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Our charity has steadily grown year on year and we are at the point whereby we cannot grow any further without our first paid role, overseeing the day to day work at the animal rescue centre. We woul...
Jon Beresford
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any examples of charities who make use of self-employed/freelance workers as an ongoing part of the operating model?...
Ocean King
Good morning all, 🌻 I'm Maria and I'm brand new to this platform! Hoping to have the opportunity to connect and share ideas with you all! 🌎 I have been in the no-profit sector for the last three ye...
Maria Kusheela Maroni
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello, I'm moving from HE to the charity sector. I have a skills and experience in income generation and bid writing,...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I am a Trustee for a small charity, currently struggling due to unprecedented funding cuts. Employing 6 soon to be 5...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm considering working for an organisation where they are offering a 7 year contract. Is this strange? What are your...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Anyone know where an 'Interim Service Manager' can be sourced? Anyone recommend anyone or any organisation who had a...
Ocean King
Hi there, I work for a global NGO and we are looking at reaching out to values-aligned global celebrities to help raise our profile. We have a strong following in the UK, and a number of high profile...
Victoria Evans
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, I need help and advice. I am in a tricky situation in that as a CEO of a small start-up MH charity I am as...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any recommendations for reasonably priced bookkeepers or where we can look for a very small charity?
Ocean King
Does anyone know of a reasonably priced training provider or consultant that can deliver a session around skilled worker visas in particular the regulations on second jobs? We have noticed an increas...
Jane-Marie Corrie
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm seeking some guidance. I've been employed by a health charity for over four years in an officer role. My responsi...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: An application form asks candidates to "Please tell me about your personality and how others would describe you." I'm...
Ocean King
I am doing some research into performance related pay in the charity sector and wondered if this something you would be able to assist with - have charity jobs got any information on this they would...
Emily Lenderyou
Happy Friday Charity Connect Community, We have a valued team member who recently completed a Master's degree at a UK university and is now working with us. This individual is an integral part of our...
A CharityConnect User
Should Level 6 Digital Marketing certification from Charted Institute of Marketing be considered in the charity sector when hiring for digital communications role? Is it worth to have certification?
Ihtisham Khaliq
Recruitment
Hi everyone, At CharityJob we're doing some research on AI in recruitment. I was wondering if there are any recruiters here who are interested in taking part in a 5-minute survey which asks for your...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How can we sub-contract work to an employee, which they will complete in their own time, not during their hours of em...
Ocean King
Does any one have a recruitment policy they would be wiling to share-would be most grateful.  Also if a panel of 2/3 are conducting the interview with score sheets-is it OK to do this collectively wi...
Joe Bailey
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
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
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