Community Development and Facilities Manager at The Tansy Centre
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Sunderland
Salary: £20,000 to 30,000 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Manager
Join Our Community: Community Development and Facilities Manager
Are you passionate about making a difference at the heart of a vibrant community? The Tansy Centre in South Hylton is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Community Development and Facilities Manager to help us grow and thrive for years to come.
The Tansy Centre is more than just a building—it’s a welcoming space where neighbours come together, friendships are made, and lives are enriched.
Our modern centre features a spacious sports/function hall with a fully equipped catering kitchen, two bright meeting rooms, and a beautiful garden space.
We’re proud to serve people of all ages, from our youngest visitors to our most senior community members, and we always have a busy calendar of regular activities and events.
We’re seeking a dynamic individual who brings:
- Experience in community development and facilities management
- A talent for building inclusive programmes and engaging with local residents
- Skills in day to day running of our office, bid writing, business planning, and financial management
- Experience supporting and leading volunteers and staff
- The ability to offer sound advice on governance and turn great ideas into action
You’ll work closely with our supportive Trustee Board, who are eager to help you shape the future of the Tansy Centre. This is your chance to make a real impact—expanding our social welfare programmes, supporting local groups, and ensuring the centre remains a welcoming hub for everyone in South Hylton.
What We Offer:
- A rewarding 30 hour per week role (with potential to grow to full time, funding dependent)
- Attractive salary and generous holiday entitlement
- The opportunity to lead and innovate in a friendly, community-focused environment
If you’re ready to bring your skills and passion to our community, we’d love to hear from you!
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application by email to tansycentre11@gmail.com. Please provide the following:
- A current CV/resume
- A brief cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant experience
Communications & Marketing Lead at Daisy Chain
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Application deadline:
Based: Hybrid
Salary: £34,000 to 40,000
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Teesside
Role description: Manager
Join one of the fastest-growing autism charities in the UK and shape our national voice.
If you have the skills, creativity and ambition, but haven’t yet had the platform to truly showcase what you can do, this is your moment.
Daisy Chain is recruiting a Communications & Marketing Lead, a high-profile role right at the centre of how we tell our story, influence the national conversation and champion the autistic children, young people, adults and families we support.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Bring strong technical communications and media expertise
- Shape powerful narrative and build organisational reputation
- Lead strategic campaigns that elevate our autistic voice nationally
- Create dynamic, engaging, high-impact digital content
- Upskill teams to confidently share the incredible work they do
- Act as a visible spokesperson for our policy and public affairs work
This is a role for someone with drive, determination and a genuine passion for changing perceptions, strengthening our presence, and amplifying voices that deserve to be heard.
If you’re ready to take on a role with influence, visibility and purpose, we’d love to hear from you
Eat Smart Development Manager at Bind CIO
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Newcastle
Salary: £34,320 to 39,520 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Home-based
Role description: Manager
Key Information
- Deadline for all applications is Mon 12th January 2026 at 9am – applications received after this date will not be considered.
- In-person interviews will take place on 21st January 2026 in Newcastle.
- Based in Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley but this role can be worked remotely/hybrid (some UK-wide travel required incl. a trip to Newcastle minimum monthly)
- Contract: 30-32 hours per week (with the option of increased hours during term-time and reduced hours in school holidays).
- The start date will be end of February 2026, but start dates will be discussed at interview.
- Please see the application process below, applications which do not provide the required documents will not be considered.
- We will contact all applicants as soon as possible to inform them of the status of their application.
- We are working with Jobs with Purpose to recruit for this post. To arrange a chat about the role, please email David Robinson - david@jobswithpurpose.co.uk
About Bind
BIND UK is a specialist team offering expert advice and guidance to organisations that are determined to deliver practical, positive and permanent impact to the UK’s Food Waste Challenge. We believe change is created not by a handful of people doing sustainability perfectly, but by everyone doing a little something. Find out more about our values and purpose here.
About Eat Smart
Eat Smart is a successful primary school educational programme born in the NE of England designed to inspire children and schools to reduce food waste and build sustainable food systems. We deliver engaging resources and learning experiences that empower schools and pupils to have more ownership of their kitchens/dinner halls, improve student wellbeing, and have increased environmental awareness.
Since 2018 Eat Smart has enabled 70 schools in North East England to rescue their food waste by over 25%, equivalent to saving 6,000 meals worth £13,000 per school, per year, and our expansion to other areas of the UK has already begun. With an ever-growing data set and credibility for school food waste prevention, we have increasing potential to affect school food policy and deliver food waste prevention interventions on a national level.
As we expand our delivery across the UK, we are seeking a dynamic and strategic Development Manager to lead the expansion via a franchise model, build partnerships, and oversee the operational excellence of our growing network.
Role Purpose
This is a pivotal leadership role focused on scaling the Eat Smart model nationally. The postholder will drive growth by developing regional and national partnerships, securing funding streams, recruiting and onboarding delivery partners, and ensuring quality and impact across all Eat Smart schools and organisations.
You will combine strong operational management with strategic business development — ensuring Eat Smart continues to grow sustainably, aligning with Bind’s aims and values.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Growth & Project Development
- Co-develop and deliver a UK-wide expansion strategy for Eat Smart
- Develop and manage the franchise/licensing model for national delivery partners
- Lead on the recruitment, onboarding, and support of partner organisations to deliver the Eat Smart programme effectively
Funding & Partnership Development
- Identify, establish and nurture partnerships with national and local government agencies, policy makers, school bodies and funders
- Build strategic relationships with relevant education, environment and community organisations
- Research relevant funding opportunities for delivery partners and Bind
- Support delivery partners with the submission of funding applications
UK Network Management & Evaluation
- Co-design/develop the Eat Smart monitoring and evaluation system to monitor KPIs and the environmental and social impact of Eat Smart across the UK
- Lead on the management of the monitoring and evaluation system, supporting delivery partners where necessary
- Create local and national impact reports for Eat Smart and use insights to inform improvement and growth
- Manage the support network of UK delivery partners, ensuring they are able to deliver the programme effectively
- Assist delivery partners with meetings with Local Authorities and catering organisations
Marketing & Communications
- Co-design and lead on delivery of annual Eat Smart conferences
- Represent Eat Smart at events, conferences, and networking opportunities across the UK
- Manage Eat Smart UK social media channels
- Develop digital and print materials to support programme promotion and recruitment
Person Specification
Essential:
- Align with Bind’s values. If you are this, we can teach you the rest! ● Understanding of third sector grant funding landscape and experience in successful bid writing
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Experience in partnership and stakeholder recruitment and management ● Ability to lead, inspire, and develop teams of partners remotely
- Experience with monitoring, evaluation, and reporting frameworks ● Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for improving environmental and education outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator and proficient in IT systems (shared documents, spreadsheets, Zoom/Teams/Meet, social media, website editing and emails)
Desirable:
- Interest in, and awareness of, food waste on a local and global level ● Experience in business development, franchise management, or operational leadership.
- Experience working in education, environment or social impact sectors. ● Knowledge of primary school systems
- Experience of community engagement in the UK
- Full driving license and access to own vehicle
** A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Check will be required for the post, but a clean DBS certificate is not essential for the role - we will
review employees with a criminal record on a case-by-case basis. **
What We Offer
- Opportunity to shape and lead the national growth of an amazing educational programme
- A collaborative, mission-driven environment with real social and environmental impact
- Flexible working arrangements and supportive leadership. Many of our Eat Smart staff choose to work term-time only
- Remote working, with an office in Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley
- Being part of a small and passionate team, who believe in a positive disruptive mission to change the food waste landscape across the UK.
Application Process
We are working with Jobs with Purpose to recruit for this post. To apply, please refer to the attached Job Description and email a CV along with a supporting statement (the supporting statement should be no more than two sides) to David Robinson - david@jobswithpurpose.co.uk
Your supporting statement should reflect what makes you a suitable candidate, how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and any other supporting information relevant to the role.
To arrange a chat about the role, please email David with your availability.
Please see the “Key Information” box above for a timeline and deadlines for the application process.
Job document 1
Primary Care Health Trainer at Pioneering Care Partnership
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Flexible
Salary: £25,190 Per Annum
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: County Durham
Role description: Assistant
Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) are working with Northern TUC to support the delivery of the Better Health at Work Award in Primary Care organisations.
The Better Health at Work Award is an award scheme focused on health and wellbeing in the workplace. The partnership is led by nine Local Authorities and co-ordinated by the Northern TUC. The award is free and available to all businesses across the region, who are supported by a dedicated workplace health team & have access to free workplace training, including understanding stress and basic mental health. The award supports workplaces to deliver health activities that address key public health improvement priorities.
This role will have a specific focus within Primary Care settings across the North East and North Cumbria. Many registered Primary Care organisations struggle to allocate time and resource to deliver good quality activities and interventions, as this is often in addition to very busy day-jobs where services are time and patient critical. Currently, the dedicated workplace health team provide support and guidance but cannot offer a ‘hands on’ service or offer any additional resources to lever engagement or delivery.
The provision of a Primary Care Health Trainer adds much-needed capacity to internal delivery and is a practical resource for practices to draw upon with a focus on the delivery of health checks, health and wellbeing clinics, groups and programmes tailored to the needs of primary care.
The post holders will act as an integrated member of a team, demonstrating a flexible approach to working across a dedicated geographical location to ensure the needs of primary care staff are met.
We are looking to appoint someone skilled in:
- Listening, influencing, negotiating and motivating individuals to improve their health
- Communicating and forming trusting relationships
- IT with a range of experience using Microsoft 365
- An ability to act upon own initiative and work independently
If you are passionate about health and wellbeing and want to help people improve their health we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Bobby Hewitson, Project Development Manager please email bobby.hewitson@pcp.uk.net.
Closing date for applications is: Sunday 4th January 2026 at midnight
Job Purpose
The Better Health at Work Award is an award scheme focusing on health and wellbeing in the workplace.
The partnership is led by nine Local Authorities and co-ordinated by the Northern TUC, with the County Durham locality managed and delivered by Pioneering Care Partnership.
The award is free and available to all businesses across the region, who are supported by a dedicated workplace health teams & have access to free workplace training, including understanding stress and basic mental health. The award supports workplaces to deliver health activities that address key public health improvement priorities.
This role will have a specific focus within Primary Care settings across the North East and North Cumbria. Many registered Primary Care organisations struggle to allocate time and resource to deliver good quality activities and interventions, as this is often in addition to very busy day-jobs where services are time and patient critical. Currently, the dedicated workplace health team provide support and guidance but cannot offer a ‘hands on’ service or offer any additional resources to lever engagement or delivery.
The provision of a Primary Care Health Trainer adds much-needed capacity to internal delivery and is a practical resource for practices to draw upon with a focus on delivery of health checks, health and wellbeing clinics, groups and programmes tailored to the needs of Primary Care.
The post holder will act as an integrated member of a team, demonstrating a flexible approach to working across a dedicated geographical location to ensure the needs of Primary Care staff are met.
Job Description
Caseload
- To work with a caseload of Primary Care organisations registered with the Better Health at Work Award across the North East and North Cumbria.
- To support a caseload of Primary Care organisations by applying asset-based community development, engagement and consultation techniques as appropriate.
- To work with Primary Care organisations on a 1:1 basis, both face to face and using digital platforms, including social media and video content, to support them through behaviour and lifestyle change and referring to relevant specialist services.
- To deliver a series of Health Checks with 1:1 clients and groups to targeted Primary Care organisations across the North East and North Cumbria in line with locally agreed standardised quality assured protocols and practice.
- To be responsible for data management of activity including inputting information onto databases and creating reports.
- To support each Primary Care organisation in the planning, promotion, delivery and evaluation of all health and wellbeing interventions.
- To signpost or refer individual clients to a range of health and wellbeing lifestyle intervention, primary and secondary care services and voluntary and community support.
Partners
- With the support of their line manager, work with the team and partners to support the provision of health-based interventions and campaigns in primary care settings.
- With the support of their line manager, work with partners and existing groups to develop engagement pathways to keep people well and in work and into appropriate local services.
- To apply solution focused, problem solving to deal with the wider determinants of health and lifestyle issues including weight management, alcohol, smoking and mental wellbeing.
Marketing and Monitoring
- To assist with service marketing and promotion activities, including supporting events, including cancer awareness, mental wellbeing and publicity campaigns.
- To engage in service evaluation in line with the project plan and learning from best practice.
- To contribute to the collation of verbal and written reports as required.
- To contribute to knowledge sharing and learning before, during and after each workplace engagement, and to the development of a culture that helps colleagues become confident in using the appropriate technology and develop skills.
Other
- To work flexibly as part of the team and to provide cover for colleagues as required maintaining appropriate staffing levels across the programme.
- To ensure the service operates effectively and efficiently.
- To audit and maintain resources, stock and equipment levels.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the line manager.
People Manager at Foundation of Light
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full time
Application deadline:
Based: Sunderland
Salary: £28,000 to 34,000 Per Annum
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Manager
Foundation of Light, the registered charity of Sunderland Football Club, aims to involve, educate and inspire people of all ages from Sunderland, South Tyneside and Durham to improve their life chances, using football as the motivator. We are proud of our history and culture, our innovative and proactive solutions to community problems, and our people. We are now looking to add to our passionate and enthusiastic team.
The Foundation of Light is seeking to appoint a People Manager to lead our HR function.
This pivotal role will champion our people strategy, ensuring our HR practices and culture align seamlessly with our new strategic objectives. The People Manager will oversee the day-to-day delivery of HR operations, provide guidance across the organisation, and support managers to drive consistently high standards.
With the introduction of a new HR system on the horizon, the successful candidate will join us at an exciting time, playing a key role in shaping, implementing, and embedding modern processes that will positively influence the employee experience across the Foundation.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Ciaron Brunning, Chief Financial Officer, at ciaron.brunning@foundationoflight.co.uk to arrange a call.
The base for the post is the Beacon of Light, Sunderland.
Interested applicants should request an application pack or send a CV to gemma.snaith@foundationoflight.co.uk or download packs from our website www.foundationoflight.co.uk.
Candidates who have not heard within six weeks of application should assume they have been unsuccessful.
The closing date is Tuesday 23 rd December 2025 and interviews will be week commencing 12th January 2026.
Appointments may be subject to an enhanced DBS Check · Foundation of Light is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Foundation of Light · Beacon of Light · Sunderland · SR5 1SN
Tel: 0191 563 4777
Registered Charity No 1089333
Job document 1
WorkWell Coordinator at Connected Voice
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Full or Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Newcastle
Salary: £30,467 to 35,720
Salary Type: Salary Scale
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Manager
Connected Voice is looking for a WorkWell Coordinator
Full Time Salary (37 hours per week): £30,467 to £35,720
Also available as two part-time or job share roles
Benefits include:
- Flexible and hybrid working
- 29 days holiday per annum – plus Bank Holidays, plus 3 days between Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Pension Scheme – up to 5% employer and employee contribution
- Office base – SmartScore building, designed for hybrid working
- BUPA Cash Health Plan – paid for by employer
- Credit Union Savings Scheme – save directly from salary
- Corporate Metro/Northumberland Line Pass Scheme
- 2 volunteering days per annum (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Bike to Work Scheme
Connected Voice is looking for a WorkWell Coordinator(s) covering Newcastle and Gateshead. WorkWell is a key part of the government’s measures to better join up employment and health support. The North East is one of the pilot areas for this programme. The purpose is to assist a successful return to work by providing tailored support for people in employment with a current FIT Note for mental health, musco skeletal or menopause issues. For more information see WorkWell Programme | North East and North Cumbria NHS.
The WorkWell Coordinator will play a pivotal role in driving the programme forward, ensuring alignment across health, employment, and neighbourhood health agendas. They will be a point of contact for stakeholders including NHS services, VCSE providers, and community organisations to create a smooth integration of services across the care pathway
We are looking for a people person with the ability to motivate individuals and foster good working relationships. You will have a strong understanding of the neighbourhood health agenda and be committed to creating a biopsychosocial model of support. You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated, well-organised, with good strategic leadership-management skills.
This is a great opportunity to drive the evolution of the programme locally and position the initiative as a model of integrated health and employment support, contributing to national priorities on workforce and wellbeing.
To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Julia Perry VSCE Alliance Coordinator, julia.perry@connectedvoice.org.uk
You can download an application pack from www.connectedvoice.org.uk
(Please note that CVs will not be accepted)
Return the completed application form to judith.temple@connectedvoice.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 12.00 noon on 5 January 2026
Interviews will be held on 13 January 2026
Connected Voice is an equal opportunities employer
Registered charity: 1125877
Company registration: 6681475
Healthwatch Sunderland Engagement Officer at Pioneering Care Partnership
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Sunderland
Salary: £26,532 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: Tyne and Wear
Role description: Officer
Healthwatch is the independent consumer champion for Health and Social Care. We ensure that NHS and social care leaders hear the voices of those who use their services and use feedback to improve care.
We are looking to recruit an Engagement Officer to join a well-established team working across and representing the local community within Sunderland. We are looking to appoint someone skilled in:
- Engaging with a wide range of communities of interest
- Designing, delivering and evaluating a range of community based engagement activities
- Developing effective and positive working relationships with organisations and networks within the voluntary and community sector
- Gathering, analysing and presenting the views of local people in a user-friendly reports.
- Collaborating with local health and care providers.
If you are passionate about making a difference and want to help local people have their say, we’d love to hear from you.
The role will require you to have access to a car and a full, clean UK driving license and work outside of office hours on occasion.
If you are passionate about capturing the voice of local people, to improve experiences in relation to health and care services in Sunderland we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Anna Gillingham (Project Lead) or Helen Dent (Project Development Manager) please email anna.gillingham@pcp.uk.net or helen.dent@pcp.uk.net
Closing date for applications is: Sunday 4th January 2026 at midnight.
Job Purpose
- Support the development, delivery and analysis of a range of engagement activities linked to gathering the views and experiences of health and social care services.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of positive relationships with a variety of stakeholders within the Health and Social care sector.
- Assist with the promotion of HWS work to the wider public.
- Support the delivery of the signposting function of HWS.
- Support with the development, delivery and implementation of the HWS annual work plan.
Job Description
- Proactively engage with members of the local community, especially those facing the greatest health inequalities, to listen to and collect feedback.
- Organise and deliver a range of community based engagement activities, including events, workshops and outreach activities etc.
- Design and evaluate engagement activities that are delivered in the local community.
- Support with the analysis of engagement findings and production and presenting of research reports to a range of audiences associated with work plan items.
- Support the delivery of the HWS Youthwatch workplan, including the delivery of Youthwatch meetings.
- Proactively identify opportunities for co-production and collaboration with key partners to support the delivery of the work of HWS.
- Facilitate consultation and co-production activity to ensure voices are heard and acted upon in service design and delivery
- Support with the recruitment, support, training and motivation of volunteers.
- Identify and develop effective positive relationships with other organisations, networks and forums in order to obtain the views of people they work with or support or represent.
- Work in partnership with local health and care providers to support the gathering and sharing of patient and service user feedback to improve the services they provide to the people of Sunderland.
- Contribute to marketing activity, via promotional materials, social media, website, press releases, e-newsletters, etc.
- Attend a variety of external meetings, forums and groups and events to represent and promote the work of HWS.
- Support the continued collection and collation of up to date local information to be used as part of the signposting function.
- Lead on the dissemination of key and relevant information to residents of Sunderland to support them to make informed decisions, navigate the health and social care system, make complaints etc.
- Provide evidence based ideas for the workplan to be presented to the HWS Advisory board for consideration.
- Conduct personal, venue and activity risk assessments as required.
- Work flexibly as part of the Healthwatch team, providing cover for colleagues as required to maintain appropriate staffing levels within Healthwatch.
- Contribute to the recording of engagement data into relevant monitoring and reporting systems, including inputting of information into databases.