Volunteer leader jobs
Brief role description:
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this role is responsible for what happens in our parks and open spaces on Saturday and Sunday mornings, for the community of volunteers who make this happen and for how we support participants and event teams with their requests and queries.
This role oversees all aspects of delivering and supporting parkrun events across the world, collaborating with global colleagues to ensure that parkrun events continue to be delivered in line with our principles of simple, scalable, sustainable and our promise that they will be free, for everyone, forever.
This role will also have oversight of the effective delivery of our volunteer strategy and will ensure that our volunteer community and ambassador networks global continue to grow, diversify and thrive.
Also overseeing the Support team who manage event risk assessments and respond to range queries, the successful candidate will be responsive to the learnings from the Support team and translate them into new policy or practice.
Finally, as a member of the SLT this role will help shape and deliver parkrun’s global strategy, championing event delivery and leading cross functional projects.
Main responsibilities:
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Sets overall global strategy for event delivery, ensuring that parkrun events are not only safe and accessible, but the barriers to event delivery are minimised and the parkrun event delivery model remains simple, scalable, and sustainable. This includes:
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Working with the divisional event delivery leads to ensure best practice is developed, balancing local context and global direction
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Ensuring that divisional event delivery teams are appropriately recording, classifying, actioning, and monitoring event-related incidents
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Responsibility for operational of the critical incident line, staff and volunteer rostering and training
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Monitoring critical medical incidents and maximising the safety of participants through proactively reviewing practices and policies
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Responsibility for creating and maintaining global event delivery guidance, policies and procedures, as well as ensuring that guidance is shared appropriately and that event team adherence is monitored.
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Working with the Global Volunteering Lead to:
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To oversee the implementation of parkrun’s global volunteering strategy, and to ensure that volunteering is valued, celebrated and supported as a form of participation
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Provide internal thought leadership to drive the delivery of a cohesive approach and voice for volunteering activities across our global organisation
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Drive forward effective digital and in-person volunteer engagement and high quality support, training and development
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Oversee volunteer associated policies and procedures
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Engage with external stakeholders in the volunteering space to ensure parkrun offers best practice in volunteer engagement.
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Working with the Global Head of Support to:
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Develop and execute a comprehensive support strategy that enhances our relationship with our community
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Oversee the event risk assessment process
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Continuously assess and enhance support processes to meet evolving needs of the parkrun community
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Collaborate across the organisation to ensure seamless integration of support services into the overall parkrun ecosystem
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Monitor performance metrics and identify areas for improvement.
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Desirable Experience:
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Track record of setting an operational strategy, aligning teams to organisational goals and delivering measurable results
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Skilled in leading and motivating international teams remotely, with a strong appreciation for cultural diversity and inclusive collaboration
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Working in an organisation with a strong volunteering ethos and experience of volunteer management
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Managing delivery of community events at scale
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Experience of customer service or support desk models and delivery, incident management and complaints
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Leveraging technology to find efficiencies in operational processes
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Demonstrated strength in influencing and uniting others around shared goals, fostering collaboration and commitment across teams and cultures without direct line management
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A deep understanding of parkrun’s operating model.
Relevant skills and behaviours:
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A purpose-driven leader who aligns with parkrun values
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Strong and effective relationship builder and communicator - able to collaborate with our communities and colleagues across the globe
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Forward thinking and willing to lean into big challenges - balancing the global growth of parkrun with the resulting pressure on the operating model
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Able to embed an innovation as usual mindset and find efficiencies in the event delivery model without losing impact
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A creative thinking who is prepared to explore new initiative and event formats as we continue to scale
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A natural collaborator who can work effectively across teams including with Safeguarding, People and Culture, Health & Inclusion, Digital and Commercial
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A considered yet decisive individual who is authentic yet inspiring and can see the detail and the big picture.
Expectations of a line managers at parkrun:
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Will have regular 1:1s with direct reports.
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Will set objectives for direct reports / team.
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Will provide regular feedback and developmental guidance.
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Will plan teams’ workload and availability.
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Will play a role in recruitment and selection and work with the People & Culture team to understand the roles required.
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Will cascade messages to the team as appropriate.
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Will be able to assign responsibilities and authority to the right employees, taking their interests, ambitions, development and competency into account.
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Will deliver any disciplinary sanctions in line with our policies and processes.
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Will provide support for team members and promote health and wellbeing at work.
parkrun Limited is the company responsible for delivering parkrun in the UK.



This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced bookkeeper to join our thriving synagogue, where your expertise will help keep our financial systems accurate, efficient, and future-ready. You’ll play a vital role in supporting our dynamic community programmes by ensuring our finances are well-managed and compliant with charity requirements. You’ll handle a variety of tasks, from processing payments, maintaining ledgers, and reconciling accounts, to managing income from multiple sources and supporting the preparation of financial reports. Beyond the day-to-day, you’ll help provide clear, insightful analysis to support decisionmaking, by helping colleagues and volunteer leaders understand the story behind the numbers. We’re looking for someone with solid experience in bookkeeping—ideally within a charity, community, or faith-based organisation. You’ll be meticulous and accurate in managing transactions and reporting, proactive in identifying opportunities to enhance our systems, and eager to contribute to a collaborative team. This position offers a valuable opportunity within a friendly and supportive team, and to contribute to the effective management of our financial resources. If you’re ready to take on a varied and rewarding role, using your skills to support the day-to-day and the future of our synagogue’s finances, we’d love to hear from you.
At FRS, we strive to connect people to one another, to their Judaism and to the world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a leader with a vision and passion for social justice?
Jesuit Missions is looking for a Director to guide our work with some of the world’s most marginalised communities and help shape a future rooted in justice, faith, and hope. This is a unique opportunity to lead an internationally respected mission and development organisation, working across global networks to make a lasting impact.
Jesuit Missions is the international mission and development organisation of the Jesuits in Britain. We exist to manifest the commitment of the Jesuits in Britain to “the service of faith through the promotion of justice”.
About the role
The new Director will:
· Provide inspirational leadership to staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.
· Ensure effective resource management and value for money across all activities.
· Build strong relationships with donors and partners.
· Advocate for Jesuit Missions’ beneficiaries and contribute to wider discussions.
· Forge strategic alliances with networks in furtherance of the vision and mission.
· Promote a positive organisational culture that reflects Jesuit Missions’ values.
Who you are
You will have:
· A demonstrable commitment to the role of mission and evangelisation of the Catholic church and an understanding of the mission of the Jesuits in Britain.
· Experience of working in the international development context.
· Experience of leadership for at least 3 years, ideally in the not-for-profit sector.
· Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities.
· Strong networking, advocacy, and influencing skills.
· Collaborative, inclusive, and empathetic leadership style.
See job description for more details including on how to apply.
Jesuit Missions is the international mission and development organisation of the Jesuits in Britain.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join the innovative Bolton Listening Lounge, providing adults in Bolton with mental health and wellbeing support. Working in partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust and Family Action, the Bolton Listening Lounge is a collaborative approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support from late afternoon into the evening. It provides a safe space for people who are experiencing mental distress or who feel that they are going through a personal crisis. Our staff will offer low level calming interventions and one to one support to identify the cause of the emotional distress and to put in place a plan including signposting and referring on to other organisations and services.
We are looking for someone with knowledge and understanding of Mental Health conditions and their impact on daily living, with a strong track-record of working with individuals and their families to deliver positive outcomes. You will provide leadership to a small team of Support, Time and Recovery workers and demonstrate a commitment to a one team approach. You will have demonstrable experience of supporting staff or volunteers in their role and aptitude for managing professional relationships.
You will have a strong track record in service delivery and a focus on quality, performance, safeguarding and management controls. With a client-facing approach, you will be passionate about engaging our service users in all aspects of our work including co-production. We want to hire a ‘can-do’ and energetic leader who will build and sustain positive working relationships with key commissioners and future funders, while developing partnerships that will continue to evolve and effectively meet the needs of everyone the service supports.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at MhIST. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
To deliver a friendly, safe and positive environment for people with mental health problems. Giving people the skills and tools to self-manage.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Volunteer Coordinator we are looking for will enjoy this unique opportunity to grow and develop our current volunteer work into a thriving and sustainable programme. Our large Cadbury family home with five acres of beautiful grounds is a retreat centre for justice, reconciliation and peace and, as a result of this role, will become a fantastic space for volunteers to flourish while supporting the physical place, vision and work of the charity.
Our current volunteer work includes a small group of local individuals who meet for a monthly volunteer days to work on the grounds and maintenance, and who support our retreat and fundraising events. A relationship with BT has enabled us to begin to offer voluntary opportunities for their local staff and this area is ready to be developed. Volunteers of all faiths and none are invited, but not required, to participate in the rhythm of prayer at the house, and all have the opportunity to hear about the vision and work as part of their experience with us. To work with our bookings a development plan may look like a more regular midweek volunteer day, a regular Sunday volunteer day and a schedule of individual volunteering tasks to be undertaken when staff are onsite during the week.
This post is initially funded for one year. If the role proves fruitful The Greenhouse will seek grant funding to extend it; however, continuation beyond the first year cannot be guaranteed.
The Volunteer Coordinator is a new and developmental role within The Greenhouse at Barnes Close. It offers an engaging opportunity to join our staff team and build upon a small as-yet underdeveloped volunteer programme in a beautiful and rewarding place to work. They will also enjoy the oversight of a discerning and experienced Board of Trustees.
We will be pleased to receive your CV and a covering letter outlining your experience and suitability for the role, references will be required. The closing date for applications is 05/12/2025, interviews will take place during the week of 8th December.
You are welcome to contact the Director Rev. Helen Lawson with any questions, for an informal conversation regarding the role, or to arrange a visit. For our contact information see our website.
We look forward to hearing from you.
A Place for Justice, Reconciliation and Peace
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join us to help shaping Samaritans to be fit for the future.
We’re looking for a passionate leader to join our team to drive the development and implementation of our strategic workforce plan and organisational design across our staff and volunteer teams.
Contract
- £50,000-£55,000 per annum plus benefits
- Full time (35hrs per week)
- Fixed Term Contract (24 months)
- Hybrid working with link to Ewell office
- We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
What you’ll do
- Develop and lead a comprehensive workforce plan for staff and volunteers.
- Align workforce planning with organisational strategy to reduce skills gaps and improve efficiency.
- Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to integrate strategic and operational plans.
- Bring external insights and trends to inform future-focused workforce decisions.
- Use data and analytics to support scenario modelling and strategic decision-making.
What you’ll bring
- CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in strategic workforce planning and organisational design in complex settings.
- Background in the charity or not-for-profit sector.
- Strong relationship-building, consulting, and facilitation skills.
- Solid understanding of UK employment law.
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available below. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to answer some short application questions and to upload your CV.
We kindly ask that you don’t rely on AI tools for your application answers, or to generate interview answers. We want to see your own unique ideas and writing skills. We want your application to stand out from the rest and showcase your own strengths.
Applications close: Friday 21 November
Interviews: w/c 1 December
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Overview
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
We are in need of proactive Recovery Support Team Leader who’s dynamic qualities will be key to strengthening engagement and ensuring service users actively shape our Tower Hamlets services. Collaborating closely with leadership, staff, and service users, you will be supporting service to achieve the best standard of care as well as helping us to increase accessibility to services and help support as many people in their recovery journeys as possible.
Where: Tower Hamlets
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Full Time Salary Range: £35,220.59 - £37,184.91 dependent on experience (based on full time working hours pro rata for part time)
Allowance: £4,133.14 Inner London Weighting
Contract Type: FIxed Term until 31st of December 2026
Responsibilities
About the role:
- Empowering staff to promote hope, empowerment, choices, control and opportunities that assist service users reaching their full potential as individuals and community members.
- Ensuring that CGL’s values are at the heart of everything we all do, through values based decision making and leadership, creating values based culture.
- Manage the rota of staff, working with other managers to ensure all elements of the service are covered appropriately. Participate in management on-call duty/rota.
- Ensuring quality of service delivery through data analysis and engaging staff in service quality improvement planning. Where necessary, create team and individual performance plans to improve quality and performance.
- Work with your team and Designated Safeguarding Lead (if not your role) to ensure that the practices within the team/service enable identification of service users, children and families who are at risk. Ensure that staff are competent in the delivery of interventions that reduce risk to service users.
- Plan, chair and contribute to team meetings that promote learning cultures, cascade information, and provide feedback mechanisms for staff on service delivery/developments.
- Utilise Skill-Station (CGL’s learning and development platform) to identify the learning and development needs of your team and engage staff in face to face and eLearning as appropriate.
About you:
- Experienced in recruiting, training and managing staff
- Aware of the challenges faced by the people using our services
- Experienced in delivering learning and training to others
- Accomplished written and verbal skills and a high degree of IT competency
- Capable, committed, and influential leader
- Experience of promoting the voice of service users
- Excellent time management
- Excellent team working, communication and interpersonal skills
- Empathetic and non-judgemental approach
- Ideally you will posses a level 3 qualification in assessing learner work and Project management and/or team leader experience
What we will give to you:
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
Join us in our journey of empowerment and holistic support, where every individual's well-being is at the heart of what we do.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 31 to 33 (£35,220.59 - £37,184.90)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
Inner London Weighting (£4,133.14)
Closing Date
26/11/2025
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
Job Title: Volunteer Officer - VAC161
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working offered by agreement)
Salary: £27,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Deadline: COP Tuesday 18th November 2025
Telephone Screening: CV's will be considered as they are received. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a telephone screening call between Friday 14th November and Monday 24th November.
Interviews to take place: Tuesday 2nd December
Location: Hybrid - Leeds Hospitals Charity offices at St. James’s and LGI hospitals with occasional home-working.
Do you want to work for a Charity that offers flexible working, training and development and a culture that is committed to the health and wellbeing of its employees? Do you have experience in volunteer recruitment? Do you have a knack for building strong and meaningful relationships? If so, we want to speak to you.
Leeds Hospitals Charity
Leeds Hospitals Charity is proud to support Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. At Leeds Hospitals Charity, we work with NHS staff to improve the experience of patients and families. We are passionate about healthcare and about making our hospitals amazing.
People are central to everything we do at the Charity. Our home city of Leeds is multicultural, and we embrace its diversity. Difference is to be celebrated; it inspires innovation and makes us stronger. For us equality, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental principles. They underpin our goal to support the communities of the hospitals in Leeds.
The Role
Working alongside the Volunteer Manager for Hospitals, the Volunteer Officer for Hospitals role provides support to deliver our ambitious volunteer strategy. This role is responsible for the recruitment, training, induction and recognition of volunteers in our hospitals.
The person will:
· Ensure that volunteers in hospital roles are recruited in line with charity recruitment procedures following SAFER recruitment practices and NHS England recruitment procedures as appropriate.
· Build and maintain successful relationships with key stakeholders across the charity, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, and organisations across Leeds.
· Support the development and delivery of a recruitment plan for hospitals volunteering to ensure recruitment targets are met.
· Support on delivering a communication strategy that underpins recruitment targets for the hospitals.
· Ensure that all volunteers are offered an inclusive, rewarding, sustainable and equitable reward and recognition programme that regularly says thank you and aids retention.
· Responsible for ensuring that the volunteer management database (CRM) is kept up to date for hospital volunteering and utilised in line with internal processes.
· Deliver a volunteer training programme that ensures every volunteer in hospital roles receives appropriate mandatory and optional training as required by their role and has the opportunity for additional learning and development opportunities.
The successful candidate will have:
· 2+ years’ experience of recruiting volunteers or paid staff.
· Have a passion to work with and support volunteers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
· Knowledge and understanding of volunteer best practice.
· Knowledge of safeguarding and GDPR in a volunteer setting.
· Experience of delivering training in different formats.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills, including networking, influencing and relationship-building skills.
Full Job Description can be found on our website. If you would like to speak to us to discuss the role, or want to know more about the Charity and our teams, you can contact Clare Silverleaf.
Benefits:
· 27 days holiday a year plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional holiday.
· Paid birthday day off upon successful completion of probationary period
· Additional annual leave days based on length of service
· Volunteering Days
· Unlimited access to our online Learning & Development Portal
· Line Management Training Programme
· Pension scheme- 5% employer contribution
· Annual pay review
· Health & Wellbeing support including:
o access to an Employee Assistance Programmes and trained Mental Health First Aiders
· Life Insurance Protection
· Cyclescheme
· Car Lease Scheme
· NHS Blue Light Card and Discounts
For more information about the position and the charity, please visit our website by searching Leeds Hospitals Charity.
As a Disability Confident Employer we commit to offering all applicants who consider themselves to have a disability an interview if they demonstrate they possess the essential skills and experience required for the role. Please advise on your covering letter if you consider yourself to have a disability.
Thank you for taking the time to apply for our position. We appreciate your interest in Leeds Hospitals Charity. If your application is selected to continue in the interview process, a member of our HR Team will be in contact with you before the scheduled interview date.
We support NHS staff to deliver the best care for over a million patients and their families each year.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Looking for a new challenge? Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) is an independent local charity providing vital advice and support to residents across West Sussex county on issues such as debt, benefits, housing, energy, and immigration. We’re proud to deliver trusted, high-quality advice that helps people find a way forward, and we’re looking for a passionate Service Manager to help us continue that mission.
The Debt and Homelessness Prevention Team Leader will lead a team of advice caseworkers, volunteers and support staff to deliver high-quality debt and homelessness prevention advice services which empower clients, tackles financial hardship and promotes equity with the aim of preventing homelessness and improving life outcomes.
They will manage their own complex caseload while ensuring the team meets contractual targets and contributes to the charity’s wider mission — including partnership work, research, campaigns and systems change.
The postholder will provide leadership, quality assurance, and performance oversight, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and values-driven culture. Providing feedback into the team’s line managers appraisals and people management.
This is the perfect role for an experienced debt or housing advisor/caseworker gain greater specialism or as a step into a management role.
DBS required for this role
What We Offer:
- Holidays: 26 days per year
- Employee Assistance Scheme: Access to confidential support services
- Sick and Maternity Pay: Enhanced contractual benefits after a qualifying period
- Commitment to learning and development: access to training platforms and professional development
- Inclusive Workplace: We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work
Apply Today!
If you’re passionate about helping others, read through the Job Description and Personal Specification on our website via the apply button and tell us through the application form, how you are suited to this role. We look forward to hearing from you!
This is one of the most important roles within Shine Cancer Support. You’ll be overseeing and supporting Shine’s volunteers around the country, ensuring that they have what they need to reach as many young adults with cancer as possible. You’ll also work closely with Shine’s Programme Delivery Manager to deliver training and support programmes directly to young adults with cancer and healthcare professionals.
Location: Hybrid, with two days per week at Shine’s offices in Blackheath, South East London or in Poole, Dorset.
Hours & salary: Full time (35 hours per week). Salary range is £33,000 - £35,000 pro rata, depending on experience.
This is a one year contract to cover maternity leave starting mid/late January 2026.
Benefits: Employee contribution pension, training and development support, staff mental health support, cycle to work scheme.
Holiday: 25 days annual holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days of public holidays, or pro-rata equivalent if relevant. We also give you your birthday off each year.
Key responsibilities
Volunteer Support
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Support Shine’s volunteer Network Leaders across England, Scotland and Wales to develop their Shine Networks, ensuring that they provide the best possible support to young adults with cancer. This will include an annual support plan, developing and testing new ways of expanding Shine’s reach, and regular catch-up calls.
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Work with Shine staff and facilitators to recruit, train and support new volunteers from across the UK.
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Deliver an annual plan for training and support, touching on issues such as outreach and fundraising.
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Maintain and develop Shine’s online information pages for Shine volunteers.
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Organise and facilitate online meet-ups for Shine beneficiaries.
Programme Delivery
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Assist the Programme Delivery Manager and facilitators to deliver Shine’s core programmes (Break Out programme, Shine Circles) to Shine beneficiaries, as well as training to healthcare professionals.
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Create new connections with healthcare professionals across the UK. This will include linking to relevant Cancer Alliances and Integrated Care Boards.
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Oversee the administration and management of relevant monitoring and evaluation processes.
Key skills and experience:
Essential
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Excellent communication skills
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Ability to identify training needs and deliver training in a variety of formats
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Experience of working with and/or supporting volunteers
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Strong organisation and project management skills, and the ability to deliver and respond to challenges.
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Ability to respond to Shine’s growth and challenges in a creative and effective way.
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Creative and curious with a willingness and ability to develop new ideas
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Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with empathy to beneficiaries and volunteers of Shine.
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A track record of building positive relationships.
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Excellent IT skills, including solid knowledge of Word and Excel, and experience with social media.
Desirable
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Experience of managing projects remotely, including using tools such as Asana
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Experience of working as part of a small team, including volunteers
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A background and/or understanding of the role and importance of volunteers in the charity sector
This job description summarises the main duties and responsibilities of the post. You may be required to undertake other appropriate duties, which are within your capabilities or for which training has been given. You won’t be expected to carry out all of these roles immediately; we will support you to develop new skills as you progress.
Key approaches
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Respectful of the confidentiality of beneficiaries and the ability to work within charity law and governance structures.
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Ability to relate to our beneficiaries and volunteers, and to respond empathetically to difficult personal situations.
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Be prepared to have progress assessed regularly and be appraised annually should the role be extended.
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Willingness to work as part of a small team spread across the UK; this requires good communication skills as well as the ability to be flexible in the approach to work.
Successful candidates will be asked to undergo an enhanced DBS check in keeping with Shine’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy.
What Shine offers
By sharing your skills, time and expertise with Shine, you’ll be contributing to the growth of a small, rapidly growing charity, while also gaining insights into the challenges and opportunities that this presents. We expect everyone who works with us to like people and to be happy to contribute to the overall success of Shine, even if that means occasionally taking on tasks that aren’t in your job description. We are happy to fund relevant training, within our budget guidelines, and to provide opportunities for professional development and growth.
In addition to your salary, you’ll receive regular pension contributions (currently 3%, as mandated by the UK Government) and access to a bike-to-work scheme.
About the charity
Vision
We want every adult in their 20s, 30s and 40s diagnosed with cancer to know they’re not alone, and to have the support, knowledge, and confidence to navigate whatever cancer throws their way.
Mission
There’s never a good time for a cancer diagnosis, but in your 20s, 30s or 40s there are particular challenges to navigate, like work, dating, finances and more. At Shine Cancer Support, we’ve been there and we get it. We’re here to help you deal with everything that your diagnosis brings, before, during and after treatment, and to welcome you into our community.
Our values
1. Inclusive - Our services are open to anyone in their 20s, 30s and 40s with a cancer diagnosis, no matter what type or stage, when your diagnosis was, or whatever your background is.
2. Approachable - We want everyone in our Shine community to feel welcomed and able to get involved, and we design all our services to be friendly, fun and down-to-earth.
3. Authentic - We’re patient-led and passionate, and we want everyone involved to have a genuine and honest voice, with patients’ voices at the heart of our work.
4. Innovative - As a small charity, we’re adaptable and agile, and we seek to be responsive to needs as they change. We listen to what our Shine community is saying and strive to find practical solutions.
5. Empowering - Our services aren’t about us “doing” to or for you. We want to empower you to ask the right questions, get the right information, take control, and make the best decisions for yourself.
Please submit a CV and covering letter. Applications without a covering letter will not be reviewed. And hey, we know ChatGPT can be a help but we'd rather have a shorter, personal covering letter than a long one written by AI.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Looking for a new challenge? Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) is an independent local charity providing vital advice and support to residents across West Sussex county on issues such as debt, benefits, housing, energy, and immigration. We’re proud to deliver trusted, high-quality advice that helps people find a way forward, and we’re looking for a passionate Service Manager to help us continue that mission.
The Welfare Benefits Team Leader will lead a team of advice caseworkers, volunteers and support staff to deliver high-quality welfare benefits advice services which empower clients, tackles financial hardship and promotes equity.
They will manage their own complex caseload while ensuring the team meets contractual targets and contributes to the charity’s wider mission — including partnership work, research, campaigns and systems change.
The postholder will provide leadership, quality assurance, and performance oversight, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and values-driven culture.
DBS required for this role.
What We Offer:
- Holidays: 26 days per year
- Employee Assistance Scheme: Access to confidential support services
- Sick and Maternity Pay: Enhanced contractual benefits after a qualifying period
- Commitment to learning and development: access to training platforms and professional development
- Inclusive Workplace: We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work
Apply Today!
If you’re passionate about helping others, read through the Job Description and Personal Specification on our website via the apply button and tell us through the application form, how you are suited to this role. We look forward to hearing from you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We're looking for someone a lttle bit special - someone who believes in the deep potential of children who are not thriving elsewhere in life and who has the experience, passion, energy and the drive to go the extra mile on these young people’s behalf.
The position is an exciting dual role:
1. Volunteering & People Manager (80% of workload)
You'll become a key cog at the heart ofFree to Be's management team, taking lead responsibility for volunteer and staff recruitment and retention, holding and delivering our volunteering strategy, launching a new training infrastructure through 2026-27, and heading up 'all things volunteering'. With one direct report, you'll aim to grow volunteer numbers year on year, ensure volunteers are well matched, and well supported, onto our residential projects, and lead on quality assurance, including volunteering standards concerns/grievances. Alongside our Services, Operations and Fundraising Managers, you'll be a core management team member holding shared responsibility for the day to day running of an impactful and growing children's mental health and adventure charity and will work closely with our inspiring and supportive CEO to set longer-term key strategic goals underpinning Free to Be's future development.
2. Residential Project Lead Coordinator (20% of role)
Our residentials are fun, immersive, tiring (in all the right ways), impactful and inspiring. A core aspect of all Free to Be Kids staff's roles is leading circa 8-10 of our residential projects across each year - working on the ground with the children, leading the volunteers & staff team on project, and helping make the projects special, safe, and transformative for vulnerable young people, many of whom have damaged confidence, low self-worth, or other social-emotional needs.
Attendance at approximately 8-10 five-six night residential projects per year outside London is a core component of this role. As a manager, you'd likely attend 8-10 residentials in year 1 to build familiarity with both the projects and our volunteer base, with this dropping to c.8 per year thereafter.
On offer to the right candidate:
Salary: Circa £38,000 - £40,000, dependent on experience.
Hours: Fulltime: 37.5 hours per week. Essential attendance on at c.8-10 residential projects a year.
Leave: 25 days per year, plus bank holidays and up to 13 additional pre-set discretionary reward days in September and during the Christmas period. A substantial perk of the role is potential to take up to 4 consecutive weeks off to travel each September.
Other benefits: 4% employer pension contribution paid on full base salary, rising by 1% per year of service, up to a maximum of 7%; hybrid working; office with great transport links; flexible working (outside core hours); employee reward scheme; tight-knit, fun, vibrant, cohesive staff team with great morale.
Based: Hybrid – our small office in Waterloo, London. Hybrid working is well established with the majority of the team splitting time around 50:50 between the office and home.
To start: Early January 2026.
Who we’re looking for:
Our next Volunteering Manager hero. You'll be fun, flexible, energised, experienced in work with young people with addtional needs, and looking to join an organisation you can believe in and who in return will believe and invest in you.
Kind, empathetic, resilient and efficient, you’ll have a real affinity for supporting others - whether volunteers, more junior staff, or children themselves. We're looking for someone who loves working with young people, as you'll be role modelling that commitment and energy to our volunteers and playing a leading role in holding our already thriving team culture. Volunteer Management or HR experience is a bonus, and capacity and personality to quickly pick that up is a must, but ultimately we're looking for the right organisational fit - someone who believes in what we do and wants to step up to join a management team working hard to deliver it.
You’ll have the flexibility to work away from home on (up to) 10 five to six day residential projects per year. Ideally, you’ll also have experience of leading projects for children – whether residential or non-residential - for example as a teacher, or running groups in other settings. Experience of working on or leading residentials projects themselves is not required but may be an advantage.
We are a small, vibrant, 'can do', friendly staff team of 10, supported by a committed volunteer base of around 300.
We are particularly keen to encourage applications from those who can help us represent the lived experiences of our children through their own lived experience or background.
To apply:
See full Job Description & Person Specification on our website.
Send a copy of your CV or up to date LinkedIn profile, as well as a covering letter and introductory short video, by the closing date of 10pm, Wednesday 26th November 2025.
Covering letters should be very approximately 1 to 1.5 sides A4 and address the question of: ‘Why this role, why now’, as well as ‘what strengths, experience and skills you would bring into the role’.We also ask for a short (1-3 minutes) informal video introducing yourself and touching on the person specification. We have found this helps bring the strongest applications to life, and filters out AI driven applications.
Selection Process and Timeline:
Selection will be via two stage interview. As there is only a short turnaround from application closure on 26th November to 1st stage interviews 1st-2nd December, we will assess applications and offer interview slots throughout the window. However, you will not be disadvantaged if you need to wait till the closing date to submit.
1st stage interviews: Mon 1st - Tues 2nd December (virtual)
2nd stage final interviews: Mon 8th - Tues 9th December (in-person preferred, London Waterloo)
Please hold interview dates as alternate dates are unlikely to be available.
The role requires an Enhanced DBS check and existing right to work in the UK.
If you have any questions about the role, contact us via our website and we’d be happy to arrange an informal chat. We look forward to hearing from you!
Using joy, adventure and the outdoors to transform particularly vulnerable London children's mental health.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: on-site at Caernarfon combined court (with occasional cover required for Llandudno Magistrates' court)
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
About us
The Witness Service has over 260 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Last year, Citizens Advice helped 2.6 million people face-to-face, by phone, email and webchat, and we received 25 million visits to our digital advice content. We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives.
Please note, the Witness Service is due to transfer out of Citizens Advice in April 2026. This is an exciting time for the Witness Service and for you to be part of shaping our future with a new provider.
The Role
As Team Leader (Court Services) you will be in a crucial role, responsible for the effective delivery of the Witness Service within your court/s. (Caernarfon combined court, with occasional cover required for Llandudno Magistrates' court).
You will manage, motivate and develop a team of volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.
You will also develop and maintain key local stakeholder relationships with a view to promoting partnership working, and enhancing service delivery standards and effectiveness.
Who we are looking for
We look for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year.
Are you an experienced manager of staff or volunteers looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for someone who is a great motivator and thrives on leading teams to deliver positive outcomes.
We are looking for someone with excellent management and communication skills, who can adapt to and manage change. Experience of working to agreed targets is essential for this role along with working to tight deadlines.
To apply
To apply please submit an anonymous CV and anonymous cover letter that explains, with examples, how you meet the criteria below:
- Proven experience of effectively managing and developing performance of a team of volunteers and/or staff, including recruitment, and supporting staff and/or volunteers in dealing with difficult situations.
- Proven experience of monitoring and maintaining service delivery of a team against agreed targets, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing change to achieve this improvement through effective planning.
- Evidence of having built and developed effective and beneficial working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
This post is subject to enhanced vetting and barring check. Some roles may require a Counter Terrorist Check.
The National Citizens Advice operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
We have been awarded the top charity in Third sectors' employer index, where it's recognised that Citizens Advice is an organization that not only prioritizes the people we serve but also values the wellbeing of its employees.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service. Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue - a principle that underpins all our EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector - people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. We follow the social model of disability. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.
Citizens Advice seeks to redeploy internal staff who are at risk or under notice of redundancy and will prioritise them in the recruitment process where necessary. If you have been confirmed as at risk or under notice of redundancy please ensure you indicate this in the at-risk box in your application.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.
Do you believe in the power of digital spaces to break down barriers and provide life-changing support?
We are excited to be recruiting two Online Communities Team Leaders to contribute to the effective coordination and delivery of our Dementia Support Forum and other online communities. These invaluable services are available 24/7 and offer vital peer support for people affected by dementia, helping them connect, share experiences, and access help when they need it most, regardless of location or circumstance. As part of our Universal Services team, you’ll work closely together to oversee day-to-day operations, lead a small team of Assistants and Officers, and ensure our online communities are safe, inclusive, and responsive to user needs. You’ll play an active role in safeguarding, moderation and service quality, and support the Online Communities Manager to implement service plans and contribute to continuous improvement.
Our roles is a shared leadership model, with both Team Leaders playing a key role in maintaining service standards, supporting team wellbeing, and driving service improvements. We see the successful individual being someone who thrives in a digital environment, confident leading others, and is committed to inclusion, wellbeing, and user-centred service delivery.
About You
You’ll exemplify our values: Determined to make a difference, a Trusted Expert, who works Better Together and shows true Compassion and bring -
• Experience managing or supporting a team in a digital or service delivery environment.
• Confidence in coaching, motivating, and supporting team wellbeing.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding principles and experience responding to concerns.
• Experience using data and insight to inform decisions and monitor performance.
• Strong IT skills and confidence using digital tools, including Microsoft 365.
• Excellent communication skills and a calm, empathetic approach under pressure.
• Commitment to inclusion, equity, and continuous improvement.
Please note: This is a fully remote, home-based role with a 5 out of 7 working pattern, which may include some weekend shifts to support service coverage.
Interviews will be held virtually 9th and 10th December over MS Teams
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Our hiring process
During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply. Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team via [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.
We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.
We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.
Giving back to you
Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.
Store Manager
Join a team as a Distribution Store Manager at the Derby Normanton Drive store! Offering a full-time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent position, and we would love someone passionate about making an impact.
If you're driven, motivated, and eager to help the store reach its full potential, this is the perfect role for you. We're looking for someone with a love for charity retail, a keen eye for fashion, and the ability to take initiative and lead with enthusiasm.
Being a Distribution Store Manager means that you will be dealing with high volumes of donations in to the store. Working with your team, you will ensure the stock is checked and ready to distribute out to other retail stores across England, as well as managing the day to day running of the busy Normanton Drive store.
In this role you will:
· Help develop in store systems and promote donations and sales to maximise profits
· Be representing the charity as an efficient and charitable organisation by ensuring that your actions reinforce the charity’s aims and values
· Strive to ensure stock is generated from the local area and donors
· Sign up donors to the Gift Aid scheme and ensure maximum income is achieved through Gift Aid
· Be responsible for achieving profit targets by ensuring sales are maximised and the cost are effectively managed
· Maintain the store to a high standard of presentation throughout.
· Build an effective volunteer team and provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals to paid staff and volunteers
· Be responsible for all financial and cash handling and health and safety.
To be a successful Store Manager, you will be
· An experienced manager with the ability to maintain budgets and complete weekly income and banking sheets accurately, preferably with previous charity retail experience at Shop Manager level
· Have a flexible approach to working hours and days including working weekend and Bank Holidays as appropriate.
· Willing to travel to occasional team meetings, training events and in the initial growth of the new retail train assisting with setting up other new stores.
· Passionate about the charity’s values and will strive to ensure the Retail brand is successful.
· Manage the logistics, vans and allocation of stock, to stores within the area. To maximise income for the charity.
If you are looking for an exciting new challenge and want to work for an organisation that strives for excellence, we want to hear from you!
The charity values a diverse and inclusive workplace and intentionally plan for the success of colleagues in everything they do. They welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join the team!
They are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.
Benefits
There is an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward employees to ensure that teams feel valued and appreciated.
The benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
About the organisation
The charity’s vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
They're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. They fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.
We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.
Empower individuals with learning disabilities and autism to reach their full potential and lead the lives they choose.


