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Job Summary
Learning Support Assistants support PiP’s Development Workers to deliver a flexible programme of learning and development opportunities; ensuring that students can actively participate and engage in sessions, giving student’s maximum opportunity to learn and develop.
PiP’s programmes focus on four learning pathways:
- Independent Living Skills
- Creative and Performing Arts
- Health, Wellbeing and Happiness
- Employment and Vocational Skills
The role incorporates session delivery, recording and monitoring student progress, key working responsibilities such as liaising with student’s support networks and involvement in PiP’s wider work.
Who We Are
PIP is a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities or autism to achieve their potential, and to lead lives that are as independent as possible.
Our mission is to empower adults with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. We are a growing, grassroots charity based in West London, and run a number of key services to promote independence and choice for our students.
What You’ll Need
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities, or a similar vulnerable service user group in care or educational settings
- A strong commitment to person-centred support and advocacy
- A passion for enabling positive change in the lives of our students
- The character and communication skills to be an effective and supportive team member
- Energy, initiative and a proactive attitude
- A calm and creative approach to challenges and problem solving
What We Offer:
· You'll get 25 days holiday + bank holidays ever year. We're closed for Christmas but the rest of the year you may take leave whenever you wish.
· An extra day of annual leave for each year you've worked with us up to another 5 (30 in total)
· We offer a travel subsidy to help with the cost of commuting.
· We provide a 4% pension contribution
· Incremental pay progression
· When we can, we try to have an early finish on Fridays for staff at 4 pm
· Free Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 including access to counselling
· We offer regular team meals and social-generally during work hours and they are optional.
· We offer a cycle-to-work scheme and other staff discounts
Our Mission
PiP's mission is to empower adults with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. We are a growing, grassroots charity based in West London, and run a number of key services to promote independence and choice for our service users.
Our commitments
PiP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly applicants who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as people with lived experience of disabilities and individuals from Black and Minority ethnic communities.
PiP keeps all personal information confidential and in line with current data protection legislation and GDPR.
Closing Date: Thursday 13th August 2026
We encourage you to apply early, as applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and we reserve the right to close the advert sooner subject to finding suitable candidates.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Empowering adults with learning disabilities to achieve their ambitions.
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Prostate Cancer Research exists to honour the men and families who have been through things no family should have to go through, and to work for a future where no one needs to fear a prostate cancer diagnosis.
We are always working to provide resources to help, support and empower patients. Giving them the information they need to make better choices about their treatment, while working to identify and target specific unmet needs in the prostate cancer ecosystem, such as racial inequality and bone metastasis.
Our dedicated staff team is the key to our success, expanding the amount of research that we fund five times over in four years. Over the past three years, PCR has won:
- the Change Project of the year award in 2023
- the Excellence in Healthcare Partnerships award at the Communiqué 2025 awards
- Fundraiser of the Year award at the National Fundraiser Awards 2026
- The Mark Collins Award for Most Powerful Use of Insight to Improve Supporter Experience at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Awards 2026
It’s been a successful few years for the Events team with good results across the board – increasing income by over £1 million every year since 2023, a big part of which has been due to the huge growth of virtual challenges. We are thrilled at the impact this will have for families affected by prostate cancer and are therefore excited to be expanding the Events & Community team again with this new role.
The Supporter Engagement Assistant will be at the frontline of our virtual challenges stewardship, supporting a rapidly growing supporter base and delivering exceptional supporter experiences. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, is highly organised and is eager to develop within a supportive and ambitious fundraising team.
While your focus will be on virtual challenges, you will also gain exposure to the wider Public Fundraising portfolio, with full training and support provided.
Key Responsibilities
Supporter Care & Engagement
· Be the first point of contact for virtual challenge fundraisers, responding to enquires on email, SMS, social channels and phone within agreed timescales
· Manage supporter relationships and high-quality fundraiser journeys using PCR’s systems and tools, providing thoughtful stewardship that builds long term loyalty
· Work with the team to continuously improve supporter experience using feedback and data
· Create and maintain FAQs, supporter resources and fundraising materials
· Monitor acquisition advertisements and appropriately respond to comments
Administration and database
· Manage stock, including sharing data with our fulfilment house, sending merchandise and replenishing materials
· Process supporter and financial data accurately, including coding and tracking income & expenditure
· Support database administration in line with data protection needs
Teamwork
· Actively contribute to meetings, sharing new ideas and learnings
· Work with the team to embed our ‘agile’ ways of working, where we all take collective responsibility for the team’s goals and work together to achieve them
· Be flexible in busy times, getting involved with other projects and tasks across Public Fundraising team as needed
· Attendance will be required at some weekend and evening events, for which TOIL will be given
Skills and Competencies
Our ideal candidate would have the following:
· A willingness to get stuck in, proactive problem-solving skills and lots of initiative.
· Very good written and verbal communication skills – the ability to communicate clearly, empathetically, and professionally with a diverse range of people, particularly supporters and patients
· Very good attention to detail (e.g. with data entry tasks) and good IT skills (e.g. web applications and file systems)
· Excellent organisation skills and an ability to identify the best use of time to complete day-to-day tasks.
· Work effectively individually and as part of a team
· A belief in PCR’s work, goals and our values: innovation, collaboration, accountability and empathy.
Desirable:
· Demonstrable or transferable experience of an administrative or support role, within an office environment
· Experience working with a CRM system and Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.)
· A good understanding or interest in events & community fundraising activities
· Ability to handle and process financial transactions
· Knowledge of the Fundraising Code of Practice and data protection principles (including GDPR & confidentiality)
· Experience assisting with event administration or logistics
· Experience using social media and digital communication tools (e.g. Miro/MURAL, Canva etc)
How To Apply
Please apply by submitting your CV and a short supporting statement (maximum 600 words) by outlining why you would like the role and why you think you’d be a good fit, giving examples of previous experience.
There will be a two-stage interview process. The first interview will be online w/c 3rd August, and the second interview w/c 10th August will be an in-person interview at our offices in London.
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Natalie Robertson, the hiring manager (details provided in full job spec attached).
For more information about our organisation, visit the Prostate Cancer Research website, the Prostate Progress webpage and our online patient resource, The Infopool.
PCR is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Transforming Research. Transforming lives.
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