80 Research and campaigns officer jobs in London, Greater London

About the role

The Co-production and Campaigns Lead will play a key role in ensuring that the voices, experiences and priorities of Disabled people influence RAID's services, activities, campaigns and future direction. The postholder will create impactful and targeted campaigns that put pressure on decision-makers to make change and support local disabled people to have a voice about issues that impact them.

The postholder will lead and develop RAID's approach to co-production, building meaningful opportunities for members, service users and other Disabled people to influence our work. They will work across RAID, connecting co-production with our advice services, inclusion and peer-led activities, membership and campaigning work, ensuring that learning and priorities are shared across the organisation. As the lead they will provide advice and support to managers, build organisational capacity, and establish sustainable participation structures across services.

The postholder will also develop strong relationships with local decision-makers and organisations, including the local authority, NHS, social housing providers and other key partners, using the experiences and collective voice of Disabled people to influence services, resolve issues and improve outcomes.

The role will continue to lead RAID's established Housing Forum, while developing a wider network of co-production forums, panels and other opportunities for people to contribute their experience and expertise.

The postholder will ensure that co-production is meaningful and has a clear impact – making sure that people's contributions inform decisions, lead to action and result in improvements that people can see and experience.

Key responsibilities

• Bring together insight from across RAID to identify emerging issues, systemic barriers and opportunities for change.
• Lead and champion co-production and campaigning across RAID’s ensuring it is embedded across the organisation, supporting managers to use lived experience to inform service development, quality and planning.
• Lead the Housing Forum and establish and facilitate other forums, panels and groups based on the priorities of Disabled people.
• Work closely with managers to identify recurring issues and trends that could inform service improvement, influencing and campaigning, increase membership and peer-led activities.
• Ensure Disabled people's voices arising from our coproduction work are communicated accessibly and effectively across social media, e-newsletters, and our website.
• Capture and demonstrate the impact of co-production, campaigning and influencing activity.

About You

You are passionate about user-led working, co-production and campaigning creating positive change for Disabled people. You understand that people with lived experience are experts in their own lives and should have a genuine voice in shaping the services and decisions that affect them.

• You are passionate about social justice and promoting Deaf and Disabled people’s rights.
• You have experience of engagement activities including holding consultations, surveys, running social media or digital campaigns.
• You have experience of working in policy or producing social policy research and analysis through work or activism.
• You have good campaigning and influencing skills that you want to develop and use to bring about tangible social change.

You will be confident bringing people together, facilitating inclusive discussions and turning what you hear into practical action and meaningful change. You will be able to build trusted relationships with Disabled people, colleagues, managers and external partners, and be comfortable working collaboratively while also challenging organisations and decision-makers when change is needed.

You will enjoy working across an organisation and connecting different sources of insight – including our advice services, inclusion and peer-led activities, membership and co-production forums – to identify common issues, improve our services and develop campaigning and influencing opportunities.

You will be a confident communicator who can work with managers to embed co-production within their services, as well as representing RAID with local authorities, NHS organisations, housing providers and other partners.

Most importantly, you will share RAID's commitment to being a user-led disability charity and will be motivated by ensuring that Disabled people's voices are heard, valued and lead to real change.

Glaucoma UK is the charity for people with glaucoma. Our vision is to end preventable glaucoma sight loss. We want everyone with glaucoma to be able to live well with the condition, and to make this a reality.

More than 10,000 people took part in our National Patient Voices Survey, creating the most powerful picture yet of what it is like to live with glaucoma and receive glaucoma care across the UK.

Working closely with our Head of Communications and a specialist public affairs agency, you will help bring those findings to life, secure media attention and make decision-makers listen. Central to this will be finding and sensitively supporting people who are willing to share their experiences, cultivating trusted relationships and helping them tell their stories confidently across print, digital and broadcast media.

Alongside this landmark work, you will create engaging content across our magazine, website, email and social media channels, identify opportunities for national coverage and help strengthen and protect Glaucoma UK’s voice and reputation. This is a varied and influential role for an excellent storyteller with strong media instincts who wants their work to make a genuine difference.

Position: Communications & PR Officer (maternity cover)

Responsible to: Head of Communications

Location: Home-based with occasional travel to our head office in Ashford, Kent

Hours: 35 per week

Contract: 12 months fixed-term (from December 2026)

Salary: £34,077 per annum

Annual leave and benefits:

25 days holiday per annum (rising by one day per year to 28 days after 3 years’ service), plus Statutory Public Holidays, pro-rated for part-time employees.

Up to 5% contributory pension

Benenden Healthcare cover including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

How to apply: Click the CharityJob Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and answer a few short screening questions about your relevant skills and motivation.

Interviews will take place in the week commencing 21 October. 

Closing date: Sunday 11 October at 11pm

What you’ll be working on:

· Proactively creating and delivering high quality, inspiring multi-channel content (including, but not limited to, our quarterly members magazine, awareness campaigns, email marketing schedule, social media and website) to engage key stakeholders and attract new followers to our cause.

· Playing a key role in the production of our quarterly member’s magazine; actively contributing to editorial meetings, writing articles, conducting interviews, editing copy, and overseeing timelines through to print and despatch.

· Working with the Head of Communications to develop key messages, briefings, and positioning statements to ensure consistency and maximise the impact of our campaigns and manage approval processes internally.

·     Working alongside the Digital Communications Manager to ensure the website and social media is updated regularly with compelling and quality content.

· Providing copywriting and editing support across all internal and external communications for all departments to maintain consistent tone, style and messaging across all outputs and act as a ‘brand guardian’ together with colleagues in the communications team.

·    Leading on the delivery of an ongoing programme to recruit and develop relationships with patient case studies, celebrity supporters and influencers who can help raise our public profile through the media and other opportunities.

This job is for you if…

·      you have experience of working in a similar role either in-house or in an agency.

·    you have excellent copywriting and proofreading skills.

·      you have experience of crisis communications.

·      you have experience of developing compelling content for print, digital and broadcast communications channels, accurately conveying information and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.

·      you have a track record of generating media coverage to deliver messages to a range of audiences.

·      are a strategic thinker who considers the wider context when planning activity and can sense compelling story opportunities.

For over 60 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.

We are currently recruiting a Practice Engagement Officer to join us on a permanent, part-time basis (21 hours per week).

Partner Engagement Officer (Research in Practice)
Contract: Permanent
Work Pattern: Part Time, 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE).
Salary: £34,408 per annum, FTE (£20,665 per annum for 21 hours per week)
Location: Homebased – however NCB promotes a hybrid, flexible way of working, staff can work remotely or from our Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 or Central Sheffield Research in Practice offices if they wish

About the Role

Research in Practice (RiP) works with organisations across social care, health, criminal justice and education to support professional learning. We create learning opportunities and resources by interpreting the latest research evidence, working with professionals to share practice wisdom, and listening to people with lived experience, in order to achieve positive outcomes for people of all ages.

This role is in our Partner Engagement Team which works with member organisations in the Research in Practice Partnership Network to build learning cultures and make best use of their membership offer. This role works across adults and child and family services and supports the implementation of evidence-informed workforce development across all levels of seniority. 

Research in Practice

Research in Practice is part of the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) family. Research in Practice has over 30 years’ experience working with and for professionals in the social care, health, criminal justice and higher education sectors offering resources, learning opportunities and specialist expertise.

Our aim is to support professional learning to enable people – children, young people, families, adults, carers and communities – to live good lives.

About NCB

For more than 60 years, the National Children’s Bureau has championed the rights and amplified the voice of children and young people in the UK. We interrogate policy and uncover evidence, blending in lived and learnt experience to shape future legislation and develop more effective ways of supporting children and families.

Bringing people and organisations together is fundamental to how we improve the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive. We push boundaries, even looking beyond childhood itself to consider transitions into adulthood and the impact of childhood issues on an entire lifespan. We are united for better childhoods and brighter futures.

The Benefits

• 30 Days Annual Leave
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible Working
• Winter Holiday Closure & Break
• Employee Assistance Programme

Applications close at. 08:00am, Friday 16th October 2026
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Monday, 2nd November 2026
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are actively seeking to broaden the diversity of our staff group and warmly welcome applications from candidates underrepresented in the charity sector, including those from Black and Global Majority communities, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with lived experience of the issues NCB works on.

No agencies please.

Our three hospital charities fundraise so that Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust can go above and beyond for their patients. We’re looking for a Senior Marketing Campaign Manager who can tell the story of our impact to key audiences, enabling us to raise more money for Evelina London, Guy’s Cancer Centre and Guy’s and St Thomas’s.  

This role would suit someone who enjoys leading cross-functional teams to produce impactful integrated marketing, working across a broad portfolio to produce briefs, assets and campaigns that deliver brand, lead generation and income targets.   

Right now, we’re funding over 200 projects at Evelina London, Guy’s Cancer Centre and Guy’s and St Thomas’s, with a total value of around £60m. These projects are finding better ways to diagnose and treat cancers, to reduce A&E attendance and unnecessary suffering, and to help very poorly children manage their treatments – to name just three. If you’re as excited about sharing these stories as we are, we’d love to hear from you.

About us
Guy’s & StThomas’Charity, Guy’s CancerCharityand Evelina London Children’s Charity are part of Guy’s & StThomas’Foundation.Our collective mission is to build the foundations of a healthier society. 

As part of our team, you will work alongside talented people from a mix of personal and professional backgrounds. We are a Living Wage employer and support flexible working, part-timerolesand job shares. Though our ambitions are serious, this is a friendly place to work with lots of opportunities to meet and socialise with colleagues. We believe there is immense power in diversity and aim to recruit and nurture talent who think and act differently. 

There is more information about working with us on our website, where you can read about: 

• How we approach recruitment 
• Our team,cultureand values 
• The benefits of working with us 
• Our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion, health & wellbeing, and learning & development 

Overall Purpose of the Role 

As the Senior Marketing Campaigns Manager, you’ll mastermind our integrated campaigns, enabling joint brand, lead generation and income activity that delivers more than the sum of its parts.  

You will make our integrated campaigns happen by: 

• Setting and delivering on the overall brief, including integrated campaign proposition brief 
• Working with Fundraising and Brand leads to set targets in their areas and agree content requirements 
• Working with Brand and Supporter Experience to define target audiences, actionable insights, and land comms plans  
• Working with channel and platform owners to unearth additional audience insights and agree paid, earned, owned and shared media plans 
• Devise comms planning tools, processes and mechanisms that enable decisions and delivery of multi-channel, multi-audience campaigns 
• Working with our storytelling function, funding and other teams to identify potential stories and ensure we represent funded projects and clinical outcomes accurately  
• Producing content briefs for in-house and freelance production 
• Overseeing content packs for platform, channel and product owners to self-serve 
• Overseeing campaign budgets and reporting frameworks 
• Enabling real-time campaign optimisation  
• Evaluating activity and making data-led recommendations for improvements and future investment.   

When workload allows, you may provide strategic marketing support on non-integrated campaigns. For those integrated campaigns supporting our fundraising for the transformation programme at Evelina London, you will work closely with PTC/CHP Comms Lead. For all other campaigns, you’re likely to find yourself leading a broad cross-function group of internal stakeholders including mass and high value fundraising, funding, digital and brand and supporter experience, and potentially working directly with the Comms team and clinicians at the Trust.  

You will line manage a Marketing Campaigns Officer and report to the Director.  

Key Responsibilities

Integrated campaign project planning, delivery and evaluation (approx. 75% of role) 

• With stakeholders, set metrics that help us hit annual channel, product and campaign targets 
• Produce briefs for integrated activity, including campaign propositions, target audiences, audience insight, case study and content requirements, that enable us to hit targets 
• Agree paid, earned, owned and shared media plans and ensure alignment with wider comms plans 
• Produce content briefs enabling impactful and cost-effective asset development 
• Overseeing content packs enabling platform, channel and product owners to self-serve impactful comms 
• Ensure campaign reporting enables real-time optimisation, additional content production where needed, and meaningful end of campaign evaluations, so we can improve for future.   

Strategic marketing support (approx. 15% of role) 

• Support fundraisers to write impactful briefs and propositions to enable effective delivery of non-integrated campaigns 
• Devise comms planning tools, processes and mechanisms that enable decisions and delivery of multi-channel, multi-audience campaigns  

Team Management(approx. 10% of role) 

• Linemanagement of1x Marketing Campaigns Officer, ensuringstrong performanceagainst objectives 

Work environment 

 The post holder should expect to: 

• Work in a hot desk environment,at leasttwodays a week ineithertheCharity’soffice, a hospital or with an NHS Trust comms team 
• Will occasionally be required to attend events in the evening and at weekends. 

Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Skills, abilities, and attributes: 

• Abilitytoidentifyand championthe needs of atarget audience 
• Ability to evaluate pros and cons of an approach dispassionately, including costs, and to exercise judgment when applying recommendations in our context 
• Curiosity about others’viewpoints,and the skills to reconcilewhere different to deliver a result 
• Excellent people skills with an ability to build strong relationships quickly with a range of stakeholders 
• Committed to constant learning and improving, including opennesstofeedback 
• Willingnessto engage in problem-solvingin other specialist areas 
• Committed toembedding diversity,equityand inclusion 
• Resilience towork independentlyand toleadwhen data is unclear or the broader context isuncertain 
• Confidence toidentifyand move on when the work is ‘good enough’ 

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications: 

• Experience of working with audience personas and using audience insight to shape briefs 
• Experience of developing integrated campaign propositions for multiple business objectives 
• Knowledge of requirements of digital platforms and channels when running a marketing campaign with paid, owned and earned elements 
• Experience of working on a broad campaign portfolio, and ensuring that details are accuratelyand impactfully communicated 
• Experience of delivering campaigns that deliver brand objectives 
• Experience of leading cross-functionally 
• Experience in reviewing and producing creative briefsthat deliver impactful photography,videographyand other creative assets 
• Knowledgeof fundraising, ideally both high value and mass market, and ideally in an NHS or health context 

Benefits 

• Contributory pension
• Annual health and wellbeing personal allowance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and parental leave pay accessible without length of service requirements.
• Health and wellbeing programme that offers optional free yearly health check-ups.
• Support for healthy eating via fruit bowls and onsite lunch facilities. 
• Agile working, flexible hours, and supportive IT kit. 
• Shower facilities and bike lock area. 
• Generous annual leave (27 days + bank holidays)
• Subsidies for glasses
• Employee Assistance Programme

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

POLICY and CAMPAIGNS OFFICER 

Do you want to drive vital change for victims of stalking and harassment across policy and legislation? As a Policy and Campaigns Officer at Suzy Lamplugh Trust,you’ll work on multiple, diverse and fast-paced projects in a committed and expert team. Come and step into a role where your work truly makes an impact. 

ABOUT SUZY LAMPLUGH TRUST 

This post represents an opportunity for the right candidate to join the UK’s founding personal safety charity and leading authority on stalking. 

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust was born out of the tragic story of Suzy Lamplugh, a 25-year-old estate agent who went missing whilst at work in 1986, was never found, and was eventually declared deceased in 1993. The Trust was set up in Suzy’s name and continues to be a pioneer in reducing the risk and prevalence of abuse, aggression and violence - with a specific focus on stalking and harassment – through education, campaigning and support.

We are an organisation that has: 

• been responsible for training over one million lone and frontline workers across all sectors in personal safety; 

• advocated for stalking and harassment to be recognised within the spectrum of crimes that disproportionately affect women (Violence Against Women and Girls or VAWG)

• campaigned heavily and played a pivotal role in driving changes in the law to better protect people across the UK; and 

• supported over 75,000 victims and survivors of stalking since the inception of our National Stalking Helpline and stalking advocacy service. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Support the delivery and evaluation of national campaigns on workplace safety as well as stalking, harassment and other priority areas.

• Maintain effective relationships with civil servants, policy makers, national and local decision makers, and other campaigning bodies and build relevant networks of stakeholders.

• Proactively keep abreast of issues within the post-holder’s own portfolio, general criminal justice, personal safety and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) policy developments and up to date campaigning techniques.

• To undertake or commission research on specific policy areas as required.

• Develop policy recommendations, write policy and campaigns reports, lobby government and other decision makers and stakeholders, and respond on behalf of Suzy Lamplugh Trust to government enquiries, consultations or other relevant initiatives. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

The Policy and Campaigns Officer is responsible for supporting on Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s policy and campaigning work relating to reducing harassment, violence and aggression in society by addressing these issues at their root cause, working with employers to improve personal safety culture within organisations and seeking to influence policy and legislative change where necessary. This role will also support campaigns that ensure that victims of stalking receive better support and protection.

Contract Type: Permanent 

Salary: £31,500 

Hours: Full-time 

Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. 

As an Equal Opportunities employer, the Trust strives to maintain a diverse and inclusive culture representative of the communities we seek to support. 

WHAT WE OFFER IN RETURN 

In return for our staff’s commitment and dedication, we offer a range of benefits, including: 

• Hybrid working (minimum 40% in the office) 

• Flexitime Policy 

• 28 days annual leave (which increases after 3 and 5 years to a maximum of 33 days pro rata for part-time) + public holiday 

• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution 

• Health & Wellbeing App with access to advice, counselling, support and a wide range of discounts 

• Occupational Sick Pay (which increases after 3 years) 

• Cycle to Work scheme (cycle racks on site) 

• Interest-free travel loan for annual season ticket 

• Regular all-staff off-site meetings and events 

Initially office-based (London) for 3 months to support a meaningful induction, moving to a blended working model (40% office / 60% home). While London-based candidates are ideal, we'll consider applicants from nearby areas too.

HOW TO APPLY 

Suzy Lamplugh Trust is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. Please apply by submitting a CV and a covering letter detailing how your skills and experience align with each point in the person specification. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered. 

All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Please note that if you do not receive a response within three weeks of the closing date, your application was not successful. 

Closing Date: 14th October 
Interviews: week of 19th October

Join a small charity where your ideas and fundraising work can make a visible difference.

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer with strong fundraising fundamentals, curiosity, creativity and a willingness to experiment. At a time when the charity sector and the wider world are changing quickly, we want someone who can look beyond familiar approaches, spot opportunities others might miss and turn new ideas into practical action.

ABOUT DISABILITY AFRICA

Disability Africa works in partnership with locally led organisations in The Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Eswatini. Together, we create opportunities for disabled children and young people to participate in community life on an equal basis, while working to change attitudes and challenge the exclusion they face.

At the heart of this work are community-based play hubs, led by our partners, where disabled children and young people play alongside their peers, build relationships and become more connected to their communities.

Our work is grounded in the Social Model of Disability. We focus on removing the social and attitudinal barriers that exclude disabled children and young people, and we reject pity-based approaches to fundraising and communication.

We are also conscious of the colonial power structures that continue to shape the international development sector. We work actively to challenge them by building long-term partnerships in which local organisations lead how our approach is shaped and put into practice in their own communities.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will help generate the income that sustains and develops our work, joining a small, collaborative team and working closely with the Executive Director, colleagues and volunteers. The role offers considerable variety and the opportunity to develop your fundraising experience across several income streams.

You will research opportunities, prepare strong funding applications and donor reports, maintain our fundraising pipeline and CRM, and help build relationships with funders and supporters. You will also contribute to campaigns and help us explore new audiences and fundraising approaches.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Research funding opportunities across trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, individual giving and other relevant sources.

• Prepare and submit clear, persuasive applications, proposals and funding requests.

• Maintain an accurate pipeline of prospective and existing funders and manage timely follow-up and repeat applications.

• Build positive relationships with donors, funders, corporate partners and prospective supporters.

• Produce clear donor reports that demonstrate impact and financial accountability.

• Maintain accurate information in our fundraising CRM and use data to help inform priorities.

• Contribute to fundraising campaigns, donor communications and materials in collaboration with colleagues and volunteers.

• Support the development and testing of new fundraising opportunities and approaches.

ABOUT YOU

You do not need to have worked across every area listed above. We are looking for someone with a sound grounding in fundraising, strong writing and research skills, and the confidence to develop relationships with different people and organisations.

• Experience of fundraising in a charity, non-profit or comparable organisation.

• Strong research, writing and proposal-development skills.

• The confidence to approach and build relationships with donors and prospective supporters.

• Good analytical and numerical skills, with confidence working with data and budgets.

• Experience using a CRM or donor database (we use Salesforce).

• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage several priorities.

• Curiosity, initiative and a willingness to test new ideas.

• Alignment with Disability Africa’s ethos and the Social Model of Disability, including our partnership-based approach, an awareness of the colonial dynamics that continue to shape the sector, and a rejection of pity-based charity narratives.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A four-day working week, with 28 hours worked from Monday to Thursday.

• A 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension.

• Hybrid working, with two days per week in our Staines office, a three-minute walk from Staines station and less than 30 minutes by train from central London.

• Twenty working days of annual leave, equivalent to five full working weeks, plus the Christmas closure period.

• The opportunity to shape and develop fundraising work within a small organisation.

• A collaborative working environment with close contact across our UK team and African partners.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 750 words through CharityJob. Your statement should explain why you are interested in the role, what you believe you would bring to it, and, through relevant examples, how your experience meets the person specification.

Applications close at 11.59 pm on Monday 19 October 2026. First interviews are expected to take place on 26 or 27 October, with second interviews during the week beginning 2 November.

WHO WE ENCOURAGE TO APPLY

We want to hear from people who are excited by this role and share our values, including people who are often excluded from opportunities in the charity sector. We especially encourage applications from disabled people and from people with personal or professional connections to the countries where our partners work.

If there is anything we can change in the recruitment process to make it more accessible to you, please let us know.

We are sorry that we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role: the terms of the role do not meet the current sponsorship requirements. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK.

CAHN is looking for a creative, proactive and passionate Communications & Campaigns Officer to raise the profile of our work, engage audiences and deliver campaigns that amplify the voices of Black Caribbean and African communities.

You will create compelling content across digital and traditional channels, support campaigns, social media, website and newsletter activity, and contribute to communications for CAHN’s programmes and events.

Working with colleagues, communities and partners, you will turn stories and insight into content and campaigns that inform, engage and inspire action.

We are looking for an excellent storyteller with strong writing skills, digital confidence, creativity and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

If you are passionate about communications, campaigns and social impact, join CAHN and help turn stories into change

Harris Hill is delighted to be working with Citizens Advice St Albans District (CASTAD) to recruit its new Chief Executive Officer.

CASTAD provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice to help people overcome their problems. We campaign on the issues that matter to them when their voices need to be heard.

We want to see a world where no one suffers through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities, or an inability to pursue them; and where the underlying causes of people’s problems have been eliminated.

As Chief Executive, you will:

• Deliver high-quality client services to approximately 9,000 users per annum.
• Ensure financial resources are in place to run the service.
• Work with the Trustee Board to define and lead the future strategy and sustainability of CASTAD.
• Execute the agreed strategy by ensuring a detailed and measurable Business Plan is in place, regularly tracked, and reported on.

If you are inspired and excited by what CASTAD does, we’d love to hear from you.

Job title: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: circa £50,000 - £55,000 p.a.
Contract: Permanent / Full-time
Location: Citizens Advice St Albans and District, The Civic Centre, St Peters Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3JE. (Flexible working will be considered.)

How to apply: Please review the Recruitment Pack for further information about CASTAD, the CEO position and for details on how to apply.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 19 October 2026

Both CASTAD and Harris Hill operate an equal opportunity policy and commit to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We are looking for a strategic, hands-on communications leader with strong press relations experience who can help raise Borne's profile, lead our strategic communications, grow awareness of our mission to prevent preterm birth, and reach new audiences.

This is a key leadership role in a small, but ambitious charity at a moment of real momentum, growing in terms of reach and influence. Marketing and communications will be central to helping Borne take our next steps forward.

About You

You are a collaborative, strategic communicator with the confidence and experience to raise the profile of a growing charity. You combine excellent judgement with strong press relations expertise and know how to turn organisational ambition, scientific progress and human stories into compelling public narratives. 

Why Join Us?

• Play a senior role in a purpose-led charity tackling one of the most urgent challenges in maternal and infant health. 
• Join at a pivotal moment, with a refreshed brand, revamped website and new marketing strategy already in place. 
• Help take Borne to the next level by raising our profile, increasing awareness and supporting ambitious plans for growth. 
• Work closely with a committed team, expert researchers, supporters, ambassadors and partners. 
• Shape a communications function that is inclusive, ethical, ambitious and rooted in real-world impact. 

Make your communications work matter

Are you a creative, confident communicator who wants your work to make a visible difference?

At Healthwatch Greenwich, communications are central to our purpose. The stories we share, the reports we publish and the campaigns we run help make sure residents’ experiences influence the people responsible for local health and social care services.

This is an opportunity to take real ownership of communications within a small, purposeful charity. You will have the freedom to bring forward ideas, shape our content and find compelling ways to reach residents, communities and decision-makers.

One day you might turn a resident’s experience into a powerful story. The next, you could be launching a new report, creating content for a community campaign or finding a better way to engage people online. You will work across a varied portfolio and be able to see the difference your communications make.

You will work closely with a supportive team and with NHS, local authority and community partners. This is our dedicated communications role, so we are looking for someone who enjoys taking initiative, managing their own work and turning ideas and evidence into clear, engaging content.

Supporter Care Officer (Fundraising)

The Royal Free Charity is seeking an ambitious, motivated and talented supporter care officer to join their fundraising team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to use your skills to make a real, visible difference to patients, staff and medical research across north London.

Role details

· Salary: £30,724 - £33,910 per annum - subject to skills and experience   

· Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week over five days

· Base: Hybrid working for the foreseeable future, with regular attendance in  the office two days a week, including      Thursdays, at our central office:

  -   Pears Building, Pond Street, London, NW3 2PP

Other office days may be worked from other sites at:

  - Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ

  - Chase Farm Hospital, 127 The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL

The role

The supporter care officerwill report to the senior individual giving manager.

We are looking for a Supporter Care Officer to deliver an exceptional experience for our fundraising supporters, ensuring every interaction with Royal Free Charity is positive, engaging and supporter centred.

The postholder will combine excellent front-line supporter stewardship with a proactive approach to improving processes and ways of working, helping to ensure supporters receive the highest standard of care throughout their journey with us.

The team

Our dynamic fundraising department generated £4.5m through donations in 2025/26, and we are now preparing for an ambitious £50m fundraising campaign in support of a ground-breaking £100m cancer centre on the site of the Royal Free Hospital.

We pride ourselves on being a supporter-focused and agile function, working at the heart of the charity to deliver impact for patients and staff across our hospitals.

Responsible for attracting and retaining donors, and delivering an outstanding supporter experience, the fundraising department comprises three teams which work closely together to achieve our shared objectives:

• Our philanthropy & campaigns team builds relationships with individual philanthropists, trusts, foundations, corporate organisations and intermediaries, giving or facilitating donations of £10,000 or more to the charity each year. They lead major appeal activity for the charity, currently focused on our forthcoming cancer campaign, and special events to support these activities.
• Our public fundraising team harnesses the support and energy of individuals and groups, helping them to give back in the way that works for them. This includes committed giving, in memory support, gifts in wills, and fundraising events and challenges.
• The Fundraising Operations team develop and maintain the foundation to underpin and support the fundraising activity of the entire department, including campaign operations, data, governance, prospect research and stewardship.

Organisation

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.

Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce and driven by medical research with global impact.

We support over 17,000 NHS staff and two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals, as well as more than 30 NHS services.

Through the programmes, services and equipment we fund, we make a direct and lasting difference to patient care.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

We live our values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect in everything we do.

Benefits:

Core benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays and a three-day office closure between Christmas and New Year 
• Annual leave increases to 30 days after five years’ service
• Generous pension scheme – we match your 4% contribution and up to 9%
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity and paternity packages
• A flexible working policy

Financial wellbeing

• Access to expert financial advice via the London Credit Union
• Discounts with the Blue Light Card
• Death in Service benefit

Health & wellbeing

• Subsidised gym, pool and classes at our Rec Club in Hampstead
• Secure cycle parking and showers
• Fortnightly guided meditation
• Free massage therapy from our complementary therapy team
• Menopause peer support group
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential advice and support

Job Title: Mass Participation Event Manager 

Location: Hybrid, minimum 1 day per week in our London Bridge office 

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time role based on a 32-hour working week across four days

Reporting to: Head of Fundraising (Community & Events) 

Salary: £35,000 – £37,000 per annum 

About Spinal Research 

Every two hours, someone in the UK becomes paralysed. Globally, more than 15 million people live with paralysis. At Spinal Research, our vision is a world where paralysis can be cured. We fund groundbreaking research to deliver life-changing treatments for people with spinal cord injuries. By backing the brightest minds and fostering innovation, we are driving progress towards what could be the medical breakthrough of the 21st century: curing paralysis. We will not stop until that future is achieved. 

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Events team in a newly created management role, building on four years of significant growth and success across our mass participation programme.

As Mass Participation Event Manager, you will play a key role in shaping the future direction of the programme while driving continued growth in income, participation and supporter engagement. You will have responsibility for the development, performance and delivery of the mass participation portfolio, working closely with the Head of Fundraising (Community & Events) to grow income, participation and engagement.

Alongside this overall responsibility, you will have direct ownership of your own area of the portfolio, including the Great North Run, Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Cape Town Marathon and our wider challenges programme. You will manage these events from recruitment and participant onboarding through to fundraising, event-day delivery and post-event stewardship, while supporting the Head of Fundraising (C&E) with our flagship London Marathon.

You will also line manage the Events Junior Officer, who will have direct responsibility for their own allocated events. You will provide leadership, direction and support to ensure their events are delivered successfully and contribute to the wider mass participation goals.

This is a senior, hands-on role. You will be expected to lead the development of the overall programme while remaining directly involved in the day-to-day delivery of your own events. This includes recruiting and stewarding participants, developing campaigns, managing budgets and suppliers, speaking directly with supporters and being hands-on at events. 

Key Responsibilities 

· Strategy & Growth: Grow the mass participation portfolio, increasing income, participation and engagement through insight-led planning.

· Supporter Recruitment & Stewardship: Lead recruitment campaigns and deliver excellent supporter journeys from sign-up to post-event stewardship.

· Event & Portfolio Management: Manage allocated events end to end, including budgets, logistics, suppliers, event-day delivery and major event support.

· Team Management: Line manage the Events Junior Officer, providing direction, support and oversight across their events.

· Systems, Insights & Reporting: Use CRM and performance data to monitor KPIs, report on progress and inform future activity.

· Collaboration: Work across the Community & Events team and wider organisation to deliver a strong, aligned mass participation programme.

About you 

· Proven experience growing mass participation fundraising, with a track record of increasing income, participation and supporter engagement.

· A track record of increasing income, participation and supporter engagement.

· Experience leading recruitment campaigns and managing supporter journeys.

· Confident managing event budgets, suppliers, CRM systems and performance data.

· A strong communicator who builds great relationships with supporters, colleagues and partners.

· Highly organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities.

· Experience leading, supporting or developing others.

· Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.

Why Join Us?  

• Full-time role based on a 32-hour working week across four days, with Fridays as a non-working day.
• 8% pension contribution.
• Flexible, hybrid working environment split between home and our London Bridge office. 
• Opportunity to play a key role in a growing fundraising programme.
• Join a supportive, values-driven team built around commitment, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

Occasional evening or weekend working may be required to meet organisational needs, with time off in lieu provided. 

Ready to help us deliver life-changing impact? 
Apply now to join Spinal Research and play a key role in our mission to cure paralysis. 

Spinal Research is a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcomes applications from all candidates. We are committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and accessible and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

An exciting opportunity!

This is a rare and genuinely exciting opportunity to lead the UK's only dedicated charity supporting children, adults and families affected by MPS, Fabry disease and related lysosomal storage disorders. Following the current Chief Executive's planned move to become Managing Director of Rare Disease Research Partners (RDRP) in January 2027, the incoming CEO will take the helm of an organisation with over forty years of history, a trusted national reputation and a growing role on the international rare disease stage. The successful candidate will shape the strategic vision for more than 1,800 families, oversee the close partnership between the Society and its research subsidiary RDRP, and champion the patient and family ethos that sits at the heart of the organisation's work. It is an opportunity to combine ambitious strategic leadership with deeply meaningful, human impact, working alongside a committed Board, Senior Leadership Team and wider community of clinicians, researchers and pharmaceutical partners.

As our next Chief Executive, you will

• Define and deliver the MPS Society’s strategic vision.
• Provide confident oversight of governance, finance, compliance and reporting.
• Effectively manage the operational alignment between the MPS Society and RDRP.
• Always keep the members and family voice at the heart of strategy, service design and decision-making.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with statutory bodies, government agencies, pharmaceutical partners, clinical expert centres and other key stakeholders to support the Society’s objectives, influence policy and practice, and protect its professional reputation.
• Act as a visible and credible public voice to raise awareness, improve visibility, support, treatment access and outcomes for people affected by MPS, Fabry disease and related conditions.
• Collaborate with other rare disease bodies, patient organisations and other key audiences.
• Lead and empower the senior leadership team through effective delegation, early involvement in strategic discussions, clear accountability and support for individuals to flourish.
• Encourage an open, supportive work environment allowing creativity and building staff confidence.
• Help shape the future of the MPS Society.

About you

•  Self-motivated, with the drive to lead the organisation through a period of change and transition.
• Unquestionable probity and personal integrity, given the trust placed in the CEO by families, trustees and partners.
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex scientific and clinical information to audiences ranging from clinicians to families with no prior knowledge of MPS disorders.
• Strong self-awareness, with insight into their own leadership style and impact on others.
• Emotional resilience, able to sustain performance while supporting a community facing life limiting conditions.
• A collaborative and empowering leadership style, able to build trust, delegate effectively and help individuals across the organisation flourish.
• Genuine passion for the Society's mission, with a family and member-first ethos.
• Confidence to build relationships across a wide range of stakeholders, from beneficiaries and Trustees to politicians, media and pharmaceutical partners.
• A proactive, positive approach, comfortable reacting to change and organising their own work to meet deadlines.
• Confidence speaking publicly on behalf of the organisation and the people it represents.

Why join us?

A close-knit, values-led culture. With just over thirty staff across the Society and RDRP combined, this is a place where the CEO can know the team personally, work closely with families day-to-day, and see the direct results of decisions rather than managing at a distance through layers of bureaucracy.

• Genuine autonomy to shape direction. The Board is explicitly looking to the new CEO to bring fresh thinking on technology, AI, and digital tools, and to give real freedom to modernise fundraising, services, and engagement rather than simply maintaining what already exists.
• A stable foundation to build from over forty years of track record, trusted relationships and a strong national reputation mean the incoming CEO can focus energy on vision and growth rather than firefighting or rebuilding credibility from scratch.
• Proximity to cutting-edge science: the Society's close relationship with RDRP gives the CEO regular exposure to advances in rare disease research and treatment access, while day-to-day research leadership sits with the RDRP Managing Director, allowing the CEO to focus on strategy, people and sustainability.
• A high-visibility, high-influence platform. Regular contact with government, pharmaceutical companies, clinicians and international rare disease bodies offers strong opportunities to build a public profile and personal network well beyond the charity sector.
• A team that already shares the mission. Staff are described as passionate about the Society's aims, and as having a family-first ethos, so the new CEO inherits a culture to lead and empower rather than one that needs to be built from the ground up.
• Work with a different kind of return. Beyond salary and career progression, this role offers the less tangible reward of knowing that strategic and financial decisions translate, into better support for families facing some of the rarest conditions in the country.

Benefits

Join us and you will be working for a caring charity offering:

• A competitive salary
• Generous annual leave
• Extra leave between Christmas and the New Year
• Contributory pension
• Life assurance (subject to the conditions of the scheme)
• Employee assistance programme offering support 24/7

Further information

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the UK.

The main duties, responsibilities and requirements of this role can be viewed in the job description on our website.

Salary to be agreed depending on experience and will be pro-rata for part time hours.

This is an essential car user post. The applicant must hold a current UK driver’s licence, with no more than 6 points, have access to a car and be able and willing to drive UK wide as required.

This senior role requires flexibility in working hours and location.  It is primarily offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in our Amersham, Buckinghamshire, office each week. As part of the role, UK and overseas travel is necessary, which may on occasion include early morning and/or evening working and sometimes overnight stays. We have policies in place to ensure that any unsociable hours worked over the weekend are fairly compensated through TOIL.

This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check (DBS) details of which can be found in the job description.

For an informal discussion about the role or the work of the MPS Society, please contact Dr Fiona Stewart.  Contact details can be found on the full job description. Kindly note, meetings with other relevant people will be available to shortlisted candidates at interview stage.  

About the Role

This Project Officer role is part of Bright Futures, our mentoring and employability support programme for young Gypsy and Traveller people aged 15-25. You will keep the programme organised, connected and running smoothly - managing records and systems, building partnerships, and coordinating workshops and activities so that young people can find their way in and get the most out of the support on offer.

Many of the young people we work with have faced exclusion or discrimination within mainstream education, employment and other services, and are often not in education, employment or training (NEET). The processes, systems and communications you manage all need to be accessible and responsive to young people who may be wary of formal support.

You will coordinate outreach and community engagement to bring young people into the programme, build and maintain relationships with colleges, training providers, employers and community organisations, and manage day-to-day communications with young people, families and partners. You will set up and coordinate a Youth Advisory Group, giving young people a structured way to help shape the programme. You may also be asked to cover for mentee support when a mentor is unavailable or at capacity.

This role is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

About You

This role is for someone who enjoys keeping things organised and connected, and who wants that work to make a real, practical difference in young people's lives – someone committed to supporting young people from marginalised and underserved communities to fairly access relevant opportunities.

You will be highly organised, with strong admin skills and confidence using digital tools and databases. You will also be a confident communicator, equally comfortable writing a promotional post, following up with a training provider, or having a conversation with a young person or their family.

The role is ideal for someone with experience of outreach, building partnerships or community engagement, who can build trusting relationships with a wide range of people – from young people and families to colleges, employers and community organisations. You should be open to providing support to young people when needed.

We don't expect you to already have all the answers what matters most is your admin and organisational ability, your commitment to the communities we work with, and your confidence building relationships across a wide range of people and settings. We will support your development through supervision, training and a small, collaborative team environment.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement in the job description below, but if you feel you have what it takes, please apply and tell us how your experience and skills make you suitable.

If you are not sure what the work looks like or you want to ask questions before applying, we are happy to chat with you about the role. Please contact Mini Ravi (Programme Lead) by calling on our office phone.

About LGT and Bright Futures

London Gypsies and Travellers (LGT) challenges social exclusion and discrimination, working for change in partnership with Gypsy and Traveller communities living on council caravan sites, roadside camps, in flats and houses, and those experiencing homelessness.

Bright Futures supports Gypsy and Traveller young men and women aged 15–25 through mentoring, skills development, employability and wellbeing support. The programme helps young people build confidence, develop practical skills and identify realistic pathways into training and employment, working at their own pace and around their needs and interests. The programme is shaped by a deep understanding of the Gypsy and Traveller culture, and designed to empower young people to engage with wider society with pride, motivation and confidence.

Our services also include accommodation advice and advocacy, family support, community development, research, policy work and campaigns, and we support hundreds of individuals and families each year.

We are a small, committed and supportive team who seek to live our organisational values throughout our work: Collaboration, Courage, Empowerment, Inclusivity, Equity, Community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and workforce diversity. We strongly encourage applications from Gypsy and Traveller communities.
 

To Apply

Review the responsibilities and person specification in the job description enclosed.

Using the ‘Apply Now’ button, please submit your CV

Instead of a cover letter, please submit answers to the following 3 questions in the space provided when you apply.

1. Briefly tell us about your experience of providing admin and coordination work. What exactly did you do and what tools or systems did you use?

2. What is one of the barriers that young people from vulnerable or marginalised backgrounds face around education, training and work? Why?

3. Why are you interested in this role and working with London Gypsies & Travellers?

250-300 word answers for each question is enough, but you are welcome to write more.

There is no right answer and we are not interested in perfect responses. We want to know about you and the knowledge, skills, and experience your will bring to the role.

Closing date: Wednesday 30th September 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 20th October (in person), Tuesday 27th October (potential stage 2, online)

Please check you are available on these dates before applying, in case you are shortlisted for interviews.

Please note: An enhanced DBS check is required for the role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.