People, culture and inclusion partner

Location: Home based and office based at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, in line with NCVO’s flexible working policy. Minimum of two days per week to be worked in the office

About the role

Please note that the closing date for applications is 08.00, Friday 17 January 2025, however this advert will expire at 23.59 on 15th January.

From local and national support services to green spaces, sports clubs, museums and the arts, voluntary organisations and volunteers are a vital part of communities across the country. As the membership community for charities and voluntary organisations, NCVO has championed volunteers and the voluntary sector for over a hundred years.

We are looking for a talented strategic thinker and partner with transferable skills, to join the People, Culture and Inclusion (PCI) team to cover a period of maternity leave.

As a People Partner, you will provide an integrated, consultative HR service to your assigned Directorate. You will be working in conjunction with members of the PCI team and in partnership with the Head of PCI to align NCVO's Strategic Plan through people, by contributing to Directorate strategic planning activities and delivering the strategic People, Culture and Inclusion initiatives which also talk to the strategy.

The People Partner will play a vital role in the implementation of all strategies to enhance the culture, values and ambition to meet challenges within the sector. This will include (but is not limited to); Supporting and embracing NCVO's EDI Agenda, Workforce planning and transformation change programmes in collaboration with your colleagues within the PCI team. In addition to your strategic remit, you will deliver a solution focused HR service to all primarily at the level of Line Management and Senior Management Team colleagues, supporting the more complex people matters and implementing talent management and engagement strategies.

The ideal candidate will use their consulting and negotiating skills to look for risks and issues that are impacting the delivery of the Directorate's aims, both locally and strategically. At the same time, the senior management team regularly enlist HR expertise for complex change programmes which range from implementation of new systems and technical processes, which potentially impact on our size and shape to large scale strategic initiatives to enhance services for our 17,000 members.

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in the voluntary sector and those with diverse, lived experience. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance.

Closing date: 08.00 17 January 2025

Shortlisting date: 20/21 January 2025

Interviews: 27/28 January 2025

About NCVO

From local and national support services to green spaces, sports clubs, museums and the arts, voluntary organisations and volunteers are a vital part of communities across the country. As the membership community for charities and voluntary organisations, NCVO has championed volunteers and the voluntary sector for over a hundred years. Our diverse and growing membership totals over 17,000 organisations. We have around 80 staff and income of more than ?7 million per year. With our members at the heart of everything we do, our mission is to unite to champion the remarkable role of charities and volunteers. Because stronger charities make for stronger communities.

Our members tell us they value the help we provide with the fundamentals of running a charity, support to adapt in an ever-changing environment and to grow to meet new demand. In parallel NCVO provides a platform to advocate for the voluntary sector, to push for the best possible environment for voluntary organisations and volunteers. We amplify the incredible work of the voluntary sector to ensure the essential role that voluntary organisations and volunteers play is recognised amongst decision makers and the public. Members are at the heart of all our work, and we want joining NCVO to feel like joining a community. We build networks of our members so they can connect in order to learn, share and collaborate.

As the voluntary sector and volunteering adapts to new challenges and a changing context, so must NCVO.  We are therefore prioritising work to evolve as an organisation. This is to ensure we live our values of inclusion, openness and collaboration in everything we do internally and externally, as well as being ambitious for the voluntary sector.

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922

​Benefits for NCVO employees

NCVO offers attractive benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff. After three years, annual holiday increases to 27 days. After five years it increases to 30 days (pro rata for part time staff)
• office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive
• the option to purchase or sell up to five more days each year
• five days volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
• two and a half extra wellbeing days off during the year
• enhanced pay for sick, maternity and adoption leave
• subsidised gym membership
• season ticket loan
• flexible working, including opportunities to work from home or off site
• monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
• monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
• generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
• training and development opportunities
• the opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
• 24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme.

​We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern, accessible building overlooking Regent’s Canal.