HR Support

BVSC can promote your organisation’s vacancies through our BVSC Charity Jobs West Midlands pages.

BVSC’s HR Team can provide tailored support on an ad-hoc or retained basis including:

Recruitment and selection
Disciplinary and grievance issues
Developing policies and procedures
Contracts of employment
Staff handbooks
Organisation restructure

Contact the HR Team: [email protected] Tel: 0121 678 8899

Prospectus

BVSC also has a partnership with Prospectus, providing advice, guidance and expertise on recruiting and retaining diverse and talented team members.

Contact Prospectus: Nick Bellamy, Client Partner, Prospectus: [email protected]

Prospectus delivered Recruitment Masterclasses, including on diversity and best practice at BVSC’s Engage for Funding webinars (7/10/24 and 04/11/24)

Payroll

BVSC’s Payroll Team provides a Payroll Bureau, specialising in providing payroll services to the VCFSE sector.

Contact the Payroll Team: [email protected] ; Tel: 0121 678 8819

Living Wage

BVSC supports a Living Wage City, promoting a Real Living Wage in the VCFSE sector.

Early Help

BVSC’s Children, Young People and Families Team supports organisations and employees delivering Early Help with induction, training and development and advocates for appropriate pay and benefits through grant provision.

Contact BVSC Head of Children Young People & Families: Lianne Shakespeare [email protected]

Support Partners

Our Support Partners also provide HR support:

Sport Birmingham provides a jobs site, People and skills webpages and details of training opportunities
WMCA (West Midlands Combined Authority) has a wide ranging skills development programme and offers sector based Work Academies, Sector Gateways and Bootcamps providing Pre-Employment Pathways
Locality provides HR resources webpages
NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations) Employing and Managing Staff webpages

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