Temporary & Interim Recruitment

Fast, flexible support when you need it most. From proficient temporary staff to experienced interim leaders, we connect you with professionals who deliver immediate impact.

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Why partner with Prospectus?

We understand the unique challenges of the not-for-profit sector. Our expert team are here to help you with:

Swift Solutions

We move fast to connect you with the right temporary or interim talent, minimising disruption and keeping your mission on track.

Tailored Service

Every organisation is unique. We take time to understand your culture and needs, ensuring a seamless fit, whether you’re hiring for a few days, a few months, or a longer-term project.

Trusted Talent Networks

With nearly 70 years in the not-for-profit sector, we’ve built deep, active talent pools of temporary and interim candidates who are ready to step in and make an impact.

End-to-End Support

From shaping role profiles to exploring the most cost-effective hiring options, we guide you through every step of the recruitment process with clarity
and care.

Seamless Onboarding

We ensure the people we place are set up for success. Our team supports smooth onboarding across all contract types, giving you confidence from
day one.

Temporary Recruitment

We can provide:

  • Temporary workers available either virtually or in the office.
  • Temporary workers available on an hourly basis to suit the changing needs of your organisation, from several hours to ongoing.
  • Expert advice on identifying your temporary requirements and the skills required.
  • Support and guidance to successfully interview and onboard new employees face-to-face or virtually.

What’s included:

All of our candidates meet our stringent aptitude testing benchmarks and referencing procedures, including:

  • Interview with a consultant
  • Skills and aptitude testing
  • A full reference check
  • DBS check (where appropriate)

Interim Recruitment

We can provide:

  • Skilled interim professionals and contractors with a track record of success.
  • Our interims help guide organisations through periods of transformation.
  • We deliver experts to lead key reviews, research, and strategic initiatives.
  • We deploy professionals quickly to stabilise operations during disruption.
  • Our interims support the implementation of new values and behaviours.
  • We fill urgent gaps to reduce strain on your permanent teams.

Areas of expertise:

The interim and contract market moves quickly and as such, we ensure we’re able to meet immediate requirements by having candidates ready to go in a range of different areas, including but not exclusive to:

  • Digital
  • Education
  • Executive Leadership
  • Finance
  • Frontline
  • Grant Making
  • HR, Culture & Diversity
  • Marketing & Communications
  • Operations
  • Trustees
  • Policy
Contact us with your recruitment requirements

Temporary and Interim Recruitment FAQs

We carry out all pre-employment checks including references and right to work. We also payroll the temporary worker.

Timesheets need to be approved weekly. Candidates will enter the hours they worked Mon – Fri and are submitted to the manager for approval. We run payroll early Monday afternoon for payment the same week, so ideally, timesheets are submitted and approved the previous Friday, although if this is first thing Monday morning, this is usually still okay to avoid a payment delay.

Under the terms of engagement, no notice is required on either side for terminating a temporary assignment earlier. We ask both our clients and candidates to ideally give a minimum of one weeks’ notice out of courtesy, ideally longer if they can. This allows for a smooth transition for either a replacement, or for a candidate moving onto a new assignment.

There are no costs involved prior to the placement for advertising, sourcing and compliance checks.

Fees are calculated at a 17%-25% mark-up of the hourly pay rate. You only pay the temporary worker for the hours that are physically worked.

Temporary employees can typically be found at a moment’s notice and the contract can be ended at any date to suit your organisation’s needs and budget. Fixed-term contracts tend to be subject to at least a week’s notice, so can offer a bit more security to all parties.

What Our Clients Say

Nick has been highly professional, responsive and courteous. I felt the charity’s needs were listened to, and the team were always quick to follow up with me. Thank you, Nick and Jacob!

How likely are you to refer Prospectus?

Marie

Office Manager
Black People’s Mental Health Association

The whole process was managed smoothly, and I am pleased with the support. I particularly valued the clear communication, value for money and the quality of the applications.

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Alice

Chief Executive Officer
Carers Hub

Areas we cover

Chief Executive

Digital

Finance

Grant Making

Marketing & Communcations

Operational

HR, Culture & Diversity

Policy 

Trustees

Arts & Culture

Business for Good

Education

Environment and Sustainability

Frontline

Membership

Public Sector

Trusts and Foundations

Temporary and Interim Recruitment Consultants

Temporary and Interim Recruitment Case Studies

Brooke
Role: Temporary Finance Assistant (Income)
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Connect with a Temporary and Interim Recruitment Expert

Our specialist teams work with a diverse range of charities, trusts and foundations, membership bodies, universities and social enterprises to source and place exceptional candidates across the UK.

Our Temporary and Interim Recruitment Team are ready to help you

  • Working with Prospectus was smooth and clear. They are very responsive. We had the right candidates for interview, saving us a lot of time in shortlisting
    Patricia Conti
    Creative and Brand Manager at Versus Arthritis

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