Together for Short Lives is the UK charity to make sure the 99,000 seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together – whether that’s for years, months or only hours. We work with families and the brilliant people and services that support them – in hospitals, in children’s hospices and in the community – to ensure that children and families get the support they need.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our highly successful, passionate, and driven Practice Service and Development Team, to provide operational and delivery support across the team as they reach out to both professionals and families caring for a child with a life-limiting condition. This is a full-time position, fixed term until the end of February 2026 to cover maternity leave.
The team deliver a range of support through projects and our Family Support Hub and this postholder will ensure that systems run smoothly, enquiries are responded to and that resources are available to all our stakeholders.
In addition, the postholder will take responsibility for maintaining systems and processes relating to some key grants that we award and will play a key role in ensuring that families are able to access the opportunities on offer.
About You
You will be committed to providing a high quality service to all of our stakeholders and be able to prioritise tasks across a busy workload. With good time management, you will be able to work independently and have experience of setting up both online and face to face events.
Experience of processing grants and liaising with external partners is desirable. You will have excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
Please note this role is office based (central Bristol) but there will be the opportunity to work from home at times (hybrid working). There may be the occasional need to travel to various locations across the UK.
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please email Julia.Hodgson@togetherforshortlives.org.uk to arrange a convenient time.
We are always looking for talented people, and welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief and sexual orientation. We particularly encourage applications from those with disabilities or from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the charity sector.
To Apply
Please complete the forms below and send to recruit@togetherforshortlives.org.uk by 9am 22nd April 2025
Job Description and Person Specification
Application form
Summary details form
Equal opportunities monitoring form
Interviews will take place in person in our Bristol office on the 30th April 2025
Together for Short Lives is a Disability Confident Employer. We also offer a guaranteed interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you qualify, please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme Form and return with your application.
We regret that at this stage we can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.