Grants jobs

Objective

To increase fundraised income for BRACE and dementia research through major donors and high-value supporters, both cultivating existing supporters to increase their support and networking to develop new major donors.

Role

As our Major Donor & Philanthropy Fundraiser, you will be responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive major giving programme to increase revenue from high-value supporters. This is a new and exciting opportunity to establish and grow this income stream for BRACE, requiring proven experience in securing major gifts.

Key Tasks:

Major Donor Fundraising

• Develop and implement a strategic plan to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward high net worth individuals.

• Build and maintain a strong portfolio of potential funding sources through thorough prospect research.​

• Manage a diverse portfolio of existing and new major donors, delivering excellent relationship management to meet ambitious individual fundraising targets.​

• Build, manage, and maintain a full and consistent pipeline of prospects, ensuring timely progression through each stage from identification to stewardship.​

• Conduct frequent and regular contact with donors and prospects by phone, video, and in-person meetings, utilizing the Head of Fundraising and CEO for potential new and existing high net stakeholders.​

• Develop compelling, tailored proposals and funding applications to secure significant donations.​

• Create and implement bespoke stewardship plans to ensure long-term support.​

• Represent BRACE at networking events to build relationships with potential high-value supporters.​

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all major donor activity in our database.​

Strategy & Planning

• Work closely with the Head of Fundraising to develop and implement a major donor fundraising strategy.​

• Monitor performance against budget targets and analyze data to support future budgeting.​

• Contribute to the overall fundraising strategy of the charity.​

• Stay informed about the latest trends and best practices in major donor fundraising.​

General Responsibilities

• Be an active and supportive member of the BRACE team, supporting colleagues across the organization to support the charity’s wider organizational goals and objectives.​

• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity's work, priorities, and future plans.​

• Assist the CEO, Head of Fundraising, and other colleagues with charity-wide development initiatives.​

• Attend meetings and events as required both during and outside normal office hours, including the annual Let’s Talk Dementia.​

• Carry out any other duties compatible with this post as directed by the Head of Fundraising.

Candidate requirements

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in major donor fundraising or equivalent high-value relationship
  management
• Proven track record of securing large and repeat donations from individuals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good copywriting and proofreading ability
• Experience in creative proposal writing and the ability to demonstrate clear outcomes and impact
• Confident and persuasive presentation skills
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with high-net worth individuals
• Experience in developing and implementing stewardship plans for major donors
• Strong research skills with experience in identifying quality new business leads
• Proven ability to form good working relations, both internally and externally with people at all levels
• Innovative and keen to find solutions to problems
• Strong interpersonal skill set with the ability to be persuasive
• Excellent IT literacy
• Excellent planning, time management, and organisational skills
• Willingness to work flexibly in order to adapt to the needs of supporters and the charity
• Able to work unsupervised and independently from home and on the road

Desirable:

• Excellent ability to motivate, inspire, and influence people
• A self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit
• Experience in launching or growing a major donor program
• Understanding of the medical research funding landscape
• Experience using Raiser's Edge to manage donor relationships
• Empathy with the cause that BRACE represents (knowledge of dementia and research is not essential, as information and informal training will be provided)

About the role

As one of two Regional Programmes Manager, you’ll inspire and lead a team of Senior Programmes Officers and Kinship Family Workers to effectively deliver high quality support services for kinship families across Greater London, the South of England and the Midlands.

You’ll do this by working in close collaboration with local authority teams who have commissioned our services and other funders where appropriate.

You’ll have accountability and ownership for ensuring we deliver impactful services for kinship carers and that we meet targets for our commissioned services. Working collaboratively with our other managers in other services, you’ll ensure we’re delivering high impact programmes.

You’ll ensure your team have real clarity and direction on their role and responsibilities - encouraging curiosity, learning and solutions-focused thinking. As a leader in the organisation, you are a key model for the team.

Your team will deliver the following programmes:

• Kinship Connected – in-person one-to-one support and support groups in the community
• Kinship Reach – remote one-to-one support and virtual support groups
• Kinship Ready – online workshops to prepare new and prospective special guardians for their role, as well as wraparound one-to-one support (in one local authority)

You will also manage a new role of Grants Officer - London, funded by the Aviva Foundation.

As one of our deputy safeguarding leads, you’ll be part of our key safeguarding structure.  This means you’ll take ownership to make sure our people feel confident and well supported to demonstrate best practice and making sure safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee the day-to-day running of programmes, supporting mostly home-based Senior Programmes Workers and Kinship Family Workers to ensure high quality, consistent and impactful programme delivery.

• Meet performance targets as directed.

• Create and keep developing processes and systems which support consistency across all programmes, ensuring good quality documentation and manualisation on Notion.so

• Develop quality assurance frameworks with other service managers and directors.

• Support your team to establish and deliver in-person and virtual peer support groups regionally and generate engagement with kinship carers.

• Line management and supervision of Senior Programmes Workers and Kinship Family Workers as required.

• Actively encourage personal development and support staff to deliver key targets and outcomes and ensure high levels of wellbeing.

• Work with the Director of Services and Digital, Head of Programmes and the Business Development team to develop proposals and present to local authorities to secure commissions.

• Manage the delivery of commissioned contracts through collaborative relationships with local authorities, ensuring targets are met.

• Manage the programmes and services within budget, in accordance with Kinship’s financial procedures and ensure the reporting of progress in line with funder requirements.

• Work actively and positively with other managers within Kinship to ensure sharing of best practice, problem solving, relevant connections and consistency of delivery across England and Wales.

• Act as a deputy safeguarding lead at Kinship

Essential requirements include:

• Substantial experience in managing a regional service or programme with high quality outputs (national experience desirable but not essential).
• Substantial experience of managing, developing and evaluating effective and innovative services for families experiencing crisis and experience in reaching ‘hidden communities’ and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Experience of leading and managing continuous improvement in changing contexts.
• Experience of governance and managing risk on high profile service delivery.
• Experience of ensuring that services are designed and led with user needs at the heart, ensuring that the voices of our kinship carers inform ongoing design and development of our programmes.
• High quality digital and data literacy and using technology to help us to be better in our processes. You’ll have to own Salesforce and be a massive champion for the team. You will be accountable for ensuring they use it well.
• Substantial experience of leading high-performing service teams including managing wellbeing, development and performance.

How to apply

In place of a cover letter, you will be asked to answer the following five questions, alongside providing your CV. Please keep your answers to a maximum of 250 words.

1. Tell us why you’re interested in working for Kinship in this role and what experience you bring that would make you successful? This is an opportunity to tell us about you, your experience and your values.
2. Please give an example where you have managed a successful regional programme or service (this could also be national). Please include scale, key performance indicators and outcome. What made it a success?
3. What makes you a great team manager? Give one example of how you have supported teams and individuals to flourish and one example when you have had to step in to address behaviour or performance issues. (This is an opportunity to share your enthusiasm for supporting others to develop and deliver to a high standard. You can share evidence of how your approach has worked and how you’ve tackled challenges and difficult conversations along the way).
4. Quality assurance and consistency is key to making sure our programmes deliver impact for our kinship carers. This includes ensuring your team are following processes, using our case management system effectively and have the tolls to do their role. Please describe how you would approach this at Kinship using a previous example.
5. In this role you will be a deputy safeguarding lead at Kinship. This is a key role, the lives of kinship carers are incredibly complex.  Give one example of a safeguarding situation that required your response in a previous role. Explain what your rationale and thought process was. How did you hold appropriate boundaries and progress actions to effectively safeguard vulnerable children and adults?

Key Dates

• Application deadline: Wednesday 30 April, 9am
• First interview: Online – Tuesday 6 May
• Second interview: In person (Vauxhall, London) – Tuesday 13 May (travel expenses covered if required)

About Kinship

We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.

We are made by and for our community of kinship carers. Like family, relationships run deep. And we hear their experiences; for too long they have been isolated without the help they need.

We support, advise and inform kinship carers. Connecting them so they feel empowered. Because a child needs the love and warmth of a thriving family.

We develop research, campaigns and policy solutions. Creating positive change across society. Because for kinship families, love alone is not enough.

Through our work we harness frustrations to fuel passion for change. And tough experiences to inspire ideas that transform lives.

And as we see momentum building, we keep using evidence to demonstrate the value of kinship care. Helping kinship carers navigate challenging circumstances. Believing in a child’s potential.

Join us. Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.

Role description: 

We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented Communications & Publications Officer to lead on crafting compelling written content across Southampton Hospitals Charity’s key communication channels. You will be responsible for producing high-quality publications, case studies, and press materials that engage supporters, hospital staff, and the wider community. 

Working closely with the Campaigns and Marketing Manager and Digital Marketing and Content Officer, you will ensure stories and impact case studies are effectively shared across print and digital channels, supporting fundraising and brand awareness. 

Main Responsibilities: 

Content creation & publications 

• Research, write, and edit compelling copy for a range of publications, including impact reports, newsletters, magazines, and brochures. 

• Write engaging press releases and manage media relations. 

• Work with designers and printers to produce high-quality print materials, ensuring the Southampton Hospitals Charity brand is consistent throughout. 

• Work with photographers to ensure the charity has an extensive bank of patient and UHS staff photography to use across marketing collateral and communications. 

Fundraising & supporter engagement 

• Develop and manage case studies that showcase the impact of fundraising and donations, including taking photos of projects and interviewing staff and patients where needed. 

• Develop concepts and promotional collateral for fundraising activity and events (including responsibility for in house design). 

• Work closely with Campaigns & Marketing Manager to develop key messaging and deliver activity for large scale marketing and fundraising campaigns that help the Charity to meet financial and engagement targets. 

• Develop and manage case studies that showcase the impact of fundraising and donations. 

Internal & external communications 

• Build relationships with UHS Communications team. 

• Lead on internal communications, ensuring hospital staff are up-to-date and engaged with charitable activities. 

Stakeholder & media engagement 

• Build relationships with hospital staff to identify potential stories and case studies. 

• Liaise with journalists and media contacts to secure press coverage. 

• Work closely with the Digital Marketing and Content Officer to ensure consistency across print and digital content. 

• Where needed, help manage Digital Marketing and Content Officer responsibilities during periods of annual leave. 

Person Specification: 

Knowledge & Experience 

• Experience (or interest in) working within the Charity Sector and an understanding of the principles of the donor pipeline and donor/supporter engagement. 

• Strong experience in copywriting, editing, and storytelling. 

• Experience producing print and digital publications, including designing in-house as well as working with third-party designers and suppliers where necessary. 

• Experience writing press releases and working with the media. 

• Understanding of audience segmentation and tailored messaging. 

• Knowledge of fundraising communications and storytelling best practices. 

• Experience using content management systems (e.g. WordPress). 

• Familiarity with digital advertising and email marketing platforms (Mailchimp). 

• Experience using CRM or supporter databases (Beacon preferred). 

Skills & Attributes 

• Exceptional written communication skills. 

• Experience of using Canva and/or Adobe Suite. 

• Ability to work to brand guidelines, producing aesthetically pleasing collateral and marketing materials. 

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects. 

• Highly organised with the ability to multi-task. 

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills. 

• Ability to translate complex information into accessible and engaging content. 

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills. 

• A strategic thinker who can see the bigger picture while managing day-to-day tasks. 

• A self-starter who can work independently and as part of a team. 

Amazing opportunity to join fast-growing organisation supporting older people with benefits help around the UK. Looking for experienced, passionate individuals; team leader roles available also for great candidates.

About Kinly

At Kinly we are on a mission to help older people live independently for longer. We know that old age is expensive and difficult for individuals and their families. Millions of pensioners face major barriers accessing the support they need; whether due to disability, low income, lack of internet or lack of family. We are here to help.

Kinly helps people over-66 to understand what benefits and allowances they are eligible for, and then helps fill-out the various complex forms/applications for them. By unlocking funds for people in need, we help people to afford the support that they need (e.g., carers, taxis, heating).

The business is based in London, but we have agents based remotely all around the UK, helping to make the service accessible to everyone.

About the role

Kinly is looking for a Benefits Adviser to provide benefits advice, complete benefits checks and maximise the income of people over-66, their families and their carers. This includes Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Council Tax and Housing Benefit support. It is a great opportunity to join an amazing team at a pivotal time in our growth, and shape the future direction of the service.

Team leadership roles are available for great candidates.

What We Offer

• Salary: £32,000 – £40,000 per year + annual bonus (based on performance)
  • Team leadership roles available for great candidates (higher salary)
  • Salary open to discussion (based on significant experience)
• Hours: Full-time (Monday – Friday) + holiday
• Contract: Permanent
• Promotion: Opportunities for personal growth and promotions within the company
• Perks: Free Nuffield gym membership
• Location: West Kensington, London (hybrid work possible)
• Start date: As soon as possible

 Main Responsibilities

• Provide benefits advice, benefits checks, form-filling and assistance to clients over-66 relating to disability and Pension Age people (including Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support, Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge)
• Review completed forms and carry out case checks to ensure quality
• Work with Kinly team in identifying additional ways we can help clients (i.e., other benefits people might be eligible for)
• Speak with clients on the phone to help them with different benefits applications; demonstrating empathy, patience, listening and a good phone manner
• Help to train new colleagues (e.g., systems, form-filling) and provide mentorship
• Help other team members with complex cases
• Maintain good records of cases, using the company’s systems effectively
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the benefits system and policies and procedures relevant to the post
• Kinly provides support nationwide. Be aware of how regional differences can affect benefit entitlement (e.g., Local Housing Allowance) and include this knowledge in shaping the service and support
• Uphold Kinly’s high standards of professionalism at all times, living up to our core values of “access for all”, trust and championing older people

* Team leadership roles: great candidates can be offered a Team Leader role for a higher salary than advertised. This role will assist clients, but also help to lead and train the core team of benefits advisers.

Person specification

• Good knowledge of welfare benefits, including those relating to disability and Pension Age people (including Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support, Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge)
• Strong recent experience of giving advice on welfare benefits –  ideally 2+ years of experience, ideally somewhere like Age UK or Citizens Advice Bureau
• Ability to use tools to conduct benefits checks
• Good understanding of how different benefits impact each other (e.g., premiums in Pension Credit, what Pension Credit unlocks)
• Knowledge of other issues affecting older people including housing, transport, Blue Badges, care funding and community support is important
• Desire to learn about benefits in different regions (e.g., Social Security Scotland)
• Experience of taking welfare benefits claims to reconsideration and appeal
• Great team player, excited about Kinly’s broader mission of helping older people
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly compassionate and caring individuals
• Experience of working autonomously and taking responsibility to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Willingness to participate in opportunities for training and professional development
• Competent and efficient at using a computer and typing (word, pdf, email)

How to apply

Please submit CV and a short cover letter explaining your experience of giving benefits advice and form-filling (where, how long for, and which benefits in particular).

Heart Research UK is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to stopping people dying from heart diseases. The Health Promotion & Education team enhance the heart health of the UK population through innovative health improvement programs.

The Healthy Heart Coach will deliver health checks, provide tailored heart health lifestyle advice, and conduct heart health coaching sessions within community, workplace and event settings. The coach will also be responsible for ensuring accurate data capture, maintaining and replenishing stock for events, assisting in the development of engaging health promotion resources and future delivery of health education workshops and exercise sessions.

This role is hybrid to our Leeds office but is primarily remote with travel across the UK to health check locations. We require the participant to be able to commute to the Leeds office to ensure stock replenishment and collection of the health check stock for events. This role requires travel across the UK, including overnight stays (2 per month average).  

Would you like to use your lived experience as a Carer to make a difference for Carers and families supporting someone with a mental health condition?

If so, this could be the job for you!

This peer support project is delivered in partnership with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, to support Carers of people with mental health conditions.  This project will work to support Carers through one-to-one support, outreach, training and peer support groups.

About The Role:

Using your lived experience of caring for someone with a mental health condition, and a strengths-based approach, you will support mental health Carers in their caring role.  You will provide person centred one-to-one- support, information, signposting, and advocacy, develop, and facilitate peer support groups in response to identified need and deliver training and outreach sessions at different locations across the borough. You will work in partnership with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLStG), to ensure Carers are identified and routinely referred into the service. You will have responsibility for line managing the Mental Health Carers Peer Support Worker.

Key Requirements Include:

- Lived experience of Caring for someone with a mental health condition

- Experience of direct work with clients, providing information, advocacy and 1:1 support, including assessing  need.

- Experience of / ability to develop and facilitate peer support groups and training.

- Efficient organisation and time management skills with the ability to balance and prioritise a busy and varied workload.

- Developed IT skills, with experience using databases and communication platforms.

- Experience of liaising with a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies at all levels.

- Experience of report writing, including statistical data

- Experience of project management including managing staff         

About Wandsworth Carers’ Centre:

We are a busy, ambitious charity operating at the heart of the Wandsworth community since 1995, helping thousands of people across the borough in unpaid Caring roles. We give information and advice, organise respite, offer complementary therapies, deliver training, provide peer support, arrange fun events and much more.  In short, we are the Carer's friend and advocate, often helping Carers through difficult times.

Wandsworth Carers’ Centre is an inclusive employer. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Benefits of working for Wandsworth Carers’ Centre:  

Friendly team and working environment, mix of remote and office-based work, some weekend and evening work with time off during the week, annual leave starts at 26 days increasing to 31 days plus bank and public holidays, contributory company pension, ongoing training and development opportunities and an employee assistance program. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor candidates. 

For 140 years, the Forces Employment Charity has proudly supported Service leavers, veterans, and their families in building successful civilian careers.

We provide veterans with life-long, life-changing support, jobs, and training opportunities, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.

Brief role description:

Reporting to the CEO, this pivotal role will ensure the smooth running of a fast-paced executive office. As a key support to the CEO and SMT, the PA will manage schedules, oversee correspondence, and drive efficient administrative processes. They will coordinate meetings, board papers, and governance tasks, while also supporting operational planning and event logistics. This role requires exceptional organisation, discretion, experience in minute taking and the ability to anticipate and respond to the needs of a dynamic leadership environment. The PA must also embody and uphold the charity’s values - Expert, Passionate, Resilient, Supportive, Open and Honest, and Collaborative - in all aspects of their work.

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​Interested? Want to know more about the Charity? Please visit the Charity Website.

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Do you have previous experience supporting senior executives or board-level professionals? Are you a proactive problem-solver with the ability to anticipate needs and take initiative? Do you have experience in minute taking, excellent organisational skills with the ability to multitask and manage competing priorities? Have a look at the Job Description attached.

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​What’s in it for you? Check out the Benefits sheet attached.

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If Discretion and Professionalism are your middle names, submit your CV and Cover letter by Monday, 5 May 2025.

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​Please note: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert; therefore, we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. 

​If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made The People Team aware before applying.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff by fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone, including those with disabilities, can thrive, develop, and achieve their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and ensure reasonable adjustments are made to support candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

​We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process.

The Chief Executive has overall responsibility for the management, strategic direction, and visionary leadership of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA). They will drive organisational sustainability and impact by:

• Setting, with the Committee of Trustees, the overall direction of ILPA and developing both all-encompassing and project aligned strategies and outcomes.
• Managing ILPA’s day to day operations.
• Managing human resource matters, including reporting lines and working with staff to ensure the effective running of the Secretariat.
• Ensuring the financial viability of ILPA.
• Ensuring that ILPA is accountable to its members and that they are engaged in its work.
• Supporting the Board of Trustees, so that they can both fulfil their responsibilities and support ILPA meaningfully.

The Stained Glass Museum is a vibrant and unique independent accredited museum and registered charity (no. 1169842). The museum operates a permanent public exhibition in a gallery on an upper level of Ely Cathedral which is visited by around 25,000 people per year. It also organises a programme of events, workshops and activities for all ages which further its mission to share with everyone the cultural and artistic importance of stained glass.

The Finance Officer is responsible for maintaining The Stained Glass Museum’s financial accounts. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with strong management skills and a solid understanding of financial administration, especially within the charity sector. A working knowledge of management accounts and accounting software is essential.

In this role you will play a key role in the success of the museum. You will work closely with a small team of museum staff and volunteers, including your line manager the museum Director and Trustee Treasurer, and report periodically to the Board of Trustees.

This is a part-time post with flexible working hours (averaging 5 hours per week / 21.5 hours per month) and is suitable for remote or hybrid working.

Age UK is currently recruiting for 2 passionate Corporate Partnerships Manager's to join our award-winning Partnership Management team on a fixed-term basis for 14 months.

As Corporate Partnerships Manager you'll manage and grow a varied portfolio of partnerships to help deliver income and impact for Age UK and older people. Going above and beyond to ensure that our corporate partners feel valued and connected to our cause, you'll use your creativity and networking skills to identify future growth opportunities that match the mission and priorities of Age UK and older people.

The successful post-holder will manage the entire partnership life-cycle from contract signing to delivery, ensuring that KPIs are met, income is accurately recorded, and that all activities comply with the Fundraising Regulator guidelines, GDPR, VAT and other legal requirements.

With a strong passion to support older people, solid account management experience, and excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills; as Corporate Partnerships Manager you'll be able to manage diverse projects and have a proven track record in securing income.

This is a hybrid opportunity, a blend of homebased and office working. Our linked office for this role is in London and you would be expected to attend the office once a week (Thursday) for the Corporate Partnership team day. The role may involve occasional travel, including some overnight stays.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Presentation = P

Experience
* A passion to support older people and the mission of Age UK. A, I
* Solid account management experience ideally in a corporate partnerships environment. A, I, P
* A proven track record in securing income. A, I
* Experience and ability to lead projects and manage project groups. Proven creatively in developing ideas to present to companies in support of a fundraising idea. A, I

Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent communication skills - both written and oral - you'll need to have the social skills and presence to communicate to a variety of audiences, including at Senior Leadership level. A, I
* Great presentation skills. I, P
* Good negotiation skills with a proven ability to establish long-term working relationships. A, I

Personal Attributes
* Ability to think creatively and problem solve autonomously. I
* Ability to spot opportunities, identify partners' needs and drivers and match these with the priorities of Age UK and older people. I, P

Great to haves:
* Experience in managing 7 figure partnerships. A, I

What we offer in return:

· Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme

· Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP

· Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan

· Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free

· Blue Light Card Scheme

· You Did It Awards – recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

The role may involve occasional travel, including some overnight stays. This is a hybrid position with the Corporate Partnerships team attending the London office weekly on Thursdays.

This role description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role.
In addition to the contents of this role description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by line management.

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is able to provide Skilled Worker sponsorship for eligible roles only. If this applies to you, please contact the recruitment team to discuss. If the role is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship you will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Saferworld is looking for a Project Manager to lead the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Helpdesk within the Conflict Advisory Unit (CAU). In this role, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of our UK government call-down service, providing high-quality advisory support to donors, UN agencies, NGOs, and other humanitarian and peacebuilding actors. Your responsibilities include managing project implementation and grant administration, coordinating call-off requests from initiation to completion, and working with teams of experts to ensure the highest quality outcomes.

In addition to maintaining rigorous standards of confidentiality and performance, you will collaborate closely with the finance team to ensure accurate and timely financial and narrative reporting. You will also be responsible for promoting and supporting the uptake of helpdesk outputs by regularly updating our online repository. Liaising with UK government departments and officials is a critical part of the role, as it involves generating demand for our advisory services and representing the helpdesk in outreach and strategic engagements.

You will work under the direction of the CAU Team Lead while supporting strategic oversight on WPS initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to gender-sensitive conflict and security policies and to advance Saferworld's mission and vision. 

 Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage you to submit your application promptly.

We are looking for a compassionate, proactive, experienced, and professionally registered nurse to evolve our support services and provide excellent, specialist care for families affected by Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC).

SUDC UK has a small, warm, passionate and impactful team who currently support families facing the sudden death of a child between 1-18 years, with no clear explanation for their child’s death. 

Currently, the charity’s co-founder and CEO delivers services in collaboration with our affiliate organisation, the SUDC Foundation (based in the U.S). This new role will evolve SUDC UK’s direct support services by delivering an expanded, evidence-based SUDC UK pathway of exceptional care for registered families. 

The role will include providing 1-1 supportive zoom calls for information and guidance, case advocacy requiring collaboration and relationship building with professionals like Coroner’s officers and paediatricians, signposting, referrals and collaboration with other organisations, a family peer connection program, family events, service review and continuous improvement. 

Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight. In that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers:

• Can this be stopped?

• How will I live my life?

Currently, research into preventing and treating sight loss is chronically underfunded, receiving a mere 1.2% of publicly funded health research grants: people who are blind or vision impaired are three times more likely to experience loneliness and isolation than the general population.

Fight for Sight is uniquely placed to answer both questions with a resounding ‘yes’. We fund the brilliant minds and bright ideas putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss. Our researchers are making breakthroughs and discoveries that will help us better understand, diagnose prevent and treat vision loss. 

We won’t stop until we: Save Sight. Change Lives.

We are now looking for experienced, committed, and creative individuals to join our dynamic team to help realise a new five-year growth strategy. 

You’ll be part of something impactful, we’d love to hear from you.

Marketing Manager 

A unique opportunity has arisen to join our busy communications team for a 12-month maternity cover. You’ll play a critical role in uncovering stories of social change, bringing them to life and amplifying these stories with a view to raising brand awareness, demonstrating impact and supporting fundraising activities.

Responsible to 

Head of Communications and External Affairs

Direct reports 

None

Working hours and contract 

28h per week

Salary 

£38k-42k depending on experience

Location

We operate a flexible working policy with a recommended two-days per week in our East London Head Office. 

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and an up to two page supporting statement which evidences the specification below.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 30, April 2025 at 9am

Early applications are encouraged. We will be interviewing on a rolling basis; therefore, we reserve the right to close the vacancy as soon as we have found the right candidate.

Role Responsibilities 

• Work with colleagues to develop tailored communications and marketing plans for key projects, agreeing and monitoring against KPIs,

• Advise and support colleagues on communications planning, audiences, channels, and key messages,

• Manage and maintain the communications activity planner ensuring that cross-departmental needs are identified and prioritised,

• Produce engaging communications – writing, editing and proof-reading – ensuring consistency and compliance with brand, values, key messages and style guides,

• Act as a 'brand guardian' ensuring consistency across all internal and external communications,

• Contribute to the successful marketing and delivery of engagement events for funders and partners.

Inter-departmental working

• Working with social change (impact) colleagues, identify leading impact stories and case studies, which we can tell across print,online and in multimedia formats. 

• Work with fundraising colleagues to identify which stories of impact best support income generation from IG up to major donors and High Net Worth Individuals. 

• Create and nurture positive relationships with the people and organisations whose stories we tell, ensuring they understand the central role they play in building coalitions of support for our work.

• Build an engagement plan for organisations receiving social change funding and set clear expectations around reporting and sharing evidence of impact. This could include regular briefings/meet-ups and a regular e-newsletter. 

• Conduct regular on-site visits with funded projects capturing content. 

• Develop, with support from an external consultant, a press strategy, which encompasses a strategy for reactive and proactive press, including promoting internal speakers.

• Support the programme manager with sharing information around social change funding rounds internally (internal comms) 

• Build a reliable press list, including developing relationships with key journalists from relevant publications. 

• With an external consultant, develop strategies to increase engagement with vision loss champions and other high profile supporters, directly relationship managing when appropriate.

Digital 

• Run quarterly webinars framed around our work in social change, which can act as a showcase for impact and that feed the funnel of people interested in social change funding or funding social change. 

• Ensure all funding rounds are accurately reflected on our website in good time for funding rounds going live.

• Build web pages crafted to appeal to individuals with an interest in funding social change research. 

• Develop and deliver a corporate website portal that highlights the impact of our work and opportunities for how people can become involved. 

• Search optimise content so that it appeals to those who are:

•  Seeking social change funding
•  Seeking to fund impactful social change programmes
•  Seeking to replicate what works (blueprints for change)
•  Develop digital and social media strategy, alongside Digital Content Manager. 

Policy, campaigns and research (social impact) 

• With Head of Communications launch a policy and public affairs arm for the new organisation. 

• Contribute to the successful delivery of major integrated campaigns including awareness, fundraising or policy centred projects, ensuring alignment and amplification with all other activities. 

• Contribute to the legacy strategy of campaigns, such as The Unseen and See My Skills. 

• Represent Fight for Sight in cross-organisational working groups in this area.

Ad hoc role / support within the team 

• Ensure that all systems and processes are fully GDPR compliant including regular reviews.

• Ensure increased levels of engagement with Fight for Sight’s social media channels, reporting on performance. 

• Ensure that all content on the Fight for Sight website is up to date, fit-for-purpose and engaging, working with colleagues to monitor performance, proposing and testing improvements.

• Ensure that all communications reflect the experience of blind and vision impaired people and, wherever possible, co-produce activities and plans.

• Keep up to date on sector developments, sharing findings with colleagues.

• Support the selection of appropriate consultants and freelancers to support on areas of focus, including copywriting, design, digital platforms. 

Person specification

Desirable skills, knowledge & experience

• Degree or equivalent (Communications, Marketing or related subject is desirable),

• A strong communicator, you’ll be able to forge relationships across departments and collect stories from colleagues, including fundraising, retail, volunteers and people with lived experience,

• We’re looking for someone who has empathetic and sensitive, you're skilled at treating people’s stories with care and attention, developing authentic narratives and communicating them for maximum impact, 

• An expert interviewer who can draw out the details of people’s stories, you’ll spot what makes a strong story for our charity,

• With strong interpersonal skills, you’ll positively manage relationships with people who volunteer to share their stories, as well as internal colleagues and freelance writers, photographers, etc. 

• Working with internal stakeholders to place diverse projects across fundraising, marketing, communications, retail and social change and medical research, you’ll place the stories so that they have the biggest impact for the charity while ensuring individuals aren’t overloaded with requests, 

• Strong commissioning skills to manage a pool of external writers, photographers and videographers,

• Strong writing and editing skills to turn stories into engaging copy across a multi-channel environment,

• Demonstrable experience of PR and Press activity,

• Experience of working with key marketing platforms including Hootsuite and Canva, and e-newsletter platforms,

• Working knowledge of website editing platforms or content management systems. 

Desirable

• Experience of working in the charity sector or within a medical research charity,

• An understanding of and commitment to the mission of ending avoidable sight loss and delivering positive social change for blind and vision impaired people,

• Experience at creating engaging, accessible content that really helps to support and inspire audiences and potential partners, 

• A self-starter, proactive with a constructive and collaborative approach,

• The ability to make the complicated seem simple; you will enjoy sharing your skills, and developing others,

• Personable, with excellent listening skills and high emotional intelligence, with the ability to think creatively,

• An intelligent and proactive approach to problem-solving,

• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail,

• Experience of creating accessible content. 

Personal qualities

• Strong communication skills and presentation style.

• Flexibility and a practical, can-do attitude.

• Highly motivated and able to juggle a varied workload.

• Personable, with excellent listening skills.

• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail. 

• Growth mindset. 

Flexibility

The role description is a general outline of duties and responsibilities and may be amended as we grow. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Employee benefits

We value our staff and volunteers and want to make sure that they are supported in their work. Other benefits we also offer are:

• A great team and a supportive culture

• Employer pension contributions matching up to 10%, and death in service cover

• Generous parental leave

• Flexible/hybrid working options

• Apprenticeships scheme, study leave and financial support for training & development

• Cycle to work scheme, eye test vouchers, and a staff loan scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Program

• An active Social Committee and staff events

Application & Interview process

See above for How to Apply. Please note that we value the authenticity and individuality of our applicants and believe that your CV and cover letter should reflect your unique skills, experiences, and personality. Therefore, please refrain from using AI tools, including ChatGPT, to produce your application materials. Successfully shortlisted applicants  will be invited to interview online via MS Teams

Accessibility

We believe in fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their abilities or circumstances, feel supported and valued. If you have any accessibility requirements or specific needs that you would like us to accommodate during the application process, please let us know. If you are unfamiliar with MS Teams and would like to familiarise yourself with the platform before the interview, we are more than happy to arrange a tech run-through to ensure your comfort and confidence. 

Equal opportunities, diversity & inclusion

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Fight for Sight we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles that we have. 

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For further information, please refer to our Job Pack.

To apply, please submit your CV and answer the application questions on Charity Job.

Deadline: 9am Monday 6 May 2025

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer and committed to safeguarding and fulfilling its duty of care to people working and volunteering in the organisation and to those we come into contact with. The successful candidate will be required to complete a Basic DBS check.