The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.

We are recruiting to the position of Programme Manager, to work with the Assistant Director (Improvement Programmes) in applying established and innovative programme management principles to ensure the design, delivery and effective leadership of a large and complex portfolio of activities. This is a pivotal role leading the Health Foundation’s work developing and delivering practical programmes that will lead to real change in the UK health system.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team, managing external partnerships and effectively delivering complex programmes. You will become an expert in the work of the Health Foundation, working with award holders and the Insight and Analysis team to understand challenges and successes and using that knowledge to influence the development of future work.

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about improving health outcomes and understand what it takes to turn great ideas into deliverable and impactful programmes for front line teams. You will be experienced in the health and care sector or have highly relevant experience from closely aligned fields.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate significant success in programme management and delivery, be skilled in building strong relationships quickly and will enjoy working flexibly across multiple priorities and teams, thinking creatively and keen to make connections to the wider work of the Health Foundation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Programme Manager with a passion for improving health outcomes who can commit to our core behaviours - Working Together, Discovering & Learning and Achieving Impact.

The Health Foundation values diversity and champions inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Head of Strategic Communications & Engagement
Fixed Term (12 Months - Covering Family Leave)
£60,000 - £63,000

In this critical communications role, you’ll work closely with leadership to help employees feel informed, listened to and valued, creating an army of passionate ambassadors that can effectively champion everything Macmillan does for people affected by cancer in the UK.

Working closely with colleagues in HR, and Strategy Delivery, you’ll lead the embedding of a new employee engagement strategy, ensuring the right messages reach the right people at the right time and in the right way.

A strategic thinker and strong storyteller, you'll apply intelligence, insight and influence to lead a team in the development and delivery of compelling internal campaigns and events to support the delivery of Macmillan’s corporate strategy and change programmes.

Your stakeholders work across and outside the organisation and you will possess fantastic relationship building and influencing skills, enabling you to understand and connect with colleagues from front line operations to business support functions, people living with cancer and the health and social care professionals that support them.

You will have a demonstrable track record of leading a large and innovative engagement and internal communications function which has delivered clear value to the organisation and an inspirational leader with the strong relationship building skills needed to influence people at all levels of the organisation.

If you fit the bill, then you’ll probably see your reward in all you can achieve within the role. But we also offer a range of benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous annual leave and interest-free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society. 

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.

The role of Head of Property in Guildford Diocese is much more than a matter of bricks and mortar. It’s about enhancing the morale and wellbeing of our clergy and their families (our greatest asset), as they live and work in diverse communities across the diocese, and learn to call their vicarage a home. It’s about helping churches make the most of their property assets for the mission and ministry to which God’s called them. It’s about overseeing our whole property portfolio as a diocese, and unlocking its potential for the future. It’s integral to our vision of a Transforming Church, Transforming Lives.

As Head of Property your skills will be key to helping us develop and support our property portfolio and processes to fulfil these strategic goals as well as to ensure strong and effective management and maintenance of our buildings and land. This is a hands on and busy role supported by a small in-house property and church care team that delivers a key function of the support we provide to our Parishes from our Operations team based at Church House Guildford.

We are looking for a proven hands-on leader and skilled property professional with a track-record of property portfolio management, both residential and community based. We want someone who can inspire and support their own team, our leadership team and the wider organisation. But most of all, we are looking for a colleague who shares the missional passion and heart to reach and serve communities in this place. 

Our ambition is to eradicate domestic abuse by transforming the way organisations and individuals think about, prevent and respond to domestic abuse.

We are looking for a new Chief Executive to provide leadership to our team of 30 highly committed and motivated staff. 

The teams work cover areas including:

• West London Tri-Borough Partnership, including Safety Across Faith and Communities project (SAFE)

• Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs)

• Specialist domestic violence courts

• Pathfinder: working with four expert organisations examining the role of health services in domestic abuse

• Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA)

• Domestic Homicide Reviews

• Consultancy: advice/support/training

A new Chief Executive Officer will continue to raise the representation of the organisation at the national level and drive forward the submission of bids for multiyear projects and other fundraising initiatives.

Application process:

• Please provide a CV and statement explaining how you meet the role profile (refer to person specification).  Maximum 1000 words.
• Closing date: 14th October 2019.
• Preliminary interviews: week commencing 28th October 2019.
• Final interviews: week commencing 11th November 2019.

To apply, please download full information from our website.

For an informal discussion about the role or any questions you can contact Standing Together 

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Global Assurance Manager to be based in our central London office. This is a fantastic opportunity for an Internal Audit Manager with significant client service and people management experience, the ability to understand complex financial and operational risk, and proven experience of delivering risk-based internal audit.

This is a truly global role, in which you will work with the Global Assurance team located across three 'hubs' (London, Nairobi and Manila) to ensure a uniform voice, and the delivery of the annual programme of work. You will be required to undertake international travel (30-35%), take a lead role in developing and building relationships with senior management teams - at our offices in London, as well as specific focus on key relationships in Latin America and the Caribbean and West and Central Africa.

In this role you will also deputise for the Director of Global Assurance whenever needed, and act as account manager for Save the Children UK - a Save the Children Member organisation to whom Global Assurance will also provide internal audit services in 2020

In order to be successful you will bring:

• Significant post-qualification experience in risk-based internal audit, preferably in the public and/or not-for-profit sectors
• A proven ability, and experience of, communicating, negotiating and challenging risk and control practices at all levels, and in large, complex organisations
• An 'outcomes' focus with direct experience of understanding complex risks and processes, working understanding and experience of applying risk-based internal auditing and a good understanding of the three lines of defence model
• A proven ability to focus on key issues and the 'big picture' as opposed to a compliance-only approach; and the ability to communicate these in writing
• Experience of leading, working on, and delivering multiple projects, with conflicting priorities, on a timely basis
• Demonstrable experience of managing multi-disciplinary (preferably global) teams in a matrix-managed structure, with strong people-development experience
• A proven track record of producing high quality, effective oral and written communication in English (and preferably also in French) for a wide range of audiences
• A desire to work in countries where Save the Children International operates, some of which are fragile states. The travel will requirement will be 30-35%, but some flexibility would be required to cover any additional need.
• A track record of continuously improving the way internal audit services are being delivered

• Proficiency in French is highly desirable for this role

We offer a competitive salary in the context of this sector, along with 30 days annual leave and a company pension scheme. Full business travel insurance, accommodation, and a per diem allowance is provided whilst travelling.

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Eden Brown are working in partnership with a prestigious organisation to recruit for a Business Systems Officer to be based in Central London.

Key responsibilities:

Provide the point of corporate ownership for both the CRM and SharePoint systems.
Log support issues with relevant organisation and own through to resolution, regularly updating impacted business users on status.
Maintain the system / functional design / training documentation / user guides so that it accurately reflects the build of the systems and key processes, including any changes as they are made.
Ensure a schedule of regular maintenance, housekeeping and data checking activities is in place, for instance for maintaining data integrity in CRM and information governance in SharePoint
Work with the organisations' teams to troubleshoot problems and to evaluate and modify systems to incorporate system and business process improvements.
Liaise and work with the IT Service Desk as second level systems support in relation to Agresso, CRM and SharePoint.
Establish networks and contacts across all services and with relevant partners.

Candidate requirements:
- Technical experience and understanding CRM and Microsfot Dynamics
- Detailed knowledge and experience of a range of software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, e-mail and the internet.
- Technical experience and understanding Agresso (desirable)
- SQL knowledge and experience (desirable)
- Experience in the production of documents and the collation and maintenance of information.

If you feel that you meet the above requirements, please apply now via Eden Brown - [email protected]

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

You don't become any less important as you get older, and yet, all over the UK people are suffering as they age because of poverty, lack of support and ageism. Age UK aim to improve later life for everyone and has a vision of a world in which older people flourish.

To achieve our goals we need great people throughout the Charity and are currently recruiting for an IT Procurement Manager to join our team, and take overall responsibility for the procurement of all of our IT requirements including hardware, software and digital.

This is a new role in the organisation, and the successful candidate will provide procurement expertise and oversight, ensuring the IT category performs efficiently, cost effectively and ethically.

You will develop, implement and maintain an effective strategy for continually improving IT procurement and spend performance, and provide subject matter expertise to all internal stakeholders who need to purchase IT goods and services.

About You

* You should be a subject matter expert on IT procurement.
* You will have great experience within IT Procurement and you will have a thorough understanding of IT and Digital suppliers and markets.
* Your excellent relationship management and negotiation skills with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers will be essential to your success.
* Your good data analysis skills particularly within excel are highly important.

What we can offer

In return we can offer a competitive salary up to £51,000, and excellent benefits package including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, great pension (we will pay in up to 9%), life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, flexible working options and much more.

Additional Information

For a full list of benefits please click here

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Civitas Recruitment are excited to be partnering with a great UK based charity focused on creating a strong Responsible Investment system which is geared towards sustainability and advancement of savers, communities and the environment. The organisation works with some of the largest FTSE 100 companies as well as smaller institutions including asset management firms both within the UK and globally to try and influence investment portfolios on a range of issues including; health, workforce issues and climate change. An opportunity exists to join this fantastic charity as a member of the senior leadership team as the new Director of Corporate Engagement. The role will focus on strategic initiatives and oversee the corporate facing programmes and act as a representative of the charity at a senior level.

Who we are looking for?

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience of the investment sector or come from a background of corporate sustainability/consulting. You will be familiar with the mechanisms of how corporate/investor decision making takes place and the key influencers involved when considering Environmental, Ethical or Governance issues. You will be a natural networker with great communication skills who is able to influence a range of stakeholders both within the charity and wider corporate communities. You will also possess the necessarily leadership skills to lead and build a team within the charity and be an expert in the field. On occasions you will also be required to represent the charity by speaking at conferences and events.

Please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for an initial discussion and full JD. Applications are being considered on a rolling basis so early interest is encouraged.

The Mental Health Foundation has a vision of a world with good mental health for all. Our focus is on preventing mental health problems and improving people’s wellbeing. We do this through research, creating new evidence-based solutions, making practical support available and advocating for change.

Mental Health Foundation

Director of Finance and Systems

London

Salary Competitive

The Mental Health Foundation is in great shape, having grown significantly in recent years, with talented people experts in mental health, sound finances and an engaged Board of Trustees. Ambitious to increase our reach and impact, we are embarking on our next chapter with a new strategy for 2020-2025 and have the financial resources to achieve a transformation in our work to achieve this aim.

Working in close partnership with the CEO, Senior Management Team, staff and Board, the Director of Finance and Systems will drive excellence through the effective management of the Finance Team whilst taking the strategic lead on how we allocate our surplus resources, bringing a vision for how finance, systems and technology can be harnessed more effectively in support of our mission.

We are looking for an exceptional, fully qualified finance professional with demonstrable experience of successful strategic and operational financial management within a social purpose organisation. You will be naturally collegiate and authentic and will bring consolidated experience of building and maintaining successful professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Having developed well rounded interpersonal and communication skills, you will be highly adept at inspiring, empowering and building high performing teams that act as an enabler for their organisation. Demonstrating a commitment to our values, ways or working and mission will be essential.

For the full role and person specification, and for details on how to apply, please download the Appointment Brief below.

Closing date: 20 October 2019

Preliminary interviews: 25 October – 6 November 2019

Mental Health Foundation Interviews:    W/c 11 November 2019

Head of HR Operations

We're the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we're here for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for us means working for one of the UK's biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.

RNIB is committed to being led by our customers (blind and partially sighted people), and one of the ways we do this is through active involvement and engagement in many of our work activities, including the recruitment of new members of staff.

Position: Head of HR Operations
Location: London
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: £58,000 per annum (Inc. London weighting)
Benefits: we offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment and a benefits package including: 26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), which increase with service. Excellent pension scheme.

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as the Head of HR Operations. You will provide strategic and day-to-day leadership to the HR Shared Service function to deliver a first-class HR transactional service for the RNIB. Building trusted relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders and colleagues from across the people team to ensure a seamless end to end customer experience.

About you:

We’re looking for someone with significant experience in developing, transitioning and managing teams, within a centralised HR or Shared Service function. Together with experience in implementing effective working processes and developing solutions to issues which provide a high level of customer service to an organisation.

An influential operational leader; you’ll be an effective communicator with strategic financial skills and knowledge of managing an integrated HR and Payroll system.

This post will necessitate some occasional travel to Peterborough, although as an organisation we use Skype where we can.

RNIB is committed to being an Equal Opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.

You may have experience of the following: HR Operations Manager, HR Director, Group HR Manager, Senior HR Operations Manager, Group HR Operations Manager, etc.

Ref: 89304

About the role

We are looking for an individual who has great project management and project delivery skills and experience in business and IT controls and stakeholder engagement. You will have a good understanding and experience of Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodology and will be comfortable and able to adapt these techniques to succeed and deliver.

My client is a multi-faceted membership body in the heart of London.

About you

You will be a Senior Project Manager with experience of, or training as a Scrum Master.

Key tasks include:

i. Run sprint planning sessions

ii. Conduce Daily stand ups

iii. Retrospective analysis

iv. Sprint show & tell

v. Backlog management

• Coordinate work packages among data analysts and developers
• Assure that information is communicated to business owners on timely manners
• Requirements captured and stored in the Jira backlog
• Develop and maintain project roadmap and project plan, aligned with the sprints
• Setup project board or use sprint planning meetings to keep stakeholders updated with the progress, issues, risks and constraints
• Supplier relationship and management
• My client offers excellent benefits including;
• 30 days annual leave
• Attractive pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Perkbox
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Subsidised on-site restaurant
• Season ticket loan
• Agile and flexible working 

UP - Unlocking Potential’s mission is to work within London communities to transform the life changes of children and young people who have social, emotional and mental health needs.

We are a medium sized, growing charity with around 50 members of staff, ambitious and financially robust. The successful candidate will drive and implement operationally excellent HR services across the organisation, which includes supporting an independent school, schools programme and young adults programme. Leading an HR team, you will be supporting employees, senior management and Trustees.

Purpose of role

As the Head of HR for Unlocking Potential you will work closely with the CEO and Finance & Operations Director to develop and establish HR strategy for the charity to ensure that employees of the Charity provide a professional and supportive service for the benefit of the children and young people who access our services.  You will lead the HR strategy ensuring all employees are aware of policy, procedure and expectations, whilst promoting an encouraging, inclusive culture within the charity.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to liaise with all levels of the charity.
• Qualifications: CIPD qualified (or equivalent)
• Significant experience of working as a Head of HR/Generalist HR Manager, preferably in a stand-alone organisations
• Demonstrate excellent knowledge of current HR policy and best practice.

Barnardo's is a 150-year-old charity on a journey to transform children's social care . As part of our 10-year corporate strategy, Barnardo's has committed to becoming a digital organisation . The Digital and Technology team (also known as #futurebarnardos) is part of the Strategy & Performance group. Our team is responsible for leading a transformation of the whole organisation , and beyond it the whole children's health and social care sector - inspiring it to take a user-centric , data-driven approach to all our operations , products and services, and building up iteratively from small beginnings to big ideas.

Our goal is simple: to provide better social care , so that more children and families have better outcomes. Along the way we will make sure our staff are equipped and empowered to provide even better support , local government sees us as visionary leaders, and our charitable donors are inspired to be even more generous in supporting us.

We welcome applications from women, BAME and LGBTQA+ people, people with both visible and non-visible disabilities , and neurodivergent people, as we recognise that these people can be under-represented in our sector. Given the nature of our work, it is imperative that we ensure the widest view possible as we build our products and services.

To learn more about the team we are building, please read our blog post .

About the role

* As Programme Delivery Manager within our Product & Service Delivery Team you'll be responsible for the delivery of complex products and services that are either being delivered by multiple teams or have high technical or political risk.
* You will work alongside the head of your section of the digital and technology team to ensure that delivery of all of your projects is on track.
* Working closely with delivery team members, you'll be aware of blockers and risks, and be the main contact to either resolve them or escalate further
* You'll look for opportunities to simplify and de-duplicate work across the team, making sure that knowledge is managed and shared effectively . With a helicopter view of the teams, you will ensure consistent methodologies are in place. Involved with the wider digital community , you will be open to new ways of working, skill sharing and innovation , bringing greater opportunities to your own teams.
* You'll deal with staffing issues and recruitment requests, understanding the needs and constraints before discussing options with the head of your section. You'll know whom to go to get canonical information on business processes and systems. You'll liaise closely with the other programme delivery managers to ensure that capacity , capability and development is aligned across the whole digital and technology programme.
* You will be responsive to new developments within digital, technology and charity, looking to ensure your programme of work remains innovative and relevant.
* Meeting regularly with the head of your section, your role is key to ensuring their understanding across the portfolio and around the team, and their facilitating progress where needed.

This role can be based in any of Barnardo's regional offices (Belfast, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Greater London and Crawley), with regular travel to our digital hub in central London, (see job description for more detail).

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification , Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements .

About the role

We exist to promote the interests and welfare of our students.

RUSU is proud to represent the students at the University of Reading. We are committed to promoting our students’ interests and welfare, working in partnership with the University of Reading to improve student experience and wellbeing in all areas across our campuses. As a £5m+ multi-purpose charity we campaign, influence and advocate for student rights on our members behalf. This is achieved through delivering a range of services to empower students such as our advice services, societies and sports clubs. We also operate a comprehensive commercial portfolio including numerous events, a nightclub, nursery, café and several franchised units.

RUSU is at a critical point in its history, operating in an increasingly challenging education sector with ever changing student needs and increasing commercial competition. Additionally, there are a number of external factors that require our attention both locally and nationally, including; the impact of Crossrail on our community, the potential impact of the Augar review on the Higher Education sector and the impending impact of Brexit on our students.

With those challenges in mind we have developed our new strategy, which will continue to focus on representing and empowering students and aims to be inclusive of our diverse student population. We will be working alongside the University of Reading with the goal of leading best practice on sustainability within our respective communities. We know that you will want an opportunity to shape our future and have left space in our strategy in years two and three for you to develop our responses to the challenges we face, the goals we have targeted, and the priorities we want to focus on.

Who we're looking for

RUSU is operating well, with knowledgeable staff, passionate sabbatical officers, enjoying a strong financial position and an excellent relationship with our university partner.

We expect that our next Chief Executive will have some experience operating in a not-for-profit environment with an innovative and collaborative flair. We want to recruit an individual with impeccable communication skills and the ability to motivate and inspire staff, officers, students and volunteers, who will thrive in this fast-paced community. It is essential that you are people orientated, visible, transparent and can interpret, and work with, complex financial and governance arrangements.

RUSU is an inclusive organisation that is proud of its diverse workforce. We are committed to removing barriers within our workplace and will be open to considering requests for flexibility or alternative working arrangements.

For more information and to apply, please visit the job page on Peridot Partners' website via the application method on this site.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 21st October