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Are you passionate about local communities and the work of charities and community groups? Do you have an interest in developing your understanding of the needs and demands within our county? Would you like to be part of a team that is making a tangible difference to lives across Norfolk? If so, you might just have found your dream job.
Norfolk Community Foundation is looking to appoint a Programmes Support Advisor to help connect the local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to opportunities for funding and support. This is a perfect opportunity for someone wanting to developtheir career in the charity sector, learn or develop skills in grant-making, and see the difference you are making to local communities.
About the role
The Programmes Support Advisor works as part of the Programmes Team, dedicated to ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of Norfolk Community Foundation’s grant-making programmes.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Being the primary contact, advice and support to applicant organisations
- Promoting opportunities for funding and support
- Helping to design and implement funding programmes
- Carrying out due diligence checks on applications received, evaluating suitability for available programmes and presenting recommendations to fund holders
- Ensuring effective reporting on the progress and outcomes of funded projects, managing any issues that may arise, and presenting grant-making impact to fund holders
- Providing outreach support to grant applicants, including organising and participating in one-to-one meetings, site visits, seminars and workshops
About you
We are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do! You’ll have an interest in or understanding of needs and demands within Norfolk communities and be passionate about our missions.
You will be able to assess and interpret data and communicate clearly through excellent written and verbal skills whilst also being able to establish good relationships, rapport and credibility with a wide range of people.
Good IT, writing and teamwork skills are a key part of this role, as is the ability to follow policy and procedure. It is a busy role that will have many competing deadlines so the ability to structure and manage your own workload is also key.
There is opportunity for personal development in the role as well as to take on projects that interest you outside of the role’s core responsibilities.
What can we offer you?
We have a range of benefits that we offer our staff, including:
- 25 days holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays
- Up to 3 ‘Development Days’ a year to pursue passions, volunteering or learn new skills
- Option for hybrid working 2 days a week (Mondays and Fridays)
- A health and wellbeing plan, providing money back on optical, dental, physiotherapy and more, access to advice and support, and discounts and rewards from hundreds of leading retailers, restaurants and destinations
- Pension scheme
- Death in service cover
- Training and development opportunities
- Visits to see the impact of the difference the Foundation is helping to make happen
Who are the Norfolk Community Foundation?
We are a local charity with a clear vision of strengthening communities from the bottom up to make Norfolk a vibrant and fairer place to live. Working in partnership with local charities and community groups by providing them with funding, leadership and guidance, we help to inspire local people and those with an interest in Norfolk to give funds, time and resources to support their communities.
To build stronger communities in Norfolk from the ground up.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Off the Record is an award-winning young people’s mental health charity offering a range of support services for children and young people across the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton and Merton. Our vision is to offer huge amounts of compassion and professional insight to children and young people living in these areas.
We’re currently recruiting one full-time Charity Administrator. The post is office based and offers great opportunity for a varied role in a forward-facing young people’s mental health charity.
To be successful in the role you must:
- Have an interest in and empathy for young people
- Be able to respond sensitively to young people in distress on the phone, in person, via email and text
- Have a professional telephone manner and excellent interpersonal skills
- Be highly computer literate and confident using Office 365
- Have very good organisational, administration and time management skills
- An ability to work within organisational frameworks and structures
- A commitment to operating within the policies of the charity including confidentiality and Equality and Diversity
In return we offer a salary of £29,507 p.a., inclusive of Outer London Weighting. Staff have access to regular internal and external training opportunities and to benefits including a company pension, an Employee Assistance Programme, store and event ticket discounts.
Closing date for applications - Midday Monday 28th October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Football Foundation are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a permanent Head of Finance. The Football Foundation are the Premier League, The FA and the Governments charity that helps communities improve their local football facilities through football grants.
The Head of Finance will lead the finance team, ensuring robust financial management and sustainability to support our charitable objectives. With responsibility for a team of five you will lead and provide statutory, financial and management accounting, including all financial planning and analysis, for the Football Foundation (Foundation) and the Premier League Stadium Fund.
The role:
- Develop and implement financial strategies that support the organisation’s visions e.g. treasury management, developing long term cashflow strategies to maximise returns to the organisation.
- Lead and work with the SMT, Management Group, PMO Lead, and Data & Insight team to create and maintain financial and cost models to support the development and finalisation of strategic plans, budgets, and forecasts, focusing on the relationship between services, resources, and productivity.
- Work with the CFO in preparing and presenting the consolidated budget and plan to the SMT and ARG Committee.
- Develop high level models to support strategic and operational decision making, e.g. assessment of financial sustainability of grant applications and monthly reporting to funders in line with contractual obligations.
- Continue the development and transitioning of the finance team from a mainly transactional team to a team providing forwarding looking information. Enhance collaborative decision making through improved business partnering and transparent reporting.
- Ensure all legal entities comply with relevant legislation and prepare statutory accounts, corporation tax, VAT, Charity Commission, and other statutory financial returns as appropriate.
- Lead and manage the finance team, motivating and developing them so that that they are clearly focused, competent, and work effectively and efficiently.
The organisation:
Since we kicked things off in 2000, we’ve been privileged to make a truly transformative difference to grassroots sport across the country. As a result of our funding partners investment, every day we see the incredible impact of the game on physical fitness, mental wellbeing, bringing communities together and the local economy. With the investment from our funding partners the Premier League, The FA and the Government, we are making a big impact. We're helping to transform communities and the lives of individuals through delivering outstanding grassroots sport facilities.
Essential criteria:
- Professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant post-qualified financial and operational management experience.
- Proven experience at a senior level in a finance role with responsibility across the entire finance function, including hands on experience in delivering business partnering.
- Knowledge of the legislative, tax and regulatory framework of companies, ideally in the not-for-profit sector.
- Leading an end-to-end external audit process.
- Developing/improving and implementing financial procedures and controls.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and interpret complex issues at Board level, and to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organisation including experience of working with non-executives.
- Can demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to delivering organisational change and improvement.
- Strong leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and develop team members.
The position will be based at The Football Foundation’s head office at Wembley Stadium and requires on average 2 visits per week to the office, dependent on business need. The closing date for applications is 29th October with first stage interviews taking place on the 7th November.
Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic social researcher to join our fantastic Surrey Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) team.
Based with Good Company, a local anti-poverty charity, the Community Researcher role would design and conduct research on wider determinants of health (e.g., poverty, food insecurity) and their impacts on health inequalities, with a particular focus on co-production and other forms of participatory research. The wider determinants of health are a diverse range of social, economic and environmental factors which influence people’s mental and physical health. Systematic variation in these factors constitutes social inequality, an important driver of the health inequalities.
In addition, this role would seek to increase the capacity of local voluntary sector organisations to carry out their own participatory research, as well as supporting the HDRC programme team in promoting participatory research methods across Surrey and building the local evidence base on the wider determinants of health.
There will be a second Community Researcher post based with Reigate & Banstead Council which will focus on building the participatory research capacity within the local authority.
About Surrey Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC):
This role would form part of the new and innovative Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) programme funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). The Surrey HDRC programme is delivered by Surrey County Council, University of Surrey (UoS), alongside local partners Reigate & Banstead Borough Council, Good Company and Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum (SMEF).
Surrey HDRC is designed to boost the capacity of Surrey County Council to do research, together with our communities, with the aim of improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities in Surrey communities. Surrey HDRC will develop a sustainable research culture, build research capacity and capability, and increase our local evidence-base on wider determinants of health.
About this role:
The post holder will be based at Good Company and will work as part of the Surrey HDRC programme team, leading on participatory research and co-production. The role includes:
· Developing a programme of research on wider determinants of health inequalities, with a particular focus on co-production and other forms of participatory research.
· Strengthening the participatory and co-production research capacity across Surrey, with a particular focus on the Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector.
· Actively supporting the wider Surrey HDRC team in promoting the value of participatory research and co-production across Surrey County Council and its partners and building the local evidence-base on the social and wider determinants of health.
The post holder should have demonstrable skills in qualitative research methods, including experience of conducting participatory research. Ideally, they will have an understanding of health inequalities and the social and wider determinants of health. Experience of working or volunteering within a community setting would also be desirable.
Applications will not be accepted without a covering letter that covers how their skills and experience meet the role.
Interviews will be in Epsom & Ewell, Surrey on Tuesday 12th November.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit a Head of Finance & Shared Services to join their dynamic team on a permanent basis. BSAVA is the professional body that serves veterinary surgeons and nurses who treat companion animals and it exists to enable the veterinary profession and professionals thrive.
Reporting into the CEO and as a key member of the Leadership Team, this critical role will be responsible for the development of effective financial strategy to deliver the organisations strategic ambitions, whilst also supporting the strategic development, performance measurement and the optimisation of the Charity’s income.
The organisation:
Founded in 1957, BSAVA has gone from strength to strength to enable the community of small animal veterinary professionals to develop their knowledge and skills through leading-edge education, scientific research and collaboration. BSAVA currently boasts over 10,000 members, the majority of whom work in practice as veterinary surgeons or veterinary nurses, and there are several exciting projects on the horizon as part of their new strategic plan, of which this Head of Finance and Shared Services will play a leading role.
The role offers a full-time opportunity with an excellent benefits package including 7% contribution towards Group Personal Pension, private medical insurance, free parking on site and 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days after three years). Furthermore, the charity’s beautiful offices in Quedgeley (Gloucestershire) were complete renovated in 2017 and the successful post holder will be offered the opportunity to work from home up to three days per week.
The key duties of this Head of Finance & Shared Services role are as follows:
- Ensure that the charity complies with statutory, funding and tax regulations, fulfilling its requirements as a charity, company and employer.
- Work with the CEO and Trustees to enhance and improve the organisations governance functions.
- Lead the statutory audit process and production of the Annual Report, co-ordinating the completion of year end processes.
- Attend Board and Audit and Risk Committee meetings, providing clear and accurate reports to enable them to assess the associations financial, compliance and risk management situation.
- Develop a long-term financial strategy that will support the charity’s ambition for growth.
- Support the Chief Executive and LT with new business development and change management initiatives.
- Oversee the preparation of annual budgets and 3-year forecasts in accordance with the timescales laid down by the CEO.
- Make recommendations to further develop the Shared Services function in order to optimise resources and enhance the efficient running of the Association.
- Support the LT in development and review of business models, commercial proposals, optimising pricing strategies and analysis of potential revenue.
The successful candidate will have:
- Qualified as a finance professional or be qualified by demonstrable experience.
- Finance experience at a senior level, guiding executing and non-executive colleagues.
- Experience of producing and managing organisations budgets and forecasts.
- Experience of financial modelling and development of KPIs.
- Line management experience.
- Ideally, experience of charity accounting including preparing statutory accounts for audit.
- Experience of managing other business areas and support functions would also be an advantage.
- Ability to contribute effectively and constructively as a member of the Leadership Team
The closing date for applications is on Sunday 20th October, but applications are under continuous review in advance of this date so apply today to make sure you are considered!
New Horizon Youth Centre has been commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as part of an Alliance with Safer London, St Giles Trust and the Anna Freud Centre to deliver on their Children and Young People’s Violence and Exploitation and Reduction support service. The commission will run from June 2024 for three years. As part of this, an additional service will be set up within the NHYC Youth Justice team specifically to deliver on the Alliance contract. This will include a team of Housing Caseworkers who will carry out assessments and advocacy work with young people under 25 who are fleeing violence and exploitation, in order to move them on successfully into both emergency and long-term housing options. You should be passionate about working with this client group, able to manage a fast-moving caseload, and committed to working collaboratively with a team across multiple services.
*Please note, previous applicants for this role need not reapply.
- Full time, permanent role in the Youth Justice Team
- Salary £31,200-£34,736
- Deadline: 9am, Monday 21 October
The young people we support in this service are amazing, they are courageous, determined, and brave. These young people have often survived very difficult experiences and have often experienced high levels of violence in their lives. This can mean at times we have to work harder to secure their trust and build relationships with them. The experiences these young people have had in their lives means they can feel frustrated, angry, and upset. We need someone committed to showing care, respect, patience and understanding, someone who understands that challenging behaviour can be a demonstration of the impact of multiple traumas. This is a fixed-term role for 12 months
- Full time, 12 month fixed-term role in our Youth Justice Team
- Salary £31,200-£34,736
- Deadline: 9am, Thursday 24 October
Purpose of the Job
The Dad Matters coordinators deliver a range of universal and targeted interventions aimed at male parents in the First 1001 Days. They support dads and other male carers with attachment and bonding, mental health and access to service. They also work with professionals and perinatal services to ensure dads and male carers are engaged, supported and heard within clinical pathways.
The post holder will:
- Build on the Home-Start Haringey, Hackney and Waltham Forest foundation of peer support by engaging and supporting dads in one to one and group situations.
- Ensure that parent – infant relationships are a thread through every relationship and conversation with dads.
- Raise awareness of the risks of poor mental health for fathers and their families during the perinatal period
- Raise awareness of the impact on fathers of caring for a partner affected by perinatal mental health issues
- Develop the Dad Matters volunteer role
- Develop close links with other health and voluntary agencies
- Facilitate regular consultation with fathers through outreach and focus groups
Main Responsibilities
Support to Dads
The post holder will provide individual and group support to dads during the perinatal period. This will involve the following:
- Meeting dads at ante-natal clinics
- Facilitating or co-facilitating ante-natal Dad Chats in person and online
- Supporting the developments of support offered to dads with children on NICU and those with partners in receipt of care from Perinatal Mental Health teams, Adult Mental Health, IAPT and Parent Infant Mental Health teams
- Signposting and supporting access to other services as appropriate
- Undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children’s welfare
- Ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of work
- Facilitate regular consultation with fathers in order to ensure that all resources are targeted appropriately
Promotion & Awareness Raising:
- Maintain up-to-date information for dads and make this available through the Dad Matters website and a range of social media
- Engage dads through social media, self-referral and email.
- Ensure the integrity of the Dad Matters Brand when engaging dads and professionals.
Recruiting & Managing Volunteers – this will involve:
- Promoting, developing and delivering volunteer recruitment campaigns
- Recruiting, selecting and preparing suitable volunteers
- Arranging and co-ordinating volunteer activity in person and online
- Providing support and supervision for volunteers engaged in working with dads
- To provide further training for Home-Start Haringey, Hackney and Waltham Forest home visiting volunteers as appropriate
Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Support the evaluation of the impact of Dad Matters
- Ensure accurate and relevant record keeping and data collection
Working in Partnership
- Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with key health partners, including those from Parent Infant Mental Health teams, Midwifery, IAPT, Perinatal Teams, Adult Mental Health, Health Visiting and other VCSE groups
- Networking appropriately within the community
- Delivering/co-delivering training to multi-agency colleagues as appropriate
The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.
Application Deadline: 23:30pm on 31st October 2024
Interviews will commence week of 11th November