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Stay is a leading homeless charity based in Telford, dedicated to providing vital support and accommodation for people experiencing homelessness. We’re looking for a proactive and experienced Operations and Services Manager to join our dedicated team.
Post: Operations and Services Manager
Responsible to: Head of Services & Operations
Hours:37.5 hours per week
Salary: £38,616 per annum
Responsible for:Housing and Support Team Leader, Outreach Team Leader, The Net, Housing Services Manager, Property and Maintenance Team Leader
Location:Meeting Point House and Chec offices with the ability to travel and work across sites and in the area. with flexibility to occasionally home working
What’s in it for you?
You will be part of a friendly, supportive and flexible working environment, where your contribution will be valued and appreciated with excellent learning and development opportunities and high-quality supervision and guidance. In addition to this, you will also receive the following benefits:
- 25 Days Annual Leave (enhanced according to length of service)
- Birthday off after completion of probationary period
- Regular supervision and separate wellbeing supervisions
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Scheme – employer contribution of 5%.
This role:
This role will be responsible for managing the charities services and supporting the smooth and compliant operation of the charity’s operations. You'll be responsible for developing and implementing our services. A key part of your role will be acting as the Data Protection Lead.
Key Responsibilities:
Service Management & Development
• Manage staff and services, ensuring high standards of delivery, efficiency, and positive outcomes for our clients and tenants.
• Lead on the service development of existing services, identifying areas for improvement and implementing enhancements.
• Work closely with the Head of Services and Operations to develop and implement new services in line with strategic objectives and identified needs.
• Ensure all services adhere to internal policies, external regulations, and best practice.
Data Protection and GDPR
• Act as the charity's Data Protection Lead, working with the CEO to ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection legislation.
• Develop, implement, and monitor data protection policies, procedures, advising on and overseeing data protection impact assessments (DPIAs).
• Oversee data security measures and conduct regular data audits.
• Oversee the secure storage, retention, and disposal of all personal data, both digital and physical
• Manage data subject access requests (SARs) and data breach incidents, ensuring timely and appropriate responses and reporting to the ICO where necessary.
• Ensure staff receive appropriate data protection training and maintain accurate records of compliance efforts.
Operational Management
• Lead on complaints, compliments, and comments management, overseeing the entire process from receipt and investigation to resolution and trend analysis for service improvement and reporting.
• Support the Head of Services and Operations with lease management for charity properties.
• Work closely with the Head of Services and Operations to support the charity's safeguarding function, acting as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead when required.
HR and Training and Development
• Work with SMT and support the review and implementation of HR policies and procedures (most of these are developed with our HR Support provider).
• Oversee the Finance Assistant & HR Administrator's HR responsibilities, ensuring efficient and compliant recruitment, onboarding, induction, and HR record-keeping.
• Provide support for HR processes for disciplinary and grievance matters, in line with the Charity’s policies.
• Work with the Head of Services and Operations to lead on the development and implementation of the charity's training and development strategy, identifying needs and overseeing delivery to enhance staff and volunteer capabilities.
Health and Safety
• Support the implementation and ongoing adherence to Health & Safety policies across all sites, fostering a safe environment for all.
• Oversee the Finance Assistant & HR Administrator responsibilities to ensure all staff and volunteers receive appropriate health and safety training and refreshers.
• Work with staff to ensure incidents are investigated, take the lead on analysing, and reporting. Working with the Head of Services and Operations, managers and Team Leaders ensure health and safety actions are logged and followed up appropriately.
• Oversee the maintaining of accurate records of all health and safety activities, training, and incidents and pull off and analyse reports for SMT and Board.
General
• To participate in the on-call out of hours decision making rota as required
• Contribute to the charity’s strategic objectives and operational plans.
• Represent the charity at relevant external meetings or forums as required.
• Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality at all times, upholding the charity’s values and ethos.
• Participate in team meetings, training, supervision and appraisals as required.
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably required by the Head of Services and Operations or CEO.
• Ensure that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is actively promoted in all areas of work and that the services are relevant and accessible to all.
Stay is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage applications from individuals who feel they meet the requirements of the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Purpose of the role:
As an experienced trusts fundraiser, you will drive the growth of our income from trusts and foundations. Your exceptional skills in building connections, securing funding, and delivering outstanding stewardship is vital to transforming the lives of people affected by spinal cord injury. You will manage and develop an increasingly diverse portfolio of charitable trusts, foundations and Grantmakers, including the National Lottery Community Fund. You will be a part of a passionate Partnerships Team, creatively working across trusts and foundations, corporate relationships and special events to maximise opportunities to sustain and grow income.
Key stakeholders: Trustees, administrators, and grant officers from the full range of trusts & foundations (including family/private trusts, corporate foundations and National Lottery), senior leaders, trustees, volunteers, staff and service users
Values:
Our values are central to our approach:
All roles at Back Up should reflect our core values
We embrace challenge:
Challenge is central to our learning and growth; it helps us gain knowledge and skills. By finding ways to overcome challenge and move forward we gain a sense of achievement, supporting us to realise our full potential.
We have fun:
We believe that having fun allows us to connect with others, whilst opening up opportunities to develop, achieve and get the most out of life, showing that there is a positive future after spinal cord injury.
We build inclusive communities:
We achieve more for people affected by spinal cord injury when we work together. We are collaborative and inclusive in our approach. We embrace diversity, working with and supporting individuals, groups, and the wider spinal cord injury community, bringing people together.
We are ambitious for each other:
We are driven by the needs of people with a spinal cord injury and their families. We are passionate, striving to be the best. We set high standards, and we work hard to reach them. We are proactive, push boundaries, try new approaches and we learn quickly. We recognise that failure doesn’t have to equal loss, rather an opportunity for growth. We listen to what people affected by spinal cord injury want and we seek innovative responses based on their feedback.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
General
- Research and submit compelling proposals and applications for high-value grants and donations (5+ figures) to secure income and support long-term sustainability.
- Prospect research of new funders and partners capable of supporting Back Up’s work.
- Provide timely, accurate reports and updates to funders showing the impact of funded work.
- Delivering an effective stewardship programme to engage and thank funders, working closely with the partnerships team to inspire our donors
- Maximise opportunities through Back Up’s networks, including the fundraising team, services staff, SMT, development board, board of trustees and volunteer networks.
- Managing multi-year budgets and ensure accurate forecasting, monitoring and evaluating performance to meet agreed targets.
- Support the maintenance and development of internal systems to manage restricted income and effective data flow and quality to support delivery of the Trusts and Foundations Strategy
- Ensure up to date records of grants and donations and funder communications.
- Manage, support, and develop the trust fundraising team and plans.
- Build strong working relationships with services and finance to align funding with strategic needs and business plans
Other key responsibilities
- Driving the development and delivery of the Trusts and Foundations strategy and annual business plans
- Managing and monitoring the trusts and foundations pipeline, budget and forecasts; providing reports and updates on activity to the Head of Partnerships.
- Ensuring income generation aligns with organisational plans.
- Ensuring high quality applications, reports and stewardship to funders
- Effective management of the Trusts and Philanthropy Officer to develop, feel supported and achieve targets.
- Collaborating effectively with the Partnerships Team to maximise income from a range of opportunities.
- Working effectively with fundraising, finance, and services teams to identify needs and maximise income.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Essential:
- Proven success in securing income from a range of charitable trusts and foundations
- Experience managing staff or volunteers and delivering against targets
- Strong relationship-building, engagement and stewardship skills
- Confident communicator with excellent written skills
- Experience in supporting planning and monitoring of budgets, pipelines and KPIs
- Familiarity with CRM and data tools for fundraising and reporting
- A collaborative and proactive approach
- The ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Willingness to travel and work occasional evenings or weekends
Desirable:
- Experience in high level cultivation and securing corporate foundation income
- Knowledge of spinal cord injury or disability-related issues
- Experience with digital tools such as Power BI, Mailchimp, Canva, and Asana
We welcome applications from everyone and encourage people from Black, Asian or other ethnically diverse backgrounds, as well as those with higher level spinal cord injuries, to apply. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone feels valued and supported.
At Back Up, we inspire people affected by spinal cord injury to get the most out of life.




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Are you highly organised, detail-oriented, and ready to make a real impact behind the scenes?
As our new Funding Management Administrator, you'll play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of financial and funding processes that support our programmes for young people. From creating and auditing timesheets in line with funder guidelines, to reconciling payroll reports and maintaining accurate financial records, your work will help us meet critical deadlines and deliver on our promises to funders and partners.
You’ll use your Excel and data processing skills to extract and analyse information, support expenditure claims, raise invoices and purchase orders, and keep our databases and systems up to date. You’ll also play a key role in supporting team meetings, coordinating travel, logging actions, and helping allocate funding through our grant hub.
If you’re someone who thrives on accuracy, enjoys juggling a variety of admin tasks, and wants your work to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
- You will ensure the smooth running of all Board meetings and activities, through administrative support to the Board of Trustees and Corporate Services team. This will include attendance at all quarterly board meetings and some subcommittee meetings.
- As well as ensuring practical arrangements are in place for the meetings, you will work closely with the board of trustees and relevant managers, to ensure that actions are completed to ensure the board is running at maximum effectivity.
- You will also be responsible for ensuring legal compliance with our governance systems, and maintaining CSTM’s policy audit.
- You will have excellent organisational and administrative skills, as well as being comfortable working with trustees and supporting and liaising with employees of all levels. Previous governance experience is desirable, but we are looking for the right candidate so training will be provided. You will have experience in providing administrative support with excellent IT, interpersonal, minute taking and organisational skills.
- This role is 4 days per week (28 hours). There is a requirement to attend all quarterly board meetings in person. Board meetings and subcommittee meetings are usually held outside of usual working hours. Time off in Lieu (TOIL) will be given for any meetings attended scheduled outside of your usual working hours.
Full job description can be found on our website
Salary: £23,815 (£29,769 pro rata)
Closing Date: Tuesday 5th August 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday 12th August 2025
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part-time Head of Finance
22.5 hours per week + attractive annual leave and hybrid / flexible working
Permanent
Colchester or Chelmsford / Hybrid
Hays Senior Finance is proud to be working in partnership with Mid and North East Essex Mind who are looking to appoint a Part-time Head of Finance for 22.5 hours per week. This is a pivotal appointment where you will lead and deliver on financial aspects of their ambitious plans.
Mid and North East Essex Mind is a mental health charity with an annual turnover of almost £3million. The Head of Finance and Compliance is a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). You will help to determine the future direction of the charity and deliver high quality services in line with our charitable, contractual and legal obligations.
The successful candidate will be responsible for a small finance team including a Management Accountant and Finance Administrator whose responsibility is to produce high quality and insightful management information for managers, the senior leadership team and the Board of Trustees. You will use your financial and analytical skills to assist with strategic and operational decisions across the organisation.
You will also lead the work on organisation wide compliance with accreditations including the Mind Quality Mark, Cyber Essentials and the NHS DSP Toolkit. You will ensure compliance with our duties according to the Charity Commission, Companies House and other financial and data protection requirements and will keep up to date with financial policies, practices, and regulations.
The charity has a collaborative and supportive team culture, so it is essential that you have the ability to “roll up your sleeves” and be involved in the day-to-day operations. In addition, a key element of the role will be leading and influencing others to continue to innovate and improve their financial processes. Mind are seeking a candidate who will lead on Compliance and liaise with their external IT supplier and are keen to consider who candidates who have led on other services than Finance alone.
Why Join Mind?
- Impactful Work: Play a central role in developing financial plans to grow their impact.
- Supportive Culture: Join a collaborative team that values innovation and continuous improvement.
- Great Benefits: Competitive salary, attractive annual leave and flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working.
Ready to Make a Difference? If you have the drive, passion, and enthusiasm to help them to achieve their mission and vision, we want to hear from you!
For more information about the role and organisation please contact Senan Pierce, Senior Business Director at Hays Senior Finance who is the retained consultant working in partnership with Mid and North East Essex Mind.
Closing date for all applications: 11th August
Interviews will take place: 29th August 2025 in Colchester
All third party & direct applicants will be forwarded directly to Senan Pierce at Hays Senior Finance to be screened as part of the recruitment process.
We listen to our communities and offer compassionate and inclusive mental health services, resources, and practical support to promote wellbeing.
Finance Manager Job Description
Brent Mencap has been passionate about a healthier and fairer Brent since 1979. We’ve developed and run successful housing, employment, health, advice, wellbeing and self-advocacy services. During austerity and Covid we diversified, successfully taking on NHS work with people with long-term health conditions. We provide social prescribing support and health and wellbeing coaching to patients for Brent GPs. In 2024-25 we helped over 18000 people. We’re a leading partner on the Brent Health Educators Programme.
Our income has substantially increased from £382k in 19/20 to £1.71 million in 23-24. We’ve had to adapt quickly, developing and retaining a much larger staff group, using our data better and improving our marketing.
Brent Mencap offers fantastic free creative and wellbeing activities for people with a learning disability, autism and long-term health conditions. These have flourished since Covid. People love yoga, poetry, singing, gardening, Breathe and Move, self-advocacy, campaigning, awareness raising, CREATE art activities for young people, external trips and parties. Small grants, donations and our reserves fund this while we get longer term funding. Our self-advocates want us to focus on paid employment, youth services and making Brent Council use accessible information properly.
Our current finance manager has been pivotal to Brent Mencap’s recent growth, adapting to paying more people, dealing with complicated invoices, making sure we get paid promptly, being as diligent about a project budget worth 5k as our overall budget and supportive with staff wage queries. While there is lots of data input, reconciling, processing purchase orders, the role involves real involvement in project development, monitoring with other managers and face-to-face involvement with users and staff. It’s never boring and definitely not for the faint hearted!!
As Finance Manager for Brent Mencap, you will have a key leadership position. You will be responsible for the strategic and operational oversight of our finances, ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements while ensuring our services are sustainable through sound financial planning. You will work closely with the Executive Director and Trustee Board to provide accurate insights and projections that support long-term growth and resilience.
You will play a pivotal role in reviewing and maintaining our robust finance and administrative system and procedures, managing risks and ensuring our charity finances can support delivery of our mission. You will also contribute to the development of funding applications, tenders, and financial strategies. You will play a key role in supporting funding applications, demonstrating impact through financial reporting, and building processes that enable future growth.
This post is:
• subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
• Please note our office base is on the first floor of a Victorian building
To be shortlisted,
· Candidates must fully complete our application form, and show clearly how their previous experience and knowledge meets all aspects of the person specification with examples given of actual actions/experience relating to the person specification. Please go to our website to complete the application by 9.00am on 28th August. We do not accept CVs
Interview details
· A 2-part Interview with senior staff will take place at Brent Mencap on Monday 8th or 15th September 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be given a paper-based scenario to complete and print at Brent Mencap before the interview
· We anticipate the interviews will take 2.0 hours with a 15-minute break between scenario and actual interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Liverpool Zoe’s Place provides respite, therapeutic and bereavement care to babies and children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families. Our hospice has been supporting the communities of Liverpool and the North West for more than 30 years and we are currently in an exciting season of growth and development. With a new Board of Trustees and a new building on the way, it is a really exciting time to join our team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team of professionals - providing administration and database support to our fundraising and clinical teams. If you have strong administration skills, a working knowledge of databases, and a positive, friendly attitude then we would love to hear from you. You would be joining our team in a really exciting season, as we work towards a new, state-of-the-art hospice in West Derby.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: Brighton/Sussex
Salary: £26,637 (pro rata)
Hours: Part-time (4 days)
Contract: Start ASAP – one-year contract with the intention to extend to permanent
Reports to: Senior Fundraising & Partnerships Manager
Who we are
Grassroots Suicide Prevention (GSP) is a national charity committed to the timely intervention and prevention of suicide. We work to empower people to help save lives through connecting, educating, and campaigning nationally. Our vision is a future where more lives are saved from suicide.
About the role
We are looking for a very confident, outgoing go-getter who loves using their gregarious personality to influence and enthuse people to get results but also enjoys being organised with strong admin processes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has been involved in influencing organisations, businesses and groups or individuals to sign up to our range of challenge events (e.g. marathons etc.) You will be a part of a small but dynamic marketing and fundraising team and involved in many aspects of our work but focusing on filling and retaining places for our challenge events.
This is a varied role, and you will be someone who loves to multitask; you may be emailing supporters or potential fundraisers, making action plans, contacting organisations, or attending and speaking at events.
You will thrive in this role if you love being organised and doing admin, but love being “out and about” interacting and influencing and motivating people to join events. Please note that you will need to carry and set-up event materials, have access to transport and have a full, clean driving licence. We are a very small team, so you will need to have the confidence and willingness to meet with organisations and attend events on your own.
Please reflect that grit and resilience are required for this role given the remote/hybrid working, subject matter, fast-paced and flexible multi-tasking, and the need to be highly goal-oriented and results focused. If you have recently been affected by suicide, please consider carefully if this role would be right for you, as your welfare is the utmost priority, and our work may be triggering.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Recruit and retain and support participants for a wide range of challenge events, including marathons, cycling and overseas events
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Support and steward existing fundraisers and supporters, helping them maximise their impact through meaningful engagement and community-led events
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Create inspiring digital content and resources to empower and guide fundraisers and donors throughout their journey
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Represent Grassroots Suicide Prevention at events, delivering talks and building awareness to attract new supporters and donors
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Write compelling content for multiple channels, including our website, blog, social media, and press releases, tailored to diverse audiences
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Assist with administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of our fundraising team and activities
To be successful in this role, you must be:
Responsive, extremely organised, able to meet deadlines, and passionate about seeing growth and progress in your work and reaching targets and KPIs.
You will be a dynamic, socially confident person, who excels at winning hearts and minds and thrives on tangible results. You will be a creative thinker and thrive on influencing and persuading people.
For this role, you’ll need:
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Adept at all aspects of Microsoft Office
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Experience of influencing people and organisations to come on board and fundraise
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Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers
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To have initiative and creative ideas that you can put into effective action plans
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To be socially adept and enjoy persuading and influencing
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To be an excellent verbal and written communicator
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To be a confident negotiator and presenter
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Evidence of being resilient
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A genuine passion for Grassroots Suicide Prevention’s mission and values
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To have a positive “can-do” attitude and a thirst to adapt to different tasks and challenges
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Examples of working effectively from home and being out and about
Bonus points for:
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Proven track record of fundraising and running challenge events
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Basic skills of creating impactful and on-brand designs using Canva
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Understanding of how charities work and the challenges they face
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Evidence of successful presenting and networking
Why Grassroots Suicide Prevention?
GSP is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and workplace – a place where we can all be ourselves, and each have the equal opportunity to succeed and be recognised for our unique contribution.
We value the experiences, skills and perspectives of all individuals and actively encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We make recruitment decisions based on applicants’ skills, experience, and knowledge, ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Our employee benefits include:
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Hybrid/flexible working – we offer our team a split of home and office working
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Health Cash Plan and employee assistance programme offering a contribution to the costs of everyday healthcare needs (dental, optical, wellbeing) and counselling support, plus legal and financial support
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Learning and development opportunities
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A creative, caring and collaborative culture that makes a difference in improving mental health and preventing suicide in the communities we serve
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
The Jewish Museum London has undergone substantial positive change over the past two years, moving out of our Camden site and moving to a ‘Museum without Walls’ model. With new leadership installed at both lay and staff levels and a consultation process underway for the development of a five and fifteen-year strategy the Museum is looking for a new member of the team to assist in running the day-to-day administration of the organisation.
Our museum is made up of passionate and expert staff and a collection of over 40,000 objects which are both accredited and designated with Outstanding status by Arts Council England. Our learning programmes hold multiple awards, and our visitor feedback is consistently very high, however, we have much bigger ambitions than our current success. The Museum is looking to expand, in space, in profile and in audience reach. We are looking for someone passionate about our potential to assist the wider team as we move forward to the next phase of the Jewish Museum London.
Reporting to the Senior Leadership Team the appointed candidate will have the organisational and administrative skills to ensure the Museum can effectively run its programmes and help grow the organisation.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
The main role of the Executive Assistant will be to administrate the activities of the Museum. Organizing key meetings on behalf of the Senior Leadership Team (this will include Finance, Ops, Collections and Learning) will be a key part of the role. Excellent communication skills are required as this role will involve liaising with a wide range of
internal and external stakeholders. You will assist with social media and general comms as the Museum’s digital presence continues to develop.
From time to time, you may be asked to provide research and presentations for meetings. In consultation with the Finance Director and Head of Operations, you will be responsible for the smooth running of the day-to-day logistics of Museum activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Age UK Coventry and Warwickshire are seeking a dynamic and compassionate individual to support the management of our Counselling and Befriending services.
In this role you’ll lead team of administrators and volunteers to deliver high quality and person-centred support to older people through our Counselling and Befriending services. You will also work closely with the Services Manager to monitor service performance, capacity, and contribute to ongoing service development.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you passionate about people and want to work in a growing team in a Charity that makes a difference every day to people’s lives and the environment? Then joining the Groundwork North Wales Group could be just what you have been looking for.
We are looking for an HR Manager with excellent organisational and communication skills alongside a strong understanding of employment legislation and its application in the workplace. If this sounds like you then we look forward to discussing your application!
Reporting to the Head of HR & Governance, the HR Manager will take responsibility for the operational delivery of the Groundwork North Wales Group’s HR activities and initiatives. With a strong knowledge of all aspects of HR, the postholder will provide proactive, practical support on day-to-day operations across the Group.
Please view the recruitment pack and visit the Groundwork North Wales website for more details.
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th August 2025 @ 5pm
Interviews: Thursday 14th or Friday 15th August 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
Brent Mencap has been passionate about a healthier and fairer Brent since 1979. We’ve developed and run successful housing, employment, health, advice, wellbeing and self-advocacy services. During austerity and Covid we diversified, successfully taking on NHS work with people with long-term health conditions. We provide social prescribing support and health and wellbeing coaching to patients for Brent GPs. In 2024-5 we helped over 18000 people. We’re a leading partner on the Brent Health Educators Programme. Recently we’ve focused on developing and retaining a much larger staff group, using our data better and improving our marketing.
Brent Mencap offers fantastic free creative and wellbeing activities for people with a learning disability, autism and long-term health conditions. These have flourished since Covid. People love yoga, poetry, singing, gardening, Breathe and Move, self-advocacy, campaigning, awareness raising, CREATE art activities for young people, external trips and parties. Small grants, donations and our reserves fund this while we get longer term funding. Our self-advocates want us to focus on paid employment, youth services and making Brent Council use accessible information properly. People with a learning disability, neurodiversity and their family carers are inclusively supported by social prescribers for advice and by health educators/coaches for health-related matters if needed.
Our current Executive Director, who has led Brent Mencap so well for 25 years wants to retire. The successful candidate will build on Brent Mencap’s history, current success and potential so our long-term passion for a healthier and fairer Brent can evolve and improve the lives of Brent People. Are you the amazing successor to lead and inspire our talented, committed team?
We are looking for someone who
· Has the relevant voluntary sector experience, vision, determination and leadership skills
· Is committed to developing and supporting our diverse staff group
· Can see the bigger picture but also focuses on the important details
· Supports our ethos of person-centred service delivery and activities
· Can communicate well with users, partners, staff, trustees and funders
· Enjoys influencing and raising awareness
· Is entrepreneurial, savvy, confident and can maintain our current financial stability and diversify our income streams
· Understands the lived experience of disability, long term health conditions and inequality and wants to improve their lives
· Understands the importance of marketing and data to challenge inequality, promote positive change and attract new funds.
· Can prioritise reviewing and improving our data collection
· Can develop funding project plans that includes staffing for enhanced wellbeing and creative activities, for young people, employment related support and other identified needs
In addition, they will have to:
· Work with the Board of Trustees and staff to develop our vision, implement strategic plans and deliver agreed objectives
· Be able to ensure all aspects of our work are done safely, legally, in line with our articles/constitution and able to assess risks and mitigate them
· Be responsible for staff development, management and all aspects of the administration of the organisation
· Be an ambassador for Brent Mencap, meeting and working with leaders with statutory and voluntary sector, Royal Mencap and local Mencaps
· Represent the lived experiences and voices of people with learning disabilities, neurodivergence, long term conditions and their families who inform our work and the work of others in Brent
· Work late occasionally, attend evening events, meetings and occasional weekends and undertake any other necessary tasks as required to ensure Brent Mencap functions safely.
In order to deliver services effectively, a degree of flexibility is required and the post holder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. This job description will be subjected to review with the post holder, from time to time to ensure it accurately reflects the duties and range of the post.
This post is:
• subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
• Please note: Our office base is on the first floor of a Victorian building with steep stairs.
To be shortlisted,
· Candidates must fully complete our application form, and show clearly how their previous experience and knowledge meets all aspects of the person specification with examples given of actual actions/experience relating to the person specification. Please go to our website to complete the application by 9.00am on 28th August. We do not accept CVs
· Be prepared to visit Brent Mencap so key staff and self-advocates can meet them informally before the interview day or have a 60–90-minute Teams meeting with them. To arrange a face-to-face or Teams meet up on a Wednesday only please contact our office manager Simon via the website.
Interview details
· A 4-part Interview with senior staff, self-advocates, operational managers and trustees, will take place at Brent Mencap on Friday 5th or 12th September 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be given a paper-based scenario to complete and send to us on the Thursday before the interview
· We anticipate the full interviews will take 2.5 hours with a 30-minute break at some point.
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Join Clore Social Leadership as a pivotal member of our team dedicated to advancing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are seeking a highly organised and motivated individual to join our team as Interim Programmes Lead. This is a unique opportunity to step into a programme management and support role within a values-driven organisation committed to driving transformative change in the social sector through inclusive leadership. If you are committed to social impact and inclusion, and bring strong programme leadership and communication skills, we would love to hear from you.
About Clore Social Leadership
Since 2010, Clore Social Leadership has supported over 5,000 individuals from nearly 3,800 social sector organisations. Through our transformative skills and development programmes, we empower individuals from grassroots initiatives to global organisations to become agents of change.
We have developed leadership programmes for people with lived and/or learned experience of racial inequalities, youth services, immigration systems, criminal justice systems, social immobility, homelessness, gender inequalities, health inequalities and climate change.
We aim to create a more equitable and inclusive society where individuals from all backgrounds have equal opportunities to lead, participate, and contribute to positive social change. The year ahead is particularly exciting as we aim to expand our programme delivery, deepen our partnerships, and build new opportunities for learning, collaboration and long-term impact.
About the Role
This dynamic and varied fixed-term role combines programme management with organisational development support, covering parental leave for a core member of the team.
You will:
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Lead coordination of our leadership development programmes and short courses during two key periods of parental leave (October-December 2025 and June-September 2026)
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Support broader organisational priorities in the interim (January-June 2026), with a likely focus on alumni engagement and development activities
This role is ideal for someone who combines confident programme and stakeholder management with the ability to pivot between delivery and strategy, and who thrives in a collaborative, values-led environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead coordination of our leadership development offer from October to December 2025 and June to September 2026
Programme Management
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Manage the planning and delivery of a portfolio of leadership programmes and short courses
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Coordinate all programme logistics including dates, venues, facilitators and course content
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Support facilitators' delivery of online and in-person learning sessions
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Maintain the programmes work and project plans and ensure quality and consistency across delivery
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Oversee programme applications, moderation and participant onboarding
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Manage accreditation processes
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Support the collection and analysis of evaluation data
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Work with the team to standardise and manage participant communications
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Maintain relationships with delivery partners, facilitators and stakeholders
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Monitor and adapt content using the online authoring tool (GoMo)
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Coordinate steering group activity and innovation outputs as required
Programme Facilitator Management
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Recruit, contract and manage programme facilitators and coaches
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Deliver onboarding and provide ongoing support
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Act as point of contact for facilitators and external delivery partners
Finance & Budget Oversight
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Manage programme budgets and attend monthly finance meetings
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Sign off coaching and programme invoices and line reports expenses
Customer Service
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Oversee phone and inbox communication with applicants and participants
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Ensure high-quality customer service, with consistent messaging and support
Line Management
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Line manage the Programmes Administrator, ensuring delivery and development support
Support organisational priorities from January 2026 to June 2026
Deliver targeted support to priority areas across the organisation, as required. This will likely include:
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Collaborating with the senior team to shape alumni engagement plans and activities
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Contributing to new partnership development
Person Specification
We seek an ambitious, bold and collaborative individual with an inclusive approach and a strong track record in programme coordination and learning design. You will be:
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Highly Organised: Able to plan and manage multiple programmes simultaneously
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Collaborative: Confident working across teams and with a wide range of partners
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A Skilled Communicator: Adaptable, clear and engaging in both written and spoken formats
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Committed: Passionate about social justice and the role of leadership in creating change
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Focused: Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking
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Courageous: Comfortable with challenge, feedback and innovation
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Proactive: A self-starter with energy and a forward-thinking approach
Experience (E = Essential / D = Desirable)
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Managing learning or leadership development programmes (E)
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Managing facilitators, coaches or programme delivery teams (E)
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Budget oversight and financial sign-off (E)
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Working in or alongside the social sector (E)
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Excellent written and verbal communication (E)
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Line management experience (D)
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Experience with proposal writing or business development (D)
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Familiarity with GoMo, Jotform or similar platforms (D)
Terms and Working Hours
We are open to discussing flexible arrangements before or on application.
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Contract: This role is offered as a fixed-term contract to cover a period of parental leave from September 2025 – September 2026.
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Hours: This is a full-time role (35 hours per week). These hours are ideally worked during our core working hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30am–5:30pm.
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Location: Hybrid working, with at least one day per week (currently Tuesdays) in the London office
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Eligibility: You must be UK-based to apply
Place of Work
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This is a hybrid role, with at least one day per week (currently Tuesdays) in the London office: Better Space, 127 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3DA (travel at your own cost)
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Some UK travel required – expenses covered by Clore Social Leadership
Pay and Benefits
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Salary: £38,000 – £42,000 per annum (FTE dependent on experience, pro rata for fixed-term staff)
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Annual Leave: 25 days, plus UK statutory holidays (pro rata for fixed-term staff)
- Winter Closure: Office closed 25-31 December (3 additional paid days)
Application Process
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and especially encourage applications from those underrepresented in leadership roles in the UK today.
If you are passionate about social change and thrive in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment, we would love to hear from you.
To apply, please send:
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Your CV (max 2 pages)
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A cover letter (max 1 page) outlining your interest and suitability
If you would like to discuss the role or application process, or if you require reasonable adjustments, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Key Dates
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Applications close: 12pm on Wednesday 13 August 2025
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First-round interviews (online): Friday 29 August 2025
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Final interviews (in person): Tuesday 2 September 2025
In-person interviews will take place in Central London. Travel expenses for in-person interviews will be reimbursed with valid receipts.
We are committed to offering reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond. If you need support or have any questions about the job description or interview process, do not hesitate to contact us.
Registered charity number: 113672
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Finance Manager will have strong accounting skills, be experienced in financial reporting, be highly organised and self-motivated and will have a desire to manage Church finances well. Experience of charity finance and guiding non-finance stakeholders would be helpful.
There is an Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010 for the post holder to be a committed Christian. As such, the successful candidate will be a Christian with an active commitment in a local church congregation, who is supportive of the values, aims and ethos of the Free Church of Scotland.
This Finance Manager role is based in the Central Office in Edinburgh with the option of some remote working. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to use their professional skills in a vocational Christian role.
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Person specification:Committed Christian, accountant, strong technical skills, and has a right to work in the UK.
For more details about the role, visit the Free Church of Scotland website.
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Application forms may be obtained from the Free Church website or Fiona Russell, Executive Assistant to
the CEO. Alternatively, please provide a CV with a covering letter (of no more than 2 pages) explaining why you are applying for this role, outlining your ability to meet the key responsibilities, and detailing the extent to which you meet the person specification
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.