Are you passionate about dogs and cats? Our people and animals make Battersea a great place to work. Your expertise will help increase our impact for dogs and cats everywhere.
About us
Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 150 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals. We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.
About the role
This exciting and impactful role will work directly with the Director of Human Resources and the new Head of Human Resources. You will provide operational leadership to the L&D team to ensure their professional, proactive and responsive development and delivery of impactful L&D programmes and activities which meet our strategic and operational organisational priorities. You will lead on key initiatives including the development of our leadership expertise, and the development, implementation and embedding of our new LMS and E-learning programmes to facilitate more impactful and accessible learning for Battersea staff, volunteers and Academy participants. You will have a key role in supporting the HR Director with the development and implementation of Battersea’s new People Strategy and will be an active and valued member of Battersea’s organisation-wide Senior Management Group, ensuring strong and effective relationships and joint working with senior colleagues and their teams.
Our L&D Team
The Learning and Development team form part of Battersea’s Human Resources department which provides expert consultation, advice, guidance and support through partnership with managers, teams and people across the organisation. Battersea is way ahead of the sector when it comes to employee engagement – and our department works hard to keep us there. The Learning and Development Team provide organisational, team and individual learning solutions, supporting the organisation and departments to achieve their strategic objectives, enabling our people to develop the skills and expertise they need to be the best they can be, and works with the Battersea Academy which trains animal welfare practitioners from the UK and internationally.
What we can offer you
Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£120), optical (£120), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£300) every year
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Life insurance
So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.
For full details, including our job applicant privacy notice, please download our recruitment pack. You can apply by visiting our online application portal. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised.
Following a review of our teams at Church House, we are in the process of implementing change across a number of our departments. These changes include our Communities team. Going forward, the team will have an increased focus on parish-based social enterprise and on building new roles within the Department to support wider strategic activities. We are seeking a Head of Communities to be accountable for continuing the development and implementation of a strategy that will support churches, schools and chaplaincies in delivering Goal 6 “Cultivating Community Partnerships” within the context of the wider vision of the Diocese “Transforming Church Transforming Lives”.
The successful applicant will be accountable for developing and overseeing the provision of tools, consultancy services and signposting of resources that support churches and schools to develop their community engagement in line with needs identified through the parish needs process. This will include tendering and managing grant funded services and partnerships where these are currently offered and resourcing the establishment of Social Enterprises.
This person will also be accountable for developing productive partnerships with civic stakeholders and the wider voluntary, community and faith sector, ensuring we are well-informed of the needs of our communities across our diocese, and able to bring a Christian voice and support to decision makers engaged in addressing them.
Please apply with an application form by the closing date. Please note that applications received without an application form will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and is at the heart of all that we do. We are on a journey, taking all possible steps to ensure that our churches and worshipping communities are truly a place where all are safe and can flourish.
The Diocesan Safeguarding team plays a key role in promoting a culture of safeguarding across the Diocese of Guildford through our communications, management of incidents and cases, training and DBS activity.
We are seeking a Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor to join our team. The primary purpose of the role is to advise on safeguarding issues, cases and incidents, ensuring that all advice is in line with the law, government guidance and the Church of England safeguarding policies and practice guidance.
The role is a busy and varied one, in which every day is different. It is for 28 hours per week with some out of hours support and will require travelling around the diocese to support parishes and their teams.
If you have extensive safeguarding experience and a passion to join us in our journey to promote a safe environment for all, we welcome an application from you.
For a full job description, person specification, and details of how to apply (via our application form), please download our application pack attached.
Could you help make Olive Academies a supportive and positive place to work for all employees?
Do you share our determination to give the most vulnerable children and young people the best chances to succeed and thrive?
Our network of academies is growing and we need an experienced HR Manager to work closely with our senior leaders, to ensure we recruit the best people and provide the best support to all our staff.
Experience of working with schools or with an organisation which works with children and young people is desirable for this role but is not essential.
Location: Hornchurch, Havering (with some travel to our academies in East London and East of England)
Salary: Actual salary is £40524 – £50,611 (depending on experience) + wellbeing benefits package + option of entering into the generous local government pension scheme + great holiday entitlement.
Contract: Full-time. Term Time Only + 4 weeks (salary listed is for 43 weeks). Flexible working hours can be offered.
Closing date: Friday 20 March 2020 (9am)
Please apply using the recruitment pack and application form on our website.
PLEASE NOTE WE CAN NOT ACCEPT CVs.
Send your completed OA application form to Natasha Prinsloo by Friday 20 March 2020 (9am). Email address can be found in the recruitment pack.
The role
You will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of Olive Academies’ HR and recruitment function – taking the lead on the delivery of our HR policies, procedures and HR administration; advising our CEO, headteachers and small team of academy based HR Coordinators.
A crucial part of this role will be ensuring that robust safeguarding and safer recruitment procedures are delivered across our organisation and in line with current Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
Key duties:
- Manage the delivery of a compliant, professional HR function.
- Ensure that Olive Academies is operating within a legally robust HR policy and procedural framework that is fit for purpose.
- Provide accurate and timely professional advice and clear recommendations for action in all aspects of HR policy and practice.
You can find out more information about Olive Academies and download a recruitment pack on our website.
About Olive Academies:
Olive Academies leads a network of three alternative provision academies in London and the east of England which support pupils aged between 7 and 16 who have been permanently excluded from a mainstream school and those who have medical needs.
Our aim is to transform the lives of children and young people for whom traditional teaching methods have not worked. At Olive Academies we ensure that young people can reach their potential in a supportive, inclusive and nurturing environment.
We can offer you:
– access to a range of employee benefits to support health and wellbeing including Cycle Scheme, PerkBox, MyGym, Employee Assistance Programme and more
- high quality CPD, leadership coaching and opportunities for career progression
– a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). We are an organisation that is open to flexible working patterns.
- the chance to join a pioneering network of academies which is values driven and has children at the centre of everything we do.
Olive Academies leads a pioneering network of alternative provision academies for children and young people. Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our mission is to support 87 Church of England schools throughout Suffolk. We are looking for an experienced professional with senior primary leadership experience to join our team. The role involves providing a range of support to headteachers and governors. Based in Ipswich, but with travel throughout Suffolk, this post is rewarding and varied.
21 hours per week 0.6 FTE
£33,077 pa (FTE £55,013)
For an application form, job description and further details, please see our website
Closing date: Monday 2 March 2020
Interview date: Monday 23 March 2020
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking an interim Head of Communities (for a period of around 3 months) who can support the delivery of changes arising following a review of our teams at Church House. This role is on a part time (0.8FTE), temporary basis as we recruit a permanent new part-time Head for the reshaped team. We envisage that the permanent Head of Communities will be on a 0.5 FTE basis.
The successful individual must be able to lead and manage the Communities team through the change and reshaping of services, lead the engagement with service providers to ensure that SLAs and the service provision transition aligns with the changes and commence the development of resources and approach that supports social action and social enterprise in our parishes.
A full job description and person specification is available in the application pack / on our website. Please note that in order to be considered for this position you will need to complete the application form and submit a covering letter. A CV will not be accepted as an application.
Good luck in your application!
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 4 March 2020.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a talented Funding Manager to join our grants and research team. This new role is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in research funding and grant management within a grant making organisation but who is ready to broaden their horizons beyond traditional research grant management.
This is a highly collaborative and strategic focused role that will require the post-holder to work independently and confidently. You will manage a diverse and growing portfolio of research and non-research grants through the entire grants management life cycle, from pre- to post award, in line with AMRC principles. This role will also include responsibility for managing the grant making programmes, the monitoring of progress of projects, reporting on the outcomes and impact through various communication channels and developing important relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
About you
You will have a research background together with demonstrable research funding management experience within a grant making organisation, have a keen interest to build on this expertise and ambition to advance your career in this field. You will have high attention to detail and be effective in managing a diverse workload.
Specifically, you will have:
- An advanced degree in biomedical sciences or equivalent work experience in a relevant scientific discipline
- Research grants management experience in the grant making sector
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish good working relationships
About the team
This role is within the grants and research team who are responsible for ensuring the charity has robust grant making mechanisms to determine best use of charitable funding together with monitoring and evaluating projects and programmes funded by Moorfields Eye Charity. Over the last four years charitable support, through our grant programmes, has supported over 250 projects and initiatives with £14 million in funding.
About the charity
Moorfields Eye Charity is the main grant making and fundraising charity for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its academic partner, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
We are in the early stages of a major capital campaign. Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University College London (UCL) and Moorfields Eye Charity have a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a state-of-the-art integrated treatment, research and education centre. It will benefit Moorfields’ patients and those with sight problems worldwide.
It will push the boundaries of science, deliver breakthrough treatments to the front line of patient care and revolutionise eye healthcare around the world.
For further information on the role please see attached job description and person specification
Please note only applications including a CV and covering letter will be considered. The covering letter and CV should clearly address your research and grants management experience and why this particular role appeals to you. They should, in total, be no more than three sides of A4.
Please include, at the end of your coverletter, details of where you saw this job advertised. Thank you.
Interviews: 2 - 6 April 2020
Moorfields Eye Charity is the main grant making and fundraising charity for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its academic ... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager working in our Student Development Department. The Student Activities Manager will lead our Activities team in their work supporting student leaders running societies, halls of residence committess and our student media outlets. This is a significant role for someone who'll be excited to be part of the largest Students' Union in the UK. With over 400 societies, 16 halls committees, and three media outlets this role is suited to someone who appreciates the impact that student-led activities can have on the student experience.
The priority will be to create consistency and encourage collaboration between various student groups. The successful candidate will be able to develop and deliver engaging and fulfilling training and support for student leaders.
The role requires someone who is able to offer excellent line management that encourages innovation and drives the high performance of their team. Natural people skills and an ability to influence and inspire is also important.
Placed at the heart of campus, the University of Manchester Students’ Union is the hub of student life. We understand better than anyone ... Read more
As Property Custodian Trustee working two days or four half days per week, in our modern open plan offices, your skills will be key to helping us work with Parishes as they manage their properties, particularly any commercial or legal aspects. The sucessful candidate will also assist the Head of Property and Diocesan Board of Finance with activities relating to investment properties, retired clergy housing, glebe lands and houses.
The Custodian Trustee Administrator is a key member of the property team and will be the main contact for our parishes when they have a legal, commercial or planning issue with their property. You will work closely with our solicitors and other experts to agree appropriate actions that respond to issues raised.
Ideally you will already have a practical understanding of general property issues such as maintenance, buying, selling, leasing and other land transactions.
Previous experience of legal documents, concepts and trusts in addition to maintaining spreadsheets and databases will be essential. This job would suit someone who is familiar with the commercial and / or legal aspects of property management.
Please see the full recruitment pack for details of how to apply for this role and use the application form attached - we look forward to hearing from you soon!