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Finance Manager Job Description
Brent Mencap has been passionate about a healthier and fairer Brent since 1979. We’ve developed and run successful housing, employment, health, advice, wellbeing and self-advocacy services. During austerity and Covid we diversified, successfully taking on NHS work with people with long-term health conditions. We provide social prescribing support and health and wellbeing coaching to patients for Brent GPs. In 2024-25 we helped over 18000 people. We’re a leading partner on the Brent Health Educators Programme.
Our income has substantially increased from £382k in 19/20 to £1.71 million in 23-24. We’ve had to adapt quickly, developing and retaining a much larger staff group, using our data better and improving our marketing.
Brent Mencap offers fantastic free creative and wellbeing activities for people with a learning disability, autism and long-term health conditions. These have flourished since Covid. People love yoga, poetry, singing, gardening, Breathe and Move, self-advocacy, campaigning, awareness raising, CREATE art activities for young people, external trips and parties. Small grants, donations and our reserves fund this while we get longer term funding. Our self-advocates want us to focus on paid employment, youth services and making Brent Council use accessible information properly.
Our current finance manager has been pivotal to Brent Mencap’s recent growth, adapting to paying more people, dealing with complicated invoices, making sure we get paid promptly, being as diligent about a project budget worth 5k as our overall budget and supportive with staff wage queries. While there is lots of data input, reconciling, processing purchase orders, the role involves real involvement in project development, monitoring with other managers and face-to-face involvement with users and staff. It’s never boring and definitely not for the faint hearted!!
As Finance Manager for Brent Mencap, you will have a key leadership position. You will be responsible for the strategic and operational oversight of our finances, ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements while ensuring our services are sustainable through sound financial planning. You will work closely with the Executive Director and Trustee Board to provide accurate insights and projections that support long-term growth and resilience.
You will play a pivotal role in reviewing and maintaining our robust finance and administrative system and procedures, managing risks and ensuring our charity finances can support delivery of our mission. You will also contribute to the development of funding applications, tenders, and financial strategies. You will play a key role in supporting funding applications, demonstrating impact through financial reporting, and building processes that enable future growth.
This post is:
• subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
• subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions.
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
• Please note our office base is on the first floor of a Victorian building
To be shortlisted,
· Candidates must fully complete our application form, and show clearly how their previous experience and knowledge meets all aspects of the person specification with examples given of actual actions/experience relating to the person specification. Please go to our website to complete the application by 9.00am on 28th August. We do not accept CVs
Interview details
· A 2-part Interview with senior staff will take place at Brent Mencap on Monday 8th or 15th September 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be given a paper-based scenario to complete and print at Brent Mencap before the interview
· We anticipate the interviews will take 2.0 hours with a 15-minute break between scenario and actual interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role type: Contractor
Rate: Day rate to be negotiated within a range in line with NHS Providers associate rates, plus expenses for in person delivery in line with our policy
Location: United Kingdom (Remote and in person delivery)
Closing date: at 12 noon on Wednesday 6 August
Interview dates: Friday 29 August & Monday 1 September, London
Introduction to NHS Providers
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
As an Associate with NHS Providers, you will be entering into a mutually beneficial partnership with us, gaining understanding of many of our insights and connections with trusts, just as we will benefit from your facilitation and development skills and content expertise.
Introduction to the Board Development programme
Our Board Development programme supports NHS board members and governance professionals with practical, high-impact training tailored to the unique challenges of the sector. We pride ourselves on excellent feedback, with 98% of past attendees rating our training good or excellent.
The programme is a paid for offer and provides:
- Bespoke board and senior leadership development programmes.
- Core training modules for individuals.
- Induction programmes for new board members.
- Aspiring directors programme for individuals.
- Bespoke board and committee effectiveness reviews.
What we offer and what we ask of you
As an associate, you will be involved in the delivery of aspects of the Board Development programme including our aspiring directors programme and effective challenge module. You will work with, and collaborate with, a group of talented fellow associates with a varied range of skills and capabilities, as well as board experience, NHS experience, coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills. Your responsibilities will include delivering dynamic training sessions using pre-prepared materials; delivery could be online or face to face. On occasion you will also be required to utilise your skills and experience to support the development and maintenance of new and existing training session materials. This role requires a passionate individual with a strong background in HR and OD and a proven track record of facilitating engaging and impactful training sessions.
We will support you by offering you commissioned pieces of work on a daily rate, either to help scope and deliver bespoke board development work with NHS trusts and other system partners, or to help us deliver our open courses, where we will be proactive in confirming the agenda and briefing you on content. We ask all of our associates to sign an associate contract which means we can approach you with offers of work over the course of the year. We will ensure you have sufficient information about the trusts, and other clients, that you will be working with. When appropriate, we will provide you with training opportunities to support your facilitation of training sessions.
Description of the associate role
We are looking for HR and OD specialists to join our associate pool. We are looking for individuals with a mixture of experience including:
- Significant experience of working at board level.
- Board level HR and organisational development experience.
- Relevant coaching qualification(s).
- Ability to translate theory into practical insights.
- Proactive approach to building and maintaining effective client relationships, including excellent levels of communication.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Adaptability and flexibility in delivery training in various formats.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts to a non-technical audience.
Desirable experience and skills include:
- Current or previous NHS board member.
- Significant facilitation experience, including Insights/MBTI personality profiling.
- Interest in sharing knowledge, training and development.
- Proficiency in using virtual training platforms and tools.
- Ability to use technology adeptly to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
- Ability to travel across the UK for in-person training sessions as required.
We are driven by our values centred around respect, inclusion, collaboration and being an effective organisation. We are also committed to being an anti-racist organisation. We expect our associates to align with these values whilst representing the organisation.
Equality and diversity
We are working hard to ensure that we are diverse and inclusive in all we do. This runs from how we gather, author, and share the thought leadership that the organisation puts out to how we engage with our members and the wider public. It includes how we recruit staff and procure partners and services, through to how we give people opportunities to develop, grow and advance their careers. We are committed to the development of positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity. This commitment will apply to recruitment and selection practices, learning, and development and internal promotions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role type: Contractor
Rate: Day rate to be negotiated within a range in line with NHS Providers associate rates, plus expenses for in person delivery in line with our policy
Location: United Kingdom (Remote and in person delivery)
Closing date: at 12 noon on Wednesday 6 August
Interview dates: Friday 29 August & Monday 1 September, London
Introduction to NHS Providers
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
As an Associate with NHS Providers, you will be entering into a mutually beneficial partnership with us, gaining understanding of many of our insights and connections with trusts, just as we will benefit from your facilitation and development skills and content expertise.
Introduction to the Board Development programme
Our Board Development programme supports NHS board members and governance professionals with practical, high-impact training tailored to the unique challenges of the sector. We pride ourselves on excellent feedback, with 98% of past attendees rating our training good or excellent.
The programme is a paid for offer and provides:
- Bespoke board and senior leadership development programmes.
- Core training modules for individuals.
- Induction programmes for new board members.
- Aspiring directors programme for individuals.
- Bespoke board and committee effectiveness reviews.
What we offer and what we ask of you
As an associate, you will be involved in the delivery of aspects of the Board Development programme including our well led and effectiveness reviews. You will work with, and collaborate with, a group of talented fellow associates with a varied range of skills and capabilities, as well as board experience, NHS experience, coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills. Your responsibilities will include delivering dynamic training sessions using pre-prepared materials; delivery could be online or face to face. On occasion you will also be required to utilise your skills and experience to support the development and maintenance of new and existing training session materials. This role requires a passionate individual with a strong background in corporate governance and a proven track record of facilitating engaging and impactful training sessions.
We will support you by offering you commissioned pieces of work on a daily rate, either to help scope and deliver bespoke board development work with NHS trusts and other system partners, or to help us deliver our open courses, where we will be proactive in confirming the agenda and briefing you on content. We ask all of our associates to sign an associate contract which means we can approach you with offers of work over the course of the year. We will ensure you have sufficient information about the trusts, and other clients, that you will be working with. When appropriate, we will provide you with training opportunities to support your facilitation of training sessions.
Description of the associate role
We are looking for NHS governance specialists to join our associate pool. We are looking for individuals with a mixture of experience including:
- Significant experience of working at board level.
- Sound knowledge of NHS governance.
- Experience of, and an ability to articulate what a good board looks like.
- Having a good understanding of and an ability to bring to life what effective governance as well as technically sound governance processes means for NHS organisations.
- Ability to translate theory into practical insights in a board development setting.
- Ability to understand and sift through detail and pick out the key improvement points to focus on and suggest practical improvements.
- Proactive approach to building and maintaining effective client relationships, including excellent levels of communication.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Adaptability and flexibility in delivery training in various formats.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts to a non-technical audience.
Desirable experience and skills include:
- Current or previous NHS board member.
- Experience undertaking governance and well led reviews for multiple NHS organisations.
- Experience of leading board effectiveness reviews and/or board development programmes.
- Proficiency in using virtual training platforms and tools.
- Significant facilitation experience.
- Interest in sharing knowledge, training and development.
- Ability to use technology adeptly to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
- Ability to travel across the UK for in-person training sessions as required.
We are driven by our values centred around respect, inclusion, collaboration and being an effective organisation. We are also committed to being an anti-racist organisation. We expect our associates to align with these values whilst representing the organisation.
Equality and diversity
We are working hard to ensure that we are diverse and inclusive in all we do. This runs from how we gather, author, and share the thought leadership that the organisation puts out to how we engage with our members and the wider public. It includes how we recruit staff and procure partners and services, through to how we give people opportunities to develop, grow and advance their careers. We are committed to the development of positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity. This commitment will apply to recruitment and selection practices, learning, and development and internal promotions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Open Age is seeking a passionate and experienced Project Coordinator to lead our unpaid carers service for people aged 50+ in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea.
We’re looking for someone who understands the challenges of the caring role, has experience in developing and delivering engaging activities with participants, and is confident in capturing outcomes, gathering data, and producing high-quality monitoring reports. You’ll be highly organised, flexible, and responsive in your approach, with the ability to manage competing demands effectively.
This is a part-time role (28 hours per week) offered on a short-term contract of up to six months (end date 31st March 2026) with the possibility of extension subject to funding. The salary is £29,000 per annum pro rata. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Closing Date: 17th August 2025
Interviews: 22/26/27th August 2025
To apply for this position, please submit your CV and cover letter, outlining your suitability for this role (no longer than two pages). CV’s without covering letters outlining your suitability will not be considered.
About Open Age:
Open Age was established in 1993 and we’re now celebrating over 30 years of championing an active life for older people. Each week we run a wide range of activities for older people from our own three centres and over 60 other community venues. From boxing to ballet, baking to AI - Open Age’s array of activities improves the physical and mental wellbeing of our members.
What you get in return
You will be working in a passionate and enthusiastic team with a strong vision and ambition in striving to enrich the lives of older people.
We offer 25 days leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays and 1 extra day off for your Birthday.
Employer and employee contribution to pension in line with auto-enrolment pension requirement, 3% employer contribution
Hybrid working, offering a flexible combination of office and home-based working.
Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme through salary sacrifice.
We are London Healthy Workplace Award accredited and proactively invest in the health and wellbeing of employees supporting fair employment practices and a better workplace.
Citizens Advice Southwark has a track record of delivering high-quality services from its offices in Peckham and Walworth and at outreach locations across Southwark and South East London. We sort out problems together, for good, by providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice across all areas of social welfare law, and through using the experience of our clients to bring about positive change through research and campaigns.
We are looking for an experienced money advice caseworker to join our friendly and hard-working team to deliver a high-quality debt advice service for local people in Southwark.
This role will provide in-depth debt advice casework and wrap around support for vulnerable local people.
You will have:
- Recent and ongoing paid or voluntary experience of managing your own caseload of money advice and income maximisation cases.
- Ability to write detailed up to date case notes, letters and reports as required in plain English.
- Ability to manage a challenging caseload, meet targets and prioritise work in the face of competing demands on your time.
- Ability to respond sensitively to clients from a variety of backgrounds who are under pressure and negotiate with third parties in order to minimise conflict.
Closing date: 9.00 am Tuesday 12 August 2025
Interviews will take place on: Thursday 14 August 2025
For further information and an application pack please click on the Apply button.
We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, an employer matched pension contribution up to 10% salary, and training and development opportunities to continue your professional development.
Citizens Advice Southwark is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.
Registered charity no: 1070263
“Providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice”
Family Coordinator - Domestic Abuse Lead
Are you passionate about supporting families to overcome the impact of domestic abuse and thrive? Do you have experience in guiding survivors towards recovery, building a new life for themselves and for their children? If so, we want to hear from you!
About Home-Start Lambeth:
Our mission is to empower Lambeth families, helping them to develop their resources and connections. We walk alongside families, providing emotional and practical support so that they can overcome the challenges they face and provide a brilliant early years foundation for their children. With our incredible network of volunteers we support 100-150 families every year across Lambeth. We do this through our home-visiting service and our Freedom programme for domestic abuse survivors. To learn more about our work, please see our impact report on our website.
“The best most useful part of the help I got from HSL was the emotional and practical support. My volunteer encouraged me to leave the house and provided me with support from other organisations. If I didn’t receive support from HSL I would of suffered mentally, been more anxious and feel more stressed. I have been given the confidence on how to cope and manage.”
DA survivor supported through volunteer home visiting
“This program has been nothing short of life saving. I will be using all the information and resources to guide and shape my thinking and approach to my ex partner in the years ahead.”
DA survivor who attended our Freedom Programme
The Role: Family Co-ordinator (Domestic Abuse Lead)
This vital role leads the delivery of Home-Start Lambeth's domestic abuse work, with a particular focus on empowering survivors to recover and build brilliant new lives for themselves and their children. You will be responsible for managing and delivering the Freedom Programme, recruiting attendees, and continuously developing the program to meet the evolving needs of survivors. You will also oversee volunteer-delivered support to families in their homes to ensure it is targeted and effective in helping families achieve their goals.
Key Responsibilities:
· Leading Domestic Abuse Support: Spearhead Home-Start Lambeth's domestic abuse initiatives, including the development and delivery of the Freedom Programme, ensuring it effectively supports survivors.
· Empowering Survivors: Facilitate recovery and growth for survivors of domestic abuse, helping them build a new life for them and their children.
· Family Assessment and Support: Assess the needs of referred families and oversee volunteer-delivered support to achieve family goals.
· Volunteer Management: Contribute to the recruitment, selection, training, and ongoing support and supervision of our brilliant volunteers.
· Safeguarding: Undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children’s welfare and that of programme attendees.
· Partnership Working: Build effective relationships with referrers and other partners to promote Home-Start's services across the borough.
· Quality and Compliance: Ensure a high standard of service delivery, maintaining accurate records, and adhering to Home-Start Standards and Methods of Practice.
What we are looking for (Essential):
- A good standard of education (A level, NVQ level 3 or equivalent).
- Direct experience working with children/families from diverse backgrounds.
- Direct experience supporting survivors of domestic abuse.
- A strong understanding of the needs of domestic abuse survivors and families with children under five
- Knowledge of current legislation and policies relating to children and families.
- Commitment to good safeguarding practice and professional confidentiality.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including experience providing support over the telephone and through video conferencing.
- Ability to work flexibly, including regular evening work
Desirable, but not essential:
- Qualification in group-based support delivery.
- Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., health visitor, teacher, social worker, childcare).
- An Independent Domestic Violence Advocate qualification or other qualifications in tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) and/or trauma-based approaches.
- Experience of delivering The Freedom Programme.
- Experience of developing and delivering training and supporting/performance managing volunteers.
- Knowledge of Lambeth and Lambeth children’s support services.
Salary: £31,000 FTE pro rata (actual salary £15,943 p.a.)
Hours: 18 hours per week, including regular evening work, (currently Tuesdays 6:45 PM - 9:15 PM for the Freedom Programme).
Location: Hybrid – a mix of working from home & in our office in Brixton
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, employee assistance programme including a 24hr Health & Counselling helpline, flexible working arrangements (carer/family-friendly working)
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian or Minoritised Ethnic people/global majority, disabled people and marginalised groups as we are committed to ensuring our team represents the diversity of the borough.
Join us and help make a real difference to families in Lambeth! Due to the sensitive nature of the work and the need to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our service users, this role is restricted to women applicants (including trans women). We are committed to equality and have carefully considered this exception based on the specific requirements of this role.
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.
Place of work: Remote, but some travel to Central London (minimum once per month)
At Media Trust, we believe when everyone has an equal voice, we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we connect media organisations with charities and under-represented talent to empower the third sector and advance media representation.
We design and deliver innovative and impactful training for charities so they can communicate more effectively to support their communities and drive social change. We also match charities with media industry volunteers for hands-on support. At the same time, we provide under-represented talent with the skills, access and mentoring to progress their careers in the media and creative sectors. For more information about Media Trust’s work, see our 2024/5 Impact Report via our website.
We are seeking a passionate and proactive Impact and Data Coordinator to join our small but dedicated team at Media Trust. In this role, you’ll work closely with and report to our Digital Manager to support the delivery of our digital strategy and improve how we track and measure our impact. You’ll help maintain and enhance our digital tools, particularly Salesforce, and use data insights to improve how we engage with charities, volunteers and under-represented talent. We’re looking for a technically minded problem-solver with strong communication skills and a passion for using digital systems to support monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
Data collection and analysis:
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Support programme managers to collect, manage and analyse data
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Create and maintain Salesforce reports and dashboards, contributing to a culture of data literacy and data-driven decision-making across Media Trust staff
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Produce KPI reports and insight briefings for senior leadership
CRM management (Salesforce):
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Maintain and improve Media Trust’s Salesforce CRM
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Maintain and improve the quality and integrity of Media Trust’s data in accordance with GDPR
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Work with all teams at Media Trust to maximise their engagement with Salesforce and provide relevant training
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Be the day-to-day person handling routine tasks with Media Trust’s web and CRM agencies to progress issues and improvements on the website and our CRM
Monitoring and evaluation:
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Use Salesforce to track and report on programme KPIs across teams, including diversity, equality and inclusion
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Assist in developing our systems and processes to support innovation through data and insight
Project support:
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Support our Digital Manager to deliver our digital services for both staff and Media Trust’s beneficiaries
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Support with ad hoc digital-related tasks that arise
Key Skills and Experience:
We don’t necessarily expect you to have any specific qualifications for this role; instead, we’re seeking someone who can demonstrate the following skills.
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Demonstrable passion for digital, with two to three years’ experience in digital or a related field
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Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines
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Strong problem-solving skills and initiative, with a proactive approach to identifying solutions and improvements
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Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate changes effectively, embed them across the organisation, and gather feedback from stakeholders
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Experience using admin tools within a CRM and website CMS (ideally Salesforce and WordPress), with confidence in learning new digital tools
Desirable
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Familiarity with tools such as Google Analytics, Eventbrite, Zapier and SharePoint
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Proficient in working with large data sets, data cleansing and using Microsoft Excel with strong attention to detail
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Experience in monitoring and evaluation, including the collection of data and using it to support impact reporting and inform decision-making
Please see the full job description attached.
Working at Media Trust
Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other to achieve our vision of a more representative media and equal society where everyone has a voice. We are looking for motivated, agile, and value-driven people to join our team. In return we offer:
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Remote working with a monthly co-working allowance
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30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
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Flexible First employer
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Opportunity to work flexible hours
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Pension contributions
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2 volunteer days each year
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Opportunity to attend up to two Media Trust Open Courses each year at no cost to you
If you are interested, please submit your application by midnight on 17 August. We are using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias. Interviews will be in the week commencing 1 September.
The team at Media Trust is committed to your journey as a candidate and will provide any necessary support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
We believe in the power of the media to change lives.

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!
This is a highly rewarding role for a Team Leader to lead on the implementation of a new outreach strategy and working with Camden’s Early Years’ Service to deliver the start for life and family hubs programme, with a specific focus on enhancing antenatal provision as well as managing an established perinatal service.
You will be proactive in developing excellent relationships and partnerships with statutory and voluntary agencies, bringing local partners together and strengthening the wider antenatal support service offer available to new and expectant parents.
You will have line management and supervision responsibilities for a small team and will be expected to set up and deliver our parenting programmes for new parents in Family Hubs and the community. The service will work closely in partnership with the midwifery services, Children’s Centres/Family HUBS, health teams and mental health services.
The successful candidate will need to have significant experience of managing and supervising staff and volunteers. Excellent communication skills both written and oral, as well as experience of safeguarding are essential. You will also be required to have the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver in tight timescales, work on own initiative and as part of a team.
A professional qualification, degree or minimum level 3 qualification, in a relevant field of work with children and families or equivalent experience is essential.
The salary for 32 hours per week is £32,971.86 per annum.
Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, and the link to apply using our online system.
Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.
If you have any questions, please contact Fatima Ahmed, Area manager. Her details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Sunday 3rd August 2025.
Interview dates: week commencing 11th or 18th August 2025
About the role:
At Single Homeless Project (SHP), we believe everyone deserves a place to call home and the opportunity to build a meaningful life. Our Complex Needs Accommodation Service in Islington offers just that - a chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of men with complex histories, including those who have experienced homelessness, involvement with the criminal justice system, and multiple disadvantage. As Team Manager of this 13-bed male-only service, you will work closely with the Regional Services Manager to lead a small, committed team. You’ll shape the day to day running of the service, ensuring the delivery of responsive, high-quality support that prioritises safety, progression and connection. Your work will be grounded in strong partnership working, safeguarding practice and effective risk management, particularly with clients at MAPPA (multi agency public protection arrangements) levels 2 and 3.
This is more than just a management role, it’s an opportunity to be at the heart of change. You’ll guide and support a passionate team, fostering their growth while enabling better outcomes for clients. With a strong emphasis on performance and innovation, your leadership will help drive forward SHP’s mission to break the cycle of homelessness. You'll join an organisation where ambition is matched by real development opportunities, where staff are supported to grow into new roles and where your ideas can shape the future of services. If you’re ready to bring your experience, drive and vision to a team that’s making a difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.
About you:
- Organised, highly motivated, proactive and adept at developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of managing people/staff, with the ability to motivate and encourage a team to perform effectively.
- A good understanding of working with high risk clients (e.g. MAPPA level 2 and 3), vulnerable people and those who have been rough sleeping.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 12,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 3rd August
Interview date: Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th August in Islington at SHP Services
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications requiring sponsorship will not be accepted or progressed.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.




The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Professional Communities Manager
Reporting to: Director of Membership
Line Manager Responsibility for: Professional Communities Co-ordinator
Location: This is a remote UK-based role with regular travel to CST’s national and regional events, mainly in Birmingham and London. Candidates within reasonable travel distance to these locations are preferred.
Salary: £41,603 - £45,470 a year.
Pension: We offer a workplace pension and life assurance scheme. CST makes contributions equivalent to 10% of your gross salary.
Annual leave: Initially 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with an additional two days leave after three years’ service.
Working hours: Full-time 37.5 hours.
Application Closing Date: Wednesday 27th August 2025, 12 noon.
Interview Date: First stage interviews will be conducted on Tuesday 9th September 2025, second stage interviews will be conducted on Thursday 11th September 2025.
Job overview
The Professional Communities Manager leads the development, content curation, and operational delivery of CST’s 11 Professional Communities. These networks, events, and forums are a core benefit of CST membership and are provided free of charge to members.
This is a proactive, member-focused role that blends operational excellence with strategic content oversight. The postholder will work directly with community chairs, subject experts, community supporters, CST platinum partners and members to ensure that all communities are vibrant, professionally hosted, and deliver high-quality, relevant content.
The role also plays a key part in ensuring a joined-up approach to content across CST’s full range of activities, working closely with the professional learning and conference teams and partnerships to ensure alignment and maximise value for members.
Key responsibilities
Strategic Development and Continuous Improvement
- Develop and implement strategic plans to strengthen the value, engagement, and content of CST Professional Communities.
- Set clear objectives and KPIs to monitor success and drive continuous improvement of community services.
- Regularly evaluate community activity, identifying ways to increase engagement, relevance, and impact for members.
Community Content Curation and Management
- Oversee the quality, consistency, and relevance of content across all 11 Professional Communities, ensuring alignment with member priorities and organisational objectives.
- Work in partnership with community chairs, subject experts, community supporters and CST’s platinum partnerships to proactively commission, curate, and quality-assure community content (e.g., webinars, blogs, resources, discussions).
- Work closely with the professional learning and conference teams to ensure a joined-up, coherent approach to content across CST activity, avoiding duplication and enhancing overall member value.
- Identify content gaps and work creatively, including drawing upon resources and contacts within the policy and partnership team to address them, ensuring a balanced and evolving programme across the communities.
Community Engagement and Facilitation
- Lead and facilitate virtual and in-person community events, ensuring professional delivery and high-quality member interaction.
- Support and brief speakers, chairs, and contributors to ensure a consistently excellent experience for members.
- Actively promote member engagement through community platforms and other channels, driving participation and interaction.
Stakeholder Relationships
- Build and maintain strong relationships with CST members, community chairs, speakers, and supporters.
- Collaborate with internal colleagues across membership, communications, professional learning, policy, and conference teams to maximise the impact of community activities.
- Manage relationships with sponsors where appropriate, ensuring alignment with CST values.
Digital Platform and Event Management
- Oversee the effective use of digital and platforms (including CiviCRM and Hivebrite,) to host communities, deliver events, and share content.
- Manage operational aspects of events and online communities, ensuring smooth logistics and excellent user experience.
Data, Insight, and Reporting
- Monitor and report on community engagement, content performance, and member feedback, using data to guide improvements.
- Lead the ongoing development of data processes for the communities, ensuring accurate insights are captured and shared.
Team Leadership and Development
- Manage, develop, and support the Professional Communities Coordinator, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.
- Encourage learning and development across the team to ensure consistently excellent member service.
Adaptability and Wider Contribution
- Contribute to broader membership engagement strategies and initiatives.
- Undertake any other duties as required by the Director of Membership to support CST’s mission
Job Title: Experienced Associate Independent Investigating Officers (IOs) for Stage 2 Complaints (This role sits within our Independent Person for Complaints (IPC) service)
Contract: Associate
Hours: Variable, according to demand for services/caseload and role in investigation
Salary: £25.25 per hour
Location: Associate Independent Investigating Officers for Complaints primarily work from home. Some travel may be required as part of an investigation – location will vary according to the referral received from the Local Authority. Cases will be allocated to Associate IOs living locally to the referring authority, wherever possible.
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity, founded by Thomas Coram in London, helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About the role
We are seeking additional experienced Associate Independent Investigating Officers (IO) for Complaints, to increase our capacity to respond to referrals from Local Authorities to provide an independent element to the formal Stage 2 investigations under the Children Act 1989.
The IO will lead investigations, and will give the complainant (who may be a child, young person or adult) the opportunity to express their view, ensure the child or young person’s rights and best interests are at the centre of the investigation and that the investigation/review process is open and transparent. They write a report on the investigation/review, which is submitted to the referring agency.
The Job Description document sets out the expectations for an Associate Independent Person for Complaints (IPC) who is approved by Coram Voice. IPCs are independent, freelance and responsible for their own work. Nevertheless, IPCs are accountable to the organisation for their professional standards and are expected to comply with Coram Voice Code of Ethics and Practice Guidelines.
Please note: the nature of associate work means that we cannot guarantee a regular amount of work, and complaints will be allocated dependent on the associate’s availability, location and the needs and demands of the individual case. Investigation work takes place Monday to Friday within working hours. This position is not suitable for applicants who already work or have commitments more than two days within the working week.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: Please note this is a rolling recruitment campaign
Interview date: TBC
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
ABOUT FIELDS IN TRUST
Fields in Trust is the charity that protects the future of our parks, playgrounds, playing fields and green spaces. As a proud Royal Charter charity operating through the UK, we’ve protected thousands of spaces over the past century - ensuring that 9 million people have access to a place to play within a 10-minute walk of home.
We act as the long-term stewards of these protected spaces and, through our green space standards and advocacy, have influenced the creation of thousands more.
As we celebrate our Centenary in 2025, we’re proud of our legacy and excited to launch a new five-year strategy to shape the next chapter.
OUR VALUES
Partnership - We collaborate with others who share our vision.
Innovation - We are experts in green spaces and look for new solutions.
Equity - We believe in equal access for everyone.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive individual to coordinate our specialist advisory, support, and legal service for landowners wishing to protect green spaces or make changes to existing ones.
Working closely with our in-house Solicitor and Land Manager, you will become fully conversant in our policies and guidance to act as a key gatekeeper – managing workflows, anticipating issues, and ensuring excellent communication with local stakeholders.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on process ownership, enjoys streamlining operations, and takes pride in delivering a high quality, tailored service.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Application and service coordination.
- Manage and process new applications for green space protection.
- Provide administrative support to the in-house Solicitor.
- Manage and process change request applications from owners of protected spaces, ensuring timely and accurate handling of each case.
- Support landowners seeking changes to existing protected spaces
- Draft case reports and complete standard forms.
- Interpret and apply relevant policy documents to support casework.
2. Stakeholder engagement.
- Respond to queries professionally, prioritising and signposting as needed.
- Maintain strong relationships with local stakeholders and clearly communicate our terms of engagement.
- Provide tailored advice in line with our policies.
- Coordinate annual insurance renewals and playground inspections with a small group of landowners.
3. Systems and workflow management.
- Review and improve operational procedures to streamline workflows.
- Maintain accurate records to support legal and advisory functions.
- Produce quarterly reports and analysis.
- Act as CRM super-user, ensuring data accuracy and system performance.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Ability to interpret policy documents and apply them confidently.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and CRM systems
- Problem-solving mindset with a pragmatic approach.
- Calm under pressure and adaptable to changing priorities
- Collaborative and personable
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of land or estate management
- Experience working with or within local government
- Educated to degree level
Key Attributes
- Professional, articulate and proactive
- Willingness to learn and adapt
- Resourceful and solutions-focussed
- Confident in asking questions and following instructions
BENEFITS
- 25 days of annual leave pro rata
- Discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year.
- Two employee volunteering days per year.
- 5% employer pension contribution.
- Interest-free season ticket loan
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Please submit a covering letter with your CV detailing how you meet the person spec including your proven experience.
Expected first interviews: Week commencing 11 August 2025
Expected second interviews: Week commencing 18 August 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Communications Officer
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Reporting to: Senior Communications Manager
Contract: Full-time, fixed term (to end March 2026)
Salary:£35,507.12 Gross per annum
Deadline:09:00 am UK,19th August 2025 (on a rolling basis)
Note: The vacancy is announced on a rolling basis as CR is looking to fill this role as soon as possible; applicants who meet the criteria will be interviewed immediately. Please submit your applications as soon as you can, and don’t wait to apply closer to the deadline. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Organisational information
Conciliation Resources
Conflict is difficult, complex and political. The world urgently needs to find different ways to respond. Conciliation Resources is an international organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies. We work with people impacted by war and violence, bringing diverse voices together to make change that lasts.
For over 30 years, we have been making peace possible. We currently have over 80 full and part time staff members, working mainly out of the London and Australian offices. We work with over 100 locally-based and international partners worldwide.
Communications
The Communications team currently consists of the Senior Communications Manager. The Communications team has oversight over all areas of organisational communications including the website and digital communications, branding, media relations and production of content. The Communications team works closely with other staff members across Conciliation Resources to provide specialist support and advice to colleagues and partners, and to develop and implement strategies. The Communications team is part of the Development and Communications team, which consists of three staff.
Job overview
Job purpose
To assist in implementing Conciliation Resources’ Communications Strategy and communicating effectively with target audiences, as well as to provide support to ensure the efficient and smooth running of the Communications team’s activities, monitoring and reporting.
Scope and accountability
The Communications Officer works as part of the Communications team to support the delivery of a range of tasks across digital, non-digital and internal communications. They provide support to the Senior Communications Manager, and the wider organisation.
Person specification
Experience and knowledge
- Extensive experience of writing for different audiences and for different channels.
- Knowledge of different communications approaches, including social media platforms and experience of communicating effectively via these platforms.
- Knowledge and experience of creating different types of content, including social media posts, graphics, photos, articles and video/audio content.
- Experience of using website CMS (Drupal).
- Experience of administration, including maintaining electronic databases and filing systems.
- Experience of working in a team and supporting others.
- Previous experience in a Communications or related role.
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Interest in, and some knowledge of, conflict issues, peacebuilding and/or international development.
Skills and attributes
- Excellent writing skills, with the ability to convey information in a compelling and concise way and to re-package complex or technical content in an accessible format.
- Good research and analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with and influence others across a team and organisation.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage small communications projects.
- Good computer and IT skills with the ability to learn new systems and platforms, and the ability to use tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva and Mailchimp.
- Well-organised with the ability to manage a complex and varied workload and juggle competing demands.
- Creative, flexible and self-motivated character with openness to new ideas.
- Sympathy for and alignment with Conciliation Resources’ goals and values.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Employment & Progression Coach
Capital City College Westminster Centre, 76 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PD, London
Permanent, full-time
£30,000 & 34 days of annual leave
About Hotel School
Hotel School is an award-winning charity that empowers people who have experienced homelessness and other disadvantages to thrive in the hospitality industry. This dynamic 10-week programme combines theory, hands-on experience, and industry visits to provide the skills and confidence to land a job and excel in it.
Hotel School provides a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive training environment where students are given the opportunity to build their confidence to learn and grow. Our holistic approach is how we succeed in finding and sustaining long-term employment and progression, even for those who have been unemployed for over 20 years. We support our graduates as they take their first steps into work through mentoring, employer education, and progression management and support our graduates for up to one year after graduation, and sometimes longer if needed.
Hotel School operates as a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE), meaning our training programme is tailored to address the emotional and psychological needs of the individuals we work with. Within this framework, Hotel School adopts a Trauma-Informed approach when engaging with students and graduates, acknowledging that many may have encountered complex trauma.
About the Role
Join a small, passionate, and dynamic team committed to helping individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds complete their training and transition into sustainable, inclusive careers within the hospitality industry.
As an Employment & Progression Coach, you’ll work one-on-one with students and graduates, supporting them to overcome barriers, stay motivated, and achieve their goals, evoking meaningful change in their lives and futures.
You will also work closely with Hotel School hospitality employer partners to identify suitable job opportunities and collaborate to ensure our graduates are well-supported as they transition into and sustain meaningful employment.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide one-to-one, trauma-informed and person-centred employment support to students and graduates
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Help graduates overcome barriers and prepare for sustainable hospitality careers
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Work closely with employer partners to secure and support job opportunities
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Coordinate work experience placements and deliver employability workshops
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Collaborate with mentors and support services to ensure holistic, person-centred support
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Monitor and record the progress of students and graduates
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Follow safeguarding procedures and respond appropriately
About you
We’re looking for someone who is:
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Experienced working with people experiencing homelessness and/or other disadvantages or in
employment services
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Compassionate, patient, and calm under pressure
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Passionate about empowering and motivating people to move forward
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Experienced in supporting people facing barriers
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Highly organised, proactive, adaptable, with great communication skills
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Able to build trust and communicate well with a wide range of people in person
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Experienced in admin and using systems (MS Office essential)
Bonus (but not essential):
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Hospitality experience
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Knowledge of trauma-informed or person-centred practice
Benefits
Salary and Leave
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Annual salary of £30,000.
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Annual Leave: 34 days of annual leave, inclusive of all public and bank holidays.
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Pension Scheme
Professional Development
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1:1 Coaching
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Supervision
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Group Reflective Practice
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Ongoing Training
Well-being and Support
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Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Through Hospitality Action, the EAP provides confidential support and resources to employees, such as counseling, legal advice, and financial planning.
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Wellbeing activities such as staff socials, yoga, mindfulness, and meditation.
Commitment to Diversity
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and especially encourage people with lived experience of homelessness, disadvantage, or marginalisation to apply. We're committed to building an inclusive, supportive team that reflects the people we work with.
How to Apply
Please send:
- A CV (max 2 pages)
- A Supporting Statement (max 350 words per question) responding to the three questions below
Supporting Statement Questions
You can draw on paid work, volunteering, or personal experience.
- Why are you applying for this role?
What excites you about The Hotel School and this opportunity? - Empowering people to achieve their goals Tell us about a time you supported someone to identify and achieve their personal or professional goals. What steps did you take, and what was the outcome?
- Supporting people through challenges Tell us about a time you supported someone facing barriers (e.g. housing, confidence, mental health).
- How does your previous experience prepare you for this role?
Refer to the job description and share examples that show you're a good fit.
Deadline: 6th August 2025
Informal chats are welcome — please contact Dana.
We understand AI tools can be helpful in preparing applications, but we really value responses that feel personal, reflective, and show us why this work matters to you.
Recruitment Process
If shortlisted, we’ll invite you to a short telephone screening call (20–30 minutes) to learn more about you, answer any questions, and explain the next stage.
Following that, selected candidates will be invited to an in-person interview at The Hotel School in central London. This includes a panel interview, a scenario task, and the opportunity to meet one of our graduates.
We want the process to feel welcoming and supportive, and we’ll share full details in advance so you can prepare.
Safeguarding
This role requires an enhanced DBS check. The Hotel School is committed to safeguarding and to creating inclusive, safe environments for all students, graduates, and staff.
Please upload your CV and answer the four questions to complete your application.
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First Give inspires young people to make a difference to causes they care about. We work in partnership with secondary schools, providing a fully resourced scheme of work that guides an entire year group of students to engage with local charities and causes, and then carry out social action (fundraising, raising awareness, campaigning, volunteering etc) in support of them.
At the end of each programme, a celebratory School Final is held at each school, where groups representing each class deliver presentations about their projects. The class considered to have engaged the best with the programme secures a First Give grant of £1,000 for their chosen charity.
We currently work in partnership with 200+ schools every year across England and Wales.
Our vision is for motivated and equipped young people using their skills to make the lives of others in their community better. Our values inform what we do at First Give. We are:
- Altruistic
- Inspiring
- Empowering
- Collaborative
- Professional
Programme Delivery Officer role
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join our Programmes Team as a Programme Delivery Officer. PDOs will be responsible for supporting and coordinating the delivery of the First Give programme in up to 50 schools, ensuring smooth running of the programme, plus providing guidance and troubleshooting for the lead teachers at First Give partner schools.
The role will be hybrid, with 3 days a week in our main offices in West Hampstead, London. Regular travel to schools across London and the South East will be required.
- Contract: 12-month Maternity Cover
- Salary: £28,840 (inclusive of London weighting)
- Location: London office 3 days per week, 2 days per week working from home
- Reporting to: Programme Manager
Key responsibilities
- Provide logistic and programme support to teachers delivering the First Give programme at their school, including but not limited to:
- an introductory Programme Call with the Lead teacher;
- delivering a briefing to class teachers;
- troubleshooting via phone and email;
- booking in First Give facilitated sessions
- Ensure all programmes are delivering all core elements of the First Give programme
- Update and monitor Salesforce to track programme delivery
- Liaise with freelance facilitators to ensure events at schools are effectively staffed
- Deliver Launch Assemblies, Workshops and First Give Finals in partner schools
- Collect data for monitoring (student surveys, teacher surveys, identifying potential stories of impact, writing programme reports)
- Ensure prompt delivery of any programme resources required by schools (including Coursebooks and other physical resources)
- Support in the collection and distribution of comms via social media, newsletters and other formats to raise awareness of First Give’s work
- Support with wider team projects as and when is necessary
This job description gives an outline of key duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The post holder may be asked to take on other relevant responsibilities as reasonably requested by their line manager.
Safer recruitment
Safer recruitment and safeguarding is of paramount importance to us, as an organisation that works with and for young people. The successful candidate will be made a conditional offer subject to two references (one of which must be your most recent employer) and any offer of employment will be subject to a DBS check.
Person Specification
Essential
- Passionate about young people and their potential to drive social change
- Experience developing strong relationships with remote and external stakeholders
- Experience managing and supporting a large caseload of “client” relationships
- Experience delivering lessons, workshops or other sessions with young people
- Superb organisation and prioritisation skills
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
- Strong facilitation and workshop skills
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Excellent attention to detail
- Willingness to travel around London and the Home Counties to regularly deliver events
- Proactive, independent worker able to work well alone and as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience of working in a remote, decentralised team
- Experience in a customer service role
- Experience of working in the secondary education sector/with teachers
- Experience of using Salesforce
Why work for First Give?
First Give provides many benefits and prides itself on how it treats its staff. Our benefits include:
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, excluding bank holidays.
- Three additional days between Christmas and New Year given to staff gratis. An additional day off for your birthday in addition to your annual leave allowance.
- Access to Health Assured (health and wellbeing) Employee Assistance Programme.
- Generous training and professional development budget, with regular training offered through the Pears Foundation.
- As you will use your personal mobile for work, First Give provides a phone allowance to contribute towards your mobile costs.
- Team socials throughout the year.
The students we work with come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and so do we. We want to ensure that we are recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues. By fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, we will empower our teams to achieve our vision drawing on the broadest possible range of experiences. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates from minoritised groups currently underrepresented on our executive team, particularly black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates.
Application process
Please fill out the Microsoft form by clicking the Apply Now button which includes a statement of how you fulfil the specification above, and why you want this role at First Give. Please also fill out our equality & diversity monitoring form (this will not be linked to your application).
- Application closes: Sunday 10th August 10pm
- Interviews: Tuesday 19th August, in person, at our West Hampstead office
- Start date: wc 15th September
Based on applications received we reserve the right to interview earlier than advertised, and close the process if a suitable candidate is found.
Creating opportunities where young people are inspired and empowered to give their time, money or skills to charities and causes that they care about

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