This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to getting more people cycling, more safely, more often, through high-quality cycle education. We are looking for a well-organised and committed individual with experience managing processes associated with training, qualifications, grants and/or customer services in the voluntary, public or private sectors.
Bikeability was launched in England in 2007 and is currently backed by £12 million per year from the Department for Transport. In February 2020, government announced Bikeability will be offered to every child in England in this parliament, up from 50% currently. As a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, the Bikeability Trust advances the education of the public in general (and particularly amongst children) on the subject of cycling. High-quality cycling education enables confident and enjoyable cycling, raises awareness of skilful cycling among all road users, and contributes to better transport, health and wellbeing.
The Bikeability Trust manages, monitors and quality assures the delivery of the Bikeability programme for government, promotes the effectiveness of Bikeability, distributes Bikeability award materials, and registers local Bikeability providers and instructors. The post holder will work with a small team on Bikeability grants administration, provider and instructor registration, external quality assurance, award materials orders, and customer service functions that support the delivery the government’s national cycle training programme.
The successful applicant will have:
- A first or higher degree
- Excellent organisational and customer care skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to use Microsoft 365 packages including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Skype
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently
- An interest in cycling and training
- It is also desirable that the post holder has experience of one or more of the following
- awarding organisations
- quality assurance
- grants administration
- education and training.
Please send a two-page curriculum vitae accompanied by a one-page letter of application and your completed equal opportunities monitoring form by 6 April 2020. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed during the week of 13 April 2020.
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The Centre for Global Equality is looking for a self-motivated, highly organised individual with excellent people skills to be our finance and administration lead.
Terms
- Role: Finance and Operations Manager
- Rate: £28,000 – £35,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
- Basis: permanent - full-time, part-time or flexible
- Location: Cambridge, UK
- Eligibility: Must be eligible to work in the UK
About CGE
The Centre for Global Equality (CGE) is a UK charity that evolves innovative approaches to solving global challenges relating to food, water, health, work and the environment. Drawing on capacity in one of the world’s leading universities and companies in the Cambridge Cluster (one of the most successful entrepreneurial ecosystems in Europe), we facilitate collaborations between public and private sectors, academia and civil society.
Our offices are based in central Cambridge, but our reach is global.
This is a key role in our leadership team as we seek to expand our programmes. Candidates will be joining the organisation at an exciting time in its evolution.
The role
The Finance and Operations Manager will be responsible for managing CGE’s finances and ensuring the smooth operation of all the administration systems required to support the organisation in its programme delivery activities.
Financial management key responsibilities include
- Maintaining the accounting system (Xero) becoming the in-house expert.
- Assisting in the drafting of, and adherence to, financial and administrative policies and procedures.
- Maintenance of all ledgers (bank/sales/purchase) to monthly trial balance.
- Preparing monthly management accounts including project accounts, and quarterly reports for the Board of Trustees.
- Assisting in the year-end process and CGE’s auditor in the preparation of statutory accounts.
Operations key responsibilities include
- Ensuring effective administration of CGE’s organisational and content management systems.
- Facilities Management - ensuring effective day-to-day running of the office and meeting rooms, including management of health and safety.
- Management of relationships with external suppliers and service providers.
- Assisting in the recruiting and managing of project staff, interns and volunteers.
- Be the first point of contact at the office and provide general support.
Person specification
With a professional approach to everything you do, and someone who thrives on challenge, you will be trust-worthy and approachable, with the ability to prioritise workloads. You are also likely to
- Be highly organised with excellent time-management skills.
- Be able to work fast and accurately under time pressure.
- Have strong interpersonal skills and a friendly, enthusiastic personality.
The key skills and experience required for this role are
- At least three years’ experience in a similar financial and administrative role. Previous use of Xero would be an advantage but is not essential.
- Preferably hold a recognized accounting qualification, such as AAT.
- The ability to prepare project costing reports.
- The ability to work to a tight time-table and prepare financial reports and ad hoc information on request.
- Very good written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience of line-managing and development of staff.
Terms and Conditions
- This post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Employment of the Centre for Global Equality.
- The Centre for Global Equality is an equal opportunities employer.
- The right to work in the UK is required.
Application procedure
To apply for this role please email a CV and covering letter to Dr Lara Allen by 09.00 on Monday the 30th of March, 2020. Interviews will take place between the 1st and 3rd of April, 2020.
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Salary – Circa £37,000
Location – Greater London, Buckinghamshire, south Hertfordshire, East/West Sussex (specific base will be agreed with the successful candidate)
Hours – 35 hours per week
About us
Hastoe is an award-winning housing association that owns and manages over 7,500 rented, shared ownership and leasehold homes across the south of England. We hold charitable status and support both rural and urban communities by providing affordable and environmentally sustainable homes for local people.
About the role
We are looking for a highly motivated team leader to manage a dispersed housing management team consisting of Area Housing Managers and a Regional Administrator. You will be expected to meet key performance targets and deliver high standards of customer service in rent arrears, void management, tackling anti-social behaviour, estate management, community involvement and complaints handling.
The team covers a large geographical area including Greater London, Buckinghamshire, south Hertfordshire, East/West Sussex and are based throughout these areas. There will be a need to travel around the region and also to attend the Regional Office near Saffron Walden on approximately a weekly basis.
For full details on this role, please see the Job Description.
Essential Requirements
You must have:
- Experience in the housing sector and excellent working knowledge of relevant housing related legislation and regulations.
- Excellent people manager skills with proven experience in managing remote front line teams.
- Able to manage a busy workload with conflicting priorities.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Hold a valid UK driving licence and have use of own vehicle
What can you expect from Hastoe?
- 25 days per annum annual leave, increasing to 28 days linked to service, plus bank holidays and 1.5 complimentary days off
- Automatic enrolment into SHPS Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, with employer contribution up to 8%
Additional benefits including:
- Discounts for local shops, restaurants and gym membership
- Cycle and Car Leasing Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (advice service)
- Health Cash Plan (a type of health insurance)
Please apply by completing the application form on our website or requesting an application pack by emailing or calling , and let us know if you require assistance with the application process. This post is subject to background checks.
Closing date for receipt of completed Hastoe application forms is midday on 27 March 2020. Interviews will be taking place on 6th April 2020 in Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1UD.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Finance Function Management
- Ensure accurate recording and maintenance of finance data, including correct classification of income
- Lead the preparation and development of monthly Management Accounts
- Ensure purchase and sales ledger are maintained in line with the organisation’s policy
- Maintain appropriate and comprehensive finance and accounting policies and procedures including payment authorisations, etc.
- Ensure Trial Balance is reconciled and reviewed monthly, month end closure
- Prepare and monitor cash flow forecasts for operations activity & investment proposals
- Co-ordinate the annual budget process with the Director of Finance (DoF) and relevant staff across the organisation
- Prepare the Annual Financial Statements and manage the External Audit
- Ensure timely recharges are made to CBM Federation and Member Associations
- Liaise with the DoF on all matters pertaining to Financial and Management Accounting
- Periodic consultation with the CBM federation, including monthly and quarterly returns
- Provide clear and accurate financial information and forecasts to the Leadership Team and other departments as required
- Work with Programme Finance Manager to ensure correct allocation of costs, cost recovery and annual programme budgets
- Facilitate the working relationship between Finance and the donation processing team and the desired targets
Payroll and Pensions
- Oversee payroll and pension process including HMRC returns.
Staff Management
- To support and line manage Finance Officer. Conduct regular supervision meetings and annual appraisals.
General
- Work closely with DoF to introduce a new Finance and Project Accounting System
- Undertake range of administrative tasks as they relate to the work of the post
- To attend staff meetings, supervision sessions, seminars, training events
- Act as main point of contact with banks, service providers, suppliers (when appropriate) and auditors
- Manage tax and Gift Aid issues, ensuring legal compliance and in line with best practice with oversight from DoF
- First point of contact and ‘go-to’ person in Finance
- Carry out other duties as required by the organisation.
Culture
- Helping to develop and promote a culture of enthusiasm and success which reflects the ambitions of CBM UK
- Play an active role across the CBM UK team, promoting positive working and innovation. And seek to improve working practice at all opportunities.
This job description does not provide an exhaustive list of tasks and activities, as all posts within the organisation are subject to evolution as the organisation develops and grows.
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Exciting opportunities for careers in mental health
CPSL Mind is a progressive and expanding mental health organisation, looking for individuals committed to improving the lives of people using mental health services. CPSL Mind are providing a service to support adults in mental health crisis in partnership with the First Response Service.
We are looking to recruit to the following role:
Crisis Recovery Worker – Sanctuary Plus
35 hours per week, 2:30pm – 10:00pm weekdays
Based in Cambridge
Starting Salary: £23,141.00 per annum
NJC Salary Scale Point 19 – 21 (£24,800 - £25,801 p.a. FTE)
Sanctuary Plus is a complimentary pilot service to the Sanctuary, which is being extended for a further 12 months. Due to additional funding we have an exciting opportunity to enhance both services.
We are seeking an experienced individual who is able to work 2:30pm to 11.00pm during the week. During the day time you will be providing follow-up support via telephone to individuals who have accessed support from our Sanctuary. From 6.00pm you will be supporting the main Sanctuary service in co-ordinating referrals as well as providing telephone support to individuals who are unable to access the service.
As this role is an extension to the initial pilot, it will develop throughout the 12 months. Therefore we are looking for a dynamic individual who is: organised, efficient, calm under pressure and who can use their own initiative in an evolving service pilot.
This role forms part of the award winning work implemented by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Crisis Care Concordat and the Urgent & Emergency Care Vanguard Project.
Closing date: 9.00am on 3 April 2020
Interviews: 16 April 2020 in Cambridge
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We will only accept complete applications, which should include: Application Form, Covering Letter and completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
No agencies please.
We are an accredited member of a worldwide network of Community Foundations on a mission to improve lives and communities in their local area. Located in Cambridge, we work all over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Last year we awarded over £2.8 million to support our local communities and address need across our county. We want to do more. We're seeking enthusiastic, driven and energetic people to help us in our mission.
Description:
As Maternity Cover Grants Officer you will play a pivotal role in the programme team – assisting with marketing, planning, delivering and reporting on our grant-making programme to ensure targets are met.
Job Specification
- To identify groups and input marketing ideas to reach programme and fund spend targets
- To process/ oversee the processing of grant applications including advising applicants, scrutinizing accounts and governing documents, assessing applications, preparing paperwork and attending donor panels
- To take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of certain programmes
- To build specialist knowledge of CCF's database
- To take an active role in continuous improvement and best practice initiatives
Profile
Our Grants Officers require:
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven customer-facing skills
- Confident numeracy skills
- Commitment to quality
In addition the successful candidate will have:
- Proven eye for detail - be able to produce, analyse and proofread reports/communications to a high standard of accuracy
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and proven experience of using databases
Some travel to meetings across the county (some rural locations) is required as are occasional evening meetings and events. Driving license and access to a vehicle is desirable.
The successful Grants Officer will be a positive and focused individual who can take the initiative as well as follow prescribed processes. Flexibility, enthusiasm and a commitment to our lively and ambitious team are key to our future.
Please send your CV and cover letter to the email address below.
Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 7 days from the application deadline please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.
We treat everyone equally.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Test Engineer
Our client is a professional body, a membership organisation and an international publisher with the goal of advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. With close to 600 employees, based in Cambridge, London and internationally, they do this by publishing high quality chemistry journals, books and magazines, by engaging with their circa 54,000 members and by interacting with their community to raise the profile of chemistry and ensuring high quality standards within the chemical sciences. As a result they’re always changing and evolving to meet their customer, member and chemistry community’s needs both for the present and future.
Position: Senior Test Engineer
Location: Cambridge (commutable from Alconbury, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge North, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Ely, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Histon & Impington, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Longstanton, Milton, Newmarket, Northstowe, Oakington, Orchard-Park, Royston, Saffron Walden, Somersham, St Ives, St Neots, Stevenage, Swavesey, Waterbeach, Wyton and surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hour per week
Salary: £40,828 to £45,363 per annum plus benefits
Benefits: Excellent contributory pension scheme, generous paid holidays, 35-hour (for full-time staff) working week, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car / motor cycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office), Litmus reward gateway benefits and more.
About the role:
They’re looking for a Senior Test Engineer to join them on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. You will be conveniently based at their Science Park Cambridge office (free on-site parking, close to the guided bus-way and Cambridge North train station).
Their testing team is part of their Applications Development team which also includes software developers and an Agile coach. Our clients testing team includes a lead and test engineers at senior and junior levels. As a Senior Test Engineer for them, you will develop and support a variety of test automation solutions and be responsible for testing all of their software products.
About you:
- Experience of working in a fast-paced Agile environment and of building robust test automation solutions from scratch.
- Well versed in best patterns and practices around automated testing and have the ability to define new automation processes and procedures.
- Excellent exploratory testing experience.
- Good scripting and troubleshooting experience with C#.
- Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments, familiar with Scrum / Kanban.
- Experience of software management tools (e.g. Jira and Confluence).
- Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines.
- Attention to detail, with a logical approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind.
- Understanding of user needs, user stories, and a business outcome approach to work.
- A professional attitude, building and maintaining relationships with our customers and demonstrating a customer-focused behaviour at all times.
- Strong team player with excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS).
- Knowledge of cross-browser testing tools (e.g. BrowserStack).
- Load and performance testing.
- Certified in Agile software testing (e.g. ISTQB Agile foundation).
You may have experience of the following: Senior QA Engineer, Test Engineer, IT, QA, Engineer, Engineering, Development, Tester, Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Senior Test Engineer, etc.
Ref: 92755