Director Of Operations Jobs

To drive global process and wider systems safety forward by ensuring the IChemE Safety Centre is a world-leading source of expertise and support for partners, IChemE members and others on safety of process and complex systems across sectors – working in partnership with and providing complementary support to other leading sources and Centres.

The Director, IChemE Safety Centre, will be a highly credible, global leader in process and systems safety, with an entrepreneurial spirit and the commercial acumen to grow significantly the reach and impact of the ISC. The person will be a demonstrated leader, able to work globally with industry, academia and other organisations of all sizes and sectors, whilst developing a vision that is in concert with key stakeholders. Ultimately, the successful candidate will remain committed to the vision, mission and strategy of the IChemE and will maintain a real commitment and a personal passion to raising standards in process and systems safety across the board.

As a senior role in IChemE, the Director, IChemE Safety Centre has a key part to play in enabling the Institution to meet the ambitions set out in Strategy 28+ of “Engineering a sustainable world”. In particular, the ISC is crucial in enabling the IChemE to provide individual as well as corporate members with access to knowledge, training and skills development around process and systems safety and driving up standards in safety across the board.

As a Charity Director you will have overall management of the business, grasp opportunities and secure resources to ensure our long-term sustainability whilst maintaining high quality cost-effective mental health services for the LGBTQ+ community.

The Charity Director is responsible for overall management and leadership for the organisation, supporting a small staff team. They will implement our strategic vision, and deliver on short and long term aspirations. Working alongside the Board of Trustees they will ensure the charity has the infrastructure, governance and resources in place to secure long-term sustainable funding and resilience of the charity. They will lead our culture and set the tone in everything they do, upholding MindOut’s values and creating space for everyone to bring their true authentic selves to work.

Role description 

You will have the skills, experience, sensitivity and personal confidence to oversee all the activities of the charity but will have specific responsibility for: 

Governance 

• Reporting the charities outputs to the board of trustees, identifying opportunities for improvement and making recommendations of how to address these. 

• To work with the Trustees to recruit and onboard new trustees. 

• Ensure governance structures and processes are in place, ensuring the charity fulfils statutory obligations 

• Ensure risk management processes are in place and implemented effectively to identify and monitor strategic and operational, with escalation to the board as necessary 

• Ensure the necessary policies, procedures, training, and monitoring are in place to comply with various Health and Safety, legal, financial and HR responsibilities

• To undertake duties as Company Secretary for the board. 

Stakeholder Management 

• To ensure that local and national LGBTQ+ community partnerships are developed and maintained. 

• Owning the relationship with the Charity commissioners office and associated organisations. 

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with charity funders 

• Ensure the board have access to all the information and timely updates required to undertake their duties

• To maintain and enhance the good reputation of MindOut, to ensure all external communications, publicity and promotion reflects this. 

Evaluation and Quality Assurance 

• To establish standards of excellence that ensure the highest quality service possible 

• Ensure the frameworks are in place to demonstrate impact of services and can be communicated effectively 

• To ensure that service users inform the work of the organisation 

• Continue to promote and encourage Diversity and Inclusion across the organisation, by strengthening our equality, diversity and inclusion policy and practices challenging systemic injustice and discrimination where we identify it. 

Finance and Fundraising 

• To own the income generation strategy and oversee its implementation. 

• To develop and maintain financial systems which ensure that Trustees are up to date with the organisation’s financial position. 

• To establish and maintain systems for accounting, budgets and day to day financial affairs.

• Write persuasive and successful proposals and funding applications to a diverse portfolio of funders 

Strategy 

• Own and develop the short and long term charity strategy with the Board. 

• Continually assess the organisation against the current strategic priorities. 

Horizon scan to identify new opportunities and ensure the work of MindOut is able to respond to and meet the current and  emerging needs of the LGBTQ+ community 

• Keep up to date with new developments in the field of mental health and any related government policies, reviewing in line with charitable objectives and strategic direction. 

Strategic leadership of the organisation  

• Lead, empower and inspire the staff and volunteers creating a collaborative, transparent and safe working environment. 

• Ability to lead change and implement business initiatives. 

• Role modelling our values and leading an inclusive culture. 

• Lead the development, communication, and implementation of our strategic direction in partnership with Trustees and staff. 

• Maintain the charity’s commitment to its vision and mission, ethos and values. 

• Lead, motivate and support a skilled, geographically diverse staff team. 

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. 

Birmingham Rathbone is a local charity which works to enable people with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential. We invite you to join our team of professionals providing an excellent service to clients all over the City.

We currently have a full-time vacancy for a:

Director Of Finance, Administration & IT
Based: Birmingham
Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours a week
Salary range: £53,458 - £60,928 p.a. (plus generous pension and 25 days annual holiday plus Bank Holidays)

Key responsibilities:

• Effective management of the organisation’s finances, administration and IT infrastructure (IT support is contracted out)
• Support on Finance, Administration and IT to the CEO, Senior Managers and Trustees
• Direction of finance, administrative and IT activities to meet the organisation’s aims and objectives

Candidate Profile:

• Qualified accountant status (ACCA, CIMA, ICA etc.)
• Proven experience of leading a finance function and effectively managing staff
• Sound business judgment with clear strategic thinking
• Able to multi-task proactively and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and IT skills
• An understanding of the Charity Sector

Closing date 12.00 noon on Friday 10th January 2025
Interviews will take place on 20th and/or 21st January 2025

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Enhanced Disclosure & Barring (DBS) check will be required.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and we are committed to equality of opportunity and invite applications from all sections of the community.

Registered Charity No. 516557

No agencies please.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), this critical role will lead the development of a large, expert and high-performing directorate. You will be accountable for the strategic development and successful delivery of MyBnk’s programmes across the United Kingdom, ensuring high impact and consistent quality in every aspect of our programmatic output.

We are holding an information webinar about this role on 18th December. Please register for it via the job pack. All registrants will receive a copy of the recording.

You’ll create and deliver an ambitious new Programmes and Delivery strategy inspired by our new 2024-2027 strategy ‘Money: A Language for Life’ which outlines four strategic pillars: 

• Building habits; driving healthy financial habits 

• Expanding reach; enabling young people and adults to get financial education when they need it 

• Increased accessibility; supporting young people and adults most in need 

• Tackling inequality; fighting for financial literacy. 

In this role, you’ll ensure that MyBnk have robust and appropriate systems, practices and processes that enable us to deliver best-in-class operational programmes to our learners. This will be rooted in more effective use of data and insights to drive the development of our programme suite. Critical to our new strategy, is driving an ambitious and forward-thinking approach to programme innovation; ensuring our programmes are learner centred, purpose driven and leverage the best techniques for building financial fluency. 

You’ll be held strategically accountable for delivering our work across all four UK nations. As we introduce a new leadership framework, you will be responsible for implementing this across your Directorate. Our ambition is to be the leading financial education provider in the UK, and your contribution in this role will be Essential to achieving our goals.

MyBnk Directors are expected to identify and secure strategic partnerships that benefit the organisation. Equally, Directors will exemplify and model the MyBnk values of: 

• Young at heart, serious in intent 

• Stories are the best means of education 

• We live in the real world 

This role is a great opportunity to bring your professional toolkit to an exciting, growing and purpose driven charity doing vital work for our society. You will have the resources, support, and visibility you need from the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and Trustees. For the right person it will be a career-shaping role. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, enthusiastic and ambitious leader to join King Edward’s School, Bath as our Director of IT.

As Director of IT, the position holder will be responsible for leading the development and application of IT systems and services throughout the School.  Through the management of the School’s IT Department, infrastructure, and resources, the Director of IT will ensure that the School’s IT provision supports all pupils and staff in accessing and using technology to enhance and enable their studies, teaching and work at the School.

As a leading member of the IT Steering Group, which is chaired by the Deputy Head (Academic), the Director of IT will also play a key role in the development and implementation of the School’s IT Strategy.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of operating at a senior level, leading on both the operational and strategic aspects of an organisation’s IT provision. Whilst we welcome applications from those who have not worked in education before, the successful candidate will have a deep empathy and understanding of the role which IT can have in enhancing and supporting the delivery of teaching and learning, as well as supporting the School’s wider operational functions.

The postholder will be provided with a full induction, supportive line management and appropriate training. This role will be worked Monday to Thursday 8am to 4.30pm and 8am to 4pm on Friday with an hour unpaid break daily. 

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.

About MSI

MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.

Today, our organisation has almost 9,000 team members working in 36 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too. #

We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.

About the Role

This is a senior role within the Global Support Office HR team. It reports to the Global Director of People and Culture and has oversight and line management responsibility of the recruitment, the HR operations and the organisational transformation functions. The Global Support Office comprises approximately 280 employees based across a number of different locations internationally and in the UK.

The recruitment function is responsible for the recruitment, selection, onboarding and contract negotiation of all MSI Global Support Office (GSO) employees who may be based either in the UK with a UK contract or in an MSI country programme with a local contract but with GSO responsibilities.

The HR Operations function shares responsibility with recruitment for contracting and is responsible for pay and benefits; workforce planning and change management; employee performance management and grievance and conflict resolution.

The Transformation function is responsible for MSI’s Employee Value Proposition strategy, our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy, our employee engagement and other initiatives contributing to the development of our inclusive people focused approach.

The Associate Director of HR Operations will directly line manage an International Recruitment Manager, an International HR Operations Manager, an International HR Operations and Recruitment Manager

About You

For us, it’s vital that every MSI team member believes in and is committed to our organisational mission, vision and values.

This means that we will only accept applications from candidates who are unequivocally pro-choice.

Our values act as guiding principles, providing us with a clear direction. They set the tone for how we approach our work, interact with others and align ourselves as ‘One MSI’. It’s important that our team members truly resonate with our values and demonstrate them consistently, in all that they do.

We recruit talented, dynamic individuals with diverse backgrounds who share our mission and are focused on delivering measurable results. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can participate and contribute meaningfully. We value open-mindedness, curiosity, resilience, and a solutions-oriented mindset, alongside a commitment to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of both team members and clients.

We seek exceptional communicators who are self-motivated, solutions-driven, and aligned with MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You should be dedicated to driving social change in an environment focused on sustainable impact, both locally and globally, and comfortable working with diverse teams in an ambiguous setting.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following skills:

• Excellent communication and people management skills that translate across multicultural environments
• Ability to support, advise and manage senior stakeholders across a multi-cultural environment: ability to balance provision of excellent internal departmental support and management of stakeholder expectations
• Ability to provide objective and evidence based analysis and advice; analytical and engaged by problem solving at a strategic and operational level.
• Ability to create and work within transparent, equitable and inclusive approaches.
• Self-directed, effective at prioritizing, completing and finishing.
• Commercial acumen and a general interest in business operations; financial acumen to be able to ensure pay and reward calculations are accurate and using correct formulas and to be able to manage a sub-departmental budget in Excel.
• Ability to evaluate jobs to assess their positioning on a competency framework and salary scale.
• Ability to work with ambiguity.
• English fluency essential; ideally, but not essential, French language skills.

To perform this role, you’ll need the following experience:

• Previous experience at business partner level in a large organization with a multi-country footprint;
• Excellent working knowledge of UK legislation in relation to UK employment, plus a broader knowledge of employment legislation outside the UK.
• Experience of HR management through the employee lifecycle including performance management, management of disputes and grievances and ideally tribunal and labour court experience.
• Line management experience and ideally team management experience of a HR function.
• Excellent experience of managing pay and reward in multinational environments.
• Significant experience in providing support and technical advice to stakeholders on workforce planning, change management and restructuring and redundancy processes.
• Experience of contracting employees based in international locations where they are either employed by the headquarter UK based organisation or employed by a local entity, whether this is a business partner organisation or an employer of record, with a demonstrable understanding of the differences and complexities of labour and likely tax requirements and right to work;
• Experience of recruitment of junior and senior level positions in both UK and international labour markets;

Formal education/qualification

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent in a business relevant degree
• CIPD qualified
• Job evaluation methodology trained.

Please view the job framework on our website.

Location: London (2 office days per week)

Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type: 14 month FTC (Maternity cover).

Salary: £55,200 – £71,550 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits. For all other locations, the salary will be banded within the national context.

Salary band: BG 11

Closing date: 14th January 2025 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply. 

Are you an experienced People leader passionate about driving an organisation forward as an employer of choice? UK Youth is looking for an seasoned Assistant Director of People to co-lead our progressive People strategy and deliver operational excellence that enables our whole team at UK Youth to thrive.

Purpose of the Role

The Interim Assistant Director of People will lead the transformation of the People function and support the COO in overseeing HR operations across the People life cycle. Ensuring compliance with employment laws, strengthening performance and ensuring the delivery of efficient and impactful HR practices. This role will drive strategic and operational improvements, coordinate daily operations, collaborate with departments across the organisation to enhance the People experience, implement a clear action plan to address priorities, and optimise HR systems to enhance data-driven decision-making. Acting as a key advisor to senior leaders and the Board, the postholder will develop the People team while aligning the People function with our strategic goals.

About You

• Demonstrated success in a Head of People/People Experience, Assistant People Director or a Senior HR leadership role, balancing strategic oversight with operational delivery.

• Strong people management experience, including coaching, mentoring, developing and inspiring teams.

• Experience creating high-performing and leading teams through transformation and rebuilding trust.

• Proven expertise in HR systems optimisation, data management, and delivery of key people metrics and reports to support decision-making.

• A track record of advising SLTs and Boards on HR strategy, organisational development, and people priorities.

• CIPD qualification or equivalent HR expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the current streamlined People plan and create objectives that align with organisational priorities and goals.

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Board, providing high-level HR insights and solutions.

• Co-lead the development of the 2025/26 People Plan in partnership with the COO and Senior leadership.

• Lead, coach, and develop the People team (3 members), fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and high performance.

• Ensure clarity of roles, professional growth opportunities, and effective team dynamics.

• Overhaul the Moorepay Natural HR (NHR) system to create workflows, streamline people processes, improve data accuracy, and reporting capabilities.

• Establish key People metrics and analytics to inform decision-making and enhance organisational effectiveness.

• Redesign core HR processes and policies to ensure compliance, user-friendliness, and consistency.

• Address capability gaps in the People team and embed a proactive, service-oriented approach.

• Support managers in resolving complex employee relations issues, building their capabilities in handling HR matters effectively.

• Collaborate with SLT to enhance organisational culture and embed UK Youth’s values into day-to-day operations.

• Lead change management and transformation initiatives to improve employee engagement, retention and job satisfaction.

• Develop and deliver learning and development programmes across the organisation that focus on enhancing soft, technical and leadership skills.

• Develop internal communication frameworks and staff recognition programmes to foster alignment and motivation.

• Champion the organisation’s EDI agenda, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and meaningful progress.

• Use data and evidence to implement impactful EDI initiatives, fostering inclusivity at all levels.

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

Why work at UK Youth? 

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that theyouth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes. UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross-sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to massinequality of access to youth services for young people.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:

• Flexible/Agile Working

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)

• Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity

• Other training available in support of your personal and professional development

• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)

• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary

• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally

• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.

• IT equipment provided for the duration of contract

• CycleScheme and TechScheme

Ready to Make a Difference? 

If you’re a forward-thinking HR leader committed to social impact, we’d love to hear from you! 

UK Youth are offering an initial 6-month fixed term contract for this position, with the potential of extension/permanent contract.

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please check out our website for more information and the job description. Please complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system (provided by Applied)

• Closing date for applications will be 11:59pm, Friday 3rd January 2025

• Interviews are due to take place Thursday 9th January 2025

• Successful candidates must be available to start w/c 13th January 2025

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.

SHiFT’s Director of Programmes & Policy strategically and operationally directs the implementation and delivery of SHiFT through our SHiFT Practices and realises opportunities for SHiFT’s work to influence policy and practice reform. This is an exciting opportunity for someone driven by SHiFT’s Mission to break the destructive cycle of crime for children and young people, with the tenacity and skill to deliver innovation and translate learning from it to stimulate systems change within complex, multi-agency operational environments that include Children’s Social Care and Youth Justice. The Director of Programmes & Policy role is a new role for SHiFT, which has emerged because of our growth and the need to increase SHiFT’s strategic and operational capabilities. By welcoming a new senior leader, we want to ensure that we have enough capacity and capability to consistently deliver excellence through our Practices and to realise opportunities for continued innovation, growth, and influencing consistent with our mission to shift systems.

SHiFT’s Director of Programmes & Policy will obsess about the ‘what’ of our practice, holding overall responsibility for stewarding a SHiFT Practice from inception to scoping, mobilisation and launch, and then into effective delivery of each 18-month Programme cycle as we ‘infiltrate’ Host Organisations with the aim of shifting systems. Working differently with children and young people caught up in, or at risk of, cycles of crime, and doing so from an ‘insider-outsider’ position (where all our Practice colleagues are employed by public services rather than directly by SHiFT), is complex work. You and your small team of Practice Development Leads, led by our Head of Practices, will need to carefully hold the tension between consistency and flexibility, getting and staying closely alongside organisations that host SHiFT Practices as ‘critical friends’ to ensure that the SHiFT Commitments are met as we grow, learn and innovate.  You will need to be front footed and confident in using data to identify opportunities for improvement in implementation and design, sharing insights to inform the organisation’s strategic direction as part of SHiFT’s Senior Leadership Team and feeding them into relevant governance forums including SHiFT’s Practice Committee and Board of Trustees. You’ll be building on some good foundations for the programmatic aspect of your role, but we expect strengthening and embedding these foundations to be the focus of your work for the first year in post, above the policy focused aspects of this role.

To thrive in this Director of Programmes & Policy role you will be flexible, comfortable with ambiguity and iterative working, and have exceptional problem solving and relationship building skills. You’ll bring substantial experience of operational and strategic leadership in contexts relevant to SHiFT’s work and have a proven track record of developing services and ensuring they are delivered at pace, and to a consistently excellent standard. You’ll have credibility and confidence in working with stakeholders relevant to policy and practice reform, including civil servants and senior practice leaders, in systems relevant to SHiFT’s work (e.g. Youth Justice, Children’s Social Care, policing, and education). Colleagues would say that you’re a person who gets things done, loves data and learning, sweats the small stuff, and is great at bringing people with you.

Your principal responsibilities will be to: 

● Ensure the consistent implementation and ongoing fidelity of SHiFT through our Practices, as is reflected in our Framework / the SHiFT Commitments and SHiFT Ways. This includes leading:

o the scoping, mobilisation, and launch of new Practices; and

o the clear, consistent, high-quality operation of 18-month SHiFT Programme cycles, underpinned by high support and high challenge partnerships with organisations that host SHiFT Practices (to date, all Local Authorities).

● Implement and (working closely with the Director of Practice & Learning) iterate SHiFT’s quality assurance and quality improvement processes to ensure:

o there is clear line of sight to the activities of our Practices and their impacts for children, young people and families, as well as on influencing systems change; and

o SHiFT has a clear evidenced understanding of what’s working well and why and where and how to learn and make improvement.

● Plan and coordinate local, regional, and national practice facing activities, including the delivery of SHiFT’s learning and development programme, and impactful opportunities for collaboration and learning across SHiFT Practices.

● Identify and realise opportunities for improvement in the operation of SHiFT Practices, reflecting learning as we grow in the development of our approach and processes to maximise SHiFT’s opportunities for reach and influence.

● Translate insight from SHiFT’s ideas in action to inform and influence wider policy and practice change in ways consistent with SHiFT’s approach and Mission.

● Identify and realise impactful opportunities for developing SHiFT’s activities and sharing our approach and evidence of impact to influence systems change. 

● Contribute to whole organisation strategic development and operational effectiveness as a member of SHiFT’s Senior Leadership Team, reporting regularly into SHiFT’s Board of Trustees and Practice Committee.

Beliefs and alignment

• The belief that all people are capable of change and that a relationship with a skilled practitioner can be a powerful driver of this.
• The belief that young people who display behaviours linked to offending can be supported so that they cease offending and meaningfully contribute to society.
• An alignment to a culture of high trust and high expectation where there are fewer rules, high levels of accountability, and a need for excellent performance from the entire team.
• An alignment to SHiFT’s Values – ambition, courage, flexibility, and tenacity – which reflect the ‘Breaking Cycles’ ingredients (the foundations on which SHiFT is built).
• A preparedness to challenge the status quo and be positively disruptive in the pursuit of higher standards even when this is uncomfortable.
• Dynamism, tenacity, and determination – you are someone who does not give up until you succeed. You have a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Curiosity and a commitment to learning – comfortable in a fast-paced and aspirational ‘start-up’ context, and as part of a team that is committed to ongoing reflection, adaptation, and improvement.

Experience, knowledge, and skills

· Knowledge and experience of dynamic risk management is desirable.

· Experience developing and embedding audit and oversight processes is desirable.

· Experience of contract management is desirable.

· Experience leading geographically dispersed teams is desirable.

· Experience developing and selling policy change recommendations is desirable.

We're seeking to appoint a dynamic, experienced Director of Philanthropy to support the growth of our mission and income. Your work will enable us to equip tens of thousands of Christians across the UK to make a difference in their daily lives.

You'll be responsible for significantly increasing the level of giving through restricted and unrestricted sources, cultivating positive relationships with donors, sponsors, high-net-worth individuals, charities, trusts, and foundations. This position requires a strategic thinker with exceptional leadership and people skills, a strong track record in fundraising, and a passion for our cause. 

You’ll be a proactive, motivational leader, an adept project manager, prayerful, proficient in data analysis, and have outstanding written and verbal communication that appeals to diverse audiences.

The Director of Philanthropy will spearhead LICC’s efforts to substantially grow its voluntary income, driving a transformative fundraising strategy to enable the organisation to broaden the reach and impact of its mission.

Working in close partnership with the CEO, the postholder will oversee all streams of voluntary income, including major gifts, individual donations, and support from trusts and foundations. To that end, the role will involve cultivating and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective donors, identifying new funding opportunities, and preparing compelling funding applications and reports.

As a member of the Strategic Leadership Team, the postholder will help develop a culture of philanthropy across the organisation and align fundraising activities with the organisation’s vision and priorities. This role has two direct reports.

Director of Housing
Location: YMCA Norfolk Offices, Norwich
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits (34 days holiday; inclusive of bank holidays, pension and employee assistance scheme)
Contract: Full-time/ Permanent

Are you ready to lead the future of housing services, champion safeguarding and inspire a team driven by Christian values?

YMCA Norfolk is seeking a Director of Housing to lead our housing strategy and operations. This role is central to our mission of supporting young people to thrive in body, mind and spirit. If you are a leader with housing management expertise and a commitment to making a tangible difference, then we would love to hear from you.

About us
YMCA Norfolk is a Christian charity dedicated to creating opportunities for young people. Our housing services offer critical support to individuals, empowering them to overcome challenges and build brighter futures. We have 50 properties across Norfolk providing accommodation to 200 young people.

About the role
The Director of Housing will provide strategic leadership for our housing operations, ensuring excellence in service delivery, safeguarding and quality assurance. You will manage significant budgets, develop partnerships and actively embed our Christian ethos across the organisation.

You will be part of the Executive Team, shaping the overall direction of YMCA Norfolk and working collaboratively to deliver our mission. This role would also suit individuals operating as a Head of Housing or possibly a Senior Housing Manager looking to take the next step in their career. The organisation is committed to supporting the development of aspiring leaders which could include securing additional qualifications.

Experience

• Substantial leadership experience in housing management with a sound understanding of housing legislation and regulation.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to inspire teams.
• Demonstrable success in managing budgets and achieving organisational targets.
• Experience in involving service users in shaping services.
• Proven ability to assess and manage risk in complex environments.

Personal Qualities

• In accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to be a committed Christian as you will strengthen and uphold the Christian Identity of the organisation and to ensure that services align to this.
• A strategic thinker who thrives under pressure and communicates with empathy and clarity.

Why Join Us?
At YMCA Norfolk, you'll be part of a supportive, faith-led organisation where your leadership will directly impact lives. We offer:

• Competitive salary, holiday allowance and pension contributions.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• The chance to lead a team making a tangible difference for young people.
• Relocation expenses and subscriptions to appropriate professional bodies by negotiation.

How to Apply
If you are ready to lead our housing operations with strategic vision and faith-inspired impact, we would love to hear from you. Please contact our retained consultant Will Worthington at Morgan Hunt to request the candidate pack.

Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Interview Date: week commencing 3rd February 2025

YMCA Norfolk is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We encourage applicants who share our mission and values, regardless of background.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Terrence Higgins Trust is looking for a new Director of Finance and Corporate Services to join the team on a permanent basis, our partners at Robertson Bell are leading the search. Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV charity, working to end new HIV cases by 2030 and ensure people living with HIV get the support they need.

As the Director of Finance and Corporate Services you will lead, support and develop a diverse team of enabling functions across the organisation, including Finance, People, EEDI, Governance, Estates and IT. You will ensure that these functions work effectively together, across Terrence Higgins Trust to support the delivery of the organisation's strategy and business plan. Your style and approach will exemplify our values of ‘ambitious for change’, ‘working together’ and ‘drawing on diverse lived experiences’.

The organisation:

Terrence Higgins Trust is leading the campaign to end new HIV cases by 2030 and focuses its support services on those experiencing the greatest health inequalities. Founded in 1982 after the first named person to die of an AIDS-related illness, THT continues to be at the cutting edge of developments in the epidemic.

The organisation has a £10 million turnover, around 100 staff and over 120 volunteers and is working together to ensure the UK is the first country to stop the onwards transmission of HIV. That is no mean feat. We need the best people to join us in this endeavour. 

The key duties of the Director of Finance and Corporate Services are as follows:

• Lead on the implementation of corporate strategies, with appropriate strands for each enabling function so that they support the strategic and operational objectives.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the corporate services of THT at a senior level, representing the expertise, views and considerations of the various areas to the wider senior team.
• Be responsible for, and provide, the financial and governance expertise.
• Support the Chief Executive in all financial matters with the Board of Trustees and provide expert and practical financial input to its meetings.
• With the CEO, be responsible for the management of risk and ensure the charity has an appropriate risk framework.
• Develop strong relationships with THT managers and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of a credible and value-adding corporate services.
• Provide strategic guidance on the charity's approach to technology, drawing on external experts as necessary.
• Ensure that the budget, audit and financial reporting cycles and all payment processes are appropriately managed.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working in a senior finance role and holding financial accountability.
• A relevant professional finance qualification.
• Some knowledge and experience of HR at a management level, or a willingness to develop this knowledge.
• Ability to engage with, and contribute to, strategic decision making.
• Experience of embedding new processes/systems and implementing organisational change.
• Ideally, a background working in the charity sector, although candidates without this are still strongly encouraged to apply.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

The position will officially be based at THT's offices in Islington, although there is potential for the right candidate to be based in Brighton, Glasgow or Cardiff. Opportunities to work from home are on offer for up to three days per week.

The deadline for applications is on Monday 13th January with first stage interviews due to take place in their London offices the week of the 20th January. Applications will be under continuous review before this closing date so please submit your CV to Robertson Bell ASAP to make sure you don't miss out!

Warm Wales delivers a wide range of fuel poverty, sustainable energy and regeneration-based schemes.  The company was established by the National Grid in 2004 and became a Community Interest Company, the first in Wales, in early 2006.  Being a CIC means that our profits are reinvested in the communities in which we serve, making sure it’s those who require our help who benefit most.

We deliver a wide range of projects across Wales, working with partners in the public and private sectors to help provide homes with affordable warmth and to alleviate fuel poverty.

Regular dialogue with the Welsh Government allows us to provide challenge on plans and policies within the energy sector and position ourselves as leaders within the fields of energy efficiency and fuel poverty reduction across Wales.

Projects Director

Reports to CEO

Are you a dynamic collaborator with a passion for delivering impactful projects?  We are on the lookout for a Projects Director to oversee the management oof our projects and drive forward organisational improvement, prioritising efficiency.

As Projects Director, you will be responsible for multiple projects in different areas in Wales. Your role as a director may require regular travel to the North office to ensure support for managers and other employees and to maintain an understanding of each project's status.

Job Summary

The Projects Director is a pivotal leadership role responsible for overseeing the operational management of projects for the organisation.  

In this role, you will monitor project progress and outputs, ensuring high standards of delivery.

You will work to ensure organisational goals are met while fostering a positive and productive work environment.

Responsibilities:

Knowledge and understanding

• develop and maintain an awareness of rules and regulations e.g. Welsh Government, regulatory bodies and third sector organisations to ensure Warm Wales is delivering grant schemes effectively.

Project oversight

drive success across multiple projects at the same time, in different geographic locations involving a variety of employees and managers

• implement strategic plans that meet the organisation's goals and objectives using given resources.
• develop considered implementation plans for new projects
• track and manage project implementation, conducting regular reviews to ensure projects are accountable, accurate, and meet financial deliverables and obligations.
• analyse performance figures and forecast future activity levels and volumes accurately
• work with the Exec team to manage financial planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure sustainability
• lead the team of 4 Project Managers, identifying opportunities for improvement and development
• provide comprehensive final reports and project closure when required.

Change management

• recommend changes as necessary to ensure projects are on schedule and producing satisfactory results
• develop effective ways to overcome challenges

Stakeholder management

• prepare presentations and reports as required for funders and the Board and Exec team
• cultivate relationships with key stakeholders including funding partners
• update stakeholders on project progress, changes from original plans, and existing or emerging risks
• produce appropriate and relevant documentation for all stakeholders
• represent Warm Wales at public events, meetings, and conferences to enhance the organisation’s visibility and reputation

Quality and Risk management

• compliance with contractual obligations, funder regulations, legal and regulatory requirements and internal policies
• ensure adherence to quality standards, working with the Quality Manager
• improve processes where feasible to drive best practice
• identify and manage risks to avoid delays or reputational damage

Requirements

In this role, you will demonstrate your ability to direct projects and understand expectations from all stakeholders. You will have:

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a non-profit or similar organisation.
• Ability to provide strong leadership and direction with a collaborative management style
• Relevant qualifications in project management, business administration, or a related field
• Excellent computer skills and ability to measure project performance using appropriate tools, systems, and techniques
• Ability to make strategic decisions based on comprehension of the context and impact
• Strong attention to detail in all aspects of project management