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Rare opportunity to join this health charity doing incredible work,this is a 6 month contract to start asap.

You will support the officers with the delivery of the acquisition/retention campaign. They are looking for someone eager to learn with a real interest in this area and a desire to copy write.

This role is primarily based in either the London or Sheffield office. The hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

The Company Health charity undertaking life saving medical research and support.

The Role
Make outbound calls to Lottery winners (letting them know theyve won)
Manage the weekly administration required to effectively run the lottery
Support the creation of fundraising marketing and materials, including proof-reading, sourcing quotes, liaising with suppliers Supporter the officers in managing day-to-day relationships with face-to-face agency partner
Supporting the team with the copy-writing of our email direct marketing campaigns
Accurately checking and preparing our supporter data for email campaigns
Listening to fundraising calls for monitoring/compliance purposes

The Candidate
Able to pick things up quickly
Strong-proof reading experience
Attention to detail
Competent with excel

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

You’ll work closely with the Executive Director and Board of Trustees to lead strategicplanning, drive funding development, and support our governance, partnerships, andlong-term sustainability. This is a unique opportunity to help rebuild and future-proof avital grassroots charity at a time of transformation.

Role Purpose

The Strategic Development Officer will support the delivery of Kanlungan’snew strategic direction. You will help review and embed internal systems,contribute to funding and sustainability plans, and work alongsideleadership to ensure the organisation is equipped for long-term impact andaccountability.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Governance

• Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of the new strategic plan
• Coordinate strategic planning workshops with staff, trustees, and community partners
• Strengthen organisational policies, systems, and reporting mechanisms
• Assist the Executive Director in preparing reports and briefings for the Board

Fundraising & Development

• Map and assess potential funders and grant opportunities aligned with Kanlungan’s
• mission
• Identify and test new income streams, including individual giving, corporate
• sponsorship, community fundraising, and service-based models
• Draft and support the submission of high-quality funding proposals and applications
• Develop and maintain internal tracking systems for grants, reporting deadlines, and
• deliverables
• Maintain strong relationships with funders and contribute to timely reporting and
• impact evaluation
• Contribute to building a long-term funding strategy that reduces overreliance on
• restricted grants and strengthens financial sustainability

Organisational Sustainability & Partnerships

• Contribute to developing Kanlungan’s Theory of Change and impact
• measurement framework
• Identify and support the co-design of partnerships, networks, and
• collaborative initiatives
• Assist in preparing communications to funders, partners, and supporters

Person Specification

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, programme development, or
• organisational development
• Experience writing funding applications and working with funders
• Strong project management and coordination skills
• Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal abilities
• Understanding of racial justice, migrant rights, or grassroots organising

Desirable

• Knowledge of charity governance and compliance
• Familiarity with community-based or migrant-led organisations
• Experience working in culturally diverse and multilingual contexts

Background

Medact organises with the health community to win a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health. We cover some of the most pressing national and global threats to health and wellbeing including institutional racism, climate change, human rights abuses, violent conflict and rising inequality. We’re a member-led organisation, and our members are made up of a range of people who work in health including nurses, doctors, midwives and clinical researchers.

We take an organising-centred approach to our work. We build community power by working in solidarity with health workers and the communities experiencing harm from the unjust systems we challenge. We run national campaigns, use research to expose injustice and we support local organising groups across the country who lead most of our work.

Details

Salary: £30,501.83 at 0.8FTE (£38,127.28 full time equivalent) Note: We do not negotiate salaries, so please only apply if this is in line with your expectations.

Contract: 1 year fixed-term (parental leave cover)

Hours: 0.8 FTE – 28 hours per week

Location: Hybrid. Staff work remotely and from the Medact office in East London. London-based staff work in-person as a team one day per week, and staff based outside London come in at least once a month, with support for travel costs. Applications from outside London are encouraged.

Apply by: 9am, Monday 4th August

About the role 

The Campaign & Programme Lead: Climate & Health supports health workers to campaign for just and proportionate action on climate change, working closely with our Movement Organiser and other colleagues. Currently our work focuses on the intersection of climate and housing, working to end the public health crisis of fuel poverty and poor-quality homes. In particular this role is responsible for national advocacy and campaigning on fuel poverty and housing, supporting members to organise in their local communities, and being a key part in the Homes for Health campaign team.

The role involves holding Medact’s key knowledge base on climate and health issues. You will build relationships across the health community and wider climate movement, from establishment institutions to frontline workers and grassroots groups. 

About you

This is a skilled role but you don’t need to have had a job in an NGO before or be a professional campaigner to be right for it. You might have worked with your local community to campaign on a social justice or health issue that you care about. Or, you might be a health worker who has seen the impact of these issues on your patients and wants to challenge the systems that drive inequity and marginalisation. 

You’ll have a strong understanding of power and how to work with others to create pressure for change. You need to be a great communicator, able to build trusting relationships with Medact members, academics, partner organisations and community groups. You’ll have an understanding of how digital communications compliment campaigning and an eye for a good media story.

Key dates

Applications close at 9am, Monday 4th August

Interviews will be Wednesday 20th August

If needed, second interviews will be in the week of 25th August

Our recruitment principles

Medact aims to be an inclusive and supportive employer, and we recognise that recruitment processes don’t work for everyone. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the NGO sector, and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour, people with disabilities, people who identify as being LGTBQIA+, people who have a mental health condition, and people who identify as working class or have a working class background. If you have any questions or uncertainties about this position and whether you are right for it, please do get in touch. 

Frequently asked questions

• Do I have to be a health worker to apply? No, and Medact staff are not all health workers.
• Can you sponsor my visa? We are unable to offer sponsorship for individuals without the right to work in the UK.
• How flexible are the working hours? Medact has a Flexible Working Policy which supports staff to adjust their hours around our core working hours (11am–4pm), and can accommodate periods of working abroad / in different time zones, compressed hours and other configurations.

Sex Education Forum was founded in 1987 and became an independent charity in 2021. We convene over 70 Partner organisations, working together to make sure that the relationships and sex education (RSE) young people get is right for them. We influence national policy, are a respected voice in the media and contribute to ground-breaking research on RSE. By working in partnership with young people and training educators who work with some of the most marginalized young people, we know what changes are needed to make RSE the best it can be. We will soon be launching a new three-year strategy and have secured multi-year funding to further embed youth inclusion in our work. The Communications Manager will be a new role, working closely with the CEO and staff team, enabling us to realise the ambitions of our strategy.

We are seeking to appoint someone with a depth and breadth of communications skills. The successful candidate must be a strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills and have values aligned with ours. Your ability to lead and deliver our communications functions will enable us to platform young people, engage with a diverse range of professionals and communicate effectively to stakeholders including funders, government, Parliamentarians and the public.

This is an incredible opportunity for a communications specialist to bring your creativity and skillset to a thriving, innovative and highly respected national charity. This will be a rewarding role, with huge potential to grow your management and leadership skills to empower others and to make a difference to the lives of children and young people.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants that reflect the diversity of educators and young people that Sex Education Forum seeks to support.

Funding has been secured which provides scope for extension of the fixed term contract. 

This is a really diverse and exciting analytical role, you’ll be working on a wide range of data projects for different clients and on our own data products for our values and mission led social enterprise.

Here’s what you need to know:

• You need to be curious, and love data as much as we do. We’re seeking someone with expertise in data engineering and analysis, who can communicate brilliantly with both technical and non-technical people. 
  The ideal person will have expertise in presenting analysis and insights, a strong track record in coding, tools and data management, have expert analytical and problem solving skills, be curious and questioning, with excellent attention to detail.
• But you don’t have to have all the experience and knowledge we’ve listed. As long as you are willing to learn, have the right attitude and values and want to be part of our mission, we’ll consider you. That’s why we’ve advertised the post with quite a wide salary band. 
• Be part of our mission. Data Orchard is a social enterprise with a fantastic team of data specialists who are committed to helping make the world a better place. We support nonprofit organisations to get better with data. Our clients and their causes make our work incredibly fulfilling and rewarding. We work with many fantastic organisations around the UK, and we reach and engage thousands more around the world, through our events, tools and resources, and online communities.
• We welcome diversity. Here at Data Orchard CIC, you’re encouraged to be yourself. We promote and celebrate diversity and welcome applications from people who are neurodivergent, of global majority ethnicity, trans or non-binary, disabled, or however you might identify. We are led by our values: collaboration, respect, openness, quality and honesty.
• Healthy work life balance. We offer flexible working and a 35 hour week, home/remote working and access to a co-working space, learning and career development, 28 days holidays with an increase of a day per year of service (up to 5), and a company pension scheme. New employees are given a contract and full induction.

If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, please check out the full job details and apply via our website.

#analytics #data engineer #data4good #analysis 

We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.

Our strategy has set ambitious goals to reach and engage a much larger and more diverse range of people who care about blood cancer. We’re looking for a talented brand and communications leader with a passion for audience-led integrated planning to help deliver this change. Comfortable getting up to speed quickly and driving conversations with colleagues and agencies at all levels, you have experience leading and energising multi-disciplinary projects and teams to deliver impactful results. 

You’ll own our prospect audience segmentation, using it to inform our brand strategy and communications planning, ensuring we are constantly keeping it fresh by learning from audience behaviours. You’ll drive our audience strategy and bring it together with brand growth targets and communications plans, helping to set priorities based on organisational strategy and audience need. As guardian of our profile, you’ll be responsible for ensuring we remain relevant to our audiences by monitoring and reporting on brand health and communications performance data, using this to inform planning and decision making.

Accountable for delivering strategies for brand and content marketing, in line with our brand positioning, you’ll work closely with teams across the charity to ensure integration. And you’ll lead and motivate a passionate Brand and Communications team, energising everyone every day to deliver their best work.

Expected travel for this role is: Once a week or as needed dependent on requirements

We’re committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.

• Are you energised by hitting targets and building lasting partnerships?
• Do you love turning ideas into income and conversations into opportunities?
• Are you ready to make a meaningful difference through business development in the education and charity sectors?

Then this could be the role for you.

We are looking for a Business Development Officer to help drive the growth of Learning on Screen—the UK’s leading charity for moving image in post 16 education. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on relationship building, enjoys closing deals, and is passionate about supporting a mission-driven organisation. You will play a key role in helping us diversify income by generating revenue through B2B sales, partnerships, and sponsorships.

What you will be doing

• Selling our products and services (including memberships, subscriptions, and courses) to meet income targets
• Researching, identifying, and converting new leads across the education sector
• Supporting the development of sponsorship and partnership opportunities with external funders and collaborators
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to maximise value and engagement
• Creating compelling proposals and marketing materials to support income-generating initiatives

What we are looking for

• Experience in B2B sales, partnership development, or fundraising (ideally in the non-profit or education sectors)
• A confident communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills
• Someone who is proactive, target-driven, and able to manage multiple priorities
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong data awareness, able to monitor performance and spot opportunities

This is a great opportunity to grow your career in a supportive, ambitious, and flexible environment while contributing to our mission of transforming education through the power of moving image and sound.
 

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 students 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.

This is a brand new role with Action Duchenne, leading our new Fundraising and Communications team. This role is part of the Senior Leadership Team.

Applications close at 9am on Monday 21st July 2025, with interviews likely to take place in the weeks commencing 28th July and 4th August 2025. To apply, please click 'Apply', where you will be redirected to our application form.

Main Purpose of the Role:

To manage, lead and support the Fundraising and Communications Team to retain donors, increase income and provide clear direction for our communications. This role will involve supporting relationships with sponsors of Action Duchenne’s International Conference, developing and implementing the fundraising and communications strategy, and reviewing our case for support for our core work and projects.

Specific Tasks:

The focus areas and key deliverables of this role are as follows:

• Develop and deliver on a clear fundraising and communications strategy, with annual action plans and clear objectives and KPIs for team members.

• Understand and keep abreast of sector trends and compliance updates relating to fundraising and communications

• Develop and maintain oversight of all budgets, targets, forecasts and processes relating to fundraising and communications

• Co-ordinate the prioritising of income streams, including community, individual giving, corporate, legacy and trust and grants

• Research, identify, and where there is capacity, pursue income generation opportunities that match the objectives of Action Duchenne

• Ensure Action Duchenne is compliant with all applicable elements of the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Fundraising Practice, law, and the Charity Commission relating to fundraising

• Research, identify and apply to Trusts and Foundations with a clear pipeline

• Prepare reports for Trustees either for the full Board, or where required, to sub committees, which will include fundraising and communications progress against objectives.

• With a team keen to learn, provide leadership and hands on support to ensure objectives are achieved

• Undertake a review of all Communications materials, including social media and website

• Lead by example across the team and organisation

• Be part of, and therefore contribute towards and prepare for Senior Leadership Team meetings

• Identify existing or potential events to develop relationships with funders, including Action Duchenne’s annual international conference

• Feed in to the development of the international conference, led by the Head of Operations & Events

• Work with staff across the organisation to ensure all elements of work are collaborative, specifically when submitting funding bids or developing the annual international conference

• To maintain the contact database, keeping it up to date and accurate

• Continue to invest in professional development in yourself and your team, including safeguarding

• Identify opportunities, alongside the team, for cross team working - including residentials; family events; Science Educations workshops with regional meetups and education visits to schools and local authorities.

• Obtain, decipher and provide training to the Support Team on new updates relevant to Duchenne families, such as DLA, EHCP and more.

• Work closely with your team, to ensure that each family receives the best support possible, and that long-term support is provided.

• Lead on the development and delivery of monthly reporting of engagement and support contact, which will feed into the wider All Through Support journey. 

• To work with the Head of Operations and Events to contribute to Agenda topics and speakers from the community; assign roles for the conference to the Support Team.

• Establish a database for external stakeholders also supporting those living with Duchenne on a national basis, fed in to from the Support Team.

• To develop a triaging and caseload process for the Support Team, and how best to regularly monitor this.

• Be involved in the recruitment, selection, and induction of volunteers appropriate to your area of work. 

• Coordinate cover for the Support Team when there is sickness or leave.

Further details can be found on the person specification attached.
Action Duchenne is committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We encourage applicants from all sectors of the community and are especially keen to encourage candidates with relevant lived experiences and those from under-represented groups to apply.

Are you looking for a fully remote, purpose-led and meaningful leadership role, one where you will be dismantling the motherhood penalty for thousands?

Pregnant Than Screwed work sits at the intersection of providing information and support, research, raising awareness, and advocating and campaigning for change – always with a bold, unapologetic commitment to justice for mothers and parents.

Their impact over the last 10 years speaks for itself with 20,000 supported through their one-to-one advice line, successfully influenced key changes in UK law, including the Day-one right to request flexible working, and extended redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mums. Over 150 mentions in Parliament, Thousands of pieces of media coverage, including front-page features in The Times, The Guardian, and The Daily Mail and over 400,000 followers across social media, building a powerful digital movement

Culture and Inclusion

 As Head of Communications and Campaigns, you will work with an amazing CEO, an individual who has the empathy, knowledge and savviness to lead the charity through its next level of growth. She is a progressive and inclusive leader, bold and brave in her actions, knowing that words do not bring about change, only actions. A kind yet fearless leader who will offer freedom, flexibility and personal and career growth. This is a unique opportunity to work with an incredible CEO and shape the future of working mums in the UK forever.

The lived experiences we’d love you to have

Pregnant Than Screwed is not a “box ticker” instead they are a progressive and inclusive employer, one where they value your lived experiences and skills just as much and can see behind any gaps you might have on your CV.

They are seeking a skilled and strategic Head of Communications & Campaigns to lead our external voice, policy influence, and campaign strategy — ensuring our work remains bold, intersectional, and impactful.

This is a senior leadership position, central to our mission. You will be responsible for ensuring PTS is shaping public debate, influencing key decision-makers, and mobilising thousands of parents to take action. You’ll lead the organisation’s media engagement, strategic communications, political advocacy, and campaign delivery.

The role is outward-facing and fast-paced, requiring both strategic oversight and hands-on delivery., which covers:

· Strategic and Inclusive Leadership Across Communications and Campaigns 

· Public Mobilisation, engage, grow and mobilise the PTS supporter base 

· Policy & Advocacy Leadership

· Senior Leadership Team and Governance.

In return for your passion, commitment and hard work, you will receive some of the most competitive benefits across the sector, whilst knowing that every day you are changing the lives of parents, families and the workplace. Your passion for gender equity will be shape the lens through which you storytelling and campaign tirelessly for the good of the millions of women who continue to lose their jobs, get passed over for promotion and face a penalty for being a mum.

Here are just some of the benefits they offer:

· Flexible working is embedded in our culture with employees working different hours, and days of the week.

· 34 days annual leave, including statutory bank holidays. This is pro-rata for part-time staff.

· Paid leave between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

· 2 paid ‘’Wellbeing Days’’. These are days that can be booked off with no notice and no questions asked.

· 5 days paid leave to care for dependents. 

· Participation in a comprehensive workplace pension scheme with contributions from the organisation of 4%

· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.

· 4 days of training per year.

· Work from home onboarding and office set up.

Next steps

We would love you to apply, which is a simple and transparent process, with a screening and interview stage with Scoutess Consultancy (we are a recruitment partner managing this campaign) and a one stage interview with our client w/c 21st July (22nd July interview date). Please note the advert will close on Sunday 13th July at midday, however, you may be contacted earlier if shortlisted.

Population Matters –  Director of Fundraising and Engagement

Location: Home-based with occasional travel (and a regular presence in the office).

Salary: £70k per annum, reviewed annually.

Contract: Permanent, full-time hours. 

Population Matters, the organisation shining a light on the impact our growing population is having on us and nature, is seeking a Director of Fundraising and Engagement to lead and inspire a passionate team towards achieving a global funding model that is diverse, sustainable and pioneering by 2030.

Population Matters is a small yet ambitious global organisation with a vision of a world in which our human population lives fairly and sustainability with nature and each other. With Sir David Attenborough as a patron, the charity works to campaign, inform, undertake research and do all they can to encourage an open fair-minded and constructive debate about population to achieve a better future for people and the planet. They aim to create a wave of public awareness and corresponding policy action on a growing population and unsustainable consumption.

This is an exciting time to join the organisation with a revised vision, mission and values, in conjunction with a new global strategy for 2025-2030 launched earlier in the year. 

The role of Director of Fundraising and Engagement will play a pivotal part in bringing the organisation’s five new strategic goals to life through targeted fundraising work made possible through strong relationship management, influential fundraising and engagement activity and effective partnership building with key stakeholders and donors.  Using a test and learn approach, you will develop a diverse range of donors, allies and influencers who care about the planet and who will support and amplify the charity’s work. The role will also be responsible for exploring global funding opportunities around the creation of new regional hubs and ensuring that Population Matters’ fundraising is supported by clear, compelling, positive, targeted communications.

The role will also sit on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), working collaboratively with the CEO and other Directors to ensure the organisation delivers impact across its strategic goals.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record in successfully developing and implementing fundraising strategies or plans, including leading a high performing team, as well as experience of securing funding from international sources or experience working in an international/global context. You will also have demonstratable success in developing and/or delivering an individual giving or legacy programme as well as a philanthropy or grant-seeking function.

You will have strong relationship building skills with major donors and individual supporters, able to align their giving needs with Population Matters’ work. Excellent communication skills will be combined with a resilient and optimistic approach and the ability to work independently with professional drive. Finally you will be passionate about the vision and mission of Population Matters.

Please download our Candidate Pack for further information [PDF], which includes details on how to apply.

Closing date: Monday 7th July, 9.00 am. 

THINK Consulting Solutions is launching a brand-new data function and we’re looking for an experienced leader to bring it to life and drive it forward.

As our first ever Director of THINK Data, you’ll build a new team, new services, and new ways of helping charities harness the power of data. You’ll bring leadership, commercial savvy, and a real understanding of how insight can transform fundraising, strategy, and impact.

From day one, you’ll sit on our senior leadership team, working closely with the Managing Director to grow this into a high-performing, income-generating pillar of our business.

This is a big role with big scope — ideal for someone with deep experience in data analytics, business development, and team leadership, especially within or aligned to the not-for-profit world.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Comprensive experience in data/insight roles at a senior level

• Proven track record of building and leading successful teams

• Confidence in developing data strategies and commercial services

• Strong communicator with a collaborative, solutions-focused style

If you are interested, please check out the Candidate Pack and apply via the Expression of Interest form on the THINK Careers page.

We will be hosting a webinar on Thursday 26th June for interested candidates to find out more. You can sign up to the webinar on THINK's Careers page. 

Stage 1 interviews will take place on Wednesday 23rd and Friday 25th July

Second stage will take place on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th August

About Us
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) is the leading membership body for doctors specializing in cancer treatment (Clinical Oncologists) and medical imaging interpretation (Radiologists). We support our members throughout their careers, enabling them to make a significant impact on patient lives.

Role Overview
As the Corporate Partnerships Lead within the RCR Learning team, you will be instrumental in securing additional income for the College through sponsorship and exhibition partnerships. Your primary focus will be on achieving sales targets and delivering exceptional service to expand our network of long-term partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieve Income Targets: Ensure financial goals are met through effective sales strategies.
• Product Knowledge: Develop a thorough understanding of RCR’s events and offerings.
• Sales Pipeline Management: Maintain and promote opportunities for sponsorship and exhibitions.
• Market Research: Conduct competitor analysis to enhance our offers and pricing.
• Negotiation: Lead negotiations to overcome barriers and secure sales.

Requirements

• Proven Sales Experience: Demonstrated success in meeting significant income targets.
• Market Research Skills: Ability to analyze market trends and improve existing offers.
• Negotiation Expertise: Experience in managing and pricing corporate sponsorships and partnerships.
• Commercial Acumen: Strong business sense to identify and capitalize on revenue growth opportunities.

Why join us:

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (up to 60% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

As Policy Manager you will lead Scope’s policy work on tackling the extra costs of disability and reducing the Disability Employment Gap. Working closely with colleagues across the Policy, Research and Influencing team and the wider organisation, you will play a key role in delivering bold policy solutions that help create an equal future for disabled people, in line with Scope’s long-term strategy. You will provide strategic policy leadership, offering expert advice and insight. As the manager for our policy work, you will represent Scope externally and build influential relationships to drive lasting change.

1 in 4 of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses. Together we will be unstoppable. For more information go to the Scope website. 

It's a particularly exciting time to be joining Scope. We are making progress on our ambitious strategy.

Location: Here East Press Centre, 14 East Bay Lane, London, E15 2GW with working from home most of the time. (The post-holder may be required to work occasional evenings and weekends, as well as travel and stay away from home occasionally.)

For more information about the role’s responsibilities, and the skills and experience required please go to our website. 

About you

You will:

• Have experience in securing policy change.
• Have detailed knowledge and understanding of how Whitehall works, and you’ll know how to create change.
• Ideally, have experience of working in a large organisation, and you will understand the need for a collaborative approach that works for different audiences.  
• Have strong line management experience.
• Be passionate about disability equality and understand the challenges disabled people face. Experience of working with people from marginalised backgrounds would be another advantage.

Please give examples in your application to show how you have these skills. 

We also ask you to share how you support Scope’s values and our goal of a fair and equal future for disabled people. 

Our values are being pioneering, courageous, connected, open and fair

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

How to apply

Click the apply button to create an account and complete your application form.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm GMT, Thursday 24 July 2025.

Job Title: Chief of Staff

Location: London or Bath (Hybrid with international travel)

Reporting to: CEO

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Application Deadline: 1st August 2025

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced person to join the team at the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF): one of the world's leading non-profit organisations, working at the intersection of environmental conservation and human rights.

About the Environmental Justice Foundation

EJF exists to protect the natural world and defend our fundamental human right to a secure environment. We believe in equity and justice and a need to respect, defend, and empower communities most at risk from habitat loss, biodiversity collapse and global heating. We campaign for environmental justice.

We use hard-hitting investigations, cutting-edge film and photography and strategic, high-level advocacy to secure lasting, systemic change to protect the ocean, wetlands and climate for biodiversity and for people. Our programmes are underpinned by grassroots partnerships and film-led investigations in the Global South, where our dedicated local teams work on complex, challenging issues, speaking truth to power. We partner and support environmental defenders and journalists, providing vital equipment and targeted training in filmmaking, investigations and communications that amplify grassroots voices and build local leadership and resilience to environmental injustice.

The Role

As Chief of Staff to the CEO, you will be a strategic partner and trusted advisor, playing a pivotal role in driving EJF’s mission forward during an exciting period of growth and global impact. You will support and empower the CEO to lead effectively across multiple programmes, geographies, and teams, ensuring the highest levels of operational focus, internal alignment, and mission delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Support: Act as a force multiplier for the CEO, helping to prioritise initiatives, manage high-level projects, and streamline decision-making processes. The role will act as a gatekeeper for the CEO, addressing and balancing competing demands and workloads.

• Executive Coordination: Prepare and arrange briefing documents, talking points, and correspondence. Attend meetings with or on behalf of the CEO and ensure timely follow-ups. Coordinate the CEO’s public and media engagements to ensure he is well-prepared.

• Organisational Alignment: Facilitate communication between the CEO and global teams to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and values. Provide objective assessments of teams and their efficiency and effectiveness.

• Project Management: Oversee special projects from inception to completion, ensuring they align with organizational strategy and deliver measurable impact. Support for income generation, including grant applications, monitoring and reporting.

• Donor Engagement: Support major donor engagements and high-stakes partnerships.

• Thought Partnership: Serve as a critical sounding board, offering insights and constructive challenge on complex organisational and strategic issues.

About You

• You are highly organized, diligent, intellectually curious, and deeply committed to environmental and social justice.

• You have a strong background in strategy, operations, or executive-level coordination, ideally in a nonprofit, policy, or international development setting.

• You possess exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, and a strong ability to research, synthesise and apply information quickly and to a high standard.

• You are diplomatic, discreet, and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

• You are proactive, resourceful, and capable of working independently on complex problems.

Desired Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in a senior strategic, advisory, or operational role

• Prior experience working with or reporting to C-suite executives

• Understanding of the nonprofit or advocacy sector, preferably in environmental or human rights fields

• Ability to travel internationally if required

What We Offer

• A purpose-driven role where your work will have a real-world impact

• A supportive, mission-led team with a shared commitment to environmental justice

• Opportunities for international engagement and professional growth

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and how your experience aligns with our mission to the email address provided.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

EJF is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.