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Christian Vision is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit an Accountant on a permanent, full-time basis. Christian Vision (CV) is a global Christian charity founded in 1988 by British businessman Lord Robert Edmiston. Headquartered in the UK, CV operates in over 35 countries, with more than 350 staff members dedicated to its mission of introducing people to Jesus and encouraging them to become His true followers.
Christian Vision is now seeking a dedicated and driven Accountant who can join their passionate team as the organisation grows.
The key responsibilities will be:
- Over time, exposure will be provided to each area within Finance, with the role holder working closely with the Corporate Services Manager to add value throughout the organisation in all aspects of accounting including budgets, financial stewardship and reporting.
- Ensure that all financial statements and reports for the UK operations comply with relevant UK accounting standards, tax regulations, and industry best practices.
- Oversee the preparation and submission of statutory accounts, coordinate external audits, and address any compliance issues, ensuring that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.
- Act as a central point of contact for communication between the UK office and regional offices, facilitating the smooth exchange of financial information, ensuring alignment on financial policies and procedures, and providing support on any local financial matters or concerns.
- Collaborate with department heads and senior management to prepare the annual budget, review assumptions, and provide insights on financial trends.
- Play a key role in updating and maintaining accurate financial forecasts throughout the year, analysing any variances between forecasted and actual figures to provide recommendations for improvements.
- Implement and maintain robust internal control systems to safeguard the company’s assets, ensure the integrity of financial information, and reduce financial risk.
- Regularly review internal processes and work closely with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance with all policies and procedures.
- Manage the organisation’s cash position by preparing detailed cash flow forecasts to ensure that there is sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs.
- Lead the team in prayer or devotional times and engaging with other spiritual activities as required.
The organisation:
Christian Vision (CV) is a global Christian charity founded in 1988 by British businessman Lord Robert Edmiston. Headquartered in the UK, CV operates in over 35 countries, with more than 350 staff members dedicated to its mission of introducing people to Jesus and encouraging them to become His true followers. The organisation leverages modern technology and media to spread the gospel, creating and distributing digital content through social media, broadcast media, and emerging online platforms to reach a global audience.
Essential requirements:
- Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) or qualified by experience.
- Able to demonstrate fundamental knowledge of finance across a broad range of accounting issues.
- The ability to demonstrate experience of organisational strategy, management of change and leadership of multi-disciplinary functions in a professional environment.
- The ability to take responsibility and work autonomously, managing your time while staying accountable to the team.
- Strong proven track record in budgetary control and working with a broad base of stakeholders.
Christian Visions UK head office is based in Solihull and will require five days a week in the office. The closing date for applications is the 20th April 2025. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
The Diocese of Winchester and the Diocese of Portsmouth are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit a Finance Officer on a permanent, full-time basis. The Diocese of Winchester (WDBF) and the Diocese of Portsmouth (PDBF) support the Ministry in, and the mission of, Church of England parishes in Winchester and Portsmouth and surrounding areas.
Reporting into the Heads of Finance for both dioceses, you will play a key role in operational cashflow management, financial reconciliations, and process improvement. Working across two charities within each diocese, as well as supporting additional connected organisations, this role offers a unique opportunity to enhance financial operations within a complex and impactful environment.
In this Finance Officer role, you will:
- Prepare and review monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for all diocesan entities, ensuring transactions are accurate and properly recorded.
- Complete quarterly investment reconciliations, updating the investment register and processing revaluations as needed.
- Manage the school’s ledger, overseeing payments, fund transfers, and project accounting reconciliations.
- Collect the Common Mission Fund via direct debit, reconcile payments weekly, report figures to the National Church, and support monthly reporting.
- Assist with year-end preparations, ensuring timely and accurate statutory accounts and audit support for all entities.
- Monitor daily cash flow across diocesan entities, transferring funds as needed and overseeing Barclaycard and NatWest credit card accounts.
- Act as system administrator for accounting and banking platforms, supporting users, resolving queries, and assisting the finance team.
About the Diocese of Winchester:
Our Diocese is not only the people, churches and schools that make it up, but an organisation that supports those communities across our 255 parishes and over 20,000 regular worshippers. We grow authentic disciples, we re-imagine the Church, we are agents of social transformation, and we belong together in Christ, practicing sacrificial living and good stewardship of all that God has entrusted to us.
About the Diocese of Portsmouth:
Our diocese is made up of the 11,000 or so worshippers in the 133 Church of England parishes across south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Our vision in this diocese is to be a Church with Jesus Christ at the heart of everything we do, a Church in which we seek God’s Kingdom, and where all are enabled to experience a life-transforming encounter with Jesus Christ.
Person Specification:
- AAT qualification or equivalent finance experience.
- Proven expertise in cashflow management and reconciliations.
- Experience in the charity sector or handling diverse income streams.
- Skilled in financial systems, with a track record of process improvements.
- Clear and confident communicator across all stakeholder levels.
- Proactive problem-solver with resilience under financial pressure.
- Excellent time management, balancing multiple priorities effectively.
- A Respectful approach to the work of the Church and the Dioceses of Winchester and Portsmouth
This opportunity will be based between the Diocese of Winchester and Diocese of Portsmouth’s offices and offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement along with fantastic employee benefits.
Please note: Applicants do not need to practice the Christian faith to be considered.
Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
Action for Nature - Community Organiser
Closing Date: Tuesday 29th April 2025
Accountable to: Action for Nature Manager
Location: This role is contracted at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW but involves a mix of community based work and home and office working.
Salary: Grade 2b, £25,353 - £34,694
Benefits: Employers’ pension contribution up to 7% (with 4.5% from employee), 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Access to Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Death in service benefit equivalent to 3x salary.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Job Purpose:
The Action for Nature Community Organiser role is deeply place-based, working within a locality in Coventry. You will embed yourself in the community, listening to people on their doorsteps, in community spaces, and through local networks, building long-term trust and relationships.
Reaching out to a diverse range of people, particularly those who are underrepresented or marginalised and actively engaging with residents, stakeholders, community leaders, and local groups. Listening to their ideas and supporting them to lead on action for nature in ways that are meaningful to them.
Your work will centre on developing local leadership and building their collective power, shaping change in their locality that reflect their priorities, needs, and vision for a community that is designed with nature and wildlife in mind and encourages more people to join natures side, leading to a greener more nature positive city.
For more information please refer to the full job description and recruitment pack
To amplify CSE's mission and impact through compelling storytelling across digital channels. This role will create engaging visual content (with a focus on video) to transform complex information into accessible and engaging stories. You'll support our social media presence, develop website content that resonates with audiences, and strengthen both internal and external communications. Using your creative talents alongside analytical skills in SEO and GA4, you'll enhance our digital presence while ensuring our work reaches and inspires our wide-ranging audiences.
Pay and conditions
- The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week).
- The salary for the role will be £25,750 – £29,147 per year (starting salary will depend on skills and experience).
- You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).
CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover and many more.
We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.
Specific responsibilities
An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:
- Be responsible for curating CSE's social media content calendar. With support from digital comms manager, produce engaging content and ensure CSE’s social channels reflect our strategic goals.
- Create engaging multimedia digital content for websites, social media and our e-newsletter including written copy (blogs, news stories, content pages), video, and graphics using Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Lead on producing video content to promote CSE’s work, including planning, filming, and editing content using Premier Pro.
- Maintain CSE’s video library, including our internal folders, processes, and YouTube channel.
- Support the Senior Communications and Brand Manager to develop CSE’s suite of branded content. This includes creating branded templates for colleagues to use as well as designing digital and print materials for projects.
- With support from the wider comms team, ensure our online presence including website, social media, email marketing and digital advertising reflects strategic goals.
- Support the day-to-day management of CSE’s website, including uploading and editing content.
- Support the digital communications manager with digital channel optimisation including PPC, SEO, social media (paid and organic) as well as re-designing pages to enhance user experience (UX).
- Commission external videographers and photographers when appropriate, dictated by project and business needs.
- Responsible for producing CSE’s monthly e-news with support from the comms team to ensure CSE’s key work is promoted to external stakeholders.
- Regularly track digital metrics and analyse performance data to optimise messaging and strategies and responsibility for monthly reporting.
To see a more detailed list of responsibilities please see the supporting documents attached. These documents are also available to download from our website.
Essential attributes for this role include:
- Minimum Maths and English GCSE or equivalent.
- 3- 5 years’ experience in communications, marketing, PR, or related field.
- Excellent copywriting and editing abilities.
- Proficient with CMS platforms, email marketing and social media management tools.
- Ability to create multimedia content, including high quality short videos.
- Experience planning, designing, and creating engaging visual content, both in print and online. Such as flyers, posters, graphics, and videos.
- Experience using design tools like Canva and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience of using GA4 or other online data and evaluation tools to inform and support digital initiatives.
- Experience using social media to create a variety of content for a wide range of topics and audiences and engage with communities or individuals.
- Experience influencing and building positive relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Experience working with brand and style guidelines and ability to adapt content to fit.
Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full list of essential and desirable skills please see the attached job description.
How to apply
To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.
Interviews are expected to take place Tuesday 13th May 2025, though this is subject to change.
If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salford CVS is seeking to appoint to the position of Director of Operations.
The Director of Operations will have wide-ranging responsibilities for the development, implementation and performance of all operational delivery projects and programmes of work. This is a senior role within our well-established charity, and we will expect you to play a proactive and productive role as a member of the organisation’s small Senior Management Team.
You will lead, direct and manage all operational delivery projects and programmes across the organisation. Responsible for all aspects of operational management, you will ensure the high-quality delivery of programmes in line with contract and funder requirements. You will personally line manage all operational Programme Managers, ensuring that service/programme operational plans (including KPIs) and individual staff work plans are in place and being adhered to and delivered against.
We’re looking for someone who is a team player and can take direction from their CEO; someone who is solutions-focused and able to effectively manage a range of people and services. You will be a person who has a keen eye for detail and can see the bigger picture, who works hard but likes a laugh, and who believes in our values and purpose.
Benefits
- 28 days’ holiday rising to 30 days (after five years) plus eight Bank Holidays
- Paid sick leave - subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants’ leave and compassionate leave – to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- A contributory pension scheme with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle-to-work scheme – for those staff members who want help to purchase a bike
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS Garden family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
Salford CVS is an accredited Living Wage Employer (and Funder), ensuring not just that our staff are paid the ’real’ Living Wage but also that any projects we fund can do the same.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website and complete an application form. Please note, we do not accept CVs – application forms only.
Closing date: 10am on 29th April 2025
Interview dates: 6th and 8th May 2025