Resourcing officer jobs in Farringdon, greater london

 

Make a difference every day at Brent Carers Centre

At Brent Carers Centre, we believe unpaid carers deserve recognition, respect, and support — and so do our staff.

Join our team and be part of a warm, inclusive workforce where compassion meets action.

The role of advice, information and advice worker for the adults team contributes directly to improving the lives of unpaid carers across Brent, giving you the chance to see the impact of your work first-hand.

Whether you’re developing new skills, building lasting relationships, or championing carers’ voices, you’ll find your career here both meaningful and rewarding.

About Brent Carers Centre

· We’re a trusted local charity supporting thousands of unpaid carers across Brent.

• Our services range from advice and advocacy to support groups and activities.
• We work closely with health, social care, and community partners to ensure carers are recognised and supported.
• Our team is passionate, diverse, and committed to making Brent a better place for carers.

The Role

• Delivering high-quality support to carers, helping them navigate services and access the help they need.
• Build strong relationships with carers, professionals, and community organisations.
• Contribute to projects that raise awareness of carers’ needs and champion their rights.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in a supportive, values-driven environment.

What We’re Looking For

• A passion for making a difference in people’s lives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing needs.
• Previous experience giving benefits advice and information.
• Experience in health, social care, or community work (desirable but not essential).

What We Offer

•  Professional growth: Training, mentoring, and opportunities to develop your career.
•  Inclusive culture: A diverse team where everyone’s voice is valued.
•  Impact: The chance to see the difference your work makes every day.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to join a team where compassion meets action, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us champion carers in Brent. Please complete our application form, submit your c.v a long with a cover letter setting out how you meet the person specification.

This is an exciting chance to join us at a pivotal moment of growth. You will be a natural relationship-builder, engaging schools and multi-academy trusts across the country with programmes that spark real change in school kitchens and food education.

Who we are

Chefs in Schools is an ambitious charity that’s rapidly growing. Our mission is to improve kids' health, through improving school food & food education. We focus our efforts in areas of high socio-economic deprivation, where more than a third of children are entitled to free school meals, and diet-related disease is driving further inequality.

We support and train school kitchen teams to serve the best, freshest and tastiest food possible, alongside meaningful food education. We share learning and resources, aiming to inspire and enable others to follow our lead.

We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and have ambitious targets to ensure every child has access to incredible school food and food education, setting them up for life with the skills and knowledge to feed themselves well.

About you and the role

The purpose of this role is to support engagement with schools and multi-academy trusts by coordinating outreach, responding to enquiries, and helping to deliver our engagement activities. You will work closely with the Engagement Manager to implement engagement plans and ensure effective communication with schools and partners.

You will be supported by the Engagement Manager, Co-Director of Partnerships and Impact, and work closely with the Senior Programme Managers, Programme Managers and Communications team. 

You will support the Engagement Manager to deliver our school engagement strategy, ensuring alignment with our organisational goals and funded programme commitments. You’ll be a key first point of contact for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, assessing their suitability and needs before referring them to the appropriate programme.

Working with the Engagement Manager, you’ll create marketing strategies to generate interest and participation in our programmes through direct mail, digital marketing campaigns, and in-person at conferences and events and meetings with prospective school partners. 

You’ll help build the engagement pipeline, support onboarding to ensure a smooth handover for training participants and schools to our programme delivery teams.

This role will be primarily based in London, but will include supporting the engagement of schools in locations across the UK as we scale and develop new hubs. You will be joining a dynamic and growing charity who are passionate about delivering exceptional training, skill sharing, expertise and know-how to advance the quality of food preparation, food service and food education in schools.

You will ideally have an understanding of the education sector and have strong people skills with the ability to build relationships and manage effective partnerships with external organisations.

The responsibilities, skills and experience listed below are intended to give you an idea of what we need for this role. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you would be able to work with us to deliver the majority of them, we urge you to apply anyway. We’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and for us the most important ‘experience’ is passion for our mission. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities, to apply.  

We want to get to know you at the interview and understand we can do this best if you’re at ease. We’re an inclusive employer and are passionate about creating a welcoming working environment for everyone. We’re continually updating our DEI policy and have a neurodiversity champion. If you need adjustments to the interview process please let us know.

As we work with children and young people, an offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance, in line with our safeguarding policy.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Engagement Manager in delivering school engagement plans and activities, ensuring they align with our organisational marketing strategy.

• Help build and maintain positive relationships with schools, academy trusts and partner organisations, with the support of the Engagement Manager.

• Maintain accurate data records and ensure our contacts database is up to date with relevant school, participant, partner and engagement information.

• Maintain and update the engagement pipeline, tracking enquiries, supporting follow-ups, and coordinating the handover to programme teams.

• Work with the Engagement Manager to build upon our current onboarding and customer journey for schools and training participants, developing and improving this for future schools and cohorts.

• Work closely with the Comms team to support marketing of training programmes to schools and school chefs.

• Support Engagement Manager with incoming enquiries, ensuring timely and effective responses.

• Support the delivery of engagement campaigns - helping with content and materials, logistics, scheduling, and coordinating with the Communications team.

• Represent Chefs in Schools at national and regional conferences, exhibitions, and networking events to promote our programmes and mission.

• Coordinate event logistics such as registrations, attendance tracking, and follow-up communications, supporting colleagues where needed.

• Provide administrative support within the wider Partnerships and Impact team.

Skills & experience:

• You have interest and belief in our mission, to improve child health through improving food and food education in schools.

• You’re an excellent writer and communicator with strong presentation and communication skills.

• You have experience of maintaining and building relationships with a wide range of audiences.

• You have experience of using CRM software.

• You have experience supporting outreach or engagement activity, ideally within education, food, charity or related fields.

• You have the ability to listen, understand and interpret customer requirements.

• You demonstrate self-motivation, flexibility and the ability to adapt to an ever-changing, growing organisation.

• A good understanding of the UK educational system is desirable.

Benefits

You would be joining a friendly, supportive team who work hard, but believe in a healthy work / life balance. We seek a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge. Joining a small, collaborative team means you’ll be able to contribute to, and draw on, a variety of projects and strategic insights.

We offer 33 days of holiday per year including bank holidays, 3 additional office closure days over the Christmas period as well as wellbeing days over the summer school holidays.  We also have a Cycle to Work scheme, hybrid working, enhanced parental leave, and free access to the CODE app for discounted restaurants & hospitality venues. We are committed to developing our team and will support you with relevant training opportunities including £250 towards elective training and development of your choice.

We also offer Bupa Dental Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, as well as access to the Aviva Smart Health Platform which offers health benefits including free rapid access online GP appointments, free counselling and wellbeing support.

Application process

In line with our commitment to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we invite candidates to answer a series of questions related to their day-to-day job. Please follow this link to answer the questions and submit your application along with your CV.

We recommend that you develop your answers offline and copy them in when you’re ready to ensure you don’t lose your work if interrupted.

Your answers will go through our sifting process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers. A long list of candidates will then additionally have their CVs reviewed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 30 mins online interview. Successful candidates will be invited to attend a second, in-person interview at our office in Brixton, London.

Expected duration of this application process: 4-6 weeks

In line with our commitment to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we will invite candidates to interview based on their answers to a series of questions related to their day-to-day job.

The deadline for applications is Sun 11th Jan 23:59

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online 30-minute competency based interview to take place on Wednesday 21 or Thursday 22 January 2026.

Successful candidates will be invited to an in-person second interview on Wednesday 28 January to be held at our office in Brixton, London. You will be asked to complete a task in advance and give a 10 minute presentation to the interview panel on the day. The interview overall will take a maximum of one hour.

We're looking for an experienced interim HR Business Partner to support senior leaders across the CEO, Operations and other senior level portfolios. You'll play a key role in delivering our People Strategy, driving organisational change and ensuring a high-quality HR service across all sites.

We are specifically looking for candidates that have worked in complex, unionised environments and you must have dealt with TUPE, restructures and change.

The role
- Act as a strategic partner to Chief Officers and Directors
- Lead workforce planning, talent management and succession planning
- Provide expert advice on complex employee relations issues
- Support organisational change and policy development
- Build management capability through coaching and guidance
- Lead and support Trade Union consultation
- Manage and develop HR Advisers
- Contribute to corporate projects and People Strategy initiatives

About you
- CIPD qualified
- Strong generalist HR experience
- Up-to-date employment law knowledge
- Experience in change management and talent planning
- Able to deliver modern, practical HR solutions
- Confident managing a busy, varied workload

This is to start ASAP in the New Year 2026, hybrid working of 3 days onsite in central London, with a salary of 55-60k for a fixed term contract of between 6-12 months.

Projects Officer

We are seeking a proactive and organised Projects Officer to support the delivery of key projects and drive improvement across the organisation.

Position: Projects Officer

Salary: £32,022

Location: Hammersmith, West London with hybrid working, minimum two days per week in the office

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 14th January 2026

About the role

You will coordinate and support the delivery of projects that contribute to organisational performance, compliance and service improvement. Working across multiple teams including development, property services, housing management, tenancy sustainment and corporate services, you will help ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating cross departmental projects from initiation to completion
• Developing project plans, timelines, milestones and resources
• Monitoring risks and progress, escalating issues where required
• Facilitating project meetings and briefings
• Maintaining accurate documentation, reporting and records
• Supporting strong governance, assurance and regulatory compliance
• Building collaborative working relationships across teams and with external partners

About you

You will be an organised and analytical individual able to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels. You will be comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast paced environment and committed to delivering high quality outcomes.

Essential skills and experience include:

• Experience supporting or delivering projects in a multi departmental environment
• Strong organisational, planning and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office and project management tools
• Ability to develop strong working relationships
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable:

• Experience in social housing or a regulated sector
• Familiarity with PRINCE2, Agile or similar methodologies
• Awareness of housing regulation, building safety and resident engagement

About the Organisation

The organisation provides affordable, safe and good quality homes for single women across London, with almost 1000 properties and the largest sheltered housing provision for single women in Kensington and Chelsea. With a proud history dating back to 1920, the organisation is driven by strong values, a resident first approach and a commitment to championing women’s housing needs. These are exciting times, with over 160 new homes in development and a continued focus on delivering excellent services.

Other roles you may have experience of could include; Project Support Officer, Project Coordinator, Programme Assistant, Governance Officer, Service Improvement Officer, Business Support Officer, Compliance and Assurance Officer, Operations Project Coordinator, PMO Assistant. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

The Support Officer’s key objective is to enable Mermaids to deliver exceptional, high-quality services by providing effective operational, administrative and coordination support. Working closely with the Operations Manager and across the Communities, Youth, Support Line and Training teams, the role will ensure smooth day-to-day operations, strong communication, accurate systems and consistent quality standards. By increasing organisational capacity and supporting continuous improvement, the Support Officer will allow frontline teams to focus on what matters most; delivering positive impact for the people and communities we serve. 

Job title: Part time Finance Officer
Hour: 21 hours a week
Location: Mainly remote, with some occasional London based office attendance
Contract type: Temporary
Pay: £15 - £17 an hour holiday pay

Are you a detail-driven Finance and Resources Administrator who enjoys keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes?
This is a chance to play a pivotal role within a values-led organisation where your financial and office administration skills genuinely make a difference.

A respected charity with a strong social justice focus, is looking for a Finance Officer to support its finance function and act as the backbone of a busy office.
Working closely with the Director of Finance & Resources, the Finance and Resources Administrator will help ensure financial processes are accurate, timely and compliant, while also creating a welcoming, well-organised workplace for staff and visitors alike.
The skills you will bring:
In your role as Finance Officer, you will be trusted with responsibility and given the opportunity to build strong working relationships across the organisation.
You will be involved in:

• Processing invoices, payments and expenses with accuracy and care
• Supporting bank reconciliations and monitoring cash flow
• Assisting with payroll administration alongside the HR team
• Managing office operations, suppliers and day-to-day coordination
• Acting as a first point of contact for visitors, calls and office enquiries

This role suits someone who enjoys structure, takes pride in getting the details right, and feels motivated by working for an organisation committed to equality, fairness and positive change.
The skills you will bring include finance and/or office administration, confidence using accounting software and Microsoft Office, and a calm, organised approach to managing multiple priorities. Discretion, reliability and strong communication skills will be key.
To apply for this Finance Officer role, please submit your CV to [email protected]
Please note that due to the nature of the service users of this client and the services they provide only female applicants can be considered.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Are you passionate about connecting unaffiliated people with the Love of God?

Do you have a heart for creating new ways of doing and being church so that everyone can discover and grow in relationship with God and the Methodist Church?

We are seeking a New Churches Officer to join our New Churches Team within the Mission Team. This role is central to embedding the New Places for New People strategy across the Methodist Connexion, as part of our vision to equip the Methodist Church in Britain to be a growing, evangelistic, inclusive, justice-seeking church for the 21st century.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish new ecclesial communities with people unaffiliated with religious institutions or church.
• Work collaboratively to implement the New Places for New People strategy.
• Engage with individuals and communities on the economic margins.
• Promote social justice and inclusion in all aspects of ministry.
• Support and work alongside people experiencing addiction with sensitivity and care.

About You

• Proven experience in creating and leading new church communities.
• Deep passion for evangelism and social justice.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse communities, including those on the margins.
• Strong interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity.
• Commitment to the values and mission of the Methodist Church.
• a member in good standing of a church in association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) or equivalent.

This post carries an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a Christian (in accordance with the Equality Act 2010).

Join us in shaping a church that reaches out, welcomes all, and transforms lives.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Well-being Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

If you have questions about the vacancy or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact HR team.

Closing date: 29 January 2026

Shortlisting date: 5 February 2026

Interview (in person) date: 18 February 2026

About Speakers Trust
Speakers Trust is the UK’s leading public speaking and youth voice charity. Every year, we empower over 40,000 young people to find their voice, share their stories, and build the confidence to be heard. We are creative, ambitious, and exist to make a real impact.

What Makes This Role Special

Speakers Trust works with over 700 schools as well as partners and supporters from across the third-sector. You will be part of our central team, supporting us to manage these relationships and build new ones. This role will be vital both in helping us reach more young people – and helping ensure that those we do reach are heard and listened to.

The Role

The purpose of this role is to recruit schools to participate in our programmes and coordinate workshops and events in schools and with other third sector organisations and cultural institutions.

Your Key Responsibilities

Manage School Relationships:

• Support on the recruitment of state schools and partners across the UK to participate in all training programmes including all “Speak Out Challenge” programmes;
• Support schools to engage with our resources;
• Maintain and build school and teacher relationships;
• Liaise with schools before workshop delivery;
• Follow up with schools after workshop delivery;
• Assist in the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the programme;

Liaise With Freelance Delivery Team:

• Liaise with trainers to match availability to workshop dates;
• Coordinate the day-to-day trainer delivery of the training programmes with the rest of the Programmes Team;
• Ensure trainer team has adequate resources and supplies to deliver their training;
• Assist in trainer team administration including invoicing and feedback.

Coordinate Events:

• Support the delivery of regional events such as competitions, launches, promotional and networking events;
• Manage competition entries across programmes- ensuring we have all relevant information and permissions including parental consent;
• Liaise with freelance staff delivering events and external event teams, ensuring they have all the correct resources and information required;
• Help implement quality assessment protocols as agreed with funders.

You will also get the opportunity to develop the role by supporting organisation wide initiatives to extend the reach of our programmes to those who most need it and raise the profile and support of the organisation.

What We’re Looking For

A team player. We are a small charity that thrives through collaboration. As part of our team, you will follow organisation policies and procedures and be willing to assist with a wide range of tasks as needed. This includes maintaining our CRM and Project Management systems, ensuring compliance with child safeguarding procedures, and supporting at office training events. We also believe in playing to people’s strengths.

What We Offer

• Salary: £25,000–£30,000 per annum pro rata for any reduced hours. Employed on a fixed term contract (starting asap) for 6 months. Full or Part time contract available - with a minimum of 3 days a week.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Pension scheme with auto-enrolment
• Central London office (2-3 days/week), plus flexible hybrid working
• Supportive, inclusive, and creative team environment

Project Officer

• Are you passionate about empowering people with lived experience of mental health or addiction challenges?

• Do you want to play a vital role in shaping services across Hertfordshire and ensuring every voice is heard?

As a Project Officer at Viewpoint, you’ll help drive meaningful change by co-creating projects and supporting individuals on their recovery journeys. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, values-driven organisation where your work will directly influence service development, reduce inequalities, and improve wellbeing for people across the county.

Hours and salary
22 hours per week, WTE Salary £25,974

Predominantly based in Viewpoint's office
Weltech Business Centre, Ridgeway, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AA with expected travel around Hertfordshire.
Hybrid working can be discussed at interview. 
Access to your own vehicle is desirable.

Pension
Following a three-month period of employment, Viewpoint will contribute a sum equal to 5% of your annual salary to a pension provided that you contribute at least 3% of your annual salary to the pension scheme.

Annual leave
Will commence following six months probationary period and will rise to 25 days plus 8 Bank holidays.

Other benefits
Training, Development and Supervision

Length of contract
Subject to funding

Overview of the role

The Project Officer will work with the Viewpoint team, pool of lived experience facilitators and local communities to co-develop and deliver projects that forward mental health recovery in the wider community.

The postholder will enable the participation of people experiencing mental health and/or addiction challenges in all aspects of the planning, delivery, and monitoring of services delivered and to ensure they are provided with the relevant training, support and resources to participate effectively.

The post-holder will work with individuals from all communities to develop new and innovative ways to reach harder-to-reach people. For example, people from travelling communities and farming communities. This role will further the reach of Viewpoint as an organisation to involve diverse communities and ensure their voices are heard in internal and external projects.

The monitoring, evaluation and learning that the postholder collects will be essential for the development of the organisational strategy. The strategy is developed with Viewpoint’s team and pool of experienced facilitators so that our service delivery to those with mental health and substance use challenges can be continually improved.

Find the full job specification on our website.x

We are looking for an energetic, motivated self-starter keen to take on new challenge, and to adapt their varied skills to join us and support our community. This role will have you tackling different things every day. You will ensure that our office runs smoothly, and that key corporate and HR processes and procedures comply with law and with our policies. Working with everyone, you’ll actively enjoy the collegiate atmosphere which we value as a team.

You will be curious, courageous, able to quickly understand our work, (and to ask for help when you don’t) and you’ll have the self-belief and capacity to develop trusting relationships with stakeholders at every level.  You will have an appetite for detail, and a focus on standards.

See the attached Job Description for more details.

How to Apply

We will be assessing applications on a rolling basis.

• Please send us an up-to-date CV including a daytime phone and email contact, and a brief covering email of no more than 250 words - see the job description attached for details on which email address to sue. 
• The closing date and time for applications is 9am, 8th January 2026.

We reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date if we receive elevated levels of interest and/or secure a successful applicant for the role.

Learning and Development Officer

Are you passionate about the learning and development? Do you have an excellent understanding of L&D activities and processes? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and committed individual to join a small and friendly team as a Learning and Development Officer.

Position: Learning and Development Officer (known internally as Talent Academy Officer)

Location: London/Hybrid working (two days a week in the London office/White City, combined with home-working and frequent travel across the Youth Zone network as required)

Salary: £29,000 - £34,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Agile working organisation with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days with length of service) plus bank holidays, birthday leave and annual leave purchase scheme (from day one of employment); company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay; voluntary benefits with discounts on health and wellbeing, retail and leisure.

Closing Date: 12noon 8th January 2026 - we may close the advert early depending on the volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply ASAP.

First stage interviews (virtual): Monday 19th January 2026

Second stage interviews (in-person): Tuesday 27th 2026 in London

There will also be a short, values-based phone interview between Stage 1 and 2.

About the Role

As a pioneering and growing charity, the award-winning Talent Academy has grown from strength to strength, expanding employee development programmes and supporting staff learning and growth at all levels, from part time youth workers to Board members and everyone in between.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with high profile stakeholders, trainers and learners, helping to implement excellent learning and development activities, both established and new.

Supported by the Talent Academy team, you will be the central co-ordinator of all Talent Academy activity, managing a variety of programmes, with lots of opportunity for your own growth and development. It is a busy and varied role involving events management, co-design and, in some instances, co-delivery. The role would suit someone at Officer level or an L&D Assistant looking to move up.

About You

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the learning and development of all people with an excellent understanding of L&D activities and processes.

You will have:

• Demonstrable experience of working within an L&D role
• Experience of end-end co-ordination and management of learning programmes
• Experience of communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior teams
• High level knowledge of and skill with various Office software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience of producing accurate reports and analytics

About the Organisation

A national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose that fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres called Youth Zones in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The organisation trains the amazing people that run them and offers continuing support to youth zones nationwide through a national network of independent youth charities.

As a growing and ambitious charity, you will be offered responsibility, variety and the chance to work with a team wholly invested in providing young people with the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.  Our dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

The organisation will contribute towards reasonable travel costs for candidates invited to attend face-to-face interviews when they are travelling from outside the local area. This approach reflects its commitment to fairness and equality of opportunity.

You may have experience in areas such as L&D, Learning and Development, Training and Development, L&D Officer, Learning and Development Officer, Training and Development Officer, HR, Human Resources, Personnel. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Summary

The Church of England has recently agreed a significant increase in funding to support God's mission and ministry across the country, supporting local parishes and growing many more new worshipping communities to serve the whole nation. The distributions will also help fund dioceses' plans to serve the nation in various areas such radically cutting the Church's carbon footprint and supporting parishes, cathedrals, and dioceses with using their buildings, to best missional effect whilst ensuring their protection, enhancement, conservation, and appropriate adaptation.

The Net Zero Carbon programme was established to help the Church of England to deliver its commitment to reaching Net Zero Carbon by 2030. It aims to aims to equip, resource and support all parts of the Church to reduce carbon emissions from the energy used in its buildings, schools and through work-related transport by 2030. The team manages the distribution of a grant portfolio worth £190 million across 2023-33, aimed at supporting and equipping dioceses, parishes and other parts of the Church to reach the milestones set out in the Routemap to Net Zero 2030.

This role will play a vital role in supporting the work of the Net Zero Carbon Programme's grant streams, supporting it in delivering a consistent and responsive service to grantees.

The purpose of this role is to provide a responsive service as operational officer for the grant schemes under the Churches Workstream in the Net Zero Carbon Programme:

• Currently the Demonstrator Churches Grant Fund and the Boiler Replacement Hardship Grant Fund,
• 26-28 Decarbonising Churches Grant Fund

The postholder will be the first point of contact on behalf of the grant giver for new applicants and existing grantees under the grant schemes, handling a busy caseload from pre-application contact through to completion. This will involve all aspects of grant service delivery including assessment, issuing of offers and rejections, monitoring, payments, quality assurance and evaluation within the governance and decision-making framework in place for the grant schemes. The postholder will work under the supervision of the Demonstrator Churches Grants Manager and the Decarbonising Churches Lead, who will provide overall guidance and strategic oversight for the relevant grant funds, and will work closely with the Grants Administrator on operational matters.

The role will report directly to the Net Zero Carbon Programme's Decarbonising Churches Lead.

• This is a fixed-term contract due to end December 2028.
• This is a hybrid role required to attend the office location, Church House London one day per week.

Application closing date is 25 January 2026

Interviews will be taking place on 06 February 2026

• A salary of £40,572 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

Race Against Dementia is a global charity founded by three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart OBE to find preventions, treatments and cures for dementia – faster.

We fund and support pioneering early-career scientists around the world, giving them the tools, mentoring and Formula 1-inspired mindset to accelerate breakthroughs. From the UK to the USA, Australia to South Africa, our researchers are rethinking how dementia research is done – applying data science, AI and engineering to neuroscience in bold, collaborative ways.

This role sits within Race Against Dementia’s small, dynamic Fundraising and Marketing team, which raises income in the UK from individuals, major donors, trusts and foundations, and community fundraisers. The team works closely together to build awareness, inspire support, and deliver exceptional experiences for our donors and supporters.

Purpose of the Role

The Fundraising Officer plays a key role in delivering Race Against Dementia’s fundraising and marketing activity, helping to grow income and strengthen supporter relationships. The role combines operational excellence with creativity: managing systems, data and platforms to ensure effective delivery, while producing engaging content and stories that inspire action.

Duties and Responsibilities

Marketing and Communications

• Manage incoming communications to the fundraising team, ensuring timely, professional responses
• Maintain the CRM with up to date and accurate supporter information, and act as organisational lead on CRM best practice and management
• Set up dashboards and reporting systems in the CRM to monitor donor behaviours and patterns Provide regular updates and reports to the fundraising team on supporter behaviours, channel performance, trends etc. to inform strategy

Fundraiser communications and events

• Act as first point of contact for individuals and organisations fundraising for the charity
• Record and track all fundraising events and activities, implementing communication plans to welcome, support, and thank participants
• Work with the Public Fundraising and Marketing Lead to build digital and automated onboarding and stewardship journeys for community fundraisers
• Oversee the delivery of excellent stewardship for community fundraisers through responsive support, proactive communication and effective use of automated journeys to enhance their experience and results
• Build strategies to maximise fundraiser income, including targets, incentives etc.
• Lead on the planning and execution of fundraising engagement events, optimising the on-site experience and income generation potential.
• Support and coordinate fundraising volunteers for key engagement events, building a stewardship programme across the year

Fundraising Operations

• Manage our major fundraising platforms (e.g. Just Giving) to ensure data accuracy and compliance
• Support the management of our legacy and in memory donations, delivering thoughtful and sensitive  supporter communications
• Work with the Finance Manager on monthly direct debits and income reconciliation.
• Undertake research to identify new supporter, donor, trust/foundation and HNW prospects aligned with our mission

Logistics and Administration

• Maintain records of fundraising materials and merchandise, reordering stock as needed.
• Oversee the relationship with the fulfilment house to ensure smooth delivery of goods and supporter packs
• Track and manage auction items and raffle prizes, monitoring usage and income
• Support the delivery of key Race Against Dementia events, providing logistical support and ensuring excellent supporter experiences
• Maintain team calendars, campaign planners, and shared resources to support smooth team operations

About The Role

Whilst this is a home-based role, you will be required to travel across the London and the South East.
 
 Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the UK’s biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. For 10 years, it has been transforming the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition through volunteer led Dementia Friends Sessions and tailored resources for organisations. The programme supports individuals and organisations to understand more about dementia and inspires them to take meaningful action to bring help and hope to everyone affected by dementia. The programme is about to embark on a development phase so this is a great time to join the team and bring your expertise and experience.
 
This varied role is all about engaging volunteers, organisations and other internal and external stakeholders with this flagship programme. The role will work across a specified region to recruit, engage, train and support Dementia Friends Ambassadors (DFAs) volunteers. It will support development of new learning resources for programme routes and work with teams across Alzheimer’s Society to support them to use to all programme routes to build relationships and deliver impact.

Most importantly, this role will give you the opportunity to really make a difference for people affected by dementia by raising the awareness of small steps that everyone can take to make the world a better place for them. You will be inspiring behaviour change at all levels!
 
About you

We are looking for an empathetic and organised volunteer manager who loves to engage and inspire people. You will have experience of managing volunteers, developing resources and delivering training to a wide range of stakeholders both virtually and in person. You will be confident influencer who is happy to work on multiple things at once.

The Dementia Friends Engagement Officer will work closely with teams across the Society to ensure that the Dementia Friends Programme is integrated into all of the work that Alzheimer’s Society does and is seen as a force for change.  You’ll be a great relationship builder, who’s passion is delivering excellent stewardship and who’s skilled at supporting and influencing multiple stakeholders. You’ll have excellent project management and IT skills including using all Microsoft packages and experience of using a databases to record and report on data.

You will be part of a geographically dispersed team of Dementia Friends Engagement Officers, which sits in the wider Dementia Friends team and supports colleagues across the organisation. You’ll be expected to work autonomously to deliver within your region, but you’ll also have the opportunity to work collaboratively within the team and across the organisation on key projects.
The role will be primarily home based but you will need to be able to travel across your region. There may be some occasions where you need to travel outside of your region.  As the role is home based, this role requires access to your own reliable internet connection and a minimum 10Mb/s broadband.

The role may involve some evening and weekend work to enable ongoing support of volunteers, so flexibility is essential.