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Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

As the Philanthropy Manager, you will oversee the development of existing high-net-worth (HNW) donors and cultivate new high-net-worth prospects. You will work closely with key Third Party supporters to establish our presence nationally. A key part of your role will be to strategise to identify new high-net-worth donors and create long-term relationships, ensuring that Muslim Aid becomes their charity of choice. You will also collaborate closely with fundraising and supporter services to organise tactical, innovative, bespoke, and strategic events that meet the needs of high-net-worth donors and maximise major gifts like no other.

About the Role:

1. Develop a three-year high-net donor strategy with stakeholders that drives long-term sustainable revenue and year on year growth.
2. Develop short-, medium- and long-term strategies to maintain engagement, retention and increase revenue with existing and prospective donors that supports our organisational strategy.
3. Design and evaluate business plans to maximise return on investment and drive continuous improvements.
4. Develop a full Philanthropy & Legacy system to review fundraising forecasts, review progress and implement quarterly tactical activation plans to recover potential losses.
5. Develop and manage annual philanthropy budgets and KPI’s in line with 5-year strategy.
6. Be a Brand ambassador ensuring that all external engagements align with the organisation’s values and messaging.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Significant experience in fundraising, corporate relationship and/or high-net donor development.
2. Proven track record in implementing corporate / business / high-net donor strategy and achieving challenging targets.
3. Knowledge of a wide range of fundraising mechanisms including CRM, sponsorship, brand association and employee fundraising.
4. Building and managing stakeholder networks.
5. Ability to work within a team structure as well as independently, be creative, take initiative, be attentive to detail and possess excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as a Philanthropy Manager and drive impactful partnerships with high-net-worth donors. You will develop relationships with existing and new donors, working with key supporters to build our national presence. Your role includes strategizing to make Muslim Aid the charity of choice for HNW individuals and collaborating on unique events that maximise major gifts. Apply now to make a transformative difference!

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 additional privilege days
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Workplace Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV. 

We seek a passionate and experienced General Manager to lead a dedicated team supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Working 3 days per week, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our organisation, overseeing staff well-being, and projects and promoting our charitable work.

Afrocats aims to promote social inclusion. We support children and young people from poorer backgrounds to have better access to supplementary education and related activities that will build their confidence, skill set and sense of belonging. We empower economically disadvantaged families and individuals to develop their skills and social networks, broadening their horizons through access to workshops and volunteering opportunities to gain vital employment skills. We engage with the wider public to challenge stereotypes around culture and immigration in a supportive and safe environment to help create a more positive narrative

Responsibilities

Team Management:

• Provide leadership and direction to our staff team

• Leading on evaluation and collating reports

• Manage regular team meetings online as well as Face-to-Face

• Problem-solving within the team and on projects

• Conduct one-on-ones and appraisals, pastoral care management and development opportunities for team members.

• Foster a positive and supportive work environment, promoting staff well-being initiatives.

• Ensure staff has appropriate training and understanding of all policies and procedures

Risk Management:

• Oversee the organisation's risk register, identifying and mitigating potential risks. Identify and implement appropriate software

• Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure a safe and secure environment for staff and service users.

Human Resources:

• Manage all aspects of the HR function, including recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations.

• Ensure compliance with relevant employment legislation.

• Address staff concerns and ensure a fair and supportive work environment.

Financial Management:

• Oversee the petty cash and ensure proper record-keeping and financial controls

• Manage Annual Leave and Toil.

• Work collaboratively with the board or finance team on budgeting and resource allocation.

Promoting the Charity:

• Develop and implement strategies to raise awareness of our work with refugees and asylum seekers.

• Build relationships as required with key stakeholders, including donors, funders, and partner organisations.

• Advocate for the needs of refugees and asylum seekers.

Wellbeing and Health Activities:

• Champion staff and service user well-being by identifying and implementing initiatives that promote mental and physical health.

• Coordinate with relevant organisations to offer support services.

Reporting

• Oversee the assimilation of quarterly and year-end Annual reports and Financial report 

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership or management role within the charity sector or a related field.

• Experience of managing projects and what happens on a day to day basis

• Proven experience in team leadership, staff development, and HR management.

• Strong understanding of risk management principles and best practices.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

• Passion for social justice and a commitment to supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Other

• Manage and oversee our new database system

UKMT is a charity that exists to advance the education of children and young people in mathematics. We do this by working with hundreds of volunteers across the UK to organise Competitions and Challenges promoting problem solving and teamwork and other mathematical enrichment activities.

As Executive Assistant, you will operate at the heart of the organisation, providing crucial professional support to the Director and Officers of the Trust on various aspects of operational management. This will involve working closely with the Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairs of Board Committees and Director, and playing a pivotal role in fulfilling the annual reporting commitments to external bodies. This role requires the ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information.

Position: Executive Assistant
Location: Leeds - Thorpe Park (Hybrid working)
Salary: UKMT Grade B10 - C15 (Salary range £31,670-£35,500 dependent on previous experience)
Post type: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Reports to: Director
Annual leave: 25 days plus 3 days to be taken between Christmas and New Year, when the trust is closed

How to apply: Submit a CV and a short statement (no more than 300 words) explaining what interests you about the role, and how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Friday 8 Nov. However, we will sift applications as they are received, and expect to conduct interviews from w/c Monday 4 Nov. The vacancy may close early if a suitable candidate is found.

Main duties:

• Board Administration: You will support the Secretary in planning and overseeing the running of Trustee elections; oversee the induction programme for new Trustees; maintain the website to ensure that it remains up to date with membership records and terms of office; assist with the servicing of Board Committees and act as Minute Secretary if required, producing accurate and timely minutes.
• Director: You will provide administrative support to the Director, calendar management including coordinating meetings, draft agendas, prepare minutes and arrange logistics e.g. venue selection, room bookings and refreshments. You will conduct research and analysis on topics as required. You will draft and revise correspondence, reports, presentations and letters, and support the Director in maintaining and enhancing relationships with volunteers, funders, and other external partners.
• Communications: You will assist the Director and Board with both internal and external communications and maintain up-to-date mailing lists and databases.
• You will develop and maintain a central monitoring log of statutory returns made by the organisation to various regulatory bodies, and liaise with the Risk & Compliance Committee in preparing the annual report. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the fulfilment of annual reporting commitments to external bodies such as Charity Commission and Companies House. You will create and maintain a register and review cycle for organisational policies.
• You will provide oversight for the timely management of leases and contracts and ensure that insurance and contracts are in place to provide required cover.
• You will provide administrative support to the Director for routine HR operations, including recruitment processes.
• You will provide assistance with additional administrative duties as required.

Person specification:

The successful candidate will be a highly organised administrator, with a wide range of skills, who will be able to provide guidance to the Director and Officers across UKMT’s governance and executive activities. They will operate with confidence and agility in interactions with a range of stakeholders including staff, volunteers, Trustees, and sponsors. The role does not have line management responsibilities.

Essential

• Degree or professional qualification in business management, administration or any other relevant field OR significant experience in administration in lieu of a formal qualification.
• Exceptional interpersonal abilities, showcasing initiative, teamwork, and adaptability to manage competing priorities effectively. Demonstrable ability to prioritise and ensure key deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated capability to source information from a broad array of sources and networks, and summarise clearly and concisely in written or verbal briefings.
• Independent judgement and the autonomy to work without direct supervision in response to new and unfamiliar challenges or tasks.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite, Google Drive, and various social media platforms, reflecting a strong understanding of electronic communication tools.
• Discretion and tact in handling sensitive and confidential information.

Desirable

• Proven experience in roles of similar nature, with a strong preference for candidates with experience of working in a field relating to the education of children.
• Flexibility to work occasional weekends and evenings to contribute to trust activities.

Please note, the successful candidate must pass an enhanced and barred list criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as a condition of taking up this role.

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Recruitment & Development Manager to drive the recruitment strategy at The Edmund Trust.

The Recruitment & Development Manager will seek best practice approaches that are effective and compliant with safer recruitment processes ensuring the resourcing needs of the organisation are met.

In addition, they will identify and lead on ways to foster employee growth through effective training and development programs and opportunities for all staff.

About Us

The Edmund Trust & Eddie’s has been proudly supporting people across the East of England with learning & physical disabilities, autism and complex needs for over seventy years. We work to provide lifelong opportunities and create positive lifestyles for people to be equal and active members of the community.

We provide person-centred support, allowing individuals to choose how they want to live their lives, enabling them to reach their full potential.  We encourage people to achieve their aspirations with outcome focused support. Working alongside our values of Commitment, Collaboration and Positive Interactions.

Main Duties - Recruitment

• Identify resourcing requirements across the charity by liaising regularly with internal stakeholders to ensure resourcing needs are understood and met. Build strong relationships with hiring managers to understand their needs and enhance the recruitment process.
• Create inspiring, bespoke and innovative recruitment campaigns to attract candidates who align with our values using timely and cost effective processes that meet safer and inclusive recruitment practices
• Utilise all avenues to positively promote the organisation to increase visibility and make it easy for candidates to apply. This includes social media, job boards, networking, application processes and events.
• Organise and join interviews with Support Workers and other roles where required, continuously review approaches with the aim to improve the effectiveness of the current recruitment selection exercises
• Ensure statutory, regulatory and contractual compliance through full, complete and timely administration of all recruitment documentation
• Manage and lead, in collaboration with the HR team, the end to end onboarding process ensuring excellent and welcoming candidate engagement during on-boarding. Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout  the on-boarding and induction processes, reducing “drop outs” and supporting retention 
• Working with senior managers to ensure the induction process truly supports new starters, in order to increase retention rates
• To utilise current trends, data and feedback on recruitment processes to drive continuous improvement

Main Duties - Development

• To be the main point of contact in regards to all learning and development matters. To work collaboratively with senior managers and the HR team to continually review our current training offer (internal and external) to ensure it is aligned to our industry and fit for purpose
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives and to ensure our targets for the training year are met. Work with the HR team to utilise training metrics and feedback from staff to report on trends or improvements.
• Attend monthly training meetings to contribute ideas and recommendations to senior management in relation to developments within the L&D strategy
• To be the main point of contact with the development and delivery of the Apprenticeship framework. Supporting managers and participants through the program, to achieve development and coaching objectives
• Collaborate with Senior Managers and the HR team to assess training needs, to design and create succession plans and career pathways for all staff in the organisation

 Person Specification

• Previous experience of leading and managing safer recruitment campaigns ideally in this industry
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to follow safer recruitment processes
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships both internally and externally
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft applications relevant to role
• Previous experience of a training and development role with marketing skills including the usage of social media
• An understanding of employment law relevant to recruitment and GDPR
• Able to work with a collaborative approach, with creative and innovative approaches, an excellent team player and positive role model

Our benefits include:

• Working for a not-for-profit Charity that supports people with learning disabilities & Autism 
• 22 days paid holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Free car parking 
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff referral scheme
• HasteePay
• Employee Assistance Programme

The Edmund Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks prior to appointment.

This role will close on Monday 4th November 2024

Interviews will take place at our Head Office in Waterbeach on Friday 8th November, Tuesday 12th or Wednesday 13th November 2024

The BHF Talent & Organisational Development team have ambitious goals to continue to grow an increasingly innovative, flexible, and agile culture to support our People Experience and the delivery of the BHFs strategy to 2030 and are recruiting an Organisational Change Specialist for a 12-month fixed term contract.

We are looking for someone with organisational change experience who can help us design and deliver effective culture change programmes that support our strategic objectives and adopt new ways of working. You will work with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation to understand their needs, challenges and aspirations.

You’ll have responsibility for the end-to-end change life cycle with a focus on the people side of change – delivering cultural and behavioural change, organisational design and development projects.

You will apply your knowledge and experience of change models and organisational design principles to develop and implement tailored solutions to address resistance and enable sustainable change. You will also use your project management skills to plan, monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of the change initiatives.

Working with internal stakeholders, you’ll deliver change management, organisation design and governance, cultural change and solutions that enable them to achieve their goals and better deliver their strategic objectives.

Working arrangements

Please note, this is a fixed term contract covering an internal secondment until Nov 2025.

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

About you

We are looking for someone highly organised with previous organisational change experience. You’ll have strong interpersonal skills, able to build effective working relationships. IT proficient, you’ll be able to create engaging presentations and be confident presenting to stakeholders across the business.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Knowledge of change models and experience of supporting culture change programmes that adopt new ways of working
• Project management experience
• The ability to work across all levels of the organisation, building rapport and trust with diverse groups of people
• A proactive and positive can do approach
• Good facilitation and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and be solutions focused
• Expert communication skills

About us

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

MLC Partners are recruiting for an interim People Partner to join a Charitable organisation within the health sector. This position is responsible for recruiting, training, employee relations cases, payroll and employee benefits.

This role is due to commence early December, for at least 4months (with the potential of extension/ permanent opportunity). It is a full-time role, with hybrid working onsite near Kingston upon Thames (and occasional visits to a site in Guildford), and from home (2days).

Key responsibilities:

• Managing employee relation cases across the organisation, escalated by the People Advisor.
• Supporting and challenging managers in the use of HR policies, providing advice and guidance.
• Reporting to senior management on trends to identify key areas for people management, including performance, absence management, recruitment and retention and employee relations.
• Managing and implementing new EDI and HR initiatives and supporting the wider organisation with any HR policies and process changes.
• Oversight of the People Advisor on recruitment, and support management throughout the recruitment process.

Key criteria:

• Chartered membership of CIPD/ Relevant HR qualification.
• Previous experience in similar HR generalist/people partner role.
• Proven capabilities in employee case management, with strong working knowledge of employment law.
• Experience in working within a charity/healthcare.
• Confidence in communicating with multiple stakeholders across the organisation.

Please apply now as applicants are under constant review, and this role may be filled prior to the ad closing. For any additional questions, please reach out to Annabelle at MLC Partners.

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Langley Trust. For over 65 years Langley Trust has been supporting people with convictions to transform their lives. They are a charity that envisions a society where no one is unfairly disadvantaged or excluded due to their past. They believe in second chances, offering everyone a safe place to call home, the opportunity to thrive, and the possibility of transforming lives. 

As a Christian charity, guided by their values, they work in a Christ-like manner with all those they serve, warmly welcoming and helping individuals of all faiths, as well as those without.

Langley Trust are seeking a values-driven, organised, and results-oriented Head of People Operations. As Head of People Operations, you’ll lead their HR team, ensuring excellent customer service while helping Langley achieve its mission and strategy. You’ll be a practicing Christian leader with experience in leading prayers and devotions, who can nurture an uplifting environment where people feel appreciated, empowered, and fully supported to do their best work. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)
• Experience in managing an HR Team of a similar sized organisation (£20m)
• Developing, interpreting, and implementing HR Policies and Procedures
• Expert knowledge and understanding of employment law and how to implement into policies and procedures
• A practicing Christian with experience of leading Christian devotions and prayer

This is an excellent opportunity to join a charity that proudly achieved Investors in People Gold for the third time in a row in 2022 and has been a finalist in multiple ‘Charity of the Year (£10m+)’ categories with the Charity Times Awards, most recently for our work in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. In addition to a competitive salary, the role comes with a range of benefits (see page 8 of the candidate pack for full details).

For more information, 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.

*Due to the nature of the work, there is an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a practicing Christian under the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9.

​Location: Hybrid/Coventry – Work on-site min 2 days per week

Closing date for applications: 11th November 2024

Please note applications are being reviewed and vetting interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. When a suitable candidate is found the role will close so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

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

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 1.3 million children and families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

The Project Manager role in the Strategy and Planning Team will help us to continue to improve the delivery of our projects and programmes, and so to achieve our desired outcomes for children and families. You will enable and support the delivery of our strategy business plan. You will help to manage and carry out plans and projects, conduct ongoing monitoring, have the ability to adapt to changes along the way, and will collaborate with colleagues. You will have the rare skill of being able see the big picture - to help teams and projects to best contribute to our strategy and mission – with being comfortable working with data and detail – to ensure project management documentation and deliverables are accurate and logical.

You will report to and work closely with the Strategy and Business Planning Lead, to support delivery of BookTrust’s strategy through business planning, project management, measurement of progress and impact, and governance matters. The Project Manager, Strategy and Planning team, will work with all the teams across BookTrust, and with staff at all levels of seniority.

To apply please complete the application along with a copy of your CV and covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. In the covering letter, please tell us how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role, specifically giving evidence of how you have the rare skill of being able to keep the big picture and end in mind whilst also maintaining attention to data and detail. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.

PLEASE NOTE: Applying as soon as possible is advised, as the vacancy may close early, due to the high volume of applicants.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details can be found on our website) to discuss your requirements further.

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

Background

Lepra is dedicated to addressing leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF) and their consequences through direct support, advocacy, and the promotion of inclusive communities. We work in Bangladesh and in India, through our sister organisation, LEPRA Society. We work in partnership with people affected by leprosy and LF to improve detection, ensure access to treatment and care, and promote inclusion and wellbeing. We have just finalised our new Global Strategy for 2024-30, which will guide us in our efforts to accelerate progress towards global targets for leprosy and LF, and towards our vision of a world free from leprosy and LF.

Job Context

It is an exciting time to be coming into Lepra as we currently celebrate our organisation’s Centenary year this year. In 2023 we underwent a strategic review and developed our new 6-year global strategy to re-establish our work into the future. We are using our Centenary year in 2024 as a springboard to launch our new strategic period. Our new strategy will guide us in our efforts to accelerate progress towards global targets for leprosy and LF, and towards our vision of a world free from disability and discrimination.

Our Finance and Operations team plays a critical role in supporting the wider Lepra UK team with our finance and HR function delivering and supporting on all finance management processes and HR related support at all levels.  The Finance and Operations team has experienced staffing changes this year and with some staff looking to work part-time, an assistant position has become available to support both the Finance & Administration Lead and the HR and Executive Support Assistant Manager as well as the need for support with our office move.

Job Purpose

To support the Finance and Operations team which includes the HR function as well as coordinating the upcoming office move and facilities operations.

Working Relationships

→ For the initial six months you will report into the Director of Finance and Operations.

→ Working with all of Lepra UK on all matters regarding HR, Operations and Finance.

→ Close working links and collaboration with the Finance & Operations team consisting of Finance & Operations Director, Finance Manager, HR & Executive Support Assistant Manager and Finance & Administration lead.

Key Responsibilities

Premises and Facilities Management

→ Point of contact for office queries from tenants and Octagon Management company and co-ordinate any necessary contractors (stock kitchen, keep shredding bins filled for collection).

→ Clear and sort any items in the loft storage area as required

→ Act as Fire Marshall

→ Collect and sort post

→ Point of contact for all Lepra UK staff regarding office bookings and office use

Finance

→ Logging all donations on CRM system including gift aid administration

→ Running any required reports

→ Payroll support

HR and Administration

→ Sending out appropriate induction email template to all new starters

→ Ordering any IT equipment or arranging current IT equipment for new starters to be configured and for IT to be couriered to new starter/ liaise with IT provider as required

→ Setting up induction training on our online training portal

→ Assisting in arranging induction meetings for new starters

→ Assist with travel and accommodation for colleagues and any visitors / Trustees

→ Arrange for printing and sending on any mailings to staff members

→ IT starters and leavers administration

Recruitment

→ Assisting in the formatting of job descriptions

→ Arranging for job advertisements to be sent to various recruitment advertisers and Lepra website

→ Liaising with Universities regarding intern/volunteer recruitment

General

→ This role sits within a busy finance and operations team which deals with Finance, Human Resources, IT, Governance and premises/facilities. In period of team staff absences, you will be expected to cover work tasks as appropriate

→ If you have spare capacity you will be expected to undertake any reasonable tasks within the team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

· Graduate level or up to A’ Level with relevant work experience

Desirable

· CIPD or Finance qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

· At least two years’ experience of Finance, HR administration or both

Desirable

· Experience in the charity sector

· Experience of working in a diverse and multicultural environment

· Experience of bias-free recruitment

Skills, Attitudes and Personal Qualities

Essential

· Strong desire to work in the charity sector

· Share Lepra’s values

· Highly organised

· Confident user of IT systems, including an aptitude for learning new skills

· Proactive and can multitask

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.

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.

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness they're likely to die from.

We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life, through 3 ways:

• Growing and transforming our direct care and support
• Delivering more practical information and support
• Leading in shaping the end-of-life experience

This is a senior role within our People & Organisational Development directorate. Reporting to the Associate Director, People Operations you will play a key role in supporting Marie Curie's 5-year strategy by enabling employees to focus their time on patients and services by implementing efficient, prompt, automated and human-focused processes across data, systems, administration, payroll and audit.
 

Your Role:

• Overall Direction and Development: Leading the payroll team, you will ensure efficient and accurate payroll processing.
• Strategic Planning: You will have the opportunity to develop and execute payroll strategies to align with organisational goals.
• Compliance: You will ensure adherence to all payroll-related financial, legal and corporate compliance requirements.
• Leading and driving improvement. You will understand organisational impacts and create and encourage a culture of continuous improvement.

Additional Criteria for Success:

• Proven track record in payroll management, preferably in a large and complex organisation (e.g. commercial, audited environments private or public sector). This should include operational management of service delivery to a diverse customer base.
• Strong payroll legislation knowledge.Including payroll laws and regulations, tax compliance, pensions, statutory payments and employment law. Associated audit and risk experience is a must.
• Payroll systems expertise. Highly proficient with payroll software (Oracle and/or Zellis is highly desirable). Advanced Excel is additionally required.
• Demonstrable experience managing and developing a team, with strong performance management and coaching/development skills.
• Project management experience. Proven achievements in leading payroll-related projects, such as systems implementations or process improvements.
• Strong ability to identify, assess and solve payroll-related issues with a proactive and strategic approach.
• Results oriented with a positive outlook, high level of motivation, enthusiasm and dedication to the mission and goals of Marie Curie.

Contract: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 pa dependent on skills, knowledge and experience.
Location: Home-based within the UK, with ad-hoc travel to London and Birmingham required.

Application & Interview Process
As part of your online application please submit your CV plus a cover letter outlining your interest in/suitability for the role.
Close Date: Sun 20th October

Benefits you'll LOVE:
* Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
* 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
* Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
* Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
* Continuous professional development opportunities. We can consider financial support for HR/payroll-related qualifications for this role.
* Industry-leading training programmes
* Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
* Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
* Access to Blue Light Card membership
* Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please find our contact details on our website.
 

About Reprieve

Reprieve works with the most disenfranchised people in society. Our aim is simple: to consign the death penalty and abuses carried out in the name of “counter-terrorism” or “national security” to history, drawing public and political attention to these past harms with a view to preventing them from occurring again.

In our view, you can best judge a society by how it treats prisoners, criminal defendants, and the far-flung targets of an ever-changing counter-terror policy. To us, the rule of law means little if we selectively apply it to people we agree with. It is for all of us. Liberty is always eroded at the margins.

Reprieve’s staff is made up of courageous and committed human rights defenders. Founded in 1999, we provide free legal and investigative support to people facing the death penalty and those victimised by states’ abusive counter-terror policies – rendition, torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killing.

We fight our clients’ cases in courts around the world; investigate their mistreatment; and advocate on their behalf, encouraging public and political debate of human rights issues.

About the role:

The Head of Operations will oversee the day-to-day running of the global operations of Reprieve UK and Reprieve US and our work around the globe.

They will be responsible for assisting with planning, implementing, overseeing, and evaluating the systems, processes and relationships that enable caseworkers, fellows, and consultants to do the challenging work that they do as efficiently, safely and effectively as possible. They will help devise creative solutions to build a flexible and supportive environment in which staff can carry out their work.

The Head of Operations will work closely with and supervise the work of the HR Operations Manager and the Office and Executive Support Officer. Reporting to a member of the Senior Management Team, they will provide support to the Joint Executive Directors as well as broader staff team, Fellows and consultants.

About you:

You will be someone who is confident in overseeing a wide remit including:

• Human Resources
• Security Risk Management incl. Health and Safety and Duty of Care
• Insurance
• Office & Budget Management
• Information Technology & Cyber Security
• General Operations

This role also oversees accounts payable and the annual audit for our sister organisation Reprieve US (working with our US based US qualified accountant).

You are a positive person with a can-do attitude, extensive experience in operations management and security risk management, experience of managing or supervising individuals and teams, proven ability to manage conflicting priorities and a strong problem solver.

The Operations team is a small team that works collaboratively to ensure all areas are covered at all times. As such, you will be willing to chip in and take on tasks of other team members if urgent matters arise or when providing holiday cover.

Further information  

This role is based in Reprieve’s London office. Reprieve operates a hybrid working model and we require staff to work 40% per week from the London office and the rest of the week from home. You will also be available outside of office hours in the event of an emergency and when required as part of the security risk management framework (for example to monitor extreme risk trips).

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK currently and for the duration of the contract, which will be checked prior to interview.

How to apply:

Please click on “Apply via website” to download our candidate pack for the full job description, person specification, and the application form. Only applications made by use of the application form can be accepted.

Application deadline: 23:59 GMT 03 November 2024.

Are you an immediate available Learning & Development professional? Do you have with a proven track record in e-learning implementation and learning management system integration?

I am working with a membership organisation who are looking for a skilled Learning & Development (L&D) professional to join our team on a temporary basis, covering an absence for approximately 2-3 months. This role offers a fantastic balance of remote and on-site working, with only one day per week required in there central London office.

£24.73 - £27.47 per hour PAYE

Previous experience with iTrent is adventurous. You should be comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively with the team.

Role

• Finalise the Training Calendar for the upcoming financial year, sourcing providers and coordinating training sessions.
• Implement e-learning solutions, including iHasco for mandatory trainings and transitioning from the current system to LinkedIn Learning.
• Enhance HRIS (iTrent) by reviewing and refining existing learning modules.
• Analyse training needs identified through performance reviews and develop targeted solutions.
• Organise Respect and Inclusion training for all new employees.
• Support with project work as well as other ad-hoc tasks as required.

If you are interested in applying for the position through TPP Recruitment then please do so by sending your CV to

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

This is a new role developed to support the CEO, The COO will be a key member of our leadership team The COO will work closely with the CEO and manage the SMT to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the charity by playing a pivotal role in overseeing various aspects of our operations, including compliance, safeguarding, operations and team management, finance, human resources, IT, and administrative functions.