Work with us


Why work at the Cardinal Hume Centre

Working at the Cardinal Hume Centre means being part of a team that believes each person matters, where everyone is welcomed, listened to and treated with respect. We support people facing complex challenges, offering advice, stability, and a consistent, relational approach.

We’re based in Westminster, where many people face housing and financial hardship. Whatever your role – in services, fundraising, operations, or communications – you’ll play a part in helping people build safer and more secure lives.


In our latest staff survey

In March 2026

98%

98% said – I understand what the charity wants to achieve
as an organisation

96%

96% said – I believe in the
aims of this charity

94%

94% said – I enjoy working
for this charity

94%

94% said – I am trusted to do my job and make decisions relevant to my role

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What you can expect from us

We want the Cardinal Hume Centre to be an inclusive and positive place to work. In your role, you can expect:

  • A collaborative and welcoming team culture
  • Opportunities to learn and develop
  • A commitment to safeguarding and good practice
  • A workplace that values inclusion and respect
  • The chance to see the impact of your work
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Our values

We look for people who genuinely share our approach and want to work with care, professionalism and respect for each person.

We expect our staff to put our values into practice:

  • Value each person – the belief that each person matters is central to who we are
  • Welcome and include
  • Encourage potential
  • Work together
  • Learn, reflect and improve
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Equity, diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and communities. We especially value hearing from people with lived experience of poverty, homelessness or migration.

If you need any adjustments to help you apply or take part in an interview, please let us know.

Safeguarding

We take safeguarding seriously and are committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and adults at risk.

All roles involve safeguarding checks, which will include a DBS check at the appropriate level, depending on the post.

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Volunteering

If you’re not looking for a paid role but would still like to be part of our work, volunteering is a great way to get involved.

Current vacancies

Please click on the job titles below for more information and to find out how to apply.

Current vacancies

Data and Impact Coordinator

Job title: Data and Impact Coordinator

Location: Central London

Hours: 21 hours per week (0.6fte)

Salary: £19,200 (£32,000 fte) plus benefits


At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive.

We are looking to recruit a Data and Impact Coordinator in the Evaluation and Learning Team to help our mission in combating homelessness and poverty for young people, children and families by effectively supporting the Evaluation and Learning Manager in maintaining sophisticated monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks.

Working closely with colleagues across services, this is an opportunity to apply your data skills to supporting critical work with families experiencing homelessness in Westminster. You will help ensure that high-quality data and client feedback are collected, maintained and used effectively.

Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact our HR Advisor (Lisa Karlsson) at recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk.

In your cv and cover letter please outline how you meet the requirements of the role, particularly addressing the person specification and tell us why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.

The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a basic DBS check.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits
· 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)
· Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
· Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
· Life assurance cover (after probation passed)
· Employee assistance programme
· Season ticket loan
· Training and development opportunities
· Access to Blue Light Card discounts

How to apply
Send your cv and cover letter to recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre.

Closing date for applications: 23.30hrs on 9 October 2026

If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Employment and Learning Advisor

Job title: Employment and Learning Advisor

Location: Central London

Hours: 21 hours part time

Salary £23,296 a year £38,826 (fte)

At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive.

This is a new post. We are pleased to be growing this team to help strengthen our ability to secure outcomes with clients. The overall purpose of this role is to work with a caseload of clients and find suitable career and learning opportunities for them and support them to find appropriate employment.

We predominantly work with clients who have limited or no work experience in the UK, or who have had extended gaps in their CV due to family commitments. We are therefore developing programmes that help develop confidence, skills, qualifications, and opportunities for our clients to help them progress into careers. The postholder will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of these, alongside their one-to-one casework.

Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact our HR Advisor (Lisa Karlsson) at recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk.

In your cv and cover letter please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and provide an example of how you supported someone into a career or employment and the process you used to achieve this. We would also like to hear why you are interested in working for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.

The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a basic DBS check.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits

  • 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)
  • Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
  • Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
  • Life assurance cover (after probation passed)
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Access to Blue Light Card discounts

How to apply

Send your cv and cover letter to recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre

Closing date for applications: midnight on 9 October 2026

If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Get in touch

If you’re interested in joining the Centre but have a question first, please get in touch. We can talk through the role and what it’s like to work here.