Consultant -Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Description
Project/Consultancy Title: Policy and Advocacy Advisor
Project Location(s): Sudan, Kenya or similar time zone
Language: English and Arabic
Duration: five months (May go beyond May 2026 subject to available funding).
Background:
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within, now, and for the future.
Purpose / Project Description:
Mercy Corps’ Sudan crisis response seeks to meet the humanitarian needs of vulnerable Sudanese and other conflict-affected people across the country. Mercy Corps Sudan is recognized as a leader in market systems, agricultural, and food security and building on this experience, the MC Sudan humanitarian program will layer in resilience and other program activities where appropriate and feasible to do so. Assistance is delivered with a focus on needs, in partnership with local actors and civil society.
Consultant Objectives:
The Sudan Policy & Advocacy (PA) Advisor will lead efforts, in collaboration with the Sudan country team members, and the Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) team, to ensure effective policies and practices are implemented by local, regional and international actors to allow for an adequate, effective, and principled humanitarian and resilience response in Sudan.
The Sudan PA Advisor will lead on achieving the policy and advocacy objectives that align with the Mercy Corps Sudan country strategy and related country advocacy strategy. They will work closely with field teams and different internal Mercy Corps departments including program, communications, partnerships, and Crisis Analysis – Sudan teams to utilize all available resources and data to provide evidence to enhance Mercy Corps’ policy and advocacy objectives. The Sudan PA advisor will also work closely with relevant country team members to build and/or strengthen their advocacy capacity, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge and confidence to lead advocacy activities.
The Sudan PA Advisor will write policy-relevant documents - including talking points, statements, and policy briefs - for use by the Mercy Corps Sudan team as well as regional and global teams during advocacy engagements on Sudan. The Sudan PA Advisor will also work closely with the global P&A team to provide key messages and help respond to questions/requests about the situation in Sudan, our programs and recommendations on certain issues, to prepare global colleagues for relevant Sudan-related meetings and engagements. The Sudan PA Advisor will represent Mercy Corps Sudan in relevant fora including the Sudan INGO Forum Advocacy Working Group, supporting collective advocacy efforts in line with the Mercy Corps Sudan Advocacy Strategy.
Consultant Activities:
The Consultant will:
- Update the Mercy Corps Sudan Advocacy Strategy and Key Advocacy Messages based on current context analysis, priorities and recommendations, in close consultation with relevant team members, and keep the Advocacy Calendar and Sudan Contact Database up to date.
- Ensure the Advocacy Strategy is implemented and reviewed bi-annually, drawing on Mercy Corps’ experience and program expertise.
- Proactively coordinate with relevant Mercy Corps Sudan team members including DoPs, program and PAQ managers, communications and Crisis Analysis-Sudan to enhance linkages between PA and other teams.
- In line with objectives and indicators identified in the Sudan Advocacy Strategy and collective advocacy strategies and efforts by the different fora, collect information from Mercy Corps’ programs to use for policy and advocacy purposes to ensure Mercy Corps’ advocacy is informed by field-based evidence.
- Attend Sudan-related events/webinars etc. and share notes with CD, DoP and others.
- Closely monitor policy issues, access and security, regional politics, humanitarian coordination and other issues that may impact the humanitarian situation and response in Sudan, and prepare Mercy Corps positions as determined fit by the Country Director.
- Ensure that team members in the country are on message with our advocacy key messages and/or particular positions and support senior management engagements with donors on policy and strategic issues for Sudan’s response
- Establish relationships with other humanitarian actors and st...
Site Services Skilled Assistant
Job details
Salary
24k-28k
Role type
52 Week
Hours of work
37hrs/52weeks
Location
Ullenwood
Location status
Ullenwood
Contract type
Permanent
Interview date
TBC
Closing date
23/01/2026
About the role
We are looking for a genuine all-rounder with good customer service skills to join our friendly maintenance team. Your workload will be extremely varied as you help to maintain one of our sites in Cheltenham.
No two days will be the same as you undertake planned maintenance work which could involve painting, dealing with dripping taps, fixing faulty extractor fans to repairing kitchen cupboards. You will need to be a self-starter as more often than not you will be working independently. As you will be expected to travel between various sites being able to drive is essential for this role.
It is likely that you will have undertaken a similar maintenance role in the past and that you will have practical DIY/maintenance skills and a working knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation. There is huge potential to learn new skills in this hugely rewarding role, which will provide opportunities to bring you into contact with a wide variety of appreciative staff, students and residents.
Apply today and utilise your practical maintenance skills to best effect and feel valued for your contribution to our charity.
Hours are 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
About us
National Star is a growing charity with more than 1,200 staff based in England and Wales. Established more than 50 years ago, we’ve supported hundreds of young people with disabilities to achieve their potential.
Staff benefits
Fantastic career development opportunities and comprehensive induction programme – theory and practical
Free employee minibus service from central Gloucester and central Cheltenham to Ullenwood (subject to availability)
Award-winning training
Free use of National Star facilities at Ullenwood, including a heated indoor swimming pool and fitness suite
Westfield medical cover
Life insurance cover
Employee helpline
Contributory pension scheme
Opportunity to purchase a TOTUM discount card
Employee discounts at attractions, high street retailers, supermarkets, utilities and motoring, plus much more
Last reviewed on 09/01/2026
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a colleague within the Rights Respecting Schools Team.
With knowledge and experience of child rights education in school settings, you will play a key role in the implementation of the RRSA in London. Liaising with colleagues and London Boroughs, you will recruit schools to the Programme, currently funded for London state schools by the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. You will support schools by delivering our online training, conducting accreditations and writing supportive and developmental reports.
The successful applicant will have:
- Excellent knowledge of the CRC, the UK education landscape and the challenges facing school leaders at this time.
- Well developed ICT and communication skills and a clear capacity to engage, motivate and support schools to progress on their rights respecting journey.
- High levels of personal drive and motivation with a proven commitment to effective teamwork and delivering positive change for children.
Please bear in mind that when you write your response to our application questions, you demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and understanding of the role requirements and how well UNICEF UK’s values and mission aligns with yours. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT to generate your answers, will automatically exclude your application from our recruitment process.
In order to complete your application, please download the following:
Job Description – this includes the criteria for the role, which you will need to respond to as part of your application
Our Shared Commitment – our organisational values. Please demonstrate how you meet these in your application.
Benefits – UNICEF UK salaries and benefits are benchmarked against other organisations in the charity sector.
Fair and Inclusive Recruitment – Read to see how we support you throughout your candidate journey.
Spear Kennington - Centre Manager (Maternity Cover)
Department
Spear
Employment Type
Fixed Term Full-time
Minimum Experience
Experienced
Compensation
from £34,000
*Internal Applicants Only
Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for social justice and passionate about positively transforming society?
Then this could be the role for you. Join us as our next Centre Manager, and use your leadership and interpersonal skills to head up the team of three, delivering employment support in Kennington.
You’ll be working with the local church to manage the delivery of our award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 22 years, Spear has equipped more than 11,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the barriers they face.
We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.
The important stuff
Location: Kennington
Contract: 9-12month Fixed term contract
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations
Salary: from £34,000
Closing date: We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate
Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role
Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process or if you have any enquiries regarding accessibility.
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays
- Excellent benefits including Health Insurance, access to Cycle to Work scheme, and enhanced parental leave, dependants leave, and sick leave policies with income protection
- Excellent personal development and training opportunities, including our iLM-accredited 5-day Coaching for Leadership programme (worth £3,000)
- Regular staff prayer meetings, conferences and retreats (one residential)
In this role, you’ll be responsible for:
Strategy, vision and impact [25%]
- Be at the forefront of leading our ‘big picture’ vision of a transformed society, empowering churches to transform young lives
- Build and implement a strategy for developing relationships with local referral agencies to ensure effective recruitment of young people onto the Spear programme
- Oversee the reporting of the Centre outcomes and ensure the Spear Programme is delivered in line with agreed targets
Leadership, line management and training [25%]
- Lead your team with confidence; spurring them on our mission; invest in a team culture of excellence, belonging and fun
- Manage and develop the Lead Coach and Assistant Coach, using a coaching approach to invest in their growth and development. This includes weekly 1:1s, performance reviews and regular feedback
- Equip your team to drive change through a data informed approach, and keep them accountable to agreed targets for the Spear Programme
Relationship management [20%]
- Manage great relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including referrers, local businesses, donors, and your Board of Trustees
- Embed into your local church; working closely with your Spear Trustees and congregation, and actively participating in their mission and events
- Partner with the Spear Trustees and assist in implementing their funding strategy by helping to build corporate and donor relationships. For example, by hosting prospective donors in the Training Room
Delivery of the Spear Programme [20%]
- Support group and 1-1 coaching with numerous 16-24-year-olds: equipping them with practical work-ready skills and resilient mindsets
- Provide guidance to the Lead Coach in the training room when dealing with behavioural and safeguarding situations and upskill coaches with consistent coaching feedback
- Use a coaching approach to engage young people in challenging conversations that will enable them to take responsibility and over significant barriers to employment
Operations [10%]
- Liaise with relevant staff regarding site ...
Customer Tech Solution Representative
Posting Details
Job Details
Description
Department: Customer Care Center
SUMMARY
This position responds to customers by email and phone on behalf of all Customer Care Center (CCC) clients at the Christian Science Publishing Society and The Mother Church. The incumbent works independently with support from a dynamic team focused on providing customers with a positive and helpful experience that seeks to increase loyalty and appreciation for The Mother Church and products of the CSPS.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides testing / troubleshooting and stays current with technical issues for e-titles and digital products in relation to operating systems, web browsers and device upgrades; develops technical solutions for customers to resolve access or product issues and shares this content for the CCC knowledge base; provides technical support by phone and email and stays current with technical support skills; collaborates with Lead representatives and the management team to provide effective support to customers.
- Provides first-class customer service on all customer interactions. (70%)
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- Provides testing/troubleshooting and stays current with technical issues for e-titles and digital products concerning operating systems, web browsers, and device upgrades;
- Receives direction from the CCC Operations team to develop technical solutions for customers to resolve access or product issues and shares this content for the CCC knowledgebase in providing effective tech support to customers;
- Processes and responds to emails and calls in an efficient manner, improving daily volume and quality with training and experience;
- Sends out most email responses without review;
- Calls customers as needed to convey information and assist with basic troubleshooting and site navigation;
- Provides support for calls from Reading Rooms, customers and members requiring help with ordering and other business needs;
- Uses exceptional communication skills by mirroring and listening, having a solution-oriented approach, and by under-promising and over-delivering.
- Handles technical questions related to cookies, login issues, issues on mobile devices, eReaders, video webcasts, podcasts, etc. Comfortable handling questions for both Mac and PC computers.
- Reads and understands subscription and product accounts and conveys the necessary information to customers, handling transactions as required;
- Obtains and uses thorough product and organizational knowledge about TMC & CSPS – including ready access to information about Church, Library and CSPS events and resources – and integrates this information into communications that inform and up-sell to customers.
- Masters and leverages knowledge of 3-5 complex fulfillment systems to best serve customers;
- Familiarizes self with all of the self-service and account management portals available to subscribers;
- Transacts all orders accurately and efficiently;
- Is aware of and responsive to customer service levels for calls and emails, including contact volume, queues, and wait times, exhibiting a sense of urgency about helping the customer.
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- Contributes to team oriented work as part of the CCC Team. (20%)
- Takes proactive action in a quick-paced, fluid work environment.
- Proactively works to improve processes;
- Demonstrates a willingness to adapt to change, and eagerness to learn new things and contribute toward progressive change.
- Provides back-up to CCC Leads and Supervisors as needed.
- Acquires needed information and communicates customer needs to interested parties. (10%)
- Uses tools available to stay up-to-date on information, policies, and offers by attending and participating in update training meetings, visiting TMC/CSPS Websites regularly for latest information, and keeping resource materials organized and easily accessible;
- Provides regular customer feedback to CCC Leadership;
- Completes other projects as needed in support of TMC and CSPS.
STAFF MANAGEMENT AND JOB CONTACTS
Reporting Relationships
Supervisor: CCC Supervisor
Supervises: None
Regular ContactsThis position regularly interfaces with customers, employees, managers, and other professionals.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional work experience required. Additional 2-4 years of work experience with a focus on writing and customer communications preferred. Applicant must be proficient in the use of modern compu...
Lecturer in Health and Social Care (Post Ref: NU0126)
Closing date:
29 January 2026
Interviews:
TBC
Salary:
£38,784 – £43,482 per annum pro rata
Full/Part time:
Part-time (0.5FTE) Fixed Term until December 2026
Hours per week
17.5
The School of Nursing and Allied Health (SoNAH) has a number of new academic posts as the school grows and expands its provision of Nursing, Allied Health, and Health and Social Care programmes.
This post is to support the work of the Health and Social Care team, predominantly with learning and teaching on the BSc Health and Social Care, which is a well-established course at Newman.
Candidates should have up-to-date knowledge of Health and Social Care and a commitment to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is afforded equality of opportunity. We particularly welcome candidates with expertise in any of the following areas:
- Public Health
- Social Epidemiology
- Leadership in Healthcare
- Research Methods
Applicants will also need to demonstrate that they have either a recognised teaching qualification or Advance HE / HEA fellowship or a willingness to work towards this.
The benefits of working in the School of Nursing & Allied Health at Birmingham Newman University include:
- A friendly team committed to supporting students
- Smaller cohort sizes
- Single campus facilitating high visibility of staff for students
- Modern learning and teaching facilities including a brand-new state-of-the-art simulation centre and therapy spaces
- A clear institutional ethos based on respect for others, social justice and equity
Informal enquiries about this opportunity are very welcome. Please contact Kevin Crimmons, Head of Subject Adult Nursing k.crimmons@staff.newman.ac.uk if you wish to discuss the role further.
Introduction The Arkwright Society at Cromford Mills has been successful in receiving funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the required match funding for the development phase of the sustainable redevelopment of Building 1 and associated buildings. This major capital project is entitled: Cromford Mills – Celebrating Heritage, creating a sustainable future. The grade I listed mill complex at Cromford is a key attribute of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS). It is from these buildings that Sir Richard Arkwright developed technology that changed the world we live in, giving rise to the industrial revolution by creating the modern factory system. Buildings 1, 7, and 8-10, which are currently on the National Heritage at Risk Register, will be transformed into a restaurant, visitor welcome area, office/overnight accommodation, and a new function/events space. This redevelopment will conserve their unique historic character, remove them from the at-risk register, and make them publicly accessible again. The project will involve the upgrading of areas of public realm, including the main car park and provision of a covered events space. The project will also seek to broaden public engagement, enabling more people to experience and appreciate the site’s significance, ensuring Cromford Mills remains a key destination within the DVMWHS. This engagement will include a skills and learning programme as well as enhanced volunteer engagement, interpretation and community activities. Purpose of the Brief The Arkwright Society is required to secure match funding in the region of £1.2m by May 2027 for the delivery phase submission to the Heritage Fund and is seeking a fundraising consultant to provide strategic guidance on fundraising initiatives, helping to identify new funding opportunities, advise on engagement with key stakeholders and donors, and support targeted funding applications, including bid writing where needed. The consultant will work closely with the CEO to ensure fundraising goals are met efficiently and effectively, contributing to the long-term sustainability of the project and securing funding for both capital and non-capital activities in line with the Society’s objectives. On appointment, the Society’s Fundraising Strategy and Action Plan for the project will be shared to guide this work. Context Today, Cromford Mills is owned and managed by The Arkwright Society, an educational charity and Building Preservation Trust focused on preserving and regenerating the site and the wider estate at Lumsdale. Founded in 1979, the Society is committed to the regeneration of the site and to the reuse of the buildings in ways that will provide them with a sustainable future and which offers year round employment that will contribute positively to the local environment. Over the years the Society has benefitted from significant financial support, notably from the Heritage Fund, Historic England and European Funding, to repair and transform several mill buildings on site. As a charity the Society has a membership and has recently launched a corporate partnership offer to encourage more engagement and support from the business community. The Society is an active partner within the DVMWHS and is a member of the technical panel. Cooperation across the valley is being realised through critical partnerships which see the Society working with other heritage sites across the valley including Belper North Mill Trust, Masson Mills and Derby Museums. The Society has a Strategic Partnership with the University of Derby to support student learning, and the University has committed in-kind support to this project through research on renewable energies and to proactively engage with the Activity Planning development. The Society is developing relationships with the new East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority which has identified the DVMWHS as one of seven priority areas for inclusive growth. The mill complex is a large site with a visitor exhibition, business centre (Cromford Creative), catering and a busy events and conferencing programme. Whilst most buildings are in active use, the First Mill (Building 18) and Building 1 are in partial use with significant repair needs. The Society has an award-winning educational offer for schools and a very enthusiastic and involved volunteer team, who help deliver the visitor heritage offer. This heritage offer comprises ticketed tours, a virtual digital experience and several exhibits within the visitor centre. With Heritage Fund support, the website and social media coverage has significantly improved and a draft audience development plan has been developed. At Cromford the vision is to continue the regeneration of the s...
Customer Service Representative (Membership Enquiries)
£26,000 + benefits
4-day working week (32 hours)
Up to 12 months fixed term contract (mat cover)
Wimbledon (flexible and hybrid working)
The role
As a Customer Service Representative, you’ll represent CIPD to our customers, providing a consistently high standard of customer service, gaining new customers, engaging with, retaining and building long term relationships with existing customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Providing advice and solutions in response to customer enquiries, matching and promoting CIPD products and services to meet customer needs and maximise conversions.
- Carrying out a range of outbound calling campaigns, ranging from membership campaigns to sales and market research, in order to further develop customer relationships, increase loyalty and generate conversions to sale.
- Working collaboratively with your team colleagues to achieve a consistently high level of service in line with internal processes and procedures, CIPD Customer Service Standards, and external regulations.
- Using a range of computer applications to accurately enter and amend customer data, to promptly process financial and other transactions, and to build an accurate customer database.
- Carrying out a range of general administration activities including generation of customer letters to support customer enquiries and achieve service levels.
- Attending off site and evening events including customer open evenings, and trade shows / exhibitions to provide face to face advice and to secure conversions.
What you’ll need to be successful
- Evidence of sound customer service skills.
- Excellent telephone call handling skills including questioning, probing, listening, establishing rapport, matching and closing.
- Outbound telephone call handling skills to also include up-selling and cross selling.
- Ability to learn and understand high volumes of product information.
- Ability to quickly learn how to use internal IT systems in order to log and retrieve customer information.
- Communicates confidently, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
- Able to deal confidently with people at all levels and develop positive working relationships with team members and colleagues.
- Good administrative skills.
- Able to understand and implement operational processes and procedures and an ability to cope with change.
About us
We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.
There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days’ holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.
If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click APPLY.
CIPD empowering people, valuing difference. At the CIPD, we believe that every person brings unique perspectives, experiences and strengths that enrich our workplaces and communities. We see diversity as the wide range of visible and non-visible differences that make each of us who we are — including, but not limited to: age, colour, disability, ethnicity, education, gender identity, neurodiversity, religion or belief, relationship status, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic background and other personal and protected characteristics and experiences.
Research continues to show that equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), drives better decision-making, innovation and problem-solving and in...
Customer Service Representative (Membership Enquiries)
£26,000 + benefits
4-day working week (32 hours)
Up to 12 months fixed term contract (mat cover)
Wimbledon (flexible and hybrid working)
The role
As a Customer Service Representative, you’ll represent CIPD to our customers, providing a consistently high standard of customer service, gaining new customers, engaging with, retaining and building long term relationships with existing customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Providing advice and solutions in response to customer enquiries, matching and promoting CIPD products and services to meet customer needs and maximise conversions.
- Carrying out a range of outbound calling campaigns, ranging from membership campaigns to sales and market research, in order to further develop customer relationships, increase loyalty and generate conversions to sale.
- Working collaboratively with your team colleagues to achieve a consistently high level of service in line with internal processes and procedures, CIPD Customer Service Standards, and external regulations.
- Using a range of computer applications to accurately enter and amend customer data, to promptly process financial and other transactions, and to build an accurate customer database.
- Carrying out a range of general administration activities including generation of customer letters to support customer enquiries and achieve service levels.
- Attending off site and evening events including customer open evenings, and trade shows / exhibitions to provide face to face advice and to secure conversions.
What you’ll need to be successful
- Evidence of sound customer service skills.
- Excellent telephone call handling skills including questioning, probing, listening, establishing rapport, matching and closing.
- Outbound telephone call handling skills to also include up-selling and cross selling.
- Ability to learn and understand high volumes of product information.
- Ability to quickly learn how to use internal IT systems in order to log and retrieve customer information.
- Communicates confidently, clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
- Able to deal confidently with people at all levels and develop positive working relationships with team members and colleagues.
- Good administrative skills.
- Able to understand and implement operational processes and procedures and an ability to cope with change.
About us
We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.
There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days’ holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.
If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click APPLY.
CIPD empowering people, valuing difference. At the CIPD, we believe that every person brings unique perspectives, experiences and strengths that enrich our workplaces and communities. We see diversity as the wide range of visible and non-visible differences that make each of us who we are — including, but not limited to: age, colour, disability, ethnicity, education, gender identity, neurodiversity, religion or belief, relationship status, sex, sexual orientation, socio-economic background and other personal and protected characteristics and experiences.
Research continues to show that equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), drives better decision-making, innovation and problem-solving and in...
Head Office
Team Administrator - Patient Services
Team Administrator
Cheltenham Hospital | Administrator | Permanent | Full Time |
Up to £24,043.50 depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the charity that’s building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to community programmes – we’ll do whatever it takes to look after the UK’s wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.
As an Administrator, you’ll bring experience of administration in a complex fast-paced environment, demonstrable call handling skills and excellent IT skills. You will have the ability to provide a professional, courteous, sensitive, and empathetic approach as well as be an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and flexible individual.
As our Administrator, you will:
- Provide administrative assistance to ensure smooth daily operations.
- Organise and maintain files and records, both physical and digital.
- Manage calendars, appointments, and meeting arrangements.
- Handle phone calls, emails, and correspondence.
- Input and update data in relevant systems.
- Respond to enquiries and direct them to the appropriate person or department.
- Prepare meeting materials, take minutes, and track action items.
- Assist with basic financial tasks, such as processing invoices and expenses.
- Prepare and compile reports, documents, and presentations.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.
It starts with you.
Rewards & Benefits
Helping you be and feel your best.
Annual Leave
25 days + Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days after 5 years and to 30 days after 10 years of service.
Nuffield Health Healthcare Plan
Membership is free for employees and you can add partner and dependants at your own cost.
*eligibility criteria applies.
Financial Wellbeing
A range of employee benefits through a Financial Wellbeing provider – including affordable loans repaid through salary, access to your pay when you need it, simple savings, a government Help to Save scheme and money insights.
Cycle to Work Scheme
Save money, get fit and reduce your carbon footprint by taking advantage of this tax-efficient scheme to get a new bike.
Gym Membership
Free membership to any Nuffield Health gym, plus discounted memberships for family members.
Online GP
Discounted access to secure video and telephone GP consultations and a suite of healthcare management tools, provided by digital healthcare company Doctor Care Anywhere.
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Help with your application.
Once you’ve found the right role for you, you can apply online. All you need to do at this stage is submit your CV, a covering email, and a few personal details.
Our recruitment team screens all of the applications we receive. So, if they see that you’ve got the right sort of skills and experience needed for the role, your details will be passed on to the relevant hiring manager. Then, if you fit all the criteria at this stage, you’ll be invited to take part in a video, telephone or face-to-face interview.
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This role is full-time, permanent, 35 hours per week
Forward Trust delivers services within the Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS) as part of the Ministry of Justice’s new probation system. Commissioned by Regional Probation Directors, our services are designed to be flexible and responsive, supporting individuals to break the cycle of reoffending and build more stable, positive futures.
We are seeking a Family Connections Practitioner to work remotely as part of a flexible and supportive team, delivering Family and Significant Others interventions within our wider Personal Wellbeing Service.
The role focuses on supporting adult men and young men within the Criminal Justice System, providing tailored, client-centred interventions that strengthen family relationships, improve wellbeing, and promote positive change.
You will manage a caseload and deliver structured 1:1 and group-based interventions, offering advice, guidance, assessments, care planning, and outcome-focused support aligned to individual needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver client-centred Family and Significant Others interventions
- Manage and prioritise a caseload effectively
- Complete risk assessments, comprehensive assessments, and SMART care plans
- Deliver structured 1:1 sessions and therapeutic group work
- Use psychosocial and motivational interviewing techniques to support behaviour change
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes
- Contribute to performance targets set by Forward Trust, Interventions Alliance, and local commissioners
- Accurately record outcomes and progress to support service evaluation
Flexibility
This role requires flexibility, including:
- Occasional evening and weekend working
- Travel (with reasonable notice) to other projects within your cluster to support continuity of care
Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Knowledge of the issues facing clients within the criminal justice sector
- Strong experience working in Personal Wellbeing or related services (e.g. families, emotional wellbeing, lifestyles, social inclusion)
- Demonstrable experience completing risk assessments, comprehensive assessments, and implementing SMART care plans
- Significant experience delivering psychosocial interventions, including motivational interviewing, in both 1:1 and group settings
- Knowledge of the criminal justice sector
- Understanding of the Recovery Agenda
Desirable
- Lived experience of addiction or imprisonment
- Applicants in recovery must have a minimum of 3 years’ abstinence
- Applicants with lived experience of imprisonment must have been released at least 5 years ago
Peer Mentor (volunteer)
We are passionate about our customers and colleagues and want to inspire positive change by making a real difference through developing individuals to become the best version of themselves.
Position Job Peer Mentor (Volunteer)
Location Flexible working - principally home based with some travel involved across the Cleveland, Durham, Liverpool and Cumbria areas.
Salary Volunteer post, no salary but excellent benefits.
Hours 3.5 hours minimum per week (flexible working)
Status Fixed Term to 28 February 2027
Closing date October 2026
Are you a passionate person who wants to inspire positive change, and make a real difference in lifting people out of poverty by utilising your professional and personal experiences?
As a Peer Mentor you will work under the supervision of salaried WG colleagues across various contracts in England and Scotland.
You will be trained to provide holistic support to colleagues and customers on a wide range of issues including housing, emotional wellbeing, lifestyle and associates, social inclusion, family and significant others, budgeting, debt, mental health, and ETE. However, your role is much broader and can include accompanying colleagues to appointments, providing advocacy, active listening and co-delivering 1:1 and group work sessions.
Key responsibilities may include:
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Attending dual customer appointments alongside colleagues.
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Completing specific appointment follow-up work on behalf of colleagues.
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Co-facilitation and creation of group work activities.
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Front-line support and advocacy alongside colleagues.
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Research, signposting, resource compilation and general admin tasks.
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Acting as role models to customers by sharing and harnessing life experience.
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Supporting colleagues all round to achieve their contractual requirements.
Some of the expectations around being a Peer Mentor are:
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Accountability.
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Clear communication.
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Attend 1 team meeting per 3 months.
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Attend all training provided.
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To commit to a minimum of 3.5 hours per week.
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Reliability.
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To be open and clear on capabilities.
You will embark on a professional experience within the Wise Group utilising your skills and experiences to make a real difference every day. It is important that you constantly develop throughout your journey with our service and this is recorded in a unique personal portfolio to track self-development. You will be encouraged and supported to utilise the resources around you to upskill, network and ultimately be supported towards individual goals which often includes internal or external employment.
The Personal Portfolio supports:
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Taking responsibility for own learning and development.
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Identify support and development opportunities.
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Assess work/life experience throughout the experience.
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Evaluate the knowledge, skills and abilities and embed strengths.
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Helps prioritise areas for development.
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Identify aspirations both personally and professionally.
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Plan objectives within set timeframes to achieve the above.
We have 4 intakes per year for volunteers:
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Q1 – Applications open in March – Start date first week in April.
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Q2 – Applications open in June – Start date first week in July.
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Q3 – Applications open in September – Start date first week in October.
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Q4 – Applications open in December – Start date first week in January.
View the Role Profile for full details about this opportunity.
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Seasonal Visitor Experience Assistant (Café) (March to Oct 2026)
High Life Highland is a dynamic and exciting Charity to work for with our purpose being to make life better for everyone, including our employees. We strive to provide a family friendly work environment for all employees so that they find it easier to balance family and work obligations.
About the Role
Based at North Coast Visitor Centre
Part time, full time and relief hours available, £26,243 – £26,974 pro rata
Contact: Callum Black 01847 805020 / Callum.Black1@highlifehighland.com
Vacancy Reference No: CHLH/2512/15
Closing Date: 01/02/2026
*** A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is not required for this post. ***
To find out more about the key duties, responsibilities and attributes required for this role, download the Job Description & Person Specification.
About Us
High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, kind, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.
High Life Highland is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of age, colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender reassignment, marital or family status, nationality, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other non-job related factor
Our Benefits
Explore our full list of benefits here.
Flexible working opportunities are key to creating a balance between work and home life and
High Life Highland offers employees.☑ Opportunities to work from home (where appropriate).
☑ Flexible working hours.
☑ Flexi-leave scheme.
☑ Flexible retirement scheme.Flexible working opportunities are key to creating a balance between work and home life and
High Life Highland offers employees.☑ Opportunities to work from home (where appropriate).
☑ Flexible working hours.
☑ Flexi-leave scheme.
☑ Flexible retirement scheme.☑ 35 days pro rata per annum (including statutory leave) rising to 40 days after 5 years.
☑ Special paid leave to care for your children or dependent relatives.
☑ Up to 18 weeks unpaid parental leave.
☑ 35 days pro rata per annum (including statutory leave) rising to 40 days after 5 years.
☑ Special paid leave to care for your children or dependent relatives.
☑ Up to 18 weeks unpaid parental leave.
Our induction programme helps all new employees get to know the organisation and their individual job. The Charity will provide all the training needed for the role and have a six monthly appraisal system which focuses on development needs and gives employees the chance to talk about their job, and their plans for the future.
Our induction programme helps all new employees get to know the organisation and their individual job. The Charity will provide all the training needed for the role and have a six monthly appraisal system which focuses on development needs and gives employees the chance to talk about their job, and their plans for the future.
For those who might be interested, Södertörn University (south of Stockholm) has a position opened for a doctoral student, who wants to write about post-communist countries or other Baltic Sea countries (Sweden does not count). Here is the link with the info:
One doctoral studentship in Sociology within the research area of Politics, Economy and the Organisation of Society, affiliated with the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS)
Huddinge
Reference number AP-2025/739
Södertörn University is a higher education institution in Stockholm that conducts education, research and collaboration with the surrounding community for sustainable societal development. Education and research are conducted in the humanities, social sciences, technology and natural sciences. The university also provides police and teacher education programmes with intercultural profiles. A significant amount of our research is multidisciplinary and specialises in the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. At Södertörn University we combine subjects, perspectives, people and experiences, searching for surprising syntheses, challenges and development.
As a doctoral student in Sociology, you will join a research environment that offers multidisciplinary perspectives and an advanced curriculum.
The primary workplace for doctoral students is the Sociology Department at the School of Social Sciences, where they learn how to conduct independent scholarly research. Here, research is conducted within the following sub-fields of sociology: political sociology (e.g. social movements, protests, organisations, civil society); social stratification (ethnicity, class, gender); sociological criminology (surveillance, violence); sociology of social welfare and social policy; sociology of work; sociology of organisation; urban sociology; sociology of education; sociology of migration. While the discipline as a whole has a global analytical orientation, many of our projects focus specifically on the Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe, the Nordic countries, and the European Union. Moreover, the Sociology Department and its doctoral students are involved in national and international sociology networks, as well as in multidisciplinary cooperation through the university’s Contested Democracy research platform and the university’s research centres Centre for the Study of Political Organisation and Reinvent – the Centre for City Dynamics.
For more information, please click here. For a Swedish version click here.
Doctoral studies at the Department of Sociology are included in the research area of Politics, Economy and the Organisation of Society, which is an interdisciplinary research environment that encompasses the disciplines of Business Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Work, and Sociology.
The work environment at Södertörn University is bilingual, with both Swedish and English as working languages.
For more information, please click here. For a Swedish version click here.
The planned research for this studentship must be relevant to the Baltic Sea region or Eastern Europe (please see this list of countries) because the position is affiliated with the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS). This is financed by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies and is part of the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University. Eastern Europe comprises post-communist central, south and east Europe. The Baltic Sea Region is the Baltic Sea and the surrounding countries.
The Foundation does not fund research that relates exclusively to Sweden or Swedish conditions. However, funding may be granted for comparativ...
Mission Mobiliser across Melanesia
You are passionate to inspire and mobilise Fijian and other Melanesian Christians into cross-cultural mission.
You love to work in a team environment, and can communicate well online and face-to-face.
You will take responsibility to increase mission awareness from Fiji across the whole of Melanesia, drawing from your own experience of cross-cultural mission.
Qualities & Gifts Sought
You have been or are willing to be trained as a facilitator using the Perspectives or Kairos courses in churches or Bible colleges.
Experience of overseas mission is helpful. Good interpersonal skills and leadership potential. Social media savvy is ideal.
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About Fiji
Fiji is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles northeast of New Zealand's North Island.
Its closest neighbours are Vanuatu to the west, New Caledonia to the southwest, New Zealand's Kermadec Islands to the southeast, Tonga to the east, the Samoas and France's Wallis and Futuna to the northeast, and Tuvalu to the north.
Fiji is an archipelago of more than 330 islands, of which 110 are permanently inhabited, and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres (7,100 sq mi). The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity.
The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, account for 87% of the total population of 898,760. The capital, Suva on Viti Levu, serves as Fiji's principal cruise port. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in Suva or in smaller urban centres like Nadi or Lautoka.
Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific due to an abundance of forest, mineral, and fish resources. Fiji's main industries are tourism and sugar exports.
The climate in Fiji is tropical marine and warm year round with minimal extremes. The warm season is from November to April and the cooler season lasts from May to October. Temperatures in the cool season still average 22 °C (72 °F). Nice!
The population of Fiji is mostly made up of native Fijians, who are Melanesians (54.3%), although many also have Polynesian ancestry, and Indo-Fijians (38.1%), descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands by the British colonial powers in the 19th century.
The concept of family and community is of great importance to Fijian culture. Within the indigenous communities many members of the extended family will adopt particular titles and roles of direct guardians. Kinship is determined through a child's lineage to a particular spiritual leader, so that a clan is based on traditional customary ties as opposed to actual biological links.
Rugby Union is the most-popular team sport played in Fiji.
[Source: Wikipedia. Read more about these beautiful islands here.]
Fiji has 33 people groups and one of these is considered unreached with the good news of the gospel.
The largest religion is Christianity at 63% and of these, 24% profess to be evangelical. The next largest religions are: Hindu at 29%, and Islam at 5%.
[Source: Joshua Project]
Pray with us for:Unity among Indigenous Fijians and Indian-Fijians. The challenges of social problems: broken homes, alcoholismThe challenges of political problems: there have four coups in 20 years Mission visionChurch leadership training Unreached communitiesYoung people
[Source:
Operation World, 2010 print edition]
You can also pray using Operation World’s online resources.
WEC in Fiji and the Pacific Islands
We are seeking to reach various immigrant communities with the Gospel. We pray them into the Kingdom through God’s grace and gather them into groups of believers in Christ. We are also mobilizing for cross-cultural missionary work around the world.
We have great opportunities for service in evangelism, Bible teaching and practical work such as building projects. We currently need:
• an experienced English-speaking missions mobiliser
• Chinese church planters and disciplers
• English-speaking youth workers and lecturers
• Hindi evangelists and Bible teachers
• workers for immigrant groups
Join us. Fiji and the Pacific Islands needs you!
More about WEC in the Pacific Islands.