Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

The successful candidate will be an experienced People Operations professional. They will be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of a compliant, customer-focused team who provide operational people services to managers, employees and potential employees.

The directorate is transitioning to a model of Centres of Excellence, Business partnering and People Delivery/Shared Services.  The substantive post holder is seconded into the transformation team and the successful candidate will provide an experienced steadying hand to team management, ensuring business as usual continues, whilst enabling the team to take up opportunities to participate in the transformation work as appropriate and prepare for change. 

The successful candidate will be an experienced people manager, with skills and experiences across the full employee lifecycle and team’s multi-functional remit.  They will also have a focus on customer service, continuous improvement, provision of first line HR and Payroll advice, generating and handling data and preferably will have worked in organisations using the Ulrich model.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Are you looking for a rewarding job where you go home knowing that you have made a real impact on people’s lives?

Reference number: 44369
Title: Operations Manager - Social Care
Location: Barnet & Brent
Salary: Circa £43,200 per annum, (Inc. London Allowance)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent

Sense is looking for a dynamic and solution focused Operations Manager to lead a diverse range of services which provide person-centred support to people who have complex support needs, including people with sensory impairments, autism and learning disabilities.

This role is to cover London and the Home Counties, occasionally supporting across all of our South Region services where necessary.  You will contribute to the growth of Sense's Operational Service across the South working as part of an exceptional team.

About the role

• This role will cover Supported Living, Residential, and Day and Community Support
• The services in are diverse and cover a wide geographic area. The successful applicant will be flexible, able to travel, a good role model, have good leadership qualities and able to listen to the people we support - we work in a co-production model and so the views of families and significant others are important to us.
• This role will challenge, excite and never be dull with all complexities of working for a vibrant values-based organisation, but it will be truly rewarding for the right person.

In return we will offer you

• Bespoke, rewarding career pathways
• The opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment.
• Group Personal Pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement

About you

You could be an experienced social care manager or from a different sector with transferable skills; a social worker, nurse or allied health professional looking for a change of direction and ready for a fresh challenge in a people-centred organisation. 

Essential:

• Passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred services
• Sound knowledge of person centred planning, rota planning, staff management/development and budget management.
• Relish the opportunity to lead a team of service managers who work hard to ensure that the people we support are enabled to live the lives they want.
• A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle

Desirable:

• Understanding of a large charitable organisation
• Experience of leading and managing strategic and operational change
• Experience in contributing to writing successful grant proposals and bids
• Demonstrable experience of effective business planning and delivery of services

About Sense…

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services. For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Closing date: Sunday 14 June 2020
Interview date: As suitable applications are received

TO APPLY
To apply for this role, please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website to apply online.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.

No agency submissions without prior authorisation from Sense, any applications submitted will be treated as our own, as such no fee will be payable.

If you have applied for this position in the last three months your application will not be considered.

Overview

If you are looking to make an impact in a key management position in a fast moving, ambitious organisation, we encourage you to apply for our new vacancy as Operations Manager for Street Child Nigeria. At Street Child, we believe that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. We have programmes in fourteen countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, priding ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places. We have been working in Nigeria since 2017, implementing major humanitarian programmes in the North East in response to the protection and education needs of children affected by the crisis.

We are seeking an excellent Operations Manager to join our management team in Nigeria, taking responsibility for operations, financial oversight, administration, logistics and security procedures across our Street Child Nigeria programmes. The successful candidate will be a strong team player with a demonstrable ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a key eye for detail across multiple areas. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply following the steps outlined below.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Manager (50%)

• Operational management of the Maiduguri office, sub offices, aiming at improving the operations systems
• Responsible for HR related issues including facilitation of programme related recruitment.
• Supervision of procurement process compliance within Street Child and partners
• Ensure that adequate internal control mechanisms are in place 
• Compliance with UN agencies regulations and Nigerian Ministries’ regulations
• Oversee partners compliance and accountability
• Conduct internal and partners spot check as part of transparency and capacity building
• Support in policies review (HR, security, procurement, finance)
• Represent Street Child at Maiduguri level INGO fora

Programme and Finance (50%)

• Ensure adequate mechanisms are in place for budget monitoring and review and minimize significant expenditure variances 
• Ensure Programme Compliance in all processes with support to Head of Programmes
• Ensure adequate mechanisms are in place for budget monitoring and review and minimize significant expenditure variances 
• Supervise Finance manager monthly bank reconciliation & updating of Budget vs. Actual
• Support Proposal development
• Facilitate programme implementation in terms of logistic, finance, admin and security planning
• Ensure the preparation, accuracy and timely submission of financial reports that comply with grant or contract agreements and ensure compliance with Street Child policies and donor funding
• Support worker communication with the management team.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Bachelor degree level or higher

Desirable

• Master’s degree in operations management or related field.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable work experience in in international development
• Demonstrable experience in office leadership and operations, logistics and administrative management roles
• Experience in finance and budgeting
• Staff management experience

Desirable

• Previous experience in emergency context with training on HEIST and Risk management.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills;
• Ability to positively influence others;
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate; 
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Ability to build consensus and relationships among managers, partners, and employees.
• Solid understanding of financial management.

Other

• Able to travel regularly, sometimes in insecure environments

Benefits

Attractive benefits are included – details available on request. Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

How to apply

A completed Application Form should be submitted along with your CV by midnight on Friday 19th June 2020. Please click 'Apply' to access the contact information to submit your application. 

We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. As this role is based in country, appropriate pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

Our Head of Operations, Compliance & Finance role is a new senior management position in the IBD Registry that reflects both our fast growth and increasing maturity. The primary function of this role is the effective management, development and delivery of the key strategic business operations that underpin our work. The wide range of business operations including contracts and performance (grants, clients, suppliers and staff), compliance (data protection, client deliverables reporting, and pharmaceutical industry), staffing (from recruitment onwards) and finance (financial reporting and from budgets, both the main company budget and specific project budgets).  

You will be part of a small and growing and highly collaborative team, reporting directly to and working closely with the CEO.  You will support the CEO with critical operational reporting, in strategic development, taking delegated responsibility for team management and acting as deputy CEO when required.  You will be supported in your work with high-quality advice from our retained specialists in HR, Information Governance, Legal and Accountancy; and operationally within the team by team members who cover the day to day functions including financial and office management, and corporate and healthdata IT.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role you will be a delivery-focused problem-solver, both organised and adaptable, with massive attention to details and a practical hands-on style. You will have senior experience (broadly equivalent to director level) in finance, operations, people and compliance management and be confident and competent working with technical and data projects.  You will have a strong academic qualification record, including postgraduate qualifications in finance or business management. Ideally you will have come from the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, or as an alternative from a highly-regulated sector where both data protection and delivery are critical. You may have gained your experience in a large consultancy or in running a business, in either case, your most important attributes will be your rigour in thinking, readiness to learn and your 'can do’ mindset. Above all, you need to believe in our mission and want to join us to make a difference: our small team makes a big difference in IBD across the UK and this needs to be more than ‘just a job’ for you.

DURING COVID19

All our staff are working from home currently due to COVID-19, and all interviews will be held by video (MS Teams).  We have successfully recruited and onboarded two staff members entirely remotely recentlt, so please don;t be deterred - we know it works!  Please see our Role Pack for full details of the remote interview process.

Department: Science and Innovation

We are seeking a pro-active, innovative individual to take on the role of Groups and Awards Officer within the Science and Innovation department.

The role

This is a rewarding, customer-facing role which has responsibility for organising professional networks for physicists and managing the IOP’s high profile Awards that celebrate excellence in researchers, educators, technicians, apprentices and businesses.

The role is ideal for a dynamic individual who has excellent administrative skills and is able to bring these skills to an organisation that is about making positive change for society in the big challenge areas which include climate, health, AI, energy and big data through the work of the physics community. So, if you’re enthusiastic with a ‘can-do’ attitude, whilst also being meticulous and efficient, then this role is for you.

The role is responsible for delivering a number of services for members and the wider physics community. Responsibilities will include:

• Manage specialist interest groups across physics disciplines, themes and industry sectors – with the aim of engaging and delivering value to all our members.
• Administer the IOP Awards and ensure high quality nominations that are inclusive [in terms of roles, gender, institution, geography, sector and discipline] in order to recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to physics from across the breadth and diversity of our community.
• Ensure members serving on committees are well supported in order to deliver the aims of the committee and that they have a good and rewarding experience in that process.
• Produce briefing papers for senior management and committee chairs including collation and analysis of relevant data to inform discussions and debate.

Further tasks and responsibilities are detailed within the job description.

The Person

We are looking for a team player with prior experience in administration and customer facing roles. As a successful candidate, you will have strong communication and listening skills and have experience in taking minutes and accurately recording meetings. You will also have the flexibility to deal with a wide range of enquiries and the ability to prioritise. The role involves a significant level of contact with Institute members, which requires a high level of diplomacy and tact in order to be able to maintain a good relationship while ensuring that Institute policies and procedures are appropriately followed.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We have an ambitious new corporate strategy and transformation of our digital estate is a high priority. Our newly expanded communications and marketing function will be central to delivering our strategy and plans. We are looking for a superb digital professional to join the team and help develop our digital estate to its full potential.

Working from our new flagship King’s Cross offices, at the heart of the exciting ‘Knowledge Quarter’ our communications and marketing teams will raise awareness and understanding of our ground-breaking education, diversity, science and innovation programmes and help spread the word about physics and its value with the public. This is an exciting time to join IOP.

In addition to a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

For further information on this role, you can download the job description below. 

To apply, please upload your CV via the link below. 

Closing date for applications: 11 June 2020
Interview date: 19 June 2020 (via GoToMeeting)

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer. We request no contact from agencies or media sales.

Help us create a thriving network of rural community businesses across the UK.

Role: Information Hub Manager
Starting salary: c£30,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (35 hpw)
Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire (flexible working would be considered for the right candidate)

Plunkett is a national organisation and has been the leading expert in rural community business for over 100 years. Community businesses are enterprises that are owned and run democratically by members of the community and others, on behalf of the community. Plunkett Foundation currently works with over 600 community businesses and this number is continually growing. They come in many forms - including shops, pubs, woodlands and anything which lends itself to community ownership. In addition to developing and safeguarding valuable assets and services, community businesses address a range of issues including isolation, loneliness, wellbeing, work and training.

We are pleased to announce the vacancy of Information Hub Manager. This is a new full-time role at Plunkett Foundation and will be responsible for linking our grassroots support activities to our ambitions to influence national policy and the wider community business sector. The role will involve managing Plunkett’s data processes, ensuring that the information collected is relevant and utilised in the most impactful manner.

The post holder will be responsible for completing and commissioning relevant and sector-specific research and lead on all Plunkett responses to calls for evidence and policy consultations. The Information Hub Manager will also lead on the development of Plunkett Foundation impact reporting and other state of the sector reports, such as the annual Better Business reports for community shops and pubs. Proactive and motivated, the ideal candidate will have the ability to lead and support others. Significant experience in a policy and advocacy role, along with managing and producing research material is essential.

Reporting to the Head of Community Business, the applicant should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues affecting and most relevant to rural areas across the UK. You will be able to articulate how community businesses can contribute to social cohesivity and wellbeing in these areas. Taking in to account the current Covid-19 pandemic, Plunkett’s Information Hub Manager will play an important role in assessing and reporting the response of community businesses in meeting local needs during this time of crisis. Acting as a lead commissioner for research, as well as contributing to and sharing other relevant research and reports from partners in the sector this is an important new role at Plunkett. Through better data and evidenced based research the post holder will help to progress the next phase of our organisational strategy, which will ultimately support even more community businesses to open across the UK.

If you are interested in joining Plunkett Foundation, at a time when more and more local services and businesses are coming into community ownership then we look forward to hearing from you.

TO APPLY
Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our HR Partner's website for details on how to submit your application.

Closing date for applications:  9am on Monday 22 June 2020
Interview date: during week commencing 29 June 2020 (likely via video link)

Plunkett Foundation are committed to equal opportunities and value diversity in our workforce.

No agencies please.
Registered Charity: 313743

ROLE: Finance and Business Manager

SALARY: Band 8B £57,990 - £66,823*

LOCATION: East Street (Epsom) with visits to other Trust Sites

SECTOR: Public Sector, Healthcare

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

TYPE: Full-time, Permanent

*inclusive of HCAS

A career opportunity has arisen for a Finance and Business Manager to join Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Overview:

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) is a dynamic Trust which offers an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecology to the population in south west London and north east Surrey. They operate two general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St. Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. They are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care. As teaching hospitals, ESTH plays a key role in the education and training of tomorrow’s doctors, nurses and other health professionals. With nearly 900,000 people coming to the hospitals for care and treatment every year, their 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep their busy hospitals running smoothly.

The Financial Management Team has proactively reorganised to respond to recent changing demands following the transfer of Community Services in Sutton and Surrey Downs to the Trust in 2019. In addition to providing dedicated Finance and Business Managers for divisions, the new structure will enable the Finance and Business Managers to become true business partners, provide an excellent service and integrate themselves into the specialist divisions.

Finance and Business Manager Duties and Responsibilities:

The Finance and Business Managers report to the Head of Financial Management and are responsible for one clinical and one corporate directorate. They also have line management responsibilities for one Management Accountant. Some of the key duties include:

• To assist the Divisional Director of Operations/Executive Directors in preparing the Division’s business plan, ensuring cost pressures and service changes are identified and resourced appropriately.
• To contribute to the Trust’s annual and longer term financial strategy and business planning process.
• To manage and oversee the provision of timely and accurate financial management information, analysis and advice used for performance monitoring and decision-making.
• To develop the use of information technology as a means of recording and disseminating information to service users.
• To lead on developing and maintaining professional standards within the Finance Department and to actively seek and encourage feedback from users of financial services to enable continuous improvement plans to be implemented.
• To select, manage, motivate and train the junior staff, enabling them to reach their full potential in the achievement of goals and objectives. This includes responsibility for undertaking Personal Development reviews / appraisals for staff.

Finance and Business Manager Person Specification:

The Finance and Business Manager will be a Qualified CCAB Accountant. The ideal candidate for this role will have post-qualification experience in financial management, have effective leadership skills/management experience and have the ability develop effective working relationships with finance, clinical and non-finance colleagues at a senior level. This person must be a confident communicator and be able to present highly complex financial information and lead financial discussions at senior management and executive level meetings.

Candidates with NHS and/or healthcare experience are strongly encouraged to apply. We are looking for people who are motivated, ambitious and want to work in an environment where they can make an impact.

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Values:

Above all ESTH value RESPECT. It helps them to live their behaviours:

• Kind
• Positive
• Professional
• Teamwork

So they can achieve their mission: to deliver great care to every patient, every day. It is important that this person’s values are in line with these expectations and that they are able to communicate well and work with people at all levels of the organisation.

Your salary and benefits:

• Band 8B £57,990 - £66,823 (inclusive of HCAS)

• 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (holiday entitlement raises to 33 days with service)
• Excellent training, learning and development opportunities
• Generous pension scheme (including 20.68% employer contribution and a tiered system of employee contribution depending on your salary from 5% to 14.5%).
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme
• High quality childcare options
• Health services discounts (retail, holidays, entertainment and restaurants)
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme

HOW TO APPLY AND CLOSING DATE:

Please apply before midnight on Monday 22nd June. Early applications are strongly encouraged as we have the right to close applications early when demand is high.

It is an exciting time to join Croydon Vision as the business development manager. Your role will be concerned with improving and growing our organisation, by fostering and developing relationships with members and other partners. Working to promote brand awareness and diversify our income stream guided by our fundraising strategy.

To apply please read the job description and specification.
Email your CV along with a covering letter of 350 words; stating why you wish to apply and how your skills would add value to current management team.

Objectives of the BDM post:

• An approach to Intrapreneurship, big picture view - setting aims and objectives in order to develop the organisation
• To drive 1 of 5 key priorities; sustainable reach – improving our brand, communications and income stream
• Develop new funding opportunities, organising social events for businesses and growth of donor and legacy income.
• Administrative support to the Chief Executive and seeking new ways to promote business efficiency at Croydon VisionLead in the development of quality assurance, making sure Croydon Vision meets the set requirements and obtain quality standards

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in-person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

The Witness and Consumer Service provide telephone advice/support and/or face to face support across England and Wales. We are looking for an individual to fulfill the role of Business Analyst / Project Development Officer for the two services.

This role provides the business analysis and project development support on the ongoing improvement of the two services. You’ll work with the Project Development Manager and the operations managers to identify problems in each of the services and design user-centred solutions. You’ll then support with delivering those solutions, gaining buy-in from decision makers and stakeholders. You might also be involved in investigating funder priorities and developing service improvements to support the securing of future funding.

You don’t need to be an experienced Business Analyst for this role. 

We’re looking for someone who has exceptional communications skills, with experience in confidently facilitating workshops and/or meetings with stakeholders, particularly where they have conflicting priorities. You’ll be adept at building effective working relationships with stakeholders, and you’ll have experience of investigating service problems using, for example, stakeholder interviews, data analysis and desk-based research. You’ll be forward-thinking, anticipating potential business problems before they arise, and you’ll be able to see the bigger picture and understand how different business areas fit together. You’ll be comfortable managing your own workload and identifying and proposing opportunities for improvement

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Operations Manager - Complex Adults Services
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week 
Contract: Permanent 
Location: Covering the South West, based in Bath
Salary: £35,780.00 (plus an on-call allowance)
Closing Date: Monday 15 June 20 (12 noon). 

Julian House is an organisation with a fantastic reputation for delivering high quality services to vulnerable people across the South West.  This includes adults and young people who have been socially excluded through experiencing homelessness, domestic abuse, long term unemployment, offending and other complex needs.

To continue to deliver these services, we need someone with the passion, drive and experience to ensure performance levels are demonstrably high and partnerships – both statutory and voluntary – are well looked after. Julian House staff go above and beyond to ensure our clients have the best possible outcomes and we are looking for someone with the same values and ethos.

Travel across our areas of service delivery is required and this post has a 12 weeks notice period. 

Further details on the responsibilities and requirements of the role can be found within the job description and specification. 

Benefits: 

Julian House employees enjoy a wealth of benefits including:

• Cash health care plan 
• Up to 27 days annual leave (depending on length of service) 
• Employer pension contribution (up to 6% of your gross salary) 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Staff Award Scheme 
• 20% Discount at Julian House Charity Shops and Bike Workshops 

To Apply: Please apply by either uploading a CV with a supporting statement (all as one document) outlining why you would fit the role via our jobs page on our Julian House website. 

Closing date: Monday 15 June (12 noon)

Please submit CV'S with supporting statements early as they will be reviewed as soon as they are submitted, and suitable candidates may be called into interview before the role closes. If the right candidate is appointed before the closing date, then the advert will be removed, and all unsuccessful applicants will be contacted. 

The Business Improvement Manager will lead on quality assurance, health and safety, business continuity, information governance, data protection, premises, policies and procedures, learning and development and contract/supplier management. You will also have line management responsibility for the Resources Officer who supports staff and volunteering activity across the organisation as well as the day to day contact with key suppliers and contractors.  As a member of the Operational Management Team you will work closely with Service Managers across the organisation to drive forward improvements in the way we work and how we deliver our services to elderly people across the community.

HR Operations Manager

As their HR Operations Manager, you will lead a small team to manage the end-to-end HR and payroll processes, their people data and reporting.

HR Operations Manager Responsibilities:

Although this is a fixed term role, using your knowledge of what good looks like, you will still have the scope and support to shape the way they work to ensure we are as effective as possible, adding the greatest value to the charity.

As an experienced HR Operations Manager, you will be motivated by results and have the drive for continuous improvement. In return, they can offer the environment for you to be your best and realise your potential.

HR Operations Manager Requirements:

You will need to have HR process and system knowledge and have successfully led and developed a HR operations team. On a personal level, you will need to be inquisitive and comfortable challenging the status quo, a confident problem solver and decision maker, and a self-starter capable of hitting the ground running. This is a truly great opportunity to make your mark and be part of creating something amazing!

About the company:

Our clients mission, simply put, is to change the lives of disabled children and their families. They provide access to the vital equipment they rely on, offer information and support through their team of dedicated healthcare professionals, sponsor pioneering medical research into the causes of birth defects and offer families a voice through their campaigns for change.

They are not like any other charity. All of the stock in their stores is new, donated by retailers, allowing them to create a heaven for bargain hunters and savvy fashionista shoppers who want high street products at discount prices.

What they do and how they do it is unique and being part of the family is very special. Their team members are passionate about what they do and the contribution they make in helping the families they work with.

This is a truly great opportunity to make your mark and be part of creating something amazing!

Location: Cannock, WS11 7GF

Job type: Full Time or Part Time (minimum 25 hours), Fixed Term Contract 12-month Maternity Cover

Salary: circa £35,000 (pro rata for part time)

Benefits: they can offer you the flexibility you need to help you strike the right balance between home and work. In addition to a competitive salary, you will also receive 31 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), health cash plan membership, team member store discount, company sick pay and pension scheme membership…. and of course the satisfaction of knowing that what you do is making a difference!

You may have experience of the following: HR Business Partner, HRBP, HR Manager, Human Resources Manager, HR Consultant, Human Resources Consultant, HR Generalist, Human Resources Generalist,
HR Advisor, Human Resources Advisor, HR Officer, Human Resources Officer, Software As A Service, SAAS, HR Operations Manager, etc.

Ref: 93064

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to work for the Badger Trust at this crucial stage in its development. The Badger Trust exists to promote and enhance the welfare, conservation and protection of badgers, their setts, and their habitats and working alongside its many affiliated local groups, it is the leading voice for badgers in England and Wales. 

We are investing in our staff roles at this crucial time for the welfare and future of badgers to ensure that we are optimally placed to further their interests. The Operations and Strategy Director is a key new role who will work alongside our current staff to manage the strategic, operational and financial aspects of the Trust. 

The successful candidate will need a sound understanding of all aspects of operational, fundraising, financial management and governance of a small organisation.

The post-holder will take the lead on the planning and strategic oversight of the Trust, working closely with the Board of Trustees and CEO, and in the implementation and monitoring of its business plan. They will have oversight of the Trust’s finances and budgets and will be responsible for the day to day running of the charity. They will also have oversight of fundraising in-line with annual targets set by the Board.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, have exceptional organisational and management skills as well as significant experience in managing staff. We are looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills and who is excited by the prospect of taking our charity forward. We are a small, friendly team and need someone with a hands-on approach.

Main terms and conditions of service 

Contract type: permanent

Probationary period: six months

Salary: £ 35-37k (depending on skills and experience) 

No overtime payments are made, but time off in lieu is permitted for working outside of normal hours as agreed with the Chair in advance. 

Hours: 21-35 hours per week.

Location:  Part of week in the Trust’s offices at East Grinstead and working from home the ratio to 

be agreed with the Chair. 

Travel: The Officer may claim expenses for travel required to carry out the role, excluding travel to and from work.

Annual Leave: Four weeks leave plus Statutory Holidays. 

Pension: Statutory pension applies.

The Male Survivors Partnership (MSP) is a membership organisation set up to support charitable and not for profit agencies who offer therapeutic services to male survivors of sexual violence.  Created in 2017 by a group of specialist male agencies, the main achievements of the organisation have been establishing a recognised Male Quality Standard for Working with Male Survivors and and the creation of an organisational website with a dedicated members area.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Operations to oversee these current products and develop new resources in line with the organisations business plan.  The successful candidate will have a range of skills and experience in managing a membership and the systems and procedures to run a small organisation along with an understanding of the plight of the male survivor in the current climate.  Acting as the organisational lead for the MSP, they will have confidence in developing a long term membership strategy and managing the day to day business of the MSP.

This is a new post that will report directly to the board of trustees and the successful candidate will work with external agencies that manage our Quality Standards and website/social media.  The successful candidate will build upon the MSP’s achievements and help steer the trustee board to creating a larger and more significant umbrella organisation serving agencies working in the field of male sexual violence.

For more information and how to apply, download our application pack.