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We are looking for a Business & Finance manager to join our dedicated team at a very exciting time.
Eggtooth was established in 2011 and has grown to be the leading creative mental health organisation in Hastings and surrounding areas. We have supported thousands of children, young people and families. We offer a unique approach to wellbeing and learning and our services are needed now more than ever before.
Essential
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Proven experience of working in a hands-on Finance Manager role
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Strong knowledge of financial management principles, budgeting and financial reporting
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Proficient in using accounting software and MS Office (particularly Excel)
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Experience in managing multiple, diverse income streams
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Demonstrated experience in managing financial systems, processes and controls
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Ability to work flexibly
Desirable
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Part or fully qualified accountant/bookkeeper within ACA/ ACCA, AAT or QBE or demonstrable equivalent experience
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Experience and or knowledge of the voluntary, third sector or charity sector and its financial culture
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Experience of supporting an organisation at a time of growth and transition
To ensure our finances are managed efficiently and effectively, enabling us to maximise our impact and deliver high-quality services.
Responsibilties will include:
Working closely with the Co-Director to source new business opportunities by targeting opportunities and demographics.
Negotiating new contracts with suppliers or customers on behalf of the Eggtooth.
Preparing detailed budgets that improve the cost-efficiency of the organisation.
Responsible for the day-to-day running of the Finance function. Working with a bookkeeper to ensure accurate financial records are kept, managing payroll, online banking, Xero account and integrations.
To produce relevant, timely management accounts, cashflow and other financial reports with analysis and commentary to inform decision-making
Deliver, oversee and develop robust financial procedures, controls and systems ensuring compliance and diligent resource management appropriate to a growing not-for-profit organisation with limited resources
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Energy Programme Manager
Company: Gorta T/A Self Help Africa
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Contract type: International/National 2-year fixed term contract, full time
Reports to: DCD Programmes
Organisation overview:
In late 2021 Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged, with our Global Office in Dublin, Ireland and a UP office in Cardiff, Wales. In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisational strategy, which defines our shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.
Our three values are:
- Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change
- Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing world
- Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationship
We require a team ready to live up to our values to encourage initiative and valuing of partnerships, thus requiring a Country Director who can model our values, and be able to build on the strengths of our teams.
We are in the process of transitioning country registrations from United Purpose to Self Help Africa in The Gambia and Senegal and these two countries form an integral part of the West Africa programme along with Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Self Help Africa is now registered in The Gambia.
Job Purpose:
The Energy Programme Manager will provide strategic and technical leadership in the delivery and development of the SHA Energy programme in Malawi. They will be expected to oversee the implementation of SHA’s existing portfolio of Energy projects in Malawi, provide technical input to the team and sector in Malawi, continue to develop programme approaches based on evolving best practice and the changing landscape, and mobilise resources for continued growth of the programme.
The position will report to the Malawi Deputy Country Director- Programmes and there will be regular meetings between the Energy Programme Manager, other Programme Managers and Management Team in Malawi and technical advisors from SHA’s Global Office. The role will also involve capacity building of national staff in Malawi to take increased ownership of the programme and enable its continued growth. The Energy Programme Manager will leverage their technical and contextualised knowledge to provide expert advice and advocacy to Malawi’s energy sector (particularly in the areas of cleaner cooking, carbon finance and off-grid electrification) and maintain the programme’s close and productive relationships with its donors and stakeholders to expand the reach, sustainability and impact of our work.
Key Responsibilities:
1.Programme Management and Oversight
1.1 Quality Assurance
- Ensure the programme portfolio is delivered in line with good practice and quality benchmarks in line with sector-based standard operating standards and GESI tools etc
- Ensure an adaptive management approach is taken
- Work with the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Working Group through National MEAL Manager to ensure that we are documenting learning and integrating it into programme design and delivery.
- Ensure MEAL data collected is in line with national MEAL framework through participatory M&E approaches and integrating feedback from staff, partners and project participants.
- Liaise with relevant organisation technical advisors and incorporate learning and global expertise in the programme cycle
- Ensure value for money and efficiency across the programme cycle
- Conduct field visits to monitor project progress.
1.2 Compliance & Risk
- Oversee the development and timely submission of high-quality donor technical and financial reports, in collaboration with projects and operations colleagues
- Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and inclusive feedback to communities and stakeholders on all programme reports and evaluations undertaken
- Working with Project Managers to ensure all projects develop annual, quarterly and monthly plans and that these are actioned and reported against
- Deliver a consolidated risk assessment for the programme portfolio every month and ensure mitigation measures are actioned and followed
- Ensure that internal audit is adequately budgeted across the portfolio
- Ensure that internal audit findings and recommendations are followed up on and actioned as per agreed timelines
- Ensure that every project in the portfolio has a grant opening and closing meeting and that these are filed
- Ensure that every project has monthly review process
- Ensure adequate oversight on all financial transactions and project activities to reduce the risk of non-compliance with policies and risk of fraud
- Ensure annual procurement planning and that all project procurement is cost effective in line with donor and organisational policy
- Ensure that project implementation is complying to donor driven policy and direction, such as the DSA policy, and engaging in communication and advocacy through the MT where donor direction is not in line with the Malawi 2063 or the organisation’s vision and mission.
1.3 Finance
- Oversee internal monthly financial reports and project budgets and cashflow forecasts
- Ensure full project spend without disallowance
- Authorise all project related expenditure in line with SHAs Delegation of Authority framework
- Support and oversee project related procurements.
1.4 Safeguarding
- Ensure that all projects have an active trained safeguarding focal point who can effectively disseminate the reporting channels and policy
- Ensure that all project have a safeguarding plan and report against this during monthly meetings
- Ensure that reporting channels are promoted and visible across all projects in the portfolio
- Ensure that all colleagues within your portfolio have undergone safeguarding training and signed the global code of conduct
- Ensure all staff, partners and stakeholders sign, comply and promote the SHA Safeguarding policy and code of conduct.
1.5 People Management
- Manage teams of staff across all projects in your portfolio and provide line management to Project Managers
- Incubate and enhance skills development of staff across the programme, encouraging learning and development, identifying opportunities for professional development and upward mobility within the organisation
- Ensure all staff members in your portfolio have completed an induction, have passed probation and that annual PDRs are conducted
- Ensure the portfolio has the right team in place in line with the strategy and the values of the organisation
- Ensure that the portfolio can retain and attract skilled and experienced gender balanced teams
- Ensure that you are promoting wellbeing across your team and that staff are encouraged to take their leave entitlements and access training and wellbeing opportunities provided by the organisation
- Cultivate a culture of accountability, adherence to group policies, and prioritization of staff welfare and security.
2.Strategy and Programme Development
- Ensure we are working in line with the locally-led development approach
- Provide technical support to programme implementation for Malawi Energy programme staff to deliver consistently high quality, innovative programmes in both the energy and carbon finance sectors.
- Working within the Malawi Country strategy, and working with other Programme Managers, towards the delivery of our Strategic Objectives and ensuring integration across our work
- Feed into the development of new Country Programme policies and position papers
- Keep up to date with global good practice, technology, approaches and emerging trends, as well as innovative ideas, translating them to the Malawi context
- Capture learning and adapt programming accordingly to maximise impact for communities
- Feed into and promote our Community-Led programming policy work. Maintain long term local and international donor relations to ensure continuation and growth of existing funding
- Keep abreast of new funding opportunities and oversee the development of high-quality proposals for existing and new funders based on organisational learning. Diversify funding sources and secure funding for existing and new areas of focus in line with the CP strategy including carbon finance and impact investment.
- Foster establishment and growth in SHA’s sustainable energy social enterprise
- Where requested by other Country Programs, to provide remote technical advice to assist in the delivery of their projects.
3. Partnership, Representation and Advocacy
- Act as a thought leader in the energy sector in Malawi providing technical support and strategic direction to a wide range of stakeholders across private and public sectors, and civil society.
- Support the National Cookstove Steering Committee (NCSC) as a key member of the coordination group for which SHA is the secretariat. This includes leading the organisation of the annual Cleaner Cooking Conference and quarterly coordination group meetings.
- Maintain, strengthen and build networks and alliances at national level with government, academia, donors and local organisations
- Maintain, strengthen and build partnerships with companies and entrepreneurs to augment the programme’s reach and sustainability of impacts through market-based approaches.
- Ensure active engagement of the programme at district level with all relevant government structures
- Act as the primary focal point for all donors that fund the programme portfolio
- Liaise with Government of Malawi counterparts (national and district) and ensure we are visible and working in line with Government needs and priorities
- Represent SHA at workshops and conferences, ensuring our organisation and work is visible
- Maintain and expand our partnerships across Government, academia, private sector, NGOs and wider civil society, working in coordination with our Partnerships Manager
- Proactively engage in relevant fora and working groups to achieve systemic change within the sector
- Ensure all programme learning is shared internally and externally.
Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements:
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree level qualification in energy, development, environment or other relevant discipline (post-graduate preferred)
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on green energy access
Essential
- Demonstrated strategic judgement, planning, co-ordination and prioritisation skills
Demonstrated project and programme design and proven ability to secure funding from a variety of donors including international development agencies, impact investors and the private sector - Demonstrated project/programme management skills including managing a portfolio of simultaneous projects, monitoring and compliance, budget management, and line managing a team of employees
- Demonstrated communication, partnership building and advocacy skills with a wide range of stakeholders including from private and public sector, and civil society
- Demonstrated understanding of energy in the Global South including improved cooking and off-grid electricity (solar mini-grid and productive uses of energy in particular)
- Experience of developing and monitoring carbon finance projects, particularly improved cooking
- A strong understanding and appreciation of safeguarding principles
- Self-starter, capable of innovatively developing the programme
- Attention to details and flexible approach to work
- Demonstrated cross cultural communication skills and ability to build institutional capacity and provide mentorship to staff
Desirable
- Demonstrated experience in programme strategy design
- Ability to pilot innovations and scale-up effective programming initiatives, through an entrepreneurial mindset
- Experience living in Malawi and/or Sub-Saharan Africa and working in the energy sector
How to apply:
To apply for this role, please upload your completed application form (available to download from our website), CV and cover letter via the careers page on our website.
Only applications submitted via our website will be considered for this role.
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Specific roles may require Police/DBS/Garda vetting.
Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are a dynamic organisation with a clear vision to create a world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible. Part of our responsibility in this is to make sure we are good stewards of the resources we’ve been entrusted with. We have a range of roles which will suit someone who is organised, pays attention to detail and enjoys contributing their ideas and experience as part of a team.
- Salary: £15,000-£60,000 in personal support.
- Location: We have a range of roles both home based in the UK and overseas.
- Terms of appointment: Full-time or part-time. Permanent.
Key responsibilities:
We have various roles that include different elements of the tasks and responsibilities below.
- Oversee income and expenditure transactions.
- Manage ledgers, reconciliations and journals
- Payroll and pensions processing.
- Follow and review financial processes, procedures and policies, seeking to update them when necessary
- Management of others in the finance team.
- Ensure that finances are managed effectively, that proper accounting records are kept and are in compliance with all relevant legislation and guidelines
*More details can be found in the job pack.
This post is subject to an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act that the post holder be a practising Christian (see application pack for details).
Please note we don’t pay salaries to our Wycliffe members. Our members raise financial and prayer support for their work from churches, friends and grant making trusts..
A world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Lead Youth Worker
Oasis Hub East Southampton
16 HOURS PER WEEK (Part-time 0.4FTE)
10 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT (with view to extend)
SALARY: £10,428 per annum (£26,072 for 1FTE)
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to make your community a better place?
Want to grow in confidence and experience?
Oasis Community Hub East Southampton are recruiting for an experienced Lead Youth Worker to work alongside the youth and community hub team in East Southampton. This positive, adaptable and talented youth worker will help us to deliver detached youth work and mentoring. Supporting the development of a team and building youth leadership opportunities.
The role will be focussed on the East Southampton community surrounding Oasis Academies Mayfield and Sholing and the Harefield Hub space. Delivering detached work, alongside other partners using our Oasis Youth van; delivering mentoring in schools and supporting and developing a youth team.
Key responsibilities will be:
· To develop and deliver a youth work programme engaging with young people across East Southampton in school and community settings. To Include:
o Detached provision
o Positive activities
o Wellbeing support
o Mentoring
· To work alongside the hub team to increase opportunities for young people to influence decision making and develop their leadership.
· To line manage sessional youth staff and support volunteers.
The successful post holder must have:
· Proven experience of leading work with young people in formal and informal settings
· Experience working with challenging behaviours and attitudes.
· Understanding of monitoring and evaluation in youth work
· Knowledge of safeguarding practices and health and safety.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team, working in a community and education setting. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
· A pension scheme, offering 7% employer contribution.
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year plus 8 Bank Holidays, Pro rata.
· Policies which promote well-being and are family friendly.
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further inforamtion.
Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.
CV and cover letter should be returned by 9am, Monday 14th October 2024.
Interviews will take place Tuesday 22nd October 2024.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER (ISLE OF SHEPPEY)
HOURS: 18 hours per week (0.45 FTE)
24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £11,732 per annum pro-rata (£26,072 for 1FTE)
Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting communities in 8 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Community Development Worker to work as part of our Oasis Hub on the Isle of Sheppey, to engage and work with the community by helping them to access Hub activities, and the social supermarket project.
Key responsibilities will be:
- To deliver the Sheppey Support Bus project and ensure its day-to-day operational tasks are fulfilled.
- To liaise with our community partners including supermarkets, Fairshare etc to support and provide for Oasis activities, including the Sheppey Support Bus.
- To monitor and evaluate activities using monitoring tools available to the team.
- To develop other opportunities that will enhance our offer to the local community.
The successful post holder must have:
- A relevant professional qualification in Community Work or able to demonstrate qualification by experience.
- Successful experience of working with complex communities.
- The ability to deal with private information and sensitive issues with a calm and confident approach in difficult situations.
- Ability to function in diverse settings and with a wide range of professional agencies.
- Self-motivation, resilience, excellent organisational/administrative and inter-personal skills are essential for this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something pioneering on the Isle of Sheppey and to help make a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of everyone. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution.
- A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays).
If you are interested in this position, please email your most recent CV and covering letter. For further information please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs Website. In your covering letter, please answer the following questions:
- Expand on your CV to explain how your skills and experience meets the Job Description. Give specific examples.
- What personal attributes does a person need to do well as a Community Development Worker?
- How do you see the Oasis ethos and 9 Habits being displayed in this role?
Completed applications should be returned by 12 noon Monday 7th October 2024
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 16th October 2024
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.
Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK. Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.