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Salary: £45,855 - £52,988
Location: Hybrid between home and our exhibition locations in London (Your attendance in the office will vary flexibly between 1-2 days per month, depending on business need. We cannot offer fixed days at home. You are responsible for your own commuting costs).
Contract: Permanent, Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Reporting to: CEO
Direct reports: Finance & Operations Manager
Role summary
As Head of Operations, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Ben Kinsella Trust has the strong operational foundations needed to maximise its impact and support continued growth. Reporting to the CEO and as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will provide strategic leadership across the charity's operations, governance, finance, HR and IT, ensuring the organisation operates efficiently, remains compliant and has the systems and infrastructure required to deliver its mission.
You will lead the development and continuous improvement of organisational systems, policies and processes, driving operational excellence and enabling colleagues to focus on delivering high-quality programmes, campaigns and services. Working closely with the CEO, Finance Manager, trustees and external partners, you will oversee governance, risk management, financial planning, people and culture, and digital infrastructure; ensuring the charity is well-managed, resilient and equipped for future growth.
We're looking for a proactive, organised and collaborative leader who enjoys improving how organisations work and can balance strategic thinking with practical delivery. Your leadership will help ensure the Ben Kinsella Trust remains a well-governed, financially sustainable and high-performing organisation, enabling us to honour Ben's legacy and prevent knife crime through education and campaigning.
Key Responsibilities
Operations
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of operational systems, processes and policies to ensure the charity operates efficiently, consistently and in line with best practice.
- Oversee organisational project management, ensuring strategic projects are effectively planned, monitored and delivered on time and within budget.
- Develop and maintain effective systems for organisational planning, reporting and information flow, ensuring senior leaders and trustees have access to timely and accurate information.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through process redesign, automation and the effective use of technology and digital systems.
- Provide operational leadership across the organisation, ensuring resources, systems and infrastructure effectively support programme delivery and organisational growth.
Governance
- Lead the charity's governance framework, ensuring compliance with Charity Commission requirements, statutory obligations and internal policies.
- Maintain the organisation's policy framework, ensuring policies are regularly reviewed, updated and effectively implemented across the charity.
- Lead organisational risk management, maintaining the risk register and supporting senior leaders and trustees to identify, monitor and mitigate strategic and operational risks.
- Ensure appropriate compliance with data protection, safeguarding, health and safety, insurance and other regulatory requirements.
Finance
- Lead the charity's financial management, working closely with the CEO and Finance Manager to develop budgets, forecasts and management accounts.
- Monitor organisational income and expenditure, providing financial analysis and recommendations to support effective decision-making.
- Oversee financial controls, procurement processes and delegated authorities, ensuring robust stewardship of the charity's resources.
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts, annual budgets, audits and financial reporting for the Board of Trustees and external stakeholders.
- Develop financial systems and reporting processes that improve visibility, accountability and organisational planning.
HR & IT
- Lead the development of the charity's people infrastructure, ensuring effective HR policies, systems and processes to support employee wellbeing, performance and compliance.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, performance management and learning and development processes, working with managers to build a high-performing and inclusive culture.
- Ensure the charity's HR systems and employee records are maintained accurately and comply with employment legislation and GDPR requirements.
- Lead the organisation's IT strategy and digital infrastructure, ensuring staff have secure, reliable and effective technology to support their work.
- Oversee cyber security, business continuity, system procurement and relationships with external IT providers, driving continual improvement in digital capability.
How to apply
Please upload a CV and Cover Letter (no more than 2 sides of A4).
When you’re ready to apply, please use the ‘Apply’ button; we’re not able to accept emailed CVs or supporting statements.
For a chat about the role before applying, please call the charity and ask for Patrick.
We are accepting applications and interviewing on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.
Applications close: Monday 3rd August @ 9:30am.
For Recruiters:
This role is not currently open to recruitment agencies. We work with a small number of trusted recruitment partners where agency support is required and will contact these suppliers directly if appropriate. We kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy.
The Ben Kinsella Trust prevents knife crime through education and campaigning


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QCCA has served Camden’s communities for more than 40 years.
Today we support more than 3,000 local residents every year through:
- Youth Services
- Older People’s Services
- Advice & Advocacy
- Family Support
- Two successful children’s nurseries
- Community facilities
- Health and wellbeing programmes
- Employment and skills initiatives
With an annual income approaching £2 million, multiple community sites and exciting plans for further growth, we’re investing in a modern finance function that supports excellent decision-making and long-term sustainability.
Why This Role Is Different
This isn’t a traditional Finance Manager role.
Yes, you’ll oversee management accounts, budgets and audit preparation.
But you’ll also have the opportunity to:
- Transform our finance systems.
- Lead our migration from QuickBooks to Xero.
- Introduce smarter digital processes.
- Improve financial reporting.
- Build dashboards that help managers make better decisions.
- Work directly with the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees.
- Influence organisational strategy.
- Help shape the future of one of Camden’s leading community charities.
You’ll have the freedom to improve how we work—not simply maintain existing processes.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll provide strategic financial leadership while leading the modernisation of QCCA’s finance systems.
Working closely with our Chief Executive and Senior Management Team, you’ll:
- Lead the migration from QuickBooks to Xero (or an agreed cloud accounting platform).
- Produce insightful monthly management accounts and financial reports.
- Develop budgets, forecasts and financial models.
- Present financial information to Trustees and senior managers.
- Improve financial systems, controls and reporting.
- Introduce automation and digital workflows.
- Support commercial income generation and grant-funded projects.
- Lead the annual audit process.
- Line manage and develop our Finance Assistants.
- Help build a finance function fit for the future.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who enjoys making organisations better.
You’ll probably have experience of:
- Charity finance.
- Management accounting.
- Budgeting and forecasting.
- Audit preparation.
- Financial controls.
- Cloud accounting systems (Xero experience is highly desirable).
- Leading change and improving systems.
- Supporting non-finance managers.
- Working collaboratively with senior leaders and Trustees.
Most importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys solving problems, embracing technology and helping organisations grow.
We ask you to apply by sending us your CV and cover letter (2 pages) demonstrating your experience.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ID: 1826 Service Manager
Service: Wigan Crisis Space
Salary: Starting at £37,211 and rising to £41,518 FTE per annum
Location: Wigan Crisis Space
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time) – flexible across the week, hours will include some weekend and evening work
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the service delivery our Wigan Crisis Space that operates in Wigan town centre. The service operates from 3pm – 10pm , 7 days per week. There is an expectation that the post holder will work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. Please see Job Description for additional information.
The Wigan Crisis Space forms part of the Greater Manchester VCSE crisis pathway, we are non- clinical alternative to A&E. The focus of our work is to offer timely support to adults who are experiencing mental and emotional distress and suicide ideation. The Crisis Space is an out of hours service that creates a safe space for adults to access timely compassionate support from trained recovery workers.
The Service Manager will have responsibility to line manage two Team Leaders, and overall leadership for the staff team working within the service. We are looking for a values driven leader who can work closely with the Operational Manager to support and develop the service to increase our reach to adults who are experiencing a MH crisis.
Main Responsibilities:
· working within the Wigan Crisis Space to provide leadership and management to the staff team to ensure the delivery of a safe, effective and appropriate service to adults living within the Borough of Wigan
· ensuring that the service is integrated, comprehensive and makes a difference to people using it, with clear focus on improving mental and emotional health and wellbeing and social outcomes meaning that people will be healthier, safer, happier, more resilient, more independent and better able to enjoy life opportunities.
· Facilitating opportunities for staff, volunteers and people who use the service to contribute to the ongoing development of the Crisis Space by sharing learning, listening and sharing and responding to feedback and by using the feedback from this to create and implement a continuous development plan
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Experience of managing and leading teams within health, social care, voluntary sector or community-based services, including supervision, performance management and staff development.
· Experience of working with adults experiencing mental health challenges, including safeguarding, risk management, partnership working and achieving positive service outcomes
· Strong interpersonal skills, with the confidence and ability to present and communicate information effectively both in person and using a range of mediums to internal and external stakeholders, adults, children, young people and funders.
·Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holiday pro rata
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· Click the “Redirect to Recruiter” link above and fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: 20th July 2026 at 5pm
Interviews are scheduled to take place on: Friday 31st July 2026 in Bolton.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email Rita Croome.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community / particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



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About Working Well Trust
Working Well Trust is a mental health and employment charity in London. All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health support needs, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment.
We are recruiting an IPS Operations Manager to support the delivery and development of our IPS services across London. The postholder will manage two IPS service sites from the following areas: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, and Enfield. The final allocation of sites will be discussed with the successful candidate and agreed based on service needs, experience and working arrangements.
What you’ll be doing
If you were working with us, you would provide operational leadership across two of our IPS services. These sites will be agreed with you based on service needs, your experience and working arrangements.
You would support Team Leads and frontline teams to deliver high-quality IPS services that are client-led, evidence-based and aligned with contractual outcomes. You would help ensure services run smoothly day to day, while also supporting service development, quality improvement and strong performance.
You would:
- Provide leadership oversight across two IPS service sites, supporting Team Leads with operational delivery, planning and problem solving.
- Ensure services meet contractual outcomes, delivery timeframes and quality standards.
- Support Team Leads to manage performance, caseloads, attendance, safeguarding, risk and service delivery.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with NHS partners, funders, community organisations and other key stakeholders.
- Lead on IPS fidelity across the services, supporting teams to deliver high-fidelity IPS and develop quality improvement plans.
- Use data, audits, client feedback and service reviews to identify what is working well and where improvements are needed.
- Complete contract monitoring requirements, represent WWT at contract performance meetings and attend quarterly service review meetings with IPS Grow.
- Work with NHS colleagues to support integration, clinical co-location, steering groups, data flow and appropriate escalation of clinical risks or safeguarding concerns.
- Support staff wellbeing by ensuring regular wellbeing check-ins and welfare conversations are embedded in supervision and one-to-one meetings.
- Work with HR and Team Leads to recruit, onboard, train and retain Team Leads, Employment Specialists and support staff.
- Support budget holders and work with the Finance Manager to ensure budgets are managed effectively.
- Work with other Operations Managers, the Operations Director and Head Office colleagues to develop consistent systems, improve services and support wider organisational priorities.
You would also provide direct supervision to project leads and help build a positive learning culture where staff feel supported, clear about expectations and able to develop their skills.
What you’ll need
We are looking for someone with strong operational leadership experience and a good understanding of IPS, employment support or mental health services.
You will need to bring:
- Experience of IPS or equivalent team leadership.
- Experience of managing teams, performance and service delivery.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a complex and demanding workload.
- Experience of monitoring, contract reporting and using data to support service planning.
- The ability to build positive relationships with funders, NHS partners, community organisations, clients and staff.
- Confidence supporting Team Leads with performance, quality, safeguarding, risk, wellbeing and day-to-day operational issues.
- Good writing skills and the ability to communicate clearly with a range of audiences.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and online systems.
- A strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to employment, including the Equality Act.
- The ability to work across boroughs and provide leadership in more than one service location.
- Tact, diplomacy, discretion and the ability to build rapport with different people.
- A proactive, collaborative and flexible approach, including willingness to work occasional evenings when needed.
It would also be helpful if you have experience of:
- Managing multiple teams across boroughs.
- IPS Grow systems and fidelity reviews.
- Mental health services.
- Quality standards or accreditation.
- Project and service development.
- Budget management.
- Working with GP practices, NHS teams or other health and community partners.
- A postgraduate degree.
What we offer
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30 days annual leave plus public holidays (FTE)
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Paid company closed days at the end of the year (FTE)
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Flexible, paid Wellbeing Hour every fortnight (FTE)
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6% employer pension contribution
Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities employer and Confident about Disabilities.
What’s next
Before you apply, please note the following:
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We actively recruit and carefully review all applications. Due to rapid service expansion, we have onboarded 20 external hires in the last six months.
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To ensure we can best support the people and communities we serve, we progress applications only where candidates provide meaningful answers to the screening questions.
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Career development is real here: in the past year, 10 colleagues have progressed internally into Senior roles, Project Lead, Team Lead, and Operations Manager positions. We value ambition and celebrate progression.
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If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage, for example due to a disability, learning difficulty or health condition, please let us know in advance so that we can make appropriate arrangements.
If you are ready to help us build a service that supports people into meaningful work, click Apply to submit your CV and answer the screening questions. Telephone and final interviews will be confirmed.
Start your application today and take the next step in a rewarding career.
Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage early applications.
At Working Well Trust, our mission is to support people experiencing mental health challenges and/or are neurodiverse on their employment journey.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Vital Strategies is a global public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury, and death. We currently work in more than 80 countries, supporting data-driven decision-making in government, advancing evidence-based public health policies, and mounting strategic communication campaigns. Vital Strategies’ priorities are driven by the greatest potential to improve and save lives. They include noncommunicable disease prevention, tobacco control, road safety, food policy, environmental health, and data for health. Our programs are concentrated in low- and middle-income countries and cities in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. Please visit our website to find out more about our work.
We believe our programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by people with diverse life experiences whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, gender, national origin, ancestry, actual or perceived age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. As such, our commitment is to promote equal employment opportunities (EEO) for those seeking employment.
Job Purpose:
Vital Strategies has experienced significant growth in both its programs and global footprint in recent years. As the organization continues to expand, it is essential that our people practices remain legally compliant, operationally effective, culturally responsive, and forward-thinking to support an increasingly diverse and distributed workforce.
We are seeking an experienced Global HR leader who will continue to build on our efforts to strengthen global HR operations and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative, culturally agile leader who is passionate about operational excellence, continuous improvement, and making a meaningful global impact.
The Director, Global HR Operations and Compliance is a critical leadership role within the Human Resources function, responsible for advancing HR operational excellence, strengthening global compliance, and supporting the continued evolution of our people practices. With seven global offices and Employer of Record (EOR) arrangements in thirteen countries, this position provides strategic leadership and oversight for Vital's global HR operations, compliance framework, and employee services, ensuring consistent, efficient, and legally compliant HR practices across all locations.
The Director will lead the development and implementation of inclusive policies, procedures, and best practices; provide guidance on global employment actions and employee relations matters; support workforce expansion into new countries; and oversee global compensation, benefits, and HR governance programs. This role is responsible for identifying and mitigating employment-related risks while ensuring a positive employee experience and operational consistency across diverse jurisdictions.
Reporting to the Vice President, Global HR, the Director partners closely with organizational leaders, HR colleagues, legal counsel, country offices, and external partners to strengthen HR infrastructure, optimize systems and processes, and enhance the organization's ability to manage a global workforce effectively. Success in this role requires deep global HR expertise, strong judgment, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to lead change while balancing organizational standards with local legal, cultural, and operational requirements.
This job opportunity may be based in the UK, Switzerland, or Kenya. Vital Strategies will offer a competitive salary based on local market benchmarking. Additional locations in Europe and Africa where Vital Strategies is operational may be considered. The applicable salary ranges for the hiring locations are:
- UK: £110,000- £120,000
- Switzerland: CHF 120,000 to 140,000
- Kenya: KES 14,000,000- 18,500,000 KES
Duties & Responsibilities:
Global HR Operations -
· Maintain a high-quality global HR operations function, including standardized policies where legally appropriate, standardized processes, technology, systems, tools, forms, and guidelines that are accessible, well understood, and consistently utilized across all offices.
· Balance global organizational standards and compliance requirements with the operational, cultural, and legal realities of individual country offices, ensuring an appropriate and practical approach across diverse environments.
· Build trusted relationships with global office leadership, HR and Country Directors, to encourage transparency, collaboration, and timely sharing of HR-related information necessary for effective operations, risk management, and compliance.
· Partner with, support, and advise global HR team members and Country Directors on HR operational matters; while supporting local HR partners in assuming HR functions locally as appropriate for each office.
· Lead global HR due diligence (terms and conditions of employment, infrastructure and documentation) and manage the maintenance of international office employee handbooks and guides for EOR-hired staff.
· Partner with leadership, programs, and operation teams in opening offices or establishing EORs; as well as closing offices or programs.
· Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements, maintenance of required documentation, and timely responses to HR audits and coordinate with the risk management committee.
· In partnership with local HR teams, lead annual global employee benefits renewals, including plan design, vendor coordination, and budget management.
· Oversee global compensation programs, including salary benchmarking, pay review processes, compensation guidance, and manager training.
· Work with Talent Acquisition, Grants & Contracts and Global Finance to coordinate the annual and reforecast workforce budget.
· Oversee the establishment of EORs and the ongoing vendor/employee/manager relationships.
· Ensure the global HR team is trained in the core HR operational areas, as well as any Vital HR specific procedures and practices.
· Ensure that HR policies, procedures, and compliance documents are accessible to all staff via the organizational intranet “Vital Pulse”.
· Collaborate with HR team to implement, analyze, and maintain operational metrics and people data to inform decision-making and strengthen organizational effectiveness.
· Serve as a key HRIS company administrator and partner to global HR teams, leveraging technology to improve HR operations, reporting, compliance and data integrity.
· Partner with HR and operational leaders to ensure HRIS data accuracy globally, establish effective governance processes, and support local teams in maintaining timely and accurate employee records.
Compliance -
· In collaboration with Legal and VP HR, ensure that HR processes, policies, recordkeeping, and forms are in compliance with regulations, country and local labor laws, and donor guidelines.
· Oversee policy, process and procedure documentation to ensure consistency, accessibility, and compliance across the organization.
· Conduct spot checks to employee files to ensure audit readiness and compliance; and provide training to HR team members responsible for maintaining documentation.
· Ensure compliance with the Vital global data retention policy for employee data and HR documentation.
· Identify and proactively mitigate HR operational and compliance risks through strong controls, monitoring, documentation practices, and partnership with local offices.
Employee Services -
· Coordinate the development and maintenance of HR programs and tools, including policies and procedures, SOPs, manuals, management guidelines, and other HR infrastructure to support business units, proposals, and projects.
· Ensure all offices and employees hired through EOR arrangements have access to an HR Help Desk or equivalent support structure with timely communication, responsiveness, and follow-up.
· In consultation with the VP HR and General Counsel, and in coordination with HRBPs, manage complex employee relations matters in a balanced, fair, and objective manner using appropriate counseling, investigative, intervention, and mediation techniques.
· Serve as an internal consultant and facilitator to managers and employees in resolving employment and performance-related issues in collaboration with HR business partners as appropriate.
· In collaboration with the Director of Talent Management and HR Country Teams, ensure timely delivery of training to managers on HR operations, policies, systems, and practices; and support clear communication of Vital HR business practices to employees globally.
· Foster a service-oriented HR culture that emphasizes responsiveness, partnership, trust, consistency, and practical problem-solving across all global offices.
Qualifications:
Education -
· Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field required.
· Professional HR certification such as SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CIPD, or equivalent international HR certification preferred.
Skills & Abilities -
· Strong knowledge of global HR operations, employment practices, compliance requirements, and HR infrastructure across multiple countries and regions.
· Demonstrated ability to balance global organizational standards with local legal, cultural, and operational needs in diverse international environments.
· Strong relationship-building, influencing, and partnership skills, with the ability to establish trust and credibility across global offices and with leaders at all levels.
· High degree of diplomacy, cultural sensitivity, discretion, and sound judgment when managing complex and sensitive employee and organizational matters.
· Ability to proactively gather, assess, and synthesize information from multiple stakeholders and environments to identify operational or compliance risks and support informed decision-making.
· Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced global environment.
· Excellent verbal, written communication, and active listening skills, including the ability to communicate complex HR concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to use people data and metrics to drive operational improvements and business decisions.
· Service-oriented leadership approach with a focus on collaboration, responsiveness, practical solutions, and continuous improvement.
· Strong facilitation, training, and coaching skills for managers, HR teams, and employees.
· High level of integrity and ability to manage confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
· Strong technology proficiency and ability to leverage HR systems and tools to improve operational effectiveness, reporting, workforce analytics, compliance, and employee experience.
· Fluency in English required.
· Knowledge of global HR operational best practices and employment lifecycle processes.
· Knowledge of compensation, benefits, employee relations, performance management, and policy administration practices.
· Understanding of change management principles and organizational effectiveness practices in global organizations.
Experience Required:
· Minimum of 15 years of progressive human resources experience, including significant experience in global HR operations, compliance, and employee services.
· Demonstrated experience supporting a complex, multi-country or global organization, preferably within the nonprofit, international development, public health, or mission-driven sector.
· Experience partnering with global offices and navigating varying labor laws, cultural norms, and operational practices across regions.
· Proven experience developing and implementing global HR policies, procedures, systems, and operational processes.
· Experience managing HR compliance, audits, employee documentation, and data governance in international environments.
· Experience overseeing compensation and benefits administration across multiple countries and/or employer-of-record (EOR) arrangements.
· Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters and conducting or supporting investigations in collaboration with legal counsel and HR business partners.
· Experience leading or supporting HRIS optimization, system configuration, reporting, and data integrity initiatives; experience with UKG strongly preferred.
· Experience using HR metrics and workforce data to support operational planning and organizational decision-making.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
· The position may involve up to 10% travel to various international locations, depending on organizational needs
· Ability/willingness to work across multiple time zones
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New Partnerships Lead
Contract type: Permanent
Full time: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Hybrid between home and our London office (typically at least 1 day per week in office, plus travel for external meetings as required)
Salary range: £61,000 - £67,000
Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for securing high value corporate partnerships? Do you have a track record of leading high-performing teams and engaging senior stakeholders?
We’re looking for a New Partnerships Lead to expand our pipeline of new business opportunities and secure new six- and seven-figure, strategic corporate partnerships to raise funds, build awareness and provide support for people living with cancer.
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.
About the role
As New Partnerships Lead, you will lead our New Partnerships Team (x4 Senior Managers and x2 Managers) and develop an ambitious strategy to significantly grow our portfolio of high-value, strategic corporate partnerships. You’ll inspire and motivate your team to identify, pitch and secure large-scale partnerships that drive income and impact.
You will represent Macmillan and influence board-level decisions, opening doors to new opportunities and strengthening our presence across corporate networks. Your leadership will ensure we deliver bold, compelling propositions that demonstrate the difference companies can make when they partner with us.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver a strategy that significantly grows income, impact and acquisition of new partnerships.
- Lead and develop a high‑performing team to meet or exceed annual income targets.
- Identify and secure high-value, strategic partnership opportunities that align with both Macmillan’s mission and corporate partners’ objectives.
- Foster a culture of collaboration across Macmillan to maximise the value and impact of partnerships.
- Ensure effective pipeline management and prioritise opportunities with the greatest strategic fit and financial value
- Work as part of the Corporate Partnerships leadership team to achieve the wider team strategy.
- Use data and insight to manage performance, strengthen propositions and prioritise opportunities.
- Represent Macmillan to senior and board‑level stakeholders to influence decisions and secure new partnerships.
- Build Macmillan’s profile across corporate networks, staying ahead of trends, market developments and competitor activity.
- Translate complex internal strategies into clear, compelling value propositions for corporate audiences.
About you
You are an inspiring team leader with a strong track record of securing substantial partnerships or accounts. You bring commercial awareness and strategic thinking capability, with experience of influencing at senior levels.
You will have:
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing and developing resilient and high‑performing teams.
- Experience developing and delivering strategies to secure large‑scale, long‑term income (£2m plus per annum desirable) within the charity or commercial sector.
- A high level of personal presence and confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including C‑suite and board‑level audiences.
- Experience using data and insight to drive fundraising or sales effectiveness.
- A track record of innovating and challenging the status quo to achieve growth.
- Ability to identify opportunities for partnerships and propositions to deliver strategic objectives beyond income.
- Experience in budget planning and forecasting.
- A passion for Macmillan’s mission and the impact corporate partnerships can make.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment process
Application deadline: 23:59 on Wednesday 22nd July
Interview dates: Virtual first-round Interviews will be held on the week commencing 3rd August (exact dates TBC)
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.


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People Partner£55,000 - £60,000 | London | Hybrid Working
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An established healthcare and community services organisation is seeking an experienced People Partner to join its People team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a values-led organisation that places people at the centre of its strategy and service delivery.Supporting senior leaders across the business, you will play a key role in shaping workforce initiatives, driving organisational change and helping to create a high-performing and inclusive culture.
Your new role
As a People Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to leaders and managers, providing expert strategic and operational HR support across a range of workforce matters. Partnering with key stakeholders, you will help deliver people strategies that support organisational objectives and ensure the workforce remains engaged, capable and effective.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing expert advice on complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, capability and attendance cases.
- Leading and supporting organisational change programmes, restructures, workforce redesign and TUPE projects.
- Coaching and influencing senior managers to build leadership and people management capability.
- Using workforce data and insights to identify trends and drive evidence-based decision-making.
- Developing and embedding people-focused initiatives that improve organisational performance.
- Building effective relationships with Trade Unions and supporting consultation and negotiation processes.
- Supporting the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures and workforce strategies.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing positive organisational change.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Significant experience in a HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor, HR Manager or People Partner position.
- Extensive experience managing complex employee relations casework.
- Strong experience of organisational change, transformation, consultation and TUPE activity.
- Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience influencing and coaching leaders at all levels.
- A degree, CIPD Level 7 qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building skills.
Experience within healthcare, social care, the NHS, charity sector, housing or wider public sector environments would be highly advantageous. This is a particularly strong fit for candidates with experience of workforce transformation and complex people challenges.
What you'll get in return
- Salary of £55,000 - £60,000.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- The opportunity to influence senior leaders and shape workforce strategy.
- A varied role covering strategic HR partnering, organisational change and employee relations.
- Career development within a large and progressive organisation.
- The chance to make a meaningful impact on employees, services and organisational outcomes.
What you need to do now
If you're an experienced HR Business Partner, Senior HR Manager or People Partner looking for a broad and impactful role where you can influence change and drive organisational performance, I would love to hear from you.
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Contract Type: Fixed Term for 6.00 months from the start date
Location: Any UK Trust office - a minimum of three days in the office a week, and must be willing to travel to other centres when required
Interviews: 10th or 12th August
At The King’s Trust, we believe that great leadership creates life-changing opportunities for young people. As our Delivery Manager Capability Lead, you’ll play a key role in strengthening management and leadership across our Delivery function, ensuring managers have the skills, confidence and support they need to lead high-performing, inclusive teams.
Our ambition is to be one of the UK’s most equal, diverse and inclusive organisations serving young people. We know that achieving this starts with leadership. Through your work, you'll help build a culture where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive, ensuring our managers have the capability and confidence to create inclusive environments for both colleagues and the young people we support.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Organisational/People Development professional who is passionate about building capability, driving positive change and turning insight into meaningful action.
In this role, you will:
- Use data, feedback and organisational insight to identify leadership capability needs and opportunities.
- Work closely with the People and Learning team making recommendations based on data analysis and support with creating and driving sustainable and effective solutions. Support our ambition to become one of the UK's most equal, diverse and inclusive organisations by embedding inclusive leadership behaviours and approaches into management development.
- Evaluate impact, using evidence and feedback to continuously improve leadership capability and effectiveness.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to shape the frontline management and leadership culture of one of the UK's leading youth charities. You'll work closely with senior leaders, influence how leadership capability is acquired and developed across the Delivery function, and leave a lasting legacy through the managers and teams you support.
By empowering managers to lead with confidence, inclusion and purpose, you'll strengthen the teams that support young people every day, helping more young people to break the cycle of unemployment and build the confidence and skills they need to succeed, regardless of their background or the challenges they face.
What happens next?
Please submit a CV and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need a Delivery Manager Capability Lead?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or those who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives, and we couldn’t do this without the important work of the Delivery Manager Capability Lead!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events, etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Switchback is an award-winning charity supporting young men to live life differently after prison. As we launch our next strategic plan to grow our impact even further, we are looking for a new Director of Finance and Operations who can bring both strategic thinking and hands-on operational expertise to help us turn our ambitions into reality.
The Director of Finance and Operations is a key role in the leadership team of a dynamic charity making a real difference in young people’s lives. Managing a small team, you’ll have responsibility for a range of essential business functions central to Switchback’s success as a charity: financial and business planning, HR processes, infrastructure (including IT), governance, risk management and compliance.
You’ll also support our business development and strategic partnership-building, helping us tap into exciting new areas of income and impact, including our plans to share our learning through training and consultancy.
Crucially, you’ll oversee and develop our systems and processes in a way that protects Switchback’s agile and human working culture. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a central role helping Switchback achieve our aims of reaching more young men while inspiring change across the justice system and beyond.
The right candidate will have great strategic judgement, proven financial and business acumen, practical knowledge of operations and good governance, and a strong understanding of creating and leading high-performing teams.
You will have a collaborative approach to working with colleagues and trustees, enjoying getting stuck into the day-to-day business of running a growing charity, as well as the ability to bring in new external partnerships and contractual relationships that serve our commitment to providing real opportunities for our Trainees.
You will be driven to achieve great value for money and use smart processes to enable others to do their best work for a vital social cause.
As well as technical expertise, this role acts as a key sounding board for the CEO and Leadership Team, so you’ll also bring excellent listening skills and the confidence to act as a thinking partner across both strategic and operational issues. As a member of the Leadership Team, you’ll also model our values in the way you work, collaborate and communicate.
If you are interested in using your proven financial and operations management skills to contribute to our exciting next chapter, we’d love to hear from you. In return we can offer the opportunity to work in an organisation with a strong history of personal and strategic impact, where each day you will witness the incredible steps that our Trainees make to change their lives.
We support young men to find a way out of the justice system and build a stable, rewarding life they can be proud of.


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Head of HR
We are looking for an experienced and values-driven Head of HR to join a pioneering organisation making a lasting difference to the lives of care-experienced young people.
You will be working for a charity that transforms the lives of care-experienced young people.
Your passion for staff development, wellbeing, and organisational culture will make a significant contribution to the charity’s overall mission.
Position: Head of HR
Location: Hybrid/London
Salary: £46,000 per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
Closing Date: 20th July 2026
About the Role
The Head of HR plays a pivotal role in fostering a workplace where every member of staff feels valued, supported and recognised for the impact they make. You will lead the organisation’s people strategy, ensuring wellbeing, professional growth and inclusive practice are embedded at every level.
By championing a positive organisational culture, staff development and ensuring effective HR systems and processes, you will enable staff to thrive and deliver their best work for the young people it serves.
This is a senior, standalone HR role, working closely with the CEO, leadership team and line managers, and acting as the main point of contact with our external HR support service.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Lead Learning & Development and wellbeing initiatives
- Oversee Equality, Diversity and Inclusion practice
- Provide expert HR advice to managers
- Manage HR data, reporting and workforce insights
- Support reward, recognition and induction processes
- Act as main contact for external HR support
- Lead on HR policy and Health & Safety (excluding safeguarding)
About You
You will be an experienced HR professional who is confident operating at both a strategic and operational level. You will bring sound judgement, empathy and clarity to complex people matters, and enjoy working collaboratively in a small, mission-driven organisation.
You will be organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities, with a strong commitment to inclusive practice and staff wellbeing.
You will have:
- Experience of managing a HR function
- Experience of developing and implementing HR processes and initiatives
- Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and risk management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Budget management experience
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to deadlines
If you are passionate about creating inclusive, supportive workplaces and want to play a key role in enabling a dedicated team to transform young lives, we would love to hear from you.
To apply, you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, motivation and experience meet the requirements of the role.
You may have experience in roles such as: Head of HR, HR Manager, People Manager, HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor, People & Culture Manager, HR Lead, or Human Resources Manager.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Yorkshire’s most respected community foundations and help shape the future of giving across Calderdale.
For over 35 years, Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) has connected people who care with causes that matter. We believe local generosity has the power to transform lives, strengthen communities and create opportunities for everyone to thrive.
As an independent charitable funder, we work with individuals, families, businesses and organisations to invest in local charities and community groups tackling some of Calderdale’s biggest challenges. Every year, we distribute more than £2 million in grants to support people and places across the borough. At the same time, we are building our permanent endowment, creating a lasting legacy that will continue supporting local communities for generations to come.
This is what makes CFFC unique. We do not just make a difference today. We create a legacy that will benefit Calderdale in perpetuity.
Following many years of successful leadership from our current Chief Executive Officer, we are seeking an exceptional leader to build on this strong foundation and lead CFFC into its next chapter.
About the role
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring CFFC continues to grow its impact, strengthen partnerships and inspire philanthropy across Calderdale.
You will lead and develop a committed staff team, work closely with Trustees, build trusted relationships with donors, businesses, professional advisers, charities and public sector partners, and ensure the organisation remains financially sustainable, well-governed and ambitious for the future.
You will also act as CFFC’s public ambassador, representing the organisation across Calderdale and beyond, while championing the importance of local giving and community investment.
About you
We are looking for an inspiring and collaborative leader with significant senior leadership experience and the ability to build confidence and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will demonstrate:
Proven strategic leadership and organisational management experience.
Experience of developing successful partnerships, fundraising, income generation or business development.
Strong financial and governance awareness.
Excellent relationship-building, communication and influencing skills.
Experience of leading and developing high-performing teams.
A genuine commitment to community impact and the values of the voluntary sector.
You may come from a community foundation, charitable trust, grant-making organisation, charity, public sector, social enterprise or a commercial organisation with a strong social purpose.
What we offer
Salary in excess of £60,000, dependent on experience.
Permanent, full-time position.
Flexible and hybrid working, with a regular presence required in Calderdale.
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, additional Easter Tuesday leave and office closure over the Christmas period, rising to 25 days after five years’ service.
Employer pension contribution, with details available in the candidate information pack.
The opportunity to lead a respected local foundation with a strong legacy, deep local relationships and ambitious plans for the future.
Closing date: 31 July 2026
First round interviews: Week commencing 17 August 2026
Second round interviews: Week commencing 24 August 2026
CFFC is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are happy to discuss any adjustments candidates may need during the recruitment process.
If you are an ambitious leader who wants to build on a strong legacy, inspire local philanthropy and help create lasting change for communities across Calderdale, we would love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your new company
Hays is delighted to be supporting a nationally recognised arts, heritage and cultural organisation in the recruitment of an Employee Relations & Advisory Team Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to join a purpose-led organisation with a strong commitment to inclusion, collaboration and delivering an exceptional employee experience.Operating across multiple UK locations, the organisation is investing in its people function and has created this new leadership role to establish and develop a dedicated Employee Relations and Advisory Centre of Expertise. As such, this position offers the opportunity to shape services, influence strategy and make a lasting impact across a complex and diverse workforce.
Your new role
Reporting to the Head of People, you will lead a team of Employee Relations Advisors and People Advisors, providing both strategic and operational leadership across employee relations and people advisory services.This newly created role will be responsible for embedding a high-quality Employee Relations and Advisory function, ensuring the delivery of consistent, commercially focused and legally compliant HR support across the organisation.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing Employee Relations and Advisory team.
- Acting as the senior escalation point for complex and high-risk employee relations matters.
- Establishing and embedding employee relations governance, frameworks, policies and procedures.
- Supporting organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations and senior-level casework.
- Building strong partnerships with senior stakeholders, people leaders and recognised trade unions.
- Overseeing employee relations reporting, identifying trends and using data to support decision-making.
- Managing external employment law and occupational health providers.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manager capability and employee experience.
- Championing inclusive, fair and transparent people practices across the organisation.
This role offers a blend of strategic leadership and hands-on operational involvement, making it ideal for an experienced employee relations professional looking to lead a function while remaining close to the delivery of high-quality people services.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will have significant experience operating at a senior HR or Employee Relations level within a complex, multi-site environment.
You will also bring:
- Extensive knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
- Proven experience leading employee relations teams and developing high-performing colleagues.
- Strong experience managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases.
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, consultations and redundancy programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to partner senior leaders.
- Experience developing HR policies, governance frameworks and people processes.
- Strong analytical and reporting capability with a data-driven approach.
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with strong professional judgement.
- Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.
Experience within a unionised environment and/or the public, charity, cultural, education or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous.
What you'll get in return
- Salary of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
- Hybrid working environment
- 35-hour working week
- Opportunity to build and lead a newly established Employee Relations & Advisory function
- Exposure to strategic people projects and organisational change initiatives
- A supportive and values-driven culture
- Excellent opportunities for professional growth and development
- The chance to make a meaningful impact within a nationally respected organisation
What you need to do now
If you're an experienced Employee Relations leader looking for a role where you can shape strategy, influence senior stakeholders and drive positive change across a complex organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Matthew Sharman at Hays for a confidential discussion and further information.
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Main purpose
The Head of People leads Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE)'s HR team directing and overseeing all staff-related activity and holding responsibility for developing and delivering the charity’s People Strategy. The role is a strategic partner to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).
Working alongside SLT in an advisory and partnering capacity, the Head of People helps ensure organisational decisions are informed by workforce insight and that CSE has the people, capability and culture needed to deliver its strategic objectives. The role works with line managers across the organisation to build people management capability and ensure that wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion, and people-related legal and policy requirements are consistently applied.
The role spans the full breadth of the People function, including strategic business partnering, employee relations, recruitment, learning and development, wellbeing, EDI, people operations and digital transformation. The Head of People leads and develops the HR team, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, proactive and people-centred service while building on the good practice that already exists within the charity and driving continuous improvement for the benefit of the charity and its employees.
As the senior People professional at CSE, the role balances strategic leadership with practical operational delivery across the full breadth of the People function, requiring the successful candidate to move confidently between strategic thinking and hands-on implementation. The Head of People provides expert advice on complex people matters, develops and implements people policies, frameworks and processes, supports organisational change and improvement, and translates organisational priorities, values and culture into practical people initiatives that support both staff and the wider organisation.
This role is likely to appeal to someone who enjoys building, improving and embedding great people practice and who is comfortable balancing strategic leadership with operational delivery across a broad and varied remit. The role requires curiosity, pragmatism and a genuine interest in understanding organisational challenges and delivering practical, lasting improvements.
How to apply
To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website and send it to our Jobs inbox. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification and job description.
For more information and to apply, please visit CSE Jobs website.
It starts with community - as the UK’s largest community funder, we will distribute over £4 billion by 2030 to projects that strengthen society and improve lives. We have an exciting opportunity for a Workforce Planning Business Partner to join our Organisation Development & Transformation team on 12-month fixed term contract.
It’s an exciting time to join us at the Fund as we enter the second phase of our It starts with community strategy and look ahead as we develop our new Corporate Plan to 2030. To achieve this, we need to be a well-designed, agile and future ready organisation.
This role is pivotal and will act as a bridge between strategy, insights and action. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation you will lead the design of our workforce planning approach. You will ensure the organisation’s structure has the right people, skills and capacity to deliver its future ambitions.
This is a new role within the organisation; therefore, it is key that you can take the organisation on a cultural journey of embedding the workforce planning approach. You will also play a key role in our Business Planning process working collaboratively with colleagues and leaders across the organisation as we shape the organisation for the future.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and lead a workforce planning framework.
- Identify future capability, capacity, and skills.
- Collaborate with People and Talent Business Partners to translate workforce planning into talent strategies.
- Support the development of career pathways and capability-building initiatives.
- Lead the utilisation of workforce data and analytics to inform planning, forecasting, and scenario modelling.
- Partner with senior leaders to embed workforce planning into annual business planning cycles.
- Act as a trusted expert, supporting leaders to understand workforce risks and opportunities.
You will have a depth and breadth of experience in workforce planning along with strong analytical and communication skills. As this role focuses on forward planning it is key that you can translate data and insight into meaningful and practical solutions. You will also need to apply an equity-based approach to ensure we continue to grow our diverse workforce. However, it isn’t all about the data, you need to be confident and a credible expert who is able to engage and influence stakeholders on workforce planning and best practice.
Interview details:
- Date: 17 and 18th August
- Format: Online
- Location: UK-wide
We have a hybrid approach to working. Work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Newtown.
If you have any questions please email the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven experience in workforce planning, strategic HR, or organisational planning roles
- Deep expertise in strategic workforce planning framework aligned to organisational priorities
- Strong understanding of talent management, organisational capability, and future skills planning
- Ability to apply Equity based approach to workforce planning to support a diverse workforce
- Strong analytical skills to translate complex data into clear, actionable insight aligned to strategic priorities
- Strong strategic thinker and confident communicator with ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
- Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused
- Ability to build trust and confidence in a changing culture to embed workforce planning
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £49,931
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: 26/07/26
Interview date: w/c 03/08/26
About CARE
CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation leading the fight to end poverty in the world’s most challenging situations. Women and girls are at the centre of our work, because we cannot overcome poverty and inequality until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We know that when a crisis erupts, women are often the first to pick up the pieces, so we work alongside women, so they have the power to make change where it’s needed most. Founded in 1945, CARE currently works in over 100 countries and last year alone reached 53.4 million people through nearly 1,500 projects.
Why work for CARE International UK?
This is an exciting opportunity to take a lead role in shaping and securing CARE International UK’s cloud and enterprise infrastructure. As Lead Cloud Systems Administrator, you will help drive infrastructure modernisation, automation and operational excellence across a complex technology environment, ensuring our systems are resilient, secure and scalable. The role offers the chance to lead technical initiatives, influence strategic IT improvements and support the digital capability that enables CARE’s mission-critical work.
About you
You will be an experienced cloud infrastructure or lead systems administrator with strong hands-on expertise across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows Server and hybrid environments. We are looking for someone with excellent troubleshooting, automation and security skills, including experience with Entra ID, Intune, networking, backup and disaster recovery, and PowerShell scripting. You will also bring strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to mentor others and manage competing priorities. Relevant certifications such as Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps, Security+ or ITIL would be advantageous.
About the role
The Lead Cloud Systems Administrator is responsible for leading the management, optimisation and security of CARE International UK’s cloud infrastructure and enterprise systems. The role focuses on maintaining highly available and secure platforms, supporting infrastructure transformation and cloud migration activity, and ensuring effective administration of core services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows and Linux servers, identity services, networking, backup and disaster recovery. The postholder will work closely with the IT Manager, wider IT team and key stakeholders across the organisation, while also supporting projects, change management and technical planning.
The role requires strong technical knowledge across cloud platforms, systems administration, security and infrastructure support, alongside excellent analytical and problem-solving ability. You will need to be confident managing complex environments, improving performance through automation and standardisation, and responding effectively to incidents and vulnerabilities. Success in the role will also depend on your ability to communicate clearly, lead troubleshooting, mentor junior colleagues and take a proactive, security-first approach to continuous improvement.
Right to Work in the UK
All applicants must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of appointment. Proof of right to work will be required as part of the recruitment process. For more information, please visit the UK Government's guidance on right to work.
Where you do not have current right to work in the UK, then this will be discussed with you as part of the recruitment process. Please note that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship and further information (should you require sponsorship to work in the UK) on eligibility can be found here.
Safeguarding
CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.
Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:
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Satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here). In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
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Appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).
By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to Equality and value Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to our HR team.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We particularly welcome applications from people of underrepresented backgrounds, including those from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities, and individuals who identify as LGBTQ+.

