Director Of Development Jobs

This is an excitign opportunity to lead our Youth Work programme and Day Centre provision at NHYC. This position is a six-month fixed-term contract to cover a staff member going on sabbatical. The contract is planned to run from February-August 2025. We are looking for someone who is able to maintain stable and consistent leadership for the team throughout that period, is a quick learner, and confident overseeing multiple programmes and activities. Given the short length of the contract, we encourage applications from those who may not have been in a more senior leadership position before and would like the opportunity to gain experience.  It would also suit anyone with prior experience who is keen to work in a dynamic environment and is passionate about making a tangible difference in the lives of young people facing homelessness.

• Fixed-term 6 month contract
• Salary £46,800 – £52,000
• Deadline: 9am Monday 2nd December

Want to work at the intersection of business and society? Motivated to create programmes that create business value and social value, hand in hand? Interested in learning from experts in all sorts of societal issues?

We’re recruiting a Social Impact Project Manager for our small team who will do all of this, and more. Working in a small, purpose-led business, our new recruit will find the right non-profits to partner with businesses, project manage the programmes we devise and get stuck into lots of other elements of making a small team a successful one.

The role would be well-suited to people from charities who are looking to move into the CSR / sustainability / ESG space and work more closely with a range of businesses, or your experience might instead have been gained in a corporate or intermediary organisation. You will love the idea of working in a small, purpose-led business and bring loads of initiative and creativity to our small team!

About Three Hands

We a small organisation that works with businesses, charities and social enterprises to deliver projects, programmes and partnerships. Having a positive social and/or environmental impact in society is a core aim of everything that we do. We do this by helping big businesses to play a more responsible and sustainable role in society. Our clients include NatWest Group, Pfizer, British Gas, Balfour Beatty and Royal London.

A full description of the role is in the attached job description, so please refer to this for further details. Note this is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days a week in our London office.

To apply, send us your CV and completed application form by 9am on Monday 9th December.

New Horizon Youth Centre (NHYC) runs London's only youth-specific emergency accommodation project in partnership with Depaul UK. The London Youth Hub, based in Islington, provides emergency accommodation and support to help young people facing rough sleeping to transition into safe, long-term housing and achieve independence. The Services Manager supports the Head of Services in overseeing NHYC’s Youth Hub, managing daily operations, coordinating with Depaul UK to facilitate smooth transitions into long-term housing, and building partnerships with external stakeholders to improve housing pathways. Additionally, the manager leads and develops a team of Assessment and Resettlement Workers, oversees daily work planning and safeguarding, while addressing complex cases and supporting staff in securing project resources. This position contributes to the broader goal of expanding the Youth Hub model across London. 

• Fixed-term 9 month contract
• Salary £37,024 – £41,600
• Deadline: 9am Friday 6th December

Main Purpose of Job:

The primary role is to provide business, finance, administrative, and project support for Think Active CSW. The post holder will assist the Think Active team with a variety of clerical and administrative tasks to ensure the organisation operates efficiently and effectively. The role is primarily office-based, with all the Think Active team required to comply with Think Active CSW policies and procedures. Kind, Considerate, Appreciative and Accepting interaction with colleagues, stakeholders, customers, and suppliers is essential to contribute to a thriving team and organisation and to delivering exceptional service. 

About the Role 

Base Location: The main headquarters of the Charity is in Leamington Spa although 

some of the work involves being located across Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire. We 

have a blended approach of home-based working, office-based working and travelling to and attending meetings as required. The post holder is expected to work from HQ on at least 2 days per week, to support colleagues by attending meetings and events and by adopting a flexible approach to their work. 

Salary: £19,089 (plus, travel expenses and pension contribution and other benefits) 

Working Pattern:  30 hours per week | 0.8 FTE | Work pattern expected to be 6 hours per day, 5 days per week.

Contract type: Permanent (subject to successfully passing probation)

The main responsibilities of this role include: 

• General Management and Administration 

• Finance 

• Human Resources 

• Customer Services 

• Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 

• Project Support 

Responsibilities: 

Administrative Support: 

Organise administrative activities to facilitate the smooth running of both physical work area (1 Mill Street) and virtual office / meeting spaces (Zoom and Teams). 

Ensure office equipment is maintained, records are up-to-date, and administrative processes are effective and compliant with GDPR. 

Office Management: 

Effective high-quality use of office software (email, spreadsheets, Teams, Xero) to ensure organisational efficiency. 

Manage online and paper filing systems. 

Develop and implement new administrative systems for record management and data protection. 

Oversee the maintenance of the office space and arrange necessary repairs, logistics and tidy-ups. 

Financial Duties: 

Manage discrete budgets (stationery orders, meeting rooms, course income, and expenditure). 

Process expenses and invoices. 

Maintain Think Active equipment registers and oversee loaning and return of equipment. 

Human Resources Support: 

Assist in the recruitment of new colleagues, including induction, finance, leave, timesheets, and sickness management. 

Customer Service: 

Perform reception duties, including answering calls and scheduling appointments. 

Respond to emails and postal correspondence. 

Manage the customer complaint procedure. 

Event and Meeting Coordination: 

Book meeting rooms and arrange travel and accommodation for colleagues. 

Assist in the planning, preparation and delivery of events including transporting small items of equipment and attendance at events to support with event set up, registration and administration.   

Organise and take minutes and / or action logs of internal and network meetings as required. 

Supplier and Stakeholder Management: 

Maintain and order office supplies. 

Manage supplier relationships to ensure efficient task completion. 

Liaise with 1 Mill Street regarding access, maintenance, health, and safety compliance. 

Additional Duties: 

Support due diligence and compliance for grant awards and payees. 

Raise payments, invoices, and orders as required. 

Provide high-quality and efficient business and finance operations to support colleagues in delivering business objectives and projects. 

Demonstrate a proactive approach and add value to Think Active's role as a charity and Active Partnership. 

Arrange regular testing for electrical equipment and safety devices. 

Results Expected: 

Efficient business and finance operations across Think Active. 

Effective support to colleagues in achieving business objectives and project delivery. 

Demonstrates a proactive approach in supporting and advancing Think Active’s mission by identifying and implementing initiatives that add value to the organisation’s goals and objectives. 

We are delighted to introduce this job opportunity at the Culture Trust Luton for a 0.5 Project Manager. Through a successful funding application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have been awarded £177,513 funding to deliver a Resilience project called ‘Reconnect’. This multi-faceted project explores the Trust’s customer services, sites and operations. There is also funding to deliver events and consultations as well as creative activities to promote engagement and volunteering. The Project also has a budget for making operational improvements that have been identified through the project.

We seek an experienced Project Manager to draw together the delivery of this project, coordinate specialist consultants, creatives and community groups and work with the Culture Trust Team on exploring and embedding change.We are a progressive, Luton-based, arts and cultural charity with a mission to connect communities through culture and creativity. We welcome 250,000 people across the year to our stunning heritage sites; the Hat Factory Arts Centre, Hat District creative workspaces, Wardown House Museum and Gallery, and Stockwood Discovery Centre. The Reconnect Project will work across all our functions, but there will be a particular focus on Stockwood Discovery Centre for community activities and volunteering. 

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit delivering real transparency and accountability for market impacts on nature and people. Our special focus is on ending deforestation – an essential step in achieving urgent global goals on climate, nature and human rights.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Graphic Designer. 

You will work closely with the Senior Designer and members of the Communications team to create visually compelling designs that align with Global Canopy’s mission and branding guidelines. You will be responsible for creating engaging and on-brand materials for both print and digital, working across several of our project identities. 

There will be a strong focus on artworking files, typesetting reports, creating infographics, designing social media posts and creating simple animations and film editing. You will be confident in following brand guidelines and working across the full Adobe Creative Suite. Experience in Powerpoint, Google Slides and Figma is an added bonus.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most: 

• A strong drive to contribute to our mission of delivering transparency and accountability for nature, forests and people.
• Enthusiastic about design with a creative flair.
• Attention to detail when executing design work.
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate ideas, listen to feedback, and present designs.
• Willingness and drive to learn new skills. 
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team.

Skills and experience:

• Strong sense of composition, typography and image selection.
• Ability to reliably follow branding guidelines and create consistent identities across multiple platforms.
• Attention to detail when following and implementing templates.
• Experience designing and formatting presentation decks. 
• Fluent in Adobe CC including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

To find out more, visit our website: Graphic Designer - Global Canopy

Please note, applications without a portfolio (or link to your website) showcasing your design work will not be considered. 

We aim to maintain an anonymous shortlisting process, please do NOT include your name in the cover letter you submit with your application.

ABOUT INQUEST

Founded in 1981, INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Our specialist casework includes deaths in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths involving multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question. You can find more information on our website, particularly on our Campaigns, and Media Release webpages.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Project Assistant to support INQUEST’s National Lottery Heritage Fund project, Unlocking the INQUEST archive: memorialising death and resistance. This project encourages engagement with the INQUEST archive and memorialises state-related death and resistance through creative outputs including: 12-month consultation, artist’s residency, banner making, small scale events, archival research, film screenings and a podcast series.

Organised, motivated by logistics, system-orientated, able to react efficiently to pressure, change and multitasking, the ideal candidate will possess outstanding communications skills necessary to liaising with a varied audience, including bereaved families and other key project stakeholders. They will be experienced in handling telephone calls, email correspondence, administration systems, and key IT software packages. Working closely with the project manager and project staff, they will support all components of our heritage project, including organising events and travel, liaising with key stakeholders, project social media and general administration. The candidate must be committed to the values of INQUEST and to anti-racism and anti-discrimination.

Position: Head of Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), Permanent
Location: Office based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £63,654 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 4

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 

As Head of EEDI you will play a pivotal role in leading our commitment to promote equity and equality and shape a diverse and inclusive environment for staff, volunteers and the MS communities.  You will ensure that Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is embedded in all we do and our EEDI principles are understood and role modelled throughout the organisation.

Working with our Board, Executive Group and everyone across the organisation, you will bring meaningful change to the way we operate, the services we provide and how we engage with the MS Communities.

Closing date for applications: 9:00 on 29 November 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.

About BDCA: BDCA is a dynamic community-led charity that has been serving the residents of the London Borough of Newham since 1998. Our motto is, “working together to change lives and transform our community” and over the past two decades we renovated four previously dead, disused spaces into lively local hubs. From these venues, our diverse team of locally-based staff and volunteers deliver targeted activities for people of every generation from children and their parents, young people and elders too. We also run programmes providing accessible sports, healthy food, poverty support and volunteering. Across all these projects, our mission is to break down barriers, bring people together and build people up.

Job Aim:To work with the Youth Project Coordinator to provide a fun, engaging and exciting programme of activities for young people across the economically disadvantaged but beautifully diverse E6 area within the London Borough of Newham. You will assist in delivering against the partnerships successful EMPOWER youth services commissioning bid to Newham Council. The service provides 10 weekly universal activities across East Ham over 49 weeks of the year for young people aged 9-19 including:

• Three outdoor MUGA sports sessions per week.
• Three youth hub session per week which includes branched off projects such as Junior Gym, screen acting, Muay Thai, healthy cookery sessions, calming crafts and sports.
• EKO Pathways after school delivery sessions, helping to support children with social, emotional, behavioural and mental health needs.
• Outdoor parks MUGA session
• Year-round trips and residentials
• Youth Theatre
• Delivery of three-week summer holiday scheme which involves volunteering placement with accredited Sports Leadership Award for 30 participants and employment for additional young people. This includes Stepping Up life skills training and social action campaign planning workshops.

You will be part of a team of people who are passionate about BDCA’s values of: INCLUDING all local young people by welcoming them into safe spaces and positively engaging with those who often get left out. CELEBRATING their creativity and skills so they have confidence and support to thrive despite their challenges. EMPOWERING them to step up and speak out as local leaders who make positive change in our community and beyond.

Over the last few years, NHYC has grown to a team of over 70 staff.  This role will add capacity to our current Admin Team, supporting the organisation with increased demand around finance, admin and resources. You will work as part of a small, yet critical team to ensure the organisation and our services run smoothly.  This role’s specific focus will be to support the Finance and Resources manager with general bookkeeping, analysis of financial information and ensuring compliance of financial procedures. You should be well organised, a great communicator, and experienced in or willing to learn financial procedures. This role does require prior experience in an administrative role.
The role is based at our day centre in Camden. 

• Full-time permanent contract
• Salary £31,200-£34,736
• Deadline: 9am Friday 6th December
  *Please note that we may close earlier if there are a high number of applications

Our community team is expanding, and we are looking for an energetic individual to us. 

Do you love meeting people  and building relationships?  Are you energetic, positive and organised? 

We are looking for a Community Fundraiser who has these key skills to help us raise vital income for our charity.  You will develop and deliver fundraising initiatives through partnerships with local groups, schools, associations and individuals.  This role will also involve delivering a number of fundraising events so being organised and creative is key and having a marketing focus to ensure maximum success.  No two days are the same and we are looking for someone who can be flexible in their approach and able to multitask effectively. 

You will be based at our purpose built children’s hospice just outside Maidenhead, which provides support to children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families. We would love to hear from talented individuals who want to help us raise the money that we need to make these services available to all families who need them.

Our core values are key to who we are.  We are looking for individuals who are committed to reflecting our core values in all that they do - Determined, Empowering, Valuing others, Integrity, Nurture, Empathy.

Supporter Care Officer 

(England South)

£25,859 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)

 (Ref: SUS4343)

Full Time 37.5 hours per week – happy to talk flexible working

Contract: Fixed term until 30 June 2025

Base: Flexibility of hybrid working, with two days a week working from the Bristol hub.

About the role

It is an exciting time to join the charity as we make significant investments in the fundraising team to focus on promoting Liveable Towns and Cities and develop Paths for Everyone. Supporters and donors are at the heart of Sustrans work, helping us to achieve our overall mission of making walking and wheeling accessible for everyone.  In this role you will act as the primary contact point for donors and the general public, playing a key part in helping us to deliver a great customer experience.

You will be responsible for interactions and enquiries using a variety of methods (phone, email, letter, and digital channels) along with providing excellent customer service including taking and approving orders over the phone. 

We offer true hybrid working, with a mix of home working and the opportunity to work from our hub in Bristol, with flexible hours offered to suit individual circumstances.

About you

You should be a clear communicator and have experience in handling enquiries and complaints via phone, e-mail, and digital channels.

This is a customer centric role so you should have demonstrable experience in delivering high quality customer/supporter care.

With the ability to work and plan independently, you will also be comfortable working collaboratively and effectively across multiple teams.

Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups. 

What we offer

In return we can offer true hybrid working to suit individual circumstances and a flexible, supportive and rewarding working environment. 

Wellbeing

• 28 days’ leave per annum plus bank holidays for full-time working
• Ability to buy an extra week of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Staff volunteer days
• 24/7 free, impartial and confidential support service
• We are members of the Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme who both offer cycle to work schemes

Financial

• Group Personal Pension scheme with a 6% or 7% of basic salary contribution being matched by Sustrans
• Bike, computer and season ticket loans
• Discount benefits
• London Weighting Allowance of £4,530 for all those living within a London Borough (32 local authority districts plus the City of London)
• Death in Service benefit – 3 x annual Salary

Family Friendly

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Flexible Working practices (full time hours are 37.5 per week, Monday - Friday)

Additional information

• Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 02 December 2024. 
• Interviews will take place in via MS Teams during the 11th or 12th December 2024

About Sustrans

At Sustrans you'll be part of a movement to make it easier for people to walk and cycle. 

We're all here to change things! You’ll be part of an incredible community of talented, passionate, creative, problem solvers all working together to change things for the better. We act locally and think big - we have a vision of a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

You'll be questioning the status quo and daring to imagine a different world. You'll work on exciting, impactful projects that will stretch and empower you and you'll be rewarded by seeing the difference you make to people, communities and the planet. 

 We believe including everyone is central to who we are and what we want to achieve, we welcome difference and pride ourselves on creating a culture where you can be yourself and where your wellness is supported. 

You'll be guaranteed to make friends for life and work with a team that is incredibly flexible, supportive, ethical and fun.

This is an exciting and engaging job opportunity to join elop’s dedicated and enthusiastic team. You will be supporting us to continue to save lives and improve mental health for LGBTQ+ community members through ensuring the smooth administration of elop's counselling, mental health and other services. 

As Services Administrator you will have a key role and direct responsibility for the administration of our counselling and mental health services, training and education services, and general office and organisational administrative duties.  This will include:

· responding to enquirers & information requests, and sign-posting callers to relevant staff

· receiving and processing service referrals and training applications

· taking and processing service and training bookings, and administering associated payments

· liaising with staff, volunteers, service users, clients, students, professionals

· maintaining central office and service files, data records, inputting and collating data

· assisting with service promotion

· administration of volunteer and student recruitment

· supporting admin volunteers

· contributing to staffing front of house/ reception

· maintaining administration of central office systems and associated facilities

· minute taking at varied service and team meetings

· contributing to service and training monitoring and evaluation

You will work with the Senior Management Team to ensure and maintain well administered, organised, efficient, and smooth-running services, systems, office and centre environment.

You will be well supported with an in-depth induction, regular line management supervision, and additional reflective practice opportunity as required.

Ordinarily, this is an in-person/ onsite position, but will commence temporarily online via remote homebased working, whilst we relocate to our new location.

New Horizon Youth Centre (NHYC) runs London's only youth-specific emergency accommodation project in partnership with Depaul UK. The London Youth Hub, based in Islington, provides emergency accommodation and support to help young people facing rough sleeping to transition into safe, long-term housing and achieve independence. As an Assessment and Resettlement Worker for the Youth Hub you will be joining our new Rough Sleeping Team and be responsible for delivering high-quality move on and advice services to young people staying at the Hub. This includes conducting needs assessments, providing guidance on housing, welfare benefits, tenancy rights, and employment, and connecting young people to relevant resources and support services. The role involves managing a case list of clients with diverse and often complex needs and collaborating with both internal teams and external partners to ensure successful client move on options within the 56 days emergency stay.