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Executive Assistant
Duration: 3-month temporary role
Pay: £17.39 per hour plus £2.10 per hour holiday pay (equivalent to £30,282 per annum FTE (pro rata for hours worked)
Hours: 21 hours per week (three days a week), with some evenings and weekends as required. Flexible working options available.
Location: London (Hybrid working between home and office, with some travel required)
Charity People are partnering with a national charity that supports LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness, offering safe housing, mentoring, and support services to ensure young people don't have to choose between safety and authenticity.
As the Executive Assistant, you will support the Chief Executive (CEO) and Trustees, providing essential administrative and organisational assistance to ensure smooth executive operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage CEO's diary.
* Complete administrative tasks for the CEO, which will require a good knowledge of Microsoft Office based packages.
* Provide administrative support to the DCEO and Board of Trustees, as agreed with the CEO.
* Coordinate, administer, and provide minutes board meetings for 12+ Trustees and any Board sub committees attended by the CEO.
* Complete administration for the CEO's and trustees' expenses.
* Organise CEO travel and accommodation with itineraries when relevant.
* Support the Chair, when requested.
* To be the first point of contact for internal and external people seeking access the CEO's office.
* Maintain various internal filing systems via SharePoint ensuring they are kept up to date across various executive teams.
Essential experience
You will have demonstrable experience in a similar administrative role supporting senior staff, with strong proficiency in IT, particularly Microsoft Office and Apple products. Your experience will include supporting project work, such as conducting online research, writing briefings, and preparing various reports. You'll bring strong organisational skills, a proactive mindset, and confidence interfacing with the public by phone and in person in an office setting. You will have a proven track record of handling highly confidential information and an understanding and commitment to championing diversity. Additionally, you'll have experience collaborating on project-based work and a genuine belief in the organisation's mission. Ideally, you will also have experience in the voluntary sector, along with project coordination skills.
How to apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity and are immediately available, please send your CV as soon as possible as we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to give struggling children, young people and their families hope and a future!
This is a rare opportunity to join an award-winning charity in an integral, trusted role supporting TLG’s Chief Executive and Director of People & Culture. Working right at the heart of the organisation, TLG is looking for an individual with a natural leadership gift who excels in building strategic partnerships with senior leaders, lightening their load, and increasing their effectiveness.
We’re looking for an individual who is incredibly proactive, capable of anticipating tasks well in advance and able to foster meaningful relationships more broadly across the team. The right candidate will bring an exceptional ability to manage numerous concurrent responsibilities within a fast-paced, innovative environment, all while maintaining an unwavering 'can-do attitude'. For individuals with a love of operations and project management, there are some exciting development opportunities to take the role to a new level more broadly within TLG.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Reporting to: Mental Health Personal Independence Co-ordinator Manager
Responsible for: None
Hours: 36 hours a week, Weekend working will be necessary on an ‘as required’ basis
Location: 10 Altyre Road, Fairfield House, East Croydon CR0 5LA and other locations as required.
Purpose of the role:
We are looking for 2 Mental Health Personal Independence Co-ordinator’s to join our team.
The Mental Health Personal Independence Co-ordinator (MHPIC) will work as part of the MHPIC team and will work alongside clinical and social care professionals in local multi-disciplinary teams assigned to specific GP surgeries. Each MHPIC will be assigned to a specific locality located within the Integrated Care Network Plus health and social care systems in either North, Central or South Croydon. The multi-disciplinary team learning and development during the initial two-year test period will inform the development and growth of the MHPIC team to ensure that it can support community-based mental health and wellbeing across the whole population and in all 6 Integrated Care Network Plus localities.
MHPICs will provide initial contact and assessment conversations with clients using Open Dialogue tools and techniques to enable people to develop their own Personal Recovery Plans and supporting them directly over a period of time to find and access the support and services available to them in their local community.
Each MHPIC will be the direct named key worker for a set number of people who are referred to the service by healthcare professionals, including GPs, Mental Health Practitioners & Health Care Assistants, Social Prescribers and other voluntary or community sector organisations. They will provide one-to-one support in the achievement of an individual’s recovery goals, ensuring that support is person- centred; that needs and wishes are identified by people themselves; that they have a stronger voice in relation to issues that affect their lives; and that they are supported and empowered to improve and/or maintain their mental health and wellbeing and to live their best independent lives.
Support in the community includes home visits. The aim of home visits is to assess clients' strengths and needs and link these to agency and community resources, and to ensure that individual clients’ needs can be met within a risk-assessed policy approach.
Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer. No job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We encourage applications from those with Lived Experience.
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter explaining:
- Why would you like to apply for this role?
- How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
- What value you can add to the service?
We will be interviewing as and when applications come in.
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter explaining:
• Why would you like to apply for this role?
• How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
• What value you can add to the service?
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Research Assistant
£37,264 pa pro rata plus excellent benefits
London WC1 and home-based
35 hours per week
Six month fixed-term contract for full-time hours, or fixed-term contract until 31 August 2025 for part-time hours
As Research Assistant for the Children and Young People’s Engagement Team, you will be responsible for providing vital support to a dynamic team working with children, young people and parents all over the UK.
The Research Assistant will be responsible for providing qualitative and quantitative analysis of views, voices and experiences of children, young people and their families in relation to child health topics. Reviewing engagement raw data, you will analyse, code and theme, using thematic analysis, grounded theory or other relevant approaches. You will also ensure all engagement data collection activity by the team are appropriately rigorous, ethical and of value.
Taking responsibility for performing literature searches and the production of reviews of the literature to support the delivery of engagement projects, you will critically review reports produced by peers, academics and other agencies to triangulate children and young people engagement data.
Reporting to the Head of Children, Young People & Engagement, this is a varied role in which you will support the wider engagement team in how to collect and collate data for review as well as developing a system for managing out voice data.
Degree qualified or with relevant equivalent experience in a social or medical science, statistics, or other research discipline, you should have experience of producing and presenting high quality written reports, documentation and promotional information suitable for a range of audiences.
With a background of working with Nvivo and Microsoft Excel for cleaning, aggregating, coding and merging data, as well as producing thematic and trend analysis, you should have experience of analysing mixed datasets including carrying out literature reviews, and applying appropriate advanced methodologies that are ethical, robust and validated.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with a demonstrable ability to understand and discuss complex issues around child health and health related statistics are essential.
An understanding of governance systems and document control along with a background of working in direct delivery teams, supporting those who work with children and young people, would be desirable.
The Research Assistant role offers the opportunity to work closely with those in the field of child and youth engagement, youth volunteering and children’s rights. In this role you will start to gain knowledge of children’s rights and what matters to children and young people within child health by actively participating in the Children and Young People’s Engagement Team’s programme of activities, helping us achieve our aims.
This role is offered as either a six month fixed-term contract for full-time hours, or as a part-time fixed-term contract until 31 August 2025.
The Children and Young People’s Engagement Team undertakes a varied programme of work in supporting under 25s, parents and carers to get actively involved in the work of RCPCH, using youth work and social action approaches.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health sets and maintains standards for the education and training of all doctors working in paediatrics and child health in the UK. We advocate on child health issues at home and internationally. Additionally, through a variety of activities, the College influences the quality of medical practice for children in hospital and in the community.
The RCPCH has more than 23,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate and Lead, are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other, strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work.
The RCPCH wants to represent all the communities we serve. Appointment will be made solely on merit. However, the College is particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, and/or candidates with a disability who are currently under-represented at this level of the organisation.
The College operates a flexible and modern working policy, whereby our colleagues work in the office for a minimum of 40% over a 4 week cycle and the remainder from home.
The College will require a full Disclosure Barring Service Check to be undertaken for this role. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Closing date: 6 November 2024
Interviews: 19 November 2024
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health advocates on child health issues at home and internationally.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Contract: Permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,011 - £27,047 per annum
Location: Sheffield, S7 2PY
Closing date: Sunday 10 November 2024
Interview date: 19 & 20 November 2024
We're recruiting an Assistant Manager – Offsite Services to lead and streamline our home-based pet operations. In this role, you'll ensure that every pet finds the perfect match with their new family as quickly as possible, while maintaining top-quality care for both our pets and clients throughout the entire adoption journey. Join us in making a difference, one pet at a time!
More about the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Blue Cross and lead a dedicated team at our Sheffield rehoming, advice, and behaviour unit, located just a short drive from the stunning Peak District. Our proactive team is committed to helping the local community in various ways, from supporting people and pets in need through our food bank to offering rehoming services for a wide range of pets.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring exceptional care for both pets and clients while making well-connected, efficient decisions that prioritise pet welfare. As the leader of our home-based pet operations, you’ll oversee the smooth running of daily activities, acting as the subject matter expert in practical animal handling and assessment. Your goal will be to prepare pets for adoption as quickly and effectively as possible. You’ll work closely with your team to ensure timely pet assessments, behaviour management, and training, while providing full support to foster carers.
You’ll also be responsible for achieving pet-related targets, ensuring your team of Pet Welfare Assistants maintains the highest standards of animal care and adheres to national processes in case management. Since we don’t have cattery or kennel facilities, innovation and teamwork are essential to address the most urgent cases effectively.
Motivating and managing your team is central to this role, enabling the centre to provide top-quality home-based pet care while helping your team develop professionally.
This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week, including weekends and bank holidays.
About you
You’ll be a great people manager, bringing finely honed skills from your experience in an animal-related environment, along with expert knowledge of pet welfare and care.
As a dynamic and innovative leader, you know how to inspire and motivate your team, driving continuous improvement. You’ll lead a team of Pet Welfare Assistants, empowering them through effective management and coaching.
With excellent communication skills, you adapt your approach for different audiences, ensuring your message resonates. While juggling multiple tasks, you remain calm and organised, making confident decisions in high-pressure situations.
Your strong analytical skills enable you to monitor and evaluate effectively, implementing meaningful improvements. Rather than resting on your laurels, you’ll have a genuine desire to enhance onsite facilities and services, actively engaging your team in the process.
Having worked in emotionally charged environments, you understand the importance of resilience and have excellent “bounce-back ability.” Your emotional intelligence and empathy will shine as you support your team and the public, creating a compassionate and effective workplace.
Knowledge, skills, and experience
- Significant experience in managing a team.
- Significant experience in delivering high level Customer service in a fast-paced environment.
- Significant subject matter expertise and application of pet welfare and handline of domestic animals
- High standard of verbal and written communication.
- Current full driving licence
- The ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our Blue Cross values
It would be great (but not essential) if you also had:
- Performance management and improvement experience.
- Experience working with volunteers.
- Understanding of safeguarding issues.
Want to know more detail? Great! We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.
How to apply
Please visit our website, click the apply button and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 10 November 2024.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Job Benefits
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.
In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.
Our generous benefits package includes:
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement: 30 days plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
- Health cash plan
- Life assurance
- Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
- Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
- Free access to GP via MetLife
- Recognition scheme Annual volunteer days
- Claim for professional fees
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.
About Blue Cross
Blue Cross is a national charity that has been helping sick, injured and homeless pets since 1897.
Every month we help thousands of pets and their people by providing veterinary care, expert behaviour advice and find homeless pets loving families. We also offer education for future generations plus pet bereavement support for those who have lost their beloved pet companion.
We love the ways that pets can make such an amazing difference to the people they live with and we offer lifelong support and advice to help that unique relationship thrive. With your support we can give back to more pets and their families who need our help.
Pets change lives. We change theirs.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
We believe that every pet should enjoy a healthy life in a happy home, and we always seek to recruit the best people who share our values and commitment so we can continue to help and support pet owners across the UK to achieve this.
At Blue Cross, we want you to feel that you belong, without the need to hide any part of who you are.
Diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross means creating a workplace where all people, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nation or country of origin, disability, age, and socioeconomic backgrounds are welcome, respected, supported, and have access to equal opportunities.
We are working hard to reflect the world we live in and the communities we serve at every level of our organisation. As much as we have made positive advances, we consider diversity and inclusion to be a work in progress – a continual commitment that remains a priority for all of us.
If you would like to talk to us about any reasonable adjustments or changes to our recruitment process to support you to be your best, then please get in touch.
Our values
Our values define the way we do things. We use them every day to guide us, and to make sure we put people and pets at the heart of everything we do.
Compassionate: We listen, we are non-judgmental, we are kind and caring to the pets and people we encounter, and we offer support in difficult times
Courageous: We make brave decisions, embrace change, and encourage innovation, ensuring we always act with integrity – doing the right thing even when no one is looking
Inclusive: We value all our relationships and work in an open and positive culture where we celebrate our diverse talents and empower you to be you
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
We are recruiting a Team Lead (Horticultural Services) to lead the team at the Stud Nursery in Home Park, Hampton Court in providing a social enterprise and training resource for people to learn and develop skills, confidence and friendships.
Who we are
At Balance we are committed to empowering those we support to build independent, fulfilled and self-confident lives. We work hard to ensure our charitable values are central to the professional experience of those who work for us, with us and who benefit from our services.
About this post
We have a new role for a Team Lead (Horticultural Services). You will be creative and independent thinker, with excellent management skills, who is able to support and empower the staff and volunteers at the Stud Nursery to create a welcoming and supportive environment for adults living with learning disabilities.
You are someone:
- Shares our values of professionalism, recognition, independence, empowerment, partnership and sustainability
- Understands the value of volunteering and user participation in a building community based organisation
- Actively support and promote the charity's objectives across its core boroughs and contractual partnerships
Benefits in working for us
The charity ensure the following benefits for all its operational staff:
- A baseline commitment to pay London living wage for all its front line staff.
- A commitment to training and professional development to support internal progression as part of our performance support.
- Inclusion in and contribution to the charity's pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days a year plus an additional day off for your birthday
- Access to a range of discount schemes
- Access to the charity's employee assistance programme
- Access to travel card loan and bike to work scheme
Critical Values in the delivery of this role
- To assess, plan and develop the wider multi–disciplinary use of the Stud as a community garden and ecologically sustainable resource by using the value of sustainability.
- Work with the Service Development Manager to maximise the value of partnership and the opportunities on site guaranteeing its development as a social enterprise and local training resource for people with a range of disabilities and enduring mental health support needs.
- Employ the values of professionalism and staff recognition and support staff, volunteers and those working on site to diversify its working environment and increase its revenues through product development, sales, and corporate relationships.
- Work with the Service Development Manager, staff, clients and Stud volunteers to increase access to the site as a community and therapeutic space and encourage the values of empowerment and independence.
Key Responsibilities for this role
- To support the Service Development Manager, Skills and Activities Coordinator, Support Staff and Volunteers in leading the development of the Stud Nursery as a viable social enterprise
- To ensure there is a weekly, monthly and seasonal horticulture plan in place (created in partnership with the Support Workers) which reflects the resources needed for client activities, product sales development and events
- To advise and support the Skills and Activities Coordinator in developing practical skills and/or qualification for people/groups using and supporting the sites development to encourage independence and empowerment
- To mentor and coach those using the sites services to lead and shape the sites programme of development as a sustainable community space and social enterprise.
- Work one Saturday per month, as agreed with the Service Development Manager, to open the nursery to volunteer project gardeners, and as a produce sale point to the local community
- In collaboration with the Skills and Activities Coordinator and Admin Support, to ensure all Health and Safety requirements are met, including site and individual risk assessments, and regularly reviewed to ensure a level of professionalism is being kept at all times
- To manage the Support Workers and Skills and Activities Coordinator, and support the charity’s drive toward values-based recruitment and leadership of its staff, volunteers and those using its services and to ensure staff recognition is held as a core value.
Candidates should ensure their covering letter and cv address the key competences set out in the Person Specification.
Candidates should ensure their covering letter and cv address the key competences set out in the Person Specification.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
The development of services that support the independence of vulnerable people with learning disabilities and/or enduring mental health needs and the
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About Us
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. Since 1979, we have been working with the most influential leaders in business, NGOs and politics to accelerate political action and create transformative policy for a green and prosperous UK.
We are focused on ensuring the UK government rises to the significant environmental leadership challenges of our age and, in doing so, reaps the social and economic benefits that come from an effective UK response to the climate and nature crises.
The Role
In this period of a new government, we have an ambitious programme of events planned under our Political Leadership theme and we are recruiting an events assistant to join us for one year to support the additional work anticipated, as well as assist on Green Alliance’s other core events. This work will significantly involve varied activity under our new one year training programme for the environment sector, Project Boost, which includes retreats, workshops and panel discussions.
You will be an enthusiastic individual who wants to develop their experience in events management. In the early stages of your career, you will be keen to learn and develop skills across a range of event formats.
You will need good interpersonal skills and attention to detail, helping us to maintain our high brand values and reputation amongst senior audiences for excellent, smoothly run, ‘must attend’ events. You will work across teams and will be someone who enjoys multi-tasking and managing a varied workload, at times in a fast paced environment.
Position in the organisation
This role is part of Green Alliance’s communications team. The communications team includes the head of communications, events and engagement manager, the senior press officer, and the communications officer. The events assistant will report to the events and engagement manager and work closely with the politics team.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Event assistance
− Help with logistics and administration in advance of events, including badge making, researching venues, invitation tracking and document circulation.
− Assist in gathering and compiling details for speaker briefings.
− Organise important logistics such as organising event materials, printing and travel.
− Assist onsite at events, for example with registration, venue liaison and managing Q&A mics.
Contact management assistance
− Assist with uploading attendee information to the database.
− Assist with database management, keeping contact lists regularly updated.
Other
− Participate in all-staff planning and training sessions.
− Any task which may be reasonably requested to be undertaken within the scope of this post.
Person specification
Knowledge & experience
Essential:
− Previous experience in assisting on events.
− Excellent multi-tasking skills and experience with managing a varied workload
− A high standard of written English.
− An understanding of good communications principles.
− Excellent interpersonal skills.
− Excellent attention to detail.
− Ability to act on own initiative and exercise sound judgment.
− Good organisational skills and time management.
− Flexible team worker.
Desirable:
− Interest in and understanding of environmental issues.
− Experience of working in an office.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Sightsavers is looking for an HR Administrator to join our busy HR Operations team
Salary: £23,000 - £25,000 depending upon experience
Location: UK remote - with monthly travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Contract: 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
We are looking for an HR Administrator to help us ensure that all administrative and transactional support is provided to the highest standard, to meet the operational needs of our global organisation.
The HR Administrator will be responsible for maintaining and updating data in the HR Information System and resolving service desk requests and enquiries from managers and employees. There is also the opportunity to assist on specific project work within the HR Operations Team relating to HR systems, legislative changes, processes and procedures.
Key duties will include:
- Inputting changes to employee records including new starters, leavers, absence, and contract extensions.
- Helping employees use HR systems, assisting with login, navigation and user queries.
- Support with the development of HR systems, assisting with testing and feedback as needed.
- Setting up new employees on our HR information system (HRIS)
- Offboarding tasks, including HRIS administration, paperwork and payroll notification.
- Drafting consultancy contracts
- Providing timely, first line support to employees and managers in response to queries and request submitted via the Service Desk, escalating as necessary
- Supporting ongoing team activities
This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing HR Assistant experience within a fast-paced international organisation. To succeed in this role you will need:
- Proven experience in a HR Assistant or similar role (Essential)
- Ideally experience within a global or complex organisation
- Demonstrable planning and prioritising skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking and delivering to deadlines
- Knowledge of HR systems and intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft systems such as Excel, Word and SharePoint
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
- A commitment to equality of opportunity
For contractual reasons, the successful candidate MUST be based in the UK with ongoing Right to Work in the UK. Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit. This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
Next steps:
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) on a monthly basis – probably a Tuesday.
Remote interviews will take place on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November and the evaluation process may include a role-typical task. We would like the successful candidate to be available to start in January 2025.
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For over 900 years Tewkesbury Abbey has stood as a spiritual, cultural and heritage resource for the town, region and nation. We are now investing to double visitor numbers and to safeguard this heritage for future generations.
As Head of Marketing and Events you will play a key role in shaping and delivering these plans. As the first tranche of our new investment, you will be in at the ground floor and will oversee the growth of your marketing team, as we deliver on these plans. This is a unique opportunity for a creative marketing professional. The successful candidate will be a flexible team player who is looking for an exciting new challenge and the opportunity to shape the next chapter in the life of the Abbey.
Deadline for applications: 9am Friday 15th November 2024
Interviews: Monday 25th November 2024
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Executive Assistant
Location: King's Cross, London N1C
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: Circa £35,000
Who are we?
Art Fund is the UK’s national fundraising charity for art. We give grants to help museums, galleries, historic houses and public arts organisations to acquire objects for their collections, to share them with as many people as possible, and to support research and training for museum professionals. We are supported by our growing membership of 135,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many individuals, trusts and foundations.
The role
At Art Fund, the role of Executive Assistant sits at the very centre of the organisation. Your primary focus is the administrative support of the Director through complex diary management and managing a busy inbox; but the role also encapsulates organising staff social, information sharing and learning events, collaborating with departments on projects, providing administrative support to the Senior Management Team in their weekly meetings and supporting the Governance Manager with the planning and delivery of Board meetings.
At its core, this role is administration based and in support of the Director of Art Fund. The Director is in frequent contact with Art Fund’s stakeholders, Directors across the culture sector, as well as individuals from Local Authority and Government. The Director’s time is therefore finely balanced between internal and external meetings, so you need to be confident in using Outlook, with a keen eye for detail and excellent communication skills. Working alongside the Director to prioritise meetings and workload, this is a role which requires collaborative working, and you will work closely with both your colleagues and the Director to ensure that their time is efficiently and effectively used.
This role interacts across all departments, and with all the staff of Art Fund; you will be confident, practical, approachable and highly organised. You’ll be helping with the occasional largescale communications across the sector on behalf of the Director; managing deadlines for articles from the Director for our Art Quarterly publication and Annual Report; helping to support on events including Museum of the Year and the annual Trustees Dinner, and generally embedding yourself within the organisation as one of the team.
Key Employee Benefits
- Generous annual leave – 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, with additional non-contractual office closure dates at Christmas and an additional day in August.
- Free National Art Pass (NAP) – for yourself and another person of your choice.
- Art time – a half day per month to visit museums and galleries.
- Life Assurance – cover for up to three times your basic salary.
- Season Ticket Loan
- Healthcare cash back plan and wellbeing app
- Pensions – Eligible employees are enrolled into the scheme with the exception of those who have contracts of three months or less. Art Fund contributes 8% of the basic annual salary during the first six months of employment or until probation is successfully completed, whichever is the later. At that point the contribution is increased to 10%.
This post is London-based. The position is based in our office in Granary Square. We can offer occasional homeworking, however regular presence in the office will be required for this role and is dependent on the Director’s diary.
Closing deadline: 23.59 on 3 November 2024.
We will be shortlisting on a rolling basis, so the role may close early.
Please expect first stage interviews to be online, w/c 4 November.
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.
We are committed to building our team and trustees from the broad range of backgrounds and experiences across the UK, valuing difference and diversity, and building a workplace based on shared values of equality and mutual respect.
We have ambitious plans for the future and will be holding ourselves to account and putting our principles into action, as we all work together to help bring about positive change and a fairer future for everyone. We therefore want to encourage applications from all races, ages, religions and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with any kind of disabilities and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our organisation.
Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.
No agencies please.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Vacancy Reference Number:
EADDP/PROG/UK-R1
Position title:
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Programmes
Reports to:
Deputy Director of Programmes
Location:
Muslim Hands, 148 – 164 Gregory Boulevard, Gregory House, Nottingham, NG7 5JE
Hours of Work:
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary guideline:
(Up to) £32,000.00 per annum (commensurate with experience)
Terms of Employment:
12-Months’ Fixed-Term Contract (subject to successfully completing a 6-Month Probationary Period, Contract is extendable and renewable subject to performance)
Application Process & Closing Date:
Please send an introductory email detailing why feel you are most suitable for the role along with your up-to-date CV by no later than 4th November 2024.
Ensure the Vacancy Reference Code is added within the Subject line of the Application Email.
Approx. Interview & Role Commencement Date(s):
Interviews: ASAP – as and when we find a suitable applicant
Start: ASAP thereafter
Note: Strong Applicants may be contacted sooner, ahead of the closing date, to hold an Online Interview with Muslim Hands; therefore, please familiarise yourself with ZOOM, Team Link, MS Teams, and Skype post successful submission of your application.
Job Summary:
The Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Programmes will provide high-level administrative support, ensuring the efficient operation of the office and supporting the Deputy Director in managing their workload. This role requires a proactive individual with excellent organisational, communication, and multitasking skills, capable of handling sensitive information with discretion and professionalism. The Executive Assistant will act as a key liaison between the Deputy Director, internal departments, and external stakeholders, contributing to the overall effectiveness and impact of the Programmes Department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administrative Support:
- Manage the Deputy Director’s diary, schedule meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements.
- Prepare and organise meeting agendas, take minutes, and follow up on action items.
- Draft, edit, and proofread correspondence, reports, presentations, and other documents on behalf of the Deputy Director.
- Handle incoming communications (emails, calls, etc.) and respond or redirect as appropriate.
- Project Coordination:
- Assist in the coordination of projects and initiatives led by the Deputy Director, including tracking progress, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Conduct research and compile data to support project planning and decision-making.
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure seamless execution of cross-functional projects.
- Maintain and update project documentation and files.
- Liaison and Communication:
- Serve as the primary point of contact between the Deputy Director and internal/external stakeholders.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between the Deputy Director and team members, ensuring information is accurately conveyed and deadlines are met.
- Represent the Deputy Director in meetings or events when necessary.
- Office Management:
- Organise and maintain the Deputy Director’s office, ensuring it is well-equipped and efficient.
- Manage office supplies, equipment, and budget as needed.
- Coordinate with IT and other support services to ensure the Deputy Director has the necessary tools and resources.
- Event and Meeting Coordination:
- Plan and organise departmental meetings, workshops, and events, including logistics, catering, and materials preparation.
- Assist in the preparation of presentations, speeches, and other materials for events or conferences.
- Ensure all event and meeting details are flawlessly executed.
- Confidentiality and Discretion:
- Handle sensitive information with the utmost confidentiality.
- Manage the Deputy Director’s files and records, ensuring secure storage and easy retrieval.
- Adhere to organisational policies regarding data protection and privacy.
- Personal Assistance:
- Provide occasional personal assistance to the Deputy Director as needed, including managing personal appointments or tasks.
- Assist with ad-hoc tasks and projects as required by the Deputy Director.
- Other:
- To demonstrate Muslim Hands’ values and ethics in own working practices, approach and conduct
- To support with Fundraising activities from time-to-time, committing to partake in approximately 5-Live-TV-Appeals during our peak periods.
- To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by Line Manager
- To promote and adhere to all Muslim Hands Policies, Procedures and Professional Practices
- NB: This Job Description is illustrative and non-exhaustive in scope. The post-holder may be required to undertake any reasonable tasks as and when required by Line Manager from time to time to reflect the changing needs of the Organisation.
Qualifications:
- Education: A bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, or a related field is preferred.
- Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in an executive assistant or senior administrative role.
- Experience in a non-profit or international development organisation is advantageous.
- Skills:
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential information.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with a diverse range of people.
- High level of professionalism and attention to detail.
Key Competencies:
- Proactivity: Ability to anticipate needs and take initiative without waiting for direction.
- Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify solutions and implement them effectively.
- Team Collaboration: Able to work well independently and as part of a team, fostering positive working relationships.
Additional Requirements:
- Travel: Occasional travel may be required for meetings or events.
- Flexibility: Willingness to work outside of normal business hours when necessary:
- Ability to demonstrate current eligibility to work within the United Kingdom
- Must be able to either:
- Provide a valid Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate (issued within the last year) when requested by Muslim Hands; OR
- Undertake to provide full cooperation for Muslim Hands to perform a DBS Check at the required level appropriate for this / similar role.
Deadline for applications is 4th November 2024 however Muslim Hands reserves the right to end the application procedure early should the right candidate(s) be found.
NB: Unfortunately, we will only be able to contact successful candidates so if you have not heard from us by the closure date unfortunately your application will have been unsuccessful.
Other Information:
Muslim Hands is a UK based international relief organisation working in over 40 countries worldwide. The Head Office in Nottingham and a fundraising team in Whitechapel London; occasional travel between the two locations. Muslim Hands UK is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team during an exciting period of growth and change as we have ambitious plans to grow our activities by 2030.
Muslim Hands is an NGO that is at the forefront of delivering live saving aid and emergency relief to those who need it most, as well as building long term solutions that help the needy and impoverished worldwide.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Part - Time Executive Assistant (Remote)
The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a Part - Time Executive Assistant (Remote) to join their team in Colombia. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.
This role supports the Executive Director of Breathe Cities. As the Executive Assistant (EA), working alongside the Senior Executive Assistant and Support Manager, and CEO Office team, this role ensures the Director and their teams are supported to work efficiently and effectively and that team projects are facilitated to run smoothly. It’s a role at the heart of a fast-moving organisation and offers an opportunity for hands-on work on projects combatting air pollution. Among the tasks is supporting the preparation for our Governance, including Committee meetings.
The EA is responsible for diary management, which includes a lot of complex international travel and coordinating the preparations for high-profile international events. The post holder manages the Executive’s emails to ensure that they give their attention to organisational priorities – both internal and external.
This position provides support on key team projects, internal and external events, and team engagement which require organizational and administrative input for success. There is scope for initiative, taking on the organisation of convenings, surveys and small conferences.
To be successful in this role you will have …
- Previous relevant experience, working for senior executives in a busy and complex environment; including diary management, agenda setting, minute taking, support with meeting logistics (online and in person), drafting communications.
- Experience managing international travel bookings.
- Strong interpersonal skills: engages with others to get the best out of them; works well as part of a team.
- Professional, sound independent judgment, strong organisational and project management skills and the ability to be flexible as priorities and needs change.
- Evidence of capacity to work in range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness.
- Ability to work unsupervised, a motivated self-starter, with strong problem solving and multi-tasking skills.
- Proficient in all areas of Microsoft. Must possess strong Word, PowerPoint, Excel and typing skills; ability to learn new packages, when required.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Numerate, with a good understanding of basic budget processes.
- Fluent in English and Spanish, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification please see the job description
- Closing date – 28th October, 2024
- Salary – The annual gross salary ranges from COP 65,772,058 to COP 72,124,397. Please note that the final salary will be pro-rated based on the number of hours to be worked. The advertised amount represents the full monthly salary for a full-time role.
- Type of employment - One year fixed term contract
- This is a remote role but applicants must be based in Colombia and have the right to work there.
As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes them unique. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps we can take to ensure that the recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We work with governments, funders, businesses and campaigners to deliver clean air for all as fast as possible.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
A great opportunity to join a sight loss charity, as their new part-time Communications Assistant, supporting the Head of Communications, Marketing and Income on a range of tasks. If you are pro-active, confident building relationships, speaking on the phone, and writing for different digital channels, I would love to hear from you. The role is mostly remote, with 1 day a week in the office in Maidstone, Kent, with flexible working styles available.
Joining at an exciting time, with a new CEO, the charity is embarking on a new transformation strategy, including a charity re-brand and new website. This could be a great place to develop, and gain skills in the accessibility sector.
Communications Assistant key responsibilities:
- Managing and scheduling content for the charity’s social media channels
- Case studies- talk to and capture stories from beneficiaries
- Input, update and maintain accurate data records
- Assist with writing and distribution of fundraising communications
- Provide an excellent service to their donors and supports, through phone calls, emails and by post.
- Produce reports and manage campaign data
Joining a small charity, the team are supportive, passionate, engaging and excited to grow their team.
- Part-time, 21 hours, ideally over 3 days (with flexible working styles)
- Permanent
- Remote, with 1 day a week in Maidstone, Kent, sometimes London if easier for you.
- Salary £25,000 pro-rata’d. Actual salary £14,583 for 21 hours per week.
To find out more, or ask any questions, please apply now. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
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The Conservative Party are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to search for a permanent Accounts Receivable Assistant position.
Reporting into the Financial Controller, the main objective of the Accounts Receivable Assistant is to reinforce strong financial controls and careful management of the Party’s income. This role is ideally suited to someone with some experience in finance or accounts looking to step up or someone who has worked within a conference and events environment in a similar administrative role looking to transition into finance.
Duties will include:
- Coordinating and processing the day-to-day funds raised by the Treasurer’s team in our accounts package Access Financials and donor CRM (Raisers Edge).
- Coordinating and accounting for transactions processed through digital payment solutions.
- Support direct mail fundraising, coordinating the processing of responses and receipts.
- Work closely with these teams to process charges generated from their databases and ensure invoices are raised accurately and in a timely fashion.
- Ensure cash receipts are posted to the appropriate accounts and the appropriate VAT treatment applied.
- Support the account management of key clients; to ensure the booking and billing process is smooth and their commercial experience is seamless.
- Preparation of daily Treasurer’s cash report and weekly income reports for distribution to stakeholders.
- Manage aged debtor balances and the receivables ledger, ensuring that strict procedures are followed to mitigate bad debt through structured debt collection procedures.
- Complete month-end/year-end closure procedures including monthly bank reconciliations.
This position will be based at the Conservative Party’s central Leeds office and requires four days per week of working from their office. Applications will be reviewed on a daily basis, with first stage interviews being held on the 6th and 7th of November. You will join a supportive and friendly team and benefit from generous employee benefits including study support!
Essential Criteria:
- A commitment to gaining CIMA / ACCA or a similar finance qualification is essential for this role – study support will be provided!
- Previous experience in accounts and/or finance team or equivalent income generation administrative role within an operations team (ideally having completed the Foundation Stage of a formal finance qualification but this is not essential)
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both oral and written
- Exceptional organisational and administrative skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines
- A strong work ethic and willingness to take ownership for wide-ranging responsibilities
- Detail orientated, great numeracy skills and experience using Excel
Please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
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Full time, Permanent
Hybrid - Whitechapel, London (2 days per week in office)
Closing on 4th of November 2024 at 9AM
The Role
As B Lab UK’s Marketing Assistant, you'll be a key collaborator in our small and dynamic marketing team. You will be working closely with the Marketing Manager to execute and enhance our marketing strategy. Your work will help create a brilliant user experience, thereby driving one of our key objectives, to nurture continued buy-in for our movement and work towards delivering our theory of change. You are data-driven, have a passion for copy, enjoy learning new platforms, and have a passion for small changes in work driving change to create impact.
Responsibilities will include
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Support the Marketing Manager to deliver the marketing strategy, through executing marketing activities, from e-newsletters to product launches.
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Contribute to the monitoring and optimisation of Google Ads, ensuring that ad copy is aligned with our brand guidelines and tailored to our audiences
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Draft audience profiles, aligning with key personas, to inform and guide copywriting efforts across paid media campaigns.
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Create compelling copy for user-facing channels including the website and newsletters to develop new and existing buy-in for the movement.
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Work with the Marketing Manager in fulfilling website content requests and ensure consistency in messaging.
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Utilise copywriting skills to refine messaging and communication strategies based on data-driven results.
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Assist the Marketing Manager to update the website with copy and images to create a visually engaging website
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Work with the Marketing Manager to execute campaigns and product launches (B Corp month, training products, lead generation campaigns) where needed with paid media and email marketing.
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Facilitate the execution of the SEO strategy to ensure B Lab UK’s website maintains a high SEO ranking.
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Helping to produce and review content and resources with sustainable best practices to improve user experiences.
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Assist in monitoring marketing KPIs, contributing actionable ideas to improve performance.
Skills and Experience
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Some familiarity with systems such as Umbraco, Pardot, Salesforce, and Google Analytics is a huge plus but not essential and can be learnt in the role
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Numerate and data-driven, able to see trends in data
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A strong communicator, able to write and proofread highly engaging copy to deliver our work
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Attention to detail
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Organisation
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Collaboration
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Analytical
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Managing multiple priorities
Eligible to work in the UK (we will not be able to provide visa sponsorship)
What we give you
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Purpose driven work enabling B Lab UK’s mission of redefining the role of business as a force for good
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Hybrid and flexible working, we have a high trust environment and are advocates for right place working
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Hybrid working (min 1/2 days per week in office)
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Flexible working hours (based around core working hours)
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Opportunity to work 4 days a week
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
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1 additional annual leave day (pro-rata for part-time staff) for each complete annual year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days
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Our office is closed between Christmas and New Year, no need to take extra holiday!
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Private Medical and Dental cover
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£200 per annum tax free Annual Wellbeing allowance and Employee Assistance Programme
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2 paid volunteer days per year
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Enhanced Parental Leave and family friendly policies, including carers leave
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Learning and Development opportunities
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Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Income Protection policy
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Working in a flexible office workspace
Registered Charity
21 - 50
B Lab is the non-profit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.