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The Woodland Trust is looking for a Visitor Centre Manager (VCM) in our Hainault Forest team and lead a small, dedicated team of employees and volunteers to deliver and develop all aspects of our visitor offer at Hainault Forest, predominantly through the operating of our Woodland Trust Visitor Centre.
THE ROLE
• The Hainault Forest Visitor Centre Manager sets the direction and oversees all elements of WT visitor experience at the forest including events, interpretation, marketing and retail.
• The VCM is responsible for leading a small, dedicated team to provide an important meet and greet function to visitors as well as signposting, dealing with enquiries and undertaking retail transactions.
• The VCM is one of the main WT representatives for the Forest partnership (made up of the Woodland Trust, London Borough of Redbridge and Vision RCL).
• The VCM is responsible for ensuring necessary annual plans are in place, implemented and evaluated with appropriate success measures, and is also responsible for the safe operation and upkeep of the visitor centre building.
• In partnership with LBR and Vision RCL, the role will continue to lead on the establishment of Hainault Forest as a valued destination for people and wildlife that is regionally significant and locally treasured; inspiring visitors and communities to connect with woods and trees and take action for our cause.
• The VCM will ensure financial stability through the delivery of a sustainable, profitable business model for the visitor centre, annual planning for revenue streams across the whole site in partnership with LBR/Vision RCL, and planning and management of an annual visitor experience budget
• This role is based at Hainault Forest Visitor Centre.
THE CANDIDATE
• You’ll have an enthusiasm for the environment and share our core values-Grow Together, Explore, Focus and Make it Count.
• You’ll have experience developing, marketing and delivering high quality visitor offers that are audience-led; maximising benefits to both visitors and the organisation, ideally within the context of a visitor centre operation.
• You’ll have experience working with communities and volunteers to establish inspiring and impactful programmes of activity and engagement which are audience focused and aligned with wider strategy.
• You will have previous line management experience, motivating and inspiring a small team of employees and volunteers to achieve successful outcomes.
• You’ll have great influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• You’ll be confident in working collaboratively, with volunteers and external partners, to deliver objectives and realise change.
• This role is based at Hainault Forest Visitor Centre and will require the successful candidate to work occasional weekends.
Benefits & Wellbeing: Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
• Enhanced Employer Pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible & Hybrid Working Options
• Generous Annual Leave
• Enhanced Parental Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
About Us: The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: To achieve our vision of a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. All people, no matter their background, identity, ability, or circumstance, should benefit from trees.
People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.
Please contact us to discuss any additional support or adjustments you may need to complete your application.
Application Advice: For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your Personal Statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role.
Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply.
Apply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in process, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.
Interviews will be held in-person at Hainault Forest Visitor Centre on Monday 23d June and Tuesday 24th June.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Full time (flexible working options available)
Hybrid - Farringdon, London/Home-based
Ref 6965
Closing Date: 18 May 2025
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and entrepreneurial individual with extensive commercial finance experience to join us as our Enterprise and Innovative Finance Associate where you will work within our Innovation Hive and with partners.
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. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
As Enterprise and Innovative Finance Associate, you will play a key role in designing and delivering pioneering innovation projects across:
• Innovative finance (e.g., impact investment, access to finance, disaster risk financing)
• Enterprise development
• Commercial models
• Impact measurement and management (IMM) integration
• Advocacy to grow the Child-Lens Investment market
You'll collaborate with global teams, internal stakeholders, and cross-sector partners to push boundaries, identify market opportunities, and pilot scalable solutions. Your work will contribute to embedding a culture of innovation and partnership across Save the Children UK.
In this role, you will:
• Lead the design and delivery of high-impact innovation projects aligned with Save the Children Uk's mission
• Conduct market research and identify opportunities in emerging sectors and geographies
• Integrate data-driven impact frameworks into all initiatives
• Champion and advocate for the Child-Lens Investment market
• Support knowledge management and tool development for scalable innovation delivery
• Uphold and promote safeguarding standards in all areas of your work.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
• Proven experience delivering projects in enterprise development and/or innovative finance (e.g., social impact investing, access to finance, disaster risk financing venture collaborations)
• Strong understanding of IMM frameworks and their application in mission-driven projects
• Excellent market analysis, data interpretation, and strategic communication skills
• Ability to work across geographies, teams, and sectors with a collaborative mindset
• Entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 18th May
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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programmes Lead (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £31,625 - £34,106 pro-rata (depending on experience)
Contract: 12 months fixed-term contract (Maternity Cover- might be potentially extended)
Start Date: Date to be agreed (potentially July)
Location: This is currently a blended-working role with two in-office days (Tuesday-Thursday) during term time and the flexibility to work from home during school holidays. Occasional travel to schools and events will be required.
We are currently based at Resource for London near Holloway Road station, however, our office will be moving to another location in London in the coming months.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week. Our core hours are 09:30 - 16:00 from Monday to Friday.
Benefits of working for Challenge Partners
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Work-life balance
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Annual leave
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Employer pension contributions
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Health and wellbeing support
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Training and development
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Family-friendly policies
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Connection and celebration
About the role
The Programmes Lead will play a key role in leading and implementing the delivery of a range of programmes which at present includes Growing the Top, the SEND Developmental Peer Review and the Trust Leaders’ Network (subject to change based on organisational need).
Established in 2011, Challenge Partners is a well-respected nationwide network of practitioners who engage in hard-edged collaboration and mutual accountability to ensure every school community can benefit from the combined wisdom of the education system.
The Programmes Lead will build and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and hold responsibility for the quality and consistency of school leaders’ experience of the programmes. They will work closely with the Programmes Manager and Partnership Coordinators to ensure excellent delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Programmes Manager the Programme Lead will have the following key areas of responsibility and will be expected to undertake other responsibilities commensurate with the role as requested:
Programme Delivery and Development
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Lead on the operational delivery of programmes: Growing the Top, the SEND Developmental Peer Review and the Trust Leaders’ Network
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Manage key stakeholder relationships with programme participants and facilitators
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Manage correspondence involved in programme delivery, including responding to daily queries and setting up automated processes
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Monitor visit day/event quality and delivery, including dealing with and escalating issues to ensure positive solutions are reached
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Monitor risks and mitigate/escalate as appropriate
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Monitor programme spending and signing off invoices within agreed budgets, as directed by the Programmes Manager
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Work with the Programmes Manager on the development of strategies to support efficiency and scale the delivery of programmes, including and not limited to the engagement of new technologies, processes and ways of working
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Lead on the implementation of new strategies for delivery in your areas of responsibility with Partnership Coordinators
Data Management and Systems
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Ensure programme data is accurately recorded on Salesforce (our CRM system) and work closely with the digital team to improve systems and processes
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Responsibility for ongoing monitoring of programme delivery feedback data to ensure quality and oversee escalation of issues if/when they arise
Event Planning and Organisation
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Lead on the planning, logistics and delivery of in-person and virtual programme events, working closely with the Programmes Manager and Executive Sponsors to agree event design
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Liaise with speakers, venues and suppliers to ensure high quality delivery of events
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Coordinate the team effectively to ensure excellent event delivery
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Work closely with the marketing team to create a social media plan to showcase programme events
Matrix Management
At Challenge Partners, we work in a matrix structure which means that individuals collaborate across different work streams and are, at times, task managed by colleagues who are not their direct line manager
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Provide consistent and high quality task management to all Partnership Coordinators involved in the delivery of these programmes
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Collaborate effectively with other task managers, line managers and teams to support Partnership Coordinators to provide excellent delivery across all Challenge Partners activities and meet key organisational priorities
Person Specification
Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:
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As one of our cadre of leads, you will be a role model for our values at all times and a cultural lead within the team.
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Strong project management and organisational skills (a ‘completer-finisher’).
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Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands and work under pressure, through excellent organisation and time management.
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Outstanding attention to detail, and pride in your work.
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Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority.
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Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and sometimes beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability.
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High computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
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A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
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A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference
How to apply
Please submit your application on BeApplied by 10am on Thursday 22nd May 2025. You will be asked to upload your CV and answer five competency and scenario-based application questions.
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First round of interviews (remote)- 29th & 30th May 2025
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Second round of interviews (face-to-face)- 10th June 2025
A note on AI
At Challenge Partners, we are committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process. We don’t use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for recruitment - applications are reviewed by members of the team and we use blind shortlisting to mitigate potential bias and ensure all candidates are considered on merit.
Whilst we recognise that AI can be a useful tool for tasks like proofreading, we encourage you to share genuine examples from your own experience so we can better understand your unique skills and perspective. Authenticity is important to us and we want to hear your voice throughout the application process.
DEI Statement
Challenge Partners is committed to further enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our team and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Safeguarding Statement
Challenge Partners is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, beneficiaries and staff. We expect all employees, consultants and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment or contracts with us are subject to a satisfactory DBS check and references.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like to play a key role in managing an iconic national site? Are you passionate about facilities management and maintaining high-quality environments? Can you lead a team while ensuring the National Memorial Arboretum continues to provide a world-class experience for visitors?
We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Facilities Manager to join our team at the National Memorial Arboretum. In this role, you'll be responsible for overseeing the management of our buildings, facilities, and associated services, ensuring they are maintained to the highest standard. You’ll work closely with the Head of Estates to manage both day-to-day operations and long-term projects, providing expert advice and managing external contractors to achieve the best outcomes.
The Arboretum is the UK’s dedicated year-round centre of Remembrance and is part of the Royal British Legion. At its core, the Royal British Legion is a people-focused organisation. It’s made up of individuals who are committed to doing their very best for others, while also making the most of the opportunities and experiences we provide.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain buildings and facilities to ensure high standards.
- Lead and develop the Building Services team, providing guidance and support.
- Oversee preventative maintenance programmes and long-term equipment replacement and Lifecycle planning.
- Manage contracts and suppliers, ensuring services are delivered on time and within budget.
- Support event delivery by ensuring facilities are ready and operational.
- Contribute to sustainability initiatives and monitor the estate's carbon footprint.
- Keep up to date with and implement estate related security in collaboration with the Head of Estates and other Heads of Department including liaison with the police, counter terrorism advisers and other emergency services as required.
- Monitor site safety, compliance, training, and competencies across the estate to advise on initiatives to prevent accidents, injuries and health problems in the workplace and assist departments to ensure Health and Safety culture is excellent.
- Prepare and manage budgets, providing reports and recommendations to the Head of Estates.
This role offers you the chance to make a real difference in a meaningful and impactful way. As a Facilities Manager at the National Memorial Arboretum, you’ll play a key part in maintaining and improving a beautiful, nationally significant site. You’ll lead a supportive team, manage important projects, and help create a top-tier experience for visitors. This is a great opportunity to develop your career while working in a role that values sustainability and continuous improvement. Join us, and help us ensure the Arboretum remains a place of remembrance and reflection for generations to come.
Please note that this role will be based onsite at the National Memorial Arboretum, Burton-on-Trent DE13 7AR. This Role is Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work required.
Employee benefits include -
- 28 day’s paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing to 29 days after 2 years and 30 days after 5 years. Plus the ability to buy up to 1 working week of additional leave
- Contributory pension scheme – min 2% employee contribution receives 6% employer contribution up to max of 10% employer contribution matched with 5% employee contribution (until 5 years’ service reached, when 14% employer contribution achievable)
- Death-in-service Life Assurance, with a benefit of 3x annual salary
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Reward Hub online benefits platform with extensive offers and discounts
About the National Memorial Arboretum
The Arboretum is the UK’s leading year-round centre of Remembrance and a proud part of the Royal British Legion. Spread across 150 acres, it is home to more than 350 memorials, including the nationally significant Armed Forces Memorial, paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of those who have served and continue to serve our country. The site is also filled with around 30,000 maturing trees and a wealth of wildlife, making it a beautiful and peaceful place to reflect. Each year, the Arboretum attracts around 300,000 visitors, many of whom attend over 200 events held throughout the year.
In March 2017, the National Memorial Arboretum opened its new award-winning Remembrance Centre, offering an even more powerful and immersive experience for all those who visit. This truly is a special place – a living memorial that honours the dedication and sacrifice of our Armed Forces community.
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
National Memorial Arboretum is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics. We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Are you looking to join an organisation who strives to deliver social change for women globally? Are you passionate about using data and research to drive impact in global sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)? Do you have a strong background in research, data analysis, and collaborative research design and implementation? Then look no further!
MSI Reproductive Choices are hiring at an exciting time for an Evidence and Impact Advisor to drive meaningful and actionable insights related to client profiles, marketing approaches, service accessibility, client experience and quality of care.
As well as this, we’re looking for an exceptional individual to provide strategic research studies and evaluations to support the operationalisation of MSI’s 2030 Research and Learning Strategy.
MSI Reproductive Choices have and will continue to fight for women’s rights globally, and despite recent challenges, this is a pivotal and important time to join us!
About MSI
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has almost 9,000 team members working in 36 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too. #
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
A strategic analytical professional responsible for managing client experience assessment through annual Client Exit Interview surveys; providing technical data-driven insights to support programming, fundraising, grant management, and advocacy efforts.
This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career public health analyst or researcher looking to apply their skills in survey management, data analysis, and research design and dissemination while making a tangible impact on global SRHR programs. As part of the E&I team, you will have the opportunity to work across all departments at MSI and will be collaborating with team members with a wide range of technical expertise and experience, keen to support your professional development. If you thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven environment and are eager to translate research into action, we would love to hear from you!
Please note that you may also be required to carry out reasonable additional ad-hoc duties.
About You
For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organisational mission, vision and values.
This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.
Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.
We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.
We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.
To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills and experience:
Quantitative Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills, including experience working with survey data and large complex datasets, performing statistical analysis, and using tools such as Stata, R, SPSS, Microsoft Excel, or Power BI.
Project Management: Ability to effectively manage multiple research projects, timelines, and stakeholders, ensuring deliverables are met efficiently.
Research Coordination & Management: Experience designing and managing large-scale applied heath research studies (both qualitative and quantitative), including ethical approvals, data collection, and quality control.
Communication & Dissemination: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience translating research findings into actionable insights through reports, presentations, and data visualizations, including with the ability to convey complex concepts in plain English to non-technical audiences. Data Storytelling: Skill in translating complex data analyses into clear, compelling narratives for various audiences.
Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to collaborate with diverse teams, including country program staff, researchers, and external partners, to drive evidence-based decision-making. Experience with project management or cross-functional (matrix) team working is desirable.
Attention to Detail: Experience ensuring high standards in research design, data collection, and analysis, with a commitment to ethical research practices.
Drive for Results: Curious, proactive, and passionate about how data can be used to improve performance and outcomes; challenges the status quo to identify and implement innovative approaches.
Ability to Prioritise & Work Under Pressure: Highly comfortable working within tight deadlines, working across multiple projects simultaneously, shifting priorities, and balancing the needs of diverse stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Formal education/qualification
- Master’s Degree, or higher, in public health research, statistics, economics, epidemiology, demographics, health sciences or related discipline - Essential
- Proficiency in French highly desirable - Please state level in application.
- Additional qualification or formal training in research design, biostatistics, epidemiology, impact evaluation, or data visualisation such as with PowerBI - Desirable
Please view our job framework on our website.
Location: London UK (hybrid working model, 2 days minimum per week in the office).
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (For UK based team members).
Contract type: Permanent.
Salary: £34,200 - £42,750 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits.
Salary band: BG 7
Closing date: 23rd May 2025 (midnight BST). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
Role Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and mission-driven Executive Director to lead ProVeg UK in this next phase of growth and impact. This role combines strategic leadership with high-level stakeholder engagement, fundraising, and organisational development. The ideal candidate brings entrepreneurial energy, exceptional communication skills, strong credentials in the UK NGO sector, and a passion for food systems transformation.
ProVeg UK has a very strong track record in influencing public food through its School Plates programme, which has, to date, swapped over 47m meals from meat-based to plant-based or veggie. We work in over 8,000 schools across the UK, reaching over 1.3 million children every day. We are keen to expand this excellent work to a wider range of stakeholders, including hospitals (a new manager has just been recruited to develop a Hospital Plates pilot), policymakers, the corporate sector and media.
The Executive Director will be at the forefront of this expansion, while also ensuring the continued success of our existing programmes. As such, this is a high-impact role, offering the opportunity to be a catalyst for positive change in the UK’s plant-based and alternative protein movement — helping to shape a more sustainable future.
Job Details
Reports to: Deputy CEO
Country: UK
Location: Greater London Area (within 1.5 hours by train)
Hours: Full-time (35 h/week)
Salary: £55-60k (plus London allowance of £3k, if applicable)
Start date: ideally ASAP
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and deliver ProVeg UK’s long-term strategy aligned with ProVeg International’s mission
- Lead the design and scaling of UK-based programmes that create measurable impact and reflect local opportunities and needs
- Represent the organisation to increase ProVeg’s visibility and influence.
- Sit as a member of the ProVeg C.I.C. Board.
Stakeholder Engagement & Fundraising
- Cultivate and strengthen relationships with strategic partners including food companies, government agencies, foundations, and major donors
- Identify and pursue funding opportunities, including government tenders and philanthropic partnerships, with a strong focus on climate and health-related funding
- Act as a public thought leader and spokesperson in the UK for food systems transformation in line with ProVeg International’s strategy
- Manage governance and engagement with the UK board
Team & Organisational Development
- Lead and support our fantastic, high-performing UK team and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, impact and evaluation
- Provide regular coaching and feedback, ensuring clear objectives, performance development, and providing recognition
- Foster innovation, improvement and a growth mindset in the team, and identify new opportunities to grow our UK work
- Collaborate with ProVeg International teams and other ProVeg countries on shared programmes and goals
Financial Management & Reporting
- Develop and oversee the UK annual budget, ensuring financial sustainability and strategic resource allocation
- Ensure compliance with UK regulations, reporting requirements, and ProVeg International policies
- Provide timely and transparent reporting to the Deputy CEO, International team, and Board
Qualifications
Essential
- Proven leadership experience (5+ years at deputy- or C-level) in a UK-based NGO or mission-driven organisation, ideally in food, climate, or health sectors
- Demonstrated success in fundraising and partnership building, especially with foundations, governments, or climate philanthropies
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset and ability to develop and execute impactful strategies
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with experience speaking to media and government bodies, at public events, and with internal stakeholders of all levels (Board, Senior Leadership Team, Staff and Volunteers)
- Deep understanding of UK funding landscape, policy environment, and relevant NGOs
- Experience leading diverse and remote teams, with a collaborative and empowering leadership style
- Commitment to ProVeg’s mission and values, and strong alignment with our strategic goals
- Experience working with cross-functional and international teams
- Committed to following a plant-based lifestyle
- Knowledge of good governance practice
- Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to effectively fulfil the role of Director
Desirable
- Existing network of funders, policymakers, or influencers relevant to food systems or climate in the UK
- Postgraduate degree in a relevant field (e.g. in public policy, environmental studies, food systems, business, or similar)
- Familiarity with effective altruism principles and evidence-based programme design
- Understanding of plant-based innovation, sustainable diets, or alternative proteins
Benefits of working with us
- Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days per year, with an additional day granted at the start of each calendar up to a maximum of 30 days (plus bank holidays)
- A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
- Provision of a work laptop.
- Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
- Career development support
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
- Compassionate animal companion leave
- Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
- Access to 24/7 virtual GP Service
- Mindfulness support via a free Headspace account for you and up to 5 friends or family members
- Access to the Wisdom app with exclusive perks and discounts
- Membership to the OpenUp platform
- We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
- And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
When?
Application deadline: 15.06
First (People & Culture) interview: 23.06 - 26.06
Trial task: 03.07-06.07.
Second (team) interview: 14.07 - 22.07
Final (executive) interview: 24.07 - 26.07
Further information
Your application should include a cover letter and CV. Please indicate your motivation for the role and describe how you meet the requirements. Please send us your application using our online form. Thank you!
Important: Please make sure to use your own words and ideas on the cover letter. The goal is for us to know you better in order to assess if this role and your motivation are a good fit. Letters written with AI, or written in a language other than English, will be disregarded.
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The International Growth Centre (IGC)
Communications Manager (PR, Brand and Publications)
12-month maternity cover
Salary from £42,679 - £51,000 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £54,730 pa inclusive of London allowance.
The International Growth Centre (IGC) works with policymakers in developing countries to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through pathbreaking research. We generate new evidence and innovative new ideas to improve the productivity of people and firms, as the key driver of sustainable economic development, and to support our government partners in transitioning to low-carbon growth pathways and protecting vulnerable populations. The IGC is a global research centre with a network of world-leading researchers and in-country teams and initiatives working across Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. Based at LSE and in partnership with the University of Oxford, we are majority funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
The Communications Manager (PR, Brand and Publications) will be essential to promoting IGC’s ideas and the use of evidence in policy decision-making at global and national levels. The position will take a leading role in developing and delivering the digital and storytelling strategies for the IGC.
Communications Manager (PR, Brand and Publications)
The role includes:
• Responsibility for story development and delivery across activities, including PR and impact.
• Owning and enhancing the IGC brand and visual identity.
• Building and maintaining relationships with journalists and media outlets.
• Managing creative agencies and freelance designers.
• Leading the content management processes for publications on IGC’s project management system.
• Advising and training teams on best practice in storytelling.
The successful applicant will have:
• Strong experience in storytelling across a range of development issues.
• A track record of developing and delivering content strategies, particularly in media, PR and impact.
• Great relationship-building expertise with journalists, media outlets and partner organisations.
• A creative eye and good working skills in Adobe Creative Suite, and particularly InDesign.
• Confidence working with content and project management tools, like AirTable and Drupal.
• Excellent listening and collaborative skills, and cultural sensitivity.
• Experience in research/policy communications in economics and/or international development.
We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Annelise Andersen.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 22 May 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.
Environmental Education Programme Manager
Salary: £34,405 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term, until 31st August 2027
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week (Mon – Fri)
Location: Flexible / Roving - The successful candidate will be required to travel to our seven Wetland Centres across the UK, we can offer flexibility around working from home if required.
About The Role
Are you passionate about connecting young people with nature? Do you believe nature is for everyone? Do you genuinely want to make a difference?
We have a fantastic opportunity for someone with the drive, skills and experience to lead Generation Wild, our nature connection programme for primary schools, children and families in disadvantaged areas. This ground-breaking project uses story, music, art, performance and puppetry to create a sense of magic and adventure, engaging a wide range of children irrespective of their background or ability.
You will join us at an exciting time as we are looking to develop our youth engagement work, building on the success of the Blue Influencers youth social action programme. You will support the ongoing delivery of this programme whilst having the chance to shape our youth engagement work going forward.
Join us as we inspire a new generation of nature lovers.
The Generation Wild programme is fully-funded until August 2027. An important part of this role will involve working with a Knowledge Transfer Partner to transfer and embed knowledge from the Psychology and Business Schools at Cardiff University, helping us to demonstrate the impact of the programme and develop new funding and delivery models to enable it to continue beyond August 2027.
For this role, we can offer flexibility around working from home if required. It is expected the role will need to work from their site base a few times a month and as required for key meetings. The successful candidate will be required to travel to the seven wetland centres across the UK where Generation Wild is delivered.
About You
We're looking for someone with a passion for opening up opportunities for all young people to benefit from connecting with nature, irrespective of their background or ability.
Ideally you'll have experience of:
- nature-based learning with young people alongside experience of managing large-scale projects.
- working with disadvantaged groups and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities would be an advantage.
This is a management role and as such does not involve direct delivery to young people. However, you will need to be able to support others in doing so and an understanding of the pressures facing schools and their teachers would also be an advantage.
When visiting our website, you will notice the position is referred to as Generation Wild Project Manager. This is how the role is known internally within WWT.
About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.
Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.
Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?
Additional Information:
- This will involve stays away from home.
- This is a full time, fixed term contact until 31st August 2027, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.
- Appointment to this position is subject to the successful candidate receiving an enhanced disclosure and barred list check (child).
Why you’ll love working at WWT
- Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
- Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
- 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
- Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
- Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
- Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
- Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first
Closing Date: Monday 19 May 2025
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410.
No agencies please.
Senior Club Manager
Join a brand new Youth Zone opening in 2026 – an exciting space where young people can get active, get creative and get inspired through sport, art, music and more!
But before the doors open, we’re looking for a dynamic, passionate and experienced Senior Club Manager to help shape the future — starting now.
As an equal opportunities employer, the organisation welcomes applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities. The dedicated Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.
Position: Senior Club Manager
Location: Barnsley
Salary: £32,000
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays; workplace pension; free gym access (once the site has opened); access to the OnSide Talent Academy; bespoke training and mentoring.
Closing Date: Monday, 26th May 2025
About the Role
As a lead member of the delivery team, you’ll take the reins on the Senior Club offer for 13–19-year-olds and lead the Young Leaders Programme, ensuring every session is fun, safe, inclusive and bursting with opportunity.
You’ll manage a team of youth workers and volunteers, develop a brilliant weekly programme with input from young people, and help ensure our charity’s impact is measurable, meaningful and sustainable.
This role is equal parts hands-on leadership, strategic thinking, creativity and compassion.
What You’ll Be Doing:
• Designing and delivering a vibrant programme for Senior Club sessions
• Leading and developing a team of youth workers and volunteers
• Acting as a Deputy Safeguarding Lead and Youth Zone Duty Manager
• Managing budgets, outcomes, and KPIs to ensure sessions are safe, engaging and impactful
• Supporting our promotional work and community engagement strategy
• Helping to build something special — right from the ground up
About You
We are looking for a passionate, people focussed and natural leader with experience working with young people aged 13–19 in open access settings, that has managed teams and created high-quality youth programmes.
You’ll need to have:
• A professional youth work qualification
• Experience managing staff or volunteers
• A sound understanding of safeguarding and the challenges young people face
• A flexible attitude – evenings, weekends and school holidays are when we shine
• A clear Enhanced DBS check (you will get help with this)
If you thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and can bring energy, commitment and creativity to the table every day… then we want to hear from you!
To apply, please email a CV and cover letter (no more than one page)
About the Organisation
This is a brand new locally run youth charity, and will be the first Youth Zone in Yorkshire. It is set to provide thousands of young people with the opportunity to have fun, make new friends, try something new and feel safe. With community centric values and located in the heart of Barnsley, it will be an inspiring place for young people aged 8 – 19, and up to 25 for those with additional needs, to enjoy their leisure time. The building is due to be completed in 2025.
The charity recognises that the workforce is under-represented in certain areas and are committed to addressing this. Therefore, they actively encourage applicants to submit anonymous applications; in practice this means removing your name and email address from your CV and cover letter. The HR Lead will have these details from your submission, but they will not be available to the selection panel when they are considering your application.
The charity is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with their Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.
Other roles you may have experience of could include Youth Club, After School Club, Community Hub, Children’s Club, Youth Club Manager, After School Club Manager, Community Hub Manager, Children’s Club Manager, Club Manager, Education, Children and Young People, Volunteer Manager, Volunteering Manager, Youth Worker, Youth Work, Senior Youth Worker, Youth Worker Lead, Lead Youth Worker. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Vacancy type: Permanent, full time
Location: South Bridge Store
Salary: £22,222 per annum + benefits
Hours per week: 35h
Closing date: 20th May. We are reviewing applications as they come in so early applications are encouraged.
Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country. Our retail stores play a vital part in helping us achieve our mission by bringing in significant revenue generation, building awareness and engaging local communities.
Join our team and be part of a dynamic retail environment where your can-do attitude makes a real difference. We're looking for courageous individuals who take initiative, considerate team players who put customers first and trustworthy colleagues who take pride in what they do. If you thrive in a collaborative workplace and enjoy helping people, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Retail Manager, you will join an incredible team and support them to encourage sales, provide excellent customer service, and uphold the highest standards of stock and store presentation.
You will be responsible for:
Lead store operations bringing energy and vision to create a memorable shopping experience.
Utilize your eye for design and style, to curate your donated product through great visual merchandising with enhanced feature displays and strong commercial windows to drive sales and footfall.
Keep up to date with the latest fashion trends and local market demands, identifying opportunities for growth.
Managing staff and volunteers where you'll get to work with some amazing people. Taking the lead in recruiting, training, managing and supporting volunteers and staff members to ensure the effective operation of the store.
Customer engagement and leading by coaching volunteers and staff to have great conversations with every customer on" Rounding up" their purchase, making an "add donation" for our charity and signing up for our loyalty scheme.
Ensuring sales targets are met and direct costs are kept within managed budgets.
Ensuring all financial reporting and management, cash handling, daily banking and security procedures are followed.
Ensuring donated goods are processed according to set standards and timeframes, and that pricing is in line with charity guidelines.
Key Criteria:
Solid retail experience, preferably in fashion/clothing.
Experience in managing a team. Managing volunteers would be an advantage.
Comprehensive understanding of retailing and merchandising display.
Experience of cash handling and financial management procedures (including completion of sales records).
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a customer-first attitude and the ability to communicate with tact and discretion.
Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload, balancing competing demands.
Understanding of health and safety procedures in a retail environment.
Please see the full job description here.
Application Process
To apply, please send us your most recent CV and a cover letter detailing your experience, how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work for Marie Curie.
In this role you will have sole responsibility for the running of the store, which will involve lone working. Due to this, we are unable to recruit anyone for this role who is under the age of 18.
Benefits you'll love:
35 hour working week
25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
Continuous professional development opportunities
Industry-leading training programmes
Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
Access to Blue Light Card membership
Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We believe that diversity makes us stronger. Join Marie Curie and be part of an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone's unique perspectives and experiences are valued. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life. Apply today to bring your talents to our diverse and inclusive charity.
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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!
Description
Exciting Opportunity in Halton to work in our Community Shop.
Join the Community Shop revolution and make a real impact as our Community Wellbeing Practitioner and shape the future of your local community.
About us: Company Shop Group is the largest commercial redistributor of surplus food and household products in the UK, enabling some of the biggest retailers, manufacturers, food service and logistics providers to unlock value from surplus stock, which may have otherwise gone to waste.
The surplus we handle is redistributed through our Company Shop stores and our award-winning social enterprise Community Shop where we build stronger individuals and more confident communities. Working with our partners, we deliver an incredible impact and we're proud to be a good business doing good.
About the role: This position has responsibility for the delivery of Community Hub’s programmes and community based initiatives that align in responding to a community needs. You will need to have the potential to solve community-based problems, be ready and willing to create positive changes in our community and to question and rethink concepts, assumptions and practises.
You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders demonstrating your leadership, initiative, ability to problem solve and capacity to respond flexibly to unexpected demand.
Operational Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all Health, Safety & Environmental policies and practises are upheld
- Locally lead and deliver Community Hub’s Social Impact and Development services including the promotion and support of communities through development and engagement initiatives
- Ability to deliver membership drives to broaden Community Hub’s Social Impact
- The delivery of in-house training and development programmes
- Delivery of effective social programmes with housing providers and more widely across the not-for-profit, social enterprise, public and private sectors – with the aim of taking forward new social impact opportunities that maximise the synergistic and financial benefits of joint working
- Implement, data gather and formulate bespoke projects including the project design, setting budgets, managing resources, and ensuring good knowledge transfer alongside Regional Social Impact & Development Manager
- Build understanding within both the social sector and beyond Community Shop to developing social impact business offer, continuing to consolidate with Social Impact & Development department
- Deliver and develop effective Membership practises to ensure access and promotion for service users to Community Shop
- Engage your team both within your department and within other departments to support cross functional and positive working relationships
- Employ a supportive and high performing culture with consistent delivery, through excellent leadership and motivation, that fully utilises and develops your teams’ skills and capabilities
- Keep up to date with information relevant to your department and cascade this accordingly to your team
Requirements
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Lead by example and uphold Company Shop Group values at all time
- Solution focused mind-set; bringing solutions and opportunities
- Sound understanding of and experience in social change objectives and strategies
- Ability to deliver effective training and development programmes
- Experience in implementing and administering data collection tools
- Demonstrated capacity to work at a community level; working with multi-faceted, integrated team operational environment.
- High level experience in shared implementation of social programmes with relevant multi-disciplinary organisations.
- Highly developed communications skills, strong interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to achieving high quality, innovative results.
- Ability to work collaboratively, flexibly and with initiative to fulfil both individual and team performance targets
- Confident presenter and trainer
Desirable Skills & Experience:
- Professional qualification in community or social science discipline
- Awareness of current issues affecting community based working and how these might impact on the profession
- Knowledge of recent and relevant educational legislation including related regulations and guidance
- Knowledge of social science/community development theories and evidence as applied community based setting
- Full driving licence
Benefits
Why you’ll love Company Shop Group
- Free membership to Company Shop for you and 10 x nominees.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Annual Flu Injections, High Street and Leisure discounts and on-site Parking.
- Subsidised staff Canteen, Free Tea & Coffee, and Free Fruit Friday
- Employee Assistance Programme – Grocery Aid.
- Eligible for Costco membership, Cycle 2 Work, and UK Fuel card discounts.
- Life assurance benefit
Salary-£30'048
Location-Community Shop, Priory House, Northway, Palacefields, Runcorn WA7 2FS
Hours-08:00-17:00 Monday-Friday onsite 40 hours per week
If you're ready to embrace a role where innovation meets social impact, apply now to be part of our journey towards a brighter future together and Lead with Purpose-Impact Communities.
The Role
The Head of Operations role holder will lead the Facilities, Logistics and Welcome Desk teams in the effective delivery of the day-to-day operational functions. They will also be integral in developing and implementing building and facilities improvement strategies and lead on the SU's compliance measures, including Health and Safety and Governance. This position is essential for the SU in ensuring robust alignment with external legislation and requirements, and ensuring relevant business continuity and risk management across the organisation.
Reporting into the Directors of Social Enterprise and People, Equity and Organisational Development, the role holder will work closely with senior leadership colleagues, and also manage a number of direct reports from their areas.
We are looking for someone with experience of managing, influencing and motivating different groups of staff, stakeholders and managers to deliver on operational and strategic plans within a complex organisation. Knowledge of managing and reporting on different and multiple legislative frameworks specifically around Health and Safety, Business Continuity and Major Incident planning is required for this role, as is understanding of managing capital projects through working with facilities teams and external contractors.
Working at the Students’ Union
We exist to represent, support and enhance the lives of our members. We’ve done so since 1906. We are an independent charity and work closely with the University to achieve a world-class student experience. We’ve got a fantastic modern building featuring cafes, two shops, four bars, an advice centre, an activities and sports zone, where students can join over 400 sports clubs and societies. There’s something different happening in the SU every day: from club nights to film screenings, live music, theatrical performances and fascinating talks. We offer a relaxed space for students to take time out. We also have a nursery and offer childcare. We’ve been rated the best Students’ Union in the UK by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey for ten years running!
Creating a more diverse team
Sheffield Students’ Union is committed to creating a fairer, more equal, more diverse and inclusive, more diverse and liberated workforce.
What we are currently doing to create an inclusive workplace -
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group and staff network
- Training and development in ED&I
- Accessibility audits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Inclusive policies and procedures
Your Benefits
You will work in an exciting and progressive environment and enjoy great staff benefits:
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30 days annual leave per year + Bank holidays
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Cycle to work scheme and cycle hub
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Flexible working hours and WFH opportunities
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Generous workplace pension scheme
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Well being Programme
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Opportunity to purchase an NUS card
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Enhanced offers available in relation to sick pay, parental leave and leave for carers and compassion
Salary: Grade E - £55,439 - £61,528
Hours: 35 (1.0 FTE) although open to flexible working requests such as Part-Time hours or Job Shares where possible.
Closing date: 27th May 2025
Interviews: Week beginning 2nd June 2025
Start Date: As soon as possible
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Advocacy Coordinator
Salary: £40,000-£45,000 depending on experience
Location: London (Hybrid - at least 2 days per week in the office)
Would you like to use your understanding of politics and advocacy and your relationship-building skills to tackle injustice? Can you bring people together to work for change? We are seeking to recruit an Advocacy Coordinator to develop and coordinate the delivery of influencing strategies around the identified public policy and advocacy priorities of the Methodist Church and the Joint Public Issues Team. In recent years these have includes issues around poverty, refugees and migration, the environment, the economy, peace and conflict, and politics.
You would be working for the Methodist Church and as part of the ecumenical Joint Public Issues Team, which brings together the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches, plus associate partners, to work together for peace and justice. It does this through listening, learning, praying, speaking and acting on public policy issues.
You’ll need to bring experience of coordinating campaigns or advocacy initiatives, and a proven ability to build influential relationships and to convene and facilitate groups to enable decision-making and commitment to shared action. You’ll also need a good understanding of UK politics and of the context for public policy development, and to be a great communicator. While there is no requirement that you be a practicing Christian, you should be sympathetic to the mission of the Methodist Church, and share our commitment to seeking justice and to issues of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
Closing date: 4 June 2025
Interviews: 24 June 2025 in person in London.
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

Safeguarding Adviser
The Diocese are seeking to employ an Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser and Cathedral Safeguarding Officer. This is a dual-role post with time divided between the Chichester DBF and the Cathedral with the post holder being a member of the established Diocesan Safeguarding Team for both roles.
Positions: Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser and Cathedral Safeguarding Officer
Location: Hove/Chichester/Hybrid
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (flexi time)
Salary: £39,887 per annum
Contract: 18 month fixed term contract
Benefits: 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 privilege days per year, flexi-time, free parking, the ride to work scheme, a range of staff development activities and the Diocesan Pension Scheme with 15.1% employer contribution, Free parking, and the ride to work scheme and development opportunities.
Closing Date: Midnight on 26th May 2025
Interviews: 6th June 2025
About the Role
You will work with colleagues in the Diocesan Safeguarding Team (DST) to manage safeguarding casework and promote best safeguarding practice across the Diocese. You will ensure that all safeguarding casework is managed according to the Safeguarding Code of Practice, alongside the Sussex Child Protection and Safeguarding Adults Procedures and statutory guidance.
As the Cathedral Safeguarding Officer you will work with the Dean, along with staff, volunteers, congregation members and others to ensure that all participants in Cathedral life are able to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities, and that the safeguarding culture is appropriately nurtured and resourced in line with the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Standards.
The principal duties include:
• Providing support and advice to colleagues in the Diocese, Cathedral and parishes to help them understand their safeguarding duties regarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Managing safeguarding cases in line with the Church of England Code of Practice.
• Working closely with statutory agencies such as the Police, Children and Adult Service and Probation services.
• Overseeing day-to-day safeguarding administration and safeguarding training at the Cathedral.
About You
The ideal candidate will:
• Have significant experience of safeguarding casework with a statutory safeguarding agency, with substantial practice skills in the areas of safeguarding and protecting children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Have the ability to translate this knowledge from the statutory to the non-statutory field, assisting volunteers with little or no safeguarding background to understand the issues and be confident in their practice.
• Show evidence of the ability to apply good safeguarding practise in a way that delivers positive outcomes for children and vulnerable adults.
• Be sympathetic towards the mission of the Church, although do not themselves need to have a faith.
The organisation wants its commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in the composition of staff and are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.
As an employer, and as a Church House team, the mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive
You may have experience in other roles such as Safeguarding, Safeguarding Officer, Safeguarding Advisor, Safeguarding Case Officer, Safeguarding Case Worker. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Finance Manager
Terms: Permanent, 36.25 hours per week
Salary: Between £61,500 - £66,625 p.a. depending on experience
Based: Cambridge
The Role
The Finance Manager is a key member of the Finance Office Team and is responsible for all areas of financial accounting, audit, treasury, tax, payroll and endowment management for the College, its trading subsidiaries, and Trusts.
The Finance Office is responsible for delivering best practice accounting so the College is able to make decisions based on accurate and timely information. This role is pivotal in ensuring the Finance Office Team is supported and managed through the delivery of the key responsibilities.
The candidate will be CCAB Qualified and a capable manager with the personal qualities necessary to lead a small team and influence peers.
About Us
Clare College is the second oldest of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Regarded as one of the most progressive and informal, Clare is renowned as a College that achieves academically at the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.
Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the College is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens on “the Backs” (the famous backs of the Colleges that overlook the River Cam). Our gardens are widely renowned as some of the best in Cambridge and are valued by all members of the College, as well as our guests. Clare’s Old Court, a Grade I listed building, is the centre of the College and is unique among the ancient Cambridge Colleges in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.
Salary and Benefits
The annual salary will be between £61,500 - £66,625 p.a. depending on experience. This is a permanent role at 36.25 hours per week. In addition to this the post holder would be eligible for a bonus every year, and meals on duty. We also offer membership of a defined salary sacrifice pension contribution scheme, a Healthcare cash plan and parking.
The closing date is Wednesday 4 June 2025 and interviews will be held shortly afterwards.
Please note: The College reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the 4 June 2025 if we find the right candidate.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Clare College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Clare College is committed to treating all job applications on their merit irrespective of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or gender, where any of these cannot be shown to be a requirement of the job concerned. Recruitment, selection and promotion procedures will be monitored to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
No agencies please.