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Harris Hill is recruiting for a Finance Assistant on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract for this Rehabilitation Charity based in London (Hybrid)

• Position: 12-month fixed term contract
• Reports to: Head of Finance
• Salary: £27,500pa
• Hybrid Working: 2 days a week is required at their offices in London.
• Hours of work Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

THIS IS AN URGENT POSITION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO START IN TWO  WEEKS.

Interviews are in the next couple of days

As Finance Assistant, you will ensure the delivery and continued development of consistently high quality, cost-effective and responsive services, grounded in the charitable mission, vision and values.

• You will be responsible for the purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit card management and maintaining the staff expenses.
• The Finance Assistant will assist with maintaining finances and developing financial systems.  The post holder will work closely with charity budget holders as well as external stakeholders including customers, suppliers and banks.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the purchase ledger, including processing purchase invoices and payments, dealing with queries, and ensuring all accounts are accurately reconciled.
• Maintain the sales ledger, including raising sales invoices, processing receipts, dealing with queries, and recovering debts.
• Process and reconcile all monthly credit card statements.
• Support the roll out, embedding and maintaining the Expenses App.
• Assist with financial reporting to funders, including collating and copying detailed evidence of expenditure.
• Maintaining petty cash records and reconciling the petty cash float.
• Carry out inductions to explain finance processes to new members of staff and volunteers.
• Provide administrative support to the Head of Finance as appropriate.

Permanent 

37 hours per week over 7 days, to include Sunday.

£23,436.25 per annum with annual progression up to £23,696.84

We offer many enhanced benefits including:

• 28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays  
• Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
• Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
• Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass

Full details about our benefits can be found on our website. 

Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire.

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way. 

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in our St Albans Shop. Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting in the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to work closely with staff and Volunteers to ensure we deliver the best level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead in the absence of the Shop Manager, inspire and empower people around them. We are looking for someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and can instill an energy to those around them. Have you got a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

 You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work.  

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children’s Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. To include a basic DBS check, these will be required before employment can commence.

This vacancy closes at midnight on Wednesday 11th December 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Wednesday 27th November. 

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. 

£12 per hour (Holiday pay on top of hourly rate).

To cover our 3 Cumbria shops in Cockermouth, Keswick and Whitehaven. Based at the Cockermouth Shop. Additional travel to Keswick and Whitehaven will be paid at 45p per mile.

Fixed term sessional hours contract until 31st May 2025 initially 6 months with possible extension - variable hours per week likely to be between 15 hours up to 30 hours.

Benefits include:

Free parking at the Cockermouth and Keswick shops, stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%.

Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

We are looking for someone that loves working with people, someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and is able to work with a diverse team of volunteers. Ideally you will have some retail experience.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support our shop management teams to your best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices.

The closing date for applications is at midnight on Saturday 30th November 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Thursday 21st November.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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BACKGROUND
Over the past 90 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster.

The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing.

In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

The Purpose of the Role

The purpose of the role is to assist the finance team in delivering its objectives and providing effective support to our Awards Management Unit (AMU) programmes and country offices.

Scope and Authority

Authority:

This position assists and works closely with the Project Finance Lead. The position has no line management authority.

Key Working Relationships

· Reports to Project Finance Lead.

· Close coordination with other members of the Finance team.

· Working relationship with the wider Finance & Operations department, Fundraising, US Finance, Country offices and the Awards Management Unit (AMU).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Grants income Allocations and Transfers (20%)

• Donor receipts: Ensure all donor income are identified and allocated to the correct grant and country codes and inform AMU UK, New York and country offices on a timely basis.
• Field Grant transfers: Prepare international fund transfers batches to New York twice a month; ensure grant funding balance is checked using the Funds Available and Bank running balance spreadsheets.
• Ensure all the donor receipts and funds trasfers are posted timely and accurately in Integra.
• Maintain digital files for grant transfers with full supporting documentation attached.
• Assist in providing supporting documents grants/transactions as required by country offices for Field Audits.
• Generate donor payment requests/Invoices on the request of AMU & Fundraising teams and maintain payment request log.

· Prepare non-PO journals to enable payments in Integra

· Process donor refunds and follow up with IRC Inc./Country office to return the funds to the UK and maintain a tracker for Inc./country returns.

· Prepare quarterly IATI report and submit to Project Finance Lead for review.

 

Grant Balances Reconciliation (65%)

· Reconcile transfers and field expenditure data between UK and New York for all UK grants by end of each month.

· Raise all issues arising from the reconciliations with the Project Finance Lead for quick resolutions with New York and country offices by end of each month so the corrections can be made promptly.

· Ensure each grant is reconciled monthly and added to the main Grants Schedule.

· Prepare grant revenue recognition journals for Project Finance Lead review to ensure completeness and accuracy every month.

· Assist in fund balance reconciliations for all restricted grants and resolution of issues with Project Finance Lead.

· Assist in the reconciliation of UK ledgers with the donor financial reports.

· Work with AMU and IRC, Inc to collate donor financial reports, contracts and amendments for closed grants to ensure that Integra reporting is correct.

· Assist in meeting the month end deadlines.

Other support (15%)

• Request the creation of new project extension in OTIS.
• Ensure any new projects are set up and mapped correctly in Integra
• Maintain UK office bank account templates held in on-line Bank software and amend templates when necessary.
• Ensure SCB digital bank statements are received from the bank and filed in the correct location on the server for all periods and passwords are removed before saving the statements.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

 

Essential

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

· Good knowledge of accounting demonstrated by an accounting qualification such as AAT or part Qualified Accountant

· Strong IT skills including excellent Excel skills with the ability to use SUMIFS, IF, Pivot tables and VLOOKUP

· Excellent attention to detail, particularly when working with data and large volumes of data

· Data driven

· Able to work independently and also as part of a team

· Has strong communication skills, including communicating with colleagues in the UK and internationally, in person, on video calls and over email in a clear and professional way

· Good organizational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise work

Standard Responsibilities

Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC UK.

 

Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies

Standard Job Requirements

 

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

 

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

 

The deadline to apply for this role is 14th October 2024.

Related standard content:

IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement creating a working environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best possible services to our clients.   

UK:

Narrowing the Gender Gap: The IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including flexible hours (when possible), enhanced maternity/adoption leave and pay and gender-sensitive security protocols.

IRC UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all job applicants and employees, and we seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

IRC UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments. 

Are you organised, persistent and able to manage and progress different tasks in a busy environment? Would you like to use your skills to ensure that those who are struggling financially get the help that they need? If that sounds like you, we might have a place for you at Ealing Foodbank.

We believe anyone in our community should have enough to feed themselves and their family. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We also offer additional advice and support to help people address the underlying issues.

Our work is made possible by a group of amazing volunteers and a small staff team. As Operations and Logistics Manager you will make sure there is enough food in our warehouse and that this food is distributed to our centres. Most day you will work from our office to make sure everything runs smoothly. You will also work from our warehouse on busy day to support our warehouse volunteers.

Role: Operations and Logistics Manager

Responsible to: Ealing Foodbank Manager

Based at: Warehouse (currently Hanwell) and office (currently West Ealing)

Salary: £35,000 per year (FTE)

Hours: 30 hours a week, spread over 5 days (+ occasional weekend days)

Annual Leave: 6 weeks a year + bank holidays

To apply: Please fill in the attached application form, no CVs.

Closing date: Monday 9 December 5pm
Please note, we're actively reviewing applications and interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

Responsibilities
Obtaining, managing, safekeeping and distributing the Food and Supplies necessary to ensure the smooth running of the warehouse and client centres. This includes stock management; procurement; running our warehouse together with our volunteers; arranging transport; liaising with client centres; managing staff and volunteers and arrange food collections and drives.

Please find the full job description attached. 

Requirements
This job is for you if:

• You are able to work independently as well as in a team
• You have excellent processing skills and are a good organiser
• You are able to lead a team
• You have excellent problem solving skills
• You have a heart for people and would love to work behing the scenes to support those who are facing difficulties

Ealing Foodbank is a Christian organisation. The post holder will need to be able to be comfortable with and respectful of the Christian basis of the organisation.

Please find the full Person Specification attached.

Temporary (Maternity Cover) until the end of June 2025.

Part time 24 hrs. per week [may include Sundays] with additional hours required to cover holidays.

£23,436.25 FTE - £15,201.89 pro rata

Location - Northenden Manchester

We offer many enhanced benefits including:

-28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays

-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%

-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers

-Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass

Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in our Northenden Shop. Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting in the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to work closely with staff and Volunteers to ensure we deliver the best level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead in the absence of the Shop Manager, inspire and empower people around them. We are looking for someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and can instill an energy to those around them. Have you got a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work.

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. To include a basic DBS check, these will be required before employment can commence.

This vacancy closes at midnight on Monday 9th December 2024, If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy on Monday 25th November.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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Assistant Accountant - Part time 3 days a week with QuickBooks experience

Are you an Assistant Accountant who has experience using QuickBooks, looking for your next new opportunity?

This is a newly created role for a £1.5million turnover charity based in South West London. You will be joining a small team, reporting to Merton Connected's Finance Partner .

This is a part time role.

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 per annum (will be pro ratad for three days a week)

Hybrid: Going to their office based in Tooting / Mitcham once a week

Hours of work: 21 hours per week

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

Preparing accounts upto Trail balance

• Assisting with Quarterly accounts
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records using QuickBooks
• Liaising with external suppliers and customers
• Formulating and setting up supplier payment runs
• Preparing and Filing invoices, data entry
• Responsible for credit control
• Reviewing and posting staff and credit card expenses
• Managing all financial records and daily bookkeeping of the business
• Process Accounts Payable and ensure invoices are coded
• Preparing monthly Bank reconciliations and credit card transactions
• Assist with the budgeting and forecasting function
• Assisting with the preparation of Year-End audits
• Monthly payroll and pension duties

Candidates applying for this role must have the following:

• Excellent numeracy skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task
• Sound understanding of double entry book-keeping including month end adjustments
• If you have experience using QuickBooks it's a great advantage, or any other cloud based accounting system
• AAT qualified, holds a similar qualification or is working towards qualification

This role will be closing on 29th November, 2024

The client may decide to close the role within a week if they get suitable applications.

Candidates shortlisted will be requested to answer three questions as part of the shortlisting process

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Fixed term contract until 03 November 2025

Maternity Cover

35 hours per week

£23,488.66 per annum (plus allowances)

Location: Newcastle

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

TYPE OF PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are currently looking for an efficient and well-ordered administrative assistant to join our dynamic, ambitious team. You will help to support the Operations Manager, Service Managers, team colleagues and day to day operations of the service.

A key part of this role will be your ability to...

- Prioritise and manage own workload.

-Clear and effective communication skills with the ability to liaise with managers and staff at all levels both internally and externally.

-Planning, time management skills.

-Excellent organisational skills, working in complex and demanding environments.

-Advanced IT skills in word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint and email.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

Knowledge:

-Knowledge of filing processes (paper and electronic) and managing general office resources.

-Knowledge of IT systems e.g. Word, Excel.

-Previous experience of recording on data systems and reporting.

Experience:

-Previous experience of working in an administrative position in a paid or voluntary capacity.

-Previous experience of communicating with members of the public in a paid or voluntary capacity.

Qualifications:

-General level of education to GCSE standard including Maths and English A*-C grade, or equivalent.

INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

Benefits:

Enhanced Annual leave 28 days length of service extra 2 after 2 5 and 7 goes up to 36 days plus bank holidays.

Free eye test claim back

Pension match contribution up to 8% can op out

Life Assurance death in service 4 x salary gets paid to nominated person.

Cycle to work 39% of bike costs can be spread across the year

770 retailers discounts offered with You Star App.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 2nd December 2024.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 5th of December.

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Who we are:

Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background. 

Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen. 

We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people to help themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.

Summary of the role:

The Global Programmes Assistant reports directly to the Global Programmes Manager and will primarily be responsible for providing support functions to the International Programmes team. The role requires excellent organisational, teamwork and numeracy skills, to work with key stakeholders to ensure an effective, efficient and quality delivery of development and emergency response programmes. The Global Programmes Assistant also supports the administrative work of the department, including the preparation and tracking of project payments, and maintaining partner due diligence records.

About the Role:

1. Provide programme and administrative assistance to Country Programmes and Programmes Partnerships teams as required including support with the development and production of project proposals.
2. Responsible for updating and maintaining the Project Tracker and SharePoint site.
3. Maintain soft (and if required hard copies of) programme files, provide filing assistance to the team and support archiving.
4. Ensure the timely submission of quarterly and completion reports, and support the review of seasonal and small-medium project reports as delegated by Country Programmes and Programmes Partnerships teams
5. Maintain and review the report supporting documents including field reports, financial evidence, centrally agreed documents, media and case studies.
6. Support the development of IPD wide administrative systems.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need:

1. Previous experience of working within a Programme Support/administrative role.
2. Experience of working with budgets and/or processing payments.
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a variety of stakeholders and employees at all levels.
4. High degree of organisational and time management skills.
5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and utilise any software adopted by Muslim Aid.
6. Ability to work under pressure, be proactive and work on own initiative. 

Why you should apply:

Join Muslim Aid as a Global Programmes Assistant and support impactful humanitarian and development projects worldwide. Working closely with the Global Programmes Manager, you will ensure effective project delivery, quality standards, and create engaging content from our successes for stakeholders. If you’re organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about programme support, apply now to help drive global change!

Benefits you will enjoy working for us: 

• 25 days annual leave + 4 privilege days 
• Hybrid working
• Paid time off for medical appointments 
• 2 hours lunch break on Fridays 
• Time off in Lieu (TOIL) 
• Pension Scheme

How to apply:

To apply please submit your cover letter (no more than 1 page) and CV. 

We're looking for an enthusiastic team-player with excellent administration and communication skills with a passion for customer service. 

This is an exciting role in a newly formed team dedicated to raising the bar of operational excellence at Stewardship.  You will play a crucial role in bringing exceptional operational efficiency by ensuring gift aid, compliance and other internal customer processes work smoothly.  You'll resolve queries and provide outstanding support to Stewardship customers. 

As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement, by:

· Active membership of local church congregation.

An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the preparedness to pray with colleagues, where appropriate.

At FrameWorks UK, we believe that when we change the story, we can change the world. Our framing research shows how people think about different social issues, and we use this knowledge to develop and test the best ways to communicate these issues to create social progress.

As our new Research Assistant, you’ll:

●    Plan and conduct qualitative research. 

●Oversee research processes, manage timelines, and coordinate with research teams in the UK and US.

●Share research findings with campaigners and organisations, driving real-world impact.

This is a new role for a proactive, organised individual with a minimum of two years of postgraduate or professional research experience. If you’re passionate about creating social change through research, we’d love to hear from you.

●Salary: £36,000 p.a plus benefits.

●Location: Hybrid, with 2 days per week in our central London office.

●Hours: Full-time requests for part-time will be considered.

For the full job description, and to apply, please go to our website.

Deadline: 8th December 

We are looking for someone to provide business partnering support to all directorates, offering first level advice to directors, strategic leads, and colleagues on general HR matters including employee relations and anything pertaining to the employee lifecycle. Working closely with the People & Wellbeing Business Partner – Operations Lead and covering for each other as needed, this role will lead on all equity and inclusion projects and initiatives within the People team, as well as organisational and individual learning.

The People & Wellbeing Business Partner – Equity & Learning Lead is also involved in producing and analysing data to inform and feed into the People strategy. They will work with the internal stakeholders on developing and delivering interventions to improve communication with, and engagement of, staff and support wellbeing of colleagues. Equity will be embedded in all aspects of the work of the People team to foster an inclusive environment for everyone in the MHFA England community.

Please refer to the Job Description for full details of the role.

Please note that interviews will take place on 10 December and 11 December.

About MHFA England

MHFA England is a social enterprise and the leading provider of mental health skills and awareness training courses in England. Our vision is to improve the health of the nation, through normalising society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, by developing the skills we need to look after our own and others’ wellbeing. 

Looking after you 

Wellbeing is at the heart of all that we do and say, we are friendly and supportive organisation. We are committed to rewarding our employees with competitive pay, a flexible and supportive workplace, opportunities to grow and develop, and our promise that we will put your wellbeing first.

Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 FTE depending on experience
Full time: 37.5 hrs pw (would consider part time: minimum 30 hrs pw)
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.
 
Closing date: Monday 2 December 2024. We may extend the closing date, but please apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held on week commencing 9 December 2024
 
No agencies please

Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease. 
 
This is an exciting opportunity for somebody considering a move to the charity sector or wants to develop their career in a high value fundraising team. The role will support the work of our philanthropy and partnerships team in maintaining donor records, prospect and donor research, events and financial processes. The role will provide essential support to the team to make sure our partners receive high quality updates, as well as work with our finance and supporter care teams to ensure all income is recorded and processed correctly.
 
The successful candidate will be creative with excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organisational skills, and the ability to coordinate and multi-task. You will be able to work to tight deadlines and to a high standard, with excellent attention to detail.
 
If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.
 
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

About Kidney Research UK:

Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.

At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.

Over the last ten years we have invested more than £65 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.

Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.

Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.

You may have experience in the following: Philanthropy Assistant, Partnerships Coordinator, Fundraising Assistant, Donor Relations Assistant, Charity Support Officer, Development Assistant, Donor Engagement Coordinator, Fundraising Support Officer, Sponsorship Assistant, Charity Finance Assistant, Engagement Officer, Major Gifts Assistant, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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Events (Challenge) Senior Fundraising Assistant -Maternity cover 1 year FTC to start ASAP Location: Central London (Hybrid - Office 3 days a week)

Salary Range: £27,000 - £33,000 pa + Benefits

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with cancer? Join our dynamic team at a leading children's cancer charity dedicated to raising and investing funds in vital specialist research. Our mission is to improve survival rates and the quality of survival in young cancer patients and to find ways to prevent cancer in the future. Since our humble beginnings in 1988, we have grown into a major force, raising over £300 million and investing in over 200 research projects.Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Oversee a range of high to mid-value sporting events and partnerships.
• Support Events: Assist the Sports Team in delivering events, including the London Marathon.
• Planning & Evaluation: Ensure all events have comprehensive project and marketing plans and conduct evaluations.
• Supporter Engagement: Deliver excellent supporter journeys and recruit new supporters to maximise their fundraising potential.
• Event Organisation: Manage the event day experience and attend events as required.
• Relationship Fundraising: Maintain high standards of relationship fundraising.
• KPI Monitoring: Track campaign KPIs and objectives, identifying and addressing any issues.
• Budget Management: Keep sports events expenditure logs up to date and contribute to budget planning and analysis.
• Collaboration: work collaboratively across departments and with key stakeholders.
• Communication: Prepare and deliver presentations, respond to enquiries promptly, and work with the communications team to keep the website updated.
• Database Management: Maintain accurate records of sports fundraising events on our database (Salesforce).
• Team Leadership: Line manage direct reports, ensuring their development and wellbeing, and recruit and induct new team members as needed.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience building relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of Fundraising
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to report and measure KPIs.
• A self-starter with the ability to plan your own diary and use initiative.
• Collaborative team player with line management experience.
• Experience of growing fundraising income and understanding mass participation events.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook).
• Creative and innovative thinker.
• The ideal candidate will have fundraising experience
• The role requires some evening and weekend work, with time off in lieu provided. There is a team rota.

Join us in our fight against childhood cancer and be part of a team that makes a real difference. If this role is of interest, please apply ASAP with an up-to-date version of your CV highlighting all your relevant experience, and please get in contact if you would like to discuss the role in more detail.

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