Whilst the economic environment is full of uncertainty and challenge, we have worked hard over the past few years to build our reserves, secure income for the future and strengthen our internal governance and external profile.  We’re now looking for a Director of Finance & Operations to join our well-established core teams to build on these foundations and help us navigate the challenges ahead and maximise our impact as an organisation.

Working closely with the Chief Executive, colleagues and the board of trustees, you will supports us in maintaining our organisational financial confidence and lead us in developing the strategies and culture to make NEF a great place to work.

Ideally a qualified accountant, you’ll have extensive experience of working at a senior level in a similar organisation.  Along with strong financial and commercial skills and an understanding of charities, you’ll need to be able to communicate complex issues clearly to a range of colleagues and stakeholders.

Director of Finance & Operations
Full time
Salary: £68,000-£78,000

Our Director of Finance & Operations leads on our business planning, financial and HR strategies and oversees the overall financial management of NEF and NEF Consulting.  This role leads the finance and operations teams and ensures sound integration between our fundraising and finances to ensure that we are appropriately and confidently resourced into the future.

This Director acts as company secretary to the board of trustees and works closely with trustees to develop the organisation’s governance.  The Director of Finance & Operations is responsible for interpreting and implementing the law and regulations and ensure that we are operating in line with our values and good practice across the range of our operations.

Deadline for applications: 23rd August 2020, midnight
Interviews: 7th September 2020
Start date: ASAP

To apply and to see more details see the ‘about us/job vacancies’ section of our website.

NEF is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in research and policy making and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from black, asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class or have done so in the past. We are also aware that many highly capable prospective candidates nonetheless rule themselves out of work in research and policy because they underestimate their own ability to do the role. With this in mind, we strongly encourage applications from anyone who is prepared to learn and grow on the job and would like to stress that past experience of working in think tanks is not required.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.  We make use of positive action to select between candidates of equal merit as a way to address under-representation in our workforce.

NEF believes in diversity Registered charity number 1055254

Youth Access is the national membership organisation championing young people's right to access local, high quality, evidence-informed advice, counselling and support services. We work in partnership with members to promote free young person-centred services dealing with issues as diverse as sexual health, mental health, relationships, homelessness and benefits.

Job Title: Chief Executive

Location: London

Salary: circa £63k

This is a pivotal time for Youth Access as we come to the end of the current Strategic Plan 2018 - 2021, and look to build on recent successes, continuing to be the strongest advocate for our diverse membership who are delivering brilliant local initiatives for communities across the UK.

We are now looking for a Chief Executive who will provide inspirational vision and strategic leadership as we enter their next phase of growth and development. Working closely with the Chair and Board of Trustees you will have primary accountability for shaping and delivering the strategic and operational plans, building organisational capability and facilitating the effective delivery of the agreed mission, strategic aims and goals.

We are looking for an outstanding individual with a successful leadership track record, who is passionate about creating positive and sustainable outcomes for young people. Demonstrating high levels of personal credibility, you will act as ambassador for the organisation, cultivate positive relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.

It is a very exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, collaborative and committed individual to play a pivotal leadership role in achieving long lasting, positive social impact.

Youth Access recognises the value of diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.

To Apply

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Deadline for applications: 26 August 2020

Interviews with Prospectus: 7- 17 September

Interviews with Youth Access: 28 September

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

The British Psychoanalytical Society is the oldest psychoanalytic organisation UK. With around 400 members, the Society is a UK wide and international community of professionals, dedicated to helping people enhance their lives through intensive talking therapy and psychoanalysis. The Institute of Psychoanalysis is the outward face and training body of the British Psychoanalytical Society.

Our alumni include some of the most important figures in the history of psychoanalysis, including Michael Balint, Wilfred Bion, John Bowlby, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Joseph Sandler, Hannah Segal and Donald Winnicott. The Society continues to have as members world renowned psychoanalysts and the forefront of its psychoanalytical practice.

We are looking for a Head of Finance to take the lead for the financial performance management of the organisation, managing the function operationally, strategically and in relationships with stakeholders, including directing and evolving our finance team.

Reporting into the Chief Executive Officer, this is a key position and your responsibilities include:

• Overall responsibility for the development and successful delivery of the Finance function and providing successful leadership across the organisation;
• Leading on financial  planning and developing projections and business models in line with the Strategic Plan;

• Communicating complex financial information and influencing and building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders;
• Leading the design, implementation and review of systems, processes and procedures;
• Producing the Trustee’s Annual Report and Financial Statements; reporting to the Finance & Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees;
• Managing a small team.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of the UK charity or not for profit sector, advanced knowledge of SORP and charity VAT. You will robust technical skills and a proactive approach with a proven ability to ‘roll sleeves up’ and focus on solutions. You will have excellent leadership and communication skills, able to motivate your team and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious professional looking to step into their first Head of Finance position. We will also consider experienced professionals on a part time basis looking to make a sideways move.

Recruitment timetable:

Application deadline: Sunday 16th August

Shortlisting: w/c 24th August

First stage interviews: w/c 31st August

Second stage interviews: w/c 7th September

To apply please send your CV and supporting statement via the link. For an informal conversation, please contact Bryony Feeney via theAllen Lane agency website. 

British Psychoanalytical Society COVID-19 Response and Impact

We are pleased to say that we have managed to significantly minimise the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our activities and finances.  We made the decision to close our building and move our activities online in early March ahead of the government lockdown requirement.  Our staff, members, candidates and patients have adapted remarkably well to working online and we have not experienced significant difficulties.  Since we have been able to run the majority of our work in full and some areas such as library and archives in part, we have not needed to furlough any staff or apply for government assistance funds.

Moving our work online so quickly has allowed a much wider engagement with people outside of London and UK. We are looking at how in the future, we can continue to use online elements in our activities alongside face to face to ensure that we continue to reach and engage much wider audiences than we had been able to before.  We are also updating our IT systems to enable staff to work more flexibly from home in the future.

We’re looking for a Business Development Manager to join our Charity Partnerships team at Beyond.

The Role

We’re the most-visited start-up in the UK end-of-life sector, with a product line that spans online wills, funerals and probate. We’ve won awards for our edgy ad campaigns, been named as a Spectator Economic Disruptor of the Year and won brand of the year in 2019.

We help charities such as Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity and The Lullaby Trust raise funds from gifts in wills through our online will service, rated 5* on Trustpilot, named ‘Best Online Will Service’ by The Times Money Mentor and recommended by 93% of Mumsnet users.

We have ambitious plans for next year, and we’ll be investing in our team and our technology to deliver even more for our charity partners. This role is a unique opportunity to be part of that growth, help us change the way the world deals with death, and raise millions in gifts for charity.

In the next 12 months you will:

• Generate new business opportunities with prospective clients
• Take ownership of the full sales cycle from generating leads, demonstrating our product, negotiation and closing
• Build a strong pipeline of opportunities to deliver against
• Build and maintain an in-depth understanding of our product by working closely with our customer support and product team
• Attend events to network to generate interest in Beyond’s proposition for charities

Requirements:

Ideally, you’ll have some or all the following:

• Strong contacts in legacy teams of medium and large charities
• 2-3 years + experience in a sales role
• A desire to genuinely help charities with their legacy fundraising
• Proven track record of meeting targets
• A consultative sales style, built on knowledge, trust and reliability
• Proven ability to identify and develop new business
• Ability to operate at and amongst senior management

Benefits:

• Be part of a fast-growing start-up
• Work alongside other friendly, passionate, and talented people
• Competitive salary and share options
• Flexible ‘Results Only Working Environment’
• Unlimited holiday
• Gym on-site in the office (if you choose to work from there!)
• A chance to make a meaningful contribution to people's lives, and deaths

ClientEarth is looking for a Head of Business Development. We are a non-profit that uses the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens' access to the laws that defend them.

In this newly created role, you will be leading ClientEarth's Business Development team, and leading on identifying and securing new income from trusts, foundations and other statutory and institutional funders. You will be working across all of ClientEarth's programme teams and regional offices, establishing new funder relationships, developing winning proposals, and ensuring a growing and diverse funder base for ClientEarth.

You will also be supporting the Global Director of Development in the development and implementation of the organisation's next fundraising strategy, which aims to scale up ClientEarth's work in continental Europe, US and Asia.

This is a global role that is expected to manage a fast growing funder portfolio and requires working with funders from Europe, the US and Asia, and ClientEarth offices around the world.

In this role, your main duties will include:

• Leading on our global expansion into new fundraising territories in Europe, US and Asia
• Setting the organisation's fundraising strategy
• Translating objectives and targets into annual plans with the team
• Managing the team effectively staff have support and are empowered to lead on their funding portfolios

Role requirements

• Significant business development and income generation management experience, including experience managing multi-year and seven-figure proposals with complex funders
• Good knowledge of international foundations, institutional, and statutory income streams
• Excellent knowledge of relationship management, identifying prospects, and translating prospects into funders
• Good strategic thinker, with the ability to undertake strategic planning
• Strong influencing ability and gravitas for internal and external engagement
• Ability to understand and analyse budgets and financial information thoroughly

Further Information

This is a London based role, however will be considered

Have a question on this job? Please visit our .

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Please note that ClientEarth will only be able to employ those who have the legal right to work in the country where this post is based.

Do you have the senior level fundraising expertise to make a difference to the 100,000 babies born premature or sick every year in the UK?

Bliss launched a new three-year strategy in 2019, as we marked our 40th anniversary as a charity.

As we progress the delivery of this strategy, now in the wider context of the challenges facing us in the new COVID-19 world, we are looking for an ambitious and inspirational Head of Fundraising to drive our income generation across each of our fundraising streams so that we can continue and grow our work to support babies, families and health professionals across the neonatal community.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate whose experience includes:

• A track record of outstanding fundraising performance, with a broad understanding of diverse income streams and the techniques required to deliver them
• Significant experience of individual giving fundraising, and at least one other area of fundraising, in a management/senior role, with extensive experience of successful donor acquisition, retention and income generation
• Excellent knowledge of marketing and communication tools and skills as they relate to supporting and driving fundraising activity, including audience segmentation, messaging to drive engagement, and use of digital platforms
• Experience of developing large funding bids, including responsibility for writing bids, building funder relationships, and attending pitch meetings.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a passionate and committed team across a diverse fundraising portfolio; and also to be part of the senior management team in an organisation which supports innovation and growth alongside delivering excellent supporter care and demonstrating real impact.

If you have the skills and ambition needed to make a difference to the lives of premature and sick babies, we want to hear from you.

How to apply

Please email a covering letter explaining why you are interested in this role and what you could bring to it, together with your CV and equal opportunities form, to HR by 9am on Monday 17 August 

First round interviews will be held over zoom in the week of 24 August.

As we move into a period of huge economic turbulence and uncertainty, the New Economics Foundation is looking for Director of Campaigns and Engagement to drive our work and lead us in building effective alliances with partners and supporting a powerful movement for change. We are looking for someone exceptional that can develop effective advocacy and campaign strategies, and use our strength in organising, to build pressure and support for ambitious policy change.

Working with the Chief Executive, other Directors and our Heads of teams, you will drive our approach to winning change, help design and fundraise for ambitious programmes of work that can deliver impact and ensure we successfully engage externally.

You will need a strong track record of campaigning, advocacy or organising, a keen sense of how change happens and strong relationships with partners across politics, civil society, trade unions and business. And you will need a passion for economic and environmental justice and a belief that we can make change happen.

Director of Campaigns and Engagement

Full time
Salary: £55,000 – 65,000

Our Director of Campaigns & Engagement leads us in developing effective campaign and advocacy strategies for the adoption of NEF’s ideas by policy-makers in the UK. This role provides direction and critical challenge to all projects across the organisation to ensure they can deliver change.

The Director understands and communicates the political landscape and movement context, and assesses which strategy for winning change is most appropriate at which time.

This Director leads our campaigns and organising work and our external engagement and communications to shift the public debate, build powerful coalitions for change and influence decision-makers. The Director of Campaigns & Engagement works particularly closely with our Director of Research and Chief Economist to ensure that our work has a positive impact on public policy and practice.

The Director of Campaigns & Engagement is a key member of the senior management team, sharing in the strategic leadership of the organisation, leading our campaigns, organising and communications teams, and line managing heads of teams.

Deadline for applications: 20th August 2020, midnight
Interviews: 3rd September 2020
Start date: ASAP

To apply and to see more details see the ‘about us/job vacancies’ section of our website.

NEF is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in research and policy making and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from black, asian and minority ethnic people; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class or have done so in the past. We are also aware that many highly capable prospective candidates nonetheless rule themselves out of work in research and policy because they underestimate their own ability to do the role. With this in mind, we strongly encourage applications from anyone who is prepared to learn and grow on the job and would like to stress that past experience of working in think tanks is not required.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.  We make use of positive action to select between candidates of equal merit as a way to address under-representation in our workforce.

NEF believes in diversity Registered charity number 1055254

We are looking for a talented, passionate and experienced Behavioural Insights Consultant to lead the strategic development of behaviour change marketing interventions, ensuring they are guided by the latest theory and research evidence to create positive, demonstrable impact for our clients and communities.

Magpie is a cause–led marketing agency, placing behaviour change at the heart of what we do. Our purpose is to help create healthier and happier communities; one person, one campaign at a time. We call this The Great Campaign.

Inspirers, motivators, strategic thinkers, creative activists, communicators, collaborators, socially engaged, ethical, problem solvers, proactive, tenacious, experts.

We are driven by purpose and have a plan. Positive energy and social good emits from within and is felt across the team. We work as one, to succeed together and to respect the expertise each of us brings. We step up and keep going until the job is done, whatever it takes. This is what our clients and communities deserve.

This exciting new opportunity will strengthen our passionate team and ensure we continue to offer leading-edge behaviour change marketing interventions driven by academic insight. This matters now more than ever.

We are looking for a strong leader with a solid background in one of the following: Applied health research, behavioural psychology; behaviour change; social marketing.

Role Description

Lead all insight work, with hands-on project management from initial proposal and scoping through to intervention and evaluation.

Act as a thought leader with a proven track record in the field of behavioural science and complex interventions. Always abreast of current affairs, leading and joining conversations as a representative of Magpie and our clients.

Provide proactive, intelligent, and diligent consultation to clients, guiding them with your expertise.

Ensure the team are utilising the latest methods of insight collection and interpretation through delivery of regular training and guidance.

Apply underpinning psychological theory to new strategies, and develop these into a defined programme of work to deliver exceptional impact for our clients.

Manage and take complete responsibility for budgets, including setting budgets, budget management and regular and timely budget reporting.

Oversee all aspects of quantitative research including survey design, analysis and evaluation.

Head up qualitative research, leading focus groups, workshops and co-creation sessions garnering insight for campaigns.

Interpret and write academic reports and use knowledge to develop robust strategies.

Brief and write content for a range of material for the intervention as required, utilising external partners expertise and input as necessary.

Proofread content for all intervention materials ensuring accuracy of all materials and providing formal sign off with the client. Be accountable for the accuracy and quality of your own work and all insight that has Magpie’s name on it.

Get hands on with intervention delivery as and when required, including writing content for social media and newsletters, or promoting events and activities across networks.

Ensure that all communications adhere to brand and identity guidelines across all campaign communication channels.

Develop and cultivate relationships with a range of stakeholders to ensure maximum engagement and impact for every campaign.

Prepare and deliver presentations at a range of informal and formal meetings and events to varied audiences (ranging from small local community groups to large delegations of senior influencers).

Recognise and nurture future opportunities within the networks and communities you are working with as part of our Great Campaign approach.

Connect and keep in touch with communities and networks to constantly adapt live interventions to create maximum impact, within budget.

Establish key measures and monitor results, producing regular progress reports (e.g. weekly, fortnightly or monthly), making recommendations for alterations to tactics to optimise the impact of each intervention.

Respond to, and challenge, client feedback in a timely and empathetic manner, clearly communicating thoughts and next steps to clients and internal colleagues.

Work with impact and commerciality at the core to achieve sales targets, making the most of every opportunity with existing and potential clients to attract and win fulfilling new business for Magpie.

Manage, motivate and support other staff, to ensure our campaigns create positive impact.

Read more in our recruitment pack available below, which also includes contact details to arrange an informal chat about the role should you wish to find out more. 

Magpie is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer - a place where we can ALL be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Head of FP&A role with a balance of responsibilities that includes commercial analysis, management accounting, team management and long term planning. Reporting into the CFO.

Client Details

This London University is a unique institution that works on a global scale. With significant recent funding and ambitious plans for growth, the organisation is looking to drive improvement across corporate services, including the hire of two new qualified finance roles. Student numbers are looking strong and this role will play a key part in the ongoing improvement within the finance function.

Description

• Line manage and support members the finance team, including a mixture of qualified and part qualified accountants
• Lead on the preparation of the monthly management accounts, including detailed analysis and development of the board pack.
• Short, medium and long term planning for the organisation, including scenario analysis and financial modelling
• Annual and monthly budgeting input, including regular engagement and meetings with budget holders
• Supporting the CFO as a commercial finance expert

Profile

You will be a full qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) and hold post qualification experience. You will have an excellent understanding of commercial and will have delivered strong financial management, analysis and guidance in your most recent role. Attention to detail is essential, as is the ability to liaise effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders at all levels. You will be ambitious, eager to learn and keen to work in a fast-paced and growing organisation.

Job Offer

• Salary up to £60,000 dependent upon experience

• Private medical insurance

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and close down over the Christmas period

• Opportunity to study a course free of charge

• Generous pension

Financial Controller role with a balance of responsibilities that includes financial accounting, financial control, team management and senior stakeholder engagement. Reporting into the CFO.

Client Details

This London University is a unique institution that works on a global scale. With significant recent funding and ambitious plans for growth, the organisation is looking to drive improvement across corporate services, including the hire of two new qualified finance roles. Student numbers are looking strong and this role will play a key part in the ongoing improvement within the finance function.

Description

• Line manage and support members the finance team, including a mixture of qualified and part qualified accountants
• Lead on the preparation of the year-end Financial Statements for the University and subsidiaries, including liaising with the external Auditor and preparing suitable analyses to enable the Financial statements to be audited.
• Ensure effective financial control across the organisation
• Support the CFO on a regular basis as a technical financial expert

Profile

You will be a full qualified accountant (ACA or equivalent) and hold post qualification experience. You will have an excellent understanding of technical finance and will have delivered strong financial reporting in your most recent role. Attention to detail is essential, as is the ability to liaise effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders at all levels. You will be ambitious, eager to learn and keen to work in a fast-paced and growing organisation.

Job Offer

• Salary up to £65,000 dependent upon experience

• Private medical insurance

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and close down over the Christmas period

• Opportunity to study a course free of charge

• Generous pension

Standing Together is looking for skilled and experienced domestic abuse experts to widen our pool of associates to help with chairing and report writing for domestic homicide reviews. The chair is responsible for managing and co-ordinating the review process and for producing the final overview report based on individual management reviews, chronologies and any other evidence the review panel decides is relevant.

To apply and for additional information please vist our website

Bangkok or Hong Kong (Bangkok preferred)

Salary Bangkok - 96,787 USD

Salary Hong Kong - 1,414,259 HKD

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for leading and overseeing our work in East and Southeast Asia & the Pacific through a high capacity International Secretariat presence located in multiple locations across the region, with two main hubs in Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Responsible for leading the development and implementation of integrated strategies to deliver human rights impact in, on and across relevant countries in the region, ensuring they are coherent with globally agreed strategies and priorities and undertaken in collaboration with other key stakeholders within and outside Amnesty International.

The role also oversees all dimensions of Amnesty International's work on China, in country and across the globe.

Responsible for ensuring the integrated working of multi-functional offices delivering on effective research, advocacy, campaigning, communication, movement building, growth, fundraising and key relationship building strategies.

Represent the organization, strategically advocating our positions and building partnerships.

Participate in the leadership, management and development of the International Secretariat and global movement.

Responsible for overall risk management of all Amnesty presences in the region.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Management

• Oversee the management of the Regional Office, ensuring effective, cohesive working
• Scan the external world for opportunities and threats, maintain an overview of legal, political, human rights and other relevant developments within the region
• Provide strategic leadership for the work in the region, including development and effective implementation of human rights projects and initiatives (including research, advocacy, campaigns, communications, mobilisation and fundraising) in line with globally agreed priorities
• Enhance Amnesty International's profile and presence in the region, including by leading the strategy for mobilization and growth of the movement in the region, playing an oversight role as necessary
• Represent Amnesty International, building relationships and undertaking advocacy
• Recruit and manage staff of the office and ensure performance is managed and talent is nurtured
• Establish and promote an organizational culture of collaboration and cohesion within the office and with other offices/programmes in the International Secretariat and wider Amnesty movement
• Ensure that the values, standards and priorities of Amnesty International are instilled in staff and adhered to

Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation is a social mobility charity, providing life-transforming opportunities for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people with the opportunity of a fully funded boarding school education. Our vision is to build a 'ripple effect' that starts to shift the aspirations and achievements of a growing number of children born into poverty, disadvantage and facing vulnerability.

Job Title: Director of Programmes

Location: London

Salary: circa £55,000-£65,000 (dependent on experience)

The Director of Programme, a newly created role, will provide inspirational vision and leadership through the next stage of our journey. Working closely with the Chief Executive you will play a vital role as a key member of the Senior Management Team, with responsibility for delivering significant elements of our strategic plan. Duties will include providing effective delivery of our portfolio of core programmes, developing new and existing partnerships and maximising the overall impact and efficiency of activities in line with organisational strategic objectives.

We are looking for a passionate, inclusive and emotionally aware leader with proven experience of working with children and young people. You will demonstrate high levels of personal credibility and act as ambassador for the organisation, cultivate positive relationships and engaging across a diverse range of stakeholders. With an empowering leadership approach, you will balance the strategic and operational demands of the position, whilst building a high performing and motivated team.

We believe this is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual committed to creating positive social outcomes.

Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation recognises the value of diversity and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community. Appointments are made on merit

If this sounds like you, please read the detailed appointment brief attached below.

To Apply

To apply for this position, please fill in the Equal Opportunities information, on our website, upload your CV and include a supporting document answering the three questions highlighted in the appointment brief.

Deadline for applications: 16 August 2020

Interviews with Prospectus: 21 - 26 August 2020

Interviews with Royal SpringBoard Foundation: 3 September

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

If after reviewing the Appointment Brief you feel you meet the criteria and you would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Alex Williams. 

My client, a leading charity brand, now requires an experienced Head of Workforce Policy and Reward to join them for an initial period of 6 months. 

As Head of Workforce Policy& Reward you will be an expert in employment-related issues and risk, leading the provision of workforce guidance and advice and enabling policy frameworks to support the organisation and People strategy and legal requirements. Reporting to the HR Director, you’ll be responsible for the development and implementation of elements of the People Strategy, helping to drive improvements in performance management and capability. You will also be responsible for leading on the review of the organisations reward strategy and framework, aligned with the organisational strategy. 

To be considered you will require:

• Proven experience in a senior HR role delivering an expert policy or similar function, gained in a large, complex organisation

• A comprehensive and up to date understanding of employment law 

• Experience of maintaining and developing a comprehensive portfolio of HR Policies including drafting policies and procedures 

• Previous responsibility for the oversight of organisational reward arrangements together with a good understanding of the principles of reward management, pensions and benefits

• Proven ability to interpret legal guidance to organisational issues and needs 

• Previous experience in leading a team of HR professionals 

• Knowledge of volunteer workforce dynamics and arrangements for the management of a volunteer workforce