Service manager jobs in broxbourne, hertfordshire
The Charity and The Vision.
Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a UK-based charity dedicated to supporting military children and young people (0 to 25 years) who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces. Founded in 2010 by Nikki Scott following the death of her husband, Corporal Lee Scott, the charity offers a unique blend of emotional, practical, and educational support to over 700 young people, and we have big ambitions to support over 1,000 children annually by 2030.
We are proud of our vibrant, non-traditional culture, which puts the needs of bereaved children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We embrace innovative approaches, are committed to creating smiles and believe in the power of community, resilience, and connection.
Role Mission.
At Scotty's, we believe every bereaved military child deserves our support. As Head of Grants, your role is to secure and manage major, long-term grant funding, maintain strong relationships with funders, and report on our impact to encourage continued support.
I am accountable for…
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Strategic Grant Income Growth: Developing and delivering an ambitious pipeline of grants income that not only meets but exceeds our annual agreed income budgets. Securing those multi-year, high-value grants that fuel the long-term sustainability of the charity's strategic growth and allow us to reach more families.
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Grant Funder Relationships: Cultivating and expanding deep, long-term, and genuinely mutually beneficial relationships with a diverse portfolio of military and non-military grant-making organisations.
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Grant Portfolio Management: Overseeing the lifecycle of all awarded grants, ensuring reporting, optimal allocation and tracking of funds (balancing restricted and unrestricted to best serve our families), and administrative oversight to maintain high standards of compliance and transparency which our funders expect and deserve.
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Impactful Storytelling and Application Development: Translating Scotty's heartfelt mission and profound impact into compelling, donor-centric narratives and high-quality proposals that truly stand out from the crowd. We want to demonstrate our social value and inspire significant, transformative investment.
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Best practice grant management: Championing the very best practices in grant fundraising, positioning Scotty's as a charity of choice for major grant-makers.
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Financial Stewardship & Forecasting: Providing regular, insightful forecasting of our grants pipeline (using Salesforce) and working with the Finance Team to ensure funds are being correctly used and logged - so we always know where we stand.
I am responsible for:
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Grant Strategy & Planning: Developing and implementing the grants strategy with a comprehensive, rolling programme of grant applications that are perfectly aligned with our charity’s strategic plans and agreed annual budget. We'll be focusing on securing those larger, transformative grants that make a real difference to starting each year with a higher percentage of funding already secured.
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Funder Research & Identification: Proactively researching and identifying new, high-potential funding opportunities that truly resonate with Scotty's mission and strategic priorities. This means using industry best practices and relationship building to find our perfect partners.
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Proposal Development & Submission: Leading the end-to-end development of high-quality, persuasive grant applications. This involves crafting compelling narratives from the heart, developing robust budgets factoring in overheads, and ensuring timely submission.
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Relationship Management & Stewardship: Building and nurturing strong, long-term relationships with both our existing and prospective funders. This means regular, personalised communication, sharing impactful updates and acting as a Scotty’s ambassador at funder events and meetings.
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Grant Management & Reporting: Meticulously managing all stages of awarded grants, including careful financial tracking (using Salesforce), ensuring we always adhere to grant agreements, and compiling comprehensive, insightful end-of-project reports that truly demonstrate our impact and foster continued support.
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Internal Collaboration: Working closely with our Families team, Finance Team, Comms Team and Fundraising Team to identify funding needs, gather powerful impact data, and ensure seamless delivery and awareness of all grant-funded activities. We work to weekly transparent Success Measures (3 key agreed metrics which help show we’ve had a great week and give leading and lagging indicators on how we’re doing), monthly and quarterly budget targets and short, daily and weekly team huddles to share good news, keep our culture forefront and ensure we can best support each other and deliver for the charity.
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Pipeline Management & Forecasting: Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of grant opportunities, regularly tracking progress, and providing accurate forecasting to help us make smart, strategic decisions for our future.
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Data Management: Ensuring all grant funding information, relationships, and communications are accurately inputted and updated on our charity’s CRM database (Salesforce). Keeping things tidy and organised is key for good governance.
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Grants landscape: Staying abreast of the trends and developments in the grants and trusts sector, identifying new approaches and opportunities to enhance Scotty's fundraising efforts and keep us ahead of the curve.
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Team Support: Providing a helping hand with administrative support to other areas of the charity if required. We're all good team players here at Scotty's, and we always support each other.
3-Month Goals:
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Onboarding & Immersion: Dive deep and achieve a comprehensive understanding of Scotty’s operating system (The Scotty’s OS), our values, our behaviours, our mission, and the significant impact we have. This will happen through intro meetings with everyone on the team and a tailored onboarding program.
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Grant Portfolio Audit & Handover: Conduct an audit of our existing grant portfolio, reviewing active grants, reporting schedules, and our funder relationships. We'll begin the handover process for existing relationships with the Head of Fundraising, ensuring a smooth transition.
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Funder Engagement & Feedback: Reach out and initiate contact with at least 5 key existing funders. This is about listening, gathering their valuable feedback, understanding their priorities, and beginning to build those personal, trusting rapports.
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Pipeline Initiation: Identify and qualify a minimum of 5 new potential grant-making organisations. We'll prioritise those who truly align with Scotty's mission and have the capacity for significant, multi-year funding – our future partners.
6-Month Goals:
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Income Target Ownership: Take full, enthusiastic ownership of ensuring we are on track to hit our existing grant budget lines. You'll provide regular and accurate forecasting, keeping us all informed and confident.
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Relationship Deepening: Strengthen relationships with at least 5 key funders, leading to demonstrable progress towards increased or renewed multi-year support.
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New Grant Acquisition: Secure at least 2 new grants of significant value (e.g. £10k+) from previously untapped funders, showcasing your success in converting those pipeline opportunities into real impact.
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Strategic Grant Mapping: Develop a comprehensive grant funding strategy, outlining key target areas, funder tiers, and a detailed timeline for our major applications for the next 12-18 months.
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Impact Reporting Enhancement: Collaborate internally to refine and enhance our reporting mechanisms. We want to ensure our data is readily available and tells the most compelling story for our funder reports.
9-Month Goals:
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Multi-Year Grant Success: Secure at least one new multi-year grant partnership with an annual income of £50k+, truly demonstrating your ability to unlock larger, sustained funding that makes a lasting difference.
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Pipeline Expansion & Value: Add £100k+ of new, qualified grant fundraising opportunities to our pipeline each month, always with a keen eye on those high-value prospects.
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Income Exceedance: Be on track to exceed the annual grant fundraising target, demonstrating strong performance and strategic growth that helps more bereaved military families.
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Innovation & Best Practice: Introduce at least one innovative approach or best practice (e.g. involving AI) to our grant fundraising strategy. This could be a new, heartwarming cultivation event, a bespoke reporting format, or a new research methodology – anything that helps us grow.
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Personal Development & Leadership: Review your personal development needs and opportunities, actively seeking ways to enhance your leadership in the grants sector and contribute to the wider fundraising team's success. We believe in growing together.
Essential Criteria
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Proven experience in charity grant management.
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Strategic planning: Ability to develop, implement, and evaluate grant strategies that align with the charity’s mission and objectives.
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Financial acumen: Competence in budgeting, financial monitoring, and reporting for grant programmes.
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Stakeholder engagement: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with funders, beneficiaries, partners, and internal teams.
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Analytical and decision-making ability: Skilled in assessing applications, monitoring outcomes, and making evidence-based decisions.
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Excellent written and verbal communication: Ability to produce clear reports, guidance, and correspondence tailored to a variety of audiences.
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Organisational skills: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable Criteria
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Sector-specific experience: Prior work within children’s bereavement, military-related charities, or with vulnerable children and families.
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Evaluation and impact measurement: Familiarity with monitoring and evaluating the impact of grant programmes, including data analysis and reporting.
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Policy development: Experience in developing or reviewing grant-making policies and procedures.
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Public speaking: Confident in representing the charity at external events, conferences, or media opportunities.
Additional Information
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The role may require occasional evening or weekend work
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Enhanced DBS check required
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Travel will be required to events and team training days
The Scotty’s Way
At Scotty’s, our personal performance is only 50% of what success looks like. Our culture is equally important. When you join our team, you sign up to The Scotty’s Way, rooted in our four core values:
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Families Come First
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Everyone a Supporter, Every Supporter a VIP
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Love What You Do
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Remember, Every Day
Our values are further supported by our four non-negotiable behaviours of Show Respect, Speak Up, Take Ownership and Actively Collaborate. We are looking for an individual who embodies these values and behaviours.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team, we are an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with respect and given equal opportunities for employment and advancement.
We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.
We encourage all qualified individuals to apply for employment within our charity, and we provide a fair and inclusive recruitment process for all candidates.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We’re Morden College: an almshouse charity with a proud 330-year history and a big vision for the future. We provide homes, care, and support for over 250 older people across two lovely sites in Blackheath and Beckenham, helping our residents lead independent, connected, and fulfilling lives.
We're entering an exciting new phase, with a fresh strategy focused on excellent housing, high quality services, and thriving communities.
Job Summary/Purpose:
Assisting the Gardens Manager in ensuring that Morden College gardens and grounds at Blackheath and at Beckenham are maintained as safe and appealing external spaces and to promote resident wellbeing by supporting hands on gardening activities.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Mowing, using all types of mowers, including ride-on mowers.
- Edging, trimming and maintaining lawns.
- Scarifying and spiking of lawns.
- Maintenance of fine turf areas including sports areas (including hammers and putting).
- Application of lawn fertilisers, use of hosepipes and sprinklers, watering of pots and urns.
- Planting and maintaining seasonal bedding, planting and maintaining shrubs and trees, pruning of fruit trees and shrubs, propagation of hard wood cuttings and potting up.
- Rose pruning and application of rose fertilisers, removing epicormic shoots from trees.
- Leaf clearing, using leaf blowers or rakes/brooms, make and apply compost.
- Application of rock salt or other specified materials and clearing snow and ice from pathways and roadways.
- The mixing and application of chemical sprays.
- Hedge trimming using both manual and power assisted equipment, single/double digging of areas both manually and using a rotavator.
- Carrying out soft landscaping.
- Carrying out basic brick edging, laying of slabs and timber and metal edging.
- Labelling and sign writing.
- Cleaning and maintaining horticultural machinery and hand tools, tidying up Grounds Department sheds, storage and compost areas, loading and unloading of skips, containers or other delivery vehicles, maintaining garden furniture and garden features, including, cleaning and the application of preservatives.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
- C&G Stage 2 Amenity Horticulture
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- RHS Certificate Horticulture Level 2 Practical and Theory
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- NVQ Level 3 Amenity Horticulture
- A minimum of 3 years practical experience in horticulture
- Chain saw certificate
- Mixing and use of chemicals certificate
- Spraying certificate
- H&S certificate
- Horticulture
- Grounds maintenance
- Use of Machinery
- Soft landscaping
- Garden Planning
- Forward Planning skills
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Finance and Grant Controller
Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week.
Location: London, United Kingdom
UK hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face‑to‑face (London office, external meetings or travel).
60/40 hybrid working at WaterAid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.
Salary: £48,867- £51,439 per year with excellent benefits
Change starts with water. Change starts with you.
Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.
About WaterAid:
We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.
About the team:
The Finance and Grant Controller role is part of the central finance team and sits within the Management Accounting function which provides our country programmes and the region offices with professional and technical finance leadership for WaterAid UK’s international work. The role will work closely with the Project Delivery Lead and the Monitoring and Learning Coordinator for the Multi-country Urban Water Project.
About the role:
The Finance and Grant Controller will manage all financial aspects of WaterAid’s Multi-country Urban Water Project, ensuring rigorous financial oversight, compliance with donor requirements, and alignment with organisational financial policies. This is a bold initiative aiming to raise $40 million and reach two million people with clean water in urban areas across six anchor countries: Colombia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.
In this role, you will:
1. Financial Monitoring and Reporting
- Prepare and review all financial reports in line with specific contract requirements and deadlines
- Monitor project budgets, tracking actual expenditures against budget allocations and flagging variances to the project team
- Monitor movement in exchange rates and local currency budget variations
2. Budget and Forecasting Development & Grant Support
- Assist program staff in preparing detailed budgets in each country project
- Deliver regular reforecasts, ensuring realistic timing of spend
- Conduct cost allocations and ensure appropriate coding of expenses
3. Compliance and Controls
- Review contracts and grant agreements to identify financial requirements, restrictions, and deliverables
- Ensure financial activities comply with contractual terms, organisational policies, and legal and regulatory requirements, including guiding eligible costs, procurement, and financial compliance to programme teams
- Support related audits, ensuring all necessary documentation is available and compliant
4. Finance Business Partner
- Collaborate closely with programme lead, providing consolidated financial reporting, financial insights and supporting decision-making.
- Coordinate timely reporting to cross-federation leadership teams from multiple country programmes
- Advise on reallocation of budget if required to meet programme delivery targets
Requirements
To be successful, you will need:
Technical Qualifications and Skills
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
- Experience in the use of SUN, or a similar multi-dimensional accounting system.
- Experience in managing programme or project finance funded by institutional donors ( e.g. USAID, FCDO or other reputable organisation)
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skill
- Working knowledge of Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI
- Knowledge and experience of donor fund management in an international context
- Experience of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting of projects
- Ability to analyse financial data and provide insightful narrative for range of audiences
- Finance Business Partnering experience with senior stakeholders
Desirable skills
- Proven ability to work effectively with staff at different levels and from different cultural backgrounds including experience of coaching or training
- Knowledge of development issues and the sector, preferably gained in an International Development Organisation
- Knowledge of French or Portuguese will be an advantage
Closing date: Applications close 12:00 PM UK time on 11th August 2025. Shortlisting and interviews may take on a rolling basis and we may close the role prior to the mentioned closing date if a suitable candidate is found.
How to apply: Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV and cover letter.
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application?
At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
Pre‑employment screening
To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Benefits
- 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days’ annual leave
- Employer pension contribution up to 10 %
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Season ticket loan
- Free annual eye tests
- ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced parental leave (maternity, adoption/surrogacy, shared parental and paternity)
- Sabbaticals
- One paid volunteer day each year
Our Global Commitment:
Our people promise
We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.
Safeguarding
We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).
Together, we’ll change the world through water.
Join us and be part of the change !
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.





Digital Marketing Officer Salary: £27,804
Letchworth Garden City/ home working (hybrid) Full time (35 hours a week)
Permanent
Flexible working considered
Are you a digital whizz, with a flair for design and copywriting? Do you enjoy crafting engaging social media and email campaigns to promote and support a worthwhile cause? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you.
This is an exciting chance to lead on the MS Trust’s social media channels, whilst playing an integral role in the wider marketing and communications of the MS Trust. We're looking for someone with experience of applying a proactive, creative, and data-led mindset to digital marketing, ultimately boosting our visibility and articulating our cause through social media and email campaigns.
However, for the right person, relevant transferable skills and an enthusiastic approach are just as important. We encourage you to apply, even if you feel you may not meet all the criteria listed.
Our charity
For over 30 years the MS Trust has been here to help everyone living with multiple sclerosis. We are here from the moment of diagnosis and throughout their journey, today, tomorrow and every day after that. We provide vital information and support to people with MS and their families, whilst training and educating MS health professionals to ensure they provide the very best care available.
The role
As our Digital Marketing Officer you will own and manage our social media presence and lead our internal email marketing processes. As you are delivering content across a range of digital platforms you will need an eye for detail, some creative flair and an understanding of what resonates with the people of our community.
With experience across a range of social and digital channels you will need to be a strong communicator, with the ability to build relationships with people across the organisation and external stakeholders.
The Digital Communications Officer will play a key role in supporting the Head of
Communications & Marketing manage the ‘public face’ and reputation of the MS Trust.
What we can offer
· 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, which increases with length of service to 30 days.
· Company pension with enhanced employer contribution. Salary Sacrifice scheme available.
· Death in Service benefit.
· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
· Sick pay.
· Hybrid working.
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Fantastic office location with free parking, local to town centre and train station. Good transport links to London and Cambridge.
· Learning and development policy to develop all staff.
· Cycle to work scheme, Volunteering day and Season ticket loans.
· Excellent transport links to London and Cambridge by train.
· Ample free parking for commuters.
To find out more and apply
Please visit our website to download a job pack and application form (CVs will not be considered).
As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), we appreciate
your time completing the form, as this allows us to keep our recruitment process fair and neutral.
Closing date: 5pm on 30 July 2025
First Interviews: 4 August 2025
To provide trusted information. Secure the future of MS specialist services in the UK. Improve the understanding of the needs of people living with MS
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Supplementary Schools Support Officer
Role Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join Young Hammersmith & Fulham and support a five-year collaborative initiative between Young Hammersmith & Fulham and Young Ealing Foundation, focused on strengthening supplementary schools across both boroughs. The Supplementary Schools Support Officer will provide practical support to supplementary schools, helping to improve educational outcomes for young people from diverse communities, preserve cultural heritage and mother-tongue language education, and create a thriving network of supplementary schools that share best practices and resources.
Key Details
- Line Manager: Membership and Sector Development Manager
- Salary: £30,000 pro rata (16 hours per week - approximately £12,000 per annum)
- Location: Hybrid – Young H&F & YEF offices and flexible working across Hammersmith & Fulham and Ealing boroughs
- Hours: 16 hours per week, flexible working including evenings and weekends to accommodate supplementary schools' operating schedules
- Contract: Permanent (project funded until March 2030)
- Annual Leave: 25 days per year plus bank holidays and Christmas closure period (pro rata)
- Start Date: September 2025
Key Responsibilities
Programme Management and Support
- Conduct regular site visits to supplementary schools across both boroughs (approximately 8 hours in each borough per week)
- Identify development needs of supplementary schools and connect them with relevant training and networking opportunities
- Support the grants programme, advising schools on applications and monitoring funded projects
- Facilitate termly network meetings to promote collaboration, information sharing, and professional development
- Organise training sessions based on identified needs, covering safeguarding, teaching methods, governance, and fundraising topics
- Plan and deliver an annual celebration and showcase event for all participating schools
Communication and Relationship Building
- Develop and maintain relationships with supplementary schools across both boroughs
- Create regular communications through a dedicated newsletter and online platforms
- Build connections between supplementary schools and mainstream education
- Liaise with key partners, including local authority education teams, cultural organisations, and the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE)
- Report to the joint steering group/strategic panel on progress and outcomes
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitor the impact of grants on supplementary schools and the children and young people they serve
- Collect data on attendance, participation, and outcomes
- Develop case studies that demonstrate the impact of the project
- Support participating schools in evaluating their own provision
- Contribute to the overall project evaluation framework
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience
- Understanding of supplementary education and its importance for children and young people from diverse communities
- Experience of working with community organisations and/or education providers
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Excellent organisational abilities, including managing a varied workload across multiple locations
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience in providing capacity-building support to organisations
- Ability to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of the supplementary school sector in London
- Understanding of safeguarding practices in educational settings
- Experience in grant management and monitoring
- Familiarity with the communities in Hammersmith & Fulham and/or Ealing
- Knowledge of multiple languages relevant to local communities
- Experience in delivering training or facilitating network meetings
- Understanding of monitoring and evaluation methodologies
Benefits
- 7% Employer's pension contributions
- Travel and Hospitality Expenses
- Work Phone
- Death in Service payment of three times your salary
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Tech Scheme for discounted purchases of new personal laptops/smartphones
- Optional one-to-one external support for personal development
- Potential training opportunities
- Occasional team lunches and away-day activities
About the Project
This is a five-year collaborative initiative between the Young Hammersmith & Fulham and the Young Ealing Foundation to support supplementary schools across both boroughs. The project has two main components:
1. A grants programme providing £50,000 annually (£25,000 per borough) to support supplementary schools, with an average grant of £3,000 per school.
2. A dedicated Supplementary Schools Support Officer working around 16 hours per week, who will offer practical support to schools.
The project aims to enhance the capacity and sustainability of supplementary schools, improve educational outcomes for young people from diverse communities, preserve cultural heritage and mother-tongue language education, foster a vibrant network of supplementary schools, and strengthen links between supplementary provision and mainstream education.
About Young Hammersmith and Fulham
Young Hammersmith & Fulham is a membership charity dedicated to strengthening our borough's youth sector by supporting the charities, organisations, and professionals working with young people. Our vision is a borough where every young person can thrive, supported by a strong, connected and well-resourced youth sector. Our mission is to strengthen Hammersmith & Fulham's youth sector by supporting the charities, organisations, and professionals working with young people across the borough.
We support over 100 organisations through exclusive member-only grants, expert-led training, collaborative networks, and tailored support. We create both physical and metaphorical space for discussion and collaboration, while embedding youth voice into our decision-making through our Young Grantmakers and Youth Advisory Board.
Our membership scheme is open to everyone working with children and young people aged 0-25 in Hammersmith and Fulham, including youth clubs, charities, schools, businesses, voluntary groups, and public sector organisations. We provide dedicated one-to-one support to voluntary youth organisations with an annual income of under £50,000, and offer advice, guidance, and collaboration opportunities to all our community members.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Young Hammersmith & Fulham is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences, and we do not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you're interested in this role. The deadline for applications is Friday, 8th August 2025
Support our Membership to provide meaningful and memorable opportunities for young people.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Community Fundraising Lead
Ref: REQ004394
£49,677 a year
London, E15 2GW/Hybrid Working
1 in 4 of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses.
Together we will be unstoppable. For more information please visit our website.
We are looking for a Community Fundraising Lead to join the Supporter Led fundraising team at Scope.
You will be responsible for strategically developing and delivering Scope’s Community Fundraising income stream. You will lead your team in the development and growth of our community fundraising, including the development of do it yourself (DIY) fundraising products to support community fundraising efforts.
You will be responsible for setting and reporting on clear objectives and key performance indicator (KPI) milestones to deliver the community fundraising strategy. Your team will be responsible for ensuring that fundraisers and volunteers have an excellent experience with Scope, optimising the income they raise through community events and ensuring their long term support of the charity.
The role
As the Community Fundraising Lead, you will set the vision and strategy for community fundraising at Scope:
· Develop a Community Fundraising strategy for Scope and lead your team in its implementation.
· Review the performance, opportunities, and risks of existing community fundraising activity. Take action to leverage opportunities that maximise income, engagement, and brand exposure, and minimise risk.
· Drive an audience led approach to innovation, establishing a community fundraising programme that inspires and engages local communities working closely with Services and Retail colleagues.
· Ensure the Community Fundraising programme aligns with Scope’s charitable goals and vision, working collaboratively with stakeholders across departments.
· Lead your team to develop do it yourself (DIY) fundraising products and ideas to support community fundraising efforts.
About you
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced fundraising leader, with experience in developing and building successful community fundraising programmes.
· Proven track record in fundraising, with at least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
· Experience in building and growing community fundraising income
· In-depth understanding of fundraising strategies, techniques, and best practices.
· Experience in developing and managing complex budgets including financial modelling and reforecasts.
· Demonstrated leadership abilities, including experience in managing and motivating a team.
· Ability to analyse data and trends to inform fundraising decisions.
· Experience in building relationships with and multiple stakeholders.
· Knowledge of fundraising and marketing compliance
· Keeps up to date with sector and community fundraising trends and embeds these within their work.
· Experience in managing external agencies and working with internal creative teams.
· Experience in managing and coordinating fundraisers and volunteers
· Experience of Innovation within community fundraising.
Please give examples in your application to show how you have these skills.
We also ask you to share how you support Scope’s values and our goal of a fair and equal future for disabled people.
Our values are being pioneering, courageous, connected, open and fair
By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.
Disabled candidates
We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.
Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
If you require adjustments through your journey with us, please email us via our website.
Find out more about asking for adjustments at interview.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
We encourage people of colour and other underrepresented communities to apply and join Scope. We believe that this will bring new ideas and help us work better. We know that a variety of perspectives and viewpoints will greatly support the work we do and help us to reach all communities.
We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.
We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving.
You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.
Scope benefits
We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including:
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible, hybrid and remote working options
- Pay progression at 6 months and 2 years
- Company pension
- Excellent training and career development
- Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+
- Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.
How to apply
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm GMT, 31st July 2025.
Specialist Support Worker (Female Only Supported Housing)
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
- Located at a 24-hour supported housing service in Clapham, we provide high quality self-contained accommodation for 15 women who have experienced homelessness and multiple disadvantage. The aim of the service is to provide a therapeutic environment in which women feel safe and can flourish, enabling them to move on into independent, permanent accommodation. The accommodation also includes overnight safe spaces.
- In this role, you will provide direct support to all the women, as well as holding a small case load of residents who you will keywork.
- You will work closely with support workers and the in-house psychologist. You will model person-led, psychological, gender, and culturally informed support, will be skilled at building trust and you will be a great team player.
- The post holder will undertake 8-hour shifts covering the hours 8am – 8pm, this will include some weekend work. Please be aware that the building has several floors and no lifts.
- The post is open to female applicants only as the role is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Full job description can be found on our website
Salary: £35,252
Closing Date: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Interview Date: Friday 8th August 2025
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Chief People Officer
We are looking for a Chief People Officer to lead the strategic development and operational delivery of the organisation’s people agenda
If you have experience of driving excellence across learning and organisational development, recruitment and shared services, employee relations, equality, diversity and inclusion… then we want to hear from you!
Join a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. Every year, the organisation supports thousands of people through its network of groups, services and helplines. The vision is for equality, fair treatment and maximum quality of life for everyone affected by mental illness. Help reach that goal by applying today.
Position: Chief People Officer
Location: London/Hybrid
Hours: Full time, flexible working available
Salary: £85,453 to £102,956 based on experience
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 5pm, 4 August 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be held in two stages: the first stage with our Executive Team and second stage with the Chief Executive and representatives from our Board of Trustees. Interviews will take place weeks commencing 1 and 8 September 2025.
Candidates may be asked to complete psychometric assessments as part of the recruitment process.
The Role
As the Chief People Officer, you will lead the strategic development and operational delivery of the organisation’s people agenda, with responsibility for driving excellence across learning and organisational development, recruitment and shared services, employee relations, equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as involvement and volunteering.
You will play a pivotal role in cultivating a high-performance, values-driven culture that empowers employees, fosters inclusion, and enhances engagement across all levels of the organisation, from frontline care to national campaigning. This role is a key member of that team, working alongside the Deputy Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Finance Officer, and Chief Business Improvement and Technology Officer.
Together, you will shape the organisation’s strategy, culture, and delivery.
If you are excited by the opportunity to lead across people and organisational development and to be part of a collaborative leadership team, then we would love to hear from you.
About You
We are looking for a Chief People Officer with the ability to shape and execute an integrated people and organisational development strategy that supports both care outcomes and social change. Someone who can demonstrate a commitment to inclusive leadership and the ability to foster an inclusive organisational culture.
You will have:
- Substantial senior leadership experience in people management, organisational development, and EDI within a care, support, health, or social impact organisation.
- Proven ability to develop and implement people strategies that enhance organisational performance and employee experience.
- Strong track record of leading EDI initiatives that promote inclusivity and diversity.
- Experience in organisational development, including change management, learning and development, and performance management.
- Demonstrated success in building and leading multidisciplinary teams across HR, EDI, and organisational development functions.
- Membership of CIPD.
About the Organisation
Work for an organisation that research shows is one of the most trusted major voluntary sector brands. In a rapidly changing world, the charity brings together delivery of care and support services, policy influencing, and campaigning – with people living with mental illness at the heart of what they do. The charity supports tens of thousands of people every year to get through crises, live independently and feel that they do not have to face mental illness alone. For over 50 years, the charity has campaigned for the rights of people severely affected by mental illness whilst working tirelessly to ensure that the people they support have a voice at all levels of the mental health system.
Benefits include:
- Employer funded pension
- Flexible working
- Life assurance
- Eye care vouchers
- Training opportunities
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 plus Bank Holidays
- Rewards, benefits and recognition platform
- Employee assistance programme
- Your birthday off
- Plus many more great benefits…
“It feels very rewarding to be part of such a meaningful organisation where everyone is valued and has the opportunity to make a difference” Current staff member
We actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
You may also have experience in areas such as People, HR, Human Resources, Personnel, Head of People, Head of HR, Head of Human Resources, Head of Personnel, Director of People, Director of HR, Director of Human Resources, P Director of personnel, People Director, HR Director, Human Resources Director, Personnel Director. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for 2 Community Keyworkers
Salary: £26,000 - £32,000
Location: Hammersmith
Contract: Permanent
Hours p/w 35 Hours per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Prison Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
To be successful as the Community Keyworker you will need to be a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are a confident professional relationship builder with a good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. You will have strong administration skills and an understanding of compliant behaviours. You will also have good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions within the area.
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
- Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 17th August 2025 @ 23:59
- Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have any additional needs email please contact the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and we will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Civitas Charity Recruitment are proud to be working with a leading charity working with grassroots community groups within the Islamic giving space, seeking a Bid Writer to join their remote team. The organisation supports small, often underrepresented, UK-based community organisations to access funding and improve their impact. This is a rare opportunity to take on a strategic role with meaningful influence, helping to increase resources into underserved communities and enhance sector-wide capacity. Home based in the UK with occasional travel to London for meetings.
The Role
You will lead on bid writing efforts for a range of grassroots partners, providing hands-on support to strengthen their funding applications. This includes writing applications on behalf of smaller organisations, delivering training and 1-to-1 support, and helping to grow the wider funding ecosystem through advocacy and relationship-building. You’ll act as the in-house expert on grant funding and contribute to shaping this service offering for greater impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Write and support high-quality funding proposals for grassroots partners.
- Tailor applications to reflect both funder priorities and the unique strengths of each organisation.
- Design and deliver training, webinars and individual support sessions.
- Build relationships with funders, local authorities, and infrastructure organisations.
- Represent the organisation at sector events and funding forums.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of bid writing support and adapt practice accordingly.
- Maintain up-to-date CRM and reporting systems.
- Support wider organisational priorities and strategies where needed.
Person Specification
- Proven track record in writing successful grant applications.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong knowledge of the UK funding and charitable landscape.
- Cultural awareness and understanding of the barriers facing underrepresented communities.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work independently.
- Comfortable working in small, agile teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and CRM systems.
- Experience delivering training or group sessions.
- Existing relationships within the UK funding sector or grassroots networks (desirable).
- Experience working in a start-up or fast-paced charity environment (desirable).
If the role sounds of interest, please apply immediately or enquire with Syed at Civitas Recruitment for further info.
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Research Officer
We’re looking for TWO motivated and detail-oriented Research Officers to support the Association’s research funding activities and award portfolio.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a bold and ambitious research strategy that puts stroke survivors at the centre.
Position: CE376 Research officer (two posts)
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide. However, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Salary: Circa £34,400 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,275 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live)
Hours: 2 x 35 hours per week positions available
Contract: This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 10 August 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interview Date: Likely to be between 19-21 August 2025
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Working closely with a friendly and knowledgeable team, you’ll manage the logistics of research funding calls, support peer review and governance processes, and ensure accurate tracking of award progress and impact.
You’ll be the first point of contact for funded researchers and play a key role in making research accessible and visible to wider audiences.
The role includes opportunities to work with the Involvement Lead and Communications Lead, developing skills in research impact analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project management. You’ll also work closely with teams across the organisation to amplify the impact of stroke research in policy and practice.
About You
You will:
- Be educated to degree level in a science, health, social science or related discipline, or have equivalent research experience.
- Be confident handling research data, drafting accessible content, and working with a range of stakeholders including researchers, funders, and stroke survivors.
- Have excellent organisational, communication and analytical skills, with a commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement.
Finding strength through support
The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support.
The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity.
The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation work.
A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
You may also have experience in areas such as Research, Researcher, Research Advisor, Senior Researcher, Senior Research Advisor, Lead Researcher, Lead Research Advisor, Health Research, Health Researcher, Health Research Advisor, Senior Health Researcher, Senior Health Research Advisor. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Department: Big Issue Frontline
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £32,186.00 per annum
The Big Issue is looking to appoint to a critical role supporting our vendors. The Support and Outreach Worker will be a leading role in our belief of “A Hand Up Not a Hand Out”, and has been created to improve our service to vendors, helping them to increase their income through selling our magazine and providing casework support.
You will also positively promote The Big Issue in your local area, build partnerships with third-party organisations and identify and promote opportunities all with the aim of moving people out of poverty.
To offer our vendors the best possible support you will have experience and knowledge of working with vulnerable adults in a frontline setting, along with the ability to offer effective sales advice and guidance helping them to increase their income through magazine sales.
The role requires the willingness to drive a company van throughout the South East region, therefore a full driving license is essential and due to our insurance regulations you must be over the age of 21.
Full details of the role including key responsibilities and required skills and experience are available in the Job Description.
In April 2023, the Big Issue Group launched a community interest company, Big Issue Changing Lives, to support more people affected by poverty and increase the impact of our services. Big Issue Changing Lives C.I.C. provides vendors with the end-to-end support they need including sales set up and support, access to health and wellbeing services, and employment opportunities.
Salary and Benefits offered:
- Salary of £32,186 per annum
- Incremental holiday entitlement starting at 25 days per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff) plus paid leave to care for a sick child or grandchild and a sick or elderly relation
- Company Sick Pay
- Enhanced contribution to our workplace pension
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Training and development opportunities including an open learning library and management training schemes
- Health benefits include life cover, a health cash plan scheme which provides access to counselling and a range of therapies
Please note that we reserve the right to review and amend our staff benefits and they do not form part of any contract of employment
Workplace details
The role is centrally based at our head Office at Finsbury Park, London but you will be supporting vendors throughout the London and South East Region and therefore must be willing to travel throughout the region as required.
Closing date - 11th August 2025 (23:59pm). We may interview before the role closes so please apply asap.
Big Issue Group is striving towards Equal Opportunities. We particularly welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our sector, such as women in senior roles, and people with disabilities and from Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
Since 1991, The Big Issue has fought poverty by creating opportunities and supporting people to take control of their lives. Over time our organisation has grown and now The Big Issue Group consists of The Big Issue Company Ltd, Big Issue Invest Ltd, our social investment arm, and Big Issue Changing Lives Community Interest Company.
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Background
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. We deliver lasting impact by providing health care, helping children learn, and empowering individuals and communities to become self-reliant, always with a focus on the unique needs of women and girls. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, we now work in over 40 crisis-affected countries as well as communities throughout the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
The Global Advocacy & Influence Department is a dynamic team that uses the power of IRC’s ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing IRC’s clients. From the drivers of conflict to the needs displaced people, the team partners with politicians, policy makers and civil society to bring these solutions to life. We take pride in being solutions-oriented and creative. We are precise in our tactics, and messages. We lead change year over year, knowing that system change takes dedicated focus while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs. Finally, we are collaborative, working not only with programs, strategy, research and innovation, and communications teams across the IRC, but also externally, constantly seeking to new ideas and perspectives from others in the humanitarian sector and beyond.
IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England. In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.
Job Overview
As the Advocacy Officer, you are responsible for building the profile, influence and credibility of IRC’s work with UK politicians, political parties and opinion formers on our humanitarian and development issues. You will be delivering our influence strategies and identifying strategic lobbying opportunities and enabling colleagues to exploit them fully through the use of innovative and creative tactics that help IRC stand out in a crowded arena. You will support building critical strategic relationships to help deliver on IRC’s objectives in parliament. You will contribute fresh insights and analysis to inform IRC’s influence approaches, tactics, and messages.
Major Responsibilities:
- Advocacy Strategy: Support in delivering advocacy strategies, collaborating with the Advocacy Manager, policy leads, public advocacy and communications colleagues, to advance IRC’s key advocacy objectives.
- Political and policy monitoring: Analyse and report on relevant political and policy trends and regularly communicate across external relations teams.Expand IRC’s political reach by tracking and analysing shifting government positions, individuals engaging on our issues, and the politics around our issues. Track political processes and profile opportunities / events; including bills, select committee inquiries, and other parliamentary and political developments.
- Stakeholder management: Building and maintaining relationships with a core group of political champions in and around Westminster, whilst raising IRC’s profile and awareness of our positions on key issues among a wider political audience in order to increase our ability to deliver policy change.
- Political engagement: Developing and providing regular written or oral briefings to MPs, Peers, government officials, and other decision makers on key policies and campaigns. Producing specific asks to parliamentarians on a regular basis – parliamentary questions, debate contributions etc.
- Communications: Provide market and audience expertise to communications team to craft public advocacy in the UK. Support team in developing communications strategy and develop materials for advocacy targets, including digital/social content and take actions.
- Teamwork: Support a positive team culture by acting openly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues in their work and sharing credit with others where appropriate.
- Steward Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: both in the culture of IRC, as well as in the policy solutions we develop and the ways we wield influence.
Key Working Relationships:
Position reports to: Advocacy Manager
Internal contacts: Policy and Advocacy colleagues, Communications, Technical Excellence leads; International Programs leads, External Relations Department
External contacts: Parliamentarians, government officials, key opinion formers, think tanks and sector colleagues in the UK.
Job Requirements:
Work experience:
- Experience in delivering advocacy strategies in the UK. 2 years + of experience working on development and humanitarian issues.
Demonstrated skills and competencies:
- Proven success in delivering successful strategies that influence/impact on legislative and executive policy.
- Good understanding of relevant the UK’s political structures and processes, and familiar with leverage points within these institutions that can be targeted to achieve policy change objectives.
- Ability to innovatively and creatively apply influencing techniques and tactics to consistently make IRC stand out from the crowd in Westminster, Whitehall and with other key international stakeholders.
- Knowledge of development and humanitarian issues in the UK.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with parliamentarians and colleagues in the humanitarian and development fields.
- Strong writing skills and the ability to translate sophisticated material and data into coherent narratives that resonate with policymakers.
- Experience of developing effective working relationships with colleagues, and working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Ability to work quickly against deadlines.
- Initiative and ability to work independently on fast-paced issues, and balance competing demands.
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We are thrilled to be working with an awesome charity who are looking for an Interim Head of Philanthropy to join their team for an initial 6-month contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a philanthropy team that is going from strength to strength, with significant corporate partners and a growing major donor programme.
Key responsibilities
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Provide strategic leadership to grow and diversify philanthropy income, delivering an ambitious growth plan across trusts and foundations, major donors, and corporate partnerships.
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Strengthen existing relationships to deepen engagement and secure increased support, while proactively driving new business and developing robust pipelines for long-term sustainability and impact.
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Lead the strategic development and delivery of philanthropy and corporate partnerships strategies, focusing on securing and sustaining six and seven-figure donations.
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Identify, research, and secure new income sources from trusts, philanthropists, and corporates, building and stewarding relationships for long-term benefit.
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Manage and grow an active portfolio of current and prospective donors, implementing tailored cultivation and stewardship plans to maximise lifetime value.
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Develop compelling cases for support and high-impact propositions that inspire, attract, and retain major supporters.
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Prepare and deliver persuasive proposals and pitches to win new corporate partnerships, developing the organisation's offer across CSR, CRM, employee engagement, payroll giving, and other models.
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Build and maintain a strong pipeline of corporate opportunities through strategic prospecting, creative cultivation, and partnership development.
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Oversee a programme of special events to cultivate and engage high-value supporters and prospects.
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Lead the prospect research function, ensuring a robust pipeline of opportunities, comprehensive due diligence, and compliance with ethical standards.
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Draft and negotiate partnership agreements, supported by legal advice, to protect the organisation’s interests and ensure clear commitments.
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Lead and own philanthropy business planning, budgeting, and reporting processes — monitoring performance, evaluating impact, and refining approaches as needed.
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Champion best practice and compliance, ensuring all activity meets legal and regulatory requirements including GDPR.
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Provide inclusive, values-driven leadership to the Philanthropy team — promoting excellence, innovation, and a collaborative, supportive culture.
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Recruit, develop, and retain talent in line with the organisation’s people policies and commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
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Embed the organisation’s values and strong commitment to EDI across all philanthropy and corporate partnership activity.
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Foster a culture of philanthropic success across the organisation, working closely with Trustees, the CEO, and senior leaders to maximise networks and relationship management.
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Act as a proactive member of the Senior Management Team, collaborating across directorates to drive innovation, solve challenges, and deliver shared goals.
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Work collaboratively across teams to create integrated delivery plans that maximise efficiency, alignment, and impact.
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Support the Director on organisational strategy, Board and committee papers, and risk management.
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Maintain positive, supportive relationships with colleagues across the organisation, championing a service-user-centred approach in all fundraising activity.
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Ensure the confidentiality, security, and ethical use of information in line with the organisation’s policies.
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Contribute to sustainable working practices and reduce the environmental impact of the organisation’s activities.
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Undertake continuing professional development to maintain expertise and support the organisation’s evolving needs.
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Actively participate in performance management, regular supervision, and development planning.
Person Specifications
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Significant proven experience in major donor and trust fundraising, with a track record of securing and growing six and seven-figure gifts.
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Demonstrable success in developing and securing strategic corporate partnerships to deliver substantial income.
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Strong experience writing compelling, audience-focused proposals and communications.
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Proven ability to build and sustain high-value supporter relationships.
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Experience developing corporate propositions that meet partner CSR objectives and the organisation’s strategic goals.
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Contract development and management experience.
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Confident budget management and financial planning skills.
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Experience leading teams and managing complex internal and external stakeholder relationships.
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Deep knowledge of major donor, trust, and corporate fundraising principles and best practice.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including confident delivery of presentations and pitches.
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Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against deadlines.
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Analytical thinking and the ability to assess opportunities, including understanding risk and return on investment.
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Excellent interpersonal skills, credibility, and the ability to influence at senior level.
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Creativity and strategic thinking to develop supporter-centric propositions and partnerships.
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Experience and confidence in prospect research and new business development.
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An enthusiastic, positive, and collaborative approach.
What’s on Offer:
- £249.01 per day + £37.35 daily holiday pay (£286.36 total PAYE) Outside London
- £260.87 per day + £39.13 daily holiday pay (£300.00 total PAYE) Inside London
- Full-time opportunity, 0.8 considered
- A flexible working set up, hybrid working, travel to London for SLT meetings and Donor meetings.
How to Apply: To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the “apply now” button.
The process: If your experience aligns with what we're looking for, a member of our team will be in contact to discuss the role with you in more detail before presenting your profile to the client. We will also ensure that all applicants receive an email to inform them of the outcome of their application.
To avoid any potential delays or your application being missed, please apply solely via the 'Apply Now' button via our website.
Commitment to Diversity: The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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About SPANA
SPANA (The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) is the global charity for the working animals of the world. Since our foundation in 1923, we have worked where they work, to support the welfare of working animals, including horses, donkeys, mules, oxen, dogs and camels.
About this role
The Communications and Content Officer is part of SPANA’s Communications and Campaigns team, responsible for creating high-quality content and delivering effective communications that support the charity’s mission. We are seeking a Communications and Content Officer for six months to assist the Communications and Campaigns team during an incredibly exciting, busy and rewarding period for our charity.
The role involves producing engaging written, digital and visual content across multiple platforms, ensuring consistency with SPANA’s brand and messaging. It also includes managing and cataloguing content assets to support the organisation’s ongoing communications needs. Through compelling storytelling and collaboration across teams, the role helps drive awareness, advocacy, fundraising and internal engagement.
Contract, salary and location
This is a full-time (34.5 hours per week), fixed term contract. The salary for this role is c.£33,000 per annum, subject to skills and experience. This is a hybrid, UK-based role with the requirement to spend 1-2 days (or more if preferred) in SPANA's London office.
SPANA also offers employees a range of benefits including a generous company pension scheme and health care cash plan.
More details and how to apply
Please review the job description for full details on the role, a person specification and details on how to apply.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling deadline until the position is filled.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.