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Help Shape the Future of People and Volunteering at The Shakespeare Hospice
We're looking for an experienced HR professional who is passionate about people, volunteers and continuous improvement. In this newly refreshed role, you'll play a vital part in modernising our people processes, enhancing our volunteer programme and helping ensure The Shakespeare Hospice remains an employer and volunteer organisation of choice within our community.
Make a Difference Through People
At The Shakespeare Hospice, our mission is to provide exceptional care and support to patients, families and loved ones facing life-limiting illnesses. Behind this vital work is a dedicated team of employees and volunteers who make a real difference every day.
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate HR & Volunteer Manager to join our People & Workforce Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled HR professional who is passionate about supporting people, fostering positive workplace cultures and recognising the invaluable contribution volunteers make within our community.
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of People & Workforce, you will play a key role in delivering professional HR support across the Hospice while leading and developing our volunteer programme.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys creating positive change. As the Hospice continues to evolve, a key focus during your first year will be to help modernise, streamline and improve people and volunteer processes, ensuring they are efficient, fit for purpose and provide an excellent experience for employees, volunteers and managers alike.
You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to identify opportunities for improvement, simplify ways of working, enhance systems and processes, and support the development of a modern, people-focused HR function.
You will:
- Provide expert HR advice and guidance to managers on a wide range of people matters.
- Lead the review, development and modernisation of HR and volunteer processes, policies and systems.
- Identify opportunities to streamline administration, improve efficiency and enhance the employee and volunteer experience.
- Lead and develop recruitment and onboarding processes.
- Support employee wellbeing and engagement initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with employment legislation, HR best practice and regulatory requirements.
- Produce workforce data and insights to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Oversee volunteer recruitment, onboarding, engagement and recognition.
About You
We're looking for someone who is not only an experienced HR professional but also someone who enjoys improving the way things work.
You will be comfortable challenging existing practices, introducing new ideas and helping to build efficient and effective people processes. You'll be excited by the opportunity to make a lasting impact and help shape the future of HR and volunteering at The Shakespeare Hospice.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to join The Shakespeare Hospice at a pivotal time. Alongside providing expert HR and volunteer leadership, you'll have the opportunity to influence and modernise key people processes, helping to create an outstanding experience for our employees, volunteers and managers while supporting the Hospice's long-term ambitions.
To Apply
If you are an experienced HR professional looking for a meaningful role where you can make a lasting impact on employees, volunteers and the wider community, we would love to hear from you.
Please provide a CV and cover letter - guide two A4 pages detailing how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role. Full details of the role can be found here.
The Shakespeare Hospice is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK.
The Shakespeare Hospice reserves the right to close adverts early should we receive enough applications.We reserve the right to extend the closing date for this vacancy should the need arise.
All data is processed in accordance with our privacy policy.
Please provide a CV and cover letter - guide two A4 pages detailing how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
For everyone in our community affected by a life-limiting illness or bereavement to be able to access compassionate care and the support they need
Thank you!
This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for ensuring Battersea’s estate, infrastructure and facilities services are safe, compliant, resilient and fit for purpose, enabling the charity to deliver its mission. As Head of Estates and Facilities, you will lead operations across multiple sites, oversee asset management, maintenance, security, statutory compliance, capital projects and facilities services, while driving the delivery of our estates strategy and long-term property plans.
As an experienced facilities management leader, you will provide visible, site-based leadership, working closely with Centre Managers and senior stakeholders to ensure our estate is operationally effective, financially sustainable and capable of supporting both current needs and future ambitions. You will lead high-performing teams, manage significant operational and capital budgets, oversee refurbishment and infrastructure projects, and ensure the highest standards of safety, compliance, service quality and value for money across all estates and facilities functions.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year.
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution.
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans.
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. Greyscale copies of the recruitment pack are also available on request.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Acceptable use of AI:
At Battersea, we value expertise. We recognise each candidate that applies to us will have a range of expertise they can offer us, so we want to hear about this in your own words. We understand the support that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer but it can also lead to numerous applications presenting as generic and impersonal. This makes it difficult to gain understanding of your unique experience.
To best showcase yourself, we encourage you to write your responses without the assistance of AI. If you require the use of AI software to aid in completing your application, we ask you use the generative responses as a prompt for writing your answers and avoid copying and pasting. You must also ensure the information presented in your application accurately reflects your experience.
Closing date: 19th August 2026
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Interview date(s): First Round Interviews (Online) and Second Round Interviews (In Person) - Dates to be confirmed.
For more information about the role, please download our Recruitment pack.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Full Time – 35 hours per week
The Diocese of Chester is seeking to recruit a Diocesan Secretary who will be:
1) A senior member of the Bishop of Chester's core staff team,
2) The chief officer of the charitable business that undergirds the Diocese of Chester, and
3) The most senior, 'lay' officer of the Diocese of Chester.
The role is complex as well as important. You will need an open heart and deep courage, patience, kindness, humility, determination, and constantly reflective practice. We value competence founded on transparent good character, grounded deeply in Christian faith. You will need to be able to see over the horizon without missing the personal needs of team members, enabling both with persistent grace and strategic focus.
The successful candidate will be inspirational, humble, skilled and experienced in leadership in both ‘first-’ and ‘second-chairs’, a change manager, relational and the technical ability to fulfil the role.
This role is based in Church House, Daresbury, Warrington which is a key operational centre for the life of the Diocese.
For informal conversation, contact the Bishop of Chester - contact details in the attached documents or via the apply/redirect to recruiter button.
The recruitment pack, including job description, person specification and application form can be downloaded from the Diocesan website: Please see website address in the attached documents or via the apply/redirect to recruiter button.
Completed application forms should be returned by email - contact details in the attached documents or via the apply/redirect to recruiter button
Closing date: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 8th September 2026
The Diocese of Chester is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
An Enhanced DBS Disclosure will be required for the successful candidate.
An Occupational Requirement exists for the postholder to be a practising Christian, in accordance with the Equality Act, 2010.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.