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Recruiting in the charity sector can be time-consuming and expensive. That’s why we built CharityJob’s free Applicant Tracking System (ATS), designed specifically for charities. When you post a job u...
We are looking to update our TOIL policy and I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share theirs with me. We're smallish (27 ppl) working with Young People and undertake occasional overseas trav...
Ruth Choat
Hi everyone, We are looking for a new e-learning platform that might make mandatory and statutory training more fun and engaging for our staff. We are a gaming charity, so anything that has an elemen...
Isabel Love
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small organisation (6 PT staff) and are looking to move our pension away from Nest for ethical reasons. Does...
I am curious, how is your organisation approaching learning and development? Are there particular challenges or creative solutions you’ve come across? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and exp...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm in the same Community Fundraising role for 9 years and there's no progression/opportunities for various reasons....
Ocean King
I am looking for a more meaningful to our succession planning. We review our successors each year and chat through their levels of readiness, development needed and gaps in terms of our succession. W...
Annette Reid
Hello - we have had a request from an employee on a remote contract to purchase a bike through our cycle to work scheme. The problem is that they are contracted to work from home. I am trying to find...
Ruth Choat
As the DBS prices have gone up, i was just wondering who people use to access the DBS checks in a cost effective way. Enhanced is now £49.50, and we are paying £15.70 inc VAT on top with our current...
Susan Eardley
We're in the process of updating our Salary Policy and it has been suggested by some of our Trustees that we look at linking pay and performance (so good performance leads to a salary increase).  It'...
David Partridge
We are reviewing our process for probation periods. Currently we have a 3 month probation period, regardless of role and grade. There are no formal checks in prior to this to specifically discuss the...
Annette Reid
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any charity that has successfully implemented a strategic workforce planning, is it working can you please share your...
Hi everyone, I am interested in finding out which, if any, providers you use as part of your pre-employment checks?  We have a mix of non-healthcare and healthcare roles that we ask to complete OH as...
Isabel Love
Can I please ask which team (or roles) in your charity leads on volunteer attraction, recruitment, engagement and development in your charity? If anyone has org charts to support this, it would be ve...
Annette Reid
I confess to having under-utilised all that Charity Connect offers, so I feel a bit guilty coming along now, cap in hand. Today is my last day after 7 years working for a national youth work charity....
Charlie Morris
Does anyone on here know if when charities employ international students they are able to help with their UK visas?
Robyn Freya Archard
Hi all,  I am hoping someone can support. I am currently looking for two directors (non executive) with the potential of being paid in the future! I need help surrounding accounts, fundraising and wr...
Kirstie Woolley
Hello. Can I please ask, what does your charity offer in the way of learning and development training budgets for outside resources? Is this budgeted per head or per team and do your individuals take...
Annette Reid
Does anyone have a form for trustee appraisals and chair of board appraisals please? I am a new trustee for a charity and our branch have been using staff forms and we would like to improve on that....
Lesley Millachip
Hi I am looking for a management development training provider or LMS system for charities to provide manager skills training. We would also be interested in off the shelf courses or bespoke courses...
Edindra Ezek
As a charity, we have a small staff but a high turnover rate. We prioritise taking care of our employees and ensuring that we have proper HR processes and procedures in place to protect ourselves in...
Jonathan Spencer
I have a personal question or more of a search for advice. My background is more corporate partnership/contract management from within the private sector. I did transfer to the charity sector for a n...
Rohit Asodia
We are a Trust running a community centre in Kew, South West London and have a part time vacancy for our Centre Director. I am trying to find either free or low cost places to advertise. Any advice w...
Cindy Brosnan
Hi All, We're looking at potentially changing our HR system as we need something that have more functionality than the fairly basic system we already use. We've got c.50 employees but also have c.70...
Maddy Wall
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Do you use professional, paid-for coaching within your organisation and how do you find a good coach?
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Unfortunately, they are not very effective, and I would prefer they leave and recruit new members. They all have been...
Ocean King
Can anyone point me in the right direction to establish if some individuals are entitled to holiday pay please? We pay our coaches to run a few clubs and a throw away remark on the radio has got me t...
Peter Dun
Hi folks We're an intersectional feminist charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse. We have an EDI working group, which looks at how to reach all sectors of society and ensure services are acce...
Claire Donaldson
We are recruiting for a marketing and project support post and i wondered if anyone could suggest anywhere that we are missing with our advertising. We have currently listed it on:  Charity job inde...
Susan Eardley
Hi all, I currently work in the charity sector in data services. My interest is in research and reporting/evaluation/research.  Does anyone have any advice on relevant study/courses that would help t...
Hannah M
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi, I have been applying for positions on CharityJob over the past few months. I feel I have had the transferable ski...
Ocean King
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