Development Manager Jobs in Oxfordshire

AVID exists to reduce the immediate suffering of people detained and work towards a future without detention. As part of a small and agile team, the Senior Network Coordinator is a central role at AVID. 

It is a crucial time to join AVID, as we embark on the implementation of an ambitious new strategic period and contend with detention expansion, increased enforcement, immigration deterrence and hostility. We welcome applicants from people who have lived experience of detention or of forced migration. You will be joining our small team of whom more than half have lived experience of detention. 

Please note: whilst this role is remote, it is UK-based with some travel required. We have a shared office in Brixton, London which is available for AVID team members to use on a flexible basis. We meet as a team in person once a quarter.

Summary

The Senior Network Coordinator is part of the AVID function (alongside the Senior Member Coordinator & Co-Director for Membership and Operations) to deliver AVID’s capacity building support to AVIDs membership network of visitor groups and drives collaboration.

The Senior Network Coordinator leads on the coordination and cultivation of the network infrastructure support to visitor groupsand network collaboration. The Senior Network Coordinator fosters collaboration between members and strengthens best practice for visiting, utilising AVID’s Members Charter as a central point of reference. As a small network, relationship building is central to this role and the post holder will provide 1:1 guidance alongside a programme of capacity building support based on membership needs. The role includes responsibility for the ongoing development of AVID’s Members Charter; coordinating and delivering AVID’s membership support programme of network calls, trainings, and skill sharing sessions; and the development of resources on the AVID members’ space.

This is a varied role, working directly with our diverse range of members across the UK, with a focus on the more established groups in the AVID network. The Senior Network Coordinator works closely with the Senior Member Coordinator who has a focus on smaller, grassroot groups and new visitor groups in the AVID network and visitor engagement.

Main duties and responsibilities

Relationship building and providing tailored 1:1 support to visitor group coordinators in the AVID network:

• Building relationships with AVID members across the UK with a focus on more-established groups in the AVID network.
• Providing 1:1 support, outreach and mentoring for group coordinators.
• Identifying, developing and collectively shaping good practice standards in visiting throughout the network.
• Responding to members’ queries and maintaining ongoing communication.
• Working with the Senior Member Development Co-ordinator to induct new groups to the AVID network and involve smaller grassroot groups in AVID’s programme of support.

Work alongside visitor groups to build their capacity, resilience and strengthen best practice for visiting in detention through:

• Delivering AVID’s core training modules on immigration detention and visiting to visitors groups, ensuring materials are relevant and up to date.
• Leading on a programme of training (both in-house and external), education and skill-sharing that addresses the needs of members and group coordinators.
• Building sustainable practices and collective care amongst visitor groups which respond to the adverse impacts of working in detention and vicarious trauma.
• Co-ordinating the AVID Annual Coordinators Network Gathering alongside the Senior Member Development Coordinator, jointly overseeing all aspects of administration and coordination of this event.
• Developing, updating and increasing use of AVID resources through oversight and development of AVID’s Members Area and resources/policies/guidance for visitor groups and coordinators as well as supporting the development of AVIDs volunteer visiting handbook.
• Working alongside people with lived experience of detention in the AVID community to facilitate meaningful opportunities for leadership in network activities.

Develop network collaboration, facilitated peer-support and alignment of groups around shared network values, strategies and goals through:

• Co-ordinating and facilitating AVID member calls and skill shares to provide structured peer-support and ensure that information is effectively shared in the AVID network.
• Working with AVID members to establish processes and activities for collaborative development and ongoing revision of the members’ charter.
• Embedding charter values across AVID’s network support and capacity building work with a priority focus on anti-racism & anti-oppression and lived-experience leadership in line with our strategic objectives.

Maintaining and monitoring the activity of the AVID network and identifying emerging areas for development through:

• Developing and improving access to AVID’s membership offer, administering the annual membership renewals and keeping up to date records of AVID members.
• Designing and implementing annual members survey.
• Keeping an up-to-date record of member activities, meetings, participation and feedback.
• Keeping abreast of the development and support needs of the AVID members as well as changes in detention policy and practice.
• Identifying and building relationships with external partners to strengthen collaboration and partnerships with the wider movement.

Other tasks:

• Supporting AVID’s strategic development through our strategic objectives.
• Working alongside other members of the AVID team to ensure that membership support and network development is connected to our overall mission of ending detention and advocacy efforts.
• Representing AVID at external meetings and events.
• Contributing to funder and board reporting.
• Tracking, monitoring and evaluating impact using AVIDs internal databases.
• Responding to general enquiries by phone, email or post.

Person Specification

We are interested in skills and experience developed in a range of environments, whether through formal workplaces or voluntary. We recognise the great value of lived experience of immigration detention and/or of hostile environment policies and would be very interested to hear from applicants with this experience.

Experience

• Experience of delivering and designing training to meet specific objectives with an understanding of the different needs for in person and online training.
• Experience of recruiting, supporting, and advising volunteers.
• Experience of delivering workshops and/or coordinating events (online and in-person).
• Experience of working with marginalised communities.
• Experience of monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

Desirable:

• Experience of developing support systems, identifying priorities for change and strengthening the infrastructure of voluntary groups.
• Experience of working with refugee, migrant and/or detained communities.
• Experience of working in the immigration and/or criminal justice sector.
• Experience of working in a membership organisation.

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge of good practice in volunteer management.
• Knowledge and understanding of migration, human rights, asylum, criminal justice and immigration detention in the UK.

Skills

• Communication skills, written and oral.
• Facilitation skills and inclusive approach to managing online and offline spaces.
• People skills and ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people.
• Solid administration skills and working knowledge of information systems.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

At The Hygiene Bank, our volunteers are the heart and soul of everything we do and achieve as a charity. Without the incredible individuals up and down the country who generously give their time to run our local hygiene bank projects, collecting and distributing essential products through our network of community partners, our charity simply wouldn’t exist.

The Hygiene Bank aspires to build the best recruited, best trained and best supported community of volunteers in the charity sector. The extraordinary commitment, dedication, enthusiasm and sheer hard work of our nearly 600 volunteers underpins our current operations and our future plans. In particular, our volunteers and projects are central to our aspirations to engage Parliamentarians and other key stakeholders, and to raise awareness of hygiene poverty, in support of our goal to end it for good. 

Thanks to a generous grant, we are now able to recruit a Volunteer Officer, who will play a pivotal role supporting and empowering this brilliant community. As such, you will play a key part in shaping the future of a national anti-poverty charity working on a key social justice challenge.

You’ll be an outstanding, purpose-driven, empathic communicator. You’ll have demonstrable, outstanding people skills and experience in convening and consulting with stakeholders and working with volunteers along with strong communication skills. If that sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you. 

About The Hygiene Bank 

Hygiene poverty is not being able to afford many of the everyday hygiene and personal grooming products most of us take for granted. The reality of low income is that it restricts people’s options, leaving us caught between being able to heat our homes, pay the rent, eat, or be clean.  It is washing hair, bodies, faces and clothes in the same cheap washing-up liquid used for the dishes. It is not being able to replace a toothbrush when needed or sharing a toothbrush because one each just isn't an option. It is having to choose between shaving foam and razors or the transport fare to a job interview. 

Hygiene Poverty is the hidden crisis facing the UK. In 2024, The Hygiene Bank published a research report into the incidence and impact of hygiene poverty. It found that over 4.2m adults in the UK are affected by hygiene poverty, that is an additional 1.1m people into hygiene poverty since 2022 - the equivalent of the population of Birmingham.  

Hygiene poverty is not only on the rise, it’ is also undermining the nation’s health: 50% of those affected by hygiene poverty say that it is causing them anxiety or depression. 92% of people affected report that it limits their social interactions with friends and family. 54% of those affected have not gone to the dentist in the last 12 months. But most importantly, it’s putting people in impossible situations. A staggering 69% of adults experiencing hygiene poverty are having to make the difficult decision between paying for essential needs like food and bills or purchasing basic toiletries. 65% of parents affected by hygiene poverty have had to choose between buying hygiene products for themselves or their children. 

At The Hygiene Bank, we believe that everyone deserves to feel clean. That is why our network of projects exists – to give people access to the basics they need. 

About the role 

This role will be part of the Operations Team and will work closely with the Partnership Managers who support our projects on a day-to-day basis;, you will be provide exceptional service across key parts of the volunteering journey including recruitment, training and engagement. 

Job Description  

Responsibilities 

• Recruitment: Design and implement compelling volunteer recruitment campaigns at a national level and for specific areas of the UK 

• Virtual Volunteering: Develop our offer for volunteers to bring their skills, experience and time to the charity outside our local community and project structures, for example coordinating volunteers who can support local projects with social media, or with fundraising. 

• Onboarding: Design and run volunteer the volunteer onboarding process, ensuring that all of our volunteers have the tools they need to be successful 

• Governance: Administrate and coordinate the Volunteer Council, a new Committee designed to centre volunteer voice in the charity’s governance 

• Consultation: Further develop the charity’s volunteer survey and create ongoing opportunities for feedback and consultation from our volunteer community 

• Training: Identify areas for training, source and develop these, providing exciting and effective opportunities for our volunteers to develop their skills, practice and impact

• Resources: Working with the Partnership Managers and other colleagues in the central team, design and develop video and written resources to support the projects in their day-to-day work. The postholder will also hold responsibility for the Volunteer Members’ Area, ensuring content is up to date, relevant and useful. 

• Communications: Collate compelling, informative and engaging content and write the monthly volunteers’ newsletter, ensuring volunteers’ achievements are celebrated, that they understand and are involved in the charity’s development. You will also be responsible for developing new and effective communication channels. 

• Data: through collecting and sharing data on our volunteers and their experience with the charity, you will report on progress and suggest ways to continously improve our offer. You will also ensure that data is captured appropriately on our systems. 

Person Specification 

With a demonstrable alignment with The Hygiene Bank’s values, you will have: 

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders and create content for different audiences 

• A can-do, problem solving attitude, and strong ability to use your initiative to find resolutions and solutions 

• High level of collaborative skills, as well as being a self-starter who enjoys taking responsibility for areas of work and is able to work without close supervision 

• A creative mindset and high levels of emotional intelligence, with a particular ability to identify and understand volunteers’ perspectives and views 

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail 

• A skilled listener, who enjoys advocating for a cause and communicating persuasively the reasons behind decisions, to increase stakeholder engagement and inspire and motivate people 

• A strong relationship-builder and team player

• The ability to work under pressure and on multiple projects at the same time. 

• The ability to represent the charity and its mission in a clear, emotive and factual way.

This job description and person specification represents an outline of the major components of the job and is not intended to be exhaustive. 

Experience 

You will have a minimum of two years’ experience in the following: 

• Volunteer engagement, with a particular emphasis on consulting and convening diverse groups of people in the service of progressing a cause or project 

• Producing high quality written resources, and/or training materials

• Experience of, or willingness to learn a range of communications tools, e.g, Canva, Benchmark, Wordpress, Google Adwords, Hootsuite, etc. 

• Budget management 

How to Apply 

• An up-to-date CV outlining your employment history, qualifications and contact details.

• A supporting statement (no more than 1 x A4 pages) which i) demonstrates how you meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification and ii) outlining why you are interested in working for The Hygiene Bank. 

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. 

Relationship Fundraising Territory Lead 
Contract Type Permanent 
Full time (34.5 hours) we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Home based -  covering Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cumbria, North East England and Yorkshire 
Salary Range - £54,000 - £58,000 

About us
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good. 

About the role

In this rewarding leadership role, you will lead, inspire, and guide large fundraising teams to achieve their goals and targets.  While doing so, you will also deliver your own key projects, drive strategy and high performance to achieve our ambitious fundraising objectives, key performance indicators and income targets.

You will represent Macmillan across the territory and lead your team, who provide personalised, high-quality stewardship to supporters and volunteers which you will contribute to, building strong key relationships to grow fundraising income, focussing on the highest value opportunities while promoting Macmillan’s vital support and services. 

Motivated by the many supporter stories you will hear and skilled in translating strategy using data and insight, you will deliver inspiring plans and presentations using your influencing and negotiation expertise, to demonstrate Macmillan’s compelling case for support and play a vital role in delivering income and impact for people living with cancer. 

About you:

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrable leadership experience, skilled in leading teams through collaboration and empowerment.
• Proven ability to communicate, influence and negotiate at all levels with a variety of internal and external audiences. 
• Experienced in planning and prioritisation, strategy formation and implementation, data analysis and translating insights into action. 
• Results-driven leader, experienced in helping teams achieve both financial and non-financial objectives and targets. 
• Experience in leading a team to deliver against annual income targets of £5million plus. 
• Requirement to travel to events and meetings with teams and with supporters during and outside standard office hours.
• Home based within the region this role covers (or close to the borders) is desirable 

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Sunday 16th February at 23:59pm
First interview dates: Monday 24th February 
Second stage interview dates: Tuesday 4th March 

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So, we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan's Talent Acquisition Team for advice and reasonable adjustments (email address can be found on main Macmillan advert) 

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a UK-based Senior Supporter Experience Officer for:

• Campaign & Content Management – Oversee retention campaigns, supporter materials, and content planning, ensuring effective engagement.
• Donor Journey Development – Plan and implement multi-channel donor journeys to enhance supporter experience and retention.
• Data & Insights – Use analysis and segmentation to improve donor engagement and campaign effectiveness.
• Supplier & Stakeholder Coordination – Work with internal teams, external agencies, and suppliers to deliver high-quality supporter communications.
• Compliance & Best Practice – Ensure all donor journeys and campaigns meet GDPR, fundraising regulations, and industry best practices.
• If you are a detail-oriented and self-motivated person, with excellent communication and multi-tasking skills, looking for an essential role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Monday 24th February, 9.00 am UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

The Role
 The Board of Oxford Head Injury Services (OHIS formerly Headway Oxfordshire), is seeking to appoint a CEO based at the Activity and Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) in Kennington Oxfordshire, to implement our 3 year strategic plan, as we continue our next phase of growth and development to expand services, develop different partnerships, and extend the range of funding streams.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Chief Executive or an aspiring senior manager from the public, commercial or not-for-profit sector to lead the charity, and ensure we achieve our challenging goal to double the number of those we support over the next 2 to 3 years. This is an externally facing role requiring strong influencing, networking and development skills.  Success will depend on our ability to fundraise and raise awareness of what we do, develop our range of innovative services, engage with other charities, set up more corporate partnerships, work with major donors and build credibility by offering education about acquired brain injury.

Our Purpose
We were established 35 years ago to support those who had suffered a brain injury and their carers. This includes head injury from traumatic incidents such as road accidents, violence, and sports, or from neurological problems including encephalitis, haemorrhage, tumours, and stroke. There are in the region of 3500 to 4000 incidences of acquired brain injury that require hospitalisation every year in Oxfordshire alone. There are many more cases that are categorised as "minor head injuries", (such as concussion), whereby individuals experience significant effects but are not admitted for treatment. Lives and relationships can be significantly affected by acquired brain injury (ABI) and the types of support services that OHIS provides, are essential to maximise recovery, adjustment, independence and enjoyment of life,

Support we Offer
The first point of contact is usually through our ABI Navigators working within a hospital setting to identify individuals and families who require support at the earliest stages of their condition. We help individuals and carers to navigate the complex journey of recovery and make referrals to our own or other community-based services as required.

Our activity and rehabilitation centre, the ARC, includes a well- equipped gym, with exercise professionals on hand to support individuals to regain their physical strength. Those spending a day at the centre may choose from a schedule of fun, practical and stimulating activities such as yoga, tai chi, quizzes, board games, art, crafts, music, singing, creative writing and storytelling as well as special interest talks. With all of these opportunities, we seek to promote social interaction, peer support, independence, and general wellbeing.

Further, our Head Injury Buddies offer 1-1 support in the home and/or community, helping individuals to tackle everyday challenges associated with living with brain injury, promoting resilience and signposting to specialist services.

Skills and Experience we Need.

· Some experience within the charity sector, or of working closely with the NHS, local government or not for profit organisations

· A warm personality, good humour, and ability to develop new and exisiting relationships, and collaborate with a range of organisations, service commissioners, corporate partners, sponsors, funders, and users of our services.

· Ideally a sound understanding of the care or health sector.

· Financial management experience including budget setting and variance reporting.

· Understanding of fundraising streams, grant applications or income generation.

· Experience of negotiating contracts or presenting a case, engaging new clients and partnerships,

· A collaborative, supportive leadership style and ability to think creatively.

· Strong oral and written communication skills, demonstrating influence and diplomacy

· Strategic, consultative, analytical and decisive with good judgement.

· Ability to prioritise and overcome setbacks to achieve results.

· A work history showing progression at management levels

· A track record of motivating teams to deliver excellent outcomes.

· An understanding of acquired brain injury and empathy with the demands facing our clients as well as carers of all ages and their support needs.

How to Apply

​​We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and we value differences. We offer equal opportunities for everyone: employees, trustees, volunteers, clients and carers.

We aim to build a culture based on respect, reliability, and recognition. We will consider one or two days a week working from home.

If you are ready for this exciting challenge, please send your CV and a one page covering letter explaining your interest and describing your strengths, which you believe are most relevant to success in this role.

The closing date for receiving applications is midnight on 21st February 2025. All applications will be acknowledged.

There will be several days, towards the end of February when we will ask shortlisted candidates to have prepared their own questions and to conduct an online interview session with the Chair of the Board of Trustees to whom the CEO reports.

Final panel interviews will take place in person with members of the Board of Trustees over the week ends 1st/2nd March, and 6th/7th March.

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role.

You would be joining us at a time when we have launched our new identity as the Leadership Skills Foundation (previously Sports Leaders) in August 2023, alongside building a new 5-year ‘Evolve’ strategy. Having navigated the challenges of the pandemic, the organisation has naturally placed an emphasis in recent years on retaining and sustaining the existing relationships we have with the 2,500 organisations (centres) that deliver our programmes.

Looking ahead, with new programmes and partnerships emerging, this role will now play a significant part in helping us understand the needs of young people, allow more centres to be able to deliver Leadership Skills Foundation programmes, and broaden the audiences we reach. Over the next few years, we aim to create an adaptable leadership skill offer that will increase our reach to more young people, fully establishing the Leadership Skills Foundation as the trusted voice for essential leadership skills development.

Having recently secured a strategic partnership with Sport England, this role will play a key part in conducting the research activities that are required to inform the Leadership Skills Foundation, and the wider sector, to empower a more diverse range of young people with opportunities to develop essential leadership and life skills, regardless of their background.

You will be a valued Research Executive within the ‘Programme Delivery’ team and support the Research Manager to develop future accessible and inclusive essential leadership programmes. A key focus for the research will be to understand the needs, barriers, and opportunities to support underserved and/or under-represented communities and individuals into sport leadership opportunities and into the workforce.

This role will require positive and proactive internal working relationships to be created with other teams and colleagues to support organisational objectives and goals.

Main duties and responsibilities 

• Support the research requirements of the Programme Delivery team’s strategic goals, and support research work across the organisation as required. This may include scheduling, conducting and transcribing interviews, cleaning data, coordinating focus groups, developing research tools and related tasks.
• Help develop research approaches appropriate to address strategic goals.
• Conduct both primary and secondary research using a range of methodologies.
• Support the presentation of research findings, by helping develop clear, actionable recommendations, and compelling presentations.
• Support the identification of new research and evaluation projects and approaches which address gaps in our current evidence base.
• Foster collaborative internal relationships to drive a culture of research driven decisions throughout the organisation.
• Support the building of relationships with external partners and funders and the communication of key findings where required.
• Ensure all research activities carried out as part of the work comply with ethical standards.
• Have an awareness of new research developments across the sector

Key Relationships 

Internal 

• Line Manager: Programme Delivery Research Manager 
• Departments: Innovation, Marketing and Communications
• Head of Programme Delivery 
• Local Delivery Lead 

External 

• Strategic partners, including organisations such as Sport England.
• Key local delivery centres
• Partners engaged with research activities 

Skills, experience and knowledge 

Required/essential:  

• Educated to degree level in a subject with substantial statistical or research content.
• Familiarity with a range of both primary and secondary research methodologies, used to gather both qualitative and quantitative research.
• Experience of contributing to research outputs or reports and making recommendations informed by findings.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues and external partners.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to present information confidently to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisation skills, ability to multi-task and work effectively in a busy team environment.Able to deliver at pace ensuring efficiency.Excellent listening and recording skills to effectively evidence the findings of research.
• Understanding of ethical standards and practices in research
• Complete and finish tasks independently and/or as part of a team.
• Show competence with IT (including Microsoft Office).
• An ability to travel across England is required. 

Desired:  

• Experience of working in a relevant undergraduate or postgraduate research role, or working on a research project with a social impact focus 
• An understanding of the challenges facing young people in the UK today, including systemic and cultural issues
• Knowledge and understanding of at least one of the youth sector, grass-roots sports, or education sectors – including trends, challenges, and best practices.

Personal qualities: 

• A confident, collaborative researcher that wants to make a positive social difference.
• Pro-active with the ability to work on own initiative, collaboratively and independently.
• Effective and confident communicator.
• Adaptable to operational requirements with an openness to give and receive constructive feedback as part of a growth mindset.
• A creative, problem solver with the ability to think critically and analyse a range of data.

After testing and refining the Vegan Business Circle in Budapest, Hungary, we are now ready to expand to several European cities.

We are looking for chapter leaders in Europe who will build local plant-based business communities. We provide you with the know-how, materials, and support network. You’ll also receive a seed grant of €1,000 to get started and the opportunity to earn a continuous commission from local VBC membership fees.

If you live in Europe and you would like to organize a local vegan business group, apply till 28 February 2025!

Organize VBC business breakfasts in your city:

• Find an ideal venue
• Identify and invite potential speakers
• Invite guests
• Host the business breakfasts

Build a local VBC group

• Recruit members 
• Help them to find new business connections
• Host VBC MasterMind meetups
• Strenghten collective advocacy

Become a leader in VBC International

• Maintain the local member database
• Keep statistics and collect feedback
• Participate in bi-weekly online meetings with HQ and fellow chapter leaders

What do we offer?

- Know-how: We’ll teach you the full process with a franchise handbook.

- Materials: We’ll provide you online (website, CRM, automatisms) and offline (roll-up, pens, notes) tools.

- In-person training (2 days in-person training in Berlin. (We’ll reimburse your travel costs up to 500€.)

- Seed grant (We’ll give you a seed grant of €1,000 to get started.)

- Continous commision (We’ll also give the opportunity to earn a continuous commission from local VBC membership fees.)

- Support network (We’ll support you in bi-weekly online meetings from HQ with fellow chapter leaders.)

SUMMARY

This maternity cover role will be responsible for the Lab's internal workings - people, culture, ways of working and operations. As an Executive level role, it will share overall responsibility for the Lab’s impact with the other members of the Exec (CEO, COO, Director of Programmes and Campaigns).

The role will be specifically responsible for:

• the people function, including team days, our annual retreat, and internal communications, as well as Human Resource management and our staff handbook),
• programme support, including stewardship of our Monitoring, Evaluation, learning and Planning system),
• coordinating the team’s fundraising work, and
• managing other areas of our operations, such as IT and infrastructure, including our new CRM system.
• The post-holder will be responsible for line managing the Operations Manager.

The post-holder will work closely with the COO, who will be leading on finance and governance. Together, they will be responsible for drafting the plan for the Lab’s Operations function in 2026.

This post is a 13 month fixed term contract, running from mid-May 2025 to mid-June 2026.

LOCATION

The team work remotely for the majority of the time, but as this role is responsible for people and culture ideally you will be able to attend monthly ‘team together days’ in London (travel paid if outside of London area) as well as an annual two-night retreat elsewhere in the UK in November. However, we don’t want this to be a barrier to applicants, so you can let us know at the interview stage if this would not be possible or will cause you challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES

People: Ensure we recruit, retain, support and nourish a strong staff team and maintain a culture that reflects our values of ambition, collaboration and empowerment.

• Lead implementation of the Lab’s people and human resources strategy (together with the COO), in line with our core values, to maximise the team’s contribution to our mission (including team structure and roles, recruitment, onboarding and retention, staff handbook, and professional development).
• Develop and hold our team culture (together with the COO), aligned to the Lab’s core values, and ensure that the organisation maintains an effective, efficient and human working environment. Help ensure that we live our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, in general as well as in areas that fall under your remit.
• Lead internal communications, ensuring that the team are informed about and involved in new developments as appropriate, including planning and coordinating team away days through the year.
• Support effective management of staff: Line manage the Operations Manager. Support Heads of Programme and others to develop and manage staff and freelancers, ensuring that we treat all our people fairly and responsibly.

Operations: Oversee effective systems and support colleagues who manage those systems.

• Oversee and support the Operations Manager to ensure that our core processes run smoothly; we have the infrastructure to support our growth, including office space and IT, and supplies; and that they are able to effectively support the programme team with reports, events and other projects.
• Oversee the Lab’s fundraising process, including identifying and researching potential new funders, maintaining our overview of our fundraising pipeline, funder timelines, monthly priorities, and record keeping. Support the Lab team to manage funding proposals and coordinate the development of funding proposal budgets, working closely with programme leads. Ensure funding reporting requirements are met, including supporting programme leads to draft programme reports, and the Finance Manager to prepare financial reports.
• Coordinate and oversee the Lab’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Planning system ensuring the team have what they need to complete the various elements, meet deadlines, and get the most out of the process. [RSS1] 
• Ensure high standards of information management across the organisation, enabling staff to share and access resources, insights and know-how. This includes maintaining high standards of data protection and privacy that embody the Lab’s commitment to responsible use of data, and maintaining the Lab’s new CRM system. 

Executive Team support: you will be a collaborative and engaged member of a strong executive team.

• Lead and manage organisational development projects to ensure that the Lab has effective, appropriate operational policies and processes, and that staff understand and implement these policies and processes.
• Be a collaborative, engaged and supportive colleague and be willing to take on or change responsibilities to help the organisation operate effectively, including offering general support to the other members of the Exec as needed.

YOUR PROFILE

Ideally you will have the following key skills and experience, but we know that all candidates will vary and we are looking for the best fit, not the perfect unicorn.

We hope you will:

Be a caring, collaborative and effective people manager, team player, and organisational culture builder committed to creating an ambitious, collaborative and empowering culture.

• You will love supporting others to succeed, helping them to learn and grow, and develop their resilience and self-care, but also to support and care for people when work or life are difficult.
• You will have experience and a passion for ensuring recruitment, induction, personal development and other processes and culture work to attract, recruit, retain and support high quality, committed staff.

Be a well organised project and function manager with a strong understanding of systems and operations, supporting the team, board and CEO to keep on top of organisational systems such as monitoring, evaluation, learning and planning (MEL-P) and fundraising, as well as day-to-day coordination of various other processes

Have a strong commitment to the vision, aims and values of the Lab.

• A desire to work in a collaborative, empowering and ambitious organisation, and develop the Lab’s culture with care, sensitivity energy and good humour, taking pride in enabling others to succeed.
• Demonstrable dedication to equity, diversity, inclusion and justice and an understanding of intersectionality.

See the full job pack (including interview dates and information) and apply via the link.

Grants Fundraiser

Would you like to use your fundraising expertise to help disadvantaged young people access life-changing educational support? We Are Seeking a Freelance Fundraiser to work flexibly over 8 days a month.

Position: Freelance Fundraiser
Daily Rate: Circa £250 per day
Location: Home-based, with monthly travel to London
Hours: 8 days per month (flexible)
Closing Date: 24th February 2025

About the Role

Team Up is looking for a passionate and experienced Freelance Fundraiser to drive our fundraising efforts and secure vital funding to support our mission. You will develop and implement fundraising strategies, focusing on securing income from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI’s).

Key responsibilities include:

· Developing and executing a fundraising plan to meet annual targets (c. £300k).

· Researching, writing, and submitting compelling funding bids.

· Building and managing relationships with funders, ensuring long-term partnerships.

· Driving multi-year funding opportunities, securing grants of £10k-£50k+.

· Overseeing the work of a junior part-time fundraiser focused on small grants.

· Managing all grant reporting, ensuring timely submissions to funders.

· Ensuring compliance with GDPR and fundraising best practices.

· Supporting the CEO with corporate and strategic HNWI fundraising projects.

About You

You will need to be a self-motivated and proactive fundraiser with a strong track record of securing income for small to medium-sized charities.

Essential skills and experience include:

· Proven success in fundraising from trusts, foundations, corporates, and HNWIs.

· Ability to research funders, write compelling bids, and manage relationships.

· Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

· Ability to work independently and meet targets.

· A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Desirable:

· Experience working with education or socio-economic disadvantage charities.

If you thrive in an environment that values responsibility, accountability, and results, this role is perfect for you.

About the Organisation

Team Up helps disadvantaged young people double their expected progress through high-impact tutoring. Our volunteers, supported by qualified teachers, not only improve academic attainment but also build confidence and resilience. We have ambitious plans for regional growth and new programme offerings, making this an exciting time to join our team.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising Consultant, Grants Manager, Development Manager, Trusts and Foundations Lead, Bid Writer, Fundraising Manager, Freelance Grants Fundraiser, Grants Programmes Manager, etc.

Apply today for a fantastic opportunity to work flexibly while making a real impact in a growing charity!

Community Fundraiser – West Midlands

Are you ready to take on a new challenge with a leading charity making a real difference in brain tumour research? 

Brain Tumour Research is seeking an experienced and motivated fundraiser to join our team in the West Midlands, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.

As a key part of our fundraising efforts in a high-performing region, you will have the opportunity to drive income generation through a variety of initiatives, including challenge events, fundraising groups, and corporate partnerships such as charity of the year  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Generate income across a range of community fundraising initiatives and events 

• Steward supporters to help drive the charity’s fundraising activities and growth 

• Work with the fundraising team to develop and maintain strong relationships with fundraisers, donors, partners, and key stakeholders 

• Contribute towards the growth and success of fundraising efforts, ensuring a sustainable income stream for the vital ongoing funding of brain tumour research 

Requirements: 

• At least one year of fundraising experience, with a proven track record in income generation 

• Strong experience in supporter stewardship  

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire supporters and partners alike 

• Passion for Brain Tumour Research and its mission to fund research and ultimately find a cure 

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact. If you’re looking for a rewarding challenge, we would love to hear from you! 

In return, we offer a competitive salary based on a 35 hour working week and will have access to our pension scheme, life assurance, health care plan, an employee assistance support scheme, a personal safety app and access to an electric car scheme on successful completion of your probation period

CRM Administrator

We Are Seeking a CRM Administrator to take ownership of a CRM system and support data-driven decision-making in a leading fostering charity.

Position: CRM Administrator
Salary: £30,444 - £34,104 per annum (£37,555 - £42,630 FTE, plus London weighting if eligible)
Location: Remote or based in London, Belfast, Cardiff, or Glasgow (occasional travel to London required)
Hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)
Closing Date: 23rd February 2025

About the Role

As CRM Administrator you will lead the management, development, and optimisation of the Microsoft Dynamics system. This role is crucial in ensuring the CRM supports the charity’s strategic goals, improves reporting capabilities, and enhances engagement with members and service users.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as product owner for the CRM system, providing guidance and first-line support.
• Managing system access, security, and compliance with data protection regulations.
• Delivering training and support to staff, ensuring effective CRM use.
• Developing and implementing a roadmap for system improvements based on business needs.
• Managing relationships with external CRM and IT providers to ensure quality service delivery.
• Creating and refining reports and dashboards to drive data-informed decision-making.
• Supporting integration between CRM and other organisational systems.
• Promoting data integrity and best practices, identifying opportunities for system enhancements.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the way data is used and technology to support foster carers and the children they care for.

About You

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented CRM professional with strong problem-solving skills.

Essential skills and experience include:

• At least two years of CRM management experience (preferably with Microsoft Dynamics).
• Ability to administer and configure a CRM system, including custom objects, workflows, and permissions.
• Experience supporting membership or sales teams, implementing their CRM requirements.
• Strong reporting and data analysis skills, with experience creating dashboards and automating business processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative and solutions-focused mind-set.

Desirable:

• Experience working in a membership or charitable organisation.
• Familiarity with NetSuite accounting software.
• Personal or lived experience of foster care.

About the Organisation

You will be working for the UK’s leading fostering charity, to ensure that every child in foster care can thrive. The charity provides training, support, and resources to foster carers, influences policy, and campaigns for positive change.

They are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring all team members feel valued and empowered. If you want to be part of a charity that makes a real difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Other roles you may have experience of could include; Systems Admin, Microsoft Dynamics Administrator, Senior Dynamics Administrator, CRM Systems Administrator, CRM Manager, CRM Trainee Administrator, IT Systems Administrator, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Administrator, Dynamics 365 Admin, CRM Database Administrator, D365 Admin. Etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

We want to hire a highly organised and proactive Business Support Officer to play a key role in our small but dynamic team. This role supports our CEO, manages key operational functions, and oversees financial and administrative processes, ensuring the smooth running of our organisation. You’ll be at the heart of our work, helping to strengthen youth services across the West Midlands.

This is a part-time (2 days/14 hours per week) permanent role. The role is remote, with equipment provided. We’re looking for someone with excellent digital literacy, strong relationship management skills, and experience in project coordination, governance, or financial oversight—ideally within the non-profit sector.

The successful candidate will maintain internal systems, support external relationships with funders and partners, and supervise the Training & Finance Administrator to ensure high-quality service delivery. Your role will involve financial oversight, including budgeting and reporting, as well as managing contracts, governance compliance, and organisational planning to support YFWM’s long-term stability and impact.

About us: Youth Focus West Midlands (YFWM) supports the development and delivery of high-quality youth work across the West Midlands. We work with youth workers, professionals, agencies, and policymakers to strengthen the sector, providing resources, training, and strategic support. As a registered charity, we help organisations and individuals develop youth work opportunities, advocate for best practices, and facilitate partnerships to ensure young people in the region benefit from impactful and inclusive services.

THINK EQUAL is a global education initiative with a mission to ensure that Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) becomes a mandatory subject for all children in early years settings globally. SEL is the process through which knowledge, attitudes, values and skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making are developed.

To support governments and educators to achieve this mission, THINK EQUAL has developed a global SEL Programme for 3-6 years-olds. The Programme is constructed around teacher training, and the provision of narrative children’s books, lesson plans and teaching resources, which provide the concrete tools educators need to teach SEL in a low-cost and adaptable format.

The THINK EQUAL Programme has a global presence across six continents (in 30 countries) and has undergone three randomised control trials in contexts as varied as Colombia, Botswana and Australia. There is a growing demand from other countries for the THINK EQUAL Programme and the organisation is now strengthening its team to be able to respond to this demand.

Purpose of the Role

To manage the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the Think Equal programmes in UK and Europe. This role has a special focus on representing Think Equal and maintaining strong relationships with local authorities, regional and national government ministries (education and health primarily), and other stakeholders, and managing a region or country team as needed. It also involves strategic planning, reporting on, budgeting and costing of programme implementation, guiding, reviewing, approving and ensuring high quality implementation including: 

• Supporting business development efforts, translations (only if needed), and evaluations. 

• Leading on partnership and government relationships, training plans and the monitoring of programme implementation. The role is one of primary oversight and responsibility for the embedding of Think Equal within the early years education system in the UK and various European countries, and the sustainability of the programme, insofar as possible.

Overall Reporting: CEO 

Line Manager: CEO

Line managing: UK Country Team & Eastern European Manager

Contract: Full time (40 hours per week - these hours are to be worked flexibly, recognising that some weeks and days will require more than others in order to meet Think Equal needs and requirements)

Work Modality: Remote 

Location: Europe – England Preferred 

Salary:  £40,000-45,000 (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Line Management 

• Provide line management (guidance, strategy, supervision, and support as needed) to the relevant Regional and Country managers, Programme Officers and coordinators. 

• Identify the needs for additional staff to support the implementation on the ground and participate in the corresponding recruitment processes.

• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, promoting teamwork and effective communication among team members.

Partnerships Management

• Co-lead and support the business development strategy for Europe - with a special emphasis on England - in close coordination with the CEO and the Business Development team.

• Utilise own networks to secure and nurture robust relationships with local authorities (with special focus on the UK) and other stakeholders in line with the organization’s strategy. 

• Proactively approach, present to and enrol national and local authorities for the implementation of the Think Equal programme.

• Ensure high-quality sustainable implementation within Europe, with a special emphasis in the UK.

• Maintain timely reporting and communication mechanisms with donors (in close coordination with the CEO and the Business Development Team) and other stakeholders as agreed in MOAs and as needed.

• Communicate and liaise regularly with relevant stakeholders, representing the organisation when higher-level representation is needed. 

• Coordinate with the communications and business development colleagues at Think Equal to raise the visibility of the programmes.

Programme Development and Implementation

• In line with the organizational strategy, lead and supervise the development of project proposals and programme implementation plans and ensure their correct and effective implementation in cooperation with the country’s teams.

• Ensure the budgeting of, costing, spending and reporting on programmes in alignment with the Think Equal finance policy and donor requirements. 

• Provide regular status updates on the progress of the programme’s rollout in the UK and Europe.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support the development and strengthening of Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) tools and their use by the key stakeholders in order to ensure the sustainability of Think Equal.

• Work collaboratively with the Think Equal MEL manager.

• Lead and supervise monitoring actions that provide useful information to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Think Equal concluded, pipeline and active projects.

Other

• Undertaking any other reasonable support, initiative and or activity as required (e.g., support specific projects as directed by the CEO and other appropriate members of the Senior Leadership Team). 

• Think and operate creatively and with an entrepreneurial mindset about expanding, scaling, and generally ensuring that Think Equal’s mission and strategy are successful.

Education and Experience 

• Degree or equivalent in relevant fields, preferably in project management, business, economics, international affairs or development. (Essential)

• Master Degree in relevant fields, preferably Project Management, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management or Business Administration. (Essential)

• 5+ years of experience needed in programme/project management. (Essential) 

• Proven experience of at least 2+ years in business development within the nonprofit sector (Essential) (BD experience within the education sector, especially in England ideal). 

• Proven experience of at least 2+ years in managing teams or personnel, with a demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop staff members. (Essential)

• Experience in administration or similar working environment. (Essential)

• Administration and development in international development organisation/charity. (Desirable)

• Experience of monitoring and evaluating programmes of change. (Desirable)

• Experience of working in fundraising & communications. (Desirable)

Competencies, Knowledge and skills:

• Ensure that at all times you take care of your health and safety and that of others by complying with health and safety obligations, particularly by reporting promptly any defects, risks or potential hazards.

• Comply with the policies and procedures of Think Equal at all times.

• Support the mission and vision of the organisation.

• Maintain confidentiality at all times and ensure compliance with data protection requirements.

• Contribute to close working relationships with all personnel and help to build an open and honest culture that facilitates learning, creativity and excellence.

• Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post.

• Understand and respond to the challenges of implementing an international programme of education.

• Carry out as directed, any other duties as required in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within your capabilities.

• Develop and maintain accurate electronic and paper filing systems. 

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and a wide range of stakeholders. 

• Computer literacy and excellent communication skills. High proficiency in a range of PC/web applications, including but not limited to: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Google Tools, and Monday

• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Other

• Candidates must have access to a safe, quiet, and secure workspace with reliable electricity, internet and cell phone connectivity.

• Some international travel may be required.

• Some work outside standard hours might be required. 

Application Deadline: 

Deadline to Apply - Tuesday 25 February 2025 12:00pm

Oxford Hospitals Charity is helping to transform care in your local hospitals. As the Legacy and In Memory Fundraising Officer, you will play a vital role in our friendly fundraising team, delivering vital funding for patients and staff in Oxfordshire's hospitals.

Bringing your skills in customer engagement and project admin, you will be responsible for the day to day delivery of our legacy and in memory fundraising programme; connecting with supporters and donors to create and deliver meaningful and engaging donor journeys for them.

Working within a small fundraising team, you will be the first point of contact within the charity for bereaved families and legacy pledgers, bringing a warm and friendly approach to your work to build strong relationships with donors, colleagues and external suppliers. Your exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills will help Oxford Hospitals Charity develop exciting new opportunities and grow in memory income. 

The ideal candidate would bring their experience in fundraising, customer service or relationship management. Your tact and empathy, alongside your excellent attention to detail and organisational abilities, will mean that all our supporters receive gold standard donor care. 

Oxford Hospitals Charity is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. Additionally, we will consider all requests for flexible working.

Our other benefits

• 27 days paid holiday per year, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata’d for part-time employees)
• NEST Pension - auto enrolment in our pension scheme at an employer/employee contribution matching scheme contribution matching scheme - dependant on role up to 6.5%
• Employees who meet the relevant criteria will be entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay and Occupational Maternity Pay
• Cycle to Work scheme - saving of 25-39% on the cost of new bikes and accessories
• Excellent office environment and subsidised canteen
• Edenred savings scheme and Blue light card – offers and discounted gift cards for money off travel, days out, shopping, eating out, DIY etc
• Interest free season ticket loans for train and bus travel
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Oxford Hospitals Charity will provide all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop, desk and chair.

Pre-employment checks: Please note that any job offer from Oxford Hospitals Charity is subject to the receipt of two satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Additionally, for all roles, a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check will also be required.