Jobs in Coulsdon

Philanthropy (Fundraising) Officer – building donor relationships

Salary £25,000-£30,000 pa dependent on experience, skills and working hours – hybrid & flexible working, compressed or reduced hours considered; higher hourly income a possibility for highly skilled individuals with a proven track record**

 Have you got the skills to help us to grow the financial investment in Nature across Surrey and beyond? Can you influence, engage and deliver?

We are Surrey Wildlife Trust, part of the federation of 46 national wildlife trusts. We are experts in increasing biodiversity and bio abundance. Our mission is to restore 30% of land in Surrey to nature by 2030. Research shows that if 25% of people take action, this can create large scale change which is why our mission is also to get 1 in 4 people taking action for nature.

We are looking for an engaging people-focused individual to build relationships with supporters of Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT). To achieve our mission we need to grow investment in conservation. As Philanthropy Officer you will bring your expertise in Major Gift and Legacy Fundraising to the team at SWT, successfully growing our donor portfolio and cultivating and winning major gifts in line with agreed targets and the Fundraising Strategy.

You will work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, and colleagues in the fundraising team, and across the Trust to evolve and continuously improve philanthropy activity.

This role is all about long-term relationship-building and will involve engaging with a wide range of supporters of SWT to take them on a journey and achieve key outcomes including;

· Identifying donor segments to tailor activity towards different areas of interest and levels of support

· Cultivating trust in SWT and the way in which it invests funds to restore and protect Surrey’s nature.

· Creating a sustainable pipeline of funding for SWT from major gifts and gifts in Wills.

The role provides an opportunity for an individual with existing experience in philanthropic fundraising to develop and to help shape the philanthropy programme at SWT.

Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working.  The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support schemes, 22+ days holiday, flexible/hybrid working policy.

**it may be possible for us to consider using the available budget for this role on a part time or short term contract basis if we have interest from highly skilled individuals with a proven track record at a level above that advertised.

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.  We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Please apply using the Application Form available on our website or provide a full CV and explanatory covering letter, email  to Sarah Jordan, Head of Fundraising & Communications, by 5pm Friday 23rd August 2024. Interviews will be in week commencing 2nd September 2024 at our Nower Wood Education Centre near Leatherhead.

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.

FareShare

Job Description – Senior IT Project Manager

Reporting to: Head of Project Delivery

Location: London or Sheffield, office-based with hybrid working

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 Hours

Salary: £51,446 – £54,153 (National) or £54,557 - £57,429 (London)  

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.

The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis is driving millions in to food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost of living crisis using England’s surplus food.

We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

FareShare’s Strategy & Vision

Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

Our Values:

Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries

Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and achieve the most for our clients/customers.

The role

We have recently set a new 3-year strategy, leading to a major transformation of the organisation. To support this, we are building a new Project Delivery function and investing in key capabilities, including project management and business analysis. As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will lead large, complex projects from inception through to delivery, and mentor colleagues managing smaller projects. A key part of your role will be to introduce and champion new project management methodologies and governance frameworks, supporting colleagues to adopt these practices in a supportive, non-bureaucratic manner.

This role is a hybrid role, based in London or Sheffield but will require regular travel across the UK to visit different FareShare sites.

About you

You are an experienced senior project manager with a strong background in delivering large, complex projects, particularly those involving technology. You have a track record of delivering project benefits and influencing stakeholders at all levels. As a self-starter, you can quickly build relationships and drive projects forward. You are patient and supportive, able to guide colleagues through new project management methodologies and governance frameworks. Experience in business analysis and change management is beneficial.

Main responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with business analysts to refine project requirements and develop plans.
• Develop and present business cases to justify project initiation or continuation.
• Lead the development of RFPs to engage third parties.
• Oversee project activities and deliverables.
• Manage project resources and budgets.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders to ensure project success.
• Lead project reviews to capture organisational learning.
• Ensure smooth integration of project outputs into business operations.
• Mentor colleagues with limited project management experience.
• Contribute to development and implementation of new project management methodologies and support colleagues in adopting new practices in a supportive manner.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Proven track record of managing large, complex IT projects and programmes that successfully deliver organisational benefits.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.
• Exceptional planning, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Experience with different project management methodologies and ability to apply as appropriate to the situation. (Agile, Waterfall).
• Self-starter with a proactive approach.
• Patient and supportive, capable of guiding colleagues through new methodologies.
• Experience of change management.
• Able to work in an unstructured environment.
• Advanced Project Management qualification (PMI, APM, DSDM Agile Practitioner or equivalent).
• Proficiency in MS Office and project management tools.
• Commitment to FareShare’s mission and vision.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the food sector.
• Experience in business analysis.
• Experience in programme and/or portfolio management.
• Experience of introducing new project methodologies to an organisat

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

£32,000 per annum

Fixed term – 3 months

Part home/Part office (London) based

Immediate start preferred

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Proposition Development Executive and be part of a high-performing, fast paced team that produces bespoke communications to engage and steward existing and potential supporters in UNICEF’s work for children.

The Proposition Development Executive collaborates with in-house programme specialists and fundraising colleagues, to develop compelling funding propositions and impact reports which both meet the needs of the supporter and are aligned with UNICEF UK’s global priorities and strategic goals.

You will need to demonstrate experience of building winning propositions to engage a specific audience, evidence of effective collaboration, and an ability to produce visually compelling and factually accurate content.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 5 August 2024.

Interview date: Thursday 15/Friday 16 August 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams). Selection process may also involve a written exercise.

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university

Philanthropy and Global Engagement (PAGE)

PAGE Business and Office Manager

Salary from £33,558 to £38,541pa inclusive with potential to progress to £41,404 pa inclusive of London allowance.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning and research in the world. Founded in 1895, LSE counts 18 Nobel prize winners among its alumni and staff. In July 2023, we announced the appointment of incoming President and Vice Chancellor, Professor Larry Kramer, a visionary leader and scholar who will advance with the School’s ambitious strategy.

In November 2021, we launched the public phase of Shaping the World, our major £350 million philanthropy and engagement Campaign to underpin LSE 2030 goals and to help shape the world for good in the process. More than 80% of our Campaign goal has been raised so far and there is huge momentum building as we advance the public phase.

The Philanthropy and Global Engagement Division (PAGE) serves, engages and works in partnership with alumni and friends, staff and students, volunteers, donors, global partners, organisations and the wider community to further the strategic aims of the School. These reciprocal relationships increase engagement with LSE across the world and increase philanthropic income and strategic partnerships for agreed School priorities.

The Business and Office Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive business management for PAGE, covering business support and office management for the growing team of over 100 staff. The post holder will be responsible for facilitating the smooth running of the division, ensuring that internal operational needs are fulfilled, and that the office environment is welcoming and professional. The postholder will be required to quickly build effective working relationships with the central IT and Estates teams and ensuring that the division work within established LSE policies. This is an office-based role with the possibility of working one day a week from home, depending on business needs and only if agreed upon with the line manager.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

· Experience of managing an office and/or facilities management in a large complex organization.

· Ability to innovate, be responsive, resourceful and resilient.

· Ability to resolve problems when an immediate solution is not apparent.

· Ability to plan and manage the office space ensuring all staff are appropriately accommodated during a period of change and growth.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification. 

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Malina Szreter, Deputy Director of PAGE Operations 

The closing date for receipt of applications is 11 August 2024 (23.59 UK time).

Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews are anticipated to take place in person on Tuesday, 20 August 2024.

Vision

We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.

The role:

This is a great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:

· Working on multiple projects to drive improved experiences, outcomes, quality, effectiveness and value for money for social care.

· Assimilation and advising on best practice by looking at emerging trends and approaches in social care.

What we are looking for:

· Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

· An understanding of Social Care practice, policy and commissioning

· Experience of working on projects to implement change .

· Experience of analysing performance and evaluation data

· Experience of writing and presenting information to external and internal audiences.

What we offer in return.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service.

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.

FareShare

Job Description –Account Manager

Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location:   London/Hybrid - in person working on Mondays (either head office or local network office), with flexibility of home/office for the remainder of the week

Contract: 24 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 35 Hours, week

Salary: £39,414- £41,488

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.

The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity.

We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

FareShare’s Strategy & Vision

Our vision is of a UK where ‘No good food goes to waste’.

Our mission is to use surplus, fit-for consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting frontline charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of poverty.

Our values run through everything we do and set out a clear framework for us to approach our work: passion, ambition, respect, collaboration, and focus.

The role

We are seeking a fundraiser or an experienced account manager who relishes the excitement of exceeding income targets and developing strong relationships. You will identify opportunities to increase the value of your partnership portfolio and work closely with the Corporate Development Team to ensure the transition between new business and account management is seamless for both FareShare and our partners.

You will manage a portfolio of partners: designing and delivering tailored partnership plans and an innovative and personalised suite of partnership activity. You will work with colleagues across fundraising to ensure we maximise the value of our partnerships. We currently have partnerships with a large variety of exciting brands from Tesco to Oliver Bonas, McDonalds to Subway, Kellogg’s to Pink Lady apples and Bloomberg to Burberry – our partners support us in a variety of ways including cause related marketing campaigns, staff and customer fundraising, corporate donations and wider sponsorships and partnerships.

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of excellent partnership/relationship management and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising partnerships including commercial brand licensing. You will have excellent communication skills and will be comfortable negotiating bespoke deals and benefits packages and will lead renewal plans to secure and grow the support of current partners.

Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.

Main areas of responsibility

1. Deliver first rate account management of corporate partnerships and promotions with existing corporate partners to achieve objectives and build excellent relationships that facilitate future growth.

• Provide a high standard of professional relationship and account management to a portfolio of partners, delivering a mix of partnership types including; Charity of the Year, commercial brand partnerships/campaigns and retail partnerships
• Working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider team to implement bespoke cultivation and stewardship strategies for each corporate partner, that encourage development of strategic, multi-faceted partnerships thinking creatively and entrepreneurially to maximise the value of each partnership and meet agreed targets and KPIs
• Ensure FareShare’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued
• Prepare and deliver engaging and confident presentations (both at one-to-one level and at a much larger scale)
• Establish, agree and monitor key milestones for each relationship
• Ensure that benefits are fulfilled and delivered on time
• Monitor and maintain systems and processes; including Salesforce database, financial accounting, pipeline, contracts and due diligence.

2. Work closely with internal project teams to maximise the potential for fundraising

• Work with the Corporate New Business function on the development of new partnerships and to ensure a smooth transition from new business to account management
• Work with other areas of Fundraising, the Food Team and Operations Team to maximise possibilities for partners and FareShare and to report to partners in a timely manner
• Work with Marketing and Communications Team to promote partnerships across FareShare and partner channels.

3. Legal, Compliance & Policies

• Efficient and effective management of commercial income activity ensuring compliance with GDPR, legal and charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy
• Manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements
• Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines
• Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups
• Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role
• Undertake other duties as required

Person Specification

If you are a real team player with a proven track record in delivering exceptional account management, always meeting targets, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills, along with a tenacious approach, then we’d love to hear from you.

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Essential

• Experience of providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of managing high value six figure partnerships in either a charity or commercial environment ideally including commercial brand licensing
• Ability to create and deliver compelling tailor-made pitches, business plans and proposals to meet corporate objectives
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
• Experience of financial management
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience creating legal agreements
• Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and relevant VAT considerations
• Target driven, proactive and creative
• Evidence of – using data, insight and creativity

Desirable

• Experience of working with FMCG brands and retailers
• Experience of working in a third sector environment
• Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database
• Line Management experience
• Understanding of the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
• Understanding of GDPR requirements

Competencies and behaviours

A commitment to Equal Opportunities. An understanding of, and sympathy with FareShare’s mission Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team and across other internal teams.

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

Are you passionate about supporting older people with dementia and their carers to enage with activies across Lewisham? If so, we want to hear from you! 

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark is looking for a part time coordiantor to deliver arts and crafts, physical exercise and singing groups for people with dementia in Lewisham. You will be delivering the programme with the support of our volunteers and working directly with freelance workers and community partners.

The successful candidate will have a good undersatnding of the needs and issues affecting older people including dementia awareness. 

They will be able to work as part of a team and travel within Southwark and Lewisham. Great interpersonal skills required along with the ability to work to Age UK Lewisham and Southwark’s values to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives.

Employee Benefits:

• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata)
• Additional 1 day leave for Birthdays
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including access to a helpline for partners and dependents
• Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
• CycleScheme members – enabling employees to save 25-39% of the cost of a new bike & accessories whilst also spreading the cost
• TechScheme members – enabling employees to purchase tech and home furnishing through AUKLS and spread the cost from their salary

AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

For full details, please download the Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing date for applications – 9am on Monday 12 August 2024.

Interviews will take place week commencing 19 August 2024 at Stones End Day Centre, Southwark.

Are you a confident and experienced finance professional with an eye for detail? Do you experience working with rents and Service Charges? Are you on immediately available or on a short notice? If so, please read on...

A prolific charity client of mine is currently on the look out for an experienced and meticulous finance professional to come in and support the team over a 6 month fixed term basis, with the potential to go permanent.

My client is looking for:

• Strong all-round book keeping skills
• Experience of working in a housing association with experience of housing benefits and local authority invoicing rents and service charges
• Used Access Financials
• Have proven experience of sales & purchase ledgers
• Experience of creating manual cash books preparing bank reconciliations etc
• Is happy to muck in across all areas of finance
• Would have experience of payroll or be willing to be involved when necessary
• A team player with the confidence to coach others including upwards but most importantly be able to get on with everyone

This role offers hybrid working and applications are under constant review and the role can close early. To avoid missing out, apply as soon as possible.

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

The Role

The Law Society of England and Wales is looking to recruit an experienced Member Engagement Manager to join our Membership Engagement & Services Team. Working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the role will be responsible for developing and co-ordinating the delivery of tailored membership services and engagement programmes that deliver increased awareness, take-up and satisfaction with the member offer. The successful candidate will also be responsible for identifying and developing ways to improve members' experiences and needs via our products and services.

What we're looking for

You will have proven experience of researching, analysing and acting on information about market and customer needs and issues to design and improve client / membership services and experiences. You will have substantial experience with producing a range of varied high-quality content and engagement programmes including leading the design and delivery of seminars, webinars, short videos, e-newsletters and other written materials and communications to large groups of clients / members. You will have excellent written and communication skills.

You will have a lot of intellectual curiosity and possess a growth mindset, can do attitude and collaborative approach. You will also have excellent project management and prioritisation skills. Individuals with strategic grasp, attention to detail and commercial understanding will excel in the role.

You will also have exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, in particular managing groups of stakeholders to deliver against a common goal.

Having an understanding of lawyers and having worked in legal practice is desirable.

What's in it for you

This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong and collegiate membership engagement team and a brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.

The role is office-based though we embrace hybrid working. We currently work to a team charter where we work together from the office two days per week or more as needed. There is a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly and supportive working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.

Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Valeria Mancheva on

What would we like…?

Are you a part-qualified Accountant or studying towards a professional accountancy qualification? We're looking for someone with a firm understanding of accountancy processes and procedures to join the team as Assistant Management Accountant on a 12-month FTC basis.

The Assistant Management Accountant will support and work closely alongside the Management Accountant during the month end process, forecast, budget cycles and other key points during the year.  You'll contribute to team-wide projects and systems improvements and help ensure the Finance team are providing accurate and timely reports for the organisation.

It's an exciting time to join Ambition Institute,  as we have grown rapidly in recent years, which in turn has increased the volume and complexity of work in the Finance Team.  This includes the creation of a new subsidiary which goes live in September 2024.

Please note - this is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will be expected to attend the London office 1 day a week. 

We would like you to:

• Support the Head of Finance Business Partnering by assisting with the production and ongoing monthly management accounts using Business Central  (Microsoft Dynamics) and Jet Reporting and potentially Power BI
•  Meet with stakeholders to review reports and resolve anomalies and identify adjustments
• Assist budget holders and support them in the production of the budget and reforecasts
• Undertake Finance related project work from time to time.  For example; process improvements

Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to our London office and will report to the Head of Finance Business Partnering.  In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a week, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition. 

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

To succeed in this role you must be a part qualified accountant or studying towards a professional accountancy qualification. You'll have budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience with an ability to analyse data sets and produce insightful information. You'll also possess strong communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial concepts to non-financial colleagues. 

If this has sparked some interest, please review the job description for more details. 

What’s in it for you….?

• Competitive annual salary
• Professional development for all staff
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ at the end of December/beginning of January
• Employer pension contribution of 11%
• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service
• Shared parental leave package
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

About you

We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:

You should apply for this role if:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
• You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants
• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact

You'll love working at Ambition if…

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

How to apply…

Please note that the post holder will be attached to Ambition Institute's London office.

Applications must be submitted via our website. All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 8th August 2024. 

Our mission needs the best people for the job, which is why we use sift questions to assess candidates’ genuine knowledge and skills. Sift questions are an opportunity for you to show us how you would do the job you are applying for, so please avoid using AI function tools (i.e. ChatGPT or other generative AI tools). We want to evaluate your response, so those found to use content taken from AI tools will have scores adjusted down.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

For any questions or queries please visit our careers page where you'll find some FAQs.

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.

Working within the Engagement & Communications team, you will contribute to the success of fundraising at Cruelty Free International and its affiliated group of companies’. Using your knowledge and expertise, you will work to increase our individual giving income by being responsible for in-house fulfilment and response handling for our direct mail appeals. 

This is an exciting new role, contributing to the development and implementation of our new income generation strategy. Reporting to the Fundraising Manager, this role will work closely with colleagues across the organisation including those in PR, marketing, data, and finance to deliver engaging communications to our offline audience. 

Working alongside the Fundraising Manager you will use your excellent copywriting and creative skills to develop fundraising appeals for the organisation that inspire our donors to contribute financially to our organisation. 

Working closely with our data and administration teams you will maintain effective response handling, ensuring donations are processed in line with best practice guidelines, donors are thanked promptly and supporter records on our CRM are maintained and updated. 

Between mass mailings you will work closely with the wider engagement and communications team to deliver outward-bound communications tasks, such as ongoing targeted telephone fundraising campaigns, calling potential and existing supporters to acquire new donors and reactivate lapsed donors. Using your excellent communication skills to increase engagement, income and drive long-term relationships.

You will have excellent time management skills and be an enthusiastic self-starter with a hands-on approach, capable of working independently or as part of a multi-disciplined team. Your fundraising knowledge and experience will help advance animal protection on the international stage.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic, and professional fundraiser to join the team at The New School.

As the Head of Fundraising, you will develop and implement innovative fundraising strategies, generating significant income through a variety of channels, including (but not limited to) trusts and foundations, events, corporate partnerships, individual giving, and major donations. We are looking for someone with a strong track record in senior-level charitable fundraising, who can combine strategic planning with excellent execution.

You should bring advanced knowledge of a variety of fundraising channels, compliance expertise, and strong teamworking skills. Experience in the education or youth sectors and relevant qualifications in fundraising are advantageous.

In return, we offer an opportunity for you to play a key role in the exciting scale up journey of an educational social enterprise that can positively change mainstream schooling. This is a broad role, with aspiration to become permanent, with further recruitment to develop and fundraising and philanthropic partnerships team, which you will lead.

We also provide a flexible work environment with options for home and regular engagement with TNS community, as well as part-time opportunities (i.e. 28 hours per week over 4 days, or similar), with school holiday flexibility.

I am working with a Housing Association in London to look for a Financial Accountant to join the team

Location: London

Salary: £56,000

On-site Requirements: 2 days a week

What the Financial Accountant will do:

• Prepare statutory accounts for organisation and wider corporations with adherence to financial controls.
• Manage year end audits
• Review of financial statements to support this process and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Reconciliation of inter-company accounts
• Preparation of all necessary regulatory returns
• Present quarterly reports on financial health of organisation and wider corporations
• Ensure data management using Excel

What the Financial Accountant should have:

• Recognised accounting qualification- ACA or ACCA
• Knowledge or experience with regulatory returns and statutory accounts
• Proficiency in Excel
• Strong communication skills and ability to break down complex financial information
• Ideally experience within practice or leading audits

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

ABOUT BOND

Bond is the UK network for organisations working in international development. We unite and support a diverse network of over 400 civil society organisations to help eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice. We strengthen and champion the sector to make international development more efficient and effective. We work to influence governments and policy-makers, develop the skills of people in the sector, share expertise, and build organisational capacity and partnerships.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

We are looking for maternity cover for our current Salesforce Adviser. 

The role is responsible for the management and development of the Salesforce CRM, which is Bond’s primary source of data and is used for essential business including member administration and engagement, managing contacts, event bookings, feedback forms and lead management. This role is managed by the Membership and Marketing Manager and works across all Bond teams and CEO.

In this role, you will provide hands-on support and technical guidance to end users, ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the system.

Working across the organisation, the postholder is responsible for maintaining and developing Bond’s CRM (Salesforce). This includes improving the overall structure of the system including creating new record types and fields, automations via workflows, taking responsibility for data cleansing processes, developing and adapting pipelines and updating reporting and dashboards to serve the organisation.

The role is pivotal in providing high quality data to support strategic decision-making across the organisation, with a primary focus on data to support member retention and acquisition and build stakeholder engagement. This involves supporting staff members to ensure that all activity with members and stakeholders is logged and held in Salesforce as a single source of truth. 

The role works closely with colleagues to maintain the associated Salesforce Community Cloud platform – the place where members communicate with each other through the Bond working groups and customers connect to our events, corporate partners, Bond Supplier Directory and recruitment services.

The post-holder will work with other team members to ensure that Bond’s digital infrastructure is seamlessly integrated with Salesforce, including its finance systems, e-marketing, events and other systems. 

KEY TASKS / OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE CONTRACTED PERIOD

• Manage and develop Salesforce over the course of the contract ensuring any changes made are documented in Bond’s Digital HQ
• Ensure Salesforce is enabled so that all Bond’s activities with members and key stakeholders can be accurately logged and reported on – to give us an accurate and true picture of the level of engagement of our members
• Build the data culture in the organisation and upskill staff to use Salesforce efficiently and effectively – including data collection, automated processes and reporting - to ensure cross-organisation use
• Continue the implementation of Bond’s Salesforce Data Cleaning project
• Continue supporting the Certinia Consultant and Finance team with the improvements to the Certinia Finance System. 
• Ensure the Salesforce back-up and disaster risk recovery solution is maintained and respond to any data breaches, alerts or notifications
• Set up and rollout new SF Community Cloud updates (eg: the events package)
• Troubleshoot and find solutions to any SF technical issues
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Bond’s digital strategy
• Contribute to relevant Bond/team strategies and plans and the annual planning and budgeting cycle.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Salesforce development, integration and user adoption

• Lead the ongoing strategic and operational development of Salesforce to ensure it continues to meet Bond’s business needs. 
• Design and implement new processes where needed, trialling different approaches and suggesting improvements to enhance data capturing for future reporting needs.
• Work collaboratively across teams within Bond to ensure Salesforce meets their needs, including researching and implementing additional add-ons where required. 
• Ensure Salesforce is maintained, developed and improved and integrated with other Bond systems as required.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide technical support to ensure they are resolved.
• Be the main point of contact for all Salesforce queries and issues within Bond.
• Provide training, support and advice to enable Bond staff to confidently use Salesforce on a daily basis. This includes setting up and inducting new Bond staff and the development of clear and consistent processes and procedures.
• Create, update and maintain documentation around digital processes and systems. 
• Keep abreast of the latest Salesforce developments and use this knowledge to make improvements to Bond’s Salesforce architecture and features.
• Work alongside Digital Projects Adviser to develop and implement Bond’s digital strategy

Data gathering, analysis and reporting

• Implement a standard approach to data capture and reporting to ensure that the information contributes to Bond’s overall perspective on member, customer and stakeholder engagement.
• Implement Bond’s Data Cleansing project, ensuring old data is removed from the system, working with Bond’s Business and Operations manager/Data Protection Officer to ensure that data is held in accordance with Bond’s data protection policy.
• Monitor and maintain Bond’s data back-up and disaster recovery solution and processes
• Set up reports and dashboards to enable staff to monitor, analyse and report on their work and activity and gain insights to inform business and service development.

Member experience and community website

• Maintain, develop and improve Salesforce Community Cloud
• Work alongside the Digital Projects Adviser to test and update custom-built packages where required
• Update and maintain the digital projects tracker, ensuring projects are prioritised as per the business requirements
• Work with external suppliers as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

1. Certified Salesforce Administrator Credential OR extensive Salesforce Administrator experience at an international development or third sector organisation.
2. Demonstrable experience and proactive approach to improving CRM functionality to meet business need.
3. Demonstrable understanding of process automation tools, such as Process Builder and Flows.
4. Experience of using Salesforce to create reports and dashboards and extract data in order to develop customer/stakeholder insight.
5. Experience of integrating Salesforce add-ons.
6. Experience of managing a complex data cleaning project.
7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, also showing a technical competence when liaising with developers.
8. Good organisational skills: ability to oversee multiple projects and prioritise resources where necessary and work on own initiative to deadlines.
9. Creative thinker and a problem solving “can do” attitude.

Desirable

• Experience of salesforce community cloud.
• Experience of working in a membership organisation.
• Experience of using content management systems and/or e-commerce systems.
• Experience of using integrated CRM and e-marketing systems (ie, Campaign Monitor for Salesforce).

BENEFITS

Bond offers a competitive salary and benefits package including: 

• 27 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, with additional staff privilege days, normally between Christmas and New Year 
• 7% pension contributions (staff pay 3.5%)
• Flexible working hours (Hybrid working – 1 day, minimum in the office per month) 
• Staff Development days 
• Perk Box access 
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• WeCare (Health and wellbeing services, including access to 24/7 online GP services, second medical opinion, mental health support such as counselling, guidance from health professionals, burnout prevention, life event counselling, get fit programmes, nutritionist advice, etc. – for staff and immediate family) 
• Interest free season ticket loan 

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, submit your CV and Cover Letter by midnight on Sunday 18th August 2024.

In the Cover Letter we expect you to set out:

• Why you are interested in this role
• How you meet the role requirements
• Your understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion and why it matters in this role

BOND AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Bond values diversity and works to advance equity and inclusion. All staff have a responsibility to ensure that they are being open, accepting and respectful to all that they come into contact with within their work at Bond, regardless their protected characteristics. Acting in accordance with the AEDI policy, Bond staff must contribute to our inclusive organisational culture ensuring that they are aware of and respond appropriately to micro-aggressions, racism, sexism, LQBTQ+ misconduct and disability equity. Bond Staff must not be bystanders, and must report when they witness any unacceptable behaviour. 

 In order to assess and ensure the continued effectiveness of Bond’s Equal Opportunities Policy, all applicants are asked to complete a short questionnaire when applying. You are not obliged to answer the questions but the more information you supply the more effectively we can monitor our equal opportunity practices. Completion of all questions is voluntary and failure to answer any question(s) will not affect your application in any way.

The information you supply will be treated in confidence and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel responsible for the appointment. The questionnaire will be detached from your CV and cover letter, stored anonymously and used purely to provide statistics for monitoring purposes. 

SUBJECT OF EMPLOYMENT AT BOND

If successful, you must have the right to work for the duration of your contract at Bond. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references. Bond also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.