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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, highly organised and solution focused HR professional to join our growing HR team, to support with the delivery of high quality and efficient HR functions across the organisation.

Our HR Team delivers a range of HR services, covering the full employee life cycle. We are looking for an experienced HR professional who has had exposure to the full generalist remit, with comprehensive experience of recruitment, managing ER cases, supporting employee wellbeing and development, as well as assisting to drive forward key HR projects.

The role requires a person with good all-round generalist HR experience and proven experience advising, guiding and supporting line managers across multiple locations.

This position will be home-based initially, due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Thereafter, it is envisaged it will be based at head office in central Manchester.

Please visit our website for a full role profile and details on how to apply - we look forward to hearing from you!

Based in Manchester or London, the Assistant Director of People, Performance and Culture will join a renewed Operations team at akt with a focus on developing culture change, employee relations, systems and processes and diversity and inclusion across the akt staff team and the wider stakeholder community of young people, supporters and volunteers.  Reporting to the Deputy CEO, the successful candidate will bring experience in human resources, change management, operations management and implementing principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  Experience in the charity sector is desirable but not essential. 

KEY TASKS:

• Ensure robust contract management of all ‘operational’ external contracts e.g. with respect to HR, IT, office accommodation, external administrative service providers (and other areas as agreed with the DCEO)
• With advice and guidance from the People Manager, oversee akt’s People function
• Support the DCEO in providing operations support and direction for performance management and quality assurance to support various reporting streams within the charity
• Oversee the integration of digital solutions and models of working into the workplace (e.g. within frontline service delivery and the management of the akt’s other support functions). 
• Support the DCEO to improvement agreed operational and organisational change management processes of the charity
• Support the development and oversee the principles of equality and inclusion within akt and promote a positive culture of inclusion and co-operation across our departments and cities with support from the EDI taskforce, Leadership Team and Board of Trustees
•  Ensure all policies and procedures across the charity are compliant with relevant reporting bodies
• Oversee the administrative function to ensure that akt is fully supported in ways that are efficient and cost-effective
• Oversee the health and safety of the organisation, ensuring we have a team of H&S staff representatives, ensuring regular risk assessment and all aspect of occupational health are considered (in partnership with People Manager)
• Oversee the external training and consultancy programme
• Develop and improve internal communications processes across within the organization

Appointment Type: Full-time, permanent

Working hours: 35 hours per week, usually 8.30am-4.30pm. However, some flexible working will be required including regular Saturday working on rotation.

Location: Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford, M3 6DP

Salary, pension and benefits: £22,000-£25,000 per annum depending upon skills and experience, 25 holidays plus bank holidays and 5 Diocesan closure days, employer’s pension scheme.

About:

The Catholic Truth Society (Diocese of Salford) is a Catholic Charity which has been involved with the circulation of theological, catechetical, and educational books and publications. The Cathedral Centre is the Diocesan Centre for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, housing all the professional support services offices of the Diocese as well as exceptional conference and meeting facilities. 

The Manager will be responsible for day-to-day operational management of the Bookshop, including the selection and ordering of publications and other materials, maintenance of the bookshop website and supervision and management of the staffing to ensure high standards of customer service.

What we are looking for:

An enthusiastic and motivated team leader who will establish and maintain effective relationships with a wide and diverse range of internal and external customers. The successful individual will maintain a good working knowledge of the Society’s bookshop stock and product lines to fully inform and advise customers. The post-holder will be able to contribute and deploy new ideas and programmes to develop the work of the Bookshop and Catholic Truth Society. They will possess proven commercial judgment and be committed to building and developing a host of customer bases and work creatively and determinedly to maximise sales opportunities and provide excellent customer service.

What you will need:

• Retail experience, commercial judgment, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to deal positively and resiliently with challenging customers or situations
• High level of numerical and both written and verbal communication skills
• A sound knowledge of sales and marketing within the Christian book and gift environment
• Grade C in GCSE Maths (or equivalent), proven experience of cash handling and maximising sales

It is not required for the post-holder to be a Catholic but it is expected that they will be interested in and sympathetic to the aims and objectives of the Society, the Catholic Church and its community with a good knowledge of the Catholic faith.

The Diocese of Salford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to a positive culture of safeguarding within the organisation. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service and all employees of the Diocese are expected to work to promote the safeguarding of vulnerable groups. 

They must familiarise themselves with and adhere to the procedures on how to deal with allegations or concerns of abuse and the Church’s Safeguarding Policies and Procedures which can be found on the CSAS website.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon on Friday 16th October 2020

For more information and to download an application pack, please visit our website.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact the HR department.

Salford Roman Catholic Diocesan Trustees Registered Charity - Registered Charity No. 250037

Community-Led Housing Director
£55,000 per annum, pro rata
Manchester
Part-Time - 21 per week to be worked flexibly in an agile way 3 days per week
2 Years Fixed Term Contract 
 

Our client provides homes and services to over 16,000 people across Greater Manchester and has big plans to build more over the next five year. Remaining community focussed is key to this and they are looking for someone to help them do this.

They need someone who will lead the establishment and development of a sustainable Greater Manchester Community Led Housing Hub (GMCLHH), that will increase the delivery of community led housing. They need to set up the hub as a viable and successful organisation, engaging with and providing support to emerging and established community led housing groups and delivering new community led housing schemes across Greater Manchester.

But it’s not just about engaging with a range of stakeholders, including Local Authorities, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, media, housing providers and crucially, community led housing groups. They’re looking for someone who will deliver a business plan, set up an appropriate governance structure and ensure that the Hub meets its aims of enabling communities to develop new homes.

With excellent project management skills, you will have experience of community led housing and the range of approaches, as well as knowledge of local authority & government strategies for community led housing.

This is a great place to work! They work in an agile way, pay good salaries, offer a great range of benefits and support colleagues to learn and grow, because they want to attract and retain the very best people to help them serve their customers.

So if you’re experienced in developing and implementing strategies and have experience in project management, meeting targets and working to deadlines - they’d love you to join their team!

Closing date: Friday 2nd October 2020

Interview date: Friday 9th October 2020

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We are seeking a skilled senior administrator with expertise in developing administrative systems and processes, and significant experience managing complex travel arrangements.  Our new Administration Coordinator will play a key role in both managing head office administration, and supporting planning and operations for emergency humanitarian response and programme delivery.

You will ensure seamless administrative systems, particularly for head office but also in support of our warehouses and overseas teams.  You will work in partnership with HR colleagues, operations team and technical experts in health and logistics to ensure effective movement around the world of health professionals and volunteers who deliver of our field operations.  You will coordinate our travel management service providing guidance and support to the development of policies and systems, reviewing SLAs and contracts to ensure donor compliance, and problem solving to ensure effective mobilisation of staff during challenging periods of international travel.

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about UK-Med’s humanitarian mission. You will have qualifications and significant experience working in office management or administration and extensive experience of travel planning / booking.  You will be comfortable working at pace to achieve challenging objectives and meeting rapidly changing demands.

Leading the development, planning, launch and management of the Stockport and District Mind EAP (Employee Assistance Program) service. A key component of the role is Sales and Marketing – identifying, contacting and signing-up organisations to the new service. 

There start date for this role is 1st November 2020 and it is a 6 month contract, with scope to extend to 12 months and then a potential longer term contract.

Key Duties:

• Define and refine the EAP proposition

• Develop Service Level Agreements (SLAs), both for our customers and any suppliers

• Develop marketing communications material (e.g. website, social media)

• Develop a list of sales prospects, starting with organisations where Stockport and District Mind already has a relationship

• Instigate conversations, aiming for a meeting with the HR Manager or CEO of the prospective client organisation

• Organise sales meetings, bringing in support as appropriate

• Identify any obstacles to the potential sale and work to remove them

• ‘Close the sale’ by signing up organisations to the EAP service

• Client/account management - maintaining a relationship, monitoring and acting on client feedback

• Maintain accurate and appropriate records and data for the services provided, including client organisation and employee data

• Ensure all mandatory training required

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 7th October 2020. 

Are you calm, a good listener and supportive in your approach? Are you a clear decision maker and able to provide excellent customer care? Are you interested in waking night work? We are looking for an out of hour’s advisor to join our experienced and highly professional out of hours duty team. 

The Out of Hours Duty Team based at our Head Office in Stockport provides telephone advice and support to staff and services users across the agency. We are looking for staff to join the team on a relief basis to cover for annual leave, training and sickness as and when required for night duties 8pm – 8am. The rota is set well in advance to facilitate people as far as possible.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for a candidate to develop a range of skills in relation to a wide variety of social care services within Creative Support.  The successful post holder will be good with telephone advice and competent in information systems to ensure logs of calls are taken. You will be an excellent team player and have proven interpersonal and listening skills.

You will work alongside the Senior Advisor to provide effective administration support. You will receive and log calls whilst supporting callers with general issues and providing an excellent standard of customer care. You will have worked in health and social care and have a good understanding of effective service delivery.

As a Creative Support employee, you are entitled to a number of benefits such as:
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Free life assurance
• Pension with company contribution
• Highly serviced employee advice line
• A range of employee discounts

Senior shifts are paid up to £13.00ph based on experience and qualifications inclusive of waking night supplement.

Are you an excellent listener with a calm and responsive approach?

We are looking for an individual experienced in social care who has excellent customer care skills and a positive and confident communication style. You will need to be able to deal with issues that arise in a calm manner, offering appropriate support and advice to those who call. You will also require good IT and administration skills including Microsoft Word and Excel. The individual needs to be flexible on the days they work to ensure the rota is covered.

Senior responsibilities

This role is ideal for those individuals who are looking to progress into management whilst working within a very experienced and established team.

You will also be expected to carry out routine administration tasks such as preparing personnel files for CQC inspections, recording & managing incident reports and collating & organising timesheets.

Terms of the role

Hours are on a waking night basis, shifts are from 7.45pm till 08:15am.

Due to the nature of this role, the post is not suitable for individuals with commitments during the day which may affect their ability to perform a waking night shift.

The Out of Hours Service

Creative Support’s Out of Hours service, based at our Head Office in Stockport Town Centre, provides essential support to staff, service users and third parties outside of normal office hours every day including Christmas Day.

The OOH Service offers expert internal advice as a telephone service, run each night by a qualified and trained social care advisor and a trained administrator. The core purpose of the service is to respond to serious issues and incidents that arise within the organisations services nationally.

What We Offer

This is a perfect opportunity for those who are seeking to progress in the health and social care sector. We will support your continuous development by offering training and support. You may also have the opportunity to get involved in other aspects of quality within Creative Support such as assisting with key pieces of quality work.