Employability Jobs

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you organised, a great communicator and problem-solver and passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment?Then this role is for you.

We’re looking for a new Employment Partnerships Executive to join us for this London-based role. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to help us deliver our high-impact employment outcomes and support even more young people into work or further education. 

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £28,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate)

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Thursday 27th February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times.  

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Equipping and Supporting Spear Centres

• Spend time in Spear Centres to build a presence and trust with the Spear coaches, in order to provide better employment support for trainees.
• Provide additional support to Spear Centres outside of London as they develop their own employer network and local employment events.
• Serving as a liaison between Resurgo, the employer and Spear Centres in collecting and sharing job descriptions, trainee CVs, interview feedback and handover documents for successful hires.

Account Management and Administration

• Conduct due diligence checks on potential employers.
• Sustain links with corporates, employers and charities in order to generate employment opportunities for young people.
• Research and compile the weekly employment email with current vacancies and opportunities (which includes all new Spear Streamlined Centres) and contribute ‘Job of the Week’ to the weekly Spear Bulletin.
• Manage bespoke recruitment processes and logistics.
• Monthly reporting for national employer partners.
• Attend select online and in-person youth employment events on behalf of Resurgo and the Spear Programme.
• Support the wider Corporate and Employer Partnerships team in administrative tasks.

Support the Coordination of Employer Events

• Help to deliver central (London-based) Hire Me events with mass employment opportunities.
• Equip Spear Centres to run their own local employment activities/events, including effective review processes after the events.
• Track success of central and local events and the impact on education, employment and training (EET) statistics.
• Work with the Employer Partnerships Manager to develop and coordinate employer-related events, such as Coffee and Connect, or organise site visits for employers to a Spear training room or an insight session with a Spear coach.

Spear Alumni Network Coordinator

• Develop and run an alumni network/platform for Spear completers, keeping them updated with further job opportunities and creating a continued sense of community. 
• Work with the Resurgo Church Partnerships team to build a pipeline into the Spear Ambassadors group, giving Spear completers a voice in the continuous development of the Spear Programme and encouraging Spear completers to invite those they know to join Spear.
• With the Comms team, identify opportunities for Spear completers to become Brand Ambassadors who promote our work, ensuring success stories are celebrated and feeding into funding applications and reports.

Active participation in and support for Resurgo’s team and mission

• Help build and develop Resurgo’s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo’s operation and for the success of its mission.

This role will suit you if you are:

• A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo’s mission to transform urban communities.
• Passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment.
• An excellent communicator with strong relational skills and the ability to develop a rapport with and positively influence a range of audiences.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to complete administrative tasks to a high standard.
• Self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure.
• Good IT skills, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (Salesforce desired, but training will be provided, if needed).

Desirable

• Experience in coaching and training delivery, and a desire to grow in this.
• Knowledge of the current employability landscape / experience in HR or recruitment processes.

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities.
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including our 5-day Coaching for Leadership (valued at £3,000).
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work.
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues.
• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays.
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat.
• Excellent Health Insurance Benefits.

A couple of things to note:

This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)

Our vision is spark ambition and unlock opportunity so that every young person can succeed and thrive as a part of a fairer society. 

We work in schools across the UK to ignite, connect and engage young people from underserved communities to careers and employers who value talent over background. 

We do this by offering free employability workshops to students delivered by our talented and inspirational facilitation network.

You’ll be an inspirational, motivational and dynamic facilitator, with a passion for supporting young people discover what they are amazing at. 

You will be delivering exciting, innovative and fun workshops to large groups of young people in secondary schools in underserved communities across the UK. 

You will be flexible, adaptable and enjoy face-to-face facilitation opportunities, which connect young people, support teachers and engage industry volunteers in a wide range of skills-building and confidence-boosting workshops. 

Last year we supported over 64,000 young people build their skills and confidence and broaden their horizons. 

What our teachers say...

"I would highly recommend this workshop. Students were able to develop key transferable skills in such a short space of time, and then apply them to their final pitch. This was all down to the fantastic delivery of the facilitators!"

What our students say.. 

"The first in person workshop was very good in that I walked away with better a better knowledge of how to appear in interviews and what not to do to put off employers. The coaching sessions have been good in keeping me up-to-date and increasing my time put into important documents like my CVs all and all a great experience.” 

“The staff give great feedback and they are great at listening. They made me feel seen.” 

The facilitator role is a freelance position. We offer flexible hours with delivery taking place during school hours/term time in schools, partner offices or community event spaces. 

Our priority areas for delivery are:

• Scotland
• Blackpool
• East of England (Norfolk, Peterborough)
• Liverpool 

This is due to demand from our schools network. Please only apply if you can reasonably travel within these locations to deliver workshops. 

Please read our information pack for full details of the experience, skills and knowledge we are looking for. 

Safeguarding

The facilitator's responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the relevant Talent Foundry Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the role, the facilitator identifies any instance that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm either at school or at home, they must report this in line with the Safeguarding policy. 

The facilitator will be subject to ID checks, enhanced DBS and criminal record checks. 

Want to play your part in transforming society?

You're in the right place.

Many of our Spear trainees have faced significant barriers to finding work, including family breakdown, growing up in care, disability or mental health difficulties, having been involved in crime, or really struggling at school. We believe that being out of work can lead to isolation and proliferate these challenges, meaningful work is key in helping young people find a sense of purpose and community. We're proud that the coaching and community that the Spear Programme provides makes such a difference that 75% of those who take part find work, and are still in work a year later.

We are looking for coaches to work as part of Spear centres that are run in partnership with churches around the country, delivering the Spear Programme to 16-24 year olds, equipping and empowering them to overcome the barriers they face and turn their lives around. 

Not only will you be part of bringing about powerful change in people's lives, but throughout this paid, dynamic, one-year opportunity, you'll be supported and challenged. We'll invest in you, developing expert coaching and leadership skills to set you on a great career path.

Download our application pack for more information.

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process, or if you have any enquiries regarding accessibility such as wheelchair access. 

What will you do?

• Coach 16-24 year olds, bringing about powerful change in their lives 
• Build great relationships with relevant professionals 
• Form part of an intentional church community 

What will you gain?

• Christian Leadership Skills 

• Social Impact Experience

• Excellent coaching capability 

• Management skills and career progression 

Working requirements, salary & benefits

Salary: between £22,300 and £25,300 dependant on location, plus pension scheme

Contract: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm. 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days); One year fixed term contract; we aim to support all Graduate coaches to progress to other roles with us after this initial year, with development towards management level within 3 years. Occasional evening working required (for events such as termly Spear Celebration evenings)

Upcoming Assessment Days: Thursday 6th February & Wednesday 5th March 

For most centres there is a requirement to become part of the partner church congregation, and you will be expected to participate in church team events as well as wider Resurgo team events, including weekly staff prayer meetings and annual staff conferences in summer and winter (one residential).

We have various Spear Centre locations which are listed below. We have variable start dates so please indicate when you are looking to start. 

We are currently looking for a Graduate Coach to start immediately at Spear Islington and Spear North Kensington. 

London

- Bethnal Green

- Camden

- Clapham Junction

- Hammersmith

- Islington

- Kennington

- North Kensington

Regional

- Brighton

- Bournemouth

- Bristol 

- Leeds

Other Centres with part time roles

We also partner with churches in the following cities - these centres handle their own applications, and the roles are slightly different, being part time and mostly permanent, at a slightly more senior level. If you are interested in these, please contact our recruitment team for more information.

- Ipswich

A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer

At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. 

Catch22 delivers high quality and responsive employability programmes relevant to the needs and aspirations of learners and job seekers as well as the needs of employers and the economy, today and in the future. 

The Social Switch Project

The Social Switch project is an exciting and innovative partnership between Redthread, Catch22, and VRU (Violence Reduction Unit), which aims to deal with the opportunities, and the challenges, of how young and at-risk people use social media.

Strand 1 will deliver accredited training each year to a minimum of 375 London based frontline practitioners and trusted adults (Teachers, Youth Workers, Parents, Carers, Police). This will focus on understanding the challenges and opportunities of the online space, and supporting young people to be better equipped and educated, for a safer online journey.

Strand 2 will support a minimum of 358 young people aged 16-30 each year, who may be at risk of, or have experienced, serious violence, exploitation, and/or grooming. The project equips young people with the skills and personalised mentorship needed to gain sustainable careers in the digital and surrounding sectors, whilst also offering interventions for young women and girls, focusing on how they can protect themselves from online abuse and exploitation, and how to recognise and report it.

About the role

Social Switch Project Practitioner Training

The Social Switch Project has developed a full day digital youth work training programme, for front-line professionals, who are working with young people in a range of capacities, in London. The training is a free one-day interactive course, and refresher training, which will give professionals the confidence to deal with the challenges, and the opportunities, of social media. 

Predominantly working on Strand 1, you will be responsible for the facilitation of this training, to a maximum of 30 professionals over the course of a full day, with multiple training events taking place throughout the year.

You will also lead on delivery for Strand 2, in supporting the development of young people's key employment skills. This training has been designed in partnership with young people who have lived experience of the topic, and so part of your role will be to incorporate them into the training, and support them to make a valuable contribution to the session.  

About you

• Knowledgeable of the social media, gaming, and online space, from the perspective of young people and children's safeguarding.
• Experienced in designing and delivery training for professionals, with the ability to engage targeted statutory and community groups, and driven to achieve high NPS with training delivery.
• High quality data input skills, with the ability to remain data compliant.
• Committed to ED&I, and experienced in Safeguarding.

Main Duties and Accountabilities

• Delivering high quality, engaging, presentations and training sessions to London based professionals who are working with young people in the youth sector, and delivering workshops and sessions so small cohorts of young people who are engaging in the Strand 2 element of Social Switch.
• Maintaining relationships with existing and new relationships with key stakeholders and youth organisations to maximise engagement in future delivery, and ensuring that the training elements are relevant to, and accessible to, a wide range of practitioners and grass-roots organisations.
• Working with the Service Manager and Social Switch team to monitor training success, incorporating feedback as and when it occurs, and ensuring that the training remains dynamic and engaging. Supporting the youth facilitators to share lived experience throughout the training, making valuable contributions to the overall sessions.
• Demonstrating effective forward planning, organising, and time management, to meet anticipated workloads and delivery targets and objectives. Working with the Service Manager to reach individual, team, and annual targets, based on youth provisions in London.
• Remaining up to date with the latest developments in social media, and its relationship with youth violence, incorporating learning into the training.
• Monitoring volume of sign-ups generated, and adjusting recruitment plans to maximise participation in the training programme.

Qualifications

• A relevant teaching/training qualification, or extensive practical experience of delivering training.
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of all aspects of social media, and how young people interact with it.
• Experience of delivering engaging and dynamic creative training programmes to a variety of audiences, on a variety of topics, monitoring success, incorporating feedback, and ensuring that training is relevant and accessible to participants.
• Strong team worker, with the ability to provide support to other members of staff, and youth facilitators.

Salary: £30,750 per annum
Hours of work: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Flexibility: Hybrid working (1-2 days in our London office, 3-4 days working from home)

*Some evening and weekend working may occasionally be required, and you must be able to travel to our head office, local venues, and all London boroughs, on a regular basis.
*This role requires a DBS enhanced check.

Early application to this role is encouraged - Shortlisting will take place the week commencing 17th February with interviews taking place the week commencing 24th February.

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Discounted shopping opportunities

Join the KFC Youth Foundation as an Employability Programme Co-Ordinator and make a real difference in the lives of young people! Our mission is to empower young people in the UK to fulfil their potential by providing safe spaces, unlocking talent, building life skills, and offering mentoring to help them build a positive future.

As the key link between local youth organisations, KFC restaurants, and other work experience providers, you'll oversee our flagship employability programme, Hatch. This programme provides employability learning and paid work experience placements for young people aged 16-25 who are not in education, training, or employment, or are at risk of being so. You'll ensure a seamless and impactful experience for all, helping to build their confidence and skills to get their first job.

Apply now and be part of a team that's dedicated to empowering the next generation!

Manchester Young Lives does education differently. We build trusting relationships that enable young people to feel respected and safe. We facilitate engaging creative personalised learning programmes that leave learners with SEND believing they can succeed. We are looking for passionate values driven professionals who will support young people in our Learning Hubs to believe in themselves and achieve their aspirations.

As part of expanding our Moss Side Learning Hub, MYL is recruiting an Employability Learning Coordinator to facilitate a programme with young people aged 16 - 25 who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our Learning Hubs provide opportunities to develop skills needed in adult life and employment, with a high level of pastoral support and varied enrichment activities. The Coordinator will work as part of a team with Youth Engagement Workers to motivate and inspire learners to achieve recognised vocational qualifications (EG play or youth work, art, digital, social care, construction, retail, horticulture, drama), and prepare and deliver high quality flexible education that meets needs and goals.
This is a 28-hour part-time role (including 9.30am – 3.30pm Tuesday and Friday) but we are happy to consider additional flexible working arrangements for the right candidate. Successful candidates can choose whether to have a term time only contract (+ 5 training days) with further pro-rata salary, OR a year-round contract with annual leave entitlement and a requirement to support holiday playschemes.

Job title: Communications Officer

Reporting to: Head of Communications

Salary £26,000 - £29,000 pro rata

Hours:37.5 hours Monday to Friday (0.8 considered for the right candidate)

Terms: Permanent contract, 25 days holiday

                                   (exc. Bank Holidays), 5% pension contribution.

Place of work:Our central office (Bristol) with some hybrid working optional; regular visits to our warehouses in Bristol and Plymouth and other partners across the south west

About FareShare South West

FareShare South West joins the dots between food waste and hunger, empowering communities to turn an environmental problem into lasting social good. We rescue tonnes of quality surplus food from the industry and share it with charities and schools to bring health, dignity and routes out of poverty for people across the south west. Our supportive volunteering and employability programmes offer local people the opportunity to thrive.

By joining us, you’ll be part of an inclusive, friendly team in a small but fast-growing charity that helps fight the injustice of who gets to afford a healthy diet.

FareShare South West is an independent local charity, working in partnership with FareShare UK. By being part of the national FareShare network, we can help rescue more food. By being small and independent, we can remain close to our local partners and people, and continuously adapt to meet the needs of local communities. The member charities we share food with transform lives, using food to connect people with other support and routes out of poverty, including children and families, people on low incomes, homeless people, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, people in recovery, older people and many others.

Purpose of role

In this broad creative role, you will plan, create, deliver and analyse print, media and digital marketing content to support this charity’s important work, ensuring current and potential supporters (including volunteers, fundraisers and grant makers, food suppliers, charity members and key local stakeholders) understand our social and environmental impact. You will play a vital support role for colleagues, acting as FareShare South West’s storyteller internally and externally.

Job description

• Work with the Head of Communications to develop and deliver an annual communications schedule, including proactively sourcing and creating case studies and testimonials with video, photography and written content

• Work with the Head of Communications to develop and implement a social media plan

• Create, share, monitor and evaluate engaging content across all our social channels (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok) to meet objectives

• Design print materials including posters and leaflets

• Keep the website up to date with a regular flow of impactful storytelling

• Create compelling email content for supporters in MailChimp

• Support the Head of Communications with the circulation and promotion of press releases and management of press database, communications crisis plan and FAQs

• Assist with the delivery of internal communications

• Regularly review and refresh our bank of testimonials, statistics and photography, managing permissions for content

• Work closely with the fundraising team to creating compelling appeals content to generate income

• Act as an ambassador for our charity, sharing our values and engaging with the public

• Work collaboratively with staff teams (Food Sourcing, Volunteering, Membership, Fundraising, Employability and Operations teams in Bristol and Plymouth) to ascertain and fulfil their communications needs

• Work collaboratively with young people on our FareChance employability programme, supporting them to learn new professional skills and developing an exciting new youth-led, inclusive aspect of our communications

• Support volunteers and warehouse-based communications leads with communications projects

• With support from the wider Fundraising and Communications team, manage student interns

• Proactively seek out examples of communications best practice and developments, including building relationships with partner charities in the FareShare network

Other

• Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the operations of the charity

• Assist on monitoring progress, impact, and success against KPIs

The Vacancy:

RBLI Charity supports disadvantaged Forces veterans from all over the UK in a dynamic Village HQ, and through an award-winning national employability programme called Lifeworks which reaches unemployed veterans all over the UK.

At this time RBLI is undertaking an ambitious appeal to develop Britain’s Bravest Manufacturing Co. (BBMC) one of the largest social enterprise operations in the UK. The role is a key driving force within RBLI’s big gifts function. To support this £12.5m campaign RBLI is looking for an experienced prospect researcher with strong event experience.

RBLI’s Village and social enterprise factory are memorable places to visit and this is transformative for our relationships with our supporters and customers. Meeting staff and residents brings to life what their donations will be able to achieve.  It is important for the Fundraising and BBMC teams to host supporters and customers both current and potential.  Our visitors also include senior military personnel and dignitaries.

The postholder will work closely with senior stakeholders internally and externally and will take the lead in ensuring events and charity visits run smoothly and achieve their goals. 

The company:

Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) is a national charity that has been helping those in need for over 100 years, providing support to the Armed Forces community, those with disabilities and those who have found themselves unemployed.

Each RBLI division offers a service to help veterans live an independent life with whatever support they require resulting in the successful delivery of a full-care pathway on-site to help veterans of any age or background from across the three services.

The Switch is excited to be recruiting for the impactful role of Alumni Network Manager, building on our work to champion social mobility for young people.

The Switch proudly supports a network of approximately 1,500 alumni who are young people aged 18-25, most of whom have been involved in our programmes delivered in their schools. As the Alumni Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in building upon our Alumni Network delivering initiatives, activities and programmes that will empower young people to successfully transition from education to employment.

We have built a dedicated Alumni Portal on which we post opportunities, jobs and other relevant things for young people. You will manage this platform, ensuring it serves as a hub for promoting events, sharing opportunities from partners, and fostering meaningful engagement.

Your responsibilities will include delivering impactful initiatives such as Alumni Career Mentoring, organising engaging events with employers, and developing high-quality digital content and resources tailored to the needs of our alumni. Additionally, you will lead efforts to grow the network by recruiting new alumni and strengthening connections within the existing community. 

This is an exciting period of growth as we aim to expand the network and deepen collaborations with our partner employers. A key focus will be on creating exclusive employment opportunities and additional support initiatives for alumni. We are seeking a candidate with a commercial mindset, capable of identifying opportunities to engage stakeholders, explore innovative revenue streams, and monetise initiatives. We also want to develop our impact measurement systems and strongly believe that by tracking Alumni into the workplace we can capture data that demonstrates the power of our employability programmes.

Details 

• The role sits within the Delivery Team and reports to Head of Programmes and Impact 

• Working hours are typically 9am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, and 9am – 4pm Fridays 

• Working from home (WFH) is typically 2 to 3 days a week

• Flexibility may be required to cover meetings or events outside of these hours and WFH days 

• You may be required to attend meetings at partner offices or attend events in school

• Start date ideally early April 2025.

We encourage applicants who live or have lived in Tower Hamlets and understand the community we serve. 
If you're from Tower Hamlets and interested in the role but feel you don't meet all the requirements, please reach out to discuss how we can support you. Similarly, if you need any additional assistance, we are happy to discuss how we can help once you're in the role. 

Making The Leap is an innovative societal change charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.

The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity.

The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast, Black Charity Leaders and The Social Mobility List.

The Spear Centre Manager will work as part of the River Church staff team to oversee the delivery of Spear—an employability programme equipping and empowering unemployed 16-24 year-olds to overcome barriers to employment and turn their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.

The important stuff 

Salary: £25,213

Hours: Full-Time (4 days considered), Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Location: River Church Ipswich – we are an office-based organisation, situated with direct and fast links to London

Closing date: We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate.

Application pack: Download our application pack for more information. 

River Church has wheelchair access. Please feel free to contact the church for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Key Responsibilities

Partnership liaison and relationship management

• Establish the primary local referral agencies. Build and implement a strategy for developing relationships with them to ensure recruitment of young people onto the Spear programme is effective
• Maintain and develop relationships with local partners to form a strong referral network

Oversight of the Spear Programme

Spear Foundation is a 4-week initial phase, consisting of 2 group sessions and a 1:1 with each trainee per week, in which we coach young people around skills and mindsets to support them in returning to work or education, and equip them with the skills to stay there.

• As a confident communicator, you will lead group sessions of around 10 young people, using coaching skills to transform attitudes and to raise their awareness, maximising the trainees' potential in stepping into the world of work
• Prepare and coach group and 1-1 sessions with the Spear Assistant Coach
• Ensure the programme is delivered in line with agreed targets, and report KPIs on recruitment, retention and completion of Spear Trainees to Resurgo and River Church, as well as their ongoing progress and sustainment of work or education

Line management and training

• Manage the Assistant Coach, using a coaching approach to invest in their growth and development
• Be line managed by River Church staff, locally, and by Resurgo, nationally, to support with the set-up and ongoing operations of the centre and report back on KPIs

Supporting River Church’s mission and ministry

• You will be required to establish strong relationships with key people at the church to ensure the engagement and backing of church members, and help the Assistant Coach to establish a strong presence at the church to build a network of supporters for the Spear programme
• Ensuring the Spear programme is a key missional feature of the work of the church
• Work with the Head of Operations and Fundraising Assistant to prepare successful grant funding applications for Spear Ipswich, and provide timely grant reporting
• Attend and participate in the life of River Church and our social transformation work

Our client is looking to recruit a Grant Manager to manage and develop a portfolio of grants, focusing in particular on two of the Foundations four grant-making Programmes: Enabling disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential (with a focus on education attainment, employability, wellbeing and youth development); and Health and Wellbeing.

The Foundation’s approach to grant-making is distinctive, in that it focuses on capacity building to strengthen the impact, effectiveness and/or sustainability of non-profit organisations so they can thrive and fulfil their mission and goals.   

This is an exciting time to be joining the Foundation as it looks to grow and strengthen its grants portfolio in the UK.

The role:

Location:  London, Cannon Street. This is a full-time role with hybrid working

Reports to: Head of UK Programmes 

Working closely with the Head of the UK Programmes, the Grant Manager will be responsible for the development, delivery, and management of a significant portfolio of grants across the UK Foundation’s priority programme areas, with a focus on health and wellbeing and children and young people (working on grant-making across other programme areas - arts, culture and heritage and environmental conservation as required).

The Foundation has evolved significantly in recent years, and this is an exciting time to join the team. While this role is UK-focused, the post-holder will have exposure to the grant-making of affiliated Foundations that have an international focus.

The person:

The successful candidate will have significant experience of grant-making in the UK and experience of working within operating charities. They will have an in-depth knowledge of the charity sector funding ecology, policy environments and socio-economic impact, in particular relating to the fields of health and wellbeing and/or children and young people.

Given the Foundation’s focus on strengthening the capacity of non-profit organisations, this person will also have a deep understanding of capacity building needs of charities, with significant experience of assessing charitable organisations as a whole (looking at factors such as leadership and governance, impact, financial health, strategic plans etc.).

The candidate will have excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to understand and articulate complex information clearly and concisely.  Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities will be key to success in this role.  Finally, you will have a high degree of humility and a collaborative style and will be able to pro-actively manage a diverse workload on your own initiative. 

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. 

At Fight for Peace we support young people to reach their full potential. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we have been operating since 2000 and have impacted the lives of thousands of young people at our Academy in east London, and via a national and international network of partners who are trained in our approach. We focus on marginalised communities because typically this is where the need for our work is greatest, and where we can have the biggest impact. Our work covers three complementary strategic areas to ensure that we can maximise our reach and impact Academy, Alliance and Collectives.

We work directly with young people at our Academy, developing their potential using a Five Pillars methodology which combines combat sports, education, employability, youth leadership and support services. Via our Alliance, we exchange skills, knowledge and support with over 120 community-based partners around the world to strengthen youth programmes and enable us to maximise our influence and reach. And through our Collectives in east London and Jamaica, we bring together services, decision-makers and stakeholders to strengthen youth services across communities and find solutions for complex issues affecting young people.

We’re looking for a passionate mentor who will take a holistic approach to support young people. This will involve engaging with stakeholders such as schools, Youth Justice Services (YJS), Probation, Social Services, and healthcare providers to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive support network. By maintaining open communication and partnership with these organisations, the Youth Mentor will ensure that young people receive the right interventions and access to services to address their emotional, educational, and social needs effectively.

At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Director of Finance and Planning to join our Executive Leadership Team.

You'll lead the development and implementation of the financial strategy, financial management, planning and reporting of Ambitious about Autism to facilitate the achievement of the charity's strategy.  You'll be the Chief Financial Officer for Ambitious About Autism School Trust. Acting as Company Secretary, you will lead the governance support function to ensure effective and compliant governance for both the registered Charity and the Multi Academy Trust that make up Ambitious about Autism.

You'll contribute to the development of the organisation's overall strategy and operational plan as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, whilst ensuring that colleagues have the financial, economic and resource information and advice they need for them to fulfil their responsibilities. You'll support the organisation to develop its business model, leading the organisation's planning processes and developing performance management systems, producing regular report of progress against plans.

Please find links to our strategy and our most recent report and accounts by clicking 'apply via website' and accessing the links on the job page:

We are looking for someone who has:

• An accountancy qualification (Member or Fellow of one of the CCAB accountancy bodies)
• Strategic knowledge of finance, business planning, governance, data protection and risk management
• Knowledge of the voluntary sector and experience of supporting a Board to achieve the highest standard of governance
• Proven experience of effectively leading a finance function
• Proven experience of developing, proposing and managing income and expenditure budgets in a £20m+ organisation

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.