Workers score a good work-life balance highly

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the best not-for-profit organisation to work for in Britain, according to data compiled by a jobs website.

The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, which has 40,000 volunteer workers and 4,000 paid staff, came top of a ranking of the UK’s best not-for-profit employers that was compiled from the millions of employee reviews posted on Indeed.

CRUK generated total income of £679.2 million in the year to March 2017, making it one of Britain’s biggest charities - more than two-thirds of that (£463.4 million) came from fundraising alone.

Employees cited CRUK’s culture and its promotion of a good work-life balance as the key reasons for scoring the charity so highly as a place to work.

The second-placed organisation is also a global charity - Oxfam.

The leaders of the charity have faced public criticism in 2018, in the wake of the Haiti sex scandal, but reviews posted on Indeed by volunteers and staff, both past and present, praised it for being an engaging and inspiring place to work.

The next organisation is the National Citizen Service, a volunteer group which seeks to empower teenagers across the UK.

The British Heart Foundation and Sue Ryder complete the top five.

RSPCA, Salvation Army, Citizens Advice, Age UK and Barnardos made up the rest of the top ten.

Bill Richards, UK managing director at Indeed, said: “Non-profit organisations can be fantastic places to work; stimulating environments where employees are encouraged and empowered to make a difference.

“While the public sector contains a huge range of jobs, from the civil service to charity work, many of those who choose a career in the sector are looking beyond their pay packet to other rewards.

“Yet it’s striking that in the non-profit sector, just as in the commercial world, the employers that score highest with their staff are those who make their teams feel valued, and offer a good work-life balance and a positive workplace culture.”