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The National Biodiversity Network Trust is the UK charity dedicated to making biodiversity data accessible and useful. We co-ordinate the National Biodiversity Network, develop the NBN Atlas, support iNaturalistUK and are developing the NBN Record Manager. Our work connects biological recording, digital infrastructure and better decisions for nature across the UK.
Our vision is Nature thriving everywhere, in all its diversity.
Our mission is Making data work for nature.
We are looking for an experienced leader to undertake a newly-created Head of Data & Digital role reporting to the Chief Executive Officer on a full-time fixed-term contract of 24 months.
Purpose of Job
- Lead the NBN Trust’s data and digital function, providing strategic and functional leadership across the NBN Atlas, related digital products and services, and the Trust’s wider data and digital portfolio.
- Line manages the Trust’s data and technical team managers, ensuring clear priorities, strong performance, proportionate governance, and effective delivery across business as usual, funded projects, and strategic development.
- Ensure the Trust’s data and digital work is led in a way that is inclusive, accessible, and supportive of a diverse range of staff, partners, and users.
- Deliver the Trust’s 2-year National Lottery Heritage Fund’s organisational sustainability project, “Building a Sustainable Future for the UK’s Biodiversity Data Heritage”, including the development and testing of value-added data and digital services, hosted products, and support offers that strengthen financial resilience without compromising the Trust’s public good role.
- Support the strategic direction, stewardship, and future sustainability of the NBN Atlas, related digital products and services, and the Trust’s wider technical delivery, ensuring that risks, opportunities, and investment choices are well managed.
- Play an active role in the NBN Trust’s Executive Team, contributing to organisational planning, funding development, cross Trust collaboration, and external engagement where this supports delivery and the Trust’s wider strategic objectives.
- The role provides strategic and functional leadership across the Trust’s data and digital work, working closely with the Principal Software Engineer as the Trust’s senior software engineering lead.
Main Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Function Management
· Lead the Trust’s data and digital function, aligning work with organisational priorities, the NBN Atlas strategy, and the wider Operating Plan.
· Provide strategic advice to the CEO and senior colleagues on delivery priorities, service development, digital risk, technical resilience, and future investment needs.
· Translate complex technical, delivery, and service development issues into clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations for the CEO, Executive Team, Board, and relevant committees.
· Lead, line manage, and develop the Trust’s data and technical managers, and relevant technical project staff, ensuring clear objectives, strong management practice, accountability, wellbeing support, and effective performance management.
· Build leadership capacity within the function, supporting managers to develop their teams, handle performance issues well, and contribute positively to the Trust’s culture and ways of working.
· Assess capacity, sequencing, and resource pressures across the data and digital portfolio, working with team managers to identify priorities, trade-offs, and resourcing needs and advise the CEO accordingly.
· Work across the Trust to improve prioritisation, sequencing, decision making, and resource allocation across data and digital activity.
· Champion inclusive leadership and equality, diversity and inclusion in team management, service design, recruitment, and ways of working, helping ensure the Trust’s data and digital function is accessible, supportive, and well-led.
Data Infrastructure, Services, and Innovation
· Provide strategic leadership for the stewardship, prioritisation, development, and continuous improvement of the NBN Atlas and related data and digital products and services, working with the relevant data, technical, and programme leads.
· Ensure data and digital activity support the long-term accessibility, usability, quality, and public value of biodiversity records and related digital services.
· Lead diagnostic work, market testing, and service development to identify viable value-added data and digital offers, working with relevant data, technical, programme, and commercial colleagues to shape propositions.
· Oversee the selection, development, and testing of pilot services, hosted products, training, or support offers, working with the relevant delivery leads and refining propositions in light of evidence, demand, legal advice, licensing constraints, and delivery capacity.
Governance, Risk and Project Delivery
· Lead delivery of the organisational resilience project within agreed scope, time, and budget, with support from colleagues and external consultants as required.
· Ensure major data and digital programmes have proportionate project governance, reporting, stakeholder, and advisory arrangements in place, working with relevant programme and project leads and identifying additional project support where required.
· Commission and manage consultants and contractors, ensuring briefs are clear, outputs are practical, and learning is embedded in delivery, working with relevant technical or data leads where specialist assessment or oversight is required.
· Act as the senior staff lead for the Data and Technology Committee, working in partnership with its Trustee Chair and relevant data and technical leads to support effective oversight of the Trust’s data and digital infrastructure, strategic development, risk, and associated governance.
· Oversee function-level risks relating to data and digital resilience, data governance, licensing, delivery capacity, and service sustainability, working with the relevant technical and data leads to ensure specialist risks are identified, managed, and escalated appropriately.
· Balance governance, assurance, and innovation so that data and digital systems support delivery, resilience, and public value without creating unnecessary burden.
· Work with finance and programme colleagues to ensure accurate budgeting, reporting, monitoring, and evidence of impact.
Partnerships, Income Development and External Engagement
· Build and manage relationships with key partners, data providers, heritage and conservation organisations, public bodies, consultancies, funders, and prospective service users.
· Help shape and test future income opportunities, including service offers, hosted portals, training, funded programmes, and strategic partnerships.
· Develop and support fundable and deliverable future propositions arising from the work, ensuring the Trust is better positioned for long term resilience.
· Act as the Trust’s UK Node Manager for GBIF, leading relationships, coordination, and representation linked to the UK Node function, and ensuring this role supports the Trust’s wider strategic, technical, and partnership objectives.
· Represent the Trust externally on biodiversity data infrastructure, digital leadership, service development, standards, and innovation, working alongside relevant technical and data leads where specialist expertise is required
Trust Wide Contribution
· Play an active role in the Executive Team, contributing to organisational planning, business improvement, and wider strategic discussions.
· Keep the wider NBN Trust team up to date with, and involved in, relevant data and digital activity as appropriate.
· Contribute to Trust wide initiatives, events, business planning, and other activities as needed.
· Share ideas, lessons learned, and opportunities openly to improve organisational performance.
General Responsibilities
- Attend any required learning and development opportunities.
- Collaborate effectively with other departments.
- Contribute to a respectful and inclusive working environment.
- Ensure commitment to continuous professional development.
- Follow organisational policies including Health & Safety, Cybersecurity, IT, Finance, and EDI.
The ability to travel occasionally is required, including international travel. Candidates must also be based in and have the right to work in the UK, and be able to work effectively from home.
These are the criteria we will be looking for in your application. If you don't meet all of them in full, but can offer something else that would help you excel in the role, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Essential Experience and Qualities
· Strong leadership experience in data, digital, technical, product, or programme roles, ideally with responsibility for teams, delivery, and strategic planning.
· Ability to operate at both strategic and practical levels, moving between organisational leadership, service design, risk management, and delivery oversight.
· Experience of commissioning and managing consultants, contractors, or specialist external support to deliver clear and practical outputs.
· Experience of developing partnerships, shaping propositions, or securing income through funded programmes, service offers, or strategic collaboration.
· Good judgement, with the ability to assess trade-offs, challenge assumptions, and make proportionate decisions in a resource-constrained environment.
· Strong communication and relationship management skills, including confidence with senior stakeholders, funders, partners, and technical specialists.
· Knowledge of biodiversity data infrastructure, environmental data, heritage data, or closely related fields would be beneficial, but is not essential if the candidate can learn quickly and lead credibly.
· Experience of working with Boards, committees, or governance groups, including presenting complex issues clearly and supporting effective decision-making.
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At The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, accurate, accessible and well-managed data underpins everything from supporter stewardship to the delivery of ambitious fundraising campaigns. We are looking for a proactive and solutions-focused Senior Database Officer to help colleagues get the best from our fundraising CRM, strengthen data quality and support our ongoing transition to Raiser’s Edge NXT.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative Data and Fundraising Operations team at a time of significant growth. You will combine technical database work with stakeholder support, training and process improvement, helping colleagues use our systems confidently and effectively.
You do not need to know every system we use from day one. If you have strong data manipulation skills, enjoy solving complex problems and can quickly develop expertise in new technology, we would love to hear from you.
What makes this opportunity different
This role offers more than traditional database administration.
Our Data and Fundraising Operations team acts as the technical lead for many of the Charity’s systems and technical projects. Alongside developing your knowledge of Raiser’s Edge NXT, you’ll have opportunities to broaden your experience across Excel, Access, SharePoint, APIs, data integrations, reporting, automation and system implementation.
You’ll be joining a collaborative and supportive team where you can deepen your CRM expertise while developing a broader understanding of data, systems and digital processes within fundraising.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll help colleagues across the Charity get the best from our fundraising CRM and data by:
- Providing day-to-day support and troubleshooting for Raiser’s Edge NXT users
- Supporting fundraising teams as they move from Raiser’s Edge 7 to NXT
- Delivering clear training, guidance and practical support to CRM users
- Managing data imports, cleansing, audits and database administration
- Monitoring data quality and improving how supporter information is recorded
- Working with stakeholders to understand their needs and improve systems and processes
About you
You may already be working as a Database Officer, CRM Officer or charity data specialist and be ready to take the next step in your career.
You’re curious, proactive and solutions-focused. You enjoy investigating data and system issues, working with complex datasets and finding practical ways to improve processes. Just as importantly, you enjoy working with people and can explain technical information clearly to colleagues with different levels of confidence and experience.
You’ll bring:
- Proven ability to learn new systems quickly and develop advanced knowledge
- Strong data manipulation skills using Excel, Access or comparable tools
- Highly developed problem-solving skills
- The ability to investigate data or system issues methodically
- Experience managing several stakeholders and competing requirements
- The ability to draw out requirements and translate them into practical improvements
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical information clearly
- A proactive approach and a high level of initiative
It would be helpful, but not essential, if you have
- Experience of working within a charity
- Advanced knowledge of Raiser’s Edge 7 or Raiser’s Edge NXT
- Experience using ImportOmatic or a similar data import tool
- Experience designing and delivering systems training
- Experience creating user guidance or process documentation
- Experience supporting CRM adoption or system change
Benefits:
- Hybrid working, with approximately 40% of your time in the office and 60% working from home each month
- 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 days after five years
- A contributory pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 6%
- Life insurance for eligible pension scheme members
- Enhanced maternity and adoption leave and pay
- Employee assistance and confidential counselling services
- Flexible working options
- Subsidised on-site canteens
- A bright, modern Chelsea office close to South Kensington station
- The technology and equipment needed to work effectively from home
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are dedicated to ensuring equitable opportunities for all
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
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Camphill Village Trust is a social care provider and charity rooted in nature and community, supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health support needs to live healthier, more active and independent lives.
For over 70 years we have pioneered a different kind of care – shaped by place, purpose, and the natural world. We believe care should do more than meet needs, it should create opportunity, belonging, and purpose. By rooting our support in meaningful work, relationships, and the natural environment, we help people to build skills, confidence, and independence.
Do you want to make a difference and help us achieve our vision?
The Marketing Manager will lead activity that grows awareness of our charity, our social enterprises/ retail arm, and our fundraising work. The role will develop and deliver clear, compelling marketing that strengthens our brand, reaching new audiences, and inspires people to connect with our mission.
Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, the postholder will shape and implement marketing that supports fundraising and social enterprise growth. They will use insight, creativity and storytelling to bring our purpose to life, create products that land and champion consistent, audience-focused marketing across all channels.
As a key leader within the Communication and Marketing team, this role will provide strategic marketing expertise, contributing to department strategy, planning and decision-making.
Main Responsibilities
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex work into simple, engaging messages and campaigns.
- Plan and deliver integrated campaigns across digital, print, social media, and in-person environment.
- Use audience insight and market analysis to develop fundraising products and identify opportunities for growth and engagement.
- Work collaboratively across teams to ensure consistent messaging and strong brand use.
- This role will lead specific projects and will be expected to understand how to motivate project teams well and deliver high quality results in a timely manner.
Knowledge & Experience
- Proven experience as a Marketing Manager or similar, ideally within a charity, social enterprise, or values-driven organisation.
- Experience of product development for fundraising.
- Strong understanding of digital marketing, analytics, and audience-focused content creation.
- Experience delivering integrated campaigns that drive awareness and engagement.
- Knowledge of brand development and how to maintain consistent messaging across channels.
Personal Attributes & Key Competencies
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex work into simple, engaging messages and campaigns.
- Creative thinker with a strategic mindset and strong problem‑solving abilities.
- Organised and proactive, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Collaborative, with the ability to work confidently across teams and build strong relationships.
- Data‑informed, comfortable using insight to shape decisions and improve performance.
- Calm under pressure, with a positive, solutions‑focused approach.
- Commitment to diversity and anti-oppressive practice in all areas of work.
- Self-motivation, able to prioritise workload and operate without close guidance from a manager.
- A high degree of tact and diplomacy.
Position: Marketing Manager
Responsible to: Head of Communications and Marketing
Location: Hybrid with at least one day per week based at one of our communities. Candidates will need to live within easy commuting distance of Delrow (near Watford), St Albans, Grange Village and Oaklands Park (Newnham on Severn), Taurus Crafts (Lydney), Stourbridge, Croft (Malton), Botton Village (near Whitby) or Larchfield (near Middlesbrough).
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
Salary: £38,110 - £42,230 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.
Annual Leave and Benefits:
- 28 days paid annual leave plus statutory bank holidays
- The option to buy and sell annual leave
- Company sick pay after one month starting at 4 weeks and increasing to 12 weeks with service
- Life Cover for all employees
- Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- Blue Light Card
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Battersea is entering an exciting phase of innovation and transformation during this second year of our new five-year strategy. With increased investment in income generation, we are strengthening our team to drive the growth to achieve our organisational goals.
This role sits within the Philanthropy, Partnerships & Commercial (PPC) team, made up of Philanthropy & Trusts, Corporate Partnerships & Commercial, Special Events & Stewardship, and Fundraising Operations.
Main purpose of the role:
The focus of the Philanthropy & Trusts team is to build a solid base of support through excellent stewardship of existing trusts and major donors alongside cultivation of new prospects, reached through prospect research and the networks of senior volunteers.
The key purpose of this Philanthropy Manager is to meet both financial and strategic KPIs, by managing a portfolio of key individual relationships and cultivating lapsed and colder prospects to support the long-term health of the Philanthropy portfolio. This role, together with Battersea’s other Philanthropy Managers, will also work closely with senior leadership, senior volunteers and other individuals to open up their networks and introduce new major donors to Battersea.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year.
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution.
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans.
- We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. If you would like to talk more about this, please contact us. Greyscale copies of the recruitment pack are also available on request.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Acceptable use of AI:
At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.
To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.
Closing date: 27th September 2026
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Interview date(s):
First round (online, via MS teams): 5th/6th/7th October 2026
Second round (in person, with task): 13th/14th October 2026
For more information about the role, please download our Recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the "Apply" button.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.



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This role
We are seeking a commercially minded senior leader to establish and lead a new Life Sciences Partnership Function for the South West Secure Data Environment (SWSDE). Serving more than five million people across six Integrated Care Board areas, the SWSDE enables approved researchers to securely access and analyse health and care data to support research and innovation that benefits patients and populations.
This is an opportunity to shape how the South West works with the life sciences sector to develop research, innovation and commercial partnerships. Working across the NHS, academia and industry, you will build and lead a pipeline of partnership opportunities, taking them from initial engagement through to agreed programmes that deliver clear value for partners and the health and care system.
You will play a key role in developing the frameworks, commercial models and ways of working needed to support effective collaboration between the NHS, academia and industry, while maintaining high standards of privacy, security, ethics and public trust.
As Secure Data Environments continue to evolve across the UK, you will help define how organisations work with life sciences partners to use health data safely and responsibly to support research and innovation.
The role forms part of the SWSDE leadership and delivery model and is hosted by Health Innovation South West on behalf of the SWSDE, working closely with Health Innovation West of England and regional NHS and academic partners.
Role profile:
Key success factors
· The Senior Life Sciences Partnership Lead will lead the development and delivery of the Life Sciences Partnership Function for the SWSDE. The postholder will originate, develop and convert high impact partnerships between the SWSDE, NHS organisations and the life science sector that utilise the functionality and capability of the SWSDE safely, ethically and efficiently to deliver benefit for partners and the population of the South West region.
· The role will act as a key interface between the SWSDE and external partners, ensuring opportunities for partnership working between the SWSDE and the life science sector are translated into deliverable, governance-ready programmes that create measurable research, innovation and economic benefits. This will include providing NHS organisations involved in the SWSDE to develop effective partnership working with the life science sector, including pricing approaches, contract development and commercial operating models that enable sustainable collaboration with industry partners.
· This role reflects emerging functions being developed across other SDEs, Trusted Research Environments (TREs) and regional data innovation ecosystems, where specialist life science sector leadership expertise is required to complement technical, governance and academic routes.
· The postholder will develop commercially and operationally viable proposals for consideration through SWSDE governance. The role will not determine access to data. All projects will remain subject to feasibility assessment, information-governance requirements, demonstration of public benefit and independent Data Access Committee approval.
Responsibilities
1. Leading strategic partnership development
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Lead the development and delivery of the Life Sciences Partnership Strategy for the SWSDE, building the South West’s distinctive position as a preferred regional partner for data-enabled life science sector research and innovation partnerships.
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Build senior relationships with major life science sector organisations and develop strategic anchor partnerships capable of generating sustained partnership activity and long term income.
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Build trusted relationships with SWSDE partner organisations, including Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS providers, supporting partners to develop effective partnership working with the life science sector and the SWSDE.
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Build strategic relationships with relevant national programmes including NHS England, Health Data Research UK and wider research networks.
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Identify collaborative opportunities for Life Science Partnership Function with other SDEs and TREs.
2. Leading partnership pipeline generation
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Lead the development of a strategically aligned, high quality pipeline of revenue generating partnerships with the life science sector.
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Work with Health Innovation Networks and NHS partners to originate opportunities in collaboration with NHS partner organisations.
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Lead the management, and delivery of the partnership pipeline, ensuring effective planning and oversight to deliver agreed partnership pipeline, revenue targets and KPIs.
3. Leading partnership opportunity development and conversion
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Translate external opportunities with the life science sector into scoped programmes, studies or service offers, working with technical, IG, governance and delivery teams to assess feasibility of proposals and progress opportunities from concept to approval.
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Work with the wider SWDE team to identify and resolve barriers to partnership conversion and maintain momentum across the partnership lifecycle: Find / Receive / Develop / Secure / Deliver.
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Develop and deploy pricing models, cost recovery approaches, commercial negotiations and contracting arrangements in line with SWSDE strategy and governance frameworks.
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Support NHS organisations and SWSDE partners to develop and adopt effective and sustainable models of partnership working with the life science sector and the SWSDE, including providing expert advice on contracting mechanisms, commercial frameworks and partnership agreements.
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Work with SWSDE finance, legal, information governance and operational colleagues to develop robust partnership agreements, contractual documentation and commercial propositions that support scalable and repeatable approaches to partnership delivery.
5. Leading effective governance and assurance
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Ensure all partnership activity aligns with SafeGUARDs, information governance, ethics and NHS standards, working closely with SWSDE governance and operational leads to maintain public trust and transparency.
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Ensure commercial agreements and partnership arrangements align with SWSDE governance, NHS regulatory requirements and agreed organisational responsibilities across host organisations.
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Ensure effective communication and contribution into SWSDE governance and reporting processes.
6. Leading people and partners in a matrix management structure
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Lead the development of the Life Science Partnership Function and the associated resources and people required to ensure effective delivery of the Life Sciences Partnership Strategy.
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Work collaboratively across multiple SWSDE host organisations and stakeholders, operating effectively without direct line management where delivery is through influence and matrix leadership.
Person specification
Experience we’re looking for
· Experience leading partnership working between the NHS and life science sector.
· Track record leading commercial growth and business development.
· Experience leading commercial negotiation and contract development, contract development and partnership agreement design across complex multi-organisational environments.
· Experience operating in environments with complex and rigorous information governance and data sharing requirements.
· Understanding of the UK health, innovation and research landscape.
Desirable experience required:
· Experience leading partnership working with universities and research partners.
· Experience working with health and care data or in trusted research data environments, including NHS data policy, SafeGUARDs or data governance frameworks.
· Experience working with NHS governance structures and decision making.
Abilities and attributes
· Strategic Vision – opportunity-focused, creates new customer markets and develops new revenue streams that balance strategic ambition with attention to risk.
· Customer Orientation – builds trust, anticipates partner needs, works with agility, delivers value to partners.
· Commercial Acumen – skilled in complex negotiations, high levels of financially literacy, focused on sustainable commercial growth.
· Execution excellence – translate partnership opportunities into actionable plans that deliver measurable results, with a strong attention to detail.
· Leadership & Influence – motivates, provides clear direction and build effective working relationships in a matrix managed, partnership structured operating model.
· Communication – translates complexity into clear narrative, compelling storyteller, adapts style to target audiences.
Reporting to:
Executive Director of Innovation & Commercial Partnerships, Health Innovation South West
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Philanthropy Manager
Philanthropy and Partnerships fundraising at Alzheimer's Research UK has grown significantly over
recent years. The Directorate has a strong track record of soliciting seven-figure donations and
winning significant corporate partnerships with well-known and well-loved brands such as Omaze,
Cadbury, Warburtons, Roadchef and Dobbies.
We are now building upon this success and have launched a new, significant fundraising campaign.
This campaign will help drive further transformational growth, from income across major donors,
trusts and foundations, and corporate partners. Ultimately, it will help us fund cutting-edge research
that will bring forward the day when we can diagnose, treat and prevent dementia.
The Philanthropy Manager will play a key role in the success of the Philanthropy Team. Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy and other stakeholders across ARUK, the Philanthropy Manager will drive income and deliver transformational gifts and strategic relationships with individual major donors and charitable trusts and foundations.
Key Responsibilities:
Relationship Building and Income Generation
· Build relationships with a portfolio of high-value current and prospective major donors and charitable trusts, gauging their level of interest in our work, providing opportunities to engage with ARUK, and soliciting gifts through face-to-face meetings and events.
· Develop a thorough understanding of ARUK's projects, policies and activities to articulate the mission of our work and inspire people to join us.
· Tailor and develop cases for support to attract funding for ARUK's projects, fundraising across different areas of ARUK's work, including identified strategic priorities for the organisation.
· Present and pitch to potential supporters and donors, managing meetings where relevant and involving senior representation when needed — including supporting the Head of Philanthropy on high-value asks where required.
· Develop stewardship and engagement plans for donors, working with teams across ARUK to create bespoke and creative engagement opportunities, ensuring donors are thanked and updated and that their relationship with ARUK grows in depth and value.
· Work with the prospect development team to manage a portfolio pipeline, moving donors/trusts through the different stages to secure gifts.
· Lead on relationships with senior volunteers and senior leadership, where appropriate, empowering them to open their networks and ask for support.
· Work closely and collaborate with the Corporate Partnerships and other teams on cross-team fundraising opportunities.
Line Management
· Line manage a Philanthropy Officer, actively empowering, coaching and supporting them to develop their operational plans and deliver on key priorities.
· Work with the Head of Philanthropy to set clear goals, objectives and KPIs for the Officer and provide them with the ongoing guidance and support they need to reach them.
· Role model and actively embed Alzheimer’s Research UK values and behaviours across all activities, and champion the principles of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Processes
· Liaise with the Philanthropy Executive (Admin) as required on expected income and gift restrictions.
· Work closely with the Donor Relations Manager to enable them to fully support donor relationships in terms of stewardship and recognition.
· Ensure supporter and event records are kept up to date through daily use of ARUK’s CRM (Salesforce).
Events
· Play a key role in the planning and delivery of team events such as cultivation dinners, with support from the Events Team.
· Explore and develop new fundraising event opportunities, working closely with the Events Team to create engaging high-value event
· Lead on bespoke events such as online donor presentations or tailored lab tours for a small group of supporters.
· Represent ARUK at Philanthropy Team events, and at other ARUK events where major donors or the representatives of charitable trusts may be attending.
Knowledge, skills and experience needed:
· Demonstrable experience gained working in a major gifts fundraising or client relationship management role.
· Demonstrable experience of developing long-term/ strategic relationships.
· Demonstrable experience of developing relationships/ influencing through face-to-face contact.
· Demonstrable experience of working effectively without close supervision.
· Good understanding of the principles of major gifts fundraising.
· Experience working in a target-led environment.
· Excellent communicator with an ability to build strong relationships and inspire confidence and respect at all levels.
· Very strong, versatile written communication skills, with an ability to write persuasively for a range of audiences.
· Excellent listening skills, receptive to feedback and demonstrates flexibility, curiosity and an ability to learn.
· Strong team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
· Excellent planning and organisational skills, with an ability to plan and set goals, work to deadlines and reprioritise work in accordance with the organisational needs.
· Demonstrates strong negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills, particularly when there are conflicting points of views.
· Demonstrates a proactive and pragmatic approach to investigating and solving problems, strives for continuous improvement and identifies ways to deliver creative and innovative solutions.
· A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; with an ability to see the bigger picture.
· Strong attention to detail, sets high standards and strives for excellence.
· Ability to absorb and process new information quickly, including ability to grasp complex scientific concepts to a reasonable level.
· Driven and highly proactive - adept at spotting opportunities and maximizing them.
· Adaptable and flexible with a growth mindset, with a willingness to undertake occasional work in the evening.
· Thrives within a fast-paced environment, with an ability to remain calm under pressure.
· Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity.
· Excellent IT skills in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £48,000 per annum, plus benefits
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 4th October 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
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We are the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (known as CPA UK). We are based in the Houses of Parliament and represent the UK Parliament in the Commonwealth. We bring together parliamentarians to share good practice. We strengthen parliamentary democracy.
Peer to peer learning is central to how CPA UK works. We organise meetings and visits in the UK and overseas. Our aim is for UK and Commonwealth parliamentarians and officials to share knowledge and learn from each other. Our members talk about a huge variety of topics. Our key themes are eliminating violence against women and girls, tackling climate change, trade in the Commonwealth and digital transformation.
The Finance Manager is responsible for the overall management and delivery of the finance function for CPA UK. You will be responsible for financial modelling and analysis, management of finance data and preparation of the accounts in readiness for the annual external audit. You will ensure that internal finance policies are fit for purpose and that internal financial controls are applied. This includes providing guidance and support to colleagues regarding business decisions.
The Finance Manager will operate as a proactive Finance Business Partner, working closely with managers and senior leaders to provide financial insight, constructive challenge and support overcoming difficulties and answering questions. The postholder will help inform decision-making, problem-solve, improve organisational performance and ensure resources are used effectively to achieve the organisation's objectives.
The role provides a compliance function in filing accounts and recording our Executive Committee’s membership correctly with Companies House and The Charity Commission.
The finance team consists of the Finance Manager and a Finance Officer. The Finance Manager reports to the Deputy Chief Executive who is Head of the Business Strategy Team in which the role sits. CPA UK’s annual turnover is around £3M.
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Programme Manager
Full time (35 hrs/wk), fixed term until October 2030
Split place of work between Horizons (Reading, Berkshire) and Home
Salary range £55,000 to £60,000 pa plus benefits
We're looking for a motivated Programme Manager to help lead the way on our Digital Campus programme; a strategic investment that will transform the online teaching, learning and assessment experiences that the University of the Built Environment offers to students and staff.
As a senior member of the Strategy & Planning Office, you'll work closely with stakeholders across the University, contributing to the ongoing development of project and programme management practices, ensuring effective planning, collaboration, and successful delivery across a varied portfolio of strategic initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and proactive programme manager to play a pivotal role in the future of the University and help deliver lasting organisational impact.
Your accountabilities and responsibilities include:
- Oversee and manage component projects to deliver the programme plan
- Manage projects that centre on significant digital or technology infrastructures
- Apply the University’s project management framework to lead all stages of Digital Campus projects
- Support budget management, direct resource allocation, and maintain supplier relationships to ensure project success is achieved within agreed cost parameters
Our main requirements:
- Certification in a recognised programme or project management methodology (e.g., MSP, APM, PRINCE2, PMP)
- Experience in leading and managing complex strategic and business improvement projects with organisational scope and at significant scale
- Experience delivering transformation and change with extensive digital/technology components (e.g., systems, platforms, or digital services), and in partnership with technical specialists
- Demonstrable skill in organising, prioritising and managing complex and diverse programmes of work and their project portfolios
At University of the Built Environment we expect employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support. Student satisfaction and success are our main drivers, and our people consistently report high levels of employee engagement; your contribution will be valued should you join us.
We are a long-standing and leading provider of supported online education with a long-term ambition to be the world’s most sustainable university. At The London School of Architecture, our students study onsite. Staff wellbeing and work-life balance are a priority for us, with flexible working arrangements and a generous holiday allowance amongst some of our key employee benefits.
To view the full job specification and to apply, visit our careers site.
Vacancy closes on Monday 28 September 2026 at 17:00.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We champion equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. We celebrate diversity and the strengths it brings to our staff body, our student community and our Board of Trustees, recognising that people are key to our success. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Our vision is to be the centre of excellence for built environment education



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Job description:
The Finance Manager is responsible for leading the organisation’s financial management, planning, reporting and compliance for The Old Market Charitable Trust, as well as its trading subsidiary, TOM Bar Ltd.
As the senior finance professional within the organisation, the postholder will provide strategic financial leadership to the Executive Team and Board, ensuring financial sustainability while supporting artistic ambition and commercial growth.
Strategic Finance & Leadership
- Act as the organisation’s lead finance professional and trusted adviser to the co-CEO’s and Board.
- Lead annual budgeting, business planning and financial forecasting processes.
- Produce long-term financial models to support organisational growth and capital investment decisions.
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Support strategic decision-making through robust financial analysis and scenario planning.
Financial Management
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts, forecasts and cashflow reports.
- Monitor organisational performance against budgets and KPIs.
- Lead annual statutory accounts preparation and audit process.
- Ensure effective treasury and cash management.
- Oversee all banking, investment and financial control arrangements.
Commercial & Operational Support
- Analyse profitability across productions, events, venue hires, bar operations and other commercial activities.
- Develop financial models for new artistic projects and partnerships.
- Support contract negotiations and procurement decisions.
- Work with department heads to improve financial literacy and accountability.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory and reporting requirements.
- Maintain strong internal controls and financial procedures.
- Manage VAT, payroll, pension administration and taxation matters.
- Prepare financial reports and papers for Board and committee meetings.
- Support organisational risk management and governance processes.
Team Leadership
- Drive continuous improvement in financial systems and processes.
- Lead implementation of digital finance solutions and reporting tools
Essential Qualifications
- Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) or significant equivalent experience.
Essential Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a finance management role.
- Experience producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
- Experience presenting financial information to senior stakeholders or boards.
- Experience managing audits and statutory reporting.
- Experience implementing or improving financial controls and systems.
- Experience in arts &culture organisations AND/OR Experience working within a registered charity.
Essential Skills & Knowledge
- Strong financial planning and analysis capability.
- Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills.
- Experience with cloud accounting systems (Xero preferred).
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Strong commercial awareness and problem-solving skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of project accounting and restricted funding.
- Knowledge of cultural VAT exemption.
- Knowledge of Theatre Tax Relief.
- Experience supporting organisational growth, fundraising initiatives or capital projects.
Work Location: In person
Application window closes at 10am on Monday 28 September 2026, with interviews taking place in person at The Old Market on Thursday 1 October, with second stage interviews on Tuesday 6 October.
The Old Market is committed to being an Equal Opportunities employer and we actively encourage applications from individuals with a variety of backgrounds, experience and perspectives, including disabled people and people who are ethnically and culturally diverse and who experience racism i
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The Christie Charity is a vibrant, fast moving, energetic organisation with a passionate team and a fantastic reputation.
Everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie hospital ensuring cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology. We provide funding over and above what the NHS provides.
We are currently entering a particularly exciting period of growth and expansion as we fundraise for a number of major projects.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and proactive individual to play a key role in shaping and enhancing our direct marketing programme. Working closely with the Supporter Experience Manager you will be responsible for the achievement and development of direct marketing income at The Christie Charity and will support on the development of our supporter experience programme.
The Charity team is responsible for raising millions of pounds each year to ensure Christie patients receive the very best care and treatment. This includes everything from access to world first clinical trials and receiving radiotherapy in state-of-the-art treatment centres, to young adults being cared for in a bespoke age-appropriate centre and being able to offer patients anxiety reducing complementary therapy, or even creative sessions in our art room.
If you want to make a real difference to cancer patients and are ready to rise to the challenge of working for one of the most successful charities in the North-West, then this exciting opportunity could be the role for you.
We will be reviewing applications and arranging interviews on a rolling basis, so early submission is encouraged.
Interviews will be held on Monday 12 October 2026.
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Volunteer It Yourself (VIY), a UK-wide not-for-profit organisation linked to youth skills and employment, volunteering and construction, is looking for a passionate fundraising manager to drive our income streams and play a crucial role in helping to grow our income.
As the Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for identifying and securing new funding opportunities, developing existing opportunities and funding streams, writing and submitting funding applications and proposals and managing the ‘income’ pipeline.
We’re seeking someone ambitious who has proven experience in securing grant funding and bid writing preferably across multiple sectors/income streams, ideally including the public sector and local authorities and corporate CSR and sponsorship programmes. You will identify, cultivate, apply to and steward funders , securing both restricted and unrestricted income to support VIY’s vital work.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering sustainable income growth and supporting VIY’s ambitious plans for the future.
Please send an up-to-date CV and a cover letter (of no more than one page). Your cover letter should outline how your skills and experience would help you meet the person specification, giving clear examples.
Application deadline: Monday 28th September
First stage interviews - 15 minute phone calls: w/c 28th September
Final interviews - 45 minute video calls: w/c 5th October
Salary: £43,680
Location: Hybrid Work Culture. We are proud to promote a truly hybrid work culture, recognising that every role is different, and everyone has unique needs and preferences. Our Hybrid Work Arrangement empowers each team member to work with their manager to choose the most effective way to work that balances your needs and Hospice UK’s.
For this role, we are looking for someone who is London based and can travel to central London at short notice to maximise content opportunities that arise. You will also be expected to come into the office at least one day a week - currently the External Affairs anchor day is on a Wednesday.
Contractually this role is London-based.
Benefits:
- 25 days in the first year, increasing to 27.5 days in the second year of service and 30 days in the third.
- Matched pension scheme up to 7% of salary
- Support for staff with caring responsibilities
- Family-friendly culture
How to Apply: CV and supporting statement - using Hospice UK’s supporting statement document – see below
Closing date for applications: Sunday 20 September at 23:59
Interview dates: Thursday 1 October and Friday 2 October. The first round of interviews will take place online via MS Teams.
We may send assessments and some questions to you in advance so that you can prepare. Let us know if you have any specific needs to be able to fully engage with the process.
Job Information
The Role
This is a new and exciting role for Hospice UK. As Content and Brand Manager you will play a key role bringing Hospice UK’s strategic priorities to life, delivering high-quality content that meets our audiences’ needs, drives engagement and tells a compelling story about our brand.
You will lead and drive an ambitious new content strategy for the organisation that brings coherence and dynamism to our communications, ensures clear and consistent messaging across our channels and seizes opportunities to be creative, adaptable and at the heart of sector debates. This will also include overseeing the performance and growth of our social media channels and presence.
Your work with also grow, promote and protect our brand, ensuring a strong visual identity, clear voice, and diverse and human-led content that reflects Hospice UK’s values.
The Team
You will work within the Communications team that sits within the wider External Affairs Directorate. We are around 20 in total, including 4 colleagues based in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Communications team includes colleagues working across content, social and digital, as well as partnership marketing and member communications.
You will work closely with a smaller team of 3 colleagues, our Senior Social Media Officer, Media and PR Manager and your line manager – our Senior Communications and Communications Manager. Together you will be involved in the big issues in hospice care, making sure Hospice UK is vocal, visible and leading the debate.
There is a strong collaborative and supportive culture across the External Affairs Department with lots of opportunity to exchange ideas, plan together and benefit from each other’s skills and expertise.
Working closely with our 200+ hospice members, we have a strong track record of securing strong media coverage and winning campaigns on their behalf, most notably over the two years by securing increased investment in hospices by governments in Westminster, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
But our work is not done. Hospices are under significant pressure and need both better government investment and continued public support. Our focus now is ensuring that hospices can meet ever increasing demand for their services, with well-funded and well-staffed hospices across the UK.
About You
You're a strategic and creative content professional who understands how powerful storytelling can drive engagement, influence audiences and deliver real impact.
You'll have experience developing and delivering ambitious content strategies, managing brands, and creating compelling content across digital channels. From shaping content pipelines and leading campaigns to overseeing brand identity and using data to optimise performance, you'll know how to turn insight into action.
We're looking for someone who is audience-focused, collaborative and innovative, with a strong understanding of digital trends, emerging technologies including AI, and the tools needed to create and measure high-performing content. You'll also be an experienced people manager, able to develop talent and foster a positive, high-performing team culture.
Most importantly, you'll share Hospice UK's values and be excited by the opportunity to shape our stories, strengthen our brand and amplify the impact of hospice care across the UK.
If you're excited by the prospect of leading our content strategy, shaping and strengthening our brand, and helping more people understand the impact of hospice care through powerful storytelling, we'd love to hear from you.
More information is available in the candidate information pack, which is available on our website to download.
We represent and champion the community of 200+ hospices across the UK.



The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to take a key management role within Happy Healthy You, a community-rooted organisation delivering culturally grounded health and wellbeing activity across Bradford, while playing a significant role in the delivery of the five-year Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip).
You will work across HHU’s established programmes and community activity while helping to develop and strengthen the organisation as it grows. Alongside this, you will have a significant role in Bhip, supporting an ambitious programme that brings together communities, the VCSE sector and health and care systems to address health inequities driven by structural racism and discrimination.
The role offers a distinctive opportunity to connect strong community-based delivery with wider change, helping ensure that what is learned through HHU’s trusted relationships and Bhip’s work leads to better practice, stronger services, and demonstrable outcomes for communities.
You will join at a crucial point in the development of both HHU and Bhip, with genuine scope to shape how programmes are delivered, developed, evaluated, and improved as the work grows.
About you / The Role
You will be an experienced and capable programme manager with a strong track record of managing community-based programmes, activities, services, and teams, with the ability to design, develop and implement plans and projects that achieve effective delivery and measurable outcomes.
You will understand the realities of delivering culturally grounded health and wellbeing activity alongside Global Majority communities and be committed to addressing health inequities, structural racism, and discrimination.
You will be equally comfortable supporting the Bhip Programme Lead, HHU’s CEO and senior management with organisational priorities, managing staff and resources, and working alongside community teams to ensure delivery is well coordinated, responsive and of a consistently high standard. You will have a strong focus on evaluation, ensuring HHU and the Bhip programme can demonstrate the outcomes, impact, and value of its work.
As a key member of the Bhip team, you will lead the operational management of HHU’s contribution, ensuring its community engagement, co-design, Insight to Action and related activity is effectively planned, delivered, monitored, evaluated, and continuously improved.
You will understand how HHU’s existing trusted community activity provides an important route through which communities can engage with and shape Bhip’s aims and work. HHU’s established community delivery footprint will provide a key route for Bhip’s structural literacy, listening, story capture and co-design work, enabling community insight and stories to be translated into action and system change.
You will bring strong people management, organisation, and judgement, with the ability to manage competing priorities, solve problems and maintain effective relationships across HHU, Bhip, communities and partner organisations
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We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Communications Officer to help raise the profile of International Health Partners and showcase the life-changing impact of our work around the world. Working closely with colleagues, partners and stakeholders, you will lead the development of compelling communications, build strong partnership stories and support the growth of an organisation dedicated to improving access to essential medicines for vulnerable communities.
IHP’s vision is to see a world in which all suffering due to lack of healthcare is eradicated. Our Christian faith underpins all that we do. It motivates us to care for those in need, and give our best in all circumstances, as an expression of God's love. We serve the poor in health without regard for ethnic or religious background, focusing on where the need is greatest.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional who thrives on storytelling, stakeholder engagement and strategic communications. You'll collaborate across IHP to identify and develop powerful stories, create engaging content across multiple channels and lead communications activity that supports organisational priorities and partnership growth.
From developing partnership campaigns and impact stories to creating digital content and communications materials, you will help increase awareness of IHP's work, demonstrate the value of our partnerships and support our mission of improving access to essential medicines worldwide.
For further details regarding responsibilities and person specification, please see the job description.
About you
We're looking for someone who combines excellent communications expertise with creativity, initiative and strong relationship-building skills.
You will have:
✅ Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills
✅ Experience developing communications for different audiences and channels
✅ Strong project management and organisational skills
✅ The ability to influence and advise stakeholders with confidence
✅ A keen eye for detail and commitment to producing high-quality content
✅ A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
✅ Experience evaluating communications activity and using insight to improve performance
Experience working within a charity, not-for-profit or purpose driven-organisation is desirable.
Why join IHP?
This is an opportunity to use your skills and expertise to make a genuine difference. You will join a passionate and collaborative team committed to ensuring more people can access the medicines they need, regardless of circumstance.
Our Christian faith inspires our mission and values, and we are committed to demonstrating compassion, integrity and excellence in everything we do. Staff regularly spend time together in prayer and, as such, there is an occupational requirement for the successful candidate to have a personal commitment to the Christian faith.
We value our people and offer a supportive and flexible working environment, alongside a range of benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time hours)
- Health and wellbeing support through Unum help@hand
- Life Insurance and Critical Illness Cover
- Hybrid and flexible working options in a modern office near Chancery Lane Tube Station
IHP is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to working and embedding diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our work, including recruitment and selection. We actively encourage applicants to inform us of any specific support or reasonable adjustments we can make in the recruitment process (eg for disability or neurodivergence) and will continue this conversation into employment, as appropriate.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Join a supportive and inclusive team where your skills are valued, your voice is heard, and you have the space to work independently and develop.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two A4 sides setting out how you meet the person specification including the Occupational Requirement. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered. If you require any support with your application please call the IHP Office and select Option 2.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore we encourage applications to be submitted at the earliest opportunity.
We want to see a world in which all suffering due to lack of healthcare is eradicated.


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The Role
This is a hands-on communications role sitting at the centre of a small, ambitious and growing charity.
The Communications Manager will take responsibility for planning, coordinating and delivering communications across Not A Phase. You will bring together communications from across our services, campaigns, fundraising, partnerships and events, ensuring that what we communicate is engaging, accessible, consistent and recognisably Not A Phase.
This is not simply a social media role. We are looking for someone who can see the bigger picture of the charity's communications while also being comfortable doing the work themselves - writing copy, developing campaigns, briefing creatives, producing content, updating the website, coordinating photography and filming, creating newsletters and making sure projects actually get delivered.
You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to understand what is happening within our services and turn that activity into compelling communications for our community, supporters, partners, funders and the wider public.
You will also play an important role in protecting and developing the voice of Not A Phase: positive, confident, human, community-led and grounded in the lived experiences of trans+ people.
What We Offer
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26 days annual leave + bank holidays (33 days total)
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Festive Period break (avg 7-10 working days)
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Flexible working hours
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Mostly remote working with in-person attendance for relevant events
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Travel expenses covered
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategy, Planning & Coordination
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Own and deliver an organisation-wide communications plan aligned with Not A Phase’s strategy and priorities.
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Maintain a forward calendar covering services, campaigns, events, partnerships, fundraising and key dates.
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Work across teams to identify opportunities, coordinate activity and ensure projects are supported from launch through to impact.
2. Content, Storytelling & Brand
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Lead on writing and editing clear, accessible content for web, email, campaigns, reports, fundraising, partnerships and organisational updates.
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Tell compelling stories that reflect the breadth of our work and celebrate trans+ community, creativity, achievement and joy.
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Protect and develop the Not A Phase brand, messaging and tone of voice, helping colleagues and partners communicate consistently.
3. Digital, Social & Campaigns
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Lead our digital and social media communications, representing our programmes, locations, communities and partnerships.
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Plan joined-up campaigns across social media, email, web and partner channels, including relevant LGBTQIA+ and diversity calendar moments.
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Keep our website and email communications current, grow audiences and use performance data to improve activity.
4. Content Capture & Creative Production
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Plan photography, video, testimonials and other content across services and events.
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Attend selected activities to capture or coordinate content, managing external creatives where needed.
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Maintain an organised asset library and ensure consent, safeguarding and privacy processes are followed.
5. Community Reach & Service Communications
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Clearly communicate our services, who they are for and how to access them.
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Develop targeted communications to increase participation and reach new and underrepresented audiences, including people outside major cities.
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Use feedback to make communications clearer, more accessible and effective.
6. Partnerships, Fundraising & Impact
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Support fundraising and partnership communications, clearly showing the value and impact of support.
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Create materials, stories and case studies using service data, feedback and testimonials.
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Work collaboratively with external partners on developing and promoting partnership communications.
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Help communicate organisational progress and strengthen relationships with supporters, funders and partners.
7. Media & Responsive Communications
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Support our external profile through press releases, statements, briefings, media relationships and spokesperson preparation.
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Work with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team on sensitive or fast-moving communications, using sound judgement and keeping responses grounded in our mission.
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Prepare appropriate messaging where public or reputational issues arise.
8. Insight & Improvement
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Monitor performance, set practical communications KPIs and report useful insight to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team.
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Use audience data to improve communications, systems and processes, while keeping up with relevant charity and digital communications practice.
Person Specification
Essential
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UK Based
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Experience in a charity, community or purpose-led organisation.
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Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and engaging.
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Strong communications, marketing or content experience, including multi-channel campaigns.
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Strong digital and social media experience, including websites, email, audience growth and performance insight.
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Excellent organisation and project-management skills, with the ability to plan ahead and manage competing deadlines.
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A strong understanding of brand, tone of voice, accessibility and inclusive communications.
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Sound judgement when communicating about sensitive or contentious subjects.
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A collaborative approach, with the confidence to work independently and own projects from idea to delivery.
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Experience managing external creatives, freelancers or agencies.
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A hands-on approach and willingness to personally produce much of the charity’s communications.
Desirable
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Experience communicating with LGBTQIA+ communities and an understanding of issues affecting trans+ and gender-diverse people in the UK.
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Media relations or PR experience.
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Experience producing or commissioning photography and video.
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Experience supporting fundraising, partnerships or impact communications.
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Experience managing staff, freelancers or volunteers.
The Person
We are a small team delivering a growing UK-wide programme, so we need someone comfortable taking ownership.
The role is varied: you might plan a national campaign, update a Trans+Connect webpage, coordinate content at a Misfits session or prepare communications for a new partnership.
You will spot strong stories across the charity and turn them into effective communications.
You will understand that good communications are about reaching the right people, telling meaningful stories, building trust and demonstrating impact.
You will bring structure and forward planning while retaining the personality, creativity and community-led approach that makes Not A Phase distinctive.
What You'll Help Us Achieve
Over the next five years, Not A Phase aims to deepen its impact and reach more trans+ adults across the UK.
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Reach more trans+ people who could benefit from our services.
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Tell our story and demonstrate impact.
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Strengthen relationships with supporters, funders and partners.
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Grow national recognition of Not A Phase.
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Improve communications across the organisation.
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Celebrate trans+ diversity, creativity and achievement.
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Ensure our work is seen, understood and valued.
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Uplifting the lives of trans+ adults across the UK.



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