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Our Employment Plus Services is looking to employee an Employability Support Apprentice to work in a supported learning environment to develop the skills and knowledge which will assist in completing the necessary qualifications and secure employment and career progression in the future.
Please note in regards to location this role is based in Bristol and travel may be required across Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire.
As the Employability Support Apprentice, you will;
- To undertake a development programme leading to a Level 3 in Business Administration as part of an apprenticeship.
- Actively participate in your own development plan as agreed with the Line Manager and the assessor from the training provider
- As directed, undertake a work programme to develop practical skills, knowledge and experience of Employability Support, including: Case loading, person Centred Support, team Working. motivational Interviewing. action Planning. reporting and employability legislation
To be successful in this position you will have;
- Level 2 qualification in English, Mathematics and Information Technology - Or equivalent experience
- Ability and willingness to follow instructions and learn new tasks
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Ability to work in a community focussed environment
- Good work ethic
- Desire to work with those disadvantaged by unemployment 5 Motivation
- Willingness to take responsibility for their own development
- Committed to completing the apprenticeship 6 Circumstances
- Ability to travel within region to gain experience of all aspects of our delivery
Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time); a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme.
To complete your application please visit our website where you can download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS Disclosure Adult workforce, Driving Licence and relevant qualifications.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Closing date: Thursday 29th May 2025.
Our mission is based on our faith in Jesus Christ who wants everyone to experience life in all its fullness.





We are looking for an experienced and passionate direct marketing professional, or someone with relevant transferable skills, to join us as our new Direct Marketing Fundraiser.
This is an exciting time to join the fundraising team with significant growth across multiple income streams, including individual giving. This role will be integral to developing our individual giving programme to support the growth and sustainability of our income, whilst also driving supporter engagement. You will be responsible for the hospice’s direct mail campaigns and maintaining and developing strong relationships with donors to maximise income generation. You will be involved in a range of individual giving activities including regular giving, appeals and lottery.
You will have excellent communication skills, being able to communicate effectively with staff, volunteers and supporters and will work closely with our Communications and Marketing team. We are looking for someone with an eye for detail, strong organisational abilities and a track record of delivering projects on time.
Based at our state-of-the-art children’s hospice just outside Maidenhead, this role is a brilliant opportunity for someone to add value to a growing fundraising team. If you are passionate about raising money to help, make our services available to all families that need us and will reflect our core values in all that you do, we would love to hear from you.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer a generous annual leave entitlement, access to a pension scheme as well as private medical insurance and life assurance. You will also have free on-site parking and will benefit from an Employee Assistance Programme.
We provide specialist care and support to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and their families, across Berkshire




Join Us in Making a Difference at Marie Curie
Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity, dedicated to ensuring that everyone facing the end of life has access to the care, support, and dignity they deserve. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK and the only organisation to operate across all four nations. Through our network of community nursing, hospice care, and comprehensive information and support, we are here for people and families when they need us most.
Our Mission: A Better End of Life for Everyone
In the next five years, we're committed to closing the gap for those missing out on the end-of-life care and support they need. We'll achieve this through:
- Expanding and transforming direct care and support
- Delivering practical, accessible information and guidance
- Leading the way in shaping end-of-life experiences
Your Role in Our Vision
We need an experienced, strategic campaigner who knows how to make an impact. You'll bring a track record of developing and delivering effective policy campaigns, along with the confidence to lead them from concept to execution.
You'll be skilled at working collaboratively-bringing together colleagues across teams, mobilising supporters, and ensuring the voices of people with lived experience are at the heart of what we do. You'll be passionate about turning complex issues into compelling calls to action and know how to drive change at both a national and local level.
This is an exciting time to join an ambitious campaigns team who make a big impact working across multiple policy issues that affect people at the end of life and their loved ones, from health to social security and bereavement. You'll play a key role in shaping how we campaign for a better end of life experience for everyone.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the creation and delivery of innovative, results-driven campaign strategies that support Marie Curie's mission and policy goals.
- Oversee the full lifecycle of campaigns-from planning and development through to launch, evaluation, and learning.
- Craft inspiring, persuasive campaign content across multiple channels (including email, social media, and print) to engage supporters and prompt action.
- Ensure campaigns include meaningful opportunities for people with lived experience to contribute, share their stories, and lead change.
- Monitor and evaluate campaign performance, embedding insights into future planning.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships across Marie Curie teams and departments to maximise reach and impact.
- Champion our campaigns internally-energising staff, volunteers, and supporters to get involved.
- Represent Marie Curie at external events, stakeholder meetings, and within coalitions.
- Uphold our brand values and ensure all campaign activity reflects our tone and creative identity.
- Stay on top of relevant policy developments affecting end of life care, using this knowledge to shape campaign priorities.
What You'll Need
- A strong track record of designing and delivering effective policy or public campaigns that drive real-world change.
- Ability to develop and lead campaign strategies that align with organisational goals, using insights and data to inform decisions.
- Skilled at managing complex projects from start to finish-balancing timelines, budgets, and priorities while coordinating with multiple teams.
- Confident in crafting compelling campaign messaging across various formats and channels, including email, social media, and print.
- Experienced in working cross-functionally, bringing together colleagues from policy, communications, and supporter engagement to maximise impact.
- Comfortable representing an organisation externally and building relationships with campaign partners, policymakers, and influencers.
- Committed to involving people with lived experience meaningfully in campaigns, ensuring their voices help shape messaging and strategy.
- Familiarity with using digital tools and platforms to mobilise supporters, build engagement, and drive campaign actions.
- Able to evaluate campaign performance, draw insights, and apply learning to improve future campaigns.
- Confident in speaking about campaigns to diverse audiences-including volunteers, donors, and decision-makers-in an inspiring and accessible way.
Please see the full job description here
How to Apply
Submit your CV and cover letter online, highlighting your most relevant skills and experiences for this role.
Application deadline: Sunday 11th May 2025
Salary: £35,535 - £39,474 + £3,500 LWA where applicable
Contract: Full time, perm role
Location: Homebased with occasional travel into London Office
Based: This role is predominantly home-based and can be based anywhere within the UK. You will be expected to travel to our sites across the UK occasionally. For those within commutable distance to London, you will have the option of working flexibly between home and in our modern open plan offices in Embassy Gardens (2 day per week in office).
Benefits you'll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
Job Title: Trusts and Grants Manager
Job Ref: TGM444
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time – 37 hours per week
Salary: £31,000 – £35,000 per annum, depending on experience
Location: The role is offered on a hybrid basis with attendance at the Penny Brohn UK National Centre 3 days per week
About Us
Penny Brohn UK is the cancer health and wellbeing charity. We help people feel better in mind, body and spirit by offering support through our team of cancer support experts (which includes doctors, nutritionists, counsellors and exercise therapists).
Penny Brohn UK helps people with cancer to feel more physically and emotionally able to manage the impacts of their diagnosis and treatment, be more in control of their choices and have the best quality of life possible. By making our services freely available, our aim is for all people with cancer to be able to access the high-quality support they need.
The Role
We are excited to be recruiting a new Trusts and Grants Manager and are seeking to appoint an experienced and motivated individual to operationalise and deliver a refreshed trusts and grants strategy at Penny Brohn UK.
This is a key role within our High Value Fundraising Team, with responsibility for managing the full trusts and grants portfolio, from smaller awards (c. £5,000) through to significant high-value grants (typically £10,000 and above). The postholder will lead on developing a strong funder pipeline, submitting high-quality applications and reports, stewarding funders, and maximising income across the programme.
The successful candidate will initially hold sole responsibility for the trusts and grants income stream, with support from the Head of Fundraising and Communications. However, depending on income growth over the first 12–18 months, there may be an opportunity to expand the team and recruit a Trusts and Grants Officer to support delivery, which would bring a future line management element to the role.
This role would suit someone who has previously managed an income stream within a smaller charity environment, or an experienced Trusts and Grants Officer who is looking to take the next step into a management-level position.
The individual we are looking for will:
- Have a proven track record of securing grants from trusts and foundations across a range of values.
- Be confident in writing persuasive, high-quality funding applications and reports.
- Bring strong project management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to grow and manage a healthy prospect pipeline.
- Be a team player with excellent communication skills, able to collaborate across functions and represent Penny Brohn UK externally with professionalism and passion.
- Be highly motivated and proactive, with a commitment to delivering excellent funder experiences and upholding the mission and values of Penny Brohn UK.
In return for your hard work and dedication you will enjoy a wide variety of benefits including:
- 30 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- Beautiful workspace in a semi-rural location on the outskirts of Bristol with free onsite parking
- Subsidised lunch, freshly prepared onsite in the Penny Brohn kitchen
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Enhanced sick pay after six month’s service
- Auto enrolment into the Penny Brohn UK pension scheme
- Free Life Assurance
- Family friendly policies with enhanced maternity and paternity leave after one year of service
- Specsavers Corporate eyecare test
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to subsidised wellbeing at the Penny Brohn UK National Centre
Timetable for appointment
Closing date: Tuesday 20 May 2025
Interview date: Thursday 29 May 2025
Start date: As soon as possible
Please note: we would advise anyone interested in the position to submit their application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as we may close the advert early should a suitable candidate be found.
Thank you for considering Penny Brohn UK, we look forward to hearing from you!
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
At Penny Brohn UK, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout the organisation. We are proactively taking action to support EDI and Wellbeing to support our ethos of creating a diverse culture that is reflective of both our employees and the lived experience of all communities touched by cancer. We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
No agencies please.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Would you like to be part of a young and vibrant charity that is dedicated to supporting those who have been bereaved by suicide?
We are looking for a Clinical Director to oversee all our client-facing activity, including our Counselling Service, which currently covers around 650 hours per month. Reporting directly to our CEO, you will play a crucial role in helping us to develop and grow our services.
We are a small, dynamic team, with really ambitious plans for 2025 and beyond, so we’re looking for an individual who has a hands-on approach and a can-do attitude!
About the role
As Clinical Director you will:
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Oversee our Counselling Service, leading on clinical matters and decision-making regarding clients, and monitoring performance.
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Provide regular management supervision and ad hoc clinical supervision to our team of Associate Counsellors (currently 33).
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Oversee the work of our employee ‘Service Team’ (currently 5), including line managing our Service Manager.
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Be the main point of contact for our Associate Supervisors (currently 2).
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Lead on the development and growth of our Counselling Service and other services, including recruitment and improvements to clinical practice.
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Be part of the Senior Leadership Team, helping to drive the Charity forward and achieve its ambitious growth plans.
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Be the Charity’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.
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Regularly review and update our client-related policies and procedures.
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Undertake other duties consistent with the role and as directed by the CEO.
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Maintain a commitment to own personal and professional development.
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Work in accordance with Suicide&Co’s mission and values.
About you
Based within easy commuting distance of our office in Westminster, our ideal candidate would be an experienced counsellor and supervisor who has been involved in running a counselling service and managing a team of counsellors.
Key attributes we are looking for include:
- Strong leadership skills
- A high level of organisation and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Confidence in using digital technology
We are committed to Equality Diversity and Inclusion and as such are actively seeking candidates of all backgrounds to represent the diverse population of people that we serve.
This role requires eligibility to work in the UK and a Basic DBS check.
We're now The King's Trust. And we're still working for young people.
We've changed our name from The Prince's Trust to The King’s Trust. Rest assured, the support we offer young people remains the same. This change marks an exciting new chapter for us, and we hope you'll continue supporting us to transform young lives.
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Our Funding Management team are looking for someone who loves excel and has excellent attention to detail.
This role is responsible for ensuring we maximise our restricted funds income in compliance with our funders requirements by allocating funding to grants, compiling and submitting claims and reports to Funders in a timely manner. Working effectively across the King's Trusts Delivery, Finance and Fundraising teams in a proactive manner.
The role is perfect for you if you have strong administration, reporting and time management skills along with experience of using CRM databases and excel.
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The King's Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Equal Opportunities
Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
Safeguarding
The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Goodman Masson are excited to partner exclusively with Newground Together to recruit a Business Improvement District (BID) Manager for Blackburn. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Business Improvement District (BID) Manager to join our team and lead the strategic development of Blackburn Town Centre's BID. Working closely with the Director and the BID Board, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the town centre, delivering innovative initiatives and managing stakeholder relationships that will drive positive change and lasting impact. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the heart of Blackburn by championing projects across marketing and events, safety and security, environmental improvement, and business support.
Newground Together: a social enterprise and proud member of the Together Housing Group, is the accountable body for the Blackburn Town Centre BID. Our mission is to create vibrant, resilient communities, and this role is central to that mission. As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Info on the Blackburn BID can be found at
The application deadline for this role is 06/05/2025, with assessment centre scheduled for the following week. Please apply as soon as possible, as the application may close earlier.
Outline of Key responsibilities in the Business Improvement District (BID) Manager for Blackburn role...
As BID Manager, you will lead across the four priority themes:
- Marketing & Promotion - Position Blackburn as a lively and attractive town centre.
- Safe & Secure - Champion a safer, more welcoming environment for everyone.
- Clean, Green & Sustainable - Drive forward environmental improvements and sustainability.
- Business Support - Provide essential information, advice and advocacy for local businesses.
You will also:
- Build strong local partnerships and act as the lead contact for BID members and stakeholders.
- Drive stakeholder engagement and involvement in delivering BID priorities.
- Develop, implement and monitor the BID Delivery Plan in collaboration with key partners.
- Provide regular written and verbal updates to the BID Executive Board and stakeholders.
- Manage contractors and service providers, ensuring project quality and performance.
- Monitor outcomes against key performance indicators and share best practice across the partnership.
- Identify and secure external funding and sponsorship to enhance BID delivery.
- Manage the BID's annual budget in line with financial procedures and controls.
- Ensure all activities align with safeguarding, GDPR, health and safety, environmental and EDI policies.
We're Looking for Someone who has...
- Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to a vehicle.
- Has experience in building and managing strategic partnerships and stakeholder relationships.
- Is a confident communicator, skilled in negotiation and influence.
- Has a track record of managing complex projects and services with measurable outcomes.
- Brings experience in marketing, communications, and/or event management.
- Thrives in a busy, community-focused environment with the ability to inspire and lead.
In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Business Improvement District (BID) Manager for Blackburn...
- Starting salary: £45,259 per year
- Annual Leave: 27 days rising to 32 with service, plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working model: A strong presence in Blackburn town centre is required. Your schedule may involve being out and about three days a week and spending two days working from home.
- A flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
- You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Working arrangements are flexible in line with our Smart Working culture so that we deliver an excellent and accessible service for customers.
- Wide range of technical, professional, and personal development training opportunities
- Attractive pension scheme
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to GPs
- A range of financial and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work, vehicle leasing and financial advice
- We have a range of staff support networks, including menopause, culturally diverse, LGBTQ+ and disability.
- To view the full range of our award winning benefits click on the
We reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient numbers of applicants are received. Therefore, please apply without delay!
In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.
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Membership Administrator (maternity leave cover)
Reports to: Membership Manager
Hours: 35 hours per week (flexibility to work remotely with one day per week with the team in our central London office)
Term: 11 months (maternity leave cover)
Other benefits: Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
About the Association for Laboratory Medicine
The Association for Laboratory Medicine (LabMed) is the leading professional body supporting the practice and development of science in healthcare and laboratory medicine.
We are a diverse and inclusive community of scientists, clinicians, innovators, collaborators and researchers. We celebrate the power of science and medicine, the importance of partnership and the value of knowledge in the pursuit of human health and wellbeing.
We foster the highest standards in laboratory testing and patient care, provide trade union support for our members, promote laboratory medicine to the wider community and support scientists and practitioners through scientific and training meetings, bursaries and awards.
Purpose
To provide high-quality administrative and technical support for the delivery of our member services, with a particular focus on the operational management and ongoing development of our membership database (CRM) and accreditation/assessment systems.
You will work closely with the Membership Manager within the membership team, and also collaborate with colleagues across other functions such as events, publications, and operations. You may also liaise with our external systems technical support provider to deliver projects and solutions that ensure the best possible experience for our members
What you will be doing:
- Provide excellent customer service to members, ensuring they are aware of and can access their full range of membership benefits.
- Act as first line of response for enquiries to the membership team, including monitoring the enquiries inbox.
- Manage applications for individual and corporate membership, including working with the Admissions Committee to approve new applications and ensure the journey from application to member runs smoothly.
- Maintain the CRM database of members and organisations, ensuring the data held is as accurate.
- Create and share reports from member data for various internal stakeholders including the Membership Manager, Operations Manager, Association Council and the EDI working group.
- Troubleshoot system issues that may arise (notably in relation to members’ data, access, payments etc), working with the Membership Manager and our systems technical support.
- Support the Membership Manager in delivering plans and projects to recruit and retain members.
- Assist with the delivery of the Association of Clinical Scientists’ (ACS) Certificate of Attainment assessment programme.
- Help coordinate and deliver scheduled and ad hoc activities arising from our committees and working groups, including grant programmes, trade union support, European registration, and the Mentoring Programme
- As we are a small staff team you will also be asked to support other team members with tasks outside of this job role from time to time.
What you need to have:
- Fantastic customer service ethic and high expectations of quality
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365
- Demonstrable experience working with membership CRM systems, including troubleshooting and making improvements
- Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to support others with technical or data-related queries
- High attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy
- The ability to work collaboratively and flexibly within a small team
Our values:
LabMed is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you.
Our values are:
- We are innovative – promoting new scientific development to improve health and wellbeing.
- We are inclusive – ensuring that we are open and accessible to everyone.
- We care for people – helping the healthcare profession deliver better care and providing a healthy and fulfilling environment for our members and their teams.
- We care for the planet – influencing how healthcare science can minimise our impact on the wider natural world.
Applications
Closing date: midnight Monday 19 May 2025
Interviews: Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 June 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
The philanthropy and special events team are an ambitious group of relationship fundraisers that are committed to delivering significant growth over the next five years. Charitable trust grant-funding has a key role to play in this, with our particular focus on provision of long-term committed funding for the organisation.
Our existing portfolio of charitable trust and foundation supporters includes a number of high-profile and high-value partnerships, sustained over decades in many cases.
We’re now seeking to increase, diversify, and drive our trusts fundraising programme to the next level. These roles will achieve this by significantly uplifting our conversion of prospects to major six-figure supporters. Working across our organisation, you’ll identify and match areas of our work with the philanthropic vision of our prospects; and create compelling propositions to secure high-value long-term funding.
Now is an exciting time to be joining our team, with a new organisational strategy under development, new leadership, and a host of achievements being delivered for people facing breast cancer; meaning we have lots of opportunity to engage with new prospects and existing supporters.
About you
We’re looking for someone with a passion for making a positive impact through relationship fundraising. You’ll be responsible for securing new six figure plus partnerships for the organization and helping to grow our portfolio of charitable trust and foundation major supporters. You’ll build a wide knowledge base and strong understanding of our important work to effectively engage with new, potential and existing supporters. With a keen eye for detail, adept writer and articulate in presenting, you’ll be equipped to maximize on every communication opportunity. Thriving in a team setting, you’ll play a supportive role to our wider team fundraising goals.
You’ll play a supportive role in our wider team fundraising goals while thriving in a team setting. If you’re looking for a role with line management responsibility and have the ability to develop a team member then our role that works closely with our trust officer could be the opportunity for you.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in either our London or Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. Please state clearly which role you are applying for (with or without line management responsibility) in your supporting statement. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on 8 May 2025
Interview date 16 May, 20 May or 21 May
Project Worker 2 - Volunteer Co-ordinator (Maternity cover)
Are you looking for a new challenge?
Would you like to join our exciting and innovative Barnardo's Swansea Bloom Service working with young people who are care experienced as they make the transition to independence?
About the Bloom Service
Barnardo's Swansea Bloom Service works directly with care experienced young people to help improve their emotional wellbeing, resilience and self confidence. Our aim is to create a positive space for them to explore their identity, passions, and potential. The support on offer includes the opportunity to take part in amazing activities, life coaching, befriending and peer mentoring.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join Barnardo's as a Volunteer, Befriending and Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator (Project Worker 2).
The contract is for 25 hours a week to cover the maternity leave of the substantive post holder until 31st March 2025.
Bloom is a growing service offering a unique opportunity for the right person to develop, co-ordinate and deliver our Volunteer, Befriending and Peer Mentoring work using established and innovative approaches. The Co-ordinator will be responsible for recruiting and managing a team of volunteers, befrienders and peer mentors who will help young people to improve their physical and mental well-being by supporting them to access a range of exciting activities, helping them to find new interests and hobbies and engage in healthy activities in the community
You will undertake the role of Volunteer, Befriending and Peer Mentoring Co-ordinator reporting to the Children's Service Manager and acting as line manager to the service's volunteers.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the following duties (in addition to those on the generic job description):-
- Continued development and delivery of the Volunteer, Befriending and Peer Mentoring element of the Bloom service.
- Recruit and train volunteers, befrienders and peer mentors
- Effectively match volunteers/befrienders/peer mentors to support young people
- Effectively utilise the Barnardo's specialist volunteer management system (Vol 1)
- Provide ongoing support and supervision of volunteers
- Keep accurate statistical information and assist in producing service performance reports for the organisation and funders.
- Support project engagement events and empower young people to share their voice and ensure that Bloom continues to be a young person led project
- Assist in quality assurance of every aspect of the service
- The service requires flexibility of work as we support young people around their needs.
You will have:
- Experience of working within a volunteering setting preferably at the level of co-ordinating the service this can be in a employment, education, training or volunteering setting
- Experience of recruiting, inducting and retaining volunteers
- Experience of keeping statistical information and completing performance reports for funders
- The ability to line manage volunteers
- An understanding of the needs of care experienced/vulnerable young people and an awareness of the factors impacting on their lives
Bloom is made up of three elements all of which work together:
Life Coaching - there is a dedicated life coach
Giving young people the power to unlock their own potential for positive change, by providing them with the tools to build resilience, improve wellbeing and understand themselves better. Coaching empowers young people to think about and move forward positively in their lives, by creating and working towards specific goals through 1:1 sessions with our life coach.
Volunteer, befriending and peer mentoring - there is a dedicated volunteer coordinator
- Volunteers – to help with activities
- Befriending - members of the local community befriend and provide ongoing assistance to service users are moving to independence
- Peer mentors – care experienced adults who can offer invaluable guidance to care experienced young people by drawing on their own experiences
Activities there are 2 engagement workers
Giving young people regular opportunities to get together to experience activities not easily accessed by care experienced young people. Led by the expressed wishes of young people they could be experiences such as sports, adventuring, outdoor events, gardening clubs, cooking clubs.
Additional Information:
You must have the ability to travel independently to meet the requirements of the post.
You must demonstrate in your application that you currently use the skills outlined above, and in the Job Description/Person Specifications, or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc.
This contract is for 25 hours a week to cover the maternity leave of the substantive post holder until 31st March 2026 .
Your main office base will be at Barnardo's Swansea, Heol Cadifor, Penlan, Swansea but you will be expected to work out and about in Swansea and Neath.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Need more information?
If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Christine Parry (email address can be found via the job vacancy link on our website).
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As our Marketing Manager - Mass Fundraising Acquisition (Legacy), you’ll be responsible for leading an in-house team of marketers responsible for driving mass, new customer acquisition across a portfolio of fundraising products/activities. This includes our integrated mass marketing campaigns, Legacy lead generation acquisition and specific Legacy conversion activity, via promoting our Free Will Service.
Working with our media agency and third-party agency suppliers, you'll be responsible for the development, execution, and optimisation of multi-million pound, omni-channel marketing, and fundraising campaigns and marcomms within the overall British Heart Foundation (BHF) integrated media plan. You'll have oversight across a portfolio of fundraising activity, ensuring strategic and tactical delivery and optimisation, to deliver transformative customer experiences and drive growth in support and income through mass customer acquisition.
In this role, you'll put the customer at the heart, ensuring they feel central to our work and achievements and motivated to continue funding our research in the long-term.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you'll bring extensive and demonstrable marketing experience of designing, developing, and managing integrated, multi-channel marketing plans and delivering successful commercial outcomes through these i.e., across new customer acquisition and fundraising/income growth.
Preferably with knowledge of Legacy Marketing, you will have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record of success in a fast-moving, effective marketing team, experience in paid media planning, and optimisation within, and across a full range of ATL channels.
Highly numerate, with excellent planning and project management skills, you'll have evidenced experience of marketing including a full understanding of different marketing approaches and an ability to use marketing to secure support across a broad range of channels.
To be successful in the role you will also have:
- Strong analytical skills, able to manipulate and analyse data across a variety of media to optimise integration performance and engagement
- Experience of managing significant expenditure budgets, interpreting financial information and providing reporting and analysis, as well as risk identification and risk mitigation against financial and non-financial objectives
- Previous leadership and line management experience
- Experience of agency partnership management
- Knowledge and experience of fundraising or relationship databases is highly desirable
Working arrangements
This is a fixed term contract until Dec 2025 covering a secondment.
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London Office, approximately 1-2 days per week
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
About us
We research all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Our research is the promise of future cures and treatments.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview
Please note, we plan to hold interviews on 22nd and 23rd May via Microsoft Teams.
Please note that internally this role is known as Mass Fundraising Acquisition Marketing Manager - (Legacy)
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

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Job Tile: Operations and Office Administrator
Reporting To: Fundraising and Operations Manager & Health & Safety Officer
Days & Hours: Monday to Friday. Full-time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Depending on experience. This will be discussed with the shortlisted candidates.
Additional Benefits:
- An additional week of holiday (vs national entitlement)
- Four discretionary days of holiday over the Christmas period when the office is closed
- Discretionary Christmas bonus
- Discretionary paid compassionate leave
- Discretionary Occupational Sick Pay
- Discretionary paid time-off for dependents
- Discretionary paid time-off for public duties
- Discretionary additional bank holidays (if any announced by the government)
- Flexible working
- Training
- Long Service Awards
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Pension enrolment (optional)
- Invitation to Charity conferences and webinars
Job purpose
The Operations and Office Administrator will provide wide-ranging administrative & operational support to ensure an efficient office environment, contributing directly to the delivery of the international Missionary Society of St Columban’s mission priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Office Operations: Ensure the smooth running of the office through the management and coordination of IT systems, office supplies, post, telephone/internet, document filing and retention, and oversight of maintenance and improvements to equipment and the working environment.
PA & Administration: Provide IT and administration support to the Regional Director, the Fundraising and Operations Manager, Regional Council, the Board of Trustees, Mission Appeals Team and the community living at St Columban’s House; including minute-taking, arranging meetings, drafting and sending correspondence, database administration, preparation of reports, and booking travel and appointments.
Venue Hire & Events Administration: Coordinate room and grounds hire at St Columban’s – handling enquiries and bookings, diary management, health & safety compliance, preparing the venue, maintaining and improving the facilities, advertising – and assist with the planning and administration of events organised by the Charity.
Reception: Host visitors and handle enquiries by telephone and email; including deliveries/collections, maintenance and supplier visits, and members of the public contacting the office to donate, request a Mass, update their record details, meet with a priest, or for any other reason.
Health & Safety Administration: Manage the online system for health & safety, coordinate the review and update of risk assessments for the office, house and grounds, organise training and briefings, monitor and re-stock first aid supplies, act as a health & safety marshal and organise staff appointed as first aiders and fire marshals.
Principal Tasks
Under the supervision and management of the Fundraising and Operations Manager, you will:
Office Operations
- Champion Microsoft 365 and provide support and guidance to staff in how to make best use of its capabilities.
- Oversee the performance and maintenance of our IT server and network, maintain regular contact with our IT services provider to ensure all issues are resolved.
- Maintain, service and replace office equipment and furniture as required, including IT and telephone systems.
- Monitor and order stock of office supplies, including stationery, cleaning and sanitary products.
- Oversight of office cleaning arrangements.
- Organise and promote recycling to staff for equipment and supplies no longer required.
- Oversee and develop systems for document filing and storage.
- Arrange for confidential disposal of documents in accord with the Charity’s retention policy.
- Oversee arrangements, equipment and systems for receiving and sending out post.
- Process monthly Charity ‘Response with stamps’ claims.
PA & Administration Assistance
- Assist the Regional Director with day-to-day IT and administration tasks.
- Assist the Columban Fathers with administration tasks, when needed.
- Assist with arranging parish appeals and processing the response to appeals.
- Support with direct mail and other fundraising activities.
- Update supporter records in our CRM database.
- Attend and take minutes at Charity meetings.
- Book travel and appointments for the Regional Director and the Columban Priests.
- Prepare and send correspondence by letter and email.
Venue Hire & Events Administration
- Develop a robust and efficient system for the hire and use of the facilities at St Columban’s, covering both external bookings and internal use by staff and volunteers of the Charity.
- Handle all enquiries and bookings.
- Maintain a bookings diary/calendar that is available to all who need access.
- Keep a complete record of all bookings, related documents and correspondence in our CRM database.
- Ensure hirers and users of the facilities are briefed in all matters related to health & safety.
- Ensure the facilities are clean and ready to use before and after each booking.
- Host or arrange hosting for each booking.
- Process payments/donations made for the hire/use of the facilities.
- Collect and record feedback on their experience from external hirers and users.
- Work with the Buildings & Maintenance Manager to maintain and improve the facilities.
- Advertise/market the facilities to agreed target audiences.
- Provide planning and administration assistance for events organised by the Charity.
Reception
- Welcome and host all visitors to St Columban’s during normal opening hours.
- Maintain a visitors log and ensure all visitors sign in and sign out when leaving the building.
- Handle enquiries by telephone and email.
- Process requests from Charity supporters to donate, request a Mass or to update their database record.
- Receive and keep a daily log of deliveries, collections and service/maintenance visits.
- Ensure the Reception area is kept clean and tidy.
Under the supervision and management of the Health & Safety Officer, you will:
Health & Safety Administration
- Maintain and update BrightSafe, our health & safety planning and records management tool.
- Maintain regular contact with Peninsula, our Health & Safety service provider
- Review and update risk assessments for the office and conference room areas.
- Prompt and assist those responsible to review and update all other risk assessments.
- Ensure actions identified following a review are completed and updated in BrightSafe.
- Check and restock First Aid kits.
- Recruit and organise a team of first aiders and fire marshals.
- Provide and monitor accident books for the whole site and keep a central record of accidents reported.
- Arrange training for staff and volunteers in liaison with their line managers.
Some weekend and out of hours work may be required occasionally.
Person Specification:
Qualifications/training:
Essential:
- GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths (grade C or above)
Desirable:
- Business Administration Level 3 or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Microsoft 365 qualifications or equivalent training
- Health & Safety related training
- Other qualifications or training relevant to the role
Skills/competencies:
Essential:
- Competency in Microsoft 365 applications, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint and Teams
- Accuracy, attention to detail and an aptitude for problem solving
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Confidence in building relationships with various stakeholders
Desirable:
- Competency in Microsoft 365 admin centre and other 365 applications
- Competency in Donorflex or similar CRM database systems
- Knowledge and understanding of office IT systems and requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of workplace health & safety
Previous experience:
Essential:
- A minimum of 5-7 years’ experience of office-based administration work
Desirable:
- Employment within a Charity
- Reception/front of house
- Office filing systems
- Event administration
Special aptitudes and knowledge:
Essential:
- Confident and courteous with people on the telephone, in person and in correspondence by letter and e-mail
- A team player
- Ability and willingness to learn and adapt to new ways of working
- Responsible for undertaking core learning for the role
- Determined, innovative, target driven and self-motivated
Desirable:
- Empathy with the charitable aims of the Columban Missionaries.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
- Salary - £44,805 FTE
- Hours - Full time, 35 hours per week
- Contract type - Temporary, up to 12 months maternity cover
- Bristol Hybrid - Expectation to be in the office in central Bristol 2 days a week
- Closing date - Tuesday 20th May 2025
- WC interview date - 2nd June 2025
Change lives in a life-changing career
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.
The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
We challenge the systems and policies that surround children and young people, we highlight gaps and campaign for change. Because we know what a better future could look like. And we know what we need to do to make that future a reality. We need to push harder, reach further and work smarter. And we need the right people on our team to help us get there. People like you.
About the role
We’re looking for a qualified Management Accountant with management accounting experience to join our Finance team.
This role is responsible for ensuring the accurate reporting of the charity’s income earned each month and to support in the forecasting of income for inclusion in the annual budgets and regular re-forecasts.
The role holder will provide explanations of variances to budget and/or forecast.
The role holder will work with the Income Operations, Income Generation and Finance teams to ensure processes around income are sufficiently robust to ensure the accurate reporting of income in the monthly management accounts and the minimisation of work to reconcile income received in the bank with income reported in the income statement.
The role holder will play an integral role in the successful implementation of the new finance system. Ensuring that the opportunities the new technology offers are integrated and that stakeholders see a noted difference in the reporting and analysis they receive from Finance.
This role is subject to a criminal record check. In the event of a successful application a basic criminal record check will be completed.
What will I be doing?
No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy. Here are some of the main things you’ll be doing, but you’ll find more details in the job description.
- Work with the two Finance Business Partners and wider Finance team, in the preparation of monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
- Responsible for ensuring the accurate reporting of income in the monthly management accounts and in the annual report and accounts.
- Work closely with the Income Operations team in particular to ensure income is appropriately recorded in CARE (CRM system) and subsequently in Business Central (the new finance system).
- Preparation of templates used for budgets and forecasts and completion of budgets, as directed by the Finance Business Partner.
- Maintain KPIs each month, flagging trends identified which indicate risks and opportunities to budgets and forecasts to the Finance Business Partner and wider Finance team.
- Modelling of income and income scenarios to support project work and business cases.
- Build strong relationships within Finance and work with colleagues to promote and ensure positive collaboration across departments.
What do I need?
The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:
- CCAB Qualified Accountant
- Experience of management accounting and the preparation of monthly management accounts.
- Reviewing and implementing process improvements required to improve the accuracy of monthly reporting.
- Educated to degree level or evidenced equivalent.
- Strong Excel capability and proficient in the use of other Microsoft Office applications.
- A team player with the ability to forge excellent working relationships quickly.
- Ability to prioritise delivery of conflicting priorities and to effectively manage stakeholder expectations around deadlines.
What will I gain?
For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:
- Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
- Wellbeing days: four days a year to do what works for you – from catching up on training to going for a walk
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Great family/caring leave entitlements
- Enhanced pension
- Access to our employee savings scheme
To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.
We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. CVs can be uploaded, but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history sections of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Accessibility
We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible.Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
Are you passionate about working with children and young people?
Are you enthusiastic about developing excellent and inclusive services with young people to enhance their, wellbeing, happiness and opportunities?
If so, we want you to join our team!
The Co-op Partnership is an innovative project where you will be working alongside young people and empowering them to continually develop their co-designed service, Magic Minds.
The service facilitates regular spaces and opportunities where young people can come together to:
- Learn to cook
- Play sports and games
- Try new outdoor activities
- Undertake digital creation activities
- Plan and prepare regular events and activities (such as silent discos on the beach, bbq's)
- Take part in confidence building activities
If you are:
- Confident and creative in engaging and working alongside young people aged between 10-25 years.
- Skilled in designing and delivering groupwork sessions for young people.
- Able to provide emotional and practical support to young people, in line with safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Able to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of young people.
- Able to work in partnership with Co-op, Children's Services and the community, whilst keeping young people at the centre
Then please apply for the youth support worker role!
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31 March 2026 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31 March 2026.
For an information chat about the role, please call, text or email Jess Hanson, Children's Service Manager (email addresse and phone number available on our website via the link).
Please note that shortlisting of candidates will take place on 12/05/25. Therefore if shortlisted, you will receive your invite to the young person's panel on this date. The panel is taking place on Friday 16th May in the afternoon/evening.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Reporting to: Events Manager
Location:Hybrid. Home working with 40% of contracted hours at our office in Welwyn Garden City
Contract:Full-time; 37.5 hours per week
The Willow Major Events Team hosts a range of events to engage Willow’s key supporters. These range in large-scale events such as the Willow Ball and London Football Awards, to smaller more intimate events such as Golf and Shoot Days.
Job purpose
- This role will support the delivery of Willow’s programme of Major Events, as well as supporting third party events, ensuring that these promote and present Willow in a professional and compelling manner, maximising opportunities for donor cultivation, fundraising and maximising income generation.
- To work with the Events Manager on delivering events to an exceptional standard.
- To lead on auction procurement and fulfilment to maximise fundraising revenue.
Key responsibilities
Core Events
- To support the events strategy through delivery of high-quality events, designed to attract current and new supporters.
- To support the Events Fundraising Manager in ensuring that each event plan is actioned in a timely and efficient manner, as well as working with external suppliers, ensuring all suppliers work to agreed terms and conditions
- To assist in the research, development and planning of potential new event opportunities, ensuring that the events programme evolves in response to new fundraising requirements, opportunities and sector trends.
- With support from Event Manager, lead on events within the portfolio, working with key stakeholders and suppliers, ensuring delivery of a high-quality event.
Auction
- Lead on securing auction prizes for relevant events, developing relationships with key supporters and external businesses to secure exclusive and desirable auction items.
- Manage the auction fulfilment process, ensuring all auction winners are thanked post event and that lots are fulfilled in a timely manner.
- Oversee online auction platform, ensuring accurate listings, engaging descriptions and looking for ways to maximise income.
Event Supporter Stewardship
- Provide support on guest management, ensuring a smooth process for guests during the lead up to and on the day of the event.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with major donors, guests and stakeholders ensuring excellent stewardship and recognition
- To identify opportunities to engage or recruit new event supporters to existing or new events in the Willow calendar.
General
- To support the Events Manager with financial management of each event, supporting on areas such as: budgeting, planning, controlling and monitoring expenditure as appropriate and managing income against targets, KPI’s and provide regular revised projections as required.
- To maintain good practice in the use of database system (Raiser’s Edge), including the events module, ensuring that information is recorded accurately to allow for excellent supporter care, stewardship and accurate analysis of event performance.
- To keep up to date with current competitor activity, potential new opportunities for events and improved ways of managing and developing events.
- To keep up to date and comply with fundraising, data protection and other relevant legislation and codes of practice and good standards.
- To undertake any other tasks reasonably required.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of supporting on a number of events and delivering to budget and within tight timeframes.
- Can demonstrate effective implementation and management of work plans, projects and resources to ensure proactive completion of tasks.
- Proven experience of developing and managing budgets.
- Ability to work as part of a small, flexible and hardworking team.
- Delivering high quality supporter and donor care through ongoing contact and communication.
- Experience of working on administration within a fundraising, events or marketing environment.
Desirable
- Experience of working with senior stakeholders in order to meet income targets.
- Experience of working with celebrities.
- Experience of working with sponsors.
- Experience of working in the sports sector.
- Experience of working in the charity / fundraising sector.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Organised, pro-active self-starter, capable of taking initiative.
- Confident and articulate, able to build successful, mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external audiences.
- Strong ability to prioritise tasks under pressure and solve problems quickly and effectively.
- Ability to work on different projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator, with exemplary grammar and spelling, who places high value on attention to detail.
- Good influencing and negotiation skills.
- Respect for and ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Self-reliant and confident IT user including internet, email, design, databases, spreadsheets and MS Office.
Desirable
- Creative thinker, able to innovate to meet audience needs.
- Experience or knowledge of Raisers Edge database.
- Sports sector knowledge.
Other
Essential
- Positive, energetic and able to enthuse.
- Flexible and proactive problem solver.
- Takes personal responsibility for and remains focused on delivering results and achieving objectives, overcoming problems and frustrations.
- Genuine commitment to the work and services of Willow.
Desirable
- Empathy with the cause and knowledge of issues faced by young adults facing serious illness.
Special Conditions
Essential
- Able to work irregular (unsociable) hours and weekends where necessary.
- Own car and current driving license
General
We offer the following competitive benefits package:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Life Assurance and Group Pension Fund
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible Working policy
- Employee discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.