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Leading international development audit & assurance specialists seek experienced senior manager for fast-growing Trusts & Foundations team.
The Senior Manager will lead meetings with foundations and beneficiaries (virtually and in person). Coordinate and lead audit teams and review audit reports, work with multiple stakeholders which can include multiple international development agencies and partners.
You may be required to perform international travel depending on the requirements of the assignments. Acquire knowledge of the development sector and the activities of the international donor community. Contribute to the success of our clients and to the development of beneficiaries, while working as part of a multicultural and multilingual team in the heart of vibrant London.
The role of senior manager is both challenging and rewarding and offers travel experiences that very few other roles can match.
Responsibilities
• Assist in the management of global framework contracts
• Prepare audit plans based on a full understanding of the terms of reference and the applicable grant contractual conditions
• Lead opening meetings with clients and auditees and clearly present audit findings at closing meetings
• Demonstrate an ability to identify issues and areas of non-compliance on an assignment and write a detailed, precise, and clear assignment report
• Lead assignments in various countries (both in-country and remotely) acting as the client focal point
• Be prepared and able to travel and lead international assignments when required
• Coordinate in-country audit teams performing fieldwork, ensuring regular management
oversight of the work being conducted
• Perform reviews of audit reports and manage the timely delivery of reports to clients
• Participate in writing bids/proposals
Essential skills
• Strong written and spoken English skills and excellent presentation skills
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / DEC / CIMA or equivalent);
• Demonstrable professional audit experience
• A genuine interest in international development and working in a multi-cultural context.
• An ability to communicate in a professional, constructive, and respectful manner
Desirable skills
Experience of working or volunteering internationally, ideally for an international
organisation such as a foundation.
Behaviours
• Be prepared to be out of the office on international assignments multiple time a year
• Ability to conduct assignments in a sceptical but constructive manner
• Be able to manage time effectively
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Leading international development grant assurance specialists seek experienced French speaking audit professional for exciting management opportunities.
Responsibilities
• Travelling internationally to a wide range of locations, on a regular basis, conducting audits or special assignments; working with, and supporting NGOs, public sector organisations & institutional donors such as the UN.
• Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of public sector audit issues and techniques and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of public sector structures and the legal and contractual frameworks in which the assignments are performed and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and provide guidance to other team members based on previous experience;
• Be involved in the assignment process from planning to finalisation;
Prepare a tailored plan for large or complex assignments based on an understanding of the terms of reference;
• Lead assignment fieldwork teams including locally based staff for large or complex assignments;
• Demonstrate the ability to identify the findings on an assignment and write them up in a detailed, precise and clear way in the assignment report;
• Lead opening meetings and present the audit findings at closing meetings;
• Conduct assignments in a sceptical but constructive manner;
• Draft a report for each assignment on a timely basis;
• Be responsible for completing the audit programme and audit file;
• Be aware of assignment deadlines and work with the team to ensure deadlines are met;
• Monitor the time spent on assignments against budget and discuss with the Manager if budget overruns are anticipated;
• Prepare proposals for specific assignments within a framework contract
• Contribute to drafting tenders;
• Identify potential opportunities for obtaining new work. Take action to follow up such
opportunities with a manager/partner;
• Develop internal contacts and demonstrate an awareness of the services offered by other
departments in the firm;
Internal development
• Provide on the job training and guidance to more junior team members throughout the
assignment process;
• Contribute to office-based training sessions including development of training material;
• Conduct induction training for new staff members;
• Do job appraisals for more junior team members;
• Check that the staff planner is kept up to date for each assignment;
Please note, if you are not a fluent French speaker similar opportunities may be availabe - so please apply.
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These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences, supporting worthwhile causes and inspiring people. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in international NGO grant audit services for development donors such as the UN and the World Bank. Assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context
Role overview.
Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance.
Contractors can be based outside the UK
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
- Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
- Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
- A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
- Ideally but not essential fluency in a second language such as Spanish, German, French, Arabic & Portugese
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
- Resilience and adaptability
Personal attributes:
- At least 5-10+ years of relevant audit experience
- Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
- Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging locations when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients.
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Who we are:
We are the Society of Genealogists (SoG), an educational charity founded in 1911. The Society is the custodian of an extensive and exciting collection of diverse historical and modern, physical, and digital records, including grassroots sources, rich data of unlikely origin, and exceptional assets that capture the unfolding, unofficial history of us all.
We provide a well-regarded programme of education and training, supporting people not only to research their family roots but also to understand what they’ve found. Put simply, we recognise that knowledge of our past helps to illuminate the present and guide the future, so we continue to research, learning from all of our histories.
Benefits:
· Twenty-five days of annual leave as well as Bank Holidays.
· Access to member benefits of the Society of Genealogists
· Pension scheme
Location: This role is based in London, at our Research Hub, Wharf Road, London, N1 7GS. The role requires on-site office working with flexibility for home working one day a week.
Purpose:
You will be a key part of the SoG team, managing our multimillion-pound library and educational space, as well as providing administrative support to the Head of Membership. As we are a small organisation, there are opportunities to gain experience in a variety of areas, such as events, library and archive services, finance and data systems, and governance. The role would suit someone with the energy to make the job their own, who is able to work independently, and who thrives in an environment where they can make a real difference to the thousands of people that we serve.
Because our library will be open to the public on weekends and occasionally in the evenings, we are looking for someone who can work flexibly, but in return, we can be flexible around your needs too, including offering some home working.
Key Responsibilities
Office Management
- Update and maintain the office risk assessment
- Act as point of contact for our maintenance suppliers
- Keep personnel records up-to-date
- Manage office supplies
- Manage the booking of our events space, liaising with external clients
- Ensure a smooth-running office and premises
Membership
- Monitor and respond to member enquiries by email, telephone or in person
- Maintain and update the CRM and membership records
- Maintain and amend mailing lists and process returned mail
- Process cheques and DDs, actioning the BACS reports weekly
- Produce regular membership reports
- Process paper renewals and gift options
- Welcome visitors at Reception when required
Governance
- Take minutes of meetings as required
- Organise internal events and meetings
- Filing and administrative duties as required
Criteria:
Essential
· Ability to work unsupervised and in teams with a diverse range of people
· Excellent organisational skills
· Excellent writing skills
· Excellent attention to detail
· Excellent customer service skills
· Strong command of the English language and outstanding communication skills, both
written and verbal
· Ability to prioritise and multitask
· Excellent computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office applications
· Ability to handle confidential information with sensitivity and discretion
· Positive and proactive approach; ability to find practical solutions and to work cooperatively with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
· Experience of taking minutes at meetings
· Experience of working with a CRM
· An interest in family history
Application process
Please send a CV of no more than 2 pages and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages setting out how you meet the criteria in the ‘Essential’ list, using the criteria as headings.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.
Closing date: Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.
Please send a CV of no more than 2 pages and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages setting out how you meet the criteria in the ‘Essential’ list, using the criteria as headings.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Crisis’ Best Practice team working on a new innovative programme, Built for Zero UK. This is a place-based programme which by using data and coordinating services, changes how local homeless response systems work and the impact they can achieve with the aim of eliminating homelessness in the places involved.
Location: Any Crisis Skylight in the UK - Working from home is an option in line with Crisis’ hybrid working policy, with the expectation for regular travel across the UK
About the role
We are looking for an experienced individual who is passionate and knowledgeable about leading the drive for evidence led change in local systems for the most excluded members of our community. It is an opportunity to join us at an early stage in its development and be instrumental in embedding this work in the UK. The role requires excellent leadership skills coupled with an ability to bring together local stakeholders to focus on difficult challenges and provide the framework and conditions for uncovering the solutions to longstanding barriers and problems and inspire positivity and resilience.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
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Experience of achieving system change through partnership working, building trusting relationships and collaboration as well as being a strong convener capable of driving change.
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Ability to identify barriers to progress and problem solve sensitively with the ability to encourage focus on solutions, whilst maintaining strong and positive working relationships
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Experience of working within or have extensive knowledge of the challenges faced by local authorities to making meaning change together with an ability to work across organisational boundaries.
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Strong project management skills and able to work in an iterative and agile way.
You may have experience in;
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Designing, running and facilitating interesting and innovative workshops
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Working within a number of different localities simultaneously and providing bespoke support
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Homelessness services within local authority or other organisations
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Working in a consultant capacity
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
- Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
- And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 8 September 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Friday 20 September 2024
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The Church & Community Organiser is a crucial and exciting role that aims to utilise community organising as a means support mission in and amongst estate and low income communities in the parish of St Peter de Beauvoir Town.
This role has been enabled by a grant from the Hackney & Islington Programme as part of the Church of England’s Diocesan Investment Programme. The role includes oversight of a small budget awarded as part of the grant, and line management of a .4 FTE Operational Support Officer to be recruited following the successful appointment of the Church & Community Organiser role.
The successful candidate will utilise a community organising methodology to
- build relationships
- listen and discern existing community leadership and institutions on estates and among low income communities
- work to organise communities to overcome identified need whilst building relationships and a habit and culture of acting together to deliver agency, ownership, and change
- signpost to/create appropriate groups/spaces to meet identified need or to enable action to be taken together to deliver social and community change
- to create new worshipping opportunities and nurture disciples from low income communities
- create and devise mindful and prayerful spaces and worshipping activities in St Peter’s and in appropriate spaces in the community with the aim of launching a new worshipping community or service
Main Duties
- to oversee membership with and relationship to Citizens UK/Centre for Theology and Community or another recognised partner institution utilising community organising
- to undergo community organising training (if not done so already) in order to be able to train local leaders and congregation members in community organising
- to building relationships with and discern the spiritual and material needs of residents of estates and low income communities through a regular pattern of 121 conversations (on average 3 a day)
- to identify local leadership and institutions on estate and low income communities, and to help develop local leaders
- to convene small groups and local actions to discern and meet identified need to enable action to be taken together to deliver social and community change
- to listen actively via a programme of 121s with members of St Peter’s congregation (and Warm Welcome guests) especially those living in estate and low income communities to develop St Peter de Beauvoir’s ability to welcome and develop agency of guests and worshippers from estate and low income communities
- to create spaces and opportunities to meet spiritual needs of residents of estates and low income communities through creation of prayer spaces, worshipping opportunities and new services/worshipping communities, in addition to signposting to existing services and activities currently taking place at St. Peter’s.
Person Specification
Essential:
- Experience of setting up a new or consolidating an existing project
- Experience of working with and developing the leadership potential of volunteers
- Experience of working with different faith communities, as well as those of no religious faith
- Experience of risk taking to create a project/ situation/event that illustrates your values
- A working knowledge and good understanding of St Peter de Beauvoir and its communities (or a similar community and clear desire to do so locally)
- Ability to inspire, motivate and lead (particularly people who are different than you)
- Ability to organise yourself and others and to work responsibly in an unstructured environment
- Ability to use imaginative strategies to help improve disadvantaged communities
- Ability to plan and organise under pressure
- Ability to work with and relate to all types of people
- Ability to teach and facilitate workshops
- Ability to develop the potential of others
- A passion for justice, and the role of church communities in achieving justice for all at a local level, especially amongst those from marginalised communities
Desirable:
- A demonstrable track record of successful Community Organising
- Experience of carrying out a power analysis and using the results to initiate new relationships
- Experience of successful fundraising
- Clear evidence of campaigns won
- Financial management skills including ability to set and manage a budget
The Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 part 1(1-3) applies to this post.
The post is restricted to practicing Christians as leading prayer and devising opportunities for prayer are part of the responsibilities of this role.
The Community Organiser will be required to undertake a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check. The above list of tasks is not intended to be exhaustive and may be subject to change, which will be done in discussion with the post holder and line manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Youth Worker (Women's Worker) – 9 Month Maternity Cover
We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate team player to join our growing team as a full-time Youth Worker (Women’s Worker) on a fixed term 9-month maternity cover contract.
In this role, you will work within the Youth Work Team to deliver our frontline drop-in service and support our weekly and monthly activities to all young people experiencing homelessness.
You’ll specialise in sharing knowledge and expertise in gender-informed work, leading the delivery of our weekly Women and Non-Binary space, facilitating group sessions and supporting a caselist of young women experiencing multiple and complex needs.
Ideally you should be experienced in working with young people aged 18-25 and/or have demonstrable experience working directly with women (of any age). You will understand gender informed practice and have experience or transferable skills working with those who are survivors of domestic violence and other gender-based violence. You will also be committed to the safeguarding of all young people and delivering an inclusive and trauma-informed service.
You should be experienced designing, planning and facilitating a range of activities, able to work dynamically in a fast-paced day centre environment and be skilled in engaging a diverse range of young people in positive activities.
If you have the required skills and are passionate about supporting young people who are experiencing homelessness, then we would love to hear from you.
This role will be based at our day centre in Camden, with the option of remote working and some travel to New Horizon projects within London.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 9th September 2024
Interviews: Thursday 19th September 2024
Please note, the interview date is fixed and will not be changed. Please ensure you are available on this day when applying for this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Purpose of the job
The primary purpose of this newly-created role of Events and Office Manager is to deliver in-person and online events and experiences for children, young people and registered leaders in the London District area.
These events will include activity days, competitions, learning and development sessions and awards and recognition events. Their successful delivery relies on team working with key volunteers and trustees, creative and careful planning, effective communication, and efficient administration and engagement with suppliers and participants.
About The Boys’ Brigade in London
The Boys’ Brigade London District is comprised of 70 companies (local groups) located from Slough in the West to Margate in the East, Hoddesdon in the North to Tonbridge in the South. The area includes the companies located in the whole of Greater London as well as all the companies in Kent.
The companies within the District are organised into seven Battalions of varying sizes. The Boys’ Brigade in London has faith in young people and supports Companies & Battalions, to provide them with opportunities to learn, grow and discover in a safe, fun and caring environment that is rooted in the Christian faith. It will do this through workstreams that connect, equip, enable & engage, a mission which aligns with The Boys’ Brigade UK & ROI Vision, Mission & Values.
Key responsibilities
The jobholder will:
- Work with volunteer teams (sub committees) to create a calendar of events for children, young people and registered leaders for each session (academic year).
- Drive forward and support volunteer teams to plan, organise and deliver the agreed calendar of events.
- Develop and execute a simple communications plan to advertise events to the right people, using and appropriate mix of email, social media and paper.
- Be responsible for systems to register participants and collect payments.
- Liaise with external suppliers and venues and handle payments in line with London District’s agreed policies for financial management.
- Ensure that safeguarding, health and safety risks are managed according to national Boys’ Brigade policies and guidance, and prevailing legislation.
- Lead or be part of events teams that ensure the smooth delivery on the day.
- Support the administration of grant funds (including the Jack Petchey Award Scheme) within the District.
About you (person specification)
Essential. You will:
- have GCSE maths and English at grade 4 or above (or equivalent)
- be able to self-motivate and work without close supervision.
- be sympathetic to the object of The Boys’ Brigade.
- have a proven track record – professionally or as a volunteer – of successfully delivering events.
- have experience of working with volunteers with different backgrounds, skills and time to offer.
- be capable of accurate administration, including of financial transactions, and courteous customer service.
Desirable
- You will be familiar with The Boys’ Brigade operating model, or that of other organised Christian youth work.
- Understanding and experience of supporting charity governance, in either a voluntary or paid capacity.
Pay and benefits
£30,000 per annum pro-rated plus reasonable travel and office expenses. Overtime payments may be available.
Location
Homeworking with occasional travel to events in London. Applications are welcome from beyond the London District area but travel costs will only be met within the District area. Home office equipment (laptop, phone, printer etc) will be provided.
Working pattern
This is a part-time role requiring an average of 18 hours per week.
London District are open to considering a range of working patterns for this role, including a regular pattern of mornings and afternoons, or a more flexible approach across a month or term. The role would also be suitable for term-time only working.
Within that overall flexibility, the role will require some evening working (on average four to six times a month) for example to meet with key volunteers, or to facilitate training and events. The role will also require working specified weekends to be part of event teams for key London District events (up to 6 times a year).
Recruitment process
Applications should be submitted by 23.59 on Friday 13 September. Interviews will be held in October in central London. Your application should comprise:
- A covering letter (maximum 3 sides of A4) outlining how you meet the person specification and
- Your CV (maximum 2 sides)
Short-listed candidates will be asked to provide two referees.
Candidates will be subject to a DBS check before they can be appointed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.