and poverty in the borough, particularly the North Kensington area.
- Maintain financial oversight taking a strategic approach to managing Dalgarno Trust’s finances in a sustainable way – ensuring adequate reserves are maintained.
- Ensure effective short, medium, and long-term financial planning is in place throughout the different levels of the organisation. Provide effective scrutiny by working with Dalgarno Trust’s accountants and finance personnel.
Income Generation & Fundraising
- Lead a sustainable income generation strategy, including accessing trust and foundation fundraising, corporate sponsorships, statutory grants, and social enterprise opportunities.
- Build and maintain relationships with funders and donors to maximise opportunities for growth and diversification of income.
- Ensure effective financial management, monitoring, and reporting of a c.£750k annual budget.
Partnerships & Place-Leadership
- Develop and maintain partnerships with voluntary, public, and private sector organisations to aid joint delivery of services.
- Represent the Dalgarno Trust in local strategic forums, influencing public policy and service design to reflect community needs.
- Strengthen the charity’s role as an anchor organisation and hub for community activity and leadership.
Please see the job description attachment for further responsibilities. If you would like to have an informal discussion with the CEO about Dalgarno Trust and the role, please get in touch with Esma Dukali via email refer to JD PDF for contact details.
Applicants are invited to submit an up-to-date CV and a supporting letter (maximum 1500 words) explaining how they meet the requirements outlined in the Person Specification within the job description. Please note: only applications that follow these instructions exactly will be considered. Interviews are expected to be held on 27th November.
A safe and happy Community Centre for the people of North Kensington, London



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Head of Individual Giving
We’re looking for an experienced and creative Head of Individual Giving to lead and grow our individual giving programme.
About the Role
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, you’ll shape and deliver our individual giving strategy, overseeing the recruitment, retention and development of individual supporters. You’ll lead on our major appeals, including an annual national campaign to Catholic parishes across the UK.
You’ll also play a key role in developing new fundraising products, optimising donor journeys, and ensuring our CRM and data systems support excellent stewardship and insight-driven decision making. This is a senior position with significant scope to shape the programme and make your mark.
About You
We’re looking for a confident and strategic fundraiser with a strong grasp of individual giving and a collaborative approach. You’ll bring:
- Proven experience delivering successful individual giving or direct marketing campaigns in the charity sector
- Strong skills in supporter stewardship and donor retention
- Experience of managing budgets, teams and external suppliers
- A creative, data-driven approach to growing income
- Excellent communication skills
We improve the lives of seafarers and fishers through our network of local chaplains and seafarer centres, expert information, advocacy, and support.



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People & Culture Manager
Location: Fully remote with flexible working arrangements
Contract: Permanent, part-time (0.6 FTE, 3 days a week which can be worked flexibly)
Salary: £21,500 - £24,000 pa, depending on experience (0.6 FTE of £35,828 - £40,000)
Closing Date for applications: Sunday 23rd November 2025, 11:59pm
Due to high numbers of applications, prior to interview we plan to carry out initial screening calls with prospective candidates before selection for interview. We will be asking about your reasons for applying and how you think your skills and experiences align to the role. Please note we are only able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.
* N.b. Both a CV and a cover letter must be submitted for applications to be considered.
Screening calls: Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th November 2025
Interviews: Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Start Date: ASAP – this is a new post.
About: The Good Faith Partnership
At Good Faith, we create solutions to society’s most difficult problems. Our clients are diverse and complex, from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to faith-based organisations, businesses, charities and funders. We connect businesses, governments, charities, philanthropists, foundations and communities to make lasting change - from incubating projects like the Warm Welcome campaign, helping support the Home Office’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme or co-ordinating public affairs for the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the UK, US and EU.
At our core, we believe in the power of strong, unlikely relationships, to drive positive social change.
The Opportunity
Good Faith is seeking our first People & Culture Manager – a hands-on, strategic HR generalist who is excited to shape and scale a people-first culture in a growing, purpose-driven organisation.
You’ll play a pivotal role in building and embedding people practices that reflect our mission and values, ensuring Good Faith remains an exceptional place to work. As an advisor to the senior leadership team (SLT) and a key support to colleagues across the organisation, you'll be responsible for day-to-day HR operations as well as helping to shape longer-term people strategy.
This role combines compliance and compassion, policy and people, and structure and soul. It’s ideal for someone who thrives in an agile environment, brings a proactive and people-centred mindset, and wants to make a lasting impact.
Key Responsibilities
HR Operations & Compliance
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Act as first point of contact for HR matters, ensuring compliance with UK employment law and best practice.
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Maintain and embed up-to-date HR policies and processes, delivering staff training where needed.
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Manage sensitive employee relations issues (e.g. grievances, disciplinary, absence management) with fairness and integrity.
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Serve as designated Safeguarding Lead
Recruitment & Onboarding
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Lead inclusive and transparent recruitment processes, ensuring a great candidate experience
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Oversee onboarding to ensure new team members feel welcomed, equipped and engaged from day one.
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Provide direction, support, and oversight to the team member responsible for implementing recruitment and onboarding activities.
Performance & Development
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Oversee effective line management processes, ensuring they are fair, developmental and aligned with our values.
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Support managers to strengthen their people leadership skills and to deliver effective performance reviews and personal development plans.
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Identify and coordinate learning and development opportunities to support growth and career progression.
Wellbeing, Engagement & Inclusion
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Lead initiatives that promote employee wellbeing, engagement, and retention.
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Design and run staff feedback mechanisms (e.g. surveys), working SLT to act on insights and improve workplace experience.
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Champion diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging across all people practices.
People Systems & Processes
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Manage HR systems (BrightHR), employee records and documentation.
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Oversee payroll, pensions, and benefits administration (in collaboration with external providers where relevant).
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Manage Associate (external consultant) contracts.
People Strategy & Culture
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Develop and deliver a people and culture strategy aligned with our mission and values.
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Embed our organisational values across people processes and internal communications.
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Lead workforce planning to ensure we are structured for sustainable growth.
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Develop and implement internal communications that strengthen alignment and team cohesion.
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Foster a positive, supportive, and high-performing workplace culture.
Leadership & Management
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Provide line management to relevant team members, supporting their growth and wellbeing, as required
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Work closely with the SLT to provide HR insight and strategic advice.
Other
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Undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the role and the evolving needs of the organisation.
Person Specification
We value lived experience, transferable skills, and potential – so if you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply if this role excites you. However, the following will be an asset for this role:
HR Operations & Compliance
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3–5 years of relevant HR experience, ideally within a small or purpose-led organisation.
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Demonstrated experience managing sensitive employee relations issues.
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Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, HR policy development, and HR best practice.
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Demonstrable awareness of emerging trends in People and HR, including the opportunities and ethical considerations presented by AI and automation
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CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above), or equivalent experience.
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Experience acting as a Safeguarding Lead, or working closely with a Designated Safeguarding Lead.
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Proven ability to design and deliver HR policy and compliance training.
Recruitment & Onboarding
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Experience leading recruitment, including drafting role descriptions, selection criteria, managing shortlisting and interviews
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Ability to create positive onboarding experience
Performance & Development
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Experience developing and embedding performance management frameworks, including appraisals and personal development planning.
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Ability in supporting and equipping managers in their line management responsibilities
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Experience identifying learning and development opportunities that align with organisational and individual growth needs.
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Understanding of how to support career progression and talent development in small or resource-constrained organisations.
Wellbeing, Engagement & Inclusion
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Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in people practices and organisational culture
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Experience designing and managing employee feedback mechanisms and using results to initiate change
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Knowledge of workplace mental health practices.
People Systems & Processes
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Experience managing HR systems (e.g., BrightHR or similar) and maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records.
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Proficient in overseeing payroll, pensions and benefits administration, including liaising with external providers.
People Strategy & Culture
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Experience developing or contributing to a People & Culture strategy aligned with organisational mission and values.
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Ability to embed organisational values into internal communications, processes, and leadership behaviours.
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Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, team structuring, and anticipating future people needs for sustainable growth.
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Strong understanding of how to build and maintain a positive, inclusive, high-performing organisational culture.
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Experience writing and managing internal communications that support engagement, alignment, and transparency.
Leadership & Management
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Experience of working independently and managing a broad portfolio of HR responsibilities with minimal supervision
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Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust across diverse teams and at all levels of seniority.
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Demonstrated ability to provide strategic HR insight and advice
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Experience in line management, including supporting direct reports’ development and wellbeing.
Other Skills and Attributes
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Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate complex or sensitive information with clarity and empathy.
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Excellent organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills.
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Proactive, solutions-focused, and adaptable to change.
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High level of integrity, discretion and commitment to confidentiality.
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Comfortable working in a fast-paced, values-led, and evolving environment.
Working Arrangements
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Current members of the team are based across the UK, with some in London, Reading, Bristol, Manchester and Northern Ireland. Applicants must be able to travel once a month for a Tuesday full team meeting which takes place in Bristol or Reading. Additional coworking opportunities in Bristol, Reading or London may be possible.
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This role is fully remote, with flexible working arrangements.
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All employees, volunteers, partners, suppliers and consultants working with Good Faith are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies. Good Faith’s commitment to safeguarding means we seek to ensure that no harm comes to people as a result of contact with the organisation’s programmes, operations or people.
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You will need to have the right to work in the UK.
Supporting Your Application
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We are happy to discuss and make any reasonable adjustments you might need at any stage of the application process.
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All employees, volunteers, partners, suppliers and consultants working with Good Faith are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies. Good Faith’s commitment to safeguarding means we seek to ensure that no harm comes to people as a result of contact with the organisation’s programmes, operations or people.
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You will need to have the right to work in the UK.
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If you disclose a disability during your application process and you meet the minimum criteria for the role, we will contact you to discuss any reasonable adjustment you might need at the interview. If you wish to disclose a disability, please email us.
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We’d be very happy to answer any specific questions relating to this role - please email us on with ‘Query for People & Culture Manager role’ in the email subject line and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
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To apply, send a cover letter (max 1 side of A4) which specifically addresses the requirements listed in the person specification, along with a CV, as we will use this to shortlist applications. Email these to us with ‘Application for People & Culture Manager role’. Applications must be received by 11:59pm on Sunday 23rd November 2025.
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For more information, see our website or find us on X at @goodfaith
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Birmingham and Solihull Women’s aid have for over 45 years supported women and children with services around domestic violence and abuse. Could you be a part of our team as we continue our mission to end domestic violence and abuse?
The region’s leading charity in tackling violence against women and girls, BSWA offers a helpline, webchat, drop in and and community support as well as emergency accommodation in six refuges across the area.
Projects supports women in the criminal justice system, in healthcare settings, and throughout the community, offering support to women and children experiencing domestic violence. Alongside this, we also have staff offering training and consultancy to businesses and health and social care professionals alike, raising awareness on gender based violence issues.
We seek like-minded women to join our enthusiastic team of workers, all of us passionate about the vital and valuable work we do to support women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, and tackling the wider issues of violence against women and girls.
JOB PURPOSE:
Ø The postholder will grow and engage with BSWA’s supporter community through timely and effective communication.
Ø The postholder will lead BSWA’s presence on social media, producing sensitive, impactful and informative communications and content, to raise awareness of violence against women and girls and drive support for the organisation.
Ø The postholder will support and uphold the BSWA brand, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s mission, vision and values at all times.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Marketing, Campaigns and Supporter Engagement:
Ø Develop and maintain the organisation’s supporter engagement work, ensuring consistent messaging to external stakeholders, supporters and the general public.
Ø Create and maintain website copy.
Ø Work with colleagues to gather and plan content and ideas including news, project updates, current affairs, policy statements, stories and case studies.
Ø Contribute to the development of fundraising and policy/cause-based campaigns, using your creative and communication skills to further BSWA’s goals.
Ø Work with the wider team to ensure that communications and branding are joined up throughout the organisation.
Ø Provide support where needed with public affairs and events.
Benefits
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31 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
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Up to 6% matched pension contribution
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Free access to Employee Assistance Programme
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Life Assurance scheme while in employment (a lump sum of 4 times salary)
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Cycle to Work scheme
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Health Cash Plan scheme available to all employees from day one
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Successful candidates may have the opportunity to work under hybrid working arrangements, subject to the role and to the terms of our Hybrid Working Policy
BSWA is a Disability Confident Employer. We want everyone to have equal chance at being considered for our jobs. Should you be unable to submit your application online and would prefer an alternative method, or you are experiencing another barrier to completing your application, please contact our recruitment team.
These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010) and women only need apply.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is at 12 noon on 19th November 2025. Interviews will take place in the weeks commencing 1st December 2025
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Are you passionate about helping young people build brighter futures?
Do you love building relationships and making things happen in education? If so, we’ve got a brilliant opportunity for you to join our team as an Educational Partnerships Manager at Young Enterprise.
Who We Are
We’re Young Enterprise – a national charity with a bold mission: to give every young person the skills, confidence, and mindset to thrive in the changing world of work.
For over 60 years, we’ve empowered more than 7 million young people through hands-on enterprise and financial education programmes. Whether it’s launching a student business or learning how to manage money, we help young people develop key life skills—teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and resilience.
We’re a passionate, down-to-earth team of 90+ staff and 2,000+ volunteers who believe that every young person, regardless of background, deserves a fair start in life.
Why Join Us?
We think Young Enterprise is a great place to work—and we’re proud of our people-first culture. Here’s what you can expect:
- A friendly and supportive team where your voice is heard
- A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion—we want everyone to feel they belong
- Generous holiday allowance and flexible working
- Cycle-to-work scheme, life assurance, and NHS top-up plan
- Ongoing learning and mentoring opportunities
- A chance to directly impact the lives of young people every single day
About the Role
This is a role where you’ll really see the difference you make.
As Educational Partnerships Manager, you’ll work across South East London, building partnerships with schools, colleges, youth organisations and community groups—particularly in areas where opportunities are hardest to come by.
You’ll be right in the mix: planning events, delivering programmes, supporting volunteers and connecting with school staff to make sure young people have access to our inspiring enterprise and financial education experiences.
You’ll be a key driver of our Inspiring Futures initiative —helping young people break down barriers and imagine bigger futures.
It’s a varied, people-focused role with loads of room for creativity, independence and collaboration. Whether you’re visiting a school, chatting with a funder, or supporting a trade fair, you’ll be helping young people build skills that will last a lifetime.
You’ll love this job if you are…
- A brilliant relationship-builder, confident working with teachers, volunteers, and community leaders
- Passionate about education, social mobility, and giving every young person a chance to shine
- A natural communicator—whether leading a session in a classroom or inspiring a room of volunteers
- Organised and able to juggle multiple projects (with a great sense of humour!)
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and happy working remotely but never alone—you’ll be part of a close-knit regional team
- Excited by the idea of doing a job that combines delivery, relationship-building, fundraising and volunteering
Key Responsibilities
- Build and grow relationships with schools, colleges, youth clubs and local communities
- Focus on expanding our reach in areas of multiple deprivation and underrepresentation
- Deliver and support the rollout of YE programmes in schools and other settings
- Recruit, train and support volunteers—making sure they feel valued and inspired
- Work with your regional team to meet shared goals and celebrate local impact
- Help secure local funding by supporting fundraising efforts and managing project deliverables
- Support the planning of events, trade fairs and celebrations for young people
- Keep accurate records, track impact, and make sure safeguarding is front and centre
A few practical things:
- This is a hands-on role—you’ll sometimes be lifting resources, setting up venues and travelling regularly (a car and full driving licence are essential)
- You’ll need to be happy occasionally working evenings or weekends during peak delivery times
- Expect to be on your feet during some events or sessions—it’s all part of the fun!
Safeguarding Young People
We are committed to keeping young people safe. All successful applicants will undergo an enhanced DBS check and receive ongoing safeguarding training.
How to Apply
If you’re ready to help shape the futures of young people across South East London, we want to hear from you!
Please send your CV and a cover letter (max 2 pages) telling us why you’re the right person for this role. Applications must be submitted by 23:30 on 16 November 2025. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Interviews will be held via Teams and may take place before the closing date. Please note, we are only able to respond to shortlisted candidates.
At YE we are passionate and committed to keeping your data safe and secure. Full details can be found in the YE People’s Privacy Notice.
Join us – and help us give every young person the chance to thrive. Apply today!
We empower young people to discover, develop and celebrate their skills and potential.
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Build flexibly on your Charity Career with this person-centred charity supporting unpaid carers
This is a full-time role in a well-established charity based in Twickenham. This role would suit someone who wants to have the opportunity to work flexibly and build their career in the Charity sector with experience of working in social care.
Richmond Carers Centre has the mission to help unpaid adult carers to live a full, active and meaningful life by providing them with advice, information, activities, breaks and emotional support either face to face, by phone or by email to enable them to live well.
As a Support Worker, you will be part of a small, dedicated team and take a lead on providing emotional support to adult carers and a commitment to enhancing their health and wellbeing. Much of your work will involve actively listening to carers, often via the phone support line, providing information, advice and support.
As part of the Adult Carers Support Team, you will also be involved in organising breaks for carers, outreach activities and leisure events, as well as group work to help enhance carers’ health and wellbeing. Part of the role will also aim to improve the identification, recognition and understanding of the needs of adult carers, raise the profile of adult carers and ensure adult carers needs are met. You will also be expected to work with our volunteers and to use appropriate monitoring and evaluation reports to show our funders what we have achieved.
You will be someone:
- Who works in a person-centred way
- Is enthusiastic, empathetic and detail conscious
- Communicates well by phone and in person
- Has an understanding of social care particularly in relation to carers
- Has experience of working with clients who have support needs
- Has experience of producing reports for monitoring and evaluation
- Is numerate and has knowledge of budgeting
- Is able to gather and assess information efficiently and think creatively to come up with solutions
- Has good communication skills including spoken, written and presentational
Main Duties include:
- To provide a regular telephone support-line, face-to-face and email support, offering appropriate, generic advice
- To offer a range of service delivery options and be involved in providing those options e.g., breaks, group work, leisure activities or other outreach activities
- To encourage and assist carers and those they care for to access Care Needs Assessments and Carers Assessments and to take up services that will enhance their lives
- To complete individual grant applications with carers for respite or if they are experiencing financial hardship due to the cost-of-living crisis
- To work where appropriate with other service providers/agencies to promote the carer agenda or jointly deliver carer support issues
- To be proactive in the registration of carers living or caring for someone within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- To keep accurate records of group and individual carer engagement for monitoring and evaluation purposes
- To participate in key events organised by Richmond Carers Centre and other relevant partners to promote services to a wider public
What you are doing now:
- You might be working for or volunteering in a similar charity
- You may be working in social care for a local authority or district council
- You may have the skills we need from some other combination of work and volunteering
- Or you may be looking to return to the workforce after a timeout for personal reasons
In any event if you feel you meet the skills we need, we would like to hear from you
Richmond Carers Centre welcomes and encourages applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
Benefits of working for Richmond Carers Centre:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year (pro rata)
- Bonus 3 days of annual leave per year over the festive period (subject to Trustee approval)
- Workplace Pension Scheme with Peoples Pension
- Flexible working/option of working from home (subject to CEO approval)
- Equipment and support to be set up to work from home
- Paid time off for medical appointments
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Training and personal development opportunities
- Staff away days and socials
- Access to shared resources and training opportunities
- Supportive and friendly working environment
To apply for the role please send your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the key requirements for the role to our HR Consultant; Viv Sage.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore please submit your application early to avoid disappointment, as this role may close before the closing date.
Closing date: Friday 28th November 2025
Shortlisting date: Ongoing throughout with Viv Sage
Interview dates with Richmond Carers Centre: Weeks commencing 8th December and 15th December
Please note interview dates can also be scheduled around these dates to fit with the interview panel and candidates availability.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
The Wildlife Trusts are a grassroots movement of people from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life, who believe that we need nature and nature needs us. We have more than 944,000 members, over 38,000 volunteers, 3,600 staff and 600 trustees. There are 46 individual Wildlife Trusts, each of which is a place-based independent charity with its own legal identity, formed by groups of people getting together and working with others to make a positive difference to wildlife and future generations, starting where they live and work.
Every Wildlife Trust is part of The Wildlife Trusts federation and a corporate member of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, a registered charity in its own right founded in 1912 and one of the founding members of IUCN – the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Taken together this federation of 47 charities is known as The Wildlife Trusts.
The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big, bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we mobilise others and support them to organise within their own communities.
About You
Are you passionate about nature’s recovery across the UK and telling this story to inspire others? Do you believe that community voices are central to nature’s recovery? Then this may be the role for you.
As the twin nature and climate crises continue to accelerate, communities are already feeling the effects of increased flooding, drought and soil loss. At the same time, nature disconnectedness is causing many people to feel powerless to act. This role seeks to redress that balance, by telling the stories of nature recovery from those that it is affecting directly. To give a voice to local communities and amplify these messages in ways that inspire others to take action be that through direct action, policy making, funding or wider support.
The Temperate Rainforest Restoration Programme is a £38.9 million, 100-year programme working in a long-term partnership with Aviva. Native to the British Isles, temperate rainforest is an incredibly rare and biodiverse habitat, rarer even, than its tropical counterpart. This programme is going beyond traditional habitat restoration and creating new rainforests on eligible sites across the bioclimatic envelope (the area along our Atlantic coastline with the specific conditions needed for rainforest to thrive).
This post will work across teams within The Wildlife Trusts’ to tell the story of this restoration and promote the importance of temperate rainforests based on connecting with people and telling their first-hand accounts of the work of Wildlife Trusts along the west of the UK, with a particular focus on Wales. This role will need to relay stories of how nature restoration benefits communities helping them adapt to our changing climate. Your work will give a voice to living memories of the land but also look ahead, effectively and compassionately communicating the need for a just transition to create more resilient landscapes that benefit future generations.
About You
You are a passionate science communicator with a demonstrable ability to inspire action in others for nature’s recovery. Your strong communications skills include the ability to create clear, audience-specific messaging and use digital tools to engage and connect with people wherever they are. You can build coherent narratives so that stories gather momentum over time and balance personal storytelling with the need to maintain brand consistency. Your outgoing and collaborative working style also makes you comfortable engaging with people face to face, going to meet people where they are and using these relationships to share real-world stories which foster a sense of shared ownership of content produced.
Experience of working in rural or farming contexts is beneficial, particularly in terms of Welsh culture and while knowledge of UK nature conservation, particularly woodlands, is helpful, it is not essential. What matters most is your ability to build rapport quickly and tell stories with conviction whoever the audience.
The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate about promoting our aims, we are inclusive, not judgemental. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented people within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level. RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click here to read our commitment statement.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible. RSWT are committed to increasing diversity of its staff through its Levelling the field recruitment pledge and will offer an interview to any ethnic minority applicants that meets all the essential criteria for the post.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. We may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools.