Jobs in Uk

The essentials … 

• Permanent, full-time 
• £25 – 27k (depending on experience) 
• Hybrid working (3-4 days in office with 1-2 days per week working from home) subject to the needs of the business

What you’ll be doing … 

The main purpose of this role is to provide effective administrative and onsite support to the events team across events, conferences, training courses and venue hire. You will be highly organised with a keen eye for detail and have enthusiasm for events and working for a membership organisation.

Overall responsibilities / requirements …

• To support the events team with managing sales and general events enquiries in a timely and efficient manner. 
• Supporting the team on delivering show rounds to prospective clients when needed. 
• Work collaboratively with the Venue Hire Lead, Head of Events and Buildings Manager to communicate key information taking place across Burlington House. 
• To support events with raising invoices and resolving queries in a timely manner. 
• To support events with conference administration including delegate liaison, abstract management, badges and event requirements.
• To support events with training course administration including delegate liaison, course materials management and training requirements. 

Event Operations: 

• To support the events team with ad-hoc events out of hours where needed across the year. 
• Ensure the events spaces are well maintained in collaboration with the Buildings Manager and Venue Hire Lead. 

Teamwork: 

• To be proactive in identifying areas for potential improvement in the events administration process. 
• To take part in developing more efficient ways of working within the team attending team meetings and updating on administrative areas.
• To ensure that positive working relationships are continued across departments at GSL 
• To participate in wider meetings including External Relations and Health & Safety. 

Other responsibilities and expectations … 

• The post holder is expected to work flexibly to respond to changing needs at The Geological Society.
• The post holder is expected to undertake any other responsibilities or tasks consistent with the role and/or reasonably required by the Head of Events. 

What we’re looking for … 

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. 
• Experience 1-2 years working in events, membership and/or venue/ hospitality administrative background. 
• Confident individual with a can-do attitude, uses initiative to make things happen. 
• Team player, working effectively both independently and in a team. 
• Competent with Microsoft Office and basic Excel programmes. 
• Collaborative spirit, willing to work across multiple teams to achieve best possible outcomes. 
• Strong level of spelling and grammar. 

The ideal candidate will have: 

ESSENTIAL 

• Personable, customer service and networking skills 
• Awareness of administering events for similar organisation / or venue based. 

DESIRABLE 

• Degree qualification (or equivalent)
• Working within a heritage venue similar to Burlington House 
• Awareness of the events industry 

A bit about us … 

The Geological Society is a registered charity and employs just over 50 staff at its offices in London and Bath. Our London office is situated in the beautiful London hotspot of Piccadilly in Burlington House, just next door to The Royal Academy.  As an employee conscious company, we invest in our staff by emphasising training, growth and progression in every role. We firmly believe in creating a positive workplace wellbeing culture and offer a range of benefits to our staff including:

• 25 days basic holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays) when you start, increasing up to 30 days with continued service (pro-rated for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase up to 2 days extra holiday days per year
• Contributary pension scheme
• Access to 24/7 online GP with mental health & wellbeing counselling
• Free premium Headspace account for you and 2 members of friends/family
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season Ticket Loan scheme
• Life Assurance and Income Protection schemes
• Free access to Royal Academy exhibitions
• Free Geological Society Fellow membership for qualified staff

The Society is committed to fostering an inclusive culture that promotes equality, values diversity and maintains a harmonious inclusive environment in which the rights and dignity of all its members visitors and staff are respected. We are an equal opportunities employer and the post-holder will be expected to adhere to and support the Society’s commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

How to apply …

To apply for this position, please follow the 'How to Apply' button to our website for contact details. As an equal opportunity employer, we kindly ask for applicants to anonymise CVs and cover letters before submitting by replacing your full name with initials.

Please let us know if you will require any special provisions to be made should you be called for an interview. 

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We have an opportunity within our London, South East and East Region for a Funding Manager who is passionate about communities and the wider voluntary sector.

The post holder will lead on strategic and programme funding initiatives, coordinate our regional learning function and ensure that our grant making in the region is learning informed and equitable. The role will also support our transition to our new Strategy particularly working to embed a new approach to partnership at a regional level. The regional team consistently delivers innovative, game changing solutions for some of the most pressing challenges the region faces and you will be expected to be able to continue that work.

Working across the region (three sub regions and 9 patches); engaging with teams across our England Directorate a typical day can be fast-paced and highly varied. Funding Managers are responsible for coordinating the whole lifecycle of our grant-making, placing communities and an equity-based approach at the heart of what we do; managing a portfolio of grants, working in support of regional strategy, leading on learning, and managing an individual team. You will be able to “think outside the box”, be confident working in an innovative and experimentation space to help deliver equitable and measurable support for the sector within the region.

You should be experienced in Grant Management and Stakeholder Management processes and systems or confident in your ability to quickly learn how to use them as key management tools.

Responsibilities include

• Working across the region to support the design and delivery of Funding and Partnership and specific programme focused initiatives, ensuring strong project management and coordination
• Leading the LSE&E learning function; promoting a culture of learning and a commitment to ensure we are data, evidence and learning informed in our grant making.
• Designing and coordinating project delivery teams as needed in support of our partnerships and strategic grant making ambitions; defining the skills, capabilities and resource needs to deliver on initiatives.
• Supporting the strategic delivery of regional strategy, working collaboratively with senior funding staff.
• Engaging with other regions and directorates in support of multi region funding requests and initiatives.
• Supporting the transition of a regional team to deliver against our new England strategy including work to define the scope of team activities; ways of working and effective team building.

The ideal candidate will be able to deploy their sector knowledge, funding and management skills to manage a portfolio of regional grants and support grant making across the region; manage project teams and strategic initiatives (including the direct line management of a small team of Funding Officers and matrix management of short-term project teams). The post holder will work alongside 9 other Funding Managers working across the Region. You will report into our Senior Grant Making Managers in a matrix management relationship and work collaboratively with teams and peers across the organisation at various levels.

Interview Date: 11th and 13th March – virtual

Location: London, South East & East

We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The regional office is based in London.

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of the Third Sector in London South East and East Region
• Experience of working in grant making ideally linked to at least one of our mission areas; supporting communities to come together, supporting babies, children and young people to thrive, environmental sustainability, and/or enabling people to live healthier lives.
• Strong team, people and project management skills, with an ability to lead, motivate and manage staff, driving high performance and support a team through change.
• Experience in driving a culture of learning with strong co-ordination skills to support the Learning Function across the Region.
• Experience in equitable grant making and driving forward our EDI ambitions.

Desirable criteria
• Experience in managing complex budgets and processes and ability to use Grant Management Systems
• A deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities for the VCSE sector.
• Ability to act as more than a funder and bring together partnerships within the sector

Company Description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our ‘3Ps’.

We achieve this in two ways: we improve lives through frontline delivery of public services, and we use our knowledge to change ‘the system’ by fixing the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Job Description

As a Financial Wellbeing Advisor within Catch22’s Justice team in London, you will play a key role in supporting ex-offenders on probation, focusing on their financial needs. Working with adult males, you’ll explore the root causes of financial hardship and help address debt, benefits, and overall financial wellbeing to build their confidence in managing finances independently.

You will manage a caseload, conducting assessments and developing action plans, while collaborating with local agencies to deliver support. You'll also assist with accessing benefits, banking services, and financial entitlements. The role is autonomous but collaborative, with opportunities to improve service quality and share innovative ideas.

About You
You’re highly organized, process-driven, and able to manage workloads efficiently. With a keen eye for detail and strong writing skills, you ensure timely and high-quality case management. Proactive and resilient, you thrive under pressure and are quick to learn, ready to tackle new challenges in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll have experience in the Criminal Justice System or working with disadvantaged people, with a passion for making a positive impact.

Qualifications

GCSE in Maths and English, or equivalent
Experience in the Criminal Justice System
Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Additional information

Important information about this opportunity

Those interested in applying for this opportunity should review the Job Description to find out more. If you have any

questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact out team. Email is available on our advert accessible via the application link. Unfortunately Charity Job does not allow email addresses or links in their advert. All of this informaiton is available on our own site. 

Contract: FIXED TERM until 31/12/2025

Hours & work pattern: Full time, 38 hours per week.

Salary: £27,991.00

Location: This role is based in King's Cross, Only Connect, Kings Cross, 32 Cubitt Street, London, WC1X 0LR

Preferences for successful candidates will be considered but are not always guaranteed.

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, HMPPS vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

Working patterns: Monday to Friday.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role, to be considered for this position.

Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see the opportunity Information Pack for more information.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

At Catch22 we are proud of our commitment in supporting people develop in their careers and progress in our organisation. In 2024, within our Justice Hub, we have 68% of those in management roles that originally joined Catch22 in the frontline workforce and some worked across a number of roles and Leadership positions before joining management. This allows us to have a highly experienced management group and provides development opportunities for those in our much valued front-line.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

2 x Garden Administrator roles at Horatio’s Garden Sheffield and Horatio’s Garden Midlands (Oswestry)

JOB ROLE 

Salary: £10,028 (FTE £25,070)

Contract type/ hours: Part time, 15 hours per week

Closing date: 20 February 2025

Sheffield location: Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Midlands location: The Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries, The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry

We are seeking two friendly, organised, part time administrators, to provide support to the Head Gardeners at our Midlands Garden in Oswestry, and our new garden in Sheffield.

The Midlands garden opened in 2019 and is our fourth garden, designed by Bunny Guinness. The Sheffield garden is our eighth and newest garden, due to be opened in 2025 and designed by Harris Bugg Studio.

Horatio’s Garden is a charity that creates and cares for beautiful gardens in NHS spinal injury centres. Leading garden designers develop the stunning sanctuaries for patients and their family and friends, creating an environment which becomes an integral part of their lives and care whilst spending many months in hospital.

Both beautiful gardens include stunning planting, a water feature and a large garden room to give patients a warm sheltered place to enjoy the garden in all weathers.The gardens also feature a large glasshouse, an area of raised beds for patients where garden therapy sessions will be held, and a comfortable office for garden staff.

The Garden Administrators will join a team of six other dedicated administrators across the charity’s existing projects. You will work closely with the Head Gardener and a team of volunteers to nurture the beautiful space for patients and their visitors.

You will be responsible for the administration of the garden and coordination of the large group of volunteers. With the Head Gardener you will also arrange social events for patients, their families and visitors.

These roles are a fantastic opportunity for two confident administrators who are efficient and organised, with great IT skills and a proactive, can-do attitude. You will need to be adaptable and friendly and happy working with volunteers and patients. An understanding of the healing benefits of gardens would be beneficial. We welcome informal enquiries. 

The roles are both part-time salaried posts for 15 hours based in the garden, with flexibility for overtime to cover when the Head Gardener is on leave or absent from the garden.

Key responsibilities include:

· Volunteer coordination, training and recruitment

· Support the Head Gardener with administrative duties

· Ensure the garden and buildings are presented to a high standard at all times

· Develop administration methods to support the efficient running of the garden

· Provide support in the planning and running of events in the garden

· Support visitors to the garden, booking in visits and assisting with garden tours

· Share in the upkeep and cleanliness of the kitchen and garden room

· Purchasing necessary supplies for the garden

· Collate the banking of donations and managing petty cash

· Support the sale of charity merchandise and replenish stock as required, with regular stock takes

· Ensure promotional leaflets and posters are tidy, up to date, stocked and on display

· Other duties to support the efficient running of the garden

Essential skills and experience required:

· Highly competent administrative experience, at least 2 years

· Excellent IT competence, agility and experience with using Microsoft 365 programmes, in particular Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in person, over the phone and in writing

· Outstanding attention to detail, proactive, lots of initiative and drive

· Able to form positive working relationships with staff at all levels, key stakeholders and volunteers

· An adaptable and flexible attitude

· Approachable, friendly and the passion to advocate for the values of the charity

Desirable skills and experience:

· Experience of volunteer coordination and recruitment

· Experience of organising events and fundraising activities

· Bookkeeping

· Appreciation of gardens and their ability to heal

As a Charity we are committed to creating and promoting a culture that protects and preserves the welfare of the vulnerable people in our care. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining and evaluating information from and about candidates including criminal record checks, to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work for our Charity.

APPLICATION 

Please state clearly which role you are interested in applying for.

Please write a one page covering letter, explaining why you would be suited to this role and submit this along with your CV.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sectors of society. 

NOTE: DBS, medical and reference checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

Leukaemia UK – Our Charity

Leukaemia UK is growing! We are expanding our team to achieve a step-change in income, profile and impact in 2025 and beyond.

We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through finding and funding life-changing research.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and survival rates are among some of the worst of any cancer.  And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. 

Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are embarking on a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, and engagement and impact.

As we begin the fourth year of this ambitious 5-year strategy, we are seeking a passionate and pro-active Trusts and Grants Officer to support in the management and growth of our partnerships with Trusts, Foundations and the Pharmaceutical sector.

Team

We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do.  We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood cancers.

From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenges and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.

Leukaemia UK and You 

Working across the Philanthropy team, you will play a key role in our exciting ambitions to raise more funds through meaningful partnerships with Trust and Foundations, and the pharmaceutical sector.

We are looking for a collaborative and results driven Trusts and Grants Officer who is passionate about the impact funding from these organisations can have in supporting the leukaemia community and ultimately stopping leukaemia devastating lives.

This is a great role for someone looking to have real development and learning opportunities in an exciting and fast-paced environment. You will be working with an experienced philanthropy team at a time of significant growth.  

Skills and Experience

• An ambitious but focused mindset, dedicated to delivering results
• A passion for writing, with the ability to navigate complex information at times, in order to develop high-quality proposals
• Excellent relationship management skills, with experience of utilising this with key funders, grant makers, partners, donors and stakeholders  
• Experience of managing a portfolio of charitable trusts, foundations and partnerships and developing a pipeline of new opportunities
• Excellent verbal communication, networking and relationship-building skills
• A collaborative mindset, with experience of working across teams, utilising internal expertise to best effect
• Experience of being a diligent and accurate record keeper, ideally with experience of Salesforce or a similar CRM
• Experience of working to ambitious team objectives and reporting against these 

Job specifics  

• Hours: Full time hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday
• Location: We are very flexible! Our hybrid working policy is a minimum of two days per month in our London Office office. For the Philanthropy team this will vary dependent on meetings with internal and external stakeholders so your flexibility is a must. Our aim as the Philanthropy team is to work together in the office together one day a week, if and when possible.
• Salary range £30,000 - £37,000 (FTE)
• First interviews will be held via Teams on Thursday 6th March 2025
• Second interviews will be face to face in our London Offices – at 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL on Wednesday 12th March 2025
• We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website Work with us - Leukaemia UK 

If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert.  Application instructions: To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter. Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 23rd February 2025.

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Charlotte Holmes

Head of Philanthropy 

Leukaemia UK – Our Charity

Leukaemia UK is growing! We are expanding our team to achieve a step-change in income, profile and impact in 2025 and beyond.

We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through finding and funding life-changing research.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and survival rates are among some of the worst of any cancer.  And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. 

Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are embarking on a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, and engagement and impact.

As we begin the fourth year of this ambitious 5-year strategy, we are seeking a passionate and pro-active Community and Challenge Events Fundraising Officer. This role is key to our Public Fundraising Team, co-ordinating Leukaemia UK’s community fundraising portfolio to drive participation and income.  This role aligns to our wider strategic aim to generate the maximum amount of income for blood cancer research.

Team

We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do.  We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood cancers.

From us you can expect all the laughter you can handle, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about the delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.

Leukaemia UK and You 

As Community and Challenge Events Fundraising Officer, you will be an outgoing and enthusiastic member of the Public Fundraising Team engaging with supporters and stewarding them through their fundraising.

We can talk all day long about our expectations, and what we want from a generic shopping list of candidate qualities, but what we really want is someone who:

· Has an AMAZING sense of team spirit

· Works hard, is highly motivated, proactive, team-orientated, a big picture thinker and outcomes obsessed

· Has a willingness to support complex, high value, multi stakeholder projects independently from start to finish

· Wants to live and breathe the success of the team and the organization

· Can support our team by making continuous improvements to our systems, processes and templates

You will be an adaptable and flexible member of the Fundraising team, contributing to a culture of co-operation, flexibility and adaptability. You will form strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring Challenge Events and Community Fundraising is professionally represented and gets the buy-in and commitment needed to deliver its objectives.

Skills:

• Excellent people skills, with the ability to tailor your approach according to the audience. Always ensuring the supporter feels valued and enjoys the experience of fundraising for Leukaemia UK
• Comfortable researching, identifying and pitching new fundraising ideas/products to manager. 
• Experience using a CRM database (desirable Salesforce) Excellent level of competence on MS Office programmes: Excel, Word and PowerPoint 
• Excellent project management skills with ability to set priorities, manage budgets, meet objectives and work to tight deadlines.
• A passion and motivation for leukaemia research
• Ensure Community Fundraising activities are in compliance with key legal and statutory requirements including GDPR, Gift Aid and charity regulatory bodies.
• Meticulous attention to detail. 
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies where appropriate. 

Experience:

• Ideally at least two years proven experience of delivering income growth in an event or community fundraising setting (preferably both) 
• Experience in stewarding fundraisers from initial enquiry through to post-event
• Experience of developing and successfully launching new community and/or events products
• Proven knowledge of online fundraising tools and digital marketing 

Job specifics  

• Hours: Full time hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday
• Location: We are very flexible! Our hybrid working policy is a minimum of two days per month in our London Office office. Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to travel to events and meet supporters that will involve some evening and weekend work.
• Salary range £28,000 - £36,000 (FTE)  dependant on experience
• First interviews will be held via Teams on Tuesday 4th March 2025
• Second interviews will be face to face in our London Offices – at 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL on Tues 11 March 2025.
• We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website Work with us - Leukaemia UK 

If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert.  

Application instructions: To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter. Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 23rd February 2025

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Russell Benson- Community & Challenge Events Manager  

Sarah Weber - Head of Public Fundraising

Based in central Manchester reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the successful candidate will develop our existing provision ensuring our award winning and innovative approach continues to reach, engage, support and empower male, trans and non-binary sex workers. They will co-ordinate, manage and develop the advocacy and support aspects of our work, ensuring we have a safe, effective and accessible range of services that meet the interconnected needs of our service users e.g. housing, drug & alcohol use, LGBTQIA+ rights and safety, education & training, volunteering and money management. The post-holder will lead and develop our outreach, advocacy and case work support services. They will manage a small team of staff, volunteers and placement students. 

Are you up for the challenge of working in a fast-paced and supportive environment with colleagues as passionate about championing young people as you are?

It’s an exciting time for the DofE as we look ahead to our next strategy, plan how we’ll celebrate our 70th anniversary and how we’ll continue to give young people a life-changing experience for generations to come. Bringing our 350+ staff on this journey together is a key part of that, as is engaging the thousands of DofE Leaders and young people involved in DofE. Join us and be part of building an open and transparent culture where people are consulted, valued, recognised and celebrated.

Have you got the passion, creativity and drive to join us and be part of the next chapter of the DofE?

What will the position involve?

The Senior Communications Officer at The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) will 

play a vital role in driving forward strategic communications and engagement at an exciting and ambitious time for the charity. 

You’ll play a key role in planning and delivering effective communications and engagement that bring key strategic projects to life and ensure their success. 

You’ll be a confident communicator with excellent organisational and project management skills, sound judgement, excellent writing skills and a passion for making a difference to young people’s lives from the moment you start. 

We are looking for?

• A talented, ambitious, organised and proactive communications professional, ready to take your next step.

• You’ll understand what it takes to plan and deliver effective change, creating opportunities for two-way conversations that bring people together, build mutual understanding and help build a positive and productive organisational culture.

• You’ll have experience of working in a busy communications team, with an ability to work well under pressure, have a great eye for detail and lots of new ideas. 

• You’ll be experienced in proactively shaping and delivering impactful engagement and be well-versed in communications approaches and channels. 

• You’ll be happy leading projects and collaborating with colleagues at all levels, using your expertise to advise on effective, thoughtful and well-planned project communications and engagement that deliver against project objectives and support the charity’s strategic goals. 

• You’ll play a key role in developing and improving how we engage everyone involved in DofE and play a part in delivering important communications about DofE programmes.  

If you’re excited about the prospect of working for the DofE and believe you have the desired skills and experience to make a real success of this role, then we want to hear from you.

Applications will close at midnight on Sunday 16 February 2025. 

First interviews (to be held virtually): week commencing Monday 24 February 2025 

Second interviews (to be held virtually): week commencing Monday 3 March 2025 

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.

The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.   All successful applicants will be required to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.

**The geographical allowance is based on a member of staff having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 per annum.

The role of our Events Coordinator is to drive forward Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s fundraising efforts through the coordination, delivery and review of our portfolio of income generating events throughout the year, and providing events expertise and support to colleagues across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Coordinate, plan and deliver a portfolio of events:
Concurrently project manage all aspects of specific events (charity-owned, third-party and challenge events), ensuring all tasks are assigned and completed as per each event’s project plan.
Produce event budgets and ensure events are run within budgeted expenditure and achieving budgeted income, negotiating with suppliers for the most cost-effective prices where appropriate.
To evaluate event performance against agreed objectives and ensure these insights and learnings inform future decision making and planning.
Propose new test events for the charity to diversify its portfolio, researching and building the business cases.
Maximise events income and develop new relationships with potential partners:
Monitor and manage the Events Fundraising budget for your responsible events and forecast as necessary, accounting for variances and taking a proactive approach where required.
Produce event evaluation reports at the end of each event to capture learnings and to support with planning for the next event.
Ensure future opportunities for the charity are followed-up post-event and are recorded as a soft-benefit in any event evaluation reports.
Ensure accurate recordkeeping of supporters, projects and events, using the Fundraising database.
Deliver high quality, donor-centric supporter care and stewardship, ensuring a quality experience for supporters at all events that reflect the values and identity of the YAA, and builds long-term relationships with our supporters.

Create and implement a marketing, communications and advertising plan:
Work alongside the marketing team to devise a multi-channel marketing plan for events and feed into the Fundraising team’s general marketing and communications planner.
Liaise with the Marketing and Communications department and external agencies to produce marketing material to support the promotion of events and post-event PR.
Update online event listings and ensure the YAA website event page is up-to-date.

Develop excellent relationships and represent YAA at the highest levels:
Maintain excellent, professional relationships with both new and existing supporters and suppliers.
Work with colleagues and volunteers across to raise the profile of and recruit event participants and attendees, and to pass on leads to relevant teams.
Keep abreast of new developments and trends in the fundraising events arena.

Team management:
Work closely with fundraising, marketing, admin and finance colleagues.
Recruit, co-ordinate, engage and motivate volunteers to support planning and delivery of events.

Budgetary responsibility:
Recommend an annual Events Fundraising budget for inclusion in YAA’s annual budget, with detailed income/expenditure breakdown, phasing, target ROI, rationale and key performance indicators.
To manage and monitor the budget events fundraising, ensuring income targets are met, costs are in line with the agreed budget.
Submit monthly written performance reports to the Directors of Fundraising.

Personal development:
Attend mandatory training, as directed by your line manager, to ensure underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies are developed and attained, to carry out your job effectively.
Continuously update and develop your expertise and knowledge of charity’s activities.
Share knowledge and skills with other members of the Fundraising Directorate.
Stay abreast of industry best practice, insights and emerging trends and taking proactive steps to quickly and effectively utilise and share findings to benefit the charity.
Develop relationships with peers in other organisations to keep abreast of new developments in the charity and events sectors and to share best practice.

General:
To act as an ambassador for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance by undertaking public speaking engagements when required to do so.
To attend Marketing/Fundraising and Regional meetings as required.
To ensure all systems and processes are followed in accordance with operating procedures.
Ensure accurate records are kept, using the CRM and appropriate MS Office programmes.
To observe Health and Safety requirements at all times and comply with the Charity’s policies and procedures including the requirements of GDPR.
To carry out other duties as required by the Director of Fundraising.
To undertake projects as required and be an active member of certain focus groups.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required:

Essential:
Experience in event coordination, preferably in the charity sector, and be able to demonstrate a strong track record in fundraising and achieving financial targets.
Experience of project management and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Excellent attention to detail.
Well-developed interpersonal skills, particularly around negotiation, persuasion, motivational and collaborative attributes.
Full UK driving licence with access to own car.
A willingness to travel and work unsocial hours both in the evenings and at weekends.
Computer literacy (Microsoft Office Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
Have suitable home based accommodation to provide an office space.

Desirable:
Experience of delegate/supporter management.
The ability to build professional relationships, tell the charities story in order to engage supporters and remain upbeat and positive when in challenging situations.
Proven experience and current understanding of the events fundraising market.
Experience of using a CRM or database.
Residing in the Yorkshire area.
Experience of working from home.
Experience of working to an income/expenditure target.

To apply for this position via our website:
Provide a CV and covering letter stating how your experience, knowledge, abilities and skills match the job requirements along with why you are applying.
Complete the optional Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Please visit our website for further information and for the full job pack. 

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

Be part of a dynamic and collaborative Marketing team dedicated to delivering impactful email campaigns that drive engagement and support key organisational goals. You'll work closely with teams across Communications, Fundraising, and Digital to create best-in-class email experiences that make a real difference.

As a Senior Email Executive, you'll play a key role in leading and optimising email acquisition strategies. Reporting to the Email Marketing Manager, you will take ownership of planning and delivering effective email campaigns while ensuring they align with organisational priorities. Your work will directly impact audience engagement, fundraising success, and brand awareness.

Main responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day email acquisition campaign planning and execution.
- Develop and optimise email content in collaboration with Creative and Digital teams.
- Manage email delivery schedules and ensure seamless execution across teams.
Analyse campaign performance and drive improvements through A/B testing and optimisation strategies.
- Stay up to date with email marketing trends, deliverability best practices, and industry innovations.
- Collaborate with data teams to ensure effective audience segmentation and targeting.

Key Criteria:
- Proven experience in email marketing, including campaign planning and execution.
- Strong knowledge of email platforms (Dot-Digital preferred) and automation tools.
- Ability to interpret marketing data and apply insights to improve performance.
- Excellent communication and project management skills.
- Creative mindset with an eye for compelling email design and content.

Please see the full job description .

Application & Interview Process
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and Cover Letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications: 23 Feb 2025

Salary: £26,370 - 33,500 per annum + London Weighting Allowance if applicable (£3,500)
Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)
Based: Hybrid - Home-Based and Embassy Gardens in London (min. 2 days a week)

Benefits you'll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

Your new company
We are working with a leading trade union who have a long-standing history of over 100 years, supporting members in the civil service, particularly the senior civil service. They represent individuals across various government departments throughout the UK, including Wales and Scotland, working with national, central, and local governments.

Their team culture is friendly, open, and pride themselves on being highly protective of their members and providing excellent service.
Role overview
Due to unexpected leave, we are seeking a membership coordinator to join this organisation. This role is crucial in maintaining the membership services, ensuring smooth operations during this period.
Key responsibilities

• Manage the online joining process for new members, ensuring applications are processed and allocated to the correct divisions and departments.
• Handle changes from existing members, including updates and cancellations, primarily through email communication.
• Maintain and update membership records using our bespoke Salesforce system.
• Assist with day-to-day maintenance of records and respond to email enquiries.
• Ensure any remaining system migration tasks are completed efficiently.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proficiency in Salesforce, with experience of using bespoke features tailored to organisational needs.
• Strong computer literacy and excellent writing skills for effective email communication.
• Ability to update data and generate reports as needed.
• A proactive and good-natured attitude, with a willingness to help and engage in a bit of banter.
• Appreciation for Scottish humour is a plus.

To note

• Location: London Bridge (initially office-based, then hybrid after a few weeks)
• Salary: £19 per hour excluding holiday pay
• Duration: Minimum 3 months, with potential for extension
• Start Date: 17th February
• Interview Slots: Thursday 13th and Friday 14th February

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Director - OneRichmond

Empowering Local Communities through Philanthropy

OneRichmond, an innovative place-based giving charity, is seeking a visionary Director to lead its mission of unlocking new funding and fostering local philanthropy across the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. This is a rare opportunity to drive meaningful change in a community that values giving back, while addressing pressing hidden needs.

About OneRichmond:

With backing from City Bridge Fund and its parent charities, Richmond Foundation and Hampton Fund, OneRichmond connects individuals, businesses, and community organisations to jointly address inequalities within one of London's most vibrant boroughs. We raise and channel funds to create lasting impact for underserved groups, with a current focus on supporting unpaid carers. Operating as part of the London's Giving network, there is a clear commitment to fostering collaboration, innovation, and local engagement. We are currently a small charity, but with big ambitions.

About the Role:

The Director will lead the strategic development, operations, and fundraising efforts of OneRichmond. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will be the driving force behind establishing OneRichmond as a cornerstone of local philanthropy, engaging a wide array of stakeholders to create transformative change. You will bring an entrepreneurial outlook, coupled with the ability to thrive in a startup environment

Key Responsibilities:

• Fundraising: Develop and execute strategies to secure funding from corporates, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), trusts, and foundations.
• Strategic Leadership: Shape and implement the charity's medium- and long-term vision, in collaboration with the Board.
• Community Engagement: Build partnerships with residents, businesses, and local groups to embed the ethos of local giving.
• Governance and Operations: Oversee financial management, compliance, and operational excellence to ensure sustainable growth.
• External Relations: Represent OneRichmond at public events, campaigns, and in partnerships to raise awareness of local issues and opportunities for giving.

Who We're Looking For:
We are seeking an inspirational and tenacious leader, who combines strategic vision with hands-on implementation and can thrive in a start-up environment. An alignment of values and the motivation to make a meaningful difference for those living and working within the borough, and/or experience of place-based giving will enhance your application.

Skills and Experience:

• Exceptional communicator with proven success in fundraising across diverse income streams.
• Strong relationship-building skills with corporates, HNWIs, and local stakeholders.
• Experience in leading teams and managing start-up operations.
• Understanding of community engagement, grant-making, and charity governance.
• Financial management, planning, and budgeting expertise.

Terms and Benefits:
* Full-time, flexible role based in Richmond with hybrid working options.
* Salary: £60,000-£65,000 (with higher compensation for the right candidate).
* 5% employer pension contribution
* 28 days holiday

Initial two-year contract, extendable based on funding and performance

Timeline:
Application deadline: Monday 17th February
Interview dates: TBC

How to Apply:
Charity People Ltd is acting as a recruitment agency advisor to OneRichmond on this appointment. Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV to Senior Appointments at Charity People and request a candidate pack.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so we can help make the application process work for you.

Charity People actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.

Refugee Resettlement Support Worker

Contracted Weekly Hours:37.5. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

Contract type:12 months

Salary:                                             £24,258 per year

Annual Leave:                              25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays per annum

Location:                                         Based in Bournemouth, for regular travel across BCP with travel across Dorset likely. Hybrid working option when not on visits.

International Care Network (ICN) is a Christian charity whose aim is to help to rebuild the lives of asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. The resettlement team work closely with local authorities and other organisations to support families on government resettlement schemes to find their feet, build healthy relationships, and successfully integrate into our community. We are looking for two experienced support workers (ideally one to be a male) to support individuals and families under all relevant government resettlement schemes (predominantly Afghan, but not limited to), who have been resettled in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) and Dorset. ICN provides benefits to staff including:

• Company pension scheme.
• Travel costs paid for at 45p per mile, not including travel to and from work.
• Staff welfare opportunities including socials and access to external clinical supervision.
• Training opportunities relevant to role.

ICN will seek to ensure that all existing and potential employees are given equal opportunities. We are committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in our employment policies and practices. Our aim is to promote diversity so that no employee or potential employee will be subject to unlawful or unfair discrimination because of gender, age, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality or other ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity or membership or non-membership of a trade union or political beliefs. We will seek to ensure that no applicant for employment is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified.

ICN take the safeguarding of service users, staff and volunteers very seriously, with a robust safeguarding policy and process in place. As part of this ICN are committed to developing a safe culture ensuring that all steps are taken to recruit staff and volunteers who are safe to work with our service users and staff, including requiring relevant DBS checks to be taken for roles working with children and/or vulnerable adults.

Retention and Stewardship Coordinator

Location: Hybrid, Old Street, London
Salary: £27,917 per annum (i.e. pro-rata to the full time equivalent of £34,398 per annum)
Hours: 28 hours (4 days) per week
Department: Supporter Marketing and Public Fundraising
Job Type: Part-time
Contract Type: Permanent2

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.   

We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and hardworking Retention and Stewardship Coordinator to join our fast-paced Supporter Marketing and Public Fundraising Unit at Plan International UK.

This role sits within the Retention and Stewardship Team, which delivers supporter journeys, increases income with upgrade and cash appeals and re-engages lapsed supporters. The successful candidate will also play a key role in delivering our emergency appeals.

As a Retention and Stewardship Coordinator, you will have the ability to support the delivery of high-quality campaigns whilst providing an exceptional service to key internal and external stakeholders. You will need strong communication skills, experience of managing a varied workload and excellent attention to detail. 

If you thrive in working in a highly collaborative environment, possess great team-working skills and have a genuine passion for our values, feminist leadership principles and vision, we would love to hear from you! 

This role is part-time working 4 days per week and will require 1 day per week in our London office. 

For further details of this role, please see the job profile. 

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 23 February 2025
Interviews will take place on 5 - 6 March 2025

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

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