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JOB VACANCY – ACCT UK TRAINING DESIGNER – FULL TIME (40 hours per week)
Salary: £30,784.00
Closing Date: Sunday 6th September 2026 at 2359hrs
About This Job
This is an exciting training role in Army Cadet Headquarters responsible for development of courses and compliance by those undertaking training delivery.
We are looking for a person with skills in training design to bring their skills, enthusiasm, and personal credibility to the team.
This role is key to ensuring the Army Cadets can deliver excellent quality course materials and the training cycle is compliant with MOD and/or awarding body requirements.
This position is a permanent full-time post (40 hours per week) which will be home-based. However, some travel to Aldershot and London to attend meetings will be required.
Essential Skills
§ Qualifications in training or training support and design.
§ Direct experience of designing training for organisations.
§ Experience of working with partners, internally and externally.
§ Understand new technologies and promote innovation.
§ Ability to work on own initiative within an agreed framework of objectives.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information.
Our charity
ACCT UK is a national youth charity dedicated to improving the life chances of young people. The Combined Cadet Force Association (CCFA) is a charity dedicated to the promotion of the ideals and activities of the Combined Cadet Force in schools. Together we want to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to learn new skills, build confidence and be inspired through their cadet experience.
We want to develop the youth leadership and training abilities of adult volunteers whilst also helping young people to access cadet activities through fundraising, grant-making, developing new resources and direct support.
We strongly believe that everyone benefits when you help young people to develop their character and values through activities that stretch and mature them. We also know that when young people engage with others at a range of levels in their communities it builds confidence and improves empathy for other’s lives.
Who we are
You will enjoy being part of our small team who work very happily together. By joining ACCT UK you will help us to reach more young people and make a greater difference and we look forward to working with you. We actively promote and encourage you to explore ideas that improve all aspects of the charity’s work in pursuit of its charitable aims.
What we can offer you
In addition to your salary, we offer all staff:
· Flexible working arrangements (you agree a working pattern with your line manager).
· Personal Accident Insurance, including loss of earnings cover and death benefit.
· 15 days of sick pay in any 12-month period (after 12 months employment - pro-rata for part time staff).
· A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 5% and we will contribute 10%).
· Good leave allowances (which are offered pro-rata for part time staff):
o 20 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
o Additional privilege leave, on set days each year, such as between Christmas and New Year.
o An additional five days of volunteering leave.
· Support for qualifications and personal development.
· Employee Assistance Programme.
· Season ticket loan.
· Railcard (if you are eligible)
· A caring and supportive team environment.
How to apply
Please send a covering letter that details how you meet the requirements of the job description along with a CV by Sunday 6th September 2026.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 14th September 2026.
We encourage you to make clear in your covering letter how you meet the person specification and highlight your key skills. We cannot make assumptions on your qualifications, skills, or experiences, so please be explicit in your application.
While AI tools can be beneficial, we value the personal touch and authenticity in job applications. We encourage you to highlight your unique experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, ensuring all information is accurate. Please use AI tools responsibly and with integrity throughout the application and selection process.
Please note that as a charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people, we require staff to make a declaration about any relevant convictions, undergo both a Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check (one of the requirements being that applicants must have been resident in the UK for 3 years). In addition, we will follow up references.
Please be advised that this position may close earlier than the stated deadline if a sufficient number of high-quality applications are received. To ensure your application is considered, we strongly recommend submitting it as soon as possible. Candidates will be notified of the next stage in the recruitment process if they are shortlisted.
Army Cadet Charitable Trust (ACCT) UK aims to give all young people the opportunity to develop and achieve through Army Cadets activities.



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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Rape Crisis South London (RCSL) is entering an exciting new chapter. With a strengthened leadership team and an ambitious vision for the future, we are building on our foundations to deliver a bold and impactful organisational strategy.
We are now seeking an Training & Prevention Officer to join our Training & Prevention team at this pivotal time. This opportunity is available as permanent position.
As a specialist charity supporting survivors of sexual violence across twelve South London boroughs, we provide counselling, group therapy, advocacy, prevention education, and professional training. With an annual income of approximately £4 million, we are growing and strengthening our infrastructure to better serve survivors and communities.
About the Role
Using your facilitation and relationship-building skills, you’ll help embed consent education, challenge harmful attitudes, and raise awareness in businesses, schools and communities across London. This is a rare opportunity to hone your training craft and deliver something vital, urgent and right at the heart of today’s conversation around gender, power and safety. Join us to flip the script on sexual violence.
What You'll Do
You will play a vital role in expanding Rape Crisis South London’s prevention, awareness-raising, and income-generating activities within the Fundraising & Communications team. You will deliver trauma-informed training, workshops, and briefings – rooted in our decade’s long specialist experience — to challenge myths, break the silence around sexual violence, and embed supportive cultures across partner organisations. You will build sustainable partnerships, especially with corporate businesses, not-for-profit agencies, schools, universities and youth settings, that both deepen our impact and help grow our income through funded training and prevention programmes. In doing so, you’ll ensure prevention and awareness remains central to our mission, while enabling our organisation to scale services and income in a way that upholds the highest training standards.
About You
- Excellent presentation and group facilitation skills
- Ability to engage and interact with corporate professionals, as well as young people, to challenge attitudes and behaviour to reduce violence against women and girls and support gender equality
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Adaptability and flexibility to effectively deliver compelling training whether to corporations, schools, charities or community groups
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively on difficult subjects and confident to confront distressing issues
- Demonstrable ability to show empathy, actively listen, and respond sensitively and appropriately when engaging with individuals affected by or discussing sexual violence
- Ability to create positive working relationships with external agencies whilst also being confident to hold boundaries as needed
- Strong relationship management skills with the ability to understand what motivates different sectors (e.g. education, corporate) to invest in training, and to confidently position our training packages as meeting their specific organisational goals and values
- Can work independently and within a team, to plan, prioritise, manage workload and implement work effectively to meet deadlines
- Ability to reflect on own practice and identify areas for own professional development
- Strong administrative skills including the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint
- Willingness and ability to travel to locations across London
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience of delivering workshops to professionals
- Experience of working in a multiagency setting, developing partnerships with a wide range of statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations
- Experience of delivering training to educational professionals
Desirable
- Experience delivering training to children and young people in education and youth settings
- Relevant training qualifications
- Experience of generating sales and repeat training bookings
- Experience of providing direct support to female survivors of sexual violence
- Experience of working within a specialist sexual violence or violence against women and girl’s organisation
- Experience in using CRM systems
What You Bring
- Deep understanding of trauma‑informed practice and the impact of sexual violence
- Strong communication skills
- A commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
- The ability to foster a safe, supportive and high‑performing team culture
Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment
Rape Crisis South London is committed to safeguarding survivors and service users. The post holder will contribute to maintaining the organisation’s safeguarding standards.
This includes:
- Promoting the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk
- Identifying and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Following organisational safeguarding policies and procedures
- Supporting a culture where everyone feels safe, respected and supported
Our safer recruitment processes include:
- Values-based interviews
- Verification of identity, qualifications and employment history
- Reference checks
- Enhanced DBS checks where required
- Safeguarding training and supervision
- Equality, Feminist Commitment and Values.
Intersectionality and Reasonable Adjustments
We recognise that experiences of sexual violence are shaped by intersecting factors such as:
- Race and ethnicity
- Disability
- Sexuality and gender identity
- Socioeconomic background
- Immigration status
- Faith and culture
Our work is grounded in feminist principles, recognising sexual violence as both a cause and consequence of gender inequality. We centre survivor voices and prioritise empowerment, inclusivity and intersectionality.
Applicants are encouraged to let us know if they require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, such as:
- Alternative interview formats or timings
- Additional time for written tasks
- Accessible documentation
- Support relating to disability, neurodivergence or health needs
Interview Process
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview, conducted via MS Teams.
Stage one: MS Teams with the Training and Prevention Manager, the Director of Fundraising & Comms, and one other panel member.
The whole process from advertisement to appointment, may take up to 3-4 weeks.
Post holder will be required to undertake Enhanced DBS
The role will initially be open for one month (until filled). However, due to the urgent need for support, applications will be reviewed and interviews arranged on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
This post is open to women only (Schedule 9, Paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010).
We particularly welcome applications from women underrepresented in leadership roles in the VAWG sector. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
How to apply
Please submit:
- Your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.
- Interview date(s): Rolling basis
Thank you for your interest in RCSL. If you have not heard from us within one month of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
We encourage you to follow us on LinkedIn @rapecrisissouthlondon for future opportunities and updates.
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Providing specialist support to women and girls who have experienced rape and/or childhood sexual violence and abuse.



An opportunity to take ownership of our learning offer, develop innovative resources and work with partners across the justice system.
MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Identifying training, learning and development opportunities or needs
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Developing learning resources, including e-learning and guidance documents
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Managing MA learn, the MA's learning management system (LMS)
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Overseeing the MA's community outreach programme (Magistrates in the Community)
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Coordinating MA input into wider magistrate training, both nationally and through representation on local training committees.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Policy committees
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Support the MA’s training, learning and development committee by organising regular meetings, sharing minutes and actions.
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Propose priorities and manage programmes of work for the committee
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Provide high-quality information to ensure that committee members and other interested parties are up to date with relevant information
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Ensure agreed actions and decisions of the policy committees are implemented
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Build and maintain excellent relationships with committee members
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Provide support to committee members to enable them to effectively contribute to the work of the MA
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Assist in the training and development of committee members
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Agree and implement committee working practices.
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Contribute to supporting the MA's other policy committees
Volunteer support
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Support representatives in post
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Work with magistrates to develop and coordinate learning materials
Learning
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Develop and upload learning resources to our learning platform.
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Be the first point of contact for member queries about our learning platform and other training related matters
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With the membership team, liaise with external stakeholders to plan and deliver the MA's webinar series
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Edit webinar footage and create transcripts to upload to MA learn
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Monitor learner behaviour on the MA learn and use this to inform learning development plans.
Policy and research
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Provide input to proposed policy and research work
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Work with policy colleagues to translate research and policy into learning materials.
Communications
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Work closely with the communications team to support the delivery of the MA’s learning communications, both for members and externally
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Ensure the accuracy of training information contained in MA communications outputs
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Contribute to our Magistrate magazine, newsletters, website content, social media and press releases.
Membership
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Support the work of the MA’s membership team to recruit and retain members
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Assist in responding to members’ queries and provide up to date information about training and learning issues.
Other duties
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Contribute to team meetings, organisational strategy and priorities
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Be proactive in keeping up to date with developments affecting the role
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Contribute to other organisational tasks, such as support for our webinars and events on occasion.
GENERAL
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not exhaustive, and staff may be required to undertake other reasonable duties commensurate with the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
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Experience of using a learning management system (LMS)
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Experience of using, or aptitude to learn, e-learning software, such as Articulate 360
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Ability to design and develop a variety of online learning resources
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Experience of project management
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Ability to organise and prioritise your own workload and a strong attention to detail
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Ability to assimilate and understand complex information and explain complex issues clearly
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Ability to produce clear, concise proposals, papers and other written communications
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Ability to communicate effectively, diplomatically and persuasively with a wide range of people
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Ability to establish personal credibility with a range of stakeholders
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Ability to work effectively under pressure
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A creative and practical approach to problem solving and the ability to provide sound reasons to support proposed solutions
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Excellent networking skills.
DESIRABLE
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Training qualification (Level 3 or above and/or equivalent professional training experience)
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Experience of working with/managing a committee
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Knowledge of the workings of magistrates' courts
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Experience of working in a membership organisation
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Experience of supporting volunteers remotely.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
FitzRoy is looking for a proactive and driven Oliver McGowan Programme & Training Coordination Manager to develop, coordinate and grow our external Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training offer.
Using your excellent relationship-building skills, you will develop partnerships with commissioners and other organisations and identify strategies to help more customers access our training. You'll build strong relationships with new and existing customers, ensuring they receive an excellent experience from initial enquiry through to training delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape a newly created role, identify new opportunities, improve the way we work and lead our Training Support Team in coordinating all of FitzRoy's training, while helping us reach more organisations and increase the impact of our Oliver McGowan programme.
Please note this is a remote role with occasional travel to Petersfield and other locations in the UK, so a Full Driving Licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
This role is being offered on a Full Time basis or 30 hours per week (across 4 days) on a 12 month fixed term contract.
What you'll do
- Lead our dedicated Training Support Team, ensuring the smooth coordination of all internal and external training across FitzRoy - Not just our Oliver McGowan programme.
- Work closely with our inspirational Lived Experience Trainers and Administration team to support the successful delivery of the Oliver McGowan programme and our internal training courses in a timely and efficient way.
- Develop new business opportunities and build lasting relationships with commissioners, customers and partner organisations.
- Deliver an excellent customer experience from initial enquiry through to course completion.
- Monitor performance, income, customer feedback and quality standards to support continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with Oliver McGowan licensing requirements and contractual obligations.
About you
You’ll have
- Experience of building strong relationships with customers, commissioners or partner organisations.
- Passion for delivering an outstanding customer experience.
- Excellent communication skills, which can flex for the different needs of our team and customers
- Confident leadership skills, to support a small team, helping people to do their best work.
- Great IT skills to use Microsoft Office, our LMS and other digital systems to monitor performance and keep things running smoothly.
- Information analysis skills, to solve problems and identify opportunities for improvement and growth
- FitzRoy aligned values, committed to improving the lives of autistic people and people with a learning disability.
- Experience of working within the health and social care sector and the Oliver McGowan Training Programme.
- Transferable experience in programme or training coordination and scheduling
Why join us?
You'll be joining a well-established, high-performing Learning & Development team with an excellent reputation for high-quality training. Our trainers and Training Support Team receive fantastic feedback from colleagues and external customers, and you'll have the opportunity to build on that success by shaping a newly created role and grow our external Oliver McGowan training offer.
About Us
FitzRoy is a national charity, set up 60 years ago by brave parents as a pioneering alternative to institutional care. Their values remain the values of FitzRoy today – we see the person, we are brave and we are creative – and they thread through everything we do.
We support hundreds of people with a range of needs. You could be supporting someone with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries or mental health support needs. Many of the people we support also have physical impairments or other health issues. Working for us will give you an opportunity to learn, to grow and to transform lives. Join us today.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday rising with service
- Staff recognition scheme
- Leadership development programme
- Healthcare cashback plan and employee assistance programme
- Team bonus scheme (service based roles)
- Pension and life assurance
Our vision, mission and values guide us each step of the way, and are as important now as when the charity first began. Our vision A society where p
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The purpose of this role is to lead the design and delivery of learning programmes that help social entrepreneurs create lasting impact. You’ll take direct responsibility for facilitating cohorts as well as leading 1-2-1 coaching and diagnostics, and delivering Action Learning Sets, SSE’s long-standing peer-coaching method (training provided). You’ll hold accountability for the quality of programmes allocated to you. You’ll work alongside our learning facilitators and our learning and enterprise development managers to ensure every programme stays true to our action learning approach.
As SSE deepens its focus on commercial acumen and scale-up support, you’ll help make sure that direction reaches every cohort you work with — keeping your programmes as sharp, practical and impactful as everything else we do. You’ll bring your own commercial awareness to how you facilitate, and build relationships with contributors, speakers and specialists who can bring real-world commercial expertise into the room for your cohorts.
You’ll succeed in this role if you believe in what social entrepreneurship can achieve and want to support social ventures to grow and create more impact in their communities and beyond.
To equip people with skills, funding, and networks to realise their potential, improve lives and protect the planet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking for a rewarding role within an intersectional feminist organisation? We have an incredible opportunity for a Fundraising Manager (Training & Corporate Partnerships) to join Solace Women’s Aid on a maternity cover contract.
Solace exists to end the harm done through gender-based violence. We work to prevent violence and abuse, and provide services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.
About the Service Solace has launched a new five-year fundraising strategy, with plans to double fundraised income to £3m by 2031. This income plays a pivotal role in the financial wellbeing of the charity, enabling us to do more to support the thousands of women and children who access our services each year.
The Fundraising Team sits within our Business Development Directorate alongside Communications, Partnerships and Public Affairs. Working collaboratively across the organisation, the team engages with colleagues, senior leaders, trustees, volunteers and our lived-experience-led Shadow Board to maximise income and impact.
About You
You will be collaborative, creative and solution-focused with the ability to support an unrestricted fundraising strategy that drives income generation through our External Training and Consultancy Function and through identifying and fostering productive partnerships with corporate organisations.
With a knowledge and an understanding of corporate fundraising, sales, customer service and campaigns and ideally some experience of the statutory sector, you will support fundraising initiatives to develop Solace’s External Training and Consultancy Function and Solace’s Corporate Partnership Programme. Working closely with the Senior Corporate Partnership and Training Manager, the Philanthropy Manager and the Individual Giving Fundraising Officer, you will bring a confidence in client and stakeholder facing initiatives that drive income generation.
We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important.
Additional Information
This is a part time post at 18.75 hours per week and this is a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The successful candidates are normally appointed at the entry point of the salary band.
What we can offer you
We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:
- Flexible working
- Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Employer pension contribution
- Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Access to Inclusion Networks
- Daily clinical debriefing
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
- Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits, and savings
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Flow & Restore yoga classes
- Meditation sessions
- Cycle to Work Scheme
How to apply
Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the Talent Acquisition portal by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:
- Values, Behaviours & Competencies
- Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.
We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.
No agencies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for a Head of Training to join our organisation. This is a key leadership role that would fit someone who can think strategically, lead with confidence and help us strengthen and grow the quality and impact of our learning and employability offer.
Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. We provide a range of programmes empowering adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, and adults with other support needs to live happier, healthier, and more independent lives. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.
At Share, we are ambitious about what disabled adults can achieve when they are given the right opportunities and support. The Head of Training will play a central part in shaping how our training provision evolves, ensuring it remains high quality, inclusive and focused on real outcomes for the people we support.
Main responsibilities
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You will develop and implement Share's learning, training and employability strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and future growth
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You’ll contribute to organisational planning and decision making as a member of the Senior Leadership Team
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You’ll develop and maintain strategic relationships with local authorities, employers, education providers, health and social care organisations, funders and community partners
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You’ll lead the quality assurance framework for all learning and training provision, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, accessibility and safeguarding, and an excellent student experience
Who we’re looking for
- You'll have leadership experience within adult learning, employability, SEND, disability services, further education or community learning
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You’ll have experience contributing to organisational strategy, service development and continuous improvement
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You’ll have a track record of developing successful partnerships with employers, education providers, local authorities, funders and other stakeholders
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You’ll understand the barriers and opportunities affecting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people with additional support needs
Why work for us?
Share is committed to empowering disabled adults. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible.
Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has somethingto offer others, and we build on people'sindividual talents, interests and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees.
We hold a goldInvestors in Peopleaccreditation, which means we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership for making our programmes come to life.
We’ve been praised for our supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you.
How to apply
We positively welcome applications from all parts of the community and from people with diverse cultural backgrounds and lived experience.
Please apply through our website or send us your CV and cover letter telling us:
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How your experience to date has prepared you for the role.
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What your three priorities in designing a training programme for adult students with a learning disability and autistic adults would be.
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What achievement from your career to date are you most proud of and why.
If you would like to have a chat about the role or visit us prior to applying, please contact us.
We focus on ability and believe people work best when they feel valued, safe and happy. We do all that we can to make sure that Share is friendly and welcoming to everyone. All CVs and applications are sanitised to ensure unbiased recruitment.
This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please call us.
Our privacy policy for job applicants can be found on our website.
We look forward to receiving your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title:Quality Assurance and Training Programme Lead
Internal Job Title:Practice Improvement and Training Programme Lead
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Location:Home-based withregular travel across England.
Contract: Permanent
Salary:£43,183 per annum (London weighting £48,364)
About us
Housing Justice brings together communities and finds solutions to homelessness by building personal connections, a sense of belonging, and creating justice in the housing system. We train and support volunteers to offer various accommodation options while building a network of local support. This includes providing personalised assistance to help individuals access relevant local services and address their other needs. Through compassionate, courageous, and collaborative action, we implement innovative solutions to tackle housing injustice, enhance the quality of housing, and elevate the voices and experiences of groups affected by housing injustice to both local and national governments.
About the programme
The Faith & Community Development Team supports and strengthens community and faith-based responses to homelessness across England. This role will help shape Housing Justice’s national programme of quality improvement, training and best practice for community and faith-based homelessness services, using insight from our flagship Quality assurance framework, Impact Portal, existing research, and partnership engagement to continue the development of practice standards, resources and learning opportunities for the network.
About you
We are seeking an experienced and organised programme lead with a strong understanding of homelessness, housing policy and practice, and quality improvement. You will bring strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting and facilitating, drafting reports, quality mark standards and guidance. You will also be comfortable managing multiple priorities, managing a small team, working with data and monitoring information, and building positive relationships with local authorities, funders, sector partners and organisations in the Housing Justice network.
About the role
The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of Housing Justice’s national quality improvement, training and best practice work for community and faith-based homelessness services across England. You will oversee the continued development of the Quality Mark accreditation scheme for emergency accommodation providers, lead the creation of a new Quality Framework for day services, develop an Emergency Accommodation Toolkit, and deliver training, learning events and communities of practice.
The postholder will provide leadership to a small team, with line management responsibility for up to two members of staff, and will work closely with partners to strengthen service quality, safety, effectiveness and sustainability across the sector.
Benefits
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29 days annual leave, 3 of which are fixed between Christmas and New Year. This is in addition to bank holidays and pro-rata if part time.
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After 3 years of serviceyou are entitled to one additional day of holiday for each additional year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days, pro-rata if part time.
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We offer flexible working. Not all posts can be made flexible, but where possible we operate core hours of 10 – 3pm, with employees able to flex their working day around these. Any flexibility is at the discretion of the line manager and relevant senior manager.
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As this role is offered as hybrid, we will provide some financial support to get you set up with appropriate equipment.
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We offer an employee assistance programme through Spectrum Life, which can be used by you and your family for a range of advice and support.
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We offer a cycle-to-work scheme.
How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please read the attached job description and fill out the application form (accessed by clicking ‘Apply’), describing your capabilities for each of the numbered points in the person specification. Please note that we do not accept CVs.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Purpose of the role:
To coordinate high quality employability training programmes, supporting & equipping women who have experienced multiple disadvantages to progress into work, further training or volunteering. The Training Coordinator must be an experienced trainer and facilitator, with experience of working with vulnerable adults. Due to the role responsibilities, it is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that this person is female.
Job Title: Luminary Women Training Coordinator
Based in: Luminary Women, Camden
Reports to: Senior Programme Manager
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £31,930 per annum
Key Responsibilities:
Programme Facilitation:
● Coordinating Luminary’s twelve month Employability & Independence Training Programme, including facilitating programme sessions, coordinating external facilitators and specialist trainers
● Assist Senior Programme Manager with regularly reviewing Programme Curriculum. Working collaboratively with the Employability Coordinator and Baking Teachers to oversee its evolution and adaptation based on learner needs and changing trends within the employment market.
● Working in collaboration with Luminary’s Progression Support Workers to resolve barriers to engagement and learning for women and tailor learning to support needs.
● To host a trauma informed learning environment, creating and maintaining a safe space for trainees to be trained and supported in
● To meet the key performance indicators attached to contractual delivery and funder requirements, including Luminary’s goal to see 80% of trainees, attend 80% of the training programme.
● Facilitate the courses in a welcoming & professional manner, creating an environment where women feel safe, can learn & grow and build strong relationships across the cohort.
● Work closely with Progression Support Workers to ensure trainees transition smoothly between programme phases. ● Regularly monitor risks associated with trainees & escalate any safeguarding concerns via Luminary’s Safeguarding Protocols.
Programme Marketing and Recruitment:
● Coordinate the recruitment of trainees on to the programme, including assisting the Senior Programme Manager to assess suitability in line with Luminary’s referral criteria.
● Coordinate and conduct the application process, interviews and onboarding in a trauma informed way, creating the safety survivors need to take a huge step in their recovery by exploring this opportunity with Luminary.
● Promote the programme and liaise with referral agencies to successfully generate enough referrals to fill all trainee spaces available.
● Assist the Senior Programme Manager to develop strategic partnerships with relevant organisations in the charity sector and local government, to market the programme and attract referrals.
● Work in collaboration with the Baking Teachers and Progression Support team to carefully onboard trainees, setting the culture of learning and communicating expectations to set them up to successfully complete the programme.
● Coordinate and facilitate the courses in a welcoming & professional manner, creating an environment where women feel safe, can learn & grow and build strong relationships across the cohort.
Line Management:
● Line manage a small team of Teaching Assistants who are all Luminary Programme graduates. Ensuring they are well supported, trained to a high standard and delivering Luminary’s vision of vocational training for women.
Training Management:
● Assist the Senior Programme Manager in evaluating the services Luminary offers for: reporting to funders, completing new funding applications and internal monitoring.
● Responsible for maintaining accurate and complete training records, including tracking and monitoring learner progress and development to support high accreditation pass rates and good retention.
● Contribute your experience of best practice to shape the way Luminary operates effectively
● Undertake any additional duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the role as requested by the Senior Programme Manager.
● To take reasonable care for the health and safety of learners in accordance with legislation, and government guidelines.
Person Profile Necessary:
● Experienced group facilitator, minimum two years of proven experience
● Experience of training within non traditional learning environments with disadvantaged groups
● Person-centred approach to learning and support that is trauma-informed including proven experience of managing group dynamics and behavioural conduct in a learning setting
● Comfortable providing clear and compassionate feedback to support the learning environment and trainee development
● Experience of and ability to plan, write, deliver and evaluate training sessions for employability programmes with knowledge of meeting the quality standards related to learning
● Personable, patient & resilient with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
● Experience setting boundaries and investing in own mental wellbeing whilst supporting others
● Organised with record keeping, time-keeping, and communication
● Motivated & hard working and able to learn new things quickly
● Able to multitask effectively with the tools to cope well in a fast paced environment
● Able to work independently and initiate tasks as needed; able to work well in a team
● Flexible and able to accommodate change
● Effective use of ICT within a learning environment. Competent in using IT and digital platforms (such as Airtable, Slack, Canva, G Suite & Microsoft Office)
● Sympathetic to Luminary’s faith ethos
Desirable:
● Experience in teaching, training, or in adult learning, with a certificate in adult education or willingness to work towards this.
● Experience developing inclusive, supportive and accessible training environments for neurodivergent individuals or individuals with additional needs
● Advice & guidance qualification
● Experience of support work and pastoral care
● Experience of the VAWG sector
● Experience of developing or shaping new services
Deadline for applications: 9am on Thursday 20th August 2026
Start date: From Monday 7th September 2026
Please hold the following dates for the interview process:
1st interviews (online): Monday 24th August 2026
2nd Interview (in person): Thursday 27th August 2026
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Women's experiences of gambling harm are still poorly understood across the sector. GamCare's Women's Pathway is changing that, and we're looking for a Training Lead to help lead the way. You'll design and deliver engaging CPD-accredited training to professionals, volunteers, community organisations and women's groups, building strong partnerships that increase awareness, early identification and access to support.
Working closely with stakeholders across the sector, you'll combine training delivery, partnership development and content design to help ensure the Women's Pathway reaches the women who need it most. As an independent charity and the leading provider of support for anyone affected by gambling harms, the work you do will help GamCare improve outcomes for women across the UK.
About you
We're looking for an experienced and engaging trainer who is passionate about empowering women and supporting behaviour change through high-quality learning experiences. You'll have experience designing and delivering training to a range of audiences and be confident adapting your approach to meet different learning needs. Importantly, you'll bring experience of working directly with professionals and/or women's groups, ideally within community, support, recovery, health, social care or voluntary sector settings.
You'll understand how to create inclusive and trauma-informed learning environments and be skilled at building relationships with both professional stakeholders and community-based organisations. Strong facilitation, communication and organisational skills, along with a commitment to safeguarding and confidentiality, will enable you to deliver impactful training that increases awareness, builds confidence and improves pathways into support.
Working at GamCare
Founded in 1997, GamCare is one of the leading providers of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.
Staff Benefits we can offer you:
- 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time colleagues) including bank holidays, which increases with service
- A generous Pension Scheme – we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%
- Discretionary company sick pay after 6 months' service
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support
- Premium access to the CALM app for you and up to 5 dependents
Closing date for applications: Sunday 23rd August 2026 (23:59)
Interviews will take place: In person at GamCare's London HQ (online interview available if required) – week commencing 31st August 2026.
GamCare is committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.
GamCare is an equal opportunities employer and doesn’t discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability. We are only able to facilitate visa sponsorship in very limited circumstances, so candidates outside of the UK or who don’t have the right to work in the UK need not apply.
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Training Coordinator
Location: Cathedral House, Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7HY
Reports to: Director of Youth
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £32,000
The Youth Ministry Training Coordinator is responsible for the development and delivery of a youth ministry training programme across the Archdiocese.
This includes coordinating a structured formation course (in partnership with external providers), mentoring participants, and supporting parishes and deaneries in building local youth and young
adult groups.
The role also includes supporting the formation of the Archdiocesan Mission Team and key events.
Success in this role will be measured by the development of our training and a growing network of confident parish-based youth leaders.
1. Course Delivery
· Develop our Archdiocesan youth leadership training programme, working with external providers and delivering bespoke material.
· Plan and deliver regular training (bespoke and with external providers), including in-person days and remote input as appropriate.
· Maintain an annual training calendar and ensure course content aligns with Archdiocesan strategy, safeguarding requirements, and parish needs. Assist in the development of practical youth ministry training resources for clergy.
2. Mentoring and Formation
· Mentor and accompany participants through the external training course, offering personal and spiritual support.
· Ensure learning is embedded in the parish or deanery setting so that
· parishes are able to set up and enhance local level groups.
· Track participant progress and provide regular feedback and evaluation reports.
3. Local Youth Leader Development
· Support and enable the recruitment and training of local volunteers, in collaboration with clergy and lay leaders.
· Support the identification and development of deanery-based youth contacts from existing and developing networks to promote the work of the Youth Service in parishes and cascade key information.
· Advise and provide step-by-step support to parish priests and volunteers seeking to develop youth ministry locally.
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate collaboration and networking between parishes and deaneries to share best practices.
Develop existing toolkit/guidance for youth leaders to support them in their ministry.
Additional Responsibilities
4. Mission Team
· Develop pathways and training for Mission Team alumni to continue
· serving in their local parishes or deaneries as youth leaders.
· Assist the Mission Team Programme Lead in delivering the Mission
· Team’s annual training programme where required.
5.Event Support
· Support the Director of Youth and the Event Coordinator at key events.
· Represent the training programme at relevant meetings or gatherings.
6.Monitoring & Evaluation
· Collect and assess feedback from training sessions and participants.
· Produce concise quarterly reports summarising training outcomes, parish engagement, and areas for development.
Essential
· A practising Catholic who is committed to the mission and teachings of the Catholic Church, and passionate about youth ministry.
· Experience of working in Catholic youth ministry at parish, diocesan, or school level.
· Experience delivering training or formation programmes, ideally to young people and/or adult volunteers.
· Experience in mentoring or accompanying individuals in a faith context.
· Ability to engage effectively with clergy, volunteers, and young people across diverse settings.
· Excellent communication, planning, and time management skills.
· Confident in delivering content both in person and online.
· Right to work in the UK and willingness to undergo a DBS check.
· Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple relationships simultaneously.
· Commitment to safeguarding and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries in line with Archdiocesan safeguarding policies.
Desirable
· A degree or equivalent qualification in Theology, Catechesis, Education, Youth Ministry, or a related field.
· Familiarity with the structures and pastoral life of Catholic parishes and deaneries.
· Understanding of safeguarding policies and best practice in a Church context.
· Experience supporting volunteers and clergy to launch or sustain parish based initiatives.
Application Information
To apply for the role, please use the button at the top of the page to send us your CV and cover letter.
Training Coordinator
Hours: Full-Time
Contract(s): 1x Permanent role & 1x Fixed term role (12 Months Maternity Cover)
Salary: £30,500 per annum, plus Into Film Benefits
Location: Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Salford or London. We operate in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at the office.
About Into Film
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Our vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Our mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Into Film operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working models wherever the role allows, including working compressed hours. We also offer a range of staff benefits and perks which are detailed below.
Role Summary
The Training Coordinator is a member of the Into Film Learning Content Creation team; the team is responsible for the devising, commissioning and delivery of high quality film focused learning opportunities and resources for use in both formal and informal learning settings, including face-to-face and online via webinars and our on demand learning platform. The Training Team sits within this team, and is responsible for Into Film’s CPD (continuing professional development) across the UK.
The main function of the Training Coordinator is to plan, create, deliver and evaluate film-focused materials for our core areas of learning: teaching with film, careers and extracurricular filmmaking. Along with the rest of the team, they also act in an advisory capacity across the organisation on curriculum and pedagogical matters.
Main Responsibilities:
- Devise, create and deliver interesting and exciting training, resources and online interactive learning opportunities, for both educators and young people.
- Act in an advisory and supportive capacity to internal and external writers and practitioners who will also devise, create and deliver the learning content, ensuring a high level of quality assurance is maintained.
- Support the recruitment of project partners such as ITT (initial teacher training) and other notable educational organisations, managing relationships and ensuring scheduled milestones are adhered to.
- Project manage courses, sessions and other learning assets from idea generation to publication and evaluation.
- Create digital content for the learning platform, including gamified interactivity, video content, copy and downloadable assets.
- Evaluate and report on the training programme through creation and analysis of surveys, focus groups and other methods to identify and implement changes.
- Carry out both external and internal training to a range of staff and stakeholders, including supporting internal staff with education advice and information.
- Provide day-to-day administrative support, including responding to training enquiries and processing paperwork relating to the running of the programme.
- Copywriting, consultancy and research for industry journals, research papers and content for the Into Film audience.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, teachers, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources.
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of Into Film's work.
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film's Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.
Person Specification:
Minimum Requirements:
- A minimum of 2 years' experience of teaching in the UK.
- Experience of training teachers and/or other professionals.
- Experience of creating resources which include moving image/film.
- Experience of creating a range of training content for face-to-face and online courses.
- Knowledge of the education landscape across all four nations.
- Demonstrable creativity and commitment to producing engaging and exciting resources and training for teachers and young people.
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail with the ability to write accurately, lucidly and persuasively.
- Experience of chairing meetings.
- Experience of managing a range of projects, from initiation to completion, working with a variety of stakeholders.
- Demonstrable understanding of monitoring and evaluation.
- Commitment to film as a powerful tool for education, both as a cultural art form and as a means to engage and raise attainment in young people.
- Experience and knowledge of at least basic filmmaking.
- Commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in all areas of work.
Desirable:
- Current knowledge of the Microsoft Office for PC, in particular Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Experience of creating or using on demand learning courses.
- A love and knowledge of film.
All Into Film staff work in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at their local and national office when required, along with some travel across the UK, as appropriate to the role.
We are open to flexible working models wherever the role allows, including working compressed hours.
We also offer a range of staff benefits and perks, including:
- Annual Leave – 28 days (full time/pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year.
- Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (2% above statutory employer contribution).
- Flexible working including compressed hours, job share etc. – all applications favourably considered, approval will be at the discretion of Into Film.
- Enhanced parental/paternity/shared parental leave.
- Interest-free non-essential study loans.
- Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential wellbeing support, advice and guidance.
- Wisdom health insurance cover – non-contributory (apart from employee tax contribution).
- BenefitHub portal – offering discounts on healthcare, wellbeing products, and lifestyle products and services.
All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
Closing: 8:00am, Friday 21st Aug 2026 (BST)
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
Outreach & Training Practitioner
Salary: £29,479 plus excellent benefits
Location: Leeds/Bradford – Home based with travel across the Yorkshire & Humber region
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
This is an exciting opportunity to join GamCare Yorkshire's Community Outreach & Training service, supporting a public health approach to preventing gambling-related harm and encouraging early intervention. As an Outreach & Training Practitioner, you'll deliver community outreach, awareness sessions, workshops, drop-ins and workforce training to improve understanding of gambling harms, reduce stigma and strengthen local pathways to support.
Working with local partners, professionals and community organisations, you'll deliver prevention-focused activity informed by local insight and lived experience, including Brief Interventions and appropriate signposting to the National Gambling Helpline and treatment services where needed. As an independent charity and the leading provider of support for anyone affected by gambling harms, the work you do will help GamCare reach communities across Yorkshire & Humber and make a real difference to people's lives
About you
We're looking for a motivated and compassionate individual with experience delivering community-based outreach, engagement or prevention activity, and a good understanding of gambling-related harm within a public health, prevention or early intervention context. You'll be confident holding supportive conversations that encourage awareness and behaviour change, with strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to engage professionals and diverse or seldom-heard communities. Experience delivering training, workshops and awareness sessions in a non-judgemental, stigma-reducing way is important, as is strong organisational skills, confidence using IT systems, and a commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries. This post requires an Enhanced DBS check.
Working at GamCare
Founded in 1997, GamCare is one of the leading providers of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.
Staff Benefits we can offer you:
- 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time colleagues) including bank holidays which increases with service.
- A generous Pension Scheme - we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%.
- Discretionary company sick pay after 6 months’ service.
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24-hour support
- Premium access to the CALM app for you and up to 5 dependents
Closing date for applications: Sunday 16th August 2026 (23:59)
Interviews will take place:
- Pre-assessment screening calls: between 17th and 19th August 2026
- Interviews: in person, week commencing 25th August 2026
GamCare is committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.
GamCare is an equal opportunities employer and doesn’t discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability. We are only able to facilitate visa sponsorship in very limited circumstances, so candidates outside of the UK or who don’t have the right to work in the UK need not apply.
Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help fight for human rights, you could be our new Technology Training and Support Analyst.
About the role
This role is a combination of training and support. Our IT Operations and Data, Digital, and Technology Transformation teams help staff and volunteers across AIUK get the most out of the tools they use every day, from Microsoft Copilot to our Knowledge Hub and Salesforce CRM. As our Technology Training and Support Analyst, you'll be at the heart of that: running engaging training sessions, building clear guides and resources, and helping people feel confident with the technology behind our work.
You'll also provide day to day 1st and 2nd line technical support, keeping things running smoothly when issues come up and getting involved with IT projects. You'll play a key role in our Salesforce project between September 2026 and September 2027, working with our implementation partner to shape training for the new CRM and helping test it as it's built.
It's a role with real human rights impact. Every guide you write and session you run helps our colleagues do their campaigning, research, and advocacy work better.
This role typically needs to spend 3-4 days per week in the office to fulfil the responsibilities of the role. More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.
The role may be for you if:
- You're skilled in developing and delivering engaging technology training programmes and materials, including user guides and e-learning content, for people with varying levels of digital confidence.
- You can provide timely technical support, troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues, and manage support tickets to keep disruption to a minimum.
- You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
- You also have a good knowledge of inclusive principles and ways of working, and enjoy building strong relationships across departments to promote technology awareness and adoption.
- Prior Salesforce experience is not essential but would be desirable.
Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.
New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days. 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.
Apply for this role
This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).
We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.
To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.
Visit amnesty.org.uk/jobs for application guidance and information on benefits, recruitment inclusion and hybrid working.
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
Learning Officer – Homes & Communities
· Permanent
· Salary £38,393 per annum
· Full time
· Flexible working options will be supported.
· Central London Office and Hybrid working (6 days a month office attendance)
We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24-hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.
About the role
The Learning Officer plays a key role in making sure evidence on how our homes and communities can become better places to age in is spread across the UK.
This role primarily works with the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities, a network of over 110 communities, led mostly by local authorities, VCSE organisations. This network is part of a global movement and is affiliated to the World Health Organisation.
You will be working with the Network and Learning Manager to inspire, connect and support network members, using a range of engaging methods including:
- Creating resources such as blogs, case studies, toolkits, etc
- The design and delivery of training, events, and workshops
- Facilitating connection and exchange between members
This is hand-on role will involve delivering key learning activities and managing your own workload, whilst also being responsive to support network members. The role ensures our support for the Network is high-quality and inclusive of a diverse range of experience and expertise, from within the Network and beyond.
About you
The successful candidate will be experienced in and passionate about having an impact through helping people learn and feel connected to others working towards the same goals. An excellent facilitator and written communicator, you will have an eye for detail and be able to easily summarise and share information so that others can learn from it.
You will be flexible and organised, joining a small and committed team, which is supporting a growing, and highly regarded network on an issue of national and global importance.
You will also be passionate about equity and tackling the inequalities that prevent people from having a great later life.
About us
The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) and part of the government’s What Works Network. We are fortunate to have monies remaining from our endowment from the NLCF to fully fund us until 2029, and we will be looking for new funding opportunities to sustain activity beyond 2029.
Everyone has the right to a good life as they get older, and our whole society benefits when people are able to age well. But far too many people face huge barriers, and as a result are living in bad housing, dealing with poverty and poor health and made to feel invisible in their communities and society.
The Centre for Ageing Better is an independent centre of excellence on ageing and demographic change. We work with national and local government, industries, businesses and community organisations to improve how people experience ageing. Our work focuses on creating better workplaces, homes and communities, while tackling ageism and addressing inequality in later life.
We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve with a workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We know there is more work to be done and are committed to continuing to improve our practice around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
We very much welcome applications from minority groups and those underrepresented in our workforce. This especially includes people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.
We are a Positive Action employer, therefore in recruitment where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently underrepresented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.
To Apply
To apply, please follow the link to complete an application form and Equality and Diversity form.
Please address in your supporting statement how you meet the person specification for the role as fully as possible to demonstrate why you should be shortlisted for an interview for this post.
Failure to do so will result in your application being automatically rejected.
We understand the benefits of using AI in the workplace and the support that generative AI can offer. However, we would encourage you to write your supporting statement and complete your application without the use of AI and if you do use AI, to avoid copy and pasting and to consider the value it will add. We encourage you to showcase your experience and knowledge using your own unique voice.
The closing date for this role is 11:59 pm on Monday 24th August, with in- person interviews to take place Tuesday 8th September.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.







