Design Jobs

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Housing Service Manager to manage and lead our dedicated team at Willow Lodge, Folkestone.

1 x Part-time opportunity available - 21 hours per week, flexible hours between 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.

JOIN THE TEAM!

This is an exciting opportunity to manage our Willow Lodge Service. Willow Lodge is a welcoming nine-bed supported living accommodation located in Folkestone. Our facility includes seven bedsits and two self-contained flats, providing a comfortable and supportive environment for residents. Our dedicated, friendly, and experienced staff are committed to fostering a supportive and positive environment, ensuring tenants feel at home while they work towards their personal goals.

How you will make a difference:

• Ensure effective two way communications are in place and teams are kept fully informed of national and local developments.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with professionals, referrers and stakeholders.
• Ensure effective liaison between service teams, service users and other professionals.
• Work with the team to deliver what is important to commissioners and the people they support to achieve recovery goals and service outcomes.
• Identify and enable meaningful opportunities for user involvement in shaping services.
• Manage the recruitment of staff as the selection panel leader, ensuring compliance with Recruitment & Selection policy and Equality legislation.
• Ensure that services are accessible and meet the needs of service users from a diverse range of backgrounds and are representative of the needs of local communities.
• Be the positive role model and coach, as lead practitioner providing expertise and guidance on practice issues to the team.
• You will be responsible for ensuring the assessment, recording and reviewing of our Outcome Focussed Support Planning and Risk Management Planning is embedded into practice.

Essential skills and experience required:

• Experience of managing and leading a team within a social care/care setting.
• Experience of providing support to people with a mental illness; or experience of providing care and/or support services within another social care setting in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Knowledge and understanding of recovery principles and embedding the ethos of recovery into your own practice.
• The ability to make a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s situation and needs; to develop, implement and review risk management plans and devise support plans to meet these needs.
• QCF Diploma or NVQ level 3 in Care or Certificate in Community Mental Healthcare (or working towards) or an equivalent qualification.

Caring for our people.   

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:   

• PULSE – our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards.  
• Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.  
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly and have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave.  
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.  
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.  
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member.  

Who are we?  
 
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”   

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.   

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. 

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation 

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. 

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. 

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Please see further details on our website

You can also follow us on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram and LinkedIn to find out more about the work we do! 

Position: Digital Services Product Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent
Location: Office-based in London with the flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £43,342* per annum plus excellent benefits 
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Profession / Technical

*You will start at our entry point salary of £43,342 per annum, increasing to £46,051 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £48,760 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 

We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated product manager to lead the strategic development of our digital services products. 

Our digital services provide support and information to thousands of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). You’ll be joining us at an exciting stage of our digital programme as we transform the way we engage with people affected by MS. 

You’ll play a pivotal role in driving evolution and improvement. This will include working with our existing products including our forum, webchat, symptom management tools and logged-in area of our website.

But you’ll also be leading efforts to conceptualise, design, build and implement new digital products that cater to the ever-evolving needs of our community.

We’re looking for the successful candidate to have proven experience in areas such as:

• Using a clearly defined digital project management methodology.

• Developing and executing product strategies and roadmaps.

• Overseeing the product development lifecycle. 

• Maintaining the highest quality, compliance and accessibility standards. 

• Collaborative working with cross-organisational stakeholders 

You’ll have meticulous planning skills, be results and delivery focussed and bring a creative energy that nurtures innovation in those around you. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and vibrant team who are dedicated to making a difference for people with MS.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Monday 9 December 2024

Interested?

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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.

The main responsibilities of this role include: 

The Marketing and Communications Support role at Think Active is designed to elevate the visibility and engagement of the charity’s work across Coventry, Solihull, and Warwickshire. Working closely with the Marketing and Communications Lead, this role contributes to Think Active's mission by supporting a cohesive marketing strategy that drives digital engagement and builds community awareness around physical activity initiatives. Key responsibilities include content creation for social media, website management, and maintaining brand consistency. The post holder will capture and share stories that highlight Think Active’s positive community impact, aligning with values of inclusivity, kindness, and community benefit. This role’s success will be measured through increased brand awareness, compelling and consistent content across platforms, and digital performance analysis to support Think Active’s strategic objectives. With a flexible working pattern and a commitment to inclusivity, this position offers a unique opportunity to play a meaningful role in promoting physical activity and wellbeing across diverse audiences. 

Responsibilities: 

• Content Creation and Management: Assist in producing engaging digital content, including social media posts, website updates, and newsletters. 

• Brand Consistency: Support the maintenance of Think Active’s brand guidelines, ensuring consistency across all communications and marketing materials. 

• Digital Engagement and Monitoring: Track and report on digital engagement metrics to measure campaign effectiveness and suggest improvements. 

• Event Support: Attend and capture content (e.g., photos, videos, interviews) at events and meetings with partners. 

• Inclusivity and Accessibility: Ensure all communications promote equality, diversity, and inclusion and are accessible to diverse audiences. 

• Collaboration and Storytelling: Work with internal teams to transform ideas into engaging stories and content that aligns with Think Active's strategic objectives. 

Results Expected: 

• Increased visibility of Think Active’s work and impact through high-quality, engaging content. 

• Positive engagement growth across Think Active’s digital platforms. 

• Consistent brand presence and messaging that reflect Think Active’s mission and values. 

North Somerset Wellbeing College Tutors

Location: 4 Boulevard, Weston- Super-Mare (with travel to other locations across North Somerset)

• Opportunity 1

Hours: 25 hours

Contract: Permanent

• Opportunity 2

Hours: 25 hours

Contract: 1 Year Fixed Term

• Opportunity 3

Hours: 18.5 hours

Contract: Permanent

Please indicate in your personal statement, which of the roles you are interested in.

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to people with mental health and other support needs.  Our vision is that we believe in a world where everyone affected by their mental health can create a positive future.  We promote mental health and wellbeing by supporting people and communities to build brighter futures.

About the Service

North Somerset Wellbeing provides free psychoeducational workshops, courses and group activities which are available to adults living in North Somerset. These are run online and at community venues across the county. The sessions are designed to explore, improve and maintain mental health and wellbeing. In addition, brief 1:1 support can be offered to those requiring signposting to other appropriate services.

About the Role

• Are you caring, compassionate and non-judgemental?
• Do you want to help people to learn skills to support their wellbeing and recovery?
• Do you have experience delivering wellbeing groups, workshops and courses?

We have 3 exciting opportunities to join our small, friendly team.  As a Wellbeing Tutor, you will work in a psychologically and trauma informed way, be values led and looking to grow both personally and professionally.

Full details of this exciting opportunity can be found in the role profile. 

About You

• You’ll need to be a good communicator, who is creative and able to make learning accessible for all service users.
• As well as planning and delivering a range of wellbeing activities, workshops and psychoeducational courses, we are looking for someone who embraces service user involvement and coproduction work to ensure that the service provision remains meaningful and relevant to those using it.
• The successful candidate will work collaboratively with clients / carers, the team and other agencies to manage risk where needed, including making safeguarding referrals if required. 
• In addition, you will assist with the recruitment and supervision of a small team of volunteers who support the service.
• You will have good organisational skills, be IT proficient and have clear record-keeping skills.

We welcome applications from Experts by Experience as well as underrepresented groups.

Second Step offers an excellent annual leave package, support from our Employee Assistance Programme if you need it, and a comprehensive induction programme with on-going training opportunities.

Closing date: Friday 6th December 2024

Interview date: TBC

Our Head of Children, Young People and Families leads the work of our Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) service and the Building Young Brixton (BYB) Partnership, and is a key part of the Senior Leadership team at High Trees, helping us achieve our ambitions across the board.

Our Children, Youth and Families work serves the Tulse Hill and wider Lambeth community, operating from our dedicated youth and play site at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, where the CYPF team are based. We deliver a multi-faceted and integrated service allowing us to provide seamless support for children and young people from 8-18, including daily after school and weekend open access adventure play sessions, community and school based mentoring programmes, a work experience and youth leadership programme, and youth social action projects. We also deeply value collaboration with other youth and community organisations, and as Head of CYPF, you will also lead and contribute to a number of
youth partnerships that we manage, including Building Young Brixton. This will require demonstrable experience of running a multifaceted service – delivering several projects and programmes simultaneously and managing a team of staff – with the strong organisational, people skills and a collaborative approach that this requires. You will be an advocate for community based youth and play services and passionate about the value and impact of play, as our core offer is centred around our after school and holiday offer at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground.

You will be based at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, and as a strong and inspiring manager you will lead a team of youth and play practitioners to deliver a range of dynamic, exciting, and meaningful services, ensuring the children who need them most are supported to play, develop, and thrive. You will take both an ambitious, organised, yet hands on approach to your management of the service - we are a small but dynamic team and truly believe services are best when all are involved, from management to practitioners. You will bring enthusiasm and passion to ensure an exceptional service for the children and young people we work with and continue to inspire your team, and the wider Building Young Brixton team, to grow and expand our reach.

Our local community is at the centre of everything we do and as a community-based service you will also understand the value of and build on our excellent relationships with local residents, organisations and statutory services, and help champion and ensure strong coordination and leadership of our youth partnerships. In order to achieve this you will have an excellent understanding of the landscape in which charities deliver their services and the statutory and funding frameworks within which we operate.

About SafeLives

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.    

Last year alone, more than 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 87,000adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 109,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last seven years, more than 5,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, making almost 17,000 adult and child victims of their abuse safer.

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

The Role

Our influencing work is changing the UK conversation about domestic abuse, with both national
and locally based elected representatives and the officials and colleagues who work alongside them.

As our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you’ll lead impactful policy initiatives that align with our mission to end domestic abuse and to ensure support for the whole family, preventing harm, reducing risk and supporting recovery. Working closely with our Head of Public Affairs and Policy, you’ll develop strategies which will amplify our voice and the voice of survivors, and deepen our policy engagement, particularly in relation to multi-agency work, health and family justice.

You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal moment as the new Government makes an explicit commitment to halve VAWG in ten years, including planning a new strategy and a number of new Bills to support this mission This provides an unmissable policy development and influencing opportunity to ensure that SafeLives’ priorities for improving the response to domestic abuse are taken forward by Government.

This is an ideal role for a dynamic and experienced policy manager with a commitment to social change and the prevention of domestic abuse.

You will be based in our London office and/or remote working, with regular meetings in London and occasional travel to other locations around the UK, including our Bristol office.

Benefits

• 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
• Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee assistance programme
• Clinical supervision
• Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced sick pay
• Professional development fund
• Individual learning budget
• Restorative practice training
• Time off in lieu 

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd December 2024.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.

No agencies, please.

We are recruiting a Community Development Officer to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region providing support, training and education to create suicide safer communities.

What you will do:

· Identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with local communities, volunteers and key partners across the region to engage them in the prevention of young suicide.

· Proactively promote suicide prevention including raising the profile of PAPYRUS and engaging with those personally affected by young suicide.

· Equip a wide range of stakeholders to enable them to create sustainable suicide safer communities through the provision of tailored support, training and education.

· Deliver training and awareness raising products to a variety of groups including professionals, parents, young people, volunteers and other trainers.

· Contribute to the development and review of projects, and education and training products, in line with strategic plans.

· Record, monitor and report on data to evaluate our projects and demonstrate impact.

· Represent the charity at events including conferences, panels, working groups and through media channels as required.

To be successful in this role you will have:

· Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops or educational activities

· A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience

· Experience as a qualified ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain qualification and experience

· Experience of using your own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme or area of work

· Excellent time management skills and ability to manage a diverse workload

· The ability to travel to different locations across London and the South of England to attend meetings, events and deliver training.

Please visit the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.

Salary: £30,559 per annum (Scale SCP 18) progressing by increments to £33,366 per annum (Scale SCP 23). As this is a London-based role, the post-holder will receive an additional Cost of Living Allowance which is £5,000 per annum.

Hours: 36 hours per week  

Location: London (7-9 Bream’s Buildings, London, EC4A 1DT) with travel across the South of England

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: You will receive 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.

Closing date: Sunday 8th December 2024 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications so, please submit your application as soon as possible.

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

The Head of Alumni Engagement and Development will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategy for fostering strong relationships with Ackworth School’s Old Scholar community, supporting the long-term interests of the school as we head towards our 250th anniversary in 2029. This role is responsible for fundraising, donor relations, and legacy initiatives, as well as coordinating and delivering events and communications aimed at engaging with Old Scholars and the broader Ackworth School and Quaker community. 

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications, the Head of Alumni Engagement and Development will collaborate closely with various school departments to elevate the school’s profile and optimise income generation. The focus will be on relationship management with key high-value donors and promoting a culture of philanthropy. Additionally, the role will drive support for Ackworth School capital projects and cultivate a culture of donor care that motivates current and potential supporters.

Ackworth School, a co-educational boarding and day school, was founded in 1779 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It maintains its ethos and traditions and is still governed by the Society. The school is academically non-selective and provides an excellent range of facilities and extra-curricular opportunities, recently achieving "Excellent" in the FCI/EQI (February 2023). The Head is a member of both HMC and the Society of Heads.

Our pupils are one of Ackworth's USP's. Visitors to the school never fail to acknowledge how amazing they are and how positive the encounter is. All staff at Ackworth pay a key part in the operation of the School to make sure that it runs smoothly and so that we can focus on delivering an excellent education for our pupils. 

The successful candidate will be able to:

·Collaborate with the Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications to create a fundraising strategy centred on capital projects and bursaries.

·Lead personal engagement fundraising, developing strategies for securing principal and major donors.

·Meet annual personal income targets, increasing both donor numbers and regular giving income.

·Monitor and report on fundraising income, events, and activities, including producing financial reports.

·Design and manage a program of events aimed at engaging Ackworth School Old Scholars and wider Ackworth School community members.

·Develop robust data sets to inform strategic goals, particularly those related to income generation and maintain detailed records of Old Scholars and donors, building comprehensive individual profiles in the contact database.

In return we offer:

·a competitive salary of between £30,000 - £35,000 per annum based on experience and qualifications.

·generous fee remission of 50% for the children of our staff.

·all food and refreshments during the working day.

·free on-site parking.

·flexible pension, health benefits and an electric car purchase scheme

·a supportive and friendly environment based on the Quaker ethos of the school.

·a beautiful working location in an ideal location within easy travelling distance of the main centres of Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster and York.

Interested candidates are welcome to contact the school to arrange a confidential discussion. Please contact our HR Administrator, Kim Reather.

Closing Date:Friday 13th December 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Due to the School’s Christmas closure period, interviews will be held in early January 2025.

Completed school application forms should be submitted with a cover letter of no more than one page

Applicants should read carefully the Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy. Our recruitment privacy notice is also available on our website under “Working For Us”. 

Ackworth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all applicants will undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS and Barred list check with Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants should also be in sympathy with the School’s Quaker ethos.

Job Title: Event Fundraiser

Location: London/Home
Salary: £28,337 - £31,485 per annum + plus London weighting allowance £3,366
Working Pattern: Full-time, flexible with hybrid working options

Are you passionate about creating unforgettable events that bring people closer to a vital cause? Do you have a talent for engaging supporters and building relationships? As an Event Fundraiser at this large Children's charity, you'll be at the heart of their work, designing and delivering impactful events to inspire high-value supporters to make a difference in children's lives.

You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of high-profile events designed to engage the charity's most valued supporters. You'll collaborate closely with the Major Giving and Partnerships teams to ensure each event not only maximises income but also strengthens relationships, giving donors a meaningful connection to the cause.

In this role, you'll:

• Develop and deliver a compelling portfolio of engagement and stewardship events.
• Forge strong relationships with both internal teams and external suppliers, from venue managers to caterers, to bring each event to life.
• Research and curate creative ideas for venues, entertainment, and activities that will make each event unforgettable.
• Manage event budgets and maintain accurate records to ensure delivery of exceptional events within financial targets.
• Regularly update and manage supporter data in line with data protection policies.

About You:

You'll bring experience in planning and executing high-quality events, ideally in a fundraising or similar environment. You're a natural relationship-builder who thrives in collaborative settings, skilled at negotiating and achieving objectives through strong partnerships. Here's what else we're looking for:

• Excellent project management and organisational skills, able to juggle priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• An eye for detail, combined with the creativity to design engaging and impactful events.
• Proficiency in CRM systems like Raiser's Edge and familiar with essential software packages (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Budget management experience to help you deliver financially sustainable events.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Customer Journeys Transformation Lead
Type: Part-time (17.5 hours a week), fixed term contract until 30 April 2025 (maternity cover)
Location: Office-based in London with the flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £25,873 (FTE £51,747) per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3, Profession / Technical

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

The MS Society is undergoing a major transformation, investing in data, technology, services and engagement to better serve the MS community. Our goal is to create a more connected and inspiring experience that deepens relationships and boosts engagement, income and impact.

As Customer Journeys Transformation Lead, you will play a key role in this change, leading efforts to map and improve customer journeys across all touchpoints.

You will work with technical teams, subject matter experts, senior leaders and the community to design future journeys that enhance the customer experience and support our transformation goals. Using customer research and person-centred design, you will identify key moments, pain points, and areas for improvement.

Your focus will be on service journeys, volunteering, income generation and campaigning. You will also define a strategic approach to integrate these journeys across all areas.

Additionally, you’ll work closely with governance and business intelligence teams to make sure changes are planned and delivered effectively and impact is measured.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Tuesday 3 December 2024

Interested? 

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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.

We’re looking for a Marketing & Growth Manager who wants to help grow the audience of Bliss and its clients. 

The role is fully remote, but applicants must be based in the UK. We’re happy to consider part-time applicants.

WHO ARE YOU?

You’ll understand all aspects of the marketing toolbox, and know how these can work together to deliver success. You’ll be able to deliver marketing strategies for Bliss and our clients, identifying opportunities and executing your plan with support from the rest of the team. You’ll work closely with clients and the management team and be able to grow accounts and pitch for new business when opportunities arise.

Essential capabilities:

• Strategy - Work with clients to develop marketing plans and be a driving force in realising them.
• Business Development - Help grow existing accounts, generate new business opportunities, and win new clients.
• Content Marketing - Ideation across multiple channels, including email and social.
• Client Services - Meet regularly with clients (remotely) to build relationships and demonstrate success.
• Organic Search - Understand and help implement improvements to boost organic search listings.
• Online Advertising - Understand the importance of paid advertising in the marketing mix (e.g. PPC). It is not a requirement for this role to manage these campaigns.
• Analytics - Be able to analyse data and produce reports that show success and impact.
• Development Support - Support design and build colleagues to build websites that use best practice marketing techniques.

What sort of person are you?

• Self-motivated, to look for opportunities and make sure we take advantage of them.
• Positive, to improve collaboration and build strong relationships.
• Efficient, to prioritise tasks and deliver on time.
• Empathetic, to help you understand the motivations of your customers and colleagues.
• Communicative, to be approachable and demonstrate value.
• Organised, to manage multiple work streams simultaneously.

WHO ARE WE?

Bliss is a digital agency that helps organisations to make the world a better place. 

We do this by providing strategy, development and support services to charities and nonprofits, to help them achieve their purpose and meet their objectives.

We were founded in Manchester in 2010, but have been fully remote since 2020 and now have colleagues across the UK and beyond.

Bliss is a certified B Corp™ and Social Enterprise - we’re counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. We are also certified employers with Disability Confident and the Living Wage Foundation.

Bliss is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

Location

Bliss is a fully remote/distributed business, with no central office. You’ll therefore need a comfortable and productive home workspace.

Despite this, we understand the importance and benefits of face-to-face contact, and enable this in several ways. This includes optional quarterly meetups, weekly all-company video calls, and paid access to coworking space. 

Values

At Bliss, personal values are as important as experience and skills. If you’re not a good fit for our agency, you won’t enjoy your job, and that’s not good for anyone.

• Be Good
  We look after each other, the planet, and all humankind.
  We’re not selfless, but will choose to do the right thing above all else.
• Be Open
  We are honest and transparent with our colleagues and clients.
  We hope to create friendships from work relationships, gaining trust and respect.
• Be Harmonious
  We work to the same goals even if we don’t agree individually.
  We value collective success as much as we do personal victories.

BENEFITS

• Flexitime - organise your work around your life.
• Healthcare scheme, including counselling, dental and opticians.
• Accident and accidental death benefit.
• Profit-related bonus.
• Buy / sell holiday scheme.
• Individual annual training budget, plus additional budget for group activities.
• Fully paid quarterly social meetups.
• Holiday loyalty scheme - earn up to 30 holidays per year.
• 5% matched contributions on your pension.
• Tax-free working from home allowance to help with energy bills.
• Employee purchase scheme, to help you buy office furniture, headphones and laptop bags.

Some benefits are only available after probation, and can be withdrawn or amended in the future to ensure they are providing value for the team and business. Generally though, we’ll be looking to add and improve these over time.

Diverse disciplines. Varied challenges. One unique opportunity.

Fundraising Performance Analyst

£35,000 - £40,000 plus

Reports to: Senior Performance Manager

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week or part time 28 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: 08 December 2024 23:55

Recruitment process: Competency based interview via Teams + Task

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are looking for a Fundraising Performance Analyst to support on the reporting and analysis for some of Cancer Research UK's most high-profile fundraising products. You will work closely with the Senior Performance Manager to analyse data, develop reports, and help form insight which will be key in shaping the future of activities such as our Facebook social challenges, DIY fundraising events and Stand Up to Cancer, raising ~£40m annually.

This role is not a traditional Performance Analyst role, as it sits within a Product Team. We are looking for someone who has strong data and Excel technical skills but wants to use them to improve the performance of products which are so vital to raising funds for our life saving research.

You will be a strong communicator who enjoys building relationships with a variety of stakeholders and has demonstrated strong business acumen in whatever sector you have experience in. You do not need previous fundraising or marketing experience, and this role would suit someone from an insight or quantitative market research background who is looking for a new role which makes a difference.

What will I be doing?

• Maintain and develop reports, dashboards and visualisations to track key fundraising metrics to monitor in campaign performance and longer-term trends, developing data-led recommendations for product optimisation

• Analyse campaign performance data to understand supporter behaviours and income trends and model campaign projections

• Be an active member of the product workstream meetings - updating on the performance of fundraising campaigns and using this to provide evidence-based recommendations to functional delivery teams.

• Support Product colleagues in making key decisions and develop longer-term product strategy by sharing insights gathered from stakeholders, market insights and in-flight testing

• Ensure that reports and insights are communicated to stakeholders in a way that drives impact and influence.

• Hold a thorough understanding of the relevant databases for each product area and oversee dashboard reporting, working closely with the Insight and Analysis team to facilitate accurate product performance

What are you looking for?

• Advanced knowledge of Excel (formulas, pivot tables etc.)

• Excellent attention to detail with an analytical approach to problem-solving and a broad range of complex challenges

• Proactive and uses own initiative to solve problems/complete tasks

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to plan effectively, manage multiple activities, deliver to deadlines, and manage and communicate to relevant stakeholders

• Confident and comfortable communicating with a wide range of people at all levels in the organisation

• Experience of using Power BI would be beneficial but isn't essential

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you.

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

37 hours per week / Permanent / Based onsite at our Hove office, with some travel across Sussex and Surrey. Hybrid - three days from our office in Hove and up to two days working from home, working Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed at interview).

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Working within the Impact and Improvement Team, you will be responsible for championing data-driven decision making. You will analyse and report on risk and performance across large and complex datasets, translating this into actionable insights to inform strategic decision making.

In delivering the role, you will build engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Pyramid, In-Form/Salesforce, MS Business Central, HealthBox and other analytics platforms and help to upskill data literacy skills across the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Insights, analytics and reporting

• Use data visualisation tools to regularly present and communicate insights and complex analysis to a range of audiences in a clear, concise, and compelling way
• Lead on small analysis projects and support on larger analysis projects throughout the full project lifecycle
• Work with the Head of Improvement and Impact to identify and proactively exploit opportunities to streamline or automate data collection processes for greater efficiency

Data systems and processes

• Working closely with business system owners, the Head of Improvement and Impact and IT Managed Service Provider to establish high quality systems and tools for capturing, organising and using data
• Act as the lead for our built on the Salesforce platform, dashboards and reports. Working with service managers, support the design, production, and continuous improvement of this client management system
• Lead the design and delivery of a regular programme of induction and training sessions to build organisational knowledge and capabilities around our data systems

ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

You will already have experience complex data analysis and reporting on performance across large datasets, along with experience of building engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce, or similar analytics platforms. You have analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret and present complex data, along with expert digital skills around use of MS Office 365 and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel to summarise and graphically represent data.

You are a team player who can work with others to deliver a service and challenge colleagues appropriately where required. You have strong planning and time management skills, with ability to deal with competing priorities and deliver results to tight deadlines. You will already have a good understanding of the importance of data and information security, with experience of managing and working with information, systems and databases, designing and producing reports from them.

You will be a creative teacher, or former teacher, who is excited to turn the biggest issues in the news into engaging lessons for 10- to 16-year olds, with a particular focus on our bespoke projects and events. You’ll research global topics and consider the best angles and innovative activities.This material will build children’s knowledge about the news and the essential skills they need to make sense of it, through discussion-based activities.

You’ll be responsible for overseeing production of our world-class lessons, live events and Festival resources, with help from a supportive, collaborative team and a wealth of journalistic expertise from across The Economist Group. You’ll be a driven, collaborative manager, able to coordinate a variety of stakeholders including freelance collaborators and internal volunteers, and manage our core content team of Designer and Educational Content Lead.

You will manage projects that help develop the content we offer to schools globally. From implementing AI to unlocking the power of translation, you’ll ensure projects are managed effectively, meet deadlines and keep to budget. You’ll work with the leadership team to monitor and evaluate the success of these projects and scope new areas for growth.

Reports to: Programme Director
Hours: Full time with flexible hours. Core hours are 10am to 4pm. 
Contract type: fixed term maternity cover May 2025 – May 2026
Location: Hybrid. Central London two days per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and remote working.
Salary: £45,000 per annum 
Closing date: Friday 13th December, 5pm (GMT)

We will contact all applicants after the closing date.