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Job Description ​​and Person Specification

Job title: Corporate Partnerships Officer

Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager

Location: London/ Hybrid or open to Remote

Contract type:  Fixed Term Contract until December 2027  

Hours per week: Full time - 35 hours

Salary & Grade: £32, 880- £34,610 per annum

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,000 frontline charities and community groups.  Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.  For more information visit our website.

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!

The role 

A large professional service’s firm’s employees have chosen FareShare as its chosen Charity of the Year for the next three years. The partnership will enable FareShare to redistribute even more good-to-eat surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, helping us to address food insecurity whilst tackling the environment issue of food waste.

This role will support the partner’s 16,000+ employees to help raise £1.5m, by inspiring colleagues up and down the country to get involved in office fundraising, challenge events or volunteer at one of FareShare’s 18 Network Partners.

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of building relationships and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising activity in either a Corporate Partnerships or Community fundraising role. You will have excellent communication skills and thrive in a busy work environment.

Main areas of responsibility

Implement the delivery of the regional employee fundraising strategy

• Engage, inspire and support their corporate partner’s employees across the country to raise £1.5m through office based fundraising activity and challenge events.
• Build meaningful and effective relationships with each of the firm’s offices to achieve their fundraising goals.
• Co-ordinate the sign-up process for the partners specific challenge events including promoting opportunities, managing the end-to-end on boarding process and stewardship of participants.
• Support employees to deliver office based fundraising activity including sending out materials, thanking plans and attending in person events.
• Lead and manage the Charity Champion network including chairing meetings, responding to enquiries and supporting with the planning of fundraising events.
• Regularly present compelling stories about the impact of FareShare’s work to all levels of the company, clients and suppliers.
• Work closely with internal Fundraising teams and FareShare’s Network partners to ensure that all opportunities are maximised on.

Support the Corporate Partnerships Manager with the delivery of the national fundraising strategy.

• Play a proactive role in delivering the partnership governance including supporting the preparation of internal and external meetings, working collaboratively with all stakeholders and helping to develop annual fundraising plans.
• Support with the co-ordination and delivery of firm wide national fundraising events such as walks and skydives.
• Support internal teams with the Marketing and Communications plans for the partnership.
• Support annual budgeting and planning in line with the fundraising team’s strategic objectives.
• Produce high quality communications and reports for the partnership - delivering excellent account management through the highest levels of supporter centred stewardship.

Finance and income reconciliation:

• Accurately manage the partnership income reconciliation process across multiple income streams and platforms.
• Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines.
• Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups.

Legal and Compliance:

• Ensure that the partnership is compliant with Charity Regulation and Fundraising Code of Conduct. 
• Keep up to date with the latest legal charity compliance

Person Specification 

If you are a team player who thrives on building relationships, is motivated by targets, enjoys a fast paced and varied job role, then we’d love to hear from you.

Essential Criteria 

• Experience of supporting or managing fundraising relationships within a Corporate Partnerships or Community Fundraising environment.
• Experience of maximising and growing fundraising relationships/opportunities.
• Experience of providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate effectively and motivate partners with excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage a range of projects with competing deadlines.
• Understanding of the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills.
• Good IT skills. Competent in the use of MS Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel regularly to the partners offices and the FareShare Network Partner warehouses. 

Desirable Criteria 

• Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database

Competencies and behaviours 

• An understanding of and commitment to FareShare’s mission. 
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities. 
• Flexibility and collaborative style of working across FareShare and with all our stakeholders.

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

Reporting to: CEO
Key relationships: Grants Manager, Grants Officer, Grants Administrator and Communications Officer
Location: The Rufford Foundation Office, Central London. Staff must work a minimum of 2 days per week from the office. There may be occasional travel overseas.
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, attractive employer contribution-only pension, private medical insurance cover, excellent working environment.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

About The Rufford Foundation

The Rufford Foundation is a grant-making charity that provides funding for nature conservation programmes and projects.

The flagship Rufford Small Grants Programme awards funding to individuals working in developing countries who are starting on the ladder of conservation research and establishing pilot programmes. Since its inception in 1999, the Rufford Small Grants Programme has given over £37 million through more than 6,100 grants to projects in over 150 countries. The programme identifies scientists and practitioners at the early stages of their careers and provides targeted support to enable them to achieve their goal of making a difference in terms of conservation. A searchable database of Rufford Small Grants projects can be found on our website.

In 2023, we started to pilot our Organisational Grants funding stream to provide core, multi-year funding to small local NGOs to help them strengthen their financial and institutional capacity to ensure long-term viability.

This is an exciting time to join The Rufford Foundation, as the postholder will play an essential role in encouraging grantees to apply for further funding. This new role will sit within the conservation team to coordinate the delivery and oversight of Rufford Small Grants.

Rufford Small Grants are renowned for being an important milestone in the careers of conservationists and researchers who may have limited experience in designing and delivering projects. We are very aware that unforeseen issues may arise and are considerate towards requests for project changes. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer will review all project updates and reports to track project changes and to monitor project delivery against proposed plans.

The Rufford Foundation is involved with other conservation donors and practitioners looking at the evidence of conservation effectiveness and supporting learning from success and failure. We fully understand that conservation projects may not succeed as planned and that evaluating small grant project impacts over short timescales (1-3 years) is problematic. The MEL Officer will take this into account when reviewing project progress and evaluation reports.

The ideal candidate will bring previous experience of reviewing (or drafting) donor reports, have excellent analytical and communications skills and be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of biodiversity conservation, ideally with some practical knowledge of conservation in countries where the foundation funds projects. Experience of coordinating work with grantees, including review of workplans, deliverables and budgets, would be highly desirable.

We are keen for the MEL Officer to use their expertise to design a MEL framework to help our grantees with their project proposals, and The Rufford Foundation to evaluate the impact of work across the Rufford Small Grant and Organisational Grant portfolios. The MEL Officer may also support grantees with their own project evaluations.

Principal Responsibilities

Rufford Small Grants

• Review narrative and financial reports for Rufford Small Grant projects, including comparative analysis of results versus original proposals.
• Draft brief summaries of the results of each project, highlighting project changes and outcomes, sharing these with colleagues in writing and at team meetings.
• Compile key achievements delivered through Rufford Small Grant projects.
• Make recommendations for Rufford staff to follow-up with grantees about further Rufford Small Grant funding.
• Work with colleagues to develop reporting guidelines and update our reporting templates.
• Support grantees with understanding and meeting Rufford reporting requirements – this might be done through online or in-person meetings with individuals or groups.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of grant-related activities specifically related to the review of Rufford Small Grant project reports.
• Using background material drafted as part of a recent consultancy, to develop high-level indicators for conservation and capacity building, lead in formalising an evaluation framework for The Rufford Foundation across all grant-making.
• Develop a systematic process to monitor the careers of previous grantees to measure the impact of our funding.
• Produce graphs, tables and short reports on Rufford Small Grants on a regular basis.

General

• Support with monitoring and evaluation of Organisational Grants including review of annual reports and gauging progress against annual plans.
• Cultivate strong relationships with colleagues, grantees and external contacts.
• Explore opportunities for grantees to draft pieces to promote their work through Rufford communications channels.
• Provide administrative support on grant-making processes as required.
• Represent The Rufford Foundation at events in the UK (online and in-person) and overseas to promote Rufford Small Grants to relevant audiences and ensure the foundation is well connected with conservation and donor communities.
• Ad hoc work in support of the Grants Manager and CEO.
• This job description is not exhaustive, and the role may evolve.

Person specification

Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience of working within an environmental or biodiversity conservation NGO.
• Grant-making or project reporting, ideally within the conservation sector.
• Reviewing donor reports for conservation projects, including drafting feedback for grantees to address queries raised.
• Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills.
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluating conservation projects.
• Candidates will ideally have completed an MSc in an environmental/conservation- related discipline.
• Demonstrable understanding of planning and delivering field-based conservation projects, preferably within countries where Rufford funds projects, would be advantageous.

Skills and abilities

Essential:

• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to build and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, grantees and collaborators.
• Interest in connecting with other conservation donors and others working in conservation and capacity building.
• IT literate with experience of using online application and review systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good research, analytical, and administrative skills.
• Able to manage a consistently busy workload.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines.
• Good team player who enjoys working within a small, friendly team.
• Capable of working under their own initiative.
• The job holder may be requested to travel overseas as part of their work.
• Must have the right to work in the UK on a full-time basis.

Desirable:

• Ability to communicate in a second language, e.g., French, Spanish or another language.

We regret that we are unable to consider applications from those who have a time-limit on their visas. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship.

Join a team that is changing places and changing lives.

Groundwork is the community charity with a green heart. We believe that big global issues – the economy, the environment – have a big local impact. Groundwork operates throughout the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. 

Head of Finance & Technology 

Salary: £54,714 to £65,333 (pro rata based on an FTE of 37 hours) and depending on experience
Term: minimum 22.5 hours per week up to 30 hours
Location: Flexible working with occasional travel across the various Trust offices in the East of England, with opportunities for home working

Groundwork East has nearly 40 years of experience in delivering bespoke projects that use the environment as a catalyst for building a more sustainable future. We are looking for a Head of Finance & Technology to provide robust financial leadership, management of the Finance and IT functions and professional advice to support business development, planning and compliance and continued modernisation.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management and control of all finance and IT functions including ensuring that financial / management reporting is delivered to high professional standards. You will be fully qualified - either CCAB, CIMA, ACCA or overseas equivalent - and have experience of a wide range of financial duties within an accounting environment as detailed in our Job Description and Person Specification.

You will have excellent communication, people management, planning and organisational skills as well as exceptional IT skills and you will have the opportunity to help drive forward an inspirational organisation making a real and positive difference to local communities across the east of England.

An ability to travel between sites is a requirement of the role.

If you are looking for an inclusive, family friendly organisation which offers flexibility, a supportive culture, an employee assistance programme together with the opportunity to develop your skills and progress your career we would like to hear from you.  

Groundwork East is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Closing date:  Monday 3 February 2025 (midday)
Interview date:  Monday 10 February 2025

Join a team that is changing places and changing lives.

Groundwork is the community charity with a green heart. We believe that big global issues – the economy, the environment – have a big local impact. Groundwork operates throughout the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face.

Project Officer (Peterborough and Cambridgeshire) Maternity Cover (1 year contract) with a possibility to extend further.

Salary: £26,508 to £28,327 (pro rata based on an FTE of 37 hours) and depending on experience

Location:  Peterborough and Cambridgeshire area with some remote working available

Hours: The role is part time (minimum 22.5 hrs a week up to 30 hrs)

Groundwork has a range of exciting opportunities and we are seeking a highly motivated individual with a passion for engaging communities, supporting people to learn and improving the environment to help drive our programmes forward.

We are recruiting for a project officer role in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire (maternity cover) to deliver and project manage an exciting and wide range of community and education projects across the county.

You will be working on a variety of projects delivered in groups setting around gardening, outdoor play, outdoor education, community engagement and climate awareness behaviour change projects.  These projects will support participants to improve participants’ health, well-being, knowledge and skills.

You will require strong communication and organising skills and will be leading practical tasks.  You will be working with different community groups particularly vulnerable people as well as co-ordinating with local partner organisations.

There is ample scope for innovation and we’ll make sure you’re given all the support and guidance you need to really take your career forward.

Groundwork East is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Appointment to this role is subject to an enhanced record check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Job Title: Member and Supporter Experience Coordinator 

Team: Member and Supporter Experience 

Location: Hybrid (split between home-working and London), 1 day minimum a week in office 

Salary on appointment: £26,887-£32,000 per annum

This role is a full-time role, but we are open to part-time applicants happy to do a job-share. 

Context and purpose of role 

At the heart of the Ramblers lies our community of over 100,000 members and supporters, enabling us to fulfil our charitable mission across the length and breadth of Great Britain.

This role is pivotal in ensuring the delivery of excellent supporter service, coaching and empowering the Member and Supporter Experience Officers to meet the needs of our supporters. You will play a key role in fostering a positive experience for supporters, managing relationships with third-party suppliers, and driving continuous improvements across processes and systems. As a key point of contact for internal teams, you will traffic-control workloads, ensure smooth project delivery, and act as a champion for supporters across the organisation. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Team Leadership and Coaching 

• Provide day-to-day guidance and supervision for Member and Supporter Experience Officers, ensuring workloads are evenly distributed, priorities are clear, and deadlines are met. 

• Lead regular check-ins and team huddles to review progress, share updates, and address any challenges or blockers, in consultation with the Head of Member and Supporter Experience. 

• Coach and support Member and Supporter Experience Officers, providing the skills and knowledge to deliver excellent supporter service through tailored training and coaching 

• Support the monitoring of quality and productivity using satisfaction ratings, and performance measures. Take remedying actions, such as further training or support, in consultation with the Head of Member and Supporter Experience. 

• Co-ordinate key business project delivery within Supporter Care, liaising with other teams, coaching the team, and supporting delivery. 

Supplier and Project Management 

• Manage relationships with key suppliers, including Elovate, our payment processor, and fulfilment centre. Be responsible for briefing them on new projects and setting up procedures. 

• Monitor supplier SLAs and performance measures, ensuring consistently high standards. Manage projects with third-party suppliers to time and budget. 

• Proactively identify new solutions or efficiencies to improve working practices. 

Operational Oversight 

• Oversee the scheduling and management of team rotas, ensuring adequate coverage for incoming enquiries, including peak periods and project delivery deadlines. 

• Support the induction and onboarding of new team members, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge and tools to excel in their roles. 

• Act as the first point of contact for incoming requests from other teams and campaign briefings, managing the team’s workload and rota. 

• Provide KPIs on request from the Head of Member and Supporter Experience. Deliver KPI, SLA and insight reporting that drives better decision-making. 

High standard supporter care 

• Support the team daily in answering incoming enquiries as part of the role. 

• Develop and maintain a framework for monitoring the quality of supporter interactions across all touch points and teams through call monitoring, complaints and compliments reporting, surveys, mystery shopping, satisfaction feedback and other performance measures. Where needed, work with relevant managers in other teams to develop solutions.  

• Regularly review the quality of interactions handled by team members (e.g., through spot-checking emails, calls, and case resolutions), offering constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement. 

Cross-Team Collaboration and Advocacy 

• Work closely with teams across the organisation to build and maintain knowledge bases that can be used by all teams to respond to queries and concerns, and to support teams in ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

• Act as an ambassador for members and supporters across the organisation, sharing insights with colleagues. 

• Maintain strong relationships across the Ramblers, including Ramblers Cymru and Scotland, ensuring the team delivers a high standard of service aligned with organisational priorities. 

• Attend project planning meetings to ensure high-quality supporter care and brief the Supporter Care Team on new projects. 

Continuous Improvement 

• Monitor performance and implement actions to drive continuous improvement. 

• Recommend process improvements for key systems, such as the inbound enquiry system and CRM, in consultation with stakeholders. 

• Proactively identify training needs for team members based on performance trends, and coordinate tailored training sessions to address gaps. 

Volunteer and Digital Engagement 

• Manage office volunteers, ensuring they feel valued and supported to carry out their tasks effectively. 

• Input into the development of new digital products (e.g., website and mobile) to enhance membership value and support volunteer-led recruitment and retention efforts. 

Other 

• Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required of the post. 

The person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

Essential: 

• Strong interpersonal and supervisory skills, with the ability to provide clear guidance, constructive feedback, and coaching to team members. 

• A high standard of organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage own workload.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to write to a high standard.

• Strong numerical skills and the ability to use and interpret data.

• Ability to adapt style, tone and content to a relevant audience.

• Experience delivering excellent supporter or customer care (minimum 2 years’)

• A team player, able to develop collaborative, strong and effective working relationships. 

• Innovative and solutions-focussed with the ability to build knowledge and learn new skills.

• Experience in working with CRMs (e.g. Salesforce), customer care ticket systems (e.g. Zendesk or Service-cloud) and telephone management systems (e.g. CloudCall).    

Desirable: 

• Experience supporting and supervising teams in a customer or supporter-focused environment, including managing workloads and maintaining quality standards. 

• Interest in walking and/or being an advocate for the outdoors and natural environment.  

• Experience in managing knowledge, learning and/or training in a supporter or customer facing environment  

• Experience working within or alongside fundraising or membership teams.  

• Experience in providing insight and reporting in a supporter or customer facing environment.  

• Experience in working with volunteers, with an understanding of volunteer motivations and needs  

• Knowledge of relevant regulatory and legal requirements that impact charities.  

• Experience working with third party suppliers.  

Personal Attributes 

• A team player, develop collaborative, strong and effective working relationships. 

• Empathetic and patient, with a genuine desire to help members and supporters. 

• Positive and professional attitude. 

• Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work independently. 

• Adaptable and flexible in a fast-paced environment. 

• Strong sense of responsibility and accountability. 

• Committed to the principles of inclusion and enabling everyone to feel welcome in the outdoors.   

 
 Values and Behaviours 

Our values are the core principles that guide us daily in our work and our membership of the Ramblers. We all share the passion that walking is for everyone and by living our shared values we can ensure the Ramblers is an organisation to be proud of. Our values will earn trust for the Ramblers brand which will allow us to open up a world of walking opportunities for even more people. 

Inclusive 

We make everyone feel welcome and part of the Ramblers community. We make sure we all feel respected and accepted and know our contributions make a difference in achieving our mission.     

Inspiring 

We strive to inspire people through the way we act and the things we say. We channel our passion and ambition so others are moved to help us achieve our mission.     

Empowering 

We empower and encourage each other to make a positive contribution to our teams and the Ramblers. We do all we can to make sure everyone has the ability, and feels confident, to take action.      

Responsible 

We take responsibility for ourselves and those around us seriously, by always acting in a safe and supportive way. We care about the environment and make sure we do what we say we will do.   

Job Description and Person Specification

Job title: Volunteer & Employability Team Coordinator

Reporting to: Volunteering Development Manager

Location: Hybrid, London or Sheffield with regular UK travel

Contract type: Permanent

Hours per week: Full Time 35 hours

Salary: £24,893-£26,203 (London) or £23,620-£24,329 (National)

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people. There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness. For more information visit our website. 

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!

The role

We require a proactive and detail-oriented coordinator to join our team. In this key role, you will be responsible for coordinating our corporate volunteering program, provide support to the wider volunteering & Employability team, and ensuring the smooth running of various initiatives. You will be the first point of contact for volunteer inquiries and will deliver outstanding customer service, ensuring that both individual and group volunteers are engaged and supported effectively.

This role requires impeccable organisational skills, strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and strong prioritisation and time management.

Main area of responsibility

Partner Volunteering Programme Coordination:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the corporate volunteering program, ensuring effective scheduling, attendance, communication, and follow-up.
• Work closely with corporate partners and delivery partners to organise volunteer events and initiatives.
• Support the development of new volunteering partnerships and opportunities.
• Actively seek opportunities to improve volunteer experience and program efficiency.

Communication

• Facilitate clear communication with volunteers, partners and the wider team to ensure clear expectations.
• Provide ongoing support to volunteers, ensuring they have the necessary information to feel informed, valued and engaged.

First Point of Contact

• Be the primary point of contact for individual and group volunteer inquiries, providing timely, accurate and helpful responses.
• Deliver exceptional customer service by addressing all concerns to ensure a positive experience for all participants.

Record Keeping & Administrative support

• Tracking and documenting volunteer activities including scheduling and feedback, to ensure all volunteer contributions are accurately logged, up-to-date and accessible.
• Implement and improve systems to enhance processes and reporting.
• Provide administrative support to the wider volunteering team, including planning events, scheduling meetings, managing and updating documentation.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Impeccable organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, work to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in all aspects of work.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on customer service.
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders and external organisations keeping multiple stakeholders informed.
• Proficiency with office software (Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent), administration experience and basic database management.
• Ability to self-motivate and work within a team.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in a similar role in a non for profit or similar sector.
• Experience with CRM or volunteer management software.

Competencies and behaviours

• Commitment to delivering excellent customer service
• Able to work collaboratively with different stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Comfortable with change and able to manage competing priorities.
• An understanding of and commitment to FareShare’s mission.
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities.
• Flexibility and collaborative style of working across FareShare and with all our stakeholders.

Why Join Us

• Make a direct impact on the community through volunteering initiatives.
• Be part of a supportive, dynamic, and growing team.
• Develop your skills in volunteer coordination and program management

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

£54,285 - £60,585 (National)

+ £5,000 Accountancy Allowance with relevant qualification

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government's office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers.  We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK - His Majesty's Government - we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions. 

Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours.  We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we're dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service.  Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. 

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth.  We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

The responsibilities of the IFRS16 Accountant will include:

• Ownership of the GPA's technical IFRS16 accounting calculations, performing accurate and technically correct IFRS16 calculations for all relevant lease events, undertaking verifications,  validations and checks
• Monthly reporting of IFRS16 financial performance, risks and opportunities (RDEL & CDEL)
• Produce key information to support annual budgets and monthly forecasts for IFRS16. This will form part of SR bidding and Estimates, submissions to Cabinet Office & HMT. Respond to queries arising
• Support systems improvements behind IFRS16 accounting including accounting ledgers for IFRS16 transactions. Working with GPA's outsourced Property Partner and supporting the development of accounting systems to ensure that IFRS16 accounting is accurate
• As required, supporting the production of GPA business cases/investment appraisals and ensuring that IFRS16 calculations are accurate
• Business partnering across GPA Directorates to ensure that IFRS16 impacts are understood and incorporated into all decision making
• Providing IFRS16 advice to finance and non-finance stakeholders across GPA. Supporting IFRS16 training across GPA Finance. Working towards becoming a subject matter expert on the application and reporting of IFRS16.

Key Skills & Experience 

• A technically strong, confident qualified accountant
• It would be preferable to have experience of IFRS16 technical accounting, particularly in its application to property leases (as both landlord and tenant) - if no prior experience, then the candidate must have a technical aptitude and be prepared to work towards become an expert on IFRS16
• A commercially astute finance professional, capable of translating technical accounting requirements into language that will inform, advise, influence and inspire confidence in financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• A self-starter, comfortable with change and with the drive-to-drive continuous improvement
• Strong leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience in a challenging and complex environment
• Good communication, networking and negotiation skills, capable of building relationships with both finance and non-finance professionals
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others
• Down to earth, proactive and pragmatic

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent,

Salary Range: £50,775 per annum

Start Date: As soon as possible

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Location: Fauna & Flora, Cambridge.

Current policy offers partial remote working with the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

Fauna & Flora are in the process of implementing Salesforce with the Non-Profit Success Pack, which will revolutionise our fundraising operations. As we now enter the crucial period of embedding and optimisation, we seek a Salesforce expert and product champion to ensure Salesforce has a transformative impact across the organisation.

The Database Manager will manage the entire Salesforce environment, including Marketing Cloud which is pivotal to our marketing output. They will be the first point of contact for all staff requiring Salesforce support and training. They will field support requests, fix problems, document CRM processes and procedures and provide expert advice to staff on how to get the best from Salesforce.

They will oversee the final stages of go-live, ensuring Salesforce is built and tested to agreed specifications. Once Salesforce is operational, they will work with internal stakeholders and external partners to explore the reach of Salesforce beyond the fundraising directorate – to expand its capabilities across other key areas of the business and develop a roadmap for Salesforce’s expansion.

You will be an experienced database manager, with a proven track record of implementing, configuring and maintaining CRM databases. You will be proficient using Salesforce, and have had experience in configuring Salesforce, deploying new apps and implementing a new CRM. Ideally, you will have experience of fundraising and will understand the importance of a charity’s supporters, as well as understanding the concepts of donor journeys, lifecycles and donor development.

You will be able to analyse complicated datasets and provide detailed insights and reports from within Salesforce that will inform our fundraising strategy.

In return we offer the opportunity to for a ground-breaking and collaborative organisation at the forefront of global conservation with generous contribution, attractive annual leave allowance, life insurance and salary exchange schemes.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

The closing date for applications is 9 February 2025. Interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing 17 February 2025.

Friends of the Earth has recently launched its new CRM system, using Microsoft Dynamics. This has been the result of a multi-year project to refresh processes and tools across the organisation, with Applications & Data team members at the heart of this change. We’re now looking for an excellent technology leader to enable the continuation of this work: to set the vision and enable its ongoing development and support, as well as to lead the newly formed multidisciplinary team on a day-to-day basis.

Working in an Agile manner, you will lead technology work across our business-critical systems and processes, promoting the effective use of supporter data to deliver our goal of being a data-driven organisation.  This includes our Dynamics CRM and integration, and our SUN finance system. You will also be a key contact point across the IT department for project management and, when required, be an escalation route for support incidents and requests in your area.

Key Skills and Attributes: 

With strong experience of working with data and internal business applications, and effective stakeholder management, you’ll be able to work with peers at all levels across the organisation to agree a technical roadmap for this work area and then focus on the detail to make it happen. This will include helping set the standard for the use of data across the organisation, using our new systems to enable this.

Your strong business analysis skills be put to great use in understanding the differing business processes and identifying areas for ongoing improvement, working with the specialists in your team. This will be accompanied by a prudent approach to assessing the value of each piece of work – whether a support request or a more substantial change - ensuring it represents cost effective ways to improve how we achieve our goals as a campaigning charity.

This is a complex environment, and your previous experience of supporting varied processes and applications will mean you’re able to prioritise effectively and ensure standardised troubleshooting approaches are used. Likewise, you’ll ensure we follow a robust and modern Software Development Lifecycle to promote changes through environments with appropriate testing and risk mitigation. If you have technical experience with the Power Platform, Logic Apps or SQL, will may come in handy when the team design and make these changes.

Your excellent understanding of Agile methodologies will mean you’ll fit right into leading within the team’s established Agile Scrum practices and support the ongoing improvement of their ways of working – and help shape how technology approaches project management.

Finally, you’ll be adept at working with others to tackle problems together: internal stakeholders will look to you for how to achieve technical change, and you’ll have excellent account management with our external partners who support our systems and will deliver some of the changes needed.

The team: 

The team are an excellent group of people, who’ve made a huge contribution to our work at Friends of the Earth and are well respected. They comprise two Application Specialists (one Finance, one Dynamics) and two Data Developers. All have significant expertise in different parts of our systems.

The team have recently been formally brought together following a restructure but have worked together closely for the past few years throughout the delivery of the CRM project. The team use Agile Scrum for their delivery work, for which you will be the Product Owner.

The team works a hybrid pattern: often remote, but sometimes together as appropriate; typically, this is in our London office but can vary. You will formally line manage all four team members.

Closing Date: Monday 10th February 2025 (23:59).

Interview Dates: 20th February 2025.

Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 

Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

We are looking for a confident and innovative communicator, with an understanding of UK education systems, to develop ARC’s National Lottery Heritage Funded Hop Spots project so that it is ready for its four-year delivery phase. Hop Spots is a national project to address the growing disconnect from nature through education and widening engagement. Focusing on children and young people (CYP), there are 3 overarching strands to the project – Green Jobs Support, CYP Nature Connection and Environmental Education.

The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with the Hop Spots Project Manager to develop key partnerships and design and develop programmes of work necessary for the full project.

Closing date for applications – 5pm Wednesday 26th February. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th March.

CSH are looking for a full time Administration and Finance Assistant to join our team.

• Home-based remote working with monthly travel to Oxford
• Full time: 37.5 hours per week (30 hours per week on request for the right candidate)
• Salary for full time hours: £25,500 per annum (plus contributory pension).
• 25 days of annual leave per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata if employed at 4 days per week)
• Permanent role
• Apply by 12 noon on 5 February 2025
• Expected online interview date: Tuesday 18 February 2025

About The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is a charity that supports healthcare staff, and the systems they work in to be more environmentally sustainable. Our Education team provides training in sustainable healthcare and planetary health for health professionals. Our Clinical Transformation Programme mainstreams environmental sustainability within clinical areas so that it is integral to the planning of health systems and the practice of healthcare professionals. Our Green Space for Health Programme works to realise the value of the NHS green estate for physical and mental health, supporting NHS sites to develop their green space for the benefit of patients, staff and communities, while improving biodiversity and combatting climate change.

About the role

We are looking for a detail-oriented Administration and Finance Assistant to join our team. You will work with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure payroll, invoicing and finance tasks are completed and with the wider team on administrative support.

Key Responsibilies:

Finance (estimated 60% of work hours)

• Working under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and external accounting team, and using the Xero finance system to;
  • Prepare, send, and chase invoices through co-ordinating with wider team members
  • Liaise with accountants & COO to ensure correct income allocation across department codes
  • Arrange refund and credit notes when needed
  • Order equipment for staff. Complete supplier details requests. Ensure costs are correctly allocated across the department codes on Xero
  • Pay expenses to staff
  • Reconcile Xero with bank account
  • Deal with external suppliers

Admin and operations (estimated 40% of work hours)

Ensuring the smooth running of CSH operations including:

• Setting up regular team meetings
• HR systems administration – Keeping track of staff holidays, sick leave. Updating and maintenance of staff details and HR folders
• Helping with recruitment admin including filing applications, sending replies and responding to queries
• Organising office days once a month- booking venues, catering and technical support
• Timely management of CSH general inbox and phoneline, ensuring there is holiday cover in place when needed
• General CSH administration; providing additional administration tasks for the CSH team as required
• Working with the COO and Directors to prioritise continuous improvement and ensure administrative processes are smooth across the organisation.
• Dealing with external suppliers e.g. IT support, software providers.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards is facilitated and prompted across CSH (e.g. Display Screen Equipment training)
• Administrative support to new starters
• Supporting offboarding of staff: calculating remaining annual leave, supporting leavers with handover, arranging leaving card and gifts, ensuring recovery of CSH assets; IT equipment, systems access and software etc.
• Supporting COO with EDI initiatives and actions (RACE report etc.)

We are looking for an organised individual who is confident with IT, quick to learn and who enjoys working as part of a team. Please read the full job specification. 

Location

The role may occasionally require travel within the UK. We encourage the use of sustainable travel wherever feasible. CSH is based in Oxford, UK. Staff are requested to attend team meeting days in person once a month. Travel costs for attending these meetings are reimbursed.

Closing date: 12 noon on 5 February 2025

The Bentham-Moxon Trust is small charity that wishes to benefit the planet by supporting plant and fungal collection, research and education that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

We want to see the growth of plant and fungal knowledge, and expertise, the sharing of this knowledge and expertise to help provide some of the solutions to the global challenges that are currently facing our planet.

We provide small grants to enable plant collection and field research expeditions; training and working opportunities for overseas botanists and mycologists; and presenting of globally important research at worldwide conferences.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a Finance and Administration Manager to support the board of Trustees. The Trust is particularly looking for a person with good working experience of financial and management accounting within a charity role and excellent administrative experience and skills. The Trust is a grant-making charity and experience within this area would be useful. We are looking for a detail orientated individual with the ability to manage their own work. The role is based at Trust’s office which is housed within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Trust operates a hybrid working environment with the ability to work remotely part of the time.

Main purpose of Job:

Management of the finance and administration of the Bentham-Moxon Trust (BMT) including:

• The production of timely and accurate management and statutory information;
• management and recording of financial transactions including investments, grants, cash and operating expenses;
• the preparation of the annual report and accounts;
• the production of reports for and minutes of trustee meetings;
• the management of the grants process

Salary - £40,000-£45,000 FTE (pro rata at 0.4), based on experience.

Pension Benefits – The Bentham-Moxon Trust offers a Workplace Pension scheme through NEST, with an employer contribution of 3% of salary and an employee contribution of 5% of salary.

We offer flexible working hours.

Hours – 2 days per week (these will fluctuate with peak time around the annual grant deadline (30 September), which will be compensated for at other times).

Annual Leave – 4 weeks per year plus pro-rated bank holidays

Location - Hybrid. Expected to attend the office (based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE) 2 days a month. The choice of remote working or attending the office is offered for the other days.

Application Resources

Job Information Pack

Closing Date: Monday 3rd February 2025 at 18:00

Interview Date: During week commencing 17th February 2025

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

Newt Conservation Partnership (NCP) creates and manages high quality habitat for great crested newts for the NatureSpace schemes.

NCP is going through a period of growth and the Chief Operating Officer is an important new role to ensure NCP achieves its ambitions over the coming years. The Chief Operating Officer will: 

• Deliver high quality information, governance, and business and finance insights to the CEO and Board to inform decision-making.
• Help ensure the efficient running and continuous improvement of the organisation’s finance, business functions and operations.
• Work closely with the CEO, Board and external partners to fulfil NCP’s mission.
• Manage the NCP Operations Team.
• Provide support and leadership insight across the organisation.

This is position requires a creative, dynamic and enthusiastic person who works well as part of a team whilst being self-motivated and ambitious.

Closing Date: 31st January 2025

Interview Dates: 25th and 26th February 2025 and interviews will be held at our offices in Oxford.

Freshwater Habitats Trust is the UK’s leading charity for all freshwaters. We are an evidence-based, conservation charity that works to protect UK and European freshwater wildlife through practical and innovative nature conservation projects. 

Data and evidence are vital in prioritising our work across the organisation and building the Freshwater Network. They are also vital when influencing external audiences to achieve our mission to reverse the decline in freshwater biodiversity. 

This is a new role in the organisation and reflects an urgent requirement to collate, organise and manage a large volume of research, survey and other data collected by Freshwater Habitats Trust over the last four decades, the potential of which is not currently being fully realised. 

It is critical that through the development of an organisational data strategy we can:

· Provide evidence of our research and advocacy.

· Showcase Freshwater Habitats Trust’s expertise.

· Facilitate effective teamwork within and between project and organisational teams.

· Enable efficient project delivery and public / partner engagement.

· Guide the strategic delivery of conservation projects through Important Freshwater Area analysis mapping and reporting.

The role will work closely with the strategic Research and Data Sub-Group of the Senior Management Team who are responsible for driving this work forwards.

This position requires a creative, dynamic and enthusiastic person who works well as part of a team whilst being self-motivated and ambitious. 

Closing Date: 7th February 2025

Interview Dates: 28th February 2025