Women in Prison works with women who are involved with the criminal justice system. We are looking for a friendly, can-do person to support the work of London based front line workers, senior managers and the CEO.

You may often be the first point of contact for callers, so excellent communications skills are essential.  Your flexible approach to work will ensure you have the ability to take on a range of tasks as requested. A solid understanding of office based administrative systems is required, along with experience of maintaining office systems and relevant IT skills.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system. The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.

Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive. But together we have the power to transform lives.

We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality, justice and love worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

Everyone is equal in the sight of God. For over 70 years, this has inspired us to stand together in solidarity with our most marginalised global neighbours, of all faiths and none.

We push for good nutrition and healthcare for all. We fight the climate crisis and provide urgent help when disasters strike. We work in places of conflict to stand against violence and build lasting peace. And we help people living in poverty to earn a fair wage so they can protect themselves in times of crisis.

Above all, we seek to eradicate extreme poverty by tackling its root causes. Together with people living in poverty, we amplify our voices to speak truth to power and create lasting change.

About the role

The Administrative Assistant, to the Chief Executive's Office will provide effective administrative, logistical and financial support to the Chief Executive's office, with specific support to the Director of Strategy and Global Change. The role is embedded within the small and agile Strategy and Global Change team that drives change through leveraging and inspiring relationships across business owners.

The successful candidate will have great organisational and communication skills, bias for action, the ability to think laterally and deliver results. A high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information and professionalism in dealing with senior professionals inside and outside the company is imperative.

You will be able to react to situations which require a quick turnaround, often not knowing the full picture and will efficiently and proactively solve problems that affect people within the Chief Executive's office or other related groups.

We are looking for someone that keeps calm under pressure and is able to manage assignments with sound judgement and with multitasking capabilities. This is a fast-paced environment but working within the Chief Executive's Office and across the wider business administrative team is very rewarding.

About you

We are looking for someone with significant administrative and/or secretarial experience, including support for senior staff in a large organisation. This will include experience of diary management and travel arrangements, and the ability to manage competing demands, often against tight deadlines

The successful applicant will have an excellent track record in building effective working relations across a team and the ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion when managing relationships at a senior level. You will require strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and influence.

The role requires clear and confident verbal communication, good written communication, great organisation skills and the ability to minute effectively within varied and complex meeting agendas. You will need to be competent in a range of Office programmes including MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel and have experience of financial software, record keeping and budget monitoring. You will need to be willing and able to take responsibility for project work within agreed parameters.

Knowledge and understanding of the international development and humanitarian sector would be an advantage.

We are looking for someone to join our team who is committed to Christian Aid's mission, vision and values, who is able to take the initiative, has the flexibility to respond to changes demands and is a great team player. Please refer to the role profile for the specific requirements.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions (if required)

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Delivering Results: Tell us about a time when you planned, prioritised and monitored your own work to meet the team's objectives to the standards required

-What was your context?

-What was your task/responsibility?

-How did you make your plan? What actions did you take?

-What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful? How did you know?

Communicate Effectively: Tell us about a time when you handled a difficult issue with someone else with openness, honesty and respect

-What was the context?

-What did you have to do?

-What did you say and how?

-What was the result? If you were successful, how did you know?

Build Partnerships: Tell us of a time when you had to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with a wide range of contacts and networks

-What was the context? Why did you need to establish the new relationships and why was your attitude to this important?

-What was your task? What outcomes were being sought?

-What actions did you take? How did you take them?

-What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful?

TPP are pleased to be working with a Membership organisation to recruit a Office Manager and PA to chief Executive on a 12 month contract.

This role would suit an enthusiastic person who enjoys being part of a small but fast-paced, delivery-oriented team.

This role will be based from home they can offer hybrid working if you wish to have the option to work from the office.

You will provide personal administrative support to the Chief Executive , you will organise and manage office systems, provide administrative support across the team. You will have responsibility for organisational financial processes, Co-ordinating cross organisational project management, including; capacity planning, milestones and convening project initiation meetings.

Some of your duties will involve organising and maintain the Chief Exec's diary and make appointments, Arrange travel and accommodation as necessary, and handle expense claims, Act as first point of contact, managing incoming email and post, screening phone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate, Take notes at meetings and prepare minutes, Maintain HR records (including absence and annual level) and coordinate new starter procedures and Manage office systems, including stationery and supplies orders, and electronic and paper filing systems. Processing of expenditure: processing supplier invoices and staff expenses; managing and reconciling petty cash. Supporting teams to meet and co-ordinate project set-ups

If you are an experience PA / office manager and would like to be part of a great team/working culture please get in touch now for a more detailed Job description.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to join our organisation at a time when young people need us the most.

This is a busy, varied and important role supporting the Director of Fundraising, Director of People and Learning and Director of Safeguarding.  Duties will range from complex diary management, preparation of presentations, providing briefing papers and meeting support.  You will need to have the ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and sensitivity, with excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.

The role will be ideal for a highly organised, flexible, experienced EA used to working on their own initiative and under pressure, with excellent IT skills, advanced skills in MS Office.

Context:  Age UK Wandsworth (AUKW) is a local, independent charity that works to promote the wellbeing of all older people in the London Borough of Wandsworth. This is a new role in our staff team that has been created to support our CEO during an exciting transition period where the organisation is growing and introducing new services to help older people.

What we can offer:

• A warm welcome from our small and friendly team of staff and volunteers and our hypo-allergenic office dog.
• The opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of older people in Wandsworth.
• An experienced and enthusiastic CEO who enjoys working on different projects.
• A busy work place where no day is ever the same.
• An experienced staff and trustee leadership team who believe in the value of personal and professional development. We will provide training on our services and in other areas, such as safeguarding and GDPR.

You will:

• Be an extremely organised yet flexible person, who can help our CEO improve systems and procedures in our organisation and help to streamline and reduce her administrative workload.
• Be able to represent the CEO and communicate professionally on her behalf within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a keen eye for spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• Be a problem-solver who can work well independently and in a team.

Age UK Wandsworth is committed to safeguarding all those in our care. All offers are subject to satisfactory references and DBS check. CVs will not be considered. Please read the job description and person specification on our website carefully before applying for this role.

Administration Officer

Commonweal Housing

£25K-£27K

Part-Time (17.5 hours)

Permanent

London

Charity People is thrilled to be supporting Commonweal Housing to find their next Administration Officer. The charity's mission: to fight social injustices with housing-based solutions; by supporting research and projects, to provide bespoke housing that enables partners to test and evaluate how housing can solve social injustices.

This is an exciting, varied and hands on role for someone with proven experience in administration. The Administration Officer will provide essential support and administration for the Charity and team members including trustees when required. You will be responsible for the overall efficient administration of the office in t rms of stationary and filing; administration of meetings of the Board of the charity, including ensuring room bookings and taking of minutes. A key part of this office administration role will be regular and positive liaison with the building management and Finance Coordinator.

You will play a key role in the running of the office - the maintenance of hard copy files, secure filing systems and office supplies. Your administrative duties will include dealing with incoming emails and letters, and screening telephone calls. Dealing with correspondence and writing letters, particularly about the charity's housing projects, composing and sending emails will also be key aspects of the role. You will also be responsible for liaising with external stakeholders such as solicitors, Project Partners, Councils, utility companies and other such support. As the Administrative Officer, you will coordinate and attend regular meetings as directed by the DCEO and / or CEO, prepare agendas and take minutes.

Ideally, you will have:

• Significant and demonstrable experience of undertaking administration role including diary and communications management.
• Significant and demonstrable experience of establishing and maintaining records systems, information systems and data management as well as undertaking routine administration and report writing.
• Experience of data or information research and preparation of summary reports.
• Experience of taking detailed and accurate minutes of meetings, including Board meetings
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate with different audiences.
• The ability to build constructive and successful working relationships with a diverse range of people at all levels, and demonstrate and encourage a 'can do' mentality
• Excellent office technology skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and a willingness to continue to develop these skills and keep up to date
• Fantastic organisation skills and can multi-task across different projects.
• A commitment to equality and diversity and the ability to show sensitivity when balancing differing needs with reference to diversity

This position will be based initially in Waterloo, London SE1 with flexibility of home working. If you would like to apply for this role, please send you word CV in word format to Kate Headford ASAP! [email protected]

This is an exciting opportunity to play a significant part in the strategic management and leadership of one of the most successful and well-known schools in the country. Tiffin School is a selective state secondary school with an excellent financial track record.  We are looking to appoint a well-qualified, experienced and talented financial leader to play a key role in delivering an outstanding finance and business function to our academy.

The postholder will work as a member of the Senior Leadership Team which meets regularly to set the strategic direction of the Academy Trust and plan, organise, monitor and evaluate its work. The postholder will also be the company secretary to the Academy Trust.

The successful candidate must be a highly motivated individual who can lead by example and inspire others. You will:

• Be an experienced financial leader with established proven track record of financial management, risk management and financial operational leadership.

• Have excellent and successful leadership and management skills, and be used to working

with a number of diverse teams.

Some educational and or Charity background may be an advantage but we would welcome applicants from other sectors.

Tiffin School has a vibrant and friendly staff, with a diverse mix of teachers and support staff.  The location is close to Kingston town centre, with excellent public transport links to Central London.  We are close to Richmond and Bushy Parks, and the Surrey countryside.  Benefits include: season ticket loan/Cycle to Work scheme/salary advance scheme for a rental deposit/free on-site parking /childcare vouchers/enhanced maternity benefits/and Local Government Pension Scheme.  For a good feel of the School, please look at the Head’s Newsletters on the website. 

Please see our website for the Recruitment Brochure, including the Person Specification, Job Description and application form.  Only fully completed application forms sent to our vacanies email and received by the stated deadline for applications will be accepted as valid applications.

Safeguarding of Children

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 (EXCEPTIONS) ORDER 1974 (AS AMENDED IN 2013)

Tiffin School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  The post you are applying for is subject to an order under Section 4(4) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  Applicants must therefore provide information about all: convictions, cautions, warnings, reprimands, binding over or other orders, pending prosecutions, criminal investigations that are not “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).  This particular post is also subject to a section 128 management check.

Equal Opportunities

Tiffin School is an equal opportunities employer and its policies, including the need to guard against false assumptions based on an applicant’s sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, disability, religion, age, marital status, working pattern, sexual orientation or gender reassignment, are followed at all stages of the selection procedure.

About this exciting opportunity   

Fair4All Finance is seeking a dynamic, experienced, and efficient Executive Assistant to join our team to support the CEO and Leadership Team. Our CEO Sacha Romanovich is an inspiring leader who is guiding work to deliver Fair4All Finance’s ambitious strategy to support the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances. 

She has a background in driving purpose led change in business through her previous roles as CEO at Grant Thornton and as the inaugural chair of Access Accountancy. Sacha was awarded an OBE in October 2020 for services to business during the Covid-19 response. You will work closely with Sacha and the Leadership team, and will collaborate with the Team Assistant and Operations team to deliver wider organisational support.

Our team has been through immense growth, growing to a punchy team of 30 within the past 12 months. You can check out our team profiles on our website.

What we are looking for  

We’re looking for someone with a high level of communication skills (both written and verbal), with a can-do attitude. You need to take initiative to proactively drive deadlines and forward plan ensuring varied tasks are done, anticipating the needs of the CEO. If you can work on a day-to-day basis with some ambiguity and are able to stay level-headed and on top of a busy and varied workload to manage the CEO’s and wider teams time and activities skilfully and confidentially, then this could be a great opportunity for you. 

Your responsibilities 

In this role your focus will likely be split across some key areas of work: 

•  Stakeholder management 

• Diary planning and management 

• Meeting preparation and follow up 

• Presentation and webinar support 

• Wider administration to support us in focusing on what matters most 

CEO Support - 40% of time

• Support our CEO in all aspects of her role, helping to manage time, correspondence, tasks and priorities, ensuring commitments outside of her direct role are accommodated 

• Plan and co-ordinate meetings to ensure meetings are purposeful and relevant. Ensure she is fully prepared for meetings, with clarity on who is attending and what is expected by way of outcome.

• Ensure prompt follow-up with agreed action points and follow through ongoing delivery on commitments 

• Assist the CEO with the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and other presentational and engagement tools such as Mural and Miro boards 

• Monitor CEO inbox to ensure emails are acknowledged and prioritised 

Leadership team support – 30% of time

• Support Executive Director and Leadership team with coordinating multistakeholder meetings, liaising with internal and external stakeholders

• Collaborate with the Company Secretary, Chair and their EA to coordinate governance meetings and deadlines with Company Secretary and keep team members updated with changes to support timely review of papers and decision making 

• Support the planning and delivery of the AGM 

Wider Team Support – 20% of time 

• Attend team meetings and circulate actions

• Maintain records in line with internal policies and procedures, including updating stakeholder information in the CRM

• Keep team diaries updated with annual bank holidays, team meetings, board meetings and huddles, reset and reflection days and other organisation wide activities

Other responsibilities – 10% of time

• Attend Operations team and all team meetings and learning sessions

• Overseeing technology of monthly team meetings (screensharing, managing breakout rooms)

• Support and arrange key external meetings and webinars including online events, venues and catering

Person specification 

Essential experience and capabilities include: 

• Passion for our mission to increase the financial resilience of people in vulnerable circumstances

• Experience providing support to CEO and executive leadership teams

• Excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to understand the strategic context of your work and use that to help prioritise

• Proficiency in taking concise minutes and circulating action points

• Confidence in using Microsoft Outlook (our primary means of communicating externally) and MS Teams (our primary means of communicating internally)

• Confidence in using Microsoft Office 365, including high proficiency in PowerPoint and Word. You’ll be quick learner with new software and tools and using technology to spend time where we add most value

• Confidence with working virtually and using technology to ensure the smooth running of the CEO’s diary

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build rapport, put people at their ease and sustain productive relationships

• First-rate stakeholder management skills – both internal and external

• A pro-active attitude and problem-solving mentality combined with a keen eye for detail

Desirable experience and capabilities include:

• Are confident using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Dynamics

 Personal characteristics:

• Be dynamic with a strong eye for detail

• An excellent communicator and adept at presenting information in a concise and relevant manner

• Flexible and adaptable and responsive to working in changing environment

• One step ahead of what is coming next and juggling priorities accordingly

• Confident interacting with CEOs and key senior stakeholders including using your influencing skills to ensure senior stakeholders accept meeting requests 

• Able to deal with sensitive issues and to demonstrate confidentiality

• Able to make judgments about what is important, consult appropriately and to have the confidence to manage others expectations

• Have interest in and commitment to continued learning and development, of self and others in the team

Application process

• The role will close Tuesday 12th October at 9:30am

• We may contact you prior to the closing date to arrange an interview

After the job advert closes, your answers will go through a sift process: randomising and anonymising answers to take out individual information that could add biases into hiring decisions. This enables application reviewers to review each answer objectively. People scoring the applications will not have seen your CV at this stage of the process so please try your best to answer questions with specific examples and without simply rephrasing your CV, which they will review later in the recruitment process. 

The Executive Assistant will provide high-level executive and project management support to the Executive Director, plus other members of the Senior Management Team, across all aspects of the PCF’s work. This will include responsibility for a wide range of activities, including key administrative tasks, drafting papers, research, providing insight for briefings and managing specific projects.

This role will be central to the successful delivery of our three-year strategic plan and the overall operation of the charity.

About the candidate

The PCF is looking for a motivated, highly capable individual willing to take initiative and drive forward the PCF’s work. The successful candidate will be highly organised and an excellent communicator with experience of working with Board and Management level colleagues. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to effectively manage the administration of an organisation including, excellent written and oral communications skills, high level IT skills and experience of drafting, writing and researching. As a key central role you will have oversight of the whole organisation and your ability to use discretion and sound judgement is critical.

While the role will be primarily based at PCF office in central London there is scope for some home working.

Closing date: 4 October 2021. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and we may appoint before the closing date.

This is an exciting opportunity to join International Alert, one of the world’s largest and most respected peacebuilding organisations, as Executive Assistant, in this critical role supporting our Executive Director, Board of Trustees and wider Executive Team in fulfilling their roles in governance, leadership and management of the organization. You’ll be pivotal to ensuring the smooth running of our leadership and governance meetings, and will coordinate other initiatives across the organisation.

Our ideal candidate will bring strong administrative and coordination skills, with a talent for building strong working relationships across multiple teams and countries. We’re looking for a confident and proactive communicator (both verbally and in writing) and highly computer literate. You will be enthusiastic about our peacebuilding mission, and comfortable with a degree of uncertainty: your day will inevitably involve challenging tasks and small, and exposure to International Alert’s staff and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. You will have a distinct advantage if you have previously worked for an international organisation and are proficient in languages other than English.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with a leading charity that facilitates communities to collaborate and come together to create lasting and impactful social change to appoint their EA, Governance and Project Support Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to support their Executive Director and the Board of Trustees while also contributing to wider organisational project focused work. The post is offered as a 12 months FTC as it is a maternity cover.

The Executive Assistant, Governance and Project Support Manager will operate in a broad capacity, effectively providing high quality administrative support to the Director, with tasks including diary management, scheduling and coordinating meetings, preparing documents where appropriate and monitoring both incoming communications and correspondence. The post holder will be motivated by the opportunity to immerse themselves in wider organisational projects while also co-ordinate the process of elections to the Board of Trustees and to co-ordinate the induction of new Trustees including values, code of conduct, declarations and duties of trustees. The successful candidate will be involved in governance matters and will also maintain Companies House and Charity Commission Compliance for the organisation.

We are seeking an individual motivated to work at an exciting and values-driven organisation. The successful candidate will have some previous experience of providing administrative and diary assistance to Executive level and to Trustee Boards including taking and writing minutes, developing reports and presentations. You will be highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. It is crucial this person has excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, written communication skills and will be comfortable at responding and reacting to correspondence on an ad-hoc basis. We are seeking self-starters who are naturally proactive, self-motivated and who enjoy being kept busy.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance and begin to prepare your supporting statement. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role.

A small but well established Arts charity in London is seeking a Head of Finance & Administration on a permanent basis, for a new role.

The Head of Finance and Administration is a newly defined role with leadership and management responsibilities for the finance and administration teams.

The organisation provides studio space for artists across London and other areas of the country, in addition to running several diverse community based arts projects and programmes.

The role can be full-time, or on a 4 day per week basis. The office is based in North Greenwich (south-east London) and it is anticipated that office presence is required for 2-3 days per week, with the rest of the role to be done remotely.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a leadership role in an arts focused or charity organisation, along with strong experience within charity finance.

Duties include:

-Ensure effective and legally compliant systems and controls are in place that safeguard the management of company finances.

-Lead the implementation of robust financial processes and procedures that prioritise efficiency, profitability and financial stability.

-Lead the day to day relationship with our management accountants and ensure the timely preparation of reports for the CEO, trustees and auditors.

-Lead relationship management and negotiations with our bank.

-Analyse and improve financial performance through robust cost control, pricing policies and income generation to consolidate financial stability.

-Provide financial forecasts to business plans, business bids, fundraising applications and other projects as required.

-Ensure grant income is disbursed according to award requirements, oversee accurate records and reporting to funders.

-Develop and regularly review company and departmental budgets

-Lead and inspire your teams setting challenging and enriching objectives.

-Oversee the efficient professional administration of the company.

-Ensure best practice including a commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in all of our work.

-Oversee HR processes including recruitment, contracts, staff development and disciplinary.

-Ensure the property management team delivers a high quality and cost effective service when maintaining buildings and by forming good working relationships with studio occupiers.

-Act as data controller ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations and undertake regular compliance reviews

-Encourage creative thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset in staff.

-With the CEO, steward senior stakeholder relationships.

Candidate requirements:

-Part or fully-qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA or qualified by experience

-Proven financial experience in the visual arts, creative industries, social enterprise or not-for-profit sectors, reporting directly to a CEO.

-Up to date practical experience of finance; setting and managing budgets, preparing management accounts, producing business analyses and completing audits in line with SORP for a turnover of at least £2 million p/a.

-Demonstrable experience of successful team management and ability to build team spirit in a values-led work culture.

-Experience of operational business planning.

-Experience of contributing to financial plans/forecasts for fundraising and business proposals.

-Experience of working with statutory funders, trusts and foundations, sponsors, cultural agencies and/or local authorities.

-Experience of supporting a management team and working with a board of trustees

Salary: £45,000-£47,000 per annum

Closing date: Friday 1st October.

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.

Divisional Coordinator

£27,500 depending upon experience, plus excellent benefits

London WC1 and home-based

35 hours per week, full-time

The Divisional Coordinator is an important and varied role within the College in which you will provide high-quality, proactive administrative and coordination support to the Directors of divisions and CEO to help them deliver their strategic activities and responsibilities.  

As Divisional Coordinator, you will support the functioning of the relevant divisions by maintaining oversight of divisional work and College commitments, as well as contributing ideas to optimise existing processes to improve efficiency.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff you will support the CEO and digital divisions. You will be responsible for supporting the four internal committees that provide oversight and guidance across new areas of work at the College and will support the Chairs and board members by managing agendas, providing accurate notes and actions and ensuring project updates are provided in a timely manner.

Educated to a good standard, you should have substantial administrative, organisational and communication skills, along with excellent note taking and an ability to translate discussions into specific actions to take forward.

With outstanding interpersonal skills, you should have proven experience of coordinating and liaising with varied networks of staff and stakeholders, as well as having the ability to build and enhance effective working relationships on behalf of the College.

An expert in diary management and prioritisation, you will also help keep track of Directors’ deadlines and actions and prompt them as necessary on these to ensure they are delivered.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health sets and maintains standards for the education and training of all doctors working in paediatrics and child health in the UK. We advocate on child health issues at home and internationally. Additionally, through a variety of activities, the College influences the quality of medical practice for children in hospital and in the community.

The RCPCH has more than 20,000 members and fellows and employs around 170 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have smaller offices in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The RCPCH wants to represent all the communities we serve. Appointment will be made solely on merit. However, the College is particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, and/or candidates with a disability who are currently under-represented at this level of the organisation.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions all staff are currently working remotely. We will be returning to the office on 20 September 2021 where you will work in the office for a minimum of 60% of the week and the remainder from home.

Are you interested in managing and developing a small Accounts Payable team in a place where your success will make a real difference to people’s lives?

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our finance department, leading and developing the Accounts Payable (AP) team who provide an essential function to the organisation so managers can continue to deliver vital support to St Mungo’s clients. In this busy role you will:

• Oversee the day to day management of the accounts payable function and team, ensuring the smooth and effective running of AP processes and systems.
• Provide line management, and motivational support and supervision to the team while developing their capabilities and knowledge.
• Deliver timely and accurate reporting, reviewing the effectiveness and efficiency of the AP function.
• Ensure excellent customer service is provided while building effective working relationships.
• Develop and maintain systems and processes to ensure continuous improvement of the function. 

About you

This role will suit someone with:

• A solid knowledge and understanding of accounts payable procedures including double entry bookkeeping.
• Good communication skills and experience of providing excellent customer service.
• Experience of day to day management or supervision of staff or volunteers and a good understanding of effective techniques, processes and approaches to staff management.
• Experience of using Accounts Payable software and managing defined accounts payable procedures.
• Experience of improving, developing and maintaining systems and processes. 
• Good organisation, prioritisation skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants, as they are under-represented within St Mungo’s at mid- management level.

What we offer

Flexible Working and Pension

• We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
• St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

• Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
• We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

• We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
• We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 27 September 2021

Interview and assessments on: 11-12 October 2021

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.