Jobs at The Down Syndrome Educational Trust

Join our team and work to improve the lives of thousands of people with Down syndrome around the world.

Now is an exciting and challenging time to join our team as we work to accelerate progress in research and deliver greater global access to information and advice about Down syndrome. Our recently adopted strategy highlights the importance of international collaboration and partnership working, and emphasises a focus on research that delivers practical outcomes for people with Down syndrome in the near-term.

The recent Down Syndrome Research Directions Symposium, hosted by the Trust, has identified clear avenues for important future research and provided an important base for developing expanded international research and practice networks. Our new Open Access initiative is broadening access to our extensive information resources for families, professionals and researchers in over 140 countries around the world.

Working for us

The Down Syndrome Educational Trust is based at The Sarah Duffen Centre in Portsmouth, UK, from where we work closely with research colleagues and Down syndrome associations around the world. We currently employ 21 people (9 full time and 12 part time), including 7 people with Down syndrome.

The staff team is committed and hard working. We are continually challenged to be efficient and effective by a large project workload and high demand for our services. We abide by the highest professional standards in our research, practice, publishing, fundraising and accounting activities. Professional practitioners and research staff frequently travel around the UK and overseas providing specialist training and attending conferences, often at weekends.

If you are enthusiastic about our mission and enjoy challenging and demanding work, then you will find working with us rewarding in many ways. Our current vacancies are listed below.

Current vacancies

• Developer and Systems Manager
  To develop and maintain the charity’s information systems to provide effective and efficient support for international communication, publishing, research, fundraising, sales and accounting functions.
• Finance and Administration Manager
  To manage all areas of the financial record keeping and reporting, administration, payroll and human resources to ensure efficient and effective administrative and financial support for the charity’s operations.
• Funding and Development Officer
  To engage individual and institutional donors and support volunteer fundraisers with commitment and integrity, ensuring broad and sustained financial support for the organisation’s activities.

 

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