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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have had a request for information from a firm of solicitors and exploring the history to the request, the person...
Ocean King
Hi All, I am looking to change career direction and enter into the charity/fundraising field. I feel as though I have lots of relevant transferable skills and have even had a little experience of fun...
Derek Whitaker
Hi  I am interested in any recommendations re: DBS providers who also offer ID check as part of the package. Also general comments/ tips if you have any. We have a current provider but interested in...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are reviewing our probation periods and wanted to know what probations period you have for permanent and fixed ter...
Ocean King
We had an anonymous post on the community this week asking about the appropriate length of time to wait before following up with a recruiter after not hearing back. The responses so far have been ver...
Ocean King
Hi I was wondering whether other healthcare charities use the KO41a NHS complaint categories or have established their own? How do we enable better experience benchmarking across charities? Any insig...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How much does age discrimination crop up in your experience? Are employers more likely to employ someone in their 30'...
Ocean King
Hi All, just wondering whether anyone has used the Gradar platform? We are considering using it to do job evaluation, benchmaring and to develop a pay structure.
Mary Giddens
Hi all, we are a small relatively new charity working with children and horses for children's wellbeing and mental health advancement we have 7 horses 2 full time staff 5 volunteers/part time with a...
stuart carter
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I recently applied for a position at a charity and haven't heard back from the hiring officer yet. Is there an averag...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Taking a job that your over qualified for and experienced pay cut because you like the cause. Thoughts?
Ocean King
Hi, As a charity we have a salary policy which has pay bands (e.g. Assistant, Officer, Manager etc.).  Those bands cover a pay range, and people typically start at the bottom of the band (but not alw...
David Partridge
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We've been operating as a community group for a few years, and are hoping to become a registered CIO (application has...
Ocean King
What are the best external HR companies/consultants that other charities use? We are looking for a charity-aware/informed HR provider for our organisation that support with documentation, mediation,...
Despina Bardosi
We advertise all our new job vacancies with the option of remote or hybrid working. We expect anyone on a remote contract to attend an in person team day once a month and we pay travel costs.  I want...
Ruth Choat
Hello, I'm a Trustee at a charity and we need to recruit an interim CEO. Can anyone suggest the best way forward with this? We don't have a lot of money to spend on recruitment so any suggestions gra...
Debbie Holden
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Is there a list of policies that all charities should/must have?
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Does anyone have any experience of removing a Trustee following grievances raised by staff about conduct? Several sta...
Ocean King
I am looking to create a new employment of contract for staff and would like to benchmark our proposed annual leave allowance with other (very) small charities ie. employing less than 5 members of st...
Sue Cocker
We are looking at outsourced HR & payroll options for our (very) small charity of 3 staff. Can anyone recommend good providers for HR support and payroll providers for small charities and give an app...
Sue Cocker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: As a small children's charity we have 3 part-time employed members of staff but rely on engaging freelancers for more...
Rose Cruickshank
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, Hoping you can help. We're looking for a new trustee secretary for our small charity.  Can anyone advise w...
Ocean King
Hi there, We're looking at implementing a new HRIS/HRMS in the next few months and wondered if anyone had any words of wisdom re. successful implementation across a small (105 colleagues) but diverse...
Katie Vigor
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: As a charity we have spent time encouraging staff with lived-experience to join our organisation as they have a wealt...
Rose Cruickshank
Are there many or any Charities that have salary sacrifice policy? If so how is the experience for employees and employers in the sector? The private sector appears to be offering this as part of the...
Ishaq Kazi
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi everyone,  Our charity is in the process of exploring ways to implement a new pay structure across all roles. We’d...
Rose Cruickshank
Dear All Can you share what you are doing for Mental health awareness week within your organisation, especially those with multiple office Best wishes Geetika
Geetika Kaushal
Hi We are moving towards employing staff directly (current arrangement is a complicated arrangement for the workers who are employed via an agency through our local council and recharged back to us)....
Sue Cocker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: What is in a job description? Employers are saying they want one thing when they need another example calling a job s...
Ocean King
Hi, I'm looking at amending our sick pay policy as it doesn't feel very generous to me (I come from a public sector background!).  Our current policy is based on length of service: Less than 1 year...
David Partridge
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