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About the role
We’re recruiting for a Head of Retail Operations for our Southern Division. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of driving success within five regions, leading a team of dedicated Regional Managers across 85 shops with around 270 colleagues.
This isn’t just about overseeing operations – it’s about owning them. You’ll have the freedom and autonomy to shape the strategy for your division, making key decisions on everything from financial performance to people development. You’ll build a values-led, inclusive culture – one where our people feel appreciated, respected and supported.
As part of the senior leadership team, you’ll play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of Mind Retail, bringing fresh ideas and driving initiatives that make a real impact. And because every pound we make in our shops helps support Mind’s mission, the work you do will have a lasting and meaningful impact.
This is a role for an ambitious leader – someone ready to take ownership, think strategically and inspire a team to do great things.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is a natural leader, passionate about creating high-performing teams and building an inclusive culture
- Has senior-level experience leading multi-site, large-scale retail operations and knows how to drive commercial success
- Understands retail finances inside out, from managing P&L’s, to spotting opportunities for growth
- Thinks strategically, but isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and make things happen
- Embodies our values and behaviours
Ready to make a difference?
Join Mind Retail. Join the fight for mental health.
Due to our commitment to work/life balance, you must live within reasonable travelling distance of the division. The geography of the division covers the South East, South West, South Wales, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Mind Retail reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates. Therefore we encourage an early application.
About our benefits
As Head of Operations, you’ll receive:
- A competitive salary of £59,753 per year
- A company car
- A strong commitment to work-life balance with a working pattern that supports this, with the occasional weekend working
- 25 days’ paid holiday per year, plus bank holidays
- Development workshops & courses, to help build your career
- Comprehensive, personalised induction programmes, tailored to your role when you join us
- A huge variety of additional qualifications & development programmes for anyone looking to grow their skills
- Family friendly policies & enhanced pay
- A competitive pension scheme & life assurance, available to all our employees
- 25% staff discount in all Mind shops
- Access to exclusive discounts at over 160 retailers through our employee savings app
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan
About Mind Retail
Mind Retail are a network of almost 200 shops across England and Wales, generating an income of around £25 million per year. We have ambitious plans to grow over the next few years and we’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before. We won't stop until everyone with a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve. There’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We value the power of diversity. We embrace the different perspectives that each of us bring. We are creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is appreciated for being authentic and bringing their whole selves to work.
Safer Recruitment at Mind Retail
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our employees and volunteers and we expect anyone working with us to share this commitment. In line with our Safer Recruitment policy, the successful candidate will be required to provide references and will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS check with a check of the Children's Barred List and/or ‘Work with Adults' workforce check based on their role and responsibilities. A DBS check is a process to check someone's criminal record (if they have any). A Barred List is a list of people who are barred from working with children. To enable you to predetermine what might be disclosed in your DBS check, please use this disclosure calculator.
Mind Retail is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applicants from all communities. We are committed to the fair treatment of our staff, potential staff and volunteers, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
This job vacancy is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
More details
For more information and a full person specification, please review the job description.
Registered Charity
Mind Retail are a network of over 170 Mind charity shops across England and Wales.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Director, Home-Start London
Lead. Innovate. Transform Families’ Lives.
Are you a visionary leader with the drive to make a real impact? Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything you do? Join us as our next Director!
Home-Start London is seeking a dynamic and strategic Director to lead our charity and drive the growth of our family support network across the capital. This is an opportunity to lead a forward-thinking organisation helping to empower families through vital community support.
Location: Home-based
Salary: £50-55,000
Type: Permanent
Hours: 4 days per week (28 hours). Hours can be worked flexibly.
About Home-Start London
We have a big ambition: to ensure that no parent in London feels alone and every child has the best start in life. Our network of 16 local Home-Start charities in the capital provides volunteer-led home visiting, group and other support to parents and carers with young children facing challenges such as social isolation, mental health difficulties, and poverty. Our work focuses on building new partnerships and securing funding, facilitating shared learning and more coordinated services, and amplifying the voices of disadvantaged families with young children to drive wider change. We are part of the national Home-Start movement.
About the role
As Director, you will be the public face of an impactful and dynamic charity. You will ensure successful delivery of our strategy and lead on developing new partnerships that build financial sustainability of the charity and grow support for our wider network. Working with your small but mighty team and Home-Start staff and trustees across London, you will ensure we provide quality support to our network that drives increased impact. Your professional development and growth will be well supported.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and inspire – Be the public face of our impactful charity, shaping strategic direction and acting as a key advocate and spokesperson.
- Drive growth – Identify funding opportunities, promote collaboration, and build new partnerships.
- Oversee strategy and operations – Ensure good governance, robust financial management, and effective implementation of policy and plans.
- Innovate and evolve – Respond to new opportunities and challenges with creativity and resiliance to drive sustainability and impact.
About you
To thrive in this role, you will be a highly collaborative leader with experience in a senior role. You will be a brilliant networker and communicator, able to inspire and build trusted relationships. You will be a strategic thinker who can balance big picture vision with the practicalities of running a small charity. You will be a skilled fundraiser with a track record of securing income from a range of sources and you will be a passionate champion for families with young children in London.
Inclusion matters
At Home-Start London we believe that equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to achieving our purpose. We encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and fair selection process.
Don't meet every single requirement? Who does! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we'd love you to apply anyway. If you’d like to, then give us a call for a confidential conversation about the role and/or how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you.
How to apply
See job pack for full details. To apply for this role, please click the "quick apply" button below. You will be asked to provide a CV and cover letter (no more than two pages).
Closing date for applications is Monday 28th April.
First round interviews will be held w/c 5th May.
Second round interviews will be held w/c 12th May.
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Are you a relationship builder with excellent communication skills? If so, GOD TV has an exciting opportunity for you!
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Church Engagement Co-ordinator to join our Partnerships team and play a key role in building bridges and creating partnerships that empower churches to actively participate in GOD TV's global outreach. You will be instrumental in connecting churches with the transformative power of Christian media.
About GOD TV
GOD TV is a global Christian media organisation dedicated to sharing the Gospel and making a positive impact in the world. Our mission is to reach people with the message of hope and inspire them to transform their lives. As a Church Engagement Co-ordinator, you will have the opportunity to empower churches to play a vital role in sharing the Gospel worldwide.
About the Role
As a Church Engagement Co-ordinator, you will serve as a key liaison, building bridges and creating partnerships that empower churches to actively participate in GOD TV's global outreach. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Working internally and externally to design, build, and deliver a Church/Ministry offer.
- Cultivating and strengthening relationships with churches and their congregations.
- Developing a church relationship framework.
- Building a network of partner churches.
- Creating a communication plan to keep churches updated and engaged.
- Ensuring all fundraising is in line with our charitable aims, fundraising approach and missional pillars (Souls, Israel, Revival).
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description.
Why Join GOD TV?
This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a team that is making a real difference by sharing the Gospel, with a reach of over 500 million people worldwide. We offer a supportive and collaborative work environment, where your contributions are valued, and you can grow both personally and professionally.
- Position Type: Full-time – 37.5 hours per week
- Salary: £32,000
- Location: Home-based (UK) with regular travel
- Interview Dates: 7th/8th May
Genuine Occupational Requirement: Due to the nature and strategic influence of this role, we believe that there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for this role to be fulfilled by a practicing and committed Christian believer. The profile and significant impact that we expect this role will achieve both within GOD TV (in terms of organisational ethos) and with external stakeholders, justifies and supports this GOR.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The 5Rights Foundation is looking for a Research Officer to join our small and high impact team in fighting for a digital world that supports children and young people, in all their diversity, to flourish.
At 5Rights, we work with governments, policy-makers, technologists, and NGOs all over the world to advocate for one simple principle: the enormous potential of digital technology will only be realised when it is designed with children and young people in mind.
If you’re passionate about exploring emerging tech; if you’re enthusiastic about contributing to one of the most lively policy debates of our time; and if you’re committed to working on behalf of the one billion children who are online, we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for someone organised, meticulous, creative and critical-minded to conduct ongoing practical research into the tech children are using, ensure our policy team understand how it works and impacts children, and gather the evidence to drive change.
Experience of providing research support in a policy environment and knowledge of technology policy, privacy, children’s rights or a related field would be desirable.
Additional language skills such as French or Spanish is an advantage. We are offering remote working (with part-time co-working space access in London or Brussels) with employee contracts in the UK or Belgium; salary is £26,000 gross per annum (UK) or EUR 34,232 (Belgium) gross per annum including all benefits, which is 2,394 (gross) per month before benefits.
About 5Rights
5Rights Foundation exists to ensure a digital world that will serve children and young people, in all their diversity, today and for future generations.
We are a small team of senior professionals and experts delivering change in how the digital world works. We have shifted the narrative and the agenda through provocative comms campaigns (e.g. Twisted Toys), pioneering research (e.g. Pathways) and award-winning tools (e.g. Child Online Safety Toolkit). We continue to drive real-life change thanks to an outstanding track-record of delivering legislation (e.g. Californian Age Appropriate Design Code), policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UNCRC General comment No. 25), and industry standards (e.g. IEEE 2089).
Key responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of Compliance, you will:
- Be the expert in the room! Make sure 5Rights knows what it needs to know, and be confident in holding us and those in our network to the evidence.
- Conduct thorough and organised research, including rapid evidence assessments, report summaries, and deep-dives into emerging technologies.
- Conduct consultation and exchange sessions with young people from around the world as part of our Youth Engagement Programme, learning about their experience and helping them understand how tech works.
- Liaise with technologists and experts around the world, exchanging knowledge and staying up to date on the latest developments, research and emerging issues.
- Gather evidence for and support compliance actions.
- Maintain tracking tools and a well-organised evidence repository.
- Help coordinate research projects and evidence-gathering programmes.
- Draft ad hoc briefings for senior staff on relevant developments, or ahead of meetings and conferences.
- Contribute to 5Rights reports, positions, communications and fundraising materials.
- Represent 5Rights as an expert at meetings and events.
- Provide support to the policy, tech accountability and innovation work of 5Rights more broadly as needed.
Person specification
You’ll be a confident and skilled researcher, a clear, fresh thinker, and an excellent writer. High attention to detail, an eye for nuance, and the ability to digest complex information quickly and communicate it coherently are all musts. A background in technology issues or children’s rights is preferable, but not essential. Most of all, we’re looking for someone who’s thorough, proactive, super smart, and committed to our mission.
ESSENTIAL skills and attributes:
- Thorough and thoughtful researcher
- Clear, concise, and engaging writing style in English
- Confident verbal communicator in English
- Inquisitive and keen to share the results of your research
- The ability to use your initiative, exercise good judgment and make nuanced recommendations
- A meticulous eye for detail and proven ability to design and deliver high-quality research products.
- Team player, but also able to work independently, setting goals and meeting them
- Able to make good decisions on the relative importance of competing tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Reliable, patient and with the relentless focus required to get complex deliverables over the line, managing processes from A-Z;
- A can-do, action and solution-oriented attitude;
- A commitment to the Foundation’s work and values
- Right to work in Belgium or the UK.
- A commitment to the role for a minimum of two years, contributing to a growing and ambitious team.
DESIRABLE skills and attributes:
- Knowledge of technology policy, privacy, children’s rights or a related field.
- Experience of providing research support in a policy environment.
- Experience working internationally and in cultrally-diverse settings;
- Ability to work and research in other languages, such as French or Spanish.
Remuneration and details
- Location: Remote position with employees based in UK and Belgium. Co-working office spaces are available up to twice a week.
- Salary: a gross salary of £26,000 per annum for UK-based candidate, with flexibility depending on experience; EUR 34,232 (Belgium) gross per annum including all benefits, which is 2,394 per month (gross) before benefits
- Working hours: Full time, with some accommodation necessary for work across time-zones and for out of office hours sessions with young people.
- Statutory pension contribution.
- 25 days of annual leave.
- Work equipment including a laptop and mobile phone will be provided
- Starting data: asap.
- Reporting line: Head of Compliance.
5Rights values diversity and we strongly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply for this role. We aim for our recruitment to be inclusive and equitable, and we strive to constantly learn and improve in this regard.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
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Operations Manager
We are looking for an Operations Manager to join this charitable programme based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus with a mission of working in partnership to improve healthcare globally.
Position: Operations Manager
Location: Hybrid working to include days in the office on Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Salary: £33,000 – £36,000 per annum FTE (depending on skills and experience)
Hours: Part time 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Contract: Initial two-year fixed term contract
Closing date: Sunday 27th April 2025 – however we reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received or a successful candidate is found.
About the role:
This is an exciting new role that recognises the organisation’s growth and development. As Operations Manager, you will lead on risk, financial, and operational management across the organisation’s projects and programme. Working closely with the team, partners and finance colleagues, you'll ensure the smooth, effective, and compliant running of the programme.
You will play a central role in maintaining and improving systems, supporting compliance, and enabling the effective use of donor funds. You will work across departments and partners to build capacity, embed good practice, and help to deliver high-quality and impactful global health programmes.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
• Leading on financial oversight and operations processes for the charitable programme.
• Ensuring policies, procedures and systems support safe and effective programme delivery.
• Managing financial compliance, budgeting, forecasting, and donor reporting.
• Supporting partner organisations with finance and grant management.
• Leading on audits and financial reporting with support from finance colleagues.
• Developing and implementing systems to support efficient day-to-day operations.
• Contributing to budget development for grants and ensuring alignment with cost recovery.
• Communicating complex finance issues clearly to non-finance staff.
• Supporting and training partners’ finance staff and building capacity.
About You:
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be a proactive, organised individual with experience in finance and operations in the international development or global health sector. You’ll have a strong understanding of financial compliance and controls, a high level of accuracy, and enjoy working as part of a small and passionate team.
You will also need to have the following skills and experience:
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• At least three years’ experience of multi-partner projects in the international development sector, including financial management.
• Highly competent in Excel and confident creating templates and financial databases.
• A systematic, detail-oriented, and organised approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to explain financial and contractual information to non-finance colleagues.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and flexibility.
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Desirable:
• Experience in a charity or global health environment.
• Experience using CRM systems.
• Understanding of global health issues and working alongside the NHS.
In return:
This is an amazing charity to work for! Global Health is about improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide. They have been strengthening health systems across the world through education, reciprocal learning and relationship building. The charity uses a health partnership model—working with hospitals, governments, and health organisations in Cambridgeshire and East of England and in global majority (low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to provide specialist expertise, support shared learning and encourage sustainable change.
You will receive a fantastic benefits package that includes:
• Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance @ 4 x Salary
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Annual Eye Tests + £65 (towards Computer Use Glasses)
• Leisure Centre on site
• NHS Discount Schemes
• Health Cash Plan – Medicash
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• 25 days of Annual Leave + Bank Holidays PLUS Your Birthday off (increases by one day each year after 2 years, up to 29 days)
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
We strongly encourage candidates of different backgrounds and identities to apply. Each new team member is an opportunity for the organisation to bring in a different perspective and further diversify the charity.
Other roles you may have experience in could include Operations Lead, Finance and Operations Officer, Global Health Programme Manager, Compliance Manager, Project Operations Manager, Grants & Finance Manager.
