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Assistant Store Manager (22.5 hours per week)

Are you an experienced retailer looking for a great place to reach your full potential?

We are looking for a commercially minded Assistant Store Manager to support with the management of staff, stock and premises at our charity shop.

What does this role do?

As Assistant Store Manager, you'll:

• inspire a team of volunteers to deliver excellent customer service,
• maintain high levels of shop presentation through effective merchandising,
• take personal ownership for the performance of the store, working to maximise profits where possible,
• be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with local rehoming centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand.

Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 3rd February 2026.

Could this be you?

To be successful in this role, you'll need some retail experience, with the ability to motivate a team, deliver outstanding customer service and drive sales through commercial awareness. 

What does this team do?

Our Retail department is a growing network of 33 charity shops, fuelled by a burning passion for animal welfare and positive change, allowing us to raise funds that make a difference in the lives of countless dogs and their devoted owners across the UK.

About Dogs Trust

We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

Documents

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
 

Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. Feel free to send us an email at

jobs@dogstrust.org.uk. We're here to support you every step of the way.

Wilder Learning Manager

Closing date:

Salary: £34,852

Location:

First Floor,

The Keep,

Woollards Way. , Brighton , BN1 9BP

As Wilder Learning Manager, you’ll lead a small, passionate team delivering inspiring outdoor learning and engagement programmes that connect schools, educators and young people with nature across Sussex.

Commodity Manager - DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Description

ABOUT MERCY CORPS

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.

The Program / Department / Team

Mercy Corps is present in the DRC since 2007 with a current workforce of more than 300 national and expatriate employees and operational presence in Goma and Beni (North Kivu Province), in Bunia (Ituri Province), and in Tshikapa, Kalonda West and Ndjoko Punda (Kasai Province), and representation in the capital city, Kinshasa. As a leading NGO in DRC working with more than 40 partners in 2024, Mercy Corps reached 2.12 million people in North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Kasai with integrated programs that ensured equitable access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in humanitarian and development settings; supported a comprehensive, rapid response to ongoing humanitarian needs; promoted economic and livelihood development to strengthen food security and resilience; as well as institutional capacity strengthening and social cohesion to foster peace and good governance.

THE POSITION

The Commodity Manager is responsible for the overall management of Title II commodities as part of the Graduating to Sustainable Agriculture, Income, Nutrition and Food Security (GAINS) Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) funded by the Office of Global Food Security of the U.S. Department of State. The position plays a critical role in managing the receipt, use, and tracking of U.S. food commodities aimed at ensuring that vulnerable households and communities build and maintain food, nutrition, and economic security.

The Commodity Manager plans, manages, and provides technical and operational oversight of all supply chain activities—including procurement, logistics, transportation, warehousing, distribution, and reporting—to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of goods and services to poor and vulnerable populations. The role requires the knowledge and experience to anticipate and manage supply chain needs and challenges and to introduce improvement solutions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy and Vision

• Prepare the strategy for food aid program and operations, including but not limited to annual needs estimates, calls for proposals, value chain analysis, partnership agreements related to food aid activities, and commodity-related operational plans.

• Establish accurate commodity tracking systems, manage risks (including fraud and corruption), and ensure accountability throughout the supply chain.

Program and Operations Management

• Manage the determination of procurement and logistics service needs, desired specifications, delivery schedules, and procurement strategies, ensuring appropriate coordination and communication.

• Manage annual estimates, tenders, and the commodity pipeline for the entire food aid program.

• Coordinate with freight forwarders, customs clearing agents, independent surveyors, and domestic and cross-border transporters to ensure shipments are properly handled and executed.

• Ensure accountability and transparency of all supply chain operations in compliance with donor regulations, international and local standards and requir...

Visitor Services Manager

Job Description

About the Trust 

We're one of the UK’s biggest charities and we care for 2,000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs because we believe life is better by water. We're looking for people who support our cause and want to make a difference for future generations. Could this be you?  

Along with our waterways we also manage museums, archives and the country's third largest collection of historic buildings, as well as the nature and wildlife that calls our canals home. All of this enables us to provide wellbeing opportunities for millions of people each year.

Join Our Team: Visitor Services Manager Anderton Boat Lift and Visitor Centre

We’re excited to welcome a new Visitor Services Manager at our North West location

Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive. 

Working Hours & Location 

This role follows a 37 hours, over a 7 day working pattern. This is a site-based role, requiring occasional travel to meetings with partners, other attractions and to our main hubs for collaborative meetings and team activities.

Role Overview 

The purpose of the post is to manage and lead the day-to-day operations, business development and visitor experience at Anderton Boat Lift and Visitor Centre. The Visitor Services Manager (VSM) will lead the site team at Anderton (colleagues and volunteers) on a day to day basis to focus on the visitor offer, striving for excellence in experience, achieving financial sustainability around income generation and charitable giving and delivering a consistently high-class visitor welcome across the board. This includes managing a range of front of house functions including food and beverage, retail, events and commercial boat trips. The Visitor Services Manager plays a central role in overseeing, coordinating and championing the experience of every visitor from site presentation, to large/small scale events and programming, making the site a must-see attraction, acclaimed internationally, nationally and loved locally.

As a key member of the Destinations and Attractions Management Team the VSM will work strategically with colleagues in other attractions and with other teams within the Trust such as, Operations, Fundraising, Collections, Marketing and Volunteering teams amongst others to promote, drive and deliver excellence in customer service and a visitor centred approach. The VSM will work collaboratively with teams and volunteers to ensure focused visitor activity which will help build our audiences and increase visitor footfall whilst building engagement for the Trust brand.

A key accountability of the role is managing and reporting on financial performance, delivering on KPI’s and leading and motivating teams to deliver income targets whilst effectively managing costs.

The Visitor Services Manager will manage a range of stakeholder relationships including representing the Trust at local partnership groups, representing the site at relevant external meetings as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver on financial KPI’s working to control costs and maximise income (commercial and charitable giving) including managing diverse budgets relating to the Front of House operations
• Monitoring and delivering other appropriate KPIs set in the Business Plan, reporting back to the management team on progress and actions
• Overseeing the recruitment of permanent and seasonals and volunteers and ensuring they are trained to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.
• Owning the visitor experience and ensuring colleagues and volunteers work as a team to deliver an unforgettable, quality visit whether in the café/shop or at events
• Lead on volunteer growth, building the volunteering team to deliver key operational functions
• Maintain an overview of the presentation of the site at all time
• Leading on gathering visitor data and analysing customer feedback to ensure that necessary actions are taken to improve performance.
• Playing a key role in all projects that hav...

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title:

Cover Shop Manager

Reporting to (Job Title):

Retail Area Manager

No of Direct Reports :

2

Titles of Direct Reports:

Assistant Shop Manager

Retail Assistant

Budget Responsibility:

As set by Senior Management

Date of issue:

11th August 2025

Issued by (name):

Sara Hunt

OVERALL PURPOSE OF ROLE

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To assume management of individual shop premises during the absence of designated Shop
Managers (ie days off, holiday and other absences).

Using  the  working  practices,  policies  and  procedures  set  by  Senior  Management  and  the
values of Alex TLC, ensure the charity shop business is run accordingly.

Work  within  the  budgets  and  achieve  the  financial  targets  set  by  the  business  in  line  with
strategic requirements.

Work to the high standards expected at all Alex TLC shop premises according to the rotas set  by
the Retail Area Manager.

Work  as  a  team  member,  taking  full  responsibility  for  all  shop  duties  required  wherever
placed.

Work as directed by the Retail Area Manager.

Supervision of Assistant Shop Managers, Retail Assistants and Voluntary Workers.

Recruitment of Voluntary Workers.

Participate in all training and legislative checks required by Alex TLC, statutory and specific  to
role.

CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES (INTERNAL & EXTERNAL)

Maintain excellent levels of customer service (remembering customer service extends to  colleagues
and  service  providers,  as  well  as  customers),  going  above  and  beyond  where  possible.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Assign and supervise the duties of any Assistant Shop Manager on site.

Supervise the management and training of all Retail Assistants and voluntary workers to ensure they
can work safely, correctly, effectively and efficiently according to Alex TLC values, working practices,
policies and procedures.

To develop and maintain efficient and effective voluntary worker rotas.

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Expert knowledge of the safe and correct use of all equipment used in the day to day running  of the
charity shop, for example the till, steamer, pricing equipment.

Ability to train others in the safe and correct use of such equipment.

OTHER FEATURES OF JOB

Hours of work are according to the opening hours of the premises assigned by the rota and  Alex
TLC Working Practice Policy.

To undertake ad-hoc duties as required.

Opportunity to participate in Alex TLC charitable activities and events.

LOCATION

Cover shop managers are expected to work in any South East London Alex TLC premises according
to the rota set by Senior Management.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

ESSENTIAL:

Alex TLC Literacy and Basic Mathematics test pass, computer literacy

DESIRABLE:
service, management or business qualification

GCSE, ‘O’ Level or equivalent Mathematics and English Language, customer

EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL:
excellent telephone and written skills; brand awareness

Experience  in  a  charity  retail  position  and/or  customer  service  role  with

DESIRABLE:
retail

Basic  understanding  of  leukodystrophy  and  the  work  of  Alex TLC;  charity

WORK BASED COMPETENCIES

•  Excellent customer service skills

•  Excellent telephone skills

•  Excellent writing skill

•  Excellent numerical ability

•  Excellent organisational ability

•  Excellent management skills

•

Flair for display

•  Knowledge of operational and emergency procedures

•  Ability to work in a team

•  Commercial acumen

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

•  Attention to detail

•  Enthusiastic

•  Articulate

•  Motivated

•  Calm under pressure

•  Methodical

•  Resourceful

•  Excellent organiser

•  Emotionally intelligent

•  Excellent leader

•  Honest

•  Committed

Health & MHPSS Project Manager

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

March 2026, 6 months with possibility of renewal

Role Summary

Develop, lead, monitor and evaluate the Lebanon Health and MHPSS Programme in close coordination with the Deputy Country Director. The Health and MHPSS project manager report on projects progress in line with the objectives, timeframe and budget in proposals, logframes & funded budgets, with a focus on health system strengthening, training and coordination. Monitor and lead on the strategic direction of the Health and MHPSS programme in Lebanon through a strong understanding of ongoing and emerging Health needs. Engage in sector coordination with other stakeholders and ensure the availability of the necessary supplies for the Health and MHPSS projects and to ensure appropriate quality.

Project Overview 

The Lebanon programme works across the country, including in the Bekaa Valley and Beirut Mount Lebanon. Medair supports both Syrian refugees and Lebanese communities with projects in Health, Mental Health, Shelter, Basic Assistance and GIS Mapping.

Workplace & Conditions

This is a position based in the Bekaa valley, Zahle. Frequent travel between Beirut and Bekaa valley and to the different clinic locations is required for this position. Take a look at Medair’s work in Lebanon.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for the Health and MHPSS Programme, ensuring high-quality implementation, regular monitoring, and strategic development of new health interventions.

• Oversee project planning and delivery, managing activity plans, resources, and strategies to ensure timely, effective, and sustainable health outcomes.

• Manage and develop Health and MHPSS staff through supervision, training, mentoring, and regular coordination meetings to strengthen team capacity and performance.

• Lead financial management of Health and MHPSS projects, ensuring accurate budgeting, expenditure monitoring, and compliance with Medair and donor requirements.

• Strengthen coordination and communication with MoSA, health authorities, and partners, ensuring alignment with national standards and effective logistics and quality control.

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies:

• Clinical degree (nurse, midwife or doctor), or Public Health degree

• Strong English (spoken and written). Arabic a plus

• Management experience in a Health context and in developing country. Experience in the NGO sector

• Familiar with Microsoft Office programs, in particular Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Behavioural Skills

• Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style

• Good understanding of cross-cultural issues

• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels

• Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritising and delegating as required

• Good communication skills

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Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

• Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with,Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

• Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Advertised on Jobupfree.

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Head of Portfolio Manager
Salary: £55,257 - £58,941 per annum (Grade 12)
Contract type: Full-time (36.5 hours per week), Permanent

The challenge
At WJEC, we contribute to our education communities by providing trusted qualifications and
specialist support, to allow our learners the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is a
fantastic chance to be part of an organisation that both encourages and enhances the minds of
tomorrow.

The role
The Head of Portfolio Management oversees all stages of product portfolio management, including
the initiation, development, operationalisation, maintenance, amendment, and withdrawal of
qualifications alongside the review processes and administration. They are responsible for ensuring
the assessment cycle runs efficiently and on time, completing reviews and implementing actions
that enhance the validity, reliability, and fairness of assessments in line with regulatory
requirements.

About you
We’re looking for an experienced manager who is organised, detail-oriented and able to manage
multiple workstreams against tight deadlines. The ideal candidate will be able to interpret complex
data, and use this to inform decision making and/or policy review. They’ll be confident independently
identifying problems and implementing well-considered solutions. They’ll need a good
understanding of the qualifications system across the UK, ideally (but not essentially) from
experience within an Awarding Organisation.

Benefits
At WJEC, we pride in being an inclusive and supportive place to work. We also offer a range of
excellent benefits including: 25 days annual leave per year (in addition to 16 statutory / additional
holidays) adjusted for part-time/compressed working patterns, free Welsh lessons, a generous
pension scheme and numerous family friendly policies. A career with WJEC can be extremely
rewarding and you will be encouraged throughout with great opportunities to develop your
professional and personal skills.

We operate a hybrid working model, enabling the successful candidate to split their time between
WJEC offices and working at home, subject to business need. As such, applications are invited from
individuals across the UK but please note that regular working from our Cardiff offices will be required
– whilst flexibility can be discussed, this team currently attend the office, on average, once a month.

If you would like to know more about this role, or about working at WJEC, please do not hesitate to
contact our HR team (HR@wjec.co.uk), who will be more than happy to help.

Please visit our website to download a copy of the job description and application form.

Closing date: 23:59 Monday 26 January 2026
Interviews are anticipated to be held in person, on Thursday 05 February 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Department:

Section:

Head of Portfolio Management

Qualifications Directorate

Qualification Development

Responsible to:

Assistant Director (Qualifications Development)

Grade:

Location:

Main purpose of Job:

12

Western Avenue

The Head of Portfolio Management is responsible for coordinating all aspects of product portfolio management –
qualification initiation, development and operationalisation, maintenance, amendment and withdrawal –
including the review element of the qualifications lifecycle, and associated administration.

The postholder will ensure the timely and effective running of the assessment cycle, ensuring that reviews are
completed and actions followed through to improve the validity, reliability and fairness of our assessment – in
line with regulatory requirements.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Portfolio management

•  Manage our Scope of Recognition, and ensuring eligibility for qualifications in each nation is secured.

Qualification development and operationalisation

•  Ensure that qualification development and operationalisation processes are documented in line with

requirements set by senior staff, and followed for all new qualifications.

•  Coordinate and monitor plans for product support to ensure timely delivery of the full product offer.

Qualification amendment
Coordinate the process of monitoring, reviewing and refining existing qualifications, by:

•  Establishing and maintaining detailed amendment process in line with agreed high-level process, with

desk instructions.

•

Tracking of all amendment requests received through to publication – maintain overall log and a detailed
amendment log for each qualification.

•  Establishing and maintain a document storage system, including version control instructions.

•  Working with the Qualifications Operationalising Manager to inform activity relating to the

operationalising of changes to existing qualifications.

•  Review minor qualification amendment requests – signing off minor changes within set parameters and
processes, or passing to the relevant Assistant Director for approval, or escalating to major amendment
process.

Author: Line Manager

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• Job title:Head of Politics
• Job Type:Full Time, permanent
• Salary:£38,663-£65,199 per annum and a generous remuneration for the Head of Politics role
• Department:Department of Politics
• Reporting to:Assistant Head (Director of Studies)
• Location:Highgate, North London
• Start:September 2026
• Closing Date:4 February 2026 at 8:00 am

Highgate is looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring Head of Politics, starting in September 2026. The position would suit an experienced teacher.

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in Politics, or a related degree such as PPE, International Relations, etc. from a university with an excellent reputation for Politics. Applicants should be experienced Sixth Form teachers who demonstrate a profound and continuing academic interest in their subject and an enthusiasm for sharing this passion with pupils and colleagues. The successful candidate will have excellent managerial instincts, a commitment to professional development, an enthusiasm for learning, and the ability to reflect deeply on their practice.

The successful applicant will lead an experienced department of five teachers who regularly teach up to 100 pupils across the Sixth Form, making Politics one of the most popular subjects at A Level. The pupils currently follow the Edexcel specification, which covers UK Politics, Political ideologies, and US Politics. Outcomes in A-Level Politics are excellent, and well above national averages: in 2025, our Politics cohort of 28 achieved 57% A*/A. A majority of these pupils applied for Politics or a Politics related degree at university. Pupils regularly take up places at Oxford and Cambridge, as well as at overseas universities.

The Politics department runs a weekly programme of extension classes to Year 12 pupils (often collaborating with other Sixth Form departments) in the Lent term, introducing pupils to topics outside the scope of the A-level curriculum. This programme continues in Year 13 as a more bespoke mentoring programme for all Sixth Formers who intend to pursue Politics, or a related discipline, at university.

Colleagues in the department also have a significant co-curricular footprint, including the popular current affairs focused Masaryk Society (which attracts over 30 pupils from all years every week), the Lower School Politics Society, the annual pupil-led publication The Arbiter and running mock elections. New for 2026, colleagues in the Politics department will teach all Year 10 pupils an in-house 24-lesson course on Political Literacy.

The department is well equipped and resourced, with its own classrooms and dedicated office, which is shared with colleagues in the Economics and History of Art departments. Colleagues in this office are highly collaborative. All classrooms have large digital screens which connect wirelessly to teachers’ MS Surface devices. Members of the Politics Department can and do teach History or Economics, though the ability to teach another subject is neither a requirement, nor a recommendation, for this post.

Person Specification

Highgate School seeks to appoint teachers who will have, in addition to the professional qualities outlined below, the following proven personal qualities, or the potential to develop them. At interview, candidates will have the opportunity to demonstrate or give an account of these attributes.

• Profound and continuing interest in the academic subject/s to be taught.
• The depth of knowledge and agility of mind to allow flexibility in lessons, adapting delivery as appropriate in the light of pupils’ responses.
• Empathy with pupils across the age and ability spectrum at Highgate and the ability to implement a range of teaching strategies to cater for each individual pupil.
• Capacity to deal sensitively with problems raised by pupils, in line with Highgate’s pastoral policies and sanctions system, working in partnership with Highgate’s designated staff i/c pastoral care.
• Ability to create effective rapport and a sound relationship with pupils, earning their respect and trust but maintaining proper professional boundaries by not deliberately courting popularity or friendship.
• Dynamism and enthusiasm to contribute broadly to the life of a busy co- educational independent day school.
• Willingness to contribute to the extensive range of activities provided for pupils and to support them in their co-curricular pursuits.
• Capacity for industry and initiative in both independent work and as p...

On almost every hole, a well-placed tee shot offers a clear view of the green and flag. Miss the ideal line, however, and the challenge quickly increases, calling for care and creativity…

An original Willie Campbell design dating back to 1891 and redesigned in 2018 by David J. Russell to modern championship standards, our iconic course stretches over 7000 yards from the back tees and is designed to be playable in all conditions.

The Machrie Islay offers plenty of variety and tests every aspect of the golf game. It’s this balance of precision and nerve that keeps our members and guests engaged, tested, and eager to return for more.

Our PGA Assistant Professional Golf Ops Supervisor role:

We’re looking for a PGA Assistant Professional Golf Ops Supervisor to support the delivery of all day-to-day golf operations, ensuring an exceptional experience for our guests and Islay Golf Club members.

As our PGA Assistant Professional Golf Ops Supervisor, you’ll be:

• Continuously demonstrating a deep respect for our team, guests, members, owners, property, and wider natural environment.
• Delivering golf lessons within our academy structure, shaped by the experience and guidance of our Head PGA Professional.
• Working both indoors and outdoors between the course and pro shop.
• Tracking financial performance within retail, hire, golf, and food and beverage sales
• Processing tee sheets and receiving and inputting booking requests accurately into our golf management system.
• Checking golfers in and processing payments via cash, card, and room charges, utilising the correct green fee code in addition to additional items such as retail and hire items.
• Attending golf events and supporting the general preparation and administration of events, as instructed by our Head PGA Professional.
• Ensuring all hire equipment is labelled, stored correctly, and in good working order for guest, member, and team use.
• Cleaning, labelling, and setting up equipment as per standard operating procedures.
• Ensuring golf clubs, golf balls, push/pull carts, and golf buggies are organised, accessible, and readily available.

Please note, this is a full-time role on an Annualised Hour Contract working 40 hours per week.

The skills you’ll be sharing with us:

• Presently enrolled with or qualified via the PGA, GB&I (or similar)
• A relevant degree in Golf or Golf Management (preferred)
• A passion for golf, the golf game, and a desire to share this with others
• Computer literacy with experience in Microsoft Office systems
• A comprehensive knowledge of golf and golf rules
• Ability to work under your own initiative
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality standards
• Hospitality experience within a similar retail/customer-facing setting (preferred)
• A desire to learn, grow, and develop yourself within a fast-paced environment
• A flexible schedule approach that adapts to evolving business needs and demands
• Natural leadership skills with a team-focused approach that brings the best out in others
• Experience in golf tuition, demonstrations, or lessons, or a willingness to learn and put developing knowledge into practice

Life at Another Place – The Machrie

Due to the hotel’s remote location, you will require a valid driving license and access to a personal vehicle. We also offer team accommodation within same-sex residences (where possible). As a team, we work together to deliver memorable moments for our guests to immerse themselves in the vibrancy of island living, and it’s our strong sense of community and our wider connection to the residents and natural beauty of Islay, that allows us to offer a space where outdoor living and indoor comforts coalesce – where both guests, locals, and team can rest, play, work, gather, and make the most of what matters.

What we’ll offer you in return:

• A relaxed, professional place to work in a beautiful location – Islay ‘the queen’ of the Hebridean archipelago off the West Coast of Scotland
• Use of our Championship Links Golf Course (7,000 yards from the back trees, rated one of the world's top 100)
• A welcoming team of like minds, eager to support and encourage each other
• Accommodation (as required, dependent on availability)
• Excellent career prospects in an ever-expanding organisation
• An Islay Living Allowance provided for team members residing off-site
• Special rates for you and your friends & family to stay at ...

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are now looking for a Community Shop Manager for our Walsall Shop to lead a team of volunteers, achieve set targets and to maintain standards. You’ll work 37.5 hours per week, including some weekend working.

About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.

As Community Shop Manager, you’ll create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors. You’ll make local decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising, leading a team of volunteers to uphold these standards. You'll act as an entrepreneur to maximise every sales opportunity available, reviewing sales reports and making decisions based on the data and trends these reports show.

Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops

About You

• Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
• Experience of leading and motivating a team
• IT skills
• Happy to work weekends
• Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
• Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed

We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.

What We Offer

• £25,155 per annum
• 37.5 hours per week
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
• Acorns group life assurance scheme

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

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Wednesday 4th of February 2026

 Youth Adventure Trust
 Challenge Events Manager
 Job Pack

 Date: 12th January 2026

 Prepared by: Louise Balaam, Director of Fundraising

 Email:  louise@youthadventuretrust.org.uk   Tel: 07904  037525

 Summary

 Title:

 Challenge Events Manager

 Reports To:

 Corporate Partnerships Manager

 Reports:

 Events Fundraising Officer

 Location:

 Home-based with easy access to South West

 Contract:

 Permanent, full time

 Salary:

 Hours:

 £28,000 - £30,000

 35 hours per week, flexi-time available

 Holiday:

 25 days plus public holidays

 Application:

 Application Form

 Closing Date:   Sunday 8th February 2026 at 23:59

 The Charity

 The Youth Adventure Trust is a youth development charity working with vulnerable young people
 aged 11 to 16 years old from Wiltshire, Swindon and Somerset.

 Our outdoor activity based YAT Adventure Programme enables young people to challenge
 themselves, experience success, learn to go beyond their own expectations and grow in confidence.
 Through a series of residential camps and day activities they are able to build resilience, self esteem
 and develop social and life skills. The YAT Resilience Programme works to the same outcomes
 through a year long programme of monthly activities, home-based challenges and reflective
 practice. Our Mentoring Programme works with those young people in need of some additional
 individualised support at the end of our other programmes. The Trust’s Bursary Programme is open
 to all those young people who have completed an initial programme, in order to assist their next
 steps into further activities. Our aim is to make a lasting improvement to the lives of vulnerable
 young people. All our services are provided completely free of charge to the young people who are
 nominated by schools and other youth organisations to take part.

 The continued success of the fundraising team is more important than ever as we plan to increase
 our capacity and support more young people through our programmes. This is an exciting time to
 join a small charity with big ambitions and a friendly, supportive team who are committed to helping
 vulnerable young people achieve their potential.

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 The Role

 Do you love spending time in the outdoors? Are you a highly-organised people-person who thrives
 on the excitement of event management? If you want to deliver an in-house challenge events
 portfolio for a charity which is rooted in outdoor adventure, then this is the job for you!

 This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver and develop our programme of challenge events, build
 meaningful relationships with new and existing supporters and help us grow this important income
 stream. You will work on bespoke corporate team-building challenges, high-energy industry
 networking events like the Hike Bike Paddle for the sports and outdoor sector and the Housebuilders
 Challenge, and our popular open events like the Wiltshire 3 Peaks Challenge and the Somerset Cycle.
 Challenge events are a fantastic way to engage supporters with our work, giving them the
 opportunity to step outside their comfort zones, embrace the outdoors and achieve things they
 never thought possible - similar to our work with the young people on our programmes.

 The Challenge Events Fundraiser role is a varied position which would be perfect for somebody who
 has event management experience. You will be responsible for the full event cycle, from the initial
 planning, participant recruitment and stewardship to on the day event delivery and post event
 follow ups. You will be somebody who can spot opportunities, take on a project and run with it.
 You’ll be an excellent communicator, happy to pick up the phone to chat to event participants,
 deliver pre-event webinars or create engaging participant emails. You’re self-motivated, well
 organised, able to multi-task, a  strong administrator,  a fantastic team player, have excellent
 interpersonal skills and enjoy being outdoors.

 You will work closely with the Corporate Partnership Manager who is highly experienced in
 delivering our challenge events, but needs time to develop new corporate partnerships. There will
 be plenty of opportunity to meet the young people on our programmes, visiting camps and taking
 part in activities. This will help you really understand the life-changing difference the Youth
 Adventure Trust makes and enable you to show our incredible fundraisers the tangible impact of
 their support.

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 Delivering our portfolio of challenge events, working under the guidance of the Corporate
 Partnerships Manager to ensure we build long-lasting and meaningful relationships with
 event sponsors and participants;
 End-to-end management of the full event lifecycle, including participant recruitment,
 communications, event logistics  and participant stewardship;
 Ensuring all events are delivered on time, on budget and meet am...

Youth Adventure Trust
Challenge Events Manager
 Job Pack

Date: 12th January 2026

Prepared by: Louise Balaam, Director of Fundraising
Email: louise@youthadventuretrust.org.uk  Tel: 07904 037525

Summary

Home-based with easy access to South West

Events Fundraising Officer

Challenge Events Manager

Title:
Reports To:   Corporate Partnerships Manager
Reports:
Location:
Contract:
Salary:
Hours:
Holiday:
Application:   Application Form
Closing Date:  Sunday 8th February 2026 at 23:59

25 days plus public holidays

Permanent, full time

£28,000 - £30,000

35 hours per week, flexi-time available

The Role

If you are passionate about the outdoors, have a "roll up your sleeves" attitude and are looking for a
role where your event management skills will make a lasting impact on young lives, then this is the
job for you. We’re seeking a dynamic individual who can lead our exciting portfolio of outdoor
challenge events and help us take our fundraising to the next level.

Our outdoor challenge events are a vital source of funding for the charity, and the relationships we
build with our participants and corporate partners are more important than ever. This is where you
come in.

As our Challenge Events Manager, you'll be the driving force behind our exciting challenge events
portfolio.  You'll work on bespoke corporate team-building challenges, high-energy industry
networking events like the Hike Bike Paddle for the sports and outdoor sector and the Housebuilders
Challenge, and our popular open events like the Wiltshire 3 Peaks Challenge and the Somerset Cycle.

Challenge events not only enable people to raise amazing sums for the charity, but are also a
fantastic way to engage supporters with our work, giving them the opportunity to step outside their
comfort zones, embrace the outdoors and achieve things they never thought possible - similar to
our work with the young people on our programmes.

The Challenge Events Manager role is a varied position which would be perfect for somebody who
has event management experience. You will be responsible for the full event cycle, from the initial
planning, participant recruitment and stewardship to on the day event delivery and post event
follow ups. You will be somebody who can spot opportunities, take on a project and run with it.
You’ll be an excellent communicator, happy to pick up the phone to chat to event participants,
deliver pre-event webinars or create engaging participant emails. You’re self-motivated, well
organised, able to multi-task, a strong administrator, a fantastic team player, have excellent
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interpersonal skills and enjoy being outdoors.  You should also have some fundraising experience,
ideally in a paid capacity but in a voluntary capacity would also be considered.

You'll work closely with the Corporate Partnership Manager, who is highly experienced in delivering
our challenge events, but needs time to develop new corporate partnerships which is why we have
created this new role. You'll also line-manage our Events Fundraising Officer who plays a key support
role on the events.  You must live in or near the South West as there will be a semi-regular
requirement to attend in person staff meetings, visit programmes and join event planning sessions.

About You

You’re a people-person, self-motivated and highly organised. You are as comfortable managing a
budget and a CRM database as you are standing on a mountain side in your waterproofs! You’ll
have:

●  Event Expertise: A proven track record in delivering successful fundraising or challenge

events.

●  Fundraising Experience: You might be an existing fundraiser or somebody who has taken on

fundraising activities in a voluntary capacity. You will need to be able to relate to the
challenge participants and guide them on how to reach their fundraising targets.

●  Agility: The ability to think on your feet and adapt plans dynamically when situations change

on the ground.

●  Leadership Skills: Experience managing staff or volunteers and the ability to motivate a team.
●  A Passion for Adventure: A genuine love for the outdoors, comfortable in wellies and

waterproofs with an understanding of 'the power of the outdoors'.

The Charity

At the Youth Adventure Trust, we use outdoor adventure to empower vulnerable young people from
Swindon, Wiltshire and Somerset to fulfil their potential and lead positive lives in the future. We
work with them to build resilience, develop confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime,
helping them to face the challenges in their lives. Dedicated support, guidance and mentoring from
our staff and volunteers ensures young people receive the maximum benefit from our long-term
intervention. Our aim is to make a lasting improvement to the lives of vulnerable young people. All
our services are provided completely free of charge to the young people who are nominated by
schools and other youth organisations to take part.

We’re proud to offer our programmes complet...