Social Welfare Jobs

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Team Leader to join our Mental Health service in Lambeth.

£31,534.93 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day-to-day management of their designated service, including line managing the relevant front-line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the Contract Manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the service.

1 year maternity cover

9-5, Monday - Friday

Cover runs where needed

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
Deliver effective supervision, team meetings and casework management with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication
Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisation's succession plans
Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
Completion of working rota and managing Annual leave.
Ensuring the visit allocations are completed daily or where necessary, so staffs know what visits they are doing from day to day.
Completing service update meetings and ensuring the actions from these meetings are completed by staff.
Completing initial assessments and leading on medication reviews/ self-medicating reviews/ step down and discharges.
Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract/Heads of Operations
Deliver an out of hours on-call service for region, where required
Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Contract Manager/Head of Operations, as appropriate
Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are always adhered to and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
Approachable and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can-do attitude

What you'll bring:

Essential:

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable:

Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable
About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

We have an exciting opportunity here at Barnardo's for experienced, enthusiastic and assertive Family Support Workers to join a brand-new team who will deliver the In Reach Hospital Emergency Department Family Support Programme.

The role is full time , 37 hours per week, permanent fixed term funded until March 2025 and will be based at the North Middlesex University Hospital, The entrance to the A&E department is in Bridport Road, Edmonton, London, N18 1QX.

Starting Salary Range - £28,565 - £30,607

Successful candidates will work in partnership with the clinical team to facilitate discharge of children aged 0-12 years from the Emergency Department where the clinical presentation is not acute and can be managed at home by local services.  

“This role requires workers to have experience of holistic ways of working with families and young people. Including assessment, support, signposting and making referrals to appropriate services where needed. The successful applicant will be able to work as part of a team as well as on their own initiative and manage the pressures of working in both a busy emergency department and the community”

Some but not all of the key responsibilities are:

• Initial face-to face conversation or triage call to identify presenting issues and the level of intervention required.
• Delivering support flexibly and tailored to the needs of the family unit including telephone, virtual and face-to-face support and home visits where necessary. Contact with families could be a one-off or over weekly sessions based on level of need targeted. 
• Signposting to partner agencies, based on needs identified.
• Supporting families to navigate their way through referral pathways and enable them to access universal & targeted services.
• Where required advocating on behalf of families, supporting parents and carers to communicate with professional/Services.
• Supporting families to access other local services.

Ideal Candidates must have's

• Experience of working with families with complex needs and the ability to build and maintain rapport through effective communication and listening skills, using a whole family approach.
• Ability to be clear and realistic about what support the service and you can offer to families.
• Ability to maintain a visible presence and sustain relationships with clinical staff, being mindful of the various working patterns/ professionals within the department.  
• Ability to navigate a high pressure, fast paced acute healthcare setting. 
• Competent IT skills to record and maintain accurate data. 
• A basic understanding of Public Health, health inequalities and wider determinants that underpin health and wellbeing. 
• Knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• Relevant Level 3 Qualification (Health and/or Social Care)

More about the Programme

The In Reach Hospital Emergency Department Family Support Programme model offers a robust way of supporting often vulnerable families to uncover and address unmet need. Through identifying the underlying factors causing the clinical presentation and attendance, and addressing holistic needs of the family unit, we hope activity to unscheduled, primary and emergency care is dramatically and sustainably reduced.

The model is based on Family Support Workers based within Children's Emergency Departments, offering holistic, family-oriented support in a flexible manner either in-person, telephone- based and home visits to be able to address the underlying causes of repeated / avoidable ED attendances.

*Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to March 2025 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.

** Please note the hours for this role will be required over a 5-day week and may be done in longer day shifts or with set times i.e. 8am to 4pm (to suit Emergency Department and community/family needs). The role can adopt flexible working arrangements to meet service and personal need but will NOT provide 24 hour provision in the ED settings. This can be discussed further at interview.

Marketing and Communications Manager – Remote

Prospectus is delighted to be working with an organisation which creates immense UK wide, as well as international impact in regard to safety.  We are supporting the recruitment of an exciting new Marketing and Communications role which will be focused on a crucial campaign for a 2 year fixed term. 

This role will empower a capable Marketing and Communications Manager who is able to work in a standalone capacity.  You will be designing the marketing and social media campaign strategy and will be the go to expert for the programme  team.  The campaign has a library of amazing content already in place, and there is a modest budget for amendments and further creation. 

Working remotely, you will have lots of interaction with the broader team, and organisation, and your campaign will be receiving National coverage.  You’ll be writing press releases, organising webinars and events and pulling together targeting case studies.  You will be making this campaign your own in many respects.

Please apply with your CV in the first instance, and we will call candidates who fit the experience requirement to discuss the role in greater detail before requesting a cover letter.

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.

Welcome to Xenia!

Xenia is a grassroots women’s organisation on a mission to create more inclusive, equal and welcoming communities. We deliver weekly workshops in London and Sheffield which support women from all backgrounds, ages, faiths, cultures and immigration statuses to share, connect and learn together. 

Participants are at the heart of the Xenia community. Migrant, refugee, asylum seeking, and British women come together as active equals at our workshops where we use the arts, heritage and power of conversation to connect, learn from each other and take part in local civic life. Together we create a community that supports practising spoken English, reduces social isolation, connects different cultures, and gives underrepresented women access to civic and democratic opportunities. 

As an organisation Xenia is non-hierarchical and participatory, meaning decisions are made collectively and are proactively informed by participant involvement. The organisation is run by an Organising Team, made up of a small number of staff (currently 5) and volunteers and the trustee board. We aim to be true to our values that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn. We do not have managers and instead operate in a flatter structure in which everyone contributes to running the organisation. 

This is where you come in. We are looking for the newest member of Xenia’s staff team to drive our growth forward, with the support of the staff, Organising Team and Trustee Board. This role is right for you if you have a strong desire to work in a non-hierarchical setting, have a good understanding of migrant women’s lives, and an unwavering commitment to equality and inclusion. You will have experience of raising funds from varied sources, with excellent communication skills that are adaptable to different people and situations. Most of all, you will be excited by the work that Xenia does.

If you think you could be a good fit for this role in Xenia, we’d  love to hear from you. Even if you’re not sure you have the right experience, you can always get in touch and have a chat. 

Job Description for Fundraising and Development Organiser:

Key responsibilities

• Fundraising

  • Securing circa £130k per year from a range of sources. This includes submitting applications to trusts, foundations. It may also include maintaining major donor relationships, and establishing new relationships and leading on public fundraising campaigns. 

  • Developing other sources of income generation as agreed with the Finance & Fundraising sub-group

  • Work with the team to develop Communications and Fundraising Strategies, with support from Organising Team members and Trustees

• Grant management

  • Liaison with funders and donors

  • In collaboration with Delivery Organisers: coordination & submission of grant reporting, monitoring grant deadlines and submission requirements

  • In collaboration with Operations Organiser: putting together grant budgets and monitoring grant allocations

Strategic partnerships and external relations

• Developing professional strategic relationships with the wider sector

• Writing blogs, speaking at conferences, contributing to sector discussions

• Being a spokesperson for Xenia at events

Communications 

• Occasionally creating digital assets for social media and or contributing posts, blogs or promotions, especially in relation to grant funders

• producing a monthly newsletter 

Being an active member of the team

• At Xenia we do not have a hierarchical management structure; instead all team members play an active role in the staff team making decisions that best guide our organisation.

•  As part of this role, you will be expected to play an active role in the Xenia Team. You will join other staff team members in sitting on the Finance and Fundraising sub-group and quarterly Trustee meetings.

• Conduct all work in a way that reflects the values of Xenia.

• Commit to personal development in the role, attend training and development opportunities as is beneficial for you and your role at Xenia(these will be mutually agreed).

• Attend a Xenia workshop every 1 or 2 months for which you will be able to take time off in lieu*. 

* Please note that these workshops take place on Saturday mornings 10am – 12pm, and team members support from 9.30am – 12.30pm. While we are aware that this may not be possible for all good candidates for this role, it is important that the postholder has an in-depth understanding of the activities of the organisation and therefore this is a requirement. Child care during Saturday sessions can be provided if needed. 

Person Specification - Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience of securing funds and donations, particularly from charitable trusts and foundations and/or major donors and corporates, and experience of managing funder relationships

• Experience creating strong networks and being a public spokesperson for a group or organisation

• Experience in building partnerships within the voluntary and social enterprise sectors

• Excellent oral communication with a range of audiences, and a confident public speaker

• Excellent written and verbal communication , for example blog writing, funding applications, public statements, social media

Desirable

• Experience in following sectors: migration, heritage, social integration, loneliness, women, equalities

• Experience developing and implementing strategies

• Experience working in a small charity/social enterprise/start up/ non-hierarchical organisation

Do you have a passion for supporting young people's emotional health and wellbeing? We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our dedicated team on a full-time basis as a Community Wellbeing Mentor.

Barnardo's Community Wellbeing Mentors hold a caseload of up to 10 children and young people (aged 6-18 years old) providing early intervention to those who are experiencing poor emotional health and wellbeing either on a 1:1 or group basis. This support can take place at the young persons home, at their school or a community venue.

Location:

Locality working across Surrey (Waverly, Woking, Surrey Heath and Spelthorne). Driving is essential for this role.

Office Base:

The Surrey Wellbeing Hub, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7PL

There is a requirement for staff to attend the office on Tuesdays however the rest of the working week is flexible working between the office, out in the community and from your home.

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm with occasional weekend or evening working to meet the needs of the service (plenty of notice would be provided).

Essential Requirements to evidence in your application form:

• Due to the required travel across the locality, a full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle is essential.
• Experience of working with Children and Young People preferably within the age range of 6-18 years old.
• A good understanding of the issues which impact young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding practices.
• Ability to accurately and clearly record case/session notes.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with children and young people, always putting them at the heart of decision making whilst working in a holistic approach with their families and other professionals.
• Strong IT skills and be able to use programs within Microsoft office package.
• Experience of delivering one-to-one and group work with children and young people, and take a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to your work (Desirable).

In this role, you will provide direct or virtual support, working collaboratively and with a strengths-based approach to support children and young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience.

The Community Wellbeing Team operates within Surrey's iThrive Framework where choice and shared decision making is led by the child or young person. You will receive training on the iThrive model at the start of your employment. This position sits within Surrey Mindworks partnership (Surrey's emotional health and wellbeing service)

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements

Chief Executive Officer

Repton Community Trust

35 hrs per week (Hybrid working)

Salary £39,000-£42,000

Are you a dynamic, resourceful and impact driven leader looking to make a difference in the Borough of Ashford and Rural Rother? Do you also have the commercial acumen to lead a thriving community centre and the community development experience to understand what matters to people and design impactful programmes lead by community members.

Repton Community Trust is an innovative and growing enterprise. Our vision is to ‘Put the Heart in Communities’. We are a leading provider of projects to address food insecurity in the area. Since our launch over six years ago we have built strong and deep relationships across Ashford and more recently have grown some services into East Sussex. 

We are looking for an inspirational person to lead our established team of staff and volunteers, to springboard from the amazing foundations already in place and take Repton Community Trust on the next stage of its successful journey.

Our successful candidate will be highly motivated, passionate about working with communities and equally comfortable negotiating with senior stakeholders as rolling up their sleeves and running community events. They will have a proven track record in securing grant funding from a range of sources and managing the high-quality delivery of multiple grant funded programmes. 

We are an ambitious organisation and have big plans for the future. We have beautiful facilities in a thriving community and established, credible relationships with communities and key stakeholders.

If you feel that this role is for you, we would love to hear from you. 

Who are Repton Community Trust

·Our thriving community centre has had more than 100,000 visitors since we opened in 2018.

·We opened Kent’s first community fridge in 2019.

·Our innovative Peoples Pantry and 24-hour food lockers supported thousands of people during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21.

·We opened our first community shop (social supermarket) in 2022.

·We expanded our services to include a mobile shop reaching rural communities in Ashford and Rural Rother in 2023.

·We rescue on average 0.75 tonnes of food per month in 2024.

CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER

Programme Manager

· Fixed term contract (maternity cover, expected up to 12 months)

· Salary £ 47,336 per annum

· Full time 37.5 hours (4 days a week minimum considered)

· Flexible working options will be supported.

· Central London Office and Hybrid working

We offer a pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%, in addition you’ll receive 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, 24-hour access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan scheme and other benefits.

About the role

The Programme Manager will work in the Centre for Ageing Better’s Homes team.

Currently, millions of older people are living in homes that are unsafe – cold, damp, mouldy or with other types of hazards. The Homes team run a series of innovation, research, peer-support and influencing projects, that all seek to ensure that no one lives in a home that endangers their health, wellbeing or financial security. We work across local and national government and collaborate with a range of stakeholders.

The postholder would be responsible for collaborating with colleagues in the design, commissioning and delivery of a number of projects. The Programme Manager will use their creativity and experience to design work that has a clear route to impact, ensuring that everything we do has a traceable link back to the people we are trying to support.

The role will also require that effective programme management processes are followed to ensure effective, timely and impactful projects (e.g. milestone planning, budget management, risk, stakeholder engagement and delivery).

About you

You will be committed to trying to tackle the housing crisis, particularly for older people at risk of poverty, ill-health and facing discrimination. Knowledge of the current housing landscape and/or ageing issues would be an advantage but is not essential.

It is important that you can demonstrate excellent project management skills, designing and delivering projects that have a clear route to impact. Working collaboratively with others and experience writing and communicating complex ideas in an accessible way are essential.

You are likely to be overseeing projects that stimulate change at the local level through supporting service redesign processes, innovation practices and evaluation. Therefore, we are particularly interested in hearing from people who have experience working with organisations to adopt new practices or undertake service redesign, and/or who have commissioned or participated in evaluations.

If you do not have this direct experience but believe you have other, transferable experience, please do apply! 

About us

The Centre for Ageing Better is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network

Everyone has the right to a good life as they get older and our whole society benefits when people are able to age well. But far too many people face huge barriers, and as a result are living in bad housing, dealing with poverty and poor health and made to feel invisible in their communities and society.

The Centre for Ageing Better is pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Its key areas of work include challenging ageism and building a nationwide Age-friendly Movement, creating Age-friendly Employment and Age-friendly Homes.

We are striving to create an organisation that reflects our society and the communities we serve. A workplace where everyone feels empowered and where diversity of background and thought is celebrated. We know there is more work to be done and are committed to continuing to improve our practice around Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We very much welcome applications from minority groups and those underrepresented in our workforce. This especially includes people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, and Disabled people.

We are a Positive Action employer, therefore in recruitment where two candidates are ‘as qualified as’ each other, we will favour a candidate from any group identified as currently underrepresented in our team based on protected characteristics as outlined in the Equality Act 2010.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Forensic Psychologist to support our service based in Croydon. Based at a 27-bed residential property which specialises in forensic mental health, complex needs and dual diagnosis. As a Forensic Psychologist, you will support individuals with specific needs, and offer a level of contact, support, and supervision to support our residents to reintegrate within society. You will be providing psychological assessments and support residents who have multiple and complex needs that need support from our staff teams to meet their personal goals. 

Penrose Croydon: A 27-bed residential property specialising in forensic mental health, complex needs and dual diagnosis. We offer psychologically-informed housing and resettlement support that comes with additional help for individuals’ specific needs. Our forensic mental health step-down services consist of four individual sites which cater for high and medium support for both, men and women.

Shift Pattern: 22.5 hours per week, shift pattern to be agreed. 

This role is the equivalent of NHS band 8B

Additional Support Benefits for this specific role include:

• Clinical Supervision 
• A CPD budget of £500 per annum
• Support from our Clinical Lead

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a self-starter who can proactively encourage others, take leadership and ownership for creating a positive psychologically informed environment. You will be able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively and will have a background in a similar role as a Forensic Psychologist. You will also need to be HCPC registered and have post-graduate doctoral level training. 

What do we offer?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Medicash includes discount gym memberships, routine optometry care, dental treatments, and physiotherapy treatments
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing.
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards
• Regular all staff webinar - access to leadership team to ask any related questions 

WHAT'S SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU WILL HOLD?

• Provide advice and guidance to the wider team on criminology, psychology, and behavioural patterns, and how they link to resident/participant behaviours and engagement.
• Provide highly specialised psychological assessment for participants/residents with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing. 
• Exercise full clinical responsibility for resident/participant psychological care as a care coordinator within a multidisciplinary team. 
• Formulate and implement plans for various therapy routes and management of assessing mental health conditions based upon appropriate conceptual frameworks and evidence-based practice.
• Discuss and negotiate care plans with all relevant internal and external parties.
• Undertake highly skilled evaluations and make decisions about treatment options and provide guidance and consultation to other parties contributing to the resident/participant’s diagnosis, formulation, and intervention plan.
• Facilitate one to one and group workshops and interventions, workshops, PIE training, and support with implementation plans across the organisation.
• Ensure all work carried out is compliant with Health and Safety, CPD activities and HCPC requirements.

Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. 

KEY CRITERIA

What we are looking for:

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPD (or equivalent awarding body)
• HCPC registration as an applied Psychologist with chartered status
• Previous experience working as a qualified forensic psychologist, including working with people with complex backgrounds/needs and a good understanding of the sector
• Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs
• Ability to teach, train, consult, and deliver clinical supervision
• Understanding of criminology, psychology, and behavioural patterns, and how they link to different behaviours and engagement
• Ability to understand and apply safeguarding protocols as they arise
• Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

WORKING FOR US

ABOUT US

Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change

Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

Our Values

Ambition – Eager to succeed and to accomplish as much as possible for our people

Empowerment – Giving staff and the people we support the tools, training, and information they need to achieve their potential

Transparency – Upfront and visible about our actions and open to scrutiny from stakeholders, service users, and staff

Inclusivity – Listening to, understanding, and including all our stakeholders to ensure we make a difference and get things right

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Annual leave: 28 days (Plus public holidays)

Probation: 3 months

Purpose of the role: Assisting the Finance Manager in financial matters.

Principal accountabilities :

• Purchase Ledger – from receipt to payment, coding, posting on QuickBooks and gaining authorisation on invoices
• Process staff/volunteer expenses claims
• Supplier payment runs
• Communicate with suppliers, reconcile statements, and promptly resolve enquiries
• Maintaining and reconciling of the purchase ledger and assisting with sales ledger on QuickBooks
• Sales invoicing and cash allocations (non-rental)
• Posting of venue hire invoices/refunds re online transactions
• Issuing customer refunds 
• Assisting with monthly control accounts reconciliation
• Banking cheques
• Managing company’s Petty Cash
• Keep precise financial records using QuickBooks, Excel, and other databases
• Carrying out weekly and monthly bank and PayPal reconciliations
• Monthly reconciliation of QuickBooks and SalesForce and timely close
• Working on ad-hoc projects

Skills and experience

ESSENTIAL:

• Excel (intermediate)
• Excellent working knowledge of QuickBooks software
• AAT qualified or qualified by experience
• Working towards AAT, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA qualified or finalist. Support will be given towards professional studies and specific trainings
• Good analytical and reconciliation skills
• Exceptional accuracy and keen attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to support a significant finance function
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Ability to cope under pressure in a fast-paced environment, organised and able to use own initiative
• Minimum of 2 years' experience of working in an accounts department within a charity or small organisation

DESIRABLE:

• Intermediate accounting knowledge
• Intermediate reporting skills
• Knowledge of booking and operational systems such as Stripe/Just Park/Skedda Platforms

Engagement and Project Delivery Lead for leading Charityin North West London required.

We are small but growing organisation and looking for the right person to join our friendly and progressive Independant Chair led team. Please do take time and consideraton in applying for this role as we are looking for a candiate that fits the criteria and relevent exprience of the role.

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Stakeholder Management
2. Project Management
3. Communications
4. Representation

For full details please see the document attached.

Application forms can be downloaded from this page and sent to the email listed on the final page. All information must be completed for consideration to proceed to the next interview stage. Copy and paste CVs will not be accepted.

Interview dates will be Mid July.

Previous Applicants need not apply.

This is a busy multi-faceted role in which your organisational and interpersonal skills will be crucial. A flexible, capable person with a purposeful attitude will do well. At QCCA, our staff are committed to going that extra mile, and even further, to get the job done, to the highest standard.

KEY DUTIES

• Liaising with external suppliers and customers

• Formulating and setting up supplier payment runs

• Preparing and Filing invoices, data entry

• Responsible for credit control

• Reviewing and posting staff and credit card expenses

• Managing all financial records and daily bookkeeping of the business

• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records using QuickBooks accounting software

• Process Accounts Payable and ensure invoices are coded

• Preparing monthly Bank reconciliations and credit card transactions

• Assist with the budgeting and forecasting function

• Assisting with the preparation of Year-End audits

• Managing petty cash

• Monthly payroll and pension duties

Reporting To:  Head of People

Contract type:  Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours)

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw.

Purpose of the Job

Reporting directly to the Head of People, you will be a primary point of contact for managers and employees accessing HR services, advising, providing information and guidance on core HR policy and process.

You will play a crucial role in ensuring first-class service delivery and professionalism. You will be responsible for overseeing and supporting all aspects of the employee life cycle, and providing guidance to People Officer and People Administrator.

Please review our job portal for further details on the role, including job description.

Our benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum (+ bank holidays) plus up to 5 days additional leave for length of service.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Birthday day off.
• Access to benefit platform for a wide range of discounts on everyday spends plus gym discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee assistance programme including 24 Hour GP helpline.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Opportunity for free meals whilst working at our Depots.

Application procedure
Please apply via this recruitment portal.

Please upload your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (and make sure that they’re both uploaded before submitting your application).

After you have submitted your application, you have 24 hours in which you can access you application and make edits. We suggest that you complete one last proof-read after submission and double check that your CV etc. uploaded correctly.

The Felix Project can only employ applicants who currently have the right to work in the UK.

Recruitment Timeline

Application deadline: 7th July 2024

We will be assessing candidates and arranging interview as applications come in, so please apply as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on this opportunity. 

We are recruiting for a Eastern European IGVA to join our team in xxx (name of the Service); the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Eastern European IGVA

Location: Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge
Salary: £28,104 per annum
Contract type: Fixed-term (until March 2025), Full-time

Hours: 37.5

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as Eastern European Independent Domestic Violence Advocate to supporting women and children who are impacted by domestic violence. You will work closely with victims of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of domestic abuse at the highest risk and their children.

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Closing date: 9am on 20 July 2024

Interview dates: 13-16 August 2024

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

What does the Global Grant Manager, Finance & Operations role involve? 

The Global Grants Manager is a critical role at CPI, primarily focused on enhancing the operational efficiency and financial compliance of our grant funded programmes. Reporting directly to the Acting Global Director of People, Finance, and Operations, this position requires a strategic thinker with a strong foundation in finance and grants management, who will work closely with programmatic teams and partner with stakeholders across the organisation. 

The role will involve working directly with large global funders, as well as directly with sub grantees and suppliers on CPI programmes. This role will also provide overall finance support to our Europe team in collaboration with our Global Senior Associate, Finance and Operations. Our managers have overall responsibilities, obligations and duties around finance, budget performance, and strategic development. They create protocols and policies needed to help with organisational and programmatic delivery. This role will be responsible for receiving and reviewing partner expenditures and reports and preparing consolidated financial reports for donors as well as be accountable for day to day grant management and administration.

As someone whose work will include building relationships with everyone at CPI, you will be responsible for making sure our global teams are set up to succeed and assist in keeping our workplace a great place to work for everyone. This role will largely be focused on our Europe team, however you will support all CPI regions worldwide. 

Key responsibilities include: 

Finance & Accounting

• Support efficient operations in accounts receivable and accounts payable in Europe and other CPI regions where required

• Support donor compliance during reporting by using the right templates and budgetary ceilings as applicable 

• Assist the Finance & Operations team during the month end process to ensure that all balance sheet items are all accounted and reconciled with their respective subsidiary ledgers and/or schedules and all contra or clearance accounts are cleared at the end of every month

• Assist the Finance & Operations team in preparing annual financial plans for effective financial management of the global teams

• Assist the Finance & Operations team in preparing monthly management reports and performing bi-monthly forecasting

• Contracting & Operations

  • Work with global teams in drafting funder, grantee and/or supplier contracts to support the delivery of our programmatic activity

  • Onboarding suppliers into our financial systems and ensuring purchase orders are raised that follow our internal financial policies & procedures

  • Liaise with legal, auditors and other advisors to ensure CPI’s operations in Europe remain legally compliant

  • Work with Finance & Operations team on maintaining and updating risk registers to track key corporate risks and ensure mitigants and financial controls are working as expected

  • Work with the CPIE team to ensure a financial risk assessment is maintained and updated and addressing any suspicions of fraud in line with policy

• Audits

  • Work with the CPIE team and F&O team to ensure programmes are audit ready

  • Coordinate donor audits on assigned programmes

  • Support the team in ensuring that any recommendations and actions resulting from audits are duly actioned and implemented

• Donor & Grants Management

  • Support our project teams to ensure programmes are implemented in line with Donor policies and requirements 

  • Lead the sub granting process for all implementing partners and consortiums in collaboration with the relevant regional/project teams

  • Ensure that the necessary information is documented, tracked and updated on the appropriate financial transaction and reporting tools

  • Lead on the preparations of budget versus actuals to support ongoing grants decision, identify deviations in implementation progress and flag delays/request for support

  • Proactively update Senior leadership on progress, risks and financial status

Who are we looking for? 

The person we’re looking for will:

• Be passionate about CPI’s vision for reimagining government

• Have 4+ years work experience in financial grant administration within the non-profit/charity sector, including managing large transactions.

• Strong understanding of grant regulations, compliance requirements, and financial management principles.

• Proven project management skills, with a track record of successfully leading and delivering projects on time and within budget.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

• Prior experience using financial transaction, reporting and accounting software is essential, CPI currently uses  Xero and Approval Max so experience of using these tools would be highly desirable . Please note that this is a technical role and these skills are non-negotiable for us. 

• Have excellent organisational skills and experience with balancing competing priorities

• Have high integrity, with the ability to keep information and conversations confidential.

• Have excellent interpersonal skills, including feeling confident building new relationships, and negotiating challenging conversations if necessary

• Be highly self motivated and capable of taking initiative and working autonomously

• Be comfortable with ambiguity and the complexity of our work, where anything is possible but not always known in advance

• Interested in joining an international organisation and be willing to make the effort needed to build relationships and stay connected with colleagues in different time zones

• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and about the idea of working in startup environment with a small but growing team

• Be committed to cultivating a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace

• Be committed to exploring and experimenting with different ways of working and how to build our culture into something we are all proud of

CPI is deeply invested in creating an experience of equity, inclusion, and belonging for everyone on our staff. We actively seek to recruit, develop, and retain a team of talented staff that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences.  We are using Applied in order to reduce bias in our hiring process and ensure that we are shortlisting candidates based on their skills and ideas. Please note that we do not ask for a cover letter and instead, the application requires three paragraph-length answers. Your application will be anonymized for review. Although we ask for your CV, it will not be looked at until further down the process. Please apply by July 5, 2024 (23:59 BST)