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Who We Are:
Fuel Bank Foundation is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to helping people who can’t afford to pre-pay for their energy, ensuring they aren’t left without heating, light, or the means to cook.

Our mission is to:

• Help people escape immediate fuel crises.
• Empower individuals to stay connected to their energy supply.
• Influence governments, energy suppliers, and regulators to address the root causes of fuel poverty for good.

We are guided by our core values:
Empathy, Collaboration, Commercial Head & Kind Heart, Ambition, Bravery.

Who You Are:
Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for making a real difference? Join us as our Communications Executive and use your skills to help amplify our mission.

About the Role:
As Communications Executive, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our internal and external communications. Collaborating closely with our Head of Communications, you will create impactful content, manage digital channels, engage with media outlets, and ensure our brand and mission resonate with key audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Content Creation: Develop compelling written and visual content for multiple platforms.
• Social Media and Digital Presence: Oversee and grow our digital footprint.
• Internal Communications: Foster clear and engaging communication within the team.
• Media Relations: Build relationships with media outlets and secure positive coverage.
• Event Support: Assist in planning and promoting events and campaigns.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Connect with donors, partners, and beneficiaries.
• Brand and Reputation Management: Safeguard and enhance our public image.
• Administrative Support: Provide operational support for communications activities.

What We’re Looking For:

Qualifications, Skills, & Experience:

• Education: Degree in Marketing, PR, Journalism, or related fields is preferred but not essential with equivalent experience.
• Experience: 1-3 years in communications, marketing, or PR, ideally within the charity or public sector.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in content creation tools, social media platforms, and CMS systems.
• Communication Skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication.
• Project Management: Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Creativity: A flair for storytelling and design.

Personal Attributes:

• Empathetic and compassionate.
• Proactive, adaptable, and solution-focused.
• Culturally aware with a passion for social impact.

Why Join Us?
At Fuel Bank Foundation, people are at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to providing a flexible and supportive work environment where your voice matters.

We are proud to be a Great Place to Work and an accredited Living Wage Employer. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• 27.5 days annual leave (FTE).
• Benenden Healthcare plan.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders.

Ready to Apply?
If you’re passionate about using your skills to drive meaningful change and want to help us combat fuel poverty, we’d love to hear from you!

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Advocating for persecuted Christians in fulfillment of the ACN (UK) Strategic Plan for Advocacy. Working as part of a dynamic and growing team, this post would enable the successful candidate to expand the advocacy outreach of ACN (UK), while supporting the department’s other responsibilities including press and media work, research and article-writing, and the preparation of fund-raising materials (text and visuals).

ACN (UK) is a Catholic charity, supporting persecuted and suffering Christians around the world.

The Clink Charity has been at the forefront of offender rehabilitation since 2010 and has developed award winning training programs which have provided second chances to the most vulnerable in society whilst achieving superb results in rehabilitation and reduction in numbers of reoffending.

The Role:

Reporting to the CEO, the role will be responsible for managing all commercial and business functions for the Charity, (excluding Clink Events, our social enterprise which has its own business development function). 

This is a newly appointed position within the management team and is an exciting opportunity for a strong commercial manager who has previous experience managing office infrastructure, bids, contracts, business relationships and funding.  It is essential to have strong finance and IT skill, as the role will work closely with Finance and be responsible for running all inhouse IT systems. 

The role will be supported with additional resource from our Bids, Grants, Contracts & Tenders Manager, our Data & Analysis Officer and an external Consultant who advises on business development.

Contract: Permanent, Part Time.

Working Hours: Hours 22.5 a week.  Office Based.  Flexibility to work over 3, 4 or 5 days, but must include Friday as part of the working week.

Location: Bessemer Park, Herne Hill, London. SE24 0HG

Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum Pro Rata, DOE.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Commercial & Business Development:

· Own our commercial relationships with the Ministry of Justice and other major customers.

· Bring in new funders and new contract business from the MOJ, HMPPS, Local Authority Adult Education Providers,              and Private Sector companies working in our field.

· Collaborate with our bid and business development team and with our marketing team on fundraising. 

· Take the lead on major new grant funding applications.

· Review and develop operational processes to improve performance and maximise growth working closely with the                Head of Finance, Director of Operations and MD Clink Events.

· Work together with relevant internal departments to develop accurate and consistent bids.

· Establishing targets for contract income, fundraising and grants, and ensuring the Charity meets them.

Business Management:

· Ensure the smooth running of our Head Office site at Bessemer Park, Herne Hill, London.

· Manage our leases and site infrastructure in Bessemer Park including managing our outsourced IT provider.

· Management of our in-house IT systems contracts relationships (Case Management, Sage, Paperless invoicing).

· Oversee all business accounts and contracts.

· Implement systems and processes to ensure all contracts are managed and renewed including competitive re-                      tendering as appropriate.

· Managing risk assessments for new initiatives and overseeing the risk register for the Charity.

Experience & Background Required:

We welcome applicants with relevant commercial and contract management experience from the public, private or not for profit sectors. Successful applicants are likely to have had a track record in negotiating public sector contracts and building relationships with commissioners and procurement professionals. Experience in education, training, apprenticeships or justice services would be of particular interest.

It is essential that the role holder is Financially and IT literate, someone who can lead the commercial function, manage our outsourced IT infrastructure providers and provide business leadership to the management of all internal supply contracts.

You will work closely with the Finance team and support the remote working Head of Finance to provide oversight and support to our finance team members based at Head Office.

Personal Attributes:

· Highly financially and IT literate.

· Strong leadership skills to guide and motivate colleagues and teams with the ability to work in virtual team structures.

· Excellent organisational skills to balance and prioritise their workload and meet deadlines.

· Knowledge of project management and risk management.

· Solid financial skills, including some financial/data reporting abilities (There is a Head of Finance who prepares all                Board & Management Accounting and a Data Analyst who leads performance reporting).

· Knowledge of relevant legislation & regulations and industry insights/trends.

· Strong strategic and negotiation skills to make sound commercial decisions.

· A compelling and engaging communicator, who is professional and able to influence and present well internally and             externally.

· Shows genuine empathy and belief in the values and objectives of The Clink Charity.

Preferred but not essential

Project Management Qualification (Prince 2 or similar)

CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of our work and The Clink Charity is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment where all individuals feel respected and are able to give of their best. We strive to make our team truly representative of society and are committed to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality and diversity amongst our learners, workforce, trustees and stakeholders

To apply, please follow the link and upload your CV.

“Compared with my time in hospital, the level of one-to-one care provided by The Prince of Wales Hospice is tremendous.  The doctors, nurses and all the support staff have been so friendly, supportive and attentive of both me and my family, in a professional and a personal way.’’

The Prince of Wales Hospice provides specialist palliative care for adults with a terminal diagnosis, and those around them. The hospice offers a 14-bedroom ward for patients who need round the clock care as well as a Wellbeing service – in total The Prince of Wales Hospice cares for over 2,000 people a year!

The care provided at The Prince of Wales Hospice concentrates on quality of life and the alleviation of distressing psychological, spiritual, physical and social symptoms. It also includes support in bereavement. To provide this care, they have a highly skilled team with a wide range of specialisms.

Despite costing £12,000 a day to run the hospice and £4m a year, all of the services are entirely free of charge to patients and their families. We are looking for an experienced Individual Giving Fundraiser to join the fundraising team at this fabulous hospice.

The Role

As Individual Giving Fundraiser you will be responsible for planning and executing appropriate in-memory, legacy and general mailed appeals & marketing campaigns. Duties will include:

• Building a plan to promote in-mem & celebration fundraising
• Working collaboratively with the Fundraising and Marketing Teams delivering campaigns and communications across all channels to maximise income streams
• Managing legacy administration, building and stewarding strong, mutually beneficial relationships with solicitors, will writers, spiritual leaders and funeral directors
• Actively contributing to the development of the Income Generation Business Plan and budgets
• Working with Local Hospice Lottery (liaising with 3rd party provider) to increase the number of venues & players

The Person

To be successful in this extremely exciting role we are looking for an experienced and personable fundraiser. While previous fundraising experience would be advantageous, we are also keen to speak with people looking to transfer their skillset into this incredibly rewarding role from a marketing, communication or journalism background. 

You will possess excellent writing and communication skills, along with experience of using a customer relationship management database and knowledge of fundraising CRM. Experience of creating engaging appeals with budgets and on time is desirable as is experience line managing or supervising staff or volunteers.

You will be willing and able to independently travel to external meetings and events and have the ability to show empathy with good emotional intelligence. Maintaining a positive professional approach when representing the Hospice will be essential at all times.

Why Prince of Wales Hospice? 

The Prince of Wales Hospice pride themselves on staff development and their compassionate, collaborative culture, which creates a positive working environment. The charities strong values contribute to the huge difference they make in the local community.

In their last staff survey the result showed:

• Over 97% of employees were satisfied with their job.
• Over 95% of employees enjoy working with the people in the organisation.
• Everyone felt proud to work for the Hospice.
• Everyone enjoys the work they do in the Hospice.

This role is permanent, full time and is based in the Hospice in Pontefract. If this sounds like the type of role and charity that could suit the next phase of your career, then do get in touch.

To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let us know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition, and pregnancy.

Are you a Corporate Fundraising specialist who passionately believes that every childhood is worth fighting for?

If you're looking to develop your fundraising experience with a sector-leading team, then this Corporate Partnerships Manager role is the one for you.

Salary: £28,687 - £33,801
Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract, 35 hours FTE, would consider reduced hours (e.g. 4 days)
Benefits: 29 holidays (+ bank) increasing to 32 with 5 years' service, 7% employer pension
Location: North of England, ideally based 1 hour from either Manchester or Leeds
Culture: Healthy, happy and both life and family-friendly*

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is what drives this national children's charity to get out there and bring in the funds needed to protect children and prevent abuse. As Corporate

Partnerships Manager across the North of England, you'll get more people involved in change that means everything.

What's the story?

You'll join one of the longest established, national corporate teams in the third sector, with a track record of working with some of the largest and most dynamic businesses in the country. It has delivered strategic partnerships, commercial activity, and all sizes of Charity of the Year programmes.

They are incredibly passionate and committed to professional development and helping individuals to achieve their career goals and aspirations, which is at the heart of the team ethos. Previous members of the team have gone on to progress their careers internally, as well as going onto success with other well-known organisations.

About you

This role is a lovely mix of account management and new business. You'll work with long standing corporate partners, as well as identifying and winning new corporate support through commercial, strategic opportunities and Charity of the Year partnerships. You'll take the lead and support on existing and future accounts, providing creative account management to maximise impact for partners.

How do I know I'm the right person?

• You're confident in building and maintaining relationships with existing supporters and generating new leads with cold and warm prospects.
• With the right support, you'll feel confident in talking about the charity to influence others and secure partnerships, in both a one-to-one environment and to large audiences.
• You approach tasks with an open and creative mind, working well independently and with others to create powerful propositions.
• You're organised, tenacious, new business focussed and ready for a challenge.

Working environment and benefits

This role is primarily homebased, with an expectation to travel freely across your designated region (travel expensed), plus occasional wider travel for team meetings and training. You'll be offered a flexible working arrangement to ensure a healthy work/life balance, which can include working from your local hub from time to time if greater team engagement is important to you.

*There are a variety of additional benefits including:

• Employee benefits and assistance programme
• Life assurance scheme
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave, adoption leave and IVF leave
• A range of learning and development opportunities including apprenticeship opportunities
• A range of lived experience network groups including Black Workers Support Group, Thrive Network, Muslim Colleagues and Allies Group, Pride Group, the Family Network and Action 4 Deaf and Disabled as People Together.

This is a unique opportunity to join the UK's leading children's charity and work alongside a friendly, passionate and dedicated team.

If you are as excited by this opportunity as we are, then please get in touch with a copy of your CV to Amelia Lee at Charity People.

Deadline: 9am on Friday 6^th December
Interviews: TBC and likely to be held online

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Are you a skilled Corporate Fundraising specialist ready to help transform the lives of children and young adults with complex disabilities, enabling them to reach their potential and live their best lives?

Salary: £39-46k, open to appointment across the band dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent, either full time or reduced hours considered (4 days)
Location: Hybrid, between home and the Cheadle Hulme fundraising office
Benefits: 25 days holiday (+bank), 4% employer pension,
Culture: Genuinely flexible, life and family-friendly culture, employee assistance programme, onsite gym and yoga classes

About the charity

From its world-class campus, Seashell aims to provide exceptional education and care for children and young adults with the most complex and profound needs, driven by an amazing workforce.

Seashell is midway through the largest fundraising appeal in its 200-year history, and the largest by any similar charity in the UK. It will see the campus become the national centre of excellence for the education and residential care of children and young adults with the most complex needs.

The brand-new state of the art school building is now open and a college capital development on the way in 2026.

About the role

This is a brand-new role, as part of a five-year growth plan for fundraising. There's a real buzz and energy in the team, driven by a capital campaign that is building momentum and an exciting revenue-led fundraising strategy.

Corporate fundraising has been identified as an income stream with serious potential.

You'll take the lead on all corporate partnership activity, including identifying, developing, and converting opportunities. Your main input and contribution will be towards revenue appeals, with some input into current and future capital projects.

Seashell has laid solid foundations for corporate fundraising, so this role is about creating a meaningful step-change. Taking a well-established corporate volunteering programme and translating it into strategic income-generating opportunities, by developing a pipeline of corporate partnerships at five and six figures.

There is potential for growth and the real possibility of leading a Corporate team, further down the line.

About you

We're looking for you to be a confident and capable relationship-builder, who can translate opportunities into income.

Here are some of the things we'd love to see on your profile or CV:

* Previous experience developing strategic corporate partnerships at five figures+.
* Knowledge of latest trends and techniques in corporate fundraising.
* Enjoys and excels at connecting with people, internally and externally.
* Confident in gaining access at Director/CEO level, securing meetings and pitching.
* Creates and delivers pitch content in a meaningful and compelling way.
* Innovative thinker, with the vision to see and craft corporate opportunities.
* Values-led approach, developing partnerships that consider and showcase them.

This is a unique opportunity to develop and grow a warm pipeline, working alongside a talented and high-performing fundraising team. The potential is huge - in terms of both income stream growth and professional development.

If reading about this opportunity has captured your imagination and you're ready to take on a new challenge, please get in touch with a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People.

Deadline: 9am on Friday 29th November
Interview dates TBC

We'd encourage you to get in touch asap if you are interested. We're conscious of the festive break coming up and would love to start conversations as early as possible. We promise we won't close early and you won't miss out if you apply right up to the deadline though.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Can you help us promote public and national awareness of kidney disease in the UK to benefit all kidney patients?

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) is a unique, independent UK charitable organisation run by kidney patients for kidney patients. They are seeking an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to help shape and deliver an exciting programme of work that tackles the challenges of renal disease head-on. As a senior appointment, this role will raise the scale, effectiveness, and profile of their policy and public affairs work.

Job Title: Policy and Public Affair Manager
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: NKF HQ (North Nottinghamshire) Hybrid working
Salary: Up to £43,000 (dependent on experience)
Hours: 36 hours per week

Perks and Benefits:

At NKF, they value their team members and offer some incredible benefits:

* Up to six weeks of annual leave plus bank holidays
* Early finish on Friday's
* Christmas shutdown
* Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution
* Death in service insurance worth three times your salary
* Free car parking at their HQ

About the Role:
You'll build on current policy initiatives, leveraging the knowledge of our team, trustees, and professional networks, while collaborating with 50 Kidney Patient Association members. You'll have the freedom to shape and implement their programme of work, working strategically and independently to enhance NKF's impact on patient support, campaigning, and public life.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead NKF's policy and public affairs activities, reporting to the Chief Executive.
- Develop and implement strategies to tackle the challenges of kidney disease.
- Collaborate with internal teams, trustees, and external stakeholders to drive impactful campaigns.
- Represent NKF in public policy discussions, including parliamentary groups, ensuring our voice is heard at the highest levels.
- Contribute to strategic planning and hands-on delivery within a small, collaborative team.

About You:

We're looking for someone who combines strategic vision with a willingness to get stuck into the work. You'll have:
- Proven experience in policy and public affairs with a strong network in public policy and parliamentary groups.
- A solid understanding of health policies.
- Knowledge of marketing and communications, with the ability to amplify NKF's work and messaging.
- Entrepreneurial skills and the ability to shape and deliver impactful strategies.
- The ability to work collaboratively with teams and independently when needed.
- A passion for making a lasting difference for kidney patients and the NKF's mission.

This is a chance to join NKF at an exciting time. With a refreshed five-year strategy, growing reputation, and committed team, you'll have the support and opportunity to make a long-lasting impact.

How to Apply:
Due to the sensitive nature of the role, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis so please do reach out if this impacts you in any way. The provisional closing date for this role will be December the 10th at 12pm. Please send a copy of your CV to Priya at Charity People in the first instance.

First Stage Interviews: 12th and 16th of December
Second stage Interviews: 19th of December

Charity People actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

This is an exciting new opportunity to join our Flight Operations team. The role will assist in the safe, smooth, efficient and reliable day-to-day running of LAA’s HEMS flight operations. 

Reporting directly to the Chief Pilot the post holder is responsible for working collaboratively to ensure that the day to day flight operations function is executed in as efficient and effective way as possible. The role will require proactively working in close collaboration and liaison with colleagues from the aviation, non-aviation and clinical sectors of the charity.

We are looking for a person with an excellent working knowledge of UK HEMS flight operations. You will have experience in rotary / commercial or a similar organisation who is self-motivated and can work within a multidisciplinary team with high levels of accountability.  

London’s Air Ambulance Charity continues to develop a supportive and enabling environment that gets the best out of our people. We promote a culture of progression and professional advancement offering a range of learning and development opportunities. In addition we offer flexible working options, wellbeing packages and family friendly employment policies.

Management Accountant - leading university in London

Charity People are proud to be working with a leading university based in London to help recruit a Management Accountant. This is a newly created role, where you will be reporting to the Senior Management Accountant and working closely with the Head of Management Accounts and other senior budget holders.

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum + LGPS pension scheme

Contract: 35 hours per week, full time, permanent

Hybrid: Flexible home working coming to London once a week

This is an exciting time to join this ambitious and growing team. Candidates applying for this role, must have very strong experience working with senior budget holders (Directors and Head of departments).

Some of your key duties and responsibilities are;

1. Assist budge holders in managing their monthly accounts, forecasts and future financial budgets
2. Be a critical friend and finance business partner to all relevant budget holders
3. Complete all month-end tasks and assist in the completion of the full consolidated monthly management accounts report and forecasts
4. Prepare and provide accurate and timely full monthly management accounts to budget holders and lead the annual budget setting process
5. Advice the Senior Management Accountant and Head of Management Accounts on risks and opportunities
6. Assist in the completion of various external reports such as the annual TRAC returns
7. Demonstrate value and importance of equality and diversity in every aspect and show commitment through everyday practice in the role

Candidates applying for this role must have the following:

• Qualified Management Accountant with strong business partnering experience (CCAB recognised qualifications - CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, ACA)
• Experience leading on detailed management accounts, including monthly reports, forecasts and budgets
• Very strong partnering experience with budget holders at all levels, challenging and training them
• Experience working in Charity, university or NFP sector
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to challenge budget holders in a positive way
• Ability to manage upwards and championing initiatives
• Experience using Agresso or any cloud-based finance system

Deadline: 29^th November, 2024

Interview date:

Interviews will take pace w/c 2^nd December, 2024, face to face.

Candidates shortlisted for this role will be required to answer three detailed questions which will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your experience, skills and personality.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Are you a talented philanthropy fundraiser with innovative ideas about how major donors can love their local hospice?

Salary: £38-44k
Location: Hybrid, between Stockport/Salford and home
Contract: Permanent, either full-time or reduced hours considered
Benefits: 27 days + bank, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, opportunity to buy extra holidays, 7% employer pension contribution
Culture: 'One team', supportive and collaborative

St Ann's Hospice is growing! Currently in the process of building a brand-new hospice in Heald Green, we're looking for someone with just the right blend of stewardship and new business skills.

What's extra special?

This new role will build on the strengths of an existing and established Major Gifts fundraising programme to provide a significant contribution to the new build target, with plenty of sponsorship and naming opportunities still available.

We're looking for someone who can continue to nurture existing donors, with the exceptional stewardship they are accustomed to. But also spark the imagination of potential new donors, engaging them at an exciting chapter in the hospice's history, and start the journey to becoming loyal St Ann's supporters.

About the role

The role will begin with a focus on capital, but always one eye on future-proofing and long-term sustainability. This is a permanent role and very much viewed as part of the hospice's long-term fundraising strategy. You'll play a vital role in transitioning back from capital campaign to revenue, supporting the organisation to build a robust and sustainable philanthropy pipeline.

It's a lovely mix of stewarding existing relationships and building brand-new ones. You're comfortable and confident researching and developing new contacts, harnessing the power of existing networks. We'd also love to see you bring a positive 'new business' mindset and fresh approach to unlocking new potential.

About you

You're likely to be a seasoned philanthropy professional, ideally with a track record securing gifts at £50k+. You relish the chance to make asks at five and six figures and you'll love working closely with a well-connected and active Development Board.

There's also potential for an experienced fundraiser with transferable skills who can confidently and proactively deliver a new business development pipeline. Or perhaps a sales or business development expert looking to make a transition into the charity sector.

Whatever your background, you'll need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of philanthropy and what makes major donors tick, alongside the appetite and aptitude to new relationships from scratch.

To apply, we'd love to see you showcasing these skills, experiences and personal qualities:

You build strong relationships with a variety of key stakeholders to generate income.
You've got strong budget management skills and you achieve targets.
You work flexibly to meet the needs of donors, understanding there isn't a 'one size fits all' approach.
You raise people up and lead by example.
You're a genuine team player, approaching internal and external relationships with care, compassion and empathy.

If you're as excited by this opportunity as we are, then we'd love hear from you. Please send a copy of your profile or CV to Amelia Lee at Charity People as the first step.

Deadline: We'll be working on a rolling basis. Please get in touch as soon as possible if you are interested, we would love to begin conversations with interested candidates early.

If a rolling deadline disadvantages you in any way, please get in touch with Amelia and she'll be her very best to ensure you don't miss out.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Programmes Integration Lead
Breaking Barriers
London/Hybrid with 1-2 days in the office in Aldwych
12-month fixed term contract
Salary £45,000 - £47,000 based on experience
Full time, open to 4 days, compressed hours and flexible working arrangements
Excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and Christmas closure, Cycle to Work scheme, Wellbeing Day, Employee Assistance Programme

Charity People are delighted to be working with Breaking Barriers, a charity which helps refugees to find meaningful employment, to recruit a Programmes Integration Lead on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Breaking Barriers is a specialist refugee employment charity. Refugees flee their homes in fear, with more hardship on their arrival in the UK: a new country, language and stigma. With a different work culture to navigate, refugees are four times more likely to be unemployed and are often left to face these barriers alone. Breaking Barriers' vision is for every refugee to access meaningful employment and build a new life. They do this through one-to-one advice and guidance, education, and training, and innovative partnerships.

Breaking Barriers is embarking on an exciting journey to increase the scale and impact of their employment services through the integration of a refugee support programme into their service. This includes the transfer of a team of staff, their programme operations and beginning of the process of operational integration. As a result, Breaking Barriers will provide an enhanced, joined-up service to clients across the UK and support more refugees.

Reporting into the Director of Services, the Programmes Integration Lead will provide management and oversight to the transferred teams, while developing and managing integration projects and plans. The role will be part of the Services Senior Management Team, acting as a focal point between the transferred teams and the wider services team and other key internal stakeholders, and ensure integration is a success.

Key responsibilities

• People and team management: Provide day-to-day management, support and direction to transferred staff to ensure staff have the necessary resources and support to deliver on objectives and provide a quality service.
• Programme and service integration: Plan, coordinate and lead work to integrate the acquired programme with the existing service model, developing and implementing an integration plan that feeds into the broader Services strategy.
• Operational oversight and reporting: Oversee delivery of transferred programmes within the new operational context to ensure continuity of support for clients and provide visibility of overall programme performance to Director of Services and SLT.
• Safeguarding: Review safeguarding practices and policies, ensure best practices are embedded, and be part of the safeguarding team, acting as the point of escalation.

The Programmes Integration Lead will have demonstrable track record and transferrable experience in managing or overseeing service or programme delivery, ideally in the employability or refugee sector. The successful candidate will be highly organised and have strong skills in planning, coordinating, and managing complex projects with a range of stakeholders, ensuring the achievement of key milestones. You will be an experienced leader and manager with proven ability to lead, motivate, and manage teams during periods of transition or change, and able to demonstrate strategic thinking and an innovative outlook. You will have strong analytical and reporting skills and be able to solve problems by anticipating challenges and developing practical solutions. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust, inspire confidence, and work with stakeholders at all levels, and communicate complex ideas in a clear and compelling way.

The ideal candidate may have experience of managing the integration of new teams, systems or services, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal disruption to service delivery. You may also have experience of working with marginalised populations, such as refugee communities. Experience of developing and improving CRM systems and processes would be an advantage, as would an understanding of best practice in adult safeguarding and knowledge and understanding of best practice in working with volunteers.

If you would like to join a values-led organisation which is mission-led, welcoming, entrepreneurial and collaboration, we would love to hear from you.

How to apply

If you would like to apply for this role or for an informal confidential, please contact Jen D'Souza at our Recruitment Partner, Charity People for the full pack and details on how the application process. The application process is CV and Supporting Statement. The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 3 December with interviews scheduled for Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. The successful candidate would ideally be available to start in mid/late January.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

As MCF's Policy and Advocacy Lead, you will have the opportunity to bring your skills and passion for creating change at an exciting time for the sector. With a growing network and community, MCF has been the infrastructure charity to British Muslim-led charities since 2007. Join our impactful and diverse team as we support our organisations and those that rhey serve.

Job role: Policy and Advocacy Lead

Employer: Muslim Charities Forum (MCF)

Salary: £35,000 – £37,500 per annum (Dependent on experience)

Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week, Mon – Fri, in-office

Position: 24 month Fixed Term Contract

Location: London SE1 (nearest stations Waterloo and Lambeth North) 

Closing date for applications: extended to 13th December.

Further information and to apply:

Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification 

Background: Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is the UK network for British Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations. MCF seeks to support, connect, and represent these organisations so that they can all experience the blessings of the collective. Through our network we support almost 300 charities and community organisations.

We aim to collectively build a more accountable, transparent, and efficient British Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector, to improve our ability—both as individual organisations and as a sector—to contribute to a more just and sustainable world. With the support of our member organisations and the strategic investors of MCF, we work with a wider network of partners that includes non-member NGOs, regulatory bodies, civil society partners, academics and over key stakeholders in the sector.

Job Purpose: This post is kindly supported by City Bridge Foundation.

MCF has a small team, but our impact is far-reaching. Following a period of expansion, MCF is seeking an innovative, motivated and passionate individual to lead on its advocacy capacity building work, sector-wide advocacy work, and delivery of its strategic policy work.

The primary purpose of the role is to build capacity in Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations with differing scales of operating and programmatic focus areas. There will be a particular focus on those Muslim led organisations based in London.

You can expect to be leading on some of the areas as a priority in this role:

• Engaging in outreach with Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Producing relevant policy and advocacy capacity building materials suitable for those involved in Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Delivering capacity building engagements with those involved in Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Hosting roundtables and other group engagements to learn more about the policy and advocacy priorities of Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Strategically Managing a programmatic budget to outsource elements of MCF’s policy and advocacy capacity building initiatives.

• Building relationships with a range of stakeholders from across the Voluntary and Community Sector, Private Sector, and Public Sector to support capacity building initiatives with Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations. This is an exciting role overseeing MCF’s Policy and Advocacy Unit.

In addition to the above, you can also expect to be involved in:

• Monitoring the media for commentary relevant to the British Muslim led Voluntary and Community Sector and preparing responses on behalf of MCF.

• Engaging with parliamentarians and other key public sector stakeholders by representing MCF at a range of engagements.

• Leading MCF’s Policy and Advocacy Unit’s strategy and delivering associated outputs.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

You will be passionate about driving positive cultural change in the Muslim led Voluntary and Community Sector by encouraging more productive engagement with public sector stakeholders.

You will be agreeing to, and working in alignment with MCF’s ethical principles, mission areas, and strategic priorities.

You will feel are energised by the prospect of becoming an expert within a small team, collaborating with a range of other skilled and talented colleagues within the sector.

You will feel comfortable with upholding a high degree of confidentiality, as the role is privy to sensitive discussions and being in environments where you have access to confidential information.

You will feel confident in fulfilling the key responsibilities listed in the sections below.

Advocacy Capacity Building:

• Directly communicating and interacting with Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Effectively managing relationships with Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations. • Proactively responding to requests for guidance and/or support on policy and advocacy related matters.

• Drafting briefings, primers, training materials and other capacity building materials to enhance understanding of policy and advocacy amongst key stakeholders.

• Scheduling and hosting roundtables and other events.

• Build and manage methods of two-way learning between British Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations and key public sector stakeholders.

• Building relationships with associates and other contractors focusing on matters relevant to advocacy, campaigning, political activity, political processes, research, or any other matters.

• Managing an advocacy capacity building programme.

• Managing a budget and seeing to the delivery of its associated projects.

• Representing MCF at public engagements hosted by Parliamentarians, Combined Authorities, Local Authorities, and other public sector organisations interacting directly with Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.

• Building relationships with key stakeholders at different levels of public sector organisations. Broader advocacy, political engagement and external influencing:

• Support the CEO and the rest of the MCF team by developing policy reform suggestions supported by appropriate forms of evidence.

• Support activities to maintain MCF as a thought-leader and trusted source of guidance for policy and advocacy matters relevant to the British Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector.

• Identify opportunities to further develop MCF’s policy and advocacy strategy to fulfil MCF’s mission areas and strategic priorities as an infrastructure organisation.

• Coordinate activities to deliver outputs aligned with MCF’s policy and advocacy strategy.

• Monitor developments from the public and other sectors relevant to British Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations reported in the media, and draft appropriate responses.

• Provide guidance to MCF members and other organisations on navigating policy issues.

• Host and participate in MCF member roundtables, working groups and other events to learn more about their policy priorities and provide guidance where relevant.

• Coordinate research projects to develop bodies of evidence on matters relating to the Muslim-led Voluntary and Community Sector.

• Support the delivery of MCF’s advocacy campaigns and associated campaign activities.

• Commission external research and analysis to gather evidence to support MCF’s campaigns.

• Represent MCF in media engagement opportunities or requests for information from media stakeholders.

• Represent MCF at a range of events and other external engagements. 

Please note: This role is based in our office in London SE1 (closest Tube station Lambeth North) Monday to Friday.

We are unable to sponsor applicants for visas. Applicants must be resident in the UK and have the Right To Work.

Successful applicants will be subject to relevant reference and identification checks.

Due to the volume of applications, we may be unable to respond to all candidates. If your application is short-listed, we will get in touch. If you have not heard from our team within 8 weeks, please assume your application has not met the criteria on this occasion.

No agencies please.

Thank you for your interest in Muslim Charities Forum. We look forward to receiving your application.