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About us

10 Windsor Walk (10WW) is a Community Interest Company established by local therapists concerned to address the provision of intensive psychological services for those most in need.

We meet the needs of local psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and the local community by providing psychotherapy treatment rooms and space for training and events related to developing psychotherapy services.

More than this, we are a hub where therapists and psychoanalysts can meet, work together and exchange ideas on developing the practice as a whole.

• Affordable treatment: We run low- and no-fee psychotherapy for those in need in the local community, alongside Trainees from the Institute of Psychoanalysis who offer low fee psychoanalysis.
• Community space: We run a weekly therapeutic playgroup for parents and toddlers seeking sanctuary in South London. Other public programmes include a monthly Psychoanalytic Film Club and we are also developing a therapeutic community garden. 
• Education centre: We host lectures, seminars, steering groups and specialist training for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, NHS staff and the general public.

About the role

Weʼre seeking a Development Coordinator with a strong background in successful grant writing and funder relationship management. This role will focus on researching and securing grant funding. Weʼre a small team looking for someone who wants to be a key part of our mission-driven work and play an integral role in helping us grow and make a meaningful impact. You will work remotely and attend regular meetings onsite in addition to delivering occasional events for 10WW supporters. You will sit within the core 10WW team, working with the Centre Manager to align funding efforts with program needs and organisational priorities. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing grant applications, building and managing funder partnerships, and ensuring accurate reporting and compliance in line with funding requirements. If you're passionate about making a difference in mental health and skilled at fostering funding relationships, weʼd like to hear from you.

At The National Brain Appeal, we support Queen Square, one of the world’s leading centres for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with neurological and neuromuscular conditions, to fund pioneering research, innovative treatments and world-class facilities. These include stroke, multiple sclerosis, brain cancer, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia.

We are a charity on a transformation journey, with an exciting growth strategy, and we are now looking for an efficient and capable SMT PA & Office Manager to support our ambitious and dedicated team to deliver this strategy. This role will reward someone with a strong PA background, who can provide first class support to trustees and leadership team, while also ensuring the smooth running of a small office.

Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a fantastic charity to recruit for the Fundraising Officer- Events in order to cover period of 12 months.

As a Fundraising Officer, you will play a pivotal role in the Community, Events, and Products Fundraising team. From planning and delivering impactful supporter journeys to creating memorable event-day experiences, you’ll help foster strong relationships with the charity supporters.

What You’ll Do:

• Project manage end to end fundraising activities, from briefs to evaluation, ensuring everything runs smoothly and within budget.
• Proactively support and steward participants through personalised calls, emails, and digital communications, enhancing their experience with the charity.
• Deliver outstanding event day experiences, support third party events, and engage with supporters face to face.
• Use data insights to evaluate projects, optimize strategies, and provide comprehensive reports with actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external agencies to ensure all activities align with the charity’s brand and policies.
• Share inspiring supporter stories that bring the charity’s mission to life across media and digital channels.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven success in managing fundraising or volunteer activities and achieving targets.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and engage fundraisers.
• Strong project management skills, able to juggle multiple deadlines and initiatives.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to analyse performance and adjust tactics effectively.
• Experience with digital tools, databases, and IT systems relevant to fundraising.

Salary: £35,702 inc. LW

Contract type:  Full-time,  12 months FTC

Location-  London, hybrid working with 2 days a week in the office

Closing date: ASAP

Recruitment process: Cv and Supporting Statement to [email protected]

If this sounds like you, then please do get in touch ASAP!

Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

• ybrid Working - Required 2 days per month in London
• A Charity that is making a genuine difference across the UK

About Our Client

Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men - prostate cancer. It's a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.

Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men's health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition - to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We're blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.

Work with us and you'll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

Job Description

We're seeking a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team, a key group dedicated to making the most of our resources to help achieve our vision: a world where no man dies from prostate cancer.

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll work closely with Directors and Department Heads, helping them understand their financial needs, offering advice on best practices, and providing insights or challenges when necessary. You'll manage and prepare financial reports, including forecasts, budgets, Board KPIs, and management accounts, giving guidance and recommendations where needed.

You'll be a supportive "critical friend" to our programmes, offering advice on finance and procurement, and actively contributing to new projects to establish strong processes. By supporting various programmes, you'll keep an eye on budgets and forecasts, making sure budget holders have the tools they need to monitor their spending. This includes preparing templates, leading training sessions, and responding to any business needs.

Your role will focus on continuously improving business partnering processes that affect our financial reporting and monitoring, always looking for new ways to share business information across teams.

You'll also provide ongoing training and support to budget holders, ensuring compliance with our policies. You'll champion innovation, continuous improvement, and a focus on customer and user engagement for budget holders and key stakeholders.

The Successful Applicant

• Professional accountant qualification i.e. CIMA, ACCA or ACA accreditation (or any suitable recognised equivalent).
• Proven record of preparing financial information for non-finance colleagues and experience in process development and driving improvement.
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a track record of identifying issues and implementing effective solutions in a financial context.
• Demonstrated ability to use financial software and tools effectively, including advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial reporting systems.
• Proven ability to adapt to changing environments and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

What's on Offer

We would like to offer the successful candidate:

• Generous leave entitlements that increase with service
• One 'development day' a month to use for training or personal development
• Enhanced contributory pension scheme
• Life insurance and group income protection
• Health Cash Plan
• Life and wellbeing advice and support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted gym membership and high street shopping discounts
• Loans for season tickets or cycles

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We are looking for a hands on Head of Data and BI to develop organisation-wide reporting capabilities, providing strategic-level insights to the executive team, and ensuring the smooth integration of data from multiple sources, for a wonderful health charity offering home working.

The Charity
A warm and collaborative charity, dedicated to supporting people through the most difficult times of their lives from palliative and bereavement care to supporting familys with the loss of a loved one.

You will be joining a highly respected organisation, with an inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities to aid career progression, 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays and a company pension scheme as well as much more.

The Role
The role of Head of Data and Business Intelligence is a hands-on technical role that will lead data warehouse development and associated services provided by the Data Team.

The Head of Data and Business Intelligence will be responsible for leading the development and execution of the charitys data strategy, ensuring data-driven decision-making across the organisation. The role is responsible for the strategic oversight and management of the charitys centralised data warehouse, ensuring that data is collected, stored, and managed to support effective reporting and analysis across the organisation.

In a devolved model, where data analysts sit within various departments, this role does not involve direct line management of analysts. Instead, the role focuses on collaborating with these teams to support their data needs and operational objectives.

The role is crucial in developing organisation-wide reporting capabilities, providing strategic-level insights to the executive team and SLT, and ensuring the smooth integration of data from multiple sources.

The Candidate
Key experience and proven ability in Power BI, SSIS, SASS, SSRS
Comprehensive understanding of SQL and Data warehousing principles with experience of working with cloud-based data warehousing, data engineering, and CRM systems.
Demonstratable experience of SQL Server and T-SQL with strong SQL skills in MS SQL.
Strong understanding of data governance, GDPR, and data compliance standards.
Experience in leading data strategy development and implementation.
Experience of developing data warehouse capabilities in Microsoft Azure
Experience of working in a matrix management environment

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

The organisation:
We are partnering with a compelling health charity who are seeking a Community and Events Fundraising Officer for a 6 month fixed term contract, 3 or 4 days per week. You will help drive and deliver their ambitious fundraising strategy and support the delivery of the charity’s events programme.

You will be responsible for:

• Research venues, online platforms, caterers, materials, suppliers, speakers etc. depending on the nature of each event 
• Working closely with the Fundraising and Events Team Manager, create and monitor a risk management process and ensure this is followed for each event 
• In conjunction with the Fundraising and Events Team Manager, ensure there is a clear event plan with objectives and financial targets for each event, led by a Return on Investment (ROI) methodology.
• Explore corporate sponsorship opportunities and gifts-in-kind for events in conjunction with relevant colleagues across the organisation 
• Source raffle prizes and auction lots to develop a ‘bank’ of prizes that can be used at events - creating a prize database and ensuring we have full and accurate information 
• Support the production of event programmes and materials for the event, including invitations, seating plans, menus etc. 
• Support event mailings and manage replies
• This is a hands-on role supporting event day logistics and day to day work around procuring and maintaining events materials 
• Ensure guests have a positive experience and income and ROI targets are met 
• Support the Fundraising and Events Team Manager to ensure committee members, prize donors and guests are stewarded and thanked for financial and in kind donations 
• Attend and organise meetings internally and externally including diary management, room bookings and preparing papers 
• Ensure accurate and accessible record-keeping of all activity and relationships through effective use of the donor database 
• Be a point of contact with suppliers and partner organisations 
• Support the Fundraising and Events Team Manager and other colleagues as appropriate to provide practical support to donors organising their own large-scale events to ensure their (pre-agreed) needs are met and they are feel valued 
• Represent the Charity at events and meetings and safeguard the Charity’s reputation and integrity through an awareness and understanding of our brand and mission 

Person specification:

• Experience within a community fundraising environment
• Ability to prioritise and manage competing priorities
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages 
• Excellent communications skills
• Strong team worker and motivator of self and others but also the ability to work unsupervised 
• Availability to start a new role in the next few weeks

What's on offer:
This role is offering a salary of £31,000 pro rata for this 6 month fixed term contract, 3 or 4 days per week. This is a hybrid role with 1-2 days a week in their London office. This is a fast moving role and applications will close as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

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

Corporate Partnerships Manager
Salary: £40,000-£44,000
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Location: London/Hybrid
Closing date: Rolling
Benefits: Up to 11% pension, 25 days leave + bank holidays, bonus scheme, access to all sites

We have a brilliant opportunity for a Corporate Partnerships Manager working for the highly acclaimed Historic Royal Palaces charity. This role will support the Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships. As part of the role, you will take responsibility for delivering a sustainable growth strategy, managing a seven-figure relationship, and using your experience to secure new partners and account manage existing ones to a high standard.

This role will offer you the opportunity to step up into line management, and to be supported ardently by a passionate board, working with some of the best fundraisers in the sector.

To be successful as the Corporate Partnerships Manager you will need:

• Successful track record in corporate fundraising including managing corporate membership programmes, or experience in account management in commercial environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, evidenced by close, successful relationships with corporates, donors, board members and VIPs.
• Understanding of the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Ashby on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
 

Philanthropy Manager - Crisis - £45,727 - London

Ready to transform lives and tackle homelessness through powerful philanthropic fundraising? Crisis is seeking an exceptional Philanthropy Manager to drive vital funding that changes futures.

Location: London

Salary: £45,727

Contract: 6-month contract

Working Pattern: Full-time, hybrid working (prepared for one day a week in the office)

About Crisis: We're a leading national charity dedicated to ending homelessness. Your role will directly contribute to our mission of supporting people out of homelessness and creating lasting change.

We know that 6 months can be too short to build long term relationships, that's why we want you to put together some interesting projects and strategies. Get in touch with your friendly neighbourhood recruiter Frederick Hillinger for more details on this bit.

As our Philanthropy Manager, you'll:

• Build relationships with high-value donors
• Secure five and six-figure philanthropic gifts
• Manage a dynamic prospect pipeline
• Create compelling funding proposals
• Support peer-to-peer giving initiatives
• Collaborate across teams to identify funding opportunities

What you'll bring:

• Outstanding relationship management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Creative approach to donor engagement
• Project management expertise
• Digital marketing understanding
• Passion for social change

We offer:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Supportive, inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to make a genuine difference
• Professional development opportunities
• Time off in lieu for evening/weekend events

Our culture: We embed our values of equality, social inclusion, and putting our members at the heart of everything we do. You'll work in a collaborative environment that's committed to ending homelessness.

Career development: We invest in our people, offering ongoing training and clear progression paths within our fundraising teams.

What makes this role special? You'll directly contribute to transforming lives, helping people move away from homelessness and create a better future.

Want to be part of creating lasting social change? Join our team and help end homelessness, one connection at a time.

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

Prospectus is excited to be supporting our client with their search for a Trusts and Foundations Manager.

The organisation is a pioneering breast cancer charity committed to delivering psychological, practical and emotional support to those diagnosed with the disease throughout the UK. They also raise awareness of the importance of early detection and diagnosis through our breast health masterclasses, equipping individuals, institutions and corporates with knowledge of signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

This a permanent, part-time (0.6 or 0.8 FTE) position, paying a salary of up to £42,500 FTE per annum and the postholder will be working in a hybrid model in King’s Cross, London. 

The postholder will manage a portfolio of Trust and Foundation prospects and donors up to the £100k level and develop and maintain strong and long-standing partnerships. You will take primary responsibility for conducting and co-ordinating detailed prospect research on Trusts and Foundations that support the charity's areas of work, liaising with operations and wider fundraising teams.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of generating income from UK Trusts and Foundations along with experience in the grant application and bid-writing process and story telling. They are looking for someone with the ability to work through the fundraising cycle with donors to initiate, renew and grow gifts.

We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Do you want to work with a leading social justice charity organisation supporting those in need?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

About the role?

Reporting to the Bid Manager you will:

• Plan, write, edit and submit tenders owning an opportunity through all stages from tender release to submission
• Research and review opportunities, identifying key requirements and communicating the requirements effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Obtain information required to produce compelling, high-quality bids from internal and external stakeholders, including through own research
• Effectively work to bid project milestones to ensure timely submission
• Work collaboratively with key members of the operational teams to ensure that ways of working are positioned in line with USPs and agreed win themes
• Undertake in-team quality control of other writers’ bids to ensure that all submissions are the highest-possible quality
• Review submissions to drive continuous improvement through analysis of feedback, taking account of market knowledge and suggesting changes/improvements
• Continually update the information library for future bids, ensuring good knowledge of market competitors
• Work well with the wider team to ensure coordination and compliance of the defined bid process is maintained

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services.  We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years.  We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.

About you

We are seeking a Bid Writer to enhance our Business and Strategy Team. Experience in bid writing is desired, but not essential. We would like to hear from you if you are looking to enhance your writing skills and experience to create high-quality commercial bids. You should have good project management skills and be able to bring information from various sources into compelling written proposals. We welcome applicants who have recently graduated from university with a degree that demonstrates excellent analytical and writing skills. Reporting to the Bid Manager you will be a supportive team member able to work in a fast-paced environment, with competing deadlines and able to use your excellent communication skills to influence key stakeholders. Having experience of Local Government tendering would be an advantage.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Separate Life Assurance Cover
• Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays etc
• Discounted Gym Membership; Employee Assistance programme.
• Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance.
• Support with continuous professional development.

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact Human Resources for further options.

How to apply

To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on the advert page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form.

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 2nd December 2024; however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to interview suitable candidates as applications are received and therefore withdraw the vacancy before this date.

Want to know more about VoiceAbility and the role? Click to apply to see more details. 

Job Title

Graduate Commercial Bid Writer

Grade

GRADE 7

Reports to

Head of Commercial Bid Writing  

Responsible for

N/A

Job purpose

As part of the bid writing team be accountable for writing multi million pound winning bids for agreed contracts, tenders and frameworks in line with the agreed operating model, enabling United Response to retain and grow income in a sustainable way.

Key responsibilities

Bid writing

· Writing high quality and innovative responses in tenders and framework that are representative of United Response work in collaboration with Operation colleagues and Relationship Managers that will lead to winning multi million pound partnerships

· Working closely with the Principle Commercial Bid Writer, Heads of business development, operational subject matter experts to ensure that all tenders, are written to an excellent standard and meet necessary criteria within internal and procurement timeframes.

· Editing and copywriting content to provide consistent and engaging written submissions.

· To articulate and illustrate information provided to you as well as work up concepts into creative and innovative ideas, in line with The United Response strategy and brand. This will include research, example gathering, development of new initiatives and engaging internal and external stakeholders, to include in model development and submissions which will lead to significant increases in income.

· Working with the Principle Commercial Bid Writer to develop a library of sector leading stock responses ensuring tools, examples and information are kept up to date and properly represents the work we do

· Write excellent bids, that bring our offer to life and win UR the contracts

Budgets and Critical Analysis

· Develop comprehensive blue prints for each of our contracts, which will include:

o Rigorous and comprehensive cost benefit analysis for all of our services and bids.

o Experience of developing significant comprehensive budgets for bids to ensure that the ROI is met ensuring sustainable contracts.

o A full risk assessment for the contract to inform decision making for a bid no bid scenario.

Best Practice and Learning

· Keep abreast of latest innovations and research to include in responses.

· Work with colleagues in Operational, Quality and Practice teams to ensure the best practice is shared and knowledge and management information is both used in tenders and available to the organisation.

· Research and data collection for bids, contributing as actively to bespoke model design and innovation development.

· Evaluate and improve future submissions utilising bid feedback and good practice from successful bids, taking a lead and ownership of the Response Library.

Opportunities

· Develop strong and effective communication and relationships across the organisation to understand opportunities and requirements that will take key stakeholders on the bid development journey.

Information & Governance

· Ensure that all processes, procedures and systems to support income generation are followed in accordance with best practice and Information Governance Policies.

· Ensure that United Response and partner’s intellectual property and commercially sensitive information is protected and used appropriately.

· Ensure confidentiality of our people and the people we support is maintained at all times.

Service User Engagement

· Always act as a champion of United Response and local partnerships internally and externally, modelling appropriate behaviours.

· Engage in and instigate true co-production, devolved decision making and strengthening the voices of the people we support.

· Develop and/or build strong and positive relationships with key stakeholders and where required commissioners.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Part One – Experience

We will be looking for evidence of your:

· Credibility in your potential to write multi million pound sector leading bids and frameworks in the social care sector.

· Credibility in building relationships with operational colleagues and other key stakeholders.

· Credibility in developing rigorous and comprehensive cost benefit analysis for multi million-pound contracts and tenders.

· Supporting colleagues to think differently, developing bids that are easy to read and impactful.

· Understanding of how to deliver social purpose in a business-like manner, good business and financial planning skills and proven track record in delivering against financial targets and managing business risk.

· Commitment to co-production with people we support and their families/advocates.

Part Two - Key Competencies

We will be looking for evidence that you:

· Exceptional writing and communication skills.

· Analytical with an eye for detail.

· Have strong & practical understanding of how to write powerful bids in personalised public services.

· Can critically appraise ideas, proposals, and operating models to ensure that the bids we submit are deliverable and achieve agreed operating margins.

· Ability to work at pace and can juggle competing demands, making reasoned decisions about priorities.

• Can apply project management techniques appropriately to the scale of the task in hand.

· Can harness creative thinking and innovative approaches both of your own and enable others to apply these to deliver practical outcomes.

· Can strike a balance between tried & tested approaches while being willing to take calculated risks in developing new ways of doing things.

· Can show resilience when needed for yourself and assist others to develop this.

· Can hold colleagues to account in an appropriate way to provide high quality information needed for the bids.

Part Three - Personal Style and Behaviour

We will be looking for evidence that you:

· Can describe what your commitment to the aims, values and goals of United Response looks like in practice.

· Have integrity and display courage in tricky situations.

· Work collaboratively with the Business Development team to help deliver exceptional results.

· Are articulate, able to transform complex and often technical subjects into clear messages, and with strong presentation skills, able to create concise yet robust bids.

Desirable criteria

· Volutary or employed bid writing experience

· Certificate in Bid Management or similar

Prospectus is excited to be supporting our client with their search for a Head of Corporate Partnerships.

The organisation is a pioneering breast cancer charity committed to delivering psychological, practical and emotional support to those diagnosed with the disease throughout the UK. They also raise awareness of the importance of early detection and diagnosis through our breast health masterclasses, equipping individuals, institutions and corporates with knowledge of signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

This a permanent position, paying a salary of up to £55,000 per annum and the postholder will be working in a hybrid model in King’s Cross, London. 

The Head of Corporate Partnerships will identify and research potential corporate partners that align with the charity's mission and values. You will develop and implement strategies to approach and secure new corporate partnerships and craft tailored proposals and presentations to effectively communicate the benefits of partnering with Future Dreams.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in corporate fundraising or business development preferably within the charity sector. They are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships.

We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Ariha Semontee at Prospectus.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. Please in the first instance share an up-to-date CV with us and should your experience be suitable, we will look to arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You will then have all the information you need to finalise your formal application. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

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. 

Turn your back on dull statutory audit assignments and take your audit skills global, into a truly rewarding and challenging new sector, where your work is critical to the success of NGO development projects.

Our partner is providing essential assurance services to a number of large institutions around the world, this specialist team works closely with global clients such as UNICEF, The Gates Foundaton & The World Bank – delivering and managing international development grant-funded programmes. This long established, diverse and multi-lingual team are global leaders in this field

This role is on the frontline of this globally focussed department travelling internationally, meeting clients, colleagues and auditees. Leading meetings, leading audit teams, writing audit reports. Representing the department in person in front of multiple partners and stakeholders. Contributing to the success of critical development projects worldwide - focused on public healthcare, education, disease prevention, and conservation across the developing world. The role offers travel experiences (post pandemic) that very few other roles can match. You will

• Prepare a tailored plan for all assignments based on a good understanding of the terms of reference and the applicable contractual conditions
• Lead opening meetings with clients and auditees and present the audit findings clearly and credibly at closing meetings
• Lead assignment fieldwork teams, including locally based staff, on overseas assignments, or work alone
• Demonstrate the ability to identify issues and areas of non-compliance on an assignment and write them up as findings in a detailed, precise and clear way in the assignment report
• Be able to work to tight deadlines and manage time effectively
• Be prepared to be out of the office on international assignments for up to 40% of the time*

Key skills required..

• A genuine interest in International Development and making a difference.
• A love of international travel, preferably with experience of working or volunteering internationally
• A second language, especially French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Arabic
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• An ability to communicate in a professional, constructive and respectful manner
• A proven track record in audit work

"A fantastic way to break into the International Development sector"