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Birmingham, West Midlands (Hybrid)
Brighton, The City of Brighton and Hove
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Southwark, Greater London
£30,600 per year
Full-time or part-time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract or temporary (Approx. 12 months)
Job description
Location: Hybrid – Home-based with some regional travel in England
Reports to: Head of Programmes and Impact
Contract: Fixed-term/Temporary maternity cover, approx. 12-month secondment
Salary: £30,600 per annum
Application deadline: Thursday 27th August at 9am
Interview information: We plan to hold online interviews from week commencing 7th September
About The Girls’ Network:
The Girls' Network is a national charity with a mission to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a network of professional women role models and volunteer mentors. We believe no girl should have her future limited by her gender, ethnicity, background, or parental income. Our vision is a future where all girls are supported to realise their ambitions, discover their self-worth, and shape their own futures.
We partner with secondary schools and colleges across multiple regions in England, including London, Merseyside, Portsmouth, Southampton, Sussex, Tees Valley, Tyne & Wear and the West Midlands. We match girls aged 14–19 with trained volunteer mentors for one-to-one support. In addition to this core mentoring, workshops, and access to an Ambassador Community that provides continued opportunities for development, career support, and connection.
Role Summary:
The Programme Development Officer is responsible for ensuring that The Girls' Network develops high-quality, consistent, and impactful programmes for girls and young women across all regions. Working closely with the colleagues in the Programme team, volunteers, and education establishments, the post-holder will support the development and continuous improvement of our mentoring, workshop, and ambassador offer. They will ensure that programmes are grounded in best practice and aligned to organisational strategy. Key responsibilities include leading programme quality assurance, developing resources, and delivering staff and volunteer training, while embedding learning from delivery to strengthen outcomes.
Alongside programme development duties, the post-holder will also be a member of the safeguarding team, acting as a Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO). In this capacity, they will support the organisation's commitment to providing safe and inclusive programmes to girls and young women. This role involves supporting delivery staff on day-to-day safeguarding issues, refining policies as required, carrying out risk assessments, and auditing procedures to guarantee that safeguarding frameworks are consistently understood, accurately recorded, and central to service delivery.
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
Programme Development
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Support the development and continuous improvement of The Girls' Network's programme offer, ensuring delivery aligns with organisational strategy and responds to the needs of the girls and young women we serve.
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Develop and maintain programme standards, frameworks, and guidance to drive consistent, high-quality delivery across all regions.
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Take ownership of The Girls' Network volunteering platform, ensuring it effectively supports volunteer engagement and delivery.
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Ensure mentoring, workshops, and wider programme activities are aligned with The Girls' Network Theory of Change.
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Work collaboratively with the wider programme team to identify opportunities to strengthen and evolve programme delivery.
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Stay informed of sector research and emerging practice on mentoring, youth issues, and girls' empowerment, embedding relevant learning into programme design.
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Collaborate with the Head of Programmes & Impact to ensure programme development activity reflects both operational needs and strategic priorities.
Quality Assurance and Improvement
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Design and implement robust quality assurance processes that underpin excellence and consistency across programme delivery.
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Conduct programme reviews, fieldwork, and quality assurance activities, identifying strengths, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
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Work closely with the National Programme Manager to embed programme standards in day-to-day delivery and support the sharing of best practice across teams.
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Produce actionable recommendations and improvement plans to enhance programme effectiveness and operational delivery.
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Ensure programme resources, guidance, and delivery materials remain current, relevant, and aligned to organisational priorities.
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Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement across programme delivery teams.
Programme Resources and Training
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Support the development, review, and maintenance of programme resources, workshop content, and mentoring materials.
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Design and deliver training, guidance, and support for programme staff and volunteers to enable effective and consistent delivery.
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Facilitate learning opportunities that build programme delivery capability across the organisation.
Safeguarding
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Act as a Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO) and support the development, implementation, and regular review of safeguarding policies and procedures across the organisation.
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Act as a key point of contact for day-to-day safeguarding concerns, informing the Designated Safeguarding Lead(s) or relevant statutory bodies of situations/outcomes
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Provide quality safeguarding advice and guidance to staff and volunteers as required.
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Manage and respond to safeguarding concerns, disclosures and referrals, ensuring accurate documentation and appropriate action is taken in line with statutory requirements and The Girls’ Network policies. Initiate and coordinate referrals to external agencies and services, ensuring follow-up actions are carried out and monitored
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Contribute to the delivery of safeguarding training and the promotion of best practice across the organisation
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Keep abreast of safeguarding practice, making recommendations as appropriate, to ensure compliance with statutory and organisational guidelines
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Maintain up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding legislation, emerging risks, and sector best practice.
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Collate and produce safeguarding reports, data, and narrative for Head of Programmes and Impact as/when required.
Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required.
Person Specification:
Essential
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Qualified teacher or experienced trainer, with a proven ability to design and deliver engaging learning programmes.
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Experience of developing, implementing, and improving youth, mentoring, education, or employability programmes.
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Experience of quality assurance, programme reviews, or service improvement activities.
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Experience developing resources, frameworks, guidance, or training materials.
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Experience using feedback, learning, and evaluation findings to inform programme development.
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Strong organisational and project management skills, including accurate record-keeping, case management, reporting and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across a wide range of internal and external partners.
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Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, with a clear understanding of the barriers faced by girls and young women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Strong knowledge of child and adult safeguarding legislation, risk assessment, statutory guidance, and best practice.
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Experience managing safeguarding disclosures and referrals, including liaison with statutory agencies (e.g., social care, police, safeguarding boards).
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Ability to handle sensitive and complex cases with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement.
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Ability and willingness to travel across our regions, as/when required (travel expenses will be reimbursed).
Desirable
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A full, clean driving licence.
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Experience working within the charity, education, youth, or mentoring sectors.
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Experience developing youth participation and voice programmes.
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Experience designing and implementing quality assurance frameworks, including evaluation approaches focused on outcomes and engagement.
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Knowledge of social and emotional learning, employability, or youth development approaches.
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Experience facilitating training and professional development for staff or volunteers.
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Experience using digital platforms or developing digital resources to support learning, engagement or programme delivery.
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Understanding of charity sector governance and the specific safeguarding considerations when working with volunteers.
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Knowledge of current trends and best practice in mentoring, education, or youth development programmes.
How to apply
Please apply as soon as possible. You will be asked to complete your application by submitting your CV and answering a few application questions.
Appointees are subject to a DBS check. You must have the right to work in the UK to apply.
The deadline to submit your application is 27th August at 9am. Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Use of AI in applications
AI can be a helpful tool for inclusivity and accessibility, and we recognise that it may support applicants with spelling or grammar. However, when it comes to our selection process, what matters most to us is hearing your authentic voice and personal experiences. We're not looking for polished answers — just your own experiences, in your own words.
Diversity at our core
The Girls' Network is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating discrimination. In line with the Equality Act 2010, if you require any reasonable adjustments to support you with any stage of this recruitment process, please contact the HR team.
Our Benefits
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27 holiday days per year, plus public holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
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Option to purchase up to 5 additional days of annual leave every year
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Gifted birthday leave
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3 days volunteering leave per year
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Extended and comprehensive sick pay policy
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Enhanced Family Leave pay policy
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Pension scheme
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Annual professional development fund to help you grow
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24-hour Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support
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Benefit from flexible, remote working options with a full suite of home office equipment.
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A dedicated Girls’ Network buddy, available beyond the induction period for ongoing support
Organisation
The Girls' Network
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Registered Charity
11 - 20
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Our mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and network of female role models.
Posted on: 13 August 2026
Closing date: 27 August 2026 at 09:00
Tags: Administration, Training / Learning, Project Management, Teaching, Child Protection, Data Analysis, Delivery, Design, Education, Mentoring / Coaching, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programme Management, Safeguarding, Students / School, Youth / Children, Events / Activities
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Job description
The young people, children and families that we support are at the heart of everything we do at Mermaids. We have ambitious plans to expand the reach and impact of our youth work. To support this growth, we are recruiting an Interim Youth Officer who will play a key role in overseeing our youth programmes and activities. The successful candidate will help increase our capacity to engage with more young people, provide high-quality support, and ensure the continued delivery of our core youth services while contributing to the development of new opportunities for young people. This role is fully remote, full time with a four day working week (32 hours).
Mermaids is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from those with lived experiences (directly or indirectly) and/or close ties to the LGBTQ+ community. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to join us and shape what we do. We are particularly keen to receive applications from BPOC (black and people of colour) and/or disabled and trans candidates.
Organisation
Mermaids
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Registered Charity
11 - 20
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Supporting trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children, young people and their families since 1995
Posted on: 12 August 2026
Closing date: 26 August 2026 at 21:00
Tags: Administration, Youth / Children, Events / Activities
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Remote
£30,000 - £32,000 per year. (Actual salary £24,000-£25,600, depending on experience).
Part-time (28 hours per week. We can be flexible on how the 28 hours are worked.)
Permanent
Job description
Job Title: Programmes & Funding Officer
Location(s): Home-based with attendance in the AUK’s London office or at meetings as required
London office: AdviceUK, 83 Victoria Street, London SW1
Status: Permanent
Reporting to: Programmes & Funding Manager
Responsible for: N/A
Pay scale: £30,000 to £32,000 dependant on experience, full time equivalent. £24,000 to £25,600 actual salary, depending on experience.
Working hours: 28 hours per week (35 hours full time equivalent) within normal operating hours. (Normal operating hours are 8.00am - 6.30pm, Monday – Friday.) Lunch & other breaks are unpaid.
Special conditions: Some evening work may be required for which time off in lieu (TOIL) will be granted. Some travel will be required.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds, particularly encouraging those from underrepresented groups. If you require any accessibility support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
CHARITY OVERVIEW
Since 1979, AdviceUK has been supporting advice organisations by helping them to be efficient, competent and effective, and by campaigning for a policy environment that supports advice agencies and people needing advice.
We are both a membership body and charity. We support our 700+ members to provide advice to around 2 million people every year.
We are working towards a world in which every individual, regardless of means, is able to access the advice they need to exercise their rights and deal with any legal and social welfare challenges they may face.
JOB PURPOSE
To assist the Programmes & Funding Manager in coordinating the day-to-day delivery of AdviceUK's funded programmes. The role will keep projects running smoothly, maintain accurate monitoring data, and be a reliable first point of contact for members and delivery partners. The Programmes & Funding Officer will also assist in maintaining stakeholder relationships and ensuring that AdviceUK members have the practical support needed to access and sustain advice services.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Programme & Project Support
·Assist the Programmes & Funding Manager in the delivery of AdviceUK's funded programmes and contribute to their design and development where required.
·Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of funded projects, keeping track of timelines, milestones and actions in line with agreed project plans.
·Support the coordination of AdviceUK staff and external associates/trainers involved in programme delivery.
·Maintain project governance processes and practical workflows to ensure funder requirements are met.
2.Development & Funding Support
·Conduct research on potential funders and commissioners at local and national levels to identify new opportunities.
·Provide administrative support during the drafting of funding bids, tenders, and proposals.
3.Relationship Management
·Liaise with members, stakeholders and partners to maintain positive working relationships.
·Support the Manager in organising meetings and events with key stakeholders in the advice sector.
·Ensure AdviceUK’s vision and values are reflected in all external communications and interactions.
4.Monitoring, Data & Evidence
·Maintain and update CRMs and other reporting tools to ensure accurate programme progress tracking.
·Collate monitoring data and project evaluations to help demonstrate performance against KPIs.
·Assist in the preparation of financial and non-financial reports for funders and stakeholders.
·Help identify and share impact studies and good practice case studies from projects with the wider membership and sector.
5.General Responsibilities
·Ensure you effectively communicate AdviceUK’s vision, mission and objectives to staff, members and external stakeholders.
·Ensure you demonstrate AdviceUK’s values and behaviours in all aspects of your work
·Build and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders including staff trustees; members, partners and suppliers
·With support from your manager, deliver your agreed personal objectives and undertake any agreed development or training
·Maintain a strong understanding of our members and the advice sector more generally, by reading internal reports; accessing relevant data reports; following our social media channels and, where possible, attending member and other relevant events. With the agreement of you line manager, ensure you make time to speak to members and visit their services.
·Adhere at all times to AdviceUK’s policies and procedures
·Carry out any reasonable duties compatible with the post assigned by your line manager
Application Instructions
To apply for the Programmes & Funding Officer role, please submit:
Your CV (maximum of two pages); and
A cover letter (maximum of two pages) outlining how your skills, knowledge, and experience meet the requirements of the job description and person specification.
We encourage you to provide clear examples that demonstrate your suitability for the role.
Organisation
AdviceUK
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Registered Charity
21 - 50
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Our purpose is to improve the lives of people in need of advice. We do this by supporting our members, so it is easier for them to help their clients.
Posted on: 29 July 2026
Closing date: 27 August 2026 at 00:00
Tags: Advice / Information
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Remote
£30,776 pro rata (£18,715 actual)
Part-time (22.5 hours, 3-4 days a week)
Temporary (18 months)
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Job description
We’re looking for a collaborative, highly organised Youth Engagement Project Officer, who is passionate about building opportunities for children and young people in libraries.
You’ll have great communication skills and enthusiasm for platforming young people’s voices. You’ll also know how to manage priorities, keep projects within deadline and budget, and accurately collect and compile data. As a natural people-person, you’ll feel confident supporting library teams, partners and colleagues and be happy taking initiative.
We’d especially love to hear from you if you have created opportunities for children and young people to be heard and involved in decisions that affect them, and if you’ve been involved in supporting the delivery of projects. Experience of libraries is not required as you’ll have lots of opportunities to learn about our sector in this role.
About the work
Our focus is on creating libraries of tomorrow with children and young people today.
We want all children and young people to feel at home at the library, to be understood, empowered and inspired. Our collaborative national network is made up of members from library services, partners and supporters. We believe in the need for safe spaces and real-life connections to support the demands of modern life. Together, we’recreating change, and you can be a part of it.
We are an Arts Council England Investment Principles Support Organisation. Our members are leaders in children and young people’s public libraries and school library services.
Libraries Rising and The Reading Agency were recently successful in securing funding from the Arts Council to deliver a two-year programme, to place young people at the heart of shaping the future library reading experience. The two-year project forms part of the legacy of the National Year of Reading 2026 and will work with young people and library services across nine regions of England to co-create new approaches, resources and digital innovations that build on the strengths of libraries and inspire more young people to read for pleasure.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who lives our values - progressive, collaborative, kind, aspirational and inclusive.
What’s important to us needs to be important to you too. We want to focus on impact, to work openly, to collaborate with and learn from others, to take the time to care for ourselves and each other, and to have fun together. We are building an environmentally sustainable charity, and we want to be celebrated as an inclusion changemaker in the sector.
Our application process is open to everyone and anyone with the experience we’re looking for. We have a diverse board of trustees, and we are developing the diversity of our staff team. We particularly welcome applications from people from racialised communities, trans or non-binary individuals, and those with hidden or visible disabilities.
Please note - a Candidate Pack for this role is available on the application page.
Job purpose
As Youth Engagement Project Officer, you’ll work closely with the Programme Manager, the wider Libraries Rising team, The Reading Agency, library services and young people to support the delivery of this project, and to develop our wider support of libraries with their youth engagement work.
What you’ll bring to the role
You’ll be:
- A strong communicator, confident with building relationships and keeping everyone on track.
- Experienced in working with young people and partner organisations.
- Committed to platforming young people’s voices, especially those who are underserved by their communities, marginalised, or experiencing deprivation.
- Committed to co-creative practice and working with, not doing to.
- Experienced in creating, developing and implementing effective systems and procedures.
- Experienced in providing operational, administrative and project support, with digital skills including use of Microsoft Office and supporting remote teams.
- Experienced in providing in person and online event planning and support.
- Aware of GDPR implications and requirements.
- Committed to your own professional development.
Employee benefits
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Employee Assist Programme – including 24/7 counselling, health support and legal helpline.
- A range of discounts on retail, entertainment, travel and wellbeing.
Additional information
If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch.
All applicants must have an existing Right to Work in the UK.
Please also note that appointment will be made subject to collection of two references and a satisfactory DBS check or evidence of a current DBS certificate.
Application Instructions
Please submit your CV and a covering letter OR answer the questions by clicking on Apply Now.
• Applications close: 9am, Monday 17th August 2026
• Interviews: Tuesday 25th August 2026 (online)
• Start date: as soon as possible, to be agreed with the successful candidate
If you would like to discuss specific requirements, please get in touch with us.
Organisation
Libraries Rising
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Registered Charity
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Registered Charity
1 - 5
Creating libraries of tomorrow with children and young people today
Posted on: 22 July 2026
Closing date: 17 August 2026 at 09:00
Tags: Administration, Training / Learning, Project Management, Engagement / Outreach, Youth / Children, Events / Activities
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