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MRS Independent Living supports older people, disabled people and people experiencing mental health challenges to live independently, stay active and remain connected to their communities. We combine practical in-home support with innovative community-led projects that tackle inequalities and improve wellbeing.

We're looking for a Deputy Director who is excited by the opportunity to help lead this established local charity into its next chapter. 

This is a role for someone who enjoys thinking strategically while also rolling up their sleeves to make things happen. You'll work alongside the Director to shape our future, develop new services, build partnerships and secure funding. You'll also be happy stepping into day-to-day operations when needed to support the team, maintain continuity and ensure our services are high quality and running smoothly.

Whether your background is primarily in fundraising and you're looking to broaden your operational leadership experience, or you've led services and want to develop your fundraising and strategic skills, this role offers an excellent opportunity to build a well-rounded senior leadership career.

About the role

As Deputy Director you'll provide leadership across our community projects, helping us develop and deliver sustainable, high-quality services that make a real difference to our community.

You'll:

• Work with the Director and Board to shape organisational strategy and future development.

• Lead fundraising from trusts, foundations, corporate partners and other income sources.

• Oversee our community projects, ensuring they deliver expected outcomes.

• Support, coach and develop project staff and volunteers.

• Build strong partnerships across the voluntary, health and public sectors.

• Lead monitoring, evaluation and reporting to demonstrate our impact.

• Deputise for the Director when required.

• Take a practical, hands-on approach - providing operational support wherever it's needed. 

We're looking for someone who has:

• Experience in fundraising, service management or both, ideally within the charity and voluntary sector.

• Ideas to develop and grow our community work, and the confidence and project management skills to operationalise them. 

• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and support others.

• Excellent relationship and partnership-building skills.

• A collaborative, adaptable approach with the confidence to switch between strategic thinking and practical delivery.

• A commitment to co-production, equity and user-led approaches.

Why join us?

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of a respected local charity while developing your own senior leadership experience.

You'll join a small, supportive team where your ideas will influence organisational strategy, new services and long-term sustainability. No two days are the same, and you'll have the opportunity to work across fundraising, operations, partnerships, governance and organisational development—making this an ideal stepping stone towards a Director or CEO role.

If you're looking for a leadership role where you can make a tangible difference to people's lives while broadening your skills and experience, we'd love to hear from you.

Our staff benefits include: 

• Flexible and hybrid working

• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days (pro rata) per year plus bank holidays, rising to 29 days after one years’ service

• Enhanced sick leave and pay

• Enhanced family leave and pay

• Ongoing opportunities for learning and professional development

• Employer pension contributions of 4%

• Life assurance cover equivalent to one year’s annual salary for members of our workplace pension scheme

Job Title: Archivist

Contract – Fixed-Term (Until end of August 2029)

Hours – 17.5 hours per week year 1 (Monday to Friday) increasing to 21 hours years 2-3

Salary - £19,000 pro rata at 17.5 hour (£38,000 FTE)

Location – Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ. (with national travel as required)

Speaking For Ourselves is an exciting new programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund that will collect and share the history of the care-experienced campaigning movement since the 1970s. It was conceived within the care-experienced community, emerging from long-standing discussions about how poorly the history of the care-experienced campaigning movement has been recorded—and how easily its achievements risk being forgotten.

This important programme puts the voice of people with lived experience of care at the centre. The Speaking for Ourselves programme, delivered by Coram, is guided by a majority care-experienced Programme Board and aims to work with the wider care experienced community. The Programme Board has an advisory and representative role, to guide the successful delivery of the programme and make key decisions that shape its impact.

Speaking For Ourselves will:

• Collect, record, and digitise documents, photographs, letters, publications, and objects
• Conduct personal history interviews with people involved in campaigns and efforts for change
• Commission written pieces to fill gaps in the historical record
• Create a permanent digital archive
• Produce podcasts, a moveable display, a school’s module, and a toolkit for Children in Care Councils
• Deliver three national events (one per year)
• Engage care-experienced communities through workshops, open submissions, commissions, partnerships, and outreach
• Build a lasting resource for policymakers, educators, researchers, and future campaigners

About the role

This exciting role will be responsible for the creation of the physical and digital Archive of the Care-Experienced Campaigning Movement and work closely with the team to support the extensive use of archive materials and stories to support the creative audio elements of the programme. We are looking for an experienced and creative archivist with a keen interest in social history and experience of working on physical and digital archive projects, preferably including digitalisation/oral history to lead on this unique area of work.

The post holder will report to the Programme Manager, and will work with the programme team, Programme Board and Coram. The role will liaise closely with Coram’s Executive Office and external partners including the London Archives.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Coram understands that people with lived experience of the care system may face barriers to and in employment. Recognising that such experience could be an asset to this programme (and may bring valuable skills, knowledge, insights and approaches directly relevant to the programme’s success), we particularly welcome and encourage applications from care-experienced individuals.

We guarantee an interview for care experienced applicants who meet the person specification.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: 8th September 2026

Proposed interview date: 16th September 2026 on the Coram Campus, London WC1

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

• Are you an experienced training facilitator?

• Can you support and deliver sessions to a wide range of professionals on how to best work alongside young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence?

• Do you want to work for a values-led charity that centres young women’s voices?

Abianda is a London-based charity that works with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence, and the professionals who support them. We exist to ensure young women are no longer hidden in our communities and can live free from harm and abuse. We aim to bring about a culture shift in how services are delivered to young women and girls, so that they can access support that works for them when they need it.

We are seeking experienced, reflective and values-driven freelance trainers to support the delivery of high-quality training for professionals working with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence. This role is ideal for someone who is confident in participatory facilitation, committed to trauma-informed and intersectional practice, and able to work collaboratively. 

The role will involve facilitating sessions in person and online and may require overnight travel and stays. 

If you have experience delivering training and want to use your facilitation skills to improve professionals' understanding of young women and girls, we'd love to hear from you!

“The trainers know how to hold a room well. Excellent knowledge and experience and interaction. Every session has been informative and enjoyable - the time passes so quickly!”

- Abianda Training Participant, 2026

Role details:

• Freelance, sessional contract

• Day rate between £220 and £300, depending on support or lead delivery and experience

• Reporting to Abianda’s Training and Development Lead

Please read the full job description attached.

To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no longer than two A4 pages), detailing why you want to work with Abianda and how you meet the person specification via CharityJob.

If you would prefer, you can submit your application via video or voice recording (no longer than 3 minutes) or a PowerPoint presentation (no longer than 5 slides). Please also download and our equal opportunities form (this is optional). 

The deadline for applications is 9am Thursday 10 September. 

First stage online interviews will be held the week commencing 21 September. Second stage in-person interviews will be held the week commencing 28 September. 

If you are invited to join the team, you must be available on 13 and 15 October for onboarding sessions. You must also be available for two out of the four following training delivery dates: 3, 11, 17 and 24 November.

All applicants are requested to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form at interview stage. We value the lived experience of our applicants and all disclosures will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must share a basic DBS certificate before starting work with Abianda.

Please note 

• Due to the work we do, Abianda's roles are subject to an Occupational Requirement on the grounds of the protected characteristic of sex. We are a women’s-only employer, and as such, this position is exempt under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. 

• We particularly welcome applications from Black and Brown people, people of the global majority, disabled people, the LGBTQ+ community and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

• We encourage applications from people from all walks of life, including those who may have had exposure to similar experiences that young women across London are facing.

Job Title:Freelance Facilitator

Reporting to: Senior Programme Lead

Location:Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and the North East (particularly Newcastle and Sunderland)

Salary:£120 per day (including travel) plus £25 to attend meetings with a school (if required) and £50 for attending half day training or £100 for full day training. Expenses can also be claimed for programme snacks and travel to training.

One-year contracts might also be available.

Power2 is a fast growing and energetic children and young people’s charity that has supported 30,000 young people since 2001.  We are based in the North West of England and London and deliver early-intervention asset-based programmes to children and young people who have mental wellbeing challenges and are disengaged from school and more widely. We are well-known for our accredited Teens and Toddlers programme.

We believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to thrive, even when things get tougher. We support young people to get the most out of their education by helping them to improve their mental health and wellbeing and develop their skills. We inspire young people who are at significant risk of school exclusion to re-engage and fulfil their potential at school, at work and in life.

We are seeking Freelance Programme Facilitators to join a pool to deliver our programmes in Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and the North East. Supported by our Programme Development Manager with training and resources you will help children and young people who are experiencing vulnerabilities and disadvantages improve their wellbeing, re-engage with school and learning, build networks and access opportunities.

Programme Facilitators work with significant autonomy and authority. They must embrace responsibility and are accountable for their work. They work collaboratively alongside young people, operating as a mentor as they empower young people to develop self-esteem, become resilient and engage with school and their own future. They give each young person the time, the confidence and skills to engage with their education.

You will work in schools and community settings to support young people and their families to ensure that at-risk children and young people make the most of their potential and improve their life chances. Work will include 1:1 support and delivery of Power2’s core programmes.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a CV and expression of interest. Your expression of interest should be no longer than two pages of A4 and must cover:

· Where you are based

· How your skills and experience match the role

· Two references

· Your DBS status

The successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (child workforce) and provide details of two referees.

Supporting the Senior Analysis Officers, the Data Reporting & Analysis Officer role helps us to provide and maintain comprehensive reporting and analytics for the Income Generation team at Battersea.

Additionally, as Battersea continues the process of migrating to a new CRM (Salesforce), this role will be crucial for helping us support the fundraisers’ reporting needs during the first few months after Go-Live.

By joining our team, the successful candidate will play a key part in enhancing our data capabilities and supporting our mission to be there for every dog and cat.

What we can offer you:

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

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

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

Our hybrid working model:

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

Diversity and inclusion:

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

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

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. If you would like to talk more about this, please contact us. Greyscale copies of the recruitment pack are also available on request.

More about us:

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

Acceptable use of AI:

At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.

To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.

Closing date: 7th September 2026, 11.59pm

All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Interview date(s): Candidates who pass the initial shortlist will be invited to perform a skills test (w/c 14th September 2026). First round interviews will be held w/c 27th September 2026

For more information about the role, please download our Recruitment pack.

RCJ Advice is an exceptional Citizens Advice and Law Centre delivering national legal advice services, both frontline and second tier, to people who are unable to afford legal representation and advice. We are based within the Royal Courts of Justice, the Central London Family Court and community sites across London, where we deliver local Citizens Advice services.

This post is a new role within our Miscarriage of Justice Support Service, the only national service in England and Wales providing specialist support to people affected by miscarriages of justice. Our role is to support individuals whose criminal convictions have been quashed by the Court of Appeal. Many clients have spent many years, and sometimes decades, in prison before their convictions were overturned. As a result, many experience complex trauma, institutionalisation and significant challenges associated with release and reintegration.

Our work is grounded in the belief that those affected by miscarriages of justice deserve not only to have their convictions overturned, but to be supported with dignity, continuity, and recognition as they rebuild their lives. We offer long-term, person-centred, trauma-informed support tailored to the needs of each individual.

Working alongside the two MJSS Caseworkers, the specialist Mental Health Nurse will provide mental health assessments, psycho-social support and interventions to people affected by a serious miscarriages of justice.

The role includes support planning, delivery of interventions within professional competence, facilitating access to appropriate services, liaison with health and social care providers, and supporting individuals through key stages of their journey, including whilst waiting on their appeal to be heard (whilst still in prison), possible release from custody and community reintegration. The focus will be on MJSS clients but may expand to their family members or other close relations who can also be deeply affected by the client’s incarceration and subsequent release.

The two Caseworkers are based at our offices within the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The team meet clients in person initially, to build a relationship, which will involve travel across England and Wales. Once a relationship has been established, typically we then communicate via telephone and online, but people may still need in-person support e.g. attending appointments with them.

Ideally the post-holder would come into the office at least several times a month to build and maintain an excellent working relationship with the Caseworkers, giving the option to work at other times from home or to travel. Travel for this role will vary according to the needs of each client, but we expect this to be round once a fortnight. All travel expenses will be paid by RCJ Advice.

The Senior Retail General Manager leads the Southbank Centre’s retail business across three on-site shops, pop-ups and the retail e-commerce platform, ensuring a commercially successful, customer-focused and culturally distinctive retail operation.

The role is responsible for developing and delivering the retail strategy, translating the organisation's wider commercial objectives into an ambitious and sustainable retail plan. The post-holder will have significant autonomy in shaping the retail offer, identifying opportunities for growth and driving continuous improvement, while working in partnership with the Head of Department to agree strategic priorities and investment decisions.

Please download the attached Job Description for a full overview of this role's responsibilities.

The annual salary stated is based on the Full-Time Equivalent (40 hours per week). If the job is part-time, the weekly hours will be stated within the advert.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on the closing date for the job posting.

We endeavour to keep job adverts open for at least two weeks for prospective applicants to apply. However, if we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible to ensure consideration for shortlisting.

Please note, applications sent via Email or 3rd party agencies will not be considered.

Need reasonable adjustments? Please contact us so we can help make the application process accessible to you. Be sure to include the job you are applying for and your full name.

We’re looking for two Youth Workers (one Lead Youth Worker, and one Support Youth Worker) to plan, deliver and facilitate educational and social activities for separated children (up to 21 years old) in the context of an interactive youth club to be held weekly in partnership with Corner House Youth Project in Stockton-on Tees.

Although the Lead Youth Worker will prepare and deliver the materials, supported by the Support Youth Worker, they will also have the back-up of a Support Worker from Corner House and a social worker or personal advisor from Stockton-on-Tees Council.

Club Class is a long-standing project for The Separated Child Foundation, and Club Class in Stockton-on-Tees is a new location for us, launching as a 1-year pilot in October 2026.

About the role 

The Community Education and Prevention Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for Women and Girls Network’s (WGN) Community Education and Prevention work, shaping how we deliver prevention, engagement and survivor participation across London in response to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

As Community Education and Prevention Manager, you will lead a multidisciplinary team working across community outreach, prevention education and survivor involvement. You will ensure all work is grounded in Black feminist, intersectional, trauma-informed and anti-racist practice, and that survivor experience is central to how programmes are designed, delivered and developed.

You will oversee a portfolio of work delivered across key partnerships, including initiatives focused on Black and Global Majority young women, pan-London sexual violence prevention collaboration, and WGN’s wider survivor participation and engagement activity.

This role brings together strategic leadership, team management, service development and external collaboration to strengthen WGN’s impact, reach and influence within the sector.

This role is offered on a part-time basis (3 days / 21 hours per week). 

Job description 

As the Community Education and Prevention Manager, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership for community education and prevention work, ensuring programmes are high-quality, coherent and grounded in WGN’s feminist, trauma-informed, anti-racist and intersectional values.

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, fostering reflective practice, collective care, accountability and a supportive, learning-focused working culture.

• Hold responsibility for safeguarding across community education and prevention activity, ensuring safe, consistent and survivor-centred practice across all delivery.

• Drive programme development and improvement using survivor voice, community insight, data and sector learning to strengthen impact and innovation.

• Build and sustain strong partnerships and external relationships across community organisations, statutory services, education settings and VAWG sector networks, while representing WGN externally and contributing to income generation and sustainability.

Closing date and interviews

This vacancy will close at 9am on Monday 14 September 2026. Interviews will take place shortly thereafter, and shortlisted candidates will be notified of the arrangements.

We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a high volume of applications or identify a suitable candidate.

The selection process will consist of two interview stages and a role-related assessment task. Interviews may be conducted either in person or remotely, depending on panel availability and logistical requirements, and may involve a combination of both formats throughout the process. Candidates invited to participate will receive full details of each stage, including the assessment task and interview arrangements, in advance.

About us 

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a pan-London organisation that supports women and girls affected by all forms of gendered-based violence. Our overall aim is to promote, preserve and restore the mental health and well-being of women and girls who have experienced, or are at risk of, gendered-based violence, whilst working towards a society free of gendered-based violence.

We do this by:

• Providing women-only holistic and seamless therapeutic services, which meet women and girls’ needs and contribute to total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
• Evidencing the impact of gendered-based violence and presenting this information in appropriate forums to affect social change in attitudes towards, and responses to, gendered-based violence.
• Developing good practice in the sector by providing training and guidance on specialist service provision and the development of culturally appropriate service delivery.

WGN is proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer and a member of The London VAWG Consortium, Halo Code, and Helplines Partnership.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

We are deeply committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity, resilience and strength of the women and girls we serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black and Global Majority women and applicants with Lived Experience, including those who may not meet every criterion.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer.

Exemption

This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, and is open to female applicants only, due to the nature of the role.

Administrator

Could you do a job where you change lives?

Do you have administration experience?

Are you organised?

Do you have what it takes to make a positive difference to our residents' well-being?

We are looking for a committed Christian with a heart for serving older people and who can contribute their skills and experience to the smooth running of our residential care home for older people in North Walsham.

We need a friendly and organised administrator who can be relied upon to work with enthusiasm and efficiency within a busy office environment.

Furze Hill House is a 40 bed care home just on the outskirts of North Walsham. View our lovely home here.

You will be:

• A helpful and warm first point of contact for the home;
• Welcoming towards visitors, suppliers, staff and residents; 
• A 'people person' who is keen to build and nurture strong professional relationships; 
• Somebody who is positive, approachable, willing to help and caring towards others - a team player;
• Someone who enjoys working with older people and has empathy with them;
• Outgoing and friendly with strong customer service skills;
• A good role model and provide a dynamic reception service;
• Skilled in typing, filing and record-keeping;
• Computer literate in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook;
• Comfortable dealing with matters relating to Payroll;
• Quick to provide general administrative assistance to the Managers;
• Eager to interact with the staff and volunteers in the home and the London Office, and support them in administrative tasks;
• Committed to supporting and cultivating the work of volunteers within the home;
• Organised, adaptable and reliable under pressure;
• Proactive when faced with tight deadlines;
• Enthusiastic about Pilgrims' Friend Society and the great Christian work taking place.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, you are required to perform other duties assigned by your managers from time to time that are within your capabilities.

For more details please take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010)

Read 'What we believe' on our website

Hours:

35 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Benefits:

• On-going training and support
• 5.6 weeks’ annual leave, including bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Medicash health plan
• Perkbox (including Employee Assistance Programme)
• Training and professional development
• Team events
• Long-service rewards
• Birthday rewards
• A workplace shaped by faith, care and purpose
• Flexible working pattern
• Employee assistance programme
• Being part of our friendly staff team
• We offer a full induction to the work
• Recommend a Friend Scheme

— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —

We are committed to having a diverse senior management team and we encourage applications from disabled and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are underrepresented on our senior management team at present.

Please note: The vacancy may close early if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Just Finance Foundation (JFF) is looking for an experienced Governance and Operations Manager to join us at an important point in our development.

We are a national charity working to change how children grow up with money. Every day, children are learning about money - through what they see, hear, and experience - but not all of it builds confidence or choice. By supporting parents, carers, and educators to teach money in ways that are simple, practical, and engaging, we make financial learning part of everyday life. This means children can grow up confident in making choices and equipped with skills that support their wellbeing now and into the future.

JFF currently operates within the Church Urban Fund (CUF) group, which has supported our development and provides a number of shared services. We are now preparing to become an independent charity and this new role will play a central part in making that transition work.

Working closely with our Director and trustees, you will help coordinate the move to independence while building the governance, systems and ways of working we need as a small, well-run charity.

This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who enjoys making organisations work better. You might be keeping a complex transition plan moving, supporting effective Board governance, improving an operational process, working through an issue with a supplier or adviser, or helping the Director make sense of a complex organisational question.

You won’t need to be an expert in everything. What matters is that you have strong operational judgement, can bring clarity to complexity, know when to involve specialist expertise, and are comfortable taking responsibility for getting things done.

We are particularly interested in people with significant experience in governance, operations or organisational management who can work confidently with senior leaders, trustees, advisers and external partners. Experience in a charity or purpose-led organisation, or of organisational change or separation, would be an advantage.

For full details of the role, responsibilities and person specification, please read the accompanying Job Description.

The role is home-based for three days per week, with occasional travel and approximately six evening Board meetings each year.

How to apply

Please submit a CV and supporting statement explaining how your experience meets the role requirements to email address provided by 11.59 on 13th September 2026. If your experience covers most, rather than every, point in the person specification, we still encourage you to apply.

JFF is an inclusive organisation and we welcome all applications. We want our workforce to be truly representative of the communities we serve. Diversity is an asset to our organisation and helps us create an inclusive, welcoming environment for all.

Job title: Finance and Operations Officer

Manager: Head of Finance

Location:  London

Salary: Starting salary £30,500 (Salary band: £30,500 to £33,500 inclusive of London weighting)

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Overall purpose

As the Finance and Operations Officer, you will play a key role in making sure the charity’s expenditure is well managed, accurately recorded, properly authorised and fully auditable. The post holder will have day-to-day ownership of purchase ledger processing, supplier payments, staff and client expenses, payment runs and expenditure controls. They will ensure that all expenditure is coded correctly, supported by appropriate documentation, treated correctly for VAT and recorded in line with internal policies, accounting requirements and funder restrictions.

The postholder will work closely with the Head of Finance and colleagues across the organisation to make expenditure processes clear, efficient and well controlled. This includes supporting staff to understand purchasing, expenses, authorisation and supplier processes, and helping teams to manage spending in line with budgets, funding restrictions and organisational procedures. The role also includes practical operational support, helping to make sure colleagues have the equipment, technology set-up, office resources, basic systems access and clear guidance they need to do their jobs effectively and safely. This will include creating and maintaining guidance that helps the organisation run smoothly, such as office guidance, health and safety information and equipment policies.

You will also be expected to contribute to and uphold our outstanding culture by living and demonstrating our values of being mission-led, welcoming, entrepreneurial and collaborative.

Key responsibilities 

Finance responsibilities — expenditure focus (65%)

· Process purchase invoices, staff expenses and client payments accurately and promptly, ensuring all expenditure has the correct approval, coding, VAT treatment and supporting documentation.

· Maintain day-to-day ownership of the purchase ledger, ensuring supplier accounts are accurate, up to date and reconciled where needed.

· Ensure staff and client expenses are captured and recorded accurately, comply with the relevant expense policy and are paid in a timely manner.

· Prepare supplier, staff and client payment runs ready for approval and payment by the finance team.

· Verify supplier details and changes to bank details in line with finance controls, escalating any concerns or unusual activity.

· Support checks on expenditure completeness, including identifying missing invoices, outstanding approvals, unprocessed expenses and unmatched payments.

· Support month-end expenditure processes, including reviewing expenditure coding, posting accruals and prepayments, and helping to ensure the monthly income and expenditure position is accurate by agreed deadlines.

· Allocate shared costs across cost centres and projects, ensuring expenditure is coded accurately and consistently

· Reconcile expenditure-related control accounts and third-party platforms where relevant, ensuring differences are investigated and resolved promptly.

· Ensure fundraising platform fees are recorded properly alongside income from those platforms.

· Work with budget holders to resolve expenditure queries and improve the quality of coding, descriptions and supporting information.

· Work with the Head of Finance to help colleagues understand purchasing, expenses, authorisation, supplier set-up and other expenditure processes.

· Undertake expenditure control activities, including checking supplier set-up, verifying supplier detail changes, reviewing payment evidence and supporting compliance with delegated authorities.

· Provide support for income processing where needed, particularly where this links to restricted fund expenditure, funder evidence or month-end processes.

· Support year-end audit by preparing expenditure evidence, responding to sample requests and ensuring finance records are complete and easy to trace.

· Support ad hoc finance projects, including improvements to expenditure processes, system changes and policy or procedure updates.

· Maintain and regularly update the organisation’s asset register, mobile phone inventory and user allocation records.

· Identify and implement improvements to finance and operational processes to strengthen controls, improve efficiency and enhance user experience.

· Work collaboratively with operational teams to review outstanding financial items, resolve queries and improve compliance with finance procedures.

Operational responsibilities (35%)

· Act as the secondary administrator for Vodafone services, maintaining user records, managing SIM allocations, coordinating account changes, resolving supplier queries, and reviewing monthly charges.

· Coordinate the procurement, allocation and recovery of company equipment, including laptops, headphones, mobile phones, monitors and other IT assets, ensuring records and costs are accurate.

· Monitor contracts, usage and costs linked to operational platforms, telecommunications and office services, highlighting issues or opportunities for savings.

· Support onboarding and offboarding by ensuring equipment, access requirements and related records are in place, returned or updated promptly.

· Ensure operational records, policies and procedures linked to expenditure, assets and procurement remain accurate and up to date.

· Create and maintain practical guidance, policies and procedures that help the organisation run smoothly, including office guidance, health and safety information and equipment policies.

Active Essex Foundation is a successful and growing charity dedicated to creating the conditions for young people and communities across Essex to thrive. Our work focuses on three core areas: improving young people’s mental health, reducing vulnerabilities to youth crime and exploitation, and strengthening communities through trusted relationships and positive engagement. We collaborate with a network of over 100 community organisations and local partners to design and deliver programmes that use physical activity, mentoring and community support as tools to build resilience, improve wellbeing and reduce inequalities. Everything we do is shaped by the real experiences of the people we serve, ensuring our interventions are meaningful, accessible and rooted in what communities tell us they need. 

This role will work across Active Essex Foundation and Active Essex.  Active Essex is the strategic partnership for physical activity and sport across Greater Essex, working with local authorities, health partners, voluntary sector organisations and communities to create the conditions for active lives. Through a place-based approach, Active Essex brings together insight, evidence and local collaboration to tackle inequalities and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. 

The Impact Manager will provide professional leadership for research, evaluation and evidence generation across activities. The postholder will lead the development of robust evaluation approaches, ensure methodological quality, support organisational learning and oversee the work of Impact Researchers operating within place and thematic structures. 

Working closely with the Intelligence Manager, the role will play a key part in coordinating organisational insight and evaluation priorities whilst ensuring that local intelligence, research and evaluation evidence are translated into meaningful action. This role acts as a senior professional for evaluation and impact work across the organisation and will support the development of a culture where evidence is consistently used to improve outcomes for communities across Essex. 

See the full job description for main responsibilities and skills we are looking for. 

The Festival Administrator will provide practical, hands-on support to volunteers and the wider Festival team in the run-up to and during Limmud Festival. The role will focus on coordinating and responding to the needs of participants and volunteers, helping ensure the smooth and effective delivery of the event. Limmud Festival 2026 takes place in the Midlands from 25–30 December 2026 and the Festival Administrator are expected to be at the event.