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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'd be interested to know if there are any charities that offer counselling for colleagues in addition to their EAP....
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Suppose someone made it to the final six applicants for a job with a national charity (and had a first interview) but didn't quite make it to the final two (who had a second interview) so obviously d...
Sue Donym
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our EDI advisory group wanted to check that we were following best practice with the Monitoring Form that we send out...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Can we put the following in our advert for trustees? We are particularly keen to broaden the diversity of our Board M...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am looking for a third sector specific salary surveys and benchmarking data. I'm new to this industry and want to c...
Ocean King
I'm hoping that posting this here, as opposed to social media or LinkedIn will prevent a culture war outbreak. For context, I am both a biological male and identify as male. A colleague at senior lev...
Nick Avery
Hi everyone,  I have recently joined a charity who are looking at their offerings/policies on the following:  -  qualifying periods for paying company sick pay  - types of leave and time off availabl...
Clare Walker
Hello everyone, we're about to recruit for a Head of Operations post and I'm researching the best recruitment website to use. We always use CharityJob but I wanted to add more job sites for this role...
Debbie Holden
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Our charity's staff work from home full-time. Is it usual for charities to require their staff that work remotely to...
Ocean King
Hi, I work at a small charity offering a 9-12 month employability programme.  We are currently looking for more beneficiaries who would like to take part in the programme. But are struggling to recru...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm facing a very horrible situation in the charity where I have worked for 12 years.  Last year I was bullied by the...
Ocean King
Hi folks,  I'd appreciate recommendations on who best to approach when looking for a group life insurance policy for my charity, please? All best, Robert
Morning everyone, There’s been much talk about redundancies in the UK, with reports on the redundancies experienced in tech now extending to journalism, finance and hospitality sectors. Thankfully, t...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello, does anyone have some advice on changing career path from project management to policy work, within human righ...
Ocean King
Hi I work for a small charity, income c£250k pa. We are looking to implement a new sick pay policy and I would be grateful for examples of the current advice on sick pay entitlement for small chariti...
Sue Cocker
Hi all,  Looking ahead to 2024, we’d love to explore some new avenues for recruitment and are thinking about the option of careers fairs. Does anyone have experience of exhibiting at such events or k...
Amy Odaro
Hi everyone. I've added 7 volunteer roles to our CharityJob account and they are live for applications. I've noticed that these volunteer jobs do not show when you click into our charity profile, it...
Hollie Felton
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: When taking about your achievements in a fundraising CV, do you mention the amounts and the donor?
Ocean King
Does anyone have any advice on transitioning from school education working for a charity.  Are there any courses I need to do, teaching has many transferable skills, but I would like to increase my c...
Runyararo Mudzamiri
Hi there I work with a small charity (I'm a freelance governance consultant but pick up all sorts of non-operational stuff for them) and they are looking for a new CEO who would be contracted as a fr...
Gemma Sykes
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I work for a small charity who only pay SSP to employees. We have pro-ratored an employee part-time, but the employee...
Ocean King
Hi Not sure if this question will be permitted, I worked for Citizens Advice as an adviser and mostly as a supervisor for over 20 years. Am now struggling to find a new job after wanting a change. Ca...
Jayne Croucher
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small charity looking to appoint a new HR provider and would be interested in any recommendations.  We need...
Ocean King
Hi, We're a permanent team member of just 1 and feel like we're missing a trick for health insurance - we don't need all the extra gym membership/prime discount add ons etc, just solid health insuran...
Roxanne Hargreaves
Hi everyone I am looking for a model for a compassionate leave policy, including bereavement, to add to our employment policy portfolio.  Does anyone have a policy of this sort that they would be wil...
John Zavos
Hi A few months back I asked about HRIS within organisations. I wanted to update you that we have gone with Citrus HR which so far is very good. Thanks for all your ideas and suggestions.
Liz Cussans
Hello I'm just wondering what inflation increases charities are likely to be implementing (if any) for 2024/25 or whether anyone has and data, information or articles they can share on this matter....
Jayne Allison
Hello!  I wonder if anyone has any recommendation on consultants/firms that conduct DEI and/or accessibility audit on recruitment process?  Thank you!
Alecia Ng
I am attending a careers fair to showcase working in the charity sector as an alternative career path to 15+ year olds. Does anyone have any resources they have come across that might be interesting...
Hello,  We are a small membership charity with 5 hard-working staff and 9 volunteer trustees. We would like to organise a get together/meal for staff and trustees to celebrate the end of the year.  D...
Sarah Gray
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