Programme Manager Jobs in Greater London

About Us

​The Microbiology Society is a membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects, and their practical uses. It has a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes, schools, and other organisations.

Our members have a unique depth and breadth of knowledge about the discipline. The Society’s role is to help unlock and harness the potential of that knowledge.

Our commitment to anyone who studies microbes is “whoever you are, wherever you are, we will amplify your voice”.

Read more about our mission and values at our website

About You

​​The role of the Account Executive will work with colleagues, members and partners – both existing and potential – to develop pathways to new opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape, ensuring the Society is at the forefront of open science initiatives, collaborates with partners to benefit its members, and grows and diversifies its income streams for long-term sustainability. This will enable us to achieve the Society’s ambitious vision of a world in which the science of microbiology provides maximum benefit to society. 

​The postholder will develop client relationships and work closely with colleagues across the Development Opportunities, Scientific Programmes and Engagement and Storytelling Themes to increase collaboration with industry, to develop and grow and sustain income-generating activities aligned to the Society’s 2023-2027 strategy. ​

​The successful candidate will have at least 3 years' experience in a customer support or business development role and skill in confidently negotiating and managing interactions with internal and external stakeholders.

Please note that the organisation operates a hybrid working policy. 

For more information about the Society, please visit our website.

Our generous benefits package includes;

• Flexible working hours
• Highly competitive salaries with an annual cost of living increase
• 23 days holiday + eight bank holidays and three additional days over the Christmas break
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Life insurance including free (health and wellbeing) employee support services
• Enhanced maternity pay to include 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay
• Enhanced Adoption pay to include 26 weeks of fully paid adoption leave and 13 weeks of statutory adoption pay
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• £50 contribution towards eye care

To Apply

Please attach your CV and Cover Letter.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We are interested in every candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom, however, we are not able to sponsor visas. You will be asked to confirm your eligibility before being shortlisted.

Closing date: 7th March 2025.

​It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter. This is because the Microbiology Society is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We value, promote, and seek diversity.

The Society also takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused, or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

Please note that due to limited resources, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted therefore, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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. 

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However, you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

We’re seeking a well-organised coordinator to join our growing support services team and help us reach more people living with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer. You will coordinate the successful delivery of face to face and online services providing information and emotional support in the UK.

You’ll work as part of a team based across the UK and arrange delivery of services in London and the south of England, playing a key role in increasing our reach and uptake. 

You’ll liaise with venues, expert speakers and support our team of dedicated qualified sessional therapists, as well as providing technical support for the running of monthly online services. And you’ll build productive relationships with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to promote our services and increase their reach and uptake.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience of developing and delivering information and support services, preferably in a health or charity environment. You’ll understand the challenges for people living with illness or complex health or social needs and be keen to use your excellent organisation and time management skills to juggle a busy workload.

You’ll enjoy working collaboratively and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders. A great team player, you’ll be flexible and able to travel and work outside normal office hours, including regular overnight stays. Above all, you’ll relish the opportunity to deliver our ambition to provide support for anyone living with secondary breast cancer who needs us, by making our services more widely available and accessible.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package. 

Home working

This role is primarily based in our London office with travel expected across London and the south of England.  Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role.

Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment. 

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date Monday 10 March 2025 at 09:00am

Interview date Friday 28th March 2025

Job Title - Volunteer and Schools Administrator

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 28 hours per week

Salary - £19,146.40 per annum (£23,933 FTE)

Location - Homebased

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About Coram Beanstalk

Coram Beanstalk wants a future where every child becomes a reader.

We enable people to give children positive experiences of reading through the wider support they need to switch on to reading, learn to read and become confident, independent readers.

We manage volunteers as part of our core business: one to one reading support in primary schools.  We also deliver early years and secondary programmes, and training and support to parents/carers, school communities and other organisations. We generate income from these customers and a range of fundraising sources.

Operating within the Coram Group, Coram Beanstalk has a small and dynamic staff team, with the Salesforce system sitting at the heart of all our activities.

About the role

We are seeking a friendly, confident person who can work under their own initiative and is looking to establish or further their career in administration. You would be working in a suitable home working environment, regularly connecting online with the administration team to ensure our volunteers and school partners receive a positive and helpful response to their enquiries and maintain efficiency and data integrity through our onboarding processes.

You will work closely with our support team and trainers to ensure that our volunteer and school customer journeys run efficiently and help raise awareness in local communities. 

Day to day you will process safeguarding checks and support new volunteers to progress smoothly through our training journey, often interacting via online calls. You will manage incoming enquiries via phone and email and support the wider remotely based team with administrative tasks. Use of Salesforce is integral to the role, with accurate records enabling us to provide a high level of customer service.

The Coram Beanstalk team is friendly and welcoming, everyone will help you to both settle in and thrive within your role working for a cause you care about.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application. Please note, we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable amount of high quality applicants to take forward to interview prior to the closing date.

Closing date: 17th March 2025 23.59pm

Interview date:  26th or 27th March via Zoom

Expected start date: 6th May 2025

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Support Administrator – Fuel Bank Foundation

Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term (12 months)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Remote (based in the West Midlands) with occasional travel for team meetings within the Midlands.

Are you a confident communicator with excellent administrative skills? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing customer queries and applications processing? Are you flexible, empathetic, and dedicated to delivering outstanding customer service? If so, this role is perfect for you.

At Fuel Bank Foundation, we are the UK’s leading charity for fuel poverty, committed to tackling the challenges of fuel crisis support. Through our innovative network of community partnerships, we provide emergency financial assistance and practical solutions for individuals unable to pre-pay for their energy.

As a Support Administrator, you will be instrumental in ensuring the seamless operation of our charity network activities. You’ll work closely with internal teams and community-based partners to deliver high-quality administrative support, maintain accurate data, and drive improvements in service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Inbox Management: Manage and respond to daily queries received in inboxes with a focus on efficient communication.
• Data Integrity: Request and gather additional information from partners and applicants, updating in-house CRM systems and Excel spreadsheets to maintain accurate, reliable records.
• Escalation: Proactively escalate unresolved queries to the appropriate team members.
• Document Management: File electronic documentation accurately and maintain a central registry of Network Members to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Partner Coordination: Act as the first point of contact for Network Partners, addressing inquiries and providing support.
• Audit Compliance: Monitor and track partner activities, ensuring adherence to internal audit processes.
• Training Preparation: Assist in preparing and dispatching training resources for partners and help organize partner training sessions.
• Data Analysis: Collect and analyse data to identify areas for improvement in network operations and contribute to process enhancement initiatives.
• Process Improvement: Recommend and implement solutions to streamline administrative processes and improve efficiency.

 What We’re Looking For:

• Administrative Expertise: Strong background in administration with experience managing records, reports, and correspondence.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to adapt communication styles for diverse audiences.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Outlook.
• Organisational Abilities: Exceptional attention to detail and time management skills to manage workload effectively.
• Problem Solving: A proactive problem solver with strong decision-making capabilities.
• Teamwork: Collaborative mindset with the ability to work independently and as part of a high-performing team.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and support partner communications.

 Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of the energy sector, fuel poverty challenges, or experience in the charity sector is advantageous but not essential.

 What You’ll Receive in Return:

• Team Support: Join a supportive and collaborative team committed to your success.
• Enhanced Annual Leave: 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional days.
• Flexible Working: Enjoy a flexible schedule that supports a healthy work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Enhanced pension contributions.
  • Private healthcare and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Training and Development: Benefit from a comprehensive onboarding programme and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Equal Opportunities Employer: We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Learning and Work Institute is an independent policy, research and development organisation focused on lifelong learning, full employment and better work. We research what works, influence policy, and develop new ideas to improve practice. Social and economic inclusion are at the heart of all we do as we work towards a fair and prosperous society.

Our vision is for a prosperous and fair society in which learning and work provide opportunities for everyone to realise their potential and ambitions throughout life.

The Director of Policy and Research is a key senior leadership role at Learning and Work Institute. Reporting to the Chief Executive, the post-holder will be responsible for leading a team of around 30 experts in research, analysis, and policy development in these fields, generating more than £2.5 million in programme income and achieving a significant impact in policy and practice.

The appointed person will likely bring advanced knowledge of a range of methods and approaches that can be applied to research and development within public policy and will have a clear understanding of programme and project teaching and processes.

The successful candidate will also be committed to Learning and Works Institute’s charitable aims and objectives. You will have a track record of sizable income generation including developing proposals, developing funding relationships, and bid writing. You will also have a track record of delivering complex and high-profile programmes of research and/or development work, including managing resources and delivering to time and quality expectations within budget.

We welcome the appointed person’s proven track record in building strong relationships with national and local government, delivery organisations, partners and funders. Experience of leading a range of research and development approaches, such as reports, evaluations, pilot development and technical support, is also welcomed.

As a senior leader of the largest staff team the post-holder will need to possess excellent leadership and management skills, including an ability to inspire teams, develop and motivate staff, ensure high performance and deliver continuous improvement.

The opportunity is offered on permanent basis, though Learning and Work Institute is welcoming of flexible working patterns and arrangements, to be agreed upon appointment. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across all levels of the organisation and continuously strive to create an environment where all employees feel valued and supported.

For further information about this opportunity, please contact our retained advising consultants at Peridot Partners, Drew Richardson-Walsh or Olivia Robson, by visiting the link below:

Director of Policy and Research | Learning and Work Institute via Peridot

The Talent Set are excited to partner with a brilliant Health Charity to find a Philanthropy Lead to drive their growing major gifts programme. This role will join the charity to capitalise on renewed investment into high-value fundraising as part of their new strategy, with a strong base of support from senior leadership, internal stakeholders and prospect research and development provision. Key duties include:

• Scope, lead and deliver the Philanthropy Strategy for the charity, working alongside senior leadership to devise a sustainable and ambitious programme to grow income and impact.
• Work with the Deputy Director, internal colleagues and senior stakeholders to scope and develop a Major Giving Appeal, including establishing a Major Appeal Committee and devising a programme of stewardship events.
• Partner with colleagues across the high-value team to develop exciting and impactful cases for support.
• Proactively lead on the growth of the Major Donor prospect pipeline.
• Lead on cultivating and stewarding existing high-net-worth relationships, delivering first class and personalised stewardship journeys.

We’re looking for the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience of major gifts fundraising, with a track record of securing 5-6 figure gifts from high-net-worth individuals.
• Experience of successfully growing a major donor prospect pipeline.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop strong working relationships with senior stakeholders internally and externally, including senior volunteers and trustees.
• Experience of leading or contributing to a multi-faceted high-value fundraising strategy or programme.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Director of Commercial

Salary: Up to £65k (dependent on experience), plus generous pension scheme, flexible working culture

Term: Permanent

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Line management responsibilities: Head of Partnerships, Head of Conference and Events, Training and Commercial Manager

We’re looking for an experienced Commercial Director, preferably with experience in training or education, to take our income-generating training and events programmes to the next level and develop new products and services that meet the needs of our growing membership and wider community.

The annual RSS conference is going from strength to strength, and our training programme is particularly popular with organisations who want to provide high quality bespoke training for their staff. With the growth in the analysis and visualisation of data across business and industry and the increasing popularity of careers across sectors in statistics, data science and AI, you will also work with wider RSS and our expert members to identify gaps in the market and design new ways to meet needs while also providing a return for the Society that we can invest in our charitable activities.

If you’re looking for a new start that involves the opportunity to innovate while providing hands on support to our small team of staff, and have experience in developing strategies and plans and driving business growth, then we’re waiting to hear from you.

Background

Our vision is a world where data is at the heart of understanding and decision-making.

Founded in 1834, the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is one of the world’s leading organisations advocating for the importance of statistics and data. We’re a professional body for all statisticians and data scientists – wherever they may live.

We have more than 12,000 individual members in the UK and across the world. As a charity, we advocate for the key role of statistics and data in society, and work to ensure that policy formulation and decision making are informed by evidence for the public good.

The membership of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) constitutes a preeminent source of statistical expertise. Members work with RSS staff to support areas such as policy development, education, training, statistical communication, and statistical literacy.

Some of our activities are revenue-generating, including our training programme, conference and events, jobs board and advertising, and venue hire. We also attract sponsorship for some of our high profile activities. The Director of Commercial has responsibilities for setting the strategic direction of our commercial activities, developing new products and services to enable growth, and ensuring that our plans and activities are aligned with our charitable purpose and strategic objectives. They work across the society to ensure that opportunities are effectively marketed and support colleagues to generate the budgeted revenue.

Job purpose

To lead the RSS’s commercial activities and develop new products and services that meet the needs of our growing membership and wider community.

Key responsibilities

Understanding needs and the changing external environment

• Develop understanding of the preferences and needs of statisticians and data professionals, and others interested in data and statistics, at an individual and organisational level, to evolve our products and services and align our commercial activities to those preferences and needs
• Undertake research to identify new target markets for commercial products and services
• Undertake research to understand competitors and benchmark RSS products and services
• Monitor and respond to developments and emerging trends in charities, membership organisations and other learned societies, and in statistics/data science/AI to ensure that our commercial offerings remain timely and relevant
• Provide robust analysis of client behaviours and feedback to inform future planning.

Development of strategies and plans

• Drawing input from across the organisation, develop strategies for sales and marketing across commercial products and services that support the organisation’s objectives, including training and conferences and events
• Oversee staff responsible for business development to capitalise on opportunities
• Lead the creation and delivery of fully-costed and resourced business plans for commercial products and services that align with key strategic goals
• Devise partnership models for different sectors
• Support development of wider strategies and plans across the organisation.

Programme management and delivery

• Deliver programmes of commercial products and services which meet the needs of target markets including training, advertising, sponsorship and venue hire
• Monitor and report on progress and performance against targets and plans
• Manage projects, including establishment of new products and services, ensuring that work is delivered to time and quality
• Work with colleagues to identify and develop sponsorship opportunities, and support colleagues in sales meetings with potential sponsors
• Continually assess and improve processes and oversee the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures
• Deliver the revenue budgets for advertising and venue hire and ensure their effective promotion.

Regulatory and compliance

• Act as a Director of RSS (Services) Limited, overseeing its governance and ensuring compliance with relevant rules and legislation.

Training

• Develop the portfolio of training courses, creating and launching new courses in response to user needs
• Expand the training programme by targeting both statisticians and data professionals and non-professionals and widening our geographic reach
• Establish and manage effective systems and processes to develop and deliver all training products, including identifying new training topics and trainers (with input from our statistical membership community)
• Ensure high standards of quality and customer service by evaluating feedback and managing the quality assurance process
• Ensure the effective promotion and marketing of training courses.

Conferences and events

• Oversee the development and operation of the RSS conferences and events programme
• Lead the conference and events team in the delivery of RSS conferences and events.

Interfaces with other teams and groups

• Convene and lead cross-RSS groups to develop, share and review plans and activities and identify opportunities for synergy and collaboration
• Work with heads-of and other teams across the organisation to support related objectives
• Ensure effective working relationships are maintained and contractual requirements are met with our trainers, partners, assessors etc. including developing and agreeing terms & conditions (including intellectual property agreements and contracts) with clients
• Identify relevant experts within the RSS membership and engage them in programmes, formalising a network of volunteers and providing support and advice
• Collaborate with RSS volunteers, staff and external providers to ensure the delivery of projects and outputs to agreed deadlines
• Select, lead and manage contractors and third party organisations to support programme deliverables.

Leadership and management

• Lead the Society’s training, business development and events functions, creating high-performing, motivated teams
• Bring relevant staff together within small teams working across the organization on defined goals that support our objectives
• Play an active role in the RSS Senior Management Team, providing leadership, and strategic insight for the organisational as a whole, and work together effectively in setting and achieving the Society’s goals
• Operate as a Director of RSS Services Limited Contribute to decision making regarding the strategic direction and financial management of the Society
• Oversee budgets and meet income targets for individual programmes
• Negotiate with suppliers to deliver value for money Line manage staff.

Other

• Represent and promote the Society to relevant external bodies and groups Other project work or tasks as reasonably required by the Chief Executive or Executive Committee.

Person specification

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Senior leadership experience
• Experience leading a commercial function and achieving results, preferably within a professional body
• Significant experience developing strategies and plans, preferably within a membership organisation
• Experience using data and evidence to develop value propositions and align services with needs
• Ability to make sound commercial decisions and identify commercially viable / profitable projects
• Strong market awareness, able to monitor training trends and develop them into opportunities
• Experience of building, developing and maintaining relationships and networks and generating sponsorship
• Significant experience of programme and project management and operational delivery
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to identify and respond to changing priorities
• Ability to accurately assesses project needs or problems, make sound decisions and develop effective solutions
• Ability to plan, organise, prioritise and delegate work to ensure completion to time and budget
• Experience of negotiation and influencing
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people and structure information and present ideas and concepts clearly and concisely, particularly in written form
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to persuade, inspire, influence, achieve results through others
• Strong numeracy skills, and the ability to produce, monitor and assess estimates/costs and work within budget
• Experience leading and managing staff in a small team and employing flexibility and imagination to achieve short-term and long-term business objectives
• Experiencing of tendering for work and managing external contractors
• Collaborative team worker – works with colleagues to achieve strategic and operational objectives
• Ability to work on own initiative within RSS guidelines/directives
• Demonstrable commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Desirable

• Track record of devising and delivering (or managing the development and delivery of) training and educational products including content-based, face to face and online Interest in or experience of statistics, research, or other aspects of the Society’s work
• Experience in education development and innovation
• Familiarity with developments within data science, statistics, machine learning, AI and related subject areas
• Understanding of professional membership organisations and learned societies, and their role in the current climate
• Experience of the not-for-profit sector and working with volunteers.

Working for the RSS

Pension and benefits

Our defined contribution pension scheme can be joined after three months in post. Your contributions of up to 8% of salary will be double matched by the Society (making a maximum contribution by the Society of 16%). A training budget, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and employee assistance programme are also available.

Location

The RSS office is in central London. We offer flexible working arrangements, and this is a hybrid role with on average two days a week working in the office. In person attendance for certain meetings is required (including all staff/team meetings and governance/committee meetings that take place in person). Limited travel within the UK and internationally may be required.

Working hours

35 per week full-time. Applications for job shares, part-time and flexible working will also be considered.

Holidays

25 days per annum, plus bank holidays and an additional shut down between Christmas and New Year.

Probation

This post is subject to a six-month probation period.

How to apply: 

Please submit your CV to Holly O'Brien at the email address provided with a supporting statement/letter telling us: 

• Why you should be considered for the role and how it fits with your career plan How your skills and experience align with the responsibilities and person specification

The deadline for applications is 27th February 2025. We may arrange interviews before the deadline has passed. Any questions about the role should also be directed to Holly. If you are interested in applying but cannot do so until nearer the deadline, please email Holly to register your interest. 

Build on your Charity Career with this Activity based role

This is a part-time role of 3 days per week in a well-established charity based in Twickenham. This role would really suit someone who wants to have the opportunity to work flexibly and build their career in the Charity sector.

Richmond Carers Centre has the mission to help unpaid and family adult carers to live a full, active and meaningful life by providing them with advice, information, activities, breaks and emotional support either face to face, by phone or by email to enable them to live well.

As the Adult Carers Activities Coordinator, you will directly deliver our leisure break activity and training programmes. You will plan, deliver, promote and review a programme of activities for adult carers, including outreach activities and leisure events, as well as group work to help enhance carers’ health and wellbeing. The core aim of the activity programme is to provide carers with a much needed break from their caring responsibilities, in a safe and social environment where they can meet other carers and focus on their wellbeing.

You will be someone:

• Who works in a person-centred way.
• Has outstanding organisational skills and plans and budgets well
• Is creative and is an innovative thinker
• Has experience of leading/planning activities across a range of subjects/activities
• Builds relationships both within the team and with external providers
• Communicates well by phone and in person
• Has experience of working with clients who have support needs

Main Duties include:

• To coordinate and deliver an established activities programme for adult carers with the aim to provide them with a break from their caring role and socialise with other carers to help reduce their isolation.
• To coordinate and deliver a training workshop programme to provide carers with information and advice to support them with their caring role and opportunities to learn.
• To work with relevant professionals to deliver a programme of wellbeing activities, including yoga, Pilates and complementary therapies.
• To recruit, train, support and manage volunteers and paid sessional staff to contribute to the delivery of a selection of the activities and workshops.
• To research and continually develop the activities and training programmes to ensure it is responsive to carers needs.
• To create promotional material to promote activities and training opportunities to carers registered with Richmond Carers Centre.
• To work with Adult Carers Support Team Leader to ensure activities are within budget, achieving targets and meeting the requirements of funders.

What you are doing now:

• You might be working for or volunteering in a similar charity
• You may be working in activity planning in the public or private sector
• You may have the skills we need from some other combination of work and volunteering
• Or you may be looking to return to the workforce after a timeout for personal reasons

In any event if you feel you meet the skills we need, we would like to hear from you

Richmond Carers Centre welcomes and encourages applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Benefits of working for Richmond Carers Centre

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year (pro rata)
• Bonus 3 days of annual leave per year over the festive period (subject to Trustee approval)
• Workplace Pension Scheme with Peoples Pension
• Flexible working/option of working from home (subject to CEO approval)
• Equipment and support to be set up to work from home
• Paid time off for medical appointments
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Training and personal development opportunities
• Staff away days and socials
• Access to shared resources and training opportunities
• Supportive and friendly working environment

To apply, please complete the application form and the Diversity and Equalities Monitoring Form. CV’s will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore please submit your application early to avoid disappointment, as this role may close before the closing date.

Email application documents to Beth Tingley, Adult Carers Support Team Leader (documents can be downloaded on our website). If you would like to talk more about this vacancy, please call Richmond Carers Centre and ask to speak to Beth.

Closing date: 15th March 2025

Shortlisting date: w/c 17th March 2025

Interview dates: Wednesday 26th March and Tuesday 1st April 2025

About The Connection at St Martin’s

We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.

London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.

About the Role

Are you passionate about supporting people experiencing homelessness and creating meaningful change? Do you want to be part of a compassionate, and forward-thinking team? Do you want to help us prove that better outcomes are possible with new ways of working? If so, we’d love to hear from you. 

At The Connection Community, we provide a safe and welcoming space where people can find respite from street homelessness, build social connections, and access vital support. Our multi-disciplinary team is dedicated to reducing the harms associated with rough sleeping, fostering inclusion, and empowering individuals to move towards stability and independent living.

We see relationships as the key tool for change. The Community team build relationships of trust and solidarity that will help people to access our comprehensive professional support network, including NHS health services, DWP benefits advisors, migration specialists, and drug and alcohol support teams – all offering their services inside The Community.

Together we are piloting a psychologically-informed, trauma-responsive model with an embedded specialist NHS psychology team. This means you’ll receive high-quality training, 1:1 consultations, and reflective practice to enhance your skills, and to support you and your team to pioneer best practice in homelessness services.

You will be managing a multi-disciplinary team that is dynamic, creative and focused on building trust through relationships. Supporting the team to identify, engage and provide harm minimisation whilst promoting a sense of belonging. Providing rapid interventions for new people who may not need the service, alongside offering sustained support for the people who need it most.

You will have substantial experience in delivering psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are experiencing street homelessness.  You will be both strengths-based and solution-focused, maximising and developing partnerships internally and externally to enhance service provision.  You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the service with a commitment to embed coproduction

Full job description can be found on our website

Salary: £40,309
Closing Date: Sunday 9th March
Interview Date: Friday 14th March

Our Benefits

· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget

· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy

· Enhanced family friendly policies

· Day off for moving house

· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)

· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Season Ticket Loan

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)

We are a London Living Wage employer

AVID exists to reduce the immediate suffering of people detained and work towards a future without detention. As part of a small and agile team, the Senior Network Coordinator is a central role at AVID. 

It is a crucial time to join AVID, as we embark on the implementation of an ambitious new strategic period and contend with detention expansion, increased enforcement, immigration deterrence and hostility. We welcome applicants from people who have lived experience of detention or of forced migration. You will be joining our small team of whom more than half have lived experience of detention. 

Please note: whilst this role is remote, it is UK-based with some travel required. We have a shared office in Brixton, London which is available for AVID team members to use on a flexible basis. We meet as a team in person once a quarter.

Summary

The Senior Network Coordinator is part of the AVID function (alongside the Senior Member Coordinator & Co-Director for Membership and Operations) to deliver AVID’s capacity building support to AVIDs membership network of visitor groups and drives collaboration.

The Senior Network Coordinator leads on the coordination and cultivation of the network infrastructure support to visitor groupsand network collaboration. The Senior Network Coordinator fosters collaboration between members and strengthens best practice for visiting, utilising AVID’s Members Charter as a central point of reference. As a small network, relationship building is central to this role and the post holder will provide 1:1 guidance alongside a programme of capacity building support based on membership needs. The role includes responsibility for the ongoing development of AVID’s Members Charter; coordinating and delivering AVID’s membership support programme of network calls, trainings, and skill sharing sessions; and the development of resources on the AVID members’ space.

This is a varied role, working directly with our diverse range of members across the UK, with a focus on the more established groups in the AVID network. The Senior Network Coordinator works closely with the Senior Member Coordinator who has a focus on smaller, grassroot groups and new visitor groups in the AVID network and visitor engagement.

Main duties and responsibilities

Relationship building and providing tailored 1:1 support to visitor group coordinators in the AVID network:

• Building relationships with AVID members across the UK with a focus on more-established groups in the AVID network.
• Providing 1:1 support, outreach and mentoring for group coordinators.
• Identifying, developing and collectively shaping good practice standards in visiting throughout the network.
• Responding to members’ queries and maintaining ongoing communication.
• Working with the Senior Member Development Co-ordinator to induct new groups to the AVID network and involve smaller grassroot groups in AVID’s programme of support.

Work alongside visitor groups to build their capacity, resilience and strengthen best practice for visiting in detention through:

• Delivering AVID’s core training modules on immigration detention and visiting to visitors groups, ensuring materials are relevant and up to date.
• Leading on a programme of training (both in-house and external), education and skill-sharing that addresses the needs of members and group coordinators.
• Building sustainable practices and collective care amongst visitor groups which respond to the adverse impacts of working in detention and vicarious trauma.
• Co-ordinating the AVID Annual Coordinators Network Gathering alongside the Senior Member Development Coordinator, jointly overseeing all aspects of administration and coordination of this event.
• Developing, updating and increasing use of AVID resources through oversight and development of AVID’s Members Area and resources/policies/guidance for visitor groups and coordinators as well as supporting the development of AVIDs volunteer visiting handbook.
• Working alongside people with lived experience of detention in the AVID community to facilitate meaningful opportunities for leadership in network activities.

Develop network collaboration, facilitated peer-support and alignment of groups around shared network values, strategies and goals through:

• Co-ordinating and facilitating AVID member calls and skill shares to provide structured peer-support and ensure that information is effectively shared in the AVID network.
• Working with AVID members to establish processes and activities for collaborative development and ongoing revision of the members’ charter.
• Embedding charter values across AVID’s network support and capacity building work with a priority focus on anti-racism & anti-oppression and lived-experience leadership in line with our strategic objectives.

Maintaining and monitoring the activity of the AVID network and identifying emerging areas for development through:

• Developing and improving access to AVID’s membership offer, administering the annual membership renewals and keeping up to date records of AVID members.
• Designing and implementing annual members survey.
• Keeping an up-to-date record of member activities, meetings, participation and feedback.
• Keeping abreast of the development and support needs of the AVID members as well as changes in detention policy and practice.
• Identifying and building relationships with external partners to strengthen collaboration and partnerships with the wider movement.

Other tasks:

• Supporting AVID’s strategic development through our strategic objectives.
• Working alongside other members of the AVID team to ensure that membership support and network development is connected to our overall mission of ending detention and advocacy efforts.
• Representing AVID at external meetings and events.
• Contributing to funder and board reporting.
• Tracking, monitoring and evaluating impact using AVIDs internal databases.
• Responding to general enquiries by phone, email or post.

Person Specification

We are interested in skills and experience developed in a range of environments, whether through formal workplaces or voluntary. We recognise the great value of lived experience of immigration detention and/or of hostile environment policies and would be very interested to hear from applicants with this experience.

Experience

• Experience of delivering and designing training to meet specific objectives with an understanding of the different needs for in person and online training.
• Experience of recruiting, supporting, and advising volunteers.
• Experience of delivering workshops and/or coordinating events (online and in-person).
• Experience of working with marginalised communities.
• Experience of monitoring, reporting and evaluation.

Desirable:

• Experience of developing support systems, identifying priorities for change and strengthening the infrastructure of voluntary groups.
• Experience of working with refugee, migrant and/or detained communities.
• Experience of working in the immigration and/or criminal justice sector.
• Experience of working in a membership organisation.

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge of good practice in volunteer management.
• Knowledge and understanding of migration, human rights, asylum, criminal justice and immigration detention in the UK.

Skills

• Communication skills, written and oral.
• Facilitation skills and inclusive approach to managing online and offline spaces.
• People skills and ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people.
• Solid administration skills and working knowledge of information systems.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

Be there when it matters.

Sue Ryder is seeking an experienced Head of Property Management to oversee the operational management of our diverse property portfolio. This includes approximately 400 leasehold and 5 freehold properties, spanning healthcare settings, offices, warehouses, shops, and a small number of residential properties.
Reporting to the Company Secretary, you will work closely with internal teams such as Finance, Retail, Health & Safety, Estates, and Insurance, as well as external stakeholders including surveyors, landlords, and local councils. You will be instrumental in ensuring the charity’s property portfolio remains legally compliant, financially viable, and aligned with our mission.

About the role:
Responsible for the operational management of the charity's property portfolio. This includes managing shop, office, and warehouse acquisitions, disposals, renewals, lease management, surveying activities, and ensuring the ongoing effectiveness and compliance of the TRAMPS 06ix system.
This role ensures all property-related activities align with legal, regulatory, financial, commercial and the charity’s mission objectives.

About you:
We are looking for a highly experienced property management professional with a strong background in lease negotiations, compliance, and strategic property oversight. You will have the expertise and leadership to drive efficient property management processes while ensuring legal and financial accountability.

• Proven experience in property management and surveying, ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector.
• Strong knowledge of lease negotiations, financial oversight, legal compliance, and property surveying.
• Expertise in managing property management systems, ideally TRAMPS 06ix, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Ability to provide expert commercial advice, making complex property and legal issues accessible to stakeholders.
• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills, working collaboratively across teams.
• Proactive problem-solver, able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to develop and implement long-term property strategies that align with organisational goals.
• Strong negotiation, organisational, and financial management skills to optimise property-related decisions.
• Experience working with landlords, local authorities, and surveyors, ensuring strategic alignment.
• Knowledge of sustainability principles and experience integrating energy efficiency into property projects.

We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date should we feel we have a sufficient amount of suitable applications.

Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online 
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process 
If you want more than just a job, we want you.

Join the team and be there when it matters.

Summary

• Casework management in line with our safeguarding policies and practice guidance with a view to responding well within a diocesan, provincial or national context.
• Coordination of casework across the national safeguarding team. This includes commissioning and /or undertaking risk assessments and case reviews where appropriate.
• To be trauma-informed when engaging with survivors of abuse ensuring that they receive a timely and professional response from the Church.
• To ensure that robust information-sharing, case management and recording are kept up to date.
• Handling safeguarding enquiries and referrals and responding to complaints made to the NST about safeguarding practices.

• We are hiring for a 12-month fixed-term contract.
• A basic DBS check will be required as part of our pre-employment checks.
• The post-holder will be based in London, with the expectation to be working from Church House 1 day per week. Some flexible working is required e.g. travelling around the province and working weekends. In addition, there is some scope for flexible working at home subject to negotiation.

• A salary of £59,248 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days.
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

Do you have a passion for digital communications and engaging public policy research? Are you interested in a varied, creative and tech-focused role working on high-profile digital content? If so, come and work with us at the Nuffield Trust.

We are looking for someone who can apply their technical and creative skills to produce clear and engaging outputs. You will have a thoughtful and proactive approach to learning on the job, becoming as comfortable creating striking and informative interactive charts as updating and publishing web pages or designing graphics for social media.

You will be part of a communications team that works with researchers across the Trust to promote our work to improve the quality of health care in the UK.

You’ll spend your time:

• Working with our Digital & Design Manager to analyse our content outputs to better understand engagement, profile and impact with the work that we do.
• Providing day-to-day website management.
• Supporting the social media team in creating memorable and clear outputs for social media, publications and e-newsletters.
• Supporting the Digital & Design Manager to maintain Nuffield Trust’s reputation for charts and other data visualisations.
• Contributing ideas and feedback to web development projects.

We’d really like to meet you if you have:

• Experience of working with content management systems.
• A developing understanding of how website analytics are monitored and reported.
• A keenness to gain knowledge of web programming languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• The ability to work as part of a team in a deadline-driven environment.
• A willingness to learn and experiment on the job to take the Nuffield Trust’s digital profile forward.

To learn more about the role, please download a copy of the Candidate Brief.

Hours: Full-time (part-time/flexible working considered).
Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover for six months.

To apply, please go to The Nuffield Trust Recruitment site via the Apply button and complete the online application process.

Closing date: 10pm on Sunday 9 March 2025.

While we understand that AI can be a useful tool, it is essential that users of AI are aware of its limitations. We expect candidates to be able to demonstrate original thought in showcasing the relevance of their individual experiences in their application and during interviews.

Please note that the diversity monitoring questions are optional and will not be shared with the selection panel. The selection panel will only have access to your CV and your statement of suitability for the post.

The Nuffield Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of ethnicity, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital/civil partnership status or religion/belief.

Offers of employment will be conditional upon the receipt of two satisfactory references. Applicants must also have the right to work in the UK. For further information, please visit the UKVI website.

Strictly no agencies.