Please note that we have moved to a hybrid way of working in our Central London office.

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

The Healthy Lives directorate has an ambitious strategy to improve the public’s health through action on the wider determinants of health and reduce health inequalities. This is through: Analysis, evidence and policy to create and value good health; and improving public health policy, systems and practice.  

Working alongside other support staff, the post-holder will provide high quality administrative support to the Healthy Lives Directorate to help them achieve the strategic goals. This includes supporting the team in effective use of information systems and online collaboration tools, providing administrative support for meetings and events and contributing to improving systems and processes across Healthy Lives.

We are looking for someone who is highly proactive, a self-starter with excellent organisation skills and attention to detail.

To find out more about this exciting new role and what we are looking for, please click on the link below to be redirected to our careers page.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a motivated and talented professional to join our Faculty Planning and Assessment team as a Facilitation and Planning Manager on a 8 month FTC.

The role is responsible for establishing and maintaining a world-class pool of external facilitators, academic tutors, mentors and coaches. The role will lead the scheduling process of all events across the organisation, and manage the staffing of internal and external facilitators and tutors against all programme delivery.

The role is responsible for meeting facilitation needs across Ambition’s programme suite cost-effectively and at a consistently high quality. The post-holder will implement effective ways of working within the team and with other teams and departments in order to anticipate and meet demand for facilitators and tutors. They will also work with other Faculty and Planning Managers to coordinate relationship management across the external faculty pool.

This role will also be responsible for managing and maintaining this pool of Leadership coaches, overseeing their training, quality assurance, deployment and ongoing support.

Based in our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and reporting to the Faculty Planning and Assessment Associate Director, the successful candidate will be the key representative for the Facilitation and Planning team when it comes to supporting reporting tools and improving systems and processes across the entire strand. This role will be required to work with the Central Operations, Data and Improvement teams, and programme teams and require confidence and efficiency in both Excel and Salesforce.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.

• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.

• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 6 December 2021. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 10 December 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

School Partnerships Manager

(South Central & South East) and (East)

Full Time 37.5 hours per week and Part Time 22.5 hours per week

London

1FTE £31,000 per annum (including London weighting allowance)

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for motivated and talented individuals with sales and stakeholder engagement experience to join Ambition Institute as a School Partnerships Manager.

We have 2 vacancies available, 1 role with cover the East on a full-time and permanent basis. The second role will cover South Central & South East on a part-time 6 months fixed term contract (maternity cover).

The role is responsible for pursuing and converting sales opportunities, owning relationships with accounts of varying size and designing and delivering a strategy for programme recruitment and sales in their region.

In this role you will build highly effective relationships with schools, system leaders and other stakeholders and influencers across the education landscape. The School Partnerships Manager will raise Ambition Institute’s profile and reputation to help us achieve our mission.

Based in our London office, you'll be reporting to the regional Area Director. You'll have the ability to build highly effective relationships with all levels of external stakeholders, whilst being highly organised and demonstrating the ability to thrive in a target-driven environment.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require an excellent communicator, ideally with experience of working in the UK education sector. It is essential that you have excellent presentation skills, and are able to use a range of strategies to impact and influence.

Who are Ambition Institute?

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life. 

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive. 
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice. 
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.

Our offer

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 3 December 2021. Interviews are expected to take place on 9th and 10th December 2021.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website.

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

We are seeking an exceptional fundraiser who is passionate about making education fair for every child. This is a critical role in the Partnerships Team at Teach First and will suit a strategic thinker with brilliant relationship skills. The Partnerships team at Teach First manages over £4m of the charity’s voluntary income. We work with over 35 businesses from a variety of sectors from finance to fashion. The team is focused on growing long-term strategic relationships with our partners to meet our annual fundraising targets, so that we can recruit great teachers, develop brilliant leaders and support thriving schools.

As Partnerships Manager, you will oversee corporate accounts, many from the FTSE 100 and you will be responsible for managing and growing their income.  As a creative person you will thrive on delivering memorable donor experiences. We are looking for two Partnerships Managers to join our team.

• Do you have proven experience of Partnership Management with a track record of growing your own accounts and/or supporting senior fundraisers to do so?
• Can you network and develop relationships at all levels?
• Do you have persuasive verbal and written communication skills?
• Do you have initiative and the flexibility to deal with multiple tasks / multiple internal and external stakeholder needs?
• Are you confident in project management including project design, planning and delivery?
• Are you a strong team-player able to work with both national and regional teams?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Partnerships Manager.

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV and cover letter showing how you meet our essentials ready to upload.

The role

Reporting into the Head of Learning and Skills, the Manager (Learning) will be responsible for leading work to improve equity of access to quality physics teaching and learning, in a way that supports a more diverse physics community.

Responsibilities include

The Manager (Learning) will be expected to lead IOP activity related to physics teaching in schools. This involves  managing a sizeable and expert team, and a broad portfolio of projects focussing on increasing influence around teacher recruitment, retention, inclusion and quality of teaching in physics.

Alongside, the successful candidate will need to collaborate widely: internally, including IOP sister teams responsible for e.g. the ‘Limit Less’ influencing campaign, our £10m Challenge Fund, and our National Heads and National Education Managers. And externally: building up a strong collaborative network in e.g. 3rd sector STEM organisations, and government departments to identify further strategic partnership opportunities to increase impact.

The Person

You will be a strong and collaborative leader and manager, able to support large and diverse teams in and work flexibly within and across the IOP’s structures to develop genuinely joined up plans for organisational impact.

You’ll be strategic and comfortable with pace: able to identify opportunity, while leading and evolving the existing portfolio of projects and activities relating to learning and managing a sizable budget.

You will be a natural communicator – able to build relationships widely and cultivate effective networks for tangible mutual benefit.

You’ll have a good understanding of the STEM education policy landscape especially relating to teacher CPD and inclusion, and proven ability of managing large complex projects.

Future of work

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer, and our people are at the heart of our approach to delivery. Following the impact of COVID-19, we have developed a new, innovative, and exciting trust-based model of flexible working. This empowers our staff to choose both individually and as a team how, when and where they work to deliver the goals of the organisation, acknowledging that there will be occasions where in-person meetings, collaborations and events will help generate greater impact. This means we are open to all forms of flexible working, and open to discussions around secondments where there may be an organisational fit.

The Future of Work initiative is based on the principles of collaboration, trust, flexibility, and agility. You will be allocated a ‘base’ office which can also be a chosen place of work.

Application 

Alongside your CV, please ensure you include a cover letter stating how you meet the role specification.

Why work with us?

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, we seek to raise public awareness and understanding of physics and support the development of a diverse and inclusive physics community. As a charity, we’re here to ensure that physics delivers on its exceptional potential to benefit society.

We are well underway our ambitious new corporate strategy, and you’ll play a part in helping us to deliver it. There’s never been a more exciting time to join the IOP!

As well as a competitive salary and professional development opportunities, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance and generous annual leave. We also offer a range of other benefits including childcare vouchers, gym membership and interest free season ticket loans.

The Institute of Physics is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes and celebrates diversity.

The Institute of Physics is an equal opportunities employer. We request no contact from agencies or media sales.

Would you like to play a part in developing UK-German youth relations?

UK-German Connection is offering opportunities to support our work in bringing young people from the UK and Germany together.

We are currently recruiting for posts in the following areas of activity:​

• Youth engagement and programmes
• Communications
• School and youth partnerships, projects and grants

A total of 2-3 posts are available on a full- or part-time basis.

Training will be provided but an aptitude and willingness to learn and to acquire new skills is expected from all post holders.

The posts are designed as full-time posts, however, part-time arrangements are also possible. Remuneration will depend on the respective tasks and responsibilities and the applicant’s experience and skills, and will be based on public-sector pay scales. Starting fees will be from £30,000 p.a., pro rata. The appointments will be on the basis of a renewable one-year project consultancy contract. The posts are based in Central London, and flexible-working options are available. Applicants must be in possession of a valid work permit for the UK.

Closing date for applications: 1 December 2021

Start date: 1 January 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter

Applications received by the closing date will be handled with priority. Applications will be accepted until the job has been filled.

If you are interested in playing a part in developing UK-German youth relations, are keen to bring energy, quality and drive to the job and have an open, fresh and engaged approach, we would love to hear from you.

Location: Coram’s Fields, Kings Cross/Bloomsbury

Salary: £36,000 – £38,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

For 85 years, Coram’s Fields has provided pioneering services for young people from birth through to early adulthood. Today these services continue to provide invaluable support to the local community. Our Youth Programme supports young people aged 9 to 19, providing a safe space and offering a wide range of engaging activities that support personal, social and mental well-being, and ensure that young people’s personal circumstances, are not barriers to them achieving their life ambitions.

Over the last five years, our reputation within the local voluntary and statutory sector has grown considerably, most notably through our work with high-risk young people, including those affected by violent crime, as well as our work with young women. Alongside this, we are seen by many as a beacon of good practice in terms of our youth work, finding creative solutions to some of the most complex societal issues facing young people today.

Our youth programme engages over 350 young people per year, just under 40% of whom are young women. Our engagement of young people spans multiple disciplines, each playing a key role in supporting a range of needs.

Our generations programme provides essential support to those transitioning to youth centre age, whilst our employability programme supports those at the other end of the age spectrum, developing and nurturing young people as they seek to enter the working world. Our work in the creative arts including a dedicated music production programme, provides the platform for young people to express themselves, whilst our community outreach on local estates enables us to reach young people, not yet ready to access mainstream youth provision.

In addition to this, we are the lead voluntary sector partner within a multi-disciplinary team supporting young men at risk of violent crime. We are proud through this work, to be pioneering the use of clinical intervention alongside conventional youth work to support the underlying issue of poor mental health among both perpetrators and victims, an approach that has contributed to the delivery of often life changing outcomes for many of our young people.

This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role and one that will provide an opportunity for a talented youth work professional to develop even further, the impact of our work locally. Fundamental to your success in the role will be an unrivalled commitment to the lives of children and young people, supported by an in depth understanding of the multiple challenges that they face. Even more crucial, will be your ability to turn this commitment and understanding into high impact services that produce tangible outcomes for those that we support.

You’ll be an inspirational leader, bringing a creative flair to your work with young people, harnessing the skills of those around you to deliver a truly exceptional offer.

To apply, visit our website through the link at the top of the listing.

The final deadline for the role is 9am on Monday 6th December 2021 however, applicants should note that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and shortlisted applicants may be invited to interview before the application deadline.

Coram’s Fields is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity, are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly, their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.

ISD is seeking a senior M&E professional to join our growing and busy team to play a key role in driving forward ISD’s approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) in our 6 global sites (London, Amman, Berlin, Beirut, Nairobi, Toronto, and Washington DC) and across over 15 project jurisdictions. It is an exciting time to join ISD, having doubled our project count over the last two years and we are operating across more jurisdictions than ever in combatting the rising tide of extremism, polarisation, and hate worldwide. 

The Senior Manager will lead and strategically develop ISD’s M&E practices and systems, working in close partnership with our top teams in research, policy and programming, and underpinning our MEL strategy. The post holder will take a swift lead on all MEL developments and form the ISD M&E team, looking to grow our capabilities across all sites.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and advising the development of MEL systems on ISD projects and programmes
• Providing sound advice and support on MEL developments to key project teams and stakeholders
• Drive the broader M&E agenda of using M&E as a learning tool to improve ISD programming
• Drive development to secure new funding to evaluate sections of ISD programming
• Line manage up to 2 staff, fostering a positive and collaborative team environment and providing learning opportunities.

This position will require a candidate with the following experience:

• Leading expertise on the development of evidence-based Theories of Change for range of programme types
• Extensive experience in conducting a range of evaluation types such as theory-based, case-based, process and impact evaluations for a variety of projects
• Experience in using participatory MEL approaches that provide space for programme and policy teams, partners and beneficiaries to jointly reflect on the effectiveness and impact of their work.
• Experience in developing MEL systems for a variety of project types, such as capacity building, advocacy/policy influencing, research and networks
• Previous experience supporting or leading M&E data collection, and development of M&E functions
• Experience in line management, building and developing teams

The Programmes Manager will be a key player in our development. You will support our growth outside of London and Essex as well as the ongoing development and delivery of our digital offer. We are proud that we adapted quickly during the Covid-19 pandemic, evolving our offer and working hard to ensure we reached the young people who most need our support. You will drive this progress forward, embedding our work in schools across the UK.

You would be joining the team at an exciting time in our development. We are currently expanding our work, both in terms of geographical reach and the depth of learning that we offer. In addition to over 15 years of experience in providing high quality, professionally delivered workshops, events and educational resources, we have now developed innovative digital learning experiences to help us offer our transformative training more widely. 

The Social Interest Group (SIG) is a leading UK based charity, providing bespoke person centred social and health care solutions. Utilising strength-based models of working, we specialise in rehabilitation and supporting people who have complex needs, empowering them to achieve their full potential. We deliver social and health care services through our subsidiary charities SIG Penrose, SIG Equinox, Pathways to Independence and SIG Investments.

About the role:

We are currently recruiting for a caring and dynamic individual to join us as a Deputy Manager of this supported accommodation services based in Hammersmith and Fulham, offering support for single homeless people who have experienced complex trauma and similar needs. Based across 3 sites in Hammersmith and Fulham, SIG Equinox supports the Council’s strategy to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping by offering strength based and personalised support to those with multiple and complex needs, in psychologically informed environments.

Working alongside the Service Manager, you will help deliver the highest standards of service quality, performance, and improvements across their service through excellent leadership and embodiment of the values of the organisation. This role will be busy and varied, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the skills within the team are deployed effectively, ensuring all staff have appropriate training and development plans in place, supporting with staff appraisals and supervisions and implementing the organisations' policies and procedures all while ensuring the highest level of care is delivered to service users.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is passionate about promoting positive outcomes and independence for the people we support. Along with sound knowledge and practical application of key legislations including Mental Health Act; Health and Social Care Act and others, you will have the ability to work flexibly and respond to the changing needs of our service users within an environment that is empathetic but firm in their approach to supporting both our staff members and those we support.

If you have a background in mental health, complex needs, homelessness and substance misuse provision, are innovative, inspiring and visionary, and hold NVQ / Diploma level 3 in Management / Health & Social Care / Mental health or professional equivalent then we would like to hear from you.

Experience Required:

• NVQ / Diploma Level 4 in Health & Social Care / Mental Health or professional equivalent
• Direct experience of service delivery within housing and/or social care or similar services
• Team management experience with the ability to work under challenging circumstances
• A good understanding of the needs of vulnerable households, both families and single individuals
• Proven ability to provide clear leadership and management to a team
• Experience of housing management including voids and evictions
• Knowledge and practical application of key legislation – mental health, criminal justice, social care and housing etc
• Ability to influence and form strong relationships with commissioning bodies and professional agencies

Benefits of working with us:

• Excellent core and on-going training aligned with personal development plan
• Access to employee assistance programme
• 25 days holiday increasing to 26 days after 2 years and increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days annual leave
• Medi-cash which includes the following:
• Discount gym membership
• Routine eye tests, glasses and contact lenses
• Dental treatment via NHS or Private
• Physiotherapy, Head Massage and a range of other therapies
• Life Assurance

All successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and provide employment references covering the last 5 years period including one from your most recent employer.

We are looking for a highly motivated programme manager to coordinate our new initiative to advance race equality in the charity sector.

Making The Leap is a small and innovative social justice charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.

The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity generally (and anti-Blackness in particular). The people here work hard, are good at what they do, and for so many it is ‘home’, with an average tenure of 11 years. It’s a nice environment to be in, friendly, flexible and one that gives you the reward of making a tangible difference in people’s lives – it’s great.

The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast and our brand new initiative Black Charity Leaders.

Do you want to lead a high-value fundraising team?

This is a truly exciting role within the Eve Appeal and has responsibility across our high-value fundraising mix – comprising of high-net-worth individuals, businesses and trusts & foundations. We have made incremental gains across these areas of work over the past two years and this is a truly exciting time to come on board, influence the programme and help take us take them to the next level.

In this role you will have direct responsibility for many relationships within high-net-worth fundraising, working closely with the Director of Fundraising. You will build relationships with numerous businesses – including many in health, beauty and retail – and support the Partnerships Officer in stewarding and cultivating these relationships. And you will support the Trusts and Foundations Officer to secure new and repeat grant income.

Your direct line reports (1.6 FTE) are both strong and experienced fundraisers in their functions and are actively driving the programme forward with new ideas and approaches. They will flourish further with an empowering manager who can support them to deliver to their highest level.

You will benefit from an experienced and supportive line manager, a high-performing team, a culture open to change, new thoughts and experiences, and a team committed to delivering the best fundraising we can.

The Eve Appeal is striving to create a workplace that reflects the communities we seek to serve and in which everyone feels empowered to be themselves and work together to drive positive change.  No formal qualifications are needed for this role, charity sector experience is not essential, and we encourage everyone with the appropriate skills, experience and potential to apply.

This role could suit a proven high-value fundraising manager (from one or more areas of high-value fundraising), an officer looking to step up, or someone with transferrable skills gained in partnerships, marketing or sales roles looking to make the step into fundraising in the charity sector. We work on a hybrid basis - our office is there for anyone who works best in that environment, and staff can work from home if this suits them best outside of essential business needs for face-to-face meetings with supporters, potential partners and the wider team.

Please review the job description and person specification before applying. When you are ready please submit an up-to-date CV and a covering letter (maximum two sides of A4) clearly explaining your suitability for the role as per the person specification.

We are seeking for a Senior Compliance Manager at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

The role

As Senior Compliance Manager, you will support and drive excellence in key Academy systems and processes. Specifically, to ensure organisational compliance with GDPR and all internal policies and procedures, while enabling and supporting all staff to follow relevant policies and procedures. You will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and support the COO to ensure that risk is managed robustly throughout the organisation.

You will be required to review, communicate and implement data related policies and organisational processes. You will maintain organisational policies; review, establish and implement policy related processes and procedures. You will establish and manage an internal audit function and also support the COO to ensure an appropriate risk management framework is in place.

A key aspect of success in the role is the ability to support colleagues and to influence and drive positive change across the organisation.

Who are we looking for?

An experienced and credible person to be the subject matter expert for the Academy on GDPR and data protection. It is expected that you will have experience in managing and supporting risk management at organisational level.

The ability to support colleagues, develop and maintain appropriate systems and processes and influence change across the organisation will be key to your success in the role. You will possess a desire for continuous improvement and excellence and be able to ensure that organisational needs are met by using a practical approach.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Subsidised restaurant
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: Midday on 3 December 2021.

Interviews will be held on rolling basis. So don't miss the opportunity - apply soon!

Job Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an exceptional, highly organised and experienced office professional to cover maternity leave as an Office Manager for Better Bankside.

The Office Manager plays a crucial role in enabling Better Bankside to service its membership and achieve its aim of driving positive change in one of the world’s great neighbourhoods. The postholder is in charge of ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the organisation.

Key tasks include:

- Oversight of the organisation’s phone, IT and internet facilities, ensuring that these are functioning at all times.

- Ensuring external contracts are recorded and managed efficiently

- Oversight of office supplies and deliveries

- Manage the office administration budget

- Liaise with landlord for any building issues.

- Identify working practices to streamline working environment

- Monitoring the usage of the BB’s arch spaces on the Low Line.

- Ensuring the workplace is a covid-safe environment

- Oversight of the organisation’s Sugar CRM membership database.

- Key role in managing and documenting the organisation’s procurement procedures, including maintaining accurate records relating to contracts with suppliers

- Finance support including: administering the sales ledger, issuing invoices and keeping an account of theme budgets and relay information on these to managers, compiling and distributing payslips, pensions and tax information to employees

- Developing, implementing and monitoring HR policies and ensuring the organisation demonstrates best practice in areas such as employee absence, grievance, diversity, recruitment and staff development

- Ensure the staff handbook is up to date in line with best practice and current legislation, and convey the staff handbook to new employees

- Support recruitment of staff across the organisation: helping draft JDs, advertising roles, managing, scheduling and attending interviews. Managing the Be Applied unbiased recruitment platform

- Line management of one direct report: Business Support Coordinator

Person specification

The role requires a positive attitude and a flexible approach. The ideal candidate should be willing and able to take on a wide range of diverse tasks. There is no preference for any particular background, but you need be able to demonstrate an impressive range of relevant experience in the following areas.

Skills and experience

- Proven track record of organisational and administrative skills, with minimum of two years’ experience of working in a similar capacity

- A competent verbal and written communicator with a friendly and professional manner

- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning

- A strong team player who will embody the BB culture

- Confident user of standard MS Office software packages

- Experience of working with database systems

- Conscientious, diligent and attentive to detail

- Problem solver and adaptable to new ideas

- Experience of providing administrative help for meetings (including preparing agendas, taking minutes)

- Able to confidently develop positive and productive working relationships

- Proactive and self-motivated, ability to prioritise own workload and to work to tight deadlines

- Interest in Bankside as an area to live, work and visit

- An understanding of Business Improvement Districts

About Better Bankside

Vision Powered by the people of Bankside, Better Bankside will be an agent of change, leading innovative economic, environmental and social action to advance one of the world’s great neighbourhoods, bringing benefits to business and Banksiders.

Mission We will improve everyone’s experience of the neighbourhood by co-creating our programme with Banksiders, responding inventively to urban challenges, and celebrating the differences that define Bankside as London’s Other Side.

Better Bankside was one of the first Business Improvement Districts (BID) in the UK, established in 2004. We are a partnership of local businesses, working closely with other community stakeholders to co-create a programme of projects and services that benefits the whole Bankside neighbourhood. Our core purpose is to promote local businesses and make a positive impact in our community.

As a BID, we are funded by a mandatory levy on businesses within a defined boundary. Our last ballot took place in November 2019, achieving overwhelming support from the business community, with 92% voting for another five years of Better Bankside.

Better Bankside is an organisation where you can make a real impact; and where you can expect to get involved in a wide-ranging programme of work.

We are a small team of fifteen in the Bankside office, plus our wardens and street cleaning teams. The way that we work with our members through our governance structure provides an extended network of regular collaborators and contributors.

Working arrangements

Better Bankside operates on a flexitime basis with mandatory core hours of 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday, with additional hours, evening and weekend work expected in accordance with the requirements of the post. Due to the nature of our work, a minimum of three days per week will be based in the office with up to two days working from home.

Throughout the pandemic, Government guidance has been adhered to with home working supported for those able to do so, and measures put in place to ensure the Better Bankside workplace is Covid secure.

How to apply

At Better Bankside, we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our staff. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background. We've taken the decision to use blind recruitment for this role and as such, we'd like applicants to apply by using the platform Be Applied.

Full copy of the JD can be found on our website

Closing date: 10th December 2021, 12pm

Interviews (via Zoom): w/c 13th December 2021

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.