Office of the Vice-Provost (Advancement)

London

People Coordinator

Full Time

The appointment will be on UCL Grade 6. The salary range will be £29,089  - £34,090 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

UCL is London’s Global University. We do things differently here and we take the long view. We are not afraid to take risks. We remain focused on making a major contribution to the long term benefit of humanity. In September 2016 UCL launched ‘It’s All Academic’, our bold new global Philanthropy and Engagement Campaign to raise £600m to support students, research and the transformation of our campus. It will enable us to achieve more than ever before to secure our position as one of the world’s top higher education institutions.

From fighting dementia to ensuring generations of students reach their full potential: It's All Academic. UCL’s ideas and discoveries are shaping the future, improving lives and having a massive impact on London and the wider world. There has never been a more exciting time to join our Advancement office. We are a team of exceptionally ambitious, creative and passionate individuals who work together to achieve remarkable things with a global impact, and we would love for you to be part of this exciting journey and our success.

This is your chance to play a pivotal role in delivering our Campaign in an interesting and varied role. As People Coordinator you will deliver outstanding customer experience and high-quality operational support to the People team and to the Advancement office more widely. In your role you will have the opportunity to focus on and develop your skills in talent acquisition and resourcing, onboarding, talent development and HR operations.

An excellent relationship-builder, with a customer-centred outlook, you will have experience of HR and/or recruitment administration and processes. A natural communicator, you will be a stronger organiser with excellent attention to detail and the ability to plan your workload to meet multiple deadlines.

We know that our people are our greatest asset and in return we provide an empowering, values-based environment where personal and professional growth is invested in. We offer agile working and flexibility around working hours. We also value mutual respect and collaboration, and have a strong customer-service ethic.  Expectations are high and we work hard, but the rewards are huge.

UCL is an outstanding place to work. We welcome people from all backgrounds and strive to create an environment where everyone can give of their best. Working with some of the greatest intellects in the world, you will also be entitled to a generous pension scheme and holiday allowance.

To find out more about the role, please contact Therasa King, Head of People.

Closing Date: 6 November 2019.

Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.

Interview Date: TBC.

We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a tier 2 certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

We are seeking to appoint a Chief Operating Officer to join us as we embark on the next stage of our journey that will see us recognised as a leader in personal, social and work-related learning. Through the development of robust financial and resource planning, the Chief Operating Officer will ensure that ASDAN optimises the effectiveness of its people, information technology systems, estates, and finances.  They will play a pivotal role in our longer term financial planning and performance, and appraisal of our investment options, to ensure we secure a sustainable future for our vital work. 

Being a director of ASDAN will require a real com­mitment to our beliefs, values and principles. In return, you will be joining a team charging themselves with a truly reward­ing mission – transforming the life chances of children and young people.

About ASDAN

ASDAN is a successful national educational charity and awarding organisation for a range of qualifications, programmes and curriculum resources used by more than 3,000 schools, colleges and other education providers in the UK and internationally. 

Job purpose

Providing strategic financial leadership, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) will, together with the leadership team, deliver ASDAN’s charitable and strategic objectives.

Through the development of robust financial and resource planning, the Chief Operating Officer will ensure that ASDAN optimises the effectiveness of its finances, people, estates and IT systems. The Chief Operating Officer’s successful management of their team will create a foundation for the effective use of resources in support of a sustainable and flexible ASDAN ready to take on future opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for financial and operational resources
• Lead strategic financial planning and management
• Analyse and control financial and resource performance
• Oversee operational management of human resources (HR)
• Lead operational management of estates and premises
• Oversee operational management of IT systems
• Ensure statutory reporting, compliance and risk management
• Share collective responsibility for the overall leadership of ASDAN with the director team and trustees.

How to apply

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

• Applications close: Thursday 7th November, with shortlisting completed by Tuesday 13th November
• Interview date: Tuesday 26th November 2019 in Bristol

Interim HR Manager job paying £170-£200 per day

Your new company
You will be working for a University in South West London.

Your new role
As HR Manager, you will be responsible for providing a responsive, efficient and trusted casework and recruitment service for the university. You will be responsible for ensuring that case work is managed to agreed standards in accordance with policies and best practise. In addition to this, you will build string relationships with stakeholders and Business Partners to ensure that the service delivered by the team meets and exceeds expectations. You will also have the responsibility of line managing 5 HR Advisers. This is an interim role for a period of 2-3 months, paying £170-£200 per day.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be CIPD qualified and demonstrate strong generalist HR experience. You will also have previous experience line managing and personally enjoy this aspect of the job. As an individual you will be hardworking and adaptable to change. Previous experience working within Higher Education is highly desirable but not essential so please apply if you have relevant experience. To be successful, you will be required to start week commencing 21^st October, so you must be immediately available or on a one week notice period.

What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy and dynamic team.

What you need to do now
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A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a small and friendly HR team in a prestigious Independent School in West London.

The Independent Day School are looking for an HR Manager with advisory-level generalist HR and recruitment experience, evidence of continuous professional development in HR, and a strong knowledge of current employment legislation. Experience of working in a school, with an awareness of school compliance and safeguarding regulations, would be advantageous but not essential.

If you would like to receive further information for this role, with full details of how to apply, please send your CV to [email protected] or call Faye Marshall at Harris Hill on 0207 820 7303.

Closing date for applications: Midday on Friday 1st November 2019.
Interviews will be held week commencing 4th November 2019.

• Ewell, Surrey
• Permanent role
• £44-46k depending on experience
• Open to flexible working

About the role/person

Samaritans has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Human Resources team as an HR Business Partner. There is enormous support for people-related plans and activities at Samaritans, so this is an exciting time to join the team.

You will work within our small Human Resources team, alongside our Head of HR, HR Adviser and HR Coordinator. This role is an incredible opportunity to bring your generalist HR skills and experience to a relatively new team with big ambitions and plans. You’ll have previous experience of working in an HR Business Partner role and will be confident in HR policy and process best practice and employment law.

The role is focused on providing an excellent HR service to our paid employees at Samaritans. You will be involved in leading operational people plans and activities within your client groups and managing and responding to ER queries.

You will also lead key HR projects to continuously improve what we do and how we do it in HR.  The role will be an integral part of how we embed our Samaritans behaviours of Support, Trust, Aspiration and Respect in our workplace.

You will enjoy being involved in a wide variety of work and will be able to flex between working on strategic topics and responding to the day-to-day operational demands of working in a small team. It’s a busy time in the team and you will be able to work well under pressure, whilst also feeling comfortable to ask for help when needed.

About Samaritans

At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We believe it is preventable and that by working together we can give people the support they need before they reach crisis point. We are one of the most trusted charities in the UK and ROI, and we answer a call for help every six seconds. We have around 175 staff and more than 20,000 volunteers based across 201 branches giving emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We don’t just hear you; we listen.

Our Location

Our Central Office is located in a converted mill in Ewell, Surrey which is just over 30-minutes by train from Waterloo and 15 minutes from Wimbledon. As an employer we offer a great range of benefits, including 25 days’ holiday, 3 well-being days, flexible working, free parking on-site or nearby, a Health Cash Plan, pension and interest-free season ticket loans.

To Apply

Please download and read the full job description and application from our website. Completed application forms should be emailedby 9am on Monday 28th October 2019.

Our award winning client is a diverse international charity who are seeking a highly experienced HR Business Partner to join their team in central London. This is a full time contract covering a 12 months maternity leave, salary of £43,000 per annum.

HR Business Partner
International Animal Charity
12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Full time, flexible hours
Salary £43,000 per annum
Interviews will be held on 11th & 12th November

You will manage the delivery of the comprehensive operational and strategic HR and OD service for London and Europe based International staff, ensuring the international initiatives and people strategy are aligned and integrated with the charity's ambitious strategic goals to achieve lasting impact for animals worldwide. This key role has a broad remit, covering a range of generalist HR needs. You will provide technical HR support on any complex issues, change initiatives and bespoke projects, update policies and procedures, and work with managers to deliver effective resource planning and on boarding.

You must have experience of supporting an international organisation as an HR generalist and be accustomed to working in cross-cultural environments. You will have managed the delivery of people strategies to high standards and are able to drive the successful achievement of strategic goals.

Your expertise will cover areas such as wellbeing, change management, employee relations, reward as well as recruitment and selection. You will be used to delivering bespoke HR projects too. You will be up-to-date with appropriate legislation and HR best practice.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your CV to [email protected] Closing date for CV's is Friday 25th October.

My client is a national front line services charity operating a number of services across the UK. Based here in London they are seeking an inspiring HR professional with a generalist skill-set to lead the HR function by example.

With mixed responsibilities spanning across both strategic and operational HR, this role is truly exciting and pivotal to the organisation in building and retaining relationships across the charity and across senior managers.

As Head of HR your main responsibilities
- Cover the fulll spectrum of employee relations
- Line Manage HR ops teams
- Build relationships with senior managers nationally
- Ad-hoc lead/support on projects around pay & reward and others

Cultural fit is really important for this organisation, they have some bits they do really well and some that need improving, this is where this position can add significant value to the delivery of a top class HR function.

The role reports into the HR Director.

My client based in London is seeking an HR Business Partner to join them on a permanent basis.

This opportunity would suit a true generalist HR with strong business partnering experience as you will be working with managers and stakeholders across the organisation, advising and leading on projects ranging from change management, recruitment practices, employee relations and performance management to name a few. Alongside this there is the obvious need for all business as usual activities as well.

Working as part of a team and reporting into the Head of HR you will be driven to deliver to high standards. The organisation take pride in what HR can and have achieved for the wider business and would like to continue progressing HR in a similar manner.

This client is a complex matrix organisation so experience of working in a similar structure or a large global organisation would be desirable.

My client is an exciting not for profit brand within the wider public sector remit based in Central London. The client is seeking an HR Manager to join them for a period of 6 months with the potential to extend further down the line.

As the organisation are currently going through a period of change, which includes rolling out new initiatives across the organisation, they are seeking an HR Manager to help smoothly roll these out where needed and keep an eye on business as usual workloads as well

Reporting into a Senior HR Manager you will be tasked with a generalist and project focused remit whilst managing one advisor.

You main focal areas will be:
- change management
- organisational development
- complex ER
- line management

Of course with every HR role it goes without saying that you will be involved in the day to day side of HR as well.

This role is for an immediate start and the client is interviewing as and when they review suitable candidates.

You must be immediately available or available at very short notice to be considered.

The charity has it's UK headquarters near Farringdon and they are looking for a proactive HR Advisor to help support the HR team in a wide range of important duties.

The main duties that you'll be doing in the role will be advising on employment and HR issues for the offices both in London and the UK. This will involve managing employee relation cases, reviewing, updating polices and to help manage the UK and international Payroll. Furthermore, you'll be involved with recruitment and the updating of the HRIS system.

This role will suit a HR generalist who has experience of working in the non-profit sector. The HR Advisor must have a track record of working with unions and a strong knowledge of UK law. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are also imperative.

My client is looking for someone to start by the end of October 2019.

For more information on this HR Advisor role, please get in touch at [email protected]

Change Manager, HR

London

£320 - £400 per day (Inside IR35)

• Are you a CIPD (or evq) HR Manager/BP?
• Do you have Change experience?
• Have you worked for a multi-national matrix organisation?

If so, a large, multi-national organisation in central London may be interested in talking to you about a 6 month interim role.

You will be advising on the people aspect of a change programme including : -

• Leading and advising on consultations
• Revision and evaluation of role profiles
• Build of recruitment plan to move to new organisational structure
• Manage the communication of key messages
• Provide an assurance and risk role

This is an immediate start. To be considered you will:

• Be a CIPD qualified (or eqv) HR professional
• Have experience within a global, matrix organisation
• Be experienced in all aspects of change and transformation

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

As part of the HR team you will have the opportunity to provide an excellent service and support to our staff so that YoungMinds can continue to create a future where all children and young people are supported and empowered.

If you are an experienced and passionate HR Business Partner with strong generalist experience come and join our team! 

The charity is currently introducing a new business strategy and this is a great opportunity to work as part of our small, friendly and effective HR team and contribute to the development of well-being, learning and development and employee engagement programmes, while ensuring efficient day to day HR support to colleagues.

Full details are in the job description/ person specification below.  To apply you must complete the application form. You may also attach a CV if you wish to.

No agencies please. 

International Recruitment Manager - Fixed Term Contract

Central London

£48,000

Are you looking to work for a well-known establishment that advocates global change?

Are you looking for a 360-recruitment opportunity?

Are you looking for 2 to 3-month contract?

What is great about this organisation?

• Large, international organisation, and registered charity
• Their work has been imperative to communities around the world
• Centrally located in Islington with ample opportunity to experience the hustle and bustle of London

What is great about this International Recruitment Manager role?

• Utilise your experience in an organisation that is currently going through a change project
• Be part of an international charity that is currently growing and is going through a busy time
• Be part of a culture which is constantly looking to improve and develop their staff as well as the communities around them

In this International Recruitment Manager role, you will:

• Manage and develop consistent recruitment practices, policy, strategies and systems
• Including planning, attraction, assessment, redeployment, and relocation elements
• Carry out the operational element of recruitment
• Be the standalone recruitment point of contact

As an International Recruitment Manager, you should:

• Have international recruitment experience
• Have experience in the end to end recruitment process
• Be familiar with hiring strategies and succession planning
• Be familiar with operation processes
• Be comfortable being in a standalone position

This International Recruitment Manager Role will suit:

• A recruitment advisor looking for a step up in their career
• Or a junior recruitment manager looking for a similar position

This organisation is looking for an International Recruitment Manager who is ready to hit the ground running within a friendly firm. They must display qualities of a team member, be enthusiastic and show initiative with a can-do attitude.

I have had a high level of interest in this role already so please get in contact ASAP on or 020 7269 6344.

ProTax is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

I am currently working with a leading charity organisation who are looking to recruit a Reward Manager on a permanent basis.

This role plays an integral role in the delivery of our strategic priorities by aligning our total reward offer to our values and behaviours, using this to drive our cultural ambitions, ensuring appropriate and cost effective use of financial resources and articulating our total reward offer strategically to attract and retain the people we need to deliver our strategy.

The main accountabilities held within this role will include:

• Provide providing clear goals and objectives, managing performance and maintaining a result focus, to enable effective, informed, and engaged people; volunteers and employees with the team.
• Lead on the delivery, embedding, and future development of our total reward offer, delegating to the Reward Advisors, connecting, and working collaboratively with POD colleagues, as appropriate.
• Develop and lead on agreeing an approach to pay progression for the organisation ; one which aligns to our values and behaviours, drives our cultural ambitions, and is consistent with the principles of pay equality.
• Identify and work with key stakeholders.
• Ensure insight from internal data sources such as the exit questionnaire and engagement survey, as well as external benchmarking, are used to inform our Total Reward, pay, and recognition practices.
• Take a proactive approach to review current policies and practices identifying future pay and benefits trends and external influences that may affect the Society and formulate options and recommended actions for improvements.
• Monitor the impact of our pay practices and provide regular impact reports to the Executive Group and SLT Directors as appropriate.
• Lead on the annual pay review process (including executive remunerations); project managing the process, compiling and modelling appropriate pay data, liaising with POD colleagues to implement and communicate to employees.
• Deliver an efficient and effective approach to job evaluation and maintain robust approaches to pay which ensure the principles of pay equality are upheld in all we do.
• Lead, develop, and embed recognition practices for our people across the Society, including overseeing the delivery of our highly regarded annual People Awards.
• Manage the complete benefits portfolio, including effective contract management, overseeing the relationship with third party suppliers, ensuring effective performance and cost effectiveness.
• Ensure effective and engaging communication with our people on all aspects of our total reward framework, working actively with ICE colleagues as appropriately.

If you are looking for a new contract and have the relevant skills and experience for the role, please submit your application ASAP.