We have an exciting opportunity to join the Triangle Community Garden, as a Project Manager.
We want to hear from you if you have a passion for nature connection, horticulture and social enterprise, love working with people and have management skills and/or experience.
In this role you will be managing and developing all aspects of our greencare projects; supporting our staff and volunteers; and ensuring our services reach as many people as feasible.
Triangle Community Garden runs horticultural therapy sessions in our allotment sites and community garden in Hitchin, Hertfordshire working with people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues.
Ideally you’ll have some knowledge or experience of social therapeutic horticulture and working with people with additional needs. You’ll need to have experience of managing people and projects and it would be beneficial if you had experience of developing services and networks with other local organisations.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check.
· Salary: £28-32K fte
· Hours: 3 days a week (22.5 hours) worked flexibly
If you don’t have experience in all the areas, we are looking for please do consider applying – no one is perfect! The most important thing we’re looking for is your passion for what we do and your ability to manage people and projects.
Closing date: 1st December
The Triangle Community Garden is a charity, based in Hitchin, Herts, helping people of all ages and abilities to ‘Connect, Grow, Enjoy’ through community gardening and contact with the natural world.
We do this through:
· Supporting physical and mental health through our social therapeutic horticulture, healthy living and wellbeing projects
· Providing volunteering opportunities for all ages in nature
· Community events, forest school activities, wildlife walks and nature-based workshops
· Cooking classes for men
· Improving our local environment for people and nature
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Location: London
Salary: Circa £105,000 + Attractive Benefits
Deadline for Applications: [9th December]
The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), one of the UK's largest grant-making charities, is seeking a Group Finance Director to lead its financial operations. Funded entirely by Freemasons and their families, MCF’s mission is to build better lives by supporting individuals and communities in the areas of healthcare, education, and independence. Since its establishment in 2016, MCF has awarded over £150m in grants, impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
The new Group Finance Director will play a crucial role in overseeing MCF’s financial strategy, ensuring the charity’s long-term viability, and managing assets in excess of £400M. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a skilled financial team and contribute to strategic decisions that impact MCF’s operations and charitable work.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Leadership: Advising the Chief Executive and Board on financial strategy, ensuring comprehensive financial planning, accurate reporting, and compliance.
- Investment Management: Developing and managing MCF’s investment strategy, ensuring financial sustainability and growth.
- Relief Chest Operation: Overseeing the management of the Relief Chest, a key operation that handles charitable donations from Masonic units across the country.
- Team Leadership: Leading and developing the finance team, ensuring a high standard of financial management and operational efficiency.
- Board and Committee Engagement: Providing financial insight and reporting to the Finance Committee, Audit and Risk Committee, and Board of Trustees.
Experience and Skills
The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience and a proven track record of contributing to financial strategy and decision-making at Board level, (ideally in the charity or not-for-profit sector). You will have robust Financial Management skills, experienced in overseeing financial operations within an SME organisation, balancing financial operations with a strategic outlook and the leadership skills to manage, inspire and influence your team and colleagues, promoting a culture of excellence and accountability. The post-holder will be an exceptional communicator, astute decision maker and capable of inspiring transformation in an organisation undergoing exciting change.
Benefits
- Competitive salary (£105,000)
- 30 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension scheme
- Life assurance and employee assistance programme
- Professional membership subscriptions and support for ongoing development
Why Join MCF?
The Masonic Charitable Foundation is a key player in improving lives and communities across the UK. By leading the financial direction of MCF, the Group Finance Director will be at the heart of an organisation dedicated to making a positive difference. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the charity's future and drive its strategic objectives forward.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV along with a supporting statement (2-3 pages)
Timeline
Application Deadline: 9th December
Shortlist: 8th January
1st Stage Interviews: 13th and 14th January (London Office)
2nd Stage: w/c 20th January (London Office)
Thank you!
Founded in 2007, Electric Storm Youth (ESY) is a youth work charity based in Lancing, West Sussex. We run a full range of youth-based programmes, including young carers support, mental health counselling, general youth sessions, LGBTQ+ sessions, street-based (detached) youth work, mentoring and work-experience.
ESY currently support around 200 young people by working to improve their personal and social development, teaching them new skills, and improving the quality of their lives.
We are looking for an experienced Business/Office Manager to join our team to support the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Senior Youth Work Manager, Board of Directors/Trustees and our wider team of youth workers and volunteers as well as providing general business administration and office management.
This role offers lots of opportunity to bring your business management skills to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the operational side of the charity.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
Supporting teenagers now, laying foundations for the future
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.