Job Opportunities
Cambridge House is looking for motivated people who are willing to go the extra mile to create a more just society. Our innovative London-based charity has been tackling poverty, social inequity, and social injustice since 1889. We provide a range of services that are designed to improve peoples lives as well as transform society through research and social action.
Why work for Cambridge House
As a member of our team, you join a diverse and inclusive team with a shared commitment to justice and equity. Our current team comprises people who:
Share lived experiences with our service users
- 100% of the leadership team
- 75% of management
- 78% of staff
- 50% of trustees
Are from Black, Asian and global majority communities
- 100% of the leadership team
- 25% of management
- 42% of staff
- 30% of trustees
Are women
- 100% of the leadership team
- 80% of management
- 63% of staff
- 50% of trustees
Are non-binary or transgender
- 2% of management
- 6% of staff
Are disabled, neurodiverse and/or live with a mental or physical health condition
- 100% of the leadership team
- 75% of management
- 38% of staff
- 30% of trustees
Are from LGBTQIA+ communities
- 25% of management
- 29% of staff
From the moment you join Cambridge House, you will be part of an incredible group of people providing pioneering and high-quality services.
You’ll play a vital role in our life-changing charity and you’ll have the opportunity to form special connections and relationships, work in a supportive and flexible environment, and be a part of our highly skilled and motivated team.
Our staff remuneration offer includes:
- Personal learning and development plans
- A generous 30 days leave per annum plus bank holidays and long service increments
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working
- Pension scheme
- Interest free staff loans for:
– Season tickets
– Bicycle purchasing
– Tenancy deposits
– Nursery deposits
– Tuition fees - Tenancy health checks
- Childcare vouchers
- Eye tests
- An employee assistance programme
- Death in service benefits
Current Vacancies
There are no current vacancies. You can find out more about volunteering for Cambridge House here.
Application downloads
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All applications must include:
- Supporting statements
- CV
- Referee details
- Diversity Monitoring
- Criminal Record Declaration Form
Please send all of the above to recruitment@ch1889.org
Cambridge House News
Rent Repayment Orders: A Reality Check
Back in April 2019 the national press picked up on a success story of a group of students who won a Rent Repayment Order against their landlord, kick starting a wave of interest from tenants and advisers alike. One of the crucial items we tick off our list at Safer Renting when interviewing one of our referred clients these days is whether or not the possibility for an RRO exists. In fact, RROs have been around for quite a while, having been ushered in by the Housing Act 2004 but they weren’t flavour of the month until comparatively recently. Why?
Are we seeing a new type of housing need?
I was genuinely fascinated to read about a new concept in rental living reported in free London newspaper, City AM, where prospective tenants choose to pay through the nose for small living spaces that come without bills or the necessity for cleaning and offer a more communal experience, with plumbed in activities, such as yoga classes and mental wellness sessions. Is this where certain groups of younger, wage earning tenants are looking for their housing needs? If so I wonder if contemporary renting laws, kickstarted with the Law of Property Act 1925 fits with this trend, if trend it be.
Safer Renting for the Guardian: Renters must be able to hold private landlords to account
Evictions from a private tenancy are a major part of the 78% rise in homelessness since 2011. So-called allow private landlords to turf tenants out without any reason, and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation attributes 80% of the recent rise in evictions to this process. We must be able to hold landlords to account if we are to lower the numbers of people that end up at local authorities’ doors.
Safer Renting Director Roz Spencer shares insights into London’s broken private renter market and demands proper protections for renters in the Guardian.