Tourettes Action is the only UK-wide charity advocating for and providing support to people with Tourette Syndrome and their families. This year is our 40th anniversary year, and we have an exciting opportunity for an inspiring, creative and imaginative Chief Executive to lead our next stage of growth and development.

We’ve identified our priorities for the next five years:

• To continue to consolidate and build our funding base
• To ensure our activities and support are available across the UK to all people with Tourette Syndrome and their families
• To offer new services
• To increase the power of our voice, taking full advantage of digital media
• To increase our impact and ability to influence national policy to secure better access to diagnosis and treatment across the country

To lead our team tackling these challenges, you are likely to be:

• Experienced at inspiring, leading, and developing an effective team
• A creative and strategic thinker and problem solver
• Able to prioritise tasks and delegate
• An articulate and persuasive advocate
• Experienced at campaigning using traditional and social media
• Experienced in developing and implementing a fundraising strategy
• Understanding of, and open to learning more about, Tourette Syndrome and understanding of the needs of the people who seek our help

In this role, you will work four or five days a week, working flexibly from home and the office in Farnborough, Hampshire.

To apply, please download the application pack and then return a CV of no more than three pages and a one-page cover letter to us via the Apply button.

Closing date: 6.00 pm on Monday, 1 November 2021

Tourettes Action is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We strongly value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds (including neuro diverse) and people with lived experience of disability. We are open to flexible working requests.

The charity 

Established 140 years ago, we are there for everyone working in education. 

Through our free helpline, grants, counselling, guidance, professional and organisational development services, we work with hundreds of organisations and thousands of staff across the sector. The impact can be lifesaving and more teachers, lecturers and support staff turn to us for help each year.

We have ambitious plans for the future, as we grow to meet the needs of an ever-changing education sector. We are focused on our vision of everyone working in education feeling respected, supported and resilient.With 34% of teachers planning to leave in the next few years due to stress and workload, the work we do is very important. 

The vacancy 

We are looking for a diligent individual who can support our CEO with diary management, meeting preparation, relationship management, event attendance and travel administration and ad-hoc research.

You will also support and develop key internal and external stakeholder relationships. Work closely with the Chair of the Trustees and all individual Trustees as well as the Leadership team and senior management.

In return you can expect a friendly and flexible work environment, generous holiday and pension arrangements, company sick pay, and more. 

How to apply 

Please apply with your CV and a Supporting Statement explaining how you meet the role requirements outlined in the Job Description/Person specification for this role.

Follow the apply button to our recruitment portal where you can upload your CV and Supporting Statement. 

Closing date is Friday 22nd October, however we do recommend early applications as we may opt to interview on a rolling basis, and so the vacancy could close early. 

We’re seeking an Executive Assistant for a maternity cover position. The position is due to start in mid-November and is likely to be for a fixed period of 9-12 months. This is a crucial role where you play a key part in developing and supporting our charity and strengthening our administration and governance.

You will be providing flexible assistance primarily to our CEO, in the planning and delivery of their workload. You will also provide administrative support to the Management Team, Trustee Board and other structured groups which shape the charity’s strategy and activities, for example our Clinical Advisory Group. As such, the post holder will have the opportunity to work with the entire Student Minds team and a variety of stakeholders across the health and higher education sectors.

This role requires flexibility, initiative and discretion. You should be highly organised and proactive with strong people and communication skills. The ideal candidate is a ‘safe pair of hands’ who builds good relationships with others and is able to be efficient without compromising standards. In return we offer a role which is interesting, rewarding and varied within a supportive organisation. 

About Sustain

Sustain is a powerful alliance bringing together around 100 organisations nationally – and hundreds more at local and regional level. We believe everyone should have access to healthy and sustainably produced food that protects people, animals and planet. Working together, we run highly effective and creative campaigns, advocacy, networks and demonstration projects, aiming to catalyse permanent changes in policy and practice, and to help equip more people and communities with skills as change-makers. Collectively, we strive for better food, farming and fishing through policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, tackle climate change and restore nature, improve the living and working environment, enrich society and culture, and promote greater equality.

About this role

Sustain has around 20 to 25 staff running projects, campaigns and core support services such as finance, IT and design, and administration. The organisation is managed overall by a senior management team of three people – Chief Executive Kath Dalmeny; Deputy Chief Executive Ben Reynolds and Programmes Director Sarah Williams. We are now seeking an Executive Assistant to work with the senior management team – and closely with the Chief Executive and Trustees – to help manage effectively a range of important tasks for the running of a diverse alliance and national charity, through a positive period of growth and evolutionary change for Sustain. This is a new job opportunity within Sustain. We have undertaken some preparatory work with the help of a freelance Executive Assistant, but the role is open to further shaping and development by the successful candidate, within the context of the Sustain team.

Tasks and responsibilities

Sustain’s Executive Assistant will have a central, varied and stimulating workload working closely with the Chief Executive, Senior Management Team, Trustees and with other Sustain staff providing core support services. The Executive Assistant’s responsibilities will include:

1.Personal Assistant support for Sustain’s Chief Executive

• Helping the CEO to manage and prioritise her organisational relationships, appointments and diary commitments, as well as her email inbox, including drafting responses for sign-off.
• Helping the CEO to respond in a timely fashion and to keep time available to respond to requests and development needs of staff members, external stakeholders and priority issues. Examples of typical work include outreach to key decision-makers, alliance members and other stakeholders; briefing journalists, funders, trustees, alliance members and partners; facilitating alliance sessions to tackle issues of common concern; input on editorial and campaign development; catch-up meetings with key staff; and document/process sign-off.

2.Executive Assistant support to Sustain’s Senior Management Team (SMT)

• Helping the SMT to arrange external meetings and contact management.
• Helping the SMT to arrange monthly management meetings. Attending these meetings, producing meeting notes and supporting the SMT staff to pursue the actions identified in a timely and accountable fashion, in relation to Sustain’s Strategy, Organisation Development Plan and keeping staff informed of key developments.
• Helping the SMT to report to and consult with Sustain staff, union representative(s) and others on relevant developments (for example, preparing a report of key points from the SMT meetings for the SMT to deliver at staff meetings).
• Working with the Chief Executive and Head of Finance, collating and drafting quarterly papers for Sustain’s Council of Trustees and maintaining the Trustees contact list and other details.
• Attending quarterly Sustain Council of Trustees meetings (usually on a Wednesday afternoon), drafting the minutes for sign-off by the CEO and Chair, and ensuring these are checked and circulated in line with relevant deadlines; also helping the SMT with follow-up actions.
• Responding to Trustee enquiries about Council and administrative matters.
• Maintaining and tracking the process of HR and organisational policy updates – some as part of regular review; others through the process of consultation, re-drafting and sign-off.
• Managing and developing Sustain’s VIP database as well as Sustain’s communications with these individuals.
• Helping to prepare the Sustain Annual Report, to involve collating and editing material and ensuring that a range of contributors are meeting their deadlines.
• Helping to prepare papers and with the process of recruiting new Trustees for Sustain’s Annual General Meeting (usually takes place in November/December each year) and with organising follow-up work, such as pursuing actions, checking that the Annual Report to the Charity Commission and Companies House has been submitted, and helping to induct, get relevant information from and register new Trustees.
• Helping the SMT to organise a new outreach programme to cultivate relationships, partnerships and speaking opportunities with Sustain member organisations and others, with the Executive Assistant helping with tracking progress, relationship building, liaison and diary management.
• Booking travel and accommodation when required.

3.Support for management aspects of Sustain’s core work:

• Attending monthly Line Managers Team meetings, helping to develop the agenda, producing meeting notes and supporting SMT and line-management staff to pursue the actions identified in a timely and accountable fashion.
• Attending monthly Sustain staff meetings, participating as a member of staff, who share the chairing and minute-taking roles on a rolling rota basis.
• Taking part in one of the Sustain core teams as an active participant, for example contributing to Sustain’s development of communications, fundraising or approach to improving diversity.
• Building excellent connections with staff, Trustees, key Sustain alliance members, partners and contacts to enable ‘Sustain-style’ warm relationships, active listening, positive exchanges and timely action.
• Occasionally taking part in events out-of-hours, or outside London, to support events and activities that further the work of the alliance.
• Other duties and activities that may arise from time to time.

Diversity

Diversity matters to us. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution. Diversity helps us identify where change is needed and what is required to promote equity as well as reflect the concerns of our wide alliance of members.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We are happy to discuss and consider flexible working at the point of hire.

Sustain’s Executive Assistant will contribute to the mutually supportive culture of Sustain (including staff and project participants) in which equality and diversity are not just respected but promoted.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please provide:

• a completed Application form
• a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring form

Deadline: 10am, Thursday 28 October 2021

First-stage interviews for this position, for long-listed candidates, will take place virtually using Zoom on Thursday 4 November 2021. Second-stage interviews for short-listed candidates will take place either online or in-person during the week of 8 November 2021. Ideally the successful candidate would be able to start shortly after the interview process.

Your New Organisation

We envision a world in which young people gain the tools they need to navigate life, with creativity, resilience and brilliant mental health.

Oxfordshire has a cutting edge youth sector full of grassroots leaders wanting to give young people the space and support needed to be the best and happiest they can be. Our organisation provides both direct delivery: through innovative youth leadership programmes, workshops and a young peoples supported accommodation service and sector support: by providing holistic support to the frontline organisations, so that they have everything they need to be delivering high impact work that is grounded in best practice safeguarding and youth work.

At OY, we listen to and harness the creative powers and relentless energy of young people to drive real change at a grass roots and strategic level.

Oxfordshire Youth is a boundary-breaking organisation, passionate about creating a future for and with young people that gives them the best possible opportunity to realise their potential.  2020 was a year like no other, and it was also the year that we saw Oxfordshire Youth enter an unprecedented transformation in our work.

We are looking for an ambitious, talented and bold HR & Recruitment assistant to join us as we fight the good fight for young people.

Together, we will redefine the youth sector in Oxfordshire and young people will become the leaders we know they are capable of becoming. Oxfordshire Youth recruits outstanding talent to ensure we provide outstanding programmes and services to the young people of Oxfordshire and the organisations who serve them.

OY culture revolves around our core values: Ambitious, Reflective, Innovative, Self-nurturing, Inclusive and Trustworthy.

Job Purpose

To lead the enabling services for Oxfordshire Youth – finance, HR, fundraising, premises, Health and Safety, GDPR and IT ensuring that we position ourselves to be financially sustainable, adaptable and responsive to external factors and an employer of choice.

To develop the operational infrastructure ensuring our policies, processes, procedures and systems are appropriate and efficient.  This includes, Finance, premises, IT, compliance, impact measurement, insurance, procurement, safeguarding, HR, fundraising, data analytics and reporting. 

To be the lead on financial planning and annual budget setting highlighting financial risk and monitoring the financial health of the charity.

To oversee the People function ensuring our structure, culture, behaviours and people processes support us in delivering impactful services with committed, motivated and valued employees. 

Through superb leadership, support OY to deliver on current commitments, whilst seeking new opportunities aligned to our strategic imperatives. The role is both strategic and operational in nature.

Key Responsibilities and Main Duties

Strategic Planning and Transformation

• In collaboration with the CEO shape the strategic direction of the charity, regularly reviewing and improving the strategy on an ongoing basis ensuring the operational infrastructure supports the achievement of the strategy. 
• Ensure that all programs in our portfolio are managed effectively in terms of prioritization, funding, resourcing, people, outcomes and reporting in order that they are delivered in line with the organisational strategy.

Financial Management

• To monitor the financial health of the charity. Create monthly management accounts; report bi-monthly to the Finance, Audit and Risk (FAR) Committee and ensure that we are constantly highlighting financial risks and opportunities
• To lead on financial planning and annual budget setting. Provide high quality monthly reports on budget progress, support staff members struggling with budget adherence.
• To champion the use of robust financial processes and procedures for book keeping, record keeping, month end, expense claims, procurement, payroll and income generation.
• To lead on annual statutory accounts, the annual audit, and filing obligations with the Charity Commission. 
• To expand and develop the organisation’s financial strategy. Increase assets and reserves, diversify income and support gradual sustainable growth.

Fundraising and Donor Management

• To line manage the Corporate Fundraising Manager and support them to implement our fundraising strategy.

• To gradually build our fundraising capacity and unrestricted turnover by increasing the size of the fundraising team in a sustainable manner.
• To create a can-do relationship-led fundraising culture; supporting the fundraising team to outperform their targets in every area. Produce monthly reports monitoring performance against targets.
• To promote a donor love ethos ensuring donors feel valued and engaged.
• Lead a project to formalise our volunteer base with clear recruitment, induction and management processes. 
• To drive forwards Oxfordshire Youth’s plans for continuous sustainable growth

People Management

• To inspire and motivate the team, building a collective ambition to deliver on the mission and strategic imperatives.
• To line manage the People and Development Manager and to support her to lead the people function ensuring that our processes, systems and procedures create a fair and cohesive approach to people management.
• Alongside the People and Development Manager, support managers to ensure that OY values are lived and the organizational culture supports our mission helping us to deliver our social purpose with pride.
• Support the People and Development Manager to build capability in performance management, modelling the way, ensuring the approach to talent, succession and learning, positions OY for success and as an attractive employer.

IT

• To be the lead on IT in terms of hardware, software, procurement and system implementations including Xero, MyConcern, Lamplight, website, and other systems.
• To ensure that technology enables our staff to deliver and supports us to effectively engage with all of our stakeholders.  To ensure our technological capability supports us to be at the forefront of youth engagement, marketing, communications and service delivery.

Compliance

• To lead on policies, processes and systems around compliance including GDPR, DBS, safeguarding and HR. 
• To work within the organisational GDPR policy and procedure to lead on and strengthen adherence to GDPR across the whole organization and to ensure a high level of staff understanding across all teams.
• To lead on Oxfordshire Youth’s Health and Safety across the whole organisation including for all premises and YPSA accommodations.

Facilities Management

• To be the key landlord contact for all of our premises, managing all contract negotiations.
• Oversee all maintenance for our premises ensuring repairs are booked and carried out in a timely fashion.
• To lead on the fundraising for and purchase of a new Oxford Youth Hub; chairing the joint staff and trustee working group.

Other Duties with Oxfordshire Youth:

• To lead on the coordination of other training contracts as and when they arise within the organisation
• To contribute to the content of Oxfordshire Youth’s communications including the newsletter, website and other internal and external communications
• To work towards annual KPIs agreed with the Line Manager
• To attend team meetings and regular supervision meetings with the Line Manager
• To liaise and work alongside other team members and to maintain good inter-agency links
• To ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with Oxfordshire Youth’s values, guidelines, policies and procedures
• To undergo training that will enable personal and workforce development
• To undertake any other relevant duty related to the further development, promotion and sustainability of the organisation as agreed with Line Manager
• Subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Safeguarding

• To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.
• To support the organisation in ensuring young people are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.
• To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the OY's Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.
• To comply with recruitment and other checks as requested by the organisation including undertaking a DBS check.

This job description is subject to amendment following discussion with the post holder.

October 2021

EXPERIENCE, QUALITIES AND APTITUDE

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified, with significant post qualification experience (qualified by experience may be considered)
• Experience of leading a finance function in an organization
• An understanding of HR and employment law; integrity and discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
• Excellent leadership skills with proven experience in a leadership role.
• A strong line manager with demonstrable experience of delivering through a team
• Experience of managing complex projects
•  Experience of implementing and managing IT within organisations
• Experience of managing significant budgets of over £1m.
• Ability to carry out research and analyse both quantitative and qualitative data
• Strong presentation, reporting and communication skills
• In depth experience of using Xero, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and databases
• Committed to treating people equally, respecting differences and challenging prejudice and discrimination
• A positive, enthusiastic and ‘can do’ approach to work
• Committed to own learning and development
• A commitment to the social ethos of the charity and an ability to relate to Young People

Desirable:

• Prior experience of charity accounting and of leading on the audit process for a charity
• Understanding of learning and professional development
•  Understanding of the youth sector and current challenges that young people face
• Understanding of the challenges facing the third sector
• Experience across all sectors (corporate, public and third sector)
• Experience of contract management and the delivering of sizeable contracts in public or private sector

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is seeking a Head of People and Operations who will lead the Trust’s human resources strategy, culture and policy work, as well as ensuring the effective running of our operations, including our IT and grant administration systems and premises. The role will suit an experienced leader who brings a passion for both people and systems, and who is committed to creating a culture and infrastructure that enables teams and work to flourish.

JRCT is a grant-making Quaker Trust that supports people who are passionate about making a positive difference; whether they are advocating for some of the most vulnerable people in our society, promoting nonviolent responses to conflict, or taking steps towards an environmentally sustainable future. Every year JRCT makes about 100 grants for all kinds of charitable work, from grassroots community groups to well-established charities working to build a peaceful and just world. 

Following an increase in our grant-making budget, we are in a process of growing both our programmes and our staff team in response to this commitment. The Trust employs 22 staff, as well as contracting a range of external service providers and consultants. Most staff work from our office in York, but a significant number work remotely.

About the Role

As Head of People and Operations, you will have a personal commitment to the mission and values of the Trust. You will use your experience to shape the development of JRCT’s human resources strategy, policy and practice, and lead of process of culture change that centres equity, inclusion, wellbeing and belonging. You will also lead the internal processes of the Trust, to ensure the effective running of our operations, including our grant administration systems and processes, IT and data management, and premises.

East London Dance is hiring

East London Dance is an arts charity dedicated to championing and growing the east London dance scene. Having just completed our capital project to refit a historic warehouse and create a pioneering new dance and music hub, The Talent House, we are seeking to appoint a Head of Development.

Head of Development

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000

Full-time, permanent

The Head of Development will lead our fundraising strategy with the Creative Director & Chief Executives and work alongside the wider team to cultivate and maintain a diverse range of partnerships for the organisation. You would be joining at a really exciting period as we move into a new home, providing many new opportunities to engage supporters in our work. The role will have the ability to shape our long term development, at a pivotal moment alongside the newly announced Creative Director & Chief Executive job share partnership of Kate Scanlan and Tia Hassan.

Your Profile
You will be an insightful manager with at least three-year’s experience of working within the cultural, charity and/or social enterprise sectors. You will have a proven track record of successful fundraising and cultivating and maintaining a range of supporters for the arts. You will be a confident, persuasive and concise communicator, able to articulate values and beliefs, with a confidence in networking.

Deadline to apply: Monday 25 October 2021, 12noon

For more information on how to apply and a job pack please visit our website.

Operations Manager

Demos is recruiting for a full time Operations Manager: a new role to support the organisation as it grows. In this role, you will support the charity’s operations, governance, and organisational culture.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, progressive organisation with a diverse portfolio of work and a reputation for innovation.

Your responsibilities will cover: 

• Ensuring the smooth running of the organisation by leading on operational processes, including managing our office space and creating a welcoming workplace culture.

• Managing our annual governance cycle, including being the point of liaison between Demos’ board of trustees and senior management team, working closely with the Chair, Chief Executive and Office Assistant to plan meeting agendas and ensure full and accurate papers are prepared in a timely fashion.

• Supporting our Finance Director to prepare management accounts, including taking on responsibility for day to day bookkeeping where necessary.

• Ensuring HR processes are documented and followed, including supporting recruitment, staff onboarding, and supporting managers to complete our annual review processes.

• Supporting the research team through contracting and client engagement.

• Monitoring our internal capacity and resourcing, using information from project managers, the finance team and our project management software. 

• Line management of Demos’ Finance Assistant and Office Assistant, identifying their objectives and managing their performance in consultation with the senior management team.

About you

Strong organisational skills, adaptability and excellent interpersonal skills are critical. Essential attributes:

• Experience overseeing operations and managing projects, including staffing, budgets and both supplier and client relationships. 

• Confidence working with senior stakeholders, including Trustee boards or similar, and the ability to tailor communication styles to suit different audiences.

• Good level of numeracy with a track record of efficiently and effectively managing budgets.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and keep multiple projects and objectives on track.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships.

• Reliable, with strong attention to detail.

• General IT literacy including experience with G-Suite.

• Management experience

We are working to improve the diversity of our team, and strongly encourage applicants from groups under-represented in Westminster to apply. That includes people with lived experience of disadvantage, including poverty, discrimination and disability. Flexible working is strongly encouraged, though the nature of the role means that it will require regular attendance at our central London offices.

About Demos

Demos is a think tank, conducting research and designing policy proposals for government, business and civil society. We are completely non-partisan in our approach: our way of working is to involve the public in policy discussions and decisions. We use unique methodologies to do this, and develop our own tech to underpin them. Based in Westminster, we are an ambitious team of about 20, working together for real impact. 

We work on a diverse range of issues from online anonymity to food poverty. Our flagship projects this year include:

• Reimagining Public Services - building a credible policy agenda for 21st century public services, with citizen experiences at the centre

• The Good Web Project - articulating, measuring and advocating for a better Internet

• Climate Calculator - a public deliberation on how best to tackle climate change

How to apply

Please send a CV and a covering letter to our jobs email address by 

9am on Tuesday 19 October. Any applications received after this time will not be considered. These documents should be attached to the email, formatted as pdfs. More info can be found on our website demos co uk

Terms and conditions

• Salary: £30-35,000 per annum 

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week; 30 days’ holiday pro rata

• Contract: Fixed term contract for 10 months with the possibility of extension to a permanent contract.

• Reporting to: Director of External Affairs 

• Location: Demos offices, London SW1

• Pension: You will be automatically enrolled in a pension scheme to which individuals contribute 3% of salary and Demos contributes 6%.

As a Communications Manager you will report to our Communications Director and work collaboratively with colleagues to manage an exciting portfolio of communications activities, ensuring the South West AHSN continues to extend its reach and influence internally, regionally and nationally.

Working across an ambitious, forward-thinking organisation, you will develop impactful communications campaigns that inform, inspire and connect our staff, stakeholders and external audiences.

We are looking for someone who can use a variety of methods, including their extensive experience with digital communications to demonstrate the impact of our work and its role in improving health equity in the South West.

You will ensure high quality and timely delivery of communications projects across the organisations programmes.

Working with communications colleagues, you will advise and support colleagues on all aspects of brand, content, design and media. You will have a particular focus on development and delivery of impactful digital communications.

You will work with other colleagues to make the most of their communications skills and ensure productive well-managed relationships with external consultants, agencies and suppliers to create strategic, content-led internal and external communications.