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Temporary (up to 12 months)
£35,853 to £42,181 + Vehicle + Benefits
Home based within South Devon and North Cornwall
Ref: 21383
About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in.
We’re looking for the best of the best to be part of our RNLI crew. This is an exciting role that is people focused, making sure our engagement volunteers and supporters feel part of the RNLI family, and are appreciated and supported in everything they do. You will be helping us brave the storm and empowering our volunteers in their engagement activities, from raising money, creating visitor experiences, developing our retail offering as well as looking for new audiences and opportunities.
Some of the benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Health cash plan option
Your role
As a Community Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Being connected to the RNLI community in your area and the primary point of contact for all things engagement (fundraising, retail and visitor experience).
- Empowering volunteer engagement crew to do what they do best, engaging the public, sharing our RNLI vision and growing support for our cause.
- Supporting volunteer engagement crew to achieve key income, footfall and contact goals and seeking ways to engage new audiences.
- Being part of an amazing regional team, working collaboratively to shape the future of RNLI engagement and provide an outstanding level of care to staff, volunteers and supporters.
About you
You’ll be:
- A people person, that can interact with a wide number of different volunteers, branches, groups, individuals and businesses Inspiring and empower engagement activity in your area, tackling challenging goals.
- Able to work as part of a high performing team, but equally confident working independently, out and about in your area.
- Passionate about making a real difference for our volunteers and supporters and growing support for our cause.
To be considered as the Community Manager, you will need:
- Significant experience of engaging supporters, volunteers and the general public.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- People leadership experience, ideally in leading volunteers in a collaborative environment.
- Experience of seeking out and implementing new opportunities for improved performance.
- A valid driving licence.
Please note this role requires a significant level of travel within the designated region but will also require occasional travel to other RNLI assets including our regional office and our support centre in Poole.
For more information and to apply, please visit our jobs page.
Closing date: 4 May 2026.
Interview date: 12 May 2026 (at our Saltash Regional Base).
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
We’re looking for a Volunteer Experience Manager to support our incredible volunteers and their pets, who bring joy and comfort to people across hospitals, care homes, schools and communities nationwide.
What you’ll do
Reporting to the Chief Executive, you’ll:
- Lead and develop our Volunteer Experience Team, who provide day-to-day phone and email support to our 6,000 volunteers, ensuring volunteers receive outstanding support from first enquiry to retirement
- Support our network of around 80 Volunteer Area Coordinators, helping them support local PAT volunteers
- Deliver our Volunteer Engagement Strategy, making volunteering with PAT easy, rewarding and well‑supported
About you
You’ll bring:
- Proven experience in volunteer management
- Great people management
- Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
- Experience in managing busy, volunteer‑facing services
- Experience using CRM systems and working with data and KPIs.
- A hands‑on, friendly leadership style and a genuine commitment to PAT’s mission.
Why join us?
Alongside working with inspiring volunteers and their amazing pets, you’ll enjoy:
- 28 days annual leave
- Hybrid working
- Health cash‑back plan and Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discounts and flu vaccination
- Dog‑friendly office
- Opportunities to attend events such as Crufts
Pets As Therapy is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from everyone.
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The Salvation Army in Chelmsford has been meeting the needs of its local community for 140 years, offering to all visitors to our centre hope and abundance in all its forms: sanctuary, friendship, work, purpose and, ultimately, new life in Jesus. Reporting to the Corps Officer and accountable to the Corps Leadership Team, the Community Programme Manager will strengthen community engagement and advance the corps’ aims to serve its neighbourhood with integrity, compassion, accountability, passion, respect and boldness through consistent and dedicated service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with program participants, the local council, other relevant charities, and members of our corps (church).
- Develop & deliver operational elements of the mission program.
- Manage the business resources of the corps, including finances, people, and buildings.
- Ensure procedural and statutory compliance.
If you have an eye for detail and a heart for people, we would love to have you join our team and help us make a positive impact in our community.
The successful candidate(s) will:
- Have proven interpersonal skills
- Experience in a complex & busy setting, and in managing staff and/or volunteers
- Strong administration skills, with the ability to plan, organise, prioritise and enjoy working with people
- The ability to deal tactfully with staff, volunteers and the public.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, a criminal record check and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK in line with Home Office requirements. As we are not a licensed sponsor, applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.
Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme.
Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2026.
Our mission is based on our faith in Jesus Christ who wants everyone to experience life in all its fullness.



Team: Community Operations
Location: Hybrid in North Wales (comprising of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham)
Work pattern: 35 hours per week
Salary: Up to £31,918.98 per year
Contract: Permanent
We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.
Will you join us and make life better for cats?
Responsibilities of our Community Operations Volunteer Team Manager
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Lead and grow a regional volunteer network across multiple locations, supporting hubs and branches, implementing local plans, and exploring new ways of working to meet community needs
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Recruit, induct and coordinate volunteers, managing campaigns, interviews, onboarding, and rotas to ensure smooth operations across multiple locations
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Support and engage volunteers, promoting best practice, resolving issues, and recognising contributions through regular communications and celebration events
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Collaborate across teams and manage risk, ensuring health and safety, safeguarding, and organisational procedures are embedded in volunteer activities
About the Community Operations team:
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the community operations team is responsible for supporting our volunteers in centres and branches to work towards our strategy – All for Cats.
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our centres and branches care for thousands of cats each year until they are able to find a loving new home.
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the team consists of Community Operations Volunteer Team Leaders, an Area Branch Development Manager, Regional Community Operations Manager and a Community Support Manager as well as multiple branch teams and volunteers across the region
What we’re looking for in our Community Operations Volunteer Team Manager
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Team leader/supervisory experience of both employees and volunteers
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Good understanding of volunteer management
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Full valid UK manual driving licence
What we can offer you:
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range of health benefits
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26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
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Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
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and much more, which you can learn about
Interested? Here’s how to apply:
Application closing date:03 May 2026
Virtual interview date: w/c 18th May 2026
If successful, your recruitment journey will include:
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anonymised application form
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virtual or in-person
Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.
Please email us if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats
Job Title: Volunteer Development Manager
Team: People and Culture
Location: Hybrid (split between home-working and either London, Cardiff or Edinburgh) or home-based contract.
Status: Permanent
*The salary on appointment will be set between £47,845 to a maximum of £54,369 depending on the candidate's skills and experience. If you are internal and on the same grade then the salary will be as reflected in our pay policy. This approach aims to ensure fair compensation for new hires while maintaining alignment with the structured pay scale for the role.
Context and purpose of role
Volunteers are vital to the success of the Ramblers and the delivery of our strategic goals. That’s why we’ve launched a bold new initiative to enhance volunteer experience. We’re creating a journey that is inclusive, engaging, and genuinely impactful. Our aim is for The Ramblers to be a place where every volunteer feels welcomed, valued, and supported every step of the way.
We believe volunteering should be more than giving time. It should be about finding purpose, building connections, and being part of something meaningful. We are committed to creating an environment where people from all backgrounds and walks of life feel inspired to join us, confident in contributing, and motivated to stay and grow.
As volunteering lead, the postholder will play a pivotal part in bringing that vision to life.
You will work closely with key stakeholders to enhance the volunteer experience at every stage of the volunteer lifecycle—from attraction and recruitment through to development and recognition.
You’ll design and deliver innovative approaches to enhance the experience of our current volunteers, along with planning and implementing new approaches to attracting volunteers for the future.
This role provides the opportunity to create something lasting: a volunteer experience where people don’t just give their time —they feel a genuine sense of belonging, while making a meaningful difference in the communities we serve.
The role will report directly to the Head of People Experience.
Key responsibilities
Volunteer Recruitment and Onboarding
· Develop and implement strategies to attract and recruit a diverse pool of volunteers.
· Design and deliver comprehensive orientation programs to introduce new volunteers to the organisation and their responsibilities.
Training and Development
· Create and facilitate ongoing training programs to enhance volunteer skills and knowledge.
· Provide resources and support to ensure volunteers are equipped to perform their roles effectively.
· Organise workshops, seminars, and training sessions to foster continuous learning.
Volunteer Management and Coordination
· Ensure accurate records of volunteer hours, roles, and performance are maintained.
· Create a safe and supportive environment, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and best practices around safeguarding.
· Develop and implement policies and procedures for volunteer management.
Volunteer Retention and Engagement
· Design and execute recognition programs to acknowledge and celebrate volunteer contributions.
· Organise events and activities to keep volunteers engaged and motivated.
· Regularly communicate with volunteers to provide updates, gather feedback, and address concerns.
Program Evaluation and Improvement
· Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the volunteer program.
· Conduct surveys and assessments to gather feedback from volunteers and identify areas for improvement.
· Implement changes and enhancements based on feedback and best practices.
Collaboration and Partnership Building
· Work closely with teams to identify volunteer needs and opportunities.
· Build and maintain relationships with external partners and community organisations to expand volunteer resources.
Technology and Data Management
· Utilise technology track and manage volunteer information.
· Maintain up-to-date records and generate reports on volunteer activities and program outcomes.
· Leverage communication tools and platforms to effectively engage with volunteers.
Other
· Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required of the post
· Engage and proactively develop excellent working relationships
The person
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Knowledge
This section specifies the theoretical understanding or specific expertise needed for the role:
· Knowledge of the value volunteers add, and the impact they bring to organisations.
· Expert and up-to-date knowledge of the law relating to volunteering and volunteering best practice principles, and procedures, particularly around recruitment and retention.
· Demonstrable knowledge and experience of implementing best practice solutions to drive a volunteering involving ethos and culture.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policies, and best practices.
Skills
This section details the specific abilities and competencies required to perform the job effectively:
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Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives
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Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Interpersonal Skills: Strong relationship-building and influencing skills
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Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse data and use insights to drive decision-making
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Problem-Solving Skills: Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
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Project Management Skills: Ability to plan and co-ordinate activity across multiple teams to deliver project goals
Experience
This section specifies the practical, hands-on experience required for the role:
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Experience of ensuring Volunteer and Volunteer Role Manager journeys are accessible and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion.
Personal Attributes
· Active Listener: Listens attentively to others and values their input
· Collaborative: Values and leverages diverse perspectives and skills within the team
· Adaptable: Able to adjust to new situations and challenges with ease
· Problem Solver: Proactively identifies issues and works towards effective solutions
· Analytical Thinker: Analyses information thoroughly and makes sound decisions.
· Detail-Oriented: Pays attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in work
· Mentoring: Willing to mentor and support the development of team members
· Innovative: Embraces new ideas and technologies to improve processes
· Ethical: Upholds ethical standards and integrity in all actions
· Visionary: Looks outwards to anticipate trends and identify opportunities to enhance volunteer experience
Values and Behaviours
Our values are the core principles that guide us daily in our work and our membership of the Ramblers. We all share the passion that walking is for everyone and by living our shared values we can ensure the Ramblers is an organisation to be proud of. Our values will earn trust for the Ramblers brand which will allow us to open up a world of walking opportunities for even more people.
Inclusive
We make everyone feel welcome and part of the Ramblers community. We make sure we all feel respected and accepted and know our contributions make a difference in achieving our mission.
Inspiring
We strive to inspire people through the way we act and the things we say. We channel our passion and ambition so others are moved to help us achieve our mission.
Empowering
We empower and encourage each other to make a positive contribution to our teams and the Ramblers. We do all we can to make sure everyone has the ability, and feels confident, to take action.
Responsible
We take responsibility for ourselves and those around us seriously, by always acting in a safe and supportive way. We care about the environment and make sure we do what we say we will do.
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If you love connecting people with purpose, this is your chance to shape something extraordinary. Join Rockinghorse and lead a volunteer community that supports children and families when they need it most.
About Rockinghorse Children’s Charity
Rockinghorse Children’s Charity supports sick and disabled children across Sussex. We support babies, children and young people, along with their families, at The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and The Trevor Mann Baby Unit in Brighton and all of the specialist children’s wards and baby units throughout Sussex.
We deliver and fund projects that enable doctors and nurses to do more. All of projects are led by the needs of children and young people and their families – the lifesaving medical equipment, the support for parents and families, the toys for children spending time in hospitals across Sussex, the environments and spaces that help children feel more at home when they are in hospital and additional staff to make sure children get the best possible care when they are unwell.
Originally set up in 1967 by Dr Trevor Mann, we have been supporting children for more than 55 years, and in that time, we have supported nearly a million children and their families. As the official fundraising arm of the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, including the Trevor Mann Baby Unit, we work with the NHS, charity partners and the Sussex community to ensure children can be children no matter now sick they are.
We do not receive any government, statutory or local authority funding and so we rely on the generous support of individuals, community groups, companies and trusts: people like you, who care about children and want Sussex to be a safe place for children to grow up.
About the Role
In 2025 we launched our five-year strategic plan, which prioritised our activities to enable us to support more babies, children and teenagers. As we enter the final year of this strategy the charity continues to expand and develop its projects and services children all over Sussex.
This role will support the Head of Finance & Operations and be responsible for organising and managing the charity’s volunteers and the volunteer programme, working across the charity to ensure we have the right individuals to support our work. You will be responsible for the management, recruitment, onboarding and retention of all short and long-term volunteers, to ensure we can continue to deliver life-saving projects for children and young people across Sussex.
You’ll bring excellent organisational skills, outstanding written and verbal communication skills, a can-do attitude, evidence of brilliant people management skills, and a passion and enthusiasm for supporting young people. You’ll be part of a successful team that values wellbeing and champions teamwork, where our vision for children and young people is shared, and success is celebrated.
Duties of the Role
Support the charity to deliver brilliant projects and services that support children and their families:
· Work collaboratively across the charity team to recruit volunteers with the necessary skills, experience and commitment to support our project delivery, fundraising activities, events schedule and office work.
· Communicate regularly with our volunteer community, to highlight upcoming fundraising and challenge events and ensure there is sufficient and appropriate representation in place per event.
· Ensure that the charity has the right policies and procedures in place for the recruitment, onboarding, retention and management of volunteers.
· Lead on and co-ordinate the induction and training of volunteers to ensure they are fully onboarded and prepared for the charity and the role.
· Support volunteers to achieve their aspirations in terms of work experience, education, training or further volunteering during their time with us.
· Co-ordinate individual and/or group supervision and support for volunteers.
· Manage a volunteer database in line with relevant data protection legislation and ensure that all volunteers undergo appropriate due diligence during the recruitment process.
· Encourage and facilitate volunteers to share their experiences as case studies and reflections.
· Co-ordinate volunteer thank you initiatives, engagement activities and communications to ensure volunteers feel part of the charity and actively participate in our work.
· Create partnerships with new corporate and community partners to maintain a steady flow of volunteers into the charity.
· Develop effective working relationships with existing partners, helping to engage local teams in volunteering and fundraising opportunities.
· Oversee work experience placements throughout the year, ensuring a positive experience and maximising the return on investment for the team.
· Manage the offboarding process for all volunteers, ensuring a brilliant experience from start to finish.
· Support the Head of Marketing and Communications to create promotional, marketing and social media materials related to our volunteer programme.
· Modernise and automate processes on an ongoing basis to increase workflow efficiency.
· Lead on the evaluation of the volunteer programme and ensure we understand and value to impact volunteers bring to the charity.
· Report on the volunteer function as part of the management information and against set KPIs and targets.
Support the charity more widely:
· Represent Rockinghorse at events and activities, building strong peer relationships and sharing best practice.
· Model excellent conduct and behaviours in line with the charity’s values and ethos.
· Carry out other such duties as may be required for the purposes of the charity, including working flexibly during evenings and weekends as required.
· Travel across Sussex as needed in order to attend events and meet with our supporters and volunteers.
Person Specification -
Essential experience, skills and knowledge for the role:
1. Experience and understanding of the principles of volunteer management in a charity and/or not-for-profit.
2. Proven experience of recruiting and managing volunteers day to day.
3. An understanding of safeguarding and welfare management frameworks.
4. Able to work collaboratively and build productive relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and third-party partners.
5. Able to prioritise own workload effectively and comfortable with working autonomously.
6. Excellent time management skills with strong prioritisation and organisation skills.
7. Brilliant communication, interpersonal and stakeholder engagement abilities.
8. An understanding of data privacy theory and application.
9. Experience of using customer relationship management platforms (Rockinghorse uses e-Tapestry).
10. Commitment to Rockinghorse Children’s Charity’s mission, vision and values.
Desirable experience, skills and knowledge:
1. Experience managing communications and marketing to support volunteer engagement.
2. Previous work experience with a non-profit, or charitable organisation.
Work skills you’ll need day to day:
1. A can-do attitude.
2. Brilliant organisational skills.
3. Excellent people skills with an adaptable and flexible manner and approach.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication.
5. Ability to support and motivate others.
6. Ability to work on own initiative and as an active team member.
7. Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits of Working for Rockinghorse Children’s Charity:
· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata to part-time working pattern).
· An additional day of annual leave on your birthday.
· Additional Christmas closure days (pro-rata to part-time working pattern).
· Competitive pension scheme.
· Employee and dependants’ health cash plan including access to an online GP and counselling.
· Family leave including maternity, adoption, shared parental and paternity leave.
· Ongoing opportunities for learning and professional development.
· Quarterly reward and recognition days.
· Opportunity for flexible, hybrid and part-time working.
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Access to Enterprise Car Club.
Rockinghorse is committed to building an inclusive workplace, with equity for all, whilst embracing and championing inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all.
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Application Process
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the ten essential elements of the person specification.
Your covering letter must address your experience, skills and knowledge against the “Essential” elements of the person specification. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered. If you also meet any of the “Desirable” criteria, please outline these too.
If you need any support with the process or application, please get in touch. We can also talk through the role and answer any questions you may have informally.
All applicants will be shortlisted to proceed to interview based on their ability to demonstrate they have, or can gain, most of the essential criteria for the role – as demonstrated in the covering letter.
Estimated timeframes:
· Application deadline midnight 10th May 2026.
· Shortlisting w/c 11th May 2026.
· Interviews will be Thursday 21st May 2026 in central Brighton.
Interviews will be with the Head of Finance & Operations and the Senior Projects Manager and will consist of a series of set questions (the same for each candidate) about your skills, experience and knowledge relating to the post (Essential, Desirable and Work skills).
The interview will also be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the role, the charity and the process of recruitment.
The role will be available from 1st June 2026 (depending on post holder’s availability).
Rockinghorse Children’s Charity supports sick and disabled children across Sussex



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ABOUT CITY HARVEST
Est. 2014, City Harvest London food charity rescues nutritious surplus food from farms,
manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, and delivers it, for free, to over 130,000 people a
week via organisations feeding those facing food poverty. Our HQ depot is in Acton, with a
satellite site at New Covent Garden Market. City Harvest rescues food, people, and the
planet by diverting food waste and providing life-changing support to communities across
London.
Distributing free food for more than 1.3 million meals a month, our fleet of vans deliver to
food banks, homeless shelters, hostels, soup kitchens, mental health charities, projects
supporting the elderly and socially isolated, social pantries, community kitchens, refugee
hostels, schools and nurseries, family centres and domestic abuse refuges. Join our passionate mission to reduce waste and feed London, with opportunities to grow while
making a real difference.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The lead and deliver integrated communications that build the charity’s profile, deepen engagement and support income generation. This role will develop compelling narratives, manage key channels, and ensure consistent, high-quality messaging across all audiences.
Key stakeholder comms
- Brand management - responsible for all branded marketing communications, across socials, website, marketing materials, event presentations, media, and partner comms.
- Campaigns - creating content for various annual fundraising, volunteer, and food-sourcing campaigns.
- Digital campaign marketing.
- Content creation - design trusted content to achieve organic reach, with broad messaging to support department KPIs, volunteer and donor engagement
- Website management.
- Press coverage - reactive press office management, press release writing, image archiving.
- Run GDPR compliant email marketing campaigns.
- Internal comms – responsible for the staff newsletter.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Brand management
- Social media management
- Campaign management
- Newsletters - Mailchimp
- Content creation/ archiving
- Press office
- Creation of marketing materials
- Managing budget
- Website updating/editorial
- Managing third-party website support & SEO specialist
KEY DELIVERABLES
Collaboration
- Internal comms: Ensuring consistency in appearance, accuracy, and tone across all
- communications between departments.
- Newsletter management for internal comms and external stakeholders.
- External comms: Ensure CH is recognisable by partners and stakeholders, with a quality
- brand consistently applied across all materials, including its use by partner organisations.
- Manage stakeholder partnerships: PR, press releases, event materials, branding.
Support
- Cultivate good working relationships with all teams to ensure alignment with our core marketing and communication strategies.
- Assist all departments in their internal and external communications needs
- Ensure consistency and timely delivery of events and communications plans
- Orchestrate digital content strategies across all online platforms to drive traffic and engagement that translates to brand promotion and donor acquisition.
- Oversee the editorial calendar, including internal and external teams, supporting all department KPIs and campaigns.
Fundraising focus
- Assist in the delivery of the City Harvest fundraising strategy, including corporate partnerships involving charity of the year’s programmes and cause-related marketing campaigns.
- Showcase corporate partnerships across the website and socials to attract new business.
- Promote challenge events, individual giving campaigns and corporate volunteering.
- Work with the fundraising team on large annual campaigns such as The Big Give
- Understand and create impactful supporter journeys across awareness, engagement, donation and retention.
- Ability to tie communications directly to impact & income.
- External newsletter highlighting fundraising.
Campaigns
- Clear and compelling content creation to meet the needs of the organisation’s targets.
- Measure and report on the performance of marketing campaigns, gain insight and assess against goals.
- Balance short-term campaigns with long-term brand building.
- Plan timelines and content calendars.
- Deliver to deadlines often with last-minute changes.
- Ability to use data insights to inform decision-making and future approach/design.
Financial responsibility
You will be responsible for managing the digital marketing budget, in line with the organisation’s scheme of delegation and financial procedures.
Organisation-wide responsibility
- Comply with relevant equality and diversity policies, promoting a healthy working environment where all individuals are valued.
- Comply with relevant data protection policies, ensuring General Data Protection
- Regulations (GDPR) are considered when making plans and decisions.
- Work as part of a wider team, undertaking any other reasonable duties appropriate for the role that may be required by the organisation.
ABOUT YOU
- Sympathetic to and aligned with City Harvest’s mission.
- Emotional intelligence often involves working with sensitive topics, internal pressure and competing priorities
- All-rounder and self-starter.
- Creative and able to create content with ease.
- Ability to push back diplomatically and maintain boundaries even with leadership.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- 3+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Strong time-management and organisational skills
- Experience with online community building
- Proficient with Canva
- Brand management experience
- Content marketing with GA knowledge
- Experience across a range of roles across the communications and marketing mix
- Strong copy writer and attention to detail
- Great ethical storytelling for supporter engagement
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build healthy work relationships
- Ability to cope and work well with high work volumes, conflicting priorities and tight deadlines
- Problem-solving skills and positive, proactive "can-do" attitude
- Technological proficiency in relevant software – e.g. proficiency in Microsoft Office,
- Experience working with Outlook, and Google products etc.
DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Communications & marketing experience gained within the third sector
- Fundraising communications experience or working alongside fundraising teams
- Experience of public relations
- Ability to interpret data analysis and evaluate campaigns
- Ability to assess and advise on any reputational risk, including sensitive stories and issues
QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS AT CITY HARVEST
- Charitable
- Compassionate
- Community-focused
- Aspiring
- Trustworthy
- Collaborative team player
JOB DETAILS
- Job Type: Full-time, permanent, Monday to Friday
- Hours of Work: 9-5pm / 40 hours per week (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day)
- Salary: £37,500 per annum
- Place of Work: Hybrid, 2 days in the office (Unit 8, Acton Park Industrial Estate, London, W3 7QE)
City Harvest London is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe in treating all employees, volunteers, candidates, and stakeholders with fairness and respect. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that individuals from different backgrounds bring to our organisation, and we strive to foster an environment that promotes equal opportunities for all.
We adhere to the Equality Act 2010, and our policy is to be fair and consistent in all aspects of our organisation. Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to select candidates based on their abilities and merits to perform the tasks required. All applications received will be dealt with confidentially and subject to our company's recruitment and selection processes. Employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and eligibility to live and work in the UK.
At City Harvest London, we embrace equality as part of our ways of working because we believe it is the right thing to do for our people, our community, and our success. We do not discriminate in employment based on race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, marital status, medical history, parental status, or genetic information.
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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a passionate, supportive team and to help grow community and events frundraising directly enables Bipolar UK to reach more people, reduce harm, and save lives. You will be trusted to lead, encouraged to innovate, and supported to do your best work.This is a management role focussed on strategic planning, enabling delivery and leading a small team to perform at their best.
Working closely with the Director of Fundraising and alongside the Strategic Partnerships and Trusts teams, you will be responsible for setting clear plans, developing effective fundraising approaches, and ensuring strong systems, processes and supporter experiences are in place to drive sustainable income growth.
You will lead the delivery and development of community fundraising, challenge events, individual giving through community activity, and in-memory fundraising. A key part of the role will be developing a clear and engaging events and fundraising volunteer offer, including an effective induction process that enables volunteers to fundraise confidently on behalf of Bipolar UK.
This role requires a thoughtful, organised and people-centred manager who understands how to balance ambition with compassion in a mental health charity context.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic leadership and planning
- Develop and deliver a clear community and events fundraising strategy aligned with Bipolar UK’s wider fundraising and organisational goals.
- Translate strategy into achievable annual plans, income targets and team objectives.
- Use insight, data and evaluation to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Work with the Director of Fundraising to forecast income, manage risk and maximise return on investment.
2. Community and events fundraising delivery
- Lead the planning, delivery and growth of a portfolio of community fundraising initiatives and challenge events, both in person and online.
- Ensure a consistently high-quality supporter experience across all community and events activity.
- Oversee web content and digital resources to support community and event fundraising
- Identify and develop new fundraising opportunities that align with Bipolar UK’s mission, values and supporter base.
- Act as an ambassador for Bipolar UK at key events when required.
3. Volunteer fundraising offer
- Develop a clear, accessible and motivating events and community fundraising volunteer offer.
- Design and implement an effective volunteer induction process, ensuring fundraisers feel confident, supported and well-equipped.
- Work with colleagues to ensure volunteer fundraising activity is aligned with safeguarding, wellbeing and organisational policies.
4. Digital campaigns and income growth
- Lead on the planning and delivery of digital-led community and events fundraising campaigns.
- Work collaboratively with Marketing and Communications colleagues to develop supporter journeys, content and communications that drive engagement and income.
- Develop approaches to grow connected income streams, including regular giving and in-memory giving, through community and digital activity.
- Monitor performance, assess impact and report clearly on outcomes and learning.
5. Supporter experience and stewardship
- Ensure supporters are stewarded with care, empathy and professionalism, recognising the personal connection many have to bipolar.
- Oversee thanking, updating and re-engagement activity to build long-term supporter relationships.
- Ensure accurate and compliant use of the CRM and fundraising data.
6. Team leadership and organisational contribution
- Line-manage and support the Fundraising Officer and Supporter Engagement Assistant, providing clear direction, coaching and development.
- Create a positive, supportive and high-performing team culture focused on impact and learning.
- Oversee income and expenditure for the community and events portfolio, monitoring budgets and performance against targets.
- Contribute to organisational planning, cross-team working and the development of efficient systems and processes.
- Evaluate performance and produce insight-led reports to support decision-making and improvement.
- Uphold Bipolar UK’s values at all times.
Essential Criteria
- Significant experience managing community and/or events fundraising, with a track record of achieving income and engagement targets.
- Experience of line-managing staff and leading a small team to deliver effectively.
- Strong planning and organisational skills, with experience translating strategy into delivery plans.
- Experience of managing budgets and reporting on performance and impact.
- Demonstrable experience of digital fundraising and use of online fundraising platforms.
- Experience working with volunteers or community fundraisers.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire others.
- Confidence using CRM systems and fundraising data.
- Knowledge of the UK charity sector, GDPR and fundraising best practice.
- A compassionate, values-led approach and confidence working in a mental health context.
Desirable Criteria
- Fundraising qualification or Chartered Institute of Fundraising membership.
- Lived experience of bipolar, or a close personal connection to someone affected by the condition.
Please submit a CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages, outlining your suitability for the role and our experience using the essential and desirable criteria.
Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and fulfil their potential.
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Are you our new Interim Senior Marketing and Communications Manager?
Do you have the strategic vision, leadership skills and creativity to drive high‑impact marketing and communications at a critical moment for a national health charity? Could you lead a talented team to deliver compelling, audience‑led campaigns that accelerate progress for everyone affected by ovarian cancer?
We are looking for an Interim Senior Marketing and Communications Manager to lead our Marketing and Communications function during an exciting period of transition and growth. This role will play a pivotal part in delivering our communications and brand strategy, supporting the rollout of our new organisational strategy, and maintaining momentum across high‑profile campaigns and projects.
Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Engagement, you’ll oversee marketing and communications across the organisation, line managing a team of specialists and working closely with the Senior Leadership Team. You’ll provide strategic leadership, clear direction and hands‑on support, ensuring activity is well planned, insight‑driven and aligned to our wider organisational objectives.
This role is ideal for an experienced marketing and communications leader, ideally from the charity sector, who can combine strategic thinking with strong delivery, and who thrives in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
We are an ambitious charity, building on our achievements and targeting what’s important to stop ovarian cancer devastating lives - symptoms awareness, early diagnosis, better treatments and support for all. It’s an exciting time to be joining Target Ovarian Cancer as we move into our ambitionus new strategy.
Join us and together we'll fight for a world where everyone with ovarian cancer lives.
The role
This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed-term position for 12 months.
We operate a hybrid working model. You will usually work remotely but will be expected to attend meetings at our office near London Bridge when required. Please note that travel costs to the office are not covered.
If you would like more information about expected office attendance, please refer to the recruitment pack.
How to apply
Click ‘Apply’ to view the full job description and complete your application.
You will be asked to submit your CV and answer three application questions (maximum 250 words each) as part of the process.
You will also be asked to complete an equalities monitoring form (details included in the recruitment pack).
Applications without responses to the application questions may not be considered.
Key dates
- Closing date: 10th May 2026
- Interviews: Week commencing 18th May 2026
If you are invited to interview, you will have the opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments.
Additional information
Target Ovarian Cancer does not hold a sponsorship licence and cannot sponsor visas.
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require support with your application, please refer to the guidance provided in the recruitment pack.
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The role
The Engagement Manager leads the relational and safeguarding delivery of Lighthouse, ensuring the programme is experienced as a place of dignity, trust, and consistency for every participant. This role sits at the centre of the work - shaping how Lighthouse feels, how people are received, and how support is experienced in practice.
Lighthouse operates in a dynamic environment where participant needs, operational demands, and volunteer teams intersect daily. You will bring presence, judgement, and emotional intelligence to that space, maintaining strong relational consistency while responding thoughtfully and appropriately to what emerges in real time.
You will take ownership of participant engagement across the programme. This includes building trusted relationships, maintaining strong safeguarding practice, and supporting volunteers to engage in ways that are respectful, boundaried, and trauma-informed. Your role is to ensure Lighthouse is not only well run, but deeply human - a place where people feel seen, respected, and supported.
You will also play a central role in shaping how Lighthouse supports people beyond immediate engagement. By understanding participant journeys and needs, you will help strengthen pathways into stability, connection, and opportunity. This requires sound judgement, relational skill, and the ability to translate insight into practical support.
You will work closely with the Programme Manager to ensure Lighthouse remains both operationally strong and deeply responsive to the people it serves.
Key responsibilities
Participant engagement and presence
- Lead participant engagement across Lighthouse delivery
- Build consistent, trusted relationships with participants
- Maintain a visible, calm, and grounded presence during programme sessions
- Help ensure participants feel recognised, welcomed, and respected
Participant wellbeing and support
- Recognise emerging participant needs and respond appropriately
- Support participants to access information, services, and appropriate support
- Help maintain a safe, respectful, and inclusive programme environment
- Ensure participant experience remains consistent and well held
Safeguarding leadership
- Lead safeguarding practice across the programme
- Coordinate safeguarding processes, documentation, and follow-up
- Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and incidents
- Ensure safeguarding procedures and escalation pathways are consistently followed
- Exercise sound judgement in complex or sensitive situations
Volunteer support and guidance
- Support volunteers to engage confidently and appropriately with participants
- Provide guidance on boundaries, relational approaches, and safeguarding awareness
- Help create a volunteer culture that is consistent, compassionate, and well supported
- Ensure volunteers feel clear, confident, and supported in their roles
Partnerships, referrals, and pathways
- Build and maintain relationships with outreach teams, support services, and sector partners
- Coordinate referrals and connections to external services where appropriate
- Develop pathways into employment, training, and longer-term stability
- Liaise with employers and partner organisations connected to participant opportunities
- Strengthen the network of support available to participants beyond Lighthouse
Requirements
About you
This role requires someone who is grounded, perceptive, and confident taking responsibility within a complex, people-centred environment.
You will be able to build trust quickly while maintaining clear boundaries and professional consistency. You will bring a calm, thoughtful presence and be comfortable navigating emotionally complex situations with care and sound judgement.
You will likely bring:
- significant experience working alongside vulnerable or marginalised communities
- strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- knowledge of safeguarding practice and working with vulnerable adults
- confidence navigating complex or emotionally demanding situations
- the ability to remain calm, consistent, and thoughtful under pressure
- a deep commitment to dignity, respect, and trauma-informed practice
Working pattern
Lighthouse operates primarily between 8:00am and 8:00pm, with occasional evening events. Programme delivery is supported by a team of volunteers.
The two Managers coordinate their working schedules to ensure presence during key delivery periods across the programme week.
Working patterns are flexible and planned collaboratively to support delivery while maintaining sustainable workloads.
Lighthouse Management Structure
Lighthouse is delivered through a shared model, with two Managers working together to ensure the programme remains a safe, consistent, and dignified space for people experiencing homelessness.
Delivering this well requires both strong programme organisation and careful, trauma-informed engagement with participants.
The two Managers hold complementary responsibilities that ensure Lighthouse is both well-run and deeply responsive to the people it serves. While each role leads on specific areas of the programme, they work closely together to maintain consistent standards, clear communication, and a reliable experience for participants.
Joint responsibilities
Together the Managers ensure that Lighthouse operates with consistency, safety and care:
- Participants experience Lighthouse as a safe and welcoming space where they are treated with dignity and respect
- Delivery remains trauma-informed, relational, and grounded in Under One Sky’s values of presence, trust, and follow-through
- Lighthouse sessions are appropriately staffed, with volunteers and team members supported to deliver confidently and reliably
- Safeguarding is embedded into day-to-day delivery, with clear processes for responding to disclosures, incidents, risk, and vulnerability
- Participant needs, concerns, and wellbeing are recognised early and responded to appropriately
- Volunteers and staff are supported to hold clear boundaries while maintaining compassion and respect
- Communication and follow-through are strong so participants do not experience gaps, confusion, or inconsistent responses
- Lighthouse maintains a high standard of care, professionalism, and stability across the programme week
Culture and approach
The Managers help shape the tone of Lighthouse through calm, grounded leadership and consistent presence within the programme.
They help ensure the Lighthouse remains a place where participants feel:
- seen and respected
- safe and protected
- met with consistency rather than unpredictability
- supported without judgement
- able to access help with dignity
They create the conditions for volunteers and staff to provide meaningful support while ensuring Lighthouse remains structured, accountable, and deeply human.
Together let’s end homelessness.
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All dogs deserve a good life and a safe, loving home. We exist to find safe, loving homes for dogs and to support people to give their dogs as good a life as possible.
We are looking for a self-motivated and target-driven Fundraising and Volunteering Officer who can hit the ground running. You will be responsible for developing and growing strong relationships with new and current supporters across the Nottinghamshire region, to raise funds and volunteer for Jerry Green Dog Rescue in support of our mission.
As the Volunteering and Community Fundraising Officer for Nottinghamshire you will be responsible for:
·Identifying and engaging new individual, group and corporate supporters, and developing strategies to promote fundraising activities and grow income from your local area.
·Providing high quality stewardship to individual supporters, groups and businesses within the community, ensuring relationships are developed and maintained at a high standard.
·Representing Jerry Green Dog Rescue as the first point of contact within the community for Nottinghamshire, promoting our mission, vision, and values alongside fundraising and volunteering opportunities.
·Work with your team to recruit, induct and train volunteers to support fundraising and other relevant initiatives locally in the community.
·Acting as an ambassador for Jerry Green Dog Rescue, and living our values in everything you do, with your colleagues, supporters and volunteers.
·Keeping up to date with sector trends across community fundraising and volunteering,
We’re seeking applications from candidates with experience in Community, Events or Corporate fundraising, as well as those who can demonstrate transferable skills from other roles or sectors. If you’re proactive, positive and motivated by targets, and are keen to build a career in fundraising, we’d love to hear from you. Above all, you’ll share our belief that every dog deserves kindness, compassion, and a home of their own.
Benefits include:
· Annual leave: 30 days per year (this includes bank holidays, which are taken from your overall allowance)
· Flexible/Hybrid working: This role offers a hybrid working arrangement combining home and on-site work, alongside flexitime arrangements with negotiable start and finish times (subject to manager agreement and service needs). The role also requires attendance at meetings during business hours and occasional evening and weekend supporter events.
· Pension: Enrolment in the NEST workplace pension scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme: Access to BrightHR wellbeing and support services
· Employee discounts: Including access to schemes such as BrightHR, Charity Workers Discounts, and Give as you Live
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South West Community Chaplaincy (SWCC) aims to provide effective care and community support for people going through the Criminal Justice System, including prison. This includes work such as advocacy, mentoring and holistic support to assist the integration of people with convictions into their communities, through a team of volunteers, within the counties of Cornwall , Devon and West Somerset.
We are looking for a committed and motivated individual who will be responsible for the recruitment, training, support and retention of the volunteers: someone who has the ability to think outside the box in the approach to this task, and to attract volunteers to be part of something incredible - the changing of clients’ lives.
Volunteers provide a cornerstone of the work that SWCC achieves. They allow the organisation to have a substantially more positive impact due to the greater number of clients they are able to support. To this end, it is imperative that we recruit the right people as volunteers and that they feel fully supported and valued for all they bring to the organisation.
SWCC aims to provide a professional focus and resource for faith communities in the area to establish new and innovative ways of helping participants address their offending behaviour. We do this by providing a network of support that can challenge and promote a positive attitude to change. This role (in conjunction with the chaplains) would fully explore church networks across the area as a potential source for volunteers. Utilising our training resources, we can offer to upskill congregations in safeguarding and also identify possible safe communities for our clients to be able to join.
There is an occupational requirement for applicants to actively embrace the faith ethos and values of SWCC and the successful applicant will have the ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of people. Some occasional weekend work will be involved.
Closing date: Friday 15th May 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 18th May 2026
Bespoke, relational, mentoring for prison leavers, helping them to build a positive, crime-free future, and making our communities safer for all.


At Samaritans, volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. As the needs of communities evolve, so must the ways in which people can connect, contribute and make a difference. We’re looking for a Volunteering Innovation Advisor to help us imagine, design and embed what volunteering could look like in the years ahead.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about innovation, curious about emerging trends, and motivated to meet the needs of future Samaritans volunteers. You’ll contribute to developing new and flexible models of volunteering—ensuring we reach more people, remove barriers to involvement, and create opportunities that are equally meaningful and sustainable.
Contract
- £30,000-£33,000 per annum plus benefits
- Full Time (35hrs per week)
- Permanent
- Hybrid working with link to Ewell office
- In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month.
- We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
What You’ll Do
In this role, you’ll bring ideas to life.
You’ll research emerging trends and evolving volunteer expectations to inform the development of new roles, opportunities and approaches to volunteering - helping to translate insight into practical and sustainable solutions that support current and future volunteers.
You’ll contribute to answering questions like:
- How can Samaritans offer more flexible and inclusive opportunities?
- What motivates volunteers today, and how is that changing?
- How do we ensure our volunteering reflects the diversity of the communities we support?
From managing insight to project planning and from developing resources to collaborating with volunteers and staff, your work will support shaping a positive and inclusive future volunteer experience across our organisation.
What You’ll Bring
- Curiosity and openness to innovation and improving ways of working.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people, including staff and volunteers.
- Ability to use insight to inform decisions and drive improvement.
- Experience in change, improvement or innovation projects.
- Experience in a volunteering‑focused organisation and understanding of volunteer engagement.
Full Job Description and Person Specification below
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.
Applications close: Monday 27th April
In person interviews will be held at our Surrey office (KT17 2AF) from the w/c 11th May until end of May. Exact dates are to be decided.
At Samaritans, human connection is at the heart of everything we do.
We do not use AI at any stage during the selection process. Your application will always be carefully reviewed by the recruiting manager or a member of the Talent Attraction Team.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers. We want to hear your own ideas, insights, and writing style so your unique strengths can shine through.
We prevent suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.



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About us
The Merchant Taylors’ Company dates from 1327, when it was formed as a social and religious organisation for tailors and linen-armourers dedicated to St John the Baptist. Today, it is a flourishing Livery Company whose members are dedicated to education, fraternity, and philanthropy.
Volunteering is important for the health of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, since the hands-on experience of volunteering binds members in an emotional commitment to what the Company stands for. Many of the Great XII Livery Companies prioritise volunteering, offering a wide range of opportunities from due diligence visits with grant applicant charities to longer term mentoring opportunities with our family of schools.
At the heart of Merchant Taylors’ Company lie the concepts of ‘Fraternity, Philanthropy and Education’. Volunteering is vital to each pillar, enabling members to give their time and talent alongside their treasure.
The Company is now at an exciting juncture where the groundwork to embed a more systematic approach to volunteering has been completed and the appetite within the Company has started to grow particularly across the Company’s Education programme.
The team is conscious that managing volunteering takes time, diplomacy and interpersonal skills and this role is pivotal to the success of volunteering for both Company members and partner organisations.
About the role
Reports to:Educational Grants and Relationship Manager
Direct reports: None
Place of work: The Hall (Bank, London)
Contract type:Fixed-term and part-time (0.8 FTE).
The working days and times can be flexible and some hybrid working may be possible.
Some evening work will be required as well as occasional attendance at events outside of the employee’s usual working hours (including at weekends).
Some travel may be required within Greater London in connection with various aspects of the role. Occasional travel may be required within the UK.
Overview of role:
With your experience in events / project management and excellent communication and diplomatic skills, you will be the interface between the membership, your colleagues at Merchant Taylors’ Company, our family of schools and our charitable partners. You will be responsible for developing and delivering an engaging, interesting and successful range of events for members to participate in.
Job Description:
- Take a lead on the delivery and development of an annual programme of volunteering opportunities and education events aligned with existing initiatives and in collaboration with partner organisations and schools where appropriate.
- Work with the EGRM to co-ordinate the Trust’s Livery Academy Award scheme: recruiting, training, and supporting member volunteers to ensure high-quality engagement.
- Take a lead on promotion of volunteering opportunities through the members’ portal in good time, with appropriate explanation to encourage take up.
- Proactively identify barriers to participation from the membership, and develop innovative, accessible volunteering opportunities and methods to engage new audiences.
- Champion and promote the Company’s volunteering and event initiatives by working, both with the Communications Manager and independently, to promote opportunities through compelling articles, e-newsletters, social media outreach, public talks and by representing or supporting Company staff at events.
- Take a lead on designing and creating appropriate training resources for all volunteer roles to manage expectations including, where appropriate, delivery of training.
- Support members with any queries relating to volunteering opportunities, offering members the chance to talk to MT staff.
- Ensure that all volunteer members have completed the MT safeguarding questionnaire before they are cleared for any opportunity and has been trained in appropriate MT policy areas (E.g. GDPR/safeguarding)
- To actively liaise and respond to School requirements to ensure volunteer members deliver excellent support for students.
- Collaborate closely with Company Schools and internal teams to identify opportunities and design high-quality, sustainable volunteering activities that support project goals and help achieve Company targets.
- To use the Membership portal to capture and analyse data about Company volunteering in order to evaluate cost/benefit of volunteering efforts, and tell the story of MT’s volunteering impact to the MT membership.
- Gather and act on feedback from volunteers and participants to inform and improve the Company’s volunteering and education strategies.
- Uphold the health, safety, and wellbeing of all volunteers and participants, following the Company’s Health & Safety policies.
- To take a lead on the administration of Company Volunteering activities including DBS checks, budgeting, database management, website administration, project reporting and meetings.
- Work with colleagues to identify and co-ordinate other volunteering opportunities at the Company, including responding to enquiries, planning logistics, and delivering high-quality experiences.
- To undertake other duties as may be appropriate for the position to support the wider work of the Company.
What we can offer you
- 25 days holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- An additional up to five days off over the Christmas / New Year period
- A generous employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
- Free lunch in the office when the kitchen is operational
- “Perkbox” discount app
- A monthly gym / wellbeing allowance of £70
- Private Medical Insurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Electric Car scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection Insurance
Person Specification
We are looking for:
Essential
- Proven track record of project/events management, including planning, delivery, reporting, evaluation, budgets, and partnership working.
- Proven track record of working meaningfully with different stakeholders ie in a public-facing role. An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal and public engagement skills.
- Good diplomacy skills with the ability to inspire, listen and find a solution for all stakeholders.
- A proactive approach to solving problems and the ability to keep going until a solution is found which works for all.
- A do-er and a thinker; someone who is able to approach situations imaginatively but also spot, and implement, practical and workable solutions.
- Excellent organisational, planning and IT skills.
Desirable
- Experience developing and delivering volunteering and community programmes, working with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience of interacting with or working for a membership organisation
- Understanding of health & safety, safeguarding, and risk management in a volunteer setting.
- Experience of being a volunteer yourself.
Miscellaneous
- Willingness to work some evenings and weekends
Interview dates and start date:
We are actively recruiting for this role and will consider and interview applicants in the order in which they apply.
The successful Candidate is to start as soon as possible.
HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your CV and a cover letter. Please don’t use generative AI. Your cover letter should explain why you think you are a good fit for this role.
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Salary: £39,920
Location: London Diocesan House, Causton Street.
Contract type: 3-year fixed term, full-time (35 hours/week)
Closing date: 03 May 2026
Interview date: 11 May 2026
This is a newly created role within the Diocese of London, supporting the Head of Racial Justice Priority in delivering the aims of the Diocese’s Racial Justice strategy. The postholder will sit within the wider racial justice team and contribute to the development and delivery of key programmes.
The role involves managing projects, supporting programme design and working with a range of stakeholders across diocesan, civic and community networks. It will focus on addressing racial disparities and supporting changes in practice and culture across the Diocese.
Job Summary
The Racial Justice Project Manager will support the delivery of the Diocese’s Racial Justice strategy by providing project management and programme support across a range of initiatives. Working with senior colleagues, clergy and partners, the role will help ensure projects are coordinated, delivered effectively and aligned with diocesan priorities.
Job responsibilities
· Support the design and delivery of racial justice programmes and initiatives
· Manage projects, ensuring activities are planned, coordinated and delivered effectively
· Support training and leadership development programmes related to racial justice
· Oversee data collection, analysis and reporting to support programme delivery
· Coordinate engagement activities and partnerships with diocesan teams, schools and community organisations
· Contribute to monitoring and evaluation to support continuous improvement
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on the main responsibilities.
Person Specification
· Understanding of racial justice, anti-racism, equality and inclusion, with relevant experience
· Experience of project management and working across multiple priorities
· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
· Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders from different backgrounds
· Ability to handle sensitive issues with professionalism and discretion
· Empathy with the mission and values of the Church of England
· Right to work in the UK
· The person will require a enhanced DBS check
Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on Person Specification.
About the London Diocesan Fund
The London Diocesan Fund (LDF) is the employment body that serves and supports the Diocese of London and Church of England.
The Church of England in London is growing, vibrant and at the heart of communities throughout the capital. At the London Diocesan Fund, we seek to do everything we can to support this mission and growth, using our resources to help our parishes and chaplains to serve over 4 million people.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community.
We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME), women, and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.
Safeguarding
The Diocese of London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Benefits of working with us
The LDF offers a supportive working environment, opportunity for career development and the following financial benefits:
- Competitive remuneration package
- 27 annual leave days to rise to 30 after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
- 15% employer pension contribution and salary sacrifice available
- Death in service benefit x3 of basic gross salary
- Enhanced maternity leave of six months full pay, after 12 months of employment
- Season ticket loans for public transport
- Access to Benenden Health Insurance
- EAP counselling through Health Assured
- Up to £100 for eye test and contribution to spectacles
- Two additional paid days for community volunteering
To apply:
Submit your application and CV online via Pathways. Please refer to the person specification and JD when you’re answering the application questions.
For more details, please see the full Job Description and Person Specification or visit the LDF Careers Page
For every Londoner to encounter the love of God in Christ



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