OFFICE MANAGER P/T - Children's charity - Wooden Spoon

This is an exciting opportunity for an Office Manager to manage the long-term running of the children's charity - Wooden Spoon.

Wooden Spoon is a childrens charity founded in 1983 that is dedicated to helping underprivileged children and young people all over the UK and Ireland to live happier, richer lives. 
  
Job Title: Office Manager
Contract: Part-Time
Based: Fleet, Hampshire
Hours: 21 hours per week over 5 days (Mon 9am - 2pm, Tues - Fri 9am-1pm)

We comprise over 40 regional volunteer committees as well as a central national team and we boast almost 10,000 members across the UK and Ireland. The regional committees undertake local fundraising activities and ensure that the money is spent on projects in their community so that the benefit of our work is always immediate, visible and lasting. 

We have a part-time vacancy in the central national team, based in Fleet, Hampshire, for an enthusiastic, professional Office Manager as detailed below:

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the long term running of the Charitys Central Office.
• Provide HR and Health and Safety lead for the organisation. 
• Provide administrative and logistic support to the CEO and Board of Trustees.

Key duties:

• Provide HR and Health and Safety lead for the organisation. 
• Provide HR management other than payroll but including employment and benefits, contractual arrangements, vacation management, expenses policies and the employee handbook. 
• Responsible for Heath and Safety at the Charity, ensuring the Charity is compliant and passes the regular Health and Safety Audits and complies with the latest Employment Practice and Health and Safety Legislation. 
• Provide administrative and logistic support to CEO and Board of Trustees.
• To ensure the smooth running of the Fleet Office on a day to day basis (including maintenance, security, systems, utilities, health and safety). 
• Provide administrative support to the Chief Executive and Trustees including logistics planning, agenda preparation, and taking, documenting and distribution of minutes where required. 

Corporate Responsibilities:

• Attend team meetings, training and other meetings as required. 
• Maintain effective working relationships with all staff and companys external partners. 
• Work towards the achievement of companys three-year strategy and annual business plans. 
• Undertake other duties as your line manager should require in keeping with the responsibility of the post.

Office Manager job specification:

• Preferably qualified to degree level in HR, finance, marketing or business management but several years of relevant experience would also be acceptable.
• Experience of recruitment and selection, managing people, managing change, disciplinary and grievance procedures. Plus good knowledge of current employment legislation.
• Knowledge of or demonstrable willingness to undertake research and training into Charity Law and governance.
• Ability to sell concepts and ideas to all levels of management.
• Demonstrable commercial knowledge and judgement. i.e. Capable of understanding and managing subcontracted agencies and services.
• Understanding of basic finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles. 
• Work requires professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with proficient capability in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to work within a team to produce quality reports within tight time frames and simultaneously manage several competing priorities.
• Ability to participate in and contribute to management and group meetings.
• Ability to create a sense of community amongst the disparate members of the programme and regional teams.

Closing date for receiving applications is Friday 13th January 2012.
First interviews will be held on 19th January with second interviews likely to be held in the week commencing 23rd January. 

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Please note: In line with their current recruitment practices, the successful candidate will be expected to complete a standard CRB check prior to commencing employment. 

Strictly no agencies please.