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The Youth Endowment Fund
Senior Change Manager, Education
Reports to: Head of Change for Education
Salary: £51,300 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Central London or Hybrid*(see below)
Contract: (2-year fixed term – potential to extend)
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 12pm
Interview dates: Week commencing 12th May 2025
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.
In recent years violent crime has risen significantly. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. We have also seen large increases in violent crime involving children and young people. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children becoming involved in violence. Our mission is to find what works and build a movement to put it into practice. A big part of the movement that we need to build is in the world of education. We need to inspire and connect with education leaders across England and Wales to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We are looking for someone to lead on making this happen.
Key Responsibilities
We are making good progress building the evidence of what works within and around education to reduce violence, including launching our new Education, Children and Violence Guidance in May 2024 which provides school, college and alternative provision leaders with five evidence-based recommendations to help prevent children’s involvement in violence. We also have our Toolkit, annual Children, Violence and Vulnerability Report and new implementation resources due next year. But the big risk is that we publish these resources and nothing changes. That’s where you come in.
Your role is to help us ensure more senior education leaders within schools, colleges and alternative provision settings use our Guidance, toolkit, research and implementation tools to inform day to day operations and strategic decision making. This will involve:
- Developing great relationships and partnerships with executive and senior leaders in education, making connections and building credibility and trust with the sector.
- Managing our new online digital self-assessment tool for sector leaders, driving awareness and engagement with education leaders and refining and optimising the system in collaboration with the software developers.
- Synthesizing and analysing data from the self-assessment tool, using findings to produce value insights reports for YEF and the sector.
- Creating implementation resources which respond to need and support education leaders to put evidence into practice.
- Continuing to develop a strong understanding of education practice and policy across England and Wales.
- Working out other effective ways to connect people with the evidence, then making those things happen, from regular virtual learning events to presentations.
As a senior member of staff in the organisation you also:
- Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
- Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
You are this sort of person:
- You are fascinated about change and are experienced in making it happen. You have outstanding analytical judgment alongside the emotional intelligence and experience needed to identify the right opportunities for change, then make them happen.
- You understand why people find change difficult. You come alive talking about how people make decisions and why they do the things they do.
- You understand the education sector. You really understand how schools, colleges and/or Alternative Provision settings tick. You have experience of working with/supporting senior and executive education leaders to facilitate change and improvement that improves the lives of young people. You might have previous experience of supporting a school to reflect on and adopt evidence-based practice.
- You are digital and data savvy. You have experience of working with data and systems to support evaluation, improvement and meaningful change.You have experience of translating complex information into plain writing and impactful visuals that everyone can understand.
- You have excellent project and time management skills and the ability to design and deliver high quality outputs such as reports and digital resources to a high standard.
- You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You have built good relationships with very senior people and with very junior people. You are good at chairing meetings, connecting people and having good introductory meetings. You are comfortable talking to a government minister, a youth worker, a company CEO, a teacher and a 15-year-old student. Listening to people from all backgrounds matters to you.
- You have experience of developing resources which support schools/education settings. You understand and take a curious approach to learning about the needs of leaders from across the education spectrum. You are able to skilfully translate these insights into helpful resources and tools which support leaders to improve practice.
- You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
- You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing violence.
- You understand young people. You understand what the lives of vulnerable young people can be like, and you understand some of the organisations that work with them, ideally through first-hand experience.
- You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
You must have this sort of experience
- Delivering positive change within education: You have significant experience of working with education leaders to support the development and improvement or practice.
- Working as a senior leader within the education sector, preferably in a role/setting specifically working with young people who are vulnerable to or involved in violence.
While it’s not a criteria, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of violence affecting children and young people.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Hybrid Working
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month.
To Apply
Please click on the "Apply for this" button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and ensure your covering letter answers the following three questions below. Please submit your application by Tuesday 29th April at 12pm
Application Questions
- How have you successfully supported education leaders to improve their practice or leadership? Please be specific about the scale and context of your experience working with senior leaders in education settings.
- Describe your experience using data and digital tools to gather insights, inform decisions, and drive improvement in education. What data did you use, how did you present it, and what impact did it have?
- What personal and professional experiences shape your understanding of the education sector and its role in preventing youth violence?
As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.
Interview Process
This will be a one stage interview process. Interviews will take place the week of 12th May 2025
Please Note: We do not sponsor work permits and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits Include
- £1,000 professional development budget annually
- 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Four half days for volunteering activities
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr phone line for free confidential support
- Volunteering days - 4 half days per year
- Death in service - 4 times annual salary
- Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm
- Financial support including travel and hardship loans
- Employer contributed pension of 5%.
Your Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful, and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
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We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
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Reports to: Fundraising and Engagement Manager
Direct reports: none
Location: Unit 7, FBC, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0NE
Status, hours: Permanent, full time
Salary: Grade D, salary in the range of £32,254 - £35,560 (includes 11% London Weighting), plus benefits.
Role Summary
This role will support the expanding team with all engagement activities to ensure that good relationships are maintained with all Alcohol Change UK (ACUK) supporters, beneficiaries and volunteers. The Engagement Officer will undertake administration related to volunteer recruitment and recording of volunteer activities as well as being the first point of contact for the team ensuring ACUK delivers high levels of support to our volunteers. The role will also be responsible for creating content and delivering elements of our engagement communication programme.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Please refer to the candidate pack for role and responsibilities of this post.
Important note: We monitor for use of AI in responses and will reject applications containing AI generated answers.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We are Alcohol Change UK. We work for a society that is free from the harm caused by alcohol.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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At Camden Disability Action, we believe in a radically inclusive world where difference is embraced, and no one is disabled by society. We empower and support Disabled individuals and communities through grassroots initiatives, ensuring that Disabled people lead in all aspects of life. Our work is rooted in the Social Model of Disability, challenging systemic barriers and flipping power dynamics to create meaningful, lasting change.
About the Role – Empowering Disabled Leaders
We believe that Disabled people should be at the forefront of shaping their own futures. That’s why we are looking for a passionate and experienced Leadership and Coaching Manager to lead and grow our Leadership Programme.
This is a unique opportunity to support and develop Disabled Leaders who are actively transforming their communities through user-led projects. You’ll be at the heart of flipping the power, ensuring that Disabled individuals are equipped to take charge of their leadership journeys, break down barriers, and drive real change.
The successful candidate will lead our Leadership Programme, provide coaching and mentoring, and help create a sustainable future for Disabled Leaders. You’ll be part of a dynamic team in an inclusive environment where Disabled people set the agenda and define their own leadership.
What You'll Do
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Lead and expand the Leadership Programme, flipping the power by ensuring Disabled people lead the change they want to see.
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Provide one-on-one coaching and group mentoring for Disabled Leaders, helping them break down barriers and develop their leadership potential.
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Design and deliver leadership workshops, creating more opportunities for new Leaders to grow and succeed.
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Manage a team of 4 Disabled staff members, fostering an environment of leadership development, collaboration, and co-production.
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Collaborate with senior management to align leadership initiatives with CDA’s strategic goals, ensuring Disabled voices are central to decision-making.
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Work alongside the Operations Manager to oversee budgets and help Disabled Leaders secure funding for their projects.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As part of Mind's strategy, we have set out an ambition to address the stark and persistent inequalities in mental health access, experience, and outcomes, with a focus on those most at the margins (our equity priorities - racialised communities, young people, and people experiencing poverty). Our equity priorities are the golden thread through all of our equity work. This strategy requires us to focus our external work on four areas - improving support, changing systems, addressing stigma, and building equitable partnerships.
As Strategic Lead for Young People, you will lead our work to better support young people's mental health, with a focus on trauma. You will manage the Young People's mental health team to drive development and delivery of our initiatives and programmes focused on young people, including our Youth Voice Network. You will work across the organisation and with local Minds and external partners to understand challenges and barriers to young people's mental health and identify opportunities for Mind to address these, e.g. through partnerships and innovation, collaborating with key stakeholders, internally and externally, to develop and mobilise solutions.
You will do this through lived experience leadership, coproduction and engagement with relevant audiences. You will provide oversight and challenge to delivery teams across the Federation to ensure that we maximise our impact for young people.
Team information
This role is located within the Mental Health Equity team within the wider Social Impact Directorate to provide strategic insight and oversight, and ensure an intersectional approach to addressing mental health inequities.
Key duties and responsibilities
The post holder will:
-Continuous development of Mind's strategic plans for supporting Young People with a focus on trauma. Ensure the plans maximise Mind's impact and innovation across the Mind federation and enable us to reach our strategic ambitions.
-Work with colleagues across the Mental Health Equity team to deliver the support offer to the network and assess for good practice, focussed around using the Advancing Mental Health Equalities strategy as a starting point
-Management of the young people's mental health team
-Lead on the co-ordination & co-design of flagship CYP delivery at both a local and national level, working in partnership with Federation Innovation colleagues, fundraising teams and others across the Federation to develop new programmes and services and leverage funding
-Ensure that young people's lived experience informs & guides Mind's work at both a local and national level so that young people with lived experience are actively involved in the planning, development and delivery of Mind's strategic plans
-Work with colleagues across the organisation to build capacity around effective partnerships in relation to CYP, with a focus on complex partnerships.
-Ensure the widespread sharing and scaling of learning and effective models of support across the Mind Federation, contributing to continuous improvement.
-Being an external spokesperson for CYP work at Mind
-Regularly review performance against targets and budgets (including re-forecasting), providing regular activity and financial reports for the management and governance teams and funders, detailing delivery against outcomes and targets
-Ensure all CYP programmes reach across diverse communities, with a focus on poverty and racialised communities, and that the views of people with experience of mental health problems inform and guide work.
-To represent and exemplify the values of equity that underpin this work.
Mind's equity statement
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria in the personal specification.
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Mind Retail are a network of over 170 Mind charity shops across England and Wales.
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We're recruiting for someone to lead our public engagement work on climate and nature and ensure that the public are involved in critical decisions on how to reach net zero and protect the future of nature and land in the UK.
Involve has a commitment to use our skills, time and experience to address big challenges. Climate change is one of those big challenges and is a policy area where citizen engagement on both principles and practice is vital. It, and Net Zero in particular, risk becoming a polarised and politicised issue where there is little room for considered, inclusive decision making.
This exciting role will lead and coordinate our work with institutions, and others, to find a way through difficult issues like low emission zones, the energy transition, industrialisation of green spaces and other challenges in a way that centres the people who are impacted, with a social justice and equity lens. This role will primarily sit within our Innovation and Practice (I&P) function - focused on practical delivery of public engagement such as citizen assemblies, juries and other deliberative processes. The successful candidate will lead several of our major climate change and nature projects, including the UKRI Net Zero Living project - working with 28 Councils to embed meaningful public participation in their route to net zero. You will also contribute to the training, standards setting and advocacy work that Involve does - maintaining and growing our reputation in climate and environment networks and communicating the contribution we can make and impact that we are having.
We have a significant track record in public deliberation on climate change. We ran the first Climate Assembly in the UK and have since delivered many projects in this area including the People’s Plan for Nature. We have developed a reputation for best practice public dialogue, deliberation and capacity building. We want to grasp the opportunity for deliberative practices to make a real contribution to the change needed to respond to the climate crisis. This is a great opportunity to play a central role in taking this work forward. We are looking for someone to bring experience in designing and running participatory and deliberative processes and a good understanding of the complexities and challenges of climate and/or nature. You will need to be committed to taking a collaborative approach - co-creating and coordinating our strategy on public engagement across the organisation and build on the work that others are doing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Make a Change
Make a Change is a community-wide, early response approach to people using abusive behaviours (or who are concerned that they might be) towards a current or ex-partner. The model has been developed by Respect in partnership with Women’s Aid Federation England, drawing inspiration from their Change that Lasts approach. It includes three strands: expert support programme for perpetrators with parallel support for survivors, workforce development and community outreach.
Improving the safety, freedom and wellbeing of adult and child survivors of domestic abuse is a key outcome for our work with perpetrators. The Make a Change model is a multi-partner project offering local areas a framework for delivering perpetrator work. Where feasible, we aim to establish partnerships with local survivor domestic abuse service to deliver parallel support for survivors (referred to as Integrated Support Service) as part the expert support strand.
This is a new and exciting role within the Make a Change team. This exciting new role offers a unique opportunity to join our team at a pivotal moment. As the first person to fill this position, you'll play a key role in shaping its development and collaborating with the team to define its future direction. This is a fantastic time to join us as we grow, and you'll be an integral part of establishing this important function and contributing to our collective and continued success
We are seeking a Make a Change Development Lead to drive the development and innovation plans for the model for 2025-28. This pivotal role will focus on enhancing the three core strands of Make a Change: Expert Support, Workforce Development, and Community Outreach.
This role requires innovation, leadership and collaboration with a range of stakeholders, ensuring these strands work seamlessly together to achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes for individuals and communities.
You will need to think long-term and understand how different components of the programme fit together. Strong leadership skills are necessary to guide teams, inspire collaboration, and make decisions that will influence both the direction of the programme and its day-to-day operations. You will have a passion for innovation and continuous improvement to develop and test new strategies, tools, and methodologies, ensuring that the programme remains dynamic and responsive to changing needs.
This is an exciting opportunity within a creative and proactive team, where members are encouraged to seek out and share learning. The role focuses on continuously developing our work with perpetrators, contributing to the growing evidence base on effective behaviour change and strategies to keep survivors safe.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re looking for an exceptional internal communications professional to play a critical role in leading the development and delivery of the change communications for RBLs transformation agenda in this newly created Change Communications Manager, 12 month Fixed Term Contract.
Are you ready to join a growing team who are passionate about making a difference to our Armed Forces community? If you thrive on working collaboratively to deliver transformational change, this could be the role for you.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
This role will see you accountable for developing and implementing a plan to support the large transformation agenda underway, working alongside the TMO, Change Leaders, Transformation Cluster Leads, and project and programme teams across the organisation.
Reporting to our Head of Internal Communications and Engagement, key responsibilities will include:
- Create and deliver impactful communications and engagement plans to fulfil the objectives of the change programmes.
- Ensure the change communications align with and support our strategic priorities
- Provide communications expertise and hands-on support to successfully manage and embed change throughout the transformation portfolio working with Cluster Leaders, Executive Board sponsors, and project and programme teams
- Work collaboratively with Internal Communication & Engagement colleagues to ensure that change communications are fully aligned with the wider internal communications agenda
Your proven track record in designing and implementing change communications strategies and plans for complex, geographically dispersed audiences, coupled with strong networking and influencing skills will be crucial. You’ll bring a natural flair for crafting compelling copy, and, with your first-class stakeholder management skills, you'll build relationships, provide expert advice, and work collaboratively to deliver impactful change communications.
You will be contracted to our London Hub, Haig House. Under our Future Working framework, there will be some flexibility for working remotely/at home, using our collaboration tools to work with colleagues, but with a minimum expectation of two days/week connecting directly face-to-face with colleagues at the hub.
Employee benefits include -
- 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
- Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 14%
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
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Position: Change Communications Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week) - Fixed term contract (12 months)
Location: Office-based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £44,339*per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Professional/Technical
*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £44,339*per annum, increasing to £47,110 * after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £49,881* after a further 6 months.
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months.
We are looking a Change Communication Manager to lead in developing, coordinating and delivering strategic communication campaigns to support the MS Society’s internal transformation work. This includes projects strengthening our data and service offers and enhancing our organisational culture.
An expert in change communication and stakeholder engagement, you will work closely with teams across multiple projects, synchronising content delivery and language to ensure clear storytelling and maximising employee engagement.
Your work will involve understanding the needs of audiences across the charity, ensuring they are connected and engaged with the transformation programme.
As a skilled storyteller, you will craft inspiring narratives that connect staff and volunteers to the charity’s transformation journey and its wider strategic aims. Your work will help staff and volunteers feel informed, engaged and empowered as we evolve our ways of working.
More information about our job opportunities and how to apply can be found on our MS Society website.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Tuesday 15th April 2025
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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
Registered Charity
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To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We seek an Operations and Systems Change Manager with experience in developing and implementing systems change and oversee the coordination and monitoring of projects and staff.
About Us
We are a new and inclusive organisation empowering East and Southeast Asian women and their families. ESEA women share a common culture and experience similar issues, eg. immigration, racism, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence and exploitation in the UK. We campaign to completely eradicate financial hardship and end violence among women and our dependents within the ESEA UK community. We provide a safe space, advocacy, health, housing, education, co-learning and other holistic support and services. We are a non-hierarchical organisation with our trustees as key facilitators, working with our staff and volunteers to implement and deliver our projects.
We are seeking exemption under the provision of the Equalities Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1 under the occupational requirements as this post requires the postholder to be female or identifying herself as female.
Responsibilities:
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Develop organisation’s operations systems, ensuring that policies and compliance on finance, HR processes, safeguarding and organisation administration are based on our values and ethics
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Create budgets and financial reporting
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Enable a robust working practice that is empowering, safe and supportive for staff, trustees, volunteers and partners
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Lead a collaborative system of work planning, monitoring, reporting on the projects’ achievements and management of the organisation’s budget
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Facilitate excellent communication and coordination across the charity’s projects and partners.
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Ensure work and services are delivered according to our aims and objectives and can contribute towards systemic change on issues we are addressing.
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Enable the collective development of caring and people oriented policies and procedures
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Develop a collective approach on fundraising strategy together with the Fundraising and Income Generation Manager, other staff members, trustees and volunteers.
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Manage risks and issues and take corrective measurements
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Coordinate the projects with other project partner organisations and stakeholders
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Manage the reporting of deliverables together with partner organisations
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Share management and supervision work of staff and projects.
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Participate in the development of a non-hierarchical systems and collaborative approach of the charity across different work of the organisation.
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Other organisational work to be agreed
Experience:
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Excellent understanding of rights based campaigning on migrants and human rights issues through a woman’s lens
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Excellent knowledge of women’s issues and violence and oppression that impact on migrant women.
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Self-motivated and proactive, able to work both as part of a team and independently
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At least 3 years experience in a systems change approach in developing the work of an organisation and supporting/supervising staff and projects management
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Proficient in developing fundraising strategy and applications
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Good knowledge of how migrant community groups organise and work together
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Experience in building networks and alliances and in collaborative work
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Good level of knowledge of employment, immigration and welfare policies and procedures
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At least 2 years experience on developing operational systems and compliance within a charity setting
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Understand and commits to the aims and values of the organisation in promoting and protecting the rights of migrant workers, specially those women who were trafficked and experienced all forms of gender violence
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Embedded and engaged in the ESEA community with an in depth understanding of nuanced community issues
This role requires applicants to be able to show that they have the right to work in the UK.
The deadline is 2 May 2025 at 12 midnight and interviews start 12 May 2025.
Please apply with a cover letter of maximum length 2 sides A4
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Call for Expressions of Interest
Climate change capacity building training Consultancy, Ghana
Anticipated timeframe: April 2025 to June 2025, up to 27 person days
Location: Ghana
Background for project work
The Strengthening Civil Society Representation of Women with Disabilities in Ghana programme launched in May 2024, is a 2-year project funded by the European Union. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of two co-applicants in the areas of management, communication, fundraising, coordination, advocacy, gender, climate change, networking, and financial accountability.
Sightsavers will build the capacity of two co-applicants: Women with Disability Development and Advocacy Organisation (WODAO) and the Alliance for Better Advocacy and Knowledge (ABAK) Foundation. WODAO and the ABAK Foundation will subsequently cascade this capacity building to their members and partners, strengthening their ability to claim their rights and hold duty bearers accountable. The project also aims to establish collaborative partnerships with various Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), including those that focus on women's rights, disabilities, and environmental/climate issues.
What this project work will focus on
Sightsavers is inviting bids from environmental and climate change organizations to provide capacity-building training to the ABAK Foundation, WODAO, and their downstream partners (38 community-based organisations) in climate change and emergency preparedness.
Key responsibilities
The training should seek to achieve the following objectives
- Help participants understand climate change, it’s causes, and its impact on communities and people especially persons with disabilities.
- Equip participants with strategies to adapt to climate change related challenges.
- Improve persons with disabilities awareness of available climate change adaptations and frameworks in Ghana and how they can benefit from them.
- To strengthen persons with disabilities ability to advocate for inclusive climate change adaptation and policy making.
- Provide guidance on creating inclusive disaster preparedness plan that consider the needs of persons with disabilities.
- Teach the participants practical, disability friendly ways to contribute to environmental sustainability in daily life.
- Equip participants with skills to mainstream climate adaptation into their programmes.
- Help participants to understand key findings from the climate change analysis report that relate to their project districts and how they can respond to them.
Please read the ToR for a full description of the timeline and deliverables.
Timeline
The work will commence in April 2025 and conclude in June 2025.
Consultancy expertise
- Successful track record in the provision of capacity building training tied to climate change
- Experience facilitating training with potentially vulnerable populations
- Understanding of disability and mental health (desirable)
- Evidence of skills, experience, and knowledge in climate change (essential) and disability inclusion (desirable).
- Experience in capacity building and stakeholder engagement.
- Track record of leading environmental or climate change actions with examples of reports if available.
- Proven experience working as an external facilitator(s) for international organizations, the private sector, and/or national development organizations.
- Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English. Fluency in local languages desirable.
- Resident in Ghana desirable although not compulsory
Payment Terms
The agreed budget will be discussed at interview.
Consultancies with a proven track record in the above will be procured to undertake the project through an expression of interest process.
Full details of the project, Scope of Work and Outputs/ Deliverables can be found within the attached ToR.
How to express your interest:
To submit your bid please read the complete ToR, and complete our Expression of Interest (EoI) which can be found via the application link by 13 April 2025.
The EoI response should include roles and responsibilities of the team members of the Consultancy and number of days input, as well as a proposed workplan and indicative budget, including team members’ daily rates for the assignment and any other anticipated expenses.
Interested bidders are also requested to include an example of previous similar work.
The deadline to submit your EoI is 13 April 2025 at 23:30pm BST UK.
Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 21 April 2025 onwards.
Please note due to the high volume of applications anticipated it is possible that only successful applicants will be contacted. We reserve the right to close this ad early.
Selection Criteria:
Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process. Bidder quotation responses will be evaluated against Essential Criteria, Capability Criteria, Sustainability Criteria and Commercial Criteria. These criteria have been especially created to help SCI determine which bidder is able to offer the best quality and most commercially competitive solution to meet our needs and deliver the most effective programming to our beneficiaries.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The learning and knowledge lead is a pivotal role managing the threads that run though all our work and ensuring that they are aligned with the ‘Change We Seek’ strategy and systems change thinking. As a new role in a period of organisational transformation, we need someone that is willing to come on this journey with us as things shift and change along the way.
Through our learning we want to:
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Continue to shift and develop how we operate as an organisation.
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Make bold funding and investment choices.
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Move closer to the change we seek in line with our mission.
This role requires someone with an inquisitive, brave, and collaborative mindset who is comfortable working with complexity and thrives in iterative environments. You will have excellent relationship-building skills, working closely with our grantee partners, programmes team, senior leadership team and the CEO as well networks from similar organisations to share and capture learning. We have a strong learning culture and a committed and passionate team who want to make a difference in the philanthropy sector, so we’re looking for someone who can build on our learning and insights, hold us to account, challenge our thinking and amplify the voices of our grantee partners. This role is vital in consolidating our learning and helping us ensure that the ‘Change We Seek’ strategy is embedded into everything we do.
The ability to communicate learning, insights and Tudor’s messaging in different mediums, to connect and collaborate with different people and the ability to create safe, meaningful and trusting spaces where people can learn, reflect and share is essential.
The role is a blend of traditional knowledge sharing and evaluation alongside entrepreneurial and creative problem-solving, working with complexity and turning it into tangible action. This is a real opportunity for someone to help us navigate our way through change by sharpening our own workstreams and strategies.
As we continue to develop as an organisation, we will support individual team members to further develop their skills accordingly. We are therefore looking for people who are multidisciplinary in their skill set; collaborative and curious in aptitude; and can combine identity and passion with strategic thinking.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the role
We are looking to bring on board a new Bid Manager who is passionate about Changing Lives’ mission and want to make a real difference to peoples’ lives. As a member of the Business Development Team, you will make the case to our funders so that we can secure existing and new business, in order to further support the communities we work with.
Together the Business Development Team work across all our delivery areas; Homelessness, Recovery and Addiction, Women and Children, and Employment. You will work closely with our operational teams to help design and develop life-changing services. You will seek to involve people in services as much and as deeply as possible to ensure their needs, aspirations and views are the foundations of our thinking and model development. And as the world never stands still, you’ll continually review and develop our offers to reflect best practice and innovation.
You will build excellent, trusted relationships with our partners and commissioners, so you’ll be well placed to generate partnerships, spot and assess potential opportunities and ultimately convert them into new business. You’ll manage the tender process from start to finish, from identifying opportunities through to submission of bids to Local Authorities and other statutory bodies, as well as managing grant applications to charitable Trusts and Foundations. Key to this will be writing clear and persuasive bids that meet the requirements of our funders, represent our vision and values and showcase our excellent services.
Flexible working
At Changing Lives we want you to be able to work flexibly to suit your needs as well as the needs of the job. That means you have the option to work from home and and/or from our buildings and to work flexible hours, including condensed hours.
What we’re looking for
- You will have direct experience of business development or commissioning, ideally within a charity or the public sector
- Great networking and relationship-building skills which you’ll put to good use both internally and externally
- Excellent writing skills, with the ability to develop compelling proposals
- A passion to help people and combat social exclusion.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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England Country Director
Hybrid working, with frequent travel nationwide
Lead Change. Champion Inclusion. Transform Lives.
Role: Director, ARC England
Location: Hybrid – with Nationwide Travel
Salary: £49,000 - £60,000 (dependent on experience)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date: 14 April 2025
Interviews: 28 April 2025
The Association for Real Change (ARC) exists to challenge outdated systems, empower individuals with learning disabilities and autism, and drive meaningful reform in the social care sector. We are looking for an exceptional leader to take ARC England forward, influence national policy, and make a real difference in people’s lives.
This Role is More Than a Job – It’s a Vocation
If you believe in the power of advocacy, collaboration, and action, this is your opportunity to shape the future of learning disability and autism services across England. As Director of ARC England, you will:
● Lead the Mission: Drive ARC’s strategy, ensuring people with learning disabilities and autism have a voice that is heard at the highest levels.
● Build Impactful Partnerships: Work with government, social care providers, and advocacy groups to influence policy and practice.
● Ensure Sustainability: Lead funding strategies and develop new income streams to support ARC’s work.
● Inspire and Develop a High-Performing Team: Lead the ARC England team to deliver innovative, life-changing projects.
● Drive Change in Social Care: Challenge the status quo, ensuring a more inclusive, effective, and person-centred system for people who need it most.
About You
We are looking for someone with:
● A proven track record in executive leadership, ideally within the social care, disability, or nonprofit sector.
● Passion and commitment to equality, social inclusion, and human rights.
● Strong strategic vision and the ability to navigate complex systems.
● Confidence in representing ARC at a national level and influencing policy decisions.
● Experience in financial management and sustainable income generation.
● A natural ability to build trust, partnerships, and momentum for change.
How to Apply
If you’re ready to take on this challenge, we want to hear from you.
● Send your CV (including education, qualifications, and career history).
● Include a one-page profile about you.
● Submit a supporting statement (maximum two pages) detailing how your experience meets the Job Description and Person Specification.
● For an informal conversation about the role, contact Clive Parry (current England Director)
Find out more on our website.
Join us. Lead with purpose. Make a lasting impact.
Send your CV (including education, qualifications, and career history)
Include a one-page profile about you.
Submit a supporting statement (maximum two pages) detailing how your experience meets the Job Description and Person Specification.
For an informal conversation about the role, contact Clive Parry (current England Director) on 0 7 9 8 3 8 3 9 5 1 2.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We bring people together. We support them to share different views and experiences, to agree and take action to achieve real change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Changing Directions Officer (Fixed Term)
Department: Communities Engagement and Education
Reports to: Senior Communities Engagement & Education Managers
Responsible for: Casual/Sessional Workers
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months
Closing Date: 14th April 2025
Interviews: 22nd, 23rd and 24th April 2025
Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
With community work spanning three decades, Brentford FC Community Sports Trust has established itself as a pioneering organisation for the local community. It uses the power of sport to educate, motivate and inspire people from all walks of life.
Working in partnership with Brentford FC, the Trust offers a portfolio of programmes in education, health, sports participation and community engagement. The Trust has won the ‘Football League Community Club of the Year’ award four times and now employs more than 100 members of staff.
Main Purpose of Job
We are looking for a personable and committed individual to support the Changing Direction Senior Coordinator in providing a comprehensive project that benefits young people, local schools & businesses, and the wider community in the London borough of Hounslow.
This post will involve youth outreach, targeted mentoring, and collaboration with schools and local businesses. The role entails supporting the team with outreach on three local high streets, conducting school assemblies, running a weekly roadshow, and managing a caseload of mentees. The individual will work with referral partners to identify young people both externally referred and from outreach sessions, schools, and weekly sessions for programme engagement, and will pinpoint suitable progression routes and development opportunities focusing on but not limited to health and wellbeing, life skills, and education and employability.
Mentoring and session delivery will primarily occur in the afternoons/evenings to accommodate young people’s schedules, with some sessions during school/working hours. The role also includes supporting the delivery and development of our Communities Engagement and Education department, encompassing estate-based programmes, holiday camps, and targeted mentoring.
You will be required to collaborate with the Local Authority and Police teams to timetable in outreach delivery and design workshops for retail staff around themes including respect, managing behaviour, and safeguarding.
Brentford FCCST is an organisation which values and is passionate about diversity and inclusivity. We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates, including those from underrepresented groups – such as those from ethnically diverse backgrounds, women, those from the LGBTQ+ community and those with disabilities.
Should you require any workplace accommodations (also known as ‘reasonable adjustments), you will have the opportunity to let us know at the appropriate points in the hiring process.
Please note that where appropriate for the role, you will be required to complete additional background checks such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and police checks for any time you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 10 years.
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
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Overview
Change Grow Live are looking for an Assistant Business Development Officer (Bid Writer) to join our national business development team. As one of the UK’s largest charities, Change Grow Live supports people in making positive changes in their lives.
Location: London (You could also be based in our Manchester or Brighton Regional Business Unit)
Salary: £27,861.26 − £32,002.35 per year Dependent on experience (Based on full time hours, pro rata for part time).
Contract Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Allowances: £4,133.14 per year Inner London Weighting, pro rata
Dates for Interview are 6th-8th of May 2025
Closing Date 27/4/2025
Role overview
You’ll help to prepare for, write and support on developing bids and proposals, helping Change Grow Live secure contracts and run high-quality health and social care services. These services support adults, children and young people, including around drugs and alcohol, homelessness and criminal justice.
Your day-to-day will include:
- Writing and editing bid responses
- Working with colleagues across Change Grow Live
- Completing online research, analysing data and working with partner organisations
- Creating presentations, diagrams and reports
- Helping improve how we do things.
This role is designed to support you through the beginning of your business development and bid writing career. We’ll provide you with support and training to develop and progress.
About you
You are:
- Clear and concise writer
- Motivated to develop your skills
- Open to feedback
- Curious and analytical
- Solution-focused and tenacious
- Kind and committed to helping people make positive changes.
Previous experience in business development is not needed, but skills or experience in health and social care, writing, sales, research, or data are beneficial.
Benefits:
- Working a successful team
- Structured training, development, mentoring and progression opportunities
- The option to work from home for some of the week
- Wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme and an hour each week for wellbeing activities of your choice (find out more here).
We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. We pride ourselves on an inclusive and supportive workplace, evidenced through our Investors in People Silver Award and Stonewall Silver Award 2023.
We’re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that you need to be successful. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. Please let us know in your application or at any stage of the process if you would like to explore these options.
Before you apply
In the application portal, there’s a section called ‘how you meet the criteria for the role’. This is your chance to tell us about why you’re a good fit for this job – we won’t be able to consider your application unless it’s filled in. Please explain how you meet each of the person specification criteria (listed at the end of the job description). You can group multiple criteria together where you think it makes sense. Use clear examples of your experience (this link contains some useful guidance). As guidance, written statements should not exceed 1,000 words.
We encourage applications from individuals who may not meet every requirement but are excited about the role. We value lived experience of substance use, homelessness, and/or multiple disadvantages.
We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer. We’ll offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for this job. Please confirm in the ‘how you meet the criteria for the role’ part of the application if you are applying under this scheme.
Check out the job description and team explainer for more information.
If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us
