Senior communications and stakeholder manager jobs
The Senior Network Communications and Engagement Manager will lead the development and delivery of a new communications strategy that strengthens collaboration across the Age UK Network. Working at a senior leadership level, you will act as a strategic advisor to executives, championing high quality, values led communications that unite the Network and support shared organisational priorities. This position is being hired as a 12 month fixed-term contract.
You will drive the shift toward more engaging, multi way communications, curate impactful content for local partners, and lead key campaigns, channels, and events. You'll provide editorial oversight, build strong relationships across the network, and ensure consistent, high impact messaging for partner facing initiatives.
This role requires strong influencing skills and confidence working within a complex federated environment. You will manage a Partner Communications Manager and play a key role in building communication capability across the organisation.
This is a hybrid opportunity, a blend of homebased and office working. Our linked office for this role is in London (near Tower Hill). As this is a new fixed term role, with high stakeholder engagement, you will be expected to attend the office twice a week. Travel costs to the London office are not covered by the charity.
Must haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
Experience
Significant senior-level leadership experience in internal, network, or stakeholder communications, with a proven track record of developing and executing strategic communications programmes at scale. A, I, P
Experience working within federated, partner-based, or complex organisational environments, with the ability to engage, influence, and unite diverse stakeholders. A, I, T
Demonstrated ability to shape and influence senior leadership thinking on communications, with strong presence, gravitas, and credibility. A, I, P
Experience leading communications through transformation or organisational change. A, I
Skills and Knowledge
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distil complex information into clear, compelling messages tailored for diverse audiences. A, T, P
Strong strategic planning and programme management skills, with the ability to deliver complex, multi-channel communications in fast-paced and evolving contexts. A, I, T
Expertise with digital communication tools and platforms (e.g., intranet systems, email marketing, Microsoft 365). A, I
Personal attributes
A collaborative and people-centred leadership style, with high emotional intelligence and the ability to inspire trust and build alignment across organisational boundaries. A, I, P
Great to haves:
Experience
Experience launching new communication channels or platforms e.g. intranet. A, I
Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of employee and partner engagement strategies and tools. A, I, P
Skills in visual design, video and audio content creation. A
What we offer in return
• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards – recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
* The role will be required to be in the linked office at least twice a week. In this case the linked office is One America Square.
* The role may be required to travel across the UK, and this may require overnight stays from time to time.
Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.
Please submit a Word version of your CV as it will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements and heavily formatted CVs. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
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About the role
We are looking for a Head of Communications, someone with ambition and commitment to shape our approach to communications, internally and externally, and to help us understand how we talk about and demonstrate our impact as a funder. You will be part of a small team that helps to communicate the work of the Foundation externally, drives internal communication, and promotes the work of those we support.
The Head of Communications is a critical post, drawing together our shared story across the different areas of our work and communicating this to key audiences in support of our mission and vision. The communications team plays a crucial role in advancing our commitment to being an anti-racist funder and working towards greater diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and you will lead on how this is embedded into all of our internal and external communications activity. You will act as a crucial bridge between the Foundation and our various audiences, in particular those people and organisations we are seeking to support through our funding.
Main areas of responsibility
- Strategic oversight of internal and external corporate communications, ensuring alignment with the Foundation’s mission, values and impact
- Leadership of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racist communications across all platforms and activities
- Reputation, risk and issues management, including navigating complex or sensitive public positions
- Development and delivery of proactive communications campaigns, stakeholder engagement and influencing activity
- Team leadership and cross organisational collaboration, contributing to management culture and organisational priorities
Our ideal candidate will have senior-level communications experience, including developing and delivering external communications strategies, providing sound communications and media advice to senior leadership, and proactively engaging with journalists and key external stakeholders.
About us
Paul Hamlyn Foundation was established by Paul Hamlyn in 1987. Upon his death in 2001, he left most of his estate to the Foundation, creating one of the largest grant-making foundations in the UK.
We use our resources to support social change, working towards a just and equitable society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.
Our vision is for a just society in which everyone, especially young people, can realise their full potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.
Our mission is to be an effective and independent funder, using all our resources to create opportunities and support social change. We partner with inspiring organisations and individuals to put them at the heart of leading change and designing solutions to overcome inequality.
We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. This commitment drives how we work, who we work with and how we make decisions.
We have five funding priorities where we wish to see change for our work in the UK:
- Investing in young people
- Migration
- Arts
- Arts Education
- Nurturing ideas and people
Our values are important to us and we work to and carry them through all our activity.
Benefits
The Foundation is based in light and recently refurbished offices near Kings Cross in London and we currently work to a hybrid working model with 40% of time worked in the office and the rest a combination of external grantee visits and homeworking. We offer fantastic benefits including
- 25 days annual leave,
- 10% non-contributory pension contributions with optional additional 2.5% matched employer contributions
- Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
- Complimentary lunch when in the office.
For further information about the role, including the full responsibilities and person specification, please see the full Job Description via the link provided.
First stage interviews are expected to take place remotely on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th March. Second stage interviews are expected to take place in-person on Tuesday 24th March.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We are one of the largest independent grantmakers in the UK, focusing on the arts, education and learning, migration and young people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity, and we’re on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest. We educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves.
We do this because when diagnosed early, breast cancer treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher. Early detection can save lives.
Breast cancer does not need to be detected late, and as long as we are here and continue to be supported by people like you, we will do all we can to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen.
The Role
CoppaFeel! is looking for a Senior Healthcare Engagement Manager to oversee the production of high-quality health information and resources and lead on CoppaFeel!’s healthcare engagement work.
The Senior Healthcare Engagement Manager will sit within the CoppaFeel! Education Department and will work closely with the Head of Services and Health Information & Services Manager.
The Senior Healthcare Engagement Manager will be responsible for leading our work in the health engagement space. They will play a key role in supporting the strategic direction of this work and provide insight and sector knowledge to support decision making within the leadership team. This will involve building strong relationships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, enhancing CoppaFeel!’s role in the healthcare sector.
The Senior Healthcare Engagement Manager will have oversight of the production of our health information and resource portfolio. This role ensures that all health resources are accessible, impactful, and trusted, meeting the highest standards, including those required by the Patient Information Forum Tick Accreditation.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office 2 days per week. You will also be required to attend the office for quarterly team meetings, department meetings and in person training, we will provide plenty of notice for when you are required to be in for these purposes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Health Engagement
- Work closely with the Head of Services to set the strategy for CoppaFeel!’s work in the healthcare space.
- Provide vision and direction to support departmental growth in healthcare engagement, ensuring alignment with overall organisational goals.
- Drive the development of new and existing strategic initiatives to engage healthcare professionals, ensuring messaging remains relevant, builds credibility and reflects developments in breast cancer in the healthcare space.
- Work closely with the Senior Policy & Influencing Manager to strengthen links between influencing and the delivery of health engagement initiatives.
- Work closely with the Senior Programmes Manager to support the development of regional engagement work and the development relationships across Cancer Alliances.
- Work collaboratively internally and externally to understand the needs of different healthcare audiences and work with teams across the organisation to develop engagement initiatives that increase knowledge and confidence of breast cancer in younger people.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key clinicians and expert stakeholders to enhance CoppaFeel!’s presence within the healthcare space.
- Lead on the design and delivery of training for healthcare professionals encouraging the integration of CoppaFeel!’s resources into their practice.
- Lead and manage CoppaFeel!’s Medical Advisory Group, ensuring it evolves in line with organisational needs.
Health Information
- Work with the Head of Services to set strategic direction in relation to resources, health information content and the production process.
- Provide expert advice and guidance at both strategic and operational levels on best practice approaches to delivering high quality health information and resources, with a focus on optimising reach and impact.
- Hold responsibility for the continued accurate and consistent development of the charity's Health Information provision.
- Oversee the creation and dissemination of high-quality health information, ensuring it is accessible, accurate, and meets accreditation standards required by the Patient Information Forum.
- Provide direction to the Health Information and Services Manager in development and delivery of a portfolio of materials, resources and reminder services.
Strategy & Management
- Support initiatives to ensure that CoppaFeel! Staff are knowledgeable and up to date with issues around breast cancer in younger people.
- Design and deliver internal Health Information team training across the organisation.
- Line manage the Health Information & Services Manager and the Health & Services Executive, offering guidance, support, and opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Represent CoppaFeel! in media opportunities where appropriate to communicate key health messaging.
- Work with the Impact & Evaluation manager to ensure robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks are in place to track the effectiveness and impact of our work.
- Collaborate with the Senior Engagement & Inclusion Manager to ensure that all health information and engagement strategies are inclusive, accessible, and representative of diverse communities.
- Manage departmental budgets ensuring efficient use of resources and supporting and informing phasing and re-forecasting.
- Support the development and implementation of operational plans. Ensuring that projects are tightly managed and delivered on time and within budget .
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Extensive experience leading the delivery of health engagement initiatives.
- Proven experience in the design and delivery of education and training for healthcare professionals.
- Awareness of clinical policy and practice changes influencing health care practice and delivery.
- Knowledge of Healthcare professional culture, NHS systems, primary care settings, and breast cancer services.
- Proven experience in developing and writing health information and applying health literacy best practices.
- Strong ability to understand medical information and how this can be translated into clear, accessible messaging.
- Experience managing health information production processes, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
- Experience managing multiple projects with the ability to oversee competing priorities and deadlines.
- Experience managing budgets.
- Experience in line management, with a focus on team development.
- Outstanding collaboration skills with both external and internal stakeholders and ability to manage relationships with confidence.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Understanding of EDI principles in service delivery.
Desirable
- Awareness of developments in the clinical research space and how this might influence healthcare practice.
- Strategic planning experience in the health or charity sector.
- Experience representing organisations in media or public communications, or a willingness to be trained.
Application information
Applications will close end of day on the 2nd March, with the aim to commence interviews in the W/C 16 March 2026.
CoppaFeel! reserves the right to close the vacancy early in the event that we receive a high number of applications before the closing date.
Main benefits, Terms & Conditions
Annual leave entitlement: 22 days, plus office closure at Christmas, a day off on our Founders birthday, and a day off for your birthday.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan; cash back on everyday health expenses, as well as a GP advice line and access to PerkBox.
- Access to Self Space training and 1:1 therapy
- Core working hours of 10am to 4pm
- Flex Friday; every other Friday off, offering the time to recharge and ensuring work life balance, while remaining available in case of emergencies
All annual leave and benefits are pro-rata'd for part time employees.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
At CoppaFeel! we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal suitability, we may select a candidate with lived experience of the issues we are seeking to address through our work.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Since 1960 we have invested more than £500 million in blood cancer research in the UK. Where we’ve invested, survival rates and quality of life have improved. We’ve been working to beat blood cancer for over 50 years, and we won’t stop until we do. Be a part of our story and help us change the world.
We’re looking for a Senior Research Grants Officer to play a key role in delivering and strengthening our research portfolio spanning translational and clinical research. You’ll lead on the coordination and delivery of the Transformational Research Awards Scheme, support clinical trial review processes, and oversee a portfolio of active grants to ensure funding decisions and post-award management are rigorous, transparent and strategically aligned.
You’ll also play an important part in strengthening how we fund and manage research. From supporting the implementation of a new Grants Management System to refining processes and providing expert guidance to researchers, committee members and senior stakeholders, you’ll help ensure our investment delivers maximum impact. If you bring strong biomedical knowledge, grant administration experience and a passion for driving progress for people affected by blood cancer, we’d love to hear from you.
This is a hybrid role with regular anchor days in our London office, alongside attendance at key meetings, conferences and team events throughout the year.
We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We research, we support, we care. Because it’s time to beat leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all types of blood cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you ready to energise our corporate partnerships and create lasting impact? As our Senior Heart Health Manager - Corporate Partnerships, you'll be at the heart of BHF’s mission, driving health activity that inspires, engages, and delivers value to our corporate relationships.
About the role
As our Senior Heart Health Manager - Corporate Partnerships, you’ll be at the centre of BHF’s mission, energising our corporate partnerships with engaging, impactful health activities throughout the relationship cycle. You’ll be audience centric to translate evidence and insight into inspiring health communications and hands-on experiences like CPR training and engaging prevention campaigns.
Your strategic leadership will shape creative, tailored health activity from start to finish, deepening trust and fuelling long-term commitment. By collaborating across BHF, you’ll ensure partners receive consistent, meaningful stewardship, accurate information, and exceptional experiences that grow reach, engagement, and income.
About You
As our ideal candidate, you are an experienced partnership manager, skilled in nurturing relationships and delivering meaningful stewardship. You have a successful record of leading impactful health initiatives and campaigns, using health insights in corporate, charity, health, or commercial settings.
Ideally, you hold a health qualification or have equivalent expertise, with a good understanding of cardiovascular risk factors, prevention, and health improvement strategies.
You are adept at turning evidence and insight into inspiring stories and campaigns that drive real change. As a credible and energetic influencer, you build buy-in with partners and senior stakeholders, ensuring every interaction is engaging and every message resonates with the partners audience.
Collaboration is second nature to you. You work effectively across teams, driving progress. Your strategic approach balances health priorities and commercial needs, helping us achieve our vision of healthier hearts for longer.
Belonging at BHF
We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Embracing different perspectives and backgrounds strengthens our organisation and empowers us to make a real difference together.
To hear from our people, check out Belonging at BHF.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world where everyone has a healthier heart for longer.
Working arrangements
This is a 12 -month fixed term contract.
This is a hybrid role, where your work will be split between your home and at least one day per week, on average, in our London Office. This is a partner facing role and involves travel to partner sites across the UK.This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
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Role: Commercial Manager
Location: Hybrid working with a minimum 2 days per week in the Thame office
Salary: £50,000.00 - £53,000.00
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Permanent
Reports to: Commercial Director
Making growth work – sustainably and responsibly
Affinity Trust is a values-led social care charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and other assessed needs to live their lives, their way.
We’re growing - and with that growth comes a clear responsibility: to ensure our contracts, services and partnerships are commercially viable, operationally strong, and true to our social purpose.
We’re looking for a Commercial Manager who brings commercial rigour as well as curiosity - someone who can improve performance across existing contracts as confidently as they develop new opportunities.
This is a pivotal role, working closely with the Commercial Director, Finance, Operations and senior leaders across the organisation.
About the role
As Commercial Manager, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the financial sustainability and commercial performance of Affinity Trust.
You’ll focus on:
- ensuring existing contracts and services are commercially viable,
- identifying and delivering efficiency and value-for-money improvements, and
- developing strong, evidence-based business cases for growth, diversification and partnerships.
You’ll work across the organisation to turn insight into action - balancing ambition with realism, and growth with long-term sustainability.
What You’ll Do
- Strengthen commercial performance by reviewing contract viability, improving profitability, and leading value-for-money and efficiency initiatives.
- Develop robust business cases for growth, diversification, and partnerships, working closely with Operations and Finance to assess affordability, risk and return.
- Support sustainable growth by identifying new commercial opportunities and carrying out early-stage due diligence on partnerships or acquisitions.
- Use insight and data to track performance through clear KPIs and dashboards, informing senior decision-making.
- Work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure commercial decisions are operationally deliverable, person-centred and values-led.
What We’re Looking For
You’ll bring:
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience improving contract performance or commercial efficiency.
- Proven experience developing and evaluating business cases and financial models.
- Understanding of commissioning, contracting and funding in social care, health or housing.
- Confidence working across teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
- A practical, analytical mindset - able to spot risk, challenge assumptions and find solutions.
How You’ll Make an Impact
You’ll help shape sustainable, person‑centred growth by aligning colleagues, ensuring commercial efficiency, and turning strategic ideas into real results.
What will we do?
- We offer hybrid working (min. 2 days/week in Thame)
- 31 days’ annual leave (inc. bank holidays), rising with service
- Health cash plan, Pension, Life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme
- Blue Light Card, option to buy extra annual leave
Inclusion, accessibility and our commitment to diversity
Diversity is key to what we do. Life would be dull, and change slow, if we all thought the same way. We want colleagues who bring different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences, and we know this makes us stronger and better for the people we support.
We are committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
We’re also committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage, for example, accessible formats, support with the application form or adjustments for interview, you can tell us in your application or contact our recruitment team to discuss what you need.
Ready to join us?
If you’re ready to drive new commercial opportunities that make a real impact, connecting with colleagues to build strong relationships, making a real difference in a values-led charity, this could be your next role.
If you are offered the role, you will be required to have a DBS check at the relevant level, which we’ll cover the cost for.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the Department/Role
The Reconciling Leaders Network (RLN) has a vision for the church to be a reconciling presence in conflict and communities, with a purpose to mobilise a generation of reconcilers, pursuing a just and flourishing world. RLN works across the Anglican Communion and ecumenically, supporting a ministry of peacebuilding and reconciliation, with a small and agile team (currently six team members).
Reconciling Leaders Network (RLN) has developed Difference, growing a cohort of global champions and a network of leaders focusing on reconciliation as a mission.
Difference (difference.rln.global) aims to encourage, support and mobilise a generation to live out their calling as peacemakers and reconcilers, pursuing a just flourishing world. This role will seek to deliver significant growth and engagement of Difference.
What you'll be doing
The Head of Communications and Partnerships (for Reconciling Leaders Network) will lead RLN's communications, marketing, and digital engagement strategy, ensuring our message is clear, compelling, and consistent across all channels, extending the reach and engagement of Difference. This role is central to shaping how RLN and Difference are experienced by audiences in the UK and globally.
The successful candidate will bring understanding of the reconciliation and peacebuilding sector, as well as the geo-political and church contexts in which RLN operates. They will be a strategic thinker, a skilled marketeer, theologically astute and a relationship builder who is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and justice, and brings cultural sensitivity to their work and leadership.
The post holder will support the bold objectives for this reconciliation ministry. They will have budgetary and line-management responsibilities and work with external agencies and freelancers to deliver outcomes.
You will work with and through Anglican systems, structures and networks as well ecumenically across different Christian denominations and other organisations - reaching a global audience. As well as working with civic, community and multinational organisations and networks.
Key role requirements
- You will need experience working with senior leadership to translate strategic goals into measurable communication plans and outcomes
- This is a 2-year fixed-term contract or secondment for internal NCI staff (extension dependant on funding)
- An enhanced DBS check (with child barring) will be required as part of our pre-employment checks
- The successful candidate will need to spend 2 days per week in Church House, London
- This post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
- A willingness and availability to occasionally work outside normal office hours is required
Flexible to meet the demands of the post (attending events, including weekend events when required)
Strategy and Delivery
- Develop and deliver RLN's communications strategy in alignment with organisational goals.
- Share in Christian practice (through prayer, faith development and formation) with external stakeholders, diocese colleagues, course participants, and within the team.
- Create and implement campaigns and tactics, working with all forms of media, to grow a network of reconcilers, extending the reach and engagement with Difference and RLN initiatives.
- Strategically contribute to the sustainability of RLN & Difference through fundraising efforts and income generation.
- Oversee the user journey and experience across all channels (website, resource hub, social media, emails etc.), ensuring they are optimised and effective.
- Develop strategic external partnerships and collaborations to increase engagement with reconciliation and the Difference course.
- Shape and steward RLN's narrative within the church and reconciliation sector, in alignment with the organisations vision and purpose.
- Lead on storytelling and content creation across digital, print, and social media (including copy writing- Christian prayers, devotionals).
- Ensure brand consistency across all platforms, reflecting RLN's visual identity and invitational tone of voice.
Team and Project Management
- Commission and manage external suppliers and consultants, including contracts and delivery against objectives.
- Prepare and manage the communications budget.
- Ensure compliance with organisational policies, procedures and with regulatory and charitable organisational requirements.
- Future line-management responsibility. Setting objectives and supporting the delivery of the communications plan.
- Oversee and implement workstreams, for example, emails, social media, and the day-to-day communications schedule of Difference.
Product Development
- Provide strategic insight and implement future developments of Difference resources and RLN initiatives.
- Manage updates, amends and edits to the Difference courses and training materials, (including translations, copywriting bible studies)
- Ensure distribution channels are integral in the development of new resources.
- Ensure all resources faithfully express the values, theology and branding of RLN and Difference.
Impact & Insights
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of the Difference course and recommend improvements.
- Optimise Difference website, social media and the Training and Resources hub
- Track and report on key indicators.
- Contribute to fundraising efforts, write impact reports for the director, governance structures and funding grants.
The team works closely and collaboratively, providing assistance across portfolio areas at times when extra capacity is needed. As such, an important part of this role will be to help out other team areas as required and as capacity allows.
Essential
Skills/Aptitudes:
- Strategic thinker with creativity, adaptability and a proactive approach to ideas generation.
- Ability to develop and implement a communications strategy, allocating budget and staff resources.
- Highly developed communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal).
- Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to build relationship and trust with diverse audiences and a range of stakeholders including senior figures.
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, working to tight deadlines and often under pressure.
- Skilled in shaping messaging for church engagement (e.g. themes of reconciliation, polarisation, Christian discipleship, forgiveness, following Jesus, justice).
- Ability to communicate theological concepts in an accessible and engaging way.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and digital communication platforms.
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience of working with senior leadership to translate strategic goals into measurable communication plans and outcomes.
- Good understanding of international relations, geo-politics and current affairs.
- Experience in leading in faith-based or values-driven contexts.
- Experience in income generation.
- Experience in budget planning and management.
- Track record of delivering growth, reach and engagement through strategic campaigns.
- Experience in product development and innovation in a faith-based or values-driven sector.
- Experience managing projects, suppliers and stakeholders - delivering on time, target and budget
- Line management experience.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Christian faith and theology, and the ability to write and shape messaging/content for a Christian audience.
- Good knowledge and/or relationships with sector related organisations, denominations and networks.
- Familiarity with the Anglican church and other Christian denominations, with appreciation of diverse traditions.
Personal Attributes:
- Passionate about the ministry of reconciliation and equipping people as peacemakers and reconcilers.
- Operate with discretion, trust and integrity.
- A self-starter with initiative.
- Enthusiasm to learn and practise values of Christian reconciliation
- Share in Christian practice in relevant Christian contexts, internal and external relationships
- Team orientated, investing in healthy working relationships
- Committed to personal wellbeing and good self-management.
- Proactive and committed to achieving results.
- Adaptable and responsive to meet the responsibilities of the post.
- In sympathy with the aims and ethos of the Church of England.
- A member of a local church - this post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a communicant Anglican or a member of a church denomination that is part of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.
Circumstances: - Whilst the NCIs are committed to wellbeing and work/life balance, a willingness and availability to occasionally work outside normal office hours is required, on occasion.
- Flexible in order to meet the demands of the post (attending events including weekend events when required).
Desirable
- Training and/or experience in reconciliation related sectors (such as interfaith, social cohesion, racial justice, trauma-informed practices, mediation, restorative justice).
- Experience engaging global audiences across different regions, languages and cultures.
This role is open to both full-time (35 hours) and part-time (24.5 hours) candidates. If interested in the part-time role, the pro-rated salary is £43,049.30. Please indicate your preference within your application.
The interview date is still to be confirmed, but the process will consist of two stages.
Closing date for Applications is 08 March 23:55
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The Church of England’s vocation is and always has been to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ afresh in each generation to the people of England.
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Contract length: Permanent
Location: North West London
Hours per week: 35, flexible working but minimum two days in the office
Salary: £43-47K depending on experience
Closing date for applications: Sunday 1 March 2026 at midnight, interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.
Interview dates: We will be conducting Teams interviews w/c 9th March, followed by an in-person interview w/c 16th March.
Are you a fundraiser passionate about making a real difference for animals in need? We are looking for a Public Fundraising Manager to join us at Mayhew.
Every dog and cat in need deserves expert, personalised care and support, and to be loved. When you work for Mayhew, you understand that better than ever.
We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of c80 staff and c150 volunteers, here for dogs, cats and communities in the UK, in Georgia and in Tunisia. We offer expert veterinary care, rescue and rehoming services, programmes in the community and guidance and support to improve the lives of dogs and cats in need.
We are recruiting an experienced and ambitious Public Fundraising Manager who will share our compassion and commitment to animal welfare, to lead on the delivery of our public fundraising programme This role manages activity across individual giving, community & events, legacies and in memory, ensuring it aligns with our strategic goals and delivers long-term, sustainable income from these income streams.
Our Public Fundraising Manager is integral to our ambition to broaden our reach and deepen our impact by shaping our mass fundraising activities and working on integrated campaigns with the Fundraising Team, wider colleagues and external suppliers. This is a highly visible and important role for Mayhew and will work across departments to strengthen our case for support and employ it across a range of mass fundraising products, retention and acquisition channels, as well as delivering excellent stewardship and supporter experience.
As a senior member of the Fundraising Team, this role spans strategic planning and operational delivery and the successful candidate will be able to pivot from working closely with the Head of Fundraising to identify new growth opportunities, to project managing a direct mail appeal, to supporting their line reports to optimise their own day-to-day work and processes.
At Mayhew, we feel the urgency of soaring demand for our vital work and feel relentless in our commitment to rise to meet it. We work in a contemporary and flexible way, always supporting one another to take opportunities and to manage competing priorities so we can achieve our objectives. We are looking for someone who is as committed to dogs and cats in need as we are, and who thrives in this working style.
We are looking for an experienced, passionate and resourceful fundraising manager with a keen eye for detail and proven experience of meeting or exceeding income targets. We are looking for someone with a focus on individual giving and experience in at least one of community & events or legacies, with a keen ability to use data to deliver insight-led activity and supporter journeys. We are looking for someone who shares our ambitions to grow our income significantly over the coming years, and face into challenges and opportunities along the way, and who will inspire trust and enthusiasm in their team and across the organisation.
Generally, you will:
- Provide leadership and support to the Head of Fundraising as part of the fundraising team
- Deliver against income targets (£2.7m in 2026) and maximise the unrestricted impact of cash and regular giving income
- Develop and implement effective onward fundraising donor journeys, including legacy marketing
- Proactively improve supporter care processes, operations and relationships
- Lead innovation in our public fundraising approach in a test and learn culture
- Collaborate proactively across the organisation to find, develop and share stories that will inspire support
- Be a positive, empathetic people manager, inspiring your team and leading by example.
To be successful in this role, you need relevant experience in:
- A fundraising role in a charity of comparable breadth and scope with proven success in growing income, with experience in individual giving and one of community & events or legacies
- Being a great project manager and successfully managing multiple, often competing projects through to delivery
- Budget development and management, including regular forecasting
- Identifying and successfully implementing proactive initiatives to grow and diversify income
- Reporting and monitoring success so as to adapt and refine fundraising projects and products
- Successfully motivating, managing, and developing a team, whether through line management or project/stakeholder management
Why Join Mayhew?
You’ll be part of an ambitious organisation with plans to grow income and broaden our impact for dogs, cats, and communities. We work collaboratively and flexibly, always supporting one another to take opportunities and to manage competing priorities so we can achieve our objectives.
If you’re ready to make a real difference and thrive in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today to join Mayhew and help us create a better future for dogs, cats, and the people who love them.
Please note that successful candidates will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
We reserve the right to close this post at any time, should we receive a high volume of applications.
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As Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, you will play a key role in driving forward UWS’ approach to audience engagement and development, to maximise existing and new supporters of the charity, to drive loyalty and value. You will maintain strategic oversight of UWS priority audiences, the UWS brand, messaging and channels and develop and deliver marketing and comms plans that support fundraising goals and the profile of UWS across agreed audience segments.
This is a 12 month maternity cover contract, starting early June 2026, based in London.
UWS is an award-winning global organisation bringing community-centric education models to the world's most remote populations. Their vision is Zero Education Poverty.
The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will have a background in global advocacy or movement-building who can bridge the gap between UWS programmes and their public profile. You’ll be able to connect the organisation’s internal work (programmes) with how it shows up publicly, making it relatable and compelling to the key audiences (leading to fundraising), especially on a global stage. You’ll line manage a team of 2 Marketing Managers.
We’re looking for someone who has experience:
- Developing and successfully delivering marketing and comms work plans in collaboration with others with a proven track record of delivery
- Communications and Marketing experience that drives action using a variety of channels and content types.
- Influencing policy, public opinion, or decision-makers internationally (advocacy), or growing and mobilizing communities/supporters around a cause (movement-building)
- Aligning strategy, communications, and impact
- Turning complex content into clear, persuasive messaging, spotting a strategic story, and adapting it for different stakeholders (donors, policymakers, partners, media, grassroots supporters)
- Managing social media channels and website, and interest in AI
- Managing senior stakeholders and influencing through others
- Line management experience
Are you someone who can translate complex global programme work into powerful public-facing narratives that build influence, support, and momentum? If yes, we’d love to hear from you.
- Location: London (Hybrid, 2 days in the London office (Whitechapel, E1).
- Contract: 12 month FTC maternity cover. Full-time hours, working 5 days a week, or condensed hours into 4 days.
- Start date: Beginning of June 2026
- Salary: £50,000
- Firm closing Date: 9am Monday 16th March.
Interviews will take place w/c 23rd March and 2nd interviews w/c 30th March.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a community-based charity with an ambitious and exciting vision set in the heart of Portobello, West London, supporting and enhancing the lives of people in the local community.
Westway Trust is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Manager: Community Engagement – to drive work to ensure we are strengthening and developing the Trust’s position within the North Kensington community.To ensure that we are doing as much as we can to engage with, support and involve the community in all that we do.To work with the communications team to ensure we are communicating the many opportunities we do and will offer for the community to engage with us.
You will need to have the right blend and balance of strategic, communication, innovation and people skills. You will have experience of supporting and enhancing the lives of people in the local community. You will be an energetic and enthusiastic individual with a commitment to the value of participative community engagement. You will be comfortable in connecting with the wider community, able to listen and gather the views of local people and feed these back into the direction, work and decisions of the Trust.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- To take responsibility for the development and delivery of the Trust’s community engagement activity.
- To take responsibility for the delivery of impact management in relation to the Trust’s Theory of Change (as outlined in our Horizon Plan).
- To be responsible for building and managing strategic partnerships.
- To be responsible for the impact measurement of the Trust’s engagement and consultation activities.
- To build and support a diverse range of Community Forums and Networks and ensure they are linked to the development work of the Trust.
- To ensure other pathways are in place to ‘listen to’ community voices.
- To ensure other pathways are in place for the community to engage with the Trust in line with our Community Centring ethos.
- To play an active part in delivering a Trust-wide Stakeholder Engagement Plan, including with responsibility for Member Organisations.
- To work with colleagues inside the Trust and externally on the development and innovation of grant making, capacity building, health, social justice and anti-racism.
- To be part of the Trusts effort in driving innovation, including engaging with the balance between social and commercial returns.
- To engage with the Board of the African Caribbean Cultural Centre, in line with Trust policy.
- To engage with the Steering Group of Bay 20 (or the equivalent), in line with Trust policy.
- To line manage a team of staff.
- To attend Executive Team as requested, Committees as required and provide reports and papers for Committees, line manager and the Board as required.
Knowledge and Experience:
Leadership responsibilities
- You will be an active member of the Trust’s Team, contributing in particular to the development and delivery of the property aspects of the Trust’s strategy, business plans and land-use priorities.
- You will attend the Board’s sub-committee and other meetings supporting effective Governance and management as required.
Essential
- Significant and successful experience of operating as a senior charity manager.
- A track record of working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to develop successful partnerships and achieve joint success against shared objectives.
- Significant experience of community engagement and an ability to balance a range of competing or sometimes contradictory views to arrive at an appropriate compromise position.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to give compelling presentations to a range of audiences.
- The ability to be flexible and adaptable in response to developing priorities.
- The ability to be innovative and creative in order to arrive at practical solutions to sometimes complex issues.
- Experience of managing staff and supporting their development.
- Experience of managing resources and budgets.
- Strong interpersonal skills for both workplace and external representation contexts, operating with enthusiasm, flexibility, energy and commitment.
- Resilience, empathy, enthusiasm and determination to achieve results.
- Demonstrable understanding of commitment to, anti-racism and promotion of equality of opportunities, diversity and inclusion.
Ideally you will bring:
- A strong understanding of building regulations and best practice, and industry standards.
- An understanding of the local area.
The application deadline is Sunday 15 March 2026 when applications will be reviewed and shortlisted for interview. However, we reserve the right to close the application early. An early application is strongly recommended.
Please apply directly from our website.
Registered Charity
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We exist to work together with the local community to enable North Kensington to thrive.
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Are you ready to take on a key development role in a charity that is making a real difference? Southampton City Mission (SCM) is offering an exciting opportunity for a knowledgeable and proactive Communications Officer. Working alongside our senior staff team to deliver a dynamic external communications strategy, this is a new role with the opportunity to shape how the charity relates to partners, supporters and the general public across the city.
You will be responsible for delivering an effective communications plan that increases awareness and engages key audiences in the city, to strongly support SCM’s current projects. Developing compelling story telling pieces and creating content for our website and social media to showcase the organisation’s impact; we are looking for an individual who will drive forward change and quickly engage with key stakeholders and churches. Working alongside the CEO, Head of Operations and Project Managers, and playing a pivotal role in helping to equip churches to support and love those in need across our city, we are offering the opportunity for flexible, hybrid working for this role.
If you are a natural, experienced communicator and passionate about working for a faith-based charity that is growing and evolving, this is the perfect role for you. Your input will help drive change in both the charity and the city we serve.
Apply now. An application pack, including full job description and person specification, can be downloaded from our website.
The closing date for applications is 01 April 2026
SCM is committed to keeping children and adults at risk safe and to equal opportunities.
A DBS check will be required for this role and applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The BRIT School is seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Communications to lead an evolving communications strategy that ensures the School remains the first choice for young, diverse artists.
This senior role has strategic responsibility for marketing, digital and social media, PR, alumni engagement, and brand management. You will be working directly with Principal Stuart Worden and be his voice in press releases, communications with industry, fundraising and lobbying environments. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Development Team, Trustees, and industry partners, the postholder will play a pivotal role in driving student recruitment, strengthening industry relationships, supporting fundraising ambitions, and enhancing the School’s national and international profile.
You are an experienced strategic marketing and communications leader with a passion for arts and education at senior level, you know how to build powerful brands, lead talented teams, and deliver campaigns that inspire, engage and drive real impact. Collaborative, adaptable and values-led, you bring strong digital, PR and storytelling skills, commercial awareness, and a genuine commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion—thriving in a creative, fast-moving environment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Context
Our vision is to bring hope to every one of our patients across London, when they need us most, where they need us most. Our mission is to use everything we know, our specialist skills and unmatched experience to save lives and ensure the best outcomes for every one of our patients and their families. We’re a charity that works alongside the NHS and our life-saving service is made possible by our supporters.
This is an exciting time to join London’s Air Ambulance Charity. In early 2025, we launched our new 15-year strategy, setting the direction for the service to our 50th anniversary in 2039. This strategy gives us the opportunity to tell the unique story of the service – we see more incidents requiring life-saving care at the scene than any other air ambulance service. London brings unique challenges and our new strategy requires us to tell a broader story of what we do and the impact we have.
Alongside this, we’ve developed an ambitious Engagement Strategy to put the people of London at the heart of our fundraising and marketing. Legacy giving is a critical part of our long-term sustainability, and this role is central to embedding a culture of legacies across the organisation. We’re at the early stages of our legacy programme, so this role presents a real opportunity for someone to grow and develop a successful income stream, as well as ensuring our supporters have meaningful opportunities to make a lasting impact.
About the role
The Senior Legacy Manager will lead the development and delivery of London’s Air Ambulance Charity’s legacy programme, ensuring legacy giving is embedded across fundraising and marketing activity and is front of mind across the organisation.
This role is responsible for managing our legacy marketing programme, working closely with the marketing team to deliver compelling, sensitive and effective activity. The postholder will also oversee our outsourced legacy administration partner, ensuring legacy gifts are processed efficiently, compliantly and in line with best practice, through regular performance monitoring and review.
Working across the Fundraising and Marketing Directorate, the Senior Legacy Manager will champion legacies as a vital form of support, collaborating closely with all teams in the directorate. This will include working with the major donor team to identify and develop high-value legacy opportunities and supporting the community engagement team to integrate in-memory and legacy messaging into the community talks programme and engagement activity within the community.
The role also plays a key part in connecting our legacy and in-memory programmes, working with the community engagement team and the Deputy Director to develop a joined up in-memory strategy that ensures a coherent and compassionate supporter experience.
About the person
You’ll be an experienced and confident legacy fundraising professional with a passion for building long-term impact. You’ll be a strong collaborator who can influence across teams and seniority levels, and a persuasive advocate for the importance of legacy giving. You’ll combine strategic thinking with hands on delivery, ensuring legacy activity is well planned, insight led and supporter centred. Comfortable working across disciplines and a self-starter, you’ll play a key role in embedding a culture of legacies across London’s Air Ambulance Charity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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37 hours per week
We offer hybrid working (3 days per week in the office, 2 days working from home plus an occasional non-team day in the office)
About Us
Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.
Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.
Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.
As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.
The Benefits
We offer all employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Hornbeam Park train station, and a whole lot more.
We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Internal Communications Assistant, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.
The Role
As an Internal Communications Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the charity’s Internal Communications function. Working closely with the Internal Communications Manager and the wider Communications team, the successful candidate will engage employees with the work of the charity, shining a light on the impact it has on Yorkshire and beyond.
Reporting to the Internal Communications Manager, the role will support the delivery of the charity's strategy and align with the charity’s values. This will include generating content and supporting employee engagement initiatives and events.
Specifically, you will:
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Help keep the charity’s intranet up to date, making sure it always contains the most up-to-date charity news, information and resources.
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Write and proof-read articles and other messages for use internally.
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Support with the organisation and delivery of internal communication campaigns and events.
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Assist in creating engaging content for internal newsletters, employee briefings, and digital channels (e.g. Intranet and Teams).
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Represent the charity when communicating with employees, volunteers, and the public, acting as a brand ambassador and upholding the charity’s values.
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Support and undertake target audience research to support communication activity.
About You
To be considered for this role, you will need:
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Proven experience working in a communication role.
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Evidence of continued professional development relevant to the role.
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Knowledge and / or qualification in a vocational or communications field (degree not essential).
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A relevant, recognised communication qualification is preferred but not essential.
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Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with an ability to use active listening skills and write professionally for different audiences.
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Strong organisational skills and ability to perform work to an extremely high level of accuracy and professionalism, paying close attention to detail.
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Ability to present data and information in a way that is meaningful to others.
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Happy to work independently and ask for support where needed, but also work with, and support colleagues to work towards a common goal.
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Ability to effectively prioritise workload to ensure the successful delivery of the role.
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Confident with Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, and associated apps.
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A collaborative team player who shows flexibility and an eagerness for new challenges.
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Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
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Comfortable sharing ideas, insights and learnings with colleagues to help the charity continually learn and improve.
Application
Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, before 2nd March 2026. Please read our privacy notice before applying.
Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer.We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.
We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us.
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Make a difference every day with PDSA
About Us
Join us to help keep even more people and pets together when times are tough. For over a century, PDSA have provided vital veterinary care for the pets of people in financial hardship.
We’re now on a journey to expand our reach to support even more people and their beloved pets. To achieve this ambitious goal, we need passionate and driven individuals who are ready to embrace change and help shape a future-focused PDSA. Together, we'll build a stronger organisation to ensure our services help those who need us most for the next hundred years.
If you're ready to make a real difference and be part of a team that's creating positive change, we want you to join us. Let's build a brighter future for pets and their owners, together.
About the role
In this role, you will be responsible for driving the successful delivery of the Frontline Improvement Project, ensuring it meets organisational priorities and delivers measurable, sustainable change. You will provide structured project leadership, maintain accountability for progress, and coordinate cross‑functional activity to keep the project on track in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Senior Leadership Team in planning, developing, testing, and implementing all elements of the Frontline Improvement Project.
- Coordinate the project by establishing clear structures, plans, and processes that enable effective collaboration across departments.
- Lead designated workstreams and maintain strong communication between teams and stakeholders.
- Provide regular performance reporting in line with PMO and governance standards, outlining progress, risks, opportunities, and required decisions.
- Work with stakeholders to develop, monitor, and track project objectives and KPIs.
- Conduct operational and financial analysis to ensure efficient project delivery and recommend improvements where needed.
- Ensure high‑quality engagement, training, compliance, and budget management throughout all project activities.
This is a full‑time position working 35 hours per week on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. The role will require occasional travel typically a few times per month to PDSA sites for visits or team meetings.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Proven track record of delivering business change initiatives while effectively managing multiple workstreams.
- Comprehensive understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies, with the capability to apply the most suitable approach to meet project objectives.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage and influence at all levels.
- Experience working collaboratively across multiple teams or departments to drive shared outcomes.
- Strong organisational skills, with experience in planning, tracking, and reporting project progress, risks, and dependencies.
Rewards, support and benefits
We’re really passionate about being a great place to work, somewhere people feel proud of what they do, connected to a meaningful purpose, and able to make a genuine difference every day. Our teams are collaborative and supportive, and we encourage everyone to bring their ideas, individuality and passion for pets to work with them.
As well as a rewarding role and a positive, people-focused culture, we also offer a wide range of benefits, including:
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Flexible working options to support your work–life balance and individual circumstances.
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25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays, with option to buy or sell an extra five days.
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Three paid special days off: Volunteering Day, Celebration Day and Wellbeing Day annually.
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Generous pension options, with PDSA contributions starting at 5% and rising to 10%.
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Life assurance providing four times your annual salary for added peace of mind.
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AXA Health Employee Assistance Programme, with 24/7 wellbeing support
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Retail, holiday and lifestyle discounts available through our staff Fetch benefits platform.
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Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave to support you and your family.
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15% discount on PDSA Pet Insurance plus access to staff veterinary services.
To apply for this role, click Apply Now at the top of the page, create a candidate account and complete our simple application form.
PDSA is committed to embedding a culture of diversity and inclusion within our teams that reflect the communities we serve. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and opportunities for flexible working arrangements to support team members from different backgrounds.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss via email or telephone reasonable adjustments that you may require throughout the recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, adults at risk and all our colleagues and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.
To support this commitment, our recruitment & selection processes are robust and rigorous. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks.
