Finance And Facilities Manager Jobs in Farringdon, Greater London

London’s Air Ambulance Charity continues to develop a supportive and enabling environment that gets the best out of our people. We promote a culture of progression and professional advancement offering a range of learning and development opportunities. In addition we offer flexible working options, wellbeing packages and family friendly employment policies.

It’s an exciting time at the Charity – we have over 125,000 supporters who support our work through regular giving and lottery, and we actively recruit around 40,000 new Lottery players and Regular Givers each year.  

This role supports the development, management and optimisation of our Lottery and Regular Giving programmes through Face to Face fundraising. You’ll be working with our fantastic face to face fundraisers cultivating our relationships with our external agency partners as well as supporting training, day-to-day management and monitoring of third-party fundraisers.

If you’re passionate about inspiring and motivating others, have experience of managing projects or campaigns and enjoy working with a broad range of stakeholders and agency partners, as well as delivering training programmes then this is the role for you!

Apply today or contact us for more information.

We pride ourselves on our dedication to being an employer that values diversity, we firmly believe that each team member can provide a unique perspective and valuable contribution to the lives of the people we serve, applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Join the award-winning Independent Society of Musicians

Central London – Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team

Part Time (28 hours per week)  and Permanent – Circa £38K - £40K pro rata

The award-winning ISM is the dynamic, change making professional membership body for musicians. With a current membership of over 11,000, the ISM is known for its campaigning work as well as services to musicians ranging from legal support and representation to counselling and professional development.

The ISM is now looking for an Assistant to the SLT who will carry out a broad range of duties, from working with the CEO on external affairs and diary management through to being involved in all aspects of Board meetings and looking after the ISM’s offices. You will be comfortable working at a senior level liaising with a wide range of people from Board members to politicians and have excellent interpersonal skills and great attention to detail. You will be proactive, a great problem solver, trustworthy and committed. 

You will be joining a professional staff team who are based in Bayswater, London. The role is for 28 hours per week and we envisage that you will work four days per week, three of which will be in the office.

For a full job description for this role please see the attached specification.

To apply please send your full CV and covering letter saying why you are the right person for the job via the link on our website.

Closing date is Monday 13 May at 9.30. Interviews will take place face to face and applications generated by Ai will not be considered.

Wild in the City was established in 2013 and was incorporated as an asset locked non- profit Community Interest Company in April 2016 to address the growing problem of disconnection from nature and generational loss of knowledge and skills, and to help make nature a meaningful part of everyday life. 

We are a national organisation supporting well-being through relationship with nature. We offer programmes in hiking, woodland living skills, natural history and ecotherapy, using the skills of our ancestors to develop a deeper relationship with the natural world and nurture a sense of belonging to communities past and present. 

We are a black led organisation with a focus on health and supporting Black and minority ethnic communities in accessing nature and the countryside, addressing the widely acknowledged lack of representation and lower levels of involvement of people of colour in nature-based activity. We are a leading organisation in research and the facilitation of forums about race and nature. 

We have an exciting vision for increasing the participation of people of colour in nature- based activity and highlighting black perspectives about the natural world through our core programmes. 

• Nature Guides 

• Nature Connectors 

• Wild in the City Festival 

• Black Nature Narratives 

• Research and Consultancy

We’re looking for an exceptional individual to become our new Director of Operations. The right person will balance strong interpersonal and leadership skills and robust operational ability in the areas of finance, administration and fundraising. The role of Director of Operations is central to helping us achieve our ambition of further growing as a Black led institution for learning and caring about nature. We are looking for someone with the experience to help shape our growth and guide implementation of our 5 year plan, and who will grow with us to become our Chief Operating Officer.

• The role is offered for 21 hours per week.

  Closing date: 3rd May 2024 

  Interview: w/c 13th May 2024 

  Start date: as soon as possible 

  Full job description with responsibilties and person specification is attached

About us:

Community ConneX is a campaigning organisation and a multi-project service provider working across West London. We support autistic people, people with a disability, and people and families experiencing barriers to live healthier, happier, and inclusive lives. We do this by ensuring their needs, rights and aspirations are met.

Advocacy 1st is a free, independent service provided by advocates who specialise in the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act.

Location: Remote based in Oxfordshire

Key duties:

· Recruiting, training and providing ongoing support to volunteers

· Working with the children and young people to assess their service requirements

· Working with stakeholders to raise awareness and recognise and identify care leavers and young people in need of the Independent Visitors and Care Leavers service

· Looking at opportunities to engage and work with services to identify care leavers and independent visitors

· Reporting and discussing all safeguarding concerns with the service manager

· Completing initial assessments and matching volunteers to young people

· Raising the profile of the Independent Visitors and Care Leavers service

Our ideal candidate:

· Has qualifications relevant to the role

· Has experience of working with children and young people.

· Is aware of legislation such as Care Act 2014, Children and Families Act 2014, Children Act 1989, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child (UNCRC)

· Has excellent communications and writing skills, and the ability to tailor written and verbal communications to a wide range of different audiences

· Can maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships with clients, families, colleagues and volunteers

· Can generate reports and make presentations

In return we offer a range of benefits including:

· Pension contribution up to 5%

· Death in service insurance

· Employee assistance programme

· Bluelight Card

· Cycle to work scheme

· 23 days of annual leave + bank holidays (increases after 2 years of service)

· Gym membership

· Healthcash plan

· Professional development

We are committed to safeguarding and equal opportunities, and we guarantee an interview to all applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the post.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housekeeping Assistant to join our Housekeeping Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide a high standard of housekeeping ensuring excellent levels of cleanliness are consistent throughout the site and that infection control procedures are met across site.

Staff benefits include free shuttle bus, and more… Read more below

Role Requirements

 As part of the site services team the role holder will be expected to liaise with managers and staff across the Trust. The role holder is expected to work closely with the other members of the facilities team and assist in covering in the laundry, in the deep clean team or other works as and when required.

You will be a natural and enthusiastic housekeeper working not only as part of a team but also individually. You will be health and safety aware, take ownership of your own work, and be understanding of the children’s needs here at The Children’s Trust. Good organisational skills, flexibility and being friendly and caring in nature are a must for this role. Please note that the role requires a significant degree of manual handling and working with houses services and laundry equipment.

With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Strictly no agencies, please.

As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include: free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offender’s

We comply with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) code of practice and have a written policy on the recruitment of applicants with criminal records, both of which are available on request.

NHS Covid Pass

The Children’s Trust has a duty of care to minimise the risk of all infectious diseases to the vulnerable and extremely vulnerable children and young people in our care, as well as our employees and volunteers. As a result, we require staff to provide a valid NHS Covid Pass (or proof of Covid vaccinations or medical exemption) for all roles at Tadworth Court and in the Brain Injury Community Service. We also expect staff to have taken or be willing to take relevant immunisations required by the role to protect them against infectious diseases, (unless you are medically exempt).

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.

Prospectus is delighted to collaborate with our client, a prestigious London university, in their pursuit of a temporary Senior Business Operations Officer. This pivotal role supports essential business functions. Initially looking to run for 3-4 months, with potential for extension, this full-time, hybrid position requires onsite presence 3-4 days a week for the first few weeks, later transitioning to 2 days onsite (Tuesday/Friday). Flexibility is crucial for covering team absences.

As the Senior Business Operations Officer, you'll oversee departmental finances, procurement, and human resources, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations. Your duties span event coordination, recruitment oversight, and crucial office administration support. Additionally, you'll supervise the Business Support Officer and maintain close liaison with campus facilities.

We seek candidates with outstanding administrative experience, preferably within higher education, who demonstrate proficiency in MS Office and possess strong communication skills. A proactive approach to meeting deadlines is essential. Immediate availability or a short notice period is required for consideration in this immediate-start opportunity.

We are proud to be partnering with a National trade union body to find an outstanding National Officer’s Secretary.  

You will have an understanding of member-based organisations, servicing committee meetings, expense processing, and usual undertaking of secretarial duties. Also, you will have to provide full PA support to the National Officer (NO) including establishing a clear understanding of the NO’s sector- specific responsibilities and contacts. The National Officer’s Secretary will deal with correspondence on behalf of the NO, including liaising with other departments where necessary. This job requires you to be involved in accurate preparation of paperwork, maintaining diary and organising meetings when necessary plus occasional travel to quarterly meetings.  You will be providing advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including up to date Word applications, Excel and other database facilities, Outlook and Internet. The National Officer’s Secretary will be making travel and accommodation arrangements in liaison with Finance Department and eternal providers as necessary. You will also be managing discreet projects on the NO’s behalf.

This role is an immediate start and will be a temp role for up to 3 months with scope to become permanent. Office based near Holborn.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.

The Upper Norwood Library Hub (UNLH) provides lifelong learning & opportunity for local communities & design inclusive spaces for learning, wellbeing & the arts that support local communities & protect & sustain libraries. UNLH sits on the cusp of 5 London Boroughs (Croydon, Lambeth, Bromley, Southwark & Lewisham). Our professional library service is delivered by Lambeth Council, co-funded by Croydon Council; working in close partnership with the library & Council teams. We work in close partnership with library services, statutory & voluntary sector partners, connecting us to multiple communities & deeply rooting us into the heart of South London. Our library hub operates a co-created community programme focusing on sharing & learning, health & wellbeing, venue & performance & outreach activities. We promote equality through information, education, wellbeing & creative programmes that create open access & widen participation. UNLH is managed by the Upper Norwood Library Trust (UNLT - an independent charity), formed in 2012 by local residents & a strategic priority is that we are ‘of’ our community not ‘for’ our community to ensure resident voice is central within the organisation. 

We are seeking and experienced administrator to join our team. You will be responsible for the range of administrative tasks across the charity - facilities, visitor support, projects, HR & finance.

Our successful candidate will have excellent planning and organisational skills. They will demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, and be highly efficient as well as very flexible.

We’re seeking someone who is highly proactive and capable of working with, and across, a range of people – inside and outside of UNLT. The roles success depends on delivering competing priorities and projects to different deadlines. This means we’re looking for evidence of well-developed skills in communication (oral and written), negotiation and persuasion.

This is an interesting and varied role, with responsibility for many different areas of governance & service delivery. It is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience and understanding as to how a small charity like UNLT operates.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is the home of the Chelsea Pensioners (known as In-Pensioners). It has a rich history and provides supported accommodation as well as residential and nursing care for approx. 300 retired soldiers. An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal Hospital Chelsea where we are seeking an exceptional individual to join the Health & Wellbeing team in a new role as Tenancy & Contributions Officer.  

The Tenancy & Contributions Officer will lead on the delivery and continuing evolution of the tenancy agreement (known as the In-Pensioner Agreement). Part of the delivery of the agreement will be coordinating the process of setting and reviewing In-Pensioner’s personal financial contribution to the Royal Hospital. The role also requires the individual to support with benefit applications as required, as well as undertake other housing management related tasks on behalf of the organisation.

In addition, the role is also a core component of the recruitment process for new In-Pensioners being the point of first appeal should a candidate be unsuccessful in their application to join. The role is complex, but we have a vibrant multidisciplinary team that is there to help. This role will add tremendous additional value to how we develop and deliver our services.

Working closely with colleagues and partner organisations, the individual appointed will be required to have strong administrative and analytical skills as well as demonstrable customer care and communication skills that enable them to build effective working relationships with In-Pensioners, colleagues and other stakeholder alike.

The Royal Hospital is seeking an individual with previous experience in the housing sector, preferably having worked with older people who is looking for a new challenge and who wishes to become part of this iconic institution.

About Us

The ethos of the Royal Hospital is one that puts a premium on selflessness and companionship.  Our values of nurturing belonging, respect individuals, encourage pride and enjoy life underpin that ethos. We are united in a shared purpose, living and working together and ensuring everyone has a place in our diverse social and military community.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion, where all backgrounds and abilities can reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of talent, removing potential barriers, and promoting equal opportunities. We know, the more varied and inclusive our teams are, the better our organisation will be for our community. We are a Disability Confident employer dedicated to hiring diverse talent and ensuring you are treated with respect throughout the recruitment process and upon joining our community.

Our selection process.

Should your application be successful you will be invited to a formal interview, where you will be asked questions relating to your experiences and key requirements of the role. If you are successful after the interviews we will:

• Ask for references from those you have listed on your application form
• Check your right to live and work in the UK
• Check any declarations you have made on your application form
• Ask you to complete a medical form
• Carry out an Enhanced DBS application.

Are you passionate about delivering consistently high standards when serving and supporting teams? Then our global People & Culture team at ODI is looking forward to welcoming you!

The person we are looking for has highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to be flexible and supportive. You will have experience of working in administration, including data gathering and analysis, written communications and planning.

The nature of this role means that having an active Christian faith is an occupational requirement.

This role will report to the Director of People & Culture, and work closely with the wider people team.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the Director and People Team: plan schedules and team meetings, design and write documents, support with data gathering and analysis, and organize events like our global People & Culture conference.
• Project Work: Assist the team with research, analysis, preparation, communication and drafting official documents.

Your Profile

• Committed Christian with a heart for the Persecuted Church.
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Experience in spreadsheets and databases to intermediate level
• Warm and welcoming to colleagues and guests
• Well organized, self-motivated and proactive
• Flexible, servant-hearted and positive. Able to adapt approach to provide best support
• Experience of working within a team to meet deadlines and manage projects collaboratively
• Cross-culturally sensitive

Our Offer

Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in serving the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international, dynamic environment, a professional team and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. As a global organisation we are used to combining working from home with working from the office and to have flexible working hours. This position is preferably based in the UK, within 2 hours drive from Witney. 

Job Title

Operations Assistant

Salary

£25,000 - £28,000 per annum - pro-rata for part time working

Location

We operate as a remote-first organisation, providing an office in Central London. Given that this position contributes to office operations, it will be hybrid, requiring at least one day in the office per week.

Reporting to

Senior Operations Manager

Employment Type

Permanent part time (15 hours per week)

We are open to a flexible work pattern that suits your needs. Ideally we would like someone to work for 3 hours, every weekday. 

Application Closing Date

10am Monday 29 April 2024 

Introduction to the role

This is an opportunity to help support a busy organisation doing important work. Your work will make it possible for us to support a team of fact checkers, communicators, fundraisers and technologists. 

Millions of people use our fact checking, including most of the major internet companies. We get powerful people and institutions to correct the record, including politicians and the national media. We are campaigning to ensure that the power to shape online debate is scrutinised and not abused. 

We’re looking for someone who can support our talented team of 40 people, by making sure the organisation runs smoothly and being a ‘go-to’ person.

You will join our small Operations team who manage our finances, governance and people operations. We oversee policies, processes and systems so that it is easy and enjoyable for people to do their best work. That means making sure everyone has what they need to do their jobs. You will manage queries, provide basic IT and financial support, support recruitment and make sure people have a good experience whether they are starting or leaving us. You’ll keep the office running smoothly and make sure we have up to date documentation.

If you are interested in applying but not sure you have all the skills, please do apply. We are open both to supporting learning on the job and to rearranging tasks within the team to suit the skillsets of the best applicant

Job Definition

• Manage incoming internal and external queries via post, the admin and team email addresses, the operations Slack channel, main phone line and any operational queries (via Freshdesk)

• Manage any necessary purchasing to ensure the team have what they need to work effectively

• Support the Fundraising team with correspondence to donors and mail campaigns

• Provide basic IT support to the team by monitoring the IT Support Slack channel, ordering equipment, providing instructions for how to use Google Workspace, Trello and Slack, and equipment such as laptops and cameras used in hybrid meetings

• Support the Senior Operations Manager with bookkeeping to enable the SOM / accountants to produce timely and accurate management accounts

• Support the People Operations Manager with recruitment by posting job adverts on our website and third party channels, managing communication with candidates and setting up new team members with everything they need to get started at Full Fact

• Manage the tasks involved with people leaving the organisation.

• Support the Senior Operations Manager with coordination and minute taking of Board, Committee and Management Team meetings

• Ensure a well run office by managing supplies and liaising with the facilities team (e.g. delivery of water bottles, ensuring facilities are working, setting up the office for team events)

• Keep registers up to date (e.g. fixed assets, abuse register, software register)

• Support the team with travel arrangements 

• Support the People Operations Manager with coordinating training and development initiatives

Outcomes

In the first 6 months you can expect to: 

• Successfully create a conducive environment for our team during the office move in collaboration with the Senior Operations Manager.

• Achieve streamlined and efficient management of IT equipment for both new starters and leavers.

• Deliver a great candidate experience for candidates by supporting the People Operations Manager with recruitment activities. 

• Optimise operational costs by identifying and acting on savings opportunities.

• Organise our team social events to celebrate our teams’ achievements in an important year for our work.

What we are looking for from you

Political impartiality and sensitivity:

You are committed to the political neutrality of our work and have a good understanding of impartiality (please see the rules on our website).

Understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context we work in.

Job skills/competencies

• Proven experience in an administrative or operational support role.

• Experience with accounting packages, ideally Xero.

• Experience with Excel/ Google Sheets.

• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Trello and Slack.

• Minimum of GCSE Mathematics (or equivalent) at grade C/4 or above.

Personal skills/competencies

• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

• Attention to detail and accuracy.

• Flexible with a ‘can do’ approach to work

• Understands the importance of confidentiality.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.

• Commitment to the mission and values of Full Fact.

What we offer

Starting salary of £25,000 - £28,000 per annum pro-rata depending on experience.

Workplace Pension

Generous holidays

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. 

• In addition, we close the office for a period between Christmas and New Year. 

• Day off for moving home.

Comfortable, centrally located London office with good transport links.

Employee Assistance Programme.

How to apply

Upload your CV and cover letter using the link below by 10am on Monday 29th April, 2024

Our recruitment platform will remove identifying details such as email addresses to allow us to sift applications anonymously

Before applying, please read the requirements we place on staff to protect Full Fact’s independence and non-partisanship. This can be found on our website.

How the application process will work

We want to see you at your best to understand your strengths and the contribution you could make at Full Fact with strong support, including for your learning and development. We also want to make sure that we use your time well during this process and don’t ask for more from you than we need to. We will make any reasonable adjustments we need to make to this process to help ensure you can perform at your best. For more information about this before applying, please contact us.

The interview panel will be Charlotte Ross (Senior Operations Manager), Laura Dewis (COO) and Sophie Hale (People Operations Manager). 

The process starts off with an anonymised covering letter and CV. This will be read by at least two people to produce a shortlist for interview.

The first round interviews will be a phone (not video) interview, lasting no more than half an hour, at a time that’s convenient for you. We will record it so at least two people can review each interview to decide who we invite back for the second round. The recordings will be deleted at the end of the process.

The second round will include a structured interview and a timed task which assumes no prior knowledge. The task can be completed prior to the interview, at a time that most suits you. 

The interview will be with the full panel by video and last no more than an hour. We’ll tell you everything you need to know to prepare, including anything we’d recommend reading in advance

Are you passionate about supporting people to uphold their rights?

Disability Advice Service Lambeth (dasl) is Lambeth’s peer-led Disabled People’s Organisation.  

We want to appoint a Professional Advocate who shares our ethos and values and is committed to supporting Lambeth residents achieve their legal rights.

dasl have provided an advocacy service for Lambeth Council for 12 years and since 2020 we have played a key role in the Lambeth Advocacy Hub, a single point of access for all statutory independent advocacy services for Lambeth residents aged 16 and over. We manage referrals and enquiries and provide independent Care Act advocacy and a range of non-statutory advocacy.

We provide a high quality service - we hold the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark. You will hold, or be working towards, a qualification such as the Certificate/Diploma in Independent Advocacy (Level 3), or be able to show the necessary skills and relevant experience in a formal or informal advocacy role. 

dasl’s success comes from dedicated work of our skilled staff, many of whom are Disabled people. You will be valued for who you are in our supportive and friendly team.

We work flexibly between home and office. Our office in Brixton is accessible.

This is a rolling recruitment - applicants will be shortlisted and interviewed as soon as possible. We encourage you to apply as soon as you are able.

Bonny Downs Community Association has been working together to change lives and transform our community since 1998. Over the past 25 years our team has grown to provide a wide array of services that benefit Newham residents from all walks of life. 

This role is specifically funded through the Youth Endowment fund as a pilot project ‘Thriving Communities’. You will be required to work alongside Thriving Communities commissioners, as well as the project’s Youth Justice Worker’s, Educational Psychologist, and/or professionals assigned to individual young people’s cases- such as teachers, social workers and mentors. The Thriving Communities project is a small part of a wider collaborative project, EMPOWER YOUTH, delivered by two partner charities so, although this position is based at BDCA, you will be working closely with a second East Ham Youth Partnership Project lead and team of Sessional Assistants based at nearby charity The Renewal Programme (TRP). Staff from each organisation will work together to deliver the programme and cross-refer young people to activities led by both teams. You will also be required to work with BDCA’s own Children & Families team during the summer scheme and liaise with our marketing team all year round. External partner agencies that you will work directly with include Thriving Communities panel, Newham Youth Empowerment Service, Newham Community Engagement Team, local sports clubs and schools.

Haringey Migrant Support Centre is a community-based organisation, with over a decade of experience supporting migrants in Haringey and neighbouring boroughs.  We provide free and professional advice, casework, referrals and signposting on issues relating to immigration, housing and welfare. We also have a Community wellbeing space and advocate for change through policy and campaigns work. HMSC has a staff team of 9 people. We are supported by a team of 40 volunteers.

We run a busy service which is responsive to a fast-changing environment. We are looking for an Operations Coordinator to lead on all aspects of the smooth running of the office, financial and organisational administration and premises management as well as taking a key role in our external communications.

The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a small, busy organisation, and must be confident taking a lead on their own work. You will be part of a committed and friendly team, with the opportunity to develop new skills, contribute to the organisation’s direction, and gain a thorough understanding of HMSC and the wider sector. This role will suit someone who is very well organised and values the importance of excellent administration and process management in underpinning the success of a people-facing community team. You will work at the heart of the organisation, and across different teams, to play a pivotal role in ensuring HMSC is able to assist hundreds of migrants approaching the service every year.

Working for HMSC: Staff terms and conditions include a supportive probationary period, contractual sick pay scheme, Pension scheme, and generous leave of absence allowances.

You can find out more about HMSC and the work we do on our website.

To apply, you will need to submit the application form by 9am on Monday 6th May. Late applications will not be accepted. Interviews will take place in the week beginning 13th May. 

We are proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network, which aims to increase representation of people with lived experience in the charitable sector. Please feel free to use information and resources on their website which may help in preparing your job application.