We are looking for an HR Adviser to join our friendly, experienced team on a part-time basis. We provide comprehensive HR support to our Diocesan staff, clergy and parishes and your role will cover a wide range of activities, including HR advice and guidance, recruitment of staff and clergy and payroll administration. The role is a busy and exciting one in which every day is different. The post is for 28 hours per week, but with some flexibility to choose the days and hours that you work.
If you are CIPD qualified, in the process of working towards your CIPD qualification, or have relevant equivalent HR experience, coupled with previous experience of operating in a professional environment such as legal services or a large charity/public sector organisation, we would love to hear from you.
To apply, please submit your CV or complete our application form, along with a supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your reasons for applying, what you can bring to the post and how you meet its requirements.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for people to work with our employment team to support Deaf people who are furthest from the labour market, working intensively with individuals, offering exceptional levels of advice, guidance and practical support to overcome barriers and move towards and into sustainable volunteering, education, training or employment.
This role is based from home but working in the Stoke and Staffordshire area. The successful candidate will have experience of supporting Deaf people in an employment or IAG environment. Good knowledge of the barriers facing Deaf people and the ability to collect and record information. Fluency in BSL (Native user or minimum level 2 or 3) is essential, an assessment of signing will be made to check confidence and ability. The ability to work independently is essential and the post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and two references.
We provide great training and development opportunities and are looking for people with the right attitude and skills be part of a growing and dynamic organisation.
This position is on a fixed term contract until October 2020 with a possible further extension. The hours are 18 hours per week.
Interviews will be held in London on the 30th September 2019. Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed.
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Senior Policy Advisor (Agriculture / Combinable Crops)
Our client is the voice of British farming, and their members are at the heart of what they do. On their behalf they lobby government and other stakeholders, develop policy and provide a range of frontline services.
Position: Chief Adviser (Combinable Crops)
Location: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (commutable from Coventry, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby, Solihull, Nuneaton & surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: circa £53,000 per annum
Benefits: include 25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays), National Employment Savings Trust pension scheme, a performance related pay award scheme, a range of discounts through their Benefits employee portal and subsidised staff restaurant.
Closing date: 6th October 2019
Interview date: 24th & 25th October 2019
About the role:
The Chief Adviser for Combinable Crops is a nationally recognised position of expertise. The role is charged with helping our client deliver a vision for a profitable, responsible and globally competitive sector, respected for its contribution to the national economy, food supply and renewable energy.
To do this, she or he must ensure that our client maintains and enhances its position as the principal representative and most effective and valued provider of trade association services to farming producers throughout England and Wales. This principal position is a pivotal one in the Food and Farming Department, an often fast-moving policy environment requiring effective and respected liaison with food processing, manufacturing and retailing sectors, as well as in Government, NGOs and Internationally.
About you:
To succeed in this position, you will be strategically minded and results oriented, with the ability to manage and adapt to a varied and complex portfolio. You will have strong influencing skills and demonstrate robust leadership, team-working and management skills.
You will have a strong sense of drive and urgency to deliver for their members but you should also be able to adapt your approach to achieve strategic long term goals for farming and our client.
Why join their team?
Working for our client means working alongside great people, who are recognised for their knowledge and expertise.
You may have experience of the following: Policy Adviser, Policy Advisor, Policy Officer, Policy Executive, Chief Advisor, Chief Policy Officer, Senior Policy Officer, Agriculture, Agricultural Policy, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.
Ref: 89050
Deadline: Friday 20th September
The position:
Our dynamic and well-respected health charity client is recruiting a Policy Advisor. This role will undertake policy analysis across a range of health topics and develop opportunities for influencing policymakers across government and other health related stakeholders. You will commission research, write policy briefings, reports and consultation responses and you will contribute to long term strategic projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to take initiative and to participate in work that will take our client in new directions.
Requirements:
- You will have experience working in a policy role, ideally within the voluntary sector.
- You will be comfortable reading scientific, medical and academic materials.
- Strong analysis and writing skills.
- Excellent communication skills and confident engaging with stakeholders in a variety of settings.
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This is a unique opportunity to join the Internal Policy Advice Group as a Principal Policy Advisor, where you will be responsible for identifying, consolidating and finalising legal and policy interpretations to inform and support the regulatory and compliance work of the ICO. You will also provide expert insight on information rights issues for internal stakeholders, both within the Group and across the ICO more widely.
The Internal Policy Advice Group provides proactive and reactive advice on a range of information rights issues based on the strategic priorities and business needs of the ICO. Through close stakeholder working, internally and externally as required, you will have the opportunity to develop policy positions to support our regulatory work, and to participate in cross office projects and priority cases.
It is a forward looking function led by intelligence and the fast moving information rights landscape in which we operate.
About you
You will be a quick thinker with excellent analytical skills, and be able to recognise issues of wider implication within a fast-paced environment. You will be able to work autonomously and get to the nub of an issue quickly, and influence change where needed.
You will be able to make logical and decisive judgements and support their implementation and delivery.
You will develop excellent internal stakeholder relationships to ensure that others are made aware of high profile or strategically important advice.
You will have strong analytical ability and communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be used to taking ownership of complex issues and meeting tight deadlines, being able to prioritise your own work to do so. You will keep up to date with changing priorities and have demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with a variety of colleagues to meet agreed objectives.
Knowledge of information rights legislation or issues is likely to be beneficial, but we welcome applications from those with proven experience of working with similarly complex legislation.
Closing date: 23:59, Monday 30 September 2019
Please note if you are appointed to work with the ICO you will be required to complete security clearance processes. These include identity and qualification checks and a Basic Disclosure level check of unspent criminal convictions
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We are currently recruiting for a Senior Policy Officer to join our Policy and Campaigns team. With our bold new ambitions, inspiring cause and strong brand, this a great time to join us as we scale up to ensure we can deliver our vision.
We are the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We are determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. We support and fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care.
With strong experience of working within a public policy team, you will confidently work with internal and external stakeholders to develop robust policy solutions to improve the diagnosis and treatment and care for people with bowel cancer.
You’ll have a good knowledge of the health service and awareness of cancer issues – with the ability to develop your expertise in bowel cancer in particular. You’ll understand the value of patient and public involvement, and have strong networking skills. Most importantly, you’ll have the desire to succeed and make a difference to the lives of people affected by bowel cancer.
Closing date: 17 September 2019
Interview date: 26 September 2019
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Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK, incorporating Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers. Our vision is an equal world where all girls can make a positive difference, be happy, safe and fulfil their potential.
We are looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Lead to join our PR and Advocacy team to help us deliver our ambitious Strategic Plan. We want to broaden our appeal so we can grow and enable even more girls to benefit from the fantastic opportunities Girlguiding offers. We want to make sure girls’ voices are heard on the issues that really matter to them and empower girls to make positive change. And we want to cement our position as the expert on girls’ and young women’s views in the UK through developing our innovative policy and public affairs programme.
The Policy and Public Affairs Lead will lead Girlguiding’s policy and influencing work to help position Girlguiding as the UK expert on what girls and young women think. They will also lead our public affairs strategy generating evidence-based policy positions and putting girls’ voices at the heart of how we influence decision makers.
The post holder will be required to identify and analyse relevant trends in public policy relevant to Girlguiding, communicate across teams on the impact of such developments and on key projects and make quick decisions in a responsive environment. They will need excellent written skills to produce high quality briefings, reports and consultation responses; and strong, persuasive spoken communications skills. The post holder will have experience of leading public affairs and stakeholder engagement strategies and have knowledge of the public policy context relevant to Girlguiding.
Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change – improving attitudes towards mental health. While Girlguiding’s young members may be girl only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or mental), gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
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Maternity Action is seeking an experienced policy professional to work on a project on integrating legal services into the commissioning and funding of health services, working specifically in the area of maternity rights at work and maternity benefits. This will include: analysis of relevant policy initiatives in UK, Welsh and Scottish Governments and relevant local authorities; working with other Maternity Action staff, academics and health contacts to develop an evaluation methodology for the service; promoting engagement in with the project by relevant Government agencies, health professional bodies and voluntary organisations; and communicating about the project through presentations and social media. This is a part-time 12 month position with the possibility of extension.
We are looking for someone with public policy experience in a relevant area, such as employment, equalities or health; excellent policy analysis skills; experience in preparing reports, briefings and policy submissions; excellent written and spoken communication skills; and an understanding of feminist principles.
The role will be part of our small team based in Old Street, London. The post is for 21 hours a week. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements during normal business hours, including home working. Attending meetings in London and travel outside London is desirable but not essential.
Please send us an application outlining how you meet the selection criteria and your CV. Applications close 23.09.2019. Interviews will be held 04.10.2019 in central London.
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If so, you could be the Senior Health and Safety Adviser we need to take a leading role in implementing some effective H&S Management systems.
About the role
As Senior Health and Safety Adviser you will work closely with our shops and stores to encourage incident/accident and near miss reporting for compliance. You'll also work to raise awareness and maintain a safe working environment for all our staff.
We're fully committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of out staff, volunteers, contractors and customers and in this role you'll contribute to the BHFs internal wellbeing programme "Live Well, Work Well". This helps to maintain the health and wellbeing of our staff and volunteers. This position will also support the Health and Safety Manager (Retail) in delivering risk reduction projects and developing our overall H&S Culture.
About you
With a qualification in general Health and Safety law and practice to at least NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent, you'll have a minimum Grad IOSH status and will be working towards or a commitment to achieve CMIOSH in the near future.
You'll have a comprehensive knowledge of health and safety legislation and effective best practice as it applies within the Retail environment. You will have demonstrable experience of working in a health and safety discipline, preferably in Retail and a geographically dispersed organisation.
To be successful in this role you'll have the following skills and experience:
* Experience of working with staff at all levels
* Experience of investigating incidents, accidents and other safety matters to take learning and give advice on preventative measures to minimise/eliminate hazards
* Excellent initiative skills, able to take a project brief and execute
* A passion for pragmatic and proportionate health and safety
* Excellent influencing and leadership skills
* Excellent communication skills
We have a big job on our hands - beating heartbreak from the world's biggest killers. So we need people who share our values -are brave, compassionate, informed and driven. We need people who share our ambition. And we need people who are experts in their field but and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, you'll be rewarded with a competitive salary and package of benefits at world class organisation, a healthy work life balance and the support to take your career to new heights.
How to Apply
To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and a supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the roles criteria.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Interviews will be held 17th October 2019 at our London head office.
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Senior HR Advisor
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Finsbury Park, London
Salary: £40,550 per annum plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance
We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to become part of our small but busy HR Team. Reporting through to the Head of HR this role will be responsible for the day to day support and supervision of the HR Team. This includes the HR Advisor, HR Assistant and HR Volunteer who together ensure a consistent, accurate and professional service to Freedom from Torture. This role will act as the Business Partner for senior managers throughout the whole employee lifecycle (employees and volunteers). This includes providing close advice and support on recruitment, employee relations, employee engagement and team development. The Senior HR Advisor will need to ensure that our senior managers work within organisational policies and procedures, employment law and other legislative requirement such as GDPR and criminal records checks. An understanding and compliance with current HR best practice is also a requirement.
You will have a strong track record in employee relations procedures and experience of managing case load. This role involves supervising the HR team on behalf of the Head of HR therefore line management experience would be desirable. This is a collaborative role where you will also travel and work with Freedom from Torture National Centres by delivering advice and guidance within your own knowledge base. If you believe you have the expertise required to succeed in this important role, please get in touch.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.
Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.
Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.
Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors.
We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.
None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.
Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Closing date: 29 September 2019
Expected date of interviews: week commencing 7 October 2019
As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.
Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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This is a fantastic opportunity for a Policy Manager to join our client at an exciting and challenging time for Scotland’s early learning and childcare (ELC) sector.
Position: Policy Manager
Location: Edinburgh
Hours: Part Time (30 hours per week)
Salary: £30,000 to £37,350 Pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Include 25 days paid holiday (rising to 29 days with service increments) plus 8 bank holiday, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Online Discount Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Flexible working patterns
Closing Date: Friday 27th September
Interview Date: Tuesday 8th October
The Role
Our client is anticipating an unprecedented level of public policy attention with less than twelve months until the full roll-out of the Scottish Government’s policy of delivering 1140 hours of ELC for all three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds in Scotland.
As Policy Manager leading the organisations work in Scotland, you will play a key role in representing and supporting nurseries to deliver high-quality early learning and childcare. The Policy Manager will lead on the delivery of their work with the Scottish Government to support policy development and guidance.
The Policy Manager duties will include:
- Managing the work of the Scotland team towards the overall strategic objectives.
- Representing private and voluntary sector ELC providers with the Scottish Government.
- Ensuring members have access to appropriate information, support and guidance.
- Reporting on the delivery and financial status of key contracts and projects.
- Ensuring the sustainability and identifying areas for potential growth.
About You
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent relationship building skills and be able to digest information and analyse complex issues.
- A good knowledge of the early years and childcare sector and the national and local government policy context for nurseries.
- A good honours degree or equivalent.
- The ability to lead a team and colleagues across the organisation to achieve results.
- Project and budget management experience, with the ability to produce accurate reports and analysis.
- A good knowledge of the early years and childcare sector, in particular the nursery sector.
- Line management experience.
- A proven track record of securing or delivering contracts.
To apply you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.
About the Organisation
Our client is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries. They work in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.
They are committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society
You may have experience of the following: Early Years Manager, Policy Manager, Policy Officer, Policy Development, Project Management, Policy Analyst, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, Charity, Charities etc.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Legal Adviser to join an international not-for-profit organisation for a 12-month fixed term contract working part-time (21 hours per week) to provide commercial and contract law support to The Climate Group, update the organisation’s suite of templates and formalise the contract management framework and its processes.
The Legal Adviser will play a key role between the project, governance and finance teams, working across the organisation to ensure the successful deployment of legal and contractual arrangements by leading on contract administration, reviewing and drafting agreements, communicating with parties to negotiate and resolve problems and address team and partner information requests, and ensuring that contract compliance standards are understood and applied across the organisation. As well as providing the business with ad hoc legal advice as and when needed, you will be identifying and mitigating legal risk and keeping abreast of regulatory and market developments that will impact the business and reviewing and drafting associated policies and procedures. This is an exciting time to join The Climate Group as it goes through a period of growth.
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I CAN is the leading children’s communications charity in the UK. Communication is crucial. The key fundamental life skill for children is the ability to communicate. It directly impacts on their ability to learn, to develop friendships and their overall chances in life.
I CAN is an £8m turnover charity employing 180-200 staff across three main sites in central London, Surrey and the East Midlands, as well as a range of home workers. We run two Ofsted outstanding special schools, deliver a range of speech and language communications programmes, develop and distribute support to children with delayed language in schools, children’s centres and nurseries, manage The Communication Trust consortium of over 50 children’s charities and deliver parental support initiatives such as our Enquiry Line.
This is a maternity cover position for a period of 12 months and will operate as part of a team of two HR Advisors, where your role will be to offer support and professional advice to managers and staff on all areas of human resource management.
Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, who is also a qualified HR practitioner, your workload will be varied and interesting and will involve coaching and supporting line managers on a range of staff management issues, supporting recruitment campaigns, overseeing the administration of the outsourced payroll, delivering training interventions around line manager and personal development skills and supporting the Director to deliver HR improvement activities and projects.
To undertake this role, you will need to demonstrate:
- Experience of an HR generalist role. This could be as an HR Advisor or on delivering HR advisory services as part of a shared services team.
- CIPD qualification or be qualified through experience.
- A good working knowledge of employment law in England.
- Some experience on improving HR services.
- Experience in one or more of the following: learning and development, pay and benefits, recruitment, payroll administration/liaison, HR management information, volunteer development, employee relations and/or HR policy development.
- Experience of operating in a setting which values business partnering and an understanding of how this operates and the value it can add.
- Strong numeracy and communication skills, along with the ability to manage a busy workload.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to attend networking events and meet with key managers and members of staff.
Are you interested? Then take a look at our candidate pack before you decide. This informs you why I CAN exists, what we do, why we think this is a great place to work, what we can offer you and what our corporate and people plans are for the year ahead. To apply, please send an up-to-date CV, along with a supporting statement outlining how you meet the person specification and what additional value you offer that is relevant to the post. We will be shortlisting against criteria so do ensure you offer clear evidence.
We are happy to consider applications from experienced candidates to work four days a week.
I CAN is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and the safeguarding and welfare of children. We carry out the appropriate vetting and verifications on all staff and this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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Interested in taking your existing knowledge of the charity sector and using it to have a lasting impact on charities and social organisations? CAF is seeking a Charity Advisor to support charities and other social organisations to be more resilient.
The Charity Advisory Team at CAF has grown over the last two years and we are now seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic Charity Advisor to join our team. You will provide long-term consultancy to charities, and charitable organisations bringing your own knowledge and experience of income generation, fundraising, and business planning to support our clients to become more resilient and have a real lasting impact.
The position is within a fast paced team at CAF that works closely together, and will report into the Lead Advisory Manager. You will be based in our London office but will travel across the UK to work on site with our charity clients. Working closely with all colleagues across CAF to make best use of our knowledge to support your charities and partnerships is also a key part of the role.
You will have experience in working within or with charitable organisations in a strategic or advisory role, with a good understanding of income generation strategies. This role is a real opportunity to build on your knowledge and gain exposure to a range of causes, models and issues. It could be an ideal role for someone who already has some experience and is keen to develop a career in consultancy, advisory or other strategic sector support roles.
A typical day might involve researching the potential for charity corporate partnerships in one part of the country, working with a local partnership to explore sustainability, or helping a trustee board to consider alternative income models. We are looking for someone who is able to devise strategy as well as advise on implementing it. You should be keen to learn and good at making connections between what we know at CAF and what charities need.
If you enjoy working with a wide range of people and organisations, have excellent facilitation and analytical skills and good knowledge of the challenges facing the charity and social sectors then we would love to hear from you.
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We’re a charity, a bank and champion for better giving, and for over 90 years we’ve been helping donors, companies and charities make a bigger impact. We exist to make giving go further, so together we can transform more lives and communities around the world. We are CAF and we make giving count.
Please note that applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
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This is an exciting opportunity to join the Brooke family in the role of Community Development Advisor at a time when the organization is evolving to focus on strengthening linkages with human development priorities to ensure greater sustainable impact for both animals and people. The Community Development Advisor post will act as a catalyst for change within the organisation: challenging, inspiring, guiding, and building the capacity of the organization to both strengthen the strategic linkages of our work to improve equine welfare with improving the livelihoods and well-being of equine owning communities, and affect human behaviour change to promote and sustain equine welfare improvements. Sustainable community development, strategic community engagement, and mainstreaming gender equality throughout our programme activities are critically important to our programmatic success, and comprise the core focus of work for this role.
Criteria
We are looking for someone with extensive experience planning and implementing sustainable community development projects using participatory approaches within an international development context. You will need excellent facilitation and training skills, as well as strong analytical skills to be able to synthesize, use, and effectively promote understanding of complex information for learning and action across a diverse range of audiences and cultural contexts. You will possess excellent leadership skills, with the capacity to work effectively both independently and collaboratively, to inspire and motivate change. Excellent inter-personal skills, including listening and communication, tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and patience are essential qualities for fulfilling this position.
Closing Date: Sept 22nd, 2019
Interviews to be held on October 1st or 3rd, 2019
Please note that CVs alone will not be considered
The Brooke is an equal opportunities employer.