Associate Jobs

Battersea's Global Programmes Department are looking for passionate individuals to join the team as Grants and Programmes Associates.

The Grants and Programmes Associates will support the delivery of a portfolio of work within the Grants and Programmes function at Battersea. Each Associate will be assigned to a specific portfolio, either Greece, South Africa, Sri Lanka or Special Programmes. The Associate will work closely with and report to a Grants & Programmes Manager who leads the portfolio. This is an exciting time for Battersea as we expand our work to impact more dogs and cats. 

Over the coming five years, it is planned that the size and complexity of grant making will grow, including the establishment of several multi-year programmes in the UK and abroad. 

This is a grants management role within the Grants and Programmes team in the Global Programmes Directorate, requiring excellent experience of relationship, grant and project management. The successful postholder should be comfortable working as a team, with considerable scope, and complexity and nurturing relationships with colleagues across the organisation as an integral element of the role. The Associate would support a portfolio led by a Manager who would also be their line manager.

Find out more about what our Grants work through the link in the recruitment pack!

What we can offer you:

In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Our hybrid working model:

We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.

Diversity and inclusion:

We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. 

More about us:

At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 26th February 2025
Interview date(s): 4th - 6th March 2025

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

This exciting new project is focused on delivering assemblies and workshops to inform and engage young people about Apprenticeships.

The sessions will target KS3 students in schools. We are looking for someone with great communication skills and who has delivered successfully to small and large groups with confidence and enthusiasm. Great organisational skills and ability to use initiative are key to the post. Experience of working with schools will also be an advantage.

This will be an associate role at CXK. You will be offered full training, resources, equipment and support to undertake the role.

Interview Date: Monday 24th February 2025

This exciting new project is focused on delivering assemblies and workshops to inform and engage young people about Apprenticeships.

The sessions will target KS3 students in schools. We are looking for someone with great communication skills and who has delivered successfully to small and large groups with confidence and enthusiasm. Great organisational skills and ability to use initiative are key to the post. Experience of working with schools will also be an advantage.

This will be an associate role at CXK. You will be offered full training, resources, equipment and support to undertake the role.

Interview Date: Monday 24th February 2025

Role description, January 2025 

Reports to: Senior Consultancy and Training Officer

Direct reports: None

Location: 27 Swinton St, King’s Cross, London, WC1X 9NW, minimum of one day a week in the office 

Status, hours: Fixed Term Secondment for 12 months 

Salary: Grade D, salary in the range of £31,437 - £34,659 (includes 11% London Weighting), increases by 2.6% post April 2025, plus benefits. 

Role Summary

The Training & Consultancy Officer will work closely with the Senior Consultancy and Training officer and Head of Consultancy and training to deliver significant elements of activity.  The post holder will be responsible for the administrative duties in the team which include responding to prospects, creating booking forms, invoicing and liaising with our team of associates.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities 

Administration 

• Supporting with the Training & Consultancy inbox, acting as the point of contact for enquires 

• Liaising with potential clients and helping them to select the most relevant training

• Diary management – liaising with associates to get availability for clients and securing dates in diaries 

• Creating and managing booking forms 

• Keeping the booking trackers up to date with bookings and payments 

• Managing invoice request forms

• Ensuring income is recorded on trackers and post sheet and is imported to ThankQ 

Lead generation and marketing 

• Creating monthly marketing emails in email management system to send out to prospects and clients 

• Working with the communications team to ensure promotion of Consultancy & Training services 

• Ensuring that any new courses/associates etc are updated on website

• Supporting with adding relevant connections on LinkedIn 

Relationship management 

• Responsible for stewardship of clients pre and post training.  Ensuring: 

• Clients have relevant zoom links and pre training information 

• Seek feedback immediately post training 

• Seek feedback at key points after training for our monitoring purposes 

• Keep clients up to date with other relevant training and any new training initiatives 

Supporting on tenders and analysis  

• Supporting the team with tenders by: 

• Collating required information from colleagues across the organisation as directed 

• Proof reading and fact checking 

• Research to gather relevant information for tenders as required 

• Supporting with analysis of feedback gathered and producing regular reports

• Collating information from workshops and supporting the consultancy and training manager with analysis

Cross-organisational Role

• Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’.

• Work particularly closely with colleagues in the Communications team, optimising opportunities for joint working, especially to champion workplace offer. 

• Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies.

Other Duties 

• Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it.

• Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times.

• Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times.

• Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu (TOIL) will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours. 

Age UK's Digital & Technology division is recruiting for a Service Desk Team Leader to join our customer-centric team.

This is an exciting time for the Service Desk as it is working to deliver a service improvement roadmap aligned to the Service Desk Institute's global best practice standards.

You will lead a team of Service Desk Analysts, with responsibility for tasks related to operational performance and people management. You'll work with the Senior Service Desk Analyst to develop and grow the team's technical skills.

The team will provide first touch support for all of Age UK's technical Infrastructure - including desktop, software and mobile device management and Telephony (includes Incidents, Requests and Changes). You'll work on operational and administrative activities associated with the Service Desk - including reports, account management, moves, adds, deletes and changes.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Service Desk Team Leader to use your innovation to add to a Knowledgebase to help ensure team resiliency wherever possible.

This fulfilling role is offered on a hybrid contract with circa 4 days a week being worked on site at our London office. There will be a requirement to cover the Service Desk between the opening hours of 8am-7pm as agreed on a rota-basis.

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience
Significant experience of operational management of a medium sized remote team on a busy Service Desk. (A, I)
Significant people management experience (A, I)
Significant experience of working with and managing Incident Management and Request Fulfilment processes (I, P)
Significant experience of working with an ITSM platform (A, I)
Significant experience of working with a Telephony platform (A, I)
Experience of working in an ITIL environment with a demonstrable knowledge of how ITSM processes are utilised to deliver an outstanding service (A, I)

Skills and Knowledge
Good understanding of effective Office 365 administration support (A, I)
Good understanding of effective Windows 10 troubleshooting support (A, I)
Good understanding of effective Active Directory/Azure Active Directory support (A, I)
Good understanding of Intune support (A, I)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal (A, I, P)

Personal attributes
Passionate about providing a brilliant User Experience (I, P)

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information
This role is hybrid between home-based and your designated office(s) with 4 days a week on-site plus ad-hoc as requested by the IT Service Delivery Management team. You'll be expected to share management cover of the Service Desk 8-7 core hours rota with the Service Desk leadership team.

Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected. CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is able to provide Skilled Worker sponsorship for eligible roles only. If this applies to you, please contact the recruitment team to discuss. If the role is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship you will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK. Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Interview date: TBC
 
Application Process:
This is a fantastic new opportunity for the right person to make a huge different to the team and Alzheimer's Society, so we want to know why you would be the best person for this role!
 
Please ensure you apply with a supporting statement on why you believe you would be the most suitable individual and how your skills/experience are best for this position.

About the opportunity
The Associate Director of Risk Assurance will play a crucial role in ensuring the effective oversight, management, and mitigation of organisational risk.  This role will work closely with our Executive and Senior Leadership teams and the Board of Trustees to lead and elevate the prominence, understanding and organisation capability in relation to risk management, assurance of our internal control environment and compliance of legal regulations to which we are subject to adhere. 
 
This is a homeworking role, but you will be required to travel to attend meetings, events and team-days, so you must reside in the UK, have the correct right to work documents to work in the UK and be comfortable/willing to travel to our offices if/when required. 

Alzheimer's Society was named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction.  This is a wonderful achievement and we're incredibly proud, as this is fantastic testament to all the people who make up Alzheimer’s Society. 
 
About you
We are looking for a strong leader who can deliver impactful results through sound decision making and using data and insights effectively. The Associate Director of Risk Assurance will bring experience managing senior roles, fostering a high-performance culture, and strategic thinking, inspiring others and championing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. 
 
Key Skills

- Strategic Leadership: Guide teams to deliver results efficiently and collaboratively, ensuring the Society achieves its strategic goals while maintaining control, resilience, and compliance. Champion a culture of risk assurance and compliance.
- Line Management: Oversee Assurance, Risk, Legal, and Governance teams, managing their leaders directly.
- Strategic Impact & Risk Management: Ensure the Society meets legal and regulatory obligations while managing risks effectively. Oversee the assurance framework and reporting systems, ensuring compliance and best practices, with input from those living with dementia shaping decisions.
- Service Delivery: Collaborate with the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams to provide risk oversight and management, reporting regularly on risk status and compliance with Charity Commission regulations.
- People & Leadership: Lead on risk and assurance, fostering accountability and empowering teams to manage their risks. Promote inclusion and high performance through clear goals, coaching, and feedback, embodying the Society's values and leadership competencies.

St Stephen’s Church has a thriving Youth Ministry, with approximately 90 11-18s across both Older and Younger Youth and an incredible, committed volunteer youth team. Our vision is to see young people transformed by Jesus and we believe that God is calling us further, to grow our ministry so that we can disciple those youth we already know and connect with those we have yet to reach.

We want our youth to be able to experience and encounter God for themselves in every aspect of their lives and to explore their faith with each other. Throughout all the weekly activities and sessions, our prayer is that each young person would know their Creator, find a space to belong and find joy in the community we have here.

In order for us to continue to disciple our young people and to expand our programmes in new areas, we are looking for a passionate youth worker, to come and join our Youth Pastor in leading and developing the Youth Ministry.

Might you be the person to help us with this?

As Associate Director, you will play a pivotal role in the development and implementation of our practice work and delivery partnerships as part of our think-do approach. You will do this by working collaboratively with community businesses, governments, organisations, and networks at national, regional and local levels. This may involve convening partners to build a shared understanding of the challenges facing communities, codesigning and testing place- or service-based innovations involving community businesses and other partners and sharing what we learn to bring about broader changes to policy and practice. The role requires an ability to both identify opportunities and execute those opportunities. You will lead a team of six as well as work with passionate professionals across our organisation to amplify the efforts of community businesses and put them at the heart of a fairer economy.

For further information about us and our current priorities to build community power, finance the future economy, and take back the high street please see Power to Change - We back community business from the ground up.

About IOM

IOM is a UN related agency and is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments, businesses and migrants to protect the rights of people on the move and maximize the development gains of human mobility. For more information about IOM, please visit www.iom.int.

IOM is committed to ensuring a workplace where all employees can thrive professionally, while working towards harnessing the full potential of migration.

Private Sector Partnerships Division 
The Private Sector Partnerships Division (PSP) sits within the Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications under the overall oversight of the Director General. PSP builds partnerships with the private sector that enable IOM's strategic priorities and engage the private sector as a key stakeholder in migration through impactful and innovative partnerships. PSP leads strategic outreach and engagement with the private sector and provides Headquarters, Regional and Country Offices with assistance and expertise relating to initiating, establishing and maintaining partnerships with the private sector. PSP is responsible for the development and implementation of IOM’s Private Sector Strategy which provides a framework for how IOM engages with the private sector to support safe, orderly and regular migration. PSP oversees engagement with the private sector, establishes and coordinates IOM’s private sector partnerships due diligence process, builds staff capacity in private sector partnership-building and oversees the Goodwill Ambassador programme and celebrity partnerships.

Under the direct supervision of the IOM UK Senior Private Sector Engagement Lead and with guidance from the Private Sector Partnerships Unit, the Private Sector Engagement Associate will support the development and management of partnerships with private sector stakeholders. In this capacity, the Associate will assist in fundraising efforts, promoting corporate responsibility, and helping to safeguard migrant rights. The role involves providing support in identifying and facilitating opportunities for technical collaborations that leverage business expertise and capabilities to enhance migration-related programs.
The Associate will focus on assisting with private sector engagement activities in the United Kingdom and provide support for broader efforts globally. The role is essential in ensuring the smooth coordination of private sector partnerships, supporting flexible funding opportunities, and contributing to the overall impact of IOM’s mission. 

For mor details about the role and how to apply, please visit our website:

https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/careers

Associate Director of Financial Services | Interim | 6-months+ | £500 - 600 per day (Umbrella)

On behalf of a Global NGO working across 37 countries, we're recruiting an interim Associate Director of Financial Services for at last 6-months. Reporting to the Global Director of Financial Control, this role will lead the financial and management accounting of the UK Shared Services including purchase ledger, expenses and payroll for the Global Office and UK Office. Crucially, this role will review and support the implementation of efficiency changes and transformation whilst leading the annual Group Audit and consolidated monthly financial reporting process.

Main Duties:

• Lead on the group month-end, global balance sheet, group P&L, and Group consolidation
• Lead on the group statutory Audit, liaising with overseas country teams and PWC
• Lead on the group statutory accounts preparation and SORP accounting adjustments
• Along with the Global Director of Financial Control, lead a review of the team structure and processes, offering and implementing efficiency changes and recommendations
• Oversee and lead the global support office month-end, including all management accounting and balance sheet reconciliations
• Support external tax advisor in Group VAT review
• Manage and support the Purchase Ledger and Expenses Manager, Payroll Manager, Group Accounting and Management Accounting teams ensuring a strong controls environment
• Support the ongoing process transformation projects
• Line manage the Financial Accountant and oversee group balance sheet control and country scorecards

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant with proven experience managing multi-disciplined teams
• Experience of change management, developing systems and implementing solutions
• Multi-entity consolidations experience
• Audit leadership experience
• Multi-currency, overseas office, and remote management experience
• Ideally experience with SUN Systems and Agresso Payroll

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

King’s College London, in partnership with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Maudsley Charity, is seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Philanthropy to lead fundraising efforts for the King’s Maudsley Partnership (KMP), a unique collaboration at the forefront of children and adolescent mental health research and treatment. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to drive transformative philanthropic support for the KMP, housed in the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People, opening in 2025.

The KMP brings together the clinical expertise of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, the research excellence of King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), and the philanthropic leadership of the Maudsley Charity. With a mission to predict, prevent, and treat mental health disorders for children and young people, the KMP’s work is local, national, and global in its reach and ambition.

As Associate Director of Philanthropy, you will lead a dedicated team within the Fundraising & Supporter Development function and play a vital role in securing significant long-term investment, managing relationships with key high-net-worth donors, and supporting fundraising projects that align with KMP’s strategic priorities. You will work across a complex network of internal and external stakeholders, including academics, clinicians, and philanthropic partners, to ensure the continued growth and success of this groundbreaking initiative.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in securing 6-8 figure gifts, leading high-performing fundraising teams, and developing impactful donor engagement strategies. You will bring exceptional leadership and strategic planning skills, along with the ability to manage competing priorities. This is a hybrid role, with a requirement to spend at least two days per week onsite at King’s or the Pears Maudsley Centre when it opens.

For further information, please visit click "Apply Now" and submit the specified documentation. For an informal conversation, please contact Jamie Surgenor or Robyn Eade within the King’s Search Team.

The closing date for applications is 23.59 hrs on Monday 10th February. The selection process will include a longlisting and two-stage interview process (in March 2025), with opportunities for informal engagements with key stakeholders.

The Fundraising & Supporter Development Directorate values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those currently underrepresented in the sector, and offer a range of flexible and inclusive benefits to support all employees.

Are you an Accounts Payable Specialist looking for your next opportunity? Are you immediately available or on a short notice period? If so, read on...

My client, a well-known not for profit organisation, has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join their finance team as an Accounts Payable Senior Associate.

Your responsibilities:

• Manage the Accounts Payable dashboard and prepare regular reports for tracking payments and payables performance.
• Run the Accounts Payable month-end process, including reconciling Aged Creditors and Bank payments.
• Collaborate with other teams to establish timelines for payment schedules and vendor communications.
• Provide financial reports to the Head of Financial Control and the Director of Finance as needed.

About you:

My client is looking for someone with a can-do attitude and excellent communication skills, able to build effective working relationships across the organisation.

To be successful you will:

• Have strong networking, relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Previous experience in a similar Accounts Payable role
• Have experience working with Sage and Salesforce is beneficial
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively whilst meeting deadlines.

This role offers hybrid working - 2 days in the office, 3 from home

Applications are under constant review and the post can close early if the right candidate is found. Please apply immediately if this role is of interest.

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

The Operations & Learning Associate will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations, providing logistical, technical and administrative support across the full range of FSC activities. The role will also contribute to a culture of continual learning and improvement through coordinating the implementation of FSC’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework, administering regular feedback and learning surveys.

A successful candidate must be able to self-manage projects and tasks to completion. Flexibility, positivity, proactively, independence, drive and a willingness to pitch in as true team-player are essential to success. This role reports to the FSC Executive Director.

This peer support project is delivered in partnership with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust to support Carers of people with mental health conditions.  This project will work to support Carers through one-to-one support, outreach, training and peer support groups.

About The Role: 

Using your lived experience of caring for someone with a mental health condition, and a strengths-based approach, you will support mental health Carers in their caring role.  You will provide person centred one-to-one- support, information, signposting, and advocacy, develop, and facilitate peer support groups and deliver training and outreach sessions at different locations across the borough. 

Key Requirements Include: 

• Lived experience of Caring for someone with a mental health condition 

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health and the associated challenges and support needs. 

• The ability to work within the principles and values of peer support. 

• Confidence supporting people on a one-to-one basis. 

• Experience of / ability to facilitate peer support groups and training. 

• Clear communication and good interpersonal skills  

• Efficient organisation and time management skills 

• Developed IT skills, with experience using databases and communication platforms.