There’s an opportunity to join our ever-growing Handyfix service team as a Mission controller. You will bring structure to workflows, a rationale to tasks, and urgency to timelines.
Our Handyfix service in Lambeth is open to anyone in need. All work is guaranteed and completed to a high standard by our trained professionals. You will form an integral part of a close-knit, and high performing group of people, helping to support our Handyfix team to manage the completion of tasks across Lambeth.
Age UK Lambeth staff are given the room to grow and develop their skills. This role will be a great chance to do so as you contribute to helping the most vulnerable and isolated clients in our community.
How to Apply
To apply click on apply for this vacancy and follow the instructions. You will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a letter of application setting out how your experience, skills and abilities meet the selection criteria set out in the job description and person specification.
Closing Date: 21st July 2020
Interview Process
Interviews will be held virtually. If you are selected for an interview we will write to you as soon as possible to let you know what the interview process will entail.
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Accounts Assistant required for 9 month FTC in Central London.
Your new company
Membership association based in Central London. This organisation has a small but commercially focused finance team of 6. The organisation has a group structure.
Your new role
This is a maternity cover role and will last for a minimum of 9 months. Reporting into the FC you will carry out the following:
- Ad hoc general journal entries
- Posting of bank receipts/payments to all bank accounts
- Credit checking and warning reports
- New DD/Refund details into banking system
- Reconcile various balance sheet accounts
- Reconcile bank accounts and floats in sterling/euro/dollar
- Prepare and post monthly sales invoices
- Processing of invoices/credit notes
- Oversee preparation of statements and BACS/DD schedules
What you'll need to succeed
You will have previous experience in a similar role and be immediately available to interview and start. You will have a very strong eye for detail and ability to work well as part of a team.
Please apply ASAP to be considered!
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About us
Our vision is for nature and people to thrive in a world inspired by ecology. The British Ecological Society is the oldest of its kind in the world, with over 6000 members worldwide, we publish six successful journals, an ecological book series and a quarterly membership magazine, the Niche.
We actively value the diversity and wide range of perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to their work, to ecology and to our Society.
About you
We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to provide office and finance administrative support to the Society and to the CEO.
This is an excellent opportunity with lots of scope for development. You will have some previous experience in customer service or administration. It will be beneficial if you have some finance experience or a degree level qualification, however these are not essential.
About the role
Core duties will include but not be limited to:
- Meet and greet visitors for business meetings and prepare meeting rooms where necessary
- Taking minutes during the staff meetings and Committee’s
- Manage orders of stationery and other office supplies
- Working with the Society’s external accountant, administer day-to-day financial processes
- Administer fortnightly payment batches and organise a batch approval timetable
- Assist with audit queries in the lead up to, during and following the annual accounts audit work based in the Society office
- Assist with travel and diary management for the Chief Executive
- Providing administrative support to other BES teams as and when required
For more information on the role, a full job description and how to apply, follow the link in the yellow box.
Recruiting 2 x Registered Domicillary Care Assistants to join our Domicillary Care team in London!
GBP 8,944 per annum, 16 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.
Job Overview:
To provide a range of personal care services to meet the needs of our customers within Look Ahead services. You are required to encourage customers to contribute to activities and help customers to develop their own skills and confidence and maintain their independence.
While carrying out activities, you should maintain a professional manner, reporting to Look Ahead staff and management any observations relating to customers' welfare and well-being.
You may be working with customers from all of Look Ahead Client Groups including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Homelessness and Young People. When appropriate you will be required to complete regulated activities which includes personal care and medication assistance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support customers to undertake tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Support customers to attend GP and health appointments and religious services as directed
- Support customers to integrate into the community, for example accompanying the customer to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities etc.
- Support customers to go shopping for food, clothes etc.
- Maintain records as required under the direction of Look Ahead staff and management
- Deliver all aspects of personal and physical care as appropriate to meet the individual needs of the customer. E.g. help with dressing, grooming & make-up, bathing, support going to the toilet etc.
- Support customers to undertake domestic tasks in the home wherever possible, including practical assistance in developing skills to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation. E.g. cleaning, vacuuming, washing, ironing, simple home decorating, sewing, light gardening
- Support customers with medication administration
- Assistance with meals, meal preparation, eating and drinking
- Support to attend medical appointment, shopping and social activities
- Report any observations to Look Ahead staff and management relating to customers' welfare
- Providing customers with companionship. E.g. accompanying customers to visit relatives, attend special interest clubs, go out walking, to the park, dinner or the pub, play board games and cards
- Planning day trips and outings e.g. to the seaside, art galleries/museums, and encourage more independent living
- Assist customers in budgeting and money management, paying bills etc.
- Encourage customers to take interest in and undertake basic sports, creative and arts activities in or outside the home. E.g. Swimming, jogging, attend gym, health clubs, go dancing, play music, make (draw/paint) pictures, take simple photographs, attend theatre/amateur dramatics etc.
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.
Person Specification:
- Approachable and open behaviour
- 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
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is customer-focused
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
Applicants may have some previous relevant work experience. This may be experience gained from care of a vulnerable person or work in similar organisations. Prior experience is not a pre-requisite for the role as key behaviours and core competencies will also be taken into account.
on with people at all levels within the organisation
Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.
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.
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Our partner is a leading humanitarian and development organisation. They are seeking a Management and Project Accountant to support and establish sound financial systems in line with the needs of the organisation.
Key Responsiblities Include:
- Monthly management accounts preparation.
- Quaretly financial report preparation - for both Trustee and Board approval.
- Maintain integrity of the financial information; review grant agreements, transfers and international invoice payments; review accounting processes & controls, and propose actions to mitigate any risks and implement process improvements as appropriate.
- Provide finance support and financial management surge support to international teams as required.
Person Specification
- Qualified accountant with experience of working in international development and/or non-profits.
- Experience of developing financial systems to support international operations
- Experience with institutional donors, including budget proposal development, budget management, grants compliance & reporting.
- Flexible, able to adapt to workload and changing priorities as required
- Excellent communication skills – able to communicate to finance and non-finance staff.
*Please note this role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. Our partner is considering candidates on a rolling basis, and therefore early applications are strongly advised.
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The ITF is an international federation of transport workers’ trade unions recognised as the world’s leading transport authority. We fight passionately to improve working lives, connecting trade unions from 150 countries that may otherwise be isolated and helping their members to secure rights, equality and justice. We are the voice for 20 million members working men and women across the world. The ITF Head Office is based in Borough, London. International offices include Amman, Hong Kong, Montreal, Nairobi, New Delhi, Abidjan, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.
The Dockers’ Senior Section Assistant will support the processes essential for the delivery of the Dockers Section priorities, including responsibility for managing working groups, preparation for meetings and chairing meetings, research and data analysis and deputising for the Dockers’ Coordinator.
The successful applicant will use their proven knowledge of the maritime industry and strong written communication skills to produce in-depth reports and analysis to support the section’s campaigns and projects. You will have responsibility for coordinating communication between many different groups including other ITF Maritime sections and contacts. Key to this role is the ability to produce high-quality written documentation.
The Section Assistant will also be responsible for coordinating solidarity action requests from affiliates and unions. The role deputises for the Dockers’ Coordinator and will be required to make presentations to internal and external audiences.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate strong communication skills across different audiences and an ability and have a flexible approach to differing opinions. You will be able to draw upon your experience in a union or social movement setting to support solidarity actions. You will also have experience with producing persuasive and informative content for social media channels.
Due to the international aspects of the organisation’s work, a good working knowledge of another language would be an advantage.
This role offers a salary of £46,724 per annum, plus a non-performance related guaranteed bonus equating to 1/12th of your annual salary.
The ITF offers a highly competitive final pension salary scheme, flexible working as well as the opportunity to work in a state of the art modern office building in central London. For further information on the staff benefits that we provide please see our website.
If this sounds interesting to you, please apply by sending your CV and covering letter via our website by 26 July 2020. Interviews will take place, week commencing 10 August. Please note that due to COVID-19 all interview will take place via video conference.
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An exciting new part-time opportunity for an experienced and dynamic all round Fundraiser to join our professional team. This is a far ranging new role which you can make your own. MertonVision is entering into a new strategic period of our development and are offering this fantastic opportunity for the right candidate: We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record of securing new business as well as maintaining and developing existing relationships through great account management.
Our successful candidate will shape how the charity works with different fundraising audiences raising the profile of the charity with regional corporates, trusts, foundations and institutions. The initial appointment will be on a six month fixed-term contract (two days per week) after which a permanent contract may be offered depending on the success of the initial fundraising strategy
We offer you:
- a competitive salary c£17,500 for 14 hour week
- flexible working
- great variety
- a friendly inclusive work environment in pleasant surroundings close to local amenities
- the ability to add real value while making a true impact on our charity
Over the six months our successful candidate will:
- Write applications for our existing identified opportunities
- Research additional application opportunities
- Apply to Merton based organisations to become their 2021 COTY
- Develop funds to support fundraising initiatives
- Mentor our Community Fundraiser
- Initiate systems and processes to help improve fundraising and maximise income
The successful candidate will be able to work well on their own initiative and within short timelines.
You will have previous experience in a charity fundraising environment and a proven track record across a variety of income streams and channels, including digital and social media. Ideally, your experience will include supporter acquisition as well as retention.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter addressing how you meet the criteria of the Job and person specification quoting Job ref: FundraiserMV2020
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A small international NGO with headquarters in London, is seeking a part-time Finance Manager for a permanent role. The role will be for 3 days per week (22.5 hours per week) with the possibility to increase to a full-time role in the future.
The organisation both gives and receives grants, and is focused on the protection and freedoms of the media and lawyers in developing countries.
The role will report to the Finance Director, and will manage one Finance Officer. It will involve a mixture of day-to day operational finance, and managing donor funds (from the UK, EU and US). Applicants with experience in an international NGO with strong understanding of donors and grants will be best suited to this position.
Typical duties:
-Manage day-to-day financial operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants claims, bank reconciliations, general accounting functions (including petty cash)
-Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts
-Financial evaluation of grant applications and evaluation of financial reports from grantees, including on-site support/evaluation visits
-Support the Finance and Operations Director to improve economy and efficiency across the organisation and ensure a robust internal control environment, including through identification/development, implementation and enhancement of relevant systems and processes
-Support the Finance and Operations Director with the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts, management reports, donor reports and statutory annual accounts.
-Basic HR duties, including managing payroll
-Office and premises management duties including overseeing IT support (with the Finance Director)
Requirements:
-Fully or part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience
-Experience working in an NGO
-Demonstrable experience of charity accounting and donor funding management
-Experience managing staff
-The right to work in the UK is required for this role
-An interest in human rights, media and legal issues would be an advantage
Closing date: 5pm Weds 24th June
Please send your CV for immediate consideration
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Reports to: CEO
Team & Location: Finance Team, The Bike Project Head Office, 12 Crossthwaite Avenue, London
Start Date: ASAP
Salary and hours: £30k per annum (0.6FTE, 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
Background
The Bike Project is a refugee charity going through a significant period of growth as we address increased demand for our services and our social enterprise. This part time position is required to manage the day-to-day accounting activities of the organisation. We are looking for an experienced finance officer who can help us pursue our charitable mission and sustain our commitment to support refugees throughout the UK as the charity grows.
About The Bike Project
Our mission is simple: to get refugees cycling! We are a community of cyclists, refugees, mechanics and volunteers. We collect donations of second-hand bikes, fix them together at our workshop, and then donate them to asylum seeking refugees in the UK. We have donated nearly 5,500 bikes to date. A proportion of the bikes that we receive are sold to the public through our online shop to generate income for the charity and ensure our long-term sustainability.
What it is like to work here
The Bike Project is a fun, interesting and supportive place for you to grow and professionally develop in the charity and social enterprise sectors. You will report to the CEO and work closely alongside the Financial Controller, but your role will have a high level of autonomy and you will help shape the future of the finance function and the organisation.
The Bike Project is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and those who have personal experience of being a refugee. The Bike Project is a Living Wage accredited employer.
Duties and responsibilities
Supplier processing and reconciliations
- Monitor accounts email inbox
- Electronic filing to QuickBooks and Shared drive
- Process supplier invoices, bills, credit cards, staff expenses and other costs
- Stock order reconciliation to invoices
- Prepare payment runs for approval and upload to online banking
- Allocations of payments to ledgers
- Sending remittance advices to suppliers
- Supplier relationship management
- Supplier statement reconciliations
Customer processing and reconciliations
- Process grant and donation receipts
- Process and report e-commerce sales
- Monitor and reconcile bikes sold on credit
- Update the CRM for grant payments and new opportunities
Management reporting
- Bank reconciliations
- Petty cash management, processing and reconciliation
- Month end journals and reconciliations e.g. accruals, prepayments, allocations, stock, sales, payroll, grant accruals, RGA etc
- Prepare management accounts using reports from Quick Books
Year-end reporting and Audit
- Assist with annual audit and accounts preparation
- Prepare Trial balance and year end reconciliations for auditors
Other
- Provide financial information for funders reports
- To perform any other reasonable duties as required by the organisation.
Person Specification
- Minimum AAT qualified or relevant QBE.
- A good understanding of Charity SORP and FRS102 desirable.
- At least three years’ experience in a similar role, of which one year must be working within a charity.
- Experience with QuickBooks and/or similar finance systems as well as proficiency in Excel.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent English language skills (both written and oral). Additional language will be considered beneficial (in particular, Arabic, Farsi, Tigrinya and/or Amharic)
- Ability to work autonomously to achieve agreed objectives and organisational targets with minimal supervision.
- High level of organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail and a thorough and systematic approach to diagnosing and solving problems.
- Experience of working or volunteering for a charitable organisation is desirable.
- Excellent interpersonal awareness and communication.
- An ability to conduct all duties in a manner that is non-judgmental and respects differences.
- An advocate for cycling who shares The Bike Project’s values and ethos and is committed to The Bike Project’s vision.
Working conditions
The hours are flexible, but this job will require occasional travel to other sites. Some remote working also considered.
(Working from home until the government deems it safe for the office to reopen. Specific arrangements will always be discussed with vulnerable individuals to ensure safety.)
How to apply
All candidates must provide a CV and covering letter (no longer than one page in length) that addresses the person specification and states how you heard about this job opportunity. In addition, please include answers to the following questions.
- Tell us about your previous experiences working for a charity?
- Give us an example where you have proactively identified the need for a change in process or introduced a new process. How did you go about the change?
- What attracted you to the role and working in the refugee sector?
Please submit your application via the below method.
As part of our recruitment process the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS basics check, and any employment offer is subject to satisfactorily passing such checks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) are looking to recruit a Management Accountant to ensure that CACT’s financial records are maintained accurately and kept up to date. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring financial performance and explaining variances to budget, and together with the Director of Finance, ensuring that statutory reporting requirements are complied with.
Applicants must be part or fully qualified professional accountants and have experience of ledger management and reconciliations, as well as management accounts preparation.
For further information please download an application pack.
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Job: Director of Finance & Resources
Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Flexible, can be based anywhere in the UK
Salary: £52,460 - £63,976 + 5% pension
Hours: 35 hours/week (28 hours will be considered for the right candidate)
Contract: Permanent
We’re looking for a Director of Finance and Resources who would love to join an entrepreneurial organisation to help look after all of SSE’s assets; its people, its finances, its technologies, its facilities and its services contracts.
We can’t fix issues like poverty, climate change and ill-health alone. That’s why the School for Social Entrepreneurs exists. SSE helps 1,000 people a year develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems. We run courses that equip people to start, scale and strengthen organisations that make a positive difference. But we are not a traditional school. Learning with SSE is inspiring, action-based and accessible.
As Director of Finance and Resources you will build on SSE’s existing operational capabilities and harness the potential of the finance and resources function in support of SSE’s strategic ambitions.
The role will be best suited to a collaborative leader who is comfortable working in a dynamic organisation across a number of workstreams, and who is as motivated thinking strategically as delivering operationally.
Our commitment to inclusion
Diversity is a fact of life. Inclusion is a choice and a practice – for organisations and individuals. At the School for Social Entrepreneurs, our aim is to drive inclusion into every area and activity of what we do: from access to programmes, to grant investment, to board, staff and partnerships.
However you identify, we would like to hear from you. In our commitment to continue to diversify our teams, freelance staff and programmes, we are particularly keen to hear from those who identify as: being from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds; LGBTQ+; and those with disabilities.
To apply, please see details in enclosed application pack.
Closing date: Midday on Friday 17th July
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London (although open to remote working and flexible arrangements)
Fixed term: 1 year (parental cover starting August/September 2020)
This is a great role for a proven finance leader with international charity sector experience.
Background
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, now in its 15th year, connects 96 of the world’s greatest cities which have committed to tackling climate change. We bring mayors from around the world together to learn from each other in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating resilient, sustainable and low carbon cities. C40 cities represent more than 700 million urban citizens and their economies account for 25% of the global GDP. C40’s ‘Deadline 2020’ report sets out the critical role that the world’s major cities have to play in delivering the historic Paris Agreement to prevent catastrophic climate change.
C40’s team of 200+ staff is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, Beijing and Paris, and individual staff based across 25+ different locations, with the Office of the Chair based in Los Angeles.
The strategic direction of the organization is determined by an elected Steering Committee of C40 mayors which is chaired by the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. Three-term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the C40 Board of Directors, which is responsible for operational oversight. An eight-person management team, led by Executive Director, Mark Watts, leads the day-to-day management of C40. C40’s three core strategic funders are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Realdania.
Corporate Services
The C40 Corporate Services function, under the Director of Corporate Services, is the support mechanism to the global organisation ensuring day-to-day business operates efficiently. The team comprises finance, HR, IT, grant management and legal. The Finance team members are all based in the UK.
Position Description
Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, the Director of Finance is responsible for overseeing C40’s global finance function – currently a US 501(c)(3) non-profit, UK registered charity, South Africa entity, Denmark entity and a China Representative office, with further expansion anticipated. With a team of five, including a qualified Financial Controller, the Director of Finance oversees the management of the accounting processes, procedures and reporting for all C40 entities, and is responsible for delivering short-term and long-term budget planning for each entity to meet C40’s strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all financial matters of the C40 group, including accounting and tax, and reporting and Compliance
- Manage the finance team, motivating the team and ensuring they are delivering the most effective and efficient services. Oversee the production of monthly and quarterly financial reports and guidance to managers responsible for the implementation of budgets and their programme
- Advise the Director of Corporate Services and the Management Team on financial matters to support strategic decision-making through the provision of timely analysis and information
- Produce written reports for the US, UK, South Africa and Denmark Boards, including the quarterly finance reports, budget papers, policies, regulatory and company secretarial
- Oversee the annual statutory accounts preparation for each entity and representative office, along with tax form preparation to ensure C40 meets its filing requirements in each territory; oversee the approval and filing of accounts, annual returns and tax forms
- Manage the audit relationships, lead on audit planning, review working papers and oversee the appointment of auditors in new territories
- Oversee the financial management of a large number of restricted grants, large and small, from a variety of funders, including project budgets, grant agreements, forecasts, payment requests and funder financial reporting and audits
- Oversee the work of external bookkeepers in South Africa and China, and ensure that transactions in these territories are included in C40’s consolidated management reporting and group statutory accounts
- Direct the finance team in the management of the general ledger system (chart of accounts & cost centres) and provide top line review of the month end close process
- Oversee the company secretarial function for the organisation, in particular the UK Charity, ensuring regulatory filings are completed accurately and efficiently
- Ensure the reserves management of the organisation is appropriate and robust in each entity, including cash collection and cash flow forecasting, and ensuring that each entity has been granted sufficient funds from C40 Inc. for its operations
- Prepare the organisation’s financial plans, including long-range plans, annual budgets and monthly reforecasts
- As required, improve accounting procedures and financial controls and processes to support high quality bookkeeping and accurate reporting, ensuring they are robust and adaptable to the organisation’s needs
- Other assignments as requested by the Director of Corporate Service
Person specification
- Qualified Accountant CCAB/ CIMA with a strength and interest in financial planning
- Proven track record in working collaboratively and effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Extensive senior level experience post-qualification in not-for-profit, public sector or commercial organisations – demonstrable experience of a political environment would be desirable
- Proven track record of working in an international organisation and ideally with exposure to working with the US
- Proven experience of managing a finance department
- Experience of navigating varied international legal and tax regimes
- Strategic insight and experience in solving issues related to varied and often competing operational, statutory, and funding requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoys working in a dynamic international environment where there is rapid growth and change
- Possesses a positive, driven and outgoing approach
Application Process:
Please submit your application or contact Michael Quest from Ivy Rock Partners at your earliest convenience – we are planning shortlisting early on 9th July and interviews TBC for weeks commencing 13th and 20th July.
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The Haberdashers' Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies. Over 500 years old, today it fulfils its charitable purpose primarily through its involvement with schools.
The Company is trustee of four main grant-making foundations and four school foundations. The latter were established by members of the Company in the 16th and 17th centuries and now support, directly or indirectly, twenty schools in both the maintained and independent sectors. The charitable foundations own the land and buildings of some of the schools, providing income to them, and the Company also directly sponsors the associated Academies, providing or nominating the majority of governors for both Schools and Academies. There are about 12,000 pupils in all and nearly 1,400 staff.
The Haberdashers’ Hall in West Smithfield provides a contemporary and modern home to the Company, affording the membership a highly desirable place to convene, both to carry out the work of the Company as well as for social events. It is here that the Clerk and a relatively small team, which includes the Head of Charities and the Grants Administrator, are based.
Job Description
The Head of Charities is part of a small, highly motivated and focused team which jointly executes the decisions and policies of the governing body, the Court of Assistants, and its committees. The post holder is Secretary to the Charities Committee, which has responsibility for the Company’s charitable activities. The post holder also acts as Secretary to all sub committees of the Charities Committee of which, at the moment, there is one: the Foundation Sub Committee.
The Head of Charities will lead, manage and advise on the Company’s grant-making to both charities and individuals, most of the latter being scholarships, bursaries and awards to pupils and former pupils of the Haberdasher Schools.
Reporting to the Clerk, the role involves:
- Managing the Company’s four grant-making foundations and ensure the available funds are used appropriately and effectively. This includes responsibility for preparing the budgets and the control of expenditure.
- Conducting regular strategic reviews of the Company’s grant-making and other charitable activities and operational reviews of specific programmes as required.
- Planning and preparing agendas for the Charities Committee, its sub committees and write minutes for those meetings.
- Assessing and evaluating applications received and make recommendations for funding to the Charities Committee. After grants are made the Head of Charities is also responsible for ensuring compliance with grant conditions and evaluation of their impact.
- Working with key people at the Company’s schools to ensure that the charitable support available to schools and pupils is well known and to help them access it.
- With the help of members of the Company, maintaining close contact with the eight Church of England parishes of which it is Patron and fulfil the Patron’s duties in respect of the appointment of new incumbents and to maintain an overview of the Company’s role as Patron to the William Jones’s Almshouse Charity.
- The Head of Charities is required to make arrangements for a series of annual Company events and have significant input into others especially where the charity representatives or grant recipients are involved. Some evening attendance will be required as well as occasional overnight travel to schools and parishes.
- Be required to manage communications regarding the Company’s charitable activities, this includes being responsible for the Charities edition of The Haberdasher magazine, the Charities section of the Company’s website and other related tasks.
Essential Requirements
- The ability to identify charities that are working in areas the Company wishes to support, assess their effectiveness and evaluate the grants made.
- Education to a high standard, preferably university degree or equivalent and to be able to express his or herself clearly orally and in writing.
- Ability to initiate and manage change.
- Excellent administrative skills, a good knowledge of Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office product and experience with grants databases and grants audits.
- Ability to develop and maintain good relationships at a variety of levels both within the Company and outside.
- A good knowledge of the voluntary sector.
- An understanding of fundraising.
- Familiarity with the UK education system.
- Experience of managing people.
- Flexibility and being able to work as part of a small team.
Desirable Qualities
- Sound financial skills including the ability to assess accounts and to construct and control budgets.
- Experience of managing events.
- A working knowledge of the Church of England its structures and procedures.
- Experience of working in or with schools or other educational establishments.
- A commitment to the voluntary sector either through employment or voluntary work.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply via CharityJob and submit a covering letter, detailing your experience and suitability for the role, along with a copy of your CV to Helen Shardlow, Membership Secretary .
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