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As a Solutions Architect at our charity, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing technology solutions that support our mission and strategic goals. With the upcoming implementation of a new Salesforce CRM, you will ensure its successful integration and optimization while also overseeing the architecture of other critical systems across the organization. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills to drive innovation and efficiency.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Closing date: 24th March 2025
Interview date(s): TBC. Early applications are encouraged as interviews may take place on a rolling basis ahead of the closing date.

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Parkinson’s UK works with health and social care professionals to transform Parkinson’s services across the UK.

We do this through the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network (PEN), a network of around 6,000 health and care professionals with a shared vision: to build an expert Parkinson’s workforce and improve health and care services for people with Parkinson’s.

We bring together and support health and care professionals to share best practice, network and collaborate, share resources and education, and drive improvements to services for people with Parkinson’s and their loved ones.

Since its establishment in 2015, the Excellence Network has provided networking and collaboration opportunities for professionals across the different regions of the UK. In England, the Excellence Network is moving to a new regional model aligned to the 7 NHS England regions. The regional model in the devolved nations will remain the same: 3 regions in Scotland, 2 in Wales and 1 in Northern Ireland.

To help us deliver this new regional model, we are looking for 2 healthcare professionals to take on the role of Regional Clinical Lead on a consultancy basis.

We currently have vacancies in the following regions in England. To apply for the role, you will need to be based in these regions:

• Midlands
• South East

What will be expected of you in this role

You’ll:

• Be expected to co-opt a multidisciplinary leadership team to support you in your role. This team should reflect the multi-professional composition of regional services, as well as the geography and should include at least one person with Parkinson's.
• Drive engagement and participation with the Excellence Network at a regional level.
• Inspire, challenge and collaborate with the health and social care professional community to drive significant improvements to Parkinson’s services across your region.
• Act as a professional ambassador for the Excellence Network and help represent the professionals in your region.
• Engage with Integrated Care Board (ICB) leaders to help influence the development of your Integrated Care System (ICS).
• Work closely with the Professional Engagement team at Parkinson’s UK to organise and hold engagement opportunities in your region. This will include working with the team to hold and lead at least one in-person meeting in your region per year.
• Attend the annual in-person PEN National and Regional Clinical Leads meeting.
• Support the PEN national calendar of events through attendance or promotion. This includes Excellence Hub meetings and other activities centred around our national priorities.
• Work closely with the PEN National Clinical Leadership Team (CLT) to discuss and review national and regional priorities. Attend a virtual meeting with CLT 2 times per year.

What expertise you’ll bring

You’ll:

• Be a UK-based clinical healthcare professional, working in Parkinson’s or with extensive interest and expertise in the condition, with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills. Healthcare professionals living with Parkinson’s are also encouraged to apply.
• Have a good understanding of the landscape of health and social care delivery, education and workforce development to support the strategic aims and objectives of Parkinson’s UK.

What you can expect from Parkinson’s UK

You’ll:

• Be formally welcomed and introduced to the Excellence Network and your role as a regional clinical lead.
• Be provided with an introduction pack, which outlines all the activities of the PEN at a national, regional and local level, so that you can gain an understanding of where your role fits in.
• Meet regularly with the Professional Engagement team to discuss and plan activity in your region, working to a co-developed engagement plan for your PEN region. We will be flexible, taking into account your individual needs.
• Meet with the Professional Engagement Lead or Associate Director of Policy & Health Strategy after 6 months in the role for a review meeting and then annually thereafter (or more frequently if required).
• Be provided with a set of resources and information to support you in your role eg. a ready made presentation on the PEN, data from the services within your patch, including relevant data from the UK Parkinson’s Audit.
• Be invited to an annual event for the National and Regional Clinical Leads, to provide updates, training and opportunities for discussion.

A bit more about the opportunity

Time commitment will be 0.5 days per week (1 programmed activity) to be worked flexibly across the month.

Monthly rate will be based on skills and experience. 

Term of consultancy services will be set tenure of 3 years from date of appointment, with an option to extend once for a further 3 years.

We will also ask you/your employer to send across a monthly invoice to the Professional Engagement Manager at Parkinson’s UK and include a short paragraph outlining what you’ve done in the role each month. We can provide an example of this.

How to apply

Please apply by emailing us with your CV and a detailed supporting statement to show how you match what we’re looking for, as outlined above. Please state the area you’re based in your application.

Closing date for applications: 12 midnight on Sunday 16 March.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview and we’ll be aiming to hold interviews week commencing 24 March or week commencing 31 March. 

For further details of the role or to have an informal conversation, please contact Emily Dell, Professional Engagement Manager.

Salary: £34,944 per annum 

Location:  Hybrid Work Culture. We are proud to promote a truly hybrid work culture, recognising that every role is different and everyone has unique needs and preferences. Our Hybrid Work Arrangement empowers each team member to work with their manager to choose the most effective way to work that balances your needs and Hospice UK’s.

Our office is a short walk from King’s Cross station in London. For this role, we need someone to come into the office at least one day a week, on a Tuesday. A day where all of Income Generation and Grants come into the office. You can work remotely for the rest of the time. Equally, you may prefer to work from the office full-time. We encourage all colleagues to visit member hospices to help inform our work and you may be able to work from there. 

Contractually this role is London-based.

Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 2 years (+ an extra 10 days on each 5th year). Pro rata for part time hours
• Matched pension scheme up to 7% of salary
• Support for staff with caring responsibilities
• Family-friendly culture

How to Apply: CV and supporting statement - using Hospice UK’s supporting statement document (attached)

Closing date for applications: 12-noon on Monday 17 March 2025.

Interview dates: Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 March 2025. Interviews will take place in person at our office. Hospice House, Britannia Street, London, WC1X 9JG. Remote interviews available on request

We’ll send questions and assessments to you in advance so that you can prepare. Let us know if you have any specific needs to be able to fully engage with the process.

Job Information

This role will support the Corporate Development Manager on all of Hospice UK’s Commercial Partnership activity. This involves helping to build relationships with more than 70 businesses across all industries, to secure £350k+ for Hospice UK. 

You will communicate and work directly with organisations from healthcare, insurance, digital, sustainability and more, who want to collaborate with hospices on a range of different products and services. You will help the Corporate Development Manager to steward each company with a personalised communications plan to help move them from transactional to long term strategic partnerships, where organisations return each year and sponsor multiple projects.

Our Commercial partners exhibit at our conferences, sponsor reports, speak at webinars, support our newsletters and attend our events. 

You will also support our Hospice UK Jobs Board. You will support the creation of a marketing and sales plan to ensure the Jobs Board can reach its potential and lead on the day to day management of job postings. This is an income-generating platform that promotes career opportunities within hospice and end of life care. 

This role will suit someone who is already working in sales (doesn’t need to be third sector), or has an interest to grow their skills in this area and a willingness to learn. Our Commercial team over the years has been built on people from travel, conference and health sales backgrounds. The role does include administrative tasks.

This role will be a key part of our Corporate Development Team, who are responsible for bringing in around 20% of Hospice UK’s income.

The Team

We are a team of two that sit within the wider Corporate Development Team and Income Generation and Grants Directorate. The Commercial team includes the Corporate Development Manager and Corporate Development Executive. 

Our Corporate Development Team build partnerships with businesses, through commercial activity, fundraising and strategic support.

Our diverse portfolio spans across four key areas:

• Commercial
• New Business
• Partnerships
• Compassionate Employers (workplace wellbeing programme)

More information about the role can be found in the candidate information pack.

If you would like to ask any questions before applying, you can contact Paula Scanlon via the recruitment inbox for an informal chat.

How to apply

If you would like to apply for this role, please send the following documents to recruitment  by 12-noon on Monday 17 March 2025.

• Your CV. Ideally in Microsoft Word format and less than 3 pages of A4.
• A completed supporting statement form (where you can demonstrate how you meet the person specification.)
• A completed equalities monitoring form.

We will shortlist candidates based on their CV and supporting statements. 

A briefing of what to expect will be sent in advance to shortlisted candidates for interview. 

Closing date for applications: 12-noon on Monday 17 March 2025

We believe in fair recruitment and working to remove bias, so all applications will have identifying indicators removed before being submitted to the shortlisting panel.

Please make sure you provide your contact details in your email. We’ll contact you to let you know whether we would like to meet you. Please note the interview dates above and let us know if there are adjustments you might need to participate fully in the process. We will try to be flexible.

To be considered for this role you must have the right to live and work in the UK for your application to be progressed. Hospice UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

About us:

The Royal Foundation works to create a better future for a fairer, more inclusive society and a healthier planet, tackling some of the greatest issues of our time.

The Centre for Early Childhood sits within The Royal Foundation. Through research, collaboration and campaigning, we’re working towards a healthier, happier, more nurturing society, transformed by a collective approach to early childhood. We are a small team, with ambitious goals.

Job Purpose:

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Delivery Manager to take a leading role in our work to drive up quality in the early childhood workforce.

This is a truly exciting opportunity to contribute to a new work programme as we move from the early scoping phase to delivery at scale. You will be integral to shaping the success of the programme and ensuring it delivers tangible impact.

We are looking for a positive, flexible team player with experience of delivering complex projects to a high standard. You will be comfortable working strategically and operationally, seeing the big picture while ensuring attention to detail.

With your strong programme and project management skills, you will help drive our ambitious goals and ensure effective delivery. Your ability to navigate complex environments, understand strategic context, and adapt to change will be important in ensuring the programme’s success.

We are looking for someone with a commitment to quality, who is ambitious to deliver better outcomes for babies and young children across the UK.

Core Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Develop clear, actionable plans with defined scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
• Project Management: Manage the project to ensure milestones are achieved on time, within budget and to the highest quality.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring engagement and alignment. Ensure external providers deliver the desired outcomes on time and to the expected quality.
• Resource Management: Oversee resource allocation and ensure that the work is delivered within the agreed budget. Escalate and address any concerns as required.
• Reporting & Communication: Collect data to monitor and demonstrate progress. Provide regular updates to senior management and stakeholders, sharing project progress, challenges, and results.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify and address risks early, implementing proactive solutions.

• Quality Control: Maintain a sharp eye for detail and ensure the highest quality standards are met throughout the project. Continuously assess project outputs and refine processes to drive the best possible results.

Relevant knowledge, experience and personal qualities.

The ideal candidate will have:

1. A commitment to the Centre for Early Childhood’s vision to build a happier, healthier, more nurturing world transformed by our approach to early childhood.
2. Proven experience in delivering large, complex, and high-profile projects within a fast-paced environment.
3. A solid understanding of project management methodologies. Experience in choosing and tailoring project management approaches to fit organisational culture and the needs of specific projects.
4. A proactive, solution-oriented mindset. The ability to respond confidently and positively to changing scenarios.
5. Experience working in policy, commissioning or service delivery for babies, children and families.
6. Excellent communication and strong interpersonal skills. Experience of collaborating and building relationships with a diverse range of internal and external partners. Proven ability to engage effectively with senior leaders.
7. An optimistic and energetic outlook, keen to maximise the positive change you and the team can deliver. 
8. The ability to work under pressure, handle competing priorities, and make decisions in high-stakes environments.

Wider context and requirements

Working at the Royal Foundation presents exceptional opportunities. Here, you will have the chance to be involved in landmark events and collaborate with world-leading partners. We are looking for someone with ambition and a steadfast commitment to excellence and quality in everything you do.

We work as a team, supporting each other, particularly around key milestones and high-profile events. We need someone who is willing to be hands-on and adaptable to help with tasks outside the core job description when necessary.

Given the high-profile nature of the Foundation's work, discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism are essential. We expect all our staff to approach their work with maturity and an understanding of the responsibility that comes with being part of an organisation under significant public scrutiny.

This post is subject to receipt of two satisfactory references and right to work in the UK.

Flexibility and working patterns.

At The Royal Foundation, we understand the importance of balancing work with family and other commitments. We are proud to support our team members with flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

This role requires you to work three days a week in our office based in London to foster collaboration and teamwork, with the flexibility to work two days from home. We will work with you to ensure the days in the office align with team priorities while supporting your personal needs.

We are committed to being a family-friendly employer. Whether it is adjusting start and finish times for school runs or supporting you with caring responsibilities, we are open to discussing how we can best accommodate your situation while meeting organisational needs.

Our Company & Culture:

The Royal Foundation is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to ensuring a positive, safe, and respectful environment which promotes the wellbeing and dignity of our employees, partners, suppliers, and those whose interests we represent. We are committed to promoting a positive and inclusive working environment that has a diversity of people and views, and one that supports our culture of collaboration and curiosity. These principles underpin our professional behaviour and are embedded in our policies, procedures, day-to-day practices, and external relationships.  We therefore welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you have the relevant skills and enthusiasm for the role, then we want to hear from you. 

Please submit a cover letter that outlines why you are excited about this opportunity and why you believe you are a strong fit for the role. In your letter, please specifically highlight how you demonstrate each of the 8 key areas of knowledge, experience, and personal qualities listed in the job description

Parkinson’s UK works with health and social care professionals to transform Parkinson’s services across the UK.

We do this through the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network (PEN), a network of around 6,000 health and care professionals with a shared vision: to build an expert Parkinson’s workforce and improve health and care services for people with Parkinson’s.

We bring together and support health and care professionals to share best practice, network and collaborate, share resources and education, and drive improvements to services for people with Parkinson’s and their loved ones.

Since its establishment in 2015, the Excellence Network has provided networking and collaboration opportunities for professionals across the different regions of the UK. In England, the Excellence Network is moving to a new regional model aligned to the 7 NHS England regions. The regional model in the devolved nations will remain the same: 3 regions in Scotland, 2 in Wales and 1 in Northern Ireland.

To help us deliver this new regional model, we are looking for 2 healthcare professionals to take on the role of Regional Clinical Lead on a consultancy basis.

We currently have vacancies in the following regions in England. To apply for the role, you will need to be based in these regions: 

• Midlands
• South East 

What will be expected of you in this role

You’ll:

• Be expected to co-opt a multidisciplinary leadership team to support you in your role. This team should reflect the multi-professional composition of regional services, as well as the geography and should include at least one person with Parkinson's.
• Drive engagement and participation with the Excellence Network at a regional level.
• Inspire, challenge and collaborate with the health and social care professional community to drive significant improvements to Parkinson’s services across your region.
• Act as a professional ambassador for the Excellence Network and help represent the professionals in your region.
• Engage with Integrated Care Board (ICB) leaders to help influence the development of your Integrated Care System (ICS).
• Work closely with the Professional Engagement team at Parkinson’s UK to organise and hold engagement opportunities in your region. This will include working with the team to hold and lead at least one in-person meeting in your region per year.
• Attend the annual in-person PEN National and Regional Clinical Leads meeting.
• Support the PEN national calendar of events through attendance or promotion. This includes Excellence Hub meetings and other activities centred around our national priorities.
• Work closely with the PEN National Clinical Leadership Team (CLT) to discuss and review national and regional priorities. Attend a virtual meeting with CLT 2 times per year.

What expertise you’ll bring

You’ll:

• Be a UK-based clinical healthcare professional, working in Parkinson’s or with extensive interest and expertise in the condition, with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills. Healthcare professionals living with Parkinson’s are also encouraged to apply.
• Have a good understanding of the landscape of health and social care delivery, education and workforce development to support the strategic aims and objectives of Parkinson’s UK.

What you can expect from Parkinson’s UK

You’ll:

• Be formally welcomed and introduced to the Excellence Network and your role as a regional clinical lead.
• Be provided with an introduction pack, which outlines all the activities of the PEN at a national, regional and local level, so that you can gain an understanding of where your role fits in.
• Meet regularly with the Professional Engagement team to discuss and plan activity in your region, working to a co-developed engagement plan for your PEN region. We will be flexible, taking into account your individual needs.
• Meet with the Professional Engagement Lead or Associate Director of Policy & Health Strategy after 6 months in the role for a review meeting and then annually thereafter (or more frequently if required).
• Be provided with a set of resources and information to support you in your role eg. a ready made presentation on the PEN, data from the services within your patch, including relevant data from the UK Parkinson’s Audit.
• Be invited to an annual event for the National and Regional Clinical Leads, to provide updates, training and opportunities for discussion.

A bit more about the opportunity

Time commitment will be 0.5 days per week (1 programmed activity) to be worked flexibly across the month.

Monthly rate will be based on skills and experience.

Term of consultancy services will be set tenure of 3 years from date of appointment, with an option to extend once for a further 3 years.

We will also ask you/your employer to send across a monthly invoice to the Professional Engagement Manager at Parkinson’s UK and include a short paragraph outlining what you’ve done in the role each month. We can provide an example of this.

How to apply

Please apply by emailing us with your CV and a detailed supporting statement to show how you match what we’re looking for, as outlined above. Please state the area you’re based in your application.

Closing date for applications: 12 midnight on Sunday 16 March

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview and we’ll be aiming to hold interviews week commencing 24 March or week commencing 31 March.

For further details of the role or to have an informal conversation, please contact Emily Dell, Professional Engagement Manager.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Youth Participation Officer is a new role and will play a pivotal part in

advancing the integration of youth voice into our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a well-established grassroots charity, to capture and amplify the voice of the young people in our community and truly make a difference.

The post holder will be required to work across all OTR services, partner agencies including schools, youth providers and other professionals. The post holder will also provide wrap around support, training and education, connection, mentoring and purposeful positive activities for our youth panel. The successful applicant will have a passion for engaging and empowering young people.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Youth Participation Officer

Location: Hybrid or office-based – OTR has two offices, both based in Leigh Park. PO9 3SU and PO9 5BG.

Reports to: Family Service Manager

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract for three years with the opportunity to extend the project if funding allows.

Hours: Part-time (12 hours a week)

Salary: £14.00 per hour

JOB PURPOSE

To lead on all participation events, including implementing a youth panel and co-producing content with young people on information distribution, advertising and fundraisers.

You’ll work on a wide range of projects including creating engaging content in coproduction with our young people that aligns with OTR’s brand and values across our website, social media, and email campaigns. This includes developing multimedia content (including graphics, videos and blogs) to promote our work and highlight our impact in the local community.

Specific role duties

· Working together with young people to hear and share their voices about service delivery.

· Working with the Senior Leadership Team to develop a participation strategy, including establishing and supporting a youth panel.

· Provide safe sessions, where young people can meet and participate in youth-led positive activities.

· Provide informal training programs to young people to enhance their personal, social and learning development.

· Working together with young people to hear and share their voices about service delivery.

· Work with young people to create meaningful content / advertising and service recommendations.

· Work with young people on fundraising and promotional events.

· Create opportunities for participation beyond that of the youth panel

 PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, training and qualifications

Essential

· Understanding of charitable organisations.

· Understanding of issues facing families in Havant and South East Hampshire.

· A qualification in Youth Work or equivalent to NVQ Level 3.

Experience

Essential.

· Experience working, coproducing, and positively engaging children and young people, particularly young people who are vulnerable.

· Demonstrable experience of empowering young people to speak up and have their voices heard in a meaningful manner

· Ability to coach and develop young people’s interpersonal skills and confidence through training and youth support.

· Ability to develop positive relationships of trust with young people.

· Have good knowledge and experience within aspects of youth work or therapeutic work.

· Experience of delivering one to one and group work interventions, information, advice and guidance for young people in a range of settings in response to their needs

· Demonstrable strong interpersonal communication skills such as active listening, empathy, ability to constructively challenge and resolve conflict, solution focused skills, facilitation skills and clear writing skills.

· Youth work skills and experience or transferable youth work skills and willingness to learn and develop youth work skills

Skills

Essential

· Public speaking and presenting.

· Ability to work effectively with other professionals in a respectful and collaborative manner.

· Strong time and project management skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships and to be impactful with people of varying levels and experience.

· A flexible, pro-active approach to work including the ability to work to deadlines, plan, prioritise and manage own workload.

· Strong interpersonal skills.

· Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate initiative.

· A team player committed to working collaboratively to achieve results.

· Ability to use Microsoft Office Packages including SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the internet.

· Ability to learn and better utilise IT systems.

· Ability to deal with sensitive information with discretion and to always maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

· To use youth work principles and practises to empower children and young people in the design, planning, preparation, evaluation and delivery of the youth participation offer.

· Ensuring appropriate systems are in place to capture and monitor quality of work undertaken in line with service targets and performance management of inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact.

· Using good practice initiatives ensuring that these are embedded in ways of working, building trusting relationships, advocate on behalf of children and young people and support parents/ carers.

· Contributing to the development and implementation of appropriate procedures, guidelines and systems to improve the delivery of service priorities in participation and leadership programmes.

· Keeping accurate and comprehensive records using appropriate management information systems and processes, maintaining and reviewing in a timely manner.

· Forming and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with children, young people and their families.

· To keep abreast of the new government ‘National Youth Strategy’, ensuring OTR maximises opportunities that arise from the strategy, including partnership working and potential funding.

· Monitor and evaluate session effectiveness, making relevant adjustments where required.

· Act as a role model to motivate, empower, facilitate growth and confidence, raise aspirations, and assist in the realisation and achievement of young people’s goals

Requirements

· Experience of working effectively with other professionals in order to safeguard children, young people and their families particularly those who present with risk issues and challenging behaviour such as substance misuse, anti-social behaviour, mental health and criminality.

· Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, policy, practice and current issues related to children, young people, youthwork, youth justice, crime and antisocial behaviour.

· Experience of coproduction and working with young people and staff to develop projects.

Other requirements

· A commitment to treating your colleagues fairly, consistently and with respect (Essential)

· An interest in and understanding of OTR’s mission and strategy (Essential)

· Resilient, creative, determined and hard working (Essential)

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

We will provide a laptop, and other necessary IT equipment to facilitate hybrid and home working.

As an employee, you will receive the following benefit package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement including bank holidays

• Flexible start and finish times between core hours of 8am and 6pm

• Flexible hours to take time off for medical appointments and caring responsibilities

• Hybrid working

• 3% employer pension contribution if eligible

• Paid sick leave

To apply

Please submit a full CV (accounting for all gaps in employment - for Safer Recruitment).and a covering letter detailing all of the below:

• why you believe you are right for this role.
• why you wish to work at OTR.
• detailing your experience in all ‘essential’ criteria of the person specification

Registered charity number 1064275

Limited company 3333729

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

We are looking for a Head of Domestic Abuse Services

Salary: £52,000 - £60,000

Location: Hammersmith (with travel across London)

Hours: 28 Hours per week (with the potential to increase to full time in the future)

Contract: Permanent

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with diverse
backgrounds, including those with disabilities, Black and minoritised women, and LBT communities.

Job Summary
Advance’s Head of Domestic Abuse (DA) services leads the organisation’s DA services across London. Working alongside the Director of DA Services, the head of DA is responsible for developing and delivering high quality services in line with Advance’s strategic aims. Externally, she will build strong relationships with voluntary and statutory partners and funders, amplifying the needs of our service users and promoting systems change. Internally, she will ensure domestic abuse staff are supported and motivated, as well as acting as part of Advance’s senior management team, contributing to the organisation’s overall strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities and Duties
Planning and Development
As part of the Senior Management Team, be responsible for ensuring the implementation of the annual strategic plan for Advance’s domestic abuse services.
Working closely with the Business Development team drive the development of services, contributing to bid development and tendering for services.
Be instrumental in raising the profile of Advance and in developing and sustaining partnerships, including leading the Angelou Partnership to deliver the programme’s objectives and impact.

External Stakeholders and Systems Change
Represent Advance and work with government and statutory agencies, and other community organisations; develop, maintain and review protocols with partner agencies.
Be active in network and partnership meetings, raising awareness of our services and identifying gaps to influence new service development. Maintain and develop relations with appropriate authorities, agencies, organisations and individuals, in consultation with the Director of Services.

Service Management and Leadership
Be a proactive and solution-focused member of Advance’s Senior Management Team. Contribute and participate in organisational planning, events, and fundraising activities.
Manage a complex workload working independently, within a team where appropriate and problem-solving proactively to find solutions to systems and issues.
Line manage senior staff, including annual appraisals, supervision, professional development, and performance management. Instil a sense of unity and purpose into the work of the service through effective leadership, regular team meetings and review of team performance.

High quality services to women and children
Implement and monitor quality assurance systems for all services including contract compliance and overseeing accreditation for our services.
Working with the Learning and Development Manager oversee the development of a consistent approach to programme training relevant to team and individual development needs. Ensure Advance’s DA services are high quality and workloads are manageable. Ensure that risk is well managed across all services, including safeguarding of women and children. Ensure effective systems are in place which capture relevant information and demonstrate the impact of all services, ensuring they are compliant with funders’ requirements
Oversee the development of operational plans for existing and new work and managing effective change within services.

Partnerships and funders’ management
Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners in the delivery of services, influential decision-makers and commissioners, upholding Advance’s reputation at all tend and communicate outcomes of regular strategic and operational meetings at London level in consultation with the Director of Services and Head of EA&P, as well as programme review meetings with funders and partners.
With support from the Evidence and Insights team, oversee reporting of service outcomes to commissioners and funders, ensuring any performance issues or challenges are identified and addressed.

Financial management
Manage programme budgets to a high standard, including agreeing and implementing solutions and action plans where variances and issues are identified. Ensure that funder’s requirements are met for all services and that Advance comply with monitoring returns
and statistics are available promptly for monitoring returns to funders and the board.

Closing Date: 16/03/2025 @23:59

Interview Dates: 25th, 26th, 27th March 2025

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:

A 35-hour working week

An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)

Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home

Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more

Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/adoption provision

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Employee eye-care scheme

Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles

Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation

Organisation wide away days

Thorough induction and training

Career development pathways

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

About More in Common

More in Common is a research agency working across the US, UK, Germany, France and Poland to tackle polarisation and division. More in Common leads and supports initiatives to build more united, inclusive, and resilient societies. Our mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, help societies find common ground and bring people together to tackle shared challenges.

In the UK, our work is best described as being part consultancy and part think tank. We provide a full suite of research services including polling and focus group research; evidence reviews and secondary data analysis; audience mapping and audience strategy; strategic communications strategy and campaign development. More in Common is a member of the British Polling Council.

Our work is informed by our ground-breaking segmentation of the British public. This unique values-based lens to our quantitative and qualitative research means we can understand not only what the public thinks about the big challenges facing British society today but - crucially - why they think it. Our insights help leaders in government, the media, business and civil society to develop better strategies and communications – particularly in reaching disengaged communities far from the Westminster/London bubble – and to better navigate tricky and divisive issues.

More in Common has published agenda-setting thought leadership on a whole range of debates facing British society, including exploring the public’s starting points on climate action and tackling crime and anti-social behaviour; understanding how the British public is navigating major debates from trans and gender identity to the conflict in Israel and Palestine to assisted dying; highlighting the public’s expectations on mental health reform and what’s next for the levelling up agenda. Our work is regularly covered in the British press and media and we’ve developed a series of partnerships with broadcasters and newspapers to deliver top-quality research insights. In the 2024 General Election period, we were among Britain’s most accurate pollsters and used our focus group research to put people and public opinion at the centre of coverage of the election campaign.

Through our consultancy, More in Common has also supported dozens of partners with insights and strategic communications support. We’ve helped national institutions such as the BBC, British Library and National Trust to better understand their audiences, we’ve helped partners in government and civil society with the set-up and delivery of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, and we’ve supported a range of partners to test their manifesto ideas from the National Farmers Union to Rethink Mental Illness among many others.

In 2025, More in Common has a range of exciting projects in the pipeline, including:

• Refreshing our core values model with a deeper understanding of the attitudes and worldviews that shape the most important divides in Britain in 2025
• Supporting the aid sector to deliver more effective messages to reach beyond their highly engaged activist base
• Working with video game designers to develop strategic interventions with low-trust groups to tackle disinformation
• Developing new strategies to talk about men’s health issues in ways that avoid culture war traps
• Expanding our international research offer
• Working with national institutions to help them better understand their audiences and users
• Working with with leading transport authorities and think tanks to help navigate backlash against active transport and public transport initiatives

Diversity + Equity + Inclusion

We will have a better chance of uniting divided societies if our team reflects a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds, beliefs, political opinions and life experiences. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented and minority communities. 

About this role

More in Common is seeking a full-time Associate Director to start work in Spring 2025 as we grow our team and advance our mission of building a more united and inclusive UK, where all people feel respected and better understood, and share a sense of belonging. More in Common UK is a small team with a start-up culture where everyone is expected to execute a range of responsibilities. The roleholder will be based in the London office Monday-Thursday with Friday in the office or working remotely.

The Associate Director, Strategy and Development will be a member of More in Common UK’s management team and will oversee fundraising, operations and More in Common’s strategic communications projects for partners as well as deputising for the UK Director.

The specific responsibilities of the role are:

Fundraising and Development

• Oversee and lead More in Common’s UK business development and fundraising activity against agreed budgets
• Manage More in Common’s consulting arm, identifying opportunities for new partnerships, leading pitches and managing client relationships
• Inculcate a programme of ‘new business’ across the More in Common team.
• Oversee More in Common’s programme of events and partner engagement, including our Party Conference events.
• Hold responsibility for More in Common’s UK brand and marketing activities
• Work with More in Common’s UK Finance team to develop and manage strong financial management systems and processes
• Design and support the creation of new and innovative additions to More in Common’s UK offer

Management and oversight

• With the Associate Director, team manage More in Common UK’s work programme and oversee the activity of junior staff
• Ensure that More in Common’s UK outputs are of the highest quality and genuinely lead to impact in line with our mission
• Deputise for the UK Director in meetings with clients, funders and with global colleagues along with the Associate Director of Research and Insights
• With the UK Director and Associate Director of Research and Insights, help to design the strategy for the UK team’s work

Strategic Communications

• Lead strategic communications projects across the UK team’s programme of work for both clients and partners
• Help More in Common’s partners and clients to use our insights to craft and deliver impactful communications and outreach strategies
• Support research staff to turn More in Common’s public opinion insights into compelling narratives and stories for partners
• Work closely with More in Common’s communications consultants to maximise opportunities for dissemination of the UK team’s work

Joining More in Common

With over 60 staff across five countries, each member of our team makes a vital contribution to our impact, and we put a strong emphasis on team selection and values. We look for people who:

• Are strategic, rigorous, restless, energetic and creative
• Are able to think ahead and get big stuff done
• Are committed to a process of ongoing learning
• Have direct experience with and understand people from different perspectives and backgrounds
• Are excited to do work that works across political divides and that promotes shared national identities
• Are interested in reaching left-behind communities
• Are excited to work with heart as well as head
• Want to be part of finding practical solutions

Qualifications and experience

We look for great people before we look for specific qualifications and experience. However, the following will be an asset for this role:

• A track record of delivering high quality outputs for clients, members, partners and/or funders
• Experience of leading revenue generating client consultancy or membership programmes
• Experience of grant/tender writing, pitching and reporting
• Experience of translating research and insight into innovative products or training programmes for a range of partners
• The ability to write well and at pace for a range of audiences
• An understanding of how to interpret quantitative and qualitative data and to use that data to tell a compelling story
• Experience of developing light-touch processes for financial and project management and for quality control
• Experience of managing junior staff, including performance management

Compensation

£65,000 - £80,000 and excellent benefits along with generous annual leave policy. Personal learning and growth budget.

How to apply

The application deadline is Friday 14th March: 23:59.

Applications will be in the form of a CV and a cover letter of no more than one page outlining how your skills and experience match the requirements in the qualifications and experience section.

A note on cover letters: we recognise that applying for a job is time-consuming and that generative AI tools can be helpful in the writing process. However, candidates shine best when they express themselves and their ideas in their own words. We therefore recommend that applicants avoid using these tools when preparing application documents.

Indicative timeline (please note these dates remain subject to change)

• Initial conversation with UK Director: 19th March
• Meetings with team members: 20th-21st March
• Final panel interview: 24th-26th March
• We expect to make an offer to the successful candidate by 28th March

At the Personal Best Foundation, we believe in the power of sport to change lives. As the official charity of England Athletics, we are a young and ambitious charity focused on empowering young people from underserved communities across England. Our mission is simple: to change young lives through athletics. We run three interlinked programmes—Schools, Community, and Young Leaders that offer a clear pathway for children and young people to experience the transformational benefits of sport.

We are now seeking an experienced Programme Manager to join our dynamic, start-up team. This role will be pivotal in accelerating the growth of our pilot programmes and driving impactful, high-quality delivery across the country. If you're passionate about using sport for social good and have a track record in programme delivery, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development, implementation, and evaluation of athletics-based programmes.
• Identify and manage a network of Locally Trusted Organisations (LTO’s) as our Delivery Partners.  
• Foster relationships with key stakeholders and develop new partnerships to expand and accelerate programme reach.
• Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation, and impact measurement, refining processes to support future growth.

About You
We are looking for a proactive, organised, and collaborative individual with:

• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement experience, ideally in start-up or early-stage settings.
• A passion for using sport to engage and empower young people, particularly from underserved communities.
• Proven leadership and the ability to inspire and manage relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and purpose-driven charity that is just beginning its journey to make a meaningful impact on young lives across England. You will have the chance to shape the future of our programmes, help accelerate their growth, and collaborate with passionate stakeholders to expand the Foundation’s reach and sustainability.

The post holder will be employed by England Athletics on behalf of Personal Best Foundation.

In return for your commitment, you will receive a range of benefits including: 

• 33 days annual leave inc. Bank Holidays (pro-rated).
• Flexible working
• Membership of Company Personal Pension Plan with company contributions currently equivalent to 7% of annual salary.
• Life assurance
• Free private medical care with option of covering family members. 
• Health & Wellbeing support

If you are excited about the chance to contribute to the growth of a young charity and help expand impactful programmes, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date: 17th March 2025

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual with proven experience to join our small and successful national charity as our Communications and Policy Officer.

Unlock has achieved a great deal for the people we support and that is testament to the talents of our dedicated team of staff and volunteers. Through listening and engaging with people who face difficulties because of their convictions we have an impressive track record of identifying issues, finding solutions and putting them into practice. We also influence policy and create systemic change.

Whilst we are a small charity we punch above our weight; we’re resourceful, impactful and work efficiently with like-minded organisations so that, together, we can achieve our aims. We are widely recognised as the go-to organisation in this arena.

We’re looking for an organised, motivated individual with communication and policy experience whose creativity and strategic thinking will be at the heart of communicating our work and advocating for a fairer future for people with criminal records.

If you are motivated to help people move on positively with their lives and create a fairer and more inclusive society, and based in London or the South East, this is the place for you.

Are you ready to use your analytical expertise to make a tangible difference? As an Insight Analyst, you’ll play a key role in driving better outcomes through testing, analysis, and reporting. Your insights will help shape strategies that enhance fundraising efforts and other important initiatives, directly influencing how we engage with and support our community of donors and supporters.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Strategic Insight Manager to review testing plans, analysis requests, and delivered analysis to ensure the insights maximise their potential. You’ll oversee regular reporting, ensuring clarity and consistency across all data, even as campaigns evolve. You will deliver in-depth strategic analysis across various areas, offering a comprehensive understanding of Guide Dogs’ supporters. Additionally, you will present findings and actionable recommendations.

To succeed in this position, you’ll need significant experience in SQL, Excel and PowerBI, as well as knowledge of statistical packages, preferably Apteco FastStats or equivalent. This role demands comfort in collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams with potentially opposing objectives. Your ability to derive recommendations and present complex technical data and analysis to a non-technical audience will be essential.

No two people with sight loss are the same, and none of our people are either. So, we are proud to offer a range of person-centred benefits that can support each member of staff in ways that really mean something to them – and show them how much they mean to us. We offer a flexible benefits package, discounts and cashback scheme, a generous holiday allowance and matched contributory pension scheme to care for our people.

This role is based at our Reading office, working 35 hours per week, Monday through to Friday. We value in-person collaboration with our teams and support hybrid working arrangements, we aim for colleagues to be on-site two days per week with options to work remotely for the remaining days offering flexibility to work in a way that’s best for you.

How to apply 

Further details on the full role are attached below. When you are ready to apply, submit an online application form via this page.

If you require any accessibility support to apply, our friendly recruitment team is ready and waiting to help. 

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

If you want to know more about the teams who work at Guide Dogs, you can find it on our Careers Page

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are proud, whenever possible, to offer an interview to all candidates that meet our selection criteria, and who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident interview commitment. For more details, visit our careers site.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier; in addition, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position. Each case will be evaluated individually, taking into account the nature of the offense, its relevance to the role, and the time that has passed since the incident. We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If you are applying for a disclosure role, please note that you will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and sign up to the DBS update service.

Are you passionate about public libraries? Do you want to see them move up the political and public agenda? Can you help the library sector get the right message to the right people at the right time?

Libraries Connected is a small organisation with big ambitions for public libraries. As part of our ongoing growth, we are establishing a new team to turbocharge our work advocating for the library sector, influencing policy, delivering research and shaping the national conversation around libraries. This is a unique opportunity to establish and recruit a new team, set our priorities for this area of work and make a lasting impact on public libraries.

In this exciting new role, we are looking for a passionate and ambitious Philanthropy & Development Officer to join our team and support our Head of Philanthropy & Development (HPD) to put rocket boosters under our Individual Giving and the work that supports it.

In 2024, we identified individual giving and philanthropy as being an area of growth within our fundraising team and are designing a new fundraising strategy that will support plans to increase donations to over £500,000 by the end of 2026.

You will be the first point of contact for donations and use our well-honed systems so that our varied and loyal supporters each get a quality stewardship journey, ensuring they feel valued and connected to our work. You will work closely with the HPD to nurture our loyal donor base and grow new supporter relationships, so that we increase donor retention and income across philanthropy as a whole.

We are looking for a go-to person who has a keen eye for detail and can tailor messaging to different audiences. Someone who has the energy and the motivation to not only value our supporters, but who also enjoys going the extra mile and can make things happen.

Heard is a multi-award-winning charity seeking an experienced programme manager to join our Children's Palliative Care team.

For 15 years, we’ve inspired content and communication that shift public perspectives and promote action on issues such as climate change, migration, trans rights, and more.

Our delivery team leads on projects that influence public discourse and drive policy. As programme manager you will hold a varied role that requires strategic thinking, relationship-building, and a passion for effective communication. You will oversee the day-to-day operations of your programme, ensuring activities align with the team's strategic objectives. You will work with a diverse range of stakeholders including people with lived experience as well as sector and media professionals. Working closely with the senior programme manager, programme administrator, and consultants, you will coordinate activities and resources while providing insights to Heard's executive team to guide programme development and impact.

Our Children’s Palliative Care (CPC) Programme aims to use strategic communication to reshape how people think, feel, and talk about CPC, ensuring it is represented with empathy, accuracy, and creates a meaningful impact. By fostering connections between professionals, families, and the public, and offering expert guidance, our CPC programme helps drive awareness and meaningful change in care and policy.

We are looking for someone who has experience managing complex programmes, ideally within the charity, media, or advocacy sectors, and is skilled in relationship building and stakeholder engagement. You should be an excellent communicator with the ability to translate complex social issues into compelling narratives while managing multiple projects simultaneously. Most importantly, you should be passionate about social justice and the power of storytelling to create change.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and help Heard continue changing hearts and minds

Overview

Job Type: Fixed term contract until December 2026 (with possibility of extension)

Working: Full time (35 hours per week, not including breaks)

Reporting to: Senior Programme Manager 

Based at: Heard, The Green House, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9DA.  Staff are able to work from home for part of their week, and are required to be in the office for 1 day each week, as we think it is important to stay connected as a team.

Salary: £36,720. We give everyone an increment after each full year at Heard, so your salary will increase accordingly.

Staff benefits: 7.5% pension contribution and salary sacrifice scheme, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, mentoring scheme, annual training budget, and hybrid working.

How to apply: Complete the application form via our website. You’ll need to have or set up a Google account, be asked to submit a CV, and answer a few short application questions.

Please see the job pack for full details.