Programme Manager Jobs

We're looking for a specialist in operations who has demonstrable experience on the key criteria in our job description. We really value operations as a specialism and we're really keen to hear from candidates who can tell us how their experience meets the requirements of this role, and who have read about our organisation.

If your covering letter doesn't show us both of these, it will unfortunately be discounted.

All applications will be also filtered through an A.I detector. Sorry if we sound old fashioned, but we're humans, looking to recruit a human, who will be working with other humans! If this sounds good to you, please read on!

About us

Oracy for Schools is the umbrella name for our four enterprises connected by a drive to make a positive impact on young people. How do we do it? We deliver activities and experiences that will develop their skills, confidence and self-esteem - both inside and beyond the classroom. We also achieve this through partnering with schools - giving teachers the resources and training they need to improve their practice.

We’re big enough to have a substantial impact on young people, but small enough for each individual in the team to be able to play to their strengths and take ownership over how they contribute to the collective mission.

About the role

Hours: Part time (20 hours), spread over Monday-Friday (9-5), at your discretion and to be agreed by us. 
Location: Remote (from home). The successful candidatre must be UK-based.
Salary: £28,000 pro rata
Closing date: 5pm on 6 May 2025
Interviews: held in-person/online in wb. 19 May. 
Commencement: Flexible according to your notice, but position available from 1 June

As our Operations Officer, you'll support the smooth running of the operations across these four enterprises - The Philosophy Man, Outspark, Hidden Leaders and P4HE (Philosophy for Home Education), to help grow our impact in the classroom and beyond. You will play a vital role in assisting us on finance, communication, marketing and data management to help us deliver:

Even more sessions in classrooms
Even more expeditions running in the outdoors
Even more children attending our residential weekends
New partnerships and sponsorships with other organisations

You'll find excellent opportunities to gain hands-on experience in our operations and develop your skills within a dynamic and varied role. Thanks to the wide-range of activities we offer to young people and the variety of opportunities we can offer you, the role can be steered towards your strengths, skills and interests. You would also see the impact of your work first-hand by observing sessions in schools. Contractually, you'll be employed by one of the businesses and then also subcontracted across the other three. We're looking for someone invested in our causes and who will become part of our tight-knot core group, working closely with our Founders, Directors and wider team.

What we can offer you:

• Real impact: You’ll play a key role in supporting the team to deliver a programme that makes a big difference to children

• Growth and development: As part of a growing team, you’ll have opportunities to develop your skills and responsibilities

• A friendly and driven team: We are a collaborative, supportive, and flexible team that values innovation and achieving meaningful outcomes

• Flexible working: Our core business hours are 9-5pm and we are open to discussing the specific hours that work best for you and us.

Responsibilities

Financial Administration

• You'll assist with maintaining accurate records of income and expenditure

• You'll support bookkeeping tasks, including processing invoices and bank reconciliations

Communications Support

• Where necessary, you'll monitor email inboxes and respond to incoming queries

• You'll assist with outbound marketing to new schools

• Youy'll help to manage and maintain the social media pages of each business

Data Management

• You'll assist with collecting, organising, storing and presenting data

• You'll work with team members to maintain a clear and accessible data management system

• You'll support ongoing projects, including assisting with the ongoing improvement of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system

General Operations Support

• You'll provide support to ensure the smooth weekly running of operations, such as the posting of books and materials internally and externally

• You'll provide organisational assistance to the Founder during busy periods

​For candidates with suitable experience and qualifications, there would be the option to do some of your hours as direct delivery with young people, but this isn't required nor a prerequisite for applying.

For more information on the role, including essential and desirable criteria, and how to contact us if you have any questions, please download the Job Description below. We recommend reading this to help you craft your covering letter to the rokle. 

To apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role, via Quickapply. All application letters will be filtered through an A.I detector. Sorry if we sound old fashioned, but we're humans, looking to recruit a human, who will be working with other humans!

About Us:

Advocate matches members of the public who need free legal help with barristers who are willing to donate their time and expertise in deserving cases for those who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay.

Job Description:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Schemes and Programmes Coordinator to oversee our specialist and on-the-day duty schemes across the country and our Bar in the Community (BIC) programme, which connects volunteers from the Bar with charities in need of their expertise. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the following aspects of Schemes and the BIC programme:

• Overseeing and delivering the day-to-day administration
• Collating data into quarterly and annual performance reports
• Creating annual strategies
• Engaging volunteers and stakeholders
• Working closely with Courts, Judiciary, Chambers, the local Bar and other front-line organisations on the development and management of Schemes
• Facilitating BIC’s Management Committee
• Occasional travel outside of London to attend Scheme specific events and/or meetings
• Administration of our duty schemes online rota
• Creating tailored communications for social media and other channels

Person Specification

Essential:

• Strong project management and coordination skills
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
• Strong data management and analysis skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Proficiency in social media communications and website administration

Desirable:

• Experience working with volunteer programmes or charities
• Previous experience in a similar project or programme coordination role
• Understanding of the UK Legal System and/or enthusiasm to learn  

We’re looking for someone who can inspire and collaborate, building strong, positive relationship. As one of our regionally dispersed Community Fundraiser’s, you’ll be joining a busy team, where you will manage relationships with our key supporters with the primary purpose of generating income across a geographical area, through community fundraising activities. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering income targets across the region by building strong relationships with individuals, local companies, community groups and volunteers, in line with our community fundraising strategy. You will also be responsible for the management and support of local third-party events in your region and in providing excellent stewardship to those supporters.

The Youth Endowment Fund  

Programme and Impact Lead 

Reports to: Assistant Director of Impact, Programmes and Partnerships 

Salary: £54,000 

Contract: 1 - year fixed term 

Location: Central London, Hybrid* 

Application Deadline: 12pm on Tuesday 15th April 2025

Interviews: commencing the week of 28th April 2025 

About the Youth Endowment Fund 

We’re here to prevent children from becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to change things.  

In recent years, violent crime involving children has increased. This is a tragedy. Every child is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment that exists to prevent children from becoming involved in violence. We will achieve this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice. To make this happen we fund, evaluate and then spread the very best work on reducing violence affected young people across England and Wales. 

Central to all of this to is two key tasks: firstly, deciding which initiatives we should fund and evaluate and secondly, ensuring we do this excellently. Our Programmes Team is central to getting this done. This team is responsible for planning specific rounds of funding that will fill evidence gaps and identifying, assessing, funding and supporting initiatives designed to prevent violence affecting young people. This way we build evidence on what works so that we can change national practice and policies.

Key responsibilities 

You are a key member of the Programmes team. As a Programme and Impact Lead, you will line manage Programme Managers and be responsible for managing some of our larger grant awards, that include more complex evaluation designs. You’ll be responsible for making sure our delivery organisations can effectively engage with robust, independent evaluations, so we have the best chance of generating valuable learning from a round. And you may also be responsible for directly managing our independent evaluators as well. 

You must have a strong understanding of evaluation methodologies and challenges organisations face in delivery. You must also be a brilliant project manager, great at managing and developing people and external stakeholders, energised by tackling complex problems and really care about the YEF’s mission to build evidence of what works.

Your main responsibilities boil down to these. You’ll:

• Manage large-scale complex projects
• You’ll be responsible for managing programmes of a significant size and complexity. You’ll draw on your experience of managing large scale projects and knowledge of evaluations to overcome unexpected challenges. You’ll balance logic and intuition to guide partners and colleagues through the inevitable undulations of complex projects and feel comfortable making decisions when there’s too much or too little information. You’ll ensure projects maintain a strong alignment to the original aims and objectives of the funding round.

• Provide leadership to the Programmes Team and strategic advice to the Assistant Director of Impact, Programmes and Partnerships. Along with other Programme and Impact leads, you’ll deputise for the Assistant Director of Impact, Programmes and Partnerships. This means you’ll:

• Take responsibility for making key decisions in funding rounds and with specific programmes; 
• Oversee a broad portfolio of projects and serve as a senior point of escalation when issues arise;
• Manage budgets, including approving payments and making judgements about the appropriateness of timeline and budget variation requests;
• Be responsible for knowing when to pull others into the decision. 

• Lead strategic areas of work. You’ll develop and embed a clear strategy for distinctive areas of work that will enable us to achieve our mission. This includes:
• Finding new ways to improve our internal knowledge sharing and learning, contributing new ideas around how the Programmes team can play into emerging areas of work in the wider organisation. 
• Supporting organisations to become evaluation ready, ensuring young people are the heart of our funding decisions and driving efficiencies so we can be the best we can be.
• Developing and leading the implementation of these strategies and ensure we are on track to achieve our aspirations. 
• Developing and rolling out new processes designed to help us monitor progress in commissioning and high-quality grant management.

• Win people over externally
• You’ll meet people externally and share what we’re doing, why we care about it, being open and transparent about what we know and what we don’t know.
• You’ll share progress updates with key stakeholders, and you’ll represent YEF at external meetings, steering groups and committees.
• You’ll manage strategic relationships with co-funders, which may include partnerships with government departments.
• You’re likely to have frequent contact with civil servants, charity leaders and staff, academics and practitioners.

• Line management 
• Your role may involve the line management of Programme Managers. This will include supporting and enhancing their overall professional growth, providing mentoring and coaching opportunities as appropriate and serving as a source of consultation and a point of escalation for your team members as they manage projects in their portfolio. 

• Support delivery organisations to take part in robust evaluation
• You’ll make sure the team are excellent at supporting delivery organisations to engage with robust evaluation. You’ll help organisations identify the challenges and mitigations associated with embedding an evaluation approach in their project and delivery. This includes helping them understand the importance of having excellent monitoring and quality assurance systems and process and ensuring they are comfortable engaging in open and honest conversations with evaluators to ensure the project and evaluation are the very best they can be. 

About you 

You are this sort of person: 

• You get things done.You have a track record of getting things done. You’re very reliable and consistent. You take pride in making things happen. 
• You manage projects really well. In previous jobs, you have held responsibility for ensuring challenging projects are delivered on time and to a high standard. You’re very well organised, know how to assess and mitigate risks and use project management systems that work for you. You’re good at spotting when things aren’t going to plan and can tell when you need to raise or escalate your concerns. 
• You make wise judgements.
•  You can take in a lot of written and numerical information and make informed assessments about what good opportunities look like. You have experience in commissioning research or evaluations. You draw on your expertise to appraise the quality of proposals. You can summarise and share your views concisely. 
• You have an understanding of evaluation methodologies and common challenges delivery organisations face in implementation​.
• You have knowledge and experience working with independent evaluations and the various evaluation designs that may be utilised to understand if something works and how.
• You may even have experience in using quantitative approaches, interpreting statistical findings and assessing the suitability of different impact evaluation designs for different types of programmes.
• You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You’ve built good relationships with very senior people and with very junior people. You’re particularly good at working with people in other organisations. You work very well in a team. You’re not motivated by being the individual winner. You want the team as a whole to succeed. You don’t care who gets the credit, so long as things get done.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You’re quick at getting your head around things. It wouldn't faze you to have responsibility for organising things that are new to you, so long as you have an expert to ask advice from. You like learning and developing. You know how much you don't know as well as what you do.
• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference.You want to play a significant part in a charity that is making a difference. You like the idea of doing a job that makes young people safer.

While it’s not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of violence affecting young people. 

It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.  

 All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well. 

Hybrid Working 

The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.

To apply 

Please click on the "Apply for this" button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and cover letter, which must answer the following two questions below. Please submit your application by 12pm on Tuesday 15th April. 

Application Questions  

1. Can you share an example of when you've worked with a delivery organisation to support them in taking part in a rigorous evaluation - for example, explaining the importance of randomisation, or facilitating data collection of validated outcome measures? What was the context, the issue you helped them to overcome, and the outcome? 

2. Can you give an example of when you have had to manage multiple partners in a project and resolve conflicting positions? Can you explain how you went about this and what the outcome was? 

Interview process 

There will be a task to complete in advance of the interview. This will be a one-stage interview process. Interviews will take place the week commencing the 28th April 2025. This will be a panel interview. 

PLEASE NOTE: We do not sponsor work permits and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. 

Benefits include 

• £1,000 professional development budget annually 
• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr phone line for free confidential support 
• Volunteering days - 4 half days per year 
• Death in service - 4 times annual salary 
• Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm 
• Financial support including travel and hardship loans 
• Employer contributed pension of 5%. 

​Your data 

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful, and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area. 
The people we are looking for do not discriminate and we believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. 

Programme Officer

We are looking for a Programme Officer to join this charitable programme based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus with a mission of working in partnership to improve healthcare globally.

Position: Programme Officer

Location: Hybrid working to include days in the office on Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Salary: £28,000 – 31,000 per annum FTE (depending on skills and experience)

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Sunday 27th April 2025 - however they reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received or a successful candidate is found.

About the role:

This is an exciting and busy role with broad responsibilities across the programme and includes project management and administration.

You will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of an extensive portfolio of activities to strengthen health systems and improve the quality of health care globally, working closely with their members (NHS staff volunteers) and partners.

Some of your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide management, finance and administrative support for the health partnerships including support for virtual and remote training and mentorship activities.
• Provide comprehensive management and stewardship of CGHP members. Ensure members’ data is stored safely and securely on the CRM database.
• Provide support to grant management, especially expenditure tracking and donor reporting.
• Support Gender Equality and Social Inclusion activities .
• Work with the Director and Fundraising Lead to develop and write funding proposals.
• Work with the Communications Lead to develop communications materials and publications including social media, to maintain and update website, and to support designing and purchase of branded promotional material.
• Work with the whole team to successfully implement events.

About You:

To be successful in the role of Programme Officer you will need to have project management experience and excellent organisational and administration skills, be someone who is particularly good at interacting with others, and who can prioritise workloads effectively and work flexibly to meet shifting demands. 

You will also need to have the following skills and experience:

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience.
• Evidenced commitment to and interest in global health work.
• Project management experience, preferably in the international development/health sector.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail.
• Experience in office administration
• Independent, resilient, and creative
• Ability to work as part of a small team, and to support others when necessary.
• A ‘can-do’ attitude; solutions-oriented; want to make a difference.
• Enjoyment being busy – this is not a quiet job!
• A sense of humour

The experience of working internationally, in a healthcare charity, or working alongside the NHS would be beneficial for this role.

In return:

This is an amazing charity to work for! Global Health is about improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide. They have been strengthening health systems across the world through education, reciprocal learning, and relationship building. The charity uses a health partnership model - working with hospitals, governments and health organisations in Cambridgeshire and East of England region and in global majority (low- and middle- income countries (LMIC) to provide specialist expertise, support shared learning and encourage sustainable change.

You will receive a fantastic benefits package that includes:

• Pension Scheme
• Group Life Assurance @ 4 x Salary
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Annual Eye Tests + £65 (towards Computer Use Glasses)
• Leisure Centre on site
• NHS Discount Schemes
• Health Cash Plan – Medicash
• Employee Assistance Programmes
• 25 days of Annual Leave + Bank Holidays PLUS Your Birthday off - increases by one day each year after 2 years’ (up to 29 days)
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme

We strongly encourage candidates of different backgrounds and identities to apply.  Each new team member is an opportunity for the organisation to bring in a different perspective and further diversify the charity.

Other roles you may have experience in could include Programme and Engagement Officer, Programme and Communications Officer, Programme / Project Coordinator, Programme / Project Manager, Policy Officer, Policy Manager, Senior Programme Manager.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

About The Role

Are you ready to step into a high profile role where you will be responsible for the growth, implementation and development of new services? 

We have a new opportunity for a Service Development Manager to join our organisation and oversee our Pan and Central London Directorate.

This is a really exciting time to join the team and the next year will be filled with challenges and opportunities. We are:

• Working closely with the GLA on the Mayor’s Plan of Action to end rough sleeping by 2030 and will be transitioning our established No Second Night Out service into a network of Ending Homelessness Hubs.
• Developing a new Outreach model to respond to the increasing numbers on the street and to ensure we deliver the right intervention to the right person.
• Working with other stakeholders to re-shape the Westminster Homelessness Partnership and support the delivery of Westminster City Council’s new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.  

Key responsibilities in the role includes:

• To participate in the assessment and development and bidding for of new opportunities.
• To establish and implement new contracts. To be directly responsible for the successful implementation and startup of new teams and services.
• To provide interim service management cover as required, as part of agreed service improvement plans or in case of recruitment gaps.
• To support Regional Heads in providing local managers and teams support and assistance where management or staffing concerns or Service of Concern issues arise.
• As a development opportunity - deputising for Regional Heads/Services Director on specific tasks or short periods of absence as needed and appropriate.
• Lead the process of planning, organizing, and executing time limited projects as required by the Services Director.

About you

The successful candidate will have experience of leading a team or teams delivering services to groups of vulnerable clients and of developing successful routes away from the street for people experiencing rough sleeping.

We are looking for people who have a proven ability to complete delegated tasks and to effectively manage multiple service priorities and commissioner contacts. Someone with the energy and project management skills to successfully seize opportunities, trouble shoot problems, implement projects and ensure effective contract compliance.

We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups, particularly Global Majority candidates who are underrepresented at this management level.

How to Apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

Closing Date: 10.00 am, 22nd April 2025

Interview and assessment date: 28th April 2025

What we offer

· Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

· A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

· Great Pay and Other Benefits

Business Development Manager – Charity Partners & Programmes

Home/Office Based (Matlock)

Fixed, 37.5 hour per week permanent contract

£30,000 - £32,000 per annum

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Business Development Team as Business Development Manager – Charity Partners & Programmes.

In this role you’ll manage the development and realisation of strategic partnerships & business opportunities that support YHA’s programmes and wider trading objectives, and be responsible for the ongoing management, co-ordination and implementation of a nationally defined YHA’s Challenging Lives programme and partnerships strategy.

Why work for YHA?

Join our team and enjoy a range of exclusive staff benefits that support your well-being and career growth:

• 10 nights free hostel stays per year for you and up to 3 friends or family
• Access to YHA’s staff discount and cash back portal
• Free YHA Membership each year
• Access to support via our Employee Assistance Program

There are many more benefits to working for YHA so please visit our YHA Jobs website for more information.

What will you be doing?

• Leading the Challenging Lives programme strategy - Identifying and managing partnership opportunities to drive charitable impact and trading revenue as well as championing and broadening the impact of YHAs Breaks programme, and developing partnerships and programmes with synergistic organisation.
• You'll build effective relationships, identifying and managing relationships with key charity partners as well as conducting periodical reviews of processes and best practise, setting mutually agreed targets.
• Delivering YHA’s Breaks programme, building relationships with beneficiary organisations, co-designing programmes with them to meet the needs of young people. You will also attend and present the Breaks programme at supporter engagement events as and when required.
• Ensuring all programmes and activities are suitable and impactful for beneficiaries and that due diligence is applied.
• You will build and identify relationships with organisations and businesses to further YHA’s charitable trading interests for example home education network groups, uniformed groups and non-education youth groups.
• Coordinating and facilitating summer camps programmes with the Army, Navy, RAF, and agree activities and ensure special requirements are adhered to and communicated with internal teams providing a full debrief post-delivery.
• Ensuring engagement and buying from key internal stakeholders through robust internal communication processes.
• You'll lead the programme process, coordinating the capture of impact and providing evidence of the Breaks programme to the fundraising team to enable them to report funders. You'll also manage the Breaks programme application process and coordinate the decision panel, keep the Breaks P&L up to date with spend allocation in accordance with the funders wish and or restrictions, managing the customer journey for all Breaks customers and provide accurate content to ensure that the website and all publications are kept up to date and engaging.

What Skills and Experience do you need?

We are looking for candidates with the following qualities:

• Experience of developing partnerships and commercial relationships, ideally at a national level
• Excellent communication skills with ability to build strong internal relationships with key internal stakeholders and experience of influencing at Senior and Executive management level
• Broad knowledge and understanding of YHA’s customer base, education & youth programmes / and wider charity sector
• Excellent organisational skills involving planning, prioritising and proven ability to manage several projects simultaneously, bringing each to completion on time
• Experience of developing and monitoring budgets and KPIs.
• Experience of report writing for varied stakeholders requiring differing levels of detail and summary
• Knowledge and understanding of child safeguarding 
• Ability to work flexibly, including travel throughout England and Wales with occasional evening and weekend working and regular overnight stays  to meet the needs of the business

For more information about the role and the skills and experience required, please refer to the job description.

At YHA, we understand the richness of life experiences, and we place just as much importance on lived experiences as we do on skills and knowledge. We provide a robust induction, ongoing training, and opportunities for personal growth. While certain roles may require specific skills, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Who are YHA?

YHA is a social enterprise with a mission to enrich the lives of all, especially young people. YHA does this by providing brilliant hostel stays and experiences that improve physical health, mental wellbeing and life skills.

If you would like to find out more about YHA the charity, the culture, the heritage and so much more please visit our jobs website.

How do you apply?

Submit your CV and complete the application form (it’s a short one, we promise!). If you need any assistance, please visit the contact page on the YHA Jobs website.

Once the hiring manager has reviewed your application we will contact shortlisted candidates. We aim to get in touch within a reasonable amount of time after the closing date.

PLEASE NOTE All relevant checks are in place to ensure safeguarding and legal requirements of safer recruitment are adhered to. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Head of Programmes

We are seeking a strategic and dynamic leader to oversee the delivery and expansion of programmes across England, driving impact and fostering strong partnerships.

Position: Head of Programmes – England

Salary: £37,000 - £40,000 FTE pro rata
Location: Lancashire/Northwest
Hours: Part time, 0.6 FTE
Contract: Permanent
 

Closing Date: 22nd April 2025

Interviews: 29th & 30th April

About the Role

As Head of Programmes, you will lead the strategic delivery of the organisation’s Time Credit programmes, ensuring high-quality impact while developing strong relationships with stakeholders, funders, and community partners. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading programme delivery and ensuring all projects meet their objectives.
• Managing and developing regional teams to achieve programme success.
• Overseeing stakeholder engagement and strengthening partnerships.
• Driving business development, identifying funding opportunities, and supporting the expansion of services.
• Developing and implementing strategies that align with the charity’s mission and values.
• Managing budgets, reporting on progress, and contributing to organisational strategy.

About You

As Head of Programmes you will be an experienced and motivated leader with a passion for delivering impactful programmes that empower communities. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on management to ensure projects achieve meaningful results. Essential skills include:

• Experience in programme management, stakeholder engagement, or business development.
• A strong track record in community development or public sector partnerships.
• Excellent leadership and strategic planning skills.
• The ability to oversee multiple projects and teams effectively.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with funders and commissioners.
• A passion for driving social impact and community engagement.

About the organisation

A leading UK-based community development organisation, creating connected, fair, and healthier societies. Empowering communities by recognising and valuing volunteering through an innovative Time Credits model. With a network of over 1,500 charities, 15,000+ active volunteers, and 750+ business partners, they are committed to driving social impact and policy change.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programme Manager, Head of Partnerships, Community Development Manager, Director of Programmes, Social Impact Manager, Business Development Lead, Head of Operations.

Apply now to lead impactful programmes and shape the future of community engagement!

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Playing a relevant and active role in our local community is our core purpose at Chiswick House and Gardens Trust. We recognise that without local people using our green and historic spaces, helping us to care for them and benefitting from them, our future is unsustainable. The role of Community Participation Manager is an opportunity to join an already successful, innovative, and inclusive team and make it even better! Based in our thriving kitchen garden, our community, schools and volunteer programme is ready to grow with new facilities and high demand. Above all, we are here to make a difference to people’s lives.

We are looking for a new colleague that has drive, energy, passion for people and places: somebody that is excited by change and has vision for potential.

SMK runs programmes for individuals and groups, offering support, advice, and a place to share knowledge on the key areas of effective campaigning. From strategy, tactics, and targets to evaluating successful campaigns, we equip campaigners with the tools and confidence to drive high-impact change.

As Head of Programmes, you will be responsible for developing and overseeing the quality, delivery and impact of all our capacity-building programmes. You will be key in managing our stakeholder relationships, including our pool of Associates, grant funders and consultancy clients. You will be responsible for stewarding and developing our existing training offer securing an annual trading income of up to £140k and a grant income of £300k (60% of which is already secured for 25/26 with more in the pipeline).

You will need commercial nous, grant fundraising expertise, the ability to develop and manage programmes, and the confidence to influence and support clients and donors. Using your knowledge of change and strategy, you will develop creative and agile programmes and ensure they are continuously being improved in a fast-changing field. You will be intellectually curious and follow campaign trends supporting campaigners to thrive and get results.

We have some excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave and an additional Christmas closure as part of our commitment to work/ life balance.

Salary: £42,479 per annum pro-rata, rising to £44716 pro-rata after 12 months in London (or £39,290 pro-rata per annum rising to £40,526 pro-rata after 12 months outside of London).

Location: Home based, or office based at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, in line with NCVO’s flexible working policy or home working policy.

Closing date: 14th April

Shortlisting date: 17th April

Interviews: 25th April

About NCVO

We are the charities charity. For over 100 years, NCVO has stood shoulder to shoulder with communities, championing and celebrating voluntary action.

Our membership is made up of over 17,000 voluntary organisations across England, from small, grassroots community groups and social enterprises, to large, far-reaching charities.

We believe that communities are strengthened by voluntary action. We therefore want charities to thrive and be empowered to deliver for people and communities.

​About the Services and Partnerships directorate

This role sits within the Services and Partnerships team, which includes our Training, Consultancy, Membership, Practical Support and Fundraising and Partnerships teams. As a collective, this team generates significant unrestricted income for NCVO ensuring our vital support of charities across England is sustainable.

​Our Practical Support team provide an essential lifeline to charities, giving guidance and support on issues that affect charities such as Governance, Fundraising, Finance and Volunteer Management.

​Being in the Services and Partnerships team enables us to have sectoral impact, supporting charities to thrive. We strive for sectoral excellence, putting charities and their needs at the centre of what we do.

About the Training and Consultancy team

NCVO is an established and trusted training provider to over 6,000 people each year from across the charity sector and beyond.

We run our training services as a social business, offering cost effective, high-quality learning. Our wide-ranging well-respected portfolio of training aims to give the people working or volunteering for a charity what they need to thrive in their role. Our training also generates significant income for NCVO, playing a vital role in our financial sustainability and allowing us to achieve our mission.

Our training programme has three key strands; open (delivered live online), in-house (delivered online and/or face to face with an organisation on a specific theme) and eLearning. With support and oversight from the Training and Development Manager this role is responsible for the smooth running of the second of these three areas.

About the role

We attract learners from every corner of the country, every type of charity and social purpose organisation. Through our open and bespoke training we are able to make training more affordable and allow a range of charities to access quality training either online or face to face.

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring experience in managing programmes, events, or courses, along with an ability to use technology and learn new systems. Experience with customer management systems for project coordination and reporting will be valuable. 

You’ll be comfortable working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and will have an understanding of learning priorities for charities alongside a strategic mindset. Above all, you’ll be motivated by delivering excellent support and creating meaningful impact for our learners.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in the voluntary sector and those with diverse, lived experience. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

​If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance. 

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922.

Benefits for NCVO employees

​NCVO offers attractive benefits including:

• ​25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive. After three years' service annual holiday increases to 27 days, and after five years to 30 days, (pro rata for part time staff)
• ​the option to purchase or sell up to five more days each year
• ​five days’ volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
• ​2.5 extra ‘wellbeing’ days off during the year
• ​enhanced pay for sick/maternity/adoption leave
• ​subsidised gym membership
• ​season ticket loan
• ​flexible working, including opportunities to work from home/off site
• ​monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
• ​monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
• ​generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary, into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
• ​training and development opportunities.
• ​The opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
• ​24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme

​We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal.

We are seeking a motivated MAP Programme Coordinator to lead the Migrants’ Aspiration Programme (MAP) to guide and support emerging migrant leaders from across London. 

The successful candidate will have responsibility to manage the delivery of this programme, including facilitating or co-facilitating all live workshops,supporting those participating on the programme, building partnerships, and working closely with the MRN team to make this a programme success.

This role will suit a candidate that has strong experience in working with migrant communities, supporting and managing volunteers, and with excellent project management skills.

The charity is looking for exceptional candidates with a:

• Zest for managing and developing relationships with volunteers, key partners and stakeholders 

• Commitment to creating a just society for all migrants

• Readiness to commit to MRN's vision and values

The salary will be £31,099 per year, pro-rata. In addition, MRN contributes up to 6% of salary to pensions.

More details are available in the job description.

Closing date for applications: 9am, 28 April 2025

Date for candidate interviews: 13 or 15 May 2025

About Impetus

Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.

We find, fund and build the most promising organisations working with these young people, providing core funding and working shoulder-to-shoulder with their leaders over the long term to help them become stronger.

At Impetus we focus on the critical factors that influence the education and employment outcomes for disadvantaged young people in the UK, working with organisations that have the potential for impact at scale, helping their leaders to deliver lifechanging, benchmark beating, sustained outcomes.

We provide them with the funding and the tools to grow and deliver on their promises to the young people they serve. We also seek to influence government and the wider sector to back effective support for young people and invest with other like-minded organisations to tackle the most difficult and under-supported challenges.

We are resolutely focused on outcomes and impact, driven by quality evidence.

You would be joining a team that is passionate, rigorous, determined, creative and warm. We care deeply for our colleagues, our charity partners and the young people we serve.

Impetus is a registered charity and our charity number is 1152262.

About the team

This is an important role based in a busy Operations team which covers office management, information technology, finance and human resources. The team play a key role in supporting the organisation to achieve its mission of supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed.

The Operations team comprises the Director of Finance and Operations, HR and Learning Manager, Head of Finance, HR Officer, Finance and Operations Assistant and a part time Administrator. Payroll and IT support are outsourced.

About this role

We are looking for a talented professional with a strong understanding of CRM and digital systems and a passion for maximising the value of data, who is looking to join an organisation where they can put their skills to use across all aspects of our operations. You will join at a key time to develop and embed our work in this area, providing critical support to all our teams as well as maintaining and developing our cross-organisation systems.

You will lead on the development, administration, and staff engagement with, and training on, our Salesforce CRM system. This will include data from, and working with, all departments of Impetus, including our donors and prospects, our collaboration with partner charities, and our communications with email audiences. You will also manage the relationship with our existing Salesforce partner agency, drawing on them for additional support resource and coordinating broader development projects. The successful candidate will have experience developing and drawing value from Salesforce, including both technical development and collaborating closely with teams to drive engagement and best practice.

You will be responsible for our other cross-organisational digital systems, including our office and file storage platforms, data warehouse, visualisation, and ETL tools, website analytics, and Digital Asset Management system, as well as providing support for our Finance and HR systems, including providing training to staff and answering any questions related to these systems. You will collaborate closely with our Communications team, for example around website and social media analytics and reviewing the progress of the social media strategy. From time to time you may also be asked to provide support or advice to our portfolio charities. The role will also be responsible for helping to drive adoption of GenAI across Impetus.

As the sole technical and digital specialist role at Impetus, this position requires a collaborative individual who can work across diverse teams while also operating independently with a high level of autonomy. You will take ownership of CRM and systems for a dynamic, inquisitive, and growing organisation, helping to drive its growth and impact.

Key responsibilities

CRM:

• Own the development and administration of our Salesforce system.
• Work with all teams at Impetus to maximise their engagement with Salesforce and provide relevant training.
• Manage the relationship with our Salesforce support partner to leverage additional administration, and development project, resource.
• Ensure data quality and integrity within Salesforce.
• Gather information and data to identify business requirements and processes for adding to, or further developing on, Salesforce. 
• Evaluate technical solutions in terms of meeting business requirements. 
• Develop reporting within Salesforce. 
• Answer staff queries and ad hoc requests.

Systems Management:

• Administer, maintain, and develop core organisational systems, including our office and file storage platforms, data visualisation and ETL tools, website analytics, Digital Asset Management system, and Finance and HR systems.
• Ensure effective knowledge management across our internal systems.
• Provide support to staff on these systems, including training, and answering any queries and ad hoc requests.
• Lead the development of the visualisation of core organisational and team data, as well as managing the underlying data.
• Maintain and develop our data warehouse.
• Collaborate with our outsourced IT partner to ensure the availability, resilient operation, and development of our systems.
• Aid the development of a culture of data literacy and data-driven decision-making across Impetus.

Person specification

Essential:

• Advanced knowledge of, and significant experience with, Salesforce development in a professional context.
• Experience around ensuring compliance with GDPR and cybersecurity frameworks e.g. CyberEssentials.
• Significant experience of collaborating closely with varied non-technical stakeholders to determine requirements, evaluate solutions, and plan development.
• Experience working with agencies and partners.
• Excellent team player, willing to work flexibly and collaboratively to respond to changing organisational needs/priorities.
• A proactive and solutions focussed approach.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a range of formats to a range of audiences.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to manage a busy and varied workload.
• Strong attention to detail with a clear and diligent working approach. 
• Experience with MS Office suite.
• A commitment to Impetus’ mission.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Desirable:

• Salesforce certification.
• Knowledge of and experience with some of our other core systems:
  • PowerBI (or similar visualisation tools)
  • Google Analytics
  • Snowflake (or similar data warehouses)
  • Fivetran (or similar ETL tools)
  • Xero (or similar Finance tools)
  • Canto  (or similar Digital Asset Management systems)
• Knowledge of T-SQL.
• Experience with cross-system automation tools e.g. Zapier, Power Automate.
• Experience in delivering cross-organisational training.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.

We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.

We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements.

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

How to apply

You will need to:

• Complete the online form (including the equal opportunities monitoring form).
• Upload a comprehensive CV and supporting statement. 

The supporting statement should be no more than two sides of A4 and should address the criteria in the person specification.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.

As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

The deadline for applications is 9am Tuesday 15 April 2025.

Interviews

First round interviews will take place: 23 April 2025.

Second round interviews will take place: 30 April 2025.

You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.

Personal Data

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

Learning with Parents supports all families to have positive learning interactions together and leads the sector to learn what works in tackling inequality.

In partnership with over 160 primary schools, we support families across the UK to enjoy learning together at home. Families are motivated to sustain and enjoy frequent and positive interactions at home.

Our parental engagement journey with schools starts by focussing on reading. Our digital reading log is an inclusive way for schools and families to record reading, replacing physical reading records.

Our full Maths and English programme builds on the positive habits fostered by our reading log. It replaces traditional Maths and English homework with fun activities which have parent-child interaction at their heart. Through behavioural insight research, innovative technology and teacher training we ensure that as many families as possible are supported effectively. 

We are working to improve parental engagement across the sector, by producing evidence of parents’ impact and generating insights into how schools can best support them. Learnings are disseminated through the Parental Engagement Forum and amplified through the Fair Education Alliance.

You can read our 2024 impact report here and see our latest news and blogs here.

About the Role

Learning with Parents is recruiting for a School Partnership Manager to work closely with the Schools Team to develop partnerships with new schools and support them as they launch our programme. As School Partnership Manager, you will have a key role supporting schools through our Learning with Parents programme to ensure learning spans a meaningful partnership across schools and homes. 

We are scaling the number of schools who use our Reading Log in September. To ensure the success of this exciting development, we are increasing the capacity of our Schools Team to engage with new schools and onboard them onto our programmes. 

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a mission-led charity driving meaningful change in the education system. 

Areas of Responsibility

Relationship Management 

• Working closely with class teachers and school leaders to run successful programmes in partner schools

• Building strong relationships with schools to develop multi-year partnerships ensuring more families are supported through our programmes. 

Sales 

• Discussing and confirming annual renewal licences with schools 

• Work with schools to develop our partnership with them each for example increasing coverage over all classes or adding new programmes to their subscription.

• Supporting Programme Director to identify new MATs and school leads

• Supporting with marketing to schools 

• Refining our sales and onboarding process, 

• Supporting the Schools Partnership Office with the sales pipeline on our CRM.

Programme Development 

• Supporting with creation of school, child and parent facing materials 

• Supporting with ongoing programme improvements and developments 

Programme Impact

• Contributing to the compilation of impact summaries for school. Using engagement plans to drive the impact of programmes with schools

• Feeding back insights from schools to the rest of our teams to help strengthen the impact of programmes and inform our programme and partnership development.

Teacher Support 

• Training and onboarding partner schools 

• Facilitating sharing of best practice between schools.

About You 

A successful School Partnership Manager will be eager to work in a small team, have a can-do attitude, and be keen to get stuck in to support the charity’s growth and impact. 

Our ideal candidate would also be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience: 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Confidence working with a range of stakeholders 

• Experience working within the UK education system, either in schools or in other organisations working in the space such as charities or suppliers

• Experience developing and maintaining relationships

• Excellent organisational skills

• Interest in and understanding of education inequality in the UK 

• A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values.

Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used  some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential: 

• You have experience working in a school, preferably as a teacher at Primary Level

• Experience of selling or upselling to stakeholders.