The Psychosynthesis Trust is a small educational charity that has a rich 50- year history of enabling human potential in the UK.  Our founders were pioneering leaders in education, psychology, science and spirituality and we continue to work at that nexus today.  Our purpose is to bring about wholeness in a fragmented world. 

We offer transformative learning experiences, counselling and psychotherapy and rooms to hire in the heart of London at our 92-94 Tooley Street building. 

Our values and our culture consider the whole, both in terms of individuals and society, as well as from an organisational perspective. We orientate to working with the qualities of love and will, bringing the principles of curiosity, inquiry and responsibility to our work and to each other.

The breadth and depth of The Psychosynthesis Trust’s training, counselling services and room-rental offering has developed significantly over the past 6 years.  With this increased growth and with the intention of wanting to help more people ‘know and transform themselves’, we are entering a new phase of the Trust’s life cycle.  As such, we are looking for a new Operations Manager who can help us develop and implement solid foundations and infrastructure from which to expand our work.  

The Context of the Operations Manager Role

As a member of the Operations team, you play a crucial role in maintaining the infrastructure for the community. It is part of a front facing team who are a first response for the building and all facilities. You will work with staff across all departments to make sure the core operations of the organisation are running effectively. Often troubleshooting live issues and thinking resourcefully about ways to respond to unusual and in-the-moment situations are part of this role.

A key focus for the Trust and for the Operations Manager in the coming years will be on imbedding integrated processes for the running of the building and developing excellent customer service standards.  We want the Trust to support the whole community in their different activities; be it delivering training, therapy, running events, or being a student. This role will also work closely with the core team with IT and systems issues and to build the team knowledge base, clarifying our ways of working to help support decision making and enabling improvements.

The right candidate will be a brilliant multitasker, able to juggle larger ongoing improvements with smaller day to day management. Keeping the longer-term goals in sight will maintain a smooth current state. You will have an appetite for wanting to understand how to grow and scale our operations to support our organisational growth, working closely with the Finance and Operations Director. We are looking for a candidate that is comfortable working with complexity and challenges that come along with process change while maintaining business as usual for customers.

We are looking for someone who is ready to support some exciting developments, as we have several large projects in motion that will be implemented over the next 6-18 months. You will be involved in changes that will improve the day to day running of our facilities at Tooley Street. 

We value diversity and the intersectionality of people and their backgrounds.  This is important to us as we seek to cultivate a creative and more expansive and inclusive attitude to difference in ourselves, our communities and our society.  So, we are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic, people with disabilities, people who identify with being LGBTQIA or people who identify with being marginalised.

This is an exditing role for someone who wants to be part of a growing organisation on the pioneering edge of adult learning and education. We are a small team so there is great opportunity for personal and professional development and to feel like you are making a difference!

The Purpose of the Role

The purpose of the role of the Operations Manager is to lead, develop and to ensure implementation the overall strategy for The Trust’s operations functionalities.

 Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Effective function of the building and its facilities; including operation, space, technical and function, as well as secure and compliant with Fire, Health & Safety legislation.
• Managing the roles that engage with our Community, ensuring the highest levels of service of our provision are upheld and that the impression and environment reflects that and of our values.
• Aligning with our Programmes and Counselling Services teams to ensure the provision best facilitates our core work.
• Strategically proactive on how we maximise our space and resource and what relationships can be forged with our neighbouring community that will impact this.

Key Functional Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Building and Facilities function, including
  • Manage cleaning and caretaking of the building with our internal team, regulating hours worked to remain in “contact” with a team that works out of hours whilst being maintaining regular contact through email and phone (inside and outside of office hours).
  • Managing and reviewing all building and operational contractors, suppliers and services, ensuring we use organisations that align with our values and that we get the best quality of service within set budgets.
  • Maintaining building services, such as waste, heating, lift and internet, including updates and testing where necessary.
  • Managing the tangible assets of the Trust, including equipment and budgets.
  • Ensuring that the building complies with updated statutory requirements including Fire, Health and Safety legislation.  Supporting the whole team in building skills and knowledge base of those statutory requirements as part of the audit function.
  • Ensuring the impression and aesthetics of the building expresses our values and represents the quality that we provide in our core work.
  • Continuously assessing our environmental footprint and changing resources to reflect a better relationship and responsibility of the Trust’s climate.
  • Support of a potential building renovation in its planning, management and implementation stages.
  • Managing purchases and inventory, such as cleaning, stationery and refectory supplies, and ensuring logs and invoices are presented to Finance team.
  • Being available for any out of hours contact when emergencies arise.

• Community, including
  • Line management of Community Host and reception function, with an accountable overview of the Community Hosting Support team that requires recruitment.
  • To create an outstanding provision of service that is experienced by every facet of the community at all times.
  • Ensuring all Training and Counselling rooms are well maintained and appropriately equipped and set up to support Programmes team, course participants, students, trainers and room renters.
  • Develop strong working relationships with counsellors, trainers and room renters, ensuring inquiries and specific needs are met with positive outcomes.
  • Supporting the community in the launch of a new room booking system ensuring continuity of service.
  • Managing the standing orders of the room rentals, calculating these quarterly, and regular invoice management in liaison with the Finance team.
  • Review of all community agreements and collaborating with the Marketing and Communication Manager to ensure website content is up to date.
  • Develop an advisory Community Ecosystem that draws on the broadness of our building users and brings in the voice of the community to consult on feedback and matters arising.

• Core work support, including
  • Collaborating with the Programmes Director and the Programmes and Counselling Services teams to support the strategic needs of the core work of the Trust.
  • Administration and maintenance of the Student Lending Library.
  • Supporting all teams in everyday IT and systems support, whilst supporting skills and knowledge growth, and managing IT contracts and subscriptions through our Office365 platform.

• Strategy, including
  • Develop reporting of the room rental business to build and feed an annual strategy set out by the Finance and Operations Director in the Trust’s impact goals.
  • Develop the strategy to cultivate community, aligning with the Communications and Marketing Manager, enabling our community business model to be benchmarked, set out through market analysis, and consider how to position our provision.
  • Build new relationships locally to further cultivate our community with organisations and groups that align with our purpose and values, including our key stakeholders (local authority, First Mile).
  • Reduce the perishability of unused rooms by developing a strategy that introduces new organisations and groups to the Trust

How to Apply: 

Please explain in no more than 2 pages why you’d like to work for The Trust, what skills and attributes you will bring to The Trust, and what experience you have that fits with this role.   We are also interested in hearing about your life story and how this aligns to your purpose, strengths and interests. Please send this, along with your CV to Jamie Joyes, Finance and Operations Director at the address provided.  More information about this role can be found on the Trust’s website.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic, people with disabilities, people who identify with being LGBTQIA or people who identify with having been marginalised.

Human Resources Manager

Manchester City Centre

Starting salary for this position is £37,452 per annum (plus contributory pension)

MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict. 

We are seeking a credible and confident HR Manager to join our dynamic Human Resources team of 12. This is a broad generalist role in a fast-paced environment, leading on operational people management matters in support of our UK office.

Based in our Manchester head office, you will be responsible for delivering high quality operational HR services and advice in relation to performance management, recruitment and retention, learning and development, employee relations and employee engagement. You will manage a HR Officer, focussed on recruitment and selection and supporting you in generalist areas, as well as two HR Administrators, who provide administration services to the wider HR team.  You will also have the opportunity to develop HR policies and strategic projects and add value that will assist in the delivery of MAG’s lifesaving work.

You will need to have a relevant HR qualification or equivalent, and experience in a generalist HR role, evidencing a wide range of HR skills.  Experience of managing, delivering and continually improving operational HR services and processes will also be essential. This is a fast-paced and challenging role, which will require high levels of initiative, pro-activeness and strong multi-tasking skills. You will need to demonstrate the ability to lead, motivate and develop a small team, and be a clear and influential communicator. You will also be a creative, flexible, solution-focused HR professional committed to MAG's goals. 

In return, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, using your HR knowledge and experience to support MAG’s lifesaving work across the globe.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

For further information on the role, the application form and details of how to apply, please visit our website before the closing date of 8th March 2020.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

Applicants who are non-residents of the UK will need to provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK.

We are actively recruiting for an interim Reward Manager role to cover a period of maternity leave at a high profile charity. 

Leading the reward function and managing a part time advisor as well, you will be responsible for the following: 

• Provide a highly responsive, professional advisory service to all staff both nationally and internationally

• Review of reward strategies and implementation of recommendations and policies. 

• Job evaluation lead (Hay)

• Management of benefit schemes, annual renewal of insurance plans

• Management of salary review and the reward cost centre. 

• Project management (reward) 

This is a fascinating, broad reaching role, incorporating both strategic and operational elements of Reward, where you will be joining a friendly and forward thinking team. 

As Property Custodian Trustee working two days or four half days per week, in our modern open plan offices, your skills will be key to helping us work with Parishes as they manage their properties, particularly any commercial or legal aspects. The sucessful candidate will also assist the Head of Property and Diocesan Board of Finance with activities relating to investment properties, retired clergy housing, glebe lands and houses.

The Custodian Trustee Administrator is a key member of the property team and will be the main  contact for our parishes when they have a legal, commercial or planning issue with their property. You will work closely with our solicitors and other experts to agree appropriate actions that respond to issues raised.

Ideally you will already have a practical understanding of general property issues such as maintenance, buying, selling, leasing and other land transactions.

Previous experience of legal documents, concepts and trusts in addition to maintaining spreadsheets and databases will be essential. This job would suit someone who is familiar with the commercial and / or legal aspects of property management.

Please see the full recruitment pack for details of how to apply for this role and use the application form attached - we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Location: London, UK - starting with 6 months in Antananarivo, Madagascar and regular visits to Madagascar thereafter

Closing date for applications: 1at March 2020

Start date: As soon as possible / April 2020

Contract type: Full-time

Contract duration: 2 years renewable fixed term contract

Remuneration: Competitive salary based on experience

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK

We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities

Blue Ventures (BV) develops locally led approaches to marine management that benefit people and nature alike. By listening and responding to basic needs, we design our models to catalyse and sustain marine conservation, unlocking the potential of coastal communities to manage their resources. We work in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and are committed to advancing the rights of small-scale fishers throughout the coastal tropics.

Summary job description

We are recruiting a Health-Environment Project Manager to support the growth of the Madagascar PHE Network - a dynamic national learning network that Blue Ventures supports in Madagascar - bringing together health and environmental organisations to encourage the uptake of rights-based, cross-sector partnerships for conservation and sustainable development. This new UK-based position will provide a broad range of project management support to the PHE network team to enable them to grow and deliver various initiatives (partner training, resource development, multi-site research, innovation to reach “last mile” communities with family planning and other health services) including overseeing BV’s involvement in an interdisciplinary consortium. More broadly, this role will bring valuable additional capacity to BV’s UK-based health-environment team, enabling further growth of this workstream.

The successful candidate will be a motivated, proactive and highly organised individual with extensive project management experience working with institutional funders and diverse stakeholders in low-resource settings, and an excellent command of French. 

We are looking for an individual who is open to new ideas and embraces innovation, who has a strong commitment to human rights, and ideally who has experience working at the intersection of conservation and public health. Assessment of applications will include alignment with Blue Ventures’ core values and mission to support rights-based approaches to marine conservation and integrated health-environment programming. You will thrive in environments that are fast-paced, collegiate and ambitious, and be comfortable taking the initiative and solving complex problems in challenging situations.

This is a rare opportunity to join our award-winning health-environment (H-E) team at a time of exciting growth for this area of our work, managing our contribution to a new multi-stakeholder project linking sexual and reproductive health and rights with community-led conservation and climate change resilience initiatives, and supporting the continued growth of the Madagascar PHE Network in line with its 2025 strategy.

Application Process

Applicants should apply online via the Blue Ventures website by 1st March 2020. 

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first-round interviews may be conducted with short-listed candidates before the application deadline.

All shortlisted candidates will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.