Endeavour is on a journey of development under our new CEO and is looking for a senior finance person with wider business skills to join the senior leadership team and aid in the growth of this exciting Youth Charity. Seeking a fully or part qualified professional who demonstrates extensive financial expertise & business acumen and experience in a leadership role. We are looking for the right person as well as the right skills and experience and hope that this person is someone who can grow and develop with the role as the organisation rebuilds for the future.

Role

To provide financial management of Endeavour’s resources, and ensure all financial legislative requirements are met.

To be an active member of the Senior Management team with responsibility for driving forward the strategic and operational performance of the organisation.

Duties

• To develop & maintain Endeavour’s financial management and accounting systems in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.
• To oversee the smooth running of daily financial processing, including invoicing, banking and payroll
• To prepare annual accounts and the associated documentation according to Charity and Company law for Endeavour and its trading subsidiary, and liaise with external auditors.
• To ensure the CEO and Board are aware of current legislation and best practice, particularly relating to Charity and SORP regulations.
• To report to the Board regularly on the financial performance of the organisation and to attend the Board of Trustees meetings.
• The forecasting and modelling of short, medium and long term resources, risks and opportunities.
• To complete and submit all appropriate financial returns (e.g. HMRC, Charities Commission, Companies House etc.) as and when required.
• To be responsible for the production of management accounts, cash flows and financial reports, including those requested by funding bodies.
• To manage the day-to-day activities and ongoing development of the Finance Officer.
• To prepare the financial elements of funding bids, and contribute to other elements as appropriate including reporitng and evidencing of spend.
• To ensure Endeavour maximises its income by promoting Giftaid, and applying Charity VAT reliefs where appropriate.
• To increase financial awareness within the organisation and develop financial and budgeting skills of colleagues.
• To work closely with other members of the senior management team to ensure all activities are aligned with Endeavour’s organisational goals and mission.
• To act as Company Secretary and ensure all legislative requirements of Companies House and the Charity Commission are adhered to.
• Attend staff meetings and other meetings as appropriately required.
• Adhere to protocols for safe working, data protection and confidentiality requirements.
• Take an active part in the runing and development of the organisation as part of the Senior Managemnt Team
• Carry out any other reasonable duties within the function commensurate with the level of responsibilities of the post

Qualifications and Experience:

• The ability to work accurately and effectively under pressure, prioritising workload to achieve deadlines
• Knowledge of financial processes and procedures, including budgeting, cash flows and production of management accounts
• Knowledge of Charity financial reporting requirements and legislation, including SORP requirements, Giftaid and charity VAT reliefs
• Experience of producing Annual Accounts and returns for Companies House and the Charity Commission.
• Experience of payroll processing, including auto-enrolment pensions
• Qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA), industry with ideally some charity experience,
• Senior management and leadership experience, ideally a minimum of three years
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Understanding and management of risks and issues
• Development of robust strategic development plans
• Empathy with the needs of young people and, ideally, experience of working in or with the voluntary sector
• Experience of promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace
• Clean driving licence

Skills:

• Strong financial planning, forecasting and modelling skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a broad range of stakeholders including auditors and Board members
• Being able to envision a strategic overview beyond financial considerations
• Ability to determine priorities and targets and how to achieve them
• Resilience, tenacity and strong influencing skills
• Excellent collaborative worker
• Self-starter, able to work alone
• Confident user of Excel, Word and accounting and banking software
• Understanding of the needs and working practices of differing organisations

• A flexible approach to work including willingness to take on tasks outside the normal remit
• A positive “can do” attitude

Director of Development and Employment
Permanent, Full-time
Leeds with regular national travel
c. £110,000 per annum

Part of the NHS Confederation, NHS Employers is the employers organisation for the NHS in England working on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care and the NHS to:
• Lead key areas of policy delivery, particularly in relation to partnership working with trade union and staff organisations
• Act as the voice of employers, representing their needs in the service of their people, patients and communities
• Supporting employers with resources to improve their experience of their people, and hence their patients

We are seeking a successful and experienced HR leader to join our team, who is highly effective in building purposeful relationships, working collaboratively and leading people. You will also be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery in the areas of workforce policy and practice. Experience in healthcare is not essential, but evidence of improving people management policy and practice is.

Closing Date: 7th February 2020
Interviews are planned for 25th February 2020
 

Director of Restored - Teddington

Restored is seeking an experienced and gifted Director to lead the charity forward to its next chapter of growth and impact. 

Restored is an innovative Christian charity working to transform relationships and end violence against women. We are a small charity making a big impact. Our vision is that the UK Church recognises and responds effectively to domestic abuse. 

Violence against women has moved centre stage in the media and public attention, with increasing outrage at the levels of sexual and gender-based violence across society. As our ground-breaking research has confirmed, such abuse is found in churches too. Now is the time to build on the interest and momentum already created to achieve greater impact through the work of Restored. At Restored,

• We campaign to raise awareness amongst Christians of the issue of violence against women and we advocate for change
• We mobilise and equip churches, Christian organisations and individuals to act against violence against women
• We actively engage men in recognising and addressing violence against women through our First Man Standing campaign.

Restored has recently been through a period of refocus and is looking to appoint a new leader to motivate and unite the organisation behind a bold vision that will bring about lasting change. If you share our unwavering commitment to bringing about an end to violence against women by being a leading voice in a Christian context and can demonstrate strong leadership experience in an organisation of similar size and complexity, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Essential skills and experience include: 

1. Leader on Violence Against Women (VAW) issues: Expertise and ability to drive a VAW movement in the Christian context. Good writing skills, and ability to develop articles, media material and be a spokesperson on VAW issues.
2. Organisation strategy and leadership: Ability to develop and implement business and operational strategy, with experience in finance management, fundraising, and managing systems and policies for quality assurance and accountability. Takes joint responsibility for achieving fundraising targets.
3. Networker: Ability to work with and mobilise individual men and women and groups to engage in ending violence against women. Build relationships with donors.
4. Representation: Be a voice for Restored, presenter, and speaker, with credibility to influence
5. Spiritual and people leadership: Committed Christian, mission-driven, self-aware. Passion for work of Restored.  Ability to lead teams and manage people. Able to work under pressure. Creative, self-sufficient and diplomatic. 

Genuine occupational requirement

Restored is seeking a committed Christian to fill this role (two committed Christians in the case of a job share) to fill this role. The post-holder leads on addressing violence against women in a Christian (church) context and develops relationships with Christian leaders. The Director organises and leads times of prayer.

How to apply

If you are passionate about leading Restored’s work, please apply through the Charity Jobs On-Line application on this site:

1. Your CV, with reference details for 3 referees - 2 recent line managers, and a pastoral referee from a Church leader or friend
2. A cover letter demonstrating why you are right for this role, why you are applying to lead Restored, and why now.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday February 6th, 2020.

Interviews will take place on Friday March 13th, 2020 (subject to confirmation).

We look forward to hearing from you.

Carers Support West Sussex, a £2.5m turnover charity based in the South East of England, is seeking a Carer Services Director to drive the further development of our services. This is a newly created position, responsible for the impact our teams make through delivering services to unpaid and family carers and communities, through developing innovative and evidence based practice which is co-produced with the people we support.

The role is accountable for all of our frontline carer services financially supported by a single county council contract until 2022 with the option of two further 12 month extensions. The post-holder has access to a further £100,000 annual charitable investment for the next two years from 1 April 2020 as part of a transformation programme to maximise the benefit for carers from our charitable services.

We are looking for an exceptional individual for this critical role. You will bring significant leadership experience from effectively leading and managing teams across a number of disciplines and geographies across a County footprint. We are keen to find someone who is both experienced and innovative, who is curious, and able to focus on designing and delivering services to better support carers.

The job holder will be a natural and strategic leader with deep and wide-ranging knowledge and experience within health and/or social care settings and services. They will possess the client facing awareness and agility required to make a significant contribution to the development of Carer Support West Sussex offer.

The organisation is made up of dedicated, professional staff, most of whom have direct experience of caring themselves.  We work together to foster a culture of flexibility and of supporting each other and the carers of West Sussex.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity to lead CORE through its next phase of development and growth, as we seek to shape the future of an organisation at the centre of the corporate accountability movement.

As our high-performing Director steps down from the post after eight years, we are seeking an experienced advocate, highly motivated by our central mission to increase corporate accountability for human rights abuses and improve access to justice for victims. The Director will work closely with the board of Trustees to develop the strategic direction of the organisation, while spearheading the Coalition’s campaign for mandatory human rights due diligence in close collaboration with the Policy & Communications Officer.

The position requires a great range of skills and offers a wonderfully varied set of challenges. In this complex political environment, the self-starting Director will drive the organisation’s fundraising strategy, represent CORE on high-profile public speaking platforms, facilitate dialogue and build consensus amongst CORE’s diverse coalition partners, and manage the operations of a small, ambitious charity.

CORE offers a competitive NGO salary and the opportunity to work flexibly. The role is currently 35 hours a week across five days, however applications for reduced hours (minimum 28 per week) across a four-day working week would also be considered. We would consider applications from two candidates as part of a job-share and welcome applications from candidates from minority groups, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. The postholder will be based in our shared London office space in The Foundry, Vauxhall, or work from home with regular travel to London. 

For information on how to apply, please visit our website. The deadline for applications is 5pm on 30 January.

• A unique opportunity to join a leading regulator
• Contribute to the ongoing transformation as a member of the Executive Team

About Our Client

The General Dental Council are an independent organisation which regulates dentists and dental care professionals in the UK. They set dental standards, hold a register of qualified dental professionals, quality assure education and investigate concerns about treatment or conduct.

Job Description

The main objective of the role will be to lead the initial stages of the Fitness to Practise (FtP), namely triage and FtP Casework, to ensure that (FtP) cases are triaged, investigated, and assessed within key performance indicator targets and that decisions made are consistent with the relevant statutory and legal tests and the main aim of patient protection.

You will also provide oversight of the Dental Complaints Service, developing and implementing changes as agreed by the Executive Management Team and Council.

You will lead FtP Improvement - recognising, developing and recommending improvements to processes, systems and provision as appropriate and in line with internal and external trends and, FtP objectives.

• To ensure that issues which may impact on a registrant's fitness to practise are considered in an appropriate, consistent, independent manner.
• To ensure that appropriate cases are put before Investigating and FtP committees, with sufficient, robust evidence to enable valid, consistent, timely decisions.
• To ensure that conduct, performance and health committee hearings are managed effectively, facilitating timely, consistent and independent decisions.
• To develop and implement FtP strategy, including the regular review, implementation and development of appropriate case management strategies.
• To identify and sponsor improvement to processes and procedures supporting the work and functions of the fitness to practise department.
• To ensure that robust scrutiny and governance is provided to improvement projects and programmes and to report to Executive Management Team, Council and its Committees on progress.
• To ensure that learning from the monthly Quality Assurance Group in FtP, which reviews decision making across the FtP process, is relayed to FtP Heads, embedded within improvement projects and to provide regular reporting to the Executive Management Team, Council and its Committees.
• To ensure learning points provided by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) are actioned appropriately.
• To be the lead on FtP issues in the PSA Annual Performance Review including responding to the PSA between Reviews on any FtP issues arising.
• External liaison with relevant external stakeholders which include (but are not limited to) professional bodies, other regulators, government departments and MP's, consumer and employer groups, police forces, court services, lawyers and employers of registrants.
• To write briefings, reports, consultation documents, Council and committee papers, material for the website and intranet, and other documents as required.

Executive Management Team

• As a member of the Executive Management Team, to play an effective part in the leadership of the GDC as a whole.
• To act as a role model, embodying the organisation's values, leadership behaviours, and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, at all times.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of the GDC's corporate strategy, business planning, and continuing programme of organisational improvement.
• To attend meetings of the Council and its committees, and provide information, advice and guidance to Council members to enable effective scrutiny of the organisation's activities.
• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Corporate processes

• Ensure that strategic and operational risks are identified, assessed and proactively managed.
• Manage the budget for the directorate ensuring efficient and effective use of resources, value for money and compliance with financial instructions.
• Lead the FtP contribution to the GDC Costed Corporate Plan and Corporate Strategy.

Internal relationships

• Lead and manage direct reports to inspire, motivate and engage staff and lead change across the directorate and more widely in the organisation.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the staff of other directorates, developing mechanisms to ensure coherence and commitment to the GDC's work.

The Successful Applicant

To ensure your application is successful for the Fitness to Practise Director role please ensure your CV demonstrates the following:

• Evidence of successfully leading and inspiring multiple teams, shaping and influencing their future and direction
• Demonstrable commitment to promoting Diversity and Inclusion.
• Demonstrable experience of senior level management gained within a regulatory or regulated environment or experience of large-scale operations involving complex casework processes.
• Demonstrable understanding of the legal and ethical framework around the exercise of statutory authority.
• Proven ability to analyse data and make and implement timely decisions based on evidence.
• Evidence of a strong focus on performance management and success in delivering multiple, complex objectives.
• Strong financial planning experience, with the proven ability to manage discretionary budgets appropriately (£25m+).
• Evidence of influencing and delivering cultural change and leading successful business critical change initiatives and programmes.
• Experience of developing productive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and the credibility to act as an ambassador for the GDC.
• The ability to assimilate the GDC's regulatory framework quickly and develop and apply policies/projects to meet statutory objectives.

What's on Offer

• Competitive base salary
• Defined contribution pension benefit (3% employee contribution; 6% employer contribution)
• 25 days' holiday a year plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after 5 years' service)
• Death in service of four times' annual salary
• Enhanced sick pay scheme and income protection
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Recognition scheme including reward vouchers or cash bonus
• Season ticket loan scheme (after 6 months' continuous service)
• Cycle to work scheme with Cycle Solutions
• Gymflex: gym membership to a wide range of gyms across the country at discounted rates and salary sacrifice
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance - employee paid
• Discounted Health Cash Plan - employee paid
• Employee Assistance Programme (confidential 24-hour helpline)
• Eye tests vouchers and up to £75 towards the cost of glasses for VDU work

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCY14062952Z

Foyle Hospice launched its three years Strategic Plan in 2018. Having set out a number of ambitious key priorities and objectives to develop and expand our services, we are now seeking to recruit a new Director of Income Generation and Communications.

As we embark on a period of challenges and change within the hospice sector, this postholder will have ultimate responsibility in developing a fundraising strategy and managing a team which will grow income to ensure sustainable service delivery and support for our patients and families, whilst also ensuring promotion of Foyle Hospice, by raising its profile as the lead provider of hospice and palliative care services across the North West and further afield.

This post offers a real opportunity for the successful high calibre candidate to have a direct, tangible impact on the organisation by strengthening and increasing support, expanding our income streams and improving awareness of the organisation – helping us to continue to provide much-needed care to the thousands of local people living with or affected by life-limiting illnesses.

The Director of Income Generation and Communications will work closely with the Senior Management Team to support Foyle Hospice’s clinical work as well as leading their own team to develop relationships both internally and externally and deliver a diverse mix of income streams (existing income streams and new opportunities) including Individuals Giving, Legacies and Community, Corporates, Trusts, Foundations and Major Donors. 

They should also be innovative in terms of how Foyle Hospice can better utilise and embrace new technologies, create long term sustainable partnerships and explore new methodologies to capture the imagination of local people to get involved with their local hospice. 

If you want to be part of an established and successful organisation and have the ambition to help drive our strategy and changing environment, please get in touch.

The successful post-holder will also enjoy a range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement and contributory pension scheme.

How to Apply  

If you are interested in this position please request an application pack by contacting: 

Mrs Rachael Osbourne

HR Administrator  

Foyle Hospice  

61 Culmore Road  

DERRY/LONDONDERRY  

BT48 8JE  

Your completed application should be returned no later than 12 noon on Friday 17th January 2020 and must include the following:

1. Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
2. Support statement outlining how and to what extend you meet the essential and any desirable criteria (no more than 2 A4 pages).
3. Curriculum Vitae

Foyle Hospice aims to be an equal opportunities employer.  We welcome applications from anyone irrespective of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, political opinion or race.

Interviews for this position are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 28th January 2020

A charity are recruiting for an Interim Director of Finance

Your new company

A medium-sized charity based in Central London.

Your new role
Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the finance function and providing strategic input to the direction of the organisation. Anticipated duration is for 6 months+.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent experience as a CFO within the charity sector.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to add value in a senior and influential role. Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Harris Hill is working in partnership with The Donkey Sanctuary to find their new Director of Ireland to be based in
County Cork. The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland has been a part of the Donkey Sanctuary family since 1987 and we now
have an outstanding opportunity for an inspirational and dedicated professional executive to provide leadership and
strategic direction for our work in Ireland (incorporating the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) in line with our
organisational five year strategy.

You will inspire, motivate and lead The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland to deliver a broad range of activities aligned to the
business plan and strategy of the charity, developing strong working relationships with the Donkey Sanctuary (
ensuring an integrated approach across both organisations. With demonstrable experience of successfully building
lasting relationships and influencing and collaborating with key stakeholders, you will be the public face of the
charity, and will act as the main point of communication between the board of directors and operations in Ireland,
advocating for the charity with key stakeholders in government, the not for profit sector and animal welfare
organisations, raising the profile of our work in Ireland and influencing decision makers, legislation and policy.

Focused, and able to initiate, enable and support effective change management across the organisation and at all
levels, you will work as part of the Senior Leadership Team to set the overall strategic direction for the charity,
planning and implementing long term strategies to achieve objectives and lead our work in Ireland, including the
development and implementation of a new business model for Ireland including a new income generation strategy
to significantly increase revenue, the development of Equine Assisted Activities EAA in Ireland, and the provision of
project management to a range of projects across Ireland to ensure significant strategic benefit.

Excellent knowledge of animal welfare in Ireland, together with a proven record of the management and delivery of complex, concurrent
projects of varying budgets and timeframes, is essential, as are experience of leading organisational change and
strategy implementation, and excellent leadership, motivational, collaborative and communication skills.

If you feel you have the qualities, skills and experience to fulfil this varied, rewarding and vital role, and would like to
play a major role in leading the evolving programme of change taking place within the charity, we would love to hear
from you To receive information pack for this role, with full details of how to apply, please send your CV to
[email protected] co uk or call Ben Pountney on 07444 475 489
Closing date for applications Monday 27 th January 2020

Back Up are looking for an outstanding appeal director to join us during an exciting period of growth and change.

In April 2020, we will launch an ambitious five-year strategy to be there for every single person affected by spinal cord injury – ensuring no one is left behind. Your role will be crucial to the success of these plans.

Who should apply?

Our ideal candidate is an ambitious appeal director who possesses highly effective project management skills, has a proven track record of securing six and seven figure gifts within the charity sector and can open doors to new networks.  You will be a proactive self-starter with an energetic approach to fundraising, together with the ability to influence and negotiate with senior internal and external stakeholders.

What does the role involve?

Working with our fundraising development board, you will devise and implement the strategy for our major appeal. You will take the lead on this income stream and ensure its success by identifying key prospects, utilising our contacts to expand our network of major donors, initiating a programme of enlistment and fundraising events to cultivate high net worth individuals, and planning the appeal’s delivery phases, timetable and key milestones. This is a truly fantastic opportunity to transform the service capability of a vital national charity.

What will the major appeal funds go towards?

Our services have a hugely positive and lasting impact on many people’s lives but, following the release of new data from the NHS, we learned that we’re not reaching around 1,500 newly injured people and countless family members each year. Against a backdrop of continuing health care cuts and shorter hospital stays, there is an incredibly urgent need to build the capacity of our services to be there for every single person affected. To deliver on this commitment in our next five-year strategy, we will launch a major appeal to raise over £5 million.

What is the timetable for the recruitment process?

Deadline for applications:  19th January 2020

1st stage interviews with Back Up: w/c 27th January 2020

2nd stage interviews: TBC

Target to appoint: February 2020

We are looking for a new Director of Services to manage, lead, shape and develop SCT’s frontline services including all aspects of our ‘Recovery Hub’ (Primary Programme, Housing Team, Training and Development) Drop-In and service user involvement in SCT’s social enterprises.

To set a positive management culture in line SCT’s inclusive Christian ethos, values and mission.

To ensure consistent therapeutic practice across all of our services.

To establish stronger referral pathways through our services.

To oversee the dayto-day administrative functions within the services including on-going monitoring and evaluation, human resources and financial management.

To ensure the residents in SCT’s accommodation are secure and maintain their tenancy as part of the therapeutic practice.

To assist and deputise for the CEO where necessary.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply, please read through the DoS Job Pack and our Vission Mission Ethos document and apply via the attached application form. Please send completed application form together with a covering letter to recruitment (at) sct. org. uk

Deadline for applications: Sunday 26th January 2020

Informal visits for long-listed candidates: Thursday 30th January 2020

Formal Interviews for short-listed candidates: Wednesday 5th February 2020

Manchester International Festival (MIF) is the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events, staged every two years. From 2021, as well as producing a biennial festival, we will also run The Factory, a new state of the art building and producing organisation in the heart of Manchester.

The Director of Finance and Resources will be a member of the MIF Executive Team, working with the Executive Director on the development of the Five Year Strategic Business Plan and be the Executive Lead for the Finance and Administration teams, identifying potential operating efficiencies and improvements in reporting, systems and controls.

Responsibilities

− Executive Finance Lead at Board Meetings and Finance & Audit Committee Meetings, preparing relevant papers for these meetings.

− Work with the Director of Organisational Change and Transition to lead/contribute on the finance, legal and regulatory strand for transition into the Factory and identify other change needs.

− Be a significant contributor to the strategic development of the new organisation as it grows to a much larger company, responsible for The Factory, including the staffing model, resourcing and a viable business plan.

− Fulfil the role of Company Secretary and ensure that all relevant reporting and filing obligations are met.

− Represent MIF as Finance Lead at key Factory-related meetings as required.

− Lead the six-monthly reporting on the Five Year Business Plan to Government (in particular Arts Council England) working closely with the Executive Team.

− Work with the Executive Director and the Head of Finance to ensure accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate management reporting and forecasting to help manage the business. 

− Review and ensure effective management of cash balances and cash flow forecasts on a regular basis, recommending investment of cash on long term deposits to maximise income.

− Ensure effective management of cash and foreign exchange risk, in accordance with MIF’s Investment Policy and Foreign Exchange Policy.

− Support the Head of Finance with the ongoing management of key relationships including (but not limited to) audit services, tax advisors and Arts Council England.

− Broader leadership responsibility for the Admin (including IT & HR) ensuring the teams are delivering to the strategic aims of the organisation.

General

− Actively engage with the organisation’s vision and policies regarding equal opportunities and diversity, artistic ambition, participation and engagement, health and safety, evaluation and monitoring

− Training and talent development will be central to the organisation as we approach The Factory. All job roles are expected to engage with our training and development activity, be willing to support our training programmes

− Any other duties that are commensurate with the post

Closing date: 24 January 2020

Interview date: February 2020 (tbc)

Application process:

To apply please send a CV and covering letter using the 'Apply Online' button.

If you have any specific accessibility requirements (such as printed forms/Job Packs) please contact the MIF Office. MIF are always happy to make reasonal adjustments where possible for candidates. 

Leeds Castle is a leading international tourism destination with a turnover of around £12m a year.  It has an established accommodation, hospitality and events business.  To meet the charitable objectives of preserving this heritage site we must continue to develop in the competitive and fast-moving leisure and tourism sector.  A vacancy has arisen for an experienced, forward thinking Finance Director who can operate in this demanding and challenging environment

About Leeds Castle Foundation

Leeds Castle is a former Royal palace, with a substantially intact medieval complex and Tudor and late Georgian additions, all of which was substantially refurbished during the 1920s.  It was left by its last private owner to the Leeds Castle Foundation in 1974, who manage the building today. The business activities of the castle fall into a number of different categories; day visitors (we welcome over 600,000 visitors every year) and the associated catering and retail operations, conferences, weddings and hospitality functions.  We also have a number of holiday cottages, bed and breakfast accommodation and  a  ‘Glamorous Camping’ or Glamping site.

The Finance Director, supported by an Accountant and Finance Team  (6) is responsible for overseeing all Finance functions throughout Leeds Castle Foundation and Leeds Castle Enterprises in line with current legislation and good practice, as well as fully participating in all board level and management activities.  The role also acts as Company Secretary to LCE and Secretary to the LCF.

Job Title: Deputy Director

Location: Flexible, with a preference for an existing Asylum Matters base, including London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester & Middlesbrough

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) preferred but negotiable

Contract: Fixed Term 12 months, extension likely dependent on funding

Salary: £33,000 - £36,000 per annum, plus £3,650 London weighting if applicable

Leave: 28 days per annum

Responsible to: Asylum Matters Director

Closing date: Sunday 2 February 2020

Interviews: Friday 7 February in London

Asylum Matters is looking for a dynamic leader passionately committed to upholding the rights of people seeking asylum in the UK to join our team as Deputy Director. Asylum Matters is a small, specialist team of campaign professionals based around the UK, working with an extensive network of frontline partners to advocate for progressive change in the asylum and immigration system.

Since it was established 2016, Asylum Matters has played a significant role in bringing about positive change for refugees and people seeking sanctuary in the UK. We co-lead the award-winning Lift the Ban coalition campaign, that brings together over 200 organisations, from charities and think tanks to trade unions and local authorities, calling for the right to work for people seeking asylum.

Together with high-profile national campaigning organisations, we work with front-line organisations to expose and address a range of issues that affect the rights and wellbeing of people in the asylum system, such as housing standards and asylum support. We are a catalyst and convenor of collaboration and joint action. Our work helps strengthen collective advocacy on asylum reform and bridges the gap between policy and the reality on the ground.

We have ambitious plans for the coming years as we seek to maximise the potential of our collaborative campaigning model and identify opportunities for change at local, regional and national levels, in a challenging external environment.

We are looking for an experienced campaigner and leader, with the skills and experience to effectively manage people and projects. A steadfast commitment to upholding the rights and wellbeing of people seeking asylum, who are so often disadvantaged by an inhumane and inefficient system, is essential for the role.

The Candidate:

This is a senior role in a small team carrying a range of responsibilities, including direct line-management of staff, liaison with funders and developing strong relations with partners. The candidate will have worked in leadership positions in the charity sector, with a proven track-record in managing people, developing change strategies, fundraising and working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders. Knowledge of how the asylum system impacts on asylum seekers and refugees and experience of asylum related policy or advocacy work is highly desirable.

The Deputy Director will work closely with the Director to provide strategic direction for all of Asylum Matter’s influencing work. This involves developing and implementing campaign strategies, identifying priorities areas for joint action and, working with the team to develop expertise on a range of advocacy issues.

Asylum Matters seeks to ensure the meaningful participation of people in the asylum system in influencing efforts. A commitment to enabling people with lived experience to take part in campaigning for positive change is necessary.

The Deputy Director will share line management responsibility with the Director and help make sure the small, remote team functions effectively. The Deputy Director will also be involved in discussions around good governance.

Maintaining and strengthening relations with our existing network of partners is a critical component of the role. The Deputy Director will work collaboratively with a range of organisations to make sure Asylum Matters’ partners engage effectively in campaigns. The Deputy will serve as an important resource for the sector, providing information and analysis on key policy issues and support on campaigning and advocacy.

The Deputy Director will also work with the Director to make sure Asylum Matters has a solid funding base, inputting into funding proposals and reports, and managing relationships with some funders.

This is an exciting role in a small and dynamic team at a time of change for Asylum Matters. We are looking for a committed individual with a diverse skill-set to help us strengthen our impact. You can read more about the role and the person specification here. If you think you fit the bill, get in touch to apply for the role.