Support jobs in watford, hertfordshire

Job Title: Facilities and Operations Lead
Location: Fulham, London (on-site)
Salary: c£33,000 per annum
Contract: 6 month fixed term contract, full-time

Are you a hands-on problem solver who thrives in a varied role where no two days are the same? Do you enjoy creating efficient, well-run spaces that help teams do their best work?

We’re looking for a Facilities and Operations Lead to take ownership of day-to-day operations across multiple sites for a well-established charity in Fulham. You’ll lead on all things office-related – from health and safety and compliance to tech, systems, and contractor management – making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

As well as overseeing facilities and managing supplier relationships, you’ll support new starters with onboarding, help staff get the most from their equipment and systems, and work closely with colleagues to improve processes and service quality.

You’ll manage a small, friendly team (Receptionist and Apprentice), foster a positive and professional working environment, and make sure the spaces we work in are welcoming, safe, and fit for purpose.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading day-to-day office and facilities operations across all sites

• Managing health and safety, GDPR, and compliance requirements

• Coordinating IT systems and equipment support for staff and new starters

• Liaising with contractors, suppliers, and service providers

• Keeping risk registers up to date and supporting organisational performance reporting

• Supporting with internal moves, hot-desking, and office policies

• Acting as Fire Warden and First Aider

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Organised, proactive, and approachable

• Confident in managing facilities and suppliers

• Knowledgeable about compliance, health and safety, and GDPR

• Tech-savvy, with the ability to support colleagues with equipment and systems

• An excellent communicator who enjoys supporting and developing others

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys making things work well – from processes to people to places. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and lead with purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply or find out more, get in touch today. Please note, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

We are recruiting for a Senior Prospect Researcher to join our team in London; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Senior Prospect Researcher

Location: Homeworking with the requirement to occasionally attend our Head Office (Vauxhall)
Salary: £34,093.64 per annum, inclusive of a £3,000 London Weighting allowance if applicable
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

Are you a natural investigator, driven by curiosity and a love of turning insight into action?
Do you know how to uncover potential supporters and help build meaningful, long-term relationships?
Do you want to use your research skills to support life- transforming and life-saving work for women and girls?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Senior Prospect Researcher to join our high-performing fundraising team at Refuge. You’ll work dynamically across the organisation with the Philanthropy and Partnerships team, uncovering and developing opportunities to engage high-value supporters with our mission. Playing a key role in identifying and understanding our potential and existing supporters—the Senior Prospect Researcher will empower the philanthropy team to build deeper, broader partnerships with high-net-worth individuals, trusts, foundations and corporates.

With access to a rich database (Raiser’s Edge), a collaborative, insight-driven culture and a strategic approach, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in growing income through robust research and data analysis. You will lead on identifying trends, tracking progress and recommending strategies that help Refuge build strong relationships and a meaningful supporter journey from identification to stewardship. This role requires an understanding of ethical and effective prospect research methodologies and due diligence procedures to maintain compliance and optimise opportunities.

This is a great opportunity to make your mark and help Refuge reach more survivors of domestic abuse. Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply today.

Closing date: 9.00am on 11 July 2025

Interview date: 22 & 23 July 2025

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

The opportunity to help organise one of the world’s biggest global health events in 2028.

Job title: ICTMM Events Manager
Reports to: CEO
Hours of work: Part time moving to full-time
Salary: 35-40k subject to experience
Job type: Fixed term contract to end September 2028
Location: Initially based in the London Office with some travel to Liverpool

Job summary

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a charity that supports members who work in, or are interested in, tropical medicine and global health.

In September 2028 it is hosting the International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM) on behalf of the International Federation for Tropical Medicine (IFTM), in Liverpool, UK.

ICTMM 2028 expects to receive over 1,500 attendees, hopefully with over 40% coming from outside of Europe. It is an educational meeting with a high proportion of the content driven by abstracts. The event is being delivered by RSTMH with the support of a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO).

The ICTMM Events Manager has responsibility for coordinating the development and delivery of ICTMM 2028 at RSTMH, working with the RSTMH team, the PCO, the event venue ACC Liverpool, IFTM, and other suppliers.  The individual would be based at RSTMH where the role would start on a part-time basis and move to be full-time 17 months before the event.

The role requires an able self-starter who understand the logistics and considerations of running a scientific, abstract-driven event of 1,500+ attendees, of working with a PCO and of educational events attended by a high number of international guests.  There will be some travel to Liverpool and the role would require some overnight stays there before and during the event.

The candidate needs to have excellent event management and project management skills, communication and relationship building skills, and to be organised and flexible with a great attention to detail.  They should be as comfortable developing an events strategy, as answering queries about tickets sales, and negotiating sponsorship. Alongside delivering the ICTMM meeting there are opportunities for partners to deliver events at the same venue, which are also the responsibility of the events manager.

The role will start as one day per week and then move to be full time as we approach the event. The current expected timings are

• Up until 31 March 2026 – 7 hours/1 day per week
• 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 – 21 hours/3 days per week
• 1 April 2027 to 30 September 2028 – 35 hours/ 5 days per week

Up to 1 April 2027 the role is purely office based, and there is flexibility to work the hours between Tuesday and Friday (not Mondays). The role has core hours of 10am-4pm so the working day needs to be within these hours.

The role may require work in the evenings or weekends and potential time staying in Liverpool.

Main responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive project plan for all aspects of ICTMM 2028, working with the PCO, and be responsible for ensuring all stakeholders meet deadlines leading up to the event
• Coordinate stakeholders working on ICTMM 2028, ensuring all are up to date with progress and relations run smoothly – including RSTMH, PCO, conference venue, IFTM, ICTMM Strategic, Sponsorship and Scientific Committees and other third parties
• Work with RSTMH CEO to recruit Committee Chairs and members, develop a long list of partners and sponsors for funding and support, and develop legal agreements for these
• Develop and disseminate accurate and timely content about ICTMM through a dedicated website, a dedicated newsletter and other marketing materials, which is high quality, and accessible
• Work with the RSTMH CEO and PCO to deliver sponsorship and other financial support for the event
• Help coordinate meetings of the ICTMM Committees where needed
• Assist the PCO with activities to maximise attendance to the event
• Help deliver travel and accommodation, plus assist with visas for speakers and sponsored attendees
• Oversight and responsibility for the budget, and re-forecasting of income and expenditure for the event
• Work with the PCO on the logistics of the event management e.g. exhibition space and registration
• Assist RSTMH and the Scientific Committee to secure plenary speakers, assisting with logistics
• Establish and manage a system to monitor and evaluate progress towards ICTMM 2028
• Manage all ICTMM event enquiries that come through to RSTMH and forward to the relevant team
• Develop systems and processes to ensure we capture all data from ICTMM into our CRM

Person specification

• Strong event and project management and organisational skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach and mind-set
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Brilliant time management and task prioritisation skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Good writing skills and ability to produce creative content
• Relationship building skills, being able to inspire others and bring them with you
• Professional and articulate
• Experienced team player – able to fit in and work with other team members
• Interest in tropical medicine and international health
• At least 3 years proven track record of managing and delivering successful national and ideally international events, measured in terms of attendance, budgets, and achieving sponsorship
• Understanding or experience in coordinating events of the scale and diversity of ICTMM 2028
• Experienced working with PCOs, Committees, and ideally Board members and high profile speakers
• Numerate with experience of budget management including forecasting, and financial monitoring
• Experience of working with a CRM system, running reports and analysing data as needed
• Willingness to work unsocial hours, and to travel outside of London, with reasonable notice

We will be interviewing candidates as applications are received and so may close the application process early.
Please do apply as soon as possible.

To apply for this role please send us your cv and a supporting statement of no more than 1,000 words which lays out clearly how your experience matches the key responsibilities and person specification. Please also include a statement to confirm if you are able to work in the UK without a visa. (Please insert your supporting statement where it asks for your cover message or covering letter). 

No agencies please.

We are recruiting for a IDVA to join our team in Hertfordshire; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: IDVA

Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £28,857.12 per annum
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support. 

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to supporting women and children who are impacted by domestic violence. You will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children. 

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. 

Closing date: 9.00am on 21 July 2025

Interview date: 29 July 2025

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Director of Finance & Resources
London (Remote) 

Goodman Masson is delighted to be exclusively partnering with a dynamic international charity to recruit a Director of Finance & Resources.

This is a pivotal leadership role in a well-financed, values-driven organisation that champions a feminist and anti-racist approach. With an ambitious Strategy already in motion, the Director of Finance & Resources will help shape and deliver the organisation’s financial sustainability, operational excellence, and people strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the finance, HR, and facilities functions, ensuring effective systems, compliance, and strategic alignment.

• Act as Company Secretary and support Board governance, including Finance & Resources Committee liaison.

• Collaborate closely with the CEO and senior leadership team to support strategic decision-making and organisational development.

• Oversee financial management including budgeting, forecasting, audit, and statutory compliance.

• Support HR policy development, wellbeing strategy, and safeguarding as the organisation’s Senior Safeguarding Lead.

• Provide leadership on IT strategy and ensure systems support evolving organisational needs.

• Manage and develop a high-performing cross-functional team.

About You:

• A qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

• Substantial experience in senior finance and resource leadership roles, ideally within the charity or international development sector.

• Strategic thinker with proven ability to work at a senior leadership level, including Board engagement.

• Knowledge of charity accounting (SORP), governance, and compliance frameworks.

• Experienced in change management, organisational development, and working across jurisdictions.

• Committed to feminist principles and anti-racist values.

Full time (flexible working options available)

Closing Date: 7 July 2025

Ref 7099

When you join Save the Children as a Store Manager in East Dulwich, you will have the amazing opportunity to channel your exceptional people skills and leadership experience across a team that is driven to bring the wonders of charity shops back to our high-street.  You will also deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach. That's why we are seeking passionate people like you to get us there.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard.

About the Role

Located in the heart of East Dulwich, this is one of our family of Mary's Living & Giving shops serving the diverse and vibrant community.

As Store Manager, you'll deliver the shops potential through the expert leadership of a strong volunteer team, focusing on further recruitment to build on a core team. With the help of a Shop Support Manager, you will be responsible for enabling the shop's continued success, building strong connections within the local community and focusing on key areas of the business.

About You

You will be someone with exceptional people skills, a leader who understands the importance of community and enjoys supporting people to exercise similar passions through volunteering.

You'll bring:

• Proven experience of leading and motivating a team

• Ability to effectively manage challenges with a steady and positive approach

• Experience of working in a busy customer facing environment

Ways of Working: This role will be based on-site in the East Dulwich (London) shop. We're looking for someone able to work 5 days (35 hours) per week to include some weekend working.

Our benefits package is extensive and generous, including:

• Competitive Pay – Our transparent pay policy ensures fair and equitable compensation.

• Generous Holidays – Start with 27 days off per year (pro rata for part-timers) and enjoy up to 32 days after 10 years.

• Pension & Life Assurance – Secure your future with excellent contributions.

• Employee Discounts – Save on groceries, high-street brands, home, tech, gyms, holidays, and more! Over 6,000 deals are available through our benefits platform.

• Maternity/Adoption Benefits – Get 21 weeks of full pay after just six months of employment.

• Paternity/Adoption Leave – Enjoy 10 weeks of full pay (plus statutory 2 weeks) after six months with us.

• Additional benefits include cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, eye care, flu jabs, season ticket loan

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 are 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.

Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter).  This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense. 

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

Charity People are thrilled to be partnering with the a well renowned institute for the prevention of blindness in their search for a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships - a pivotal role that will lead the development and delivery of a crucial fundraising programme, with a strong focus on Trusts and Foundations and collaborative funding opportunities.

"Over 1 billion people, live with vision loss that could have been avoided or treated.

Public health challenges at this scale, require collective action by governments, private sector, civil society and the public.

We hold the collective power and influence to work with leaders, funders and governments around the world to ensure eye health gets the political, health and development priority it needs. Eye health is not an optional extra. It is vital to ensuring people reach their full potential at school, at work and beyond.​

We have significantly increased our income, reach and impact over the last 5 years - and we have big plans to continue to accelerate action to end avoidable sight loss by 2030. As our new Head of Fundraising and Partnerships your experience, expertise and relationship building approach will be key to us achieving our income goals."

Nick Parker Director of Development and Operations at the charity

This is a unique opportunity to join a mission-driven organisation that brings together a powerful network of over 250 member organisations working to end avoidable sight loss worldwide. As the Head of Fundraising and Partnerships, you'll play a key role in supporting the institution's global advocacy, campaigns, and knowledge workstreams by building strategic partnerships to secure new philanthropic income streams.

The Role

• Permanent, full-time
• Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum
• Location: UK (with London HQ)
• Flexible working
• Generous holiday entitlement and benefits package (30 days annual leave)
• Opportunity to travel overseas for key international events
• Interviews scheduled for 24th and 25th July

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead a global philanthropic campaign. You'll work closely with the institution's member organisations to identify and deliver joint funding opportunities, while cultivating high-value relationships with institutional funders and high net worth individuals. Your work will directly support the institution's strategic priorities and help drive meaningful change in global eye health.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy and delivery of new philanthropic income streams to support our core work.
• Develop and launch a new global fundraising campaign, to reach new donors and supporters.
• Undertake the research needed to identify potential donors, networks and synergies to our work and that of our members.
• Develop strong and impactful cases of support and funding applications.
• Build effective partnerships with the institution's member organisations to unlock joint funding opportunities.
• Cultivate and steward high-value relationships with institutional funders and high net worth individuals.

Top 3 priorities for the first 6 months

• Develop and launch a new global fundraising campaign.
• Build effective partnerships with member organisations to unlock new joint funding opportunities to support our regional and global activities.
• Review and update our cases for support, prospect identification and cultivation approaches.

About You

We're looking for a visionary and experienced fundraiser who can:

• Demonstrate a strong track record of securing major gifts from Trusts, Foundations or other sources.
• Build and maintain trusted strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicate with clarity and impact, both in writing and in person.
• Navigate complex organisational relationships and manage multiple priorities with professionalism.

What's on Offer

• The opportunity to lead a new global philanthropic campaign.
• A flexible, inclusive, and collaborative global working culture.
• Access to networks and resources that support your personal and professional wellbeing.

If this role inspires you to make your next career move, please get in touch with Kevin at Charity People to find out more about how to apply.

Closing date: Monday 21st July

Interview Date: 24th/25th July

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please inform Kevin if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

The Role

The key purpose of this role is to together with the EA to the Vicar provide day-to-day support for the running of the Vicar’s Office and in particular for the Vicar (Archie Coates) and the Senior Leader (Sam Coates). The role also provides light touch support and diary management for the HTB Group COO and the HTB Group Chief of Staff.

The Key Responsibilities

Listed below are the key elements that the role holder will be accountable for delivering:

To support, help and advise the senior team in professional and personal matters by:

• Prioritising and actioning daily tasks, operating as a two-way channel of information and communication; action or delegate requests and tasks to the team/ organisation where appropriate, and then report back to the senior team. This may also involve acting as a liaison between the senior team and the wider organisation ensuring strong communication both ways.
• Organising and maintaining diaries.
• Acting and speaking on behalf of the senior team. This includes oversight of inboxes, letter correspondence and phone calls.
• Ensuring that the team have all they need, in advance, for talks, presentations, meetings, trips, etc and freeing them of all unnecessary administration, phone calls, interruptions, etc.
• Providing support to the vicarage for hospitality of meetings and events and other personal matters (including catering for occasional evening meetings e.g. PCC).
• Carrying out specific projects, research and administrative tasks.
• Receiving requests from internal and/ or external contacts, filtering and then delegate or address these as appropriate.

Major event support: An active role in certain aspects of events; and keeping the Vicar’s Office function and team, and the Coates’s operating while being offsite for Focus and other key events.

Special Services Coordinator:

• Coordination and oversight of baptisms across the services at HTB.
• Assistance in coordinating weddings and covering for funerals when the Weddings & Funerals Coordinator is away.

The Ideal Candidate

• Very strong administrative skills
• Highly organised, energetic and unflappable under pressure or in challenging situations.
• Demonstrably consistently excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexibility and excellent time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and constantly re-prioritise own workload under consistently high pressure.
• Graceful and flexible when plans change.
• Confident handling a variety of issues, concerns or queries arising via phone or email; strong etiquette in dealing with people from all walks of life in person.
• Comfortable at visionary level and in very specific detail, particularly in handling communications with sensitivity, understanding and diplomacy.
• Strong IT skills: evidence of high competence with the full Microsoft Office package, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint; confident use of HTB Finance system, ChurchSuite. 

Position: Centre Operations Manager

Reports to: Executive Director
Location: Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, with the option for some remote working.

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: 35 hours per week; occasional evenings and weekends required with TOIL.

Application Deadline: July 16

Purpose

As Centre Operations Manager, you work closely with the Executive Director to support Jamyang’s mission of fostering a caring, warmhearted community. You are the backbone of day-to-day operations, supervising local and resident volunteers in essential tasks such as facilities upkeep, team meal preparation, and general site care. You manage procurement and ensure that operational systems and processes are both effective and aligned with Jamyang’s values.

 You’ll also play a key role in helping the Centre live its environmental commitments—making mindful choices in purchasing, resource use, and daily operations that reflect our shared care for the planet.

Key Responsibilities

1. Team & Volunteer Supervision

· Supervise local and resident volunteers in daily centre tasks (facilities upkeep; team meal preparation; general site care), ensuring tasks are completed efficiently, safely, and with care.

· Create and manage volunteer rotas, provide on-the-job guidance, and foster a supportive environment that aligns with Jamyang’s values of care and interconnectedness.

2. Procurement & Resource Management

· Oversee the procurement of goods and services essential for the centre’s operations, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality, and sustainability.

· Maintain supplier relationships and monitor inventories to support seamless centre operations.

3. Operational Systems & Process Improvement

· Design and implement operational processes that support Jamyang’s mission and values, including record-keeping, contractor management, and facilities oversight: from scheduling minor repairs to coordinating decorative maintenance and small improvement projects.

· Administer digital tools (Asana, BreatheHR, QuickBooks Online) to support collaboration and productivity across the team.

· Ensure compliance with health & safety requirements (liaising with external H&S consultants).

4. Finance & Administration

· Oversee invoice tracking, vendor payments, and financial hygiene (liaising with the external bookkeeping service).

· Support budget monitoring, insurance, utilities, contracts, and other administrative tasks as required.

5. Leadership & Collaboration

· Collaborate closely with the People & Community Coordinator to align systems, onboarding, volunteer support, and community engagement initiatives.

· Foster a culture of calm, warmheartedness, and integrity across all operational functions.

Is This You?

The successful candidate is an adaptable and warm-hearted operational leader who balances strategic thinking with hands-on problem-solving. They are energised by the opportunity to support Jamyang’s activities and values through collaborative relationships, effective systems, and the empowerment of staff and volunteers.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

3–5 years’ experience managing admin or operations in a small organisation or charity, and understand what it takes to keep things running smoothly.

Process Improver: You’re confident designing and refining systems, whether it’s vendor coordination, digital tools, or day-to-day facilities management.

Financially Literate: You’re comfortable processing invoices, working with budgets, and collaborating on financial systems with attention to detail.

Tech-Savvy Organiser: You’re comfortable using tools like BreatheHR, Quickbooks Online, Microsoft Office, and you use digital tools to streamline operations.

Organised Operator: You’re skilled at managing multiple moving parts—balancing tasks, timelines, and priorities with calm focus and follow-through.

Compensation and Benefits

· £28,000–£32,000 per year, depending on experience

· 35-hour workweek (below market average), supporting a healthy work-life balance

· 33 days’ paid holiday (including bank holidays), above the UK statutory minimum

· Opportunities for professional development and training

· A warm, values-driven work environment at the heart of Jamyang Buddhist Centre

· Healthy, home-cooked vegan lunches provided on working days

· Free access to our full programme of teachings and events (unless otherwise indicated)

We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We’re committed to building an inclusive team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

The Royal School of Needlework

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is the International Centre of Excellence for the Art of Hand Embroidery. Based at the historic Hampton Court Palace, we have been dedicated to preserving and innovating in the art of hand embroidery since 1872. Our thriving education programme offers courses for all levels, from beginners to degree level, and we teach onsite and online in locations across the UK, and internationally in America, Japan, and Australia. Our renowned Embroidery Studio creates bespoke embroidery for fashion, art, and royalty and offers expert conservation and restoration services for valuable and historical embroidered pieces.

The RSN is unique. No other single organisation covers the breadth of education and practice to promote the art and technique of hand embroidery or has our connections, collection, archive and heritage. Embroidery is an international language. Cultures and communities have used embroidery-based techniques to tell stories and record events for hundreds of years while the individual benefits of mindfulness and mental wellbeing are now increasingly being recognised today.

Overview

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is seeking a highly motivated and organised Fundraising Assistant to join our team and provide administrative support for our fundraising activities. The Fundraising Assistant will play a key role in generating vital income and helping the organisation achieve its fundraising goals by assisting with donor relations, event planning, grant research, data management, and campaign coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

Donor Support and Stewardship:

• Become a ‘super’ user of the CRM/database.
• Maintain donor records in the CRM/database, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information.
• Help with the acknowledgment process, including sending thank-you letters and recognition communications to donors.
• Assist in coordinating donor communications and outreach campaigns (e.g., newsletters, appeals, and stewardship materials).

Event Support:

• Provide logistical and administrative support for fundraising events, including venue coordination, volunteer management, invitations, and guest lists.
• Help with event set-up, registration, and follow-up tasks.
• Assist in preparing event materials, such as programs, signage, and donation forms.

Grant Research and Application Support:

• Assist in researching potential grant opportunities from foundations, corporations, and government sources.
• Help prepare grant proposal materials and ensure submission deadlines are met.
• Track and report on the status of grant applications and funding received.
• Campaign Coordination:
• Support the planning and execution of online and offline fundraising campaigns, including peer-to-peer campaigns, crowdfunding, and direct mail appeals.
• Assist with creating and managing campaign content, such as donation pages, emails, and social media posts.
• Help monitor campaign progress and gather data to report on results.

Data Entry and Reporting:

• Maintain accurate records of donations, donor interactions, and event participation.
• Provide regular reports on fundraising progress, event outcomes, and donor engagement to the fundraising team.
• Assist in preparing data for end-of-year reports and audits.

Administrative and Operational Support:

• Provide general administrative support to the fundraising team, including scheduling meetings, preparing materials, and handling correspondence.
• Help with office management tasks, such as ordering supplies and maintaining filing systems.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Previous experience in a fundraising, administrative, or nonprofit role is a plus, but not required.
• Strong interest in education, heritage, fundraising, and community engagement.

Skills:

• Excellent organisational and multitasking skills, with attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with donor management software (e.g., Beacon, Access/ThankQ, Salesforce, Raiser’s Edge) is preferred.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact prof essionally with donors, volunteers, and staff.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience or qualifications

Personal Attributes:

• Proactive and eager to learn, with a willingness to take on new tasks and challenges.
• Professional, courteous, and able to work well with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Passion for the arts, education, and heritage

Join Us as Our Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Salary: £50,000 – £60,500 (depending on experience) 
Location: Fulham, London SW6 (1 day a week remote optional) 
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (Mon–Sat, mostly 9am–5pm)

The Organisation

Action on Disability (AoD), one of London’s leading Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations, is seeking an experienced, values-driven Chief Operating Officer to join our leadership team.

The Post

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our ambitious 5-year plan, supporting and deputising for the CEO, managing service leads, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations across our Youth, Employment, and Independent Living services.

We’re looking for someone with a strong track record in senior management, financial planning, people leadership, and securing funding. You’ll need to be highly organised, strategic, and committed to disability rights and the Social Model of Disability.

This is a hands-on, in-person role at our accessible Centre for Independent Living in Fulham, with occasional Saturday work and flexibility to work remotely one day a week.

We actively encourage applications from Disabled people and people with lived experience.

Any prospective candidates who would like an informal chat with CEO David Buxton about the job, can drop him an email - details available at the next stage on our website.

Closing Date: Friday 18 July 2025, 12 noon
Interviews: 23 and 24 July 2025

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

Action on Disability prides itself on being an accessible and equal opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and organisational change
• Manage Employee relations cases as they arise supporting line managers through conflict resolution, investigations, and disciplinary processes
• Communicate HR initiatives and updates clearly and effectively across departments
• Partner with managers to address resourcing needs and support job evaluation processes
• Contribute to the development and review of HR policies in line with current legislation
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives across the organisation
• Support the delivery of HR projects and continuous improvement efforts

We're looking for someone with:

• Proven experience in a generalist HR advisory role
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices
• Experience of working with Employee Relations matters
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace

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We are recruiting for a Housing Advocate to join our team in Hertfordshire; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Housing Advocate

Location: Hertfordshire
Salary: £14,428.56 per annum
Contract type: Part-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support. 

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Housing Advocate to support women and children who are impacted by domestic abuse. You will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children. 

  As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call rota.  

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. 

Closing date: 9.00am on 7 July 2025

Interview date: 21 July 2025

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Our client is a user-led pan-disability charity operating primarily in Buckinghamshire. They are a successful, dynamic and influential charity, focused on supporting disabled people by fixing the biggest issues facing them. They aim to build a world which is Fair4All, including disabled people.

Position: Project Operations Manager
Salary Range: £31,000 - £34,000 FTE depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hrs/week
Location: Remote working
Reporting to: Chair of Trustees
Benefits: Company Pension Scheme, standard holiday entitlement, flexible working

The role:

The primary purpose of the Project Operations Manager role is to provide leadership to ensure that their project work is delivered successfully, to agreed targets, on time and within agreed budgets.

Responsibilities:

• To take charge of and lead their projects, and the staff and volunteers working on them. Ensure project work is delivered successfully, to agreed targets, on time and within agreed budgets. This includes project reporting, overseeing and managing website, media, online and other communications activities related projects, and managing project budgets.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of their Operational Plan.
• With the Trustee Board and grants team, support the revival of appropriate dormant projects and the creation of new projects. Contribute to and endorse grant applications and ensure funder targets and goals are met.
• Establish and maintain collaborative and positive working relationships with their Trustees and key staff.
• With the Support Manager, positively influence the culture within their to ensure it remains an inclusive, diverse and effective working community and continue the charity’s policy of highly supportive and positive management of staff and volunteers, ensuring that their Values are upheld.
• Contribute to ensuring effective welfare and safeguarding policies are in place that are understood and regularly communicated to volunteers and employees.
• Ensure they deliver excellent customer service, so that service users, external organisations and partners receive high-quality service and support; and ensure any complaints or issues are managed promptly and satisfactorily resolved.
• Represent them and their projects internally and externally.

About you:

They are seeking an experienced charity operations and/or projects manager who can bring skills, expertise and knowledge into their rapidly expanding charity.

Essential skills and experience:

• Previous experience of successfully managing UK charity or not-for profit projects and/or services, including financial and budgetary controls.
• A track record of proactive success in achieving project and service goals and outcomes.
• Previous experience of successfully managing staff and, ideally, volunteers.
• A proven ability to effectively plan and manage a mixed portfolio of tasks and activities, including managing your own time effectively.
• A track record of personal learning and development, adapting to changing circumstances, and proactively meeting challenges.
• Strong personal commitment to diversity and inclusion including the social model of disability. Must be able to work effectively with disabled people with all types of impairment.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Understanding impairments including neurodiversity, mental health, sensory loss, long-term conditions and physical disabilities.
• A highly supportive management style which removes barriers for disabled staff and volunteers to allow them to work in ways which are most effective for them.
• Knowledge of project management tools.

About them:

Our client works by permanently removing barriers facing disabled people and finding answers to the big issues facing them, alongside helping individuals. Their projects and partnerships deliver unique and lasting change and effective support that helps nearly all the 41,000 disabled people in Buckinghamshire – plus many beyond their county.

Uniquely, they are mainly voluntary charity. They have over 150 volunteers, mostly disabled people, supported by a small staff team, who themselves run their projects and services. Many of their volunteers are jobseekers or needing help to move forward in their lives and they actively support them by the way we work.

How to apply: Please submit a CV with a covering letter (of no more than 500 words) setting out how you meet the person specification for the role.

You may also have experience in the following roles: Operations Manager, Project Manager, Charity Operations Manager, Programme Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Operations Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Charity Project Manager, Non-Profit Operations Manager, Service Operations Manager, etc.

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