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Job Title: Finance Officer
Reporting to: HQ Finance Manager
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary range: £32k to £35k
Principal Location: London, hybrid with a minimum of 3 and an expectation of 4 days in the office per week.
Street Child is one of the world's fastest-growing children's charities. In less than 15 years we have made a material impact on the lives of nearly a million children - but the desire, potential and need to go so much further, and to reach millions more children in need of safety and a quality education, is what motivates us every day. Strong finance functions underpin everything that we want to achieve as an organisation and this role is a vital part of this.
Role Purpose:
This role is a key member of the busy HQ finance function. The role is primarily focused on HQ finances and will also work with the colleagues across our global finance team. The role offers the chance to work across a number of finance functions, including: management accounting, supporting year end audit, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable and working on some of the subsidiary charities; and so it provides a great opportunity to experience the full breadth of finance work in a charity across all functions in a varied and interesting role.
It is essential that the applicant can juggle the complexities of a busy role with has varied work priorities. Key stakeholders are the HQ Finance Manager, Finance Director and the HQ based fundraising team. The role works alongside the Finance Assistant and plays a role in oversight and coaching of this role. Street Child is implementing a new CRM system and this role will feed into the development of new processes and procedures and use both the CRM and finance system and ensure full reconciliation and data trail between the two systems.
Key Responsibilities:
1) (40%) Deliver all functions related to Accounts Receivable and CRM:
- Ensure that all income from a variety of different sources is correctly and accurately recorded in the finance system and CRM (which is under development) on a weekly basis.
- Supporting with work on accounts receivable including accessing, downloading and saving in a systematic manner reports from donor portals, bank account and other sources.
- Working with colleagues in Fundraising to analyse and code income reports in Excel and uploading it to the Finance system on a timely basis, at least weekly. Following up on how to code any income which is not allocated to a source.
- Working closely with colleagues in Fundraising to ensure prompt collection of outstanding balances from customers, and sending out monthly debtor balance statements.
- Raising donor invoices and requests for payments, and issuing donor receipts.
- Income and customer account reconciliations and revaluations.
- Any other responsibilities relating to Accounts Receivable.
2) (40%) Month end reporting and reconciliation and subsidiary accounts:
- Complete all balance sheet reconciliations, including bank and petty cash reconciliations and submit for approval by HQ Finance Manager.
- Once CRM system is in place, undertake reconciliation processes between finance data and CRM data.
- Carry out monthly revaluations of bank accounts.
- Ensuring supporting information for transactions is correctly stored in electronic format on Teams such as bank statements, remittance advices, credit statements.
- Assist in preparation of internal reports, including working with Operations Department and Finance department to review their monthly reports.
- Take responsibility to deliver the management accounts of two subsidiary companies: Children in Crisis and HQ transactions of Africa Educational Trust.
- Compile information for Gift Aid returns.
- General support and assistance to the team including administrative duties and managing the office post.
- Other ad hoc support to the wider operations team as may be required.
- Audit: support with the year end audit and provision of supporting information to auditors.
3) (20%) Lead the Accounts Payable process:
- Whilst the Finance Assistant is responsible for all payments, the Finance Officer has a lead role in ensuring that all invoices are paid on time, in an efficient manner and that the finance system reflects the transactions within the correct accounting period and correctly coded in the system – including account code, cost centre, project code and donor code.
- Determine most efficient payment platform to process international payments, and ensure that recorded in the finance system at the correct conversion rate.
- Be a point of contact with the Foreign exchange agents to quickly resolve any questions.
- Work with the Finance Assistant to ensure accurate and timely recording of all approved supplier invoices, requisitions, staff expenses and other expenditure in the accounting system and that all supporting documentation for all transactions are uploaded.
- Ensuring that there are at least two payment runs a week and additional runs as required; overseeing the process to ensure that all invoices for payment are correctly approved by the budget holder, setting up payments on online banking platforms and sending out requests for payment approvals to payment authorisers and verifying that all payments are fully approved in the banking platforms by the deadline set. Providing cover to set up payments when the Finance Assistant is not available.
- Managing monthly staff credit card reconciliations and ensure that these are returned on time with all receipts and invoices and checking and reviewing classifications, with follow up as required.
- Carry out monthly Creditor account reconciliations ensuring that all balances are valid and backed up with appropriate supporting documentation.
- Fully deliver the set up all payroll payments in time for the monthly pay day. This involves ensuring correct amount and currency of payment (which may differ from the salary of the individual’s employment contract) and method of payment across all HQ staff.
- Any other responsibilities from time to time.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential:
- 5 GCSE at Grade C or above including English and Maths
- Post-GCSE qualification such as A-Level or T-level or equivalent Degree
- A Good understanding of double entry bookkeeping
- Part qualified accountancy qualification
Desirable:
- Full Accountancy qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential:
- IT Literate with strong Excel skills
- Familiar with using Teams
- Experience of working in a similar role
- Experience of using a CRM
Desirable:
- Charity or third sector experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential:
- Attention to detail
- Highly organised and self-motivated
- Flexible and able to manage multiple tasks at one time.
- Good written, verbal and presentation skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Fast learner whilst not afraid to ask for help!
Desirable:
- Shows initiative in identifying problems and posing solutions
- Persistence and tenacity
Other:
Essential:
- Pro-active communication style including keeping team-members informed and updated as necessary.
- Work co-operatively and collaboratively with colleagues, other departments and other external contacts
- Strong communicator and able to explain work to other team members
Desirable:
- Good Interpersonal skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Placement Officer to join our Business development & Commissioning Team. This will include providing clerical support in planning, attending, and minuting meetings, as well as managing and executing processes associated with children’s placements.
Staff benefits include shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
The role of Placement Officer is to provide high quality support to all placement, admission and discharge processes associated with all children’s placements.
This will include providing clerical support in planning, attending, and minuting meetings, as well as managing and executing processes associated with children’s placements, including managing and updating our children’s records system, supporting on billing processes, in particular debtors’ management, and contracting, whilst also supporting the wider business development and commissioning team on clerical matters, ensuring operations run smoothly.
You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including families, referrers, and commissioners, maintaining excellent relationships and delivering exception customer service at all times, acting as an ambassador for The Children’s Trust.
Interview Date: 24th & 25th October 2024
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, Zest; our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
Are you a Qualified Accountant looking to use your skills and accounting knowledge to help address the biggest health issue in the UK today? We are looking for a hands on Financial Accountant, to join our busy Finance team on a fixed term contract ( up to 12 months) as we progress our finance transformation journey following the recent implementation of a new ERP finance system, Unit 4.
In this role, you will support the delivery of high quality statutory audit and month end closes along with actively contributing to robust controls and efficient financial processes throughout the organisation. You will work closely with colleagues in the transactional processing and business partnering teams, as well as fellow financial accountants.
This is a homeworking role, but you may be required to travel to attend meetings, events and team-days. You must reside in the UK, have the correct right to work documents to work in the UK and be comfortable/willing to travel to our offices (London or Birmingham) if/when required.
And it’s a brilliant time to be a part of Alzheimer’s Society. Alzheimer's Society was named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a wonderful achievement and we're incredibly proud, as this is fantastic testament to all the people who make up Alzheimer’s Society.
About you
- Qualified Financial Accountant (ideally ACA).
- Experience working in an organisation of similar size, scale, and complexity.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly both in oral and written form, whilst ensuring close attention to detail, is essential.
- Demonstrate initiative, judgment, and a continuous improvement mentality.
- Being systems-oriented ( e.g experience of finance system changes and/or knowledge of Unit4 ERPx) will be highly beneficial.
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We are seeking an experienced Philanthropy Manager to join our fundraising team. This is a brand-new role for Arthritis Action, key to identifying and nurturing long-term relationships with major donors. This role is vital for the development and delivery of our strategy for engagement with philanthropic organisations and individuals.You’ll be joining a leading national arthritis charity, helping to advance our income generation activity and impact across the UK. We are looking for someone with a track record in major donor fundraising and philanthropy, a passion for healthcare, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders to drive growth and success.
About Arthritis Action
Arthritis Action is the UK charity giving hands-on, practical help to improve the quality of life of people affected by arthritis. We offer an integrated self-management approach, which looks at both the physical and mental health impact of living with arthritis. We support people living with musculoskeletal conditions through healthy eating advice, mental health resources, pain management techniques, Online Groups, employment support, and exercise advice and resources.
Key Responsibilities – the role will include but not be limited to:
- Leading the development and delivery of Arthritis Action’s strategy for engagement with philanthropic organisations and individuals.
- Working closely with our services team and healthcare experts to develop pitches that attract funding from philanthropic sources.
- Creatively utilising the charity’s resources and networks to maximise major donor income potential.
- Advising other team members about how best to position the Charity for major donor funding through its communications and programme development.
- Researching prospective philanthropic individuals and organisations and building the Charity’s pipeline of potential funders.
- Developing and delivering engaging proposals, presentations and programmes for potential funders.
- Representing the Charity at networking events to promote fundraising and meet contacts, travelling as appropriate within London and the rest of the UK.
Other Activities
- Ensure that the Charity meets its legal obligations with regards to fundraising, adheres to the Code of Fundraising Practice, and maintains its reputation through its fundraising activities.
- Undertake other tasks relevant to the level of this position within the organisation.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
Essential:
- A track record of securing five and six-figure gifts and multi-year pledges.
- Proficient in developing and nurturing relationships with philanthropic organisations, high-net-worth individuals or major donors.
- Excellent English writing skills for developing high quality funding proposals for philanthropic audiences.
- Experience developing a pipeline of prospective major donors.
- Proven track record of converting prospects, managing relationships and meeting/exceeding targets.
- An understanding of, and commitment to, Arthritis Action’s vision, mission, equal opportunities and diversity.
Desirable: Database experience.
ATTRIBUTES
Essential:
- Excellent account management and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- A self-starter, able to work on own initiative where required.
- Enthusiastic team-player with a can-do attitude.
- Able and willing to travel within the UK.
- Excellent communication, presentation and networking skills.
Staff Benefits
As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years, plus Bank Holidays & 3 days for our Christmas closure (pro rata).
- 7.5% employer pension contribution.
- 24-hour, 365-day access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Annual Eye Tests.
How to apply
Applications should be in the form of a CV with a covering letter explaining your interest in and suitability for the role. Please provide both email and telephone contact information for yourself.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Applications should be received by midday on Monday 14 October 2024 at the latest.
First-round interviews will take place by Zoom on Thursday 17 October. Second-round interviews will take place in the London office on Wednesday 23 October.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the deadline should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Arthritis Action is an equal opportunities employer. We treat employees and job applicants in the same way regardless of age, disability, marital status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Please email both CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability for the role, by the deadline midday, Monday 14 October.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
No one should feel alone when diagnosed with primary bone cancer (PBC). The Bone Cancer Research Trust strives to provide a supportive network for all PBC patients to limit their feelings of isolation and anxiety. Given the rarity of the disease, many patients have never heard of it before they are diagnosed, and therefore access to reliable information is hugely important. The Bone Cancer Research Trust are the only charity to provide detailed information on all types of primary bone cancers and tumours. Our information has also won a British Medical Association award.
The Health Information and Content Manager will be responsible for the charity’s information provision, ensuring it is relevant, evidence based, accessible and meets the needs of everyone affected by primary bone cancer. Leading on both the maintenance of the formal production process and the development of new resources across different formats, including video and webinar content.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a range of stakeholders, including primary bone cancer patients, their families and friends, healthcare professionals and researchers to ensure that every patient facing a diagnosis has access to the information they need and in a format that they can easily understand and use.
Our mission is to save lives and improve outcomes for people affected by primary bone cancer through research, information, awareness and support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Volunteer Support Officer
Location: London Area Sea Cadets HMS President 72 St Katherine's Way, London, E1W 1UQ
Salary: £25,750 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent - 35 hours per week
Closing Date: Monday 28th October 2024.
Are you passionate about supporting volunteers and looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.
About the role:
We are currently looking for a Volunteer Support Officer with proven administrative and IT skills to join our busy Volunteer Support Department at London Area Sea Cadets.
This role involves acting as the first point of contact via email and phone for our volunteers providing warm and friendly assistance. This role provides vital support to volunteers within our enrolment process as well as administrative tasks that aid and celebrate our volunteers. Our successful candidate will be organised, a strong team player and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities:
- Support the adult volunteer applications to join the Sea Cadets, ensuring that personnel records are updated accordingly on our database
- Review and approve applications for the Cadet Forces Medal
- Respond to all volunteer enquiries received by MSSC by email, post and phone
- Administer personnel forms associated with volunteer progression
Requirements:
- Computer literacy: strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, email, internet and experience of web-based information systems
- Experience of working in a customer focussed role, including handling a wide range of enquiries by phone and email, and handling challenging phone calls and emails
- Experience of using data protection procedures
Desirable:
- Experience of database inputting and records maintenance and management
- Experience of setting up and using Mail Merge to issue emails or letters
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave per annum increasing with length of service
- Hybrid working for many roles
- Life assurance (4x salary)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
- Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
Additional Information:
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a disclosure check.
Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Support Officer, Volunteer Support Coordinator, Volunteer Project Administrator, Volunteer Support, may also be considered for this role.
Harris Hill is working with a medical based, membership charity, supporting their search for a Marketing Executive for 6 months, on a full time basis.
This role can be remote or hybrid based however, remote based pay maxes out at £35727.13. To gain the top end of £39199.42, you will need to go in 2 days a week to their London office, with one day being a Wednesday.
This role has come about due to workload, so you will ease this by taking on smaller end to end project campaigns, such as their welcome communications to new members. This will include writing copy, email marketing, content production and management. It will also include, eLearning resources, events, clinical programmes, member initiatives (fellowship, awards and ceremonies).
Further information can be provided upon request but in a nutshell, we are looking for the following skills and experiences.
Experience
Operated at a minimum of Marketing Executive level undertaking tasks as required by this role.
Marketing briefs and planning, with demonstrable success measures achieved.
Project management (ideally Monday. com).
Marketing in the context of professional bodies and/or professional education.
Managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.
Matrix working, maintaining effective working relationships.
Knowledge / Skills / Attributes
Project management i.e. managing multiple activities/task, prioritising.
Communication skills, working with a range of stakeholders.
Outstanding written communication skills - copywriting and proof-reading.
Demonstrate an extremely high level of attention to detail.
Dependable – ability to complete tasks/projects independently to a high standard.
Proactive – ability to set, pursue and complete tasks on time.
Time management skills – ability to work effectively under pressure, to prioritise, and deliver to tight deadlines.
Teamwork – ability to function effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary project team, communicate effectively and provide support for colleagues.
Knowledge of using the Microsoft Office suite.
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We could be the perfect fit for you! The Squad Club is an impactful local charity that supports young people and adults with learning disabilities through our Thursday evening social clubs. And we are now recruiting an Operations Manager to take us to the next level.
Our club nights are fun-packed and educational and our members enjoy socialising with their friends whilst also trying out new experiences.
Our members are the most important part of The Squad. They help to the run the clubs, vote on what we should include in our activity programmes and are involved in decisions about The Squad's future.
This is a new role for our charity, and we are looking for an individual with experience line-managing people and/or operational delivery/service delivery, ideally within a small charity setting, however we would be interested in hearing from experienced professionals with transferable skills.
The successful candidate will oversee the day-to-day operational running of the charity, ensuring Thursday evening Squad sessions are delivered to a consistently high standard and that the charity is compliant with all relevant legislation and internal policies. They will have direct line-management responsibility of our two part-time group leaders who lead our Thursday evening sessions and who liaise directly with our members. The role will also include overseeing and driving forward initiatives around volunteer recruitment and onboarding for The Squad, plus supporting with fundraising opportunities on an ad hoc basis.
Core role responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day operational activities for the charity
- Line manage and support the charity’s two group leaders to fulfil their roles and develop their skills (remotely and in-person at Thursday evening Squad sessions), acting as point of contact/escalation where necessary
- Liaise with the trustee board as the interface between the group leaders and trustees, to escalate any issues and provide regular reports & updates on operational matters relating to the Squad
- Support delivery of Thursday evening club sessions from approx. 6.30pm-9.30pm
- Create and drive forward initiatives to recruit new volunteers to support the charity
- Support onboarding and introduction of new volunteers at Squad Thursday evening sessions
- Support with organising initiatives to engage and develop current volunteers, ensuring they have a great experience as part of volunteering with the Squad
- Oversee DBS checking of staff, trustees and volunteers
- Work with leaders to maintain updated DBS & member records on charity’s database systems.
- Develop, manage and implement processes and procedures to ensure the charity runs efficiently and maximises our impact.
Additional responsibilities:
- Support drafting Risk Assessments where necessary
- Liaise with building management when necessary to request for any maintenance issues to be resolved.
- Support the trustee board to develop fundraising opportunities to generate income for the charity.
- Oversee policy drafting, implementation and updates with the trustee board.
- Collate reports from the charity’s group leaders around Operations and the charity’s services to feed into trustee board meetings as requested.
Experience and Skills Required:
Essential Requirements:
- Experience line-managing people.
- Experience managing operational delivery/service delivery, ideally within a small charity setting, however we would be interested in hearing from experienced professionals with transferable skills.
- An enthusiasm to get stuck-in to all areas of the charity, especially how we deliver our services to our beneficiaries/members
- An individual who is enthusiastic, adaptable, and happy to roll up their sleeves and wade in to help in all areas of the charity when required.
- An organized individual with good time management and prioritization skills
- Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders at various levels of the charity (trustees, group leaders, volunteers, members, members’ families)
- A friendly, outgoing, and open-minded individual
- IT literate, with ability to use MS office programs and be trained to use the charity’s bespoke database systems.
Desirable:
- Experience working with vulnerable individuals e.g., adults or young people with learning disabilities or physical disabilities.
- An understanding of the importance of governance for a charity.
- Safeguarding experience.
- Fundraising experience.
- Policy writing experience.
- Experience working with volunteers.
This is a rewarding role and you’d be joining a friendly, committed team of individuals.
Closing date: 5pm Friday 11 October 2024
To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter stating why you are a good fit with this role and The Squad Club.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location - Mainly remote, with the ability to travel into London required, and some national and potentially international travel (2-4 weeks per year)
The new role of MEAL Officer will undertake high-quality data management and analysis to produce key learnings on the outcomes of our client’s grantmaking and other programmatic activity, as well as leading system improvements for the evolving monitoring, evaluation and learning framework in collaboration with global colleagues.
Providing support to the emerging global Learning function, the role will support the delivery of learning activities across the network to develop clear briefs, learnings and findings that can be used by other functions, including the Communications and Philanthropic Partnerships teams, to strengthen the organisation’s external and internal engagement and knowledge sharing activities.
This position currently sits within the UK Program Support function, and will integrate closely with the existing global Program function, as well as with the planned Learning function (in development).
Major duties and responsibilities:
- Provide support to the Programmes and Learning functions to ensure high-quality analysis and reporting from grantee data across the growing grantmaking portfolio.
- Analyse grantmaking and other programmatic activity against a pre-defined set of indicators as set out in GGF’s current Monitoring & Evaluation framework, including generating reports for donor-funded grantmaking.
- Use a range of methodologies and tools such as data visualisations, written briefs and summary reports to provide qualitative and quantitative data analysis and insights to colleagues across the organisation, including senior leadership, Programmes, Operations, Communications and Philanthropic Partnerships.
- Contribute to global programme strategy development and support advisory boards with data analysis to assist with advisory board strategy development:
- Making recommendations for the UK and/or global organisation on MEAL infrastructure, ensuring tools are fit for purpose and appropriate to context through review and revision:
- Work with Programmes colleagues to understand barriers to grantee reporting; developing creative solutions to track grantee outcomes and long-term change.
- Data entry of all UK grants made for audited accounts, and annual analysis and data visualizations for audited accounts, and global analyses for the annual report.
Position Specifications:
- Commitment to a value-based intersectional framework and its implications for organizational practices and principles of anti-oppression.
- Significant relevant experience in a similar role undertaking monitoring, evaluation, learning and data analysis in a charitable, environmental, development, social justice, feminist, gender, human rights organisation, and/or grantmaking organisation.
- A strong track record in data collection, monitoring and analysis, with good working knowledge of a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, tools and systems, and in using this information to evaluate and recommend adaptations, and in reporting.
- Higher-level qualifications/certification in a relevant field, post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc, PhD) preferred, particularly in the social sciences and/or use of mixed method approaches
- Author of MEAL-related reports, either organisational reports or academic publications
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate and improve the process of data collection, analysis and reporting.
- Demonstrated experience in managing datasets, databases, programming, and other analysis software.
- Demonstrated capacity to think strategically, innovatively, and analytically, with expertise in complex problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking skills, displays good judgment.
- Strong expertise in the use of various software and a high level of computer literacy (MS Office Suite, Google Apps, instant messaging, and virtual team collaboration software such as Trello, Zoom, Slack, SmartSimple, SalesForce, Raiser’s Edge, and/or other donor and grants management systems).
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
This is a fast-moving process, and applications will be sent across on a rolling basis, please apply using your CV to avoid disappointment.
The Strategic Partnerships Lead role will lead on the growth of our Multi-Academy Trust and strategic school partnerships, including stewardship of our existing partners and identifying new partners for us to work with. They will be responsible for bringing new schools into The Brilliant Club network and growing our existing partnerships.
About you
The role will best suit someone who:
- is energised by building connections, creating long-term partnerships and growing these relationships over time.
- is an experienced sales professional, motivated by achieving targets and identifying ways to grow our reach.
- understands the school sector – what schools care about, what they are worried about and how they like to work.
- has strong commercial acumen and enjoys finding innovative partnership opportunities that work for schools and the charity.
- has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission and bringing it to life for others.
- enjoys presenting at and engaging in sector-wide events.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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At an exciting time of growth, AmplifyChange is seeking an enthusiastic and conscientious Grants Compliance Officer.
This role is key to delivering funds to our Grantee Partners and involves working on the financial management of our grants as a member of our Grants Compliance Team. The team is responsible for ensuring that funds under our management reach our Grantee Partners and are used for their intended purpose. In doing this, the team supports with due diligence assessments on all prospective Grantee Partners, analyses the financial reporting and forecasts of Grantee Partners, and works to prevent and investigate fraud across the portfolio. The team also oversees the proper implementation of the recommendations raised at the due diligence stage and contributes to the strengthening of our Grantee Partners’ internal processes and controls.
AmplifyChange is a bi-lingual fund so fluency in French is essential as the postholder will support our grantees, who are based across Africa, South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
This is a very rewarding role where the successful candidate will work closely with the grants support team, as well as the Grantee Partners themselves. The role will provide support to the Grants Compliance Manager and will be responsible for leading on the financial management of a portfolio of grants.
You will be well-organised and able to manage your own workload. Your attention to detail will be exceptional, and you will have a strong understanding of the sensitivities necessary in this type of work.
The position includes the opportunity for international travel to visit Grantee Partners.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
You will work closely with the Grants Compliance Manager, the Finance team, the Grant Support Teams, the Operations Team and the Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation Team while completing a broad range of compliance related tasks.
As part of this role, you will:
- Support the Grants Compliance Manager with financial eligibility criteria checks on prospective Grantee Partners.
- Support on due diligence assessments where necessary.
- Review and approve budgets submitted by Grantee Partners.
- Review and approve documentation provided by the Grantee Partner in relation with the recommendations raised at due diligence stage.
- Conduct regular financial management checks on grantee partners including the verification of financial reports submitted by grantee partners every 3 or 6 months against budgeted workplans.
- Carry out quarterly expenditure verification of grants to ensure adherence to agreed standards and identify instances of fraud.
- Carry out reviews of audited financial statements as well as project audit reports submitted by the Grantee Partners.
- Provide technical support for the Grant Support and Operations Teams, acting as the first point of contact for all financial management related issues arising on assigned grants, particularly ensuring budget templates and financial reporting processes are understood and adhered to.
- Provide technical guidance and support to the Grantee Partners directly by acting as the first point of contact for all financial and compliance related issues.
- Where appropriate, conduct on-site monitoring visits with our Grantee Partners or participate in in-country convenings as the AmplifyChange compliance representative.
- Provide support to our online grantee community in the Circle platform.
- Contribute to the further development of our business processes and the grants compliance systems by sharing feedback and suggestions with relevant colleagues.
- Any other duties as reasonably required.
Please be aware that some of the SRHR material you will be required to review as part of your compliance role may be of a distressing and sensitive nature. Relevant support is available in this regard.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The ideal candidate will be someone who is enthusiastic and conscientious, with excellent attention to detail. A warm and polite approach is important, as the role will involve frequent interaction with various stakeholders including Grantee Partners and colleagues. You will be responsible for the compliance processes for your own grant portfolio and ensuring the smooth running of the grant compliance processes related to this portfolio.
You will bring a calm, confident, capable demeanour to this role, with a clear emphasis on collegiate working. You will successfully engage remotely and in-person with our colleagues, external consultants, Grantee Partners and other stakeholders. You will enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment where everyone wears many hats and will take pride in supporting a purpose driven not-for-profit. Crucially, your positive energy will make you a natural addition to the team.
Essential:
- Sensitivity to, and support for, the values and general aims of AmplifyChange.
- Fluency in written and spoken French language.
- Educated to A-level or equivalent.
- Essential IT skills inclusive of MS Office; advanced Excel and Accounting software.
- Demonstrable interest in international development and SRHR.
- Proven ability to work in a team environment liaising with diverse teams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, especially dealing with people from multicultural backgrounds.
- Good commercial acumen and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise tasks, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Ability to use initiative, with a proactive and problem-solving attitude.
- Self-motivated, with proven ability to work autonomously.
- Ability to work flexibly and undertake international travel where necessary.
Desirable:
- Experience working in a finance or risk management role, with proven experience in some aspect of due diligence, risk management or financial reporting.
- Experience of in a charity or non-profit organisation.
- Experience with grants management software, with Fluxx experience an added advantage.
- Experience of working in SRHR or international development.
- Experience of working in Africa, South Asia and/or the MENA region.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Fluency in Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, or other language skills relevant to the fund.
WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week, reporting to the Grants Compliance Manager.
International travel will be required as part of this role.
AmplifyChange is based in Bath and we operate on a hybrid working model with at least one day per week in the office. Requests for flexible working arrangements will be considered. The successful candidate must have proof of the right to work in the UK by the start of their employment. Please also be aware that the Grants Officer role does not meet the minimum salary requirements for sponsorship.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Middlesex University marries radical creativity with practice-oriented education, on a beautiful open campus right in the heart of North London. Our second campus, at Stone X stadium, is just a 5 minute bus ride away. We enjoy a strong relationship with the University, who understand the unique role the SU has to play in their vision - to transform students’ outcomes to change their lives.
Our community is a melting pot of the local and the global, with students encouraged by the University’s industry focus, excellent teaching standards and fantastic location.
For September 2024, we have just established a students’ union space in MDX House, the home of student life on campus. Our Head of Engagement and Influence will lead the charge to harness mass engagement from our students in extra and intracurricular opportunities so that they can develop the skills, networks and communities to influence their education and shape their futures.
Leading a directorate of 9 full time staff, and supporting three full time student officers as well as 100s of student leaders, you will help staff and students develop communities and campaigns approaches that ensure students are shaping their education, their communities and their lives. The successful candidate will have excellent coaching and mentoring skills and be able to put them to use to develop staff and our full time officers, growing and developing their teams to reach new heights. You will have the skills to build systems, processes and projects to ensure that students have excellent support and opportunities, with the ability to lead the team to achieve our vision for Engagement and Influence.
We are looking for someone who will go the extra mile for students, who is passionate and committed to the impact MDXSU can have on our students’ futures. You’ll be a great communicator, a team player and relish the opportunity to work directly with students every day.
Due to our new Progression Framework, the successful postholder will get the opportunity to develop significantly throughout their time with MDXSU. You will be supported to take on challenging projects and opportunities that directly contribute to the skills you need for the rest of your career, including access to a free MBA or equivalent masters’ level qualification with paid study time. Through quarterly reviews, and a structured progression plan, the most successful candidates could move from the entry point of the band to the top of the pay scale in as little as 18 months.
Like all SU staff, the Head of Engagement and Influence also shares responsibility for supporting the work of our elected student officers and delivering against key projects, such as welcome week activity, SU elections and feeding into the wider work of the SU and the university.
Both the Students’ Union and the University are going through a period of ambitious change, making MDXSU an exciting place to work, with a fun and sociable staff team. This role is ideal for someone who is ambitious and interested in the opportunity to experiment and lead new practice. You could be looking for your first senior management role in students’ unions after a successful period in people and project management, or you might be a senior leader in a smaller organisation looking to grow your experience. We also actively welcome applications from people looking to move into students’ unions from aligned sectors, such as youth work and community development.
Benefits:
- A generous leave package including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- An additional two weeks’ closure during Christmas and New Year
- Up to five days’ additional religious and cultural festival leave
- Enhanced maternity leave at a family friendly employer
- The ability to undertake a fully funded MBA, or alternative masters’ level study, at Middlesex University following completion of probation
- Access to additional professional training and development opportunities, including Middlesex University’s excellent staff development programme
- Development through MDXSU’s Progression Framework, with a quarterly review cycle which enables high performing staff to progress quarterly through their band
- Study leave of up to 20 days for staff undertaking work related study
- An interest free season ticket loan for travel and access to the Cyclescheme Bike to Work scheme
- An Employee Assistance Programme that offers free and confidential support including telephone counselling and financial advice
- Access to the MDX Fitness Hub at staff rates, including access to professional personal training and a high quality gym
- Access to Unidays, Student Beans, and Totum, with 100s of student discounts also accessible to students’ union staff
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The successful candidates will work 35 hours a week over 5 days, including evening and weekend work as required by the company.
At Help for Heroes, we believe those who serve our country deserve support when they are wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds; their lives changed forever. We help them, and those still serving, to recover and get on with their lives.
And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).
As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are:
Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic.
We have an incredible opportunity for a COMMUNITY BUILDER to join our Community Development team.
Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.
About The Role
The Help for Heroes Community Development team are looking to recruit a team of Community Builders to assist in their reshaped participation and connection strategy. Using Asset Based Community Development, we seek to support the charity’s objective to enhance reach and positive impact for members of the Armed Forces Community facing challenges within their local communities.
Are you interested in the Armed Forces community and harnessing their strengths and gifts? Can you identify what already exists in an area and utilise it to create new networks and make things happen?
We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and confident people who are passionate about collaborating with communities in the design and delivery of interventions that bring and connect people together to strengthen networks within the local community. If you believe in the advantages of having a strong community, this role could suit you.
Working closely with Community Development Managers across regions within the UK, the Community Builders will play a vital role in helping to improve lives for Armed Forces Community members by creating a supportive environment that allows them to re-engage and connect with the services at Help for Heroes and with the wider community.
The main purpose of this role is to connect local people through their skills, passions and assets and support the creation of new connections, bringing people together to improve wellbeing and make the community a better place to live. This will include listening to different points of views, building relationships and motivating people to work together and create their own action influenced by their interests and skillsets to positively impact local communities and help them to flourish.
About You
You will have experience leading and facilitating the mobilisation of local communities, asset mapping, bringing together people for engagement that matters to them. You will have knowledge and experience of Asset Based Community Development work, outreach methods and you will have good organisational skills, energy and the ability to animate local communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver outreach to drive local connection, engagement and participation opportunities for the AFC
- Develop and embed an ABCD informed way of work
- Asset map
- Organise and facilitate community meetings to share ideas, encourage collective decision making and build a sense of belonging
- Encourage and pilot community lead action in response to local AFC needs/interests through peer led/co-designed initiatives
- Increase awareness of the challenges faced by military personnel, veterans and their families
PLEASE NOTE: The successful candidates will need to be based within an hour’s commute of their allocated locality and there is a requirement to travel within a 75-mile radius of this location (travel expenses covered). Flexibility in working hours is necessary to ensure a total of 70 hours is covered over a 2-week period so please take this into consideration before applying.
We are looking for someone with the following:
- A Community Development qualification and/or at least 3 years' experience working within a community development or similar role, with responsibility for bringing about social change and improving quality of life
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop relationships which lead to actions
- Demonstrable experience within an integrated multi-disciplinary service
- Experience of engaging and working collaboratively with partners/stakeholders
About the Team
You will work as part of the Community Development team; this newly formed team will approach working in defined localities using an asset based community development approach. Together the Community Development Managers and the Community Builders will strengthen local communities using resources and networks that are readily available. You will do this to proliferate opportunities for sustainable participation and engagement alongside a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the Armed Forces Community to live well after service.
Please see job description for more details about the role.
*Previous applicants do not need to reapply*
Are you a leader with a background in strategy implementation and change? Do you have a record of engagement with senior and other stakeholders across large organisations and strong organisational skills? Are you looking for a new arena in which to further hone these skills? This could be the role for you.
This is a 8 month contract and due to business needs we will only be considering applications from candidates with a short notice period (four weeks or less)
We are looking for someone with strong strategic, organisational, communication and relationship skills adept at utilising agile working to drive performance in the context of change at scale and with complexity. You will be responsible for supporting the Funding Strategy, Communications and Impact (FSCI) Directors and the Directorate in setting their vision and delivery plan for the It Starts With Community Strategy of The National Lottery Community Fund.
Our values are as important to us as a directorate as our delivery and you’ll play a key role supporting our culture putting communities at the heart of what we deliver and how we deliver it. You and your team will also ensure we meet our corporate obligations on HR, finance and budgets and that we are effective and efficient.
You will have a strong working relationship with FSCI Directors who job-share and the Deputy Directors in the directorate. You will be proactive, resilient, and adaptable working with the Directors’ Office Support Team, the Deputy Directors, Directorate teams and colleagues at all levels across the Fund. You’ll be happy to lead work, take decisions based on the Directors’ priorities and help the Deputy Directors ensure delivery across the directorate for the benefit of the communities. This role will also require you to coordinate directorate corporate requirements, including, but not limited to People, Finance, and other business processes.
Interview Date: Week commencing 4th November
Location: UK Wide
We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Newtown.
On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing strategic input driving strategy delivery for a whole organisation or directorate including ensuring the values and behaviours of the organisation are as important as the operational delivery.
- Leading a corporate function or team – ensuring it runs efficiently and effectively and that it meets its corporate obligations on HR, finance and budgets.
- Strong organisational skills and adept at resolving issues, flexing these in anticipation of and in response to changing priorities.
- Deploying strong analytical skills, interpreting information and data and translating into succinct, sound and accurate briefing, reports and advice for senior colleagues.
- You will be able to horizon scan and have a focus on future delivery to identify risks, issues and will be proactive at working collaboratively with colleagues to propose solutions to teams and Directors and DDs.
- You will have significant experience of working with senior leaders including Director and Board level colleagues.
- You’ll be able to build networks across an organisation with other teams and influence those key stakeholders to deliver our strategy in terms of ways of working and prioritisation.
- People management experience - including managing staff and multi-site people management. Including managing and leading colleagues not necessarily in the line management chain.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience driving workplace culture and change management leadership, supporting delivery of change programmes for people and organisations.
- Project and Programme and Project Management.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your new company
An excellent opportunity has arisen within a large, global not-for-profit organisation based in the City of London. This is a permanent role, working as a Finance Assistant for a medium-sized team. This opportunity also offers hybrid working.
Your new role
- Reporting to the Management Accountant.
- Support the finance department by managing daily accounting tasks, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in all transactions.
- Ensure timely reconciliations of all bank accounts, both in the UK and overseas, including petty cash, foreign currencies, in-country trackers, credit cards, and prepaid cards.
- Working closely with the Treasury Coordinator on Income and Expenditure.
- Lead and maintain the records for Aged Receivables and provide expenditure reports to the wider stakeholders.
- Support Accounts Payable to ensure invoices are accurate. Approve payments to suppliers in accordance with relevant policies.
- Process required payments, ensuring data integrity.
- Support the Finance Manager with month-end.
- Manage month-end reconciliations, both in the UK and overseas.
- Check receipts and accurate recording of staff expenses.
What you'll need to succeed
- Part-qualified Accountant (actively studying for a recognised CCAB qualification).
- Similar experience - Debit vs Credit entries, Purchase Ledger, Reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
- Strong Excel skills are required.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
- Enthusiastic, self-driven, ambitious and always seeking continuous improvement.
- Great communication and interpersonal skills.
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