Valued Recruitment
Help shape the future of dance. Some fundraising roles support great organisations. This one helps shape an art form. Sadler's Wells is one of the world's leading dance organisations; commissioning, producing and presenting more dance than anywhere else. From contemporary to hip hop, ballet to Bollywood, their work reaches millions of people across the UK and internationally while creating opportunities for artists and communities to thrive. As they continue an exciting new chapter following the opening of Sadler's Wells East, they're looking for an exceptional fundraising leader to join them as Deputy Director of Philanthropy. This newly created role offers a rare opportunity to build transformational relationships with philanthropists who believe in the power of dance to inspire, connect and create lasting change. The opportunity Working closely with the Director of Development, you'll lead the Major Gifts team, driving strategy and personally securing significant support from high-net-worth individuals. You'll develop and grow a portfolio of major, principal and transformational donors, creating compelling opportunities for investment that enable artists to take creative risks, new work to be commissioned and audiences around the world to experience extraordinary dance. Alongside leading fundraising activity, you'll play a key role in shaping the future direction of philanthropy at Sadler's Wells, collaborating across the organisation, working alongside senior leadership, Trustees and influential supporters whilst helping build an ambitious culture of philanthropy. We're looking for someone who: Has a strong track record of securing six and seven-figure gifts from individual philanthropists. Builds authentic, long-term relationships with high-level donors and stakeholders. Is a strategic fundraising leader who enjoys balancing big-picture thinking with hands-on fundraising. Can inspire, develop and lead high-performing teams. Has experience working within arts, culture or similarly complex relationship-led fundraising environments. Is excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of one of the world's most influential cultural organisations. Experience of international philanthropy, US fundraising or legacy giving would be welcomed but isn't essential. Why Sadler's Wells? This is much more than a fundraising role. You'll join an organisation driven by creativity, inclusion, collaboration and innovation, where philanthropy directly enables artists to create bold new work and ensures dance remains accessible to audiences and communities. Alongside a salary of £60,000-£70,000, you'll benefit from: Hybrid and flexible working. 25 days annual leave plus additional service leave. Pension scheme. Employee Assistance Programme. Learning and development opportunities. Interest-free season ticket loan and Cycle to Work scheme. Staff ticket opportunities and café discounts. A genuinely inclusive workplace committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. Application Sadler's Wells welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourages applications from individuals whose experiences and perspectives will strengthen the diversity of the organisation. At Valued Recruitment, we're proud to be partnering exclusively with Sadler's Wells on this appointment. We believe recruitment should be inclusive, transparent and human. If you'd benefit from any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, we'd love to hear from you. Closing date: Sunday 2nd August 1st Stage Interviews (virtual): 10th and 11th August 2nd Stage Interviews (in person): 18th & 20th August
Help shape the future of dance. Some fundraising roles support great organisations. This one helps shape an art form. Sadler's Wells is one of the world's leading dance organisations; commissioning, producing and presenting more dance than anywhere else. From contemporary to hip hop, ballet to Bollywood, their work reaches millions of people across the UK and internationally while creating opportunities for artists and communities to thrive. As they continue an exciting new chapter following the opening of Sadler's Wells East, they're looking for an exceptional fundraising leader to join them as Deputy Director of Philanthropy. This newly created role offers a rare opportunity to build transformational relationships with philanthropists who believe in the power of dance to inspire, connect and create lasting change. The opportunity Working closely with the Director of Development, you'll lead the Major Gifts team, driving strategy and personally securing significant support from high-net-worth individuals. You'll develop and grow a portfolio of major, principal and transformational donors, creating compelling opportunities for investment that enable artists to take creative risks, new work to be commissioned and audiences around the world to experience extraordinary dance. Alongside leading fundraising activity, you'll play a key role in shaping the future direction of philanthropy at Sadler's Wells, collaborating across the organisation, working alongside senior leadership, Trustees and influential supporters whilst helping build an ambitious culture of philanthropy. We're looking for someone who: Has a strong track record of securing six and seven-figure gifts from individual philanthropists. Builds authentic, long-term relationships with high-level donors and stakeholders. Is a strategic fundraising leader who enjoys balancing big-picture thinking with hands-on fundraising. Can inspire, develop and lead high-performing teams. Has experience working within arts, culture or similarly complex relationship-led fundraising environments. Is excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of one of the world's most influential cultural organisations. Experience of international philanthropy, US fundraising or legacy giving would be welcomed but isn't essential. Why Sadler's Wells? This is much more than a fundraising role. You'll join an organisation driven by creativity, inclusion, collaboration and innovation, where philanthropy directly enables artists to create bold new work and ensures dance remains accessible to audiences and communities. Alongside a salary of £60,000-£70,000, you'll benefit from: Hybrid and flexible working. 25 days annual leave plus additional service leave. Pension scheme. Employee Assistance Programme. Learning and development opportunities. Interest-free season ticket loan and Cycle to Work scheme. Staff ticket opportunities and café discounts. A genuinely inclusive workplace committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. Application Sadler's Wells welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourages applications from individuals whose experiences and perspectives will strengthen the diversity of the organisation. At Valued Recruitment, we're proud to be partnering exclusively with Sadler's Wells on this appointment. We believe recruitment should be inclusive, transparent and human. If you'd benefit from any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, we'd love to hear from you. Closing date: Sunday 2nd August 1st Stage Interviews (virtual): 10th and 11th August 2nd Stage Interviews (in person): 18th & 20th August
AJ Bell
Company Description We're looking for a Head of Integration, Data & GenAI Engineering to lead a critical engineering capability within Technology Services at AJ Bell. This role brings together leadership across three important parts of our technology landscape: integration engineering, data engineering and Generative AI engineering. Reporting to the Director of IT Strategy & Architecture, you will lead through three senior technical leaders: Senior Engineering Manager (EA), Senior Data Engineering Manager, and Software Engineering Team Lead (GenAI). You will help shape the platforms, capabilities and engineering practices that support AJ Bell's long-term strategy. This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong technical credibility and a clear delivery focus. You will be responsible for building high-performing teams, setting clear direction, and ensuring AJ Bell has secure, scalable and well-governed engineering foundations across integration, data and AI. What does the role involve? Leading and developing AJ Bell's engineering capability across enterprise integration, data engineering and GenAI, with overall responsibility for three direct reports and their teams. Setting the strategic direction for integration, data and GenAI engineering in line with AJ Bell's technology strategy, business priorities and regulatory obligations. Providing strong leadership to senior managers and technical leads, creating clarity of purpose, clear accountability and a collaborative, high-performing culture, while supporting recruitment, succession planning, capability development and retention across the teams. Leading the development of event-driven and data streaming solutions, with a strong focus on integration architecture, API and messaging patterns, reusable engineering standards and modern delivery practices. Overseeing the development and operation of AJ Bell's data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, provisioning, governance, security, privacy and access to trusted data. Driving the design and adoption of GenAI engineering capabilities, including development of a core platform and integration of GenAI solutions into products, services and internal processes where they create clear business value, with appropriate guardrails around security, risk and responsible use. Ensuring engineering solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and supportable, with appropriate governance, standards, observability and controls built in from the outset. Working closely with product-aligned engineering teams, infrastructure, information security, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver joined-up solutions, support data-driven decision-making and create long-term value. What skills and experience you'll bring Strong leadership experience in senior engineering roles, with a track record of leading technical teams across multiple specialist disciplines. Broad technical credibility across software engineering, integration architecture, event-driven systems, data engineering and modern platform architecture. Experience leading engineering teams responsible for APIs, backend services, event-driven integration, data platforms and AI-enabled products and services within a complex enterprise environment. Strong understanding of modern data engineering practices, including data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data modelling, data governance, security, privacy and access management. Experience working with data platforms and technologies such as Snowflake, SQL-based data environments and a range of operational data sources. Good understanding of Generative AI and LLM-related engineering patterns, with the ability to lead teams in applying these capabilities pragmatically, securely and responsibly in an enterprise setting. Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to translate business goals into clear engineering roadmaps and delivery priorities. A strong delivery mindset, with experience balancing long-term platform improvement with short-term business outcomes. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior leadership, technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, and to translate complex technical concepts into clear business direction. Strong people leadership skills, including coaching senior leaders, developing talent, managing performance and building engaged, high-performing teams. A collaborative, pragmatic and outcome-focused approach, with the confidence to challenge, influence and lead through change in a regulated environment with a strong focus on customer outcomes. Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally within financial services, with a clear understanding of risk, control and customer outcomes. About AJ Bell AJ Bell is one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, providing award-winning solutions for everyone, from professional financial advisers to first-time investors. Today, over 723,000 customers trust us to manage more than £108.7 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures. We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2026 a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture. What we offer 28 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays 8% Pension with matched contributions Discretionary bonus scheme Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE) Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare Free onsite gym Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria) Travel and bike loan schemes Employee Assistance Programme Life at AJ Bell Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties Learning and development opportunities tailored to you Casual dress code Friendly, supportive team environment Our ways of working We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 60% of your working time per month spent in the office. For new starters, there's an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships. Inclusion & diversity We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.
Company Description We're looking for a Head of Integration, Data & GenAI Engineering to lead a critical engineering capability within Technology Services at AJ Bell. This role brings together leadership across three important parts of our technology landscape: integration engineering, data engineering and Generative AI engineering. Reporting to the Director of IT Strategy & Architecture, you will lead through three senior technical leaders: Senior Engineering Manager (EA), Senior Data Engineering Manager, and Software Engineering Team Lead (GenAI). You will help shape the platforms, capabilities and engineering practices that support AJ Bell's long-term strategy. This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong technical credibility and a clear delivery focus. You will be responsible for building high-performing teams, setting clear direction, and ensuring AJ Bell has secure, scalable and well-governed engineering foundations across integration, data and AI. What does the role involve? Leading and developing AJ Bell's engineering capability across enterprise integration, data engineering and GenAI, with overall responsibility for three direct reports and their teams. Setting the strategic direction for integration, data and GenAI engineering in line with AJ Bell's technology strategy, business priorities and regulatory obligations. Providing strong leadership to senior managers and technical leads, creating clarity of purpose, clear accountability and a collaborative, high-performing culture, while supporting recruitment, succession planning, capability development and retention across the teams. Leading the development of event-driven and data streaming solutions, with a strong focus on integration architecture, API and messaging patterns, reusable engineering standards and modern delivery practices. Overseeing the development and operation of AJ Bell's data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, provisioning, governance, security, privacy and access to trusted data. Driving the design and adoption of GenAI engineering capabilities, including development of a core platform and integration of GenAI solutions into products, services and internal processes where they create clear business value, with appropriate guardrails around security, risk and responsible use. Ensuring engineering solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and supportable, with appropriate governance, standards, observability and controls built in from the outset. Working closely with product-aligned engineering teams, infrastructure, information security, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver joined-up solutions, support data-driven decision-making and create long-term value. What skills and experience you'll bring Strong leadership experience in senior engineering roles, with a track record of leading technical teams across multiple specialist disciplines. Broad technical credibility across software engineering, integration architecture, event-driven systems, data engineering and modern platform architecture. Experience leading engineering teams responsible for APIs, backend services, event-driven integration, data platforms and AI-enabled products and services within a complex enterprise environment. Strong understanding of modern data engineering practices, including data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data modelling, data governance, security, privacy and access management. Experience working with data platforms and technologies such as Snowflake, SQL-based data environments and a range of operational data sources. Good understanding of Generative AI and LLM-related engineering patterns, with the ability to lead teams in applying these capabilities pragmatically, securely and responsibly in an enterprise setting. Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to translate business goals into clear engineering roadmaps and delivery priorities. A strong delivery mindset, with experience balancing long-term platform improvement with short-term business outcomes. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior leadership, technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, and to translate complex technical concepts into clear business direction. Strong people leadership skills, including coaching senior leaders, developing talent, managing performance and building engaged, high-performing teams. A collaborative, pragmatic and outcome-focused approach, with the confidence to challenge, influence and lead through change in a regulated environment with a strong focus on customer outcomes. Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally within financial services, with a clear understanding of risk, control and customer outcomes. About AJ Bell AJ Bell is one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, providing award-winning solutions for everyone, from professional financial advisers to first-time investors. Today, over 723,000 customers trust us to manage more than £108.7 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures. We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2026 a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture. What we offer 28 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays 8% Pension with matched contributions Discretionary bonus scheme Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE) Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare Free onsite gym Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria) Travel and bike loan schemes Employee Assistance Programme Life at AJ Bell Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties Learning and development opportunities tailored to you Casual dress code Friendly, supportive team environment Our ways of working We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 60% of your working time per month spent in the office. For new starters, there's an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships. Inclusion & diversity We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.
Lift Sir Herbert Leon
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Job title: Teacher of Music Salary: M1 (£32,916 ) to U3 (£51,048)+ well-being cash plan + pension + additional Lift Schools benefits School: Lift Sir Herbert Leon, Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ Contract type: Permanent, full time or part time Start date: Ideally, as soon possible An exciting music teacher job opportunity that can be full or part time for Sir Herbert Leon - voted the best Secondary School in Milton Keynes. Your new school Lift Schools is an ambitious MAT of 59 schools, 13 in the Midlands, and we pride ourselves on providing the best training and career progression. Part of Lift Schools, Lift Sir Herbert Leon is an impressive secondary school that has recently won 'Secondary School of the Year' at the Milton Keynes Education Awards: a huge achievement for the school, staff, students and parents. The school is led by an ambitious and dedicated leadership team who have supported their terrific staff team to securing an Ofsted 'good' rating in all areas. The inspectors recognised that the 'culture has completely changed to one where pupils are expected to achieve the best they can' and they also stated that the school 'promotes a strong and close community'. Your new role It's an exciting time for you to join. We are looking for somebody to lead, shape and deliver excellent music classes. This is a rare opportunity for you to teach in a way that you feel delivers the best education and be able to shape the way music is taught. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Creative Arts and Sport. This department is made of similar subjects, where creativity is one of the most important aspects of their specialism. Having this breadth and depth in the faculty and access to specialist practitioners is a unique experience and something that benefits both the staff and our students too. What you'll need to succeed You will have a proven track record of delivering music lessons and a broad and balanced curriculum, facilitating a positive learning environment where all students feel supported and encouraged to reach their full potential. You will be able to design engaging lessons, assess student progress and provide constructive feedback to raise standards of student attainment. Additionally, you will be able to collaborate with other teaching staff, pastoral staff and parents to support the personal development of students, addressing their individual needs and promoting inclusivity. We offer you:Comprehensive training: Access to some of the best developmental training to boost your career. Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered. Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives. Please don't wait until the closing date to apply as we will review applications as we receive them. Closing date: Monday 13th October 2025 Interview date: Thursday 16th October 2025Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Downloads
Job title: Teacher of Music Salary: M1 (£32,916 ) to U3 (£51,048)+ well-being cash plan + pension + additional Lift Schools benefits School: Lift Sir Herbert Leon, Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ Contract type: Permanent, full time or part time Start date: Ideally, as soon possible An exciting music teacher job opportunity that can be full or part time for Sir Herbert Leon - voted the best Secondary School in Milton Keynes. Your new school Lift Schools is an ambitious MAT of 59 schools, 13 in the Midlands, and we pride ourselves on providing the best training and career progression. Part of Lift Schools, Lift Sir Herbert Leon is an impressive secondary school that has recently won 'Secondary School of the Year' at the Milton Keynes Education Awards: a huge achievement for the school, staff, students and parents. The school is led by an ambitious and dedicated leadership team who have supported their terrific staff team to securing an Ofsted 'good' rating in all areas. The inspectors recognised that the 'culture has completely changed to one where pupils are expected to achieve the best they can' and they also stated that the school 'promotes a strong and close community'. Your new role It's an exciting time for you to join. We are looking for somebody to lead, shape and deliver excellent music classes. This is a rare opportunity for you to teach in a way that you feel delivers the best education and be able to shape the way music is taught. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Creative Arts and Sport. This department is made of similar subjects, where creativity is one of the most important aspects of their specialism. Having this breadth and depth in the faculty and access to specialist practitioners is a unique experience and something that benefits both the staff and our students too. What you'll need to succeed You will have a proven track record of delivering music lessons and a broad and balanced curriculum, facilitating a positive learning environment where all students feel supported and encouraged to reach their full potential. You will be able to design engaging lessons, assess student progress and provide constructive feedback to raise standards of student attainment. Additionally, you will be able to collaborate with other teaching staff, pastoral staff and parents to support the personal development of students, addressing their individual needs and promoting inclusivity. We offer you:Comprehensive training: Access to some of the best developmental training to boost your career. Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered. Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives. Please don't wait until the closing date to apply as we will review applications as we receive them. Closing date: Monday 13th October 2025 Interview date: Thursday 16th October 2025Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Downloads
