Young people officer jobs

• Are you a young woman aged 18 to 25 and interested in developing your professional and office-based skills? 

• Do you have lived experience of being affected by criminal exploitation & violence which is typically associated with ‘gangs’ and county lines?

• Do you want to work alongside other women for 12 months in an organisation that focuses specifically on making things better for girls and young women affected by criminal exploitation and violence? 

• Are you interested in work-based experience to evidence on your CV and in support of you moving into future work opportunities? 

• Do you have lived experience related to Abianda's work and find that you are facing barriers to employment and education opportunities?

If yes, then you might like to consider applying for Abianda’s internship programme.

Abianda is a London-based charity that works with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence, and the professionals who support them. We exist to ensure young women are no longer hidden in our communities and can live free from harm and abuse. We aim to bring about a culture shift in how services are delivered to young women and girls, so that they can access support that works for them when they need it.

This entry-level role is open to 18-25-year-old young women* who have been affected by criminal exploitation and violence. These experiences could be direct or indirect through relationships or areas and places lived or spent time in. You may also be a young woman who has had experience with statutory systems such as criminal justice, policing, social services or the care system where some of your experiences may be related to what is typically known as ‘criminal exploitation and violence’.

*We welcome non-binary people if they feel that they have lived experience that aligns with that of women and girls.​

Details of the role:

• Working 3 or 4 days a week for 12 months on a fixed-term contract

• Salary: £15,124.20 per annum (paid monthly), 21 hours a week (0.6 full-time equivalent) Monday to Friday business hours, negotiable start and end times

• Hybrid working, based in the Abianda office, Screenworks, Highbury Fields, N5 and some working from home

• Line managed by Sam, Abianda’s Head of Operations

• You will be provided with a laptop and phone to work from

The job description is attached. You can read more about how to apply at abianda[dot]com/internship-application

• 35 hours (flexible working, such as a 9 day fortnight, could be considered)
• Hybrid - London (1 day a week in London, with regular travel to our Bristol office)
• Closing date: 28th September 2025
• Interview date: w/c 6th October 2025 

Change lives in a life-changing career

When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.

The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. And that impact can be felt by entire family. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer.

We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make their voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they can get the right care and support at the right time

About the role

We are seeking an exceptional, creative and strategic fundraising leader to shape and deliver a new public fundraising and supporter engagement strategy, driving significant income growth across individual giving, legacies, community, events and trading.

As Associate Director, Public Fundraising, you will be a motivating leader for the talented Supporter Engagement team.  You will work with your leadership group to build on our successful approach to mass fundraising, aligning with our new organisational strategy to drive long-term transformational growth.

We are seeking someone with a passion for audience-led fundraising, who will lead and empower the team of 46 to explore new opportunities, grow income and build sustainable relationships.  Ultimately this will mean that our public fundraising programme will enable the charity to deliver its ambitious vision for the future, ensuring that every young person with cancer gets the support they need.

This is a pivotal role across the wider Income Generation directorate, supporting the Director and colleagues to deliver the overall Income Generation strategy, demonstrating YLvC values, and helping to develop our high performing team. 

This role is subject to a criminal record check. In the event of a successful application a basic criminal record check will be completed.

What will I be doing?

No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy. Here are some of the main things you’ll be doing, but you’ll find more details in the job description.

• With your team, translate corporate and departmental strategy into actionable team plans with a focus on supporter experience and long term growth, embedding best practice and leading cross-functional programmes to drive strategic delivery.
• Develop a budget and KPIs that support the team and overall Supporter Engagement plan with a process for regular monitoring, reporting, and evaluation to ensure impact and alignment. 
• Champion external insight gathering, ensuring your team stays ahead of trends and identifies emerging risks 
• Inspire confidence and engagement across Supporter Engagement through consistent, evidence-led leadership that values the supporter and embodies Young Lives vs Cancer’s values.
• Foster a high-performing, healthy team culture, ensuring your team reflects the professionalism and quality expected of a leading organisation.
• Champion the impact of Supporters, Supporter Engagement and Income Generation across the organisation inspiring trust and engagement from stakeholders.
• Build and nurture your external network and strategic external partnerships that actively shape planning and decision-making across your specialism and the wider organisation.
• Proactively identify opportunities to represent and advocate for Young Lives vs Cancer, collaborating across the children’s cancer care and voluntary sectors to influence and innovate. 

What do I need? 

Diverse perspectives and unique skillsets are at the heart of Young Lives vs Cancer. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and eager to learn, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet the criteria and person specification fully. Your potential is what matters most to us, and we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment to help you develop.

The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:

• Proven senior leadership experience in public fundraising e.g. individual giving, legacies, community, events and trading.
• Track record of developing and delivering strategic plans aligned to organisational goals.
• Experience leading high-performing, geographically dispersed teams and managing cross-functional programmes.
• Track record of enabling teams to innovate and deliver new opportunities and approaches to maximise income growth
• Strong background in budget management, KPI development, and performance evaluation.
• Understanding of supporter engagement strategies, donor journeys, and long-term growth models.
• Awareness of current and emerging trends in fundraising, digital engagement, and supporter experience.
• Understanding of organisational development, team dynamics, and performance culture.
• Ability to network across the not for profit sector in order to strengthen perspective internally and for the sector. 

What will I gain?

 For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:

• Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
• Wellbeing, Thinking & Growth Days: four days a year to to step back from the day-to-day and focus on your own learning and development
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Great family/caring leave entitlements
• Enhanced pension
• Access to our employee savings scheme

To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.

We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. CVs can be uploaded, but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history sections of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

Accessibility

We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible.Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.

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Operations Officer Wales

You will be working alongside a team of Operations Officers, supporting, inspiring and guiding DofE leaders to ensure a consistent and quality experience for the young people that they support. You’ll be managing a portfolio of existing partners in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taff.

You will be home based, but there will be a mix of face to face and online interactions and, you will need to be prepared to travel across your patch. There may be meetings elsewhere in Wales, or across the UK, which you will be required to attend.

Whilst you won’t be working directly with young people, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are having a positive impact on their opportunities.

The DofE Award is a game-changer. We know that perseverance and passion for long-term goals is linked to success in education, life and work. Our structured programme of volunteering, physical and skills-based challenges inspire, guide and support young people to achieve.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, and effective team player to help us to give more young people from across Wales the chance to take part in the DofE, particularly those from diverse and marginalised backgrounds.

DofE Wales is proud to be a bilingual organisation and you will need to demonstrate an understanding of the bilingual context of Wales.  We welcome applications from non-Welsh speakers, who will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the bilingual context of Wales and a commitment to developing their Welsh language skills.

You will need to have good interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and have the skills to support and manage them to deliver high quality DofE opportunities.

Aurora New Dawn is a registered charity providing support and advocacy to survivors of domestic abuse, stalking and sexual violence.

The Children & Young Person’s Advocate will support children at risk of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and stalking within a domestic abuse context within the Thames Valley area. Children will be identified via their non-abusing parent who is already accessing support as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking from Aurora New Dawn. The support offered to the child will be parallel to the non-abusing parent’s support and offers the parent a safe space to speak confidentially to their advocate.

The Children & Young Person’s Advocate will take part in age appropriate activities via various communication channels with the child. This can include telephone conversations, face to face visits, reading books, arts and crafts and offering an environment for the child to communicate any worries or concerns they may have.

For further insight into the core duties of this role, please see the attached job description.

Join Fumble as our new Programme Manager!

We’re Fumble – a bold, creative, and nationally recognised charity on a mission to make digital sexual health information relevant, engaging, fun, and safe for young people aged 13–25. We're five years in, growing fast, and dreaming big for the future. 

We’ve established an exciting programme of digital content co-creation with young people, to support them to successfully manage their sexual health, relationships, and mental health in the digital age, and we’re looking for a brilliant new Programme Manager to head this up.

This is an exciting, rewarding, and hands-on role at the heart of our small Sheffield-based team. You’ll lead the design and delivery of our projects – from the first sparks of an idea all the way through to measuring impact and celebrating success. 

This role is Sheffield-based or hybrid.

The role details

• This is a permanent role at Fumble

• Normal working day at Fumble is 9am - 5:30pm, with a 1h unpaid lunch break (7.5h day)

• 4 days/week (0.8 FTE), Monday - Thursday

  • Exciting note! We’re planning to trial a 4-day working week as an organisation in the near future, once funding is secured.

  • What would this mean? Fumble is preparing to trial a 4 day working week, which would mean a 30h work week across Mon-Thurs, with staff pay and benefits (including holiday allowance) increasing from 0.8 FTE to 1.0 FTE for everyone.

• £35,000 - £39,000 per year (pro rata, depending on experience)

• Based in our lovely Sheffield office at least 1-2 days/week

  • Highfield Adventures Community Centre, S7 1BJ

• The candidate must have the Right to Work in the UK and pass an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check with Children's Barred List Check. 

What does Fumble do?

Our free-to-access digital resources, co-created with young people, and our programme of workshops, consultancy, and advocacy help young people successfully manage their sexual health, mental health, and relationships in a digital age. 

We’re award-winning and we’re proud to support young people at the forefront of the challenges they face today. Discover more about who we are and examples of our recent projects on our website.

We’re looking for someone who…

• Has a creative eye and instinct for engaging, youth-led design

• Brings solid experience in managing freelancers and creative teams (we’re looking for CVs with at least 5+ years of relevant career experience)

• Is confident running charity projects end-to-end – including bid writing and fundraising, planning, people management, deadlines, budgets, and reporting

• Tools you will ideally be confident using include: Google Analytics, Data Studio, Wordpress, a CRM, Meta Business Suite, Mailchimp, and Google Drive, including especially Google Sheets.

• Has strong safeguarding knowledge and expertise, particularly for young people, and ideally in both in-person and digital spaces

• Is experienced in both youth engagement and digital content creation and delivery

At Fumble, we work collaboratively, champion inclusivity, and prioritise safety and creativity in everything we do. If that sounds like your kind of place, we’d love to hear from you.

Key deliverables expected from this role

Here are some of the key deliverables expected from the role in the first 12 months.

1. Programme delivery - youth engagement

• Expand our recent successful pilot project: ‘Healthy relationships for young women and girls’. 

This will include:

• In person delivery, in Sheffield.

• Project planning, session planning, promotion campaign to reach potential participants, facilitation of sessions and/or managing freelance facilitators, impact measurement, reporting.

• Deliver our annual cycle of engaging our Youth Advisory Board (remote, online delivery). This will include:

  • Planning and facilitating sessions via Zoom (supported by our Social Media & Comms Officer); impact measurement and reporting; safeguarding and managing the engagement and retention of members. 

2. Programme delivery - digital content and campaigns

• Delivery of our planned ‘Sexual health Q&As between young people & doctors’ campaign. This will include:

  • A series of video content, co-created with young people, for a social media campaign and series of associated website articles on the Fumble website. 

3. Supporting our safeguarding

• Supporting safeguarding at Fumble, as our Designated Safeguarding Officer. You’ll bring previous experience of effective safeguarding to help us build on our policy and practice. 

• This will include:

  • Conduct / manage annual safeguarding training for Fumble team & stakeholder groups

  • Maintain DBS checks

  • Communicate with external safeguarding agencies & expert advisors (where relevant)

  • Ensure safeguarding info is visible on the website and in sessions, and 

  • Ensure safeguarding continues to be embedded in a meaningful way across all of Fumble’s activities. 

4. Impact measurement

• Participate in the team’s development of our recently introduced impact measurement framework

• Design any additional tools needed for evaluating youth sessions, campaigns, and content.

• Collect quantitative and qualitative data (e.g. surveys, feedback forms, analytics).

• Report on outcomes and impact.

• Engage young people in co-evaluation methods where possible.

5. Supporting our fundraising 

• Participate in the team’s collective fundraising efforts. This includes:

  • identifying funding opportunities for Fumble, writing and reviewing bids, and writing reports for funders.

What next?

We’re hosting a couple of role Q&A zoom sessions while recruiting, giving you the chance to meet some of the team and really understand the role. Interested in joining one of these? Head to our website to sign up (click 'apply' below)

Keen to apply? We really recommend joining one of the Q&A sessions first if you can. Then, to apply, fill in our application form and submit a CV (click 'apply')

Please note: we’re a tiny team. We endeavour to reply to all applications, and certainly those from people who have clearly put time into responding to the specifics of this role description. 

However, due to the nature of our limited capacity (we’re a four person team and we receive a high volume of applications), we are unable to respond with in-depth feedback. 

Are you passionate about empowering young people and shaping meaningful, youth-led experiences? At Scouts, we’re looking for a dynamic Programme Officer to help deliver innovative, inclusive programmes that build skills for life.

Job Title: Programme Officer – Youth Leadership
Location: Gilwell Park or Home-based
Contract: Fixed until 31st March 2026
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary:

• Gilwell Park (with Hybrid Working): £33,476 (Band E Level 3, incl. OLW) - In-person Programme team meetings every two months.

• Home-based: £31,716 (Band E Level 3) - In-person Programme team meetings every two months.

About the Role

Be part of a team that creates transformational non-formal education opportunities for young people aged 4–24, with a key focus on the DCMS Scouts Pilot Youth Leadership Development Programme.

This unique programme empowers 14–18-year-olds from underrepresented communities to lead holiday activities for younger peers, driving leadership, confidence, and creativity.

In this role, you'll:

• Co-design youth-led programmes that reflect our Theory of Change and core values.
• Support and mentor young leaders, helping them unlock pathways to volunteering, employment, and accreditation.
• Equip adult volunteers to deliver inclusive, impactful sessions.
• Work closely with partners, funders, and communities to expand reach and relevance.
• Champion a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For

You're someone who can:

• Engage and motivate young people (14–24) to lead and thrive.
• Design engaging, inclusive content for non-formal learning.
• Work with underserved communities with empathy and insight.
• Balance multiple priorities while keeping quality at the core.
• Collaborate across teams and external partners effectively.

You bring:

• Experience designing or delivering youth leadership programmes.
• A strong grasp of project delivery and stakeholder engagement.
• A commitment to inclusion, participation, and youth empowerment.
• Great communication skills and confidence using digital tools.

Why Join Scouts?

• Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of youth development.
• Be part of a supportive, values-driven team.
• Help young people across the UK grow, lead, and thrive.

Benefits include:

• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 days after 2 years), plus extra days at Christmas

• Flexible working hours

• Double-matched pension up to 10% of gross salary

• Generous family leave and support as a family-friendly employer

• Access to our Learning & Development hub for ongoing training

• Recognition as Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022)

For a full list of our benefits, click .

Closing date for applications: 11:59 pm Monday, 13th October 2025

Interviews will be held online via teams on Monday, 20th October 2025.

The Scouts is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We offer flexible working arrangements to support diverse needs and lifestyles, ensuring that our teams can thrive both professionally and personally. We welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life, believing that varied perspectives strengthen our innovation and community. Your unique experiences and ideas are essential to our success, and we look forward to hearing from all voices.

Strictly no agencies.

Join our dynamic, collaborative and supportive team as a Trust and Grants Officer. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and adaptability.

If you are passionate about supporting children and young people, with a focus on preventing mental health issues this role is perfect for you!

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma, allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

 Closing date for applications: Midnight on 24 September 2025

1st Interview date: 02 October 2025

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.

Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

Location: Manchester (on-site role)

Interviews: 8th of October in our Manchester Centre

For more information or to apply, please click 'apply now' to be redirected to our website.

The King's Trust believes all young people should have the chance to succeed; they are the key to a positive and prosperous future. The young people we help face a range of challenges. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive, and society can prosper.

We are looking for a Centre Coordinator to join our team in our Manchester Centre on a permanent basis. In this role, you will provide a warm and welcoming reception for young people, staff, and visitors over the phone and in person, so if you are approachable, passionate, and non-judgemental, this could be your role.

You will indirectly support young people by ensuring that our Centre operates safely and efficiently. You will be responsible for managing delivery space, facilities compliance and controlling office equipment and supplies. Having previous administrative experience is beneficial but not essential.

To be successful in this role, you must have a good understanding of the challenges young people within our target groups face, to assist them when they arrive in our Centre. In this role, no two days are the same; you get to be involved with many different functions of the Trust and interact with everyone who works in the Centre, which is why planning and organisation skills are a must.

If you are up for a challenge and enjoy working in a team, we would love to hear from you!

What happens next?  

Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date. 

Why do we need Centre Coordinators? 

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Centre Coordinator (Manchester)s! 

Perks for working at The Trust! 

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year 
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc. 
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role 
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas. 
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). 
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave. 
• Interest-free season ticket loans 
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme 
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary) 

We are a growing, sustainable and ambitious social mobility charity. We know that young people in under-served parts of the country are missing out on opportunities which would unlock their confidence and build their skills for a successful future. 

Our long-term, transformational partnerships with business and civic society which support over 60k+ young people every year discover what they are amazing at. This role will lead our evaluation approaches, data analysis and impact insights for our new five-year strategy - Ambition 2030.

What you will be doing

The insights you bring to our programme delivery will aid our understanding of our short, medium and long-term impact for young people, and our role in careers education and social mobility. Your work will also support us to continue to build on ‘what’s working’ and improve our offer to schools, ensuring our support reaches the young people who are most at risk of missing out on opportunities to spark a successful future.

Responsiblities:

• Evaluation
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Insight reporting
• Systems management

Read more in our job pack. 

Job details

• £35,000 salary
• Full time (37.5 hrs per week)
• Hybrid working*
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (inclusive of Christmas closure days)
• Training budget

*Hybrid working

This is a hybrid role. You will be working from home and will join our Team Together Days in a co-working space in London a min of 1 a month, up to a max of 3 per month. These days are considered commuting days. You do not need to live in London to apply for this role, but you will need to consider what you feel is a reasonable commuting distance and to be able to attend our team days in London. You can read more about our approach to hybrid working on our website. 

We take safeguarding seriously, please note for safer recruitment purposes, all applications must clearly state continuous work history for the last 10 years, or since leaving full time education. It is ok to have employment gaps on your CV, please provide a note to explain these. Any CVs without full history (including start and finish months and years) will not be considered. 

To read the full job information pack, download the attachment. Please read this before completing your application as it contains some helpful advice of the key experiences and skills we are looking for. 

Using AI in your application 

Robots need not apply. Human skills and authenticity is incredibly important in the work we do with young people. We want to hear your voice and personality in your application. The best way to learn about our work is from our website, not AI. We receive many applications generated by AI platforms which often include incorrect information about our charity - providing incorrect or misinformation may mean we discount your application. 

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing and welfare of children and we require everyone associated with The Talent Foundry Trust, including all trustees, employees, and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including completing our Safer Recruitment process, references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation: Executive Director of Charities

Location: Office based at Southwark
Salary: £120,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Because everyone deserves a fair chance at a long, healthy life, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation works to tackle health inequalities and support outstanding NHS care. We’re now seeking an ambitious, senior leader in fundraising and marketing for a unique opportunity to become our new Executive Director of Charities. The role will be responsible for shaping the future of our three NHS charities - Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity, and Guy’s Cancer Charity and deliver impact that changes lives every day.

About Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation

At Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation our vision is to build a society where everyone stays healthier for longer. Every day, people across our communities face health challenges that shape their lives and futures. We are one of the UK’s oldest and largest health Foundations, with over 500 years of history. Rooted across Lambeth, Southwark and beyond, we work with the NHS, communities and partners across sectors to tackle health inequity, support innovation and back bold ideas that can transform society.

Now, we’re scaling our ambition. With Board backing for long-term investment in fundraising growth, and a new capital project at Evelina London Children’s Hospital on the horizon, this is a career-defining opportunity to lead that transformation.

What you’ll do

Reporting directly to our CEO, you will lead the Charities Team – overseeing directors across fundraising, marketing, funding & impact, strategy and innovation, and business and play a key role on the Foundation’s Executive Team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leadership & culture – uniting teams behind a shared vision, fostering high performance, and embedding diversity and inclusion.
• Strategy & fundraising – driving ambitious income growth, shaping large-scale propositions, and championing a culture of philanthropy across the Foundation and the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
• Funding & impact – ensuring we invest strategically in health and equity, while strengthening how we measure and demonstrate impact.
• Partnerships – building deep, collaborative relationships with the Trust’s Executive team, senior clinical leaders, donors and partners.
• Governance & oversight – ensuring robust structures, efficiency and capability for long-term growth and success.

Who you are:

• A vision and mission driven leader, encouraging diverse, positive and collaborative cultures; and developing inclusive processes.
• A proven track record in strategic fundraising and marketing leadership and income growth.
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams in complex organisations, including leading leaders.
• Skill in strategy development and delivery, with the commercial acumen to drive results.
• The ability to inspire diverse stakeholders from senior NHS leaders to high-value donors.
• A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 

This is more than a leadership role, it’s a chance to redefine what philanthropy can achieve in healthcare. You’ll have the platform, resources and partnerships to deliver lasting impact at scale.

Ready to Learn More?
If you share our vision and are ready to inspire change, click below to view our full Candidate Pack for everything you need to know – including how to apply.

Closing date: Monday 13th October, 9am

Education Officer – Prevention

This is an exciting opportunity to join Depaul UK to lead the delivery of our homelessness prevention education programme in the North East as our Education Officer – Prevention.

Position: Education Officer – Prevention
Location: Whitley Bay or Middlesbrough, with frequent travel
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £26,242 per annum plus pension and other benefits

Closing Date: Sunday 5th October 2025

About the Role

As Education Officer, you will coordinate and deliver Depaul UK’s Education Programme across schools, colleges, and youth settings in the North East. The programme aims to prevent youth homelessness through engaging workshops, assemblies, and group sessions that explore topics such as healthy relationships, conflict management and homelessness awareness.

Working closely with the National Education Programme Manager, you will also support the development of new resources and manage relationships with partner institutions. You will be responsible for marketing the programme, delivering high-impact sessions, and generating income through partnerships with educational settings.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic team working at the forefront of youth homelessness prevention.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery of education workshops and assemblies to young people aged 11–18
• Designing high-quality, engaging resources aligned with national curriculum and tailored to local needs
• Building strong partnerships with schools and colleges to promote and deliver the programme
• Recording and evaluating delivery to ensure effectiveness and continual improvement
• Training and supporting volunteers, including young people with lived experience
• Representing the charity at regional and national events
• Occasionally delivering sessions or attending meetings out-of-hours, with time off in lieu provided

About You

You will need to have the following skills and experience:

• Excellent communication skills and confidence delivering to large groups
• Experience working with children and young people, especially on sensitive issues
• Ability to build strong professional relationships with education staff and stakeholders
• Proven experience in designing educational content and facilitating interactive sessions
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach and ability to work independently
• Good knowledge of safeguarding procedures and ability to apply them
• Competence in digital tools and content creation

In return for working here, you will receive:

• A comprehensive training package tailored to your needs and role
• Flexible working model for suitable roles
• 26 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years of service
• Family-friendly leave policies including maternity, adoption, parental, and carers leave
• Auto-enrolment pension with employer contributions up to 7%
• Employee Assistance Programme and health support app
• Discount vouchers for gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more
• Cash benefit plan including cover for dental, optical, hospital stays and more
• Death in service (4x salary)
• Legal Advice Line

About the Organisation

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in preventing homelessness, building resilience, and creating opportunities in education, employment and volunteering across the UK – from Newcastle to London, Greater Manchester to the South Coast.

You may have experience in areas such as: Education Project Coordinator, Youth Engagement Officer, Schools Programme Officer, Prevention Officer, Workshop Facilitator, Learning and Engagement Officer, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Finance Director

We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic Finance Director to join the team at Right to Succeed, helping us build on the great work we’re already doing and achieve even more.

This is an exciting and pivotal time to join the charity as we continue our journey of rapid growth and scale, supporting communities in areas of high deprivation to give children and young people the best possible start in life.

Position: Finance Director
Location: Contractually based from one of our offices with flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval.
Salary: £67,600 – £70,720 per annum (plus 5% employer pension contribution, Medicash health plan, group life assurance, and 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays)
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday)
Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 3:00pm, Tuesday 30th September 2025
Interview Dates:

• First stage: Monday 6th October 2025
• Second stage: Thursday 9th October 2025

The Role

The Finance Director will be both a hands-on and strategic role, working to ensure that the charity is making the greatest possible use of the resources available to it. You will lead the finance team (currently 2 FTEs) and work on financial planning, management and reporting, feeding into the Charity’s organisational and strategic goals and work closely with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership and Leadership Teams to provide effective financial direction to the Finance Committee and the Board of Trustees.

This role will see you:

• Provide strategic financial leadership, advising the CEO, SLT, and Trustees on key financial matters.
• Lead on financial management and control, ensuring high standards across reporting, forecasting, and compliance.
• Produce accurate financial reports and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including Charity SORP.
• Oversee budgeting and reserves management, ensuring the organisation maintains appropriate financial sustainability.
• Support programme and fundraising teams with financial insights, templates, and reporting.
• Lead financial risk management, procurement, and oversight of contracts and grant agreements.
• Manage, motivate, and develop the finance team, ensuring clear accountability and high performance.

If you are passionate about strategic leadership, financial excellence, and helping communities deliver better outcomes for children and young people, we would love to hear from you.

About You

We are seeking a proactive, experienced, and qualified finance professional with:

• 5+ years of demonstrable senior leadership experience in a charity or commercial setting.
• A recognised finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• A proven track record in financial management, risk management, budgeting, and reporting.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Experience in implementing system improvements and managing organisational change.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information to non-financial audiences.
• Knowledge of Charity SORP (or willingness to develop this).
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using Xero, Sage, or similar systems.

Benefits Include:

• 5% employer pension contribution
• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Medicash health plan
• Group life assurance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Commitment to wellbeing and professional development

Please upload your CV and a supporting statement outlining your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria of the role (no more than 2 sides of A4).

About the Organisation

Right to Succeed works with communities in areas of high deprivation to remove barriers to education and create better outcomes for children and young people. Since launching in 2015, we’ve supported over 50,000 children and young people across 10 communities, with our approach described as “a potential template for community transformation nationally.”

We are an equal opportunities employer and particularly welcome applications from those with lived experience of the challenges our programmes seek to address. As a Disability Confident employer, we will provide any support needed in the recruitment process.

Other roles you may have experience in could include Finance Director, Director of Finance and Resources, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head of Finance, Financial Controller, Finance and Operations Director, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Youth Participation Officer

Fitzrovia Youth in Action is looking for an experienced, passionate and enthusiastic person for our Youth Participation Officer role. If you feel like this is you, we would love to hear from you!

The post holder will manage and develop youth-led community projects in which young people develop their leadership and employability skills through becoming actively involved in their community and participating in self-directed community action. The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of several youth-led community projects, primarily the organisation of youth-led community events, but might also include elements of other youth-led activities, such as youth action team, health champions and ambassadors. 

For example, typically, this would involve working with groups of around 10 young people in each cohort and support them to deliver their community event project over a 12-week period.  Examples of events include youth-led football tournaments, street parties and our community Christmas dinner. This post will be part of the delivery team overseeing self-directed community action projects. The post holder may also support drop-in sessions and other activities aimed at engaging young people and referring them onto the youth-led community action programme.

We are elated to be to offer this part time post and continue the social action work with young people.

You can find the role description and persocal spec below. 

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter (no more then two sides) explaining your experience and why you are suited. 

We're an award winning charity running local learning centres based in the heart of the communities we serve. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping 56,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for a Fundraising Officer (Philanthropy) to join our exceptional, talented and successful fundraising team, all of whom have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for our mission to support young people achieve their ambitions.

We have a fantastic and diverse range of philanthropic supporters - from key individual donors through to local community foundations and major philanthropic trusts. As part of the philanthropy team, you will play a key and varied role in growing and stewarding these partnerships - ranging from taking responsibility for your own portfolio of philanthropic supporters through to contributing to funding bids, writing compelling reports, and managing supporter engagement. 

The role at a glance

Contract: 

Permanent, full-time

Start date: 

As soon as possible, as agreed with candidate 

Working Hours:

09.00 - 17.30
We are a delivery organisation providing frontline educational services for young people. We are an organisation with team members at different stages of their career, including many in their first roles: We are committed to nurturing talent and providing a developmental culture for all. Our team works in-person 4 days per week (or 3 days for a 0.8 FTE staff member) with 1 day working from home. 

Location:

This role will be based at our Head Office in London. The role will require frequent travel both within London and regionally. 

Salary:

£30,950 (inclusive of London contribution of £2,700)

Annual Leave:

Full-time staff entitlement, pro-rated for part-time staff: 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff Benefits

• Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
• Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
• Summer working hours (finish at 1pm on Fridays for six weeks in the summer), pro-rated for staff joining after January in the same year
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support
• Life Assurance scheme with Aviva including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
• Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
• Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

Application deadline - 9am Wednesday 1st October 2025

Interview Day (in-person) - Wednesday 8th October 2025.. Please ensure that you are available on this date.