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Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with our client to recruit their next Chief Executive Officer.
The orgnisation is the UK's leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by Dravet Syndrome, a rare, severe and life-limiting neurological condition. Founded by parents in 2008, the charity has grown significantly and now supports hundreds of families across the UK through family support services, professional education, awareness raising and medical research.
As the charity enters its next phase of development, the organisation is seeking an ambitious and inspirational CEO to lead the organisation through its next stage of growth and impact.
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the organisation, leading the delivery of the charity's future strategy while ensuring excellence in day-to-day operations. You will work closely with families, clinicians, researchers, industry partners, funders and policymakers, acting as a visible and credible ambassador for the charity across the sector.
This opportunity is ideally suited to a senior leader from a national charity or patient advocacy organisation who has successfully led organisational growth and transformation. You will bring experience of scaling services, income and organisational capacity, while retaining a strong understanding of hands-on leadership within a growing charity.
We are looking for a confident and influential leader with the presence and credibility to inspire supporters, stakeholders and partners, whether speaking at conferences, fundraising events or representing the charity nationally. Experience within a rare disease, neurological condition, disability, health or patient advocacy organisation would be highly advantageous, with direct rare disease experience particularly welcomed.
To be successful, you will bring:
This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly respected charity at an exciting time of progress and opportunity, including significant advances in rare disease research and treatment.
This role is home-based with regular UK travel and occasional international travel. Some evening and weekend work will be required.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Catherine Bunting at Prospectus.
Recruitment timeline:
First round interviews (via Zoom) - Friday 18th September
Final round interviews (London) - Monday 28th September
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Since 1899, Birmingham Settlement has been working to create opportunity and choice – connecting and empowering people through action, activities, and shared learning to build and sustain wellbeing for all.
Debt & Welfare Benefit Advisers
Salary: £30,000 pa (review after 6-months)
35 hours per week, 25 days A/L + contributory pension scheme
Birmingham Settlement is looking to build its Money Advice Team and has several vacancies for experienced Debt & Welfare Benefit Advisers.
As an experienced Adviser you will already have a background in providing effective, high-quality debt and welfare benefits advice to a wide range of clients in differing circumstances.
Based at one of our offices in Ladywood, Kingstanding, or Newtown, and with outreach work in other areas of the city we are looking for Advisers with drive, enthusiasm and a proactive approach to support our clients to get the outcomes they need. You will be adaptable, solution focused and possess excellent communication skills along with a flexible approach and ability to manage your own workload.
You will be joining a long established and professional Money Advice Team providing specialist advice with a holistic approach that covers all areas of debt and welfare benefit along with financial literacy training to build and continually improve money management and financial capability.
Our Money Advice Team sits within the overall Settlement which provides a wide range of community support services covering all ages and aspects of need, please see our website.
This is a great opportunity to join a progressive charity making a real difference to people’s lives.
For an informal discussion about the role call Theresa Gniadkowski
This is an active recruitment; early applications are encouraged
For an application pack visit our website or email us or write to Human Resources, Birmingham Settlement Sports & Community Centre, 600 Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 9SH
Closing date for applications: Thursday 3rd September 2026
Interviews: To be confirmed
Birmingham Settlement is committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Registered charity number 517303
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The trustees of the eating disorders charity tastelifeUK are looking to appoint a new CEO to lead us through the next phase of growth and development.
For 12 years tastelife has been bringing hope and help to those affected by eating disorders through recovery programmes, prevention resources and education, and the demand for our services and resources is increasing. We are in a time of great opportunity when the right kind of leadership will bring together supporter networks, diverse funding streams and strategic insights to make the most of it.
The successful candidate will be someone with developed leadership qualities, a commitment to good mental health and a personal living faith. As we connect across the worlds of health and education, the CEO needs to have excellent communication skills and a proven ability to network with others and expand our connections.
We offer a committed staff team and a wonderful network of volunteer leaders across the UK and in other parts of the world.Developing these individuals and growing their skills and passion will always be paramount. The CEO will mix working from home with times of gathering with staff and volunteers face to face. It will involve some evening work and occasional weekends.
tastelife began as a local ministry from the church, fuelled by personal experience of eating disorders. It offered safe places for learning and recovery to those directly affected, and their families. It continues to provide this but identifies itself now as a national resource also working alongside the NHS, schools and universities, campaign groups and research.
Working effectively both in the secular and sacred spaces, we believe that God is present through it all and we are increasing our impact through advocacy with other agencies in government.
To apply, please go to the tastelife webiste for the recruitment pack and application form.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Summary
Are you a master of organisation, a tech-savvy problem solver, and a meticulous editor all rolled into one? ProVeg UK is seeking a dynamic and proactive Business and Finance Coordinator to act as the operational engine of our team.
In this multifaceted role, you will be the ultimate "go-to" person, bridging the gap between daily administration, financial coordination, HR support, governance, and internal communications. You will ensure our UK operations run like a well-oiled machine—constantly researching and implementing proactive ways to improve our setups and optimising everyday workflows—allowing our team to focus on maximising our impact in transforming the UKs food system.
This isn't just a standard administrative role—you will also step up as our "Digital Champion," driving tech efficiency (including AI integration) across the team, while maintaining an eagle-eye view of UK compliance, data integrity, and financial health. If you thrive in a varied environment where no two days are the same and want to use your talents for a mission-driven cause, we want to hear from you.
Job Details
Reports to: Co-Director, ProVeg UK
Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel for co-working and events
Hours: Part-time (28h/week) - 0.8 FTE
Salary: Pro-rated for a part-time role, based on a full-time equivalent of £32k (35 hours/week).
Contract: One year fixed term (possibility of extension afterwards)
Responsibilities
Finance & Board Administration
Financial Oversight: Manage invoice creation, process team expenses, have a good understanding of our overall budget, and pull monthly budget reports from Sage for budget holders.
Reporting: Prepare core financial reports for the board (budget vs. actuals, projections, cash flow charts) and support fundraising financial queries.
Board Support: Coordinate quarterly board meetings, manage agendas/slides, take action notes (utilising AI tools), and track the risk and action logs.
Operations, HR & Governance
HR Support: Manage employee onboarding/offboarding, set up equipment, update personnel databases, and prep monthly payroll, working together with our People & Culture team.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure Companies House records, CIC documentation, insurance policies, and GDPR compliance are strictly up to date, supplier contracts management.
Team Culture: Plan team-building events, manage co-working events, and coordinate team gifts and milestone cards.
Data Integrity & Digital Championship
Digital Champion: Act as the internal expert for HubSpot and Wrike, providing staff training and sharing tips on leveraging AI for productivity.
Data & Copy Editing: Maintain clean data entry in HubSpot (donations, donor tracking, reporting, supporting prospect research, following up on proposals), and serve as the team’s eagle-eyed proofreader for newsletters, reports, and proposals.
Centralised Knowledge Wiki: set up and maintain an internal knowledge Wiki (Confluence), maintain up-to date information, assure everyone on the team has access to information they need
Support to Co-directors and PV UK team:
Week-to-Week and Ad hoc support: preparing budget queries, business cases, liaising with the external provider for bookkeeping / accounting etc.
Further support: creating monthly and quarterly reports in HubSpot
Qualifications
Exceptional administrative skills to manage everything from HR onboarding and wellbeing scheduling to high-level Board preparation and Director support.
A strong eye for detail to proofread and edit internal and external communications, ensuring different pieces of content meet grammar, tone, and branding standards.
Ability to maintain meticulous data integrity in our CRM for programme and fundraising activities.
Prepared to embrace being a ‘Digital Champion’, helping team members to learn and embrace platforms we use such as Wrike / Hubspot / Gemini.
Organised and able to hold us to strict legislative timelines or important annual dates (e.g., filing of accounts / updating Companies House records).
Good financial competency and confidence in liaising with People and Culture / accountants.
An understanding of basic UK employment processes, Health & Safety, insurance handling, and corporate governance (e.g., Companies House).
When?
Application deadline: 21.8.2026
Start date: October 2026
Benefits of working with ProVeg
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
Mental health & wellbeing support via access to the OpenUp platform and a free Headspace subscription
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
Generous annual leave entitlement - 25 days increasing by one day a year to a maximum of 30 days (plus bank holidays)
Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
Employee Assistance Programme including counselling
Access to 24/7 virtual GP Service
Access to the Wisdom app with exclusive perks and discounts
Compassionate animal companion leave
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!
Further Information
Please apply with your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are motivated to join ProVeg and describe how you can bring in your experience to this role. Even if you do not meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. Our tasks are diverse, and we are flexible in how we distribute them. We are happy to support your growth and development.
We also encourage all applicants to apply without a photo or disclosing their date or place of birth.
If you are living with a disability, health condition and/or neurodiversity, please feel free to let us know how we can adjust and support your application process. For example, we can offer alternative tools, different interview formats, or additional time for tasks.
Important: Please make sure to use your own words and ideas in 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.
Application Procedure:
The recruitment process may include:
First screening of applications
Interview with People & Culture (30mins)
Job related trial task (~ 2 hrs.)
Second interview with the team (60mins)
To accelerate the transition to a sustainable global food system by making plant-rich foods and alternative proteins more accessible and appealing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.