Youth development lead jobs
Are you a passionate and driven fundraiser looking to make a real impact? We’re seeking an inspiring Fundraising Manager to lead on developing and delivering an ambitious fundraising strategy that will fuel transformational projects and change lives.
In this exciting role, you’ll shape and deliver a diverse fundraising programme, spanning individual giving, legacies and alumni engagement, major donors, community fundraising, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, and digital campaigns.
You’ll be at the heart of our mission, combining strategic vision, creative energy, and relationship-building skills to secure sustainable income for our charity and to help us reach our incredible £13 million capital appeal goal for Project Learn Hive.
Leading and mentoring our Grants & Fundraising Officer, you’ll ensure effective and inspiring fundraising activity across all areas of our organisation, including Petty Pool, Autism Practical Support, and The Ground Up Project. Working collaboratively with our marketing, communications, operations, and governance teams, you’ll nurture meaningful connections with supporters, donors, alumni, executors, and solicitors who share our vision.
This is your opportunity to play a pivotal role in growing our impact, ensuring we maximise fundraising potential while upholding the highest ethical and professional standards.
If you’re ready to bring passion, innovation, and purpose to your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
The postholder will also manage a Grants & Fundraising Officer, ensuring effective fundraising through trusts, foundations, and grants across the organisation, (Petty Pool, Autism Practical Support and The Ground Up Project). They will work closely with colleagues across marketing, communications, operations, and governance to build strong relationships with supporters, donors, alumni, executors, and solicitors.
The role will ensure Petty Pool maximises fundraising income while honouring donor intentions and maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.
We are seeking a highly motivated Policy Analyst to join Centre for Mental Health and lead a new, high-profile programme of work. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the national conversation on mental health at a time of major political and policy developments.
As Policy Analyst, you will convene and coordinate activity across leading sector partners, producing and commissioning robust analysis that addresses key challenges such as early intervention, waiting lists and the economic impact of poor mental health. You will turn evidence into clear, compelling messages for policymakers, ensuring that the collective voice of the sector is heard at the highest levels, including with MPs, Ministers and No.10.
This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on mental health policy in the UK. You will work closely with partners, colleagues and people with lived experience to develop credible, influential positions that can shift national priorities and tackle inequalities. If you are an excellent communicator with strong analytical skills and a passion for driving change, we would love to hear from you.
Centre for Mental Health is committed to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our work, to help create better mental health for all. We are taking active steps to become an antiracist organisation, and we value and support staff with lived experience of mental health challenges. We aim to build a diverse and representative team, and we strongly encourage people from minoritised backgrounds to apply. We are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process for disabled applicants.
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Role Overview
- Pay: £162.50 per day (plus travel and lunch expenses)
- Location: London and Essex
- Variable Hours: Between 0 - 60 hours per month
- Benefits: Pension scheme, training, development and flexible working.
About Mind of the Student
At Mind of the Student, we believe every young person deserves to feel empowered to speak about their mental health, both in school and at home. We deliver a comprehensive, school-wide mental health programme and community-led services designed to equip young people with the knowledge, confidence, and skills they need to recognise and address their mental health needs.
Our programmes goe beyond statutory requirements, supporting secondary schools in creating a culture where mental health and wellbeing are protected, prioritised, and promoted. Founded on lived experience, Mind of the Student was created by Co-Founders Kieran and Jaylan, who know firsthand the struggles of feeling unsupported and alone in school. Mind of the Student strive to give young people the resilience and confidence to speak up about their mental health.
The Role
We are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and experienced facilitators to join our team and deliver impactful mental programmes in secondary schools and local communities across London and Essex. As a Senior Workshop Facilitator, you will:
- Lead engaging and interactive sessions tailored to the needs of young people.
- Foster a safe, supportive environment for open discussions about mental health.
- Provide practical tools and strategies to empower students to manage their wellbeing.
- Collaborate with schools to ensure workshops align with their specific challenges and goals.
- Represent Mind of the Student professionally, embodying our mission and values.
What We’re Looking For:
To thrive in this role, you should have:
Experience
- Delivering workshops, training sessions, or similar group activities with young people.
- Working within schools, youth services, or mental health organisations (preferred).
Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence in managing and engaging groups of secondary school students.
- The ability to handle sensitive topics with empathy and professionalism.
Qualifications
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage diverse groups (Essential)
- Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check (Essential)
- Background in psychology, education, youth work, or a related field (Desirable)
- Experience or training in the performing arts (Desirable)
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) or equivalent training (Desirable)
- Experience working with schools, community groups, or young people in a wellbeing/educational context (Desirable)
Why Join Us?
- Competitive daily pay with travel and lunch expenses covered.
- The opportunity to make a tangible impact on young people’s lives.
- Work with a passionate team committed to reshaping how mental health is approached in schools and local communities.
How to Apply and Key Dates
- Complete your online application by 28/10/2025.
- Phone interviews are taking place on 3/11/2025
- In-Person inteviews are taking place on 10/11/2025
- Training 1/12/2025
Together, let’s empower the next generation to speak up and thrive.
To equip young people at school, and within the community, with the knowledge, confidence and skills to address their mental health needs.




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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full Time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Children in Need
LOCATION: London or Salford – Hybrid
SALARY RANGE: £30,000 - £37,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. London Weighting may be applicable.
The internal job title for this role will be Partnership Executive
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The New Partnerships Manager will join an experienced team responsible for identifying and securing new partnerships across a range of sectors. They will help generate significant income, increase audience reach, and maximise the power of our brand so that new partners can see the impact they can have for children and young people.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC Children in Need is the UK’s most recognisable children’s charity, funding essential work with children and young people across the UK to help them thrive and overcome their challenges. At a time when we can only fund one in six of the organisations that apply to us for support, our Partnerships Team is fulfilling a crucial role in securing new partnerships to ensure we can be there for every child who needs us. We have ambitious plans for growth to make sure this is possible and this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to join a hard-working, kind and ambitious team to help deliver change for children.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
- Generating Income and growth: able to identify and secure new partnerships that generate significant income, reach new audiences and help deliver the organisation’s plans for growth.
- Relationship Management: use a proactive approach to outreach and relationship management, build a strong pipeline of prospects to help us secure high-value, strategic, multi-year and multi-faceted partnerships to deliver our strategic objectives for children.
- Develop high quality pitches and propositions, in line with our grant-making strategy, to secure partnerships and make the most of the power of BBC Children in Need’s brand.
- Delivering Impact: Collaborate with our Impact and Insight teams to develop impact-led propositions that drive broader impact beyond income, through story-telling and a compelling case for support.
- Financial Reporting: Contribute to financial targets and use them to inform budgeting and forecasting.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Commercial Development: Demonstrate strong commercial acumen with a proven track record of identifying opportunities and securing income from new partnerships ideally in charity context. Significant brand and marketing campaign experience with notable success, including metrics like increased sales, brand awareness, or customer engagement. An understanding of how these approaches can help deliver on the organisation’s wider purpose for children.
- Relationship Management: Excellent interpersonal skills to engage effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders, and convey ideas succinctly and persuasively. Ability to use a variety of approaches to tailor and secure new partnerships ideally in a charity context.
- Creative Thinking: Experience of developing innovative ideas and compelling propositions and converting into wins to engage our audiences and supporters.
- Campaign Experience: Experience contributing to large-scale campaigns, preferably in a non-profit context.
- Passion for Cause: A genuine passion for delivering change for children and young people across the UK.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Opportunity:
The Aspiring Professionals Programme Coordinator (APPC) role will be well-suited to someone who is focused on the best ways they can help the aims of the charity as well as those of our participants and partners. An APPC is responsible for supporting the delivery and development of the Social Mobility Foundation’s programme of activities for young people through their S5-6/sixth form and university years.
The SMF offers in-person and online support and opportunities, so this role will involve providing virtual and in-person support to students and working with employers across the UK.
Key Responsibility Areas:
1. Project Delivery
- Deliver key projects including recruiting and onboarding students, creating digital resources and student events
- Support with programme pilots, scoping (and delivering on) new activity
- Collaborate and build relationships with our employer partners, schools, and universities to support our young people in their applications for university, internships and graduate roles
2. Monitoring and Evaluation
- Maintain accurate records across relevant databases, updating data accurately and in a timely manner
- Contribute to evaluation for key work areas (residentials, events, internships etc), produce high quality evaluation reports where required.
3. Stakeholder Management
- Communicate to internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner
- Proactively update external partners (i.e. employers) on your work areas, flagging risks in a timely manner with relationship managers
- Manage internal student queries and maintain consistent stakeholder (e.g. students) processes through regular communication
4. Activity Delivery
- Coordinate planning and delivery of skills sessions, partner events, university visits, and other activities, both virtually and in person across the Social Mobility Foundation’s target cities across the UK
- Create digital resources to support all provisions
Please see full job description attached for more details.
Person Specification:
We need someone who will demonstrate our organisational skills-based competencies - as listed below:
- Leadership
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Professionalism
- Decision-making
Technical knowledge, understanding and experience required:
- Basic Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
- A basic understanding of the barriers young people face in accessing university and particular careers
Ways of working:
- Most of our work is office based, but you will spend a lot of time collaborating with other teams and clients via email, telephone and other communications channels such as Teams or Zoom.
- This role requires you to staff residentials for students on our Programme. This means that during the summer period (Jul – Aug) you will be expected to stay overnight on-site (in the UK - exact location to be confirmed closer to the time) for a period of up to two-weeks, help run the residential and be responsible for the welfare of the young people involved.
Travel:
- Some travel, to other offices and other locations, will occasionally be expected.
Benefits:
- 33/34 days (England & Wales and Scotland respectively - includes bank and public holidays)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employer pension contributions of 5% of ‘qualifying earnings’
- Employee Assistance Programme available to staff and their family
- Flexible work options such as hybrid working, flexitime, part-time
- Regular staff team building and business planning “away days”
We unlock potential, broaden horizons and create opportunities for young people



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Use your housing expertise to support the growth and excellence of a fast-growing and highly respected youth charity.
We are seeking an exceptional housing leader who brings experience of supporting organisational growth and excellence in social housing.
One YMCA is now one of the largest YMCA’s in Europe and our focus is supporting vulnerable people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to develop the skills and confidence to live their life to the full.
In the last five years, we have trebled our income to £40m, more than doubled our staff numbers to 750 and increased our social housing units from 350 to nearly 800.
This is a new role that we have created to provide leadership to our supported housing (including YP OFSTED regulated housing) services. As our lead professional for housing and member of the Extended Executive Leadership Team, this role will be responsible for developing a housing vision and strategy aligned to the wider organisational strategy. This will ensure quality across all our housing sites and the overall scope of service delivery aligns and exceeds the expectations of our internal and external stakeholders.
With planned growth to 1000 units in the next two years plus preparing to be a Large Registered Provider this role will ensure processes, structures, systems and resourcing meet regulatory requirements and are consistently and innovatively delivering best value, sustainability and positive impact.
If you enjoy working in a dynamic organisation and are attracted to the challenge of working with highly committed staff, serving people with complex needs and in a context of organisational growth, we would love to hear from you.
For more information please see the job pack attached. Closing date 13th October.
One YMCA's mission is to create supportive and energizing communities where young people can belong, contribute, and thrive.
Join the V&A East launch team
We’re seeking a Senior Campaign Delivery and Channel Manager for the landmark opening of V&A East Museum and debut exhibition The Music Is Black. Sitting within the V&A’s Marketing team, you'll act as the linchpin of this complex, high-profile launch, with a remit to ensure resources are maximised and campaigns are delivered strategically, creatively, and effectively across all channels to meet audience and commercial goals.
About the V&A
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you a passionate and proven fundraiser looking for your next big challenge? This is your chance to join a mission-driven team and help transform the lives of seriously ill children.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you’ll be a vital member of our charity team, responsible for activity across community and events fundraising. This role will focus on providing exceptional stewardship for our calendar of community and events fundraising. You’ll build relationships with supporters and help deliver impactful events as well as help grow our income through individual giving.
Please click on the attached job pack for the role description, more details about The Brompton Fountain and the role you could play, then apply via CharityJob with your CV and cover letter.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We support children's heart and lung care at Royal Brompton Hospital and its network of partner hospitals throughout London and the South East.

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Programme Manager (Loneliness)
We are seeking a Programme Manager (Loneliness) to join the Astra Foundation. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our growing grants portfolio tackling loneliness among young people in the UK and France.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a small but ambitious foundation. As Programme Manager, you will:
- Oversee and develop our portfolio of grants tackling loneliness across the UK and France
- Work with grantees and partners to generate learning, share best practice, and amplify effective approaches.
- Engage in local and global networks on loneliness, ranging from social-prescribing, funding and commissioning programmes, and research
The successful candidate will report to the Foundation Manager and work closely with our Board and Chair. You will combine rigour in grant making with the vision to influence systemic change – helping us explore what works, share best practice, and catalyse cross-sector collaboration.
This role is ideally suited to someone with experience in programme management or grant making, and with a passion for tackling one of society’s most pressing but often overlooked challenges.
Salary: £40,000–£45,000 (depending on experience, pro-rata if part-time)
Contract: Full-time – we will also consider candidates wishing to work 0.8 FTE
Location: Hybrid – Victoria, London (two core office days per week)
Please download the full application pack below for further details.
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Are you passionate about offering boys and men the best start in life by providing support to young fathers and families? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a specialist and dynamic charity providing emotional and practical support to boys and men. We are looking to recruit Project Coordinator(s) (Fathers team) you will be responsible for delivering a range of services supporting Future Men’s work with fathers. The post holder will alongisde direct work with fathers support the Senior Leadership Team with formulating a strategy for developing work with fathers across localities, in line with FM’s vision, mission and values and Business Plan. A key element will be to support new developments, identify best practice in work with fathers and embed these in current services.
This full-time permanent role is based in south London and work alongside statutory services.
At Future Men, through our practice-led services, we work with boys and men from childhood through to Fatherhood, to help them become healthy, dynamic, future men. From structured school programmes and youth hubs, to individual one-to-one sessions and outreach work, we provide the vital support and advocacy that changes boys and young men’s lives for the better. We focus our work with boys and men who face structural discrimination and disadvantage, including of race, income, and community.
A better future for every boy, every man, and everyone.

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Job Title: Kent Infant Feeding Regional Service Manager
Salary: £32,000
Contract: Fixed Term until 1st January 2029
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Kent community based
Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday.
About us at the NCT
NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.
While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.
NCT is committed to social justice and equity. We are dedicated to being an anti-racist charity and believe that inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Being there for every parent requires bold action to challenge inequalities. By creating inclusive spaces and services that are built on collaboration and trust, we welcome and celebrate diversity and strive to meet the needs of the pregnant women, new parents, families and communities that we serve.
As the world changes and new challenges are thrown up for parents, our charity must change too. Join us now and be part of this journey, and ensure that every parent feels connected, confident and safe.
About the role
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the loves of parents and families. The Kent Infant Feeding Regional Service Manager is a strategic role that has responsibility for driving the mobilisation and development of the infant feeding peer support service for NCT across Kent. Working closely with our commissioner and local stakeholders to embed NCT peer support within the Infant Feeding referral pathway.
Your role will include:
· Providing line management and support to the Kent NCT Infant Feeding Peer Support staff and volunteer team.
· Engage with underrepresented communities through networking with other local organisations.
· Set up and manage Parent Focus groups to ensure the programme is accessible and meets the needs of local parents.
· Attend and participate in the Local Infant Feeding Strategy / network group.
· Local Safeguarding lead for the Infant Feeding Peer Support project
About you
· Have a passion for breastfeeding and ensuring every family in Kent has accessible support.
· Have experience in managing / coordinating project with a ‘hands on’ attitude
· Experience of working alongside health professions
· Experience of supporting or working within marginalised or vulnerable communities and understanding the challenges they face.
· Have worked within or have knowledge of the local perinatal services and communities within the Kent area.
What we offer
We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.
We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.
The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Closing date for applications: 19th October 2025
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The Head of Families and Children’s Services will provide senior leadership and strategic direction across services that support families, parents, children, and young people. The role will ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based interventions that promote wellbeing, strengthen family resilience, and safeguard vulnerable children.
This postholder will oversee Perinatal Coaching, Crisis Outreach, Family Hubs, and Parenting Programs, embedding a culture of excellence, innovation, and partnership working to achieve meaningful outcomes for families.
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About Woman's Trust
Woman’s Trust was established almost thirty years ago and is the leading specialist in mental health services for women. Led by and for women, it aims to ensure that women affected by domestic abuse can live a safe and healthy life, free from further harm. Our approach is trauma-informed and person-centred, empowering survivors on their journey to recover from the trauma. We support 900 women and children annually, with an income of £1.3m and 40 staff. We are committed to a positive, inclusive and equitable environment for our staff, service users and volunteers. Alongside our current service provision, we are focused on developing innovative mental health services for young women and girls, launching peer-led support groups and providing therapeutic groups to children and their mothers. We are also committed to developing further awareness-raising workshops and training for professionals, building on our research and policy expertise to improve systems nationally. As demand for our service grows, we are ambitious to double the number of women we support each year, achieved in large part through the success of our fundraising team in increasing our income.
About the role
As a Counselling Project Administrator, you will be responsible for the smooth and efficient project administration of Woman’s Trust Counselling services.
This role is part-time, working 28 hours per week to cover a period of maternity leave with a start date of December 2025.
In return, we can offer:
- 25 days' holiday + 3 days at Christmas + Public holidays (pro rata for part-time working)
- Hybrid & flexible working - office based with minimum of 50% of working hours in Woman’s Trust London office, we also support mutually agreed flexible working arrangements
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mandatory job-related training
- Individual staff professional development budget
- A caring, committed and highly collaborative environment
- Several social events/lunches per year
- Friendly, all women team
To find out more and apply with your CV, please visit our website via the apply button.
The position is open on a rolling basis. Interviews will be given as applications come in.
Please note, this post is open to female applicants only – Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 applies.
The role will lead training for Lifelites 25, our exciting expansion programme, which will take Lifelites’ services to the wider children’s palliative care sector.
You will also be the key point of contact for all Lifelites’ Service Partners, including Children’s Hospices, specialist education and other community services, helping to build strong relationships and maximise the use of assistive technology across children’s palliative care.
The role will design, develop and deliver the multi-channel Lifelites Learning programme by providing training for staff across children’s palliative care in person, online and through e-learning.
In this role, you will:
✨ Design, develop and deliver engaging training in collaboration with our training team – in person, online and via e-learning – to children’s hospices, specialist schools, and other community partners.
✨ Act as the key point of engagement for our partners, supporting them to use Lifelites’ assistive technology to enrich the lives of children.
✨ Travel across the UK and Ireland, building strong relationships and ensuring partners have the skills and confidence to make the most of our services.
We’re looking for someone who is:
✔ Experienced in delivering training and engaging adult learners.
✔ Skilled at designing clear, accessible resources and training content.
✔ Passionate about children’s services, ideally with experience in disability or palliative care settings.
✔ Organised, self-motivated, personable, and a strong communicator.
Before applying, please sign into your CharityJob candidate account to access and review the Recruitment Pack for the full Job Description and Person Specification.
We empower children with life-limiting conditions to play, create and communicate by harnessing the power of sensory and assistive technology.
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Are you ready to turn the power of play into life-changing impact?
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape something truly special at Make-A-Wish UK. As our Head of Gaming, you’ll lead a bold and ambitious strategy to unite the gaming community, creators, studios, players and partners in granting unforgettable wishes for children living with critical conditions. With board-level support and a clear vision to generate £1m annual income within three years, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, storytelling and purpose driven partnerships.
If you’re a strategic leader from the gaming, charity or social impact sector, with a passion for gaming and a heart for impact, this is your chance to build a legacy that transforms lives through play.
Essential Criteria
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years proven experience in gaming, influencer marketing, or a related field, with a strong understanding of the gaming industry.
- Passion for gaming and knowledge of trends, platforms, and community engagement practices.
- Proficiency in analysing data to assess performance, determine strategies, and make informed decisions.
- Experience with social media platforms, content creation tools, and gaming comms software.
- Experience in leading and inspiring creative teams while managing projects and resources.
- Strong understanding of digital marketing strategies, social media platforms, and analytics.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with diverse teams and partners.
- Ability to develop and execute a long-term vision and strategy in gaming and influencer marketing.
- Strong relationship-building skills to connect with influencers, gaming communities, and industry partners.
- In-depth knowledge of current trends in the gaming industry, including emerging technologies and popular games.
- Understanding of influencer dynamics, audience engagement strategies, and campaign management.
- Familiarity with content creation processes, including video production, streaming, and social media management.
- Background in project management and/or team leadership.
- Understanding brand development and how to align marketing efforts with business objectives.
- A personal interest and enthusiasm for gaming trends and communities can enhance authenticity and engagement with stakeholders.
- Flexibility to adapt to rapid changes in the gaming and social media landscape is important.
- Using technology to support planning and prioritisation such as project management tools, including the ability to use MS Office tools such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel to support delivery of work.
Core Purpose
As a visionary leader, the Head of Gaming is responsible for shaping and scaling our gaming strategy,
unlocking £1m annual income within 3 years. The role drives innovation forges strategic partnerships and
aligns gaming initiatives and the power of play with Make-A-Wish UK’s mission to deliver life-changing
impact for critically ill children. Working closely with senior leaders, the Head of Gaming champions cross-functional collaboration, embeds data-driven performance and fosters a culture of creativity and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities for the role are:
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and implement the overall strategy for gaming aligned with the overarching Make-A-Wish UK organisational goals and market trends.
- Monitor and identify growth opportunities within the gaming sector that are unique to Make-A-Wish UK, including (but not limited to) development of strategic partnerships, product diversification to drive sustainable income growth, and market expansion to position Make-A-Wish as the go-to charity for the gaming sector.
- Collaborate with the extended leadership team to execute the gaming strategy and ensuring the journey and development priorities align with our overall Income & Engagement goals and growth targets.
- Establish Objectives, shared KPIs and other performance metrics that drive alignment with common priorities and focus across teams to deliver on growth targets.
- Attend appropriate industry events and conferences to cement Make-A-Wish UK as contender within the UK videogame sector.
- Lead stakeholder management of high-value and high-profile gaming contacts, including senior Make-A-Wish advisors within the gaming industry
Team Management:
- Lead and motivate the Gaming and Influencer Officer by providing guidance, mentorship, and professional development.
- Promote a creative and collaborative work environment to drive innovative partnerships, creativity and innovation.
Gaming Group Wish
- Oversee the entire gaming group wish development lifecycle from concept to launch, ensuring the project is delivered on time and within budget.
- Scale the group wish within the sector and develop commercial opportunities that resonates with the gaming audience.
- Leverage storytelling to engage with gaming influencers within the gaming community
Partnership Development:
- Establish and nurture relationships with external partners, including publishers, hardware manufacturers, distributors, and platform holders.
- Identify, negotiate, and maintain relationships with gaming influencers and content creators.
- Collaborate with Brand and Corporate Partnerships to ensure the content and pitch is engaging for partnerships, campaigns and promotions.
Campaign Execution:
- Oversee the planning, execution, and analysis of gaming-related marketing campaigns.
- Ensure that campaigns align with the company's objectives and target audience.
Performance Analysis:
- Monitor campaign performance metrics and provide insightful reports to stakeholders.
- Adjust strategies based on performance data to improve engagement and ROI.
- Continuously analyse, refine, and optimise workflows, tools, and processes across gaming to increase lead time to value, reduce blocks, improve resource allocation and enhance productivity.
- Proactively identify and monitor risks that could impact product development timelines, from technical challenges to resource gaps, and proactively develop mitigation strategies
Income generation:
- Identify and prioritise opportunities for the growth of income, gift in kind and networks in areas of Gaming for Make-A-Wish. This includes collaborating with the corporate partnerships team and relevant internal teams for new Gaming partners and sponsors for MAW.
Budget Management:
- Manage the budget for gaming and influencer marketing initiatives, ensuring optimal allocation of resources in line with operational needs.
- Ensure cost-efficiency and return on investment for game projects.
Wishgranting:
- Support connections to help grant wishes for children with gaming-related wishes by establishing relationships with industry partners, networks and individuals who can help.
Together, we create joy, happiness and magical memories through life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.