Senior grants programme manager jobs
Research and Policy Manager - Welfare
Date posted: 6 July 2026
Salary: £67,752 per annum with excellent benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (part time over 30 hours considered). All staff are required to work in person for a minimum of two days per week, in line with our hybrid working policy. The post-holder may be required to undertake some work outside normal working hours.
About the Health Foundation
Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity and helps build a stronger society. Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK, and health and care services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.
The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation with a mission to build a healthier UK. We work to achieve this by generating high-quality research and analysis; developing practical solutions to the biggest problems in health and health services; engaging, convening and building coalitions to build understanding, inform debate and drive action; and developing the long-term capability needed to transform health and care.
Our values
We expect everyone who works with us to be committed to our values and to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. Our values are impact, evidence, integrity, and collaboration. You can read more about them in our five-year strategy. We also expect everyone to share our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and to help deliver our EDI Strategy.
About the role
This role will lead our agenda around the role of welfare to support the working age population to maintain good health and support people with long term health conditions or disability when they are unable to work or participate. The Commission for Healthier Working Lives identified a number of issues with welfare support which effectively disincentivise people from accessing and staying in work and the purpose of this role is to make the case for change and point to potential solutions.
The post holder will have a strong understanding of the current welfare agenda, and particularly what this means for people with long term health conditions and disability. Working with the Senior Fellow, you will identify the opportunities to shape better policy, providing decision makers with the evidence and clear recommendations. As well as conducting your own analysis, you will help commission policy research projects from internal and external experts and provide oversight for these projects.
Developing your own profile as an expert, you will also lead or support drafting of external outputs, speak at external events and grow and maintain external stakeholder relationships. The role provides a real opportunity to have a voice to influence the future shape of health and welfare policies and practice.
To find out more about the role and what we are looking for, please read the job description.
How to apply
Our priority is to find the right individual for each opportunity. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity and invite you to find out more.
If you would like to apply, please submit your CV and answer the application questions below. Please try to limit your response to each question to no more than 300 words.
- What interests you most about this role and how do you think your experience would help The Health Foundation to influence change in the welfare system?
- Tell us about a time when you built relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve a shared objective. How did you establish credibility, manage different priorities or perspectives and what was the outcome?
Our commitment to equality, inclusion and diversity
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each opportunity on merit. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us. We have identified three key areas to improving diversity. Our aim is to achieve a more balanced representation across our organisation, with a particular focus on increasing the number of women in leadership, enhancing the representation of people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds and welcoming more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from these groups.
Apply to join our team and let's work towards building a more diverse and inclusive workplace together. If you require any support through this process, please contact us. Help us work together to make the recruitment process and potential future employment more accessible and enjoyable for you.
Closing date: Sunday 26 July 2026 23:59
Interview dates: Week commencing 10th August 2026
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Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum, DOE.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Programme Director
Location: Harlow, Essex. Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service to/from Harlow Town Train Station as well as free parking and EV charging on site.
Extra Information: We offer blended working within this role, with 3 days a week on site.
About the role:
At the Motability Foundation, we fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
We’re building a Transport Solutions Team that works flexibly across all the tools in our delivery kit – from grants and innovation pilots to research, partnerships, and commercial interventions. Our growing portfolio includes flagship projects tackling challenges such as inclusive EV charging infrastructure, complex community transport needs, and large-scale research and systems change activity through the National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT).
We are now recruiting a Transport Solutions Manager to play a leading part in the management of NCAT, which will make up around half of the role, while also contributing to the design and delivery of other high-impact transport solutions activity across the Foundation’s portfolio. This is a pivotal role that combines programme leadership, stakeholder management, governance, and delivery, and is designed to work flexibly across our matrix structure.
The successful candidate will act as a key point of coordination for NCAT, supporting its effective mobilisation, delivery, governance and partner relationships, while also working across other Transport Solutions priorities in line with the expectations of broader internal Transport Solutions Manager roles.
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, purpose-led team driving change in the transport system for disabled people, and to work on some of the most complex and impactful projects in the sector.
What you will be doing:
- Act as a key point of coordination for NCAT within the Foundation, bringing together cross-functional input across areas such as delivery, innovation, governance, operations, insight and evaluation.
- Lead the ongoing management activity for NCAT, including the development and implementation of systems, processes and governance structures to enable effective delivery.
- Coordinate programme reporting for NCAT, including the preparation of regular updates for senior leadership and governance committees, ensuring accuracy, insight and alignment with organisational goals.
- Monitor progress against plans, budgets and timelines, identifying and resolving risks such as under or overspend, ineligible costs or delivery delays.
- Escalate risks and issues proactively, supporting the development of mitigation strategies to manage impact and maintain programme integrity.
- Support governance structures, including advisory boards or steering groups, ensuring they are effectively convened, briefed and engaged in programme direction.
- Build and maintain strong funder and delivery partner relationships, acting as a key link between the Foundation and external partners to support trust, alignment and shared learning.
- Ensure monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches are embedded, working with internal and external stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and strategic alignment.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and insight generation, supporting the dissemination of findings, progress and outcomes from NCAT and related work to maximise external impact.
- Lead and/or contribute to other projects, programmes or funding activity across the Transport Solutions portfolio, working flexibly in line with team priorities and the expectations of other internal Transport Solutions Manager roles.
- Collaborate across the Foundation, including with Finance, Legal, Communications, Insight and Evaluation, HR and Data Protection, to ensure high-quality delivery and strong organisational alignment.
Your experience:
Must haves:
- Significant experience in programme or project management roles, ideally within complex or multi-stakeholder environments and as a funder.
- Strong understanding of programme delivery, governance and reporting, with the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and stakeholders effectively.
- Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills, with the ability to maintain accurate information for monitoring, reporting and decision-making.
- Financial literacy, with experience in analysing budgets, monitoring spend and managing financial risks.
- Experience managing contracts, legal agreements or delivery arrangements with external partners, suppliers or grantees.
- Strong interpersonal and listening skills, with a relationship-first approach that builds trust and enables collaboration across internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile, matrix-working environment, adapting to shifting priorities and timelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce high-quality reports, papers and presentations for senior audiences.
Nice to haves:
- Understanding of managing cross-disciplinary research or systems change activity involving technical, social and user-centred disciplines.
- Experience managing large-scale grants, programmes or partnerships and holding a primary relationship with external delivery partners.
- Track record in delivering or supporting innovation pilots, research programmes, grant programmes or cross-sector partnerships.
- Experience working in or in collaboration with government, industry, academia or the non-profit sector.
- Knowledge of disability and transport issues, including relevant policy, legislation, barriers to access and the social model of disability.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we'd still encourage you to apply.
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a Senior Operational Management role within Family Action.
The post holder will provide both strategic and operational support to Family Action’s adult mental health services in Bolton and Wigan:
• Bolton Listening Lounge and Wigan Crisis Space: operating from 3pm to 10pm, 7 days a week. These services form part of the Greater Manchester VCSE Crisis Pathway, a non-clinical alternative to A&E offering support to people experiencing mental and emotional distress and suicidal ideation
• Sub-contracted to TOGS Mind, Family Action is a VCSE delivery partner for the 111 press 2 / Mental Health Urgent Triage team located within the Northwest Ambulance Service call centres.
Listening Lounge Services in Bolton and Wigan operate between the hours of 3pm and 10pm 7 days a week. There is an expectation that the post holder will work to a flexible rota to meet the needs of the service and to provide onsite management support. Typically, this will include at least 2 weekend days per month from 2pm to 10pm on site – one in Bolton and one in Wigan, and two evenings per month during the week from 2pm to 10pm. These to be arranged in collaboration with the Service Managers from Bolton Listening Lounge and Wigan Crisis Space.
The Operational Manager will also be a member of the North Operational Management team that reports to the Deputy Director of Services & Innovation.
The postholder will share Family Action’s vision and ethos – which is a vision that society understands the importance and power of family as a foundation for individual futures and connected, resilient communities.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The marketing and communications team is small but mighty. We help people find the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), understand what we do and take the next step, whether that is applying for a programme, booking a workshop, coming to an event, becoming a partner or engaging with our work.
We lead programme recruitment across SSE. That includes campaign planning, email marketing, social media, web content, partner communications and applicant journeys. We also manage SSE’s outbound communications, making sure our messages are clear, timely and joined up across newsletters, press, stakeholder updates, programme promotion and wider brand activity.
It is a creative, varied team where the work moves quickly and no two days feel the same. You will work across the full communications mix, helping us turn ideas, stories and programme information into clear, engaging content that reaches the right people and encourages them to act.
The work is fast-paced, but it is also genuinely rewarding. Good marketing at SSE means more social entrepreneurs hear about the support available to them, more partners understand our impact and more people see the value of social enterprise. We are practical, collaborative and always looking for ways to improve. If you enjoy making things clearer, sharper and more engaging, and you want to see your work make a real difference, this is a brilliant team to be part of.
To equip people with skills, funding, and networks to realise their potential, improve lives and protect the planet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About BeyondAutism
BeyondAutism is a leading UK charity dedicated to empowering autistic children and young adults through specialist education, training and support services. Our vision is a world where every autistic learner belongs, succeeds and shapes their own future.
Founded by parents in 2000, we provide specialist education from Early Years through Post-19, alongside outreach, training and innovative support services. We are passionate about creating opportunities for autistic people to achieve greater independence, choice and quality of life.
The Role
We're looking for an experienced and ambitious Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager to lead the growth of our voluntary income and strategic partnerships.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing, Communications and Fundraising, you'll develop and manage income from trusts and foundations, major donors, corporate partnerships and legacy giving. You'll also build long-term relationships with supporters and partners while helping deliver our Fundraising Strategy 2030.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building meaningful relationships, identifying new funding opportunities and making a genuine impact within a growing charity.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a pipeline of trusts, foundations, major donors, corporate partners and legacy prospects.
- Secure funding through high-quality grant applications, proposals and funding reports.
- Build and maintain relationships with funders, supporters and strategic partners.
- Identify new income opportunities aligned to BeyondAutism's mission.
- Represent BeyondAutism at networking events, meetings and fundraising opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, Trustees and senior leaders to develop compelling cases for support.
- Line manage and support the Fundraising Officer.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, fundraising reporting and income forecasting.
- Ensure fundraising activities comply with GDPR and fundraising regulations.
About You
Essential
- Proven success securing income from trusts and foundations.
- Experience developing fundraising pipelines and managing prospect portfolios.
- Strong bid writing, proposal writing and reporting skills.
- Experience building relationships with funders, supporters or external stakeholders.
- Experience working towards income targets and fundraising KPIs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience using CRM systems to manage fundraising activity.
- Strong organisational and project management skills.
- Confident using Microsoft Office.
Desirable
- Experience in major donor fundraising.
- Corporate partnership development experience.
- Legacy fundraising or individual giving experience.
- Previous line management experience.
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations and GDPR.
- Experience working within the charity, education, disability, health or social impact sectors.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to identify new funding opportunities.
What We Offer
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive pension scheme
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Professional membership fee reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite counselling support
- Perkbox employee benefits platform
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Employee Referral Scheme
Safeguarding
BeyondAutism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
BeyondAutism is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Apply Now
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.
If you'd like an informal conversation about the position before applying, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
The Talent Set are delighted to be partnering with Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation to recruit a new Head of Funding, joining their Funding & Impact team as a key senior leader responsible for shaping and delivering the Foundation’s funding strategy.
Head of Funding
Salary - £70,000 - £74,000
Location: London with hybrid working (2dpw on site)
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation is an independent charitable foundation working to build a healthier society. Through funding, partnerships, research and innovation, the Foundation tackles some of the most pressing health challenges facing communities, with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes.
The Foundation combines grant-making with strategic influence and long-term investment to create lasting social impact, supporting innovative projects and programmes that improve health and healthcare outcomes for communities now and into the future.
As Head of Funding, you will lead the delivery and development of the Foundation’s funding portfolio, overseeing significant funding activity and ensuring resources are invested effectively to maximise impact. Working closely with the Director of Funding & Impact, you will help shape strategic priorities, build influential partnerships and lead a high-performing team responsible for delivering funding programmes from opportunity identification through to evaluation and learning.
As Head of Funding you will:
- Support the development and implementation of the Foundation’s funding strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and impact goals.
- Lead and manage the Funding Team, overseeing funding activity and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with healthcare, research, academic and charitable sector partners.
- Oversee funding assessment, decision-making and governance processes, ensuring robust and effective grant-making practice.
- Lead funding committees and advisory processes, preparing high-quality recommendations and reports for decision-makers.
- Drive continuous improvement across funding policies, systems and ways of working to enhance effectiveness and impact.
- Work collaboratively with internal colleagues to support financial planning, reporting, evaluation and portfolio management activities.
- Represent the Foundation externally, promoting its funding and impact work and identifying opportunities for collaboration and influence.
You will bring:
- Significant experience leading funding, grant-making or investment programmes within a charity, healthcare, academic or funding environment.
- Strong understanding of the healthcare, research or scientific sectors and the opportunities and challenges they present.
- Experience managing funding committees, advisory groups, peer review processes or board-level decision-making activities.
- Demonstrable ability to develop strategy and translate this into effective operational delivery.
- Strong relationship-building skills, with a proven track record of managing complex stakeholder relationships and partnerships.
- Strategic leadership experience, including leading, motivating and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to communicate complex information clearly to a range of audiences.
- Highly organised and analytical, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed decisions in a complex environment.
How to Apply
To express an initial interest, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
This is a particularly exciting moment for Bath Cats and Dogs Home. We’ll soon be merging with a neighbouring animal charity. Together, we’ll be stronger and more sustainable, working across a large area that stretches from west Wiltshire to the Bristol Channel, and doubling the size of the population we serve.
This new chapter will significantly expand our reach, increase our impact for local animals, and strengthen the support we can provide to pet owners across our communities. As part of this transformation, fundraising will play a critical role - making this a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to shape meaningful growth and help deliver ambitious plans for animal welfare.
You’ll lead on developing and securing income from charitable trusts and foundations, managing existing relationships while identifying and cultivating new opportunities. Working closely with the Head of Fundraising and Retail and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll create compelling funding proposals, build strong funder relationships, and help bring innovative projects to life.
Every cat and dog should enjoy a healthy life and a happy home.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Create is seeking a dynamic, ambitious, driven, fundraiser (grants/major gifts) with strong strategic skills, an exemplary income generation track record, and a passion for the power of the creative arts. This Senior Leadership Team position reports directly to the Chief Executive and manages a small team.
Do you believe in the power of the creative arts to connect, empower and upskill isolated and vulnerable children and adults? Are you passionate about relationship building, storytelling, meeting targets and changing lives? Are you excited to use your extensive senior-level fundraising experience, knowledge and contacts to lead Create’s income generation from Trusts & Foundations (T&F), public sector and High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI)?
Create believes in the power of the creative arts to promote inclusion, empower lives and increase acceptance.
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Salary: £45000-£49000 p.a DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Reports to: Senior Insight Manager
Direct reports: There is potential for line management responsibility for an Insight Officer to support their development, oversee elements of their work, and help to ensure high standards of research quality and delivery.
Location: Harlow, Essex. Easily commutable from London Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale Station. We offer a free minibus service to/from Harlow Town Train Station as well as free parking and EV charging on site.
Extra Information: Open to conversation on hybrid, flexible and compressed working arrangements. The team works a minimum of two days a week from the office.
About the role:
At the Motability Foundation we fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to other charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.
This role will support the Senior Insight Manager in delivering policy research and insight as part of the new insight function. This role sits at the intersection of research and policy, ensuring that evidence is not only generated, but interpreted and mobilised effectively to inform forward-looking organisational positioning.
What you will be doing:
As Policy Research Manager, you’ll play a central role in building and mobilising the evidence needed to influence policy and public debate on mobility, disability and welfare reform. Working closely with colleagues across Insight, Policy and Public Affairs, you’ll help to ensure that the Foundation has a robust, timely and compelling evidence base to support advocacy, engagement with decision-makers, and external partnerships.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing clear and persuasive evidence narratives that demonstrate the social value and impact of the Foundation’s work, drawing on research, evaluation findings and wider policy evidence
- Scoping, developing and oversight of rapid evidence reviews and insight summaries to inform policy positions, responses to consultations and support external engagement
- Delivering forward-looking policy analyses using futures and foresight approaches (including horizon scanning and trend synthesis), assessing potential implications for disabled people and organisational positioning.
- Acting as the lead for policy-relevant research on welfare reform and related priority areas, synthesising internal and external evidence to inform organisational responses
- Supporting coordination with Motability Operations on shared policy and research priorities
- Supporting relationships with external partners including Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), think tanks and public research bodies, including representing the Foundation to contribute an evidence-informed perspective
- Supporting dissemination and engagement activity, including roundtables, briefings, thought pieces and events that help shape debate and explore innovative policy solutions
- Working collaboratively across the organisation to move our evidence and insight from reactive to proactive, strengthening our influence over time
Your experience:
You’re curious, motivated and motivated by public impact. You enjoy turning complex evidence into clear messages that resonate with different audiences, and you’re keen to see research used to influence real-world decisions. You understand what makes for good enough evidence to influence policy making.
You’re comfortable working across organisational boundaries and with external partners, and you bring energy, judgement and confidence to conversations about policy, evidence and social value.
You’re likely to thrive in this role if you:
- Enjoy synthesising research and data into compelling, accessible insight
- Are motivated by social purpose and improving outcomes for disabled people
- Have a strong interest in public policy
- Have a strong understanding of how evidence can be used to influence decision-making
- Are proactive, organised and able to respond quickly to emerging issues
- Are confident representing an organisation externally and contributing to policy discussions
- Like working collaboratively and building trusted relationships across teams and sectors
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Requirements
We recognise that candidates may come from a range of backgrounds. We’re particularly interested in people with strong potential who are keen to develop their skills in a purpose-driven environment.
Must haves:
- Experience conducting or coordinating research, evidence reviews or analysis in a policy, public affairs, research or related setting
- Familiarity with government policy-making processes, consultations and/or parliamentary engagement
- Ability to synthesise complex information into clear, concise written outputs
- Understanding of how research and evidence can be packaged and used effectively to inform or influence public policy
- Experience working with or alongside external organisations such as think tanks, charities, DPOs, academic or public research bodies
- Strong written communication skills and confidence contributing to external briefings, reports or events
- A relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in a social science, public policy or related discipline, or equivalent work experience
Nice to haves:
- Experience working on disability, welfare, transport or social policy issues
- Experience supporting advocacy or public affairs activity using evidence
- Experience designing or managing rapid evidence reviews or insight products
- A recognised professional research qualification such as the MRS Advanced Certificate, or equivalent professional research training.
Benefits
Who are we?
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
We fund, support, research and innovate so that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose. We oversee the Motability Scheme and provide grants to help people use it, providing access to transport to hundreds of thousands of people a year. We award grants to charities and organisations who provide different types of transport, or work towards making transport accessible. We also carry out ongoing research, in partnership with disabled people and key stakeholders in the industry, to inspire innovations that continue to champion accessible transport for all.
Why choose us?
We want working for the Motability Foundation to be the best career move you’ve ever made. When you join the Motability Foundation you will join a group of people who are supportive, innovative and motivated to improve the lives of our beneficiaries.
We value everyone’s unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. This is embedded into our values, Collaborative, Respectful and Evolving.
We bring our people together through our People Forum, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Social Squad and our Wellbeing Champions and our employee Spotlight Awards help us recognise the excellence and dedication of our staff.
We are proud to be recognised as Disability Confident Leader, have attained Platinum Level Award for Investors in People and are members of the Business Disability Forum.
A career with Motability Foundation can offer you so much more than earning potential, we pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits. Some of these include:
- 26 days annual leave, plus the option to buy/ sell up to five days.
- One wellbeing day for extra flexibility.
- Pension scheme - Up to 20%, including a 10% non-contributory contribution and matched contributions up to 5%.
- Life Assurance of four times your salary.
- Private healthcare through BUPA for you and your family, along with a Medicash Health Plan.
- Employee assistance programme: GP appointments, eye tests, flu vaccinations, sick pay and free gym and yoga sessions.
- Enhanced Parental Leave, including Adoption Pay.
- Free parking, EV charge points and a minibus service to/from the town centre and train station.
- Fresh fruit, breakfast snacks, and a Dress for Your Day dress code.
- Learning and development opportunities to help you grow.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, and we aim to be an employer of choice for candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential. We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing and when working with us, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
To help us create an inclusive workplace we are committed to offering to interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances, we may need to limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. re
We are building a future where all disabled people have the transport options to make the journeys they choose.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Charity People is delighted to be partnering once again with Maudsley Charity to recruit an External Affairs and Influencing Manager.
A hugely exciting new role within the Communications team at the charity, the postholder will work across media, external affairs and influencing to engage with key stakeholders, boost the charity's profile, and promote learning and adoption of the solutions the organisation funds. You will be responsible for sharing evidence and learning in order to influence the people who fund, adopt and commission mental health care and services, and will work closely with the CEO to increase engagement with policy work which the Maudsley Charity undertakes through it's work in coalitions.
External Affairs and Influencing Manager
Contract: Full time, permanent role
Salary: £48,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid role between home and London office, with two days per week in the Denmark Hill office
Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 28th July
First round interviews will be held remotely on: Thursday 13th August
Second round interviews will be held in person on: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August
About Maudsley Charity
Maudsley Charity funds and supports clinical, academic, and community partners to ensure that everyone experiencing mental illness can access the right care, while using insights from their work to drive wider improvements across the UK.
Recognising the profound impact of mental illness and the inequalities in access, experience, and outcomes - particularly those linked to social deprivation and racism - the organisation focusses on addressing gaps in care.
With an approach that combines evidence, lived experience, and a commitment to equity, the organisation backs impactful, evidence-based solutions, ensuring services are shaped by real-world insight, and prioritising support for those most underserved to drive improvements that benefit all.
About the role
This is a core role within the organisation's influencing strategy, and your primary responsibilities will include:
External Affairs & Influencing:
- Develop and deliver influencing plans to promote adoption of effective mental health care initiatives being funded by the charity
- Develop productive relationships with key stakeholders (journalists, NHS trust leaders, ICBs, ICSs, VCSE orgs) to gather intelligence and shape strategy to inform the charity's positioning
- Lead the charity's thought leadership development providing strategic advice to senior leadership on political, NHS and mental health policy developments
- Strengthen the charity's role in mental health policy and advocacy coalitions, by contributing to collaborative advocacy, media and communications outputs
- Lead the charity's response to government mental health care consultations and calls for evidence
- Monitor funder sector trends and conversations, and actively seek out opportunities for the charity to strategically engage and influence by sharing learning from its grant making practice
Media management
- Develop and implement integrated external affairs campaigns that support the charity's influencing work
- Create persuasive materials, including press releases, op-eds, spokespeople briefings, comment pieces, and digital content and pitch to relevant outlets
- Maintain and grow relationships with journalists, broadcasters and sector media to secure relevant high-quality coverage of the charity's activities, grant holders and their projects
- Act as first point of contact for media enquiries, managing proactive and reactive press activity
- This role is expected to grow and develop and the postholder will be fully supported from across the organisation as the position evolves, within an organisation that offers a friendly, values led culture.
We would love to hear from individuals with the following skills and experience:
- Demonstrable track record of developing and implementing successful influencing strategies in the mental health sector
- Experience of stakeholder management within mental health care, including NHS Trust leaders, Integrated Care Boards, commissioners and senior clinicians, and with academics and researchers
- Strong experience in media relations, including briefing senior spokespeople, drafting press releases, media handling, and securing media coverage with a good understanding of the needs and expectations of different outlets and publications
- Keen understanding of the NHS, mental health policy landscape, and the related environment, key stakeholders and sector drivers
- Understanding of the key components and considerations of successful external affairs media and influencing
- Understanding of the sensitivities around mental illness, including working in an empathetic manner with people with lived experience
- Understanding of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles and a commitment to apply them in your work and as an organisation
- Influencing skills including confidence and credibility in working with stakeholders,
- Communication skills and the ability to produce clear and effective communications and the ability to confidently and accurately represent the organisation externally
- Written and editorial skills including the ability to craft narratives for different external audiences and communicate the charity's work in press releases, articles, policy briefs
How to apply
Maudsley Charity is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented backgrounds. We welcome applications from non-graduates.
Applications are managed via Charity People and involve a structured, anonymised process focusing on your experience and potential. Please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance.
Please see full job pack and job description attached.
There is also an optional 'Ask Us Anything' Webinar via Zoom on Thursday 16th July at 12.30pm where the Maudsley staff will answer questions. Please get in touch with Reception at Charity People if you'd like to register for this and they will send you the link. Please submit questions in advance to reception at Charity People before 9am on Wednesday 15th July 2026 in order that we can ensure all of your queries are answered.
Equal Opportunities monitoring
We ask that applicants complete our DEI monitoring form when submitting their CV for this role.
Maudsley Charity is an equal opportunities employer, and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. Specifically, we will also oppose unfair discrimination of those with mental health issues.
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Salary: circa £60k, pro rata for part time
Sobus is seeking an experienced Transformation Lead to guide a strategic review and organisational transformation programme during a pivotal period of change. Working directly with the Board of Trustees, you will assess future options, develop a sustainable operating model, strengthen partnerships, and create a clear roadmap for the organisation's future.
We're looking for someone with:
- Significant senior leadership and change management experience
- A proven track record of organisational transformation
- Strong strategic, financial and stakeholder management skills
- Experience developing sustainable business and operating models
- The ability to lead confidently through change and and uncertainty
Important Contract Information
This is a specific, time-limited transformation role with defined deliverables. While a short extension may be considered if required, there is no expectation that the successful candidate will remain employed by Sobus beyond the end of the contract. The role is being recruited to deliver a transformation programme, not to fill a permanent position.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter setting out how you meet the person specifications for this role our CEO, Sue Spiller.
Sobus welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
To strengthen local communities by providing voice, representation and support to residents through the VCSE organisations that support them.
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We are looking for an experienced and ambitious senior leader for this leading social welfare charity. As Trust and Grants Manager you will lead and grow a vital income stream for the charity.
This is not a first-time management role. They are looking for an experienced fundraising leader who can confidently manage and develop an established team, drive performance, and provide strategic direction to the Trusts programme.
This is a hybrid role with once a week in the Surrey office.
The charity:
You would be joining a long standing and well respected social welfare charity with a welcoming and supportive working culture.
Benefits include:
- Formalised flexible working.
- Annual Pay Review: Salaries are reviewed each April (non-contractual).
- Matched Pension Contribution: Matched up to 5% of salary.
- Sharing of internal vacancies with you: Helping you to grow, develop and progress your career.
- Health Cash Plan: Employees can claim reimbursement on routine healthcare expenses (optical, dental etc).
- As well as much more!
The Role:
Working with the Head of Trusts and Statutory Income to set the strategy for the Trusts and Statutory programme.
Provide oversight for delivering and maintaining the Trusts Programme raising over £2 million every year, and developing ambitions plan for growth.
Lead on the development and implementation of the Trust Funding Strategy
Lead on Donor Cultivation and the Stewardship strategy for Trusts
Hold account management for key existing and new high value relationships in the Trust portfolio, delivering on a personal annual income target of £600K - £700K.
Provide inspiring line management to develop, empower, energise and support staff to reach their potential.
The Candidate:
Experience in line management/supervision and developing a team.
Ability to develop a Trust Fundraising programme strategically and project manage delivery across stakeholders and the Trust Fundraising team.
Proven track record of raising multiple 6 figure gifts in one year (£100K plus) from Trusts, Foundations, lottery or public bodies, and demonstrable experience of meeting financial income targets.
Ability to deliver excellent presentations and engaging pitches to internal and external stakeholder.
Strong grant management skills, knowledge of excellent donor care and ability to develop strong working relationships.
Good understanding of Trust fundraising sector, trends and best practice and experience of working with large well known trust funders.
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Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
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About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
Purpose of the role:
As a Kinship Family Worker for Kinship Reach, you will deliver this online programme to families in your commissioned area. You will provide virtual one-to-one support to kinship carers and their families to help them become resilient and informed, with a strong support network to help them care for the children in their care.
Key responsibilities:
One-to-one support
Provide up to 6 one-to-one support sessions bespoke to the kinship carers and their families over a three-month intervention, working within the Kinship Reach delivery model. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Signposting or referring to relevant national and local services.
- Providing practical and emotional support to kinship carers.
- Liaising with other professionals and organisations.
- Making referrals to other Kinship services such as Advice, Someone Like Me, Peer-to-Peer.
- Providing support for carers to secure grants from local and national funders.
- Set goals for change following Kinship Reach processes, in partnership with the kinship carer.
- Monitor, review and revise these goals to ensure carers are on track and goals remain relevant.
Peer group facilitation and management
Kinship delivers virtual peer support groups which carers from Kinship’s programmes can access, coordinated by Senior Kinship Family Worker(s). This role could include:
- Developing existing groups and setting up new groups as required.
- Working closely with Kinship’s peer-to-peer service where appropriate.
- Collaborating with kinship carers, the local authority, and community partners to set up virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Planning, preparing, facilitating virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Promoting groups in the area you are delivering in to kinship carers and organisations who work with them, including contributing to the creation of promotional materials.
Participation
- Recruit kinship carers as volunteers to lead and support the development of virtual peer support groups.
- Work proactively to enable kinship carers to influence the design and delivery of the peer support groups delivered in their area (such as topics, time / date).
- Support Kinship’s communications and engagement strategy, such as helping to provide case studies and sourcing images for newsletters and local media to promote the programme and recruit participants.
Safeguarding and risk management
Kinship has a robust safeguarding structure. You will be supported by a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Designated Deputy Safeguarding Leads (DDSL).
- Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of abuse or neglect, following national legislation and procedures and Kinship’s own safeguarding procedures.
- Liaise with your line manager and safeguarding lead regarding safeguarding concerns, following Kinship’s policies and processes.
- Provide reports and information for managers about cases of concern.
- Ensure you are aware of and follow safeguarding policies and procedures risk of harm protocol.
- Complete risk assessments for events or groups with families in line with Kinship’s policies and processes to be signed off by a DSL or DDSL.
- Follow Kinship’s health and safety policies to keep yourself and your clients safe, such as Lone Working Policy, Home Visit Policy, risk assessment, events.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Record attendance at virtual support groups and ensure this is reported on the Salesforce database.
- Ensure casework, feedback, and other data related to service delivery are regularly and accurately recorded on our Salesforce database in line with Kinship’s policy and best practice.
- Ensure completion of carer registration forms, review forms, and closure forms, taking details that will be used to evidence impact.
- Collect case studies from your kinship carers to help demonstrate impact.
- Contribute to any reports for local authority partners as required in terms of data and case studies as required.
- Attend monitoring meetings as required.
- Engage in quality assurance processes in line with Kinship processes and policies.
Relationship and stakeholder management
- In partnership with the senior Kinship Family Worker, enable local authorities to understand the programme and pathways for how to make referrals.
- Support practitioners' meetings with local authorities to encourage referrals, discuss cases, and ensure local authority confidence in the programme.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities to raise awareness of kinship care and to reach and support kinship carers through the programme.
- Where possible and relevant, represent Kinship at external events and meetings to raise awareness of the programme and to influence other organisations.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities and voluntary and community groups supporting kinship families.
• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your application reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
• Tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above.
• Keep your response clear – use bullets points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to focus on your knowledge, skills and experience.
• Don’t go over 2 pages on your covering letter.
• Please do not use AI tools like ChatGPT to produce your answers. We use software to check, and your application will be rejected if you do.
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.



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Finance Manager (Flexible Working – Part-time Welcome)
Are you a qualified finance professional looking for an opportunity to use your expertise to support a global humanitarian mission? ENN is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership, strengthen organisational sustainability and help ensure our resources are used effectively to improve nutrition outcomes worldwide.
Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) is a respected UK charity working to reduce undernutrition globally. We connect technical experts, build evidence and improve knowledge to strengthen nutrition policy and programming, particularly in low- and middle-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected settings.
This is an exciting opportunity to join ENN at an important stage in its development. The Finance Manager will work closely with the CEO, Management Team and Board of Trustees, providing strategic financial insight, overseeing financial governance and supporting effective decision-making across the organisation.
About the role
The Finance Manager will be responsible for:
- Developing and delivering ENN’s finance strategy in support of its five-year organisational goals.
- Providing financial insight, analysis and risk management advice to the Management Team and Board of Trustees.
- Leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes.
- Overseeing core finance operations, including multi-currency accounting, payroll, cash flow and financial controls.
- Managing audits, statutory reporting and charity governance requirements.
- Supporting funding proposals, grant management and donor compliance.
- Line managing and supporting the development of the finance team.
This role is a key position within ENN and provides the opportunity to influence organisational strategy while ensuring strong financial stewardship.
About you
We are looking for an experienced finance professional who:
- Is a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Has significant experience leading financial management within the charity or not-for-profit sector.
- Understands charity finance requirements, governance and compliance obligations.
- Has experience managing grant-funded projects, including allocation of staff costs across funds.
- Has experience working with funders, foundations, NGOs or institutional donors.
- Can confidently communicate complex financial information and provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders.
- Has experience managing and developing a team.
- Is comfortable working independently and as a proactive business partner within a dispersed organisation.
Experience working with international NGOs, institutional donors or multi-currency environments would be advantageous.
What we offer
- Salary up to £60,000 per annum (full-time equivalent), dependent on experience.
- Flexible working arrangements, with applications welcomed from candidates seeking full-time or part-time hours.
- Remote/flexible working arrangements, with occasional attendance at meetings and team events primarily in the Oxford area.
- 25 days’ annual leave plus UK public holidays (increasing with service up to 27 days), pro rata for part-time staff.
- Employer pension contribution of 5%.
- Dental cover.
- Life cover.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Wellbeing contribution.
Working arrangements and eligibility
The full-time equivalent for this role is 37.5 hours per week. ENN particularly welcomes applications from candidates seeking flexible or reduced hours, with the final working pattern and scope of responsibilities agreed with the successful candidate.
The successful applicant must have the right to work in the UK. ENN is unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation support for this position.
How to apply
Please submit your CV together with a cover letter (no more than one page) explaining your motivation for applying and how your experience meets the Person Specification.
Closing date: 27 July 2026 at 23:59 hrs.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be arranged before the closing date. Candidates are encouraged, where possible, to reserve 10 and 11 August 2026 for interviews.
Recruitment Agencies
Thank you for your interest in working with ENN. At this stage, we are managing recruitment for this vacancy directly and are not engaging recruitment agencies. We therefore kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this role or submit unsolicited CVs. If we require agency support for future vacancies, we will contact our preferred recruitment partners directly.
Emergency Nutrition Network works to reduce undernutrition globally.
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Grants Officer LEF
Location: London (hybrid: 2 days in office, remainder flexible)
Salary: £33,728 FTE
Contract: Full-time, permanent (4 days considered)
Charity People is delighted to be partnering with LEF, a social justice foundation that is committed to strengthening the power of communities to use and shape the law.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a thoughtful and ambitious organisation at an exciting point in its journey, they are early in a new five-year strategy focused on the role of law in achieving social justice across the UK.
The organisation works to support communities tackling the root causes of injustice, funding organisations that connect legal frameworks with real-world change.
If you're passionate about social justice, relationships-led grant making, and learning alongside the organisations you fund, this could be a great next step.
About the role
As Grants Officer, you'll play a key role in delivering a collaborative and inclusive grant-making approach, supporting work that brings the law closer to communities.
You'll be part of a small, supportive team and involved across the full grant lifecycle from early conversations with applicants through to assessment, decision-making and ongoing grant management.
This is a role with real scope to contribute ideas, shape practice, and deepen how the organisation works with its partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting applicants and helping develop a strong pipeline of grant applications
- Assessing proposals for funding including reviewing financial and other organisational information
- Building trusted, thoughtful relationships with funded partners
- Managing a portfolio of grants and supporting partners over time
- Contributing to learning, reflection and continuous improvement across the grants team
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to strengthen processes and practice
You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to wider conversations about social justice, funding practice, and the external environment.
About you
They are looking for someone who brings both practical experience and a strong alignment with the organisation's mission and values.
You might already be working in grants, or you may be looking to bring your experience from the charity or social sector into a grant making role.
You'll likely bring:
- Experience building and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Experience working or volunteering in the charity or social sector
- Experience of managing grants, partnerships or programmes, or equivalent relationships
- Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to engage sensitively with diverse stakeholders
- Clear and confident communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities
- A collaborative, reflective approach to your work
An understanding of the UK social justice landscape or lived experience connected to the organisation's mission, would be valuable, but is not essential.
If you don't tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply.
A values-led and reflective funder
LEF is committed to actively addressing power imbalances in grant making and centring the voices of communities most affected by injustice.
Its work is guided by a strong focus on Power, Culture and Inclusion, recognising both the opportunities and risks within legal systems, and the importance of funding being accountable to those it exists to serve.
This is a team that takes learning seriously and is open about evolving its approach.
Why this role?
This is a chance to:
- Work closely with organisations driving real social change
- Be part of a funder actively rethinking power and practice
- Contribute to a collaborative and learning-oriented team
- Develop your career in values-led grant making
Equity, inclusion and accessibility
The organisation is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and working environment.
- Flexible working is supported (minimum 4 days per week considered)
- Hybrid working with a central London base
- Commitment to workplace adjustments and accessibility
- Guaranteed interviews for disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria
People with lived experience of social welfare legal issues are currently underrepresented in the organisation, and applications from candidates bringing this perspective are particularly welcomed.
Interested?
If you think this role may be for you and you would like more information or an informal conversation, please contact Abi Blank at Charity People,
The application process and what it involves can be found on PAGE 11 of the Job Pack, please send CV and Qualifying Questions document to and will consist of brief written responses (rather than a traditional academic CV-heavy process), designed to help you demonstrate your experience in a more accessible and relevant way.
Deadline and Important Dates
Tuesday 14th July - Application deadline 9 am
Friday 17th July - Client shortlisting completed and applicants informed of interview
Wednesday 22nd July and Thursday 23rd July - Online Interviews
Monday 27th July and Tuesday 28th July- Face to Face Interviews on site
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. 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 do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.