Action for Children

Early Childhood Education · Nonprofits & Foundations
Has an LEI2 legal entitiesSponsors visas
16Open roles16 posted in 30 days+6 this week
$39kMedian advertised pay+1% vs market
20 daysTime to fillmedian of 15 closed rolesmarket: 35 days
Lately:+6 roles posted this weekFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 14, 2026

We protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support. We campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives.

It is hiring: 16 open roles, 16 of them posted in the last 30 days.

Legal name
ACTION FOR CHILDRENactive
Headquarters
Watford, United Kingdom
Founded
2003
Legal entities
2 in 1 countries
Open roles
16 in 11 citiesAlion job postings
Register numbers
CRN 04764232
Official records
Wikidata Q4677200LEI 213800B7RT9L2S6L2A68Companies House 04764232
Website
actionforchildren.org.uk

As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 16 open roles at Action for Children. Action for Children is headquartered in Watford, United Kingdom. It was founded in 2003. The median pay stated in its open roles is $39k, across 14 postings that state pay.

Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake

Trust

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What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Legal entity active
ACTION FOR CHILDREN
Yes
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices

Hiring

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Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.

Management is the largest family, 29 of open roles.

16Posted in 30 days100% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 16
11Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
1 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United Kingdom30On site
United States1On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Action for Children20 days
Market, same roles35 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand37
Pay40
Your chance40
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 21This week
Open roles a week: 4 then, 0 now
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Management29▼
Administrative16▼
Field & Service16▼
Finance6▲
Industrial Engineering6▲
Early Careers6▲
Newest roles
Field Engineer
$42k per year · In office · Bachelor's Degree · Bristol
Service Desk Analyst
$40k per year · Hybrid · Watford
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 100%
5 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Equity1488%
Annual leave213%
Professional development16%
Hybrid work16%
Contract type
Internship 2
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
View 16 jobsRoles matching my profile
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Pay

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What its postings pay, by level.

$39kMedian
$21k – $73kTypical rangeUSD a year
$73kHighest paying roleArea Manager
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year

Visa

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Named in the work visa registers of United Kingdom.

United KingdomUK A-rated
A-ratedSponsor licence
Skilled WorkerVisa route
15Open roles in United Kingdom

In the register as Action for Children, Watford

Other sponsors in the same field
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 202 rolesWorld Vision 136 rolesCognita 80 rolesPATH 67 roles
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 13, 2026

Footprint

Hiring in 11 cities in 2 countries.

11Cities
2Countries
GlasgowBusiest site
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SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Watford United KingdomHeadquarters1Support0%
Glasgow United KingdomCorporate office3Administrative, Communications0%
London United KingdomNot classified1Administrative0%
High Wycombe United KingdomNot classified1Management0%
Bath United KingdomNot classified1Field & Service0%
Gateshead United KingdomNot classified1Management0%
Derry United KingdomNot classified1Industrial Engineering0%
Norfolk United StatesNot classified1Early Careers0%
All 11 offices
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Action for Children over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

7Technologies in use
3Postings analysed
70/100Stack modernity
DatabasesOracle
Cloud & platformsActive DirectoryAzureWindows
Developer toolsModel Context Protocol
Practices & domainsIncident ManagementWi-Fi
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

Milestones

May 14, 2003
Founded per the company register
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press

Newsroom

#138,919Web rankTranco top 1M
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once