Charity Paid Jobs

Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work. The post holder will work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office. 

Salary: £35,575 per annum 

Hours: 35 hours per week 

Closing date: Tuesday 25 February 2025 10.00am 

Interview date: Tuesday 4 March 2025 

This is a permanent full-time role. 

Please note that we reserve the right to hold interviews earlier so please apply as soon as possible. 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a Senior Research Communications Officer with a passion for making complex scientific content clear, engaging, and accessible. You will be skilled at translating research into compelling messages for diverse audiences and have experience using multiple channels to reach a broad range of stakeholders. 

The ideal candidate will understand the importance of lived experience in shaping meaningful content. A commitment to inclusion and amplifying diverse voices will be central to your approach. 

You will have a strong background in building relationships with internal teams, researchers, stakeholders and the public.

If you are passionate about creating content that demonstrates impact and drives meaningful conversations around T1D research, we want to hear from you. 

Experience required 

You’ll have previous experience of: 

• Translating science for lay audiences, ensuring content is accessible and inclusive

• Using a variety of channels to distribute your content 

• Public speaking 

• Working within a science communications team

• Leading others and contributing to a collaborative team environment 

• Delivering communication activities to set plans and targets 

• Working together with people who have lived experience to co-produce content 

• Forming good working relationships with key audiences, including our own colleagues, people with lived experience of T1D and senior researchers. 

• Using your organisational skills to prioritise work and handle conflicting demands and deadlines  

• Analysing data to continuously improve content performance and efficiency 

• Selecting, creating and editing visual images and video content 

About Breakthrough T1D 

Breakthrough T1D is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia. 

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at Breakthrough T1D, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1. 

Employee benefits 

As an employer we offer: 

• Hybrid working arrangements 

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours 

• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full-time staff with leave increasing after three and five years’ service 

• Health cash plan that allows you to claim for some treatments such as dental, optical and physiotherapy treatment 

• Season ticket and cycle loan 

• Pension scheme 

• Family-friendly policies – maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave at enhanced rates 

• Personalised training to suit your career aspirations and professional development 

Breakthrough T1D is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. 

External Affairs Adviser - 3 posts available
Permanent 
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Salary Range £35,000 - £39,000
Location:
Home based in the UK or split between home and our London Bridge office - two posts 
Split between home (3 days) and our London Bridge office (2 days) - one post

About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role
Do you have experience influencing change and navigating complex political systems? We need three External Affairs Advisers to join our wider Partnerships team at Macmillan to help us to deliver meaningful change for people with cancer, particularly the most marginalised groups. 

The External Affairs team is central to Macmillan’s work shaping and influencing decision makers across the UK, and a key part of your role will be building and stewarding relationships with our external stakeholders.

As an External Affairs Adviser you’ll have an opportunity to work flexibly across a whole range of influencing projects to shape the political agenda in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, at a regional level in England and in Westminster, reflecting our ambitious plans to deliver change for people with cancer across the whole of the UK.

You’ll be exposed to a variety of political systems, decision makers and ways of working that will allow you to build on and develop your skills in public affairs, policy analysis, relationship management and communication. 

About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Experience of influencing change - this might be from working in a charity, for a politician, in local or national government, a public affairs agency or think tank.  
• Experience analysing and translating data and evidence into external messaging to influence a wide range of audiences. 
• Experience of working in at least one political context in the UK, and willingness to adapt your skills to working within a wide range of influencing environments and different stakeholders. 
• An adaptable approach, with a willingness to respond to quickly changing external circumstances and work at pace to navigate through complex issues.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and working collaboratively with others to deliver projects.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Thursday 27th February 2025
 

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

About us 

Help Musicians and Music Minds Matter are powered by a love of music, which is why they empower and support those who create it and make it happen. 

For over 100 years, Help Musicians has been working hard to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians across the UK. In a precarious profession often filled with ups and downs, opportunities are hard-won whilst challenges come along all too easily, with unsteady income and physical and mental health concerns common issues. Help Musicians offers a broad range of help to support music creators in times of crisis and opportunity — ensuring musicians across the UK can achieve their creative potential and sustain a career in music. 

Music Minds Matter, puts mental wellbeing centre stage in music. It works proactively to help prevent mental health crises, providing everybody who works in music with the early support, knowledge and tools they need, at exactly the time they need them. 

Love Music; Help Musicians

About the opportunity 

A vital area of our charity’s work is our Musicians Visiting service, which offers musicians who receive long-term support from the charity (due to long-term illness, terminal illness, age, or often a combination of factors) regular telephone check-ins and in-person visits.

The purpose of the call or visit is to provide practical and pastoral support, and to make ongoing assessments of musicians’ needs, ensuring we continue to offer the most appropriate and timely support.

In-person visits take place at the musician’s home or at another agreed meeting place close to where they live, and therefore our team of Regional Visitors operate within agreed geographical areas across the U.K. We currently have opportunities for Regional Visitors to join our team in the following regions:

• Scotland

• West Midlands

Our Regional Visitors are allocated to musicians within their assigned geographical location and undertake an agreed number of calls and visits across the year. Approximately 35 in-person visits are required per year but can fluctuate depending on the geographical location need and applications we receive from musicians. 

As self-employed/freelance workers, our visiting team are paid an agreed rate for each call or visit. 

About you 

If you are based in Scotland or the West Midlands and are interested in using some of your time across the year to support musicians through our vital work, this could be the opportunity for you. 

With a passion for music, if you have experience of working in the health and social care sector, ideally with previous experience of conducting home visits to individuals, and you can offer your services for an agreed amount of time across the year, then we would love to hear from you.

It’s essential that you have the skills to manage your own workload, actively listen, and communicate with empathy. If you have experience of working within the music industry, that would be an advantage. 

Other requirements

• Our calls and visits are made to musicians between 9.30am-4pm Monday-Friday so you must be available to undertake work between those times (i.e. this is not evening / weekend work)

• The role will involve lone working, including in-person visits to the homes of musicians, so you must be comfortable to lone work and travel – reasonable travel expenses are reimbursed in line with our expenses policy. Suitable lone working training will be given.

• Due to the geographical location of most in-person visits, a full driving license and willingness to drive is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability).

• A basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is an essential requirement

How to apply 

f you are interested in this opportunity, please visit our website by clicking Apply via website where you’ll find a full role description and details of how to apply. You will also find details of how to submit any enquiries, should you wish to find out more before making an application.

We will accept applications up until the close date of Monday 17 March 2025 at 9am, however subject to the interest shown we reserve the right to close the role earlier, so please submit your CV and covering letter at your earliest convenience. 

These are exciting times for Women's Pioneer Housing. We are developing over 160 new homes for single women in West London, including brand new offices on our site at 227 Wood Lane. The need for safe, secure, affordable housing for single women is as great as ever and the role of Tenancy Sustainment and Safeguarding Coordinator is essential to the success of Women’s Pioner Housing. 

This pivotal role ensures the effective delivery of our sheltered housing service for older women, maintaining high standards of service, resident wellbeing, and safeguarding across the organisation. As part of our team, you will lead on housing management in the schemes, safeguarding, and oversee financial inclusion, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practices.

We are a small team and work together to deliver shared objectives and live our values. If you are passionate about bringing excellence, are a good team member and can demonstrate you inspire others to work the same way, we would love to hear from you. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Receptionist and Challenge Event Assistant, with strong communication and collaboration skills.

The Challenge Events team sits in the Community Fundraising team and manages our participation in some of the UKs biggest events, including the London Marathon and Royal Parks Half Marathon, as well as managing our own bespoke treks and cycles. We provide support to thousands of patients and their friends and family who take part in runs, treks, cycles and many other challenges which raises millions for the Charity every year.

This role is the first point of contact for many supporters of the Charity. It is also an integral part of the Challenge Events Team, assisting with managing a portfolio of third-party challenge events. Dealing directly with supporters and liaising with teams across the Charity, the role requires an effective communicator, with great attention to detail, who is proactive and has a passion for fundraising.

Please see full details in the job description.

Shine provides specialist support from before birth and throughout the life of anyone living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, as well as to parents, families, carers and professional care staff.  Working throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Shine is a community of over 14,300 members.  Together we share achievements, challenges, and information about life with spina bifida, hydrocephalus and related issues.  Shine enables people to get the best out of life. 

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, ambitious Regional Fundraiser to join our team.

In this role you will:

• Recruit, build and maintain supporter relationships with individuals, community groups, organisations and businesses across the country
• Be proactive within your assigned area to identify opportunities for fundraising and raise awareness of the charity
• Manage supporters effectively using Salesforce (CRM Database) to understand supporter motivations to provide excellent stewardship
• Meet agreed financial targets, provide monthly financial progress reports and put mitigation plans in place for any shortfall
• Promote Shine activities and campaigns to raise awareness and drive income

Who we’re looking for:

We’re a successful, motivated fundraising team looking for someone to join us with:

• Knowledge and experience of working across community, corporate, event and individual income streams, with a proven history of achieving financial targets
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to motivate and inspire supporters and build long-term relationships
• Excellent oral communication skills with a high degree of diplomacy, empathy and confidence
• Ability to be a team player who can work on their own initiative to plan and manage their workload
• Ability to effectively manage multiple and competing priorities to meet deadlines
• Excellent organisational skills with firm understanding of KPIs, targets, budgeting, and risk mitigation 
• Full clean driving licence and the ability to work weekends and evenings as required
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and Salesforce CRM database (preferred)

In return, Shine will offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Full time or part time, working pattern to be agreed with the right candidate between 21 to 35 hours
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays + additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year (pro-rata for part-time hours)
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Additional annual leave due to length of service
• 3% pension contribution
• Life Assurance cover
• Broadband allowance
• Support to learn and develop

If you would like the opportunity to join this fast paced, expanding organisation that prides itself on making a difference to the lives of individuals with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, then we would love to hear from you!

Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job. For more information about Shine, please visit our website.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Jo Marriott, our Head of Fundraising.

To apply, please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria.

*Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be accepted*

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

We are pleased to introduce a redefined role within the Finance team at the Diocese of Southwark. The role arises out of a change to our accounting system, combined with new funding as part of the Diocesan Investment Programme.

The new accounting system has automated several processes, together with a paperless purchase ledger.  The focus of this position has shifted from traditional data entry to managing efficient, automated systems and ensuring their smooth operation.

Additionally, the Diocese has been awarded £29 million over nine years through the Diocesan Investment Programme, and this role will work on the financial management of this substantial grant programme.  The successful candidate will also collaborate closely with the Assistant Director of Finance on broader management accounting and reporting responsibilities, contributing to the continued success and growth of the Diocese.

The main duties role include:

Management Accounting

Oversee financial reporting and cashflow forecasting for the Diocesan Investment Programme and other National Church-funded initiatives.

Purchase Ledger and Payments

Manage the purchase ledger process, supplier reconciliations, and act as the primary contact for invoice and payment queries.

Banking Responsibilities

Ensure accurate bank transaction postings and verify employee expense payments. 

About you

This role may suit someone looking for a new challenge in the charity sector or expand their finance and accounting management experience.

The ideal candiate will have:

• Experience of purchase ledger and bank management.
• High level of ability with excel, and ability to manipulate data from accounting systems.
• Proven experience in financial reporting, cashflow forecasting, and managing restricted funds.
• Experience working closely with non-finance people and supporting them in their roles
• Enjoy working in a small team and keen to adapt to new responsibilities

These are excellent opportunities for those wishing to work in a values-based organisation, who is in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the Church of England.

We have two busy, varied and important roles are available to support our Bishops.

• PA to the Bishop of Southwark (Job Share; 2 - 2.5 days per week)
• PA to the Bishop of Woolwich (Full-Time)

The roles will be ideal for highly organised, flexible, and experienced PAs used to working under pressure, with strong IT skills.These are varied and interesting roles, with a range of duties from complex diary management, preparation of briefing and travel packs, to organisation of meetings, functions and events.You will require tact, diplomacy and sensitivity and a high commitment to confidentiality along with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.

About OCD Action:

OCD Action is the UK’s leading charity for everyone affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We exist because it takes 7 years on average for people affected by OCD to get the treatment that they need. OCD is debilitating and isolating, but it is treatable.

At OCD Action we have a vision of a time when OCD is well understood, and everyone gets the treatment and support they need when they need it. With the OCD community, we are fighting for this. Until that day arrives, we are working to ensure everyone affected by OCD has access to the high-quality support, information, and guidance they need. 

A vital part of achieving our vision is ensuring we are building community and raising awareness of both the reality of living with OCD and the fact that it is a highly treatable condition.

About this role:

This new, fixed-term maternity cover role is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of OCD Actions team. To support our senior management and Trustee Team, as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and working closely with our CEO and director of finance to maintain our financial records.

We are looking for a committed, empathetic and flexible team member. You will need to have administrative experience,  be organised, a strong planner and have great attention to detail. If this sounds like you, we would love to meet you and talk about this role.

Working at OCD Action:

It is important that working with us works for you. This is why we have an attractive benefits package, including flexible working and hybrid working.

We believe that diversity drives improvement and creativity. This fosters the environment needed to ensure we can do and be the best we can for the OCD community. We actively employ, and pro-actively seek to employ people with lived experience of intersectional disadvantage.

If you are passionate about being part of a movement for change for those impacted by OCD, we encourage you to apply. Please complete and return the application form by 9am on the 10th March. 

Unifrog’s mission
 

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.
 

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.
 

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).
 

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
 

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply.
 

Employer partnerships at Unifrog

Unifrog provides employers with a comprehensive talent attraction and development offering, with a holistic approach to our partnerships. The Employer Partnerships team brings local and international employers closer to our Unifrog schools, students and teachers. We focus on three key areas:

1. Building brand awareness
2. Increasing talent attraction and/or diversity of hires for apprenticeship opportunities
3. Supporting corporate social responsibility 

This allows employers to centralise their engagement with the future workforce via one partnership. 

This is the newest element of the Unifrog team and since starting work with employers in March 2022, we’re now partnered with over 110 organisations from across all sectors and industries to support them with their talent attraction and brand awareness. 

We’re increasing growth through providing unique tailored partnerships for employers; from partnerships that centre around a virtual course to support students in developing their skills (while increasing brand awareness), to partnering with Unifrog schools in areas of high levels of disadvantage via our school sponsorship programme, which brings outstanding careers guidance and networking opportunities with employers and universities to the students, schools and parents/carers who need it most.

The role and your key responsibilities

As Employer Partnerships Manager, your role is to grow our employer partner numbers and support our existing employer partners to get the most out of their partnership with us. A fundamental element of our work with employers is to make sure they’re adding genuine value to our student, teacher and parent community. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Make sales to employers:
  • Working with our New Business Lead and the wider Employer team, you’ll secure and conduct meetings with employers in which you’ll listen to their needs, communicate our mission to them, demonstrate our offering and seek to secure their ongoing subscription. External events and conferences are a regular part of the role where you may also be required to deliver presentations and be part of panel discussions.

• Maintain excellent relationships with existing partners and secure their subscriptions

  • You’ll onboard new partners, conduct regular check-in calls and consultatively support our employer partners to make the most of their partnership with us. It’s crucial that you maintain a sky-high resubscription rate.

• Delivering our existing services for partner employers

  • As the partnerships manager for your employers, you would be responsible for delivering on the different aspects of the partnership, including:

• Matching campaigns

  • Support your partners to identify events and opportunities they’re running that will be of interest to students using Unifrog, and work with our Employer Engagement Coordinator to add them to our system.

• Webinars, online fairs and in-person events

  • These events are another way for our partner employers to interact with our community of students and teachers. From virtual careers fairs, skill development webinars to in-person insights days, we strive for all our events to be useful, impactful and enjoyable for everyone taking part.

• Help develop new ways for our employer partners to add and receive value

  • The employer offering is continually evolving, and we’re keen to keep adding more ways in which we can add value for students and teachers using the Unifrog platform, and value to our employer partners as well. At Unifrog, we innovate quickly, and it’s everyone’s job to be creative. We want you to play your part in coming up with new services we can deliver which add value to all parties. 

What we’re looking for

• Resilient, and motivated to exceed targets

  • Our sales and resubscription targets are ambitious but achievable. You’ll need to be determined to meet and exceed them.

• Active listening

  • Our employer offering is a bespoke partnership, based on the objectives of our employer partners and how their goals align with the needs of our student and teacher audience. You’ll need to be an outstanding active listener, and be able to facilitate consultative discussions with potential and existing partners. 

• Personable, with a track record of excellent relationship management

  • At Unifrog we’re known for our excellent customer service. You’ll need to provide fantastic support for your partner employers.

• Strong communication skills

  • You’ll be in frequent communication with lots of different people, both within Unifrog and externally - this will be in person, written, over the phone and via video call. You’ll need to be an outstanding communicator, and prepared to speak on panels and present at conferences.

• Attention to detail

  • Whether it’s marketing collateral or an email to a partner organisation, it’s important you have the skills and discipline to carefully check our employer focused content and communications.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in

  • You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.

• Data analysis

  • You will be expected to organise and interpret data to help employer partners make decisions about their partnership which will lead to securing new business and renewals. We also use Salesforce and Power BI; experience using these tools is desirable but not essential. You also need to be confident using google sheets, excel and powerpoint to create easy to understand visual representations. 

• Commercial awareness

  • We are more interested in people’s attitude and ability than their work history, but previous experience in Corporate Social Responsibility,  Emerging Talent, and/or Apprenticeships would be an advantage.

Working together

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Employer Partnerships team. You’ll work alongside several other teams at Unifrog too, including people on our marketing, data analysis, and school facing teams. You’ll be line-managed by the Head of Employer Partnerships.

Benefits

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. 

• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details 

• Base salary of £37,485 plus commission and a share in a company-wide bonus (£50,000 OTE). Grade B.

• Full-time.

• Working hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm or 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday, and 8:30am to 4:00pm, or 9:00am to 4:30pm on Friday.

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Work remotely or in our London office.

• Start date: as soon as possible, but no later than the 1st June 2025.

• If you require reasonable adjustments or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please get in touch.

• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process

Deadline: 10:00 AM (GMT) on Friday 14th March 2025.

Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below. Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process, so please be as specific as possible about your experience.

• i. With reference to the job description and your experience, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)

• ii. Identify a way that a major employer could add value to our student and teacher community, as well as a way that they could receive value from a partnership with Unifrog. How could Unifrog potentially facilitate each of these examples? (250 words)

• iii. What do you feel are the 3 most common barriers employers face when trying to engage with students? How do you think a Unifrog partnership could break these barriers down? (250 words)

Stage 2: Phone task (15 minutes)

Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions)

Phone interviews will be held throughout the application window. Video call interviews will be held w/c 24th March 2024.

Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.

Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog
 

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates. 

About Wicksteed Park

Wicksteed Park, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, is one of the UK's oldest leisure parks, founded in 1921 by Charles Wicksteed. Managed by the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, it offers over 25 rides, 281 acres of parkland, playgrounds, and walking trails, catering to all ages. The park also hosts events including live entertainment and workshops, with venues available for weddings and parties. Entry to the parkland is free, making it an ideal destination for families and nature lovers to enjoy year-round.

Role Outline

Reporting directly to the Head of Fundraising, the Fundraising Assistant will support the Trust’s long term funding strategy. The position plays an integral role in both current and future fundraising initiatives and campaigns, including capital, annual, programmatic and legacy campaigns. Collaborating closely with the Marketing and Finance teams, this position encompasses managing administrative and operational tasks, aiding annual, planned, major, and transformative giving efforts, and offers both technical and strategic support throughout the donor life cycle. This role is responsible for providing timely and accurate quantitative and qualitative data and material handling, overseeing customer relationship activities, and preparing reports and presentations.

The ideal candidate will have previous fundraising or charity experience, with strong communication and relationship building skills. 

This is a full-time position on a temporary contract for an initial period of three years, with potential to become a permanent position.  Wicksteed Park operates a 40-hour working week, primarily based onsite. Consideration will be given to requests for flexible working.

With thanks to the players, this role is initially funded under a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund: Securing a Sustainable Future for the Home of Children's Play.

Are you an organised and detail-oriented administrative professional looking to make a meaningful impact?

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) have an exciting opportunity for a talented Exams Quality and Project Administrator to join our high performing Exams teams.

The RCR is a leading membership organisation that supports and advocates for doctors that treat cancer (Clinical Oncologists) and interpret medical imaging in order to diagnose patients (Radiologists).Exams are a core tenet of producing high quality doctors and this role ensures the success of Clinical Radiology and Oncology exams by providing support to both the Exam’s Content and Projects teams, notably through project activity, the editing of exam content and the coordination of appeals and misconduct processes.

The Exams Quality and Project Administrator will be a proactive and adaptable professional, with project work dictated by project priorities you will enjoy a varied role. You will be a skilled communicator, able to work collaboratively with colleagues and examiners. To provide essential business support you will have excellent administrative and organisational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise a varied workload, as well as a confident approach to developing expertise in use of the RCRs exam platforms.

You will be joining a dedicated and proactive exams team who enjoy the challenge of ‘making a difference’ in what can be a high-stakes, deadline-driven environment and be a part of an organisation that values continuous learning and professional growth.

What you’ll do: 

• Coordinate and prepare materials for project board meetings and related events, including examiner training, and working groups related to project work.
• Conduct testing and the checking of content and processes to improve our offer and minimise risk to exam standards and quality.
• Support the drafting of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to process changes arising from project work.
• Collate exam content from examiners and check to ensure they adhere to the format and standards.
• Coordinate the standard setting of exams, including compiling exam set data, preparing and issuing documentation, collating scores from examiners and aiding discussion/re-scoring to calculate the final pass mark.
• Research, evaluate and document evidence on appeal and misconduct cases, managed through the functions bespoke candidate hub.
• Schedule, minute and administer appeal and misconduct panel meetings.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in an administrative/coordination/project support role in an examination, assessment or educational setting.
• Experience of – or aptitude to - working with bespoke software for content manipulation/case management.
• Experience of using and maintaining a database or equivalent to store and retrieve information so that information is kept up to date and readily available.
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders to meet agreed outcomes, handling issues with sensitivity, discretion and tact.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive and forward-thinking team and organisation. At the forefront of the health agenda, our members diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, stroke and more, whilst leading on innovations including AI, skills mix and community diagnostic hubs. If you are interested in finding out more about the Exams Quality and Project Administrator role and the RCR please have a read of the candidate pack.

Why join us:

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (up to 60% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

We are looking for an energetic Immigration Adviser (OISC Level 2) to provide advice and casework to destitute migrants, including mothers accessing the Magpie Project.

Praxis Community Projects is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at- risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We provide legal advice and a range of welfare support including group work. We build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy, improve services and inspire solidarity with migrants.

The Magpie Project is a community space that supports mothers with under 5-year olds who are subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Condition. A key part of this role will involve outreach at The Magpie Project’s community center in Newham where immigration assessments will be undertaken. As the community centre is a women-only space, the post-holder will need to be a woman so they can attend outreach. The postholder will also carry a caseload of cases from the Magpie Project, as well as other avenues when the need arises.

The partnership with Magpie aims to provide immigration advice services directly in a community space where trust has already been established, and where mums can access a variety of other support services at the same location.  

The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of immigration and asylum law, as well as have a good understanding of the challenges faced by migrants with NRPF and those at risk of homelessness. They will be able to step immediately into a busy advice environment that includes independent outreach.

At Praxis, we work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants.

Praxis is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.

Please see our website to find out more about our work.

Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes 

· A 35 hour working week including flexible working hours

· A hybrid work model 

· 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays) 

· You can buy up to 5 days annual leave each year 

· A defined contribution pension scheme 

· Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7. 

· A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute 

If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team who will contact you to discuss how we can help.

For further details, please contact Maria Iglesias Head of Operations and Business Development.

To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with a cover letter.

Female Night Support Mentor (3 years Fixed Term Contract) 

Please note, due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act.   

ABOUT THE FEMALE NIGHT SUPPORT MENTOR ROLE 

This is an exciting new opportunity as we expand our services in the Luton area with a new service! We are looking for a dedicated team to deliver person centred and bespoke trauma informed support to vulnerable women in Luton. This new service will provide a safe, secure, and nurturing environment for women facing sexual exploitation and substance dependency – a place they can truly call home. Through stable, person-centred care, you'll play a vital role in empowering women to rebuild their lives and embrace brighter futures. 

The service will engage with women who are sexually exploited and are facing homelessness due to multiple forms of exclusion, such as historical or ongoing abuse, involvement in the criminal justice system, mental health challenges, drug and/or alcohol dependency and who are engaging in survival sex or sex work, enduring high levels of violence and coercion.  These are women who often find themselves repeatedly going through the accommodation pathway and have exhausted all other available options.

We are looking for passionate and dedicated Support Mentors on a 3 year FTC to join our team and play a vital role in empowering individuals to rebuild their lives. As a Support Mentor, you will provide high-quality, trauma-informed care and support to people within our services, focusing on their recovery, rehabilitation, and personal development.

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Shift patterns to be confirmed but may include Monday to Sunday night shifts and bank holiday working. This will be on a rota basis in a face to face service. 

We have multiple positions open with varying hours, so if you feel this is the right role for you - apply now!  

Salary: £24,500

What are we looking for a Female Night Support Mentor? 

• Due to the nature of this service and there being an occupational requirement, we are only able to employ female workers - the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act.
• Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector, desirable is the understanding of the challenges the women face within this service
• Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs
• Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex 

What we offer

• 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards

ABOUT US

Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change

Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.

Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We are an inclusive employer and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details above.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions. 

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