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At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Programme Manager – Autistic and OK to join our team.

We're seeking an exceptional Programme Manager to lead Autistic and OK through its next exciting chapter until August 2028. This is a leadership role with strategic influence, operational responsibility, and impact at scale. You'll manage delivery of the programme increasing reach across the UK, developing a whole school approach and building upon the success of phase one which has impacted 1000+ schools and over a million beneficiaries so far.

You'll manage the delivery of the Autistic and OK programme in line with Ambitious about Autism's strategy and vision and against the contract requirements, leading national scale-up and expansion across UK schools and FE settings including identifying new partners across devolved nations. You'll adhere to the highest values of co-design and participation, contributing to Ambitious about Autism's (AaA) aims to ensure that the voices of autistic children and young people are heard in the development of the project and resources

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven experience in planning, delivering, and evaluating complex, multi-stakeholder programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to scale national programmes (ideally within education, mental health, participation or inclusion).
• Understanding of major policies, initiatives and legislation relating to education and related statutory services in the SEN sector.
• Skilled at forming and sustaining strategic relationships with partners across education, health and the voluntary sector.

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.

Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

Looking to Make a Real Difference in Your Community?

Do you enjoy connecting with people, working together, and being part of something meaningful? Are you passionate about helping others live healthier, more connected lives?

We’re looking for a Community Connector to join our friendly and supportive Wellbeing Collaborative Team. In this role, you’ll help link people to the fantastic support available through local charities, voluntary organisations, and community groups across Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, and wider Dorset.

Whether it’s supporting someone as they leave hospital or helping them find a local group that boosts their wellbeing, your work will make a real difference to people’s lives and help strengthen local communities.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building positive relationships with professionals, volunteers, and community partners
• Supporting people to find and access local services that help them stay well and independent
• Spotting where support is missing and helping to shape new, community-led solutions
• Championing the work of local charities and groups, and helping raise awareness of what’s available
• Working in both hospital and community settings to connect people with the right support at the right time

About You

You’re someone who enjoys meeting people, listening, and making connections. You care about your community and understand how important local support can be. You’ll also appreciate the role of the voluntary sector and how it works alongside services like the NHS and local councils.

You don’t need formal qualifications—just a good standard of English and Maths, and a genuine desire to help others. If you’ve worked in hospital discharge, reablement, or community signposting before, that’s great—but if not, don’t worry. We’ll provide all the training and support you need.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Season train ticket loan
• Flexible working arrangements
• A supportive, inclusive and inspiring team environment

For an informal discussion, please contact Samantha Bingham, Development Manager.

Available documents on our website:

• Together We CAN Plan 2020 2025
• CAN our values
• Job Description and Person Specification
• Application form

**PLEASE NOTE: To apply for this vacancy, please ensure you firstly download a copy of our application form from the documents section on our portal. Click the 'apply' button and fill out your personal details in the relevant sections. Once you have submitted these you will be asked if you would like to attach any documents. At this stage please submit the completed version of the application form.**

JOB PURPOSE
UK for UNHCR (UK4U), the UN Refugee Agency's national charity partner, is looking for a Prospect Research Manager to join its Partnerships and Philanthropy Team (PPH). This role will play a key part in continuing to build our UHNWI, HNWI, Trust and Foundation and Corporate pipelines, by working closely with fundraising colleagues as well as UNHCR internationally.  
 

This role reports to the Head of Philanthropy and manages the Prospect Research Officer. The post holder will identify research, organise and evaluate a prospect’s financial capacity, ability to give, willingness to give, charitable interests, and connection to the organisation, operating within the organisation’s due diligence process. The post holder will work closely with senior stakeholders within PPH to help drive each area’s strategy and the overall team objectives.
 

The role manages UK for UNHCR’s due diligence process from renewing due diligence on existing pipelines, to completing new due diligence profiles utilising key due diligence tools and platforms, working with the PPH team, SMT and UNHCR’s global due diligence team.
 

Passionate about the refugee cause and UNHCR’s contribution, you will have demonstrable experience of successfully identifying prospects as well as preparing and presenting in depth prospect briefs for across the high value fundraising pipeline from UHNW and HNW individuals, Trusts & Foundations and corporates.  You will be familiar with using a variety of information sources, of complying with GDPR and other regulations and working with a CRM database.  Donor focussed and a problem solver, you will with have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be someone who enjoys working as part of a team.   
 

We are interested in hearing from candidates with a range of professional experience: charity or private sector. If you think you have the relevant skills and crucially, the passion to support the refugee cause, please apply.
 

 WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO  

United Kingdom for UNHCR is the United Nations Refugee Agency’s national charity partner for the United Kingdom. We generate public awareness of the plight of refugees and raise funds to help protect them through UNHCR’s humanitarian operations across the world.

Our supporters include UK private individuals, communities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations. The funds we raise help UNHCR deliver emergency relief such as shelter, medical care and basic supplies to people fleeing conflict and persecution, as well as healthcare, education and livelihoods opportunities for those who remain displaced over the long term.

Nobody chooses to be a refugee, but we can all play a part in their protection, and we want those who work with us to share our values and passion for the cause.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING 

We strongly value diversity and recognise that it is critical to our success and the cause that we serve. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all who work with us and strongly welcome applications from diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experience of being a refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person, or a stateless person.  
 

UK for UNHCR is proud to have Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. The Diversity & Inclusion Working Group is a group of colleagues focusing on tasks that drive action in the implementation of our D&I Approach.  The group also works to create safe spaces that brings colleagues together for events, discussions and learning experiences that celebrate and support diversity and tackle barriers to inclusion. 

We are also open to flexibility in many ways, including an element of working from home and flexible hours. Please don’t be afraid to speak to us about this at the interview stage, so we can explore what’s possible.

Role Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with the Head of Philanthropy and Senior Stakeholders within PPH, to build upon the overarching strategy for the prospect research function, to deliver a strong and sustainable prospect pipeline
• Using a broad spectrum of sources, identify, research, organise and evaluate a prospect’s financial capacity, ability to give, willingness to give, charitable interests, and connection to the organisation. Support fundraising staff in prioritising prospects and building pipelines.
• Lead meetings with senior stakeholders (CEO and Fundraising Heads) to discuss new prospects and the current HNWI portfolio and Corporate pipeline.
• Keep up to date on research and due diligence trends including identifying ways to improve risk research, due diligence and market insight.
• Work within UK4U’s due diligence policy and processes, maintaining a system to enable the organisation to track due diligence carried out, ensuring compliance with all regulatory best practice standards.
• Track and manage prospect research KPIS using power BI.
• Produce in-depth, well-written reports on prospects based on a combination of data from the donor database, open access records and other markers of high-quality donors.
• Managing and coaching an officer level prospect research role, overseeing their work on key projects and developing their skills.
• Embed best practice use of the database within the team, developing tools to analyse and review our prospect pool and how prospects are moved through the pipeline.
• Implement new research techniques as they arise, striving to design a high quality and efficient prospect research methodology.
• Carry regular pipeline reviews to ensure pipelines remain dynamic and fit for purpose.

The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to perform duties that are not detailed above.
 

Personal Attributes and Experience

Essential Experience

• Experience of providing strategically aligned research to help identify and prioritise prospects capable of offering significant financial and/or other support. 
• Experience of profiling, network mapping, prospect qualification and other intelligence gathering activities.
• Experience of working with colleagues in Individual Giving as well as with major donor and corporate fundraisers to optimise use of a CRM database to identify potential prospects.
• Experience managing, coaching, motivating and supporting more junior members of the team.
• Experience carrying out due diligence.
• Strong understanding of GDPR and working within GDPR policies.
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders (CEO and Trustees and fundraising board members) to identify key prospects within their networks and offering recommendations on next steps and areas of UNHCR’s work that may be of interest to prospects.
• Experience of working on fundraising databases.

 Essential Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to investigate, analyse, and synthesize large quantities of data into a user-friendly and concise format for the use by fundraisers and key volunteers (e.g., Trustees). 
• Ability to act proactively to identify new prospects.
• Knowledge of due diligence platforms and how to carry out due diligence effectively.
• Ability to lead meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines.  
• Able to demonstrate flexibility, with a willingness to respond quickly, particularly at times of humanitarian crisis.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations well.
• Demonstrable strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be discreet with valuable and personal donor details that are often confidential.
• Ability to problem-solve effectively.
• Ability to take a tactful and ethical approach to fundraising tasks/projects.
• Demonstrable understanding of GDPR and other regulatory compliance issues. 
• Ability to work proficiently with CRM databases (knowledge of Salesforce helpful). 
• Ability to work proficiently in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong understanding of the UK philanthropic environment across UHNWs/ Major donors/ Trusts and Foundations and Corporates.

Desirable Skills/Experience (not compulsory)
·  Demonstrable interest in or higher education on/or similar study on international development/humanitarian issues.
·  Line management experience.
 

WHY JOIN UNITED KINGDOM FOR UNHCR? 

You will be part of a high performing agile team of talented people, all committed to build solidarity and raise funds for refugees and displaced people worldwide. You will be working in a flexible, supportive, and inclusive environment, where your work will be recognised and appraised. 
 

What else?
Wellbeing
28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays.

• Employee Assistance programme providing 24/7 access to online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing. 
• Access to 100s of perks with discounts on everyday purchases.
• Office wellness perks.
• Discount on gym memberships. 
• Hybrid and Flexible Working.
• Staff socials.

Financial 

• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8%.
• Non-contributory group life assurance scheme
• Non-contributory Income protection scheme.
• One-off contribution towards homeworking set up.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme. 

Development

• Comprehensive training and continuing development opportunities.
• Individual training budget.

HOW TO APPLY
If you have the relevant skills and the passion to use them to support refugees, please apply by completing our application form which is available in the documents section.   

We are actively reviewing applications for this positions and interviews will be held on a rolling basis. To avoid disappointment, submit your application now.

If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation, please contact us using the email address provided when you click through to our online portal. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible.

United Kingdom for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales), charity no. 1183415. It is the UK national partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency.

Be part of a movement to ensure no one faces pulmonary fibrosis alone.

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) is the leading UK charity supporting people affected by pulmonary fibrosis – a serious, life-limiting lung condition. We’re growing fast, guided by an ambitious five-year strategy and a clear vision: a future where everyone with PF has access to the care, support and hope they deserve.

We’re now seeking a Director of Support and Services to join our Senior Leadership Team and lead all our beneficiary-facing activity. This pivotal role will shape and oversee the development and delivery of APF’s national services – including our information resources, support line, education programme, volunteer network, and engagement with over 80 local support groups. You’ll also establish a new Clinical Delivery and Health Partnerships function to improve integration with NHS care and champion equitable support across the UK.

You’ll bring strong leadership, deep experience in health or social care, and a clear commitment to quality, safeguarding, and lived experience. You’ll be an inclusive, values-driven leader who can build partnerships, lead strategic change, and deliver measurable impact.

If you’re passionate about helping people with serious illness live well for longer – and want to be part of a dynamic charity making change happen – we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: 25 August 2025
First interviews (virtual): 5 September 2025
Second interviews (in person): 12 September 2025 (Peterborough)

Join Our Team!

As Healthcare Professional Education & Engagement Lead at Crohn's & Colitis UK, you will be integral in the development of healthcare professional online education and engagement networks in both primary and secondary care. You will also work on a variety of other healthcare professional projects. This is a role that is both fulfilling and challenging and requires travel to healthcare professional conferences. You will be supporting the Health Services Manager and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders, all with a view to improving the quality and the standards of health services for all people affected by Crohn's and Colitis.

A full description of the role and responsibilities can be found in the recruitment pack, available to download.

About you

You will:-

• have experience of supporting the delivery of healthcare professional education and training projects and programmes in a UK wide healthcare context.
• have experience of establishing and maintaining a wide range of stakeholder relationships to ensure the partnerships needed to deliver our projects and programmes.
• be a team player with great written and verbal communication skills.

Our location

We are based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, so we are easily accessible by road and rail. But one thing we have learned from the pandemic, is that we are able to work very effectively from home. In this role, there is plenty of scope for doing that, although there will be times when you will need to be at face-to-face meetings and the charity meets four times a year in the office at our mandatory 'All Staff Together' days. It is possible therefore you could live almost anywhere in the country. If you want to be considered for the role but are worried about location, talk to us – it may work!