Digital delivery officer volunteer roles in Edinburgh, scotland
Salary - Volunteer
35 hours per week (flexible working options available)
Remote/Hybrid/Flexible location
Ref: VCS-251
Are you a creative, organised and collaborative communicator with a passion for digital content and social impact? If so, St Giles is looking for a Volunteer Communications Support to help strengthen our digital presence and support the delivery of high-quality communications across the organisation.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
As Volunteer Communications Support, you will play an important role within the Fundraising and Communications team, working closely with the Senior Media and Publicity Manager and colleagues across St Giles. You will support the creation, scheduling and management of digital content that promotes our work, campaigns and values, helping us reach and engage key audiences. The role will also involve providing general support to the team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop or apply their communications, digital and storytelling skills in a supportive, values-driven environment.
What you’ll be doing:
- Creating digital assets to support St Giles communications campaigns and projects
- Writing engaging, audience-focused digital copy
- Using design software (e.g. Canva and AI tools) to produce content in line with brand guidelines
- Uploading and scheduling digital content across relevant platforms
- Supporting the maintenance and development of the St Giles website
- Researching and sourcing photography through stock image libraries
- Using analytics to help measure performance and engagement
- Assisting with organising events, where required
- Attending meetings relevant to the role and working collaboratively with colleagues
- Ensuring confidentiality, data protection and information security policies are upheld
- Promoting sustainable working practices and environmental responsibility
What we are looking for
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, SharePoint and Teams
- Experience of producing digital written content
- A sound sense of design and the ability to work within brand and photographic guidelines
- Experience using digital design tools such as Canva (and interest in AI tools such as ChatGPT)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong storytelling ability
- Experience uploading, scheduling and managing digital content
- Knowledge of producing email marketing copy
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities and collaborate effectively as part of a team
- An understanding of, and sensitivity to, the issues faced by people with lived experience and the barriers they may encounter
A Basic DBS check is required for this role.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: Friday 6th February 2026 at 9am. We will be reviewing applications as they are received and reserve the right to close this advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed. We therefore strongly encourage early applications to avoid any disappointment.
We help people held back by poverty, unemployment, the criminal justice system, homelessness, exploitation and abuse to build a positive future.
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About Us
Tell My Truth and Shame the Devil CIC is a grassroots movement committed to confronting and eradicating Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) across the UK. We give survivors, families, and allies the power to speak out, heal, and educate communities through storytelling, outreach, and collective action. We work across all communities - Black, white, Asian, Caribbean, and African, ensuring no survivor feels alone or silencedOur CIC operates through a community-driven, volunteer-led structure, . built by people who believe in truth, justice, and love as law.
This Is Not a Marketing Role. It’s a System-Building Role.
Tell My Truth and Shame the Devil C.I.C. exists to confront and expose the realities of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), centre survivor truth and accountability, support young people into economic empowerment, and build community-owned, open-source systems that serve people rather than capital.
We are:
- Values-led
- Anti-capitalist
- Community-driven
- Decentralised by design
We are not here to “optimise funnels” for profit alone. We are here to build ethical, scalable digital systems that mobilise people, protect the vulnerable, and sustain community-led change. The Founding Volunteer Digital Marketing Director plays a central role in making that possible.
About the role:
To design and maintain secure, usable digital systems that support operations, safeguarding and collaboration, enabling the CIC to function efficiently and scale responsibly.
The Purpose of This Role:
The Digital Marketing Director is responsible for designing, leading, and operationalising the CIC’s entire digital growth and outreach strategy during its founding phase.
This role exists to:
- Translate the CIC’s mission into measurable reach and engagement
- Build ethical digital pathways for donors, volunteers, ambassadors, and members
- Create infrastructure that allows the organisation to scale without losing its soul
You will not be inheriting a finished system. You will be helping to design it.
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Design and own the organisation’s digital marketing strategy aligned to 2026 goals
- Define how digital channels support fundraising, membership, volunteering, and campaigns
- Set priorities across email, landing pages, CRM journeys, and paid campaigns
Operational Delivery
- Oversee digital marketing systems including:
- Email marketing and automation
- Landing pages and conversion journeys
- CRM integration (e.g. CiviCRM or equivalent)
- Ensure campaigns are planned, executed, tracked, and reviewed
- Work closely with Social Media, Fundraising, Membership, and Digital Systems teams
Growth & Campaigns
- Lead digital campaigns for:
- Donor acquisition
- Volunteer and ambassador recruitment
- Community engagement
- Programme launches
- Ensure all growth activity is ethical, trauma-aware, and values-aligned
Data, Learning & Improvement
- Monitor performance metrics and conversion data
- Use insights to refine systems and campaigns
- Contribute to organisational learning and long-term sustainability planning
Founding Responsibility
- Help design the future paid digital marketing department
- Document systems, workflows, and decision logic
- Act as a steward of ethical digital practice within the CIC
What This Role Requires
You must:
- Be aligned with the CIC’s mission, values, and anti-capitalist stance
- Be willing to commit at a founding level during the unpaid build phase
- Be able to work with incomplete systems and help build structure
- Be comfortable collaborating across multiple teams
You should bring experience in some of the following (placeholders for HR to refine):
- Digital marketing strategy and execution
- Email marketing and automation systems
- CRM-based journeys and segmentation
- Campaign planning and optimisation
- Working with limited budgets in non-profit or purpose-led settings
Formal qualifications are not required.
Equivalent professional or lived experience is acceptable.
What You Will Gain
- A founding leadership role in a national CIC
- The opportunity to design ethical digital systems from the ground up
- Significant leadership and systems-building experience
- Personal transformation through meaningful, purpose-driven work
- A pathway to shaping future paid roles as the organisation scales
We do not promise certainty or immediate compensation.
We offer responsibility, influence, and the chance to build something that matters.
This Role Is Not for You If:
- You are looking for quick pay or low commitment
- You prioritise growth at any cost
- You are uncomfortable working within safeguarding and ethical constraints
- You want to “plug in” rather than build from scratch
- You are not ready to take collective responsibility for long-term impact
A Final Word
The digital world shapes how people understand truth, power, and possibility.
If you believe digital systems can serve communities rather than extract from them and you are ready to help build that reality from the ground up - this role may be for you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Do you have experience in digital and social media? Can you help us improve our communications and raise the profile of the work we do?
We are seeking an expert, creative Volunteer Digital and Social Media Lead. You will help us promote our programmes supporting people in prison and young people at risk of entering the justice system, as well as our Community Bike Shop, which funds and strengthens this work.
What you’ll do:
• Design and schedule engaging posts, stories, and reels across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and more to grow our audience.
• Develop strategies for viral campaigns and collaborations to boost awareness and donations and share your expertise with our team.
• Analyse metrics (engagement, reach, growth) and refine tactics based on what resonates.
• Create eye-catching visuals using tools like Canva.
• Update our website as required and make suggestions for improvements.
• Work with our expert Trustee to consider how we can use online retail platforms to sell our refurbished bikes.
What we’ll provide:
· Creative freedom within agreed priorities and tone of voice.
· Access to the right tools plus shared photos, stories and impact stats.
· A named contact, light-touch sign-off, and occasional check-ins to remove blockers.
Time commitment: we’ll agree a realistic scope with the right volunteer based on their availability.
Reasonable agreed expenses will be paid.
Thank you
Mark Flannagan
Chief Executive
About us
UpCycle, works with individuals in prisons and young people at risk in marginalised communities. We use bicycle maintenance workshops to help build life skills, enhance employability, prevent offending and reoffending, and foster social reintegration. We also offer lead rides, bike fit-it sessions and other ways to engage with vulnerable people.
In prisons
· We delivered 956 un-refurbished bikes and received back 768 refurbished bikes across eight prisons and one Young Offenders Institution, training over 238 individuals.
In the Community
· Over 1034 bikes were donated to our Community Bike Shop, of those we refurbished and distributed more than 612 to underserved communities locally and overseas.
· Workshops in Bradford engaged 361 participants in diverse cycling-related activities across the area.
· "Bike to the Future" and other initiatives reached 220 young people with more complex needs.
We believe everyone deserves a better future. We prevent people from being pulled into crime and help those already in the system find paths out.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Remote (with occasional in-person meetings)
Time commitment: Approx. 6–10 hours per month
Term: 2 years (renewable)
Deadline to apply: Friday 6 February 2026
About MS Together
MS Together is a charity focused on supporting young adults (18–35) living with multiple sclerosis. We provide peer support, accessible information, and inclusive events to help young people feel less alone and more empowered to live well with MS. We're a small, dynamic charity rooted in lived experience. Our work is shaped by the voices of our community, and we’re passionate about creating spaces that are welcoming, empowering, and genuinely life-enhancing.
Why join us as a Trustee?
As a trustee, you’ll play a key role in helping shape our strategy, support our growth, and ensure we’re delivering our mission effectively and sustainably. You’ll bring your experience, insights, and passion to a supportive board and have a real impact on the lives of young people with MS.
We’re particularly keen to hear from people who have experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Fundraising or income generation
- Marketing, communications and digital engagement
- Finance and accounting
- Legal and governance
- Data protection and data management
- EDI in service design / delivery
- Lived experience of MS or a strong understanding of long-term health conditions and the challenges faced by young people
However, you don’t need to have previous board experience – we welcome first-time trustees and offer support and training to help you thrive in the role
Your key responsibilities as a trustee:
- Attend and contribute to quarterly board meetings (held remotely)
- Provide strategic guidance and oversight of our activities and finances
- Support the CEO and staff team where relevant, using your skills and experience
- Act as an ambassador for MS Together and promote our work
- Ensure the charity complies with its governing document, charity law, and best practice
- Help safeguard the long-term sustainability and integrity of the charity
We are committed to building an inclusive board and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, with a particular interest in hearing from underrepresented voices.
How to apply
Please complete our expression of interest form.
Providing services of advice and support to people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), with a particular focus on those aged 18-35 living with MS
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Us
Tell My Truth and Shame the Devil CIC is a grassroots movement committed to confronting and eradicating Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) across the UK. We give survivors, families, and allies the power to speak out, heal and educate communities through storytelling, outreach, and collective action. We work across all communities - Black, white, Asian, Caribbean, African and beyond, ensuring no survivor feels alone or silenced. Our CIC operates through a community-driven, volunteer-led structure, built by people who believe in truth, justice, and love as law.
This Role Is Not Symbolic. It Is Structural.
Safeguarding is not a policy document; It is not a checkbox; It is not a compliance exercise. In this CIC, safeguarding is the infrastructure that allows the work to exist at all.
We work with:
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Survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA)
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Vulnerable adults
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Young people
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Ex-offenders
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Volunteers with lived trauma
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Communities historically failed by institutions
If safeguarding fails, everything fails. This role exists to make sure that never happens.
Purpose of the Safeguarding Officer Role
The Safeguarding Officer is responsible for designing, implementing, and protecting the safeguarding framework that allows the CIC to operate safely, ethically, and lawfully at scale.
This role ensures:
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Survivors are protected, not re-exposed
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Volunteers are supported, not exploited
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Risks are identified early, not ignored
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Safeguarding is embedded into every system, not bolted on
About the role:
To design and uphold safeguarding systems that protect survivors, volunteers and the organisation, ensuring safety, ethics and legal compliance are built into every practice as the CIC grows. Safeguarding is the infrastructure that allows the work to "SAFELY" exist at all.
Experience Qualification and Requirements
Experience in safeguarding within:
Charity; Statutory services; Education; Health; Grassroots or community settings
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Experience working with vulnerable adults and/or children.
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Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice.
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Ability to respond to disclosures calmly and appropriately.
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Experience writing and implementing safeguarding policies.
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Risk assessment and incident management experience.
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Understanding of UK safeguarding legislation and guidance.
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Confidence challenging unsafe practice at any level.
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Ability to balance care with boundaries.
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Strong judgement under pressure.
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Clear written documentation skills.
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Capacity to work unpaid and full-time during build phase.
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Emotional regulation and professional restraint.
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Integrity, steadiness and clarity.
Main Responsibilities/ Key Duties
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Design, implement, and maintain a safeguarding framework that protects survivors, volunteers, members and the organisation.
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Develop and own safeguarding policies, procedures and reporting pathways covering:
- Adults and children at risk
- Volunteers and peer supporters
- Digital spaces, storytelling, and online engagement
- Ensure safeguarding is embedded into:
- Recruitment and onboarding
- Training and supervision
- Programme design and delivery
- Digital systems and data handling
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Establish clear risk assessment processes for activities, campaigns, and content.
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Act as the safeguarding lead for concerns, disclosures, and incidents, ensuring:
- Timely, appropriate responses
- Accurate recording
- Correct escalation to statutory agencies where required
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Build systems that prevent re-exposure, re-traumatisation, or exploitation of survivors.
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Ensure volunteers are supported, supervised and not placed in unsafe or inappropriate roles.
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Advise leadership on safeguarding risks, capacity limits and ethical boundaries.
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Deliver safeguarding guidance and training proportionate to role and risk.
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Monitor safeguarding practice across teams and intervene early where drift appears.
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Work closely with Digital, Membership, Fundraising, and Social teams to manage risk in:
- Storytelling
- Online engagement
- Data use
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Maintain professional distance and emotional steadiness when handling complex situations.
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Review and update safeguarding systems as the CIC scales.
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Contribute to external accountability and transparency where appropriate.
You must:
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Be able to commit 80% dedication during the build phase
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Be comfortable working unpaid while the CIC is being built
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Be emotionally grounded and professionally boundaries
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Understand trauma without centring yourself
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Be able to hold complexity without collapsing into control or avoidance
You should have experience in some of the following:
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Safeguarding (statutory, charity, education, health, or grassroots)
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Working with vulnerable adults and/or children
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Trauma-informed practice
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Policy development and implementation
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Risk assessment and incident management
Formal qualifications are welcome but not essential - Integrity, clarity and steadiness are.
This role is not for you if:
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You want safeguarding to be “light touch”
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You avoid difficult conversations
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You seek authority without responsibility
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You are uncomfortable challenging leadership when needed
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You are looking for a title rather than accountability
What You Gain:
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A founding leadership role in a CIC tackling real harm
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The chance to build safeguarding the right way
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Influence over how protection, care, and accountability coexist
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The opportunity to shape a future paid safeguarding role
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Deep purpose-driven work that actually protects people
As the CIC scales, this role is expected to evolve into a paid senior safeguarding position, shaped by the person who built it.
Formal qualifications are not required, but desirable.
Essential equivalent experience mandatory.
Next Steps:
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to:
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A values-led conversation
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A practical discussion about event planning, coordination, and execution
If you believe that well-organised, purposeful events can change communities, and that experiences inspire action, this role is for you.
A Final Word
Safeguarding is an act of love.
It is also an act of discipline.
If you know that:
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Survivors deserve better systems
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Vulnerable people deserve real protection
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Community work must be safe to be sustainable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Inclusive Boards is delighted to support Scope in their search to appoint two new Trustees.
Scope is the UK’s disability equality charity. They campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. They create opportunities and provide information and support that empowers.
About Scope
Scope wants a society where all disabled people enjoy equality and fairness. We provide practical advice and emotional support to people and families who need it most. We use our collective power to deliver social change and end injustice for disabled people. We do this by working to change attitudes. We inspire policy change, by both local and national government. We work with organisations as employers and product or service providers. Our shops are at the heart of communities around the country, each one increasing impact. Last year, we supported over 4 million disabled people through our services, our online advice and online community forum. This also importantly gives us the authority to speak to power on behalf of disabled people and their families across the country.
Scope’s new strategy was approved by the Board in 2023 and focuses on achieving seismic change for and with disabled people and their families. We want to build on the impact we have achieved over the last few years. We want to go further in driving social change, achieving equality for all disabled people. Our work is underpinned by our commitment to diversity and inclusion in everything we do, and our values. We are pioneering, courageous, connected, fair and open.
About the Trustee opportunities:
Scope is seeking to strengthen the Trustee Board further and want to welcome 2 new Trustees with expertise in the following areas:
- A qualified accountant with audit/risk or governance experience
- Fundraising
Trustees act as ambassadors for the organisation, engaging with stakeholders such as donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries. They foster relationships, build networks, and advocate for the organisation’s mission, enhancing its visibility and impact.
The Trustees we appoint will work closely with other Trustees, the Chief Executive and the Executive Leadership Team. Together they will oversee the delivery of our ambitious new strategy. They must be committed to equality, and to involving disabled people in decision making.
We are looking for someone who shares our vision of shaping a recognised, valued and inclusive sport and physical activity sector that everyone can be a part of, and who is committed to the highest levels of governance, risk management and assurance.
The Audit and Probity Committee reports directly to CIMSPA’s Board of Trustees and is a crucial part of our governance structure, overseeing our risk landscape. By ensuring that risk is adequately managed and that the organisation is governed with integrity, the committee guides CIMSPA’s strategic decision-making processes. Alongside this, the committee provides oversight, challenge and scrutiny across a range of areas, including our internal controls and our financial performance and management.
Specialisms
Based on the committee’ annual skills review, we have identified the following specialisms as a priority for recruitment:
• Government and policy-making
• Legal and regulatory
Therefore we are seeking to appoint a committee member with significant experience in at least one of these areas.
Core Skills
We also expect all committee members to have significant experience in one or more of the following:
• Finance
• Audit and risk
• Governance and compliance
• Our system interventions (as detailed in our strategy)
• Business and commercial
• Digital
Please note - an in-depth knowledge of the sport and physical activity sector is not essential.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring that the committee fulfils its purpose as stated in its Terms of Reference.
- Ensuring that the committee complies with CIMSPA’s Charter and Statutes, charity law, company law and all other relevant legislation/regulations as they relate to the committee.
- Managing CIMSPA’s resources responsibly and honestly, with a duty of prudence.
- Working in partnership with CIMSPA’s CEO or senior leadership team to ensure the strategic aims of the organisation are achieved as they relate to the committee, maintaining a management and oversight role.
- Ensuring that the committee is accountable.
Closing date for applications: Monday 2nd March 2026 at 9am
Provisional date for virtual interviews: Monday 16th March 2026
Shaping a recognised, valued and inclusive sport and physical activity sector that everyone can be a part of
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This Role Turns Strategy into Impact
At Tell My Truth and Shame the Devil C.I.C., content and ideas are only as powerful as their execution. The Campaign Manager ensures that our messaging, campaigns and launches reach the right people, at the right time, in the right way.You are the operational lynchpin between strategy, creators, analysts and ambassadors, translating insight and content into measurable outcomes — whether that’s donor growth, volunteer mobilisation or VFAP engagement. This is not a creative role; it is a precision, execution, and optimisation role.
Purpose of the role:
Plan, execute, and optimise multi-platform campaigns. Manage paid ad campaigns for donations, volunteer recruitment, and ambassador activation. Align landing pages, creatives, and content across platforms. Track campaign performance and pivot strategies in real time. Coordinate across analysts, content creators, and automators for seamless delivery. Your work ensures that strategy becomes tangible, actionable, and results driven.
About the role:
The Volunteer Campaign Manager will support the planning, coordination and delivery of digital campaigns and platform launches that raise awareness, drive engagement and support organisational goals. This role focuses on helping manage campaign timelines, messaging and performance tracking across media and launch activities.
Experience Qualification and Requirements
Essential Technical Competencies:
- Experience supporting or managing digital campaigns, media, marketing initiatives or launch activities (professional, academic, freelance or volunteer).
- Basic understanding of advertising platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads or similar) and campaign structures.
- Experience, or strong familiarity, with campaign planning, timelines and coordination across multiple channels.
- Familiarity with digital tools used for campaign management, collaboration or reporting.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, particularly during campaign launches.
Desirable / Can Be Developed:
- Experience or interest in paid digital advertising, growth marketing or campaign launches.
- Awareness of campaign performance metrics and how insights are used to improve results.
- Ability to coordinate campaign timelines and launch activities across teams.
Qualifications:
- Formal qualifications are not required but desirable.
- Experience in marketing, digital advertising, communications, business or a related field is valued
Main Responsibilities/ Key Duties
- Support the planning, setup and coordination of paid digital campaigns and platform or product launches.
- Assist in managing campaign timelines, launch checklists and key milestones to ensure activities are delivered on schedule.
- Work with marketing, communications and technical teams to align messaging, creative assets, targeting and launch requirements.
- Help monitor paid campaign performance, budgets and spend, flagging issues or opportunities for optimisation.
- Collaborate closely with Social media Director, Social Media Analysts and Insights Officer.
- Support basic analysis and reporting on campaign results, using platform insights and analytics tools.
- Report campaign performance to the leadership team.
- Maintain documentation of campaign strategies, budgets and outcomes.
- Assist with audience targeting, creative testing and campaign adjustments based on performance data.
- Ensure campaigns and launch activities follow organisational guidelines, brand standards and data protection requirements.
- Support post-launch reviews to capture feedback and contribute to continuous improvement of future campaigns.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders, providing updates and supporting coordination across teams.
What You Gain:
- Hands-on campaign leadership experience in a high-impact CIC.
- Founding contributor status.
- Operational and strategic credibility.
- Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams
- Priority pathway to future paid roles.
- This role builds executive-level experience in campaigns, optimisation and social impact delivery.
What This Role Is Not For:
- Want a purely creative role without operational responsibility.
- Avoid data-driven decision-making.
- Are uncomfortable working with sensitive or trauma-informed content.
- Expect immediate paid employment
Important to Be Clear:
- This is a volunteer role during the build phase.
- It carries real authority over execution and delivery.
- Paid roles will emerge as funding and sustainability allow.
Next Steps
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to
A values-led discussion.
- A practical campaign and execution scenario conversation.
- If you believe that impact is built on disciplined execution, not just ideas and that strategy without action is wasted potential, this role is for you.
A Final Word
Events bring people together. Safety keeps them coming back.
If you know that: Inclusive spaces protect dignity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re a not-for-profit landlord who have been having a positive impact on young people’s lives for nearly 100 years, by addressing the shortage of affordable rented housing for those working in London.
We’re the only organisation in London that specifically offers accommodation to working young people, many of whom are key workers, in entry level employment who have no other means of support and are unable to stay within their family networks.
Our current flagship residence, HYELM-Old Street, opened in 2008 and provides 125 young workers who cannot afford to rent or buy properties through the private sector, with contemporary, secure, hassle-free accommodation.
This is an exciting time for us. In response to the considerable and growing demand for high quality affordable accommodation, we are exploring several development opportunities to increase the number of young workers who we are able to house.
The Role of a HYELM Board Member is to:
- Play a key role in helping to shape the direction of our organisation. In the shorter term this will include supporting the review of our future strategy, the delivery of new housing and the implementation of our commitment to put our people at the heart of our business.
- Work collectively, with other Board members, oversee our compliance with relevant regulations; quantify & manage current, new & emerging risks that the organisation faces and regularly review our performance and delivery against our Strategic and business plans.
You will be valued for
- Your entrepreneurial spirit to drive HYELM forward whilst also keeping keen prudent control and avoiding any conflicts of interest.
- Your understanding and/or experience in the small charity/business environment.
- Your commitment to work with our very small team to further evolve our organisation to provide a better living environment to young people and key workers.
Ideally, you would be able to support us in bolstering our Board representation with knowledge and experience of finance and accounting as well as IT and Technology.
You’ll be contributing to a great cause.
- You’ll be able to develop and hone your critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills as well as develop and gain additional experience in strategic planning.
- You’ll grow your professional networks.
- You’ll be able to access complimentary training, support and attend industry events, conferences, and seminars. If this is your first trusteeship, we will design a bespoke development package to help support you in your new role.
Skills sought: Charity Finance, accounting, AI/Tech
Commitment: 6 meetings per year (4 in person, at our Old Street scheme)
To apply you should submit a current CV and supporting statement, comprising not more than 2x A4 pages explaining why you are interested in our organisation and the role, and evidencing how you meet the competencies in the role profile.
We provide affordable housing for young people, on low incomes who work in London, fostering a strong sense of community and stability.


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
GFS is a charity dedicated to enabling girls and young women to become unstoppable. We are seeking people who are committed to gender equality, passionate about youth development, and who value safe, inclusive spaces for girls and young women.
Roles: Various Trustee positions, including Safeguarding, HR and Treasurer
As a Trustee you will provide leadership and contribute to the Board of Trustees enabling the fulfilment of responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of GFS.
We are looking for Trustees who care deeply about our mission and who bring experience, skills and enthusiasm to help steer the charity into its next chapter.
- The Treasurer is a member of the GFS Board of Trustees and is responsible for leading the Board’s oversight of the organisation’s financial strategy, governance, and sustainability.
- The Safeguarding Trustee provides strategic leadership and assurance on all aspects of safeguarding across GFS. They ensure that the Board of Trustees fulfils its collective duty to protect all children, young people, and adults at risk who come into contact with GFS’s activities.
- We are also looking for Trustees with experience in Human Resources and being part of People teams.
- See Safeguarding and HR Trustee roles for more details.
The Treasurer is a member of the GFS Board of Trustees and is responsible for leading the Board’s oversight of the organisation’s financial strategy, governance, and sustainability. Working closely with the Chair, fellow Trustees, and GFS staff, the Treasurer ensures that GFS manages its resources responsibly and in line with its charitable aims to support girls and young women.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Governance & Oversight
- Ensure that GFS operates within its financial policies, charitable objects, and legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., Charity Commission guidance).
- Oversee the financial strategy of GFS and provide leadership to the Board on financial planning, sustainability, reserves, and investment decisions.
- Review and monitor financial reports, management accounts, and forecasts, ensuring the Board receives clear and accurate information to support decision-making.
Budgeting & Reporting
- Work with the CEO and finance staff to review the annual budget and recommend it for Board approval.
- Oversee the preparation of annual statutory accounts and ensure timely submission of all regulatory filings.
- Present the annual accounts at the AGM in a clear and accessible way for members.
- Ensure that financial information is understood by all Trustees, supporting good collective financial stewardship.
Risk & Control
- Oversee financial risk management processes, including internal controls, cashflow, reserves, and investment management.
- Ensure GFS maintains appropriate financial procedures, controls, and delegations.
- Provide scrutiny and challenge where needed to support robust governance.
- Committee Leadership, Co-Chair the Finance and Fundraising Committee
Collaboration & Support
- Act as a key support to the Chair on matters requiring financial insight.
- Work in partnership with the CEO and finance staff, acting as a sounding board while respecting the boundary between governance (trustees) and operations (staff).
- Provide financial guidance to Trustees, helping to build confidence and capability across the Board.
Time Commitment
- Board Members serve an initial three-year term and are eligible for reappointment for an additional term.
- Three Virtual Board meetings and an in person in either in Central London or a central city (meetings are currently held on Saturdays).
- Occasional strategy days, workshops or working groups.
- Quarterly Sub - Committee membership depending on skills and capacity.
- Additional time for reviewing reports, advising staff, and supporting financial planning cycles.
- Attendance at the Annual General Meeting
Closing date: Monday 16 th February, 9am
Optional Q&A Session: To be booked individually by contacting our recruitment team.
Interviews: Thursday 26th and Friday 27th February
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Closing Date:
We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and applications will be reviewed as they are received.
The Role:
We are currently seeking a Finance Trustee to join our Board as Treasurer. It’s a voluntary role that requires a committed individual with financial expertise to take a collaborative approach, supporting our Trustees, our Head of Finance and Governance, and our management team to oversee the financial affairs of our charity and ensure that they are legal, constitutional, and within accepted accounting practice.
Our Organisation:
Greener and Cleaner delivers locally but thinks, and influences, nationally. Our vision is greener, healthier, better connected communities across the UK. We seek to achieve this through normalising 360-degree sustainable living, bringing the community together to make changes that can deliver a big impact. We have a non-judgemental peer-to-peer approach, so that all elements of the community feel empowered to take action in how they live, work, and play and in how they use their voice to push for change.
Treasurer Role:
The primary role is to ensure alongside other Trustees that they accept ultimate responsibility for the affairs of G&C and ensure that it is solvent, well run, and delivering the charitable outcomes for which it has been set up. As well as fulfilling the duties of a Trustee, the Treasurer ensures that effective and appropriate financial measures, controls, and procedures are put in place and reports to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation.
- Overseeing the presentation of budgets, internal management accounts, and annual financial statements, as produced by the finance team or others where appropriate, to the Board of Trustees
- Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
- Liaising with any paid staff about financial matters, as appropriate.
- Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial reserves, and cost management.
- Overseeing financial controls and adherence to systems.
- Drawing any major financial concerns to the attention of the trustee and the management team.
- Ensuring that the charity has appropriate reserves in line with its reserves policy, and monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the charity.
- Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process.
- Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate investment policy and that investments and assets are maximised.
- Leading on the appointment of and liaison with external auditors.
- Overseeing the development and implementation of systems for appraising, mitigating, and reporting corporate risk.
- Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies – for example, the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies.
- Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities.
- Supporting other Trustees in understanding the charity’s financial position and decision making.
- Contributing to the fundraising strategy of the charity and its ethical fundraising policy.
- Making a formal presentation of the accounts at the Annual General Meeting and drawing attention to important points in a coherent and easily understandable way.
The Person We’re Looking For:
- A finance professional with a firm understanding of charity finance and some experience of fundraising and pension schemes.
- Knowledge of charity fundraising, bid writing, and/or other income generation and/or securing funding through creation or leveraging of partnerships and networks (at a national or local level).
- A strategic thinker with an ability to balance risk and opportunity and the skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences.
- Clear communicator with the ability to explain financial information to members of the Board and other stakeholders.
- Willing to play an active role in areas such as forecasting, setting budgets, and liaising with auditors.
In addition, the Treasurer will also have the responsibilities and qualities of all Trustees.
Responsibilities of All Trustees:
- Demonstrating a commitment to G&C’s objectives
- Contributing to setting the strategic goals and monitoring performance by active participation in Board discussions and decision-making
- Actively assisting the charity to build their connections and partnerships for the purposes of most effectively delivering their goals and fundraising
- Ensuring that G&C complies with its governing documents, the law, and all other relevant documentation
- Helping to identify risks and ensuring appropriate controls are in place
- Helping the Board to make sound decisions by making available their own personal knowledge and experience
- Assisting the Chair to appoint and appraise the performance of the Senior Leadership Team members
- Sharing relevant skills and expertise with the Senior Leadership Team members
- Making all reasonable efforts to attend Board meetings, away days, development meetings, publicity events, and other such public functions as requested by the Chair
- Ensuring the charity’s focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion remains at the heart of its strategy and delivery
Trustee Person Specification:
In addition to the Treasurer role specific above, our Trustees will ideally also demonstrate the following:
- A commitment to the objectives and activities of G&C
- A willingness to devote time and effort to G&C beyond attending board meetings
- Have strategic vision, an ability to think creatively, and an appropriate level of financial literacy
- Understanding of and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of their position
- Have good independent judgement
- Be willing to effectively act as part of a team
- Adhere to the Nolan Principles of public office: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership
- A willingness to allow the Employee/s to make reasonable decisions and to act within the limits prescribed by the Board
To Apply:
To see the full job advertisement with details on how to apply, and to learn more about the role and our organisation, please see the attached supporting documents.
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Location: UK - Wide (meetings mainly in person, some virtual)
Contract Type: Volunteer
Term: 3 years (with potential renewal)
Campaign Closes:19th February 2026
Interviews: W/C 9th March & 16th March 2026 – Trustee/SLT interviews
W/C 16th March or 23th March 2026 – STARboard interviews
31st March 2026 (approximately) – Recommendation expected
6th May 2026 – Final Board approval
Join Our Board as a Trustee – Make-A-Wish UK
At Make‑A‑Wish UK, we create joy, hope and life‑changing moments for children facing critical illness. We are seeking an inspiring Chair of the Board to provide strategic leadership, champion our mission and ensure strong governance as we work towards our vision: a wish for every eligible child.
Why join us?
- Shape the strategic direction of a national charity transforming the lives of children with critical illness.
- Lead a purpose‑driven, inclusive board, ensuring diverse voices including young people influence decision‑making.
- Use your experience where it matters most, providing governance, stewardship and support to an ambitious executive team.
- Be part of a deeply rewarding mission, helping ensure every eligible child can experience the power of a wish.
If you are ready to make a lasting impact and lead with purpose, we would love to hear from you.
For the full recruitment pack, and to apply for this role, please visit our website.
Requirments
Essential Criteria
- Leadership Experience: Demonstrable experience of chairing boards, committees, or senior leadership teams, ideally within the charity or non-profit sector.
- Governance Knowledge: Strong understanding of charity governance, legal responsibilities of Trustees, and regulatory environment in the UK.
- Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to drive organisational strategies and build commitment to a collective vision.
- Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate balanced discussions and consensus.
- Commitment to Diversity: Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of the charity’s work.
- Passion for Mission: a deep commitment to Make-A-Wish UK’s vision, values and behaviours.
- Integrity: Highest standards of integrity, probity, and professionalism
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience of leading transformational change to significantly increase reach and scale in operations
- Strong personal networks that can benefit the charity
- Understanding of the challenges facing children with critical illnesses and their families
Personal Attributes
- A child focused approach always
- A consultative, inclusive, and collaborative style of leadership with the ability to listen and engage effectively
- Strong inter-personal and relationship building abilities, including empathy and sensitivity, especially when interacting with wish families and children
- Sound judgement and decision-making ability.
- Ability to commit time to the role, including travel and attending events out of office hours
Eligibility
The successful candidate must be eligible to act as a Trustee under UK charity law and willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership and Governance: Provide strategic leadership to the Board, ensuring effective governance practices and compliance with statutory responsibilities.
- Board Meetings: Chair Board meetings, ensuring clear agendas, productive discussions, and timely decision-making.
- Strategic Direction: Work collaboratively with the Chief Executive and Trustees to set and review the charity’s strategic objectives and performance.
- Support and Supervision: Provide guidance and support to the Chief Executive, undertaking annual appraisals and ensuring their continued development as an effective leader.
- Board Development: Lead on Trustee recruitment, induction, and ongoing development, reviewing board effectiveness and taking actions for continuous improvement
- Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all the charity’s activities and ensuring that diverse voices, including those of young people and lived experience, are heard by the Board.
- Risk and Compliance: Oversee the charity’s risk management, ensuring that policies and procedures are robust and regularly reviewed.
- Financial Oversight: Ensure the Board fulfils its duties regarding financial stewardship, budgeting, and monitoring performance against objectives
- Advocacy: Champion the charity’s values and mission, advocating for Make-A-Wish UK within the sector and the wider community. Represent Make-A-Wish UK externally, fostering relationships with stakeholders, donors, and partners.
Together, we create joy, happiness and magical memories through life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.