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After ten successful years of growth, underpinned by a strong mission, clear artistic vision and successful fundraising, the Chineke! Foundation is looking for a Development Director to lead fundraising and stakeholder management. The Development Director will play a vital role in helping the Chineke! Foundation fulfil its potential.

The Development Director will be responsible for fundraising from all sources, including trusts and foundations, public funders, corporate sponsors and individuals. Reporting to the Managing Director and working as a part of our small, dynamic team of management staff, Chineke!’s Development Director will play a vital role in securing funding for projects including concerts and tours by the Chineke! Orchestra and Chineke! Junior Orchestra, and our Learning & Participation programme. You will work closely with colleagues to gain an in-depth understanding of all projects, including budgets, which will enable you to make applications to carefully targeted potential sources.

Job description

Reporting to the Managing Director and in coordination with the MD, Artistic Director and Learning & Participation Manager, you will work to identify and understand all future Chineke! projects and their funding needs.

· Research appropriate Trusts, Foundations, Individuals and Corporate sponsors to whom you will make written applications

· Meet with potential supporters to understand their giving criteria

· Write applications which meet our funding needs and the giving criteria of potential donors, and submit applications either by post or on-line

· Attend Chineke! projects as necessary to gain an in-sight into their success

· Write post-project reports to major funders, as required

· Attend Chineke! board meetings to report to the trustees on fundraising progress including applications made and their outcome, and applications planned

· Ensure that donors’ funding requirements are met, for example inclusion of name and log in concert programmes, mention in Chineke! audited accounts

· Work in co-ordination with the Managing Director on applications to Arts Council England

· Maintain a database of all applications made and their outcome

· Organise fundraising events to attract support particularly from individual donors

· Contribute to the Development Plan by writing a Fundraising Strategy which will inform and guide Chineke!’s fundraising activities over the coming five years

· Contributing to a supportive and collegiate culture within the Chineke! Orchestra

Are you passionate about creating positive change for young people across the UK?  As Head of Stewardship, you will be responsible for driving our high value stewardship strategy and ensuring we give our donors an exceptional experience at every opportunity, so we can raise the money we need to support thousands of young people every year. 

We are looking for an experienced team leader, who can deliver results within a fast-paced environment, lead the development of high-impact reports and stewardship moments and drive high performance across a UK wide team.

You will need to be highly organised, with excellent communication skills and experience in working cross-organisationally to create memorable stewardship experiences for philanthropic and corporate donors. We’re looking for someone who can use their vision, creativity and influence to build on the current foundations and create a sector-leading stewardship programme to support our new organisational strategy.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity, we’d love to hear from you! 

About Future Frontiers
In the UK, family income is the strongest predictor of how well a young person will do at school and
the future opportunities they will have. Future Frontiers exists to change this. Our vision is of a
society where equal access to education and career opportunities enables potential to overcome
poverty.
We support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to realise their potential and work towards
secure and fulfilling employment. In partnership with schools, businesses and supporters, we deliver
an evidence-based programme of career coaching, opportunities and guidance for young people from
lower income households. This year, we are working with more than 3,000 young people in schools
across Greater London. You can find out more about our programme and impact so far in the Annual
Impact Report on our website.

The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to lead on finance, HR, IT, Data and operations for an ambitious social
mobility charity with an income of £1.5m and a team of 25 people committed to achieving lasting
impact for young people.
As a member of the charity’s four-person Senior Leadership Team, you will report to the CEO and be
responsible for implementing the charity strategy (with accountability for Operations projects),
financial reporting to the Board of Trustees, and championing organisational collaboration, values and
EDI.
As Director of the Operations Department, you will take on a small team - managing an Operations
Officer - to deliver and proactively develop the policies, processes and systems to equip our team to
thrive, and to build the charity’s reputation as a reliable, impactful partner.
This is a great time to join as we refresh the charity’s strategy and operating model, and innovate our
provision to increase our reach and impact.

About the Operations department
You will lead the Operations department, with responsibility for all finance, HR, recruitment, IT, legal
and operations. The team is currently comprised of:
● An Operations Officer who manages our bookkeeping and day to day finance, staff safeguarding,
staff tech, our office, recruitment, inductions and general operations.
You will also liaise with external parties who offer expert support across HR, IT and accountancy as
required.

Your responsibilities
You will be a senior leader at the organisation, proactively supporting your colleagues and
empowering them to be their best. You will be responsible for several areas of the charity.

Leadership and Strategy
● Deliver our Operations KPIs as part of our strategy; as well as being jointly responsible for
the successful implementation of the full strategy.
● Lead and shape the Operations department, making sure it’s fit for purpose and maximising
resources.
● Work collaboratively with other departments to maximise the success of the charity.
● Champion our values and proactively work to embed them into our culture.
● Oversee the EDI working group and proactively champion EDI across the charity.
● Work closely with the CEO, Chair of Trustees and Chair of Finance Committee to ensure sound
charity governance and risk management.

Finance
● Set and manage our annual budgets (circa £1.5m), supporting heads of departments in
the process
● Report monthly and quarterly on our finances, tracking our income, expenditure and
reserves, and liaising with the board of trustees.
● Oversee our bookkeeping and payroll; input journals as needed and closely monitor
cashflow.
● Manage the end of year accounts and audit process, liaising with the external auditors.
● Lead on organisation, reporting and presenting at Trustee Finance Committee and
relevant agenda items for Trustee Board meetings

Operations, IT and Data
● Manage our office space and future office needs;
● Manage the technology and data strategy, keeping staff tech secure and up to date, and
acting as key liaison with third parties
● Be responsible for upholding our data privacy obligations. Work in partnership with
senior data roles internally to manage GDPR obligations, data security and use of data
for internal and external reporting
● Ensure we meet all statutory and legal requirements with HMRC, CC, ICO etc.

● Oversee the efficient usage of our database, systems and key platforms (including Salesforce,
Xero, website) ensuring we are collecting and analysing relevant data in line with our goals to
grow income and impact, ensuring proportionate resourcing and training
● Leadership of ad hoc Operations and intra-departmental projects as required

People Management

● Oversee the recruitment of new staff, coordinating the process and supporting heads of
departments.
● Oversee the staff journey including inductions, staff surveys, annual reviews, and exits.
● Oversee annual staff development and training needs, including managing our twice yearly
offsites and regular full team days.
● Oversee and support the wellbeing of our team; both directly and through the Wellbeing
working group.
● Maintain our policies and staff handbook, researching and writing/updating policies as
required.
● Support managers with HR queries and issues, liaising with external third party experts as
required.

About you
It’s likely that the successful candidate could come from a range of backgrounds, however you should
be comfortable with challenges presented by the areas below. You might have experience in some
areas and are looking to grow in others.

Your experience
● Managing finances (essential): You have been responsible for budgets, reporting against
budgets and forecasting; you are comfortable with managing the cashflow and accounts of a
small organisation / charity. Knowledge of charity SORP would be helpful.Proficient in Excel
and finance systems (eg Xero) and comfortable with database management.
● Improving processes: You have improved processes, making them more effective and robust,
researched and adopted technology and persuaded / trained people to adopt a new approach.
● Supporting people: You have developed people-related initiatives to improve the working
environment and know what it takes to empower people to be their best.
Your skills and competencies
● Leadership skills: You can inspire and guide people around you to operate effectively and in a
way that champions the needs of the charity and our young people. You are confident
managing a team.
● Problem-Solving: You can identify potential challenges or areas for improvement and act
confidently to resolve them, even if that means independently learning something new.
● Highly organised and process-driven: You can manage multiple projects and workstreams
effectively and independently, working with others to reach a goal.
● Building relationships: You can build effective, trusting relationships with your team,
colleagues, and external stakeholders, and can communicate effectively with people at all
levels.
● Flexible and supportive: You can demonstrate your ability to work in a small, fast-paced,
evolving team, maintaining the happiness of people through change.

Benefits
● 27 days annual leave (inclusive of 3 day Christmas closure) + bank holidays, increasing with
service
● Employee Assistance Programme, including free counselling
● Flexible working with early 4pm finish on Fridays
● Additional parental leave pay and additional childcare leave for child’s first 2
years

Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion
Here at Future Frontiers we are dedicated to the practice of equal opportunities. The principles of it
underpin our mission and we treat all employees, volunteers, clients and students as individuals. We
believe in having an open and inclusive culture that champions diversity in all its forms, including
disability, culture, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, life experiences, socio-economic background,
and religion.
We encourage everyone to apply for our roles. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates
who have lived experiences relatable to our young people. 

How to apply
To apply, please fill our our application form by answering these questions and attaching your CV.
1. Tell us why you want to work at Future Frontiers and in this role. What is it about us and
the job that excites you? (Max. 1,000 characters)
2. We are looking for someone with experience in finance, processes and people, as given
above in the ‘about you’ section of this JD. Please tell us about your relevant
experience in these three areas. (Max. 1,500 characters)
3. Tell us about a time when you have implemented a significant change to a product,
process or internal way of working; what change did you make and why; how did you
influence others to adopt or support the change; what was the result? (Max. 1,500
characters)

● Deadline:13 March 2025, 9am. Applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis, so we
encourage applicants to apply ahead of the deadline where possible in order to maximise notice
for interviews.
● Initial interviews will be held virtually on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th March
● Final, in-person interviews are expected to be held at our office on Tuesday 25th March 2025

The successful candidate will be required to undergo safer recruitment checks including a DBS check
and reference checks.

You’ll be responsible for leading on the sourcing, co-ordination and reporting of project information, impact and financial data in connection with our Trusts & Statutory fundraising programme.

You’ll play a vital role in our ability to provide great stewardship for our existing Trusts & Statutory funders and allow the existing team to focus on new funding opportunities. The role will also deepen understanding of Trusts & Statutory requirements, and the development of internal processes that support long-term income growth through successful applications. 

What you’ll do

• Lead on managing the coordination of reporting requirements for the Trusts & Statutory Team
• Work with canvassers to create high quality impact reports, particularly for high value trust and statutory funders
• Lead on the creation of new template and bespoke proposal and reporting content for our fundraising priorities
• Lead on work with staff across the charity to ensure that funded projects are monitored and evaluated in order to create reports which demonstrate the impact of the funders support
• Liaise with colleagues in research, community, external relations and finance to gather project information on funded projects to ensure grant conditions are continually met
• Lead on the review of any existing processes and creation of new collaborative approaches to trusts and statutory requirements, utilising best practice and technology solutions where appropriate.

What you’ll bring

• Ability to work effectively with a range of internal and external people, and experience influencing stakeholders. 
• Demonstrable expertise in the technical requirements of and current UK environment for trusts and statutory fundraising, in particular lottery distributors, central and devolved governments.
• Ability to analyse, organise and present written and numerical reporting data, with excellent writing skills.
• Proven leadership skills to successfully manage and motivate project teams to achieve shared goals.

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

Interviews are planned to take place from the 6th March 2025 in Person at our London Head Office.

We are committed to working with the principles of fairness and equality. All of our applications are anonymous until the interview stage, and we welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Join TNF Charity as an Event Coordinator.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of wounded veterans, serving personnel and their families? TNF Charity is looking for a dynamic and creative Event Coordinator to join our team.

In this role, you will be at the heart of our mission, administrating and managing events that celebrate and support those who have served. Your creativity and organisational skills will be key in coordinating memorable experiences that resonate with our community and amplify our support. You will collaborate closely with a dedicated team, bringing innovative ideas to life and ensuring every event runs smoothly.

We are seeking someone who is not only detail-oriented but also has a genuine passion for our mission. Your ability to engage with the community, build strong relationships, and inspire others will be crucial. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are excited about the opportunity to make a tangible impact, we want to hear from you.

Join us at TNF Charity and help us honour our wounded veterans, serving personnel and their families. Together, we can create unforgettable moments and make a real difference.

Apply now and be a part of something truly special.

Are you a creative and strategic digital content professional looking to make an impact? The Royal Hospital Chelsea is seeking a Digital Content Officer to manage and develop our online presence, ensuring that our social media, website, and digital campaigns engage, inform, and inspire. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a historic organisation with a meaningful mission - supporting Army veterans and sharing their stories with the world.

In this role, you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on content creation, producing impactful videos, images, and copy that resonate with audiences across digital platforms. You’ll drive a well-structured content calendar, balancing proactive planning with real-time opportunities, while actively managing social media interactions to build engagement and strengthen our online community. Using analytics and performance data, you’ll refine strategies to optimise reach, support digital ad campaigns like Google AdWords, and ensure maximum impact.

If you’re passionate about digital strategy, content innovation, and making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

We value authenticity and creativity. Applications with cover letters that over-rely on AI-generated content may not be considered. Show us your unique voice and insights—we can’t wait to hear your story!

Application deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th March 2025*

We may begin reviewing applications as they are received and reserve the right to hold interviews before the advertised dates. If a suitable candidate is found, we may close the recruitment process early, so we encourage early applications.

About Us.

The ethos of the Royal Hospital is one that puts a premium on selflessness and companionship.  Our values of nurturing belonging, respect individuals, encourage pride and enjoy life underpin that ethos. We are united in a shared purpose, living and working together and ensuring everyone has a place in our diverse social and military community.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion, where all backgrounds and abilities can reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of talent, removing potential barriers, and promoting equal opportunities. We know, the more varied and inclusive our teams are, the better our organisation will be for our community. We are a Disability Confident employer dedicated to hiring diverse talent and ensuring you are treated with respect throughout the recruitment process and upon joining our community.

Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V535
Hours per week: 28 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £20,000 (£25,000 FTE)  plus inner London weighting £2692.80 and attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Home based with travel across London Brent Borough
Closing date: 12th March 2025
Interview date and Location: TBC

Click here for job description

About Volunteering Matters

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues.  From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great.  And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive. 

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK.  We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England.  We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team.  We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business. 

About the role

To develop and deliver all aspects of our Grandmentors project across London, with particular focus on Brent borough, ensuring it achieves its aims, objectives, outcomes, and targets. The post holder will work closely with the Leaving Care team within Brent Borough Council and local volunteers to ensure that we improve and empower the lives of care leavers (aged 16-25) through the unique power of inter-generational mentoring.

Key Duties Responsibilities

• To hit the ground running to effectively deliver the service to ensure the project meets its agreed targets and milestones.
• Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and local authority staff at a day-to day level.
• To ensure volunteers are recruited, appropriately trained and supported in their role; this will involve processing volunteer expenses, DBS checks and maintaining the database.
• To ensure regular communication between project staff and volunteers is maintained and that regular supervision for volunteers is provided.
• To work with your line manager to ensure project expenditure is in line with the budget.
• To maintain accurate administration, for all aspects of the project.
• To maintain accurate records on all aspects of the project and submit data onto a secure database.
• To manage and maintain effective monitoring and evaluation records to capture impact and outcomes and ensure contractual compliance.
• To implement and maintain appropriate risk assessment management processes.
• To prepare regular reports for both internal and stakeholder purposes.
• To develop relevant information to promote and raise the profile of Volunteering Matters locally.
• To promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies which relate to the work of Grandmentors.
• To comply with the applicable Health and Safety and Safeguarding regulations.
• To contribute to joint working and teamwork across Volunteering Matters.

Our Values & Way of Working:

In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.

This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.

Diversity & Inclusion 

Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups. 

Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments: 

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History. 

Benefits 

Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications. 

GDPR Statement 

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.   

There has never been a greater need for Independent Age’s work.  More than two million older people are in poverty, with millions more living with precarious finances.  At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. Our information and advice, grant-making, partnership activity, policy work, and campaigning increases the financial well-being of older people, enabling them to have greater choice and independence in wider areas of life. 

As Director of Services and Grants, you will be responsible for ensuring that our multi-channel services and grants programme serve and improve the lives of older people, reach those who are most likely to be in poverty, and have the maximum impact.  You will help us grow our capacity, build our network of charity and commercial partnerships, develop our external training offer, and reach more people including those groups most likely to experience financial hardship. 

Having operated at a senior level, ideally as part of a Senior Leadership Team, you will be an inspiring leader with a demonstrable passion for our cause.  Experienced in successfully managing service transformation and development, including in a contact centre environment, you will also have an understanding of grants programmes, and of building strategic partnerships and national networks.  With an understanding of demonstrating and reporting on impact, experience of supporting fundraising for services and bidding for contracts, you will ideally also have knowledge of developing an external training offer.

Please review our candidate pack below for further information.  If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight. 

What it’s like to work at Independent Age:

We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.

We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits. We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard (the successful candidate will need to be in the London office a minimum of two days a week and be able to travel, alongside some flexible working). If you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working. 

You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the Careers page on our website.

Application Process:

To apply, please visit our website to submit a curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the job description and person specification. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format.

To support our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion we use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement, and please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.  Please do not omit dates of employment. 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.

Closing date for applications:  end of day (11:59pm) on Wednesday 5 March 2025.

First round interviews to be held virtually in week commencing 24 March 2025.

Second round interviews to be held in person on Tuesday 1 April 2025.

Mentivity is seeking 3 Mentors to work with young people across a number of our programmes in London.

About Mentivity:

Founded in 2016 by Sayce Holmes-Lewis alongside co-founders Leon Wright and Tyson Holmes-Lewis, Mentivity is an award-winning, inspirational mentoring organisation that provides aspirational support for young people, schools, and parents.

Through Mentivity House, we offer a dedicated space for youth development and community engagement, including youth clubs, tailored programmes, and our respite provision.

Our services also include mentoring, professional training, and apprenticeship/career readiness programmes, equipping young people and our wider community with the skills, confidence, and opportunities they need to succeed.
 

What we do:

Mentivity Mentoring 

• Bespoke mentoring programmes to nurture young people’s passions and help them connect these interests to life and career aspirations.

• Delivered at Mentivity House & in schools and colleges.

Mentivity House 

• A space to play, to learn, to socialise and to collaborate with the Aylesbury, Taplow estates and wider community. 

• An inclusive community space that reflects the diversity of Walworth and its surrounding areas.

• A diverse and balanced programme of activities, from youth work to arts-workspace.

• Event space for local community groups offering activities that deliver social value.

Mentivity Respite Provision

• Flexible, nurture-centric respite education provision for young people. 

• Targeted interventions to address behavioural and social development needs and to support reintegration to mainstream education.

Main Responsibilties:​

Mentoring and pastoral care 

• Mentor and offer pastoral care to children and young people promoting personal development.

• Lead and deliver engaging and empowering sessions to develop a range of new skills, including leadership, communication, behavioural and organisation skills with children and young people.

Programmes 

• Facilitate and deliver curriculum sessions to young people in an engaging and inspiring way, tailoring them as necessary.

• Ensure all administrative tasks (including planning, registers, risk assessments, data collection and outcome monitoring) are completed promptly and accurately.

Safeguarding

• Ensure all health and safety and safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.

• Ensure understanding of young participants' support needs and that reasonable adjustments are made to best support them.

Stakeholder Management

• Work with the team to promote participation especially by marginalised children and young people within schools.

• Work to actively promote Mentivity, our programmes, services and activities.

Recruitment Timetable:

Application deadline: Wednesday 5th March 2025

Interview dates: 12th - 14th March 2025

Interview location: In-person, 50 Westmoreland Road, London, SE17 2GA

IKWRO is a registered charity which provides advice and support to Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls living in the UK, who have experienced, or are at risk of all forms of “honour” based abuse, including; forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), or domestic abuse.

We work with women and girls of all ages, including lesbian women, bisexual women and trans women. We offer services in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Turkish and English.

IKWRO offers free advice, advocacy and counselling services and operates a refuge which provides safe accommodation and specialist support to single women at risk of “honour” based abuse, forced marriage and domestic abuse. 

The post-holder will be responsible for delivering IKWRO’s training services in educational setting, and with front line agencies, in line with an agreed strategy under the direction of IKWRO’s management. This entails:

· Providing training programmes to young people, professionals and community members with the aim of raising awareness on violence against women and girls and in particular the harmful practices of “Honour” Based violence (HBV), Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

· Coordinating the booking, delivery and evaluation of education work with young people in primary and secondary schools, as well as out of school youth settings.

· Using a range of practical and creative tools to educate young people about the violence and abuse within intimate relationships, challenge attitudes of victim blaming, and enable young people to feel access support services.

Delivering customised needs-based training programmes for voluntary and statutory organisations to help IKWRO increase income generation through training programmes

Are you a data protection specialist looking for your next challenge? Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity are hiring for a Data Protection Manager to take on a specialist role leading our Data Protection  programme.

Salary
The salary range for this position is £49,616 - £52,227 per annum. We operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. 

Key Responsibilities

This is a varied role where you will be involved with:

• Leading and maintaining effective data governance across the Charity.
• Developing and implementing data protection processes. 
• Leading on data protection projects. 
• Managing the Charity’s data register.
• Ensuring data protection risks are identified, recorded and managed.
• Acting as first point of contact for all data protection queries.

This is a specialist role at the Charity, and you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects alongside the BAU. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Previous experience leading on data protection.
• Extensive knowledge and practical application of UK and EU Data Protection and Information Security principles (including future legislation) and best practice. 
• Experience creating and implementing effective policies and procedures. 
• Significant knowledge of data breach and information incident/compliance concern investigations. 
• High accuracy and attention to detail. 
• Confident in dealing with complex situations and communicating (written and verbal) succinctly to a range of different audiences. 

Experience working within the non-profit sector is essential for this role. 

Please refer to the full job description below for more information. 

Closing Date: 4th March 2025

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)  
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.  
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme  
• Life assurance 
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme. 

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status. 

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy on our website. 

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us. 

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Title: Operations Officer

Location: Coram’s Fields, 93 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DN

Responsible to: Chief Operating Officer Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum (subject to experience)

Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week (includes some evening and weekend work)

Benefits: 26 days annual leave, defined contribution pension scheme, tax-free childcare scheme, café discount, employee assistance programme, cycle-to work scheme

Role Summary

Coram’s Fields is a unique charity in the heart of Bloomsbury, London. In addition to our iconic 7-acre child-friendly park, we run a variety of services and enrichment programmes to support local young people and their families, including a nursery, an after-school and holiday club, a drop-in centre for parents of under-5s, a vibrant youth centre and a sports programme. We proactively host a wide variety of community events and celebrations, and our facilities are available for private hire to generate income for the charity.

The Operations Officer role is an integral part of the central team with responsibility for procedures, systems that support the effective, efficient, and compliant running of our seven-acre site, services, park events and oversight of income streams. It is an exciting and highly collaborative role offering a fantastic opportunity to combine effective communication and organisational skills with a passion for helping young people and a desire to develop commercial and business development experience.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

General operations, processes and systems 

• You will be responsible for the oversight and continuous improvement of organisational procedures including IT, GDPR, Health and Safety, Fire Evacuation, incident management.
• You will be responsible for briefing staff across the charity in the use of these procedures and working with the Office and HR Manager to arrange training for staff where necessary. 
• You will be responsible for improving existing office systems and identifying opportunities to develop new systems and processes to enable people to work more collaboratively, efficiently, and effectively. 
• You will be responsible for ensuring that organisational procedures are documented and accessible on the internal SharePoint.
• You will be responsible for developing and overseeing a new volunteer infrastructure for the charity, working with teams across the organisation to deliver a consistently high-quality volunteer experience for all with standard recruitment, induction, and on-going oversight procedures.

Events and project management 

• You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing a diverse and inclusive programme of park events, making the park an interesting and vibrant place to visit, encouraging the community to gather and socialise, and generating income to support the work of the charity.
• You will have responsibility for working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure each event is well-planned, managed safely and compliantly with all regulations and laws, and executed successfully within budget. 
• You will work with the CEO, COO and Buildings and Facilities Manager to support capital projects, liaising with external stakeholders, contractors and the Local Authority to ensure the effective operation of the site. Commercial Operations
•  You will operationally oversee our facility-hire income (halls, sports facilities, and grounds) and be responsible for: – ensuring necessary contracts, waivers, and legal/statutory documents are completed – executing effective marketing and promotions, and creating high quality promotional content for our website and social media – regularly reviewing fees in relation to the hire of our facilities and making recommendations for changes to these – understanding and improving the utilisation of facilities – supporting the COO to develop and grow partnerships with local organisations and schools – improving the efficiency of our booking systems/processes and overall user experience 
• You will be responsible for identifying new (temporary and permanent) opportunities and third party partnerships to bring new experiences, enjoyment and enrichment to local young people while also generating income for the charity. 
• You will work closely with our Café Manager to grow the profile and income generated by our cafe through improved park signage and park visitor experience initiatives, and integration of the café into the hall and sports hire customer journeys.

Other 

• You will be expected to undertake personal development and training where required or beneficial for the role, and to attend regular supervision and appraisal sessions.
• To undertake any task that may be request from time to time by the CEO or Board of Trustees, as may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post.

How to apply: Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter outlining how you are good fit for the role!

* We can only consider applications from candidates who submit a cover letter detailing how their experience aligns with the job criteria and how the role fits with their career goals.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Coram’s Fields is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve, and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the families and children we work with.

Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.

As The Line has undergone a period of significant growth, we require additional capacity within the finance team to manage transactional finance processes and the monitoring of financial and project performance.

You will be joining The Line at an exciting time as this ambitious, community-focused art charity develops its exhibition and engagement programmes, manages a diverse range of income streams and grows.

Please see the job description for full details and responsibilities of this role.

Application deadline and interviews

The closing date for applications is Sunday 16 March 2025. First round interviews are expected to take place in person at The Line's offices at Here East (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) in the week of 24 March 2025.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and in all opportunities. Our recruitment process is open to all, but we would particularly like to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTQ+, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those who identify as disabled, as these groups are currently underrepresented in the cultural sector more widely.

How to apply:

• Apply through the application form on our website, which requires a copy of your CV and contact details of two referees
• Complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (please note this will not be reviewed by the individuals reviewing applications)

Main function of job

This is a key role in the Bereavement Support Service. The team provides a wide range of services, including the Helpline, online enquiries, online community, Family Days, and online and printed resources.

The aim of this post is to provide consistent, high-quality emotional support to bereaved families who seek support from the Lullaby Trust.

1. Proactively engage bereaved families with the support service, respond to bereavement support enquiries and ensure anyone seeking advice and support on bereavement is given a high-quality service in a timely way.

To be the primary contact for the bereavement support services.

To cover and answer the bereavement support helpline and online enquiries responding within the set guidelines and KPIs for the department.

Proactively engaging with bereaved families through social media and other online platforms.

Ensure any safeguarding concerns are actioned in accordance with the organisations Safeguarding policy

Send materials to bereaved contacts, including bereavement packs and follow up e-cards,  and ensure all paperwork and databases are updated with each contact in line with the department guidelines, including Raiser’s Edge, Excel databases.

Ensure any messages on Bereavement Support FB Groups are monitored and advice is given via befrienders where appropriate

To arrange face to face events for bereaved families including family days, York Carol Service and memorial events to an agreed programme.

Work with the Engagement Team around social media bereavement support posts.

 2. Respond to all enquiries regarding the Care of the Next Infant (CONI) programme.

Respond to CONI enquiries from families and professionals and pass referrals to the CONI team in a timely way.

Update the CONI spreadsheet on enquiries progress and outcome.

Ensure families are offered Bereavement Support

3 Manage the Befriender programme with the Head of Support and Information and deliver training to befrienders and support befrienders in their role.  

Support Befrienders in their work by maintaining regular contact and support, offering advice and guidance when required.

Keep Befriender records up to date

Allocate Befrienders when required, ensuring there is an even spread of work between the befrienders

To collate, finalise and send out the Befriender newsletter on a monthly basis in conjunction with other members of the Team

Plan and deliver befriender training to new and existing befrienders

Support befrienders in their role and deliver regular online catch up sessions.

Help with the organisation, administration of the Befriender Conference and other events, facialitaing sessions and presentations.

Support the administration and preparation of Befriender Training, attend and participate when required and assist with the new befriender digital documents.

5 Ensure the bereavement support services are promoted to bereaved families and professionals working with bereaved families

Assist with the facilitation of Bereaved Families’ Panel and running online sessions.

Keep up to date with the bereavement support world including joining National Bereavement Alliance, Child Bereavement Network and research around grief and bereavement.

Attend events as required to represent the Lullaby Trust’s bereavement support services

6 Ensure the records and services of the department are kept up to date

Ensure bereaved contacts are added and updated on Excel and Raiser’s Edge

Maintain ongoing knowledge and training on the Lullaby Trust’s advice and the scientific knowledge behind this advice

Collate statistics, as required on areas of work within the support services team.

Assist with the services’ evaluation and impact processes including self-evaluation feedback.

Provide other administrative support to the team as required.

Other:

Attend and participate with External Supervision sessions.