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Are you looking for a rewarding challenge?

Then join our experienced team supporting children and young people who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse. You’ll help deliver our Young Carers service across Southwark, so a car driver is preferred.

In this role, you will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments and create action plans. You‘ll provide support for Young Carers to reduce the impact of their caring role and improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing, through signposting to local services, in-school support, one-to-one sessions, and workshops.

There will be opportunities to work closely with schools, Children’s Services and other agencies to raise awareness, identify hidden Young Carers, and ensure Young Carer needs are understood and acted on.

You will need to be confident, approachable and self-motivated, with the ability to quickly establish rapport with children and young people. Applicants should have relevant experience of working or volunteering in education, health or social care, or be looking to start a career working with children or young people.

This is a part-time role, ideally working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (including occasional early evenings). The role is 9 months fixed-term with a potential 3 month extension.

Make a difference now and for the future.

We offer our employees:

· Inclusive values-based environment

· Competitive remuneration package

· Workplace pension scheme

· Generous annual leave entitlement

· Opportunities for hybrid working

· Benenden Health Care

· Death in Service Benefit

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme

· Development opportunities

· and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.

Purpose of the Role:

Please note this is a detailed job description and many of the activities below do not take place everyday

This is a key role to work with an exciting community taking lead responsibility for the looking after key aspects of existing and new membership. You will be working alongside an experienced team supporting the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, the largest Liberal Synagogue in the UK, to be the best it can be. 

Your role will touch all aspects of the synagogue with a particular focus on looking after new members, the membership process and members in general, acting as a key conduit to ensure that our members receive the best service we can provide. You will also ensure that ourCRM system is up to date and important data and information can be pulled form it. 

You will support bereaved families in the immediate aftermath of a death by organising funerals, shivas and stone-settings.

Additionally you will support our Senior Rabbi in her work including diary management and ensuring, working alongside others, that life cycle and important religious festivals are being managed and delivered to the highest standards. 

Senior Rabbi PA

Support the Senior Rabbi in all aspect of their work to include:-

o Administrative and secretarial support for the Senior Rabbi including correspondence, diary management and to act as their first point of contact for enquiries by phone, email and in person

o Liaise and work alongside the member of staff (Office Administrator) who is PA for the other Rabbis and supporting when necessary

o Meet with Senior Rabbi regularly to review weekly diary, plan for the future and complete event forms

o Work closely with the Office Administrator (who organises all internal and life cycle events) to develop efficient procedures, printing and systems to ensure organisation of all life cycle events (including baby blessings, Bar-Bat Mitzvahs, Kabbalat Torah, weddings and mixed faith blessings, conversion, admission ceremonies).

o Assist with planning and coordination of events generated by the Senior Rabbi

o Keep timetables of all life cycle events coordinating with office staff to ensure these events and linked celebrations are delivered effectively

o Keep a tracking system that logs where proselytes are on their conversion journey.

o Liaise with the LJS Community Care Co-ordinator and other contacts over pastoral and other issues being dealt with by the Senior Rabbi.

o Circulate the services calendar and the  Bar/Bat Mitzvah schedule of dates

o Support the volunteers who coordinate the mitzvot

o Assist in the organisation of the High Holy Days particularly in co-ordinating all mitzvot

o Assist the Senior Rabbi and the office in the organisation of interfaith/multifaith and other events including the sending out invitations and co-ordinating response

o Ensure that thank you letters for donations, yahrzeits and other acknowledgements are prepared and signed by the Senior Rabbi

o Complete the weekly yahrzeit list

o Complete administration support for the Bereavement Support

o Any other duties which may be reasonably requested by the Senior Rabbi and Executive Director.

o Funeral Coordinator

o To co-ordinate the administration of funerals (burials and cremations) for members and non-members.

o To liaise with the family/estate, rabbis, funeral directors, cemetery/crematorium or others as necessary in making the arrangements.

o To provide details of cost to the person organising the funeral.

o To prepare funeral and related invoices in consultation with the Financial Controller.

o To organise consecrations and arrange interments of ashes and ordering of memorial plaques.

o To administer the burial of non-members, including preparing invoices and dealing with payments for the burials.

o To administer the allocation of graves, reservations and columbarium

o To prepare condolence letters for Rabbis.

o To send out electronic Bereavement Notifications

o To respond to requests from the public for plot locations and information on the cemetery.

o To provide annual statistical information on burials and cremations for Liberal Judaism and the Board of Deputies.

o To ensure and promote the maintenance of graves as requested by families

o Send out the biennial Memorial Service for the Loss of a Child and the Loss of the Prospect of a Child.

Membership Coordinator:

o Administer and coordinate the membership process from receipt of a new application including liaising with the applicant, the Financial Controller and the Rabbis

o Maintain the appropriate Council reports for new members and resignations 

o Send welcome letters and packs to new members

o Send resignation letters to members

o Ensure the CRM (ShulCloud) system is up to date (training will be provided) with members’ details, and their journey through the membership process including adding new members, resigning members, changing their status in respect of age membership changes and so on.

o Produce ShulCloud (CRM) reports

o Ensure ShulCloud (CRM) is maintained and up to date

o Work closely with staff to support contact with members in respect of volunteering, marketing, High Holy Day ticketing, the creation of mail merges and the AGM

o Be a ‘superuser’ of the ShulCloud, working closely with the ShulCloud consultant, understanding and learning what the system can do and supporting others to use it.

o Work alongside other areas that involve links to membership i.e. education

o Any other relevant tasks as requested

Personal Specifications:

Prior administrative or personal assistant experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

High level of discretion and confidentiality

Proficiency with office software (i.e. Microsoft Office)

Experience of using ShulCloud CRM system would be beneficial but not essential (training will be provided)

Comfortable working in a Progressive Jewish religious environment; familiarity with Jewish customs and terminology

Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends during holidays or events

An understanding of how a CRM system can be used to provide data and information and enhance membership experience

In addition:

Friendly, professional demeanour

Ability to multitask and meet deadlines

Sensitivity to the pastoral and spiritual aspects of the Rabbi’s role

Sensitivity, resilience in dealing with bereavements, willing to undergo training.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check

Battersea is embarking on a transformative journey with our Launchpad Programme - a major cross-organisational initiative to consolidate all customer and animal data into one integrated CRM system. As part of this ambitious project, we are creating new roles to support our teams as they contribute to programme activity.

Supporter-Led Fundraising has been identified as a major growth opportunity in our Income Generation strategy, and we have ambitious plans for it going forward. This contract role will independently manage the planning, development, and delivery of Battersea’s Supporter-Led Fundraising programme, as well as provide support to the wider Events and Supporter-Led Fundraising team on other projects.

We are looking for a Senior Events & Supporter-Led Fundraising Officer (DIY/Community), with experience in Supporter Led Fundraising programme development, who can hit the ground running to lead on the delivery of our ambitious plans.

What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources
• Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.

Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.

More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 27th July 2025*

Interview date(s): First round interviews: w/c 4th August 2025. Second round interviews: TBC

*All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Carers First is a charity that works directly with, and for unpaid carers, providing personalised information, advice and tailored support making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.

We have a committed, dedicated staff team and you could be just the person we are looking for to join us to make that valuable difference in carer’s lives. We live and work through our values in all that we achieve by being positive, collaborative and ambitious and we have clear plans to scale our reach, support and impact for carers.

About this role

As a Team Lead, your responsibilities would include:

• Leading a small team of Carer Support Advisers across Haringey and Waltham Forest

• Providing day-to-day support, motivation and management to ensure high-quality delivery

• Managing a caseload of more complex carer cases, delivering direct support and statutory assessments

• Supporting quality assurance, performance monitoring, and safeguarding responsibilities

• Working in partnership with local organisations to raise awareness of carers and improve services

• Supporting the Service Manager with planning, reporting and contributing to service development

About you

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Experience of leading or supervising a team, ideally in health, social care or voluntary sector settings

• Strong understanding of carers’ needs, and confidence delivering assessments and personalised support

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships with carers, colleagues and partners

• Confidence using digital tools including case management systems and Microsoft Office

• A passion for working in a values-led organisation and making a difference in people’s lives

We are looking for someone who shares our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and who is motivated by working in a supportive and ambitious environment.

Carers First Can Offer You

In return for your contribution, we have an amazing package of staff benefits including 26 days annual leave entitlement which increases with length of service, flexible working options, paid carers leave, access to our work-place pension, staff discount scheme, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package. Whatever you are aiming to achieve in your career, we are here to encourage, help and support you grow, through our excellent training and development programmes.

How to apply

To apply for our exciting opportunity and make a real difference to the lives of carers, click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to begin your application. Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.

Interview Process:

Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be contacted directly and invited to interview - Date to be confirmed.

Carers First is an Equal Opportunites Employer

Positive      Collaborative      Ambitious

You don’t need to tick every box; if you care about making a difference, we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for two Place Leads to help drive our work in Stoke-on-Trent and East Staffordshire. Each role will be rooted in its local area, but both will work across the whole county, helping us build more connected, inclusive systems that support people to be active in ways that matter to them.

This work is part of a wider investment from Sport England, focused on changing how systems support people to be active. That means shaping how physical activity is understood, prioritised, and embedded, not just in programmes, but in policies, partnerships, and everyday decisions. That includes health, local government, community development, and beyond.

You’ll work with partners, communities, and decision-makers to make sense of what’s already happening, spot where things are stuck, and help shift both the culture and the practice. The work will be messy, layered, and relational. Some days will be about strategy. Others will be about trust.

You’ll be part of a small, committed team working across policy, systems, community insight and practice. And you’ll be trusted to bring your own judgement, experience, and clarity to the role.

If you’re someone who can see the potential in people and systems, even when they’re tired or fragmented, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Outcomes:

• Improve wellbeing outcomes for families as part of place expansion work
• Connected, vibrant, proactive system of partners working in core priority places
• Grassroots, community organisations in our priority places are part of decision making
• Robust learning and evaluation framework in place the can effectively demonstrate the our impact across systems and directly for people living in place
• The people who need to understand and demonstrate system leadership do
• Coordinated, coherent approach has been developed to place based working in areas of focus.

What does this mean day to day?

• You’ll spend time listening to what’s emerging in communities, building trust with partners, and making sense of how insight, decisions, and action travel across the system.
• You’ll support our governance groups, coordinating agendas, shaping recommendations, and helping hold people gently but clearly to account for the things they’ve committed to.
• You’ll track where energy is building, where its leaking, and where attention needs to shift. That means spotting patterns, asking difficult questions, and making sure conversations lead to decisions, and decisions lead to change.
• You’ll need to hold contradictions without forcing resolution: where different truths exist at once, where progress creates new tensions, and where outcomes are unclear. Critical thinking is key; this role is as much about reflection and challenge as it is about delivery.
• Some days you’ll be co-designing a development session. Other days, you’ll be reflecting on what’s working, what’s drifting, and how we bring things back into focus. You’ll be supported by a small team who care about doing this work well, with clarity, kindness, and a shared sense of purpose.

How do we value you?

• Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of employment plus bank holidays. This rises by an additional 1 day of leave per year after 2 years of continuous employment, up to an additional 5 days leave in total. (Pro rata for part time staff)
• Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part time staff)
• Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary
• Volunteer day to spend either as a team or individual helping out with an organisation or cause you select
• Up to 8% employer contribution to pension scheme
• Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display equipment
• Health & Wellbeing Cashplan – including access to a virtual GP any day anytime, Discounts to gym memberships, Retail discounts such as cinema tickets and your weekly shop.
• Access to Cyclescheme
• Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University
• Online skills training platform – for employees to use to broaden their professional and personal development across a range of online courses.
• Access to counselling service.

To apply, please visit our website, read our recruitment pack, and send us your CV along with a cover letter answering the three questions below.

We’re recruiting on a rolling basis. If your application feels like a good fit, we’ll be in touch within a week to arrange an interview.

Questions to answer:

• What draws you to place-based systems work, and what helps you stay with it when it gets messy or slow?
  We’re interested in your motivation, but also in your mindset; how you approach complexity, pace, and change that doesn’t always follow a plan.

• Tell us about a time you helped hold people or partners to account in a way that built trust rather than eroded it.
  This could be from work, volunteering, or anywhere you’ve had to navigate power, tension, or different agendas with care.

• How do you recognise when systems change is happening, and when it isn’t?
  We don’t need a textbook answer. We want to hear how you spot movement (or drift), and what you pay attention to when trying to shift something deeper than outputs.

This position will play a vital part in supporting the Income Generation department and the charity as a whole, helping to raise awareness, engage supporters, and drive fundraising efforts across multiple channels.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, results-driven, and have a passion for charity work. This is an exciting opportunity to create the marketing strategy for a growing charity while working closely with various departments to ensure a unified message and approach is taken.

Key Responsibilities:

• Campaign Development: Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns that promote the charity’s mission, events, and fundraising activities across digital and traditional platforms.
• Brand Awareness: Increase the visibility and awareness of the charity through targeted marketing strategies, including social media, email marketing, and public relations.
• Content Creation: Produce compelling content (e.g., newsletters, social media updates, website pages, impact reports, press releases) that resonates with our target audiences and promotes the charity’s work.
• Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with the Income Generation team to create marketing materials and campaigns that support donor acquisition and retention.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Monitor and report on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, using data to refine strategies and improve outcomes.
• Collaboration: Work cross-departmentally with other teams within the charity to ensure consistent messaging and alignment with the organisation’s goals.
• Event Promotion: Support the promotion and marketing of fundraising events and initiatives to increase participation and visibility.
• Community Building: Engage with the charity’s supporters, volunteers, and partners, creating a sense of community and encouraging long-term relationships.

Who are Challenge Partners

Challenge Partners works nationally with over 500 schools and 100 trusts, delivering programmes and networks to support school and trust improvement and leadership development. Our programmes for schools include the Quality Assurance Review, Growing the Top, Extending Leading Practice, and the SEND Developmental Peer Review. Our collaborative networks for school leaders operate locally (hubs), regionally (Jubilee Networks), and nationally. You can read more here. 

We also offer Trust programmes such as the Trust Peer Review and Trust Leaders’ Network. You can read more here. 

As we expand our National Network of Excellence, this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to our partnership's success.

Job Purpose

The Partnership Coordinator role is varied, offering the chance to develop a wide range of skills. Responsibilities include delivering programme and network activities, managing local hubs, supporting events and meetings, and participating in recruitment and retention activities led by the Partnerships Team.

Working closely with school and trust leaders and hub managers, you will need excellent relationship management skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

This position requires individuals who are self-motivated, organised, detail-focused, and strong communicators. 

We are looking for new colleagues to focus on delivering our programmes and networks, ensuring a great experience for our partner schools (about 60-80% of your time). The remaining time will be spent on hub account management, supporting knowledge exchange and network growth, and handling general partner queries.

Key Responsibilities

Programme and Network Delivery:

- Support the planning and delivery of programmes and networks, including scheduling dates, organising training sessions, and other activities.

- Support the organisation and delivery of programme-specific and national events.

- Maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including resolving operational issues and escalating as needed.

- Provide year-round support to local Hub Managers to ensure schools receive necessary support.

- Monitor programme, network, and hub data to identify risks and/or trends, providing regular reports and updates to support the continuous improvement of our activities. 

Partner Relationship Management:

- Work with the Challenge Partners Central Team to ensure an excellent experience for partners and help schools maximise their partnership value.

- Support the induction and onboarding of new schools to their hubs and the National Network of Excellence.

- Troubleshoot and respond to school or trust queries through internal customer care systems.

- Utilise and update our CRM system (Salesforce).

Communications:

- Respond to email and phone queries about Challenge Partners, programmes, networks, and hubs professionally and promptly.

- Collaborate with programme, network, and partnership leads to provide high-quality communications to partner schools, including renewals, induction, onboarding, engagement emails, and hub updates.

Recruitment and Retention:

- Support year-round recruitment of schools to the Network of Excellence, working with hubs to deliver introductory events.

- Provide updates on schools in your hub to inform retention campaigns.

- Manage leads within your hubs, connecting schools with local hubs and Jubilee Networks.

Other Tasks:

- Perform other tasks as appropriate for the role.

Person Specification

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage your time effectively.

• Ability to balance competing priorities whilst working across multiple areas of work.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority.

• Solutions-focused approach to problem-solving, demonstrating the ability to identify issues and develop effective strategies to overcome them.

• High computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage

• Positivity, optimism and flexibility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and sometimes beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. 

• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback.

• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference.

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• Work-life balance

• Annual leave

• Employer pension contributions

• Health and wellbeing support

• Training and development

• Family-friendly policies

• Connection and celebration

StreetGames is a charity passionate about harnessing the power of sport to change the lives of young people and their communities. Through our work with 1,600 trusted local community organisations, StreetGames addresses some of the most pressing issues faced by young people growing up in underserved communities, including poor mental health, food poverty, crime and lack of employment opportunities. We do this by delivering ‘Doorstep Sport’ at the right time, in the right place, in the right style, at the right price and by the right people. Doorstep Sport aims to make sport accessible to everyone regardless of their income and social circumstance.

We are seeking a Network Support Lead (London & South East) to join our team.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering Doorstep Sport offers and support for the network of Locally Trusted Organisations based in the region who support young people from low-income communities to be (more) physically active.

The role involves:

• Working closely with the Network Support Team and the London & South East Place Team to implement regional plans, which ensure that projects, offers and support to Locally Trusted Organisations (LTOs) are effective
• Overseeing and directly delivering a range of workshops and courses, creating and maintaining a safe, supportive, interactive and enjoyable learning environment in all delivery
• Delivering support to the workforce within Doorstep Sport beyond the workshop environment through CPD groups, bite-size learning and other opportunities for improving practice
• Co-ordinating the gathering of monitoring and evaluation information for funder reports, in relation to outputs and outcomes of projects delivered across the region/nationally

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with experience of successfully managing project work, relationships and working with multiple partners. You will have excellent networking and relationship building skills with the ability to apply these to a range of local and regional organisations.

No candidate will meet every single desired requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we would love to learn more about you!

ACCESS TO A CAR AND A CLEAN FULL DRIVING LICENCE IS A REQUIREMENT OF THIS POSITION

We are looking for a competent person to support successful discharge of older people from hospital. You will be trained to undertake pre-discharge home assessments to identify any risks or barriers to discharge.

This is a non-clinical role, but you will be supported by Age UK management and clinical therapists within the hospital and community settings. The service aims to reduce the risk of a failed discharge, readmission or falls in the home environment.

This is an exciting time to join BUCS and make a huge difference to the organisation that sits on the shoulders of those who established competitive inter-university sport competitions over a century ago, and which is responsible for the most dynamic element of the sport sector.

The Head of People is a dynamic leadership role, shaping the organisation’s people strategy and driving a values-led culture. You will inspire and empower people, ensuring a motivated workforce that delivers excellence. You will be acting as a champion for learning and development by creating an environment where people grow, innovate and truly feel valued.

Beyond shaping culture, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that BUCS operates safely and is compliant. From health and safety to safeguarding the experience of our staff and participants, you will lead best practices and work closely with the governance and compliance team to meet all statutory and industry regulations.

Collaboration is key in this role. Working with the senior leadership team and management team, you will align people strategies with organisational goals. Additionally, you will oversee key safeguarding matters, monitor disclosures and case management, and escalate concerns to the CEO and the Board as required.

This is an exciting time to shape the future of BUCS through forward-thinking people-first leadership. If you are a strategic thinker who thrives on building and fostering a positive, inclusive culture, we would be delighted to hear from you.  

Working at BUCS

BUCS prides itself on being an ambitious and challenging place to work, where staff enjoy work, embrace development opportunities, and have fun.

We're open to discussing what flexibility could look like for the right candidate!

Benefits include:

• Generous Pension Scheme
• Paid Health Care Plan
• Tax-free - Cycle to work scheme
• Christmas Closure from 24th December- 2nd January time off! 
• Volunteering Day leave
• Flexible hours - hybrid working
• Wellbeing and Social activities
• Company-supported Learning and Development opportunities
• Access to sporting events such as Wimbledon and 6 Nations ! 

Please apply on our recruitment platform Applied 

The successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview the week commencing the 4th August 2025.

The role will close 11:59pm, 27th Jul 2025 BST. 

If you have any questions about the role please contact a member of the BUCS team.

Role: Sport, Activity and Membership Coordinator

Reporting to: CEO

Salary: £30,000 – £33,000

We are committed to making workplace adjustments where needed and offer flexible working wherever it fits with organisational needs.

We strongly encourage applications from Visually Impaired candidates.

Location:Split between home based, on site at Metro sports and activities across London, and occasionally in our office (WC1N 3AR) locations. 

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Purpose:

§To implement the sports, leisure and membership plan in conjunction with the CEO

§To help organise and deliver activities

§To drive growth in membership and participation in activities

Priority areas:

·Programme and project delivery

·Building our membership and volunteer base and participation

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Programme / project development and delivery:

·Help to develop and grow existing programmes and projects

·Help to develop and deliver potential new and annual activities 

Membership:

·Grow membership

·Grow participation in sport and activities.

Monitoring and Reporting:

·Monitor participation and effectiveness of all sports and activities

·Gather engaging information for qualitative and quantitative reports.

Communication:

·Communicate regularly to Metro members on available sporting and active social opportunities, e.g. via email and WhatsApp groups

·Look after the charities email inbox

·Seek the views of members and analyse feedback in ways that will aid planning and contribute to Metro’s strategic development. 

·Ensure information is always available in accessible formats

Person Specification

Experience of:

·Programme / project development and implementation.

·Identifying and building partnerships with external stakeholders.

·Delivering project in time and to budget.

·Organising and promoting events, including management of volunteers as well as health.

·Demonstrable experience of people increasing participation in activities.

·Collecting tangible and motivational information for reporting

·Direct experience of the issues and challenges relating to visual impairment (desirable).

Skills, Knowledge and Attitude:

·Knowledge of sports and activities development 

·Ability to communicate at all levels including making information accessible

·Able to work collaboratively with a wide range of people and organisations.

·Able to drive and influence positive change while taking people with you

·A clear understanding of the positive change that sport and recreational activities brings for blind and partially sighted people

·Able to negotiate and secure varied sporting opportunities, both recreational and competitive, for VI people

·Demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues faced by people with visual impairment and possible steps to overcome these

·Commitment to the values of the social model of disability, the concept and principles of independent living and inclusion.

·Commitment to valuing and promoting diversity. 

·Personal credibility to act as an ambassador for the organisation

·A sports related qualification or relevant experience managing and delivering sports activities (desirable)

Partnership Executive

£30,643 - £33,079 pa

City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.

Purpose of Role

Our corporate partnerships are crucial to the success of Comic Relief, they are fundamental in helping us tackle poverty in the UK and around the world. We work with a range of organisations and brands, many of them have been with us for years!

 The Partnerships Executive will play a vital role in supporting the day-to- day management of some of our strategic, seven figure partnerships at Comic Relief. The successful candidate will support the Partnership Managers (PM) in both the day to day running of the partnerships and project manage the logistics of our Red Nose Day merchandise.   

Key responsibilities:

The core areas of focus for this role are supporting partnership management, merchandise logistics and staff engagement by organising project visits with our brilliant funded partners.

Partnership Management

· Support the Partnership Managers with all aspects of the day-to-day partnership management on several key strategic and merchandise partnerships.

· Manage relationships with our partners through effective communication, problem solving, and responding to requests in a timely manner.

· Work alongside key teams within Comic Relief including marketing, creative, PR, legal, talent, fundraising, finance and funding to ensure we are delivering against our partnership objectives.

· Act as the key point of contact between our Schools team and our partners, ensuring that partner related activity is audience led and meeting cross organisational objectives. 

· Support New Business team on prospect research as required.

Staff Engagement

· Support staff engagement initiatives for our partners, working closely with both the funding team at Comic Relief and funded partner organisations to plan and execute corporate visits (virtual and in-person) to continue to engage partner employees with Comic Relief’s work.

Red Nose Day Merchandise 

· Project manage the partner aspects of Comic Relief’s online shop. Work closely with teams across the organization including tech, finance, legal and partner organizations to support the setup of Comic Relief’s online shop ahead of the Red Nose Day campaign.

· Support the PM in the development of Comic Relief’s merchandise range, including our iconic Red Nose. 

· Organise merchandise for campaign shoots, making sure transport and couriers are booked.

· Manage the reporting of merchandise sales

Person specification

Essential criteria

· Organised, with a strong attention to detail and great time management skills.

· Proven ability to build and manage strong relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.

· Excellent verbal and written skills that enable effective, emotive communication. 

· Strong problem solving skills.

· A passion and enthusiasm for Comic Relief’s brand and work.

· Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.

Desirable criteria 

· Experience with marketing and brand campaigns

· Awareness of corporate partnerships within the charity sector. 

Perks and benefits:

· Flexible working hours

· Work from home option

· Life Insurance

· Wellness programs

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

· Paid emergency leave

· Sabbatical Opportunities

· Professional development

· Mentoring/coaching

· Paid volunteer days

· Payroll giving

· Salary sacrifice

· Team social events

· Extracurricular clubs

· Cycle to work scheme

· Free fruit

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing: 11:55pm, 24th Jul 2025 BST

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,

There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident Employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.

You don’t need to tick every box; if you care about making a difference, we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for two Place Leads to help drive our work in Stoke-on-Trent and East Staffordshire. Each role will be rooted in its local area, but both will work across the whole county, helping us build more connected, inclusive systems that support people to be active in ways that matter to them.

This work is part of a wider investment from Sport England, focused on changing how systems support people to be active. That means shaping how physical activity is understood, prioritised, and embedded, not just in programmes, but in policies, partnerships, and everyday decisions. That includes health, local government, community development, and beyond.

You’ll work with partners, communities, and decision-makers to make sense of what’s already happening, spot where things are stuck, and help shift both the culture and the practice. The work will be messy, layered, and relational. Some days will be about strategy. Others will be about trust.

You’ll be part of a small, committed team working across policy, systems, community insight and practice. And you’ll be trusted to bring your own judgement, experience, and clarity to the role.

If you’re someone who can see the potential in people and systems, even when they’re tired or fragmented, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Outcomes:

• Improve wellbeing outcomes for families as part of place expansion work
• Connected, vibrant, proactive system of partners working in core priority places
• Grassroots, community organisations in our priority places are part of decision making
• Robust learning and evaluation framework in place the can effectively demonstrate the our impact across systems and directly for people living in place
• The people who need to understand and demonstrate system leadership do
• Coordinated, coherent approach has been developed to place based working in areas of focus.

What does this mean day to day?

• You’ll spend time listening to what’s emerging in communities, building trust with partners, and making sense of how insight, decisions, and action travel across the system.
• You’ll support our governance groups, coordinating agendas, shaping recommendations, and helping hold people gently but clearly to account for the things they’ve committed to.
• You’ll track where energy is building, where its leaking, and where attention needs to shift. That means spotting patterns, asking difficult questions, and making sure conversations lead to decisions, and decisions lead to change.
• You’ll need to hold contradictions without forcing resolution: where different truths exist at once, where progress creates new tensions, and where outcomes are unclear. Critical thinking is key; this role is as much about reflection and challenge as it is about delivery.
• Some days you’ll be co-designing a development session. Other days, you’ll be reflecting on what’s working, what’s drifting, and how we bring things back into focus. You’ll be supported by a small team who care about doing this work well, with clarity, kindness, and a shared sense of purpose.

How do we value you?

• Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of employment plus bank holidays. This rises by an additional 1 day of leave per year after 2 years of continuous employment, up to an additional 5 days leave in total. (Pro rata for part time staff)
• Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part time staff)
• Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary
• Volunteer day to spend either as a team or individual helping out with an organisation or cause you select
• Up to 8% employer contribution to pension scheme
• Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display equipment
• Health & Wellbeing Cashplan – including access to a virtual GP any day anytime, Discounts to gym memberships, Retail discounts such as cinema tickets and your weekly shop.
• Access to Cyclescheme
• Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University
• Online skills training platform – for employees to use to broaden their professional and personal development across a range of online courses.
• Access to counselling service.

To apply, please visit our website, read our recruitment pack, and send us your CV along with a cover letter answering the three questions below.

We’re recruiting on a rolling basis. If your application feels like a good fit, we’ll be in touch within a week to arrange an interview.

Questions to answer:

• What draws you to place-based systems work, and what helps you stay with it when it gets messy or slow?
  We’re interested in your motivation, but also in your mindset; how you approach complexity, pace, and change that doesn’t always follow a plan.

• Tell us about a time you helped hold people or partners to account in a way that built trust rather than eroded it.
  This could be from work, volunteering, or anywhere you’ve had to navigate power, tension, or different agendas with care.

• How do you recognise when systems change is happening, and when it isn’t?
  We don’t need a textbook answer. We want to hear how you spot movement (or drift), and what you pay attention to when trying to shift something deeper than outputs.

The post-holder will be responsible for providing support and advocacy to LGBTQ+ refugees and people seeking asylum, ensuring they have access to essential services, resources, and community networks to enhance their wellbeing and integration.

This post is proudly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

We seek someone with experience working with diverse communities. Knowledge/understanding of some of the common experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ people, and people living with HIV.

The ideal candidate will possess a relevant qualification (such as an NVQ Level 3 or above in social work, health, education) or equivalent experience, and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

We are looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills (working with staff, volunteers, and service users), excellent organisational skills, and enthusiasm.