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Job Title: Junior Events Officer

Location: Hybrid Remote working from our central London office.

Salary: £28,000 per annum

Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term, Full time, 4 days a week (32 hours, Monday-Thursday).

Reports to: Head of Events

Who are Spinal Research?

We are Spinal Research, the UK's leading medical charity focused on the repair and restoration of the spinal cord. Every two hours, someone in the UK will become paralysed. Globally, it is estimated that 15.4 million people are living with paralysis. It can happen to anyone at any time, changing lives instantly. We fund groundbreaking research that will cure paralysis, ensuring people living with spinal cord injuries will get life-changing treatments.

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic and organised Junior Events Officer to take ownership of a portfolio of mass participation events, including major running and challenge events such as the Chicago Marathon, Berlin Marathon, and other international and UK-based challenges.

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the events team and will be responsible for the full lifecycle of their events, from planning and participant recruitment to stewardship and post-event evaluation.

Key Responsibilities  

• Organise a portfolio of events, ensuring high-quality execution and supporter engagement.
• Recruit and steward participants, providing excellent supporter care to ensure a positive experience and maximise fundraising potential.
• Coordinate logistics and planning, including liaising with event organisers, suppliers and venues.
• Support the recruitment and engagement of event participants, volunteers, and suppliers.
• Creating digital and physical marketing materials on Canva.
• Use event management systems to track participants, maintain accurate records, and ensure effective communication.

• Provide administrative support for event-related tasks, including the general event inbox, supporting handling incoming phone calls, and providing a professional and welcoming first point of contact for supporters.

• Be present at events to support smooth operations, troubleshoot issues and provide support to participants and volunteers. 

• Flexibility to support other event projects and the wider organisation as required. 

Personal Specification  

• Previous experience in mass participant events at a charity.

• Strong planning and multitasking skills. 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. 

• Detail-oriented with the ability to work under pressure. 

• Strong time management skills 

• Enthusiastic and proactive attitude. 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 

• Flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances. 

• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required by event schedules (TOIL will be offered) 

• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook 

Please note: This is not an entry-level role and we would require the applicate to have event experience. 

Benefits:

· Five weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

· 4 day working week (Full Time - 32h per week, Fridays off)

· Flexible working, with core hours between 10am-4pm.

· Hybrid Remote working. (1 day a week expected in the office).

· Private Health insurance cash plan

· 8% Pension plan

· Cycle to work Scheme

· Onsite Gym in office

If you would like to apply and join our energetic team at this exciting time please submit your CV and a covering statement (no more than 2 pages) outlining your interest in the role and why you feel you are right for the job.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Spinal Research is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We provide equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Closing Date:   1st April 2025 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged.  Unfortunately, we cannot reply to unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of submitting your application, you may assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

Sports Events Coordinator 

Children with Cancer UK is hiring a Sports Events Coordinator to manage a range of mid-value sporting events, support the wider Sports Events team, and provide an exceptional experience to event participants. This role involves planning, organising, and delivering events, with responsibilities that include maintaining project plans, assisting with the TCS London Marathon, and optimising supporter journeys to meet fundraising goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Project-manage mid-level sports events, ensuring comprehensive project and marketing plans are in place.
• Engage and support participants to maximize fundraising, providing top-tier customer service.
• Maintain up-to-date event and supporter records in Salesforce, and assist with keeping the website current.
• Track campaign performance, report on KPIs, and collaborate with the team to enhance the sports event portfolio.

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will bring experience in customer service, project management, and relationship-building, preferably within the charity sector. Strong organisational skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and a proactive approach to managing multiple projects are essential. Evening and weekend availability for events across the UK is required, with time off in lieu.

Join Children with Cancer UK in a vital role contributing to impactful events that support pioneering cancer research and improve young lives. We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Review Coordinator – Help Make the World More Accessible!

Are you passionate about exploring new places and sharing your experiences? Do you want to help disabled people travel with confidence?

At Euan’s Guide, we are looking for a Review Coordinator to visit locations across the UK and review disabled access. Your insights will empower our community to find accessible places to go.

What You’ll Do

• Visit locations, venues and businesses focusing on transport hubs and surrounding facilities such as toilets, places to eat and drink and other everyday essentials.
• Share your experiences by writing engaging, informative reviews on Euan's Guide.
• Build relationships with local communities, charities, and businesses to improve accessibility.
• Represent Euan’s Guide at events and contribute to our outreach efforts.

About You

• A keen explorer who enjoys visiting new places and meeting new people.
• Experienced in reviewing, blogging, or writing.
• Passionate about accessibility and inclusion.
• Confident working independently and managing relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Personal lived experience of disability is highly valued.

Why Join Us?

• Meaningful impact – your work will help disabled people navigate the world with confidence.
• Flexible working – we understand the 9-5 does not work for everyone.
• Remote role – you can be based anywhere in the UK.

If you love travel, storytelling, and making a difference, apply now and be part of a movement that is shaping a more accessible world!

Please visit our website to find out more information including how to apply.

Team: Solution Delivery

Location: Remote

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, flexible working options available

Salary: Up to £48,444 per year

Contract: 18 month fixed-term contract

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Lead Developer:

- Assist in the development of new systems including designing, implementing, maintaining and updating systems

- Drive the full life cycle of software development in an Agile fashion within the scrum process

- Create low-level design specifications and implement these

- Amending and refactoring of moderately complex programs / scripts

- Undertake hands-on coding and carry out regular code reviews and provide feedback

- Ensure all assigned development work, upgrades and support requests are dealt with

- Assess new technologies as they become available and determine where they might support the work of the organisation

About the Solution Delivery team:

- The Solution Delivery team sit within the IT Department as the group responsible for new software development, configuration and deployment, including 3rd line support.

- Formed of 9 individuals with a variety of backgrounds and skills in the Microsoft stack, the team tackle challenges from small new websites to multi-year projects to replace software systems

What we’re looking for in our Lead Developer:

- Achieved proficiency in programming/software development or gained experience in another development skill involving system implementation and comprehensive training in programming

- Extensive .Net development experience, preferably using agile methodology

- Ability to understand complex problems and break them down into a set of user requirements

- A good understanding of information systems concepts and practice and the software development life cycle

- Experience of designing systems and communicating that design, providing direction to others to implement the design, and monitoring/following up progress against targets

- A customer-focused individual who can communicate at both the technical and non-technical level

- A self-starter with evidence of analytical ability and attention to detail

- Someone who is confident to work with a remote development team across the UK

- Someone who is confident to work with developers and other skilled professionals from outside the organisation

- Experience in managing projects from start to finish, ideally on a broad spectrum of projects

What we can offer you:

- range of health benefits

- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service

- Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing

- and much more, which you can learn about

Application closing date: 19th March 2025

Virtual interview date: w/c 31st March 2025

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable.  You may be just the right candidate. 

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1. anonymised application form

2. video screening (possible)

3. virtual interview

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

Please email us if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.

From £50,189 + Benefits (possible to increase via incremental steps in the first 12 months).

What you will be achieving

People, workforce and culture are critical to the future of UK health research, which is why supporting UK biomedical and health research to strengthen its global competitiveness and reputation is one of the Academy’s five strategic priorities. The Policy Manager – Science Base will play an important role in delivering this priority and others as a key member of the Academy’s Science Base and Careers Policy team.

We are looking for somebody who is committed to improving health for all supported by the best research and evidence, has strong influencing skills, the ability to build effective networks across diverse stakeholders, and thrives on working with others to produce high quality outputs. Experience working on life sciences policy and / or knowledge of research policy issues is essential. We welcome applications from people from a variety of professional backgrounds.

The Academy’s Science Base and Careers Policy team focuses on ensuring the best environment for health research in the UK. There is consensus across the political spectrum that the UK’s future health and wealth will be underpinned by a strong research base which includes academia, NHS and industry. We work across both the Academy’s Policy team and Careers team to take a holistic approach to influencing how this can be achieved, by considering issues such as investment in research, research careers and training, and specific topic areas such as immigration. Our team seeks to engage with and influence Government and cross sector research policies and strategies, often working in partnership with other organisations within the sector. You will also be working with the Academy’s Communications and Engagement teams.

What you will be doing

You will be working with the Head of Science Base and Careers Policy to help deliver the Academy’s Strategic Priorities, which includes supporting UK biomedical and health research to strengthen its global competitiveness and reputation. Your role will involve delivering and coordinating the Academy’s policy work on the science base which will help to shape the UK’s future research strength. This includes:

• Ensuring that health research investment remains high on the political agenda through working with Government(s) and Parliament(s), including the role of health research as a key enabler of the Government’s growth priorities.
• Supporting implementation of recommendations from the Academy’s reports on “: a people-centred, coordinated approach” and taking forward the Academy’s work on “”.
• Delivering impactful policy events and written outputs which position the Academy as an influential thought-leader in the future of sustainable health research.
• Working with other teams across the Academy, including the Communications and Engagement teams, to increase the involvement of patients in the Academy’s science base work.
• Identifying key science base policy consultations and leading on Academy responses.
• Maintaining an excellent understanding of the health research career landscape by monitoring developments across funders, employers and regulators.
• Coordinating with wider Academy staff to support the Academy’s work to inform and influence parliament and the Government, including engagement at parliamentary events and multi-organisational partnerships.
• Sustaining and harnessing an effective personal network of contacts across health research in public, private and charitable sectors, including Academy Fellows, emerging research leaders, NHS and Government Officials, National Academies and other relevant experts.
• Identifying ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our policy work, including monitoring impact and co-developing policy briefings for the senior leadership team.
• Line management and development of a Policy Officer and occasional line management of Policy Interns.

The Policy Manager – Science Base may also be asked to support the Academy’s other activities across the wider Policy team, including careers, wider UK and international policy.

This role is offered as a permanent contract.

What you bring to the role

• Experience working in an organisation that seeks to influence policy.
• Strong analytic skills and experience of collating evidence from different sources.
• Able to build and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external contacts. 
• Able to harness the benefits of working in teams, including across different departments and organisations. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Experience of working with senior individuals.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills. 
• Running impactful events, e.g. small roundtables. 
• Attention to detail. 
• Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills. 
• Knowledge of the UK research landscape (desirable).
• Line Management experience (desirable).
• Able to travel around the UK (desirable).

Benefits

• Salary progression framework.
• Hybrid and agile working.
• 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
• Regular individual, team and organisation-wide Wellbeing Days.
• Pension (the Academy offers a flexible contribution structure with a minimum employer contribution of 8% up to a maximum of 13% of gross salary, with an employee contribution ranging from 3% to 8%).
• Life assurance.
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance, on completion of probation.
• SimplyHealth Cash Plans, on completion of probation.
• Season ticket travel loan (interest free), on completion of probation.
• Cycle to work scheme, available on completion of probation.
• Family friendly benefits - enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying period), coaching for parents returning to work.
• Subscription to Headspace and Class pass.
• Staff training to support your development including EDI training.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: 4.00pm on Monday, 24 March 2025.

Interview date: w/c 31 March 2025.

We're looking for a brilliant communicator and strategic thinker, with an excellent understanding of the parliamentary and policy process. Saving lives underpins everything we do.

As Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) you'll be responsible for taking the voices of survivors of cardiac arrest and their families to policy makers, elected representatives, and other decision-makers in each nation of the UK.

You'll have an exceptional understanding of how to build support for legislative and public policy change in Westminster and beyond. You'll lead the development of persuasive, evidence-based, policy arguments that cement our four strategic goals. Working with the wider Communications and Engagement team you’ll ensure that resuscitation continues to be seen as a priority area for decision-makers in government, the NHS and the wider stakeholder community.

The successful candidate will be proactive and high performing, using your expertise to drive real change within our resuscitation community and playing a vital part to contribute to our mission. You will come with a track record of developing effective networks and relationships with civil servants, special advisors, politicians, professional bodies and think tanks.

You will join RCUK at a crucial time as we work to improve the provision of post cardiac arrest support across the UK and increase bystander CPR rates through targeted monitoring of CPR training in schools. 

The Policy and Public Affairs Manager has one direct report, which is the Policy and Public Affairs Officer for the Devolved Nations. 

The post is hybrid working and based in London.  The successful candidate is expected to attend the office one day per week. 

Main responsibilities

You will have design and delivery responsibility for policy and public affairs across the UK. You will work to implement policy change by tailoring our policy recommendations to targeted influencing opportunities. 

Your day-to-day work will be varied. From leading the development of evidence-based policy recommendations that improve people’s chances of surviving a cardiac arrest, wherever they are, to supporting our media and campaigning activity. 

The role involves:

• Cross-team working with a focus on providing support across a range of key campaigning areas.
• Taking the lead on report writing and blogs to effectively communicate our initiatives to key decision makers.
• Monitoring parliamentary activity and identify opportunities to influence policy development, legislation and service provision in line with RCUK’s strategic goals.
• Producing accessible and concise briefings to ensure RCUK’s research is presented clearly, in a way that makes it useful to policy and decision makers at a local and national level.
• Building new partnerships and strengthen existing relationships with likeminded organisations in line with our strategic plan, so we can broaden our reach.

Supporting the Director of Communications and Engagement, the successful candidate will lead and facilitate high-level influence and interaction with the wider statutory sector across all four nations, as that’s where decisions on training and commissioning are made that will have a crucial impact on RCUK’s work.

How to apply

Please email your CV, covering letter and Equality & Diversity monitoring form to us with 'Policy and Public Affairs Manager' in the subject line.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 midnight, Sunday 23rd March 2025.

Interviews will be held in person on Monday 7th April 2025.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.

Join us as our Director of Fundraising and Marketing

Location: Sheffield HQ or Remote (UK-wide)
Salary: £43,235.28 per annum (+ £3,000 London Weighting, where applicable)
Contract Type: Full-time, 1-year fixed-term 

Are you passionate about inspiring change in the fight against climate change?

At Hope for the Future (HFTF), our mission is to empower individuals and communities to engage in meaningful conversations with politicians and drive bold climate action. We believe that through collaboration across political divides, we can create a future where climate action is central to decision-making in government and beyond.

We’re seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to join us as Director of Marketing and Fundraising for a 12-month period. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our fundraising and marketing efforts, ensure financial sustainability, and amplify our voice to drive change during this crucial year for climate action.

What you’ll do

• Oversee the charity’s fundraising, marketing efforts, and strategic partnerships to ensure financial robustness and sustained growth.

• Work alongside the rest of the senior leadership team to ensure HFTF’s financial stability whilst amplifying our voice and expanding our reach. 

• Deliver against our fundraising strategy securing sustainable funding from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, paying service users, and individuals.

• Drive HFTF’s brand forward, developing and implementing creative marketing campaigns to boost our visibility and engagement with diverse communities.

• Increase awareness and support for HFTF through strategic communications and partnerships.

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking an experienced leader with:

• Proven experience in fundraising and marketing, with a track record of driving growth and delivering results quickly

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with experience in engaging diverse audiences—from policymakers to grassroots communities

• A commitment to safeguarding our culture, strategy, and mission 

• A strong understanding of fundraising, marketing strategies, and financial management

• Passion for tackling climate change and inspiring people to engage in advocacy

This role is perfect for a strategic thinker who thrives on making an impact, values collaboration, and can bring energy, focus, and resilience to a well-established organisation during a year of transition.

Why join us?
 

At HFTF, you’ll join a passionate team dedicated to real change. We offer:

• A competitive salary with London Weighting where applicable

• Generous benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), a pension contribution, and wellbeing support

• Flexible working arrangements, including remote or hybrid options

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference, lead our fundraising and marketing team, and contribute to the continued success of a leading climate charity.

Apply Now
 

Ready to take the lead in shaping the future of climate advocacy? If you’re ready to inspire action and help us make a lasting impact, we’d love to hear from you. 

• Applications close on Wednesday March 26th at 9am. 

Hope for the Future is an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

This is a rewarding, contract for 3 days a week supporting babies, children, and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families, at any point in the child’s journey, from birth to End of Life and after death.

You will be joining our well-established Multi-Disciplinary Care team providing effective individual or group Music Therapy to children and their families in their own homes, in The Ark or at a place of choice, as well as supporting the assessment and provision of bereavement support. Noah’s Ark covers a large catchment area so the work does involve frequent travel to reach families in need.

You will work in partnership with the child/young person and their family, demonstrating sensitivity to the child/young person and family’s needs at all times, by promoting comfort, dignity, privacy and quality of life. The successful candidate will also work alongside the wider statutory and voluntary services and community teams, ensuring continuity of care and support for children and their families.Sessions will cover term and holiday times. 

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative professional to join our team. The appointed therapist will have previous experience in working with children with complex needs and, where possible, have experience in either mental health or bereavement services. An understanding of medical settings is desirable.

The therapist should have a good understanding of safeguarding legislation and practice and be confident in lone working and problem solving. Due to the nature of the work the therapist should have good time management skills and the ability to have sensitive conversations when they arise.

The appointed therapist will be driven to continue to develop the therapies service, bringing new ideas to the team and will be confident in communicating the value of the service. Enhancing the service provision for families referred to Noah’s Ark and the understanding of children’s palliative care within the professional network. Please review the attached job description for further details.

Interviews to take place on week commencing 24th March.

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.

Our diversity council is working hard to construct positive changes within our organisation. We are a disabilty confident employer and part of our commitment is to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

We reserve the right to close this role early, so we encourage early applications.

Communications Manager

Terms: 22.5 hours per week / 0.6 FTE, 3 days per week; one year contract with possibility for extension
Salary: £39,000 - £47,000 per annum (pro rata)
Location: Remote working and quarterly in-person team away days.

Closing Date: Friday 30th March 2025. On submission of your application, please add​ ‘Communications Manager’ in the subject line. Your application should include the following:

• Cover Letter
• CV
• ​A one-page document (including images) highlighting a previous communications campaign that you worked on. Please use the following format: clearly outline the a) purpose, b) key message(s), c) description, and d) outcome/impact of the campaign.

Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK. Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are not able to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only shortlisted candidates will be notified. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you have not been successful.

About BASIC

BASIC is an independent think tank whose mission is to safeguard humanity and Earth’s ecosystem from nuclear weapons risks and interconnected security threats, for generations to come. Founded in 1987, we have 40 years’ experience of convening meaningful dialogues across complex political divides, and a reputation for generating innovative, high-quality research and policy advice.

BASIC sees its role as one of drawing together different perspectives within the nuclear weapons / security debate and pushing the boundaries of policy discussions. We cherish our independence and freedom of speech. We are independent, receive no core funding from any state, and our project work is funded transparently.

BASIC is a fast-paced, inclusive, and rewarding environment in which to work. We have experienced 5x growth since 2017, and our intention is to continue this growth trajectory, and have an exceptionally positive team culture.

Role Description

BASIC is seeking an experienced and strategic Communications Manager to lead and implement effective communication strategies that amplify our mission, enhance our brand identity, and strengthen engagement with key audiences. The ideal candidate will have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, a proactive approach to storytelling, and the ability to collaborate across the organisation to ensure clear, consistent, and impactful messaging.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Communications Manager will play a central role in shaping BASIC’s external presence, working across programmes to craft compelling narratives for social media, the website, and other digital platforms, as well as press contacts.

The Communications Manager will be the point of contact for all communication activity and will be responsible for setting the strategy and communicating this to the team. As an organisation, BASIC is keen to develop brand identity, particularly amongst our programmes and the Communications Manager will be instrumental in developing this work. 

Main Duties

Organisational Communications & Strategy

• Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy aligned with BASIC’s mission and objectives including a strong link to impact.

• Lead the evolution of our social media strategy, ensuring increased engagement and impact.

• Develop and implement strategic online communication plans to enhance BASIC’s digital presence, ensuring consistent and engaging messaging across all platforms.

• Oversee BASIC’s branding and identity development, ensuring consistency across programmes and platforms. This includes: organisational brand asset, image, review and refresh.

• Act as BASIC’s press officer, managing media engagement, journalistic contacts, and public relations.

• Plan and execute BASIC’s website redevelopment strategy, including better functionality for fundraising efforts and overseeing all aspects of website content/management.

• Draft, edit, and manage organisational newsletters using MailerLite, ensuring clear, engaging, and audience-focused content that aligns with BASIC’s communications strategy.

• Provide communications training to staff, fostering a culture of shared responsibility for communications.

• Create promotional materials to advance BASIC’s initiatives

• Strengthen BASIC’s internal and external communications, ensuring alignment with key stakeholders.

Programme Responsibilities

• Develop and execute tailored communications plans for specific programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and effective audience engagement.

• Collaborate with programme teams to create and distribute engaging content that highlights programme achievements and key messages

• Work with programme teams to define the strategy, vision and purpose of newsletters

• Coordinate programme events (virtual and in-person), in terms of communications outreach to increase visibility and structuring of success stories

• Support the creation of digital content (social media posts, website updates, videos, etc.) to promote programme activities and initiatives

• Assist with publishing programme reports including proofing and providing guidance for branding and imagery 

• Provide communications support for programme fundraising activities

• Monitor and analyse communications impact across programmes, using feedback and data to suggest improvements and ensure messaging is reaching the right audiences

• Help to manage relationships with key stakeholders for each programme by ensuring ongoing engagement and support for programme objectives

• Ensure consistent branding and messaging across all programme communications to maintain coherence with the organisation's overall identity

Role Requirements

Essential criteria for the role:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Marketing, Education, Business, Fundraising)

8+ years of working in a communications role

Knowledge of global security issues with linkage to UK policy 

Proven experience in developing and implementing communication strategies aligned with organisational goals and objectives

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to craft clear, compelling messages

Ability to generate innovative ideas and content that engage target audiences and enhance brand visibility

Strong networking and stakeholder engagement skills

Experience in monitoring and evaluating communication impact through media coverage, engagement metrics, and analytics. Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and identify areas for improvement.

Strong collaborative skills with the ability to work effectively across teams to ensure consistent messaging and brand representation.

Keen eye for detail with a commitment to accuracy and quality in all communications materials.

Desirable criteria for the role:

Experience in crisis communications, including drafting statements and managing sensitive issues.

Why Join BASIC?

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the communications strategy of a respected international security think tank. If you are a creative, strategic, and proactive communicator who thrives in a collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that, due to the large number of applications we receive, we are not able to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only shortlisted candidates will be notified. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you have not been successful.

Job Title: Night Support Worker

Location: London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Salary: £27,352.00 per annum (par rota)

Hours: Hours: 40 hours per week including weekends.

Contract: Permanent

PRHA is a great place to work – Our award winning teams work together to improve the lives of our residents and make a real contribution to ending homelessness.

As an IIP Gold standard employer we value our staff and commit to develop their skills and support them in their important work.

Bring your enthusiasm and your desire to make a difference to the lives of homeless people.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Night Support Worker within one of our homelessness services. Edward Gibbons House which is a Male hostel located in the busy, multicultural borough of Tower Hamlets. We work alongside some of the most vulnerable and complex individuals in our community. The day to day work involves supporting our residents to live safer, independent and fulfilling lives and creating a positive and inspiring environment in which they can achieve their goals. We work with multiple agencies and partners in the borough to ensure our clients’ needs are met, these include drug and alcohol services, housing teams and NHS teams.

PRHA hostels guarantee a fast-paced, challenging and dynamic environment where no two days are ever the same. We are seeking motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams and help our residents to change their lives for the better.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for self-starters with a passion for sparking change in people’s lives. You will have the necessary skillset to empower people and support residents to achieve their goals.

To be successful in the role you must be able to:

· provide dynamic person-centred support to residents

· ensure at all times the environment is safe and welcoming for all

· work together in a team to deliver a psychologically informed environment

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What we offer

We offer our staff a generous benefits package, which includes:

· Pension Scheme – We offer a group stakeholder pension scheme with 2% employer's contribution, employee contribution is 5%

· Holidays - Employees receive up to 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with long service

· Medical – we provide a “Cash Back" Scheme for a range of services such as dental, physio, chiropody, health& wellbeing

· Training Programmes – We provide comprehensive training to our employees to enable them to grow in their career and achieve their professional aspirations.

· Season Ticket Loans – We offer interest-free season ticket loans after successful probation

· Life Assurance - Upon death whilst in service, a Death in Service payment may be made according to the scheme rules. The payment covers 3 times of the employee’s annual salary.

It is required for this post that the successful candidates will have to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.

Your new company

I am working exclusively with a Financial Services body, and we are looking to recruit a Programme Manager on a part-time basis to lead a brand refresh. This role is available on a 2-day-a-week basis, with a requirement to go into the office once a month. Reporting to senior leadership, the postholder will ensure workstreams progress smoothly, align with strategic goals, and remain on schedule. This role involves liaising with internal teams, tracking milestones, and engaging with external suppliers.

Your new role

The successful candidate will:

• Oversee the implementation of the brand refresh, ensuring alignment across design, digital, systems, and communications.
• Manage and track progress across multiple workstreams, working closely with internal teams and external agencies.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers, escalating issues when necessary.
• Attend and contribute to weekly project meetings, providing status updates.
• Ensure clear documentation of progress, key decisions, and dependencies.
• Monitor budget allocations, ensuring project spending remains within scope.

What you'll need to succeed

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Proven experience in Programme Management. Ideally in managing branding, digital transformation, or large-scale organisational change projects.
• Strong coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Excellent stakeholder management, working across internal teams and external agencies.
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with attention to detail and a solutions-focused mindset.

What you'll get in return

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking for a flexible midterm contract on a part-time basis.

What you need to do now

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An exciting Programme Manager position has arisen in a fantastic organisation, whose mission is to use the law to hold power to account and protect the environment.

Location:Hybrid working with 3 days a week from Covent Garden office

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000

 As Programme Manager you will lead internal programme delivery across a complex range of external facing campaigns and internal change programmes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Development of the project management office and related systems and processes ensuring they remain robust, agile and highly efficient.
• Providing functional line management to all subject matter expert project managers as part of a matrix management system.
• Developing and maintaining detailed programme plans, defining scope, timelines, milestones, resource allocation strategies and deliverables.
• Managing programme budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking, ensuring that expenditures align with financial objectives.
• Identifying and managing dependencies, risks, and issues across projects, implementing mitigation strategies where necessary.
• Driving continuous improvement of systems, tools, and processes to enhance operational efficiency and support future innovation.
• Developing highly effective negotiation, communication and reporting strategies with senior stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have proven experience (5+ years) of both managing large-scale programmes and leading a team. Excellent project management skills with a deep understanding of both agile and waterfall methodologies is crucial, alongside strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Financial acumen and experience managing large budgets is also a must.

Understanding of legal campaign work and a knowledge of UK political landscape would be beneficial.

If this sounds like you and you’re keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!

 Please note, CVS are being reviewed on a rolling basis and only successful applicants will be contacted with more information.

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.

Job Title: Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor

Location: Homeworking with a requirement to occasionally work at Head Office (Vauxhall, London)
Salary: £28,104 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting allowance if applicable
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Domestic Abuse Helpline Advisor to provide high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence and abuse, including those at the point of crisis.

Helpline Advisors are responsible for providing high-quality, empowering, emotional and practical support, assistance and information to women and those supporting them, who contact the Freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge. Helpline Advisors deliver one to one support to women and those supporting them to ensure that they are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming service, enabling women to understand their rights, make decisions and increase their options. The job involves working across multiple platforms including phone and live chat, to inform survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety.

Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours rota that includes evenings, weekends and night shifts.

Closing date: 09:00am 1 April 2025
Interview Dates: Week beginning 14 April 2025

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development.

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Technical Operations Officer

Hours: Part-Time, 21 hours per week (3 days a week). May include occasional evenings and weekends (time off in lieu given)

Salary: £40,000 FTE (£24,000 Actual, 3 days per week)

Location: Hybrid working; Combination of bpf’s offices at 37 Mapesbury Road, Kilburn, London NW2 and homeworking

Responsible to: Director of Membership & Communications

Annual leave: 30 days plus Bank Holidays (pro-rated)

Pension: Employer 3%, employee 5%

Job Purpose:

The Technical Operations Officer will play a vital role in the smooth running of our technical infrastructure and IT systems. The post holder will work with our external IT providers to ensure our Microsoft systems are functioning, our CRM and payment systems are up to date and functioning, our student learning platform is maintained, our cyber security is tested and up to date and all day-to-day technical operations are supported. We have also recently installed a clinical services software package.

You will work alongside our training managers and our membership and events managers to provide excellent technical operations.

About Us:

The British Psychotherapy Foundation (bpf) is a psychotherapy training and membership organisation and it’s our mission to ensure psychotherapy is available to as many people who need it as possible. We are set up as a charity and membership body and we will be aiming to register with the Office for Students in the near future.

With over 750 members, we are one of the largest psychotherapy membership and training organisations in the UK. Our approach is based on the rich tradition of psychoanalytic and Jungian theory and practice, while also drawing on scientific advances in our understanding of the human mind and development. You will be joining a staff of about 35 employees who are enthusiastic about growing our organization and providing our trainees, members and patients the best possible service.

bpf staff enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid format, and we pride ourselves upon taking ownership of our individual responsibilities, supporting one another, respecting boundaries, respecting diversity, taking initiative, and coming up with creative solutions.

The post-holder will report to the Director of Membership & Communications who will be on hand to offer guidance and support. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a considerable impact at the bpf and to develop your career with us as we continue our growth.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation and maintenance of technical operations, including system monitoring, basic troubleshooting, and incident reporting
• Assist in maintaining and creating documentation of operational procedures, system configurations, security measures, and incident reports
• Coordinate with various teams to help ensure smooth deployment processes and system updates
• Train staff on using our systems and ensure they are granted appropriate access for their role
• Monitor system performance and alert relevant stakeholders of any issues or anomalies
• Help implement operational procedures and participate in process improvement initiatives
• Assisting with updating our website
• Making sure we are cyber-secure

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of experience in technical operations or systems administration
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite administration, CRM processes, Wordpress, Zoom, MS Teams, learning management system a bonus but ability to learn quickly about implementation of a learning system would be necessary
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS coding
• Experience with monitoring tools and basic troubleshooting
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

Person Specification:

Essential Competencies:

• Demonstrates collaborative agility through ability to work effectively across different teams and adapt to changing priorities
• Shows effective communication skills with the ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders
• Exhibits adaptability and commitment to continuous learning, particularly in keeping up with new technologies and processes
• Demonstrates proactive problem-solving abilities, with the capability to identify and escalate issues appropriately

Technical Knowledge and Experience:

• Working knowledge of infrastructure management and system monitoring
• Experience with Wordpress, CRMs (Civi CRM preferable), Microsoft Suite Administration, Zoom, MS Teams
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements, including UK GDPR
• Experience in incident tracking and documentation

Personal Qualities:

• Shows empathy, patience and understanding when working with team members and stakeholders
• Demonstrates adaptability in managing changing work priorities
• Maintains a proactive approach to identifying potential technical issues
• Shows commitment to personal development and learning new skills

Professional Behaviours:

• Actively participates in team initiatives and collaborations
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks and follows through to completion
• Demonstrates alignment with FREDIE principles in daily work:
• Fairness in handling requests and issues
• Respect for colleagues and stakeholders
• Equality in service delivery
• Diversity in approach to problem-solving
• Inclusion in team communications
• Engagement with organizational goals

Other terms and benefits of Employment

Benefits: Death in service cover. This is payment to a chosen recipient of twice the salary if a staff member dies in service.

Notice period: One month during 6-month probationary period; 1 month thereafter.