Administrator Jobs in Aylesbury

Age UK is currently looking to hire a Regional Estates Surveyor to help provide a professional comprehensive and cost-effective Estate Management Service on all Age UK Properties.

As a Regional Estates Surveyor, you will use professional knowledge and experience to undertake significant problem solving and lateral thinking providing advice to key stakeholders across the charity on complex estate management issues. By ensuring best professional practice is always observed and complying with the RICS Code of Conduct, the successful post-holder will be responsible for assisting with the preparation of departmental budgets, helping review and update Age UK's Property procedures manual and negotiating rent reviews and lease renewals across Age UK's property portfolio.

Please note this role requires regular travel across our Age UK estate so there is an expectation you can travel often with some overnight stays likely; a company car will be provided.

The area this role covers is from the Midlands downwards, spreading as wide as South Wales & Devon across to East Anglia and down to the South Coast. Candidates should consider the spread of this area when considering the role.

Age UK Internal Job Grade- 5N

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
* Significant post Chartered experience in either a retail property management department or an estate management department providing professional advice and influencing a range of stakeholders in respect of strategic property management. (A, I)
* Experience of working within a geographically diverse team (I)
* Experience of developing, and reviewing policies, procedures and guidance (I)
* In depth knowledge of Landlord and Tenant statute and Case Law in particular the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (A, I)
* Self-Motivated, work autonomously yet work as part of and lead a team.
* Good Organisational Skills (I)
* Ability to write concise letters and reports targeted to varying recipients both internally and externally of Age UK (I)
* Good Computer skills including proficiency in the use of excel, database and word (A, I)
* Able to manage multiple projects at all stages (I)
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills (I)
* Able to collate, analyse and report relevant management information (I)
* Comfortable with influencing a variety of stakeholders across the organisation. (I)
* Ability to work within a small flexible team of professional/technical staff. (I)
* Sound Knowledge of the Retail property market (A, I)
* Strong negotiating skills (A, I)
* BSc Estate Management degree (A)
* Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (A)

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is able to provide Skilled Worker sponsorship for eligible roles only. If this applies to you, please contact the recruitment team to discuss. If the role is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship you will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Senior Events Officer - Maternity cover
Reference: JAN20255139
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave (pro rata)
Duration: 12 months This is a Fixed-Term role to cover maternity leave 
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

This role will support the Events Development Manager in the planning and delivery of online and digital events, as well as an expanded events programme that aligns with the RSPB’s strategic goals. The Senior Events Officer will play a critical role in operationally leading parts of this programme, deputising for the Events Development Manager, and using their expertise to execute the strategy.

What's the role about? 

The Senior Events Officer will be responsible for delivering multiple, simultaneous projects while managing diverse stakeholders and collaborating with teams across the RSPB, partner organisations and agencies.

A key area for this role will also be to curate, develop, and deliver innovative, high-quality events and experiences that resonate with target audiences and drive engagement. You will focus specifically on delivering events that reach and converts new audiences and help to retain members and courage lifetime value using innovative approaches and event delivery. You will oversee all aspects of event planning and execution, including risk management, communication plans, and live event coordination (both in-person and virtual).

Operational Focus

• Prepare event briefs with key stakeholders to ensure that clear objectives and outcomes are set, monitored, and delivered.
• Produce, project management, and deliver events to an exceptionally high standard using project management tools and risk plans.
• Live manage events to ensure they run smoothly and achieve their outcomes.
• Attend and contribute to workshops and project meetings, ensuring that project needs are articulated and understood.

Strategic Impact

The Senior Events Officer will directly contribute to the RSPB’s mission by supporting the engagement of more diverse audiences, enhancing member value, and driving income generation. Your leadership in implementing the events programme ensures the organisation’s continued growth and ability to inspire action for nature.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience: 

• A degree or equivalent professional qualification in event management, marketing, or a related field, or demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrable experience managing and leading large-scale events of over 1000 people, from concept through to implementation and evaluation
• Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of event marketing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to write and produce engaging content, including copy writing, and in-person delivery to influence and represent the directorate and the organisation
• Expertise in working with tracking, measurement, and analytic tools to assess event success and deliver detailed event insight.
• Experience of delivering online events to over 500 attendees, including live polling, panel discussion and working with production companies
• Budget management of significant >£50k budgets

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships across teams in complex structure organisations
• Experience in managing and prioritising multiple objectives, workstreams and communication priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal skills to present, influence and represent the directorate and the organisation.
• Curious and collaborative, the role holder will be skilled at influencing across the business, proactively identifying opportunities to improve outcomes by providing support and challenge through insight and evidence

Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 16th Feb 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from: 3rd March 2025. 

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

About CRIN

This is who we are and what we are fighting for

 CRIN is a creative human rights organisation focused on children’s rights. We press for rights - not charity - and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat children. Our goal is a world where the human rights of children and young people are recognised, respected, and enforced, and where every rights violation has a remedy.

We work on many issues, from the survival of the planet to sexual violence, to civil and political rights, to the right to bodily integrity, privacy, expression, and information, to how children’s rights are affected by new technology.

We advocate for international institutions like the United Nations, as well as governments and professionals, to adopt strong children’s rights policies. We undertake legal research and analysis and propose better policies where these are lacking. We recognise the importance of activism at all levels and support the campaigning of organisations led by people with lived experience. Through critical thinking, artwork, and our vision for the future, we encourage people to think differently about the world we live in.

About the role

This is the campaign you will be working on 

One of the key issues we work on is accountability for sexual violence against children in institutions in Latin America, which aims to challenge impunity and improve access to justice for victims and survivors. Combating sexual violence against children globally has been a core part of CRIN’s work for more than a decade, and from this experience we see common challenges across the most systemic and entrenched forms of institutional abuse and exploitation: secrecy, cover-ups, abuse of power, stigma, shame, and impunity.

To successfully challenge this status quo, we have looked at the experiences of countries like Ireland and Australia, which were some of the first countries where survivors mobilised to demand and secure legal reforms to improve access to justice and establish national inquiries into child sexual abuse which prompted other policy reforms. In an effort to support and strengthen similar survivor-led activism elsewhere in the world, since 2019 CRIN has worked alongside grassroots organisations in Latin America led by adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Our focus has been to support their national campaigning that challenges impunity for abuse committed in the region’s Catholic Church, but we have since expanded the scope of our work to cover institutional settings more broadly.

CRIN’s added value in the campaign includes providing much-needed financial support and capacity building, research support, international and legal advocacy and helping to expand partnerships. By working with survivor-led networks, we aim to encourage their development across the region so that governments can no longer ignore their demands for truth, justice, reforms, and reparations.

This is who we are looking for…

We are looking for someone to coordinate the end-to-end delivery of the campaign. The focus of the role is on project and budget management, strategy planning and implementation, and partnership building. But given the generalist nature of campaigning, you may at times conduct advocacy support, media outreach, research and analysis, and event coordination.

You would work alongside the Legal Advocacy and Campaign Coordinator, as well as part of the core project team comprising the Co-Directors and the Legal and Policy Coordinator.

Your responsibilities will include:

● Leading the delivery of CRIN’s campaign supporting grassroots organisations in Latin America to end impunity for child sexual abuse in institutional settings.

● Building and maintaining trust-based partnerships with grassroots survivor-led networks in Latin America, ensuring engagement is anti-colonial, trauma-informed and participatory.

● Building partnerships with key allies, such as civil society groups, journalists, academics, legal experts, consultants and funders.

● Managing the campaign budget and related administrative tasks, including partnership contracts and sub-granting. 

● Providing advocacy, research, and administrative support to partners, as needed. 

● Organising capacity-building events to support partners’ organisational development.

● Providing occasional research and writing support to colleagues in the production of advocacy materials, including submissions to human rights bodies and research reports.

● Managing project communications, including updating the campaign webpage, leading on media outreach, coordinating the production of research reports and translating all project materials. 

● Working with CRIN’s communications staff to create content for the website, social media, and newsletter.

● Managing the campaign’s Monitoring and Evaluation, recording, and reporting actions, deliverables, and learnings, including coordinating annual progress reports to our funder.

● Participating in regular project meetings to discuss developments, address any issues and plan the next stages of the work.

● Participating in organisation-wide activities such as regular team meetings and collective decision-making.

We are looking for someone with the following attributes:

● Professional experience or interest in issues related to access to justice for survivors of childhood sexual violence.

● Professional experience or interest in working with grassroots organisations and/or survivor-led organisations.

● Native-level fluency in written and spoken Spanish and English. 

● Experience in project and budget management. 

● Ability to cultivate partnerships with diverse stakeholders, including grassroots organisations, activists with lived experience, civil society organisations, international NGOs, journalists, and lawmakers.

● Knowledge of or interest in participatory approaches to partnerships and decision-making, as well as an understanding of how oppression can manifest in the issues we work on (and how we work as an international NGO) and a keen interest in how we can implement an anti-oppression approach.

● Motivated, with strong organisational skills and ability to manage one’s own work (including while remote-working).

● Ability to think strategically and critically.

● Ability to thrive in a small but diverse international team, with a strong commitment to anti-discrimination, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The following would also be an advantage:

● Previous experience of working at an NGO and/or in human rights campaigning. 

● Comparative knowledge of Latin America’s cultural, legislative and policy context/s.

● Experience in media work.

● Knowledge of national and international human rights mechanisms.

We know that we may sometimes be overcome with feelings of self-doubt when reading job descriptions. Even if you feel you may not hold all the qualifications and experience listed here, we strongly encourage you to apply if you are excited by our vision and the contribution you could make to the role.

 What it is like working with us

 We are a small team of around 18 people. We take pride in our CRIN Code and try to approach our work and relationships with open minds, humility, and respect. This helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and personal growth among our staff, and it’s essential to our success as an organisation.

Our staff and consultants work remotely and are located mainly in Europe at the moment, but we are committed to continuing to build a team that reflects the world’s diversity of skills, experiences, cultures, and perspectives. While we have lines of accountability, we also aim to have a relatively flat structure whereby everyone receives support from and is accountable to each other in a number of ways.

To find out more about who works at CRIN visit our website.

Application process

CRIN is committed to building a diverse team, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups and consider candidates who are suitably qualified and eligible regardless of sex, gender identity, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, education or professional experience.

How to apply

We are not big fans of formulaic responses. We want to know who you are, how you think, what your principles are and why you want to work with us.

Please send a CV (no more than 2 pages) and complete both of the following statements in no more than 250 words each:

● “Improving access to justice is important for child sexual abuse survivors because…”

● “The key to building trust-based partnerships with grassroots survivor-led organisations is…”

These can be sent to our jobs email with the subject line “Campaign Coordinator”. Only those applications which send in all materials will be considered. Please bear with us, as we are a small team.

If you have any questions, or if you are a job seeker with a disability and would like someone to contact you about individualised application support, please contact us.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and self-driven professional who can contribute to high-profile projects in the charity sector and use their skills to support our training function as it grows.

Driven by our values and behaviours, we are a high-performing, forward-thinking and solution-focussed organisation. We value teamwork and actively seek other opinions to ensure we can deliver to the highest standard as well as commit to reflecting upon our work to ensure a continual improvement culture. We welcome applications from individuals who are inspired by our values and behaviours.

As we continue to grow and expand our training course offerings, we are entering an exciting new phase in our mission to support the professional development of immunologists and healthcare professionals. This role presents a unique opportunity to join our team and contribute to initiatives that make a real difference. You will play an integral role in developing the skills and knowledge of those in scientific research, medicine and veterinary medicine, empowering them to directly impact global health.

The vacancy

We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove yourself that you’re ready for anything nothing can hold you back.

We are looking for an enthusiastic events fundraiser to join our Fundraising Events Team to help us create and deliver memorable experiences for our donors.

The Fundraising Events team plays a significant role in supporting income generation across the wider Fundraising Team through an exciting and varied events portfolio, including fundraising dinners, donor engagement events, golf days, and a clay shoot.

As an Events Executive, you will assist the Fundraising Events Team with the delivery of our annual portfolio of events. You will assist with all aspects of delivery including guest communications, supplier liaison, customer service, data management and income tracking.

You will collaborate closely with colleagues across the Corporate Partnerships and Major Gifts teams to ensure we are delivering great experiences for our supporters.

Your key accountabilities include:

• Support with the delivery and management of all aspects of a successful event including supplier selection and liaison, supporter management, budget and project plans.
• Deliver and manage specific events, as designated.
• To support the development of our events programme by researching venues and suppliers as required.
• To source, negotiate and manage supplier contracts as required and to work with the team to reduce event costs and maximise event income and ROI.
• To source and manage prizes and gifts in kind for auctions and events and be responsible for co-ordinating and managing item information to promote the prizes in event materials.
• To support team members to ensure deadlines are met and events are successfully delivered, and any other tasks as required.
• To create and maintain accurate budget sheets and financial records for events as required and process all income and expenditure for designated events.

What are we looking for?  

• Experience of working within an events team, ideally within the charity sector.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Able to work well under pressure, balancing priorities and workload to achieve deadlines and targets.
• Results driven.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders both internally and externally.

Desirable

• Studying towards or hold a qualification in Event Management or similar.
• knowledge of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award or an award holder.

Due to the nature of the role, you will be flexible with regular travel, evening work and occasional overnight stays within the UK.

If you are passionate about being part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s incredible legacy to empower young people with the confidence, skills and resilience to make a real difference to themselves and the world, we would very much like to hear from you.

Closing date for all applications: 16th February – Midnight

1st Interviews WC: 24th February – to be held virtually via MS Teams.

2nd Interviews WC: 3rd March – Venue to be confirmed if required.

 If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.

The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g., DBS/PVG or similar), including 2 years references covering any gaps in education/employment, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.

**The geographical allowance payable on top of the pay rate for staff member having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 (pro rata) per annum.

Job Title:  Data and Insight Manager

Department:  Fundraising and Development

Reports to:  Head of Supporter Engagement

Direct reports:  Supporter Engagement Administrator

This role will also oversee agency resource.

Location: Home based, with occasional travel to offices in London and Lingfield, Surrey

Salary: £36,780 - £41,176 depending on experience (FTE per annum). 

Hours:  30 hours per week

Contract: Permanent, all year round

Closing Date: 13th February 2025

Young Epilepsy and St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and promotes the welfare of all learners.

As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process. 

An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.

Your Role

Are you passionate about driving data-driven change and improving the lives of children and young people with epilepsy? Join the team at Young Epilepsy and take on an exciting new role leading data and insights within fundraising and development.

As Young Epilepsy's expert in data and analysis, you will be responsible for delivering clear, actionable insights that enhance our understanding of our audience and inform decision-making. You’ll play a key role in helping us become a more data-driven, audience-focused department that drives income growth and insight across fundraising and development.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Lead the delivery of Young Epilepsy’s fundraising and development insight.

2. Develop and deliver a strategic fundraising and development insight approach.

3. Oversee and optimise the CRM database, including improving KPI tracking and reporting functionality.

4. Lead data analysis efforts and recruit/manage an agency for segmentation, benchmarking, and insights.

5. Drive an audience-focused culture, interpreting data to inform income generation, campaigning, and marketing.

6. Manage and improve data processes, automations, and digital technologies to enhance efficiency.

What we need from you

- Significant experience in supporter-focused roles, with a strong understanding of data analysis and CRMs

- Proven success in using supporter/customer data to enhance marketing or fundraising efforts

- Expertise in data management, reporting, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements

- Strong stakeholder management with the ability to communicate complex insights clearly

- Highly analytical, data-driven mindset with excellent project management and Excel/Office 365 proficiency

- Collaborative, proactive, and passionate about the charity’s aims, with strong time management and problem-solving skills

 Your benefits

• Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities
• Generous annual leave
• Occupational pension scheme
• Subsidised dining room
• Gym membership options (on and off-site)
• Your Rewards, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
• Free parking on campus
• Access to a working farm and horticultural area

We are accessible by bus, by train via the East Grinstead branch of the Oxted Line and by car

About us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential. A society in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health

and research, we have developed and published our 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 3 key offers: health and research, voice and support and St Piers special education. Within these key offers we aim to:

• Coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments, and deliver cutting-edge health services
• Campaign for children’s rights, supporting them in school and college and providing innovation tools, information, and practical help for living day-to-day life
• Provide an innovative and creative environment for children and young people with epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties.

 No agencies please 

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful..

Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).

HR Generalist 
12-month fixed term contract from start date
Job Ref: V534
Hours/Days per week: 28 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £30,000 (£37,500 FTE) plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP 
Location: Homebased 
Closing date: 12th February 2025
Interview date and Location: 
1st Interview: 27/28th February- Microsoft Teams
2nd Interview - date to be confirmed- In-person (London)

About Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we bring people together to overcome some of society’s most complex issues through the power of volunteering. This builds stronger communities and enables everyone to thrive.

We partner with communities to overcome adversity, tackling social isolation and loneliness, improving health, developing skills and opportunities and making sure young people can lead change. As a national charity, we do this at scale, sharing our expertise and building partnerships to make an even bigger impact.

We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced HR Generalist to carry out project work; specifically to carry out a policy review and to develop our newly implemented HR system, as well as provide support across the HR team as required.

Working with key stakeholders and HR colleagues we would like the right person to shape, develop and deliver these HR plans and solutions in line with the needs and priorities of Volunteering Matters.

CIPD qualified to a minimum of level 5, with a proven ability to support an organisation through change, you must have excellent up to date knowledge of UK employment law and extensive experience of developing and managing policies and procedures related to an HR function.

Working in a friendly team of 4, reporting to the Head of HR and working with the HR Coordinator and HR Administrator, you will be a vital part of the HR function with a focus on the specific projects but must have a flexible approach and be able to change priorities as required, supporting the team with other activities, including but not limited to: recruitment, induction, employee relations matters, learning & development and manager upskilling.

Employee Benefits

Our ambition is to be the best place to work in the charity sector. We offer lots of employee benefits including:

Fully flexible working

Unlimited annual leave, to achieve a positive work-life balance

Cycle to Work scheme

Interest free season ticket loan (public transport)

Competitive and supportive maternity/adoption/family leave provision

Competitive and supportive sick leave provision

Access to our free Employee Assistance Programme

Lifestyle discount scheme

Location
This role is flexible and will be homebased and/or office based or a mixture of both, depending on your location. The role may require very occasional travel where a case needs to be supported in person. Your working pattern will be agreed with your line manager upon commencement of the role. You will require good internet access to enable remote working, and a suitable home office/workspace. IT equipment and infrastructure will be supplied.

Our Values & Way of Working
In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.
This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion 
Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups. 

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments: 
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application.   
We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History. 

GDPR Statement 
If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months. We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.  
 

Overview of the Regional Coordinator role and the team

The Regional Coordinator plays a vital role in advancing the mission of Barnabas Aid by building and nurturing relationships with churches, Christian organisations, and individuals. The role aims to raise awareness, prayer, and financial support for the persecuted church, fostering a network of engaged supporters and expanding the organisation’s outreach.

About us

Founded in 1951, the Refugee Council exists to support people who come to the UK in need of safety and speak out for compassion, fairness and kindness. We achieve this by providing expert advice and casework, building the capacity of refugee community organisations, and working with allies across society to change government policy.

Our vision for refugees to be welcome to live safe and fulfilling lives contributing to the UK has never been more urgent and needed. Today 27 million refugees and 84 million displaced people around the world need of safety, dignity and welcome. We are determined to secure public and government support for safe routes for all people seeking safety, and a fair, effective and compassionate refugee protection system.

Business Development at Refugee Council

We operate two main service departments supporting refugees (resettlement, employment, and integration) and people seeking asylum (casework, therapeutic support, and social support for adults and children. We also have a smaller Practice Development team supporting Refugee Community Organisations and frontline practitioners to develop their skills and capacity to meet the needs of people seeking asylum and refugees. Our Business Development team sits within our Fundraising and External Affairs team and works closely with our services directorate.

The purpose of this role is to bolster the resource of our Business Development team in order to build the foundations for statutory income generation for Refugee Council in the immediate term and for the future. The key elements of the role are to:

• Identify the appropriate statutory commissioners to liaise with when presenting our service models. This is a time intensive task that requires research via different platforms and networks (e.g. LinkedIn, web searches, internal colleague contacts, and related market insights).
• Assess feedback and insights following engagement with commissioners, identify patterns and opportunities, and contribute towards Business Development’s funder engagement and fundraising strategy.
• Prepare background documents, such as up-to-date context statements and summaries, for use in proposals, tenders, service models, and related Business Development products. Lead on various administrative tasks to support the function of the Business Development team, such as completing selection questionnaires for competitive tenders.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Research:

• Our Business Development Officer will lead the researching and mapping statutory commissioners, service delivery partners, and providers to produce a clear picture of service delivery landscape, commissioner interests, and commissioning trends to inform business development strategies across our geographical hub areas.
• They will identify appropriate and influential statutory commissioners (via internal colleagues, LinkedIn, online searches, and related sources) for Business Development colleagues to contact. Through their detailed research they will build an in-depth understanding of commissioner roles and remit, interests, and priority areas of work that will help us influence statutory commissioners.
• They will lead on developing and maintaining content-rich, in depth evidence-based summaries on clients’ and commissioners’ evolving needs for use in proposals, tenders, service models, and strategy documents. These summaries will be highly persuasive and enable to team to influence funders. They will be required to analyse complex data and evidence presenting asylum and refugee trends and figures as well as statutory funding available across a range of sources.

Contract: Fixed term until 31/10/2025.

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (would be open to part time working of 28 hours for the right candidate).

Location: Negotiable.

For more information on the role and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 14 February 2025.

Interviews: 19 - 27 February 2025.

Ensuring that the Refugee Council is an inclusive and accessible place to work is important to us. We want to enable people from different backgrounds to apply and thrive with us. We believe our recruitment process enables that and are also happy to make adjustments on request.

Job Overview

• Responsible for developing and delivering all fundraising events with the support of the Fundraising Events Manager
• Ensure that all event participants - virtual or physical have an exceptional experience to maximise income and are placed at the heart of everything that we do.
• Build excellent relationships with event participants to ensure future event participation.
• Support the FEM in creating and implementing user journeys for each event and review regularly based on audience insight and current event fundraising trends.  
• Create tailored fundraising materials with the support of our marketing team.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure that all event project plans are in place, liaise with stakeholders to ensure that all deadlines are met, working within budget and ensuring income targets are met.
• Steward participants based on their supporter journey.  To include calls, sending supporter communications, providing fundraising support, following up to ensure donations are received, personalised thanking and survey. 
• Attendance at events to enhance our supporters experience and deepen their relationship with Ben.
• Work with FEM and marketing team to produce marketing collateral, merchandise and other support materials based on each event. 
• Ensure that all participants have a fundraising page on Enthuse and Salesforce is updated with all current contact information. Including income and communications. 
• To lead and deliver on certain Ben and Third-party events including supervising Ben employees and on-site contractors.
• Ensure that all bookings are invoiced, and payment received.
• Monitor and maintain social media groups and WhatsApp groups created for our Fundraising Events
• Update webpages relating to our Fundraising events with current content.
• Identify and capture inspiring stories from our event participants to share across our media and digital channels.

Technical Knowledge (E = Essential, D = Desired)

• Proficiency in CRM software (Salesforce) (E)
• Proficiency in using fundraising events platforms (Enthuse) (D)

Job Specific Competencies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with supporters over a range of channels, including email, telephone and face to face. 
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to deal with a variety of tasks under pressure and working to busy and tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues within and across departments
• Strong project management skills ensuring delivery of events and journeys from start to finish.

Qualifications required

Our teams are made up of people who are committed to our ambitious goals – you do not need to be degree educated to secure a role, but you should be able to demonstrate a combination of experience and competence that meets the requirements of the role

Experience required

• Relevant experience in delivering and attending events
• Experience of building excellent relationships with participants
• Experience of creating and implementing participant journeys

This job is suitable for someone who…

• Has a passion for events
• Has a natural ability to build relationships with our participants
• Contributes constructively and generously as part of a wider team
• Is passionate about the work that Ben does and the changes it can make to our automotive family
• Can turn one-time participants into lifetime supporters.  

Join Different Strokes, a national charity led by young stroke survivors for young stroke survivors. There are 100,000 strokes in the UK every year, and 1 in 4 of these happen to someone of working age or younger. We aim to promote independent stroke recovery and help younger stroke survivors to reclaim their lives.

We are a small national charity that really cares about what we do. We are in an exciting period of growth and are looking to expand our team. We are seeking a passionate individual to work alongside our marketing manager.

As our Information Officer, you’ll play a vital role in developing and refining our information resources for stroke survivors and their families. Your primary focus will be to lead the creation and enhancement of our information packs, which cover a range of topics important to our community. Collaborating with team members and gathering insights from stroke survivors, you’ll ensure that our materials are accessible, informative, and aligned with our community's needs.

The role would be home based, but require regular visits to our office in Milton Keynes. Initially it is offered as 20 hours per week on a 12 month contract, but there is potential for this to be extended. The salary is £24,500 per annum pro-rata.

This role will include occasional weekend working due to our out-of-hours monitoring of our online support group.

We aim to empower and uplift those affected by stroke, ensuring they have access to practical information, emotional support, and a welcoming community. If you’re passionate about making a difference and have a knack for creating accessible, informative content, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply for this position, please apply via our website by sending a CV, a supporting statement which addresses all criteria on the person specification, and a completed equality and diversity monitoring form. 

Applications are particularly welcome from individuals who have been personally affected by stroke.

Closing date: Monday 10th February 2025

Interviews to be held w/c Monday 24th February 2025.  Interviews will be held virtually; if you have any accessibility requirements regarding interview please let us know.

Join Different Strokes, a national charity led by young stroke survivors for young stroke survivors. There are 100,000 strokes in the UK every year, and 1 in 4 of these happen to someone of working age or younger. We aim to promote independent stroke recovery and help younger stroke survivors to reclaim their lives.

We are a small national charity that really cares about what we do. We are in an exciting period of growth and are looking to expand our team. We are seeking a passionate individual to support our network of more than 30 autonomous, volunteer-led local groups across the UK.

As our Groups Co-ordinator, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our network of groups.  You will ensure that all the volunteers that run our groups get the support that they require, in areas such as developing group activities, promoting the group and fundraising.  You’ll respect the autonomy that groups have to make their own decisions, while ensuring that they work within the framework of Different Strokes and that they meet compliance requirements.  The ability to communicate effectively is essential, as is experience of working with volunteers. 

The role would be based in our office in Milton Keynes, but require regular visits to our groups across the UK.  There is also the potential for this to be a hybrid role with some home working. 

This is a permanent position for 20 hours per week.  Occasional weekend work will be required.

To apply for this position, please send a CV, a supporting statement which addresses all criteria on the person specification, and complete the equality and diversity monitoring section.

Applications are particularly welcome from individuals who have been personally affected by stroke.

Closing date: Monday 10th February 2025

Interviews to be held w/c Monday 24th February 2025.  Interviews will be held virtually; if you have any accessibility requirements regarding interview please let us know.

We are looking to appoint a Volunteer Manager to lead the development and delivery of our Neuro Changemakers programme. Key activities will include recruitment and management of volunteers to lead self-help groups, setting up the administrative infrastructure to deliver these groups at scale, and to review our existing volunteer & ambassador strategy.

Reporting to the Professional Services Manager, the Volunteer Manager will be responsible for all aspects of volunteer activity for the Neuro Changemakers programme, including recruitment, induction, training, support and volunteer engagement and retention.

The Volunteer Manager will work closely with all our internal departments and external volunteer networks, acting as the first point of reference on volunteering process and policy across the organisation.

The successful candidate must have strong experience delivering volunteer-led programmes in support of vulnerable service users, with a proven track record in administration and volunteer project management. The ideal candidate will have experience growing such a programme to ambitious targets, and delivering at scale. Familiarity with neurology, neuroscience and neurological conditions is highly desirable.

The successful applicant will make a significant contribution towards the growth and success of our Neuro Changemakers programme through our online self- help groups across the UK. Just as crucially we provide valuable opportunities for individuals with lived experience of neurological conditions to gain skills and support others with their own experiences, as part of their own recovery and personal development journeys.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Responsible for attracting, recruiting and retaining volunteers based on the organisational strategy for Neuro Changemakers.
• Working closely with the Professional Services Manager to ensure sufficient volunteers are available to meet organisational needs.
• Recruitment, training, induction and ongoing volunteer development.
• Working closely with the Professional Services Manager to deliver a comprehensive volunteer training programme.
• Support strategies to capture M&E data within the Neuro Changemakers programme.
• Outreach and mapping with volunteers to further understand our community’s needs, and to develop the case for setting up new groups in high priority and high need areas.
• Liaison with local authorities in areas to connect to local resources and promotion.
• Act as a deputy safeguarding lead, to ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed by all volunteers, including sensitive handling of any complaints, following correct procedures.
• Liaise with partner organisations to further the Neuro Changemaker programme.

Skills & Experience

• Strong professional experience of working in a management capacity to deliver services, with experience of developing policy and collaborative working.
• Proven in-depth experience in managing volunteers (understanding best practice across all elements).
• Experience of working with vulnerable service users, understanding the skillset required to work with people affected by a neurological condition and carers e.g. to set up and lead support groups.
• Excellent project management skills, particularly around new projects delivery and evidencing high quality impact.
• A solution focused team player with a positive, can-do mindset.
• An ability to put people at ease and a true enjoyment of working collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Commitment to keeping up to date with best practice in volunteering and ensuring compliance with latest legislation.
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communications with brilliant attention to detail.
• In-depth understanding of safeguarding, particularly around vulnerable adults.
• Experience with CRM systems like Salesforce and an understanding of using Zoom with groups is highly desirable.

What you get in return

We offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include a contributory pension scheme, 25 days holiday per annum (for full-time role) in addition to Bank Holidays as well as a Christmas-New Year closure period, and default-remote working as standard as part of your hybrid contract (you will only be required to attend in-person for occasional critical meetings and important events, the vast majority of your deliverables can be completed remotely).

Note: this role is funded by a strategic grant from the Dinwoodie Charitable Company to help activate our Neuro Changemakers programme  – in our communications we may refer to this post as the ‘Dinwoodie’ Volunteer Manager to recognise the role of the funder.

Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) is the UK patient organisation for people impacted by antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our legitimacy to advocate for change, with policy makers and NHS organisations, comes from our small-scale research projects, our engagement with patients and their families, and from our direct support of patients through our information service and peer-support activities. 
The Operations Manager role is a new and a very crucial one within our growth plans. The postholder will ensure that all aspects of our operations – from direct patient services to back-office support – are of exceptionally high quality.
To be successful in the role you will need proven experience in areas covered by the job description so that you can make immediate impact on appointment. You will also be highly organised, data rational and solution-focussed. Above all, you will be passionate about improving the lives of people in the UK impacted by AMR.
For more details, please see the Role Description

Please note that our website is currently under redevelopment and will be relaunched with a much stronger focus on our role as a Patient Organisation. We are also in the process of re-branding.