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Sightsavers is looking for an experienced Data Analyst with International Development programmatic experience to produce technical organisational reports and dashboards, provide support to colleagues and analyse programmatic data. This is an exciting time to join Sightsaver's DART team, as the organisation undergoes a digital transformation in data analytics.

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Location: UK - remote

Contract: 24-month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Ideally minimum of 4 days / 28 hours, maximum 5 days / 35 hours with some flexibility around hours worked

Sightsavers is looking for a Data Analyst with International Development programmatic experience and who has worked with inclusive data and DHIS2. You will be extracting meaningful information, producing reports and dashboards to deadlines, providing training and support to colleagues across the international organisation. This is a technical role and someone with experience of Sightsavers key thematic areas of eye health, education, social inclusion and NTDs would be particularly of interest.

Some key duties include:

• Support the development and production of quarterly and annual dashboards and data reports, using Power BI, Excel and DHIS2-based approaches, for dissemination across the organisation

• Conduct data analysis on Sightsavers projects

• Strengthen country office data reporting systems

• Work with country offices to map and improve project data flows.

This is a varied role, please read the full for further details.

Essential experience and skills for this role:

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent work-based experience in statistics, information systems, international development, public health or any other with a core statistical/analytical component.

• Proven successful track record of working with organisational data management systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data (within health, education, international development or other fields directly related to Sightsavers' thematic portfolio).

• Practical experience of good data quality and data cleaning practices to prepare data sets for use in analytics software.

• Experience of capacity building and supporting staff in different contexts (face to face, online) to deliver organisational data collection to deadlines

• Understanding of international development issues and a commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.

• Practical experience of DHIS2 for data collection, reporting and visualisation

• Experience of digital transformation, implementing new software/tools/working practices within an organization.

• Proficient in the use of Power BI, Tableau or other data visualisation software.

• Experience of using Power Query for extraction, transformation, loading and connecting data from different data sources.

• Able to work with multiple stakeholders and ensure differing concerns and priorities are effectively managed.

• Fluent in English, with experience of writing reports and briefings in English

Desirable experience and skills:

• Master's degree in international development, international relations, geography, statistics or appropriate equivalent.

• French and/or Portuguese language skills

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency (MDS) administered by the . Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to supporting women and children who are impacted by domestic violence. You will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children.

The job involves working within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership protocols and procedures that prioritise the safety of survivors. The post holder will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and personal welfare support. The job involves ensuring that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment and enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options. The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety.

This role includes attendance at the office in Warwick district. Travel around Warwickshire for client appointments is essential to role, therefore use of a car essential.

Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our sick kids and women. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals.

The successful candidate will be working as part of the Events Logistics Team for a 15-month maternity cover to run a series of our Fundraising and Cultivation events throughout 2025 and into early 2026.

To be successful in this role you will: 

• Have 1-3 years events experience including developing events plans, risk assessments and income and expenditure documents

• Be self-motivated and highly organised

• Be good at managing competing priorities

• Have experience of managing stakeholders and suppliers

• Have excellent communication and relationship management skills

• Have the ability to lead events as well as work as an events support with the wider Events Team 

What we offer:

The Charity is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. 

• Flexible and hybrid working to support work-life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement with additional leave for long service 
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Free flu jabs
• Paid volunteer time
• Charity events throughout the year
• Employer enhanced auto-enrolment pension scheme with 8% employer contribution
• Ongoing commitment to education and professional development

Successful candidates will have access to vulnerable beneficiaries and will therefore require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Description and Person Specification and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it. 

The closing date for applications is Thursday 7th November with interview dates being held on Thursday 14th November at our Head Office - 5 Rowchester Court, Whittal Street, Birmingham B4 6DH.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with a fantastic children’s charity to recruit an Individual Giving Executive.

The charity offers a flexible working environment, with remote working, and occasional travel for meetings.

As an Individual Giving Executive, you will project manage a range of Individual Giving campaigns within the acquisition team. This will include working on campaigns across a range of products and channels, including dialogue (face to face), telephone, direct mail, direct response TV and digital activity. 

This role supports the planning and delivery of Individual Giving acquisition activity through the day to day running of Individual Giving campaigns, assisting with analysis and evaluation of activity as well as with yearly marketing plans

Key Responsibilities:

· To coordinate the day to day running of individual giving campaigns; including campaign planning, overseeing creative development, liaising with key stakeholders, co-ordinating print and production, monitoring and analysing results and feeding back to agencies.

· To assist with the analysis, evaluation and reporting of campaigns, drawing conclusions and making recommendations for future activity.

· To manage the invoicing process and campaign income and expenditure.

· To undertake research about the charity's work with children for marketing projects and campaigns.

· To assist in the selection and sign off of data for all direct marketing campaigns managed.

· To assist with planning of yearly marketing plans & strategy.

Person Specification:

· Experience of managing a range of direct marketing campaigns within a fundraising environment.

· Familiarity with marketing databases and the ability to conduct analysis using Excel.

· Ability to schedule and prioritise workloads effectively

· Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

· Ability to assess creative work, write/edit copy and feedback edits in a constructive manner

· Ability to work under own initiative with minimal supervision

· Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, to a range of people at different levels of the organisation and with different target markets

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process

You will have a strong knowledge of the Bible and both historic and contemporary Quaker Theology, and the skills to inspire, inform and educate. You will be able to coordinate programmes that illuminate Quaker theology and enable people to explore and engage with the Bible. You will coordinate and develop programmes, deliver teaching, work with associate tutors to deliver courses, and create and develop online, on-demand resources and materials as part of our vision to increase accessibility and reach of our materials and courses.

This is an exciting and newly created role that provides the opportunity to contribute to our expanding vision to reach a global audience with new and innovative opportunities for learning.

You will have a strong knowledge of how a variety of communities function, both formally and informally. You will be skilled at working with groups to help them explore issues, strengthen and grow.  You will coordinate and develop programmes, deliver learning, work with associate tutors to deliver courses, and oversee the development of resources.

This is an exciting role that provides the opportunity to contribute to our expanding vision as we respond to changing patterns of Quaker belonging while continuing to support meetings of all types and sizes.

Would you like to help transform education and the lives of individuals and communities. You will be part of a purposeful Higher Education Institute as a Senior Administrative Officer and Finance Business Support professional. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact.

This role is hybrid with 2 days working from home pew week however during the teaching period which is 10 weeks x 3 terms tere will be a requirement to work more days on campus.

The campus has two sites the requirement is to work on both locations and rotate every other week.

This organisation takes multiple intakes annually, offering a range of qualifications from Certificates to Doctoral degrees. This is a higher education environment with approximately 6,000 non-residential students. Many of the programs, including some degree levels, are offered on weekends.

Your Benefits will include:

• Holiday entitlement: 40 days in total: 28 days holiday plus 4 University closure days plus 8 Bank Holidays.
• 5% employer pension contribution & 6.1% employée pension contribution.
• Access to a benefits and wellbeing platform, with a choice of benefits to suit your needs, including electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme and financial wellbeing services
• Career and development opportunities, including support to gain further qualifications
• Support for health and wellbeing, including occupational health and counselling support services
• Family-friendly policies that provide for flexible working, including enhanced paid maternity and paternity leave
• Travel schemes, including the cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

Your Role Will Involve:

• Delivering empathetic student financial support in person
• Managing student finance queries and debt
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
• Providing comprehensive financial management support
• Contributing to the Institute's financial sustainability

Your Skills and Experience Will Include:

• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting and reporting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Proficiency in financial systems

• Knowledge of Student Loan Company and its processes

If you have the desired attributes and experience plus empathetic understanding of student loans in a higher education setting and feel that you would be a good fit for this role please send your CV to with out delay.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Are you passionate about inspiring others to make a difference? We are looking for a Community Relationship Fundraiser to join our Income Generation team at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. Fundraising plays a crucial role in sustaining and advancing our care services and research collaborations within the Association. This support is essential for helping people living with and affected by MND.

You will play a key role in supporting fundraisers, helping them to reach their goals while building lasting connections with our charity. Ensuring income to the Association and lifetime value is maximised. Meeting agreed income and expenditure budgets to deliver high standards of supporter care and maximising the return on investment of fundraising activities will be an essential part of your role.

Providing essential guidance and support to fundraisers within your area, your focus will be on ensuring supporters feel valued and engaged, helping them to maximise their fundraising potential. You will achieve this through effective communication across various channels, including phone, email, and face-to-face interactions. By building strong relationships, you'll also help to increase their fundraising impact, introducing them to other opportunities within the charity and offering tailored advice.

Collaboration is key in this position. You will work closely with internal teams to create the best possible fundraising experience. By signposting to local volunteering branches and groups, you will help increase the overall value of community fundraising efforts.

You'll work closely with our wider team to maintain accurate records in the CRM system, ensuring consistency and high standards of supporter care. Keeping funds on track and received within the right timescales will also be a key part of your role. You will ensure that all funds raised are received promptly and in compliance with legal and internal guidelines.

Location: Home-based. Option to work on a hybrid-basis from the Northampton office is available.

What are we looking for?

A background in fundraising or sales and account management. You should have experience in coaching and motivating others, helping them to achieve their fundraising targets.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential. You will need to connect with supporters through various channels, fostering an inclusive environment that respects diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Your ability to understand and relate to the motivations of our fundraisers will be crucial.

Resilience and flexibility are important as you adapt to changing circumstances. You should also be skilled in time management, able to prioritise your workload and manage competing priorities effectively. If you are passionate about inspiring others and making a positive impact, we would love to hear from you.

For full role responsibilities please view the job description located within the Candidate Pack.

Our Benefits

• 28 days holiday, rising to 33 days after 5 years' service, plus Bank Holidays
• Access to UK Healthcare which includes reimbursement for dental appointments, eyecare, Health & Wellbeing screening and therapies
• Access to a 24/7 phone and video GP Service
• Life assurance
• Confidential counselling helplines
• Salary sacrifice schemes to include: Cycle to work & Buy and sell annual leave
• BenefitHub which offers lifestyle discounts and offers on everyday shopping
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Opportunities for training and personal development
• Hybrid working

About Us

Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers, and stakeholders.

We guarantee interviews for disabled applicants that meet the requirements of the role as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Adverts may be closed early, or interviews arranged once sufficient applications are received. Early applications are encouraged.

Sponsorship: If you require sponsorship for this role, you must clearly declare this with/on your application form so that we can consider whether you meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship, either as a skilled worker or new entrant.

DBS: Depending on the nature of your role you may be required to complete a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Reasonable Adjustments and Alternative Applications: Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview please contact us for support.

To provide an inclusive application process, we are open to receiving alternative applications from candidates who may find it difficult to complete our online form.

Recruitment Agencies: We work hard to fill our roles directly and request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role.

Relationship Fundraising Executive.
Salary: £27,400 per annum.
Location: Homebased, covering South Wales and Southwest England.
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.
Benefits:  
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Why Action for Children?  
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. 
A bit about the role 
An additional role in an existing, established team, this is an exciting opportunity to join a national children's charity and contribute towards making children's lives safer and happier. You will be supporting delivery of the Community Fundraising strategy to increase income and deliver fundraising collaboratively within the wider Relationship Fundraising team. Our ideal candidate will live within the region and be willing and able to travel around the area.
How you'll help to create brighter futures 
- Support the delivery of a range of fundraising campaigns and activities locally that provide significant income and are in line with the Community Fundraising strategy.
- Oversee the required stewardship of local corporates, organisations/clubs, volunteer fundraising groups, and Methodists that encourages further involvement in our work.
- Manage the stewardship and support for the sports participants, who sign up to run, walk and cycle for Action for Children.
- Support the delivery of a range of fundraising campaigns and activities locally that provide significant income and are in line with the regional fundraising strategy.
- Establish relationships to demonstrate accountability to our supporters and volunteers.
- Deliver set financial targets and non-financial targets and outcomes locally, along with the Relationship Fundraising Managers, through agreed objectives.
- Ensure expected income has been received and banked within the predicted timeframes.
Let's talk about you 
- Experience of delivering successful fundraising activity in at least one of the following areas: sports participants, DIY, church fundraising, volunteer fundraising groups, regional corporates or events.
- Proven experience of networking and of developing and stewarding excellent personal relationships with senior external and internal stakeholders, donors, and volunteers.
- Proven ability to project manage a team of volunteers to achieve against specific financial goals where appropriate.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements. 
Contact: David Simpson on 01923361732 or email us at  quoting reference 10257.
Good to know
Application Process
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Want to know more about Action for Children?
Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.
Closing Date: Tuesday 5th November 2024.
Interviews dates are scheduled for week commencing 11th November 2024.
Job Description
See below for further information about working with us:
Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement

LimeCulture is recruiting for our new Director of Sexual Violence Services

The Director of Sexual Violence Services is a strategic leadership role. You will be responsible for leading, overseeing and managing LimeCulture’s Sexual Violence Services Division, bringing together our full range of consultancy services and bespoke training initiatives focusing on the prevention of and response to sexual violence.

Our Sexual Violence Services division has clients and projects spanning a range of different sectors, so you will be confident in operating across multiple sectors, organisations and workforces.

We are looking for a charismatic leader - dynamic and confident in your approach with a ‘can-do’ attitude. You will be a highly skilled operator with the ability to influence, and develop effective, robust working relationships with a range of key external stakeholders to strengthen LimeCulture’s reputation as a sector leader and attract new business.

The Director role is primarily home-based with some planned travel and so candidates can be based anywhere in the UK. 

Studies have shown that people from underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for roles where they don’t match the job description criteria exactly. If you are excited about this role and think that you have what it takes, but your experience doesn’t align 100%, we still want to hear from you and would encourage you to apply.

We value diverse perspectives and the contribucon everyone makes to form our culture. Put simply - you can be yourself here! 

Job Description

Title: Healthcare Assistant

Reports to:  Patient Services Manager  

Based at: Remote Worker – Remotely – however must be able to travel as and when required to meetings and/or events

Job Purpose: To provide direct support to patients and support to all areas of the Charity Group

Working Hours: Monday – Thursday 09:00 – 17.30, Friday 09.00 – 17.00

Key Responsibilities:

· Responding to enquiries via telephone, email, online forums or social media with empathy, a listening ear, informative and supportive manner, whilst demonstrating confidentiality and sensitivity. Stay fully informed on the conditions and treatments associated with all three charities, ensuring the ability to respond to related inquiries becomes second nature

· Co-ordinate and action messages in the Patient services Mailbox and distribute messages accordingly to the wider team where needed

· Maintain that Patient services documentation is updated with clear and concise details

· Identifying gaps in patient information and assist in developing and proofreading relevant medically approved resources to reflect current guidelines, treatments, services and advances

· Frequently reviewing and assisting with update of content on Charity Websites and social media channels current and relevant Forums

· Supporting the organisation, promotion and delivery of all charity events including Patients Day, World Heart Rhythm Week, Global AF Aware Week, Know Your Pulse & Support Groups, Coffee mornings, Living with ...Series etc

· Build a central database of case studies / Patient Stories whether written or recorded

· Contribute content for the monthly e news and regular newsletters including patient stories, FAQ’s and latest news and updates with resources to Patient Service Manager

· Propose titles and speakers for patient educational events and develop virtual educational videos

· Co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the Fundraising Service to include planning and organisation of the fundraising activities programme and deal with related telephone calls, emails, social media etc. Maintain effective communication with the fundraisers whilst adhering to GDPR

· Support Patient Services Manager with Administrative tasks/requests

Person specification:

- Full Driving Licence with access to a vehicle

- Healthcare knowledge advantageous but not essential

- Educated to GCSE level minimum

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Excellent knowledge in Microsoft Suite of tools including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload

- Can undertake a wide variety of tasks and multi-task with ease

- Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team

- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

- Professional, methodical and thorough approach to work with a Friendly and polite manner

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to supporting women and children who are impacted by domestic violence. You will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children.

The job involves working within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership protocols and procedures that prioritise the safety of survivors. The post holder will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and personal welfare support. The job involves ensuring that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment and enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options. The job involves informing survivors of the full range of civil, criminal and practical options that might increase their safety.

This role includes attendance at the office in Warwick district. Travel around Warwickshire for client appointments is essential to role, therefore use of a car essential.

Please note that this post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

The National Lottery Community Fund is looking for a skilled and proactive Network Engineer to become part of their compact IT Infrastructure Team located in Birmingham. This role will report directly to the Head of IT Infrastructure. Hybrid office working is available, though occasional travel to various UK sites will be required.

As a Network Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing our IT network, ensuring optimal performance, up-to-date security, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Be an integral part of the Team and act as the go to person and SME for networking requirements.
• Collaborate closely with Network Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, Security Team and Project Managers to understand and address their requirements.
• Manage and optimise network infrastructure, including on-premise networks, public cloud (Azure) networks, virtual networks and WAN technologies.
• Configure and manage Firewalls, Routers, Access Points, Switches, SD-WAN and Networking Appliances.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of networking, including TCP/IP protocols, subnetting, VLANs, load balancing, and VPNs.
• Apply strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to resolve network issues.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Monitor network performance, identify and resolve bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with service desk staff, providing education and support while resolving network-related tickets.
• Be responsible for end-to-end delivery of the Project tasks.
• Lead networking element of projects to improve production environments.
• Configuring and installing hardware in both office and data centre environments.
• Ability to write clear, concise technical documentation such as Network Designs.
• Responsible for ensuring that any designs produced are in line with the current network architecture and infrastructure strategy documentation and are fit for purpose.
• Contribute to design and architecture discussions.
• Mitigate Pen Test and Audit findings.
• Participate in out of hours implementations of change/support as required.
• Accurate estimation of workload and timelines for delivery.
• Support and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Compliance to regulatory and mandatory policies.
• Relevant vendor management experience.
• Provide timely updates and whenever necessary timely escalation of issues to right stakeholders.

Interview dates: 28th / 29th November (online for 45 minutes)

Location: Birmingham - We have a hybrid, flexible approach to working and this role can be office based along with homeworking.

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below

Essential criteria

• 3+ years in network administration and deployment.
• Experience with Cisco Switches, including configuration, security, and firmware updates.
• Knowledge of Firewalls (Preferentially Barracuda and Azure Firewalls).
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and architectures, networking (NSG, VNet peering, UDR, Private Link/Endpoint, Azure Firewall, load balancer).
• Knowledge of Aruba SilverPeak SD-WAN.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents escalated from service desk support.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Arista Wireless Access Points.
• Zero Trust Network Architecture – Security Service Edge such as Netskope or Zscaler.
• Familiarity with PRTG, SolarWinds or similar monitoring tooling.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.) 

Financial Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Caxton Youth Organisation, a specialist youth charity, that empowers learning disabled and autistic young people aged 11-25 living in the London borough of Westminster.

We have a part-time, fully online/ remote role available to produce monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts. The role requires good working knowledge and experience of Xero accounting software, as well as experience working with a small organisation.

We require someone to work 3-4 days a month. The working hours are flexible and would suit someone who may be re-entering the job market or is retiring, but looking for some additional work.

We have a Finance and Facilities Officer who is responsible for the day-to-day input of transactions into Xero, reconciling bank statements, producing invoices and remittance advice for grants and liaising with payroll. The payroll function is outsourced to CET Payroll. The unaudited financial statements are prepared by the independent examiner. The CEO is responsible for the financial management of the organisation.

Your role

The work would include:

•  monthly preparation and posting of payroll journals
• reconciliation of the monthly accounts (including rectifying any discrepancies).
• monthly income and expenditure report and variance analysis
• monthly cashflow forecast on a cumulative basis
• processing of accruals and adjustment Production of quarterly and annual budgets and reforecasts
•  Supporting the annual independent examinatio
• Meeting with the Treasurer, CEO and Finance and Facilities Officer as and when needed.

Successful candidate profile:

• Fully AAT qualified
• Minimum of 5 years experience of bookeeping
• Minimum of 2 years experience of using Xero Software
• Advanced Microsoft Excel user
• Strong experience of managing month end and year end processes
• Fluent English speaker with strong communication skills
• Experience working with a small organisation
• Ability to work independently