Jobs in Gloucestershire
Are you an ambitious and visionary leader with a passion for delivering holistic, trauma-informed services?
The Nelson Trust is looking for its next CEO to provide inspiring leadership and steer the organisation on the next exciting phase of its journey. Bringing belief, hope and long-term recovery across the South West and Wales, the charity supports people affected by trauma, living with multiple layers of disadvantage and substance use. The Nelson Trust's hallmark is a values-led and trauma-informed approach that centres client needs at the heart of every decision.
Salary: £100-110k per annum
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week, full time
Location: Hybrid, working across the region (head office in Stroud and locations across South West & Wales), willingness to travel and work flexibly to meet business and geographical needs
Benefits: 30 days holiday, 6 % employer pension contribution, enhanced maternity and sickness
Culture: Supportive, flexible and values-led
About the charity
The Nelson Trust has grown rapidly in recent years and now provides an increasingly wide range of services, including their celebrated gender-specific work via women's centres and women-only residential rehabilitation houses (which currently makes up around 90% of delivery), as well as rehabilitation, therapy, education and training for all genders.
With the support of an engaged and proactive Board, as well as an incredibly passionate staff team, you'll drive The Nelson Trust forward with values-led leadership and clarity of vision. Current income sits at £11 million with approximately 250 staff. The Nelson Trust has a complex funding structure, mostly made up of contract income and additional support from fundraised activity with ambition to continue to diversify.
About the role
As incoming CEO, you'll be tasked with developing a new five-year strategic plan (2025-2030) that ensures the charity's sustainability and continued commitment to excellence and innovation. You'll also ensure The Nelson Trust is placed firmly on the map, as a respected voice and advocate at local, regional and national policy-making level.
The organisation's effectiveness and impact relies on the depth and quality of its partnerships, forged and embedded across a wide geography with national and local governments, agencies and communities.
About you
This is an absolutely vital recruit for The Nelson Trust, so we're looking for someone with confidence and capability across a range of essential criteria. We are open to someone with previous experience at this level, or someone stepping into their first CEO role.
Here are key elements on our 'essential' list, we'd encourage you to consider how you meet each one:
- Significant leadership experience (within a multi-million pound organisation) delivering person-centred and trauma-informed services.
- Emotionally intelligent leader with a motivating leadership style.
- Skilled and passionate builder of teams, creating an environment where people can thrive.
- Leads by example, embodying and embedding values throughout.
- Knowledge and expertise in securing charity sector contracts and fundraising.
- Confident external advocate, welcomes and encourages collaborative outreach.
- Strong track-record of engaging and partnering with multiple stakeholders.
- Solid understanding and ability to develop robust governance frameworks that maximise operational efficiency and excellence.
Of course, we'll need to see passion, commitment and ambition for The Nelson Trust's ethos too.
There's so much potential to make a big impact here. If we've captured your imagination, then we'd love you to get in touch.
To apply, all you need to do is send a copy of your CV or profile to Amelia Lee as the first step. We'll be back in touch with further details on the application process, providing your experience meets the brief.
Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 11th December
Interviews: TBC, likely to be early to mid January
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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The Katie Piper Foundation are seeking a passionate and proactive Fundraising Relationships Manager to lead our supporter-led fundraising and corporate partnerships, while also supporting events and major donor stewardship. This role offers a unique opportunity to build and nurture impactful relationships, helping us grow our sustainable income to expand our reach and support for survivors.
You will work closely with the Head of Fundraising and Marketing, as well as our Communications Lead, to maximise our fundraising potential and amplify the charity's message. This is a part-time, dynamic role within a small, dedicated team where no two days are the same!
Key Responsibilities
- Relationship Building: Recruit, support, and manage relationships with individual supporters, corporate partners, and community groups, helping them reach their fundraising potential.
- Corporate Partnerships: Identify and secure new corporate partnerships, including charity of the year opportunities, sponsorships, and collaborative fundraising initiatives.
- Community Engagement: Develop supporter-led fundraising activities, encourage survivor involvement, and foster a diverse community of supporters dedicated to our mission.
- Event and Campaign Support: Play a key role in planning and supporting charity-organised and third-party fundraising events.
- Major Donor Stewardship: Collaborate with the team to engage and steward major donors, building long-term relationships that sustain our mission.
About You
You are a natural relationship builder with a creative and strategic approach to fundraising. You are highly organised, proactive, and able to inspire supporters and partners to achieve their fundraising ambitions. You’re comfortable working independently and as part of a small, collaborative team, bringing passion and commitment to each project.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Proven experience in fundraising, relationship management, or a related field
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work creatively and strategically to achieve fundraising goals
- Experience with corporate partnerships and community fundraising is desirable
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Passionate about making a difference for survivors of life-altering burns and scars
Why Join Us?
The Katie Piper Foundation is dedicated to supporting survivors of life-altering burns and scars, empowering them to rebuild their lives with confidence. We provide life-changing, personalised burns rehabilitation, advocacy, and support to help survivors thrive. Join us in making a lasting difference!
- Opportunity to make a real impact in a unique and rewarding role
- Part of a supportive, close-knit team with a shared purpose
- Flexible, part-time hours in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
How to Apply
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you! Applications require CV and supporting statement.
Join us and help transform the lives of survivors of burns and scars. Together, we can make a real difference!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Dementia Carers Count have an exciting remote opportuinity to deliver timely and efficient fundraising and administrative support as we work to ensure that no dementia carer ever feels isolated, invisible or alone.
Job Title: Fundraising & Admin Officer
Reports to: Public Fundraising Manager
Contract: Permanent contract
Hours: 35 hours/week
Salary: £30,000 pa
Location: Remote with some travel to London.
Job purpose
To deliver timely and efficient fundraising and administrative support, as we work to ensure that no dementia carer ever feels isolated, invisible or alone.
Key responsibilities
• Be the first point of contact for supporters, campaigners and others, managing enquiries via post, online and over the phone to ensure everyone has a quality experience.
• Manage processes for fundraising donations.
• Work with teams across the organisation and with carers to produce creative and engaging thank you and stewardship materials.
• Support the fundraising team with prospect research to help identify potential new supporters.
• Draft funder reports, small trust funding applications and fundraising communications.
• Support the administration and delivery of fundraising activities and initiatives.
• Keep up to date with sector developments and best practice in fundraising.
• Support the marketing & communications manager to deliver effective internal communications.
• Support the services team to deal with carer enquiries and casework, administer online groups, and produce reports.
• Support the organisation with general administrative duties as required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This role will develop new Sheds within universities in the UK, and will coordinate and manage partnerships with other organisations and charities to support the growth and development of the movement. As part of our Shed Development Team, the Universities Shed Development Officer will initiate, and facilitate the delivery of a number of new Sheds across UK universities, working with staff and students to achieve this.
As part of a pilot programme, made possible by the generosity of one of our funders, we are seeking a full time Universities Shed Development Officer to support the creation of new men’s Sheds across selected universities in the UK. This pilot project will run for one calendar year.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
We are the support body for Men’s Sheds across the UK. We work hard to inspire and support the development of Men's Sheds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The development and growth of Men’s Sheds is made possible through a network of volunteers and partnerships across the UK.
This role will develop new Sheds across Greater London, and will coordinate and manage partnerships with other organisations and charities to support the growth and development of the movement. This role has the focus to support the growth of new and development of new Men’s Sheds, enhancing our reach and the reach of Sheds.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
We are the support body for Men’s Sheds across the UK. We work hard to inspire and support the development of Men's Sheds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Volunteer Manager
We are seeking an experienced manager to provide volunteering expertise and insight to enable significant income growth across the team.
This is a full-time, permanent role offering home working and flexible hours.
Position: CE333 Volunteer Manager
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide. However, extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £42,628 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Dates: First interview Monday 9 December 2024, Second interview Monday 16 or Tuesday 17 December 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
This is an exciting role which will be crucial in driving our Regional Fundraising vision to be at the heart of our communities. We need an army of recognisable volunteers beside us in all our communities, empowered to drive lasting change for people affected by stroke and support our plans for income growth.
Your team will be proactively acquiring new volunteers through various products and propositions. Leading the design and delivery of a high value network of ‘business boards’ and testing new, innovative ways to enable our supporters to donate their time to us. To deliver this you will lead on specific projects, role and proposition design, reporting and planning, and work collaboratively with others across the team and wider Customer Experience directorate.
Reporting to the Relationships Lead you will lead your team (one direct report), coach members of the wider team and be a valuable member of the Regional Fundraising management team.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Develop and deliver new volunteer products and propositions
· Responsible for all volunteer experience across the Regional Fundraising Team including volunteer platforms and technology to support efficient and effective ways of working
· To ensure effective line management of the team.
· To provide coaching to support the development of volunteering with other members of the wider Regional Fundraising team
About You
We are looking for someone with a passion for volunteering and significant experience of project planning and problem solving. You will be driven to deliver excellent experiences for volunteers which support income delivery.
You will have experience of:
· Delivering targets with successful outcomes.
· Project planning and problem solving.
· Delivering formal presentations and public speaking.
· Budget development, planning and forecasting and an understanding of risk, mitigation and contingency planning.
· Achieving annual income and expenditure targets.
· Recruiting, managing, motivating, developing and training staff and/or volunteers.
· Analysing and interpreting data.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further
information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
Stroke Association
Finding strength through support
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our people. We know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for all those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke, and those from under-represented communities.
You may also have experience in areas such as Volunteer, Volunteering, Volunteer Engagement, Volunteer Manager, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Engagement Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteering Coordinator.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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We are delighted to be partnering with a social care focused charity that drives excellence within the sector, to find a full time, fully remote, interim Finance Manager for the next few months with a view to extension.
The Finance Manager will play a pivotal role in providing operational and strategic leadership in the financial management of the charity. Working to a high level of autonomy, the role will form part of the Operational Leadership Team, supporting the charity to deliver its organisational strategy. This role is crucial in leading the Finance Team to ensure financial health and long-term sustainability. The role will ensure compliance with charity legislation, providing key support to the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources.
Main Duties
- Lead and managing the Finance Team on all aspects of the charity’s day-to-day financial operations, including all income, expenditure and balance sheet accounts, ensuring compliance with polices, charity legislation and other relevant financial standards.
- Leading the Finance Team and directing the work, whilst fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture. Liaise across the organisation, being able to manage a matrix style approach across teams, to ensure the smooth running of the Finance Team
- Production of the monthly management accounts, ensuring income and expenditure is recognised accurately with appropriate, supporting audit documentation in place.
- Undertake financial due diligence approval checks against the raising of our client sales invoices, monthly payroll submissions, fortnightly BACS runs and bank reconciliations, ensuring appropriate, supporting audit documentation is in place.
- Leading and maintaining on the production of our monthly cash flow forecast and bank account management to aid financial forecasting and reporting, ensuring the charity maintains an operational surplus position.
- Leading on the charity’s annual external audit, including the preparation of our statutory accounts, ensuring compliance with all relevant charity legislation, regulations and financial reporting standards.
- Leading on the submission of timely quarterly VAT returns to HMRC, mitigating the risk of potential financial penalties for late submission.
- Leading on the process of preparing and setting budgets and financial forecasting, liaising closely with the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources and budget holders as appropriate, to ensure accurate income projections and profiles are in place aligning with the charity’s strategic priorities.
- Leading on the preparation of accurate and timely financial reports to the CEO, Strategic Leadership Team, Audit and Risk Committee and the Board of Trustees.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Fundraising Operations Officer
We seek an inspiring individual with a deep understanding of fundraising to provide expertise within the Operations area of our Regional Fundraising team.
This is a full-time, permanent role offering home working and flexible hours.
Position: CE334 Operations Officer
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide. However, extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: Circa £31,300 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance with where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: Monday 2 December 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Dates: Interview Dates: First interview Tuesday 10 December 2024 Second interview Monday 16 December
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
This is an exciting new role in a newly formed team, built to enable personalised and human connection with the Stroke Association’s Regional Fundraising supporters.
The team purpose is to listen to, understand and inspire our supporters and our teams to fundraise with pride in a way that’s both easy and right for them, with the help they need to enable greater giving that is legal, ethical and inspiring to others. Together, the team will provide onboarding and regular data led stewardship touchpoints for supporters across a portfolio currently delivering £4.7m annual income.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Supporting data management, reporting, analysis and insight.
· Supporting our adherence to fundraising compliance and ethics.
· Developing wider team resources and tools, including new technologies.
· Developing and supporting efficient, data led and customer centric processes and ways of working across the team.
About You
You will have a passion for fundraising and considerable experience of using data and insight, project planning and problem solving. You will have a talent for making things easy for others, no matter how complex they are. You will be driven to deliver excellent experiences for both colleagues and supporters and in turn support significant income growth.
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further
information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
Stroke Association
Finding strength through support
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our people. We know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for all those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke, and those from under-represented communities.
You may also have experience in areas such as Fundraising, Fundraiser, Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Fundraising Assistant, Fundraising Operations, Operations Assistant, Operations Officer, Fundraising Operations Executive, Fundraising Operations Assistant.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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We are seeking to employ an experienced finance and operations professional to play a central role in our UK team as we grow. We are looking for a candidate with excellent financial and operations skills and experience, who will thrive working in a small and dynamic team.
Job description
- Gross Annual Salary: £45,000 full-time pro rata (post offered at 0.6 FTE i.e. £27,000 with the potential to rise to 1 FTE). In addition, IEEP UK matches pension contributions up to 6% of gross salary.
- Hours: 0.6 FTE (21 hours / 3 days per week), with potential to expand.
- Location: Remote working - IEEP UK currently has no permanent office space. Therefore, in line with the whole IEEP UK team, the post will be home-based, with regular travel to London, other parts of the UK, Brussels and other parts of Europe as required.
- Position type: Permanent contract
- Annual Leave: 18.5 days Annual Leave based on 0.6FTE (comprises of 14 days Basic Annual Leave + FTE proportion of public holidays) rising annually to a top limit of 23 days
- Closing date: 10am, Monday 9 December 2024
- Equal opportunities: IEEP UK is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive employer, including recruiting for diversity.
- Right to Work: Entitlement to work in the UK. IEEP UK is not able to assist with applications for work permits and cannot employ people living or working outside of the UK.
- Other benefits: You are also entitled to an additional £1,000 benefit (subject to tax) that can be used for private health and/or gym subscription.
About IEEP UK
The Institute for European Environmental Policy UK[1] (IEEP UK) is a UK registered charity and a not-for-profit sustainability think tank, with over 40 years of experience, based in the UK. As part of the broader IEEP family across Europe, we are dedicated to working with government, civil society, academia and a range of other stakeholders, including European, United Nations and other international bodies, civil society, academia, scientific institutes and business and industry to produce evidence-based research for impact-driven environmental policy solutions. Our work covers both short-term and long-term strategic environmental issues in the UK and its constituent nations as well as their interaction with policy in Europe and globally. Over the years IEEP has developed new concepts that have made their way into mainstream environmental thinking, underpinning many aspects of this policy area today, including work on the precautionary principle, environmental impact assessments, emissions trading schemes and public money for public goods.
This is an exciting time for IEEP UK. Under the leadership of the chair of trustees, Malini Mehra, IEEP UK has developed a new strategy up to 2027, striving to grow from a currently small staff, becoming more visible and claiming a leading role in providing innovative research and policy relevant intelligence. As part of this, Ben Reynolds joined in the role of Executive Director in October 2023.
Overall role and responsibilities
We are seeking to employ an experienced finance and operations professional to play a central role in our UK team as we grow. We are looking for a candidate with excellent financial and operations skills and experience, who will thrive working in a small and dynamic team.
The successful candidate will join a cohesive, impact-oriented and supportive team that is committed to the professional development of all of its staff, and where the opportunities for learning and for making a difference are high. This is a new role, with a high potential to have a big impact on the organisation by establishing new ways of working.
The responsibilities of this role will include:
1. Financial Management
- Be responsible for and run the organisation’s bookkeeping and financial management processes including invoices, expenses and bank payments.
- Produce and manage the organisational cash flow, project cash flows and management accounts.
- Be responsible for and run payroll monthly.
- Compile and submit VAT returns quarterly.
- Support the Executive Director with managing the charity and project budgets and financial reporting to the board and funders.
- Work with the organisation’s Accountant and trustees to support the production of Annual Accounts and Independent Examination.
2. Administration
- Oversee the day-to-day administration of the charity to promote smooth business operations, including the efficiency of organisational systems.
- Ensure that appropriate insurance cover is maintained, and manage any claims as they arise.
- Support the Executive Director with board meetings and other board matters.
- Support Executive Director and trustees in ensuring Charity Commission and Companies House information is up to date.
- Support the maintenance of our contacts databas
3. HR
- Manage recruitment and induction of new staff and volunteers.
- Create, implement and review all policies and procedures for the organisation, ensuring we are up to date with statutory requirements, and good practice is incorporated where practical.
- Manage HR procedures including contracts and leave for staff.
The role will also include:
- Support in organising events online and in person.
- Assisting in responses to general enquiries to the organisation.
- Potential line management of junior staff and interns as appropriate.
- Contribute actively to the implementation of Institute-wide decisions and strategy.
- Organise weekly team meetings, and occasional in-person team meetings.
- Supporting and promoting diversity and equality of opportunity in the organisation.
Personal Specification
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate many of the following skills and attributes:
Essential:
- A relevant professional accountancy qualification (AAT, CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with some experience of working independently or with minimal supervision, preferably in the charity sector.
- At least 3 years’ relevant professional experience in a similar administrative, financial or management role.
- Experience of using accounting software and managing the financial administration of an organisation including paying and issuing invoices, reconciling bank accounts, and running payroll.
- Experience and confidence in producing and managing an organisational cashflow, budgets and management accounts.
- Experience of preparing and submitting VAT returns.
- Experience of creating and reviewing HR policies and procedures.
- Excellent communication skills
- As part of a small team you will also need the ability to turn your hand to a variety of tasks.
- Entitlement to work in the UK (IEEP UK is not able to assist with applications for work permits)
Desirable:
- Background, interest and experience in environmental policy, and the UK’s relationship with the EU and the rest of Europe.
- Experience and aptitude in using MS Teams, Zoom, Miro or other online meeting, webinar and facilitation tools, as a participant and as an organiser.
- Experience of producing project budgets and reporting to funders.
- Skills in digital communications and social networking.
- Experience of charity administration.
- Experience of communicating with a range of stakeholders including trustees.
- A knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion best practice.
- Availability to commence work promptly following the recruitment process.
We would expect our ideal candidate to be able to work both independently and as part of a team; to be highly organised with strong administrative, time management and planning skills; to have an excellent level of attention to detail; to have a commitment to broadening diversity and increasing access in the workplace.
Application Process
To apply for this position, please email us clearly marking the title of the email: ‘IEEP_UK – Fin&Ops’ [YOUR NAME], with the following:
- a CV (maximum two pages)
- a Covering Letter telling us about your experience and how this relates to the personal specification (maximum two pages)
- a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (see IEEP UK website for download)
Application deadline: 10AM, Monday 9 December 2024
Interviews: Week beginning 16 December 2024
Our ideal candidate would be able to start in February/March 2025.
IEEP UK is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes offers from candidates of diverse backgrounds and relevant experience, respecting best practices in the recruitment process.
IEEP UK is recruiting for this role as part of our Ethnicity Confident and Disability Confident schemes. Applicants who meet all the essential criteria, and who let us know voluntarily (via our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form above) that you would like to be considered in this way, will have an enhanced chance of gaining a first-stage interview.
Our Privacy Statement explains how IEEP handles and uses personal data we collect about our applicants.
For further information on IEEP UK, please visit our website
[1] IEEP UK is our trading name – the organisation is registered as IEEP London
Registered Charity
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We are a sustainability think tank, with over 40 years of experience advancing evidence-based research, analysis and policy insights in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Independent Advocate
Service: Coram Voice
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £13,380.60 per annum (£22,301 FTE)
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) - Home based with travel across neighbouring counties
About Coram:
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About Coram Voice:
Coram Voice is a national independent children’s charity established in 1975 and has grown to become one of the leading organisations for children and young people in the UK.
Coram Voice exists to enable and equip children and young people to hold systems to account, to challenge and support them to do their jobs properly and to uphold the rights of children and young people to actively participate in shaping their own lives.
Coram Voice strives for a society which recognises, and willingly accepts, its responsibilities to children and young people, where the inequalities and discrimination they currently face have been eradicated. Where those children and young people are fully engaged in all decisions that are made about their lives. Where the views, needs and feelings that they express are at the core of those decisions.
Our Advocacy services we provide advocacy direct to children and young people in a variety of situations. Advocates around the country support children and young people to get their voice heard in decisions about their lives. This may be through the telephone helpline or through an advocate working directly with a child, for instance, to support them at a review meeting or to help them make a complaint about their care. Coram Voice provides visiting advocacy services to most of the secure units nationally, to Secure Training Centres, Juvenile Young Offender Institutions, psychiatric hospitals, residential special schools and children’s homes.
About the Role:
We are looking for an Advocate to join our team in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn, a desire to promote the rights of children and young people or already have an IAP City and Guilds Level 3 or IAQ City and Guilds Level 4 in Advocacy.
You will work directly with care experienced children and young people and those on Child Protection Plans providing them with advocacy support in the community and a variety of settings.
You will empower and support them to ensure their voices are heard within decision–making processes that effect their lives.
You will be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with professionals, carers, other stakeholders and most importantly children and young people.
If you have the necessary experience and skills and a commitment to promoting the rights of young people, we would like to hear from you.
What you will receive:
We wish to reward and recognise the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offer an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 25 days’ annual leave and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year. A supportive work environment fostering a good work/home life balance and a suite of family friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.
You will get a genuine opportunity to make a difference every day.
Recruitment process:
Our Children’s Rights Managers will undertake Shortlisting. Successful candidates will be invited for interview. The interview process comprises of a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.
Returning your application:
- We cannot accept general CVs.
- When completing your application form, you need to address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it.
- Applications must be fully completed.
- If you are a current Coram Voice employee you may submit a supporting statement only addressing the person specification requirements for the post.
Closing date: 1st December 2024 at 23:30
Interview date: 17th December 2024
General consideration for applications:
- DBS checks: all posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check.
- Training: All successful candidates are required to complete our compulsory training programme which includes training in Advocacy (Being a Voice) Safeguarding and Diversity.
- Conflict of interest: the independence of the service is important to Coram Voice. Prospective applicants need to raise any other potential conflicts of interest when initially contacting Coram Voice about this post.
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
In 2017, we pioneered the UK's first interest-free loan programme specifically designed for refugees, offering a dignified and independent pathway to integration. This programme supports individuals by funding essential costs such as UK training, licensing, exams, certifications, housing, and family reunification. Our mission is to empower people to rebuild their lives and thrive in a safe environment.
Since 2017 we've lent over £2.5million with a repayment rate of over 98%.
Now we're on a mission to scale our impactful loan programme, and we're looking for an exceptional Financial Administrator to be part of our journey.
- Are you detail-oriented and passionate about numbers?
- Do you love helping people and making a difference?
- Enjoy picking up the phone and talking to people?
- Want to work remotely in a small, dynamic team with a big impact?
About the Role:
As our Finance Administrator, you'll play a key role in managing loan applications and ensuring smooth financial processes. This full or part-time, flexible position allows for remote work, with very occasional meetings in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overseeing the full loan lifecycle, from initial application to repayment.
- Maintaining accurate records in our CRM and lending software.
- Providing clear communication and support to clients throughout the loan process.
- Collaborating across the team and with our partners, Moneyline, to ensure a seamless client journey.
- Keeping databases up to date and ensuring all documentation is organised.
What We're Looking For:
- Significant administration experience, ideally in finance or loan administration.
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong numeracy, and excellent communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with Salesforce and HES programs is a plus.
- Self-motivated, highly organised, and capable of managing multiple tasks independently.
Why Join RefuAid?
Work in a supportive, inclusive environment where your efforts will have a tangible impact on the lives of refugees. We offer a flexible working schedule and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a cause you can be proud of.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to drive ambitious fundraising efforts to secure a thriving future for Sumatran orangutans and their forest habitats.
As our new Director of Development & Partnerships, you will lead our fundraising and communications team, build strong relationships with funding partners, and collaborate closely with conservation programmes colleagues to craft powerful cases for support that inspire investment in SOS’s mission.
We’re looking for an exceptional individual with a strong track record in major gifts, relationship-building, and empowering leadership. In this role, you will expand our network of high-value donors, foundations, and corporate partners while nurturing a talented team focused on growing diverse income streams and extending our global reach. Collaboration is key; you’ll immerse yourself in our conservation programmes, enabling you to communicate the depth of our conservation work and the impact of our initiatives with clarity and conviction.
If you’re a results-driven leader with a talent for storytelling, a commitment to conservation, and the vision to elevate our mission, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in shaping a flourishing future for Sumatra’s rainforests, orangutans, and local communities.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
We work to protect orangutans, their forests and their future.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Travalyst is a not-for-profit organisation working to identify – and help bring about – the systemic changes needed in order for sustainable travel to be taken out of the niche, and into the mainstream.
We believe tourism can, and must, play a key role in achieving a sustainable future for our world; so we’re convening the key players, and catalysing the necessary action, to change the impact of travel, for good. We are committed to being a driving force that redefines what it means to travel, helping everyone explore our world in a way that protects both people and places, and secures a positive future for destinations and local communities for generations to come.
We were founded in partnership with Booking, Expedia, Google, Skyscanner, Trip Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa. The Travalyst Coalition now includes eleven of the world’s leading companies and brands associated with travel working with us to make travel more sustainable.
Travalyst provides supportive, independent and neutral governance, empowering our Coalition of some of the biggest – and occasionally competing – travel companies and service providers to share data and accelerate change. The goal is to bring credible, consistent sustainability information to the mainstream, helping both travellers and travel companies make better, greener choices.
What does successful Donor Development look like at Travalyst?
Managing Travalyst’s corporate and individual donor base and driving revenue growth through targeted fundraising efforts.
What you’ll get to do:
This role combines soliciting new prospect donors, donor management, partnership development, and data-driven campaign execution. The ideal candidate will be skilled in relationship building, fundraising strategy, and donor engagement, with a demonstrable passion for Travalyst’s mission of promoting sustainable travel and tourism.
Donor Management (~40%)
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with a portfolio of individual donors, corporate and institutional foundations to secure philanthropic and private funding and advance Travalyst’s mission.
- Identify, solicit, and nurture new donor prospects, ensuring continuous growth of the donor base.
- Strategise with senior leadership to retain and upgrade current donors, including personalised engagement for high-value supporters.
- Support high-value donor and corporate partner meetings, preparing personalised correspondence, proposals and briefs.
Fundraising Strategy, Campaigns, and Event Management (~30%)
- Collaborate with the Partnerships and Development team to plan, execute, and manage proposal development and annual appeal processes for fundraising campaigns, including donor and partner events, direct mail, and corporate initiatives.
- Conduct prospect research for individual donors, foundations, and international government funding sources.
- Oversee the project management and execution of partnership and donor events, ensuring seamless planning, logistics coordination, and delivery to meet revenue and engagement goals.
- Track and report progress on fundraising campaigns and events, providing analysis on key performance indicators and revenue projections.
- Work with the communications team to create compelling materials for donor outreach, event promotion, presentations, and corporate engagement.
- Secure grant funding through research, proposal development, and managing the grant application process.
Donation Administration and CRM Management (~20%)
- Manage the CRM system, ensuring donor and partner data is accurate, up-to-date, and effectively utilised for engagement and reporting.
- Partner with the Operations team to ensure all donations, invoices and tracking is completed in a timely manner with follow up to donors as required.
- Oversee donor reporting, generating data insights and analytics to inform future strategies and donor retention efforts.
- Manage reconciliation processes and ensure development data and financial data are in alignment.
- Collaborate with the team on CRM system training and improvements and support data migration if necessary.
General Administration and Team Support (~10%)
- Provide administrative support to the Partnerships and Development team, including scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and preparing materials for donor presentations.
- Assist with special projects and additional fundraising and partnership tasks as needed.
How do we work?
We are bold and humble, showing a willingness to embrace challenges head-on. We try new things, take risks, make educated guesses and move quickly to deliver impact. We are rigorous yet adaptable in the face of evolving challenges and opportunities. Most of all, we work closely and collaboratively showing care for each other and the planet we share, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must. We all work remotely, so rely heavily on video calls and other technology. We strive for excellence, and pride ourselves by continuously learning every day.
What skills we’re looking for:
· Experience in fundraising, donor management, or business development, with proven success in partnership building and substantial (ideally 6-7 figure) revenue generation.
· Ideally, Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Nonprofit Management, Business Development, Marketing, or related field.
· Superior communication and writing skills, with the ability to edit text written by others and generate new text; experience in crafting compelling pitches and proposals.
· High proficiency in CRM systems (Salesforce) and data management (experience with donor databases preferred).
· Strong organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines and use project management software (Notion) to plan and track projects and work collaboratively across teams.
· Experience with grant management, writing and corporate engagement strategies.
· Experience with financial reporting and analysis in Excel/Google Suite.
· Strong understanding of sustainability issues, trends and the philanthropy sector, with a track record of aligning donor objectives with environmental and social responsibility.
· Experience working internationally and collaborating with people in diverse cultural and political contexts preferred.
· Ability to work independently and remotely in a dynamic and fast paced team environment.
· Strong alignment with Travalyst’s mission to promote sustainable travel and tourism.
· Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors, corporate partners, and foundations, ensuring long-term engagement and revenue growth.
· Ability to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies that align with organisational goals.
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for crafting compelling proposals, presentations, and campaigns; and an ability to articulate Travalyst’s mission and impact in a way that inspires giving.
· Expertise in utilising CRM systems (Salesforce) to manage donor data, generate reports, and assess fundraising performance, deadlines and follow-ups.
· A commitment to delivering high-quality work while holding oneself accountable for achieving measurable results. Ability to set and meet high standards for performance, ensuring transparency and integrity in all fundraising activities.
· Understanding of financial principles related to fundraising, budgeting, and forecasting; and skilled in tracking fundraising metrics and using data to optimise strategies.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with changing priorities.
An ‘Open to All’ employer, we warmly welcome everybody to the team. People of colour, LGBTQIA+ people, neurodiverse people, individuals with impairments, and parents are encouraged to apply. We encourage you to notify our team of your pronouns at any stage of your application. We also welcome applications from people who come from communities that are directly affected by the impacts of travel and tourism. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required. Please add any adjustment requests to your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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For full information on this role, including the key responsibilities and person specification, please view the attached job pack.
Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 1st December 2024
The Organisation
ImpactEd Group supports education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise their potential. We do this by helping our partners to be consistently impactful and operationally sustainable.
This role will lead our Evaluation Practice. ImpactEd Evaluation works with schools and organisations, analysing the impact of programmes and interventions to help them do more of what works and less of what doesn’t. The practice works with over 1,500 schools and 80 education and youth organisations, serving more than a quarter of million pupils.
The Opportunity
We are excited to advertise this opportunity to join ImpactEd Group as the Managing Director of ImpactEd Evaluation. This Board-level role will empower you to drive change at scale across the education sector, supporting our partners to make better decisions on behalf of children.
The Managing Director of our Evaluation practice will guide a team of dedicated professionals, leading research and evaluation projects spanning the education and youth sector, helping our partners to understand what’s working and do less of what isn’t. This role is pivotal to our five-year Group strategy and will involve setting the strategic direction of the practice, building on our reputation, and advancing our ambitious vision for growth and innovation.
This position is ideal for someone who combines a strategic mindset with hands-on leadership, adept at moving between high-level planning and practical oversight. We seek a leader with entrepreneurial spirit, a background in education or research, and experience in driving organisational growth and partnerships.
Why Us?
As well the organisations we work with, we have a commitment to our people and developing the next generation of leaders within the social enterprise, education and evaluation sectors.
We support hybrid working, have an extensive professional development programme including individual budget and CPD leave, and operate transparent governance including through forms of employee ownership. We offer all employees access to a healthcare plan and wellbeing advice, including free therapist support.
As a growing organisation we are committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a positive experience of work and maintain an annual EDI action plan, supported by a Board sponsor.
For the full specification of skills that we hope that the successful applicant will bring, as well as what we offer as an employer, please see the job pack.
First round interviews are scheduled for the 5th and 6th December, with a whole day assessment centre and opportunity to meet the team on the 16th December.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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WHO WE ARE
We're FIRST UK, a EdTech charity using robots, role models and competitions to make STEM more approachable and inclusive – empowering young people with the technical knowledge and soft skills to thrive.
It’s an exciting time to join the charity as we move from start-up, into scaling mode backed by some of the world’s leading tech enabled businesses including Arm, XTX Markets, Bloomberg, Raytheon, Salesforce, and many more.. As BBC Broadcaster Spencer Kelly summarised.
“It’s easy to see why competitions like this really do help students develop the skills they’re going to need for the rest of their lives. Honestly, I wish I had something like this when I was at school.”
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
A programme officer with a flair for engaging people. Someone who can help grow the UK’s most ambitious student robotics movement through:
- Outreach - increasing uptake amongst schools and youth groups
- Support - ensuring a high-quality experience for partcipants and teachers
- Events – supporting delivery of epic robotics tournaments
- Volunteering - recruiting, upskilling and stewarding event staff and mentors
- Partnerships – fostering a local community of STEM champions and partners
You’re an all-rounder, motivated by working with young people, educators, and industry to engineer better futures. Reporting to our Head of Delivery (that’s Vicky on our website), you’ll be instrumental in scaling our impact regionally.
WHAT YOU'LL GET
Responsibility. Ownership. Sense of purpose. You’ll be working in a small (9 headcount), dynamic organisation which is agile and collaborative. We have a strong value proposition and refreshing brand. Our case for support is built on three decades of evidence. Well before pandemics, we were working flexibly and remotely – it’s embedded in our culture.
- £28,000 - £31,000 per annum dependent upon experience
- 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays, and a Christmas gift
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Super-flexible, hybrid role with lots of responsibility
I like the sound of this is there more I need to know?
Yep - check out the full role profile on our website by clicking below.
What's the process?
- Submit CV and optional cover letter (absolutely no more than 1 page)
- Answer three simple screening questions
- Role closes 23:30 on Sun 01 Dec
- Interviews w/c 9 Dec
Registered Charity
6 - 10
We make STEM less intimidating, more diverse and inclusive, empowering young people to make informed choices about their future.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.