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YESS is seeking a vibrant and engaging person with relevant leadership experience to take over as CEO, to consolidate and build on recent growth and maintain YESS’s reputation as a leading national employment law advice charity.

About Us

Your Employment Settlement Service (YESS) is a legal advice charity and a company limited by guarantee. Established in 2014, we provide free and affordable employment law advice to people and organisations who cannot source this elsewhere. We do not litigate; our focus is on maintaining working relationships where possible or reaching negotiated agreements where it is not. We are approachable, collaborative, and constructive. Aggressive or adversarial styles have no place at YESS.

As well as advice work, we also have a growing mediation practice. We contribute to many working groups and panels to represent the needs of lower paid and vulnerable workers in the development of legal advice provision and employment law.

Typically, 10-20% of our work is grant funded, benefiting clients on low or no income (although this is currently under 10%). A small amount comes from donations. The remainder comes from paying clients.

The Role

As CEO, you will lead our dedicated team of lawyers and support staff, oversee the delivery of our strategic goals, and act as the public face of the charity. You will work with and advise the Board of Trustees, in relation to YESS’s activities, performance and strategic direction. You will raise awareness of our approach and activities, to bring in new work and funding, and contribute to the public discourse on employment relations and employment law.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of YESS’s charitable objects particularly the delivery of free and affordable advice services to lower paid and vulnerable individuals.
• Provide leadership to a small hybrid-working team, ensuring effective working supported by appropriate resources and supervision.
• Maintain and develop sources of revenue-generating legal work.
• Identify and secure funding from trusts, foundations, and donors.
• Strategically manage YESS’s finances.
• Ensure processes are in place for the effective engagement, motivation, performance management and support of staff, consultants, and volunteers.

About You

We are looking for someone who is experienced in the delivery of legal advice services with strong leadership experience, ideally gained in the charity sector. You may be a currently practising employment lawyer, but this is not imperative as no client work is required.

Essential attributes:

• Experience in the delivery of revenue-generating employment legal advice services gained in charity and/or private practice settings (in the capacity as either a qualified lawyer or as someone who has managed/directed qualified lawyers in the delivery of such advice).
• Commitment to YESS’s fundamental principle of resolving workplace disputes without litigation.
• Experience of leadership and strategy development.
• Excellent at relationship-building and communication, with proven networking skills.
• A desire to spread awareness of YESS’s work and influence policy development in employment relations and employment law.
• Experience in organisational growth and change management.
• Understanding of finance including budgets and cashflow.
• Commitment to implementing technology to make the most of YESS’s limited resources.

Desirable attributes:

• Fundraising and donor management experience
• Administration of grants and evaluating project outcomes
• Understanding of charity finance
• Understanding of finance in a legal services context, including work in progress, utilisation and lock up.
• Experience of working with trustees or other volunteer governance roles
• Experience of leading/managing staff remotely

What We Offer

• Salary: £65,000 per annum (pro-rata for part-time). Discretionary bonus dependent on organisational performance. 
• 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
• Home working with flexibility of office attendance
• Pension contribution
• A supportive, inclusive work culture that values flexibility and work-life balance

If you are ready to lead a dedicated charity that is making a real difference to people with problems at work, we would love to hear from you.

A full digital information pack is available on request or by beginning an application via this site. 

An informal and confidential conversation about this position with the current CEO, Karen Teago, is encouraged before applying. Please contact us in confidence to arrange this, giving a selection of your available dates/times to speak.

Application format: CV and covering letter (letter no more than 3 pages)

Closing date for applications: 14th March 2025

Interviews: First interviews are likely to be offered in the week of 17th March with second stage assessment to be arranged thereafter.

We are looking to recruit an energetic, proactive and relentlessly organised person to coordinate, manage and deliver the Sickle Cell Family Retreat. This is an educational and exciting holistic experience for around 30 families who have at least one child aged between 6 and 15 years old who lives with sickle cell disorder.

The 2025 Family retreat will take place from Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August 2025 at Whitemoor Lakes near Lichfield. The post holder must be available on these dates and be willing to stay overnight.

The retreat takes around 200 hours to plan (including post-retreat wrap up and evaluation). Delivery, which is in addition to these hours, happens over three days.

This role involves overseeing and coordinating all aspects of the Family Retreat, from planning and logistics to on-the-ground management and post-event reporting. Responsibilities include managing the applications process to ensure a broad spread of  families are able to attend, retreat promotion and preparation, budgeting, coordinating volunteers, on-site management during the retreat, and evaluation and reporting.

The role centres on delivering a well-organised, safe, and impactful retreat experience for families, handling everything from planning to event weekend leadership and follow-up.  Full details are in the Job description and person specification

This is mainly a home based role, with occasional meetings in the London office (NW10), and a stay during the event on site at Whitemoor Lakes.

To Apply :

Complete an Application Form  and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form on our website. by Friday 28th February at 6pm

Interviews will take place on 17th March 2025 by Microsoft Teams.

About the role

This role will lead on the strategic development of the London community repair network. Building on the 40+ groups and volunteers that have grown over the last 13 years, you will help to develop and strengthen the network.

This will include understanding and addressing challenges faced by the groups, developing a monitoring and evaluation framework and strategically addressing barriers to engagement so that anyone who wishes to can benefit from community repair in London. 

Working with the London network, you will help to increase the number of community repair events on offer to Londoners, strengthen the volunteer community, and get more people involved in community repair.

You will work with the volunteers in the network and with external partners that can help new audiences to get involved. You will deliver events and opportunities commissioned by local authorities, developing the offer and increasing income from paid activity. 

Job Description

Management of the London network

• Develop and deliver a strategy for strengthening and growing the London community repair network over the next 3 years

• Develop and deliver an insights, monitoring and evaluation framework to identify needs within the London network and barriers to diverse groups volunteering and participating in repair events. You will have support from an expert consultant for this. 

• Develop and deliver a recruitment, training and skillshare program to address the needs identified, with freelance support.

• Develop and deliver a strategy for supporting new community repair groups to start up in new parts of London, working with local authority and community group partners.

• Scope revenue streams to support this work on an ongoing basis, and develop a business plan for income generation to support this work 

• Assume budgetary responsibility for all London network activities.

Relationship management

• Build and maintain a relationship with community repair event hosts and other members of the network

• Support existing and new London Restart Party hosts to use our online tools, collect and share data about impact, access equipment and recruit volunteers 

• Regularly improve and streamline existing volunteer recruitment and onboarding journeys

• Develop new approaches, and build relationships with new partners to engage with a wider London community including young people and people from diverse backgrounds. 

• Respond to enquiries from and about the London network

Events and resources management

• Work with partners and volunteer coordinators to plan and deliver volunteer welcome sessions 

• Lead on the development, organisation and hosting of a calendar of repair events funded by local authority and corporate partners.

• Attend events across London to connect new audiences with the London repair network

• Host social events for the London network, including an annual gathering 

• Update and improve Restart resources used by repair groups

Communications

• Content production for the web, social media, email, and print, including drafting copy, sourcing and editing images at London based events as needed 

• Respond to press and comms requests where requested (for example, providing quotations or facilitating visits from journalists to Restart Parties). This does not necessitate acting as a ‘live’ press spokesperson unless you are comfortable with this.

• Support related projects and perform other ad hoc tasks related to the role 

Person Specification

• Demonstrable experience of strategy development, including gathering and incorporating input from stakeholders

• Strong project management skills, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget, and a creative approach to problem solving

• Proven excellent time and task management, with experience of juggling multiple projects - you’re highly organised, enjoy implementing processes and systems to maximise efficiency and are target driven 

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects to demonstrate impact

• Track record of facilitating successful volunteer-based projects - including experience of successful volunteer recruitment and engagement in community initiatives

• Proven experience of building and maintaining relationships with a range of stakeholders, including tailoring the approach to the needs of the audience

• Demonstrable excellent in-person communication skills - and the ability to interact with and manage members of the public, volunteers and other stakeholders in a variety of practical scenarios.

• Excellent written communication skills, including writing for reports, emails and social media 

• Proven experience of initiating, facilitating and delivering a range of events and activities

• Ability to work well both independently and as a team member, responding well to feedback

• Commitment to The Restart Project’s mission and an interest in sustainability or technology

• A commitment and ability to foster open and accessible ways of working, ensuring that anyone that wishes to can get involved in the London community repair network. 

Systems Strengthening Senior Advisor

Contract type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Location: The role can be based in London-UK, Pretoria (South Africa), Kigali (Rwanda), Lilongwe (Malawi), Stockholm (Sweden) subject to right-to-work eligibility in the respective countries.

Salary: Salaries and benefits will vary based on location and experience. See details below:

• UK: GBP 48,314– 50,729 per year with excellent benefits

• South Africa: ZAR 827,550 - 1,034,437 per year with excellent benefits
• Rwanda: RWF 26,700,728 - 35,196,712 per year with excellent benefits
• Malawi: MK 32,256,911 - 47,555,903 per year with excellent benefits
• Sweden: Competitive salary package

About WaterAid

Want to use your skills in Systems Strengthening to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Systems Strengthening Senior Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team

The WaterAid Programme Support and Knowledge (PSK) team provides technical advisory expertise across programme design and delivery.  It leads and supports organisation-wide programme learning and knowledge management, and facilitates knowledge exchange, fosters and supports internal and external programme and technical partnerships and networks. 

The Systems Strengthening Senior Advisor is a senior position in the WASH Systems & Programme Partnerships sub-team, focused on advising and supporting the evolution of WaterAid’s systems strengthening approach across all of its work in the WASH and the public health arenas.  It also facilitates and provides support for programmatic partnerships, including with utilities.

About the Role

As our Systems Strengthening Senior Advisor, you will strategically lead and shape systems strengthening approach conceptualisation and operationalisation in WaterAid.  In this role, you will provide high quality specialist technical analysis, advisory, and support services to the design, inception, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and/or assessments of WaterAid’s programming worldwide, at both strategic and operational levels. In collaboration with country, regional and global colleagues, you will co-lead the facilitation of effective capturing and exchange of technical and programme knowledge across the organisation and co-lead the development of relevant standards and guidance.  You will also provide strategic and technical input to fundraising, communications, and external engagements.   

The Systems Strengthening senior advisor reports to the WASH Systems & Programme Partnerships Senior Manager and their key accountabilities are:

• Provide and coordinate targeted technical support to WaterAid programming to ensure coherent integration of a systems approach into various thematic areas and related interventions.
• Strategically support programme learning and knowledge management on systems related topics
• Steer and strategically support development and application of systems-related programme guidance and standards
• Strategically support fundraising, external engagement, and communications for WaterAid’s positioning and strategy resourcing.
• Provide strategic technical insights and contribution to the team, translated into effective annual priorities, plans and budgets - fully integrated within PSK’s overall plan and linked to the organisational priorities.

Requirements

To be successful, you’ll need: 

Essential skills

• Strong technical experience in systems thinking, systems strengthening, system dynamics, complexity, programmatic approach, adaptive management, sustainability, and other inter-related topics for WASH programming in both urban and rural, low-income settings, demonstrated through a progressive career record.
• Relevant technical experience in sustainable development, water, sanitation, hygiene, behaviour change, gender, inclusion, environment and/or other WASH-related topics.
• A relevant post-Graduate degree or equivalent work experience.
• Strong experience in offering technical assistance, consulting, and/or advisory services to empower and to develop capacities in low and middle-income countries.
• Ability to handle highly specialized, unusual, and challenging technical assignments, resolve complex issues in practical and imaginative ways.
• Strong writing ability in English. Experienced in producing practical knowledge products targeting needs of diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to drive tasks forward to completion in a timely manner while maintaining high quality.
• A team player, able to work responsibly, under pressure, and collaboratively across diverse groups and culture.
• A self-starter, able to work independently and drive tasks forward to completion, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
• Solid IT skills, particularly with core Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 30%.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Working knowledge in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and/or any language widely spoken in the countries where WaterAid has programming.
• Experience of formation and nurturing of virtual communities of practices and networks.
• Experience of conducting and/or managing research.
• Sound knowledge of WASH and related development issues such as sustainability, rights and equality.

Closing Date: Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date of 14th March 2025

How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a Cover Letter.  Please answer the following questions within the application form:

1)Can you please describe how you would apply your top 3 skills in undertaking this role? not more than 200 words

2)“The traditional model of delivery for water supply, sanitation and hygiene services is arguably broken and has failed”. What is your view on this statement (provide justification)? What do you see as the model(s) for the future? Based on your experience, what would be the role for State/non state actors, non-traditional partners in the model(s) you have outlined – Not more than 350 words.

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Benefits

As an organisation WaterAid is committed to creating an environment where you can thrive and be yourself at your very best. So, in addition to our inspiring global mission and engaging work environment, we have a generous benefit package to help you take care of your health, happiness and wellbeing.

Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have.  We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.  

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.

First Give is a national charity that inspires young people to make a difference to the causes they care about. We do this through working in partnership with schools to create opportunities for young people to give to the causes and charities that mean something to them. Our core programme is a fully resourced scheme of work that guides an entire year group of students to engage with local charities and causes, and then carry out social action (fundraising, raising awareness, campaigning, volunteering etc.) in support of them.

Our vision is of a more generous society where everyone is willing and able to give back to the causes and charities that matter to them. Our values inform what we do at First Give. We are:

· Altruistic

· Inspiring

· Empowering

· Collaborative

· Professional

This is an exciting time for First Give, as we have recently launched our three-year strategy and our ambition to activate the generosity of a million young people by 2034.

Programme Manager Role

The Programme Manager will be responsible for growing the First Give network in the Midlands. Growth across the Midlands plays a part in our recently launched strategy, and the Programme Manager will use their understanding of the education sector to build relationships with key stakeholders and grow our number of partner schools.

Contract: Full time, permanent. 37.5 hours per week (typically 9am-5.30pm, but with occasional early starts and late finishes dependent on events and school visits)

Salary: £33,000 p.a.

Location: Working from home in the Midlands, with regular travel to schools across region. Occasional travel to First Give’s London office in West Hampstead and other locations in England and Wales for team meetings will also be required.

Reporting to: Head of Programmes

Person Specification

Essential:

· Passionate about young people and their potential to drive social change 

· Experience developing strong relationships across a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders

· Experience managing and supporting a large caseload of “client” relationships

· Strong understanding of the education sector, schools and the realities of teaching

· Superb organisation and prioritisation skills

· Confident, experienced and engaging public speaker, presenter and facilitator

· Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

· Excellent attention to detail and high standards

· Proactive, independent worker able to work well alone and as part of a team

· Flexible and adaptable to the needs of a scaling organisation

· Full, clean driving licence

Desirable:

· Experience of working in a small, decentralised organisation

· Experience of developing learning resources to achieve specified outcomes, and/or programme design

· Experience coordinating freelance staff

· Experience planning and delivering training

· Familiar with Salesforce

Please refer to attached JD and Person Spec for full list of key responsibilities.

Why work for First Give?

First Give provides many benefits and prides itself on how it treats its staff. Our benefits include:

· 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day annually after 3 full years of service to a maximum of 30 days.

· Three additional days between Christmas and New Year given to staff gratis. An additional day off for your birthday in addition to your annual leave allowance.

· A work from home allowance will be provided.

· Access to Health Assured (health and wellbeing) Employee Assistance Programme.

· Generous training and professional development budget, with regular training offered through the Pears Foundation.

· Multiple team socials and meetings throughout the year.

· 5% employer matched pension contributions.

Open Clasp is seeking a new driven and dynamic Executive Director with a passion for co-creating new theatre. As a small, dedicated team, we are committed to building positive and supportive working cultures. This is an exciting time to join the company with a strong artistic vision and mission to continue delivering an award-winning, place-based programme for its community.

The Executive Director will collaborate closely with the Artistic Director and Executive Producer playing a key role in developing sustainable fundraising strategies, ensuring the financial stability of the organisation, and overseeing accounting processes. You will also manage organisational operations, providing leadership and support to Open Clasp staff and reporting to the Board.

In this senior leadership role, you will be central to ensuring the sustainability of the company through an achievable business plan with diversity and inclusivity at its core.  Open Clasp is committed to supporting women in the industry, offering a flexible/hybrid working model and development support for those stepping into an executive team role.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead strategic direction, financial planning, and risk management.

· Deliver NPO Investment Principles and Let’s Create Strategy.

· Ensure financial stability and oversee all financial matters.

· Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

· Lead fundraising efforts through diverse income generation strategies.

· Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and best practices.

· Promote the company’s profile regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Key Requirements:

· Strong leadership and financial management experience.

· Proven ability to manage budgets, fundraising, and strategic growth.

· Passion for fostering diversity, inclusivity, and equity.

· Experience in managing a creative, arts-based organisation is desirable.

Salary: £39,826 - £44,854 pro rata

Closing Date: 12pm on 28th February 2025

We encourage applications from all backgrounds, especially those who are underrepresented in the arts.

Join Open Clasp to create truthful, risk-taking, and award-winning theatre together!

INTRODUCTION TO GIRLS NOT BRIDES 

Girls Not Brides is the only global organisation uniquely focused on creating and sustaining a worldwide movement to end child, early and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) and ensuring that this movement leads to tangible change for the girls at risk or affected by the practice. We are a network of more than 1,400 civil society organisations in over 100 countries working in partnership to end child marriage. 

Our vision is a world without child marriage, where girls and women enjoy equal status with boys and men and can achieve their full potential in all aspects of their lives. Our vision challenges deeply embedded social norms that harm the lives of girls, women, and their communities. 
 

INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Development Manager. Based within the Development and Outreach team in the External Engagement directorate, you will report to the Head of Development and Outreach and work closely with senior staff and external stakeholders. 

The successful individual will have wide-ranging responsibilities including managing and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective donors, leading the development of Girls Not Brides' prospect pipeline, and preparing and quality-assuring a range of proposals and donor deliverables. You will also contribute to the project management of restricted grants, working with Regional, Finance and Impact teams to keep these projects on track. 
 

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a passionate and talented fundraiser with significant experience in a similar role in the not-for-profit sector, international/intergovernmental organisation or social enterprise. You will have in-depth knowledge of the funding landscape and experience securing multiyear grants from both government donors and trusts and foundations. You will have excellent relationship management and impeccable written and communication skills. 

Job location               

London, UK (hybrid with up to two days on site per week). 

The successful candidate must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of applying and for a minimum of two years. 

The role includes international travel. 

Accountable to 

Head of Development and Outreach

This role includes line manager responsibilities, overseeing the day-to-day work of the Development and Outreach Officer. 
 

Salary range      

£46,850 rising on an annual incremental basis. Girls Not Brides also offers a generous 10% pension.

Contract 

This is an initial two-year full-time role. 

The successful candidate must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of applying and for the full duration of the two-year initial contract. 
 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Securing income and donor relationship management 

• Cultivate new and strengthen existing relationships with a range of donors for Girls Not Brides - currently largely donor governments and private foundations. 
• Lead the development of funding proposals, budgets, and MEL frameworks, working with other teams. 
• Project manage restricted funding providing coordination between teams to ensure smooth donor relations, compliance and reporting. 
• Manage, draft and quality-assure a range of communications and deliverables for existing and prospective donors. 
• Proactively anticipate and respond to the interests and needs of existing and prospective donors, to share news, products and updates and to involve them in relevant Girls Not Brides' activities. 

Donor pipeline development 

• Lead the management of Girls Not Brides' prospect pipeline. 
• Identify new donor prospects for Girls Not Brides through deep knowledge of the sector and funding landscape, complemented by the latest research, analysis and networking. 
• Work with senior leaders and other teams to develop a clear funding wishlist and concept notes in line with our strategy. 
• Work with the Finance team to support pipeline and gap analysis to inform fundraising agenda. 

External visibility and events

• Represent Girls Not Brides externally with donors and partners, collaborating across the External Engagement directorate and with other teams. This may include attending events and meetings both in the UK and internationally. 
• Project manage donor-related meetings and events as necessary. 
• Support increased visibility and awareness of Girls Not Brides' work.  

Wider organisational responsibilities 

• Contribute to the strategic direction of the Development and Outreach team and External Engagement directorate, particularly in relation to Girls Not Brides' fundraising strategy, insights on and communications with donor audiences, and the funding landscape. 
• Commit to the mission and vision of Girls Not Brides, putting these at the forefront of all planning, work and actions.  
• Uphold the core values of Girls Not Brides in all areas of work and interactions with colleagues, members, partners, and other stakeholders. 
• Line manage roles and consultants as necessary, delegating responsibilities and tasks as appropriate. 
• Comply with Girls Not Brides' policies and processes, with note for safeguarding, diversity and inclusion, the code of conduct and data protection. 
• Fulfil any other reasonable requests for the advancement Girls Not Brides.
   

PERSON SPECIFICATION  

Essential experience 

• Experience of successful fundraising and donor engagement, preferably with both institutional donors and private trusts and foundations within a similar sector. 
• Experience of prospect research and cultivating new partnerships with institutional donors. 
• Experience of project management, working with a global, cross-cultural team. 
   

Essential skills and knowledge  

• Advanced understanding of charity fundraising, and knowledge of trends in fundraising and the broader development sector. 
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and synthesise information for different audiences. 
• Excellent research and prospecting skills, with the ability to recognise potential opportunities and drive them forward. 
• Excellent relationship management, political astuteness and diplomacy skills to be able to interact and navigate a range of actors and organisations across the sector to position Girls Not Brides positively. 
• Highly organised with excellent information management skills. 
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to appraise options and adapt plans as required. 
   

Essential values and attributes 

• Strong commitment to the mission and values of Girls Not Brides including understanding of approaches to empower girls and women and support gender equality. 
• Skilled team worker with an inclusive and collaborative approach, in line with Girls Not Brides values. 
• Proactive fundraiser who can operate confidently and independently. 
• Direct experience of working in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. 
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality. 
   

Desirable 

• Proficiency in French or Spanish.
• Programmatic experience of working on child marriage or broader work on empowerment of girls and women. 

Safeguarding

Girls Not Brides is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk with whom our staff and representatives work and interface. Any employment with Girls Not Brides may be subject to the satisfactory completion of a background check and criminal records check which can include but is not limited to; an overseas police record check, a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (for those based in the UK) or an International Criminal Record Check (if applicable).
 

Diversity 

Girls Not Brides is an equal opportunities employer. We embrace diversity, equal opportunity, and inclusion in a serious way. We are committed to building a staff body that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
 

How to apply  

The closing date for this role is 00:00 GMT on Sunday 9 March 2025.

Interviews will be scheduled for the week commencing 24 March 2025. 

To apply, please click on the 'Apply now' button on the job page and submit your CV and a brief cover letter (no more than two pages) clearly demonstrating how you meet the criteria. 

We regret that due to the large number of applications anticipated, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This role is also being advertised in Nairobi, Kenya. There is only one Development Manager position available, and it is being advertised in both locations.

There has never been a greater need for Independent Age’s work.  More than two million older people are in poverty, with millions more living with precarious finances.  At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. Our information and advice, grant-making, partnership activity, policy work, and campaigning increases the financial well-being of older people, enabling them to have greater choice and independence in wider areas of life. 

As Director of Services and Grants, you will be responsible for ensuring that our multi-channel services and grants programme serve and improve the lives of older people, reach those who are most likely to be in poverty, and have the maximum impact.  You will help us grow our capacity, build our network of charity and commercial partnerships, develop our external training offer, and reach more people including those groups most likely to experience financial hardship. 

Having operated at a senior level, ideally as part of a Senior Leadership Team, you will be an inspiring leader with a demonstrable passion for our cause.  Experienced in successfully managing service transformation and development, including in a contact centre environment, you will also have an understanding of grants programmes, and of building strategic partnerships and national networks.  With an understanding of demonstrating and reporting on impact, experience of supporting fundraising for services and bidding for contracts, you will ideally also have knowledge of developing an external training offer.

Please review our candidate pack below for further information.  If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight. 

What it’s like to work at Independent Age:

We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.

We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits. We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard (the successful candidate will need to be in the London office a minimum of two days a week and be able to travel, alongside some flexible working). If you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working. 

You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the Careers page on our website.

Application Process:

To apply, please visit our website to submit a curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the job description and person specification. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format.

To support our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion we use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement, and please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.  Please do not omit dates of employment. 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.

Closing date for applications:  end of day (11:59pm) on Wednesday 5 March 2025.

First round interviews to be held virtually in week commencing 24 March 2025.

Second round interviews to be held in person on Tuesday 1 April 2025.

Looking for a meaningful job in the charity space that makes a real difference to people’s lives across the world?

You could be a perfect fit for our 2-month Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, giving you the training, funding, and mentorship you need to launch your own organisation dedicated to making the world a better place.

Applications are open until March 24th, 2025

For more information, please download/view the supporting documents.

About Charity Entrepreneurship

Our research team spends more than 5,000 hours a year identifying new solutions to tackling global inequalities - from improving education quality and job opportunities for people living in poverty to reducing environmental pollution and newborn mortality rates. We then find people like you with a drive to make the world a better place and the talent to build new organisations producing a sea change in our ability to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. Think startups, but solely focused on making the world a better place.

Since 2018, we’ve launched almost 50 new organisations through this program, providing new founders like you with more than £3 million in seed funding. These organisations are doing incredible work across the world, saving and improving thousands of lives every single year. GiveWell (effectively the Oscars of charity work) has recommended our charities as some of the very best in the world - improving lives more effectively than thousands of other, better-known charities. 

To take one example, the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP) was founded through our program in 2021 by Lucia Coulter and Jack Rafferty - a former doctor and former consultant - with just £50,000 in funding. LEEP now operates in more than 20 countries, partnering with governments from Malawi to Pakistan. Their work is projected to save 46 million children from lead paint exposure over the coming decades. 

While lead has been recognised and regulated as a dangerous substance in many wealthy countries for decades, it’s sadly far too common in many developing nations. As such, it’s one of the biggest causes of lower learning in school and reduced lifetime earnings, cementing cycles of poverty before many have even reached adolescence.

Applying for our program

Through partner projects, video lectures, and discussion groups, our program will teach you everything you need to know to launch a field-leading charity. You’ll learn while creating the building blocks for your own charity, from a review of the evidence base to drawing up a plan for your first year and an initial operating budget. 

What we offer

• 2-month full-time online training with 2 weeks in-person in London.

• Zero fees, with a stipend of £1,900 per month during (and potentially up to 2 months after) the program

• Matching you to a talented cofounder to lead your organisation with

• An average of £100,000 in seed funding for each organisation we launch

• Initial operations support and ongoing mentorship

• Co-working space in our London office

• A community of previous founders, mentors, and potential donors to help you succeed

We encourage anyone with a drive to direct their work to producing real, positive change to apply. There are no mandatory skills or experience - we’ve had founders from every continent, from twenty to mid-fifties, and from almost every type of prior job you can think of. Some of the world’s most successful for-profit founders had no prior experience. Our experience training charity founders suggests the same applies to the non-profit world. 

Applications to our program are open until March 24th.

Not sure if you’re the right fit? The best way to find out is to submit our initial application form.

We’re also hosting a series of online information sessions - about the program, our research, and what it’s like to found your own organisation - that we encourage you to attend to learn more in the run-up to the application deadline.

About JourneymanUK

JourneymanUK is a small but mighty charity. Our aim is to provide communities with the tools, training, and support to deliver mentoring programmes for teenage boys that have a proven positive impact. These programmes provide engaged male mentors who help boys transition to adulthood by building essential life skills such as confidence, resilience, and communication. You will be joining us in an exciting chapter of our growth with new leadership and recent funding to support a new vision.

Awareness of men’s and boys' mental health is growing in the UK and beyond, and JourneymanUK plays a vital role in supporting teenage boys through mentorship. This is a chance to join a dynamic, engaged and energised organisation, make a real impact on the lives of teenage boys and engage with that wider movement too. 

We have the potential for a contract extension and future ad-hoc work as we continue to expand and secure funding. If you're ready for a short, fixed-term but high-impact role where you can hit the ground running, this is for you. 

Job Purpose

As the Growth & Connection Coordinator you will lead the coordination of our flagship weekend event, a contemporary Rites of Passage Adventure (ROPA) for teenage boys. You will also support our local groups in delivering mentoring circles, day intensives and activity sessions. This role includes administrative, communication, and outreach responsibilities to ensure the smooth running of our programmes and effective engagement with young people, parents and carers, mentors, youth services, and other stakeholders.

One of our biggest challenges is recruiting teenage boys to our programmes. While we don’t expect all candidates to have experience in recruiting young people to youth programmes, we do expect you to feel confident and proactive about tackling this challenge.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely and with and reporting directly to our CEO, your responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the coordination of ROPA and support local groups, ensuring logistics and planning are effectively managed while maintaining accurate records and administrative documentation.

• Develop proactive strategies for the recruitment of teenage boys, building on what we’ve learnt, and delivering on those strategies.

• Liaising with parents, carers, youth services as well as young people. 

• Coordinate mentor support processes, including the recruitment and onboarding of new mentors and completing safeguarding procedures such as DBS checks.

• Ensure key policies and procedures are upheld.

• Assist in measuring and demonstrating programme impact.

• Contribute to communications, including social media, newsletters, and updates.

• Support fundraising initiatives, including drafting proposals and utilising our impact data.

• Play an active role in shaping a thriving team culture.

Person Specification

This role is both strategic and hands-on, suited for someone with a proactive and resourceful attitude while maintaining a thoughtful and empathetic approach to working with people. Although we anticipate that this role would be suited to someone with experience working with young people, in the youth sector or in the charity and voluntary sector, we are looking for the right person and are open to applications from everyone. 

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strong organisational and administrative skills.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, skilled at building relationships with diverse groups and individuals.

• Ability to self-manage, prioritise among multiple responsibilities and work independently in a remote setting.

• End-to-end programme/project management experience.

• Experience recruiting for programmes, workshops, events, or similar - creating a strategy and executing it.

• An open, learning mindset, flexible, resilient, and adaptable to new challenges.

• Proficiency in Google/Microsoft Suite (Docs, Spreadsheets, etc.).

• Familiarity with online collaboration tools such as Zoom and Mural.

Desirable:

• Experience working with young people in the charity and voluntary sector.

• Community-building experience.

• An understanding of how AI tools might support this role.

• Fundraising or grant-writing experience.

• Technical skills in Adobe Suite or similar tools.

• Experience developing strategic partnerships.

• Social media and marketing experience.

Work Setup & Time Commitment

• Fully remote role – candidates must have their own computer and working setup.

• Fixed-term freelance contract of 32 days, to be used flexibly over 12-16 weeks starting mid-March or sooner. 

• Estimated 20-25 days between 17th March and 27th April (leading up to ROPA 24th-27th April), with the remaining days used after then.

Application Process and What to Expect:

• Email us with a link to your CV and *something that demonstrates your skills (see below).

• We’ll be shortlisting candidates on a rolling basis so please apply early if possible. 

• Applications close at 9am on Thursday 6th March.

• Suitable candidates will be invited to a short initial interview on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th. 

• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a longer online interview with details of that to follow. 

You Might Thrive in This Role If:

• Our organisation’s purpose speaks to you, motivates you, and gives you hope.

• You’re a real people person who embraces the challenges of working in the charity, voluntary and youth sectors. 

• You have an open, learning mindset and always look for ways to develop.

• You want to join an organisation that will challenge you, help you grow, and give you the chance to build something meaningful.

• You can adapt to our changing landscape as we are in early stages of growth.

If You're Thinking of Applying:

We encourage everyone who is interested to apply. Take the leap! You might be the perfect person - even if you don’t match 100% of the job description.

If you can't apply for whatever reason at this time but are still interested, please send us an email and we’ll add you to our database for future opportunities. 

We are committed to communicating and making hiring decisions as quickly as possible, respecting our candidates’ time and effort. Our goal is to move successful candidates forward within two weeks of applying.

*As well as your CV we would love to see something that demonstrates your skills. 

• This should exemplify why you’re the right person for the job and we invite you to be as creative as you like with your answer to this. You could talk about you, an approach you’d take to the job, hone in on one of our challenges and what you’d bring to it... or something else. Just as long as it exemplifies in some way, why you’re the right person for this role. 
• This could take whatever form you like. It could be a slide deck (3 slides max), mural page, graphic illustration, word document, video, voice note, a cover letter or something else. The only restriction is to please keep all copy and visual content to one side of A4 and all audio or video to 3 minutes or less.

Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world class research, and the best advice and support.

To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to beat macular disease forever.

We are undergoing significant changes, with a transformational new strategy to multiply our income, ultimately funding research that will find a cure.

The Legacy and In Memory Officer, alongside their fellow Officer team member, is responsible for delivering excellent donor care and stewardship of Legacy and In Memory supporters, as well as inspiring others to consider supporting the Macular Society in a way that suits them.

Your team is ambitious, curious and actively seeking ways to continue growing income from legacies and in memory donations, using a range of channels. Our team members enjoy working collaboratively, within a positive culture of high support and challenge.

You will contribute towards this by supporting the development of Legacy and In Memory campaigns, materials and stewardship, whilst ensuring that all donations and correspondence are recorded accurately, enquiries are fulfilled and donors thanked promptly.

We have a great working culture at Macular Society, and offer flexible working options, 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one years’ service, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

We offer a flexible approach to working in this role, including the potential opportunity to work compressed hours over fewer days, or spreading out the hours out across the working week.

It is important that you can work from our Andover office for all, or some, of your hours, in order to process and fulfil postal correspondence and donations.

Hours: Full-time

Remuneration: Up to £41,000 (dependent on experience)

Duration: Permanent

Location: Manchester, UK (hybrid working available) with international deployment.

This position is based in the UK; applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK and provide relevant documentation upon request.

Are you a dynamic and dedicated communications expert ready to help UK-Med in its mission to provide life-saving medical aid? Do you have the skills to craft compelling content that motivates action?

UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.

We are one of the foremost emergency health charities during disasters and emergencies and are charting a path toward ambitious growth. Our goal is to expand our reach and engage a broader audience to support our critical, life-saving efforts.

As Communications Manager, you will play a key role in our integrated communications, marketing, brand development, and digital campaign efforts. Your responsibilities will encompass both the management of strategic plans and the hands-on execution of various activities, including deployment and field content.

This role offers an exceptional opportunity to drive UK-Med's mission forward, reaching new heights in audience engagement and support for our vital humanitarian work.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference.

This is a fantastic platform to build your communications career providing opportunities to tell inspiring stories and working with stakeholders such as WHO, IOM, UK Government, UK and international universities, and the media.

How to apply

We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack - Communications Manager - Feb 2025before applying for this role.

To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.

Your cover letter must include a detailed explanation of your suitability for this post with specific reference to the criteria in the person specification

Applications must be submitted no later than Monday 3rd March 2025

Applications for work in the UK can only be accepted from people with an existing right to work in the UK.

UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.

Join a leading global children’s charity committed to ending the education crisis, as their Digital Marketing Assistant, supporting increased digital marketing needs for the charity, from building engagements and lists in Salesforce CRM to sending out mailings via Marketing Cloud as well as setting up, running, optimising and tracking their paid digital ads across Google, Meta and TikTok.

I’m looking to speak to a highly organised digital marketing professional wanting to use their skills for positive impact. As Digital Marketing Assistant you will support activities including:

• E-mail campaigns: Briefing copywriters; building, testing and sending emails; providing basic reports; and helping create automated journeys for various campaigns and events
• Paid ads set-up and monitor: Writing ad copy; selecting and formatting suitable images from our image library; building, tracking and optimising campaigns. We currently run campaigns across Google Ads, Display, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok
• Web page lead capture: Creating landing pages, embedding forms, and ensuring tagging is set up
• Liaising with internal teams and third parties: Working with consultants and agencies to deliver against specific briefs as well as supporting requests from internal stakeholders and reporting back on results
• SEO set-up and tracking

You will have the ability to execute effectively under tight deadlines while staying organised and focused. It’s essential you have experience with at least one paid display and/or paid social platform e.g. Google Ads, Meta. Experience with landing pages and forms is highly desirable.

• You will join a forward-thinking employer! The whole charity work 4 days a week, with Friday’s off. They ask for 1 day in the London office, 3 days working from home.
• Salary £28,000

Please apply ASAP, applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is successfully filled. Apply for more information about this exciting role!

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Spotlight on Corruption has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to lead our work on defending UK democracy, by pushing for reforms that will enhance public trust in government, create stronger institutional resilience, and prevent foreign interference in UK politics.

Deadline for applications is 23.30 on Sunday 16th March

About Spotlight

Spotlight on Corruption is a small team with outsized impact that shines a light on the UK’s role in corruption at home and abroad. 

We build the evidence base for reform through investigative research and extensive engagement with experts and frontline staff, and act as policy entrepreneurs, developing innovative and pragmatic solutions. We disseminate our work through hard-hitting reports and briefings for decision-makers and the general public and follow through with dogged advocacy to shape the narrative, as well as working in a highly collaborative manner to build consensus for reform.

Our Defending Democracy work seeks to build the resilience of key UK institutions that provide crucial checks and balances on executive power and prevent corruption. We have a particular focus on advocating for concrete reforms to:

• tighten political finance rules in order to prevent undue and foreign influence, 

• improve the lobbying transparency regime to ensure the public have a fairer say in government decision-making, 

• boost the powers of regulators responsible for overseeing politicians’ standards of ethics and integrity, 

• stop lawfare that silences internal critics and opposition, and 

• strengthen procurement rules to prevent misuse of public spending. 

About the role

The ideal candidate will be someone with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, a meticulous eye for detail, and a flair for digging out juicy information that provides a compelling case for reform. We are looking for someone who is highly strategic, excellent at building relationships with multiple stakeholders, deeply collaborative and who can work in a dynamic fast-paced environment. 

Spotlight on Corruption is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment where all staff feel respected and valued. We conduct anonymous long-listing to help promote fairness and diversity, and encourage candidates from different backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Key responsibilities:

• Overall oversight for delivering this area of work 

• Conducting pieces of research and investigation in line with the themes and developing Spotlight’s policy response and messaging, including through producing blogs and comment for the media

• Coordinating closely with team members to scope and maximise key political opportunities for reform 

• Maintaining and building Spotlight’s relationships with external stakeholders

• Ensuring that key outputs to meet grant requirements are delivered to a high standard and on time

• Managing expert consultants and ensuring they deliver high quality work to support Spotlight’s work 

• Supporting Spotlight’s fundraising and helping identify new fundraising opportunities

Person specification - Essential:

• Very strong team player to work within a small friendly team

• Superb written and verbal communication skills

• Proven policy and research expertise preferably in one of the listed themes

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative way

• Strong skills in information-gathering, research, data analysis and investigation with a meticulous eye for detail and a rigorous approach to maintaining records

• Proven ability to work remotely and on own initiative while maintaining strong communication with team members

• Proven ability to prioritise while working in an agile way in response to political opportunities 

• Strong organisational and administrative skills including IT proficiency 

• A passion for fighting corruption and a strong understanding of the issues

• Remote flexible working but must be able to meet in London regularly and at short notice 

• Eligibility to live and work in the UK

Person specification - Highly desirable:

• Knowledge of how to do Freedom of Information requests 

• Experience of investigative techniques

• Experience of data analysis

• Advocacy experience

Working arrangements:

Full-time, 35 hours per week. 30 days of annual leave (plus public holidays). Remote working from home required, with regular meetings - sometimes at short notice - in London. Flexible working, including nine-day fortnight. 

Responsible to: Executive Director

Start date: As soon as possible