We believe in a world where every child has equal access to safe surgery

That doesn’t seem like such a big ask. Every child has a right to life and that shouldn’t be taken away by an injury or illness that can be easily fixed. Children who battle cancer and undergo chemotherapy shouldn’t get to the end of that process only to be denied the surgery that will offer them the chance of survival. Children who break an arm or a leg shouldn’t live the rest of their lives in disability. Babies who need simple procedures in the first hours of life shouldn’t be left to die, and children born with urological conditions shouldn’t be denied an education because they can’t access the simple operation they need.

Our vision is for a world where every child is treated equally

Our mission is to support local doctors, through the provision of training and infrastructure, to ensure they can use their incredible talents to care for their nation’s children. The number of children we need to reach is overwhelming. They urgently need our help.

Our Mission

• Provide dedicated, specialist facilities and equipment for children's surgery in low resource settings
• Support existing surgical teams to deliver safe surgery for children
• Monitor, collate and understand our impact on surgical outcomes
• Advocate on the global plight of children denied access to safe surgery

What We Do

KidsOR is a UK based charity that works with partner hospitals in low and middle income countries to develop high quality, safe surgical services for children.

We work closely with regional Surgical Colleges, the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery, partner NGOs and national Departments of Health to identify where the existing and/or training children’s surgeons are. We then work with those people and their teams to ensure they have all the equipment they need to properly care for local children.

We also provide scholarships for children’s surgery, helping strengthen local workforces and, in some countries, helping develop the first ever children’s surgeon.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Head of Business Services to oversee the day to day running of a fast-growing UK charity. Based in the Edinburgh office, the candidate will work closely with the Business Services team and the COO and will be responsible for all HR, Health and Safety, and Office Management, among many other aspects of the charity.

The ideal candidate should have excellent organisational skills and have a strong background in office management. The candidate should have a high-level knowledge of HR process and procedures and be familiar with H&S compliance.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Line manage the Business Services Team
• Responsible for all day-to-day HR tasks including but not limited to issuing new contracts, managing new starts and leavers processes, supplying all payroll details to the finance team; ensure appropriate HR policies and processes are in place for the organisation
• Ensure the Charity complies with all Health and Safety standards
• Preparation and on-going review/management of review process of KidsOR policies and procedures manual, and Staff Handbook.
• Oversee the Safeguarding requirements for the charity; responsible for putting in place policies and procedures relating to Safeguarding for KidsOR and ensuring adequate arrangements related to Safeguarding are implemented, including managing external advisers where necessary.
• Support with events where required; assist in organising events for the charity from corporate events to staff team days.
• General office management, including management of all contracts in place; provide Facilities Management support liaising with contractors and the landlord’s agent as required
• Ensure all insurance required by the charity is in place, and is fit for purpose – from liability cover to travel insurance.
• Data Protection: Establish policies, processes, and monitoring procedures to ensure compliance with data protection and information security requirements
• Oversee the Donor care team and liaise with Fundraising team to ensure processes and protocols in place to ensure a high quality donor care experience
• Oversee all training requirements for the charity
• Overseeing travel planning and security provisions for KidsOR travellers
• Keeps up to date with legislative and regulatory requirements and good practice across Business Services
• Provide support for projects, developments, or new requirements for Business Services.

Person Specification:

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload often to tight deadlines.
• Experience of ensuring H&S compliance checks are in place.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel & Sharepoint.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to form professional relationships across all areas of the charity.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (phone, email and in person)

Personal Qualities

• Extremely well organised
• Pro-active
• Excellent communicator
• Good attention to detail

About You

The candidate we are looking for should be well organised and have a level of management experience. You should have some experience in running a busy office and a knowledge of everything that is involved with this.

Kids Operating Room

We believe in a world where every child has equal access to safe surgery

That doesn’t seem like such a big ask. Every child has a right to life and that shouldn’t be taken away by an injury or illness that can be easily fixed. Children who battle cancer and undergo chemotherapy shouldn’t get to the end of that process only to be denied the surgery that will offer them the chance of survival. Children who break an arm or a leg shouldn’t live the rest of their lives in disability.

Babies who need simple procedures in the first hours of life shouldn’t be left to die, and children born with urological conditions shouldn’t be denied an education because they can’t access the simple operation they need.

Our vision is for a world where every child is treated equally

Our mission is to support local doctors, through the provision of training and infrastructure, to ensure they can use their incredible talents to care for their nation’s children. The number of children we need to reach is overwhelming. They urgently need our help.

About the Role

Kids Operating Room is at an exciting time as we invest in our Communications team to raise awareness of our work for children. This new role is a critical role within our ambitious plans. This role is responsible for initiating and driving forward our communications strategy to raise awareness of the need for global surgery for children and the profile of KidsOR.

This is a unique opportunity to join one of the UK’s fastest growing charities and help shape the direction of its communications. The role will focus on delivering the digital strategy, producing robust content and to increase engagement through social media platforms and our website. You will be at the heart of helping to build Kids OR’s online presence to drive our fundraising and advocacy activities.

Leading our PR, building and boosting our brand, and developing marketing materials you will maximise opportunities to increase KidsOR’s profile and reach. Working across our organisation, liaising with global partners you will effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders and audiences.

About You

An ambitious and dynamic communicator, you will have proven experience of bringing ideas, energy and skills to deliver impactful communications campaigns. You will be adept at ensuring organisational messages are communicated in a clear, consistent and credible way. To be successful in this role you will be:

• Experienced in developing and executing communications strategies to build brand, profile and awareness

• A skilled leader who can motivate a small team to develop and deliver public facing communications campaigns

• An expert in using digital tools for engaging, mobilising and influencing audiences

• An effective project manager used to overseeing multiple stakeholder relationships

• An exceptional content creator, able to transform complex project information into compelling stories and content for a range of audiences

KidsOR is a UK based charity that works with partner hospitals in low and middle income countries to develop high quality, safe surgical services for children.

We work closely with regional Surgical Colleges, the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery, partner NGOs and national Departments of Health to identify where the existing and/or training children’s surgeons are. We then work with those people and their teams to ensure they have all the equipment they need to properly care for local children.

We also provide scholarships for children’s surgery, helping strengthen local workforces and, in some countries, helping develop the first ever children’s surgeon.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Director of Fundraising to drive growth and diversification in Kids OR income streams, and to provide direction and strategic leadership to the fundraising and communications teams. You will lead a strategy to grow the donor base across all income streams. You will be responsible for building the KidsOR brand awareness and profile at this critical point in our development.

About you

You will be an experienced leader with a proven track record in a similar position, and success in driving fundraising across a diverse range of fundraising streams. You will have extensive knowledge of international development funding, with the networks and experience to drive our funding growth in this area.

You will bring a breadth and depth of experience to the role including –

• Experience at senior level in fundraising
• Appropriate marketing and Communications/PR experience including experience of digital marketing and communications
• Proven track record in leading teams with exceptional ability to lead and motivate a growing team
• Confident, collegiate member of the Senior Management Team who enjoys working together to deliver the vision and strategy