Grant Manager Jobs in East Sussex
Would you like to be at the forefront of providing essential funds to cash-strapped human rights organisations both in the UK and abroad?Do you have the necessary skills to make a real difference?To identify, develop relationships with and monitor organisations which do important and sometimes unsung work?
The Human Rights Fund gives grants to progressive groups and organisations which actively promote and defend human rights and seek transformational change.We don’t fund the fashionable and well-endowed, but rather seek to identify where there is real need and where we can make a genuine difference.We typically fund organisations which may be doing unique or unusual work, often in challenging circumstances.We are sympathetic to new and recently-founded organisations and those which have difficulty in raising funds.We are pro-active and do not accept unsolicited applications for funds (which explains why we do not have a website).
We are looking for someone who is a self-starter, well organised and numerate.You should be well-informed about, and have an understanding of, one or more of the issues which our grant-funding programme addresses, namely:
- Palestinian rights
- Alternative media
- Violence against women and girls
- Social justice
You are likely to have experience in either grant giving, working for an NGO or campaigning. You will research potential grantees, conduct due diligence, monitor grantees (which includes developing good relationships) and review grants.
You will help administer our current programme and identify organisations that would benefit from our support.Do you have the experience, drive and necessary skills to make a real difference and help us progress to the next level? If so, then we’d like to hear from you.
Key Tasks
- Within agreed parameters, identify and research potential grantees including due diligence and meeting with leadership of potential grantees
- Considering core versus restricted or project funding
- Monitoring grantees and ensuring compliance with grant requirements
- Annual reviews of grantees including reviewing annual reports etc.
- Keeping an account of grants using Excel
- Assist in reviewing our portfolio of existing grants
- Help develop our grant making strategy
- Help review process for awarding grants and identifying impact
- Keeping our template agreement and other documents under review
- Arranging verification of charitable status of organisations not registered as UK charities
- Analysing whether we make a difference
- Liaising with other funders, fiscal sponsors or charities
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to human rights
- Experience with an NGO, charity or campaign, preferably in areas relevant to the Fund’s work
- Well-informed about, and have an understanding of, one or more of our funding tracks – Palestinian rights, alternative media, violence against women and girls, and social justice
- Good communication skills – both written and verbal
- Good level of numeracy and the ability to understand a basic budget
- Good IT skills including good working knowledge of MS Office, Excel and other relevant software
- Well organised self-starter, methodical and accurate with good attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and on own initiative
Desirable
- Experience in the human rights sector
- Experience of grant-making, fundraising and/or campaigning
- Experience of undertaking research and writing reports
- Ability to understand accounts
- Familiarity with social media
Terms
- The position is 2 to 3 days (up to 21 hours) per week, working from home.We are flexible on working hours and will discuss exact hours and working patterns with candidates at interview.
- You will meet regularly with and be responsible to our Founder and Executive Committee who are based in London.You will therefore need to be in London or within easy travelling distance.
- Salary: circa £32,000 to £37,000 (FTE) depending on experience
- Other terms:pension option, 25 days annual leave (pro rata), probation period.
The Human Rights Fund gives grants to progressive organisations which actively promote and defend human rights and seek transformational change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Summary
- 1,200 rental properties located throughout England
- Community Living (sheltered housing type accommodation with additional facilities) homes in 7 schemes across England
- Relationships with other housing providers
- A Basic DBS check will be required as part of the onboarding check.
- You will need to have an appropriate professional qualification (e.g. RICS/CIOB/IET/IMechE or similar) or construction-related qualification (e.g. HND in construction, or degree) with relevant construction-related experience.
- You will also need to have a valid UK driving license.
- Our properties are located throughout England, with a few in Wales. You will be required to visit residents in their homes and supervising the works of contractors and consultants will require meetings on site. This means you will need to work flexibly and on occasion, may require overnight stays away from home. Our main office is in central London and you will need to attend the office for in-person meetings, training courses and other events on an at least monthly basis.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
What we offer
Your Salary
- A salary of £68,999 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
- Your Benefits
- 30 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies
- We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
- We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for then we would like to hear from you.Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre seeks a highly skilled and motivated Development Officer with a strong background in grant writing. The ideal candidate will have exceptional English language communication skills, a keen eye for detail, and a proven track record in supporting teams to secure funding for mission-driven organisations. The successful candidate will play a critical role in helping our organisation grow by crafting compelling donor communication (including reports and applications), identifying new funding opportunities from across the European private funding community, and building relationships internally and externally.
Reports to: Deputy Director/Director of Development
Salary: GBP 34,000 – 37,000, commensurate with experience and adjusted according to location (the range is aligned to London cost of living; if based in another location, the range will be adjusted accordingly)
Closing date: 7 March 2025. Interviews and written exercise will be conducted in March, with the view of having the successful candidate in place in April or May (with flexibility).
Location: UK or EU (UK or Germany preferred). We are a predominately remote organisation, with offices in London, Berlin, New York City and Colombia. Candidates with outstanding qualifications or experience and based in the US/Canada (ET only) will be considered.
Contract type: Full time (35 hours/week)
Annual leave: 24 days/year
Start: April or May, with some flexibility.
About the organization
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre works with diverse allies and partners to put human rights at the core of companies’ business models and end abuse; to support communities and workers in securing their rights and accountability for corporate abuse; and to encourage governments to create the right regulation and incentives to uphold human rights in business. We are a global organization rooted in five continental regions, comprised of a Global Team of 80. Global Team members work with a rich network of human rights advocates in ten languages, and place strong emphasis on our alliances with grassroots organisations facing often profound inequalities of power in protecting their rights. The efforts inform our ability to influence responsible business, investors, and governments for transformative change.
Our work covers the full range of human rights in business, with particular focus on four priority programmes: just energy transition and natural resources; accountable digital technologies; civic freedoms and human rights defenders; and workers’ rights in global supply chains. These are strengthened by cross cutting themes: corporate legal accountability and racial & gender justice.
About the position
This position is ideal for an experienced grant writer who is interested in being a member of our growing and dynamic Development Team (4.5 FTE) that raises about £5 million annually to support the Resource Centre’s work with partners and allies across the world. You will work closely with an experienced team of fundraising and MEAL specialists, based on five continents, to ensure the highest quality products for our private and public funder audiences (foundations, multilateral and government agencies, and individuals in all regions.) The successful candidate will also work with Global Team members to support efforts to grow our funding base from private foundations across Europe.
Key Responsibilities
WRITING
- Build strong working relationships with teams across the organisation to gather information and collaboratively shape donor materials, including but not limited to: Executive Director’s updates, letters of inquiry, case for support, formal applications, funding reports, individual appeals, and Annual Impact Report.
- Develop, edit, and submit high-quality written and digital applications that clearly articulate BHRRC's mission, vision and impact (and/or that of BHRRC’s specific priority programmes) to foundations, and relevant government agencies, building a compelling case for funders to support BHRRC.
- Demonstrate appetite for learning BHRRC’s core advocacy objectives and approaches, and their evolution, in order to be able to contribute substantively to proposal development.
- Lead the generation of funding reports, in partnership with Development Team members and international and regional programme teams, to ensure funder requirements are met.
- Use our CRM database (Salesforce) to manage calendar for grant submissions, renewals, and reporting to ensure Development Team is on track and deadlines are met.
- Track and report on the success of funding applications, providing regular updates to the Senior Management Team.
RESEARCH & FUNDRAISING
- Research, identify, and evaluate new funding opportunities throughout the EU and analyse funding requirements, eligibility, and fit with BHRRC’s mission and strategic goals. Present recommendations for approaching strong prospects to the Senior Management Team.
- Maintain a comprehensive database of European funding prospects/opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Deputy Director/Director of Development and the Europe Development Manager to design and implement a strategic fundraising plan for the EU, focused on expanding institutional support for BHRRC.
- Build and maintain relationships with select EU funders, ensuring proper stewardship and communication.
- Monitor trends in European philanthropy that may influence BHRRC’s approach to institutional fundraising, and keep informed of emerging opportunities.
ORGANISATIONAL
- Work with Development and Communications Teams to ensure all organisational documents used for fundraising are updated. Suggest and create new materials.
- Assist in developing and maintaining a shared system of information management for programmes and organisational data used in funding reports.
- Participate in the development of BHRRC’s fundraising strategies, and organisational policies and guidelines related to fundraising.
- Pursue ongoing professional development through a collaborative goal-setting process, which provides opportunities for both reflection and forward planning.
Essential skills and experience
- 3+ years of foundation/government fundraising experience, with an emphasis on grant writing.
- Exceptional writing skills and demonstrated ability to develop original proposals, reports, and other donor correspondence. Strong ability to express ideas clearly both in written and oral communications.
- Able to work efficiently and methodically to support achievement of deliverables; strong prioritization skills; self-motivated and organised; and comfortable working independently within agreed framework while maintaining communication with a global team in different time zones and geographies.
- Experience collaborating with culturally diverse teams with the ability to effectively lead and manage projects as well as harness team creativity.
- Strong research skills, with the ability to identify appropriate grant sources.
- Highly-developed project management skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks as needed based on deadlines and workflow.
- The ability to grasp, analyse, summarise, and present complex information coherently to external audiences is required.
- Experience thinking critically about impact is required.
- Strong commitment to human rights, and to the mission and values of the Resource Centre. An understanding of business and human rights issues in a global context is a plus.
- Proficiency using Office 365 (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint). Familiarity with fundraising software or CRM tools.
- Bachelor’s Degree
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Stationary works station: The employee must be able to remain in a stationary sitting position for up to 7 hours a day with appropriate breaks.
- Manual dexterity: The role requires the frequent use of hands for typing, writing, and handling office equipment.
- Remote working: Ability to manage remote work independently, demonstrating self-motivation and effective prioritization skills.
- Visual acuity: The employee must have the visual ability to perform extensive computer work for long periods, including reading and analysing data on a computer screen.
- Communication: The role requires the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and verbal forms.
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is a diverse, global team. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in this area of work and seek to directly address that through our hiring practices. We particularly encourage applications from women, BAME applicants, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQI+ or Indigenous.
Recruitment process: Interviews and written exercise will be conducted in the last week of March, with the view of having the successful candidate in place in April or May (with flexibility). More details:
The first interview will be conducted virtually via MS teams and includes one hour for the interview and one hour for a short written exercise. If you are selected for a second-round interview you will also be asked to provide a professional writing sample. Depending on your location, the second interview may be conducted in person. We will ask if we may consult your references after the second interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Location: Remote working in the UK, with occasional travel to London
Responsible to: Director of Fundraising
Contract: Full-time/Permanent, 37 hours per week
Salary: £31,875 per annum rising to £34,500 per annum after a year of service
Advert closing date: Friday 28 February 2025 at 5PM
Interviews: We will be interviewing on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible
We’re looking for an individual with experience working with high-value supporters andstrong relationship-building skills to become our new Philanthropy Manager. If you’re looking for a new challenge and perhaps want to take skills from other forms of fundraising and bring this into the role, do join us to help establish a strong philanthropy fundraising operation within Speakers for Schools.
As the UK’s leading social mobility charity, we’re on a mission to help state-educated students nationwide to reach their potential by providing work experience placements and inspirational talks.
If you’re an enthusiastic, self-motivated, team-player with experience of fundraising, ideally from major donors, then this is the role for you. You’d join the team at a time of progression, with a new, focussed plan for the organisation targeting growth in our work experience and inspirational school talks. For this to be successful, we need to grow and diversify our income, particularly from grants and gifts.
Your role as Philanthropy Manager will be to help identify, cultivate, ask and steward philanthropists, working with the Director of Fundraising, Fundraising team, colleagues and volunteers to ensure they are solicited to the highest possible standards. The team will support you and there’ll be training on offer to help you succeed.
If you are an expert communicator and relationship-builder, you could join an ambitious, collaborative team, passionate about raising funds to increase the richness of state education and level the playing field for children across the UK.
About You:
• Be able to develop strong relationships with individuals, identifying opportunities for growth and innovative engagement.
• Have the ability to raise income from HNWI, manage a philanthropy portfolio of established and new donors, achieve targets as part of a fundraising business plan.
• Have experience of compelling proposal and report writing for a fundraising audience.
Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with
- Morning of your birthday off
- Pension scheme
- EAP Scheme
- 3 voluntary days per year
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package
- Subsidised office furniture
- £500 a year training allowance
- Death in Service (4x Salary)
Diversity at our core
Speakers for schools is committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and encouraging equality and diversity among our workforces. As a Disability Confident Employer, we acknowledge that some candidates may require additional support to overcome barriers experienced during the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please reach out to us.
Speakers for Schools Values
PASSION: We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.
AGILITY: We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.
INTEGRITY: We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.
COLLABORATION: We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.
DIVERSITY: We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.
The Application Process:
Please apply as soon as possible by submitting your application.
The deadline to submit your application is Friday 28 February 2025 at 5PM. Please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible.
Speakers for Schools is committed to safeguarding the young people we work with and expects all staff members to share this commitment. Appointees are subject to a DBS check. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants. You are also required to have the Right to Work in the UK for this role.
If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for an experienced and driven fundraiser to raise new income for our Charity.
The Empowerment Group supports individuals aged 14+ of Black heritage in the UK, facing mental health challenges through online therapy.
The Role:
You will hold lead responsibility for the charity’s new business opportunities and income generation, ensuring the development opportunities are effectively maximised.
As Fundraising Officer your responsibility would primarily be to identify and complete tenders for contracts suited to the work of our organisation both locally and nationally. Your responsibility would also include identifying and completing trust funding applications to Trust funders. You would be responsible for developing fundraising programs/products, recruiting individual and corporate sponsors and encouraging support through promotional activities.
Key duties include:
- Develop the business fundraising strategy to include methods on how to engage potential donors, including single events and detailed campaigns
- Identifying contracting opportunities and funders where our work aligns
- Develop and maintain relationships with potential bid partners and funders
- Writing contract tenders and bid proposals
- Develop, organise, and deliver fundraising events where applicable
- Research potential individual and corporate donors
- Assist in planning and coordinating events to raise income and coordinate activities of volunteers and interns related to event planning and execution
- Maintain complete records of funders and manage regular funder communications including project reports
- Support in completing new and existing monitoring and bi-monthly performance reporting to the CEO
About you:
You will be an experienced fundraiser who can demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have extensive experience in contracts and tendering with local councils and government where the majority of opportunities will arise.
Your knowledge, skills, and experience will include:
- Demonstrable track record as a successful fundraiser and business development professional in the charitable sector.
- Knowledge of the charitable sector, funders, council and government contracts.
- Understanding of the experiences of people who live with significant mental distress and the impact of trauma, racism and discrimination on mental health.
- Must work flexibly to meet the needs of the role (including evening/weekend if required to meet funding application deadlines)
- Knowledge and understanding of GDPR regulations.
- Attend team meetings and be a proactive member.
- Proven track record of generating income for a charity.
- Quick thinker and ability to make decisions under pressure.
Previous applicants need not apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Trusts and Grants Manager will develop and implement a strategy to grow income from trusts, foundations, and institutional funders. This role requires a highly organised, results-driven individual with excellent written communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with funders.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of securing five- and six-figure grants, be confident in designing persuasive proposals, and can analyse financial and project data to ensure accurate reporting.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a tangible difference to the lives of people living with migraine.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Pratham is one of the largest and most respected education charities in India. We developed a model that can teach a child to read and do basic maths in as little as 30 days for £14. We also have preschool, vocational and women's education programmes. We work closely with JPAL who have run a number of RCTs on our work, and it was also recomended as just one of three smart buys by the What Works Hub for Global Education.
We have strong support from the UK Indian diaspora and are in a period of significant growth, having tripled in size in three years. We now raise £1.5m a year and are ambitious to at least triple again.
While you will work in a small, fully remote team daily, you will be part of the global Pratham network. The team in India has over 6,000 staff, and they raise $28m locally. Pratham USA has 14 chapters and produces around 12 galas annually, contributing to its $30m income. We have recently launched Pratham International, and we will work with them to reach more children worldwide in the years ahead.
The Senior Grants Manager is a key strategic role focused on securing large grants for Pratham’s flagship Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) program and vocational training work in India, while also supporting Pratham International’s expanding global initiatives.
You will play a vital role in building meaningful relationships with institutional donors, trusts, and foundations across the UK and Europe. With a strong evidence base underpinning our programs and global recognition of Pratham’s impact, this role offers significant scope for both growth and influence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Balmer Dawson Executive Search is delighted to partner with Mellon Educate in their search for an experienced Grant Writer to join their successful organisation.
Mellon Educate is an Irish-based African development charity founded by Niall Mellon in 2002. From the enormous collective effort of their volunteers, in conjunction with the South African government, they have built houses for 250,000 homeless people in South Africa’s townships.
In 2013, the charity redoubled its commitments to those less fortunate in Africa, pledging a 10-year education development programme to provide better education to more than 100,000 African children.
Mellon Educate wishes to recruit a Grant Writer on a part-time OR full-time basis with specific experience and a proven track record of success in educational grant applications in Sub-Saharan Africa from medium and large sized international funders, sovereign donors, corporate and philanthropic foundations and institutional donors.
Role Purpose:
This is a brand-new position that has been created to increase Mellon Educate’s capacity to secure grants on a global scale. The Grant Writer will be responsible for identifying suitable funding opportunities and coordinating, preparing and writing funding applications.
The successful candidate will work with colleagues to develop and implement Mellon Educate’s strategic approach to funding against agreed key performance indicators. This role requires an enthusiastic self-starter, with good knowledge of educational grant-writing, exceptional persuasive writing and organisational skills and a good knowledge of the South African education system.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for identifying, preparing, producing and submitting grant applications and funding proposals.
- Writing and editing high quality and compelling content for competitive proposal processes and other fundraising materials as required.
- Researching, exploring and identifying new grant and funding opportunities which support Mellon Educate’s current strategic objectives.
- Gathering, analysing and synthesizing proposal inputs and co-ordinating and reviewing content from all contributors.
- Building and maintaining a database and schedule of grant opportunities and grant application materials.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across the organisation to ensure that grant management is fully embedded.
- Building strong strategic partnerships with funding organisations and donors.
- Working with colleagues to support all of Mellon Educate’s fundraising work, including trusts, foundations, major gift, legacy giving, and capturing stories of change to demonstrate impact to funders.
Essential Skills and Core Competencies :
- Proven track record of success in educational grant writing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Demonstrated education related expertise
- Knowledge of the South-African education system (a distinct advantage)
- Keen understanding of the challenges faced by countries in the developing world
- Experience securing grants from Sovereign funders
- Evidence of success in securing medium and large-scale educational programme funding in the developing world
- Exceptional writing, editing and literacy skills.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely, producing compelling narratives.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Proven organisational skills.
- Strong capacity to use ICT to improve efficiency and information-sharing across the team.
- Capacity to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
- Capacity to prioritise effectively and manage time well.
- Strong communicator and team player.
- Enthusiastic and disciplined self-starter, with a target driven approach.
- Strong financial literacy with competency to plan, manage and track grant expenditure.
- Skilled relationship and network builder.
- Flexibility, creativity and a positive work attitude.
- Track record of producing high-quality grant applications, documentation and presentations.
Remuneration:
• Salary will be in the region of €50,000 + DOE (depending on experience) on a full-time basis or pro-rata on a part-time basis
Application process:
To apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter (maximum one page) in MS Word format (outlining how your motivation, experience and skills fit this role profile) for the attention of BOTH Gilly Balmer and Zena Dawson at Quick Apply button provided.
Closing Date:
The closing date for applications is Monday 24th February by 5pm (GMT)
Please follow the application instructions in the body of the advert.
Grants Fundraiser
Would you like to use your fundraising expertise to help disadvantaged young people access life-changing educational support? We Are Seeking a Freelance Fundraiser to work flexibly over 8 days a month.
Position: Freelance Fundraiser
Daily Rate: Circa £250 per day
Location: Home-based, with monthly travel to London
Hours: 8 days per month (flexible)
Closing Date: 24th February 2025
About the Role
Team Up is looking for a passionate and experienced Freelance Fundraiser to drive our fundraising efforts and secure vital funding to support our mission. You will develop and implement fundraising strategies, focusing on securing income from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI’s).
Key responsibilities include:
· Developing and executing a fundraising plan to meet annual targets (c. £300k).
· Researching, writing, and submitting compelling funding bids.
· Building and managing relationships with funders, ensuring long-term partnerships.
· Driving multi-year funding opportunities, securing grants of £10k-£50k+.
· Overseeing the work of a junior part-time fundraiser focused on small grants.
· Managing all grant reporting, ensuring timely submissions to funders.
· Ensuring compliance with GDPR and fundraising best practices.
· Supporting the CEO with corporate and strategic HNWI fundraising projects.
About You
You will need to be a self-motivated and proactive fundraiser with a strong track record of securing income for small to medium-sized charities.
Essential skills and experience include:
· Proven success in fundraising from trusts, foundations, corporates, and HNWIs.
· Ability to research funders, write compelling bids, and manage relationships.
· Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
· Ability to work independently and meet targets.
· A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Desirable:
· Experience working with education or socio-economic disadvantage charities.
If you thrive in an environment that values responsibility, accountability, and results, this role is perfect for you.
About the Organisation
Team Up helps disadvantaged young people double their expected progress through high-impact tutoring. Our volunteers, supported by qualified teachers, not only improve academic attainment but also build confidence and resilience. We have ambitious plans for regional growth and new programme offerings, making this an exciting time to join our team.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising Consultant, Grants Manager, Development Manager, Trusts and Foundations Lead, Bid Writer, Fundraising Manager, Freelance Grants Fundraiser, Grants Programmes Manager, etc.
Apply today for a fantastic opportunity to work flexibly while making a real impact in a growing charity!
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WHO WE ARE
The Humane League (THL) is a global nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, we’ve grown to a staff of 100+ talented individuals dispersed across the country and around the world. At The Humane League (THL), how animals are treated in the food system is at the forefront of our everyday work. As such, many of our staff are vegan by personal choice, and all of our THL-hosted events offer fully vegan menus. We welcome all mission-aligned candidates to apply, no matter where you are in your journey to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
The Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a program of The Humane League, is a global coalition of approximately 90 animal protection organizations across 70+ countries united in a common goal: to end the abuse of chickens worldwide. For the past several years, we have focused our efforts on eliminating battery cages by securing cage-free policies from major retailers, restaurants, and manufacturers. OWA groups share tactics and resources to secure as many wins for animals as possible, specializing in institutional campaigning that can be tailored to our members’ unique circumstances and challenges.
As the Open Wing Alliance Grant Lead, you are accountable for overseeing the OWA’s grant and travel award programs, which provide funding to emerging farm animal protection groups around the world, empowering them to carry out cage-free and broiler campaign work. Your responsibilities include leading the grant application and review process, making funding recommendations, and regularly evaluating grantee progress. This position reports to the Senior OWA Projects Manager.
This is a full-time, remote position. This position requires domestic and international travel, equivalent to 3 or more trips per year.
We are only able to consider applicants who reside and possess work authorization in the United States or the United Kingdom.
This position has a priority application deadline of Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 at 4:00pm EST/9:00pm GMT. Applications received after this date will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact our careers email prior to the deadline. Please submit applications and all supporting documents in English. All application questions and materials need to be submitted here through the application submission, we do not accept applications through our careers email.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
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Oversee the OWA’s annual grant cycle from start to finish; this includes collecting applications, leading the funding review process, consolidating feedback from the review team, and making funding recommendations. Conceive and implement improvements to the grant process to increase efficiency and impact.
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Collaborate with OWA Regional Leads on the distribution of travel awards for each OWA summit, providing funding to assist OWA member groups with travel expenses.
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Organize and lead meetings with grantees to evaluate progress. Develop clear guidelines for progress and financial reporting and build out systems and processes to increase accountability. Create an annual report on each grantee's progress, feedback, and overall success.
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Continuously evaluate and enhance the OWA’s Grant Management System (GMS). Maintain up-to-date grant information in accordance with THL’s data privacy policy.
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Collaborate with members of THL’s Legal and Finance teams to ensure timely, efficient, and compliant administration of program grants and travel awards. Develop written contracts in partnership with the Legal team, and maintain effective systems for payment processing.
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Communicate effectively with OWA member groups in both written and verbal formats, answering questions, providing support, and gathering feedback to improve the grant program.
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Ensure equitable access to OWA funding by providing clear and transparent guidelines, taking regional nuances into consideration in decision-making, and fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging.
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Maintain positive, collaborative relationships with other funders in the farm animal welfare space in order to connect grantees with opportunities to further grow their influence, resources, and organizational capacity.
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Collaborate with THL’s Development team to develop compelling content and provide reports and data to engage existing and potential donors. Support and participate in donor meetings to showcase the progress of the OWA’s grant program and the performance of beneficiary groups.
In addition to the above essential job duties, other duties may be assigned as business needs arise. These may include non-essential, marginal job duties.
REQUIRED SKILLS
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Experience: Previous relevant experience in a role involving grantmaking or grant writing, project management, analytics and reporting, and/or communication with a wide variety of stakeholders.
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Organization and Project Management: Competently and independently prioritizes and manages time to ensure efficient task completion. Solid organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously. Optimizes systems and processes by identifying inefficiencies and implementing improvements.
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Technology and Data Analysis: Advanced technology skills needed to utilize Salesforce for grant management and leverage collaborative software such as Google Workspace, Slack, and Asana. Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data independently. Ability to generate reports and summaries, identify trends, and provide preliminary insights.
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Verbal & Written Communication: Effective verbal and written communication skills and experience communicating in collaborative spaces with a variety of audiences. Explains ideas clearly and concisely, ensuring messages are easily understood by others. Drafts clear and well-organized reports, presentations, and correspondence.
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Problem Solving and Strategic Thinking: Considers problems from various angles and generates logical and cohesive ideas. Makes decisions independently, demonstrating sound judgment and adherence to organizational policies. Demonstrates an understanding of broader organizational strategy and how individual tasks align with strategic objectives. Initiative, Proactivity, and Adaptability: Adapts to new tasks and challenges, proactively responding to changes and shifting priorities as needed. Seeks out opportunities to take on additional responsibilities and develop new skills. Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills: Actively supports team goals, mentors colleagues, and drives project success. Builds and manages positive relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and engagement. Ability to navigate difficult conversations and hold others accountable.
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Global Perspective: Approaches work with a global perspective, taking into consideration the diverse experiences of stakeholders across many different cultures, languages, and political systems. Prioritizes global impact and applies principles of equity and inclusion to decision-making.
- Financial Acumen: Manages routine budget tasks independently and contributes to the preparation and analysis of financial data; this may include tracking expenses, preparing financial summaries, and ensuring budget compliance.
Hiring Timeline
Once your application has been reviewed, you will be notified via email with further details on the status of your application. If a candidate is moved forward, the interview process will be as follows:
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Work Simulation Exercise (completed remotely)
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Interview (via video call)
For full details of our recruitment process please review the document on our website.
Compensation and Benefits
The annual compensation range for this role is $68,473- $83,689 USD, or £38,203 - £46,692 GBP. At The Humane League, we believe in maintaining a fair and equitable work environment for all employees. As part of our commitment to transparency and equity, we recently implemented a job architecture framework, which levels all of our roles according to size and complexity, as well as a compensation step system, which allows us to account for an individual's total years of related experience when determining their compensation. We have made adjustments in 2025 to consider the market value in each of the countries we work within to ensure pay parity, which are reflected in the posted compensation numbers. In addition, we have adopted a no negotiation policy for salaries. To determine a job's level, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including a job's size and complexity, required experience, knowledge, and/or skills, internal comparability, and market data. To determine final compensation, experience will be measured by considering prior work in jobs or activities that are related to the role at THL. These new practices are aligned with our organizational values and will help us ensure we maintain clear, consistent, transparent, and equitable HR processes.
Employees in the US enjoy full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) retirement plan, pet care & Rx discount plans, working from home, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, paid holidays, flexible vacation time, professional development, and the supportive environment at The Humane League! Employees in the United Kingdom will enjoy 25 days of annual leave (plus a discretionary unlimited additional paid time off), enhanced parental leave pay, sick pay, up to 5% employer pension contribution, internet allowance, health and life insurance, income protection and other unique leave policies. The Humane League is not the employer of record (EOR) for this position; the successful candidate will enter an employment agreement with a local EOR with whom The Humane League partners.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Humane League is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with laws and in furtherance of our commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.
Accommodations
The Humane League is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. We trust individuals to self-identify and ask for the accommodations they need. An example of an accommodation might be extra time to complete a work simulation exercise, among many others. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please complete the form on our website to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
AI Policy
We value original work and thought in the application process; with that being said, please refrain from using artificial intelligence to generate your responses. By submitting this application you agree to comply with this. Violations of this policy may result in being dismissed from the hiring process. If you need a reasonable accommodation to this policy, please see above for more information.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences, supporting worthwhile causes and inspiring people. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in international NGO grant audit services for development donors such as the UN and the World Bank. Assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context
Role overview.
Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance.
Contractors can be based outside the UK
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
- Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
- Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
- A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
- Ideally but not essential fluency in a second language such as Spanish, German, French, Arabic & Portugese
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
- Resilience and adaptability
Personal attributes:
- At least 5-10+ years of relevant audit experience
- Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
- Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging locations when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients.
Finance Lead
Remote working with flexible hours | 3 days per week | £350/day | Initial 6 month contract with rolling extension
This is a pivotal role supporting our Senior Management Team to make the future fairer and improve the sustainability of our business.
About the School of International Futures (SOIF)
School of International Futures (SOIF) is a global non-profit collective of practitioners in strategy and policy for current and future generations. Our vision is a better, fairer, more sustainable world for current and future generations. We achieve this by empowering people to use participatory futures and foresight to drive societal transformation through their organisations, communities, and countries.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a Finance Lead to support our agile and values-driven non-profit business to grow whilst balancing financial sustainability. Reporting to the Operations Director, this role will involve working with our Senior Management Team to shape our financial strategy, deliver our plans, and improve the way we work. You will manage a financial accountant. They carry out all routine finance processes and this role is focussed on quality assurance, finance strategy, and developing our approach to managing grants. We use Xero for our financial platform and most of our financial management tools and reporting are in Google Sheets, slides, and docs.
Responsibilities
These include;
- Finance strategy
- Grant management
- Management Information
- Cashflow management
- Process improvement
Experience and skills
The following are essential skill requirements for this position:
- Accountancy qualification - AAT, ACA, ACCA or CIMA
- At least 5 years experience working as a Finance Lead or at a senior level in an organisation that delivers project-based and/or non-profit work
- Fluent English speaker with excellent written English (additional languages a bonus)
Experience in using Xero (our finance platform) and Google Sheets is desirable.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
SOIF is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Application process
To apply, please upload your CV, and a tailored cover letter that outlines how you meet the listed capabilities, essential, and desirable experience, and respond to 4 specific questions related to the key skills and experience above on our website. We value authentic, thoughtful responses and encourage you to share your insights and experiences. Please note that overly generic or AI-generated answers may not effectively demonstrate your suitability for the role.
To completethe application, answer each of the four questions on our jobs portal
- Provide some examples of how you have supported and challenged senior leaders with different levels of finance experience to deliver results
- Describe your experience with forecasts and budgets and how you have tailored your approach to meet the organisation's needs
- Describe your experience of setting up grant policies and processes and managing grants
- Describe your experience of managing cash flow and financial risk in a small or growing organisation including short-term treasury management
Closing date: 10:00 PM (UK/BST), Sunday, 16th February 2025.
First-round interviews: Week commencing 24th February 2025.
Second-round interviews: Week commencing 3rd March 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our small and dynamic team during an exciting period of growth for the organisation. This newly created role will be a crucial role in developing and implementing fundraising strategies to support our mission and ensure the financial sustainability of the Charity.
It will include identifying new funding opportunities as well as creating strategies to build our regular donors, discover and work with high-net-worth individuals, develop corporate partnerships and legacy campaigns. This role will also consist of overseeing community fundraising initiatives and managing one member of staff initially (a community fundraising co-ordinator).
We are looking for someone ambitious and creative with a positive attitude, happy to roll their sleeves up and get involved to enable us to achieve our goals.
This senior role will be part of our communications and fundraising team reporting to the Marketing Director.
This position offers an exciting opportunity for someone who is driven, innovative, and committed to making a positive impact across Neuroendocrine Cancer UK (NCUK) to build a new fundraising team.
To support and inform patients and families from diagnosis, enabling access to the best care and treatment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role: Finance Manager
Salary: £38.000
Location: Work remotely
Status: Full time (35 hours per week) permanent.
Part time will be considered 4 days per week minimum
Reports to: Executive Director
Treasurer
Start date: ASAP
Closing Date for Applications: Sunday the 9th of February
Online finance test: Friday the 14th of February
Online interviews: Thursday the 20th of February
About Children Change Colombia
Children Change Colombia is a UK registered charity with 33 years' experience in defending children's rights in Colombia. Today we are the UK's largest charity working exclusively in Colombia. We work with children whose rights to a safe, happy childhood, and a fulfilling future, are threatened by poverty, inequality and violence. We work with the children most at risk, to keep them safe and defend their rights in the long term, to tackle neglected issues that few others address and to strengthen children's organisations.
Through local partnerships, we currently work on three neglected issues:
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Sexual and gender-based violence
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Access to education
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Forced recruitment into armed groups and reintegration into society
We believe that, with knowledge of their rights and the confidence to assert them, children can transform their own lives, their communities and Colombia itself.
We are a small and lively organisation and you will quickly become an essential part of our friendly team, involved in all areas of discussion and supporting the many areas of our work. Since 2020, we have tripled the number of beneficiaries and doubled our number of projects, geographical areas of work, and annual income —all while keeping administrative costs low.
In 2024 alone, our programs positively impacted the lives of 4,320 children and 1,920 adults in Colombia, plus 126 children from London, and their families. We also conducted three workshops with our local partners - online and in person - as part of our capacity-building programme. In 2024 we supported 7 local grassroots organisations with 11 different projects.
Purpose of the role:
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To keep the Executive Director and Trustees informed on the charity’s financial status through the production of management accounts and other financial reports
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To introduce and supervise the implementation of systems, procedures and controls to ensure the smooth running of the charity’s finances and maximise accountability.
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To ensure that Children Change Colombia complies with its statutory obligations – specifically those relating to Charity Commission, Companie House and Inland Revenue.
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To work closely with the Executive Director to help run CCC.
Key Financial responsibilities
UK Finance:
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Prepare annual consolidated statutory accounts, guaranteeing compliance with SORP requirements, liaising with external examiners, consolidating with Colombian accounts.
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Prepare monthly management accounts, regular analytical reports on budget performance and cash flow forecasts for Executive Director (ED), Trustees and Treasurer at Finance Committee meetings, highlighting any specific areas of concern.
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Attend Finance Committee and Board meetings.
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Check and authorise bank payments and transfers in the UK office.
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Data input into Quickbooks of all accounting transactions, monthly reconciliation of 10 UK bank accounts, plus all balance sheet accounts. Keep the chart of accounts up-to-date, create new income or expenditure accounts and restricted funds when necessary, and ensure these correspond correctly with live projects.
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Run the monthly payroll & pension process.
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Maintain procedures and financial controls, ensuring their compliance with Charity Commission and Companies House guidelines and guaranteeing their application by Fundraising and Project Management teams.
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Coordinate production of the annual income and expenditure budgets (full budget and unrestricted budget). Enter these onto Quickbooks, to allow Actuals v Budget reports to be run from Quickbooks. Also create a mid-year re-forecast.
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Process grant transfers to the Colombia Office, to ensure project funds and Colombian operating costs are cash flowed in a timely manner.
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Oversee financial reporting for statutory and large funding sources.
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Prepare and submit Gift-Aid returns. Enter Gift Aid declarations onto the database.
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Update Finance Manuals for the London office and the Colombia Office annually.
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Provide guidance and financial information as requested by all.
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Liaise with Programmes regarding our partners & their accounts i.e. their financial health.
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Assist with funding applications, project budgets & financial reporting to funders.
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Download and code monthly fundraising reports for all online income platforms (including CAF, Donorbox, JustGiving, Benevity, Stewardship, Facebook) and Payroll Giving platforms (including Charitable Giving, Charities Trust). Code into Quickbooks.
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Process all cheques received into the office by scanning, coding and depositing into the bank; and compile a list of donors to be thanked.
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Maintain the list of Major Donors.
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Maintain the Newsletter income analysis document.
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Annually recalculate the Reserves traffic light values for monitoring unrestricted reserves.
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Monitor Treasury management under the approval of the Treasurer, manage savings accounts, open new savings accounts when needed, ensure funds are held within the Financial Services Compensation Scheme safety levels.
Colombia Finance
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In collaboration with JGS (our Colombian accounting firm) process and approve all Colombian payments to partners, suppliers, core staff and project staff.
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Ensure supporting documents are provided for all Colombian expenditure and file on the drive accordingly.
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Enter all Colombian financial transactions onto Quickbooks using the correct exchange rates, and ensure details match those recorded by JGS in Siigo Nube.
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Monitor expenditure in Colombia against the Colombia office budget and project budgets.
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Reconcile 2 Colombian Bank accounts and 1 Colombian credit card on a monthly basis.
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Consolidate Colombian annual accounts into CCC’s UK consolidated annual accounts.
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Check the Fundraising Grants Tracker monthly to ensure the project funds match the information recorded on Quickbooks.
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Lead a monthly meeting to ensure all staff are aligned with the latest project details.
Key Governance responsibilities:
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Keep Charity Commission and Companies House records updated and ensure that annual accounts and annual returns are submitted on time.
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Inform Charity Commission and Companies House of any changes to constitution or Trustee membership.
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Ensure CCC complies with Inland Revenue requirements and the Colombia equivalent.
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Ensure CCC’s insurance policies are renewed and reviewed annually on time. And that all projects are correctly covered by liability insurance.
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Ensure CCC remains up to date in meeting its obligations set by the Pensions Regulator.
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Support maintaining the financial aspects of the Risk Register.
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Renew the annual Microsoft Office and Antivirus subscriptions, providing links to all relevant staff.
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Monitor the info@childrenchangecolombia account, forward emails to relevant staff.
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Write Finance Committee minutes after each meeting.
Key HR responsibilities:
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Ensure staff understand their choices regarding pension deductions.
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Calculate entitlements and set up the annual leave chart annually.
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Calculate annual salaries based on pay rises or changes approved by the Finance Committee.
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Send expense claim & DBS information to new Interns, and pay their monthly expenses.
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Support updating HR policies.
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Run DBS checks for all staff, Trustees and volunteers, making sure these are renewed every 3 years, and keeping records of these.
Person Specification:
Essential
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A professional accounting qualification and- or finance experience
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Experience working in the Charity Sector ideally International Development
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A sound understanding of the need to differentiate between unrestricted and restricted funds
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Proven experience of using computerised accounting systems
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Experienced leading on the budgeting and forecasting process
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Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment
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Good IT skills, including proficiency in MS Word and Excel
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Accuracy and attention to detail, as well as the ability to maintain a management and strategic overview of the finance function
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Great interpersonal and communication skills
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Empathy with the aims and objectives of our organisation
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Ability to use QuickBooks or similar accounting software
Desirable
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Basic Spanish - spoken and written. We can offer Spanish lessons.
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Ability to use Civi CRM Database
Application Process
To apply please send your CV (2 pages max) and a short cover letter (1 page max) to Executive Director, Angela Carreno. In the cover letter please state clearly why you want this role and the skills and experience you possess relevant to this post and how you meet the person specification.
We will acknowledge all applications, but to minimise administrative costs we cannot provide feedback if you are not preselected for an interview.
Children Change Colombia is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all 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. We particularly encourage applications from people with diverse Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), as well as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and people with disabilities. Diversity is not just a legal requirement for us, but the value found in our differences adds enormously to our work and enriches our lives.
Our mission is to support, empower and protect children and young people that are victims, survivors or at risk of the neglected issues in Colombia.
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We are looking to appoint a Volunteer Manager to lead the development and delivery of our Neuro Changemakers programme. Key activities will include recruitment and management of volunteers to lead self-help groups, setting up the administrative infrastructure to deliver these groups at scale, and to review our existing volunteer & ambassador strategy.
Reporting to the Professional Services Manager, the Volunteer Manager will be responsible for all aspects of volunteer activity for the Neuro Changemakers programme, including recruitment, induction, training, support and volunteer engagement and retention.
The Volunteer Manager will work closely with all our internal departments and external volunteer networks, acting as the first point of reference on volunteering process and policy across the organisation.
The successful candidate must have strong experience delivering volunteer-led programmes in support of vulnerable service users, with a proven track record in administration and volunteer project management. The ideal candidate will have experience growing such a programme to ambitious targets, and delivering at scale. Familiarity with neurology, neuroscience and neurological conditions is highly desirable.
The successful applicant will make a significant contribution towards the growth and success of our Neuro Changemakers programme through our online self- help groups across the UK. Just as crucially we provide valuable opportunities for individuals with lived experience of neurological conditions to gain skills and support others with their own experiences, as part of their own recovery and personal development journeys.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Responsible for attracting, recruiting and retaining volunteers based on the organisational strategy for Neuro Changemakers.
- Working closely with the Professional Services Manager to ensure sufficient volunteers are available to meet organisational needs.
- Recruitment, training, induction and ongoing volunteer development.
- Working closely with the Professional Services Manager to deliver a comprehensive volunteer training programme.
- Support strategies to capture M&E data within the Neuro Changemakers programme.
- Outreach and mapping with volunteers to further understand our community’s needs, and to develop the case for setting up new groups in high priority and high need areas.
- Liaison with local authorities in areas to connect to local resources and promotion.
- Act as a deputy safeguarding lead, to ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed by all volunteers, including sensitive handling of any complaints, following correct procedures.
- Liaise with partner organisations to further the Neuro Changemaker programme.
Skills & Experience
- Strong professional experience of working in a management capacity to deliver services, with experience of developing policy and collaborative working.
- Proven in-depth experience in managing volunteers (understanding best practice across all elements).
- Experience of working with vulnerable service users, understanding the skillset required to work with people affected by a neurological condition and carers e.g. to set up and lead support groups.
- Excellent project management skills, particularly around new projects delivery and evidencing high quality impact.
- A solution focused team player with a positive, can-do mindset.
- An ability to put people at ease and a true enjoyment of working collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Commitment to keeping up to date with best practice in volunteering and ensuring compliance with latest legislation.
- Excellent written, verbal and visual communications with brilliant attention to detail.
- In-depth understanding of safeguarding, particularly around vulnerable adults.
- Experience with CRM systems like Salesforce and an understanding of using Zoom with groups is highly desirable.
What you get in return
We offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include a contributory pension scheme, 25 days holiday per annum (for full-time role) in addition to Bank Holidays as well as a Christmas-New Year closure period, and default-remote working as standard as part of your hybrid contract (you will only be required to attend in-person for occasional critical meetings and important events, the vast majority of your deliverables can be completed remotely).
Note: this role is funded by a strategic grant from the Dinwoodie Charitable Company to help activate our Neuro Changemakers programme – in our communications we may refer to this post as the ‘Dinwoodie’ Volunteer Manager to recognise the role of the funder.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.