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About The Role

 We are looking an organised and methodical generalist to join our People and Culture team. You’ll be the first point of contact for all people related queries so you’ll love supporting people helping them help themselves through effective signposting and coaching. This role is the bedrock of the team ensuring compliance and data integrity is upheld at all times to enable informed decision making by other members of the team. 

You will need to be CIPD level 5 qualified as a minimum and come with experience of providing  support on a range of Employee Relations casework. Your advice, guidance and support will facilitate managers and employees to be able to get on with their roles making sure no child faces mental health issues alone. For a career with purpose, this is your place!

Together we can change children’s lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma, allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 03 January 2025

1st Interview date: 10 January 2025

2nd Interview date: 15 January 2025

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be –whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising –every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.

Here’s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some ‘you’ time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.

Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.

When applying please follow the "How to Apply" section of the recruitment pack, applications which don't follow this guideline won't be considered.

Location: London/Remote working – flexible options available. Staff based in London are required to work 2 days a week at the London office, while staff outside London must attend at least once a month.
Salary: £50,000 per annum (including £2,000 London weighting)
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week) or 0.8 FTE, with options for flexible working patterns
Contract: Fixed Term until May 2026

Benefits:

At Get Further, you’ll join a growing, supportive team united by bold, optimistic, ambitious, and tenacious values. We offer:

• 36 days of annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Flexible hybrid working
• Regular in-person team development days in London
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• The chance to make a tangible impact in a socially conscious organisation

Closing date: 9am, Monday 6th January 2025.

Help Students Get Further

Join Get Further, an award-winning charity dedicated to tackling educational inequality. Get Further helps learners gain vital GCSE and functional skills English and maths qualifications. Without these gateway qualifications, many people face barriers to further education, apprenticeships, and work.

Our bespoke tuition programme, delivered by highly qualified tutors, is proven to improve grades at twice the national average. As we scale up to undertake a major programme evaluation in 2025/26, we are looking for a Head of Recruitment to lead our efforts in attracting and retaining exceptional tutors who make a real difference to students’ lives.

About the Role

As the Head of Recruitment, you will lead strategies to attract, select, and retain exceptional tutors. Reporting to the Senior Management Team, you’ll oversee a team of two Senior Recruitment Officers to meet recruitment targets while maintaining the highest standards for tutor quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategies, building partnerships with universities and early-careers sectors to attract a diverse talent pool.
• Oversee the recruitment pipeline, ensuring targets meet and align with programme needs.
• Manage seamless selection and onboarding processes to create an outstanding candidate experience.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure tutors are fully trained and resourced.
• Uphold safer recruitment practices and ensure high safeguarding standards.

About You

We’re seeking a motivated leader who shares our mission to tackle educational inequality. You’ll have:

• Proven experience managing recruitment strategies and achieving targets.
• Strong project management skills, including budget oversight and delivering on KPIs.
• Knowledge of graduate and early-careers recruitment markets.
• Exceptional communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
• Leadership experience, with the ability to manage and develop  high-performing teams.

Desirable: Experience in the further education or charity sector.

Other Roles You May Have Experience In: Recruitment Manager, HR Manager, Programme Manager (Education), Early Careers Recruiter, Tutor Recruitment Specialist.

Join us and be part of the change. Apply today!

The Food Foundation is an award winning charity with a vision of a sustainable food system which delivers health and well-being for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered. We believe that embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success and the positive impact we make.

We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager - a well organised individual who enjoys interacting with others and supporting them in their roles. You will be approachable, outgoing, responsive to problems as they arise and keen to solve them, and keen to see work completed effectively and efficiently with excellent communications skills. You may have a background or some qualifications in HR.

This crucial and hands on role will be responsible for the smooth running of the organisation. Working closely with the whole team, you will be exposed to all areas of our work, playing a critical role in our delivery of impact, and supporting staff across the organisation. You will report to Senior Finance Manager and line manage the Operations Assistant.

This is a part time role from 20-25 hours per week. This is a hybrid role requiring at least 2 days per week in our office in
Brixton.

For further information please view our full job pack which you can find attached. 

The Degrees Initiative is a UK-based NGO that builds the capacity of developing countries to evaluate solar radiation management (SRM), a controversial proposal for reducing some impacts of climate change by reflecting sunlight away from the Earth. 

The Operations Officer role offers a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to advance while helping scale-up the organisation’s operations.

Joining a growing team, the Operations Officer will work closely with the Chief Operations Officer (COO) and the Executive Support Manager to support and improve the finance and operations of the charity. This role will be suitable for an operations generalist as it will involve a variety of projects and tasks spanning finance, HR, IT, operations and governance, including administrative support to help the rest of the team deliver its work. We are looking for someone dynamic, with a keen desire to help the COO improve and streamline processes across the organisation as it grows. Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: 

• Working on a variety of operational projects such as ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations and improving our cyber security; 

• Maintaining and improving operational procedures, with an eye to using new software solutions where suitable; 

• Supporting financial administration by liaising with the external finance provider; 

• Managing payments, payroll, expenses, and processing supplier invoices and credit card reconciliations; 

• Assisting in the completion of the charity’s annual report, and other management and donor reporting;

• Supporting the day-to-day human resources and recruitment process for new roles; 

• Helping improve our hiring processes and HR recording keeping; 

• Managing the induction processes for new joiners including oversight of employee contracts and offer letters; 

• Maintaining the staff handbook and relevant HR processes and procedures; 

• Being the contact point with the charity’s outsourced IT provider; 

• Conducting routine administrative and documentation duties such as managing charity correspondence; 

• Maintaining systems for the retention, protection, retrieval, transfer and disposal of documents and records; 

• Managing the charity’s email inboxes, answering/forwarding/filing/deleting as applicable; 

• Maintaining regulatory filings and other compliance matters with HMRC, Companies House, the Charity Commission, etc.; 

• Liaising with the Board for administrative purposes, supporting the Executive Support Manager where appropriate; 

• Liaising with insurance providers to maintain adequate business insurance;

• Arranging travel for staff and other participants as required, including reimbursements; 

• Providing other administrative support, as necessary, to support staff. 

Do you love supporting people and organisations to do their best work? We should talk…

As our new Head of Operations and People you’ll be developing and implementing policies and processes to support the staff team and help foster a smooth running, collaborative and anti-oppressive organisation. 

You’ll be responsible for all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from inclusive recruitment, learning and development, retention and reward. You will lead on developing HR policies and will play a key role in supporting line managers to implement them. You will really care about how people experience Possible as a workplace and will be keen to improve it.

As the organisation lead for our anti-oppression work you will develop and deliver the anti-oppression strategy in collaboration with the wide team, embedding anti-oppression and inclusive practices into our internal and external work.

You will take an operational lead for the organisation, assuming a bird’s-eye view over all of our activities, our physical and virtual office and our systems. You will develop and improve our practice on health and safety, safeguarding and data protection.

You’ll work in a small operations team, managing our Office Administrator, and will have the opportunity to interact with all areas of Possible’s work as a key member of our Senior Management Team. 

About Possible

Our values Daring, Joy and Community guide our actions and our organisational culture. Here at Possible, we have a vision for a zero carbon Britain that has been built by and belongs to everybody. Our mission is to inspire people in the UK to take the action the climate crisis demands. We create, build, and share ways people can take meaningful action on climate change together. We translate overwhelming climate urgency into socially just and workable proposals the public can get behind. And we do it all with a can-do attitude and stubborn optimism.

Commitment to anti-oppression

We have made a commitment to make Possible an anti-oppressive place to work. We’re doing the work to undo inequalities and oppressive systems reflected in wider society, and are an inclusive and welcoming group that wants our team mates and the communities we work with to be able to thrive.

We believe that our team and our projects should reflect the diversity of the communities they seek to serve. We particularly welcome applications from marginalised groups, especially people of colour and other ethnic minorities, people who identify as LGBTQIA, disabled people, those who are neurodivergent, people who have experienced mental health challenges and those who identify as working class or have done so in the past.

Interested?

Read the full job application pack on our website, and upload your CV and question responses.

Deadline: 8.00am 6th January 2025

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Vineyard Community, a Christian charity in Richmond that is committed to helping people through tough times and giving them the chance to thrive. Whether someone’s facing homelessness, food poverty, escaping abuse, or battling mental health challenges, Vineyard Community is there with care and support. In our busy world, it’s easy to miss those struggling around us, but at Vineyard Community, they take the time to listen, connect, and see the person behind the story. By offering kindness and hope, they’re helping people rebuild their dreams and find a brighter future. Together, they are inspiring change and restoring hope.

Vineyard Community is seeking a Business Manager, this is a brand new role. As the Business Manager you’ll play a key role in strengthening the charity’s operations and ensuring its financial resources, people, systems are aligned to achieve the Five-Year Strategic Plan. You will work closely with the CEO, ensuring smooth administration and background operations while stepping in during the CEO’s absence. From drafting the Annual Income and Expenditure Budget to overseeing Monthly Management Accounts, you’ll ensure the charity’s financial health. You’ll also maintain legal compliance in employment practices and ensure IT systems support operational needs. With your leadership and skills, you’ll help Vineyard Community stay efficient and focused that will enable more lives to be transformed.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in operational delivery in central operation functions
• Experience of financial planning, managing budgets and producing financial reports for senior stakeholders
• Experience of managing HR issues and a working knowledge of HR best practice and legislation
• Excellent relational skills, able to lead, enthuse and inspire other colleagues

This is a wonderful opportunity for a Christian to join a charity that’s seeks to follow the example set by Jesus. You’ll be a part of a passionate caring team, committed to supporting those in crisis, offering hope, and making a lasting, positive impact.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact Nick Thomas, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion*, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

*In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9, it is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practicing Christian.

Contract & Hours: Permanent. Full time 37.5 hrs or Part time (min 30 hrs pw)

Location: Hybrid/Richmond (on-site min 2 days pw)

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 15th January 2025 

Charisma vetting interviews must be completed by close of play on 21st January 2025

Interviews with Vineyard Community: Week commencing 3rd February 2025

A note from Charisma

Don’t feel like you meet all of the requirements?  We’d still love to chat, we’re a people first recruitment partner.  We specialise in charity recruitment with over 22 years’ experience working as a consultancy who support inspiring professionals find the perfect roles in transformational organisation

Operations and Finance Coordinator
Location: Remote (with London/UK-based in-person meetings)
Salary: £29,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time, 12 months fixed-term (with the potential to become permanent)

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment? Are you ready to help shape the future of a global charity supporting health, financial stability, youth success, and community resilience?

At United Way UK, we're looking for a skilled and adaptable Operations / Finance Coordinator to join our small but dynamic team. Reporting to the CEO, you’ll manage financial processes, support HR functions, and coordinate operational and programme activities.

What you’ll do:

• Support financial administration, including budgets and reporting.
• Coordinate HR processes like recruitment and onboarding, working with our outsourced team.
• Provide administrative support for programme delivery and fundraising.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong organisational and multitasking skills.
• Flexibility and resilience under pressure.
• Experience and accuracy in finance or operations (charity sector a plus).

What we offer:

• A supportive, collaborative culture.
• A chance to grow your skills while making a real difference.
• The opportunity to work within a globally recognised organisation.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis – apply early as we may close applications once the role is filled.

Apply by submitting your CV and cover letter via the link on Charity Job.

Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Role Title: Temporary Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £41,463.70 FTE per year (pro-rata to 4 days per week)
Contract length: 12 months (fixed term) March 2025 to March 2026
Location: Hoxton, London UK

Deadline for applications: Sunday 19th January 2025
Shortlisting / Interviews: second half of January 2025
Start Date: March 2025

Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation working at the intersection of arts, migration and social change. For 12 years, Counterpoints Arts has been at the vanguard of cultural commissioning and practice, supporting and producing the arts by and about migrants and refugees, ensuring that their contributions are recognized and welcomed within British arts, history and culture.

The range of Counterpoints Arts’ work has grown considerably since it was founded in 2012 and we are now seeking someone to lead on Operations Management whilst our current Operations Manager is on maternity leave. This role is key to ensuring the smooth running of our charity’s operations, including overseeing day-to-day administrative, financial, and HR functions. The successful candidate will be highly organised, proactive, and have a strong background in charity operations or a similar role within the nonprofit sector. We are particularly interested in recruiting someone whose values align with the charity's mission and overall team culture.

Counterpoints Arts aims to attract and retain talented people from all backgrounds to its team. We particularly welcome applications from those who have been historically excluded from the cultural sector, including people with lived experience of displacement, people of colour and other ethnic global majoraties, people who identify as LGBTQ+, disabled people and people from a working class background.

Other details:

• Good employee benefits, including flexible working, access to an EAP programme, individual wellbeing budget, 28 days leave including bank holidays (pro-rata) and a dedicated training budget

Responsibilities:

Overall, the role involves ensuring smooth daily operations and charity compliance, managing office administration, supporting team productivity and wellbeing, and liaising with external stakeholders and suppliers.

Finance and Fundraising:

• Ensure financial compliance and oversee bookkeeping, invoicing, and grant payments.

• Support budgeting, financial reporting, and planning with the Director.

• Monitor charity management accounts, project income, and expenditure.

• Manage year-end accounts, filing with the Charity Commission, and Company House.

• Write funding applications and reports, maintain funder relationships, and ensure grant reporting deadlines are met.

• Ensure provisional figures are submitted to various funders and entities

• Write narrative report to go alongside financial report for year end accounts

Board and Senior Management Team:

• Support the Director in preparing Board papers

• Support SMT meetings and assist the Board with reminders and actions

• Update the Risk Register every 6 months according to updates agreed at Board meetings

​HR and Policy:

• Lead on HR activities, annual leave, TOIL, pensions, and contract administration.

• Oversee payroll, recruitment, staff wellbeing, and compliance with employment law.

• Manage temporary staff and freelancers, and update HR policies as needed.

• Lead on the annual team training programme and supporting team with individual

  training ambitions

• Support all staff with wellbeing needs and help address issues with individual wellbeing.

• Organise team training, away days, and foster a positive team culture.

• Ensure staff adherence to policies (e.g., annual leave, sickness, TOIL) and promote

  inclusive work practices.

• Support with Risk Assessments and Safeguarding assessments and help respond to safeguarding concerns or incidents

• Support with Activity Planning

• Support with any placements/internships

• Organise annual DBS checks for all staff

IT:

• Manage all IT systems used by the team of staff and freelancers, including Slack and Google Workspace.

• Oversee CA website management including updates and resolving issues as needed with the web developers

• Communicate any server or IT issues promptly with the team

• Encourage best practice for cyber security to all team members and work with staff to resolve any cyber security issues that arise Compliance and Governance:

• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance, including Charity Law, Data Protection, Health & Safety and Employment Law, and support implementation of relevant policy with the Board and Senior Management Team.

Office Management:

• Manage office logistics, filing, GDPR compliance, and health and safety.

• Ensure safeguarding protocols are in place, reporting issues to the landlord/Building Manager as needed

• Manage insurance renewal and any issues with insurance throughout the year, including

  additional insurance premiums / cover and any claims

Required Experience:

• Proven experience in an operations or administrative management role within a charity, arts, or non-profit organisation.

• Strong financial literacy and experience managing budgets.

• Excellent attention to detail: Highly organised with a focus on accuracy, best practice and compliance.

• Knowledge of HR processes, including recruitment, payroll, and fostering positive work culture

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential staff and organisational information

• Excellent organisational and project/task management skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Highly literate in IT: experienced with Word, Excel, Google Workspace, Slack, and other organisational software.

• Proactive and adaptable: able to take initiative, prioritise tasks, and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.

• Collaborative with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of working with a range of colleagues, stakeholders, suppliers and partners across the sector.

• Passionate about organisational planning and supporting teams to operate at their best.

Desirable Experience includes:

• Lived experience of displacement

• An interest in/passion for arts and migration

Values and Beliefs underpinning our work

Our work is organised around a set of core values and beliefs that guide our work and inform our decisions.

Our working culture, created through the interactions of our staff, volunteers, trustees, artists, partners and wider network, is based around the principles of mutual respect, collaboration, trust, care, generosity, transparency, accountability and deep commitment to our work.

We are dedicated to ensuring fairness and equity for all staff, regardless of their position, gender, age, race, religion, or background.

How To Apply

Please note that applicants must have a current legal right to work in the UK (this job does not qualify for the UK Skilled Worker Visa).

Please send the following documents to us by email with ‘Operations Manager (maternity cover)’ as the subject, by Sunday 19th January 2025:

• An up-to-date, comprehensive CV

• Covering letter (max one page) outlining how you meet the role and person specification criteria

• A completed Equality Diversity Form. Please download, complete and attach to your application form.

  We encourage applicants to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet every criteria, and please contact us if you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal chat about the role.

  We will review all applications and hold interviews in the second half of January 2025 with the successful candidate starting in March 2025.

We have a wonderful opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Head of Finance and Operations to join our team. As a Head of Finance and Operations, you will play a crucial role in leading and driving excellence in Finance processes and procedures, HR, Governance, Operations, Property and IT.

You will have a strong eye for detail and an ability to interrogate data.

You will have a proven experience in leading teams, optimising processes and driving growth.

You will be an aspirational leader who can guide Harington’s strategic and enduring business plans into the future.

About Us 

Hibiscus Initiatives is a passionate, women’s organisation, delivering high impact advocacy and advice services for more than 35 years to those at the intersection of the Criminal Justice and Immigration systems. As an organisation, we have distinct expertise in working with Black and minoritised women in prison, in the community and in immigration removals centres.

Our holistic and trauma informed approach makes a real and lasting impact on women's lives. We aim to make a difference within the criminal justice and immigration systems too by working with women and amplifying their own voices, so their experience is recognised by those making policy decisions

We are particularly keen to attract talent from Black and minoritised communities and those with lived experience of immigration, the criminal justice systems, and/or gender-based violence.

Hibiscus adopts anti-racist; anti-oppression, and feminist principles and believes in the importance of nurturing a diverse team who can embody these principles.

We are committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. We provide regular training and other learning opportunities and offer wellbeing classes and activities, clinical supervision, an Employee Assistance Program and other benefits to support staff wellbeing.

This post is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010.

About the Role

We are now recruiting for an experienced Director of Operations to play a crucial role in guiding our driven and committed team as we shift our culture and infrastructure, upholding our vision, mission, principles, and values.

The post holder will work with colleagues to develop, implement and review Hibiscus’s strategy and plans, particularly as they impact our operating and finance models. They will be responsible for developing and monitoring the annual business plan, reporting progress and providing reliable structural, financial and people management. They will support the CEO in building and instilling a sense of unity and purpose into the work of the organisation, and represent the operational work to the Board. They will be responsible for the efficient running of operations and central functions, conducting risk assessments, monitoring performance and reviewing procedures, with a particular focus on overseeing the effective financial management of the organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for financial planning and producing financial budgets for the organisation, alongside monitoring projects from start to finish, preparing costings for funding applications, agreeing contracts and grant terms, monitoring deliverables and co-ordinating timely reporting. They will oversee the production of quarterly management accounts and yearly finance audits, and communicate the financial landscape of the organisation to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Board. The Director of Operations will play a key role in risk and compliance, with a focus on data, safeguarding, policies and procedures, and legal and statutory requirements. They will work to increase the effectiveness of our operations, whilst supporting and contributing to the fundraising efforts of the organisation. A key element of the role will be to work to integrate our workplace culture into HR processes and procedures, modelling a fair and open management approach that ensures trusted relationships are embedded throughout the organisation.

[Please note: Successful candidates will need to have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years to ensure the clearance process is authorised.]

Salary
£60,000 – £65,000* per annum

*Salary negotiable up to the mid-point of the band, depending on experience

Team
Operations

Duration
Permanent 

Hours
Full-time (35 hours per week)

Location
Hibiscus’ main office in Islington, London, for between two and three days a week. Flexible working arrangements available for the remaining days.

Reporting to
CEO

About you

We are particularly keen to attract talent from Black and minoritised communities and those with lived experience of immigration, the criminal justice systems, and/or gender-based violence.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of strategic financial planning and managing organisational finances. The candidate will have a clear commitment to Hibiscus’ vision, mission and values, and a strong commitment to anti-racism. They will have a willingness to deepen their understanding of our work and show a commitment to personal growth.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of safeguarding, health and safety, data protection, Charity Commission and Companies House requirements, alongside other major compliance areas. They will have highly effective communication and presentation skills, and will be confident liaising with Hibiscus’ teams, the board and a wide range of contractors and partners. This will include demonstrable skills around change management and a strong understanding of risk management. Experience of writing and contributing to fundraising bids is desirable, as is prior experience of the charity sector.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to Hibiscus's ethos aims and objectives, including having an intersectional and anti-racist approach to the work and a comprehensive understanding of one of more of Hibiscus’ key work areas.

Job Summary: As the Payroll Administrator, you will be responsible for managing the monthly payroll processes for circa 400 employees in the organisation.

This role requires a detail-oriented individual with strong organisational skills and the ability to handle confidential information with discretion. You must possess a collaborative team spirit, positive attitude and the desire to build relationships with a range of people. With strong administration skills, you will understand the importance of good planning, organisation and execution in a fast paced environment

Payroll Management:

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

Payroll:

• Collaborate with payroll bureau, Moore Pay and People Team to ensure efficient monthly payroll.
• Manage the working relationships with our payroll bureau and People Team colleagues on a daily basis ensuring that communication is clear and relevant information is being provided and collated in a timely manner so that payroll runs efficiently each month.
• Verify trial payroll data for accuracy before submission.
• Generate and distribute payroll reports, including agency and absence rates.
• Perform regular audits of payroll and pension systems.
• Resolve payroll issues and manage statutory payments (SSP, Maternity, Paternity).
• Ensure HR data is up-to-date through monthly audits.
• Maintain accurate pay records and systems in accordance with financial accounting requirements and HMRC guidelines.
• Collate and check trial payroll information such as absence data and employee information, prior to the submission of the monthly payroll to ensure accuracy and minimise pay related issues.
• Produce and distribute pay reports including use of resources such as agency and bank workers and absence rates.
• Provide checks and balances function for payroll and pensions processes through regular systems audits and checking source data with systems data.
• Be first point of contact for employees and resolve any issues in a timely manner.
• Manage the administration of statutory payments, SSP, Maternity and Paternity Pay ensuring that calculations are accurate and notified to payroll.
• Work with the People Team to ensure that HR Data and people records are maintained to high standard and up to date through a monthly audit process.
• Process P45s efficiently.

The Economist Educational Foundation is looking for a hands-on, experienced leader you will ensure operations and finances are robust, efficient, and aligned with ambitious vision for growth and impact

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Hours: Full time (40 hours) with flexible working. Core hours are 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Hybrid. Central London on Wednesdays and Thursdays, remote working on other days
Salary: £53,000- £60,000 per annum, depending on experience
Closing date: Tuesday 7th January 2025 (23:59 GMT)

We will contact all applicants after the closing date. The first round interviews will take place during the week of 13th January 2025. The second round will take place on 22nd or 23rd January 2025. Please ensure you will be available to travel to our London office for interviews on these dates.

ABOUT US

The Economist Educational Foundation is a fast-growing charity on a mission to ensure that every child is empowered to think critically and communicate effectively about the world’s most complex current issues. Topical Talk, our programme, has already reached over 10,000 teachers and 400,000 children in over 124 countries. Our income will exceed £1million for the first time this year. Our goal is to reach over 1 million school children by the end of 2026, with ambitious plans to expand in the UK, USA and globally.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Director of Operations and Finance will be a crucial member of our Senior Leadership Team, overseeing financial management, operations, and strategic growth. You’ll play a pivotal role in leading financial planning, supporting the charity’s global expansion, and driving digital transformation to improve efficiency and impact. You will also manage risk and compliance, ensuring robust operational foundations as we scale. This hands-on role requires a leader with proven experience in financial management, operational leadership, and people management. By joining us, you’ll be at the heart of shaping our future, helping us reach more children, and making a lasting difference on a global scale.

Martingale Postgraduate Foundation (Martingale) exists to fund and support the next generation of STEM leaders. We believe that family income should not be a barrier to the pursuit of excellence, so our programmes focus on supporting students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. 

As the Foundation starts supporting its third cohort of Scholars, we need an organised and proactive individual to take on the administrative work needed to support our growth. You will work closely with the Head of Strategy and Operations on a day-to-day basis to ensure the Foundation’s operational functions run smoothly. Your role will include minuting meetings, diary management, booking travel and accommodation for the team, applicants and Scholars, and overseeing expenses claims for applicants and Scholars. You will work collaboratively with the wider team in support of our recruitment campaigns, assessment centres and events, and play a key role in our work to ensure family income is not a barrier to postgraduate study. You will also liaise closely with Purposeful Ventures in relation to HR admin, IT support, and office logistics.

About the role

We are seeking a knowledgeable and motivated Policy Impact Manager to join our policy impact team in London at the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre in the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.

The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) exists to enhance understanding of modern slavery and transform the effectiveness of law and policies designed to address it. The Centre funds and co-creates high quality research with a focus on policy impact, and brings together academics, policymakers, businesses, civil society and survivors to collaborate on solving this global challenge.

You will play a key role in maximising the impact of the Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC’s research on laws and policies to address modern slavery, and will work collaboratively with researchers, practitioners, policymakers and law-makers as part of the University of Oxford’s only dedicated Policy and Evidence Centre.

About you

You will have experience of working at the interface of public policy and research, with expertise in issues relating to modern slavery or human rights, and will have a good understanding of policymaking and law-making processes in the UK.

You will also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be highly research literate, and have a strong track record of collaboration and teamwork.

The duties and skills required are described in further detail in the job description.

Enquiries about the post should be addressed to Liz Williams, Head of Policy Impact.

Application process

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our website and Vacancy ID 176964 or via this link direct to the advertisement, where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can also be found.

For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement (maximum 2 pages), setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.

For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job description. Any further enquires may be directed to our HR email address.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 17 January 2025. Only applications received before this time can be considered.

Shortlisting is expected to take place by the following week and interviews held on 30th or 31st January 2025.

Please quote Vacancy ID 176964 on all correspondence.

Committed to equality and valuing diversity

Contact Person: Tessa Krages

Closing date: 17 January 2025