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Salary: £44,766–£48,225 (incl. LW) / £40,662–£44,121 (w/o LW)
Contract: Fixed-term, 12 months (maternity cover), starting April 2026
Location: UK – Home/Hybrid, with at least 40% of time in the London Office
CAFOD is seeking an Evidence and Learning Advisor to support International Programmes (IP) during a period of maternity cover. The role plays a key part in embedding evidence and learning within CAFOD’s Integral Ecology Programme Model (IEPM), which underpins delivery of our strategic framework, Our Common Home.
Working within the Programme Quality Support Team and reporting to the Programme Quality Lead, the postholder will cultivate a strong culture of evidence-based reflection and adaptation across programmes. The role involves primarily distance-based working, with some potential for international travel.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate core learning processes, including programme deep dives and the Annual Review and Adaptation (ARA).
- Lead the update of International Programmes’ Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) approach, ensuring alignment with the IEPM and reporting needs.
- Provide technical MEL advice and capacity support to programme teams and partners, including contributions to reviews, evaluations and institutional fundraising work.
- Facilitate cross-regional and cross-thematic learning, producing practical knowledge products for internal and external use.
- Support learning-focused events, communications, and engagement with external networks, donors and peers.
Person Specification
- Proven experience in evidencing and learning within development and humanitarian programmes, particularly partnership-based models.
- Experience working across multiple themes and regions, with an ability to communicate complex learning clearly.
- Strong skills in developing guidance, tools, systems and training, and in coaching to build capability.
- Experience supporting institutional fundraising processes and synthesising learning for varied audiences.
- Desirable: relevant academic background; additional languages (Arabic, French, Portuguese or Spanish); experience engaging with academia, donors or sector networks.
CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
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Registered Charity
101 - 500
CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales tackling poverty and injustice across the world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you passionate about creating meaningful volunteer experiences and strengthening how volunteers are supported and managed?
Do you enjoy supporting and developing volunteer leaders, helping them build confidence in leading volunteers and supporting strong volunteer relationships?
Are you able to use volunteer feedback, insight, data and best practice to develop innovative approaches that improve volunteer retention, engagement and support, helping shape the future of volunteering at Samaritans?
Samaritans is looking for a dedicated Volunteer Experience Advisor to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of volunteering across our network. Our incredible volunteers run more than 200 branches and locations across the UK and Ireland. They offer their time to help to deliver our 24-hour emotional support service to callers in many ways, from answering telephones and emails, to fundraising, generating publicity, administration and finance.
About the Role
Our Volunteer Experience Team support over 20,000 volunteers and no two days are the same. You’ll be responsible for supporting our network of volunteers and volunteer leaders in engaging and managing volunteers, as well as involved in a variety of creative new projects helping us to provide a positive and rewarding experience for anyone that gives their time to Samaritans.
You’ll play a key advisory, analytical and development focused role, supporting volunteers and volunteer leaders on all volunteer management matters, including sensitive and sometimes complex situations. You’ll also deliver impactful initiatives and projects that strengthen and enhance the volunteer experience, helping shape the ongoing development of Samaritans’ volunteer management and support practices.
About the Role
Our Volunteer Experience Team support over 20,000 volunteers and no two days are the same. You’ll be responsible for supporting our network of volunteers and volunteer leaders in engaging and managing volunteers, as well as involved in a variety of creative new projects helping us to provide a positive and rewarding experience for anyone that gives their time to Samaritans.
You’ll play a key advisory, analytical and development focused role, supporting volunteers and volunteer leaders on all volunteer management matters, including sensitive and sometimes complex situations. You’ll also deliver impactful initiatives and projects that strengthen and enhance the volunteer experience, helping shape the ongoing development of Samaritans’ volunteer management and support practices.
Contract terms
- £30,000 - £35,000 per annum
- Permanent
- Full time (35 hours per week)
- Hybrid working: Linked to our Ewell (Surrey) office
- In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month.
- We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
What you’ll be doing
- Providing expert advice and guidance to branches and regions on all volunteer management matters.
- Analysing complex or sensitive situations to identify key issues, risks, and appropriate courses of action.
- Developing and delivering initiatives and projects that strengthen and enhance the volunteer experience at Samaritans.
- Drafting clear, well-structured and professional written communications, including reports and formal correspondence.
- Supporting learning, training and resources that build confidence and capability in Volunteer Leaders.
- Contributing to the development and refinement of volunteer policies, processes and guidance.
- Supporting the fair, balanced and proportionate handling and effective resolution of volunteer concerns and complaints
- Identifying themes, risks, and organisational learning opportunities to inform continuous improvement.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across the organisation.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Experience working with or supporting volunteer, or advising on people related matters.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex and sensitive situations, producing analysis and meaningful conclusions.
- The ability to exercise sound judgement and take a balanced, proportionate approach.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong project management experience, including the development and delivery or improvement focused initiatives.
- A proactive, solutions focused and improvement-oriented mindset
- Knowledge of principles of natural justice and complaints management, and effective people resolution good practice.
- Experience of providing advice, training or support on volunteering matters.
- Experience and understanding of navigating organisational risk and safeguarding related volunteer matters .
- Report writing and presentation skills.
- Experience in prioritising workloads and working to deadlines with speed and accuracy.
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to some answer short application questions and to upload your CV.
Applications close: Monday 20th April @ 09:00am
Interviews: w/c 27th April
At Samaritans, human connection is at the heart of everything we do.
We do not use AI at any stage during the selection process. Your application will always be carefully reviewed by the recruiting manager or a member of the Talent Attraction Team.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers. We want to hear your own ideas, insights, and writing style so your unique strengths can shine through.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We prevent suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000
Hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, unlike NHS emergency services, is a charity. The free life-saving service is provided 24/7 by helicopters and by rapid response vehicles.
Each critical care team consists of a pilot and co-pilot, a pre-hospital care doctor and a critical care paramedic.
They can be rushed to the scene with life-saving support equipment to deliver advanced clinical care, usually only available in the hospital emergency department.
Once stabilised, the patient will be conveyed to the most appropriate hospital by air or land.
Without access to National Lottery funding and with only limited support from Government, we rely upon the generosity and goodwill of the people and businesses of Essex and Hertfordshire to remain operational and keep saving lives…we can’t fly without you!
Job purpose:
The Head of Marketing and Communications plays a pivotal strategic role in shaping, and delivering compelling brand, marketing and communications strategies that deepen audience engagement and support Essex & Herts Air Ambulance's income growth ambitions.
The postholder will head up a high-performing and multi-disciplined team across marketing, PR, digital, brand, content and internal communications within a dynamic, fast-paced charity. They will provide visionary direction, making the most of planned and reactive opportunities to enhance public trust, support ambitions across fundraising and retail, foster meaningful community engagement, and amplify the charity's lifesaving impact.
Summary of duties and responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and lead an integrated, organisation-wide marketing and communications strategy aligned with long-term organisational goals, driving brand strength, engagement and supporting income growth ambitions of the fundraising, philanthropy and retail teams.
- Provide inspiring leadership, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, accountability and high performance.
- Deliver effective line management to the team, strengthening career pathways through structured development and robust succession planning.
- Play an active and influential role as a member of the Fundraising & Marketing leadership team, contributing to income and supporter growth strategies, leading projects and strategic initiatives.
- Ensure high-quality delivery through external partners, including suppliers, contractors and freelancers.
- Use insight, data and audience segmentation to inform strategic decisions and shape impact campaigns.
- Act as an advisor to the Executive Team and the Senior Leadership Team on brand strategy, reputation management, marketing performance, risk and crisis communications.
Brand & Reputation Management
- Evolve, and protect the organisation’s brand identity, deepening public trust, visibility and emotional connection with key audiences.
- Ensure consistent and high-quality brand application across all channels, materials, and stakeholder touchpoints.
- Oversee media relations, crisis communications and reputation management, providing confident leadership in high-risk or high-profile situations.
- Steward the charity’s visual identity, tone of voice and brand architecture across both the charity and retail operations.
- Champion authentic storytelling rooted in lived experience and demonstrable impact, respecting dignity and safeguarding principles.
Marketing, Digital and Communications Strategy
- Design and deliver a multi-year Marketing, Communications and Digital Strategy aligned with organisational priorities and future growth ambitions.
- Lead the organisation’s digital strategy, covering website performance, SEO, paid advertising, AI, analytics and digital innovation.
- Shape county-level marketing and engagement plans that enable regional fundraising, community engagement and partnership development.
- Ensure high-quality content production across all channels, including social media, film, print and editorial.
- Lead proactive media relations and news generation that build credibility and articulate the charity’s life-saving impact with accuracy and integrity.
- Lead values-led external affairs activity, engaging MPs, stakeholders and regional media while stewarding crisis response with calm, transparent, and timely messaging.
- Drive data-led digital marketing through segmented supporter journeys and integrated campaigns that deliver income and engagement targets, embedding performance reporting to drive continual improvement
Internal Communications
- Develop and deliver an internal communications strategy that strengthens transparency, fosters employee engagement and reinforces the charity’s culture and values.
- Partner with HR and senior leaders to communicate key initiatives and strategic priorities with clarity and impact.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure internal messaging aligns with and amplifies organisational priorities.
Budget & Performance Management
- Lead departmental budget setting, reforecasting, and resource planning, maximising return on investment across all activity.
- Oversee robust performance tracking, evaluation and benchmarking frameworks to drive continual improvement and inform strategic decision-making.
- Ensure full compliance with relevant regulations, including GDPR, advertising codes, fundraising and brand licensing requirements.
Other Duties
- Work occasional evenings and weekends as needed, including being on the out-of-hours on-call rota.
- Carry out other duties that may arise in line with the broad remit of the post.
- Maintain professional competencies through continuous professional development.
The Package
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum
As a valued member of the charity team, you will have access to a wider range of benefits including:
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 28 days with length of service
- Contributory pension scheme, with minimum 6% employer contribution, plus an annual pension review
- Occupational sick pay from day one employment
- Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme (plus immediate family)
- Access to Cycle to Work through salary sacrifice
- Discounts at a variety of retailers via Blue Light Card
More information and how to apply
The closing date for applications is 26th April 2026
First interviews will take place during w/c 4th May in person at North Weald.
Please note that your application form will be used for shortlisting, so please ensure everything you wish to include is covered in the form.
This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Basic DBS check as a condition of employment.
If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact us directly and we will organise a time to speak to one of the team.
Disclaimer: Essex & Herts Air Ambulance reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if a high number of applications are received. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unfortunately unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
EHAAT is a charity which provides vital life-saving care to critically ill and injured patients across Essex, Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas.
