Business Partner 

Length of contract:   Permanent 
Salary: £27,950 per annuum pro rata 3.5 days a week (24½ hours a week £19,565) plus contributory pension 4% - 5% 
Responsible to: Head of Business Operations 
Responsible for:  Junior support staff when needed. 
Working with: All members of staff, board members, partners, associates and suppliers
 
ABOUT HACT 
HACT works with social housing providers, driving change within their businesses through our platform of products, services and consultancy. Simultaneously, we identify new opportunities, broker relationships, and engage with futures-oriented partners to create new projects and services that transform the social housing sector. 
 
Our external focus since January 2020 has been around six areas: 
• The role of community investment within communities • The use of data within social housing organisations • The response of social housing to the Covid-19 pandemic • The connection between housing and health • The future of social value in social housing • The business capability and design of social housing 
We’re a deeply committed team of 16, working with individuals and organisations who share our vision for social housing. 
 
ABOUT THE ROLE 
The Business Partner (BP) will be a key member of the team at HACT, with responsibility for supporting good financial and HR practice throughout HACT.
We utilise professional external services for accounting, audit and HR functions and a key element of this role will be to manage both internal and external stakeholders. 
You will be a part of the creation and maintenance of a supportive, reliable and creative environment, which enables maximum business impact through strong internal and external relationships. 
You will also play a key role in supporting project development and delivery to ensure HACT can deliver on its mission.
Understanding our financial performance is key to our success and you’ll create and maintain performance dashboards to support commercial delivery and future strategy. 
You will assist with governance and day-to-day management of internal supply contracts and IT systems. 
 
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 
Reporting to the Head of Business Operations your key responsibilities are:
Finance & Performance 
• Provide analysis and deliver insight that links financial and performance reports to business strategies • Improve the use of financial reporting on business performance • Support effective commercial procedures, or initiate change, to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are delivered through close working with colleagues • Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams • Record keeping of financial transactions including the processing of expenditure and income. Play a key role in delivering HACTs credit control systems. • Management of effective external relationship and the interfacing internal systems with external partners 
 
Maintain systems and support governance 
• Deputise for the Head of Business Operations in their absence, under the supervision of the Managing Director. • Some general administrative tasks such as dealing with correspondence, keeping databases up to date and answering the phone • Manage and monitor HACT’s internal CRM system and tools. • Provide governance support to the Board and senior management team, including supporting Board meetings and ensuring that HACT and its subsidiaries are meeting their regulatory requirements as a charity and company.
• You’ll assist HACT partners (who are not office based) to maximise the use of established systems and assist in ensuring that work is carried out in a healthy and safe way. HR  • Proactively support delivery of HR Processes consistently through the organisation • Builds strong business relationships with colleagues and key HR and finance partners • Actively supports the recruitment of talented individuals  • Support leaders to develop individuals to perform at their best 
 
ABOUT YOU
You will be able to evidence skills in the areas outlined above and will possess strong interpersonal skills. This post will suit a candidate who is motivated, curious and driven, with the capacity to work independently to ensure aims and objectives are achieved. 
You’re not afraid of working hard in pursuit of a big vision. In summary you will have: 
ESSENTIAL 
3+ years’ experience in a multi-disciplined business support function. 
Excellent stakeholder management skills with both internal and external audiences 
Excellent numerical and analytical skills and the ability to provide support for financial administration. 
Experience of using and maintaining a CRM system. 
Strong autodidactic tendencies. 
Highly organised and able to take the initiative to solving problems and making the most of opportunities to improve.
Ability to manage, adapt and refine systems, to meet changing business needs. 
Good level of presentation skills across different types of media and excellent MS Excel skills, including the use of macro’s 
Adaptability and agility in managing multiple deadlines whilst maintaining quality. 
Resilient, reliable, confident and enthusiastic. 
Ability to take initiative and problem solve.
Experience of coordinating and servicing meetings, including minute taking. 
Manage own workload to drive tasks through to completion with minimal supervision. 
NICE TO HAVES 
Ability to write internal policies and procedures 
Having worked in a small charity or voluntary sector organisation previously. 
Experience of managing and developing people, which could include interns, temporary staff and volunteers 

Could this be you?  Interested in getting involved with
Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation?
If so, we would love to hear from you…

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation are seeking an experienced CEO to manage day-to-day operations of the organisation.

The CEO will play a critical role in managing the governance of the charity, build and model an ethical and sustainable culture, provide inspired leadership to the Executive Team and establish a great working relationship with the Board of Trustees.

The CEO will develop and spearhead a Donor Relationship Management Plan to seek opportunities and new funding relationships.

We are looking for an individual with essential experience within the 3rd sector and a strong link to the work within BLCF.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12:00 hrs Saturday 31 October 2020

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: W/C Monday 23rd November 2020

Please get in touch and become a valued member of BLCF’s diverse community

The Head of Policy Impact and Communications is an exciting new role created at Design Council which leads our charitable mission to spread awareness of the value of design and influence for greater use of design, and to create commercial partnerships that do design and allow the organisation to thrive.

This involves:

• developing and influencing policies that promote good design and building alliances that can make the case more persuasively together
• measuring the impact and telling the story of the value of our work, and communicating/marketing our offer to create new and funded design partnerships that deliver value
• supporting delivery teams to use the best creative communication & storytelling methods as part of creating change, including harnessing & showcasing a diversity of talent within design.

The role:

• leads the Policy, Impact and Communications team, managing staff and working with external agencies
• forms part of the senior management team, along with colleagues in the delivery team and corporate services team
• reports into the Chief Design Officer, who with two other Directors and the Chief Exec lead the organisation

We are looking for someone who:

• Combines data and stories into compelling new narratives that influence policymakers and organisations to use design
• Builds relationships and alliances with other organisations with similar interests to speak with a bigger voice
• Stitches together, connects and weaves insights from our various project work, and that of the wider design sector
• Amplifies the diversity of design
• Proactively scan the horizon for influencing opportunities
• Is creative and curious in visual and digital methods
• Has an entrepreneurial mindset and can spot business opportunities which widen the use of design and our services
• Cares for the team and how they can be the best they can be

We value inclusion, equality and diversity, and we know that can only design better for all, when we bring together people from different backgrounds and perspectives. Therefore, we are actively recruiting for a diversity of candidates that reflects the ‘all’ of the society we are designing with and for. We are happy to hear about and explore reasonable adjustments that we could make which mean that the role would be attractive to a greater diversity of person. This includes the ability to work from home, flexible working,  compressed hours or other arrangements.

To apply please send a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for this role.

SCIENCE MEDIA PRESS OFFICER

Reports to: Senior Manager (Science Media)

Location: Stratford, London-based with a maximum of 2 days working from home. Some regional travel required. A flexible working pattern can be discussed.

Salary: Circa £28,000 - £32,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time 35 hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2020, 23:55 pm

Interviews: Date TBC - This will consist of 2 stages (competency-based interview including a writing test, and a follow-up). Interviews will take place virtually over video conferencing.

A bit about the role

We have fantastic opportunity to join our fast-paced and exciting press office as part of our Science Media team here at CRUK. We are looking for someone who has experience in a press office and a science background who can bring their own flair and creativity to the role.

As our new press officer, you will be writing press releases, helping with communications plans for media campaigns, pitching stories to journalists, and responding to media requests. You'll also be part of a busy 24-hr news desk, providing journalists with insight and comments on not only CRUK's work, but also on cancer research from around the world.

You'll develop creative ways to publicise the work of CRUK's Commercial Partnerships team, who last year brokered £20million in deals with industry to commercialise exciting new discoveries in the lab, getting them to people with cancer as quick as possible.

And you will be central to promoting CRUK's Clinical Drug Development team, who team up with academic, industry and biotechnology partners across the globe to test drugs in trials, bringing much needed new treatments to people with cancer.

A bit about the team

Our purpose at CRUK is one and the same - we want to speed up our progress towards eradicating cancer. The pioneering work we do around prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives, but we still have a long way to go.

You'll be in the Science Media team who sit within a wider News Team, which consists of the Health Media and Digital teams. Working together, we keep the UK and the world up to date on CRUK's amazing progress and plans, helping the charity's fundraising and philanthropy drives, as well as influencing government and other stakeholders.

What are some of the things you can you expect to be doing?

• Developing and delivering communication campaigns that showcase the latest scientific breakthroughs in cancer research.

• Working with our Commercial Partnerships team you will be promote the charity's multimillion-pound collaborations and developments in new discoveries in cancer research.

• You'll also work with the team from the Centre for Drug Development, who bring life-saving treatments to people with cancer.

• Contributing to the aims and objectives of the charity in line with organisation-wide priorities.

• Working with our funded scientists to turn their research into compelling news stories, features, opinion pieces and other forms of media content.

• Developing communications plans, which include maximising the opportunities of publicising the work of our commercial partnerships team.

• Building relationships with journalists, and develop and pitch stories to relevant media to deadline.

• Being part of a weekly news desk, dealing with reactive media enquiries in a timely way.

• Developing media briefs for leadership and brief spokespeople on media opportunities.

• Working on press conference opportunities with journalists to showcase the latest advances in research.

• Monitoring the performance of media campaigns and feed into media reports.

• Keep abreast of the media in general, spotting trends in changing media consumption, and building relationships with journalists and key opinion leaders.

• Working with colleagues in the Communications Department (Corporate, Consumer, Health, Science, Social, Digital, Regional, Internal Comms) and across the organisation on large-scale, multi-faceted communication campaigns, to maximise the impact of our work.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong communication skills - written and oral

• Demonstrable experience explaining complex scientific information in a reader-friendly style that translates into media stories

• Experience of working in a press office and in science communication or similar role is essential

• Able to identify and solve problems with guidance

• Can work well under pressure and to deadline

• Uses initiative to prioritise day-to-day tasks and make decisions within established guidelines and policies

• Experience of working independently with minimum supervision to an agreed standard

• Confidence in an provide advice, guidance and support to select internal and external colleagues

• A good knowledge of the media landscape

• A good knowledge of the UK research landscape

• Ability to find creative ways to publicise research initiatives

• Understanding of digital and social media

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2020, 23:55 pm

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
About the role
Our ambitious Marketing and Communications team is growing, so that we can build large-scale public support for our goal of ending homelessness for good. This exciting new role is part of our new supporter engagement function, which will develop a cross-organisational approach which inspires supporters to get involved in all aspects of our work including fundraising, campaigning and volunteering. You’ll work with all supporter-facing teams to champion our supporters and to share learning, insight and best practice so that all supporters have consistently exceptional experiences of Crisis.
About you
To be successful in this role you should have a background in communications, marketing, digital or customer experience. You will have experience developing excellent customer/supporter journeys and used insight and analysis to improve customer/supporter experience. You will be comfortable leading on projects with competing priorities and deadlines. Importantly, you will share our passion and commitment to put supporters at the heart of our work, and to make all decisions based on what is best for them and our members.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 25th October 2020
At Crisis we value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination, and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Wellbeing Manager to join this forward thinking charity, which exists to support the health and wellbeing of the banking community, numbering almost two million people in the UK.

It’s a great time to join BWC. We already support thousands of people every year and our expanding service offer is enabling us to reach and help more clients than ever.

About the Role
Your key purpose in this new role will be to develop BWC’s reputation for expertise in the field of workplace wellbeing in order to increase levels of engagement with UK banks. You will do this by contributing content to support the Charity’s thought leadership activity, particularly in the development of the Wellbeing Pulse blog, delivering workplace wellbeing interventions in UK banks to support their wellbeing strategies and supporting the development and delivery of BWC’s consultancy service to banks.

About You
You will have a background in HR, Occupational Psychology or other wellbeing-relevant field, with expert and current knowledge of workplace wellbeing issues.  You will have expert research, writing and editing skills, with the ability to create content with a clear and strong narrative; and an ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders. 

In order to succeed you will be able to express opinions, information and points of argument clearly.  You will be professional and well-presented, an engaging, perceptive and excellent communicator and have social media skills.  You will also be motivated to achieve, have a commitment to excellence and be able to consider reputational risks.

What we Offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary and the opportunity to participate in a discretionary performance related bonus up to a maximum of 15% of salary along with a range of benefits, which include:

• 30 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
• Up to 13% employer contribution to BWC’s pension scheme
• Group Life Cover (three times annual salary)
• Season Ticket Loan (upon successful completion of probation)
• Employee Assistance Programme

To apply please read through the application pack and complete the attached application form - which includes a Supporting Statement.  Your Supporting Statement should clearly set out how your experience meets the criteria in the Person Specification. 

Closing Date: 30th October 2020

Who we are:

You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of us before. We think we’re pretty unique here at the Coal Authority where we are making a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We’re a great bunch of people to work with. We all have a united passion and desire to live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important. There are a number of benefits that you’ll access being a part of our inclusive team including flexi time, 27.5 days holiday (with an additional 6 days flexi time), civil service pension scheme, gym membership contribution, and professional membership.

About the role:

As Research Manager you’ll help connect the organisation to what’s happening externally to inform strategy and engagement.

You’ll undertake and manage research into activities taking place across a wide range of our stakeholders and support work with ministers, elected mayors, MPs, MSPs, MSs, chief executives and directors.

You’ll work closely with colleagues to understand our current relationships and ensure information is recorded and managed effectively.

As Research Manager you’ll also work with us to develop and manage a small and productive team.

This role will be working from home initially, after which time there’s flexibility to work from home for part of the week.  

About you:

With experience in undertaking research, analysing results and providing recommendations to others you’ll bring new insights from the external environment to help us create a better future from our mining past.

You’ll have an eye for detail and the ability to work at pace to deliver real results for the communities we serve.

A positive team worker who works well with others, you’ll naturally have an interest in people and helping them to develop – so even if you’ve not managed a small team before we’d like to hear from you. We’ll work with you to take that first step and give you access to a range of learning and development opportunities.

Working at the Coal Authority:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

The Coal Authority is committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We encourage applications from people with the required skills and experience, from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and beliefs.  Diversity is vital to our success and innovation and is fundamental to our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. We offer a guaranteed interview for candidates with disabilities who meet the basic selection criteria.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with us by contacting the HR team.

Other essential information

Schedule:

Application closing date: Thursday 29th October 2020

The Coal Authority is currently following all required social distancing practices during our recruitment process.

Application outcome:

Only candidates invited to interview will be contacted. If you have not heard anything within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Security:

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements. 

Reporting to:  CEO initially

Location:London Office based with travel across the region and occasional national travel (ccurrently remote working due to Covid-19)

Hours: Part time at 80% ( Mondays, Thursdays Fridays mandatory). Some evening and weekend work required. Further hours may be available based on funding.
 

MORE ABOUT THIS ROLE

This is a unique role at an exciting and pivotal time of growth for The Sophie Hayes Foundation based in our largest delivery location. 

The successful candidate will work with our London team to manage and deliver remote, 1-to-1 and group employability support service by coaching survivors of trafficking to: grow in confidence, develop employability skills and to access vocational placement opportunities such as training, education, work experience and volunteering.  

This is a role designed for someone who is people focused, has an eye to detail and is: encouraging, insightful, creative, organised and willing to tailor 1-to-1 sessions, to adapt to the changing lives of those you are supporting.

Have perseverance, a high level of flexibility and emotional intelligence.

You will be quick to listen, understand and lead women forward as they navigate a challenging transition in their lives. 

You will have initiative with an ability to adapt ideas into action, alongside strong partnership skills as you build relationships with referral partners across businesses, social enterprises and colleges across London and the South.

REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 3- 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Essential:

1. Required coaching employability experience:
   1.  Helping people access work, training and education, and understanding the commercial workplace
   2. Experience of helping people develop CVs, interview skills and career plans.
2. Experience of either teaching, coaching, training or support work: 
   1. Bringing out the best in those around you.
   2. Curious, insightful and committed to the growth of everyone you work with.
3. Forming partnerships: Creating and building alignment with partners over a shared agenda.
   1.  Experience in influencing others for a common goal and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
4. Support work: Supporting vulnerable individuals on a remote, group and 1-to-1 basis to overcome challenges, advocating for them, following up and breaking down barriers to progress.

Technical Essential

1. Database proficient (Blackbaud preferred)
2. Microsoft Suite 
3. Advanced level of report writing and english proficiency

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Employability Support Work – Deliver remote, group and 1-to-1 support to survivors of trafficking, with a focus on identifying strengths, purpose and career plans, in a manner and approach consistent with our Employability Programme (focus on identity, hope and empowerment).  
2. Provide insight and input into all aspects of the Employability Programme.
3. Identifying and matching individuals on volunteer placements, training or work shadowing opportunities
4. Working in collaboration with NGO partner case workers to support the activation of longer-term training plans in a suitable location for the individual.

Partnership Creation and Management

1. Build and maintain relationships with employability and training partners across London and the South (and elsewhere in the UK as defined through the programme delivery).
2. Identify suitable placement or training experiences that will further the career path for participant survivors. Continue to review the success of placement providers, resolving any issues as they emerge and working to continually enhance the experience and outcomes for all parties involved.
3. Create and maintain training partnerships available for Employability Programme graduates across London & South
4. Ensure ALL compliance with our safeguarding principles, policies and procedures  
5. Work closely with the other Employability Coaching Coordinators to ensure growth and develoment of all programme participants.

Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation

1. Ensure delivery of funder KPI’s and terms of grant related to the support work component of the programme.
2. Collate qualitative and quantitative data and stories for use in ongoing funding reports and future funding bids
3. Support monthly trustee reporting and annual report requirements as required
4. Continually enhance and improve the support service based on a formal process of review and implementation

Supporting the wider organisation

1. Delivering regular and effective communications for the wider team regarding the overall programme and employability support work progress.  
2. All other duties as assigned.

The people that we work with come from all over the world and have a wide variety of beliefs, experiences, backgrounds. We are committed to sharing and reflecting this rich diversity amongst our staff, volunteers and trustees and would strongly encourage applicants from minority and under-represented groups

Please note: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

However, this post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 20