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Headway East London is a charity supporting people living with brain injury. Working across 13 London boroughs we offer specialist support and services for survivors and their families. We offer therapies, advocacy, family support and community support work alongside our day service: a community venue where people can make the most of their abilities and interests.

About the role

Working closely with the Therapy Manager, Clinical Lead and Director of Services, you will deliver the marketing of a programme of member-led training for external organisations and other services at Headway East London. Working directly with our members, you will deliver projects of a high standard which are co-produced and reflect the diversity of our community. You will take a lead on developing and delivering the marketing material. You will collaborate with our members, staff and partners to advance our aims to educate professionals in the public sector, whilst exploring ways to generate income for the organisation through this source.

Principle duties and responsibilities

1. Identify opportunities to engage external stakeholders with the member-led training project of delivering external training to professionals within the public sector.

2. Work directly with Headway members to develop and deliver this project, embedding this work within the organisation’s co-production strategy.

3. Support members to participate in these events in collaboration with other teams, by providing direct practical assistance to members.

4. Identify and seek out new external opportunities which support the development of our therapy service, ensuring that opportunities are quickly acted on.

5. Explore potential income generation for Headway East London.

6. Lead on the design work associated with some of this work (e.g., mock-ups, early design concepts, marketing collateral) and present this externally and through social media channels.

7. Assist with fundraising activity related to the ongoing reporting and development of this project.

8. Lead on the marketing and promotion of this project alongside other services.

9. Maintain accurate records and filing systems and ensure effective documentation of project deliverables.

10. Work in close collaboration with Headway East London teams to stay informed of new members, interests and needs.

Key Relationships - Internal and External

Internal: Therapy Manager, Clinical Lead, Director of Operations, Peer Training Lead, Public Engagement and Communication Manager, Director of Fundraising, Service Managers and members of Headway East London.

External: Professionals from the public sector supporting people with acquired brain injuries. 

Other

• Apply the Headway East London values and behaviours to every aspect of the role at all times.
• Protect and enhance the interests and reputation of Headway East London internally and externally.
• Commit to the organisational principles of: coproduction equity, diversity and inclusion sustainability

Headway East London is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work. We welcome applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected status as required by law. We promote and protect human rights; they are the foundation of what we do. We want to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and contribute their unique strengths and perspectives. We are focused on equality and believe that all the fascinating characteristics that make us different, make us more able to deliver our life-changing work with passion and creativity.

FareShare

Job Description ​​and Person Specification

Job Title: Head of Transport and Logistics

Reporting to: Director of Operations

Location: Flexible, UK wide (home based with some travel)

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term with potential to extend/ become permanent

Hours per week: 35 Hours

Salary:  £58,602-£61,687 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 8,500 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

This pivotal new role will play a central part in shaping and delivering an innovative logistics strategy to support FareShare’s rapid growth and ensure the efficient and safe transportation of food across the FareShare Network.

As FareShare continues to scale, this role is key to optimising our transport operations—streamlining processes, leveraging data-driven insights, and implementing innovative solutions to deliver food in a timely and cost-effective manner while upholding our commitment to fairness and accessibility.

The successful candidate will lead our relationships with leading transport and logistics providers, working closely with the haulage industry to align national and local transport solutions. This role demands an analytical mindset, a proven track record of driving efficiency, and the ability to identify new opportunities for collaboration and growth.

We are seeking an experienced professional from the logistics and transport sector, ideally with expertise in food distribution. If you thrive on innovation, excel in developing partnerships to achieve shared goals, and are motivated by the opportunity to drive systemic improvements, this role offers the perfect platform to make a meaningful impact.

Main areas of responsibility

• Develop and implement innovative solutions to optimise logistics operations, identifying efficiencies, cost savings, and opportunities to enhance service provision.
• Create and utilise logistics load forecasting models to improve planning and operational readiness.
•  Work across teams—including Supply Chain, Food, Network, and Operations—to design tailored transport solutions that align with specific circumstances and operational goals.
•  P&L management/ownership, financial planning and cost optimisation
•  Change management (implementation of new solutions)
•  Proposing and leading ‘best in class’ logistics transport initiatives for the organisation
•  Ensure compliance with financial protocols while driving cost efficiencies in collaboration with partners and suppliers.
•  Provide guidance and support to the Network to maintain the safe and compliant operation of HGVs, adhering to all health, safety, and legal standards.
• Collaborate with consultants, external partners, and the Health & Safety team to safeguard people, reputation, and operational integrity.
•  Act as the strategic relationship lead for haulier partnerships, fostering strong collaborations to improve service levels and identify opportunities for cost reduction.
•  Identify and develop new partnerships with hauliers, engaging through direct meetings and building relationships to support FareShare’s growth.
•  Collaborate with logistics companies to identify and utilise surplus capacity within their operations, aligning with FareShare’s mission to maximise resources.
•  Manage current and emerging transport initiatives, including FareShare-managed lorries and other strategic programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and operational excellence.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• 5+ years experience working within supply chain and logistics
• Extensive leadership experience in a senior logistics role
• Strategic planning and execution experience, in a logistics setting
• Strong understanding of budgeting, financial planning and cost optimisation
• Familiarity with relevant laws, including health and safety, environmental and transport regulations
• Multi-site transport management experience
• Proven ability to track and achieve performance metrics such as delivery times, costs and customer satisfaction
• Experience managing transport budgets of £5m+
• Experience managing 3PL contracts
• Experience managing in-house and contracted primary logistics
• Track record of implementing process improvements and innovative solutions
• Excellent organisational skills and comfort working in a fast-paced environment

Desirable Criteria

• CPC qualified
• Lean Six Sigma qualified
• CSCP or CPL qualified

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.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• IT literate with good standard of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• An understanding of, and passion for, the mission and values of FareShare
• Able to present FareShare professionally and act as an ambassador
• Able to demonstrate respect for work colleagues and FareShare beneficiaries 
• A positive and “can-do” attitude

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

RIVET is a new social enterprise bringing together brands, influencers, and NGOs to fund and amplify youth-led social change. With 100+ years of experience elevating young changemakers, RIVET’s founders have seen firsthand that young people don’t lack talent or imagination; they lack access to resources.

In response, we have created the world’s first micro-finance platform focused on young social innovators, funded by youth themselves. This engine will transform young people’s everyday purchases into philanthropic power for their generation’s ideas to change the world. Created by, for, and with young people, RIVET represents the largest investment in youth-led social change. Ever.

As RIVET’s inaugural Director of Donor Engagement, you will help build and then lead the stewardship implementation for our 70+ major donors who serve on our Leadership Council, Youth Impact Council, and Youth Impact Fund, providing them with a meaningful experience that reflects our shared values and desired impact. RIVET’s operating budget is $2.5M, with most of that currently coming from philanthropic support. Our four-year sustainable business model strategy reflects an increasing reliance on brand revenue. The Director of Donor Engagement plays a critical role in helping us secure the capacity building funds needed to help the RIVET rocket get into orbit in the meantime. Your success is largely defined by donors renewing and deepening their support, and increasingly serving as an engine for RIVET’s expanded global impact. 

The purpose of this role is to work with the CEO and Senior Leadership Group to ensure the smooth running of the organisation – people, finance, and workplace; to support the delivery of the Centre’s activities and provide PA support to the Director and Senior Management.  A key part of the role will be to lead on regular financial and operational systems.

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer 

Key responsibilities include: 

Operations and Governance 

• Identify, design and implement new processes to more effectively manage the organisation’s administration 

• Lead on the day-to-day facilities coordination, general office housekeeping, health and safety

• Lead on organisational IT and data security - maintaining the shared document storage systems, and liaising with IT service providers. 

• Oversee meeting agendas and minutes (for the team, committees and the Trustee Board) 

• Provide diary management and PA support to the Chief Executive and the Senior Leadership Group, and assist with governance. 

• Provide assistance for recruitments.

• Lead on the onboarding and induction of new staff, assisting with payroll and arranging staff benefits. 

• Respond to general enquiries and provide general administration and ad hoc project support as required. 

Finance 

• Lead on the day to day book keeping to maintain accurate financial records.

• Raise invoices, tracking income and chasing payments from funders.

• Arrange payments of bills, processing expenses and being the primary contact with suppliers.

• Lead on the production of monthly management accounts and project reporting, end of project wash ups and assisting with annual accounts.

• Help to prepare financial reports for the trustee board and funders.

• Supporting the production and tracking of the organisational budget.

Leadership  

• Support SLG in the development and implementation of business planning, organisational strategy and a clear narrative for Centre for London.

• Support SLG to identify and lead change or improvement across the organisation. 

• Maintain a team and organisational culture that attracts and retains talent.

• Grow the Centre’s network of speakers, advisory group members, and supporters to ensure we meet or exceed our diversity targets. 

General responsibilities and duties  

• Undertake the duties of the job description in accordance with the operational policies of Centre for London, including but not limited to the diversity policy and code of conduct. 

• Maintain good working relations with Trustees, staff, volunteers and other stakeholders. 

• Present the organisation in an appropriate and professional manner to its stakeholders. 

• Contribute to the development and growth of the organisation through working in accordance with its wider objectives, corporate philosophy and values. 

• Assist at Centre for London events outside of normal working hours as necessary. 

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required. 

Who we are looking for 

• A part or fully qualified accountant 
• Ideally some experience of working in a not for profit setting or similar industry 
• 3+ years work experience 
• An enthusiasm for Centre for London's mission and work 
• A collegiate attitude, and a willingness to get 'stuck in' to different aspects of our small team's work 

Centre for London

We are London's think tank. A voice for all London is, and all it could be. We’re fiercely independent and consistently influential. Our vision is a London that’s successful and sustainable. A global city that works for all Londoners.

Our activities 

· Research and evidence: we conduct robust, unbiased research and analysis, and collaborate with Londoners and stakeholders across all sectors, to generate new ideas and recommendations.

· Convening and collaborating: we bring together citizens, experts and decision makers from diverse standpoints to discuss complex issues in a safe space. We devise solutions and work out how to implement them.

· Awareness raising and advocacy: being an authoritative policy voice on London and promoting our research and ideas to those with the power to act on them – from the grassroots to London’s and the nation’s leaders – through briefings, publications, social media, press and events.

Message from our chair, Fiona Fletcher-Smith

‘Centre for London’s work is more important than ever, with the city facing many challenges – from the local right up to the global, from the housing crisis to the threats posed by climate change. Our work is crucial in bringing together decision makers, experts and opinion formers to come up with new solutions to these complex problems facing London.

We are seeking to grow our team as we get to grips with these huge public policy challenges. If you think you have what it takes to work in our dynamic organisation, then please do apply to be our new Finance and Operations Manager. You’d be supported by a fantastic team dedicated to making London a better place to live and work. And you’d have a diverse board of trustees backing you all the way.

If you are passionate about making London a better city for all Londoners, then this is the role for you.’

About our culture

We are a small charity with nine members of staff. Everyone is passionate about London and committed to making it a better city. We have a friendly, fun and collaborative team culture. We invest in our team to help them succeed; offering on the job support and opportunities for development of your skills, both formally through training (learning lunches, whole team and individual training) and informally through experience and shadowing. 

We celebrate London’s rich and diverse culture and we want our team to reflect the city we serve. We especially welcome applications from women, and people from minority ethnic and/or less advantaged backgrounds.

We’re a London Living Wage and an equal opportunities employer - an ethos which also informs our work. We make employment decisions by matching organisational needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Ours is a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based on merit.

We also know that there’s much more to life than work. Our flexible hours policy allows staff to make sure work fits around their personal lives. Benefits include 25 days holiday per year (plus extra days during office closure between Christmas and New Year), a contributory pension, cycle and savings schemes, childcare and eye care vouchers. All staff have access to an Employee Assistance Programme, and we have an organisational commitment to promoting good mental and physical health. Our support for working parents and those with caring responsibilities includes enhanced maternity pay (12 weeks at full pay), enhanced provision for supporting partners (three weeks leave at full pay), and we encourage shared parental leave. 

People who have worked with us for more than two years may also be able to take career breaks of up to six months, giving them time for personal or professional development, or to simply take an extended holiday.  

Can you lead Friends of the Earth in our mission to achieve climate justice?

We are seeking to appoint an Executive Director to lead Friends of the Earth (England, Wales & Northern Ireland) at a crucial domestic and international moment for climate, environmental and social justice.

You will motivate, inspire and build the capacity of a growing and diverse network of people coming together to transform our environment into one which is flourishing, sustainable, and socially just.

You will do this as a passionate and effective advocate for an environment that’s getting better, a safer climate, abundant nature, healthy air, water and food. We work from the grassroots to the global in communities throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland to playing our part in the international network of our sister organisations around the world.

We are looking for someone with established credibility and standing within the environmental and/or social justice sectors, someone able to inspire our activists, staff and allies, and to attract funding and resources to enable our vital work; someone with outstanding strategic vision and organisational leadership as well as a collaborative approach to build and deliver transformative work internally and externally.

With exceptional communication and relationship skills and an empathetic approach, you will inspire and lead our engagement across the political landscape and engage with a widening range of communities. Fostering equity, diversity and inclusion, including our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization, you will be key to our work in pursuit of a just and sustainable world for all.

CLOSING DATE: THURSDAY 2nd JANUARY 2025 (AT 23.59)

For more information please read the information pack.

HOW TO APPLY AND KEY DATES

Please apply by sending a curriculum vitae, supporting statement and Equality & Diversity form to our recruitment team, details in the Information Pack.

Your supporting statement should be no more than 2 pages of A4 and address the key requirements of the person specification with relevant examples of your experience and outline why you are interested in the post.  Please state if you wish to be considered under Disability Confident.

To ease administration, please combine into a single Word document. Please do not use PDF format.

We are undertaking direct recruitment via this process. Additionally, Oxford HR are assisting us via an executive search process. If you are engaged with that, please continue to route your application via them. All applications will be reviewed jointly.

Key dates: 

Closing date: Thursday 2nd January 2025 (at 23:59)

First stage

1st Interviews:  Wednesday 15th/ Thursday 16th January 2025 (online via Teams meeting) 

Second stage

Meetings with key stakeholders: Wednesday 22nd/ Thursday 23rd January 2025 (online via Teams meetings) This will include meetings with representatives of our Boards, management, staff, Nations and the recognised union (Unite).

2nd Interviews: Wednesday 29th/ Thursday 30th January 2025 (in person at our London office)                                     

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.

Job title: Clinical Operations Manager - IRIE Mind

Responsible to: Director of IRIE Mind

Salary: Starting salary is £36,684.61 per year (Full-time equivalent), (S02-SP32a) which equates to £21,521.64 per annum at 22 hours per week.

Hours:  22 hours per week  

Contract type: Permanent

Location: The Hub, Homerton Row, Hackney, E9 6ED

Benefits: See supporting documents for information on benefits.

{Please note that this role is only available to candidates of African/ African Caribbean Heritage under the Genuine Occupational Requirement under s9 Equalities Act 2010}

Working alongside the Director, as the Clinical Operations Manager you will assist in the day-to- day running and management of the Wellbeing Centre and its strong team in the delivery of our specialised service. Under the direction of the Director, you will be responsible for the therapeutic management and co-ordination of the Centre at IRIE Mind, including the support, line management and supervision of staff in offering therapeutic interventions, service development and the involvement of Clients in the quality-of-service provision.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for more information.

DBS clearance at Enhanced (without Barring) is required for this role.

About Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest:

We are a multi-disciplinary provider of specialist mental health services and a part of the Mind Federation.

We promote both recovery from ill health for people with recurrent and enduring mental health difficulties and early intervention for those at risk of developing mental health issues, or who struggle with common mental health conditions.

We currently support around 5,000 people a year through a variety of services focusing on psychological, social, economic and workplace wellbeing, and support minoritised communities.

Our values are:

Working with Mind CHWF means you’ll be part of a dedicated, passionate, and professional workforce who cares about the work they do and make a real difference to the lives of the people in the City of London, Hackney, and Waltham Forest.

Our values are:

Connected: Creating a compassionate and supportive community.

Fair:  We strive for equity- no-one's needs should go unmet.

Brave: We walk with people, offering help by doing what works - proven or new

We are committed to actively becoming anti-racist in everything we do. This is a critical priority for Mind CHWF. We embrace diversity and understand that being an inclusive organisation that recognises different perspectives, will enable us to provide excellent services.

We are committed to ensuring all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Those with lived experience of Mental Health are encouraged to apply.

Value-based Recruitment:

We know that for various reasons, not everybody who can successfully perform in a role, performs their best under traditional interview/selection procedures. We are therefore seeking ways to breakdown further barriers in our recruitment & selection process.

Shorted-listed candidates will be provided with some questions to help them prepare for the interview.

 How to apply:

For more information on the vacancy and how to apply, click the ‘Apply’ button - Please note that we are unable to consider incomplete applications.  

The closing date is by 5th January 2025, however, please do not delay applying as this advert may close before the stated deadline if we find a suitable applicant for the role.

We are a disability confident employer. All applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum essential short-listing criteria are guaranteed an interview. If this applies to you, please let us know in your application.

Your privacy and the security of your data is our top priority. Please take a moment to read through our applicant’s privacy notice.

We are recruiting a Therapeutic Practitioner to deliver For Baby’s Sake in the East of England. The post will be home-based with some elements of hybrid working. Applicants need to be located in the local area (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex) and able to travel across the region.

For Baby’s Sake is an innovative, therapeutic, trauma-informed programme. We work with both co-parents individually, supporting a recovery framework to overcome the devastating effects of domestic abuse in their relationship. We acknowledge and explore unresolved and often complex childhood trauma and change harmful patterns of behaviour to develop a home environment where children can flourish. We adopt an attachment-focused parenting approach that enhances the opportunity for children to feel safe and secure with parents who are emotionally available and attuned to all their needs.

There must be a current pregnancy to harness change motivations, a desire on behalf of both parents to co-parent their  unborn baby (although they do not have to be in a relationship) and we can work with the families up until the baby  reaches the age of 2. The significance of this two-year timescale is evidenced in all recent child development research.

You will have the opportunity to support the continued evolution of For Baby’s Sake whilst ensuring fidelity to the programme and sustaining the ethos and values of the For Baby’s Sake Trust.

The For Baby’s Sake multi-disciplinary team consists of highly trained, therapeutic practitioners capable of establishing and maintaining meaningful, trusting relationships that consistently guarantee engagement and crucially provide the framework for the deeper, therapeutic exploration that allows co-parents to understand the impact of their own parenting experiences. To be part of this exceptional team you must have demonstrable therapeutic skills, sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and adults, infant mental health, and a thorough understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse, attachment, and the impact of unresolved trauma.

The position is full-time on a permanent contract. Full details, including the job description, person specification and  background briefing information can be found in the relevant attachments. There will be an expectation of occasional travel  to locations across the UK on occasions.

For an opportunity to discuss this vacancy informally, please contact either Becky Reynolds, Deputy Director of Operations or Brenda Evans, Therapeutic Lead.

Further information about The For Baby’s Sake Trust can also be found on our website.

Closing date: 12th January 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be informed by close of business on 13th January 2025 and interviews will be held on 21st/23rd January 2025.

The Impact Investing Institute is partnering exclusive with Robertson Bell to recruit an Interim Finance Director. The Institute is an independent, non-profit organisation working to transform capital markets, so they support a fairer, greener, more resilient future.

They are seeking an experienced Interim Finance Director to get under the bonnet of their finances: taking over the day-to-day operations and driving a change management project that sets up the finance function to run more simply and efficiently going forwards.

Key responsibilities:

Financial systems design

• Document existing financial processes and systems and engineer simplifications and improvements
• Design and implement streamlined, user-friendly financial management procedures
• Build clear controls and reporting mechanisms
• Establish efficient systems for grant management, invoicing, expenses, and payroll
• Design financial reports that are accurate, clear, and decision-useful
• Create a comprehensive, user-friendly business planning model with long-term cash flow and reserves forecasting
• Set up infrastructure and tools to enable the organisation to price its activities accurately and allocate resources efficiently
• Investigate opportunities for financial efficiency and cost optimisation
• Develop and implement an efficient, cost-effective and sustainable way of delivering financial management going forwards – including internal resources and appropriate external support

Business as usual

• Liaise with external accountants to prepare and distribute monthly management accounts, conduct budget variance analysis, and update cash flow and reserves forecasts
• Process invoices and payments
• Process payroll and ensure timely salary payments
• Review and process expense claims
• Prepare financial reports for Board and Finance, Risk and Audit Committee meetings
• Review and update financial risk register
• Coordinate the annual external audit
• Monitor grant expenditure and compliance
• Support project teams with financial reporting
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards

This is an opportunity to shape how a mission-driven organisation approaches financial management. It is a hands-on role that demands meticulous attention to the detail of operational processes, an eagerness to solve problems, and an aptitude for designing and implementing forward-looking solutions. The six month contract is based in London on a hybrid basis and will operate Outside IR35.

The required candidate:

• Fully qualified accountant with 10+ years of financial management experience
• Extensive experience working in the non-profit sector and for small organisations
• Proven track record in financial systems transformation
• Exceptional analytical skills and strategic planning capabilities
• A collaborative approach with the ability to work across organisational levels
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a genuine passion for solving challenges
• Willingness to do detailed operational work
• Resourceful, with the ability to find creative ways to work with a limited budget

The deadline for applications is Monday 6th January.

• Lead and strengthen organisation after a period of significant change
• Be a key part of the executive team

About Our Client

Being able to walk, wheel or cycle can change your life: from improving your health, reconnecting with friends and family or being able to get about without the expense or stress of a car journey.

Sustrans is the charity that has been working since 1977 to make this possible for more people. We need a new Executive Director of Finance and Resources to help realise our ambitions for 2030 and beyond.

Our new strategy for 2025-30 is exciting. We're going to make the 12,000-mile National Cycle Network that we created almost 30 years ago even better, transform the school run, put active travel at the heart of new developments and link up walking, wheeling and cycling better with public transport. And we're renewing our brand so we can engage more people to help us make their community better.

You'll join us as the charity emerges from a major reorganisation, so we need a leader who can inspire support, bring teams together and get things done.

Job Description

The purpose of this role is three-fold.

First, to ensure that Sustrans has the people, money, processes, controls and systems to deliver its 2025-30 strategy, as efficiently and effectively as possible. 

Second, to support the CEO in holding the organisation to account for delivery, and to drive continual improvement of this delivery across all functions.

Third, through effective financial planning and control, to ensure that Sustrans remains financially sustainable.

To do this effectively, this role is responsible for the following functions: Finance; IT; People; Planning, Governance & Assurance.

Key responsibilities:Finance

• Responsible for the overall financial strategy and financial planning for the charity, including the development of effective financial policies, and for the annual budget and business plan.
• Leading all financial operations of the organisation including business partnering, financial analysis, accounting and treasury, contract and grants management, and procurement. Provide regular financial updates, recommendations and strategic insights to the Executive, Board of Trustees and associated sub-committees.
• Lead the promotion and delivery by the whole organisation of good financial management so that the funds and assets for which the Charity is responsible are safeguarded and used appropriately, economically, efficiently and effectively.
• Accountable for producing annual statutory accounts for each financial year.

IT & Systems

• Strategic oversight of IT operations and successful evolution and implementation of our Systems & Technology strategy and roadmap.

People

• Responsible for developing Sustrans' culture and people capability by ensuring the right structures and processes are in place to nurture and develop the Charity's people. This includes determining relevant strategies and HR and policies, and then ensuring their implementation through an approach of continual improvement.

Governance* Planning & Assurance - including Risk, Health and Safety, Legal, Data Management, Procurement, Planning, Reporting, 3rd line programme and project assurance, Continuous Improvement

• As the designated Executive lead for Health and Safety - review, update and ensure the effective delivery of Sustrans Health and Safety Policy.
• Responsible for the Charity's risk framework, enabling the Board to set the organisation's risk appetite and then for the processes and tools that enable risk to be rigorously identified and managed.
• Data governance, ensuring compliance and risk minimisation on all matters of data protection and governance.
• Developing and implementing the processes required to ensure consistent and timely reporting of all performance across the Charity and up to the Board of Trustees, to ensure line of sight into delivery of the strategy and provide the foundations for improvement.
• Second line assurance of project and programme delivery across Sustrans.
• NOTE: Governance* and third line Corporate level assurance sits within this Portfolio but reports to the CEO.

The Successful Applicant

• Qualified member of an accountancy body or holder of an equivalent qualification.
• Extensive experience of strategic planning and effective implementation.
• Experience of successfully leading and managing complex organisational change and improvement with quantifiable results.
• Experience of leading teams successfully through change.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high performing teams to deliver organisational excellence, impact, and efficiency.
• Experience of implementing organisation-wide business planning, budgeting, and reporting framework.
• Deep knowledge of financial planning and strategy.
• Financial Acumen: Ability to think strategically about financials and put this into practice through budgeting and business planning.
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant financial legislation, accounting conventions, and best practices.
• Proven track record of managing complex projects and programme delivery.
• Experience (ideally in multiple sectors) at executive level across multiple portfolios.
• Experience of working collaboratively across organisational functions, and geographies.

What's on Offer

This role offers a salary of £107K plus benefits.

As with all our leadership positions, this is a hybrid role. We welcome applications from across the UK, as we have offices across the country. 

You won't need to be tied to an office but will provide regular visible leadership to teams with some travel to meetings and events across the UK. 

Work life balance is important at Sustrans and appreciated by all who work here. We offer flexible working including a 9 day fortnight. 

This role is closing January 27th 2025 and will remain open on our website until this date. 
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Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Head of People and Operations

Location: Woods Mill with hybrid working options
Salary: £38,850
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours

Closing Date: 17th January 2025
Interview Date: 27th January 2025

Our client are passionate about championing nature and wild places in Sussex and inspiring people across their whole community to take action. They believe that a thriving organisation starts with diverse, motivated and engaged people. They want to create an environment where collaboration, and inclusion thrive, enabling them to deliver innovative solutions that make a difference.

They are in a critical decade for change to protect and restore nature with the help of more people taking action for wildlife. Now is the time for actions which match the scale and urgency of the challenges we are facing. Their new Strategic Plan was launched in April and sets out their vision and commitment to turning the tide for wildlife so that by 2030, nature in Sussex will be in recovery.

To encourage diversity and inclusivity within the environment sector, they particularly welcome applications from people who have an ethnically or geographically diverse background, who are non-graduates and/or are living in economically deprived areas. They welcome applications from people who do not yet meet all the criteria set out in the job description, but who have potential and are able to grow and develop into the role.

They work with their people to work flexibly and achieve a good work/life balance. They support hybrid working and have several office locations across Sussex, with a planned office move on the horizon in 2025, to a location close to public transport, with access to greenspace and which is accessible. Due to the nature of this role, being present in the office for some of the working week is important, and they are open to discussing at the interview stage what this looks like in practice.

The Role

This is a unique opportunity to help them shape their culture, processes and systems to ensure their values and aims are brought to life across the organisation. The role of Head of People & Operations, reporting to the Director of Finance & Operations, will enable them to deliver effective action for wildlife in Sussex by leading and overseeing the operational management of the People & Culture and Operations teams. Taking an approach which ensures a healthy, positive and high performing culture for the organisation, which is inclusive and sustainable, you will lead the strategy for People& Culture, as well as H&S and their supporting business functions. Your work will be at the heart of the organisation to foster an environment where people can grow and thrive.

The Person

They are seeking a qualified, dynamic and highly organised individual who will be responsible for the day to day running of a proactive and supportive People & Culture and Operations team, with an integral role in shaping and implementing improvements in line with their strategic goals.
They are looking for someone who is passionate about people, visible and highly organised, with inclusive communication skills that can build great relationships, both internal and external.

The successful candidate will be committed to fostering an empowered workforce through employee engagement initiatives and creating an inclusive and dynamic work environment that attracts, develops and retains diverse talent.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus 7 bank holidays each year (pro-rated for part time staff)
• Pension – company contribution from 6% and employee contribution of 3%
• Life Assurance - Pension Scheme Members 2 x Salary, Non-Pension Scheme Members 1 x Salary
• 2 days paid leave for volunteering each year
• Flexible working policy
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• EAP
• Employee discounts

For more detailed information see what they offer page in the Recruitment Pack.

They would just like to make you aware that Organisation is in the process of relocating to new offices nearer to public transport. The proposed locations are Falmer, Shoreham and Burgess Hill, although a final decision has yet to be made. The move will take place around the financial year end in March 2025.

They will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the vacancy early so please get you application in as soon as possible.

You may also have experience in the following: HR Advisor, Human Resources Advisor, People Advisor, People Manager, Recruitment, HR Officer, HR Business Partner, People Business Partner, Human Resources Officer, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources Executive, HR Generalist, Human Resources Generalist, Human Resources, Head of HR, People Operations, HR Manager, HR Director etc

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Role description:

Southampton Hospitals Charity is a newly set up charity, with a new finance department. We are looking for a self-motivated, experienced individual, to undertake and manage all day to day book keeping operations and tasks in the department. This will mean rolling up the shirt sleeves and doing the book-keeping (in the short term, alongside the Director of Finance). In the medium term, after assessing resourcing requirements, we may recruit an additional member of staff for this role to manage.

Essentially, this role will be responsible for all day to day book keeping operations in the finance department, ensuring that accurate and complete accounting records are kept up to Trial Balance, and that financial processes are efficient and adhered to. They will not be responsible for preparing management accounts.

The role will be expected to collaborate with the Director of Finance on the improvement of existing systems and the introductions of new ones, especially those used by non-financial staff, to ensure that all necessary information is fed to the finance department. They should be proactive, and excited by the opportunity to make their mark on this fledgling charity with a remit to raise money for the NHS in the local area.

Main Responsibilities:

Income

• Post all income streams to the nominal ledger
• Download supporting records from all payment platforms (JustGiving, Stripe, etc), and reconcile to receipts
• Liaise with fundraising staff to identify other bank receipts
• Raise sales invoices as required
• Maintain credit control over the very small sales ledger
• Reconcile fundraising CRM software with accounting software

Expenditure

• Process purchase orders and purchase invoices, ensuring compliance with authorisation procedures
• Process grant awards, ensuring compliance with authorisation procedures
• Reconcile supplier statements
• Generate suggested payment runs
• Maintain purchase ledger and resolve supplier queries
• Process staff expenses
• Process prepayment card and credit card expenses

Bank

• Perform bank reconciliation
• Manage the process for onsite storage of cash and cheques, their transfer to the NHS Trust cashiers office, and the recording of cash and cheques

Record keeping

• Ensure that records are properly maintained in electronic format to comply with statutory, financial and GDPR regulations
• Support end-of-year preparation to ensure compliance with statutory reporting and thorough, accurate record-keeping
• Assist in gathering documentation for audits, ensuring necessary information is organised and available
• Work with FD to ensure that the necessary accounting processes and reporting systems are in place

Other

• Reconcile control accounts at month end
• Post regular journals as required
• Produce ad-hoc reports as required
• Complete government and other surveys as required
• Represent the Charity in all dealings with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and efficient manner
• Champion our code of behaviour and act as a role model, ensuring that our safeguarding and other key policies and procedures are adhered to at all times so as to protect the people we work with and our reputation
• Perform other duties as reasonably required in line with the nature of the role

 

Person Specification:

Knowledge and experience

• Qualified or part-qualified in an accounting qualification
• Experience of maintaining book-keeping records for an entire organisation
• Experience of working with accounting software (Xero is used by the charity)
• Experience of working independently
• Some experience working within a charitable or health-based organisation would be useful but not essential.

Skills, abilities, and behaviours

• A drive for accuracy
• A drive for adherence to processes
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Good communication skills – liaison with other charity staff will be essential
• Good IT skills, including database work and at least intermediate Excel
• Good written communication skills
• Commitment to team-working and respect and consideration for the skills of others

 

 

Executive Director / Joint CEO

We are seeking an experienced senior leader to join as Executive Director /Joint CEO at an innovative arts centre in the heart of Deptford.

Position: Executive Director /Joint CEO

Location: Deptford, Flexible working negotiable; minimum of 50% office-based working

Salary: £70k per annum, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 12pm, Tuesday 28th January

First Interview: Tuesday 18th February

Second Interview: Thursday 27th February

About the role:

With our long-serving CEO and leadership team stepping down in 2024/25, the executive function has been updated into a co-CEO model of a Creative Director and Joint CEO and an Executive Director and Joint CEO (new role) to provide joint development and leadership for the organisation and affiliated projects.  Together they will be responsible for articulating and achieving the creative vision and business objectives, to maintain and grow a versatile and vibrant performing arts centre and cultural community hub. They will contribute to fundraising and developmental work to achieve sustainability for the organisation. They will also oversee programmes of activity which represent the ethos and maximise artistic innovation, social and creative engagement.

Your main duties will include:

• Provide strategic leadership for the organisation and strategic advice to the Board, ensuring the development of Strategic and Business Plans, budgets and KPIs (jointly with Creative Director).
• Responsible and accountable for the overall management of the organisation through effective implementation of agreed vision, objectives, plans and targets.
• Ensure financial leadership, including annual budget setting, effective management of resources and monitoring of accounts.
• Joint lead on strategic fundraising, contributing to key fundraising applications and funder relationship management.
• With the Creative Director (and Board) maintain a wide and longer-term perspective of the external environment and developments relevant to our work; be proactive in identifying future opportunities and challenges.
• Ensure high standards of governance (with the Board), including charitable objectives and compliance with relevant statutory and regulatory responsibilities.

About you:

We are now looking for a confident leader to work alongside a team of experienced senior managers, you will need to bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Significant experience as a senior manager and leader in a major arts organisation or equivalent transferable skills; with a strong sense of how the organisation can enrich and transform the arts ecology, while meeting key stakeholders’ needs.
• Demonstrable record or potential for commercial awareness, financial acumen and business management skills to run a complex charity as a social enterprise with a vision of considered growth, innovation and risk.
• A desire to work in a creative organisation and a commitment to, and knowledge of, culturally diverse arts environments; confidence addressing equity and inclusion and realising and promoting the values of diversity in every aspect of the work.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders in the voluntary, public and private sectors; a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability and enjoyment of working within and leading an organisational culture equipped to generate cultural, management and institutional change internally and within the sector.
• Experience of management in a venue licensed for public entertainment, including demonstrable understanding of health and safety and facilities with the ability to oversee and lead on statutory compliance and best practice.
• Well-honed practical skills relating to running a similar sized organisation: highly skilled in and understanding of administration, HR, legal aspects, financial planning, monitoring and budget management.

Benefits include:

• 25 holiday days per annum, plus bank holidays
• Complimentary tickets to performances
• Company discount
• Training and development opportunities
• Health and wellbeing support
• Hybrid and flexible working policy
• Access to interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme partnership

About the Organisation

The arts centre committed to representing the extraordinary creativity and diversity of Deptford, Lewisham and South East London. Each year over 60,000 people attend our events, ranging from music to theatre, spoken word and family performances; and take part in our award-winning participatory projects for young people and adults over 60. We were Lead Delivery Partner for We Are Lewisham, the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022, with over 400,000 audience members attending over 600 events throughout the year.

The organisation aims to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and want their team to represent the same diversity of audiences and artists they welcome into venues every day. They are keen to hear from a diverse range of candidates from all backgrounds. They particularly want to encourage people who have lived experience of Black and ethnically diverse communities. The organisation will offer an interview to anyone who identifies as a D/deaf or disabled person who meets the essential criteria.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Charity Director, CEO, Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Director, Theatre Director, Arts Director, Venue Director, General Manager, Venue Supervisor, Creative Arts Director, Operations Manager, Head of Development, Festival Director, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Green Templeton College is a graduate community at the heart of the University of Oxford.  It brings together students, academics and practitioners with a particular focus on business and management, health and medicine, and social sciences.

The college is now entering an exciting period, with ambitious plans to raise significant philanthropic funds over the next decade in order to transform our built estate and enhance the student experience.

Working to the Development Director, the Head of Development will be at the very centre of Green Templeton’s ambitions, developing a strategic fundraising strategy and leading on delivery.

If you have demonstrable experience of fundraising including proven success and involvement in securing major gifts, then we want to hear from you.

In return we offer a unique working environment in the heart of the University of Oxford , a range of benefits including 6 weeks paid holiday and the opportunity for a hybrid working pattern. 

We’re on the look out for a new member of our team, a new member of our Executive Team, and someone that is going to be part a key part of this inspirational organisation, We Are Survivors. 

Could you be our new Criminal Justice Services Director?

Are you the person that wants to lead an amazing team of therapists working both outside in the community and inside prison and secure settings?

Do you want to inspire a team of ISVAs, the first male focused ISVA team in the UK to do more for those victims/survivors in the criminal justice process as the system across England and Wales is straining?

Do you, like us, think that every person has the capacity to create change and so want to be part of an organisation that is not only ground breaking but now the largest male victim/survivor organisation in the UK?

The Criminal Justice Services Directorate is an incredibly important part of our organisation, delivering services in the community and in secure settings including Prisons, with a range of individuals and groups that have all been impacted by sexual harms (including sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation, or boys and men) alongside the impact on their families and friends.

Over the past 15+ years we have grown as an organisation, both physically and metaphorically, and we’re now supporting approximately 2,500 male survivors every single year across all our services in the Community Services Directorate and the Criminal Justice Services Directorate. The current state of the criminal justice system, the difficulties in the mental health system, the cost of living and other societal pressures will make the next few years both challenging and fascinating and you could get to help shape our local and regional response, along with influencing the national discussion on tackling sexual and domestic abuse, gender-based violence, and the ever-growing prison population.

This role is one that will give you the opportunity to use your:

• strategic planning skills;
• systems leadership experience;
• people management and influencing; and
• governance and performance leadership.

You’ll work with the Community Services Director and the Operations Director, and alongside the Deputy Chief Executive Officer to be part of the Executive Leadership team; whilst supporting and working with the Chief Executive Officer to ensure we make our vision a reality.