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The role of the People Partner is to work in partnership with directors and their managers, supporting and influencing the delivery of People Team services (including employees and volunteers), particularly in relation to people management. You will provide HR coaching and consulting that delivers People and Culture best practice and commercially focused HR/People advice.
You will proactively support leaders and managers to develop forward planning and good management practice with a focus on increased staff engagement and good performance from all staff. The People Partners will be expected to drive initiatives that not only attract top talent but also foster a culture where employees feel valued, engaged, and inspired by our unique Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
You will also help raise knowledge, capabilities and confidence of managers and support and drive initiatives and projects that add value to the area and are in line with the overall values of The Children’s Trust.
This role is not open to sponsorship.
Staff benefits include shuttle bus, and more… Read more below.
Role Requirements
- Work closely with the Senior Organisational Change Manager and the other People Partners to ensure that all employees, volunteers and trustees are supported and treated fairly
- Support the Senior Organisational Change Manager in ensuring that the People Team achieves its wider organisational goals
- Promote a positive, inclusive workplace that values diversity and supports the wellbeing of employees, volunteer and trustees
- Assist in the streamlining and automation of processes to improve operational efficiency
- Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
- Provide expert advice and support on employee relations matters, including performance management, conduct and conflict resolution
- Manage disciplinary, grievance and attendance issues
- Support managers in navigating sickness management procedures, ensuring fair and consistent application of policies while prioritising employee well-being and a smooth return-to-work process, including conducting return-to-work interviews
- Work with the People Team Reward & People Insights Manager to analyse and support with the preparation of the annual Gender Pay Reporting and action planning.
- You will support with the development of the HR System / implementation and assist with any changes to HR processes linked to the system changes.
- You will be responsible for managing SelectHR (including OH) and all People Partnering responsibilities linked to the systems.
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
Terms and Conditions
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Youth Endowment Fund
Senior Change Manager, Youth Justice
Reports to: Change Lead for Diversion
Salary: £52,700 per annum
Location: Central London or Hybrid*(see below)
Contract: (2-year fixed term – potential to extend)
Closing date for applications: 12pm Monday 12th January 2026
Interview dates: Week commencing 26th January 2026
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children becoming involved in violence. Our mission is to find what works and build a movement to put it into practice. A big part of the movement that we need to build is in the world of youth justice. We need to inspire and connect with youth justice leaders across England and Wales to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We are looking for someone to lead on making this happen.
Key Responsibilities
We are making good progress building the evidence of what works within and around youth justice to reduce violence. This year, in conjunction with the Centre for Justice Innovation, we published Diversion Practice Guidance and have recently launched our new self-evaluation tool for diversion practice (ORPIC). But the big risk is that we publish these resources and nothing changes. That’s where you come in.
Your role is to work out the best way to make this change happen by getting youth justice services (YJSs) and police forces to adopt evidence-based practice through our new change programme: the Whole Area Model (WAM). WAM helps police forces and youth justice services strengthen diversion practices by aligning their work with the 7 C’s:
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Culture – A child-centred, pro-diversion ethos
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Contact – Interactions are trauma-informed and maximise prevention and safeguarding opportunities
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Custody – Considered use of police custody, prioritising alternatives and swift triage.
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Criteria – Clear, consistent eligibility for diversion.
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Collaboration – Multi-agency decision-making panels; shared protocols and referral pathways.
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Care – Evidence-based support, monitoring engagement, closing cases responsibly.
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Checks – Ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and scrutiny to ensure quality and equity.
Your role will involve:
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Supporting the delivery of the Whole Area Model through activities like:
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Facilitating completions of diversion self-evaluations with youth justice services and police forces.
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Delivering training to youth justice, police and other relevant agencies about the evidence-base or specific areas of diversionary practice and governance (e.g. scrutiny panels).
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Supporting the ongoing development of a National Diversion Network, which will contribute to a wider repository of diversion resources and evidence
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Identifying and creating practical resources which help youth justice professionals and police officers to put evidence into practice.
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Developing great relationships with senior leaders, youth justice workers and police officers, generating a strong understanding of key issues and needs in relation to youth justice matters, and building credibility and trust with the sector.
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Working out other effective ways to connect people with the evidence, then making those things happen, from virtual learning events to presentations.
As a senior member of staff in the organisation you also:
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Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
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Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
About You
You must have this sort of experience:
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You’ve changed frontline practice and/or systems:You have significant experience in leading behaviour, practice or policy changes within a youth justice setting. You can show how these have been effective in delivering tangible change.
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You’re working in or around the youth justice service, preferably in a role/setting specifically working with children who are vulnerable to or involved in violence.
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You work well in multi-agency environments: You have experience collaborating across police, youth justice, local authorities and other partners, and you can communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders to build alignment and drive change.
You might have this sort of experience:
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Supporting a youth justice team/service to reflect on and adopt evidence-based practice in relation to diversion or wider youth justice activities.
You are this sort of person:
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You are fascinated about change and are experienced in making it happen. You have outstanding analytical judgment alongside the emotional intelligence and experience needed to identify the right opportunities for change, then make them happen. You understand why people find change difficult. You come alive talking about how people make decisions and why they do the things they do.
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You understand the youth justice sector and diversion specifically. You really understand how the youth justice sector works, from leaders to frontline officers.
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You write in a way that people easily understand. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English. You have experience of translating complex information into plain writing that everyone can understand.
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You have excellent project and time management skills and the ability to design and deliver high quality outputs such as reports and digital resources to a high standard.
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You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You have built good relationships with very senior people and with very junior people. You are good at chairing meetings, connecting people and having good introductory meetings. You are comfortable talking to a government minister, a youth worker, a company CEO, a teacher and a 15-year-old student. Listening to people from all backgrounds matters to you.
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You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
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You don't want young your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing violence.
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You understand people. You understand what the lives of vulnerable young people can be like, and you understand some of the organisations that work with them, ideally through first-hand experience.
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You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
While it’s not a criterion, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of violence affecting children and young people.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
Hybrid Working
Our office is located in Central London. Team members who reside within the 32 London Boroughs or are within a 90-minute commute are expected to attend the office at least two days per week.
For those living outside of London but within England, Scotland, or Wales, the expectation is to work from the London office two days per month.
Travel
Due to the nature of the programme there is some national travel required within England and Wales. This is likely to be up to five times per month; all travel costs can be reimbursed with flexibility for overnight stays if preferred.
To Apply
Please click on the "Apply for this" button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and ensure your covering letter answers the following three questions below. Please submit your application by 12pm Monday 12th January
When applying for this role, please ensure that you answer the application questions below:
Personal and professional experiences in violence prevention
1. What personal and professional experiences shape your understanding of the youth justice sector and its role in preventing youth violence? (max 400 words)
Developing strategy
2. Can you describe a time when you successfully supported youth justice partnership leaders to improve their practice or systems? Please be specific about the scale and context of your involvement. (max 400 words)
Improving practice or systems
3. Describe your experience improving diversion for children. What actions did you take, what impact did they have, and what did you learn? (max 400 words)
Interview Process
This will likely be a one stage interview process. Interviews will take place the week of 26th January 2026.
Please Note: We do not sponsor work permits and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Benefits Include
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£1,000 professional development budget annually
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28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
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Four half days for volunteering activities
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Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr phone line for free confidential support
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Volunteering days - 4 half days per year
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Death in service - 4 times annual salary
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Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm
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Financial support including travel and hardship loans
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Employer contributed pension of 5%.
Your Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful, and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
We will always stand by people standing up to an unjust immigration system. We provide a safe haven for people to rebuild their lives and our Immigration Manager role is a key part of that. Leading our biggest team, you will manage the delivery of our immigration advice projects and work with our Senior Legal Aid Advisor to oversee our legal aid contract.
Main Role:
- Manage and motivate the Immigration Team and supervise the client work.
- Manage and conduct a caseload of immigration advice and casework.
- Ensure that LRMN complies with all regulatory bodies including SRA, IAA, Legal Aid Agency and ICO
- To be responsible for the professional development of the Immigration team
Please see the job pack attached for additional information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Leading UK drug education charity the DSM Foundation is recruiting a Head of Business and Organisational Development to join their senior management team. This role involves working with the Director and Board of Trustees to provide strategic leadership to the DSMF team on all aspects of organisational and business development with a long-term income growth strategy, and alongside the Head of Operations and Head of Education and Engagement, to ensure that DSMF is a well-managed and successful charity with a clear strategic vision.
Suitable candidates will:
- Be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol.
- Have experience of strategy development and delivery, business and work stream development and income generation.
- Have a deep understanding of finance and market conditions.
- Be experienced in managing projects and performance.
- Be skilled in organisational development and people management.
Key information:
The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity, founded by Fiona and Tim Spargo-Mabbs in 2014 in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Dan having taken ecstasy. The charity aims to support young people to make safe choices and reduce harm, through increasing their understanding of the effects and risks of drugs and alcohol, and improving their life skills & resilience. They work with young people, parents, teachers and professionals, in schools, colleges and communities across the UK.
This role will be primarily based in the DSMF office with some opportunities for remote working.
Closing date for applications: 20th January 2026
Shortlisting: Week beginning 26th January 2026
Interviews: 23rd February 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Unifrog’s mission
We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and more than a thousand international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer.
Our team is at the heart of our business and it is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Recruitment Lead, Mhairi (contact details on our Jobs page).
The Unifrog platform
Over the last 12 years, the Unifrog platform has grown enormously from its starting point as a simple tool to help students pick their UK university courses and apprenticeships. It now helps young people from 4 years old up to explore their interests, record the great things they’ve done, compare every post-16 and post-18 course in the UK and every undergraduate programme taught in English in the world, find and organise work experience, and draft their application materials. The platform also helps teachers and career advisers to guide students every step of the way, makes it easy for parents to explore the platform via their own accounts, and helps employer and university recruitment teams to interact directly with students.
We have a long list of exciting projects for the platform, always aiming to achieve our mission. We are looking for someone to join Unifrog’s team to help us continually improve the platform’s existing tools, and to also develop new ones.
What you’ll do
You’ll work on improving the platform itself, from how things work behind the scenes, to the user experience and how the tools work and look.
This role does not involve coding - instead you’ll develop and design clear ideas and plans with Unifrog’s two co-founders, and with other colleagues involved in platform development, and then you’ll work with our lead programmer to make them happen.
You will become an expert in:
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The needs of all our different user types, including students, teachers, school groups, universities, employers, and parents
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How to navigate the platform as a user of each type
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How the Unifrog platform works behind the scenes
You’ll be part of the team that:
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Collates feedback on the platform, deciding which changes to move ahead with, and how
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Comes up with and designs ideas for platform improvements
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Develops and designs completely new tools
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Investigates potential bugs and comes up with suggested solutions
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Communicates platform changes to the Unifrog team
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Answers queries about the platform from colleagues
Working together
You’ll regularly be working with:
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Unifrog’s two co-founders and other colleagues involved in maintaining and developing the platform – in particular our data and content teams – to come up with improvements to the platform and to develop new projects
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Our lead programmer to implement ideas
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User-facing colleagues to understand what our users are asking for, as well as communicate to them what things have changed on the platform
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(More occasionally, but especially at the beginning) our users, when you need to have a greater understanding of a particular topic
You will be line-managed by Unifrog’s two co-founders.
Skills and characteristics
We are looking for an independent worker with design skills, who is a great problem solver and is motivated to find an elegant solution, whatever the issue.
Design
You’ll be producing the designs that go to our lead programmer, and which he’ll use as the basis for his work. You should have experience with UX design, and we can accommodate whichever application you prefer to work with, eg Figma or Sketch.
We’ve developed and plan to keep developing a large range of tools on the platform, like:
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Quizzes
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Tools to make large banks of information easy to search and understand
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Tools to simplify complex workflows
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Integrations with other platforms
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Document creation that involves input from multiple people
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Data visualisation
The problems we come up against can involve:
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Different users handling the same processes in different ways from each other
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Different groups of users having competing wants
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A data provider changing the way they structure their data
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Users not completing an important action on the platform
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A change on one tool having a knock-on effect on several other tools
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Users expressing their needs and ideas in uncertain or ambiguous ways
Your challenge is to design concrete solutions that work for everyone, which are as simple as possible to implement, and which are immediately understandable by a user who’s never seen them before.
Independence and initiative
You will work closely with Unifrog’s two co-founders. While colleagues from the wider team will be involved in coming up with ideas and telling you what they need, you will be the only team member, apart from the co-founders, in the product development team.
Because Unifrog’s co-founders work remotely and are also involved in other areas of the business, this will require you to be a good independent worker:
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Able to plan a project and stick to timelines, even when you need to get input from other team members
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Confident to come up with your own ideas, sort out good ideas from less useful ones, and make decisions based on information you’ve researched or been given by other team members
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Open when getting feedback
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Able to adapt to a team used to working in an informal way with few processes, allowing for flexibility and rapid advancements
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Driven to get projects finished and signed off
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Communication
You will need to understand and translate the issues that a user is facing to our lead programmer, and tell him your ideas for solutions and explain your designs in a way that will allow him to get working without needing lots of clarification.
You will need to communicate what development work is happening to the rest of the Unifrog team, and you’ll need to help your colleagues find the best way to tell users about it in turn.
Finally, you will need to be able to adapt your communication style depending on the person you are communicating with, including our lead programmer, other Unifrog team members, or partners and users.
Benefits
Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.
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Join one of Escape the City’s top 1% employers and help transform careers and destinations in schools.
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Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
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Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
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Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
Key details
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£45,000 per annum (Grade B)
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Full time.
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Work remotely or in our London or Edinburgh offices.
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28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
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Working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
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Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidate.
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If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact our Recruitment Lead, Mhairi (details on our website).
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We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
Deadline: 10:00am (GMT) on Monday 22nd December 2025.
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We may need to close applications early if we receive a lot of interest. As long as you’ve already started applying, we’ll give you 48 hours’ notice of the deadline changing - so if you’re thinking of applying, please start an application so we can keep you updated.
Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)
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Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below.
Please note:
We do not review CVs at this stage of the application process so please be as specific as possible about your experience.
Do not use AI to generate your answers – we compare answers to AI generated answers, and through reviewing lots of applications we quickly spot what's been generated by AI.
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With reference to examples of your recent experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
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Complete the four tasks in this document (max 250 words per task)
Stage 2: Task
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2 weeks to do a set of tasks that we’ll give you if you pass the first stage.
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Tasks will be sent out after the application deadline.
Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)
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Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions)
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Video interviews will take place w/c 12th January 2026.
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!
Construction Youth Trust is seeking Delivery Team Interns to work in London!
Schools and Programme Intern – (London)
Salary: London Living Wage £28,860 p.a. FTE
Contract: 6-month fixed term contract with the prospect of progression to a permanent Coordinator role
Location: Main Office - London Scottish House, 95 Horseferry Rd, London SW1P 2DX
Reporting to: Programme Manager/Programme Hub Manager
About the Role:
Here at Construction Youth Trust, we're on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals who are excited to learn and ready to dive into a supported internship. This is a fantastic chance to get a hands-on feel for what it's like to work in the charity sector. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the wider development of the Trust e.g. participation in strategic working groups.
We are particularly looking for individuals at the start of their career interested in working directly with young people within our Delivery Team. Also, as one of our interns, you'll gain valuable skills to kickstart your career, with the prospect of progressing into a Coordinator role with us. Plus, you'll have an internal buddy to support you and help you settle in throughout your internship.
As a Delivery Team Intern, your key duties and responsibilities could include:
· Supporting the team to deliver fun and engaging programmes and activities for young people (primarily in schools/colleges and with employers) to get them ready for the working world by building on their skills and confidence.
· Supporting the team in the development of effective long-term working relationships with schools and referral partners.
· Supporting the team to enlist, manage and coordinate the support of local industry partners to connect young people with opportunities and employers that match their unique strengths and interests.
· Supporting the team with administrative tasks, helping to register, monitor, and evaluate the young people participating in programmes and activities.
· Please note that you will be required to travel across London regularly
About You
The Construction Youth Trust team works in a fast-paced environment, what we are looking for in our new Intern(s) includes:
· Enthusiastic about connecting young people to opportunities, particularly those facing barriers to work.
· Good organisational skills, detail orientated and proactive in finding solutions.
· Have a ‘can-do’ attitude, as our Intern you will be expected to get involved in a variety of our programmes and activities.
· IT literate and digitally savvy
· Ability to communicate professionally with a range of people including young people, schools, funders, universities, industry representatives, training providers and community organisations.
· A willingness to learn about career opportunities offered by the modern construction and wider built environment sector.
· Ideally educated to Level 3 (BTEC, A- Level, etc) or equivalent experience.
About Us
Make a big impact with a dynamic small charity transforming young people’s lives London.
Construction Youth Trust is an ambitious and innovative charity whose mission to inspire and enable young people to overcome barriers and achieve their full career potential. Social mobility is at the heart of our work, and we prioritise working with young people from low-income backgrounds and those who are facing significant barriers to employment.
We help young people recognise their potential, develop their confidence and skills and discover career opportunities never previously presented to them. Through our long-standing partnerships with employers in the construction and built environment sector (over 200+ across London), we connect young people to relatable role models, world of work experiences and ultimately rewarding jobs and apprenticeships. The built environment is at the forefront of the drive towards achieving net zero and future economic growth, offering young people substantial opportunity for career progression.
At the Trust, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We are looking for candidates who share our dedication to this commitment. All roles involve safer recruitment practices therefore an Enhanced Disclosure with Barred List check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will be carried out.
We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive team is vital to our work. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals from a minority ethnic background and/or those with a lived experience of the young people we support.
You’ll be eligible for many of our benefits including:
· 25 days annual leave per year which increases by a day each year after 2 years’ service up to a maximum annual leave entitlement of 30 days per year
· An additional discretionary “Day for You” (pro rata for part-time)
· Opportunity to take a 6-week sabbatical after 3 years of service
· The Trust’s contributory pension scheme after three months – The charity will match your employee contribution up to 7%
· All travel expenses covered over and above your regular commute to and from work. Any extra travel for work purposes will be reimbursed.
· Access to Workplace Options EAP (a provider of employee support services)
· Opportunity to Work from Home
· Opportunity to take part in the wider team’s wellbeing and social activities
· A supportive Training and Development policy which encourages colleagues to develop as professionals and achieve relevant qualifications (e.g. CIOF’s Certificate in Fundraising).
How to Apply
If you are passionate about improving the life chances of young people, especially those facing disadvantage and exclusion, we'd love to hear from you! Please complete the application form (available via this site page) explaining why you're interested in this role and how you meet the person specification.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Closing date: 9am on 23rd January 2026. However, we reserve the right to close recruitment for these roles ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications. We may also interview candidates as we receive suitable applications and close the application deadline earlier if a successful candidate is found.
A second interview may also be required.
You can access the Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification for this role by applying for this role via Charity Jobs.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Development team. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about the arts and eager to build a career in fundraising.
As part of our small, dynamic and purpose-driven team, you will play a key role in helping to grow support for our work. You will bring excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and a commitment to collaborative working and high professional standards. With previous administrative experience, confidence using Microsoft Office, and a background in a customer-focused environment, you will feel at home in this varied, people-focused role.
Alongside your core responsibilities, you will help maintain our organisational database and support the coordination and delivery of a diverse programme of supporter events—ensuring that every guest enjoys an exceptional experience. (Please note that some evening and weekend work will occasionally be required.)
A key feature of this role is the comprehensive training programme built in to support your professional growth. You will receive structured development across all areas of fundraising—including trust and foundation fundraising, individual giving, stewardship, event management and data management. This is a role with real potential; you will learn, grow, and see your work make a meaningful and visible impact.
As Development Executive you will
- Manage the Spektrix CRM database
- Work alongside colleagues to deliver bespoke supporter events in Leeds and at venues across the UK
- Research and collate data to support fundraising activities
- Work with colleagues to draft funding bids and reports
- Support the smooth running of the Development department
- Be supported with an in-depth training programme to develop your skills as an arts fundraiser
We are looking for someone who
- Has administrative experience, organisational and time-management skills – able to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Has experience using or an interest in learning how to use CRM systems (ideally Spektrix) to manage data and support fundraising activities
- Is a motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and the confidence to engage with Northern Ballet’s supporters
- Has a passion for arts and culture
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Northern Ballet strives to understand, respect and champion diversity in all its forms and believes in embracing diversity within our workforce, repertoire and practices. Therefore, we support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply. As part of our commitment to the disability confident employer scheme, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for our vacancies.
If you require any adjustment during any stages of our recruitment process, please get in touch.
Northern Ballet is the UK's foremost narrative ballet company.



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We are thrilled to be helping Spectra to find seek a compassionate, curious, and entrepeneurial Head of Fundraising. You will ideally have experience managing a small teams to achieve impressive results across individual giving with lower and higher value donors.
This is a full time position (compressed hours or 4 days may be considered), with hybrid working once or twice a fortnight in London.
The Charity
Spectra are a long standing LGBTQ+ CIC dedicated to providing supportive, expert, and non-judgemental peer-led health and wellbeing services.
Their services include:
- Peer-led counselling, social groups and mentoring, particularly amongst LGBTQ+ communities
- HIV testing, outreach and education for communities affected by HIV, particularly Black and Asian communities, as well as the LGBTQ+ community
- Sexual health and LGBTQ+ training for carers, teachers and healthcare staff
- Sexual health education for neurodiverse, SEND young people and their carers
- Health advocacy and casework for trans, gender diverse and sex worker communities
The Role
They aim to diversify their income streams over the next few years and invest resources in building a brand that will capture people's imaginations and hearts, thereby building on a small pool of existing donors and growing individual giving, legacy, and major donor work.
With increased resources allocated to diversifying income, this post would suit someone interested in a start-up project focused on building individual giving from scratch, including regular and one-off donations, cultivating donors, including major donors, coordinating and developing event-based fundraising, and legacy-based giving.
You would manage a small team od two and work with the Senior Trust Fundraiser to provide support to other Strategic Programme leads, to ensure they maintain a high standard of reporting to trusts and foundations.
The Candidate
We are looking for a good all-rounder with entrepreneurial flair and experience, excellent relationship management, strong skills in marketing and communications, and experience in individual giving, digital fundraising and ideally higher value philanthropic income.
If you manage with integrity, stand for LGBTQ+ rights, are committed to racial and social justice, and strive for health equity, get in touch!
IMPORTANT NOTE
Spectra are reviewing applications on a rolling basis so do get in touch ASAP to find out more.
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
DEBT ADVICE CASEWORKER
OASIS HUB WATERLOO
PART TIME: 24-32 hours per week
FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: 12 months
SALARY: £18,787 for 0.6 FTE and £25,049 for 0.8FTE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Debt Advice Caseworker to join our team at Oasis Waterloo. In the heart of the Waterloo community we run a busy and vibrant community space, open to all. A vital part of this work is our advice services – providing free and accessible debt, benefits, housing and immigration advice to local people. This work has grown over the last few years and we are now looking for an experienced and innovative advice worker, to provide debt advice within the service.
What’s in it for you?
· A chance to work with a great team of passionate and holistically minded advisors and community workers.
· The opportunity to make a real difference, materially improving the lives of community members, as well as developing the service.
· The chance to get involved in the wider life of Oasis Hub Waterloo, including community events and staff gatherings.
You will receive the support of a fantastic team of professionals in the community. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
• A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
• A generous holiday allowance
• Flexible working where possible, with family friendly policies
In this role, you would be working with local community members, to improve their circumstances through the provision of high-quality advice. This role is based in our community space at the Oasis Centre and will include supporting with community drop-ins and walk-ins, as well as 1-2-1 appointments, and behind-the-scenes casework
The successful post holder must have:
• Experience providing face-to-face advice
• A willingness to work with people who have multiple and complex needs
• A recognised advice qualification or equivalent experience
• Attention to detail and up-to-date knowledge of advice practice and policy
If you are interested in being part of this fantastic project and want to know more, please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website. We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.
To apply, email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Your Supporting Statement should be no more than two A4 pages and must address the following questions:
1. In what ways does your professional background and personal experience qualify you for this role? Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification and give examples.
2. This role is mainly direct delivery of support to local people, who often have complex needs. Please share examples of your experience working with a diverse range of backgrounds in a support role.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am Wednesday 7th January 2026
Interviews will take place on Thursday 15th January 2026
The successful candidate will need to be provide proof of the right to work in the UK. We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Purpose:
To support the delivery of WIPs housing programme for unsentenced women, providing trauma-informed specialist support to women in HMP Bronzefield, and going through court processes, with a focus on improving housing outcomes for women affected by the criminal justice system.
Key Responsibility Areas
- To deliver an effective housing intervention for women impacted by the criminal justice system.
- To develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, such as housing departments, court-based and prison teams, to ensure a collaborative approach to women’s accommodation needs.
- To provide expert advice and support to colleagues, including upskilling through information and training sessions, and supporting system change activities.
For the full list of responsibilities, please download the recruitment pack.
Terms & Conditions:
Start date: 2nd February 2026
Salary:£30,640 per annum (including £3,990 London weighting)
Location: Primarily based in HMP Bronzefield with some travel to South London.
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Purpose:
To support the delivery of WIPs housing programme in Manchester and Trafford, with a focus on women coming into contact with the police and women being released back into the community following a period on remand, providing trauma-informed specialist support to improve housing outcomes for women affected by the criminal justice system.
- To deliver an effective housing intervention for women impacted by the criminal justice system.
- To develop effective relationships with key stakeholders, such as housing departments, court-based and prison teams, to ensure a collaborative approach to women’s accommodation needs.
- To provide expert advice and support to colleagues, including upskilling through information and training sessions, and supporting system change activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London. We are an Ofsted ‘Outstanding' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students. In 2023, Ofsted visited the academy and judged us as remaining ‘outstanding', commenting on our “highly ambitious curriculum”, the “exceptionally high quality of education” provided and noted that “behaviour in the school is very strong”. Nevertheless, we are extremely ambitious for our school and as we seek to continue to grow and develop, we are looking for more brilliant people to join us.
Our Academy is centred on the values of Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff. Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission: we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.
HABS offers a broad, academic and challenging curriculum founded on six key curriculum aims:
- To develop deep, long-lasting knowledge
- To develop students into accomplished readers, writers and orators
- To provide experiences within and beyond the classroom that enrich learning and ensure students can make informed choices about their futures
- To equip students to challenge injustice in all its forms
- To enable students to understand how they learn
- To support students to reflect on their choices and values to improve themselves and their community
These aims underpin all elements of our curriculum, and we see our core academic curriculum and wider personal development curriculum as intrinsically linked. All staff at the Academy contribute to the personal development of our students through their roles as tutors and through their contributions to the wider life of the academy.
A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both enjoyable and sustainable. The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.
At HABS, professional growth and development is central to our mission. Our professional development motto is ‘improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.
As a part of the Harris Federation, all staff in the Academy benefit from being part of our network of more than fifty primary and secondary academies across London. Vibrant networks of subject experts meet regularly and teachers can access bespoke support from our central teams of consultants.
For more information about what we do and who we are, we encourage you to visit our website here as well as our careers page here and explore!
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Summary
We are currently looking to appoint a Home Academy Liaison Officer (HALO) to oversee educational welfare across the academy.
At Harris Academy Battsersea, you will join a dedicated team of staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.
The actual salary for this role will be £29,641-£30,516 (39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
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Main Areas of Responsibility
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing Educational Welfare across the academy.
- Managing a caseload of ‘at risk’ students, where attendance falls below 85% and implement strategies to improve attendance
- Monitoring and improving the attendance of most vulnerable students
- Ensuring compliance with statutory duties, including reporting persistent and severe absenteeism
- Conducting home visits to engage families and address barriers to school attendance
- Maintaining accurate attendance records and preparing reports
- Representing the academy at external meetings e.g. Social Services Case Conferences, Child in Need Meetings, LAC Reviews
- Communicating effectively with all external agencies including possible alternative providers
- Ensuring effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students
- Leading on legal interventions for non-attendance where necessary
- Co-ordinating appropriate and tailored alternative provision for students unable to thrive in mainstream education
- Supporting the school’s inclusion strategy
- Maintaining the alternative provision tracker and monitoring student progress
- Building and maintaining partnerships with external providers, agencies, and support networks
- Ensuring safeguarding and health and safety standards in alternative provision settings
- Acting as a liaison between the academy, external providers, students, and families to ensure seamless support and transition to alternative placemen
- Ensuring compliance with local and national policies related to alternative provision. as well as safeguarding protocols
- Regularly reviewing alternative provision placements and providing feedback to stakeholders.
- Maintaining confidential records of support
- Preparing of reports and maintaining records relating to student referrals and subsequent counselling or support
- Providing support to the attendance team
- Providing administrative support to coordinate internal seclusion
Qualifications & Experience
We would like to hear from you have:
- Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
- Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies
- Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Basic knowledge of first aid (e.g. emergency first aid course)
- At least three years’ experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment in a pastoral capacity
- Experience of dealing successfully with a range of issues influencing poor attendance
- Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent standards of attendance and punctuality
- Experience of working with families
- Experience of working with challenging students and parents, and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
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Professional Development & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about on our website.
Safeguarding Notice
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Equal Opportunities
The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.
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Next Steps
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.
Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.
We’re looking for a creative and forward-thinking Communications and Content Producer to join the team at Christianity Explored.
At Christianity Explored Ministries we create resources to help introduce people to Jesus Christ in the pages of Scripture. We produce Bible-centred resources that make it easy to explore life’s biggest questions together - honestly, clearly, and in community.
This is an exciting time to join the Christianity Explored team. With a new edition of our flagship Christianity Explored course launching Easter 2026, we have a great opportunity to equip Christians to communicate the gospel to a new generation. This is happening as we are seeing significant international growth, including rapid growth in Africa and North America. We have a five-year plan to build three additional regional hubs to consolidate the work that is already happening around the world.
Job Title: Communications & Content Producer
Salary: £32,000
Location: Central London, hybrid working
Hours: Full time
Reports to: Director of Product Development
Annual Leave: 25 days, plus bank holidays
Job Summary
We’re looking for a creative and forward-thinking Communications and Content Producer to join the team at Christianity Explored. You’ll play a key role in how we help churches, ministry organisations, and individuals discover and share the good news of Jesus through fresh, imaginative communication.
From digital campaigns and short films to print materials and event resources, you’ll create content that captures attention, builds confidence, and inspires people to explore faith. You’ll manage our online platforms, craft stories that connect across audiences, and experiment with new ways to help churches communicate the gospel with clarity and impact.
We’re looking for someone who combines strong writing and design instincts with a curiosity for what’s next - someone who’s eager to push creative boundaries while staying rooted in our mission. You’ll thrive in a small, collaborative team where ideas move quickly and every piece of content is part of the bigger story.
If you’re passionate about helping churches and believers communicate Jesus in fresh, engaging ways, we’d love to hear from you.
Key duties and responsibilities
Content Creation & Design
- Write, design, and produce compelling marketing, fundraising and supporter materials that reflect our mission and engage our audiences (eg, brochures, flyers, presentations, promotional materials and prayer letters).
- Create eye-catching and effective print and digital designs in-house, ensuring brand consistency across all materials.
Social media management
- Manage and populate our social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn etc) with engaging, mission-aligned content.
- Plan and schedule content calendars, track performance and adjust strategies based on engagement metrics.
- Create visuals and copy that resonate with church leaders, Christian individuals, donors and broader audiences.
Fundraising support
- Write and distribute our monthly email newsletter to supporters, churches and ministry partners.
- Collaborate with other team members to gather relevant updates, stories and resources to share with supporters.
- Working with the Director of Fundraising write and design case for support materials and reports.
Event and conference support
- Design flyers, banners and supporting materials for conferences, exhibitions and training events.
- Coordinate with event organisers to ensure promotional needs are met in a timely and effective way.
- Support Director of Product Development and Director of Fundraising to staff and run in-house CEM promotional and supporter events.
Administrative Tasks
- Maintain project documentation and records
- Coordinate in-house and external meetings
- Handle administrative tasks as and when required
Key skills and experience
- Strong writing and proofreading skills with a keen eye for detail and tone.
- Strong story-telling skills to help donors connect with our work and inspire meaningful action
- Proficiency in graphic design and video editing software (eg, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Davinci Resolve or similar).
- Experience managing social media accounts and creating content that drives engagement.
- Familiarity with HubSpot or similar email marketing platform.
- Good organisational and project management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a small team.
- Understanding of and alignment with the mission of Christianity Explored Ministries.
Desirable (but not essential)
- Background in communications or marketing
- Experience working in a ministry or Christian non-profit environment.
Person Specification
- A committed Christian with a heart for evangelism and discipleship.
- Creative thinker who can bring fresh ideas to our communications.
- Self-starter with initiative and a proactive approach.
- A team player who enjoys working with others to serve the Church.
The person appointed will have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment. An occupational requirement exists for the post-holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Closing Date: Midnight, 4 January 2026
Interviews: Early January 2026
Starting Date: As soon as possible thereafter
Our aim at Christianity Explored Ministries is to help people meet Jesus in the pages of Scripture so that they love, live and tell the gospel.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting role leading our committed policy team leading the fight to end child poverty in the UK. The development and implementation of a UK-wide cross-government child poverty strategy means this is a great time to join CPAG as we look to influence policy makers to adopt our evidence-based policy solutions to child poverty.
We are looking for someone to take a lead role in developing evidence-based policy positions to support CPAG’s influencing and campaigns work. You will have knowledge of political processes and how external organisations can effect change. You will have a track record of producing high quality research and analysis, including policy briefings, on social policy issues. You will have experience of managing a small team and working collaboratively to identify policy issues and develop solutions with colleagues across the organisation, as well as externally.
The postholder will be working in a fast moving, high profile and complex policy environment and will need to balance short term priorities with long term objectives. Current priorities include influencing the implementation of the forthcoming child poverty strategy, gathering and sharing analysis and expertise with the DWP as part of their review of universal credit, and monitoring the development of forthcoming changes to disability benefits.
We welcome applications from individuals with the skills and experience outlined and we can be flexible about working arrangements. We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack.
We welcome applications on a secondment basis.
For more information about this post and to apply download the Head of Policy job pack.
If you have questions or need specific arrangements or reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please contact us.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 4th January 2026 (midnight)
Interviews will take place: Tuesday 13th January 2026
Child Poverty Action Group works to prevent and end child poverty – for good.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Summary
EduSpots is an innovative, dynamic, and community-orientated UK and Ghanaian registered charity which connects, trains, and equips grassroots voluntary educators (named ‘Catalysts’) to drive community-led change through education spaces named ‘Spots’. Our vision is of a world in which communities unite to create the futures they want to see, through education.
Since 2016, through collaborating with over 400 local voluntary community educators and actors – named ‘Catalysts’ – who take a central leadership role in the development of the network, we have supported 50 communities in creating and running community-led and owned education spaces named ‘Spots’’. Together, we are developing a model for a community-led education space with accompanying network engagement that could have global relevance.
Our Ghana-based team creates collaborative learning opportunities through three leadership programmes for Catalysts which are increasingly facilitated by the EduSpots app: the Ignite, Catalyse and Inspire Mentoring Programmes. These enable the Catalysts to lead EduKidz (early years education), DigLit (digital literacy), EcoSTEM (STEM and environmental education) and Ignite Equity (gender equity) clubs for learners typically aged 3-16, alongside locally designed education projects, reaching over 10,000 learners of all ages annually.
We are in an exciting period of our development, having more than doubled our income, programme breadth and reach in the last two years, with a recent independent evaluation by Expectation State offering further evidence in support of our model’s outcomes. We have been recently selected for two accelerator programmes, who are supporting us as we consider the scaling potential of our model. In the period, we are aiming to double our network reach, bringing an additional 50 Spots into the network.
We won the Tes International Award in 2018 and the Big Give Supporters’ Choice Award in 2022, and we were recently selected as a finalist for the 2023 Their World Scale-Up Innovation Prize. In 2021, our Founder was a Finalist in the UNESCO-backed $1 million Global Teacher Prize.
We are excited by our future.
About this role
The Global Head of Operations is a new role being introduced in 2026 with the core purpose of strengthening systems, processes and strategic delivery across both EduSpots Global and EduSpots Ghana, offering hands-on support to the CEO and wider staff across a range of areas.
In this senior role, you will work closely alongside the CEO, offering her the advice and skills needed to move EduSpots successfully through a complex period of growth in a challenging fundraising context, enabling more learners and Catalysts to participate in a unique community-led model of education, whilst sharing our practice more widely.
We are looking for an organised and empathetic strategic leader, ideally with strong or developing skills across project management, finance, HR and MEL skills and an ability to work independently in a fast moving work environment.
This role has the potential to grow into a Director of Global Operations or Deputy CEO role in time for outstanding candidates, and carries significant organisation-wide responsibility.
Candidates should hold a genuine passion for educational equity, a strong belief in the power of community-led models to transform lives at scale and a high level of flexibility in a fast-changing yet friendly and playful work environment.
Whilst this role is remote, and open to all global candidates, you will need to have understanding and experience of UK law, accounting and policy development, or a strong appetite to build experience in this area quickly.
Main duties and responsibilities
Systems
- Work with the CEO and staff to proactively strengthen systems and processes across the organisation, including monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks and operations.
- Support the wider team with IT, including general skill development, leading the Google Space system.
- Monitor compliance to organisational policies and lead the quarterly review of the organisational risk register, working with the Ghana Head of Operations.
Finance
- Work with the Finance and Admin Officer to produce monthly and quarterly global management accounts, cash flow analysis and to complete the annual audit.
- Lead the financial planning of the organisation, working with the CEO and the Ghana Head of Operations to create the annual budget.
- Work with the Ghana Head of Operations to strengthen financial systems, processes, and training across the organisation.
- Work with the Ghana Head of Operations to prepare budgets for funding bids as needed.
- Work with the grants team to track grant spending and produce consolidated financial reports (including expenditure from the UK and Ghana) for donors.
- Ensure EduSpots’ new accounting software (QuickBooks) is fully embedded and utilised.
- Oversee bank account management, including payments, checking bank statements, and reviewing bank reconciliations for UK and Ghana.
- Ensure staff payroll (likely to be outsourced) and payments to freelancers / consultants are done accurately and in a timely manner.
HR
- Work alongside the CEO, Head of Operations, Safeguarding and Inclusion Managers and wider staff to develop strategies to sustain and strengthen a high performing and friendly work culture.
- Work across the team to strengthen HR and performance management structures, informed by best practice and legal frameworks.
- Lead the recruitment of staff, consultants and volunteers in the UK (advertising roles, drafting contracts, contacting referees and completing all filing and administration relating to recruitment).
- Onboard new staff, provide training on policies and procedures, and track key information (leave, appraisals, etc) for UK staff.
- Regularly review and keep the Staff Handbook up to date.
- Depending on skill-set, work with the CEO to lead professional development for staff across the organisation, liaising with trustees and advisory group members.
Administration & Governance
- Manage and maintain databases and our Google Drive system.
- Ensure compliance with GDPR and adherence to our child safeguarding and protection policy.
- Maintain insurance renewals, tracking and filing.
- Review and keep up to date all organisational policies in line with current legislation, working with the Trustees and Directors.
- Assist the CEO in the administration relating to EduSpots’ governance, including board meeting arrangements and minute taking.
- Support the CEO in all ad-hoc tasks that arise, working closely alongside her to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.
Strategic insight
- Work closely with the CEO and staff/Catalysts across the organisation to ensure all EduSpots’ decision-making is strategic and in the best interests of the Catalysts, Sparks and Communities we partner with.
Other areas
- Depending on experience, you may in time take on management responsibilities for some staff, but this role is principally a systems strengthening and quality improvement role, working closely with the CEO to offer advice and additional capacity.
- Depending on experience, you may support with grants writing / management and/or community fundraising. Experience of fundraising would be of significant benefit to the organisation in this key leadership role.
Personal Specification
Essential
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience of operations in a small/medium charity context.
- Self-starter with the ability to hit the ground running and work with minimal supervision with high levels of flexibility.
- Self-motivated, with an ability to motivate and energise others.
- High level strategic understanding, critical thinking and the ability to strengthen systems in a fast-paced high performance environment.
- Excellent communication, both oral and written.
- The ability to thrive and adapt in a fast-paced, creative and impact-driven culture.
- Strong administrative skills with a high level of attention to detail.
- Experience in creating user-friendly tools and processes to support project and quality management.
- Experience using Google Suite, with strong Excel skills.
- Tech savvy – ability to learn new tech tools efficiently.
- Experience coordinating others.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills with strong empathy and cultural sensitivity
- Strong personal alignment with the mission, vision and values of EduSpots.
Highly desirable
- Experience supporting charity Boards, and working with external bodies including auditors, tax authorities, and other official bodies is highly desirable.
- Experience complying and strong familiarity with UK charity regulations and requirements.
- Experience preparing budgets and financial reports for donors/grants.
- Experience of working in a cross-cultural team.
- Experience of working with an international charity would be advantageous.
Please send a tailored covering letter and CV addressed to the CEO Miss Cat Davison by Wednesday 31st December with a hope to meet shortlisted candidates for a first-round interview in the week starting Monday 12th January.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.



