Jobs | Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis

As a young, energetic and ambitious charity, we support people affected by pulmonary fibrosis and invest in research to find a cure. Do you have the passion and skills we need? We’d love to hear from you: Please get in touch.

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis strives to be an organisation of equity and inclusion. Pulmonary Fibrosis does not discriminate. Our team should reflect the diverse communities we exist to support. We warmly welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of age, disability, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), sex, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

Current positions

Office Volunteers - Peterborough

Voluntary

Starting:

Any time

Why do we need you?

At APF we understand how important good administration is. You will be helping to ensure the smooth running of our work so that we make the best use of donations received, more PF patients and carers have good support, and we can fund more research into treatments and a cure. This role will involve working with the current Charity Administrators to assist them in offering administrative support to the whole team.

Your gift of time can be planned to suit you and the needs of the Charity. This role can be flexible and work around your existing commitments. You don’t need to give a lot of time to make a big difference.

Location: You would assist us at our national office in Peterborough

Volunteers need to be over 18 and commit 2-5 hours a week to volunteering.

For an initial conversation about the role please call us for an informal chat: 01733 839642 or contact recruitment@actionpf.org

Download the Office Volunteer role description

Involvement Officer

Paid, full time

Starting:

April 2025 or depending on notice period

Full or Part-time (30-37.5 hours per week considered)

£27k-£33k FTE

Are you passionate about bringing together real-life experience with professional expertise to ensure everyone living with Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) has access to effective, evidence-based treatment and care?

We believe the unique insight of people living with PF &their loved ones can improve everything we do. We refer to this facilitation of people’s views to shape our work as ‘involvement’.

We are looking for someone to join our team who has the skills and experience to grow and unite our community to take action, inspiring them with the motivation and confidence to get involved. You will be able to think on your feet, managing a varied workload with the ability to prioritise competing demands and ensure everyone who gets involved has a consistently positive experience.

Why join us?

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, we support personal development and offer a range of benefits:

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (plus additional discretionary days around Christmas)
Company Pension Scheme
Flexible, home-based working
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including retail discounts, access to emotional support
Death in Service scheme
Company related sick pay when 6-month probation is complete
A focus on personal development including access to training opportunities and coaching.

Application details

If you are interested in applying for this role, please view the job description and person specification. Please upload your CV and answer how you meet the person specification in this online form and send the equal opportunities monitoring form to recruitment@actionpf.org

‍Closing Date: Monday 17^th March

Online Interviews: Monday 24^th March 2025

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is committed to a culture that is both diverse and inclusive and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.