As an Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) with the RSPCA, you'll respond to reports of cruelty, neglect, or injury and play a vital role in preventing animal suffering through education, advice, and, where necessary, intervention. If you are motivated by animal welfare and want to make a meaningful difference, a career as an ARO could be perfect for you.
- This work can be physically and emotionally demanding, but it is also deeply meaningful and highly rewarding. You'll see the direct impact of your decisions and actions on animals' lives and the people connected to them. We recognise the emotional demands of animal rescue work, and as part of our commitment to your wellbeing, you'll have access to mental health resources, inclusive policies, and ongoing development opportunities to support both your personal resilience and long-term career progression.
- Much of the role involves working independently and travelling long distances, including frequent motorway driving and visits to remote rural locations. While you'll often be out on your own, you'll remain closely connected to a supportive and experienced team. We provide comprehensive training, equipment, and guidance to help you work safely and confidently.
- You will regularly engage with members of the public in emotionally charged situations. People may be distressed, angry, anxious, or defensive, and effective communication is essential. You'll need to ask the right questions quickly, gather accurate information under pressure, and use calm, confident influencing skills to de-escalate heightened emotions while remaining professional and empathetic. These skills are critical in enabling you to make accountable decisions without immediate supervision, often with real consequences for animal welfare and public safety.
There are not many careers that allow you to pursue your passion while making a real difference in the world. As an ARO, you'll help improve animals' lives every day.
We recognise that people bring different strengths, backgrounds, and experiences. If you are resilient, reflective, committed to learning, and motivated by making a difference - even if you don't meet every requirement perfectly but share our values - we encourage you to apply. Are you one of our kind?
We think this role's going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. We may close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date.
Important Dates
- Mandatory online awareness sessions: w/c 9th February.
- Online assessments: You will be offered slots on any day between 23rd February and 6th March.
- Online interviews: You will be offered slots on any day between 16th March and 27th March.
To be considered, you must live within one of the postcodes specified in the document attached to this advert (scroll down) titled 'Notts & Lincs - Postcodes.'
Unfortunately, we are not currently considering applications from candidates who wish to relocate.
We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds. You do not need previous animal welfare experience to apply, many of the skills needed for this role can be gained through other careers, caring roles, volunteering, or community-facing work.
Essential requirements:
- Aged 17 or over at application and 18 by the course start date
- Resilience, good judgement, and strong communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive conversations
- Ability to work independently, with the support of a wider team
- Willingness to work varied shifts between 8am and 9pm, including bank holidays and weekends
- Availability to start on 18th May 2026and commit to a continuous, intensive 26-week training programme (annual leave cannot be taken during this period)
- Flexibility to travel for training at locations across the country, with occasional overnight stays
- Full manual driving licence, with recent experience and confidence driving long distances (up to 150 miles per day)
- Comfortable with lone working
- Confident swimmer: able to swim 50 metres fully clothed within 2.5 minutes by the point of assessment during training
Does this sound like a great match of your skills? Come and join us!
For more information on the recruitment and pre-employment checking process, please refer to the attached docu...
As an Animal Rescue Officer (ARO) with the RSPCA, you'll respond to reports of cruelty, neglect, or injury and play a vital role in preventing animal suffering through education, advice, and, where necessary, intervention. If you are motivated by animal welfare and want to make a meaningful difference, a career as an ARO could be perfect for you.
- This work can be physically and emotionally demanding, but it is also deeply meaningful and highly rewarding. You'll see the direct impact of your decisions and actions on animals' lives and the people connected to them. We recognise the emotional demands of animal rescue work, and as part of our commitment to your wellbeing, you'll have access to mental health resources, inclusive policies, and ongoing development opportunities to support both your personal resilience and long-term career progression.
- Much of the role involves working independently and travelling long distances, including frequent motorway driving and visits to remote rural locations. While you'll often be out on your own, you'll remain closely connected to a supportive and experienced team. We provide comprehensive training, equipment, and guidance to help you work safely and confidently.
- You will regularly engage with members of the public in emotionally charged situations. People may be distressed, angry, anxious, or defensive, and effective communication is essential. You'll need to ask the right questions quickly, gather accurate information under pressure, and use calm, confident influencing skills to de-escalate heightened emotions while remaining professional and empathetic. These skills are critical in enabling you to make accountable decisions without immediate supervision, often with real consequences for animal welfare and public safety.
There are not many careers that allow you to pursue your passion while making a real difference in the world. As an ARO, you'll help improve animals' lives every day.
We recognise that people bring different strengths, backgrounds, and experiences. If you are resilient, reflective, committed to learning, and motivated by making a difference - even if you don't meet every requirement perfectly but share our values - we encourage you to apply. Are you one of our kind?
We think this role's going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. We may close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date.
Important Dates
- Mandatory online awareness sessions: w/c 9th February.
- Online assessments: You will be offered slots on any day between 23rd February and 6th March.
- Online interviews: You will be offered slots on any day between 16th March and 27th March.
To be considered, you must live within one of the postcodes specified in the document attached to this advert (scroll down) titled 'Northumbria - Postcodes.'
Unfortunately, we are not currently considering applications from candidates who wish to relocate.
We welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds. You do not need previous animal welfare experience to apply, many of the skills needed for this role can be gained through other careers, caring roles, volunteering, or community-facing work.
Essential requirements:
- Aged 17 or over at application and 18 by the course start date
- Resilience, good judgement, and strong communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive conversations
- Ability to work independently, with the support of a wider team
- Willingness to work varied shifts between 8am and 9pm, including bank holidays and weekends
- Availability to start on 18th May 2026and commit to a continuous, intensive 26-week training programme (annual leave cannot be taken during this period)
- Flexibility to travel for training at locations across the country, with occasional overnight stays
- Full manual driving licence, with recent experience and confidence driving long distances (up to 150 miles per day)
- Comfortable with lone working
- Confident swimmer: able to swim 50 metres fully clothed within 2.5 minutes by the point of assessment during training
Does this sound like a great match of your skills? Come and join us!
For more information on the recruitment and pre-employment checking process, please refer to the attached document:<...
Burghley House Guides
About Burghley Estate and the Role
The Burghley Estate is a diverse business centred in the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. The Estate extends to 12,000 acres, with a significant property portfolio, as well as an in-hand farm, sporting interests, an extensive events calendar, forestry enterprise and hospitality businesses. At the heart of the Estate is Burghley House, a Grade I listed Elizabethan stately home set within 1,500 acres of historic parkland.
We are looking for two people who have a passion for history to join our team as Burghley House Guides for the 2026 season working predominantly on weekends.
Key responsibilities
- Work as part of the team of guides welcoming visitors to Burghley House
- Share knowledge of the House’s history
- Answer visitor questions with enthusiasm and accuracy
About you
- A passion for history
- Good communication skills
- An ability to adapt to different audiences
- Willingness to learn and retain detailed historical information about the House
- Flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and occasional evenings for events
Candidates will need to
- Be part of a dedicated and friendly team passionate about heritage
- Be willing to work around 6 weekend days a month, plus the opportunity to pick up sickness cover
- Available to work between 10am and 4.30pm
- Presentable, friendly and informative
To apply
Please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@burghley.co.uk by Friday 30 January 2026.
PMO Manager
Are you a strategic, solutions-focused project leader who thrives on bringing clarity, consistency, and direction to complex portfolios?
Do you love empowering teams, strengthening delivery standards, and driving the governance needed to keep projects on track?
Could you be our next PMO Manager, shaping how projects are delivered across the IET and ensuring our ambitions become reality?
Up to £70,000Permanent / Full Time
Stevenage with Hybrid Working
At the IET, making our world a better place starts by creating a better place for our people.
At the IET you’ll have more than just a job. Our work is exciting and challenging, connecting the people who solve the problems that matter. It means working with us has real meaning and impact, and you’ll grow – professionally and personally – in ways you never thought possible.
We’re also making significant investments in our people, including providing a modern, vibrant workplace and embracing hybrid working.
What you'll be doing
As the PMO Manager, you’ll play a central role in shaping how the IET delivers projects and programmes that drive our strategic ambitions. Reporting to the Transformation Manager, you’ll lead our Project Management Office, championing consistent standards, strong governance, and high-quality delivery across our full project portfolio.
This is a role where strategy meets hands-on impact. You’ll set the frameworks, methodologies, and tools that underpin effective delivery, while also overseeing, and at times directly managing, key projects yourself. You’ll be the source of clarity and assurance across the IET, ensuring projects are well-resourced, risks are understood, performance is transparent, and teams are fully supported to succeed.
You’ll manage a team of Project Managers, guiding, coaching, and empowering them to deliver their best work whist fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Working closely with colleagues across the IET, you’ll also strengthen governance, optimise resources, and help ensure our transformation and change work drives meaningful, measurable outcomes.
What we hope you can bring to the role
We’re looking for an experienced PMO or senior project professional with a strong track record of leading complex portfolios and embedding project delivery excellence across an organisation. You’ll bring proven expertise in project and programme methodologies with Agile experience, a deep understanding of best practice governance, and the confidence to drive consistency where it’s needed.
You’ll be an influential and supportive leader; someone who can bring out the best in project managers, build strong relationships across departments, and engage senior stakeholders with credible insight and clear reporting. You’ll be comfortable overseeing multiple priorities, making informed decisions, and stepping in to personally lead key projects when required.
If you’re someone who thrives on improving processes, strengthening delivery capability, championing high standards, and supporting teams to achieve successful outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.
A little more about the role
- Lead, maintain and continually improve the IET’s project management standards, methodologies and best practices, ensuring all projects and programmes align with strategic goals.
- Oversee project portfolio governance, providing assurance that projects are delivered effectively, within agreed scope, time and budget.
- Manage the allocation and optimisation of resources, including people, tools and budgets.
- Line manage the PMO team, providing coaching, support, and oversight to ensure consistently high-quality delivery.
- Personally manage and deliver a defined portfolio of projects, demonstrating best practice in action.
- Track and report on project performance, budgets, risks, and KPIs, providing clear insight and assurance to senior leadership.
- Identify and manage risks and issues, enabling timely resolution and supporting project teams to stay on track.
- Provide expert guidance to project managers and teams, offering practical solutions and ensuring they have the resources needed for success.
- Advise on stakeholder engagement approaches and encourage strong, collaborative relationships across project teams.
- Facilitate communication across teams and leadership, ensuring alignment, transparency and shared understanding throughout the project lifecycle.
- Review and ref...
Are you an experienced PMO Manager looking for a new opportunity? Are you passionate about helping people with a learning disability live their lives to the full? If so this role could be for you!
We are looking to recruit a full-time permanent PMO Manager to work alongside our existing part-time PMO Manager. This role is predominantly based from home, with occasional travel to Peterborough, London or Leeds.
The Strategic Delivery Office (SDO) works across Mencap to plan and implement a range of strategic initiatives, ensuring that Mencap delivers its Strategic Plan called Mencap 2030. The team also leads on corporate risk management, operating & strategic KPIs, and business planning.
What will you be responsible for?
- The setup and delivery of the PMO processes on our key strategic initiatives, as well as the reporting of our operational & strategic KPIs. These are typically large, complex and cross-cutting, involving significant people, process and technology elements.
- Working with staff at all levels of the organisation. The role is responsible for the processes that strengthen the PMO and KPI reporting to Exec and Trustees.
- Managing PMO & Data Analysts and potentially others who volunteer in the team, supporting their development through coaching, mentoring and management of objectives.
What will you bring?
- Professional PMO qualification and/or project or programme management qualification, with a strong commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role.
- Extensive experience applying PMO best practice and PPM tooling to deliver multi-million-pound portfolios and large scale organisational change.
- Advanced data and Power BI expertise using ETL methods.
- Significant experience creating, maintaining and maturing PMO artefacts and reporting.
*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and it's requirements please look at the job description for further comprehensive information.
This vacancy closes on Thursday 29th January and interviews looking to be held week commencing 9th February.
Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.
JOB ID: 35365
Assistant Principal, Growth and Income Diversification
This exciting new role of Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification will provide strategic leadership for the growth and income diversification in the College, developing innovative partnerships, developing and expanding commercial opportunities, and securing new revenue streams to strengthen financial resilience.
The postholder will be responsible for growing and diversifying income streams through expanding commercial and innovation activities, partnership opportunities and accessing grant, donation and sponsorship funding, which is key to providing ongoing financial stability to the College.
The role will come with clear financial targets each year, so the post holder must be able to identify and capitalise on opportunities for growth and diversification of income, supporting the long-term success and financial resilience of the College.
The Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification will provide vision and strong leadership across the College, working with faculties and curriculum teams to increase their alternative income. The role will require professional liaison between different teams, businesses and other organisations within their relevant sectors, to drive up commercial and other revenues. This liaison will also support the curriculum to ensure their sector specific knowledge is up to date and relevant.
The postholder will have responsibility for the College’s Communications and Marketing Team, which covers all aspects of internal and external communications and marketing, including recruitment, PR, Media, Advertising, the College’s internet and intranet and leading key events such as Graduation, Summer Awards, Freshers, Open Days, Recruitment Fayres, etc.
One of the Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification’s initial priorities is to support the College in designing and implementing a supporting structure that ensures the function is equipped with appropriately skilled and experienced staff, enabling the College to effectively drive sustainable income growth and diversification.
Further information, the job Description and guidance on application process via CV can be found within the attached Recruitment Pack.
Key Responsibilities
- Further develop and enhance the systems and processes which support growth and income diversification, including growing staffing resources in this area on a cost neutral basis.
- Develop and implement a Growth and Income Diversification Strategy informed by national policies which is effective and responsive and supports curriculum and commercial portfolio development.
- Work with faculties and curriculum teams to focus on alternative income generation, supporting colleagues to identify, develop and exploit business and other income generation opportunities, achieving agreed contribution levels.
- Working with colleagues across the College, the Assistant Principal will enhance and maximise strong collaboration with business, local and regional stakeholders and national agencies to ensure that our curriculum teams develop the skills training and qualifications required to achieve and sustain positive outcomes in the fast-moving economy.
- Seek and identify funding opportunities that the College could access and leverage by maximising our specialist knowledge, expertise and links with a wide range of businesses, stakeholders, and our university partners, including grants and donations.
- Develop and manage employability, enterprise, business start-up and knowledge transfer activities.
- Establish and grow collaborative regional and national multi-agency partnerships to support the College’s externally funded activities, liaising with relevant funding bodies both public and private to secure diverse and increased funding.
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Ensure all communications, both internal and external, are clear and relevant to the audience, supporting the College Strategy and in line with the College brand and values.
Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the revised Marketing and Communications Strategy, ensuring appropriate targets and measures are reflected.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The ideal candidate should be educated to degree level or equivalent and have a proven track record in a senior manager role.
This role requires a strong understanding of the political, economic and sector-wide factors influencing curriculum and skills development, alongside knowledge of regional, national and European policy and funding frameworks. The postholder will bring expertise in sourcing and securing alternative funding, including bid writing and managing employability and skills initiatives, as well as...
Assistant Principal, Growth and Income Diversification
This exciting new role of Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification will provide strategic leadership for the growth and income diversification in the College, developing innovative partnerships, developing and expanding commercial opportunities, and securing new revenue streams to strengthen financial resilience.
The postholder will be responsible for growing and diversifying income streams through expanding commercial and innovation activities, partnership opportunities and accessing grant, donation and sponsorship funding, which is key to providing ongoing financial stability to the College.
The role will come with clear financial targets each year, so the post holder must be able to identify and capitalise on opportunities for growth and diversification of income, supporting the long-term success and financial resilience of the College.
The Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification will provide vision and strong leadership across the College, working with faculties and curriculum teams to increase their alternative income. The role will require professional liaison between different teams, businesses and other organisations within their relevant sectors, to drive up commercial and other revenues. This liaison will also support the curriculum to ensure their sector specific knowledge is up to date and relevant.
The postholder will have responsibility for the College’s Communications and Marketing Team, which covers all aspects of internal and external communications and marketing, including recruitment, PR, Media, Advertising, the College’s internet and intranet and leading key events such as Graduation, Summer Awards, Freshers, Open Days, Recruitment Fayres, etc.
One of the Assistant Principal – Growth and Income Diversification’s initial priorities is to support the College in designing and implementing a supporting structure that ensures the function is equipped with appropriately skilled and experienced staff, enabling the College to effectively drive sustainable income growth and diversification.
Further information, the job Description and guidance on application process via CV can be found within the attached Recruitment Pack.
Key Responsibilities
- Further develop and enhance the systems and processes which support growth and income diversification, including growing staffing resources in this area on a cost neutral basis.
- Develop and implement a Growth and Income Diversification Strategy informed by national policies which is effective and responsive and supports curriculum and commercial portfolio development.
- Work with faculties and curriculum teams to focus on alternative income generation, supporting colleagues to identify, develop and exploit business and other income generation opportunities, achieving agreed contribution levels.
- Working with colleagues across the College, the Assistant Principal will enhance and maximise strong collaboration with business, local and regional stakeholders and national agencies to ensure that our curriculum teams develop the skills training and qualifications required to achieve and sustain positive outcomes in the fast-moving economy.
- Seek and identify funding opportunities that the College could access and leverage by maximising our specialist knowledge, expertise and links with a wide range of businesses, stakeholders, and our university partners, including grants and donations.
- Develop and manage employability, enterprise, business start-up and knowledge transfer activities.
- Establish and grow collaborative regional and national multi-agency partnerships to support the College’s externally funded activities, liaising with relevant funding bodies both public and private to secure diverse and increased funding.
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Ensure all communications, both internal and external, are clear and relevant to the audience, supporting the College Strategy and in line with the College brand and values.
Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the revised Marketing and Communications Strategy, ensuring appropriate targets and measures are reflected.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The ideal candidate should be educated to degree level or equivalent and have a proven track record in a senior manager role.
This role requires a strong understanding of the political, economic and sector-wide factors influencing curriculum and skills development, alongside knowledge of regional, national and European policy and funding frameworks. The postholder will bring expertise in sourcing and securing alternative funding, including bid writing and managing employability and skills initiatives, as well as...
Decoding tumour-immune cells crosstalk in pancreatic cancer
Key information
Research topics
This is a summer student position supervised by Nathalia Williams in Aleksey Chudnovskiy's lab.
Introduction to the science
Cells behave like tiny cities packed with activity, where every resident has a job, a neighborhood, and a network of contacts. Cancer is more than just a group of abnormal cells. Tumors actually build their own little ecosystem inside the body, influencing immune cells, blood vessels, and surrounding tissues to help them survive and spread. I find it fascinating how cancer can reshape its environment and even trick the immune system into ignoring it.
In Aleksey Chudnovskiy’s lab, we study this tumor microenvironment to understand how cancer and immune cells interact. We use different cutting-edge techniques to see which cells are inside a tumor and how they communicate. By figuring out which cells help the tumor and which ones try to fight it, we hope to find new ways to support the immune system and stop cancer from spreading.
Our goal is to better understand how tumors work in the body so we can help design future treatments that target cancer more effectively.
About the project
In this project, you will study how the immune system interacts with pancreatic tumors. This is a very aggressive cancer, and part of the reason it’s so hard to treat is that tumors create an environment that stops immune cells from attacking them. We want to understand how immune cells behave in this environment and which signals control their activity.
You will get hands-on experience with techniques used in our lab. This may include preparing tumor and immune cells, staining them with antibodies, and analyzing them by flow cytometry to identify different cell types. You may also help with imaging tumor tissues to see where different cells are located and how they interact.
Your work will help map how immune cells respond to pancreatic tumors and how the tumor environment changes during cancer progression. This will give insights into which cells or pathways could be targeted to improve immune responses against PDAC. You will learn practical lab skills, data analysis, and experimental design during your work experience.
Candidate background
The post holder should embody and demonstrate the Crick ethos and ways of working: bold, open and collegial. The candidate must be registered at a UK Higher Education Institution, studying in the UK and must have completed a minimum of two years’ undergraduate study in a relevant discipline, and on track to receive a final degree grade of 2:1 or 1. In addition, they should be able demonstrate the following experience and key competencies:
- This project would suit a candidate studying biomedical science or biology or immunology
- Good knowledge in relevant scientific area(s)
- Good written and spoken communication skills
- Ability to work independently and also capable of interacting within a group
References
1. Pasqual, G., Chudnovskiy, A. and Victora, G.D. (2023)
Monitoring the interaction between dendritic cells and T cells in vivo with LIPSTIC.
Methods in Molecular Biology 2618: 71–80. PubMed abstract
2. Nakandakari-Higa, S., Walker, S., Canesso, M.C.C., van der Heide, V., Chudnovskiy, A., Kim, D.Y., . . . Victora, G.D. (2024)
Universal recording of immune cell interactions in vivo.
Nature 627: 399–406. PubMed abstract
3. Chudnovskiy, A., Castro, T.B.R., Nakandakari-Higa, S., Cui, A., Lin, C.H., Sade-Feldman, M., . . . Victora, G.D. (2024)
Proximity-dependent labeling identifies dendritic cells that drive the tumor-specific CD4 + T cell response.
Science Immunology 9: eadq8843. PubMed abstract
Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma, allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.
We are looking for an organised and proactive IT Logistics Coordinator to join our enthusiastic IT team on a maternity cover contract. This role plays a key part in ensuring staff receive the IT equipment they need to work securely and effectively, whether they are joining, leaving or requiring replacement devices. You will support the smooth running of our IT operations by managing equipment distribution, collections, warranty information and keeping accurate, up to date records.
You will have:
- Entry level experience in admin
- Experience with DPD and Parcel force
- A good understanding of Microsoft Office Strong organisational skills
- Excellent attention to details
For a career with purpose, this is your place!
Recruitment Process:
As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.
Closing date for applications: Midnight on 23/01/2026
1st Interview date: 27/01/2026
Our Benefits
When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.
Here’s just a few things we have on offer:
- Annual Leave that increases with service
- Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
- 5% contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance of four times your annual salary
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme
- Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
- Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
- Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gend...
High Close is a successful non maintained special school offering day and residential provision for young people with complex social, emotional and mental health needs. Staff within the care teams support young people to be able to access their education and provide a waking day curriculum to enable them to learn and develop social skills and coping strategies whilst providing them opportunities to experience new challenges and adventures.
It's a challenging environment, calling for resilience, patience and tolerance, helping us to ensure children can achieve success in a safe environment.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within our professional and highly motivated residential staff teams providing holistic care to ensure the best outcomes for our young people. The position is for staff to join us on an as and when basis to support both the residential units and/or as and when support to the day unit pupils at lunchtimes. .
Previous experience of working with young people is desirable and candidates who hold a relevant NVQ/Diploma level 3 – Children and Young People/Residential Child Care are welcomed.
This is an ongoing vacancy, applications will be reviewed on a regular basis and shortlisting and interviews will be arranged accordingly
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
For further information please contact Natalie Potter or Laura Byron on 0118 9785767.
Barnardo's Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. Applicants must be willing to undergo relevant pre-employment checks, including references being taken up prior to interview and for the successful candidate, online checks and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance.
As part of your application, you will need to provide full details of your employment since leaving secondary education, starting with your current or most recent employment first and then by working backwards, including reasons for leaving. Please also include any periods of voluntary work and/or training, providing reasons for any periods not in employment, education or training.
Read further about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks in our applicant information sheet below.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
- Reference number:18165
- Job Title:As and When Project Worker
- Location:High Close School
- Contract type:As & When
- Hours:Various
- Salary:£13.59 per hour
- Closing Date:6 March 2026
- Interview Date:To be confirmed
Benefits
Vacancy Alerts
Additional Info
Gap Homes Stirling has an office base and self-contained tenancies for young people who are supported during their stay and as they move on to independence. Young people are also provided with support in the community to set up and prevent any breakdown of their future tenancy.
The role requires a holistic understanding of young people's needs and the impact of trauma, care and other life circumstances common for this group of young people. The post holder will be expected to be flexible, work as part of a team and communicate well with young people, their families and networks, professionals and others.
You will receive induction, support, learning, development and training. Whilst the post is based in Stirling there may be occasional times when cover is required for our alternative site.
We are looking for As and When staff to join our Gap Homes Stirling Service with the following experience –
- A relevant qualification in children's services – preferably SVQ 3 or above or the willingness to work towards a qualification which ensures compliance with SSSC and Care Inspectorate Registration
- Knowledge/skills and experience of working with children and young people with a range of complex needs and issues including substance use, mental health, offending behaviour, trauma, bereavement, CSE and other adversities.
- Experience of working in partnership with a range of agencies including those working within housing support and 16+ services.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high stree...
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Health Centre Receptionist and Administrative Support
St Edward’s Oxford is seeking a well-organised and proactive Receptionist to play a vital role in the smooth and effective running of our Health Centre.
With over 800 pupils living across 13 boarding houses, the Health Centre sits at the heart of school life and is staffed by a dedicated multidisciplinary healthcare team committed to delivering the highest standard of care.
As a Receptionist, you will be the first point of contact for all visitors and enquiries to the Health Centre, whether in person, by telephone or electronically. The role involves managing workflows and documentation, ensuring medical correspondence and requests are processed accurately and promptly, recording new pupil medical information on iSAMs and coordinating Health Centre appointments.
You will also provide essential administrative support to clinical staff and the wider nursing team, enabling them to deliver outstanding care to our students.
This role is a part-time, job share opportunity, working 25.5 hours per week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8am-5pm during academic terms (approximately 34 weeks per year).
About you
We are looking for someone with an excellent telephone manner, highly developed IT skills and the ability to prioritise your work effectively within a fast-paced environment. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is previous experience in a customer-facing or public-facing role. You will need to be highly organised, can demonstrate strong attention to detail and a commitment to providing a professional and caring service to members of our school community.
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The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 23rd January 2026.
We reserve the right to conduct interviews and appoint for the role before the advertised closing date should a suitable candidate be found. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
St Edward’s does not accept applications from recruitment agencies.
St Edward’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.
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Closing Date:
25 January 2026
Closing Date:
25 January 2026
- Annually:£28,337 - £31,485 per annum plus £500 per annum home based working allowance, plus London Weighting if applicable.
- Region:London and South East
- Location:London
- Department:Local Services
- Vacancy Type:Permanent
- Working hours per week:35
- Closing Date:25 January 2026
We are recruiting 1 x Full Time Schools Coordinator post in the London & South East region:
North London based - coordinating the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Hackney and Haringey. 1x Full time (1.0 fte), 35 hpw, permanent.
- Home based.
- Must livewithin the advertised areas, as frequent travel is a requirement of the role.
- Access to a carfor work traveland broadbandareessential.
In order for your application to be considered please state the area and post you are applying for at the top of your supporting statement.
About the role and the Schools Service:
Would you like to drive forward NSPCC's schools offer?
In 2021, the NSPCC announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact we can to stop child abuse and neglect. Our Local Services teams are an essential part of how NSPCC's three main strategic goals will be delivered:
- Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
- Every child is safe online.
- Children feel safe, listened to and supported.
Local Services brings together our work in schools, local campaigning and our direct services across 9 regions and nations. The Schools Service team plays an integral part of our mission as it's responsible for delivering the wider schools offer.
Do you;
- have experience of delivering or arranging programmes in either an educational or safeguarding setting?
- work well towards set targets/KPIs and objectives?
- have experience of management, retention and recruitment of volunteers?
- have well-developed communication and influencing skills?
- have experience of following safeguarding procedures?
- work with diverse groups of people?
- have effective time management, planning and organisation skills?
- work well as a team and work well remotely?
If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position.
As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours would be important to you. We want someone who will take a child-centred approach, has a strong belief in the rights of children, and has a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice.
Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator role will mainly be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list):
- Being the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings;
- Working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your line manager;
- Responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our Speak out. Stay safe programme;
- Overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7- and 9–11-year-olds);
- Actively engaging with and approaching secondary schools with our new Talk Relationships service and wider offer;
- Leading, supervising and supporting a team of high calibre schools service volunteers;
- Carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback;
- Ensuring training and sign off plans are in place for new volunteers, which may include some co-delivery with a Schools Coordinator in schools for some areas;
- Providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions;
- Planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies;
- Building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or actively stewarding our offer with stakeholders;
- Following NSPCC Scho...
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Closing Date:
25 January 2026
Closing Date:
25 January 2026
- Annually:£28,337 - £31,485 plus £500 per annum home based working allowance, plus London Weighting if applicable.
- Region:London and South East
- Location:London
- Department:Local Services
- Vacancy Type:Permanent
- Working hours per week:35
- Closing Date:25 January 2026
We are recruiting 1 x Full Time Schools Coordinator post in the London & South East region:
East London based - coordinating the boroughs of Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Tower Hamlets. 1x Full time (1.0 fte), 35 hpw, permanent.
- Home based.
- Must livewithin the advertised areas, as frequent travel is a requirement of the role.
- Access to a carfor work traveland broadbandareessential.
In order for your application to be considered please state the area and post you are applying for at the top of your supporting statement.
About the role and the Schools Service:
Would you like to drive forward NSPCC's schools offer?
In 2021, the NSPCC announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact we can to stop child abuse and neglect. Our Local Services teams are an essential part of how NSPCC's three main strategic goals will be delivered:
- Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse.
- Every child is safe online.
- Children feel safe, listened to and supported.
Local Services brings together our work in schools, local campaigning and our direct services across 9 regions and nations. The Schools Service team plays an integral part of our mission as it's responsible for delivering the wider schools offer.
Do you;
- have experience of delivering or arranging programmes in either an educational or safeguarding setting?
- work well towards set targets/KPIs and objectives?
- have experience of management, retention and recruitment of volunteers?
- have well-developed communication and influencing skills?
- have experience of following safeguarding procedures?
- work with diverse groups of people?
- have effective time management, planning and organisation skills?
- work well as a team and work well remotely?
If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position.
As a member of our team, our organisational values and behaviours would be important to you. We want someone who will take a child-centred approach, has a strong belief in the rights of children, and has a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice.
Reporting to the Schools Service Manager, the Schools Coordinator role will mainly be responsible for delivering the Schools Service and local offer to primary and secondary school settings. This includes (not an exhaustive list):
- Being the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated local educational authority areas, including non-mainstream settings;
- Working to set targets, KPIs and reach plans as agreed by your line manager;
- Responsibility for booking a minimum number of schools to deliver our Speak out. Stay safe programme;
- Overseeing the booking and delivery of NSPCC volunteer led workshops (to 6-7- and 9–11-year-olds);
- Actively engaging with and approaching secondary schools with our new Talk Relationships service and wider offer;
- Leading, supervising and supporting a team of high calibre schools service volunteers;
- Carrying out quality assurance visits through direct observations of volunteer deliveries, giving constructive feedback;
- Ensuring training and sign off plans are in place for new volunteers, which may include some co-delivery with a Schools Coordinator in schools for some areas;
- Providing effective individual and group volunteer supervisions;
- Planning and implementing volunteer recruitment/attraction strategies;
- Building and maintaining internal and external relationships, attending events or actively stewarding our offer with stakeholders; <...