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Join our Stories Team and help amplify the voices of patients and fundraisers, showcasing the impact of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Collaborate across departments to deliver inspiring campaigns and case studies that raise awareness and drive action. Be part of a rewarding career where your work supports The Royal Marsden to save the lives of people affected by cancer, everywhere.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Collaborating across the Charity and the hospital to identify opportunities where patient and supporter stories can amplify fundraising and awareness.
- Interviewing patients, families, and supporters to create powerful stories for fundraising materials, campaigns, and digital platforms.
- Building and stewarding relationships with case studies, ensuring diversity, representation, and sensitive management across all communications.
- Reviewing and shaping case study briefs to ensure clear objectives and agreed criteria are met.
- Maintaining and auditing the case study database to keep an up‑to‑date, ethically managed bank of stories and images.
- Working with colleagues in the PR, fundraising, marketing and digital teams to showcase stories across channels, support events, and maximise the Charity’s impact.
What We’re Looking For
- A natural storyteller with strong copywriting, interviewing, and editing skills, able to craft powerful patient and supporter stories across digital, print and campaign channels.
- A relationship builder with excellent interpersonal skills, empathy and resilience, who can connect sensitively with case studies while maintaining professional boundaries.
- A creative communicator who can interpret briefs, tailor content for diverse audiences and showcase stories that drive engagement, fundraising and brand awareness.
- A collaborative team player who thrives on working with colleagues across fundraising, marketing and PR and communications, building strong relationships and sharing ideas to create impactful stories together.
Why Join Us?
We’re a values-driven charity committed to saving the lives of people with cancer everywhere by funding life-saving research and world-leading treatment and care at The Royal Marsden. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that’s ambitious, kind, and purposeful – with the flexibility to work in a way that suits you.
What we offer:
- Hybrid working between home and Chelsea with occasional travel to Sutton.
- Flexible working around our core hours of 10am to 4pm
- 27 days annual leave rising with length of service
- Up to 6% employer contributions subject to matched contribution from you (increasing with length of service)
- Training, support and development opportunities
- Access to the blue light discount scheme and other discounts opportunities
- Access to subsidised staff restaurants, on-site yoga and wellbeing classes, staff choir and much more
- Range of wellbeing initiatives including access to an employee assistance programme designed to save money and improve your physical, financial and mental health and wellbeing, access to free online GP appointments and free eye tests and contribution towards any glasses required for work purposes
Inclusion Matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Marketing and Communications Manager
Location:
Hybrid: Primarily based at Cosmic HQ near St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, with opportunities for home working
Reports To:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Salary:
£36,000 per annum pro rata, £21,600 actual for 0.6FTE
Hours:
3 days per week/0.6FTE
Job Type:
Permanent
Annual Leave:
27 days plus bank holidays, plus office shuts between Christmas & New Year, pro rata for 0.6FTE
About Cosmic
Cosmic is a small but mighty children’s charity, dedicated to supporting the incredible work of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith. We provide vital funding for life-saving equipment, specialist staff training, pioneering research, and family support services - helping to make a real difference for children and families when they need it most.
We’re looking for a passionate and creative Marketing and Communications Manager to help us tell Cosmic’s story, engage our incredible supporters, and grow our reach and impact. If you love storytelling, enjoy building strong relationships, and want to be part of a small, supportive team that’s making a real difference, this could be the perfect role for you. You’ll play a key part in raising Cosmic’s profile, supporting fundraising campaigns, and keeping our community connected through engaging and impactful communications.
Key Responsibilities
External Communications
- Collaborate with the team to develop a communications plan to support Cosmic’s calendar of events, income generation and volunteering, taking ownership of its implementation.
- Manage supporter communications through platforms like Mailchimp, including scheduling updates and mail merges.
- Produce and manage the production and distribution of the charity’s supporter newsletter, corporate newsletter, and other direct marketing materials.
- Develop a GDPR compliant method to gather data from families who benefit from Cosmic Service Delivery, to support conversion to fundraising via a Cosmic communication plan and supporter journey
- Create and execute engaging campaigns for Cosmic, based on our service delivery, to generate income.
- Liaise with celebrity partners to coordinate media campaigns.
- Develop and maintain a bank of photographs and ensure media consent forms are obtained and recorded appropriately.
- Assist fundraising teams in sourcing free advertising opportunities for events, such as community group emails and online platforms.
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver and maximise media opportunities and campaigns that help raise awareness of the Cosmic’s services
- Writing press releases for local, regional and national press covering Cosmic service delivery, events and fundraising campaigns.
- Plan and execute events designed for stewardship and engagement alongside the Cosmic Events Team.
- Support in the development and delivery of the Cosmic ambassador strategy
Internal Communications
- Work closely with supporters, NHS staff, and the NHS Imperial Trust to gather compelling patient, family, unit, and staff stories for promotional purposes.
- Be a visible presence on the wards, building relationships to develop case studies, improve communication, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
- Keep charity notice boards updated with promotional material.
- Contribute to the quarterly Trustee report.
- Ensure that all communication is clearly logged on the Cosmic CRM solution, Donorfy.
Digital
- Manage Cosmic’s social media channels, developing and implementing a consistent and engaging social media plan to promote the charity’s work, events, and fundraising initiatives effectively.
- Digital transformation of the Cosmic website and other digital channels with a consistent and clear brand, ensuring optimal user experience.
- Create engaging and consistent digital designs for all marketing materials on Canva.
Branding and Merchandising
- Design and create a new range of fundraising merchandise and marketing materials to promote the Cosmic brand.
- Support the fundraising team by developing high-quality materials for proposals, events, and activities, and assist in promoting these initiatives.
- Develop and formalise a clear Cosmic Tone of Voice and charity branding, establishing guidelines for how Cosmic presents itself both internally and externally to ensure consistency and alignment with its mission and values.
- Build a Cosmic library of “curated content” with aligned descriptions of who we are and what we do, tailored for different audiences.
- Ensure all internal templates (letterheads, email signatures etc) use the correct colour palette, format and logo.
Administration
- Build a process to balance and prioritise the requirements and request for digital, marketing and communication support from the Cosmic Team
- Respond effectively to incoming telephone calls and emails, ensuring all inquiries are handled professionally.
- Maintain and update the charity’s database of contacts and supporters, taking the lead in implementing changes to improve data recording and analysis.
- Provide support to charity volunteers during activities.
- Develop engaging and relevant supporter journeys using Cosmic audience personas.
- Regular development and gathering of Cosmic case study materials.
- Evaluate the success of campaigns, setting and tracking key metrics, feeding learnings back into future work in a cycle of continuous improvement.
- Prepare and deliver regular, meaningful reporting on communications, to assist and drive strategic communications and marketing decision making.
General
- Build relationships across Cosmic, NHS units, and key stakeholders to identify opportunities for collaboration.
- Stay informed about fundraising sector trends and identify ways to apply them to Cosmic’s work.
- Undertake any other tasks commensurate with the role, adhering to the charity’s time-in-lieu policy.
- Support PICU/NICU with day-to-day needs, including celebrating milestones, organising activities, or assisting families with specific requirements.
Who We’re Looking For
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience in a marketing or communications role, ideally working within the charity sector.
- Proven success designing and delivering communications plans and campaigns.
- Experience of successfully pitching stories or collaborations to media, journalists and influencers.
- Understanding of how to create engaging content – both written and visual.
- Understanding of how to develop opportunities for coverage and know how to make them happen, and of media and communication trends, with the ability to stay ahead of the curve.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft engaging content for diverse audiences.
- Strong digital storytelling skills.
- Experience in creating marketing materials in Canva and managing communications campaigns.
- Experience of managing social media channels, creating content that drive results
- Experience of using WordPress, Mailchimp and CRM solutions.
- Confidence in liaising with stakeholders, including NHS staff, supporters, and celebrity partners.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Knowledge of GDPR and data protection best practices.
- A genuine passion for Cosmic’s mission and values.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
- Experience in developing case studies
- Previous experience in a charity or fundraising environment.
Why You’ll Love Working with Us
At Cosmic, we’re a small team with a big heart. Every day, we get to make a real impact on the lives of children and families facing the toughest times. You’ll have the chance to use your creativity, develop new ideas, and see the difference your work makes - whether it’s helping to fund vital equipment, supporting a fundraising event, or simply putting a smile on a child’s face.
· 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
· £200 professional development budget annually
· Hybrid working opportunities
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm
To be considered for this role, please answer the screening questions in full.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV and responses to the screening questions. You are welcome to include a covering letter if you wish, but this is optional.
Cosmic is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
November 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This is a senior leadership role accountable for award winning high performing shops that deliver + £3.5m in sales in the context of an ambitious and developing trading strategy. The post holder is directly accountable for sustaining and building this performance leading a team of staff and volunteers and in working as part of the central trading and wider hospice teams. The role combines sales and profit targets, creativity, accountability, empathic people skills and a passion for trading. Our retail business is a key driver for organisational success. The Hospice of St Francis Charity provides essential free care across West Hertfordshire and South Buckinghamshire. More than 80% of the income we spend comes from trading and fundraising. Our retail performance (sales and profit) benchmarks at the very top of the sector with award winning and innovative retail formats supported by a strong volunteer base and shop team delivering outstanding customer service.
Main duties and responsibilities:
· Line management and mentoring 5 direct line reports and oversight accountability for a team of 33 whole time equivalent employees (53 people) and 500 volunteers
· Maintain and improve our performance at the top of the charity retail sector nationally
· Hold oversight of leases and ensure effective lease management
· Accountability for delivering more than £3.5m in annual sales, with levels of engagement, profit and performance that deliver the strategic aims of the Charity
· Accountability for retail Gift Aid income and HMRC compliance assuring at least £300k annually from retail claims
· Project manage the process of new shop openings as required
· Accountability for customer complaints, health and safety, fire safety and environmental health across all retail premises working closely with our estates team to assure compliance
· Ensure our shops operate as a physical and digital front door to the hospice, creating a dynamic interactive culture
· Collaborate effectively with peers and colleagues, operating in adherence to the values and ethos of the Hospice
· Contribute to the design, development and implementation of the trading road map, annual budget and profit projections, annually and over 3- 5-year timescales to match the strategic development timelines of the Charity
· Maximise the potential of Electronic Point of Sale to drive performance and provide regular KPI reports internally at all levels, motivating the shop teams, in accountability to the Trading Board and our committees, Board and AGM
· Maintain an up to date understanding of high street trends and charity retail trends and ensure our merchandising, product development, social media and retail innovation maintains our competitive edge
· Assure windows and shop floors meet the highest standards of engagement and stand out on the high street embedding the ‘owned brand’ and social impact
· Accountable for ensuring a programme of community engagement and events where our shops are community hubs
· Leading projects including lead responsibilities in the set up and opening of new shops
· Implementation of goal setting, career development reviews and routine and regular supervision and team meetings to build an inspiring successful team culture and empower individual performance
· Use a range of digital systems effectively in the management of the business and in communication, including social media, on-line analysis of reach and click rates
· Represent the Trading Directorate at Health and Safety Committee, attend the Trading Board, as required Income generation committee and deputise for the Director at Executive Meetings, deputising for the Director of Sustainable Trading as required
· Embeds equality, diversity and inclusion across trading processes and practices
· Represent the organisation as ambassador and contribute to maintaining the wider public presence of the Charity.
Key Accountabilities, Responsibilities & Tasks
Departmental & Role Specifics
· Set objectives that are realistic and encourage outstanding performance, in a supportive team culture with effective individual supervision, support and training to ensure our performance continues to benchmark nationally at the top of the charity retail sector.
· The senior responsible manager in Trading, holding overall accountability for all aspects of our charity retail operation
· As an ambassador for the organisation maintaining excellent relationships with all suppliers and partners
· Lead a team of 33 whole time equivalent employees (51 people) and 500 volunteers to deliver at least £3.5m in sales and at least £300k in gift aid annually
· Ensure our shops operate as a physical and digital front door to the hospice, creating a dynamic interactive culture
· Lead, manage and coach a culture of openness to engage the diversity of the community as customers, donors, staff and volunteers
· Detailed understanding and analysis of data from a range of sources in order to collate and provide timely effective verbal and written reports, to agreed schedules, reporting on and managing performance, risk, variance, effectiveness, trends and the cut through impact of innovation
· Collaborate internally and with external partners to maintain a range of projects with local colleges teaching and training in fashion, design and social media, including joint events and succession pipelines with apprenticeships, DoE volunteer placements and internships
· Hold oversight of leases and ensure effective lease management
· Accountability for customer complaints, health and safety, fire safety and environmental health across all retail premises working closely with our estates team to assure compliance
· Project manage the process of new shop openings as required
· Collaborate effectively with peers and colleagues, operating in adherence to the values and ethos of the Hospice
The Hospice of St Francis helps local people and their families, in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, to live their precious lives well.



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This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a new and high-impact role, shaping how Greyhound Trust engages the public, tells its story, and builds lasting support for the thousands of greyhounds we help each year.
As PR & Marketing Manager, you’ll join our newly formed Income Generation and Engagement Team — a dynamic group driving innovation, brand growth, and audience engagement across the charity. Reporting to the Head of Income Generation and Engagement, you’ll have the freedom and trust to review our current approach and design a fresh, strategic programme of marketing and PR activity that truly reflects our values, our mission, and our ambitions.
With 50 years of history, Greyhound Trust has long been at the heart of helping retired greyhounds find loving homes. As the charity evolves to meet the changing landscape, this role will be pivotal in driving a step-change in how we communicate — raising awareness of the growing homing challenge, inspiring new audiences to get involved, and supporting our vital income generation work.
You’ll bring at least three years of proven experience in both strategic and hands-on PR and marketing — from planning and content creation to media relations, digital engagement, brand development and taking a lead on key events, such as Crufts and our annual Great Greyhound Gathering.
You’ll understand how effective PR and marketing can both protect and enhance a charity’s brand while also supporting income generation and engagement goals. You’ll bring the confidence and experience to balance these priorities and work collaboratively to achieve them.
Confident working across multiple audiences and channels, you’ll combine creative storytelling with data-driven insight to deliver measurable impact.
As a national charity, based in Surrey, but represented across the UK via a developing branch network (often volunteer led) you will need to have experience of working with a large and diverse range of passionate and knowledgeable stakeholders.
This is a role for a person who enjoys variety, autonomy, and responsibility — someone who can balance strategic thinking with a willingness to get stuck in and make things happen. In return, you’ll find a supportive, collaborative team and the chance to see the direct results of your work: more people understanding, supporting, and opening their homes to retired greyhounds.
Salary range £38k - £40k
The role is full time, located at the National Greyhound Centre, Horley with occasional travel to branches across the UK.
Occasional working from home when appropriate.
No Agencies please.
Greyhound Trust was founded in 1975. Since then we are proud to have found over 100,000 loving homes for greyhounds.



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We're looking for someone who's passionate about our mission, can juggle a varied workload and is reliable and professional.
Furnishing Futures is an innovative charity creating fully furnished, healing homes for survivors of domestic abuse who have been rehoused in empty social housing. We do this by partnering with the interiors industry, which donates high quality furniture and homeware that could otherwise end up in landfill.
This job involves working closely with our CEO and Head of Operations carrying out multiple tasks throughout the day to ensure the smooth running of the charity. So, if you have a can-do attitude, strong experience of administrative processes and office duties then we’d love to hear from you.
It is our mission to create a future where furniture poverty no longer exists and no useable furniture ends up in landfill
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Reports to: Senior Digital Programme Manager (Behaviour Change)
Direct reports: None
Location: Our well-equipped office is in Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0NE. Staff are currently working in hybrid locations with a general requirement to meet colleagues once a week in the office and to attend a monthly all-staff meeting in London, although we will always take into account personal circumstances.
Status: Maternity cover (initially for 10 months)
Hours: Full-time
Salary: Grade C: £40,982 - £44,753 (depending on skills, knowledge and experience), plus benefits. Includes 11% London Weighting which is based on one day a week in the office.
Role Summary
As Senior Behaviour Change Programme Officer, you’ll be a vital part of our Communications team, working with colleagues to shape powerful, consistent messages that are clear and well-framed.
Reporting to the Senior Digital Programme Manager and as a key member of the team, you’ll have opportunities to get involved in and learn skills across the full marketing and communications mix.
We're looking for a candidate who brings a mix of knowledge and skills across some or all of the following areas:
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Developing persuasive, supportive behaviour change content that enables people to make changes in their lives and to their health and wellbeing
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Communications skills - the ability to craft clear, adaptable written messaging and content across a mix of channels
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Using digital platforms and tools to engage individuals with behaviour change/programmes, including websites, apps, community groups and social media platforms
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Community stewardship and customer service - supporting individuals and groups with responses to queries
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Please refer to the candidate pack for role and responsibilities of this post.
Important note: We monitor for use of AI in responses and will reject applications containing fully AI generated answers.
We encourage applications from people who meet most, but not all, of our essential criteria. And we encourage applications from people who have been disabled by society, are from minoritised groups, have personal experience of alcohol harm or have experienced any other forms of societal discrimination.
Timeline
- Deadline for us to receive your application: Strictly 9am, Monday 1 December 2025. The online application form gives a date and time stamp to all applications.
- We will aim to get back to you by: Thursday 4 December 2025. All applicants will receive a response.
- Interviews: Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 December 2025 (please save the dates!)
We are Alcohol Change UK. We work for a society that is free from the harm caused by alcohol.



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Domestic Abuse Officer
Location: Waltham Forest/London
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Full Time
1-year fixed term contract with option to renew pending funding
Young Ladies Club aims to raise aspirations in disadvantaged young women to achieve their education and career potential by providing mentoring, confidence building activities and career workshops from positive role models. We envision a world where young women’s socio-economic background does not impact educational and career outcomes.
We are now looking for an experience Domestic Abuse Officer to provide an effective, efficient, and supportive service to women who are victims of domestic abuse providing emotional, practical and welfare support. As our Domestic Abuse Officer, you will provide a high-quality pro-active service to victims of domestic abuse and other forms of VAWG in either 1:1 or group settings delivering a service to those at medium and low risk.
As a Domestic Abuse Officer, your responsibilities will be:
· To work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse.
· To ensure that women are enabled to access their rights and are informed about their options.
· To reach out to survivors of domestic abuse and raise awareness of domestic abuse and local services offered.
· To support and implement the aims and objectives of Young Ladies Club ensuring that all work is undertaken in accordance with Young Ladies Club policies and procedures.
· To facilitate or co-facilitate the support groups
· To facilitate the provision of culturally sensitive therapeutic interventions and counselling services.
Required Skills and Experience:
· Demonstrable qualifications and/or experience in the field of domestic violence accommodation and support.
· An excellent working knowledge of key issues faced by black and minoritised women who have experienced Domestic Abuse and VAWG. Able to apply this knowledge at a practical level.
· Experience of identifying and responding to the risks to and needs of survivors of domestic
violence
· Experience of working with vulnerable women at least some of which are women or girls affected by domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence.
· A sound working knowledge of the practical, emotional, social and economic issues facing black and minoritised women and girls affected by domestic, and intimate relationship abuse
· Experience of multi-agency partnership working
· Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to Immigration, Honour Based Violence, Forced Marriage and FGM.
· Experience in running support groups in the community
· Ability to work with interpreters and volunteers.
· Ability to work with voluntary organisations, local authorities and government agencies on behalf of women.
· Effective communication skills.
· Experience of managing basic administrative systems.
· Training and qualifications in the provision of advice and advocacy on issues such as housing, welfare benefits and domestic violence.
· Good working knowledge of IT system and databases.
· Ability to run groups virtually on Zoom/Teams etc
Due to the nature of the role and the needs of our service users, this post is restricted to female applicants. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010. YLC is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Due to the nature of the role and the needs of our service users, this post is restricted to Black and minoritised women. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
This post is subject to Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. A criminal record will not
necessarily exclude you from this post but under the Act, we must have details. An Enhanced
Disclosure will be sought in the event of a successful application for this post and therefore
you will be required to give details of spent and unspent convictions disclosed above. YLC
operates under the Revised Code of Practice for Disclosure and Barring Service.
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At 21 Together, we believe every person with Down’s syndrome has the right to live a happy, rich and fulfilling life. Based in Maidstone and working across Kent, we support children and young people with Down’s syndrome, their families, and the professionals who work with them.
We are a small but impactful charity looking for an inspiring Chief Executive Officer to lead us through the next phase of our growth.
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Organisation: 21 Together
Location: Maidstone, Kent (Hybrid working available)
Salary: From £48,561 FTE, dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent or Fixed Term (flexible)
Working Hours: Part-time or Fractional (minimum 3 days per week)
Closing Date: 5th January 2026
Interview Date: Early January 2026
The Role
As CEO, you’ll provide strategic leadership, oversee operations, and drive income generation to ensure our long-term sustainability. You’ll work closely with our committed Board of Trustees, lead a passionate team, and act as the public face of the organisation.
We’re open to part-time or fractional working arrangements (minimum 3 days/week) to attract the right person.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver our mission and long-term strategy
- Ensure strong financial oversight and fundraising success
- Lead and support staff and volunteers, fostering a positive and inclusive culture
- Maintain strong governance and ensure legal compliance
- Represent the charity externally and build key stakeholder relationships
- Monitor impact and promote continuous improvement
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- An experienced leader with a strategic mindset
- Financially astute, with a track record of managing budgets and securing income
- A confident communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills
- Committed to inclusion, learning, and supporting vulnerable communities
Desirable: Experience or understanding of Down’s syndrome and/or learning disabilities.
What We Offer
- Flexible working (minimum 3 days/week)
- Hybrid arrangements available
- Supportive and values-led culture
- Opportunity to make a meaningful, visible difference
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill is delighted to be working with Safer Places to recruit its new Chief Executive Officer.
Safer Places is a specialist support service for individuals at risk of, fleeing from, or recovering from domestic abuse, sexual violence, and stalking. We provide a wide range of trauma-informed services to adults, children, and young people across Hertfordshire and Essex, with safe accommodation available to those in need from across the UK.
As Chief Executive, you will:
- Lead Safer Places into its next chapter. This includes enhancing the charity’s service delivery, forging new partnerships, and expanding its role as a Registered Social Landlord to better meet the evolving needs of our communities.
- Embed Safer Places’s vision across the organisation – ensuring it is understood, embraced, and translated into action at every level.
- Have an entrepreneurial mindset to leverage opportunities for the charity to grow.
- Continue to ensure that Safer Places is recognised for the quality of its services, its commitment to inclusivity, and its highly trained, compassionate staff.
If you are inspired and excited by what Safer Places does, we’d love to hear from you.
Job title: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £85,000 - £90,000 p.a.
Location: Hertfordshire/Essex – most working hours will be spent collaborating with colleagues and partners at our offices and service sites, with flexibility for some remote work.
Employment term: Permanent / full time.
How to apply:
Please review the recruitment pack for further information about Safer Places, the CEO position and for details on how to apply.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Friday 5th December 2025
Safer Places is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. However, this CEO post is restricted to women applicants due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
We are looking for a communications officer who can help us deliver this mission by working with a full range of external channels.
You will have a passion for telling powerful, important stories and enjoy pitching to some of the UK’s highest profile journalists, finding news hooks and human interest in the IOP’s cutting-edge research. You will be a quick, accurate and confident writer and have experience in responding to the news agenda and advising colleagues. You’ll be as comfortable creating video and social media content as you are in traditional media and familiar with the challenge of generating and commissioning digital communications.
An understanding and passion for science is also an advantage but far more important is a willingness to learn and engage alongside the ability to communicate, both to scientific and non-scientific audiences, how physics is transforming our world. In the last 12 months alone the IOP communications team has led the UK in helping celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Quantum, produced agenda-shaping policy work on the need to ensure every young person has a specialist physics teacher and raised the alarm about the financial challenges facing university physics departments. We are a busy, ambitious team and can offer a stimulating environment for personal and professional growth to the right person.
Together with our members and leaders from the world of physics and beyond, we have identified three priorities of Skills, Science and Society which must shape our work over the next five years if we are to achieve our mission.
We are looking to appoint this Communications Officer on a permanent basis.
What is it like working at the IOP?
The IOP is a friendly and ambitious organisation. Inclusion and diversity are central to our work and we have a ‘work anywhere’ policy to make working at the IOP as flexible as possible. Looking after our colleagues and supporting them in life and work is our priority, ensuring they can live their best lives, with competitive salaries, professional development opportunities and generous benefits.
Our comprehensive benefits package including:
- An excellent pension scheme - (up to 12% company contribution)
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, dental insurance, health care cash plan (via salary sacrifice) eye care vouchers, annual flu vaccinations, long service awards, employee assistance programme
- Floating bank holidays (choose where to take your bank holidays throughout the year)
- Generous annual leave (25 days starting as a standard)
- Flexible working
The Role
What will I be doing?
- Working with the media as a point of reactive and proactive content – supporting and advising colleagues on their projects and providing a full communications service for IOP policy work.
- Working to support our digital and social strategy, filming content for social media and supporting our online engagement
- Supporting out of hours and monitoring work as required. Playing a full role in the horizon scanning and planning work of the communications and marketing team.
Projects you work on may include:
- IOP policy work and influencing programme
- IOP campaigns and advocacy
- Department support – you will have your own ‘patch’ within the IOP where you will be expected to build relationships and develop your own proactive body of work.
Who will I work with?
- Comms and marketing team
- Wider advocacy team at the IOP
- Senior colleagues and IOP members
Ideally, we hope you’ll apply if your skills include:
Essential Criteria
- Experience dealing with the media and a confident writer
- Experience using social media and developing content
- An understanding and sensitivity for the policy and political environment.
Nice to have
- A background in a similar organisation to the IOP
- An understanding and grounding in scientific principles/terms/language
- Experience working on public advocacy campaigns.
The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity. We know that not every candidate fits into a neat little box, and that's okay! So, even if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified but you believe you’d bring passion, creativity, and a willingness to learn, we’d love to learn more about you!
Application
Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a cover letter stating how you meet the person specification.
How will I be working?
The Institute of Physics is an inclusive employer and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative and exciting trust-based model of flexible working called How We Work. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact. The How We Work initiative is based on the principles of collaboration, trust, flexibility and agility. You will be allocated a ‘base’ office which can also be a chosen place of work.
Why should I want to work for the IOP?
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland - we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society. There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP - watch our film to find out more about our work.
To apply for this role please click the link below, best of luck with your applications!
The IOP is committed to promoting a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all individuals whilst celebrating diversity.
We recognise personal unique characteristics, should you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in your application and/or throughout the recruitment process please do not hesitate to reach out to us for support.
The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity.
We strive to make physics accessible to people from all backgrounds.


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We are recruiting an Area Manager who will be forward-thinking and values-driven and will lead the strategic development and delivery of PAPYRUS’ Community Services across England South and East.
What you will do:
- Effective leadership of PAPYRUS strategy in your Area
- Ensure that PAPYRUS is represented in your Area at appropriate local and regional Suicide Prevention groups and bodies
- Manage Service Delivery in your area
- Ensure data is collected and recorded properly to enable impact demonstration and business development
- Develop and deliver a strategic plan for Community Services in your Area
- Build and sustain good relationships with commissioning bodies in respect of your Area
- Drive the effective performance of the Area by providing leadership which sets high expectations for staff, addresses development needs and tackles any poor performance effectively.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent professional qualification in Leadership, Management, Health, Social Care, Social Sciences, Education, Business Development, Community Work, or Public Health
- Proven experience of building, managing and enabling a successful team, supporting their development, and managing their performance.
- Experience of identifying new approaches to underpin strategy and progressing new opportunities and translating these into sustainable, funded projects in the community
- Previous experience of preparing a budget, securing funding for projects/ programmes and having financial accountability for successful implementation
- Foster and cultivate opportunities for funded work on a sustainable footing
- Awareness of the issues around safeguarding and how these can affect young people and adults at risk.
- Ability to consider equality, diversity and inclusivity in all your decisions and actions
Please visit the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.
Salary: £48,226 per annum (SCP 37) progressing by increments to £52,413 per annum (SCP 41)
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Home based in South and East England
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: You will receive 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership, enhanced sick pay and enhanced parental pay. Please visit our website for more details.
Closing date: 7th December 2025
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications so, please submit your application as soon as possible.
PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
About Orbis UK
Orbis UK is an affiliate of Orbis International, an eye care charity that transforms lives through the prevention and treatment of avoidable blindness and visual impairment.
Over 1.1 billion people live with vision loss in the world today. Yet for a staggering 90% of these people, visual impairment is treatable or could have been prevented.
At Orbis we work to change this injustice by providing treatment to thousands of people each year, training new generations of eye health-workers, and leading cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs that restore sight. Our vision is a world where communities strive together in the fight to save sight, and no-one is needlessly blind.
Orbis UK (Orbis Charitable Trust) is a registered charity in the UK and raises income from funders across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, towards our global commitment to eliminate avoidable blindness. In 2024, the UK team raised £5.1m. These funds supported 18 projects across 8 countries. With these funds we delivered 9,908 training sessions for health workers, enabled 469,287 eye screenings, 37,378 treatments and delivered 2.5m doses of antibiotics to tackle trachoma.
Our ambition is to grow our income to £10 million per year within the next five years.
Overall purpose of the role
The Trusts and Foundations Officer role will be responsible for securing five-figure funding from Trusts and Foundations and management of existing donor relationships to ensure effective stewardship. The role will also manage small Trust mailings and provide wider support to the team by maintaining funder records in Raisers Edge, developing case for support and supporting internal reporting on Trust fundraising activity.
We’re looking for an experienced Trust Fundraiser who can drive forward our income growth from both our existing and new supporters with skills in researching Trusts, writing compelling funding proposals and reports and in particular growing the medium Trust fundraising programme.
There are four key areas of responsibility for the role:
i) Identifying and researching Trusts that have the ability to give at the five-figure level, maintaining a pipeline of planned applications.
ii) Preparing high quality, written applications and reports to funders.
iii) Reviewing and growing a small Trust mailing programme (under 10K)
iv) Provision of support to the team in Raisers Edge data management and internal reporting.
Full details of the job description are attached below.
Benefits of working for Orbis UK
Before completion of probation:
· Competitive Salary benchmarked annually
· Minimum 25 days holiday pro-rated increasing with length of service
· Life Assurance Policy (4 x salary)
· Employee Assistance Programme
· E-learning Courses
· Social Activities
· Flexi-time
· Free Sight Test
After completion of probation:
· Matched employer pension contribution up to a maximum of 10% of basic salary
· Interest free season ticket loan
· Cycle to work scheme
· Contribution to cost of new prescription glasses
· Possibility of an overseas project visit after 3 years’ service
Application and interviews
Closing Date: Friday, 5th December 2025
Interviews: W/C 8th December 2025
Start Date: January/February 2026
All applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the UK.
Orbis UK is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from any suitably qualified persons. We operate an anonymised recruitment procedure so that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment either directly or indirectly, on the grounds of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. This will ensure all applicants are assessed solely on the strength of their application and not be affected by unconscious bias or confirmation bias
Orbis UK acknowledges and recognises the disadvantages and barriers people from underrepresented and socially diverse groups face in the workforce. Orbis UK is committed to addressing this issue and we strongly encourage those from underrepresented and socially diverse groups (Black and Ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates with disabilities) to apply.
Safeguarding: Orbis UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and criminal records checks. Orbis UK is also a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS)
Application is via curriculum vitae and covering letter, detailing why you believe you are suitable for the position, referring to your experience and qualification.
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!
Role Title: Supporter Contact Officer
Salary: £36,562-£37,602
Location: London-Hybrid
Tenure: Full Time, 6 months Fixed-Term
ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. We work with our partners and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want
Are you a keen advocate of women and girls’ rights in emergencies?
Do you have proven experience of developing and implementing successful influencing strategies?
Could you make a real impact by supporting our efforts to promote social justice and fight poverty?
Then we'd love to hear from you!
ActionAid UK is looking for a Supporter Contact Officer to join our Supporter Operations and Fundraising Compliance team. This role sits at the heart of our supporter experience, ensuring that anyone who contacts ActionAid, whether by phone, email, or social media receives a warm, informed and timely response. You will be the first point of contact for supporters and potential supporters, helping them feel valued and confident in their relationship with ActionAid.
Working closely with colleagues across Fundraising, Public Engagement, Data Protection, and our Overseas Child Sponsorship teams, you’ll manage enquiries, process donations, resolve issues, and contribute to a positive supporter journey. The role involves maintaining accurate CRM records, adhering to data protection principles, and ensuring that all communications reflect our Every Supporter Matters ethos. You will also support wider organisational activity such as emergency appeals, supporter retention, and keeping-in-touch calls.
As part of the Supporter Contact team, you will represent ActionAid in internal meetings, contribute to induction of new staff, and uphold our mission, values and feminist principles in your daily work. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to handle enquiries across multiple digital channels, and confidence working in a fast-paced environment. Previous experience in customer service and familiarity with relationship-management databases are essential, along with solid IT literacy and an ability to explain information clearly and simply. Charity sector or supporter care experience is beneficial but not required.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable managing their workload independently while also contributing positively to team culture. You should be open to learning, adaptable to changing priorities, and confident in engaging with supporters in a way that reflects ActionAid’s commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and anti-racist practice.
If you are motivated by helping people, committed to high-quality supporter care, and keen to contribute to ActionAid’s work supporting women and girls worldwide, we would welcome your application.
Interviews likely to be held W/C 15 December 2025
Additional information
Diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging:
Diversity, inclusion and belonging are key to our organisational culture. We are on a journey to become not only an anti-racist organisation but one that proudly celebrates the diversity of all applicants and employees. We look forward to you bringing your full self to work, proudly sharing your unique perspective and helping us to shape our combined future. We especially welcome applications from those from under-represented/marginalised communities.
AAUK is a Disability Confident Committed organisation and as such any candidate that declares a disability will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role.
Referencing and safeguarding:
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, safeguarding, criminal records and terrorism finance checks. By submitting an application the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
ActionAid UK is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse) and responding robustly when these harms take place. We expect all ActionAid UK staff and ActionAid UK representatives to share this commitment. We will not tolerate our staff or other representatives carrying out any form of sexual harassment, exploitation or abuse towards anyone we come into contact with through our work.
Working practices:
ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.
ActionAid UK has a hybrid working policy for many of our roles. The requirement will vary from team to team and the responsibilities of individual roles. As a minimum, all colleagues are expected to attend the office 12 days per year, plus additional time for induction, training, and company connection days. Some roles may require in-office attendance on all days and if so, these will clearly be marked as in-office roles.
Please note that ActionAid UK does not offer fully remote working options. We encourage you to discuss hybrid working expectations at interview.
Recruitment processes:
Please note that ActionAid UK may review, shortlist and interview candidates prior to the closing date so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible. If we receive a very high response, we may close the vacancy early and will not accept further submissions. Vacancies close at 23:55pm
Please note: We are currently recruiting for two separate roles - Project Manager and Administrator. However, we welcome applicants who may wish to apply for both roles combined as a full-time position. These roles are usually carried out by one person, with a combined salary of up to £34,000. If you wish to apply for both roles, please complete only one application and clearly state at the top of your personal statement that you are applying for the full time combined role.
About the Role
Working alongside the Managing Director, you will play a key role in supporting the day to day running of the BDD Foundation. You will help support the smooth operation of charity projects, media campaigns, and collaborations, while supporting the delivery of the charity’s community engagement and outreach activities.
A key focus of this role will be managing and maintaining the charity’s digital presence, including social media channels, newsletters, and website updates. You will plan, create, edit, and share content that reflects the charity’s mission and values, moderate online communities in line with our Social Media Policy, and collate insights to continually improve engagement and reach. The role also includes oversight of the volunteer and fundraising inboxes, ensuring timely responses and smooth communication. In addition, you will provide support for fundraising initiatives, including preparing funding applications, exploring new funding opportunities, and working closely with the Manging Director to help drive the charity’s impact.
This is a meaningful and rewarding opportunity for someone who is organised, values driven and keen to contribute to positive change for people living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
How to Apply
Please submit a CV and a personal statement (maximum 750 words) via CharityJob by 12pm midday on 3rd December 2025.
In your personal statement, please include:
- Why you are interested in the role
- Any connection you may have to BDD or passion for the cause
- The skills and qualities you would bring
- How your experience makes you suitable for this position
Interviews are due to take place on 11th and 12th December 2025
If applying for both the Project Manager and Administrator roles combined, please state this clearly at the top of your personal statement and submit only one application.
This role is open to UK based applicants only and subject to a DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
AtaLoss is recruiting a skilled, motivated and creative Marketing and Communications Executive to help raise national awareness of bereavement and increase engagement with our services across the UK. This full-time role offers the chance to apply your marketing expertise to meaningful, purpose-driven work that supports people who are grieving.
You will lead a variety of marketing and communication activities, including planning and delivering digital and print campaigns, managing social media and website content, producing creative digital assets, supporting PR, media work and Ambassadors, and reporting on performance analytics. You will also assist with events, webinars and exhibitions, working closely with the Director of Communications and Development and collaborating with the Marketing and Income Generation Executive. This is a rewarding role for someone who is highly organised, digitally confident and passionate about impactful, compassionate communication.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.






