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Transition Manager

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£60k - 70k per year
Closing date
3 Aug 2018

Job Details

I am looking for an experienced Transition Manager for a International charity. You will be an exceptional individual who will work with the Senior Management Team over six months to enable the organisation to manage its growth, be responsive to the needs identified in their governance and operational review, and to strengthen the processes and capabilities.
This is a hands-on role, and I am looking for a implementer, not a strategist, who is able to complete the vast majority of the identified tasks by themselves, The organisation have identified what needs doing, and they need someone to help us get there, taking full ownership of delivery.
You will have experience of managing change and putting into place systems and procedures; communication is key and you will have proven people and management skills. The ideal candidate will be familiar with INGOs and able to put into place suitable systems.

Main duties:
Develop delegations of authority matrix:
A delegations of authority matrix will be drawn up to specify which decisions can be made by whom and when decisions must be escalated for additional review. The matrix will set decision making responsibility at a level to empower each programme to make appropriate decisions about their work and continue the progress of the programmes, whilst ensuring an appropriate level of risk management and oversight.

Risk review:
While consolidating the risk templates, undertake a review of programmatic risks, including business models, to ensure that the organisation is operating within acceptable tolerance limits.

Review capacity of Finance team:
A full and extensive review will be conducted by our new Director of Finance & Resources of the finance services needed to be properly supportive of the programmes:
identify the necessary skills, systems and resources required;
assess the gaps in current capabilities and level of resources.

Review of support services:
A full and extensive review to be conducted of what HR, IT and admin services are needed to support the organisation and its programmes. The review will:
identify the necessary skills, systems and resources required;
assess the gaps in current capabilities and level of resources;
identify how those gaps will be filled, taking into account financial constraints and prioritising accordingly;
recommend any changes in structure or roles to dovetail with the new finance team
initiate any immediate priority and achievable changes under the direction of the TM.

Review and update priority policies:
Undertake a comprehensive review of policies and procedures to ensure that they are consistent and fit for purpose. This will include
a full review of the policies and procedures manual to identify priorities to update
a gap analysis of any further policies and procedures which are required
drafting, approval and roll out of priority policies and procedures.

Update priority HR and personnel policies:
Update key HR policies already identified as a high priority, drawing on NGO good practice and peer organisations.
Salary review, grade structure and strategy, and related annual appraisal procedures, drawing on external resources as required
Sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave
Safeguarding
Overseas travel
Crisis management.
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If you have the above proven skills and experience and are immediately available please apply online or contact Sekai today!

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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