Save the Children UK is looking for a new Trustee to join our Board. Our Trustees play a pivotal role in setting the strategic direction of our organisation, as well as holding management to account to ensure we are delivering our best for children every day. For this role, we are looking for a Trustee with Safeguarding experience to join our Board.

As a Trustee with Safeguarding experience, you will act as a point of contact between the Board and Save the Childrens professional safeguarding team relating to child safeguarding, Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), the safeguarding of other vulnerable people and the prevention of sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace. 
Save the Children UK recognises the value of diversity in all its forms at all levels of the organisation, including at Board level. We celebrate its role in the creation of an inclusive workplace culture and thrive on the range of experience and insight diversity brings to our organisation. We want to increase the diversity of our leadership and particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBT+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as these are underrepresented at Save the Children UK.

Save the Children UK is advertising this post on a number of national jobs websites. We will assess candidates against the requirements of the role.

Candidates should submit a CV (including details of key achievements and responsibilities) along with a covering letter which addresses the competencies outlined in the role description and person specification.

Applications should be completed on Save the Children UK’s website. The closing date for applications is 11:59pm (GMT) on 24th June 2020.

The shortlist of candidates will be determined in the following weeks and candidates invited for interview with our appointment panel.

Trustees are required to attend quarterly Board meetings at Save the Children UK’s Head Office in Farringdon, London, and an annual Board call. They will also be asked to join one or more of the Board’s subcommittees, which requires an additional time commitment, and may be asked to undertake overseas travel on behalf of Save the Children UK.

While this role is not remunerated, Trustees will receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred during work on behalf of Save the Children UK.

At Save the Children UK we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Closing date: 11:59pm (GMT), 24th June 2020.

Board Members

International Budget Partnership

Unremunerated (travel costs met)

Washington, DC

International Budget Partnership is a global not-for-profit at the cutting edge of public resource accountability. Focussed on transparent, equitable and accountable public budgeting, IBP’s vision is for a world in which empowered citizens participate in open budget processes to shape policies and practices that promote sustainable equality and justice.

Founded in 1997, today, IBP has offices in 80 countries worldwide, including in seven developing countries.  IBP provides technical and financial assistance to civil society partners and collaborates with governments, international institutions and the private sector to ensure that public spending budgets help meet public priorities, especially those of poor and marginalized communities.

The board of IBP now seek up to three additional Trustees to support and provide governance of the highest quality and rigour as the organisation enters a phase of increased impact.

New Board Members will share the motivation and values of IBP; be willing to make a strategic contribution as a learning partner to a board and will bring a background in one of the following areas; public finance or senior leadership experience in a global south civil society organization.

Candidates may also have skill sets in the following areas; Government/Non-Government, Organizing or Civic Organizing; Fundraising networks, International Legal and Organizational Development.

International Budget Partnership is seeking Board Members from a range of backgrounds and is committed to a creating an ‘unlike minded board reflecting a mix and diversity of experience.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date:                                                                             28 June

Preliminary interviews with Prospectus:                               6 July – 24 July

Final panel Interview:                                                           August 2020 (tbc)

Trustees

Unremunerated

London/Cambridge board meetings

VoiceAbility makes sure that people are heard when it matters most. We provide free, independent support to over 30,000 people each year to be involved in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing. We're an independent charity and one of the UK's largest providers of advocacy and involvement services.

VoiceAbility are now seeking to appoint up to 3 trustees to further strengthen the board as the organisation continues to take forward an ambitious strategy to increase its social impact.

The new trustees will play a vital role in providing strategic insight and board level expertise as well as ensuring the right blend of support and challenge to the chief executive and executive team.

Applicants will require an understanding of the role of a trustee or non-executive director, sound independent judgement, strategic vision and the ability to think creatively.

VoiceAbility are particularly interested in hearing from people with knowledge and expertise in at least one of the following areas:

Senior level finance experience and an accountancy qualification Digital transformation experience Lived experience as a disabled person and/or of using social care or long-term health services, and the ability to apply insights from this strategically

VoiceAbility are also interested in hearing from candidates who bring one of the above specialisms whilst also having experience of civil society leadership in Scotland.

For more information about the organisation and the role please read the appointment brief below.

VoiceAbility recognises that diverse boards perform better. We are committed to achieving greater diversity in our board, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, age, sexuality, belief or disability or any other factor which is not objectively justified. Inclusivity and accessibility are vital to VoiceAbility and so please do make us aware of any reasonable adjustments we can make in order to facilitate your engagement with the application process.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: 15 June

Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 22 & w/c 29 June

Interviews with VoiceAbility: w/c 13 July

Volunteer Cornwall is a charity dedicated to building social capital and developing the wellbeing of individuals and communities across Cornwall. We do this by working in collaboration with a wide range of organisations to promote and support active citizenship and voluntary action covering the emotional, social, environmental and economic needs and opportunities in Cornwall. From our Head Office in Truro and our outreach teams across Cornwall, we provide support to all aspects of volunteering across the county. Volunteer Cornwall lives by 4 underpinning values which are: To be Creative, Caring Collaborative and Challenging.

Volunteer Cornwall’s new Accounts and Administration Manager is a critical role within our Senior Management Team, for the organisation and for the voluntary sector across the County. The successful candidate will work closely with managers and trustees across the organisation ensuring that resources are used to maximum effect, and that planning is undertaken in a robust and methodological manner. One of our main aims, and of particular importance, is to recruit a person who has values and ethics that fit with our principles and the work that we undertake. Working within the voluntary or charitable sector can be varied especially as charity accounting is not always straightforward and tasks do not always fit neatly within the job description. This role therefore requires flexibility, adaptability and a range of skills not always associated with a finance role.

Job Purpose

To provide financial and administrative services to support Volunteer Cornwall’s strategic and operational activities. To be responsible for ensuring that the Board of Trustees and Directors follow legal requirements of a charity and a company limited by guarantee.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide financial and administrative services to support VC’s strategic and operational activities, allowing operational managers and staff to concentrate on their front-line work. Ensuring full compliance with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), financial regulations including VAT partial exemption rules, PAYE and Pension Auto Enrolment and other statutory and Charity Commission or Companies House legislation or requirements
• To prepare the annual Directors’ Report and Financial Statements and all financial accounts for audit and present the report to the Board of Directors with the auditors
• To prepare the annual budget estimates and salary review in conjunction with the Chief Executive and Senior Managers
• To prepare monthly financial management reports for the Chair, Treasurer and Chief Executive
• Company Secretary; helping the Board of Directors in their decision-making processes and providing relevant support and advice where needed especially in ensuring that the requirements of the Charity Commission and Companies House are met and maintained
• Data Security and Protection Lead to ensure VC’s compliance with current data security, protection and implementation of the legislation
• Chairs the H&S Committee overseeing the health and safety of VC’s employees and volunteers
• With the IT Officer, ensure that all VC Information, Communication and Technology systems are maintained and up to date
• Supervise finance and administration team members and ensure that daily operations are performed in a seamless and efficient manner

At Volunteer Cornwall we pride ourselves on diversity and inclusion underpinning what we do and why we do it. These concepts encompass our attitudes as individuals and as an organisation.

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Subsidised gym membership

Key dates

• Closing date for applications Tuesday 14th July 2020 (midday)
• Interviews (Truro) Monday 27th July 2020
• START DATE: This post will become vacant due to retirement and will start in autumn 2020

How to Apply:

The full brief is attached. For an informal discussion about the role or the process, please contact our retained partner Anna Jay at Public Leaders Appointments - details in the attached brief. 
 
If you would like to submit an application, this should comprise a comprehensive CV, including details of two referees.  Please also provide a supporting statement (no more than 3 sides) outlining the reasons behind your application and describing how you meet the requirements of the role as set out in this document by using examples for each key task point in the person specification.  Please tell us in a few sentences or a paragraph how your skills and experience match the requirements detailed for each key task point in the person specification.

We are delighted that you are interested in the role of Communications and Content Co-ordinator here at Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF).  We are looking for an outstanding individual to work with our newly formed team as we take APF through a significant period of development and growth.  This is a particularly exciting time to join our team.

Pulmonary fibrosis refers to a specific group of lung diseases thought to be affecting around 70,000 people in the UK. The nature of these diseases all cause hardening and scarring of the lungs, preventing the transfer of oxygen into the bloodstream. It has a devastating impact on quality of life and life expectancy.

The debilitating nature of these diseases means as people become increasing breathless their need for physical and emotional support become greater. Pulmonary fibrosis affects every area of family life.  Yet there is very little dedicated support available to patients and families affected.

These are some of the many reasons Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) exists.

Since APF was set up as a charity in 2013 we have established ourselves as a respected and influential charity.  APF has grown in impact and scale since it was formed.  We have agreed a new Strategic Plan for 2019-2024 which sets out our direction for the coming years.

The Communications and content co-ordinator is an important appointment that will assume responsibility for developing our creative content across our digital and print channels. You’ll grow and upskill our team and wider community in digital communications and capture content from our community which amplifies their voice. You’ll help everyone affected by pulmonary fibrosis know of APF and our services and create engaging content which inspires a good quality of life.

We are a collaborative, hard-working and fun team, with lots of mutual respect and support to reach organisational goals.  In your role you’ll need to demonstrate care and compassion, flexibility, be highly organised and solution focussed.

If you believe you have the experience, skills and qualities we are looking for, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

Are you the A B Charitable Trust Grants Manager?

• Are you committed to defending human rights and human dignity, and interested in issues affecting marginalised and excluded people? 
• Do you have experience and skills in grant making and are you keen to work in a small, developing Trust? 
• Are you emotionally intelligent and able to form and develop strong working relationships with a range of individuals and groups?

If so, then you might well be the right person to join the A B Charitable Trust at this exciting time.

About the A B Charitable Trust

The A B Charitable Trust funds charities that support marginalised and excluded people, with a focus on:

• Migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum
• Criminal justice and penal reform
• Human rights, particularly access to justice

The Trust was founded 30 years ago to promote and defend human dignity. Our grant total was £2.7 million in 2019/20 and is expected to be over £3.7m in 2020/21. In the coming years the Trust is going on an exciting journey to grow and develop, so that we can fund more essential work and have a greater impact. 

About the role

The Grants Manager’s role will work closely with the team, trustees and grantees to assess applications and deliver a range of grants. They will work across all three of our priority areas, and will be expected to develop their knowledge in one or more of our areas of interest. We are on upward trajectory, so the Grants Manager will also have the opportunity to be involved in developing and delivering how the Trust will grow over the coming years. 

About you

This could be the right opportunity for a range of potential candidates, but the A B Charitable Trust would particularly like to hear from you if you: have grant-making experience, have emotional intelligence, are a good communicator and relationship builder, are a team player, are flexible, are organised, and have a demonstrable passion for our work.

To apply, download the candidate information pack, application form and EO form by clicking the links.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Accounting Technician to join our vibrant team.  You will be based at our busy Bootle Centre working alongside the Finance Officer and CEO with financial and accounting tasks, working towards collation, checking and analysis of financial information that will be utilised by senior staff, trustees and accountants.

Please see job description and person specification.

Closing date:  Close of business on Tuesday 16th June 2020

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

The Venus Charity

Venus is a charity providing support and information services to women and their families, children and young people and homeless individuals.

This is an exciting opportunity for a self motivated Senior Trust and Statutory Fundraising Officer you will be responsible for managing and soliciting gifts from a portfolio of trusts, foundations and statutory income sources for an inspiring diasabilty charity.

The Charity
Everything this charity does is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers. This is an exciting time to join the charity as they expand and help more people than ever

The Role
Grow a robust pipeline of income from trust, foundation and statutory prospects with potential to donate significant income in support of a range of projects.
Cultivate, steward and manage gifts from a pipeline of trusts, foundations and statutory income sources with potential to donate significant income per annum.
Work closely with relevant colleagues, implement first class relationship management of donors and prospects, making full use of trustees, the CEO and other executive group members.
Identify and research prospective donors that have potential to support the charitys work; use internal networks and undertake external research, collaborating with other team members to coordinate research and share knowledge.
Coordinate all commitments for current funders across departments; work closely with operational colleagues to identify and present information necessary for the preparation of progress reports, including financial information.

The Candidate
Proven experience of securing significant income from trust, foundation or statutory funders.
Proven experience of developing and delivering excellent stewardship plans in order to secure multi-year funding.
Proven experience of developing a robust and significant multi-year pipeline of income.
Proven experience of securing significant new income from cold trust, foundation, statutory or lottery funders.
Proven experience of writing compelling funding applications and hitting fundraising targets.

IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

We’ve recently been awarded an increase in funding from the Ministry of Justice to support our counselling provision for individuals affected by rape and sexual abuse.  This is an exciting time to be joining the team here at Trust House as we grow and develop our services.  We’re really excited to be recruiting some new team members.

We’re looking for a Lead Adult Counsellor who can support the co-ordination and development, across Lancashire of our adult counselling and therapeutic provision for women and men affected by rape or sexual abuse, whether recent or non-recent. The role will be based at our centre in Preston and the post-holder will need to be able to travel county wide to our satellite counselling spaces.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis ,so the role may be filled before the advertised closing date. We also reserve the right to close the ad early if sufficient applications are received .

We are recruiting for a Part Time ( 21 hours ) Office Manager for an independent advocate for science and engineering , this is 12 month maternity cover.

The Role
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director; managing her diary and meetings, email monitoring, arranging travel and supporting additional projects when required
Office management; overseeing processes across HR and staffing, liaising with suppliers, estates, health and safety, compliance and insurance
Financial administration; payroll, invoicing, bank processes, monthly bookkeeping and supporting the financial administration of membership income
Oversight of annual financial cycle; preparing budgets, forecasts and statutory and financial returns, in collaboration with the Executive Director and Honorary Treasurer
Providing secretariat support to the Board of Trustees and its committees; organising meetings, preparing agendas and papers and minute taking at meetings
Ensuring organisational compliance with regulation e.g. HR, health and safety and data protection
First point of contact for external correspondence and queries
Supporting and enhancing the work of other staff members as part of a small team

The Candidate
Experience in PA, HR, finance and office administration
Proven experience of effective prioritisation, good time-management and meeting competing deadlines
Professional regard for the responsibility of holding and maintaining data and experience dealing with GDPR compliance
Competent user of Microsoft Word, Excel and diary systems
Graduate or equivalent professional experience

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

With a growing portfolio of research and development grants, we are looking for an individual to play a key role in ensuring strong financial controls, planning and management reporting across four country programmes.

This role sits at the interface between programme teams, KCL finance teams, donors and delivery partners in Africa.The role will oversee financial management of KGHPs restricted and unrestricted funds, playing a key role in financial planning and reporting across four country programmes. The postholder will also play a role in strengthening fund management, introducing financial controls and ensuring that funds are managed in a way that aligns to KCL and donor requirements.

The postholder will also provide support to the financial management of key statutory donor funded projects, primarily Prepared-for-Practice, a £3m, 5-year project funded by the Department for International Development’s Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform (SPHEIR) fund.

Key Responsibilities include:

Financial monitoring and management

• Working with the Project Accountant, design, implement and, as needed, improve controls to ensure compliance with donor requirements, including checklists, templates and other tools.

• Own and develop internal tools to track the active grants portfolio and ensure that these are up to date and accurate, managing financial risk of in a timely way

• Manage the flows of funding to in-country programmes and partners, including forecast-based transfers and reconciliation

• Support annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasts

• Ensure that exchange rate fluctuations are actively monitored, and appropriate action is taken as required

• Working with Programme Managers, ensure that all funding proposals are properly costed, do not expose KGHP to excessive risks and provide full cost recovery

• Oversee annual project audits, in conjunction with programme and central finance teams, ensuring it is completed according to donor audit protocol and ensuring audit requirements are monitored throughout project. The postholder will act as a key point of contact for external auditors

• Oversee financial reprofiling on donor-funded projects, ensuring the process is clearly communicated and understood by partners and an accurate budget reprofile is submitted to the donor

• Ensure programme-specific financial record keeping in conjunction with central finance teams, ensuring all financial documents are stored in an easy-to-use system and that financial documents can be retrieved for audit purposes

• Support financial close out of projects in line with donor guidance, in conjunction with RMID, including reconciliation of projects closing financial position

• Provide monthly summary reports for management decision making and quarterly reports for the Strategy Delivery Board.

Project financial reporting

• Conduct comprehensive compliance reviews of partner financial reports, ensuring accuracy of financial reporting and proactively raising issues relating to expenditure rates with the project budget holder

• Prepare timely and accurate quarterly and annual financial expenditure reports in line with donor guidance and templates. This will include reviewing and consolidating partner financial reports

• Prepare and consolidate quarterly project forecast and requests for funds

• Upload project financial data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) on a quarterly basis

Partner financial monitoring and capacity strengthening

• Deliver training and capacity building to partner organisations, ensuring they understand donor financial rules and regulations and have systems in place to meet them

• Maintain excellent communication with partners to enable receipt of timely and accurate financial information

• Conduct regular verification and monitoring of partner financial management and asset management, ensuring compliance with donor rules and regulations. Escalate issues arising with project budget holders and work with partners to strength systems where needed.

• Provide financial expertise, guidance and support to colleagues within KGHP

We are seeking to engage a Recruitment Service Project Supervisor to play a pivotal leadership role within NOAH’s new inclusive Recruitment Service. The successful candidate will work with our Welfare and Academy teams to transition clients towards employment through training and meaningful work experience, eventually leading to sustainable employment. The position will initially be on a fixed term contract until the 31st March 2021, with potential to extend.

The project and role, are key developments in our Welfare and Academy services for disadvantaged and marginalised people. In developing and delivering this service, driven by our values and ethos, you will ensure our clients experience care, compassion and respect as they journey towards sustainable improvements in their lives.

This position will appeal to someone that can establish and develop relationships with key internal and external partners to contribute towards the success of the service. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, strong networking ability, and be committed to helping vulnerable members of our community improve their lives.

Noah’s values and ethos simply expressed are care, compassion, and commitment, and love for the people we work with and serve. Our values are practically expressed in humble service, helping those in need, in poverty and experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation.

In living out these values as an organisation we will seek as a priority to recruit trustees, staff and volunteers who are committed to and actively live out these values in contributing to the work of our teams. NOAH Enterprise is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all faiths and none.

Closing date for applications is 10th June 2020 

Interviews will be held on the 18th June 2020

FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

Reporting to: Executive Director 

Based at Choices Offices (390 Caledonian Road, N1 1DN) or at home during lockdown

Salary: £28,000 pro rata plus pension contributions in line with the Government’s statutory requirement

Hours of work: This is a part-time role of 2.5 day/week (20 hours). You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and flexibility will be expected.

This contract is for one year with the possibility of extension

Safeguarding: Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

About the role:

This is a varied and interesting role in which you’ll play an important part in supporting Choices and its growth. The Fundraising and Operations Manager will manage and develop our community fundraising (individual giving and events) and support the Executive Director with running our grant application fundraising.The role also involves developing new areas of fundraising (e.g. corporate; major gifts; mid-level giving), as well as ensuring the smooth running of our office and operations.This is predominantly a fundraising role which includes the management of our office and programmatic operations, given the overlap of impact reporting and data management responsibilities.

About the candidate:

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and self-starting, bringing relevant experience to the role. This job would suit an experienced fundraiser returning to work after a career break, or someone earlier in their career who is ready to take on more responsibility and play a key role in Choices’ future development. As a part time role, it would suit someone looking to work in fundraising and operations whilst also pursuing other interests or meeting caring commitments.

One of the benefits of working in a small charity as a key member of a friendly team is that you can make your role your own and develop it further according to your interests and skills. The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate they are an entrepreneurial self-starter who would relish this opportunity.

About Choices:

Choices is charity that operates from a Christian ethos of compassion, care and respect, delivering services in the community and in prisons including:

-       Non-directive, non-judgmental support for those facing unplanned pregnancy

-       Counselling support for those coming to terms with a decision to terminate a pregnancy or facing anxiety during pregnancy

-       Befriending services for pregnant women and new mothers facing low income, isolation and anxiety

-       Counselling for women in prison supporting them through issues of child separation 

There is an occupational requirement attached to this role requiring you to be a practicing Christian.

Job Description: The Fundraising and Operations Manager will be responsible for two main areas of work and time will be split between the two as the work dictates:

1) managing and developing our fundraising work, with a focus on individual giving, campaigns and events, but also exploring the development of new income streams (e.g. mid-level giving; major donors)

2) managing office operations, and supporting programmatic monitoring and evaluation

Specific tasks include (but are not limited to):

1.  FUNDRAISING

• Stewarding existing supporters through existing means (e.g. sending out newsletters via MailChimp) and developing a more creative and sustainable stewardship programme

• Communicating with individual givers via email and phone

• Identification of mid-level and major donor prospects among individual givers, and proactive prospect research and cultivation

• Supporting external grant-writers to apply for grants, and report-writing

• Managing, recording and submitting monthly appeals to trusts and foundations

• Organising both fundraising and stewardship events

• Running online campaigns and appeals, including creating assets, writing copy, merging emails, using social media platforms.

• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of grants and securely storing all fundraising data (e.g. donor data, Gift Aid forms) in accordance with GDPR)

• Managing all fundraising data, including managing and developing the use of a CRM database (currently Salesforce) that is also used to store client data.

2.  OPERATIONS

• Running our office processes and procedures (eg Health & Safety and insurance, managing office services, utilities, petty cash, data storage, updating policies, general office upkeep including stationary, office supplies etc)

• Operational support for different project areas (eg collating statistics, updating the database, creating evaluation reports, managing volunteer applications, etc)

• Taking responsibility along with other staff for answering phone calls, booking appointments for clients

• Developing the CRM for recording client data and impact reporting in addition to donor data

• Attend Choices Management Team meetings (on Thursdays) and occasionally attend Board meetings as required (weekday evenings)

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices Islington.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential:

•  Mature Christian faith. In order to safeguard Choices’ Christian culture and ethos and in keeping with the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9 Para 3) Choices’ Trustees have applied an occupational requirement to this role whereby the post holder will be committed to upholding and modelling Choices’ Christian ethos.

• Supportive of the work of Choices

• Experience of working as a fundraiser (ideally within individual giving and community fundraising)

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with experience of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders

• Ability to proactively build and develop positive relationships internally and externally 

• Excellent organisation skills

• Strong project management/administration skills, preferably in the charity sector

• IT and social media literate (experience of mailing systems e.g. MailChimp is desirable)

• Experience of working with CRMs/databases 

• Self-motivated and confident working alone

• Solutions-focused

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player

• Capacity to be flexible and innovative in the changing circumstances of a small, but growing charity

Desirable:

• Entrepreneurial thinking

• Knowledge of safeguarding

• Knowledge and experience of using Salesforce (CRM)

How to apply:

Application is by CV and covering letter with reference to the job description and person specification. Please set out clearly what skills, experience and qualities you will bring to the role and how your Christian faith informs your understanding of Choices’ work and vision.

Please include the name and contact details of two referees: one to be your most recent employer and the other a senior leader at your church who knows you well. References will not be sought prior to the interview.

The closing date for applications is 10.00am on June 30th, but we may close before this if we find the right candidate. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted for an interview.

We are looking for someone to play a pivotal role in working with those using our Welfare and Academy services to transition towards employment through training and work experience within NOAH’s social enterprise.  We are looking for someone who can play an active role in developing an inclusive recruitment service at NOAH, someone who can build new relationships and develop existing relationships with partners and businesses to help participants progress into work experience, employment or volunteering.

The position will appeal to someone with excellent interpersonal skills, skilled networking ability, and who has the caring and intelligent commitment to helping people improve their lives.

Noah’s values and ethos simply expressed are care, compassion, and commitment, and love for the people we work with and serve. Our values are practically expressed in humble service, helping those in need, in poverty and experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation.

In living out these values as an organisation we will seek as a priority to recruit trustees, staff and volunteers who are committed to and actively live out these values in contributing to the work of our teams. NOAH Enterprise is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all faiths and none.

Interviews will be held on the 16th June 2020