Programme support officer jobs
Ideal role for a company accountant / bookkeeper (must be at least AAT qualified) to manage the day-to-day accounts, as well as to contribute to the wider operations of this highly successful education provider that runs schools and teacher training using the Montessori approach.
Specifically, as Finance and Operations Officer, reporting to the Head of Finance and Administration (HoFA), your remit will include:
- accounts receivable/payable, credit control, reconciliations, and audit preparation;
- providing financial and operational support to staff throughout the organisation;
- supporting HoFA to prepare and deliver accurate and regular management accounts, budgets and forecasts, one-off finance reports, and grant reporting;
- overseeing facilities management, ensuring the maintenance and security of all buildings;
- working with School and Training Centre staff to carry out risk assessments where appropriate and monitor all sites to ensure that they are carried out and comply with risk assessments; and
- overseeing Early Years Funding (EYF) for all school sites.
Key requirements include:
- AAT qualified or working towards a recognised accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA)
- strong numeracy skills and confidence handling financial information, with experience of bookkeeping or finance systems (e.g., Sage 50) or a willingness to learn
- an understanding of facilities, health and safety, and data protection.
Equally important will be your excellent organisational skills; your initiative; a hands-on approach and a proven track record of seeing projects through to completion. Good oral and written communication skills are also key.
Experience within a school and / or not-for-profit organisation is desirable, albeit not essential. Experience with grant management processes would also be highly desirable.
The Maria Montessori Institute offers a generous starting salary plus excellent benefits, including CPD opportunities, pension contribution, life assurance, 32 days' holiday plus bank holidays, lunch onsite during term time, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
To apply, please email your CV and supporting statement (to be a maximum of 2 pages) to Jonathan McIntyre, Managing Director at CJA Group by clicking apply.
Your supporting statement is a vital part of the application process: applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Closing date: midnight on Sunday 7th September 2025.
MMI is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Statutory checks including a satisfactory DBS certificate and references will be a requirement for this role. This role is classed as regulated activity with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974
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We have an ambition to support 15,000 young people across the UK annually with our mentoring programmes by 2028. To achieve this goal, we need to build new partnerships, secure funds through grants and foundations and grow our external profile. We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of supporting income generating activity in the charity sector to help us meet these ambitions. This will be a broad and fast paced role, and we are looking for someone who enjoys researching and establishing productive relationships with a variety of businesses, charities, foundations.
Responsible for
This role will give you the opportunity to work across all our income generating activity and will suit someone who enjoys breadth and depth in their day to day:
Grants:
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Identifying and researching trusts, foundations, and grant opportunities to add to the pipeline
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Liaising with the Programmes team and others on the content of an application
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Writing and submitting high-quality applications
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Tracking and updating all submissions on our CRM (Salesforce)
Business development:
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Generating prospect leads through desk-based research and identifying sectors and organisations to target
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Contacting prospects and leading initial conversations
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Responding to incoming requests from organisations
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Represent Brightside at networking events
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Writing bespoke and compelling proposals
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Tracking and updating all relationships on our CRM (Salesforce)
Communications and marketing:
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Working with the team to identify marketing campaigns and collateral to attract new leads
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Supporting the creation of new content for the website, campaigns, and marketing
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Maintaining and managing the website
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Collating statistics on social media and website engagement
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Supporting the delivery of campaigns to increase individual giving
Reporting:
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Providing regular, accurate reports on progress related to income generating activity, including the pipeline, applications or prospects, and secured income
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Monitoring progress of grants and business development
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Inputting to the quarterly work plan and priorities
Team working
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You will be line managed by the Income Generation Lead
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You will work closely with Partnership Lead and other members of the Programmes team where relevant
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You will work regularly with external freelancers responsible for marketing and social media
Essential criteria : To be successful in this role, you should:
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Have at least 12 months relevant business development or fundraising work experience
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Have demonstrable experience of email outreach and/or funding applications
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Thrive in a target driven team and meet ambitious targets
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Be confident and self-motivated with high standards of quality
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Be able to build strong relationships and collaborate well with others
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Enjoy meeting people in networking settings
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Have excellent attention to detail
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Have ability to use initiative when researching prospects
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Have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
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Be able to work to tight deadlines and stay focused in the face of changing priorities
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Be strongly aligned with our mission
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Embrace Brightside’s values and contribute to a positive staff culture
Desirable criteria - We are especially interested in candidates who:
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Understand the challenges and barriers facing young people from under-served communities
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Understand and have a passion for the power of mentoring
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A confident and experienced networker
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Experience in developing marketing materials
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Have experience using Salesforce or other CRM software
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Experience in individual giving campaigns
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Experience of managing website using Word Press
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Experience of using SEO analytics
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Have experience of using project management software such as Monday for tracking deliverables
A DBS check at the enhanced level will be required for successful applicants
Your development
You will be supported and challenged in this role. All staff can get involved in activities across the organisation. We are committed to the learning and development of staff and your line manager will work with you to create a personal development plan to support your growth and career progression.
We’re committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can be themselves and succeed in the workplace and beyond. Our culture is inclusive and supportive to staff from all backgrounds, and we provide flexible policies to cater for the differing needs of all staff.
Salary and benefits
Salary: £27,750 - £32,230
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week (full-time)
Holiday allowance: 25 days
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Submit an answer, around 150 words, via CharityJob to the following question: “Can you give an example of your involvement with a grant/funding bid or new partnership, what was your role and the outcome?”
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Submit a one-page cover letter, outlining how you meet the role’s essential criteria
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Submit your CV
Submit your CV, cover letter an answer the screen question
Applications must be submitted by midnight on Tuesday 2 September
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered
Our mission is to help young people make confident and informed decisions about their future


We have an opportunity for a Buyer to join our team in Basingstoke.
This is a full time permanent role with a mix of home and office working.
The starting salary is £30,000 to £36,000 depending on your experience.
The Role:
As a Buyer you will be supporting the delivery of our procurement sourcing projects and the pipelining of some of our procurement activity.
You'll work collaboratively with the wider Procurement team, project teams, and engage with key stakeholders to assist with identifying their requirements.
This role will give you the opportunity to be more involved in the end to end procurement process, and you will be expected to define, scope and start to implement the sourcing strategy
What we need from you:
You will need to have an understanding of the principles of procurement and category management in a business context.
You'll also need experience of sourcing, negotiating with suppliers and managing supplier relationships.
We are looking for:
- Excellent communication skills with internal and external customers
- The ability to listen and understand what our stakeholders need
- The confidence to negotiate the best outcome for SNG
- The ability to work in an ethical and compliant manner
- A positive and proactive approach
Experience of working in the housing or public sector is not essential, but would be an advantage.
What we can offer you:
As a member of the Procurement Team you'll be part of a friendly, active and dynamic working environment.
We invest in our people, and you will be able to develop your skills and be part of something that makes a real difference to people's lives. This role can give you the opportunity for a career within a successful and diverse organisation.
Some of our benefits include:
• £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
• Flexible working
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• A chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• A generous pension scheme matching up to 12%
• Life cover as soon as you join us
• You will be a part of our Recognition scheme
• A range of wellbeing discounts including Gym Memberships
About us:
It's an exciting time to be a part of the team as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England. Our purpose is to provide good affordable homes in thriving communities that people love for generations.
We invest for the long term, in individual homes, our customers and work with partners to make a lasting difference to our neighbourhoods. Sovereign Network Group's financial strength enables us to meet housing needs, regenerate places and build on the existing strengths in our communities.
We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Be part of something extraordinary at Sense.
We’re here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. As we start to develop and deliver an ambitious three-year plan for Sense’s future, we are looking for a chief strategy and governance officer – a senior leader with a strategic experience, inclusive values, and a commitment to impact.
About the role
As our chief strategy and governance officer, you’ll report directly to the chief executive and play a key leadership role as part of Sense’s chief officers’ group. You’ll lead business planning, performance, risk, governance, safeguarding, health and safety, internal audit and project management across the charity—ensuring strategy and delivery are aligned at every level.
You’ll also serve as company secretary and oversee our legal and regulatory compliance with the Charity commission and Companies house, while championing an inclusive approach to governance that empowers disabled people with complex needs. With a team of senior leaders reporting into you, you’ll shape culture, drive improvement, and model the leadership values that make Sense a truly people-centred organisation.
This is a hybrid role based from either Birmingham or London, with frequent travel.
What you'll do
- Lead the delivery of Sense’s strategy through robust business planning and performance frameworks.
- Oversee impact measurement and risk management, enabling evidence-led decision-making.
- Act as company secretary, ensure legal and regulatory compliance and high-quality support for our board of trustees and their committees.
- Provide executive leadership of safeguarding and health and safety, fostering a proactive culture of learning.
- Create an environment for project and programme management across Sense that enables clear oversight of delivery through a values-led Project management office.
- Manage internal audit via external providers, ensuring assurance and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with the CEO and board of trustees, providing insight, coordination, and strategic guidance.
- Drive inclusion, equity and sustainability throughout the organisation’s leadership approach.
About you
We’re looking for an experienced, values-driven leader who is:
- Strategic and analytical, with senior-level experience in governance, performance or organisational leadership.
- Highly organised and insightful, with a strong grasp of business planning, impact reporting and risk.
- Experienced in governance leadership, ideally with charity or regulated services knowledge and company secretary experience.
- Confident working with senior stakeholders, including boards, executives, and regulatory bodies.
- Committed to inclusion and the social model of disability, with a track record of embedding equity and diverse perspectives in strategy and operations.
- Digitally confident, with strong understanding of data protection, information governance, and the role of technology in transformation.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close recruitment at any time.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of disabled children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and disabled people.
Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
We’re looking for a social media and community officer to join our team and work across our large online communities on social media and our peer-to-peer support forum. You’ll be a key part of our day-to-day delivery of content and engagement and ensure that our key messages reach our audiences.
This is an exciting time to join the charity as it launches its new five-year strategy this autumn to supercharge our efforts to transform the lives of anyone affected by breast cancer.
You’ll work collaboratively across the charity on exciting campaigns to deliver our social media strategy through engaging content on our different channels. You’ll work closely with our volunteer community champions on our forum to ensure our forum remains a safe space for people affected by breast cancer to support one another.
About you
You’ll be passionate about social media, curious and proactive. You’ll be experienced in creating, publishing and scheduling content across channels natively and using third-party tools, as well as supporting and moderating online communities.
Organised and with great time management, you’ll become a key part of our social media and community team and cross-organisational campaigns.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in either our Cardiff, Glasgow, London, or Sheffield offices. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date
9am on Friday 28 August 2025
Interview date
Thursday 4 and Friday 5 September 2025
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Senior External Affairs & SRH APPG Manager
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. Salary: £41,000 per annum
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) believes that access to quality sexual and reproductive healthcare is a fundamental right. This is why we are working together with our 14,000 members and partners to shape better sexual and reproductive health for all.
FSRH is the leader in the field of sexual and reproductive healthcare, and we are the voice for healthcare professionals working at the frontline of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (SRH) in a range of settings in the community and primary care. Our members include SRH specialists, GPs, nurses, midwives and pharmacists. As a multi-disciplinary professional membership organisation, we set clinical guidance and standards, provide training and lifelong education, and champion safe and effective sexual and reproductive healthcare across the lifecourse for all.
FSRH’s External Affairs Team influences policy and practice through evidence-based advocacy as well as raising awareness of SRH rights among the public. We aim to develop policy, build partnerships to enhance influencing ability, and provide external communications inclusive of media relations in order to promote the goals set out in FSRH’s Hatfield Vision and Organisational Strategy, through the promotion of the highest standards in the field of SRH.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK (APPG SRH) promotes awareness and understanding in Parliament of a range of issues relating to sexual and reproductive health across the life course (from menstruation to menopause and beyond). Backed by a passionate cohort of Parliamentarians and other stakeholders, the APPG is Co-Chaired by Dr Rupa Huq MP and Baroness Barker, supported by passionate Vice Chairs, Baroness Sugg and Maya Ellis MP.
About the role
This role plays an integral part in helping manage and develop the outputs of the External Affairs team, while advising on FSRH strategic issues. As the Senior Manager and Deputy to the Director in the team, you will manage the team’s External Affairs Officer, and drive delivery of the ambitions contained in FSRH’s Hatfield Vision. As Manager to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare you will work directly with leading Parliamentarians and partners to manage and deliver the APPG’s annual programme of work and meetings.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with an interest in healthcare policy and a passion for improving society. A background in policy, public affairs, campaigning, as well as proven project management and events experience is highly desirable. Excellent writing skills are essential, as is a broad understanding of communications techniques to engage policy makers around the issues that clinicians and the public alike face.
FSRH offers a flexible working pattern, including hybrid working, with the option of working in the offices of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London Bridge, where FSRH is situated. FSRH also offers a package that includes a first-class pension scheme and generous annual leave.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 14th September with interviews likely to take place w/c 22 September 2025
We will offer you:
We offer a range of benefits at FSRH to support staff wellbeing, including:
25 days holiday, with an additional 2 days leave after 2 years of service, and a further 3 days after 5 years.
- Birthday leave
- Flexible working culture
- Volunteering Day
- Pension and life assurance scheme: 10% employer contribution / 5% employee contribution after successful completion of probation. This also includes access to life assurance at 4x annual salary and an income protection scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Employee discounts portal
- Free Lunch Thursday
- Interest free season ticket travel loans
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
- Training and development
To Apply
Please apply at the following link: Senior External Affairs & SRH APPG Manager job - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Head Office - FSRH - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Deadline for applications is Sunday 14th September 2025
Interviews are likely to take place w/c 22nd September 2025
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We are working hard to minimise unconscious bias and your application will be anonymised to support this.
NB: In order to fulfil this role you should be resident in the UK with a valid right to work; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) is the leader in the field of sexual and reproductive healthcare.




The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Award-winning music education charity, the London Music Fund, is seeking a Fundraising & Data Manager from October 2025 to join our small team of 3. The role is varied and interesting, with a fundraising and donor reporting focus – the post-holder will support the CEO with all fundraising for the charity, including writing Trust and Foundation applications, research on new prospects, and managing donor reporting. In addition, we hold 2-3 major fundraising events each year, and this role would support the CEO in all aspects of event management.
We are also looking for someone who is interested in developing our impact reporting, working with the Programmes Manager to develop evaluation frameworks, using and gathering data to support impact reporting to donors.
The role is advertised as full time, initially on a 12 month fixed-term contract. However, a part-time option (min. 3 days per week) may be discussed. If part time, a reduced role description would be agreed.
About the London Music Fund:
Established in 2011, the London Music Fund’s (LMF) mission is to transform under-served communities in London by enabling children to access a holistic and high-quality music education, and every child who demonstrates significant musical ability, enthusiasm, and commitment to learning an instrument is given the opportunity to develop their potential.
The Role
- Reports to: CEO
- Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (part-time work at a minimum of 3 days per week will be considered. Please state in your application if you are applying for part-time).
- Salary: £35,000 full-time salary (pro rata if part time)
- Terms: Initially a 12 month fixed term contract
- Place of Work: Hybrid: 169 Union Street, London, SE1 0LL and remote (min. 3 days per week in office if full time)
- Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time)
- Pension contribution: 5% employer, 5% employee
- Start Date: ASAP
- This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
The charity currently raises c. £750k annually from a variety of sources including individuals, trusts and foundations, corporates and events. The key aspects of this role are:
Trusts and Foundations
- Research and draft Trust and Foundation applications, updating the prospects and pending report, managing pipelines.
- Manage the reporting schedule (with the Programmes Manager).
- Collate data for reports and maintain positive relationships with funders.
Individual Donor Relations:
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records on Salesforce and SharePoint.
- Respond to donor enquiries and provide excellent customer service.
- Manage donor communications, including thank you letters and updates.
- Assist with donor stewardship activities to build relationships and encourage continued support.
- Manage the Scholarship Sponsor reporting schedule (with the Programmes Manager).
- Lead on the management and growth of the Friends Scheme, including developing relationships and reporting.
Data Management and Impact Reporting
- Maintain and update the fundraising database (Salesforce), including GDPR and Gift Aid records, processing donations, ensuring compliance with current regulations.
- Develop methods of data analysis and segmentation for targeted fundraising efforts e.g. event attendees, Scholarship sponsors, major donors.
- Work with the Programmes Manager and CEO to develop quantitative KPIs and evaluation of programmes, including graduation data, surveys, alumni monitoring and developing a long-term impact framework.
General Fundraising Operational Support
- Lead on fundraising campaigns e.g. the Big Give Christmas Challenge and ad hoc projects.
- Support the development and implementation of fundraising strategies, in collaboration with the CEO.
Finance Support/Gift Aid
- Responsible for managing the online donations platform, Enthuse, including thanking donors and supporting the Senior Programmes and Operations Manager in reporting / reconciliations.
- Support the CEO in managing the quarterly Gift Aid reporting schedule.
- Support the CEO in managing fundraising events, including donor invitations, and event management where required.
Marketing & Comms
With the team:
- Manage LMF’s social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), posting regularly, growing reach, compiling strategy, keeping up to date with current trends.
- Manage LMF’s website and news stories, keeping updated, monitoring photos etc (within Scholars’ privacy policy), support the development of LMF’s new website launch in 2026.
- Contribute to LMF’s impact reports and other publications.
Other Duties:
- Maintain a professional and organised work environment.
- Contribute to a positive and collaborative team environment.
- Stay up to date on fundraising best practices and trends.
Person Specification: Skills and Qualifications Essential (E) or Desirable (D)
- At least three years’ experience in a similar role (E)
- Strong organisational and time management skills (E)
- Experience of writing funding applications and reports (D)
- Experience of using data to measure impact (D)
- Experience with donor database management (D)
- Experience of managing events (D)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (E)
- Ability to work independently, flexibly and as part of a team (E)
- An understanding of and interest in music education and the charity sector (E)
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes (E)
- Experience of Canva (marketing), Salesforce (CRM) and/or Enthuse (donations) platforms (D)
- Passion for the mission and values of the organisation, in particular access to music education for children from low-income families (E)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This role presents opportunity to work innovatively & responsively, creating new, unique, & informative LGBT+ affirmative resources, crisis support, prevention & wellbeing initiatives; along with having a developmental role in upskilling & supervising sessional staff, trainees, interns & volunteers.
This is an exciting job opportunity to join a dynamic & committed team, in a key frontline role working directly within our Heads-Out mental health service, which provides individualised mental health plans, crisis safety plans, mental wellbeing workshops, varied mental health support groups including for those seeking asylum, a trans & non-binary group; LGBTQ+ mental health social connections & activities group, and drop-in support.
Opportunities will include delivery of specialised interventions, taking direct referrals and helping to support & stabilise those at heightened risk and/ or living through mental health crisis, plus psychoeducation workshops and group programmes will further enable you to engage, empower & support participants to build confidence, develop skills, strategies & achieve goals to improve, maintain & best manage mental health, increase mental wellbeing, and reduce and/ or prevent future crisis.
elop is a London based thriving community-led LGBT+ mental health & wellbeing charity offering a range of support, advice, information, counselling, and group support services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) communities.
There will be one regular evening/ week and occasional weekend working required.
NB: Initially there will be some remote home-based working alongside office-based working whilst we relocate to new premises
Interviews will take place Thursday 4 September 2025 between 9.30am – 15.00 pm
To better the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, and to challenge the discrimination and inequalities that our community face.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: up to £29,000 per annum pro rata
Location: Home working with some travel across the UK
Part time (2 days per week/14 hours per week)
Two-year fixed term contract
Closing date for applications: 14th September 2025
First interview: 22nd September 2025 (afternoon) or 23rd September 2025 (morning)
Second interview: 3rd October 2025
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.
The Landscape Recovery team was set up as a response to the urgency of the inextricably linked nature and climate emergencies. The purpose of this team is to encourage and facilitate cross-Wildlife Trust action on landscape scale recovery, inject the rewilding approaches into the work of the Wildlife Trusts, coordinate land management activities where scale-economies are clear and to substantially increase funding for nature’s recovery across the Wildlife Trusts. The team is developing a range of programmes where RSWT acts as a ‘collective vehicle’ for groups of Trusts. For example, RSWT is leading a programme of peatland restoration through the Precious Peatlands project. Opportunities for such programmes are increasing – the UK is at a tipping point where either wildlife continues to decline or we finally grasp the opportunities of nature’s recovery.
About You
Working closely with colleagues at the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and with Local Wildlife Trusts, the Land Management Practice Officer will support The Wildlife Trusts Nature Reserves community of practice. This role will focus primarily, in the first instance, on supporting local Wildlife Trusts to reduce their pesticide use.
The post will help Trusts develop and share knowledge, skills and capacity in the realm of pesticide use reduction and, where possible, also across other aspects of land management. This work will support Goal 1 – Nature’s Recovery – of the Wildlife Trusts’ Strategy 2030.
You will be a highly organised, collaborative, and an experienced individual adept at managing customer focussed relationships. You will understand the needs of the Wildlife Trusts and the context in which they operate. You will be an excellent communicator – proficient at running meetings, organising information and putting together reports.
The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented 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.
RSWT take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please click here to read our commitment statement. 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.
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 the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment.
Please be aware we may not accept applications if we have reason to believe they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
London (Hybrid Working)
Client: Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Are you passionate about sustainability and ready to support leadership at the heart of a global mission?
Hays is delighted to be working with the Marine Stewardship Council to recruit a Personal Assistant to the Chief Standards Officer. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the health of the world's oceans by supporting a senior leader in a globally respected organisation.
As PA to the CSO, you'll be a trusted right hand, enabling strategic leadership by managing complex diaries, communications, travel, and meetings. You'll also coordinate across the Science and Standards leadership team, ensuring smooth collaboration and supporting senior colleagues with logistics and administration.
This role offers a dynamic and international working environment, with the chance to engage with internal teams and external partners across the globe. You'll be based in London, with flexible working arrangements available.
What you'll bring:
- Proven experience supporting senior leaders in a PA or EA capacity
- Exceptional organisational and communication skills
- A proactive, detail-oriented approach and absolute discretion, first-class organisational skills - able to plan ahead, manage competing priorities, and anticipate needs.
Working arrangements:
- Hybrid model: minimum 50% of the time in the London office each month
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available)
About MSC: MSC's vision is for oceans teeming with life and seafood supplies safeguarded for future generations. With over 700 fisheries engaged in its certification program and products available in 66+ countries, MSC is a global leader in sustainable seafood.
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Job TitleHead of Communications
LocationHome based (Home working with regular meetings in London)
Salary£45,000 - £55,000
HoursFull Time, permanent
Reports to Chief Policy Officer
About Parentkind
As one of the largest federated charities in the UK, with arguably greater reach into the lives of families and educational settings than any other non-Government organisation, Parentkind is on a bold and urgent mission: to support, champion, and empower parents to be partners in their children’s education and wellbeing.
Although best known for our support of almost 24,000 Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), Parent Councils, and Schools, helping them build strong school communities whilst they raise approaching £140 million each year to enhance children’s education, our work stretches far beyond the school gates. Parentkind is building a powerful movement that recognises parental engagement not as a nicety, but a necessity.
Supporting parents beyond the school gate
In recent years, families have faced a series of compounding challenges: the cost-of-living crisis, rising child poverty, and deepening educational inequality. These pressures have left many parents struggling to meet basic needs—let alone feel confident engaging in their child’s learning journey. Parentkind has responded to this moment with compassion, agility and purpose, through a series of transformative campaigns, resources, and partnerships.
Our No Cold Child initiative with FatFace stepped in to address a stark statistic: over 150,000 children in the UK do not own a winter coat due to poverty. Through our trusted relationships with schools we distributed 10,000 warm, high-quality coats worth £600,000 to the children who needed them most. Winning the Business Charity Awards ‘Fashion & Retail’ Award, and shortlisted for two further awards, the campaign has been praised not just for providing warmth, but for restoring dignity, inclusion, and school readiness to thousands of children.
The All Dressed Up campaign—developed with World Book Day and Rubies Masquerade—confronted the often-overlooked issue of financial exclusion on key celebration days. More than 100,000 free dressing up costumes worth £1.34 million were delivered to children from low-income families. By enabling participation in events like World Book Day, we helped spark imagination, joy, and belonging for children who might otherwise feel left out—boosting self-esteem and supporting a positive connection to learning.Furthermore, helping attract children into school on a day which often sees struggling parents keep their children at home.
Alongside these national campaigns, Parentkind supports families year-round through a growing suite of programmes designed to inform, prepare and empower parents. Our Be School Ready programme offers crucial guidance and confidence to parents preparing their children for the leap into primary education. With a mix of practical advice, developmental tips, and reassurance, through the distribution of 150,000 copies of Be School Ready and an online campaign, it supports families at one of the most formative moments in their child’s life.
We also deliver a wide-ranging series of live expert webinars and parent-friendly resources, covering topics such as managing anxiety, supporting special educational needs, navigating school transitions, and building home-school partnerships. These resources, developed in consultation with experts and rooted in lived parent experience, equip families to feel informed and empowered, no matter what challenges arise.
Our direct support of schools
Our collaboration with Asda on Cashpot for Schools is another example of unlocking support at scale. This innovative community-led funding model allowed shoppers to nominate and fund their local schools simply through everyday spending. This campaign has generated £5.78 million for schools during the past twelve months, supporting everything from basic classroom supplies to vital extracurricular programmes and pupil wellbeing initiatives. Also shortlisted for a Business Charity Award, it is already a model for community-driven philanthropy.
In April, we launched our Parent-Friendly Schools Accreditation Programme, designed to formally recognise schools that go above and beyond in fostering positive, inclusive relationships with parents. The accreditation celebrates schools that actively listen to parent voices, make engagement easy and accessible, and embed family partnership in their culture. It is a practical and inspiring tool to drive long-term change in the sector and offers a roadmap for schools wanting to strengthen their community.
Our focus on Policy & Research
Our work is grounded in evidence. Since 2023, we have conducted the UK’s largest annual parent survey: the National Parent Survey. With approaching 6,000 participants providing 130,000 bits of data to provide invaluable insights into the struggles, concerns, hopes and fears of parents. The findings are fed directly into government consultations and have already informed national debates on school funding, attendance, mental health support, SEND provision, and curriculum reform.
In each of the past two years the number of policymakers, educators, parents and researchers accessing the National Parent Survey exceeded seven thousand, and the survey featured in more than two hundred media outlets each year.Excitingly, the Times & Sunday Times are partnering with Parentkind to raise the profile even further in September 2025 and the survey will be launched at a lighthouse event featuring the Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson), the Ofsted Chief Inspector of Schools (Sir Martyn Oliver), the CEO of Mumsnet (Justine Roberts), the Children’s Commissioner (Dame Rachel De Souza), and our own Chief Executive (Jason Elsom).
In addition to the National Parent Survey, Parentkind undertakes representative polling of parents throughout the year on a variety of important topics, which increasingly find exposure in the media and policy discussion.
Parentkind provides the secretariat for the Westminster APPG for Parents and the Stormont APG for Parental Participation in Education. Two very successful parliamentary groups bringing together policymakers and a variety of stakeholders to consider the challenges faced by parents and act as a voice for them through a variety of policymakers.
Our Media Engagement
Since becoming recognised as the UK’s largest parent charity, with likely more groups and frontline volunteers than the Scouts or Girlguiding, Parentkind has gained increasing prominence in the media.Beyond the reach of the National Parent Survey and our regular polling, Parentkind receives frequent requests for quotes of reflection and input by media in relation to their journalism and from Government and non-Government entities in support of policy announcements.
Beyond this, the Parentkind community of volunteers and PTAs share local or regional media announcements of their own.Whether or not it celebrating the completion of large projects they have invested countless hours and thousands of pounds into realising, or the community event they have worked into the night to deliver for their school communities.
It will be your role to take this much further, gaining increasing exposure for the work of Parentkind, its community, and parents more broadly.
If you believe, like we do, that when parents matter, children succeed, we’d love to hear from you.
The role will involve:
· Promoting our parent polling data and work across social media platforms with eye catching content.
· Providing comment on topical issues for social media so that we are part of the conversation.
· Build the right relationships to dramatically increase the number of of media organisations seeking input and thought leadership from Parentkind.
· Build relationships with broadcast media so we get asked to appear on broadcast media more often. There’s a chance for you to be a talking head too.
· Help to draft parent polls and reports with a focus on compelling questions that will hit the front page. We need a brilliant writer, able to turn facts and figures into engaging narratives with bold headlines and strong messages that catch the eye. Boring writers need not apply…
· Draft eye catching press releases with bold headlines and a compelling narrative to promote the work we do across the charity. You’ll also place the press releases with national journalists leading to high profile coverage.
· Support the authoring of articles, op-eds and blog posts by members of the Executive Leadership Team.
· Be responsible for media monitoring, measuring our media hits, and reporting on coverage and interesting themes for the Executive Leadership.
Your mission is to massively increase our online, in print and social media presence to make us the highest profile parent charity in the UK. We don’t need you to be an education expert, we need someone to get us on the front page.
We have a huge amount of data on what parents think and we need you to get it seen. This is a great job for someone who wants to grab hold of a “comms” function and make it their own.
Parentkind is a UK wide charity, you will be expected to support our work in other parts of the UK where necessary.
For 'Person Specification' please see the job description
UK-based applications only will be considered.
Job Title Director of Marketing and Communications
Reporting to Chief Executive
Working Hours 37.5 hour working week, 9:00 to 5:30 Monday to Friday to include some evening and weekend hours as required
Location Onsite at the Company office in Fitzrovia (currently 175/176 Tottenham Court Road) and surrounding local area as required to carry out the duties of the company. Flexibility for one day pw working from home.
Job Purpose
This role is a senior leadership team member and strategic lead for all corporate and consumer communications, member business engagement and marketing.
The relationship with our business community is essential to the success of The Fitzrovia Partnership (TFP) and the delivery of the organisation’s vision and it is a key part of our strategy to ensure that businesses are aware of us and the services and projects we deliver. As such you would be responsible for the delivery of member engagement.
You will lead the marketing and communications function and manage the Marcomms team, continually developing and implementing effective marketing and communications strategies clearly articulating TFP’s vision, aims, projects and services.
Finally, you will provide strategic oversight and development for:
· Member communication strategy including BID renewal communications
· Consumer communications and campaigns strategy
· Social, wellbeing, member event and training programmes
· All communications channels including newsletter, websites, social media
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Senior Leadership
· To play a role together with the CEO and the Director of Policy and Place in setting the overall vision of the organisation and ensuring delivery specifically in relation to the agreed business plan.
· Have a key role working closely with the Board and relevant sub-groups.
· To represent the organisation publicly as required, and step in for the CEO as required.
Member Engagement
· Driving, developing and ensuring implementation of the member engagement strategy.
· Ensuring effective account management contact with member businesses.
· Developing a detailed mid-term consultation and review.
- Overseeing market research and consultation such as surveys, customer questionnaires and focus groups to inform the development of plans, projects and services.
· Ensuring effective response management to enquiries from members (levy paying businesses) and stakeholders.
· Ensuring the company database is maintained as an accurate source of interactions with businesses and members, and is actively utilised to best effect.
· Ensure a programme of engagement is in place with the business community, charities and Not for Profit organisations to develop outreach projects including volunteer days and CSR activities for our business members.
Strategy and oversight
· Developing and ensuring implementation of an effective Marketing and Communications strategy aligned to business goals.
· Producing an Annual Marketing and Communications Plan to implement the strategy effectively communicating and supporting our vision, projects and services.
· Developing and ensuring implementation of communication, marketing and activity strategies to deliver the aspirations of new work streams.
· Continual building of insights from businesses on their specific needs and requirements.
· Advising the Senior Leadership Team on brand, campaigns and public engagement.
· Owning and developing key messages for all main programme streams.
· Owning the brand identities including their evolution and ensuring full brand guidelines are in place.
Consumer Marketing
· Developing and ensuring implementation of an effective consumer communications strategy.
· Leading on development of collateral centring around the TFP website and social media.
· Oversight of consumer campaigns and ensuring effective evaluation and impact studies.
· Overall responsibility and accountability for the events programme including risk management governance.
· Experience of design and working with/commissioning designers.
Projects
· Developing, refreshing and ensuring implementation of project specific communications (new and existing).
· Providing creative input and Marcomms elements of new, placemaking and cultural projects.
· Identifying and securing brand-aligned sponsorships to enhance destination campaigns.
· Driving joint marketing with businesses, tourism and media partners.
· Structuring BID renewal communications based on insights gained throughout the BID term.
Communication and Marketing Channels and Collateral
· Ensuring production of high quality and effective collateral.
· Considering and where appropriate developing new communications channels.
· Ensuring TFP’s messaging is clear, effective, accurate and alive to different audiences and local and other sensitivities.
Team Leadership
· Leading and developing a high-performing, collaborative MarComms team
· Managing MarComms budgets, procurement, KPIs, forecasting and reporting to ensure best value and effective impact.
· To undertake such other duties commensurate with your position, and / or hours of work, as may reasonably be required.
Sustainability Statement
The Fitzrovia Partnership is committed to sustainable urban development across environmental, social and economic priorities. Our work supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those focused on climate action, health and wellbeing, inclusive economic growth, responsible consumption and sustainable cities. All roles contribute to this commitment, whether through direct project delivery, partnership working, day-to-day operations or procuring services. Staff and contractors are expected to support our ambition to be a responsible and sustainable organisation, helping to improve outcomes for Fitzrovia and its communities.
Person Specification
- Strong and proven experience of developing, shaping and ensuring implementation of marketing and communications strategies.
- Experience in corporate and consumer marketing and communications.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of marketing and communication techniques and strategies, positioning and implementation of brand management identities.
- Degree-level or professional equivalent qualification in Marketing and/or Communications.
- Confident interpersonal and communication skills for face to face and remote interactions.
- Staff management and development experience gained first-hand.
- Evidence of leadership presence and contribution to an organisation.
- Exceptional personal planning, project management and organisational skills.
- Adept at independent working taking accountability for own and team’s workload and timely deliverables of work, along with the flexibility to adapt to change.
- Ability to communicate and work cohesively and collaboratively with a wider team and colleagues.
- A flexible approach, professional outlook and positive attitude is essential.
- Proficient in canva, media databases, CRM systems, social media management dashboards, web CMS.
- Ability themselves and to instill in others to work to tight deadlines whilst caring to ensure a high standard of work quality.
- Confident in managing stakeholders, suppliers and cross-functional teams.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 outlining your suitability and motivation for the role.
Closing date: August 31st 2025 at 12:00hrs
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please apply now. If you would like the opportunity to talk to our CEO ahead of applying please email us.
We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any questions, or any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the selection process then please contact us.
Please send your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 outlining your suitability and motivation for the role.
If you would like the opportunity to talk to our CEO ahead of applying please email us. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any questions, or any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the selection process then please contact us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Do you have a passion for designing digital experiences that are inclusive, engaging, and driven by real user needs?
- Are you confident shaping product vision and leading design from discovery to delivery?
- Do you enjoy turning research, data, and user feedback into elegant and practical design solutions?
- Are you ready to use your skills to improve access to post 16 education through innovative digital platforms?
Then this could be the role for you.
Learning on Screen is looking for an experienced and creative Digital Product Design Lead to shape the design vision and user experience of our flagship platforms—Box of Broadcasts (BoB) and TRILT. Working closely with our CEO, Digital Development Lead and commercial team, you will lead end-to-end design across products, ensuring usability, accessibility and long-term value for educators and learners across the UK. You will combine product thinking with strong UX/UI design skills to create services that are user-first, research-informed, and strategically aligned.
Role Overview
Job title: Digital Product Design Lead
Salary: £41,600 (£52,000 FTE)
Hours: 28.8 hours/week (4 days, 0.8 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Remote
Reports to: CEO
What you will be doing
- Leading the design strategy and user experience for our flagship platforms
- Translating organisational and user needs into clear design requirements and user journeys
- Creating prototypes, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs using tools like Figma or Adobe XD
- Conducting user research, usability testing, and data analysis to guide decisions
- Collaborating with the Digital Development Lead to ensure designs are technically feasible and scalable
- Contributing to product planning and maintaining the design backlog
- Embedding accessibility (WCAG), design systems, and inclusive practices into all outputs
- Working across teams to align product delivery with organisational goals
What we are looking for
- Proven experience leading UX/UI design for digital platforms
- Strong understanding of user-centred design, accessibility, and inclusive digital practices
- Confidence working across the full product lifecycle—from discovery to delivery
- Visual design and prototyping skills using Figma, Adobe XD or similar
- Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues in agile teams
- Ability to balance user insight, technical feasibility, and business strategy
- Excellent communication, documentation, and storytelling skills
- Comfortable working independently in a remote-first environment
Bonus if you have:
- Experience designing for AWS-hosted or scalable platforms
- Familiarity with education, streaming, or licensing environments
- Understanding of the UK post-16 education landscape
- Experience in the charity or public sector
- Interest in audiovisual media and its educational potential
This is a brilliant opportunity to lead meaningful design work on platforms that power teaching, learning, and research—while working in a flexible and mission-driven organisation.
About us
Learning on Screen is a membership organisation that champions the use of moving image and sound in post-16 education. We give educators and learners access to millions of films, TV programmes and radio broadcasts—spanning over a century—and support our members to use this content confidently and creatively. From expert copyright advice to innovative partnerships, we help bring teaching to life and open up new possibilities for learning. If you're passionate about education, media, and meaningful impact, you’ll feel right at home here.
We are on a mission to empower post-16 education worldwide.



Key Responsibilities
1) Membership and Engagement
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Support the implementation of a membership engagement plan to help increase retention and highlight member value.
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Help promote Imkaan’s membership offer and communicate its unique value to members.
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Assist in managing communication channels and touchpoints for members.
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Work with colleagues to ensure member voices shape Imkaan’s influencing work including through policy consultations, parliamentary events, and campaigns.
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Support members to take part in key spaces (e.g. local partnerships, national advocacy forums, government consultations).
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Help identify way for members to work together and ensure their priorities are reflected in communications.
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Build and maintain positive relationships with newer or underrepresented member organisations to ensure inclusive and equitable engagement.
2) Member Services and Development
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Help coordinate training sessions, and peer networks for member organisations.
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Assist with supporting members' organisational capacity and sustainability planning across the membership base.
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Coordinate day-to-day member engagement, responding to enquiries, providing information, and connecting members with relevant support
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Maintain and regularly update the membership database, relationship records, and internal tracking systems
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Organise regular member check-ins, surveys, and consultations to understand priorities and needs
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Plan and coordinate member-only events and forums, including peer learning spaces, reflective practice sessions, and policy roundtables
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Support the membership application, renewal, and onboarding processes.
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Coordinate with the communications coordinator to draft and share member communications (e.g. newsletters, updates, briefings), ensuring clarity and accessibility.
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Work with the communications coordinator to share member impact, case studies, and strategic updates
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Liaise with other staff to coordinate support offers (e.g. training, regranting, capacity building) and monitor uptake.
3) Sector Influence and Partnerships
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Support work to raise awareness of Imkaan’s members among local authorities and commissioners.
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Assist in engaging with stakeholders to contribute to collective influencing and sector development.
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Track sector trends and identify opportunities for growth and service improvement.
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Provide administrative support for activities linked to membership service delivery and sustainability.C
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Contribute to Imkaan’s annual reports, AGM planning, and organisational development activities.
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Attend team meetings, training, and supervision in line with Imkaan’s values and policies.
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Gather and summarise member feedback to feed into learning reviews and organisational planning.
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Support evaluation of how member engagement informs policy, advocacy, and systems change work.
4) Grants Management
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Coordinate the administration of regranting programmes to member organisations.
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Support the application, selection, and allocation processes, ensuring transparency, fairness, and alignment with Imkaan’s values.
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Act as the main point of contact for members receiving grants, providing guidance and support throughout the funding cycle.
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Monitor grant compliance, gather reporting information, and liaise with the finance team to track spending and disbursements.
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Work with the Executive Director/Operations Manager and funders to ensure effective delivery, reporting, and impact monitoring of grant programmes.
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Contribute to learning from regranting activity, supporting reflective practice and continuous improvement.
Person Specification
Essential Experience
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This post is open to Black and Minoritised women only as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (Occupational Requirement)
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Strong understanding of intersectional feminism, anti-racism, and the political context for Black and Minoritised women’s organisations.
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Proven experience in membership coordination or stakeholder engagement within the VAWG sector or related fields.
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Experience in planning and coordinating both in-person and online events.
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Experience administering grants, regranting programmes, or funding streams, including record-keeping, monitoring, and reporting to funders.
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Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build trust across a diverse membership base.
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Experience supporting or facilitating collective voice, advocacy, or influencing work.
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Commitment to Imkaan’s values and to centring the leadership of Black and Minoritised women and girls.
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Ability to work independently, as part of a team, and across dynamic partnerships and networks.
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Commitment to ethical, participatory, and survivor-centred approaches to policy work.
Desirable Experience
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Familiarity with membership-based organisations and the VAWG policy landscape.
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Experience supporting campaigns or organising grassroots policy engagement.
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Experience in assessing grant applications, managing grant agreements, and monitoring funded projects.
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Analytical ability to interpret membership, engagement, and grants data to inform decision-making.
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Familiarity with event platforms (e.g., Eventbrite) and digital communication systems.
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Strong interpersonal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage different audiences.
What we offer
• 30 days annual leave + public holidays (pro rata)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Pension contribution
• Private Health Care (BUPA)
• Meeting Free Fridays
• Supportive, feminist working environment
• Opportunities for learning and development
Imkaan is a feminist organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Be part of something extraordinary at Sense.
We’re here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. As we start to develop and deliver an ambitious three-year plan for Sense’s future, we are looking for a chief strategy and governance officer – a senior leader with a strategic experience, inclusive values, and a commitment to impact.
About the role
As our chief strategy and governance officer, you’ll report directly to the chief executive and play a key leadership role as part of Sense’s chief officers’ group. You’ll lead business planning, performance, risk, governance, safeguarding, health and safety, internal audit and project management across the charity—ensuring strategy and delivery are aligned at every level.
You’ll also serve as company secretary and oversee our legal and regulatory compliance with the Charity commission and Companies house, while championing an inclusive approach to governance that empowers disabled people with complex needs. With a team of senior leaders reporting into you, you’ll shape culture, drive improvement, and model the leadership values that make Sense a truly people-centred organisation.
This is a hybrid role based from either Birmingham or London, with frequent travel.
What you'll do
- Lead the delivery of Sense’s strategy through robust business planning and performance frameworks.
- Oversee impact measurement and risk management, enabling evidence-led decision-making.
- Act as company secretary, ensure legal and regulatory compliance and high-quality support for our board of trustees and their committees.
- Provide executive leadership of safeguarding and health and safety, fostering a proactive culture of learning.
- Create an environment for project and programme management across Sense that enables clear oversight of delivery through a values-led Project management office.
- Manage internal audit via external providers, ensuring assurance and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with the CEO and board of trustees, providing insight, coordination, and strategic guidance.
- Drive inclusion, equity and sustainability throughout the organisation’s leadership approach.
About you
We’re looking for an experienced, values-driven leader who is:
- Strategic and analytical, with senior-level experience in governance, performance or organisational leadership.
- Highly organised and insightful, with a strong grasp of business planning, impact reporting and risk.
- Experienced in governance leadership, ideally with charity or regulated services knowledge and company secretary experience.
- Confident working with senior stakeholders, including boards, executives, and regulatory bodies.
- Committed to inclusion and the social model of disability, with a track record of embedding equity and diverse perspectives in strategy and operations.
- Digitally confident, with strong understanding of data protection, information governance, and the role of technology in transformation.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close recruitment at any time.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of disabled children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and disabled people.
Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values