Business Support Manager

Job Description

Business Support Manager

• Duration: Temporary for 6 months
• Pay: 16.48 - 23.08 per hour (equivalent to a full-time annual salary ofFTE)
• Hours: Fulltime (37.5 hours) with 4 days considered
• Location: Hybrid 2-3 days per week in the London office
• Start: ASAP

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with a longestablished Armed Forces charity to recruit for their next Interim Business Support Manager (Operations & Governance).
This is a pivotal interim role supporting a charity that has recently undergone significant organisational change and is now operating as a grantmaking organisation. The postholder will work closely with the Charity Director to ensure strong governance compliance and operational effectiveness during this transition period.

About the charity
The charity has been supporting serving and veteran members of the UK Armed Forces and their families for over a century helping people access vital healthcare and wellbeing support. Following the sale of its hospital the organisation is now focused on grantmaking stewardship of assets and ensuring the highest standards of charity governance.

About the role

• Manage daytoday business support office and administrative operations
• Lead on governance administration including Board and Committee support
• Prepare agendas papers minutes and action logs for trustee meetings
• Maintain statutory registers governance records and compliance documentation
• Coordinate and manage outsourced providers (finance HR IT marketing)
• Support HR administration onboarding and staff records
• Assist with risk management audits policies and regulatory compliance
• Provide operational support to fundraising and grantmaking activity

About you
You will have:

• Proven experience in business support operations or governance roles
• Strong understanding of charity governance and Charity Commission requirements
• Confident supporting senior leaders and Boards
• Highly organised detailfocused and able to prioritise effectively
• Comfortable working in small teams with high levels of responsibility
• Proactive emotionally intelligent and resilient

How to apply:
Please send your CV as soon as possible. We are looking to move quickly with this role. The closing date is Friday 15^th May at 9:00 am.
There will be a one round interview process which will be in-person week commencing 18^th May.
We are looking for people who are available to start within the week.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills ability and potential. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to ensure the application process works for you.

Charity People is a forward thinking inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age disability (including hidden disabilities) gender gender identity or gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.