Senior

Finance Officer

Three quick questions

Are you a resident Filipino with a passion for serving Christ through high quality book-keeping and other acts of administrative service?

Are you looking for a new challenge?

And do you have a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us, a growing non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees? Our SEC-registered Philippines arm, Integridad: Heart for Detainees needs a replacement finance officer for our exciting residential and clinical base in the centre of the City of Olongapo.

Job description

YOUR Hours

  • This role is three-fifths of full-time - that is, three days per week.

YOUR Duties

  • Access: welcoming office visitors

  • Assistant: providing office support for our Operations Manager and Medical Director

  • Bills: paying bills

  • Bookings: taking bookings for our residential and training facilities

  • Book-keeping: maintaining accurate financial records, both on paper (as legally necessary for Integridad: Heart for Detainees as a SEC-registered organization) and digitally on Xero (for Integridad as well as our paperless UK-registered sister-organization, Integritas Healthcare CIC)

  • Budget: assisting our Treasurers in setting and complying with our annual budgets

  • Cash management: maintaining our office cash tins

  • Deputizing: when necessary, deputizing for our Operations Manager in the leadership of our non-clinical team

  • E-correspondence: answering our email and social media correspondence

  • Fundraising: assisting our Treasurers with fundraising initiatives

  • General administration: duties including filing, laminating and scanning

  • Human resources: managing our personnel files

  • Invoicing: invoicing clients

  • Inventorising: maintaining our inventories including our medicines management system

  • Other: timely completion of other suitable tasks, allocated at daily meeting

  • Phone: answering our office phone

  • Security: setting alarm system every evening

  • Supplies: buying office and medical supplies

  • Team meeting: attending daily team meeting and weekly team devotion

  • Trustee: for an appropriate candidate, representing our administrative staff as an ordinary member of our Board of Trustees

YOUR EXPECTATIONS

  • Salary: depending upon experience, up to P15,000 per month full-time equivalent (FTE) - that is, P9.000 per month

  • Annual leave: ten days per year FTE - that is, six days per year; we also observe all public holidays and award the statutory amount of pay for working on them, which is required on days when residents are present

  • Appraisal: supportive appraisal process

  • Benefits: Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth and SSS

  • Care: kind and considerate employer

  • Food: lunch is provided once a week, as part of the weekly devotional meeting

  • Occupational health: free annual check-up, as-required medical advice, and use of on-site gym

  • Probationary period: six months, though full salary paid throughout this period

  • Sick leave: five days per year FTE - that is, three days per year

  • Study facility: free use of our well stocked reference library

  • Uniform: free uniform

  • Wi-fi: free use of our high quality wi-fi

 

Person specification

Experience, knowledge, Qualifications & Skills

  • Essential

    • Ability to acquire the necessary skills to use an online inventory

    • Excellent standard of spoken & written English in addition to fluent Tagalog

    • Excellent all-round office administrator

    • Fluency in Xero accounting software

    Desirable

    • Driver

    • Experience of using an online inventory

    • Experience of working within a healthcare facility

    • Languages: working knowledge of an additional language

Health & SAfety

  • Essential

    • Ability to climb stairs*

    • No allergy to cats and dogs*

    • Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against COVID-19 and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

  • Desirable

    • Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against tuberculosis

Personal Attributes

  • Essential

    • Active Christian with personal faith in Jesus, with reference from Pastor*

    • Caring, empathetic nature

    • Confidential nature

    • Diligent, attention-to-detail nature

    • Excellent personal hygiene

    • Flexible nature

    • Good team player, with reference from last employer

    • Heart for detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents

    • Honest with clean National Police Check

    • Neat dresser

    • Personality compatible with those of our Operations Manager and Medical Director

    • Punctual

    • Respectful of authority

    • Tidy habits

  • Desirable

    • Experience of administrative leadership

 Availability

  • Essential

    • Available for at least three years

  • Desirable

    • Available to start by mid-May 2023

    • Indefinite availability

 

Notes

OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

This job is based in the Philippines and so will be subject to Philippine employment law. That said, for the avoidance of doubt regarding the UK Equalities Act 2010, person specifications marked with an asterisk are considered to be occupational requirements.

dates

  • Closing date: end of 19th April 2023

  • Short-listing date: 21st April 2023

  • In-person selection date: week commencing 24th April 2023

  • Start date: before mid-May 2023

process

  • Informal enquiry: message us on Facebook or email.

  • Informal visit: message us on Facebook to make an appointment.

  • Formal application: complete the online application form.

  • Short-listing: only short-listed candidates will be contacted, and references will be taken up before interview.

  • Selection process: each short-listed candidate will be invited for a long day to participate in team events, have a formal hybrid interview, and do practical exercises; travel expenses will be paid.

Head of Training

Three quick questions

Are you a Christian healthcare professional experienced in training?

Are you looking for a new voluntary challenge?

And do you have a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us in this voluntary post? A faith-inspired non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees, we are in great need of a solid Head of Training (HoT) to take our training service to the next level!

This senior appointment would suit a mature Christian healthcare professional with significant experience of the delivery of medical training. Perhaps you live in Europe, the Philippines or elsewhere in the Western Pacific region, or somewhere else. Maybe you're retired on a pension or perhaps you'd be doing this role alongside paid medical employment. Regardless, if you've got the skills we're looking for and a heart for this world's 11 million souls behind bars, please read on...

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

  • This position is suitable for home working, so you could be based at your usual residence:-

    • although you could reside in the UK or the Philippines, which is where most of our non-European personnel live & work, residence in another country would be possible provided that it has adequate, secure communications infrastructure and tolerance of online Christian activities;

    • if you choose to move to reside & work at our Philippines base (Integritas House Olongapo), accommodation will be provided with a small charge to cover the cost of utilities;

    • if you choose to reside outside of the Philippines, there may be the occasional need to travel there.

Duties

  • To ensure the efficient and optimal running of our training service in Europe (primarily the United Kingdom (UK)), the Western Pacific (primarily the Philippines) and any other World Health Organisation (WHO) region in which we perform activities.

  • Your duties will include but not be limited to:-

    • Development:-

      • growing our training service in line with our strategic plan;

      • looking for new opportunities for training service growth;

      • working with the other service heads to develop our in-house training.

    • Governance:-

      • expanding and updating our training policies;

      • managing our training governance risk;

      • obtaining and maintaining registrations with any necessary training regulators in the UK, Philippines and other countries.

    • Leadership:-

      • line managing our trainers;

      • representing us in meetings and negotiations with other organisations;

      • participation in our managers’ on-call rota.

    • Training:-

      • deployment of a holistic training style;

      • participation in the delivery of our training activities;

      • training our less experienced trainers.

  • You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Hours

  • Although we will consider a lesser commitment, ideally you will contribute at least 10.5 hours (three half-day sessions) of voluntary work per week, depending upon your availability; these could be quarterised or even annualised.

  • Your usual working hours will be mostly within the Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 UK window; if you choose to reside in an area of the world that has a very different time zone, some modification of the above 09:00-17:00 aspiration will be agreed.

  • Occasional evening and weekend working will be required (for example, to deliver evening or weekend training sessions, if visiting the Philippines and to attend quarterly governance meetings) and time-off-in-lieu will be given.

  • You will receive six working weeks of annual leave and one working week of study leave per year, which ordinarily should be taken at times when the chief medical officer (CMO) is not on leave & vice versa.

Line management

  • You will be line managed by our CMO who also currently functions as our Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

  • You will also liaise with our Board of Directors’ member who holds the training governance portfolio.

  • Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Remuneration & Travel

  • This is not a remunerated post; you will be a volunteer and so will need to raise your own financial support.

  • If & when working at Integritas House Olongapo, you will receive free working week lunches.

  • Travel expenses will be reimbursable.

 

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Experience, knowledge, qualifications & skills

  • Essential

    • confident and skilled healthcare trainer

    • fluency in oral & written English

    • medical or other healthcare degree

    • skilled in writing training materials

    • skilled user of PowerPoint

  • Desirable

    • Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog or any other language speaker

    • car driver with a clean licence

    • experience of management

    • experience of service development

    • experience of working within a multi-cultural team

    • post graduate certificate in medical education (PGCME) or similar

    • qualified trainer in first aid and life support

    Health & Safety

  • Essential

    • if wishing to reside in the Philippines:-

      • fit enough to live for several hours on occasion (during electrical blackouts) in 30-35 degrees Celsius of shady heat without air conditioning

      • no uncontrolled chronic health problems

      • no phobias of things common within Philippines life (eg cats, cockroaches, dogs, dust & spiders)

      • willing to undergo basic safety awareness training

    • willing to obtain enhanced criminal records check (1)

    • willing to train in emotional & physical first aid and life support

    • willing to undergo in-house induction training

  • Desirable

    • fit enough to deliver hands-on training in physically demanding skills such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Personal Attributes

  • Essential

    • acknowledgement that this work is service unto God

    • active Christian faith with ecumenical outlook (2)

    • adaptable

    • appreciation of multi-culturalism

    • appropriate relationships and personal boundaries

    • autonomous worker who takes initiative

    • calm under pressure

    • compassion for detainees  

    • compatibility with our CMO’s ISTJ personality

    • confidential

    • delegator

    • highly organised

    • professional approach to working life

    • punctual & reliable with excellent time management skills

    • smart personal appearance

    • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

    • superb communication & interpersonal skills

    • sympathy with our aims & values

  • Desirable

    • interest in human rights, offender healthcare & social justice

    • possession of a passport & willingness to travel long haul on occasion

 Availability

  • Essential

    • available at least 7 to 10.5 hours (two or three half-day sessions) per week

    • available for at least three years

    • available to reside in a country that has an adequate, secure communications infrastructure and is tolerant of online Christian activities

  • Desirable

    • available up to full time

    • available indefinitely

    • availability to reside in the UK or Philippines

    • willingness to travel occasionally to the UK, the Philippines +/- other countries

 

Notes

Selection dates

  • closing date: none - we are waiting for the right candidate

  • interview date: a mutually agreeable date

Explanatory notes

Head of Advocacy

Three quick questions

Are you a mature Christian professional passionate about advocacy?

Are you looking for a new voluntary challenge?

And do you have a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us in this voluntary post? A faith-inspired non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees, we are in great need of a solid Head of Advocacy (HoA) to take our advocacy service to the next level!

This senior appointment would ideally suit a Christian professional with experience of advocacy matters related to healthcare - advocating for individual patients, writing on social media about particular issues, and lobbying those in power for changes in law.

Perhaps you live in Europe, the Philippines or elsewhere in the Western Pacific region, or somewhere else. Maybe you're retired on a pension or perhaps you'd be doing this role alongside paid employment. Regardless, if you've got the skills we're looking for and a heart for this world's 11 million souls behind bars, please read on...

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

  • This position is suitable for home working, so you could be based at your usual residence:-

    • although you could reside in the UK or the Philippines, which is where most of our non-European personnel live & work, residence in another country would be possible provided that it has adequate, secure communications infrastructure and tolerance of online Christian activities;

    • if you choose to move to reside & work at our Philippines base (Integritas House Olongapo), accommodation will be provided with a charge to cover the cost of utilities;

    • if you choose to reside outside of the Philippines, there may be the occasional need to travel there.

Duties

  • To ensure the efficient and optimal running of our advocacy service in Europe (primarily the United Kingdom (UK)), the Western Pacific (primarily the Philippines) and any other World Health Organisation (WHO) region in which we perform activities.

  • Your duties will include but not be limited to:-

    • Advocacy:-

      • writing advocacy letters on behalf of individual patients;

      • writing advocacy articles for our website and social media;

      • editing the draft advocacy writings of other advocacy staff.

    • Development:-

      • growing our advocacy service in line with our strategic plan;

      • looking for new opportunities for advocacy service growth;

      • working with the other service heads to develop our organisation.

    • Governance:-

      • expanding and updating our advocacy policies;

      • managing our advocacy governance risk;

      • scanning the criminal justice, political and international horizons for threats to and opportunities for our advocacy service.

    • Leadership:-

      • line managing our advocacy staff including our Philippines-based social worker;

      • representing us in meetings and negotiations with other advocacy organisations;

      • participation in our managers’ on-call rota.

  • You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Hours

  • Although we will consider a lesser contribution, ideally you will contribute at least 10.5 hours (three half-day sessions) of voluntary work per week, depending upon your availability; these could be quarterised or even annualised.

  • Your usual working hours will be at least partly within the Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 UK window; if you choose to reside in an area of the world that has a very different time zone, further modification of the above 09:00-17:00 aspiration will be agreed.

  • Occasional evening and weekend working will be required (for example, if visiting the Philippines and to attend quarterly governance meetings) and time-off-in-lieu will be given.

  • You will receive six working weeks of annual leave and one working week of study leave per year, which ordinarily should be taken at times when the chief medical officer (CMO) is not on leave & vice versa.

Line management

  • You will be line managed by our CMO (pictured above) who currently also functions as our Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

  • You will also liaise with our Board of Directors’ member who holds the advocacy governance portfolio.

  • Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Remuneration & Travel

  • This is not a remunerated post; you will be a volunteer and so will need to raise your own financial support.

  • If & when working at Integritas House Olongapo, you will receive free working week lunches.

  • Travel expenses will be reimbursable.

 

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Experience, knowledge, qualifications & skills

  • Essential

    • experience of service development

    • experience of using social media

    • fluency in oral & written English

    • skilled user of computers, PowerPoint and Word

    • skilled writer of persuasive public advocacy articles

  • Desirable

    • Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog or any other language speaker

    • car driver with a clean licence

    • experience of engaging with social workers

    • experience of human resource management

    • experience of interacting with news agencies and the media

    • experience of posting articles on social media and websites

    • experience of working within a multi-cultural team

    • experience of working within a senior management team

    • skilled oral presenter

    • skilled verbal negotiator

    • skilled writer of individual advocacy letters

  • Health & Safety

  • Essential

    • if wishing to reside in the Philippines:-

      • fit enough to live for several hours on occasion (during electrical blackouts) in 30-35 degrees Celsius of shady heat without air conditioning

      • no uncontrolled chronic health problems

      • no phobias of things common within Philippines life (eg cats, cockroaches, dogs, dust & spiders)

      • willing to undergo basic safety awareness training

    • willing to obtain enhanced criminal records check (1)

    • willing to undergo in-house induction training

Personal Attributes

  • Essential

    • acknowledgement that this work is service unto God

    • active Christian faith with ecumenical outlook (2)

    • adaptable

    • appreciation of multi-culturalism

    • appropriate relationships and personal boundaries

    • autonomous worker who takes initiative

    • calm under pressure

    • compassion for detainees  

    • compatibility with our CMO’s ISTJ personality

    • confidential

    • delegator

    • highly organised

    • interest in human rights, offender healthcare & social justice

    • professional approach to working life

    • punctual & reliable with excellent time management skills

    • smart personal appearance

    • superb communication & interpersonal skills

    • sympathy with our aims & values

  • Desirable

    • possession of a passport & willingness to travel long haul on occasion

    • subscriber to the concept of integral mission

 Availability

  • Essential

    • available at least 7 to 10.5 hours (two to three half-day sessions) per week

    • available for at least three years

    • available to reside in a country that has an adequate, secure communications infrastructure and is tolerant of online Christian activities

  • Desirable

    • available up to full time

    • available indefinitely

    • availability to reside in the UK

    • willingness to travel occasionally to the UK, the Philippines +/- other countries

 

Notes

Selection dates

  • closing date: none - we are waiting for the right candidate

  • interview date: a mutually agreeable date

Explanatory notes

Head of Research

Three quick questions

Are you a Christian professional experienced in research?

Are you looking for a new voluntary challenge?

And do you have a heart for detainees?

Yes, yes and yes?

Then why not have a think about serving with us in this voluntary post? A faith-inspired non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees, we are in great need of a solid Head of Research (HoR) to take our research service to the next level!

This senior appointment would suit a mature Christian professional with experience of researching matters related to healthcare. Perhaps you live in Europe, the Philippines or elsewhere in the Western Pacific region, or somewhere else. Maybe you're retired on a pension or perhaps you'd be doing this role alongside paid employment. Regardless, if you've got the skills we're looking for and a heart for this world's 11 million souls behind bars, please read on...

Post description

What would we require of you, and what could you expect of us?

Base

  • This position is suitable for home working, so you could be based at your usual residence:-

    • although you could reside in the UK or the Philippines, which is where most of our non-European personnel live & work, residence in another country would be possible provided that it has adequate, secure communications infrastructure and tolerance of online Christian activities;

    • if you choose to move to reside & work at our Philippines base (Integritas House Olongapo), accommodation will be provided with a charge to cover the cost of utilities;

    • if you reside outside of the Philippines, there may be the occasional need to travel there.

Duties

  • To ensure the efficient and optimal running of our research service in Europe (primarily the United Kingdom (UK)), the Western Pacific (primarily the Philippines) and any other World Health Organisation (WHO) region in which we perform activities.

  • Your duties will include but not be limited to:-

    • Development:-

      • growing our research service in line with our strategic plan;

      • looking for new opportunities for research service growth;

      • working with the other service heads, particularly the head of healthcare, to develop our organisation in line with the research findings coming out of your department.

    • Governance:-

      • expanding and updating our research policies;

      • managing our research governance risk;

      • obtaining medical ethics committee approvals and maintaining the necessary registrations with research regulators in the UK, Philippines and other countries.

    • Leadership:-

      • leading by example in the provision of excellent research;

      • line managing our researchers;

      • participation in our managers’ on-call rota.

  • You will be taught any necessary new skills and you will not be permitted to work beyond your competence.

Hours

  • Although we will consider a lesser commitment, ideally you will provide at least 10.5 hours (three half-day sessions) of voluntary work per week, depending upon your availability; these could be quarterised or even annualised.

  • At least some of your usual working hours will be within the Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 UK window; if you choose to reside in an area of the world that has a very different time zone, further modification of this aspiration will be agreed.

  • Occasional evening and weekend working will be required (for example, if visiting the Philippines and to attend quarterly governance meetings) and time-off-in-lieu will be given.

  • You will receive six working weeks of annual leave and one working week of study leave per year, which ordinarily should be taken at times when the chief medical officer (CMO) is not on leave & vice versa.

Line management

  • You will be line managed by our CMO who currently also functions as our Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

  • You will also liaise with our Board of Directors’ member who holds the research governance portfolio.

  • Your line management will be supportive in nature and will include regular performance reviews to enhance your performance and professional growth.

Remuneration & Travel

  • This is not a remunerated post; you will be a volunteer and so will need to raise your own financial support.

  • If & when working at Integritas House Olongapo, you will receive free working week lunches.

  • Travel expenses will be reimbursable.

 

Person specification

Read on to find out if this position would be a good fit for you…

Experience, knowledge, qualifications & skills

  • Essential

    • experience of conducting and publishing peer-reviewed research

    • fluency in oral & written English

    • good knowledge of basic medical statistics

    • relevant university degree

    • skilled in applying to medical ethics committees

    • skilled in designing research projects

  • Desirable

    • Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog or any other language speaker

    • car driver with a clean licence

    • excellent knowledge of +/- qualification in medical statistics

    • experience of applying for research grants

    • experience of field research, preferably in resource-poor settings

    • experience of human resource management of researchers

    • experience of presenting research findings

    • experience of qualitative patient interviewing as part of clinical research

    • experience of service development

    • experience of teaching research skills

    • experience of virtual research interviewing

    • experience of working within a multi-cultural team

    • experience of working within a management team

    • masters or PhD in relevant subject

  • Health & Safety

  • Essential

    • if wishing to reside in the Philippines:-

      • fit enough to live for several hours on occasion (during electrical blackouts) in 30-35 degrees Celsius of shady heat without air conditioning

      • no uncontrolled chronic health problems

      • no phobias of things common within Philippines life (eg cats, cockroaches, dogs, dust & spiders)

      • willing to undergo basic safety awareness training

    • willing to obtain enhanced criminal records check (1)

    • willing to undergo in-house induction training

Personal Attributes

  • Essential

    • acknowledgement that this work is service unto God

    • active Christian faith with ecumenical outlook (2)

    • adaptable

    • appreciation of multi-culturalism

    • appropriate relationships and personal boundaries

    • autonomous worker who takes initiative

    • compassion for detainees  

    • compatibility with our CMO’s ISTJ personality

    • confidential

    • delegator

    • highly organised

    • professional approach to working life

    • punctual & reliable with excellent time management skills

    • superb communication & interpersonal skills

    • sympathy with our aims & values

  • Desirable

    • interest in human rights, offender healthcare & social justice

    • possession of a passport & willingness to travel long haul on occasion

    • subscriber to concept of integral mission

 Availability

  • Essential

    • available at least 7 to 10.5 hours (two or three half-day sessions) per week

    • available for at least three years

    • available to reside in a country that has an adequate, secure communications infrastructure and is tolerant of online Christian activities

  • Desirable

    • available up to full time

    • available indefinitely

    • availability to reside in the UK

    • willingness to travel occasionally to the UK, the Philippines +/- other countries

 

Notes

Selection dates

  • closing date: none - we are waiting for the right candidate

  • interview date: a mutually agreeable date

Explanatory notes