Are you passionate about supporting young people to achieve their potential? Do you want to work in a challenging, team-focused and rewarding environment? Do you have the skills to  lead a diverse team to perform to the best of their abilities?

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. We provide a range of accommodation based and floating support services to vulnerable young people across London, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East. Our vision is to end youth homelessness but until then we will continue to provide young people with a place to call home, tailored support and the opportunity to build the skills needed to sustain independent living.

This is an exciting Service Manager role based in Greenwich and includes responsibilities for supported accommodation services and a visiting support service. The Service Manager is responsible for overall service delivery and performance management, providing effective leadership to achieve high quality outcomes for young people and working in partnership with Social Services teams.  At Centrepoint, we work in a Psychologically Informed Environment. All staff are required  to implement this approach when working with young people.

We are looking for an experienced manager with exceptional skills in establishing and maintaining positive relationships both internally and externally.

A key part of the role will be to promote a vibrant culture with an uncompromising commitment to excellence and a fully integrated support service, reflecting the needs of those accessing the service.

In return for your efforts you will receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development and a host of staff benefits such as interest free travel loan, stakeholder pension scheme entitlement.

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality. We especially welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people’s service.

Location: Greenwich

Closing Date: Sunday 26 July, 12 midnight

Financial planning, management and reporting

• Ensure the efficiency, regularity and timeliness of results and deadlines relating to all financial aspects of the property portfolio.

• Ensure robust financial systems, procedures and controls are in place, properly documented, regularly reviewed and efficiently used.

• Ensure all property transactions are reflected accurately each month and produce timely management reports, data and analysis.

• Ensure monthly reconciliation of all property control accounts are completed in a timely manner

• Develop and maintain a monthly cash flow projection and analysis process

• Ensure budgets and financial reports relating to the property portfolio are robust and meet requirements.

• Support the preparation of the AKF (UK) statutory financial statements and supporting working papers.

• Generate financial analysis, back-up papers and reports and produce effective synthesis for management decision-making, Board submissions and other reporting requirements.

  4.2 Audit, Compliance and Internal Controls

• Contribute to all audits and statutory compliance in line with UK and AKF/AKDN regulations and compliance requirements

• Achieve timely, effective and clean internal and external audits.

• Manage follow up of external audits of AKF (UK) on property related matters.

• Ensure that AKF UK is up to date on all related financial regulations, rules, procedures, formats, compliance, reporting requirements and the Finance Manual reflects these changes

• Prepare audit schedules, attend to external auditors for the annual financial audits.

• Manage and oversee internal financial control policies and procedures related to AKDN managed properties to ensure compliance

• Manage the section of the AKF (UK) risk register that relates to properties.

• Ensure that VAT returns and completed and reconciled on a quarterly basis

4.3 Property accounting and Management

• Lead on the ongoing financial management and operating agreements related to all properties.

• Lead on the financial aspects of commercial contracts related to all properties.

• Ensure all invoices to tenants are completed accurately and in a timely manner.

• Represent the interests of AKF (UK) on the Kings Cross Development project including oversight of the financial accounting for the project.

• Review the expenditure of all properties monthly to ensure all relevant costs and income are prepaid, accrued or deferred.

• Lead on the funding model for the Aga Khan Centre shared services, ensuring all funding is received on time, all forecasts are up to date and any issues are raised to key stakeholders.

• Complete reconciliations between AKF(UK) figures and those provided by property managing agents.

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified accountant.

Experience

• Post qualification experience in financial accounting, management accounting and reporting.

• Experience of charity accounting, VAT and knowledge of auditing.

• Experience of project budgeting and accounting including cost recovery modelling, cash flow management and reporting.

• Experience of designing and managing financial systems, processes and procedures

• Advanced hands-on experience using Excel and integrated multi-ledger accounting systems, including the production and adaptation of pivot tables.

• Experience of managing internal cost recharges and allocations.

Skills

• Good interpersonal, customer care and liaison skills with a wide range of stakeholders.

• First rate oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to work under pressure and to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.

• Ability to synthesise complex operational and financial details for reporting and presentation.

• Ability to take a robust but tactful position, confident with a positive outlook

• Ability to problem solve, working with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver results

• Ability to work in a multi-institution network within a multi-cultural environment

• Fluent in oral and written English

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel

Knowledge

• Understanding of and appreciation for ADKN’s goals, values and ethics

• Knowledge of charity accounting

• Knowledge of UK tax system, and specifically VAT

• Knowledge of company legislation

Personal Assistant to the Clerk

Reports To: Executive Assistant

Job Overview: The Personal Assistant’s primary responsibility is to provide administrative support to the Clerk and Master’s office, mainly focusing on managing their social diary.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Managing the Clerk and Master’s individual diaries.
• Maintaining an efficient recording system of all internal and external invitations.
• Maintaining a feedback record system for all internal and external events.
• Research and produce a brief for all social events where the Master is representing the Company.
• Research and book all travel and hotel arrangements for the Clerk and Master.
• Manage expenses for the Clerk and Master.
• Assist with “gatekeeping” of calls and messages for the Clerk and Master when the EA is unavailable.
• Assist with organising staff social events.
• Support the Membership Office when booking, planning and executing all Company events (occasional late evenings on event day).
• Assist the Company Surveyor with administrative tasks.
• Assist the Company Surveyor with the production of Property and Hall Committee Papers.
• Attend and take minutes of the monthly Health & Safety meetings.
• Provide general administrative support depending on the business’ needs.

Qualifications

• GCSE, C (Grade 4) and above in Maths and English
• Personal Assistant/Business Administration BETC Diploma (Level 3) - Desirable

Experience

• 1 year experience in an administrative role desirable but not essential.
• Proficient computer skills and confident with learning different IT systems.
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain level of excellence under pressure.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)

The Atlantic Institute was established in 2016 with the support of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and in collaboration with the Rhodes Trust, Oxford (UK). 

At the Atlantic Institute we are committed to building a lifelong community of courageous changemakers who together will accelerate the eradication of inequity and injustice resulting in fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. Our Fellows and Staff are accomplished leaders working in diverse settings and contexts, who together think, learn, incubate and implement strategies for greater impact. The diversity of our fellows is unprecedented and we are committed to the radical inclusion of these leaders as agents of change in communities most impacted by social, economic, racial and health inequities.  We provide them with the networks, architecture and resources to connect, learn and act to address the underlying systemic causes of inequity.

In the current global environment of a pandemic, the courageous work to eradicate inequities is more urgently needed than ever. To support, deepen and sustain our community’s impact at this critical juncture, we have therefore created several new permanent roles, including:

• Associate Executive Director (Community, Programming and Impact)
• Augmented and Virtual Realities Lead
• Program and Impact Lead (Innovation and Special Projects)
• Learning and Evaluation Lead
• Data Insight Analyst.

Associate Executive Director - Community Engagement, Programming and Impact

We’re looking for an Associate Executive Director who will lead a strongly connected lifelong community of Senior Fellows and Program staff who together will amplify their impact in the world and ultimately accelerate the eradication of inequities. You will be responsible for Institute’s community engagement, programing and impact strategy and you will have lead responsibility for the design and implementation of programs in support of the work of Senior Fellows and program staff.

Core Competencies

Consistent with all roles at the Atlantic Institute, it is essential that you demonstrate a critical understanding of the diverse root causes of inequities and show a commitment (in thinking and in action) to fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. In addition, you will have the following skills and experience:

• Effective leadership skills, ability to motivate, engage and develop a team and community of purpose in an agile and complex environment
• Significant experience, ideally at least five years, in an executive leadership role with demonstrated success in transformative community engagement, strategy and programming for impact
• Demonstrated exceptional performance in building high performing teams and guiding and managing staff
• Strong intellectual capability with the capacity to engage with senior academics, business leaders, government officials, other leaders in a range of settings
• An undergraduate degree is essential. The successful candidate will ideally have a post-graduate qualification in a thematic area relevant to the Atlantic Fellows mission, public sector or business management.

To find out more on the role and how to apply, please view the attached job description.

Please submit your application to us by 12:00 (BST) on Friday 24th July 2020.

Assistant IT Manager

This is a role where you can make your mark. With your experience of leading or managing a technical team coupled with your operational experience of IT infrastructures and networks, you will have the opportunity to be part of shaping technological solutions that manage their service provision today and provide solutions that support our growth in the future.

Assistant IT Manager Responsibilities:

As their Deputy Technology Manager, you will be responsible for managing and developing a small team and report into the Technology Manager. You will manage the day-to-day service delivery in a mixed Windows and Mac environment.

Responsibilities will include; overseeing IT infrastructure and ensure it is fit for purspose, identifying potential issues and possible opportunities. Ensure Help desk runs smoothly and jobs are prioritised to business needs. Responsible for 3rd line trouble shooting. Have the ability to interpret and produce relevant KPIs.
Key systems are VN Ware, CISCO, LAN, WAN, DNS and DHCP

There may be the occasional need to be On Call over weekends and evenings.

Assistant IT Manager Requirements:

So that you can make your mark as quickly as possible, we will need you to be a true team player, have a proactive and collaborative style and an infectious drive to embed a service and results focused culture throughout your team, as well as a genuine desire to develop your team to release their full potential.
Strong knowledge of VN Ware, Cisco, Lan, Wan, DNS and DHCP is esstiential. Previous experience of Managing a team. The ability to priorites workload and identify security issues. You will ideally be a member of chartered insititute of BCS although this is not essential. Have a minimum of 2 years Managment experience.

About the company:

Their mission, simply put, is to change the lives of disabled children and their families. They provide access to the vital equipment they rely on, offer information and support through their team of dedicated healthcare professionals, sponsor pioneering medical research into the causes of birth defects and offer families a voice through our campaigns for change.

They are not like any other charity. All of the stock in their  stores is new, donated by retailers, allowing them to create a heaven for bargain hunters and savvy fashionista shoppers who want high street products at discount prices.

What they do and how they do it is unique and being part of the family is very special. Their team members are passionate about what they do and the contribution they make in helping the families they work with.

This is a truly great opportunity to make your mark and be part of creating something amazing!

Location: Cannock, WS11 7GF (with occasional travel)

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: up to £36,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits: they can offer you the flexibility you need to help you strike the right balance between home and work. In addition to a competitive salary, you will also receive 31 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), health cash plan membership, team member store discount, company sick pay and pension scheme membership…. and of course the satisfaction of knowing that what you do is making a difference!

You may have experience of the following: IT Manager, Technical Support Manager, IT Support Manager, Infrastructure Manager, Network Manager, Helpdesk Manager, Technical Support Engineer, IT Support Engineer, IT Support Technician, Senior IT Support Engineer, Assistant IT Manager, Assistant Support Manager, etc.

Ref: 93282

Project Manager - Maternity Cover Contract
Bristol

About Development Initiatives (DI)

Our vision is a world without poverty that invests in human security and where everyone shares the benefits of opportunity and growth.

We are an independent international development organisation that focuses on putting data-driven decision-making at the heart of poverty eradication.

We are now seeking a Project Manager to join our team on a maternity cover contract until the 31st December 2020. This contract has the potential to extend.

The Benefits

- Salary of £26,000 - £30,000 DOE pro rata
- Pension (5% of salary)
- 25 days’ holiday pro rata 
- Up to five days’ paid leave for charitable work (volunteering to address poverty and/or help vulnerable people)
- Smart casual dress code policy
- Flexitime and homeworking options
- Simply Health Cash scheme with employee assistance programme
- Paid professional fees and study leave
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/sick leave policies

This is a superb opportunity for a project manager to take on a rewarding contract with an outstanding not-for-profit.

Focusing on poverty and international development, we have a clear vision to end world poverty and create sustainable communities. You’ll be playing a vital role in delivering this vision and ensuring successful outcomes for the organisation.

We promote a culture of openness and honesty, as well as our vision of ending absolute poverty by 2030. You’ll discover teams of passionate individuals and innovative working environments in addition to a comprehensive benefits package and a relaxed office environment.

Your Role

As a Project Manager, you will be tasked with delivering a portfolio of projects.

In this important role, you will:

- Facilitate input and gain agreement from stakeholders regarding project scope, schedule, budget, risk and quality
- Manage contractor/consultant relationships
- Work with the Head of Project Manager to implement project management methodology across the organisation
- Support the development of bids when required
- Provide internal project status reports

About You

To join us as a Project Manager, you will need:

- At least three years’ experience of managing a range of diverse projects
- Experience of working in a matrix or project-based environment
- A proven track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality
- Experience of facilitating the resolution of challenging project issues
- Previous experience of managing contractors and liaising with donors
- To be educated to degree level (or have equivalent experience)

A project management qualification (PMD Pro, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, APM, ITIL or similar) would be beneficial, as would experience of writing bids/proposals and supporting client/donor reporting.

Other organisations may call this role Project Manager, Charity Project Manager, International Development Project Manager, Project Lead, Project Team Lead, or Project Team Manager.

Webrecruit and Development Initiatives are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are ready to take on an engaging contract as a Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 35 hours per week

6 months with the possibility of extension

The memcom recruitment team is looking for a Personal Assistant for an association that promotes partnerships between their stakeholders and the government.

The main purpose of the role is to provide high-level executive administrative support to the CEO and a team of senior leaders, as well as ensuring that board and governance activities are run efficiently. You will also work closely with the Head of Operations to maintain corporate planning systems while ensuring that day-to-day office operations run efficiently. Experience in the following duties is essential:

• Providing high-quality support and advice to the Chief Executive and the senior leadership team
• Preparing clear and accurate minutes and records of actions; coordination of activities for the Board and Committees
• Organising and supporting meetings, including preparing agendas, distributing notes, and drafting induction materials
• Cost-effective and efficient business travel arrangement; complex diary management
• Preparing detailed briefings, correspondence, reports and presentations on behalf of the Chief Executive and maintaining accurate and compliant governance records
• Monitoring emails, including prioritizing messages, drafting responses, or delegating matters raised as appropriate and tracking to completion

The successful incumbent will be an experienced board-level PA, ideally from the education/not for profit sector, who has mastered the ability to balance competing priorities and to coordinate projects, do not hesitate to apply!

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world.

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

DCMS’ scope is unlike any other and you would be working for a team who support effective financial management with our internal policy teams and Arms’ Length Bodies on a diverse and fascinating spectrum of work, from supporting our major cultural institutions, film and broadcasting, sports bodies, regulatory functions and delivery of the country’s digital agenda.

As a Finance Business Partner you will work with Budget Holders within the department and / or outwards to over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies, using your specialist finance expertise and building effective relationships to provide support, advice and constructive challenge to ensure the effective operation of DCMS’s systems of financial and budgetary control.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Build and manage effective relationships with internal Budget Holders and / or Arm’s Length Bodies Finance teams to understand their business in order to support the delivery of departmental priorities for value for money.
• Provide a trusted, single point of contact for departmental policy teams and directorates and / or Arm’s Length Bodies and channelling enquiries and requests for advice to the relevant subject matter experts (including HMT and other government departments where necessary).
• Provide high quality finance advice and analysis to stakeholders to support and enable good policy decisions whilst managing their budgets in line with agreed government finance rules.
• Ensure all DCMS financial controls, policies and procedures operate effectively and on a timely basis.
• Actively work to promote good financial management and to build an environment in which the advice and involvement of the Finance Team is actively sought at the start of policy making.

• Support Budget Holders through the annual (and multi-year) budget setting process for DCMS itself, including administration, programme, capital and depreciation budgets as relevant, and through in-year budget review exercises.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Hold a full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification, or actively training
• Experience of providing expert financial advice on complex issue

• Highly numerate and literate, as well as being able to build excellent collaborative working relationships with others, demonstrating excellent communication skills
• Previous Business Partnering experience with working knowledge of managing public money, and an understanding of central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with considerable client or customer service experience to join us as an Advice Assistant and play an important support role.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve. 

In response to growing need, we are developing our service in Lancashire by offering advice, support and guidance to people in housing need on issues such as housing, debt and welfare benefits. We also offer an Information & Resource service to provide guided self-help to clients and specialist legal housing advice.

About the role
Based in Blackburn Central Library, right in the heart of the community, you will be carrying out initial fact finding triage interviews and booking appointments with the appropriate adviser, agreeing clients’ needs, providing them with basic information and advice and referring clients to other Shelter services or external agencies as appropriate. Carrying out case related support and research for Advisers and Senior Advisers and dealing with enquiries not only in person, but also by telephone and email and generating correspondence as necessary are also key elements of this role.

About you
We’re looking for a self-motivated, results-driven and customer focused individual with experience of working with vulnerable people or people with multiple and complex needs and has demonstrable experience of welfare benefits advice. With strong communication skills, a collaborative way of working and the ability to lead change and improve performance, you will also be proficient in the use of MS office applications and case management systems with good typing skills. A proven ability of managing a caseload, adhering to multiple deadlines with the ability to research caselaw and legislation and to utilise that in your day to day role are also key elements of this role.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.  In addition to this, we encourage an approach to involving people with personal insight of housing issues and homelessness in our recruitment processes.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Executive Assistant - Part Time
Redruth, Cornwall (currently home based due to COVID-19)

About Us

We are WILD, the largest specialist young parents’ charity in the UK. We provide a range of services and support across Cornwall to help young parent families have the best possible future. Over the last 26 years, we have helped over 13,000 mums, dads and children learn new skills, form new friendships and achieve their goals.

We want young parents and their children to be healthy, happy and safe, with better life chances and aspirations.

We’re currently looking for a part-time Executive Assistant to join us on a two year fixed-term contract, working 26 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £22,558 pro rata
- Generous holiday allowance
- Friendly and welcoming work environment
- Enhance your experience in the charity sector

If you are a highly organised administrative professional seeking your next step, this is a fantastic opportunity to take on an engaging part-time role where you can make a real difference.

You will have the chance to contribute to the development of our systems and processes, which will enable us to operate more efficiently and help even more young families.

Our organisation is built on the values of respect, equality, integrity, kindness and resourcefulness. If you want to become a key member of our compassionate, committed team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As an Executive Assistant, you will support the smooth running of our organisation, focusing on evaluating and analysing data and enhancing our systems and processes.

In this diverse role, you will:

- Build strong working relationships with teams across the organisations
- Work with our CEO to produce accurate and accessible reports
- Prepare information for Trustee and Funder meetings
- Assist Trustees with evaluation work
- Identifying ways to develop and improve existing systems and processes

About You

To join us as an Executive Assistant, you’ll need experience of the following:

- Working in an administrative function and providing administrative support
- Producing accurate and accessible reports
- Using data systems efficiently and accurately
- Preparing information for meetings

A full driving licence is also essential (as you will occasionally be required to travel to our other sites).

Other organisations may call this role Administrator, EA, Personal Assistant, PA, Administrative Assistant, Office Administrator, Admin Clerk, or Office Clerk.

Webrecruit and WILD are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as an Executive Assistant, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Accounts Assistant required for 9 month FTC in Central London.

Your new company
Membership association based in Central London. This organisation has a small but commercially focused finance team of 6. The organisation has a group structure.

Your new role
This is a maternity cover role and will last for a minimum of 9 months. Reporting into the FC you will carry out the following:

• Ad hoc general journal entries

• Posting of bank receipts/payments to all bank accounts

• Credit checking and warning reports
• New DD/Refund details into banking system

• Reconcile various balance sheet accounts

• Reconcile bank accounts and floats in sterling/euro/dollar

• Prepare and post monthly sales invoices

• Processing of invoices/credit notes

• Oversee preparation of statements and BACS/DD schedules

What you'll need to succeed
You will have previous experience in a similar role and be immediately available to interview and start. You will have a very strong eye for detail and ability to work well as part of a team.

Please apply ASAP to be considered!

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Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented Participant Support Manager to join our Participant Support team. The role will lead a multi-tiered team providing the interface between the organisation and our teachers and leaders on a range of our programmes and provide varied support to these participants. The expectation is that the Manager will also act as Business Partner across a number of programmes acting as the point of escalation for the programme externally ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience. This role will act as the point of escalation for the programme externally with our Partners ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience.

Internally, the Participant Support Manager will work collaboratively with the Programme Leader, providing advice and strategic support in regards to participants and partners and work in a matrix structure with other programme operations departments. The Manager will be responsible for overseeing the quality of engagement with their participants/partners and maintaining an excellent participant experience. They will lead on the development of participant/partner engagement and communication plans and ensure all programmes under their leadership are accurately tracking participant engagement.   

Based in one of our London, Manchester or Birmingham offices, and reporting to the Participant Support Associate Director, you will be an individual with experience of delivering excellent customer service. We are looking for someone who has previously managed multiple stakeholders, including the ability to deal with difficult conversations. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, good budgeting skills, and will be able to take a strategic approach to the end to end programme journey.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 09:00am on 20th July 2020 

The expected timeline for interviews is as follows: 

• Interviews: w/c 27th July 2020 

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

The Service Support team ensures the smooth running of an operationally focused department. The role provides an exciting opportunity to deliver and continuously improve support services to the department, to act as the first point of contact for stakeholders and partners requiring support, as well as developing operational relationships within the organisation.

Working within a friendly and dynamic team, usually based in our regional office in Leeds city centre, you’ll play a key role in supporting the department, stakeholders, and partners; enabling the effective and efficient delivery of all departmental activities. This includes supporting the management of the department’s finances, compiling management information, introducing new systems and processes to ensure best practice and providing support to our partners.

If you have worked in a business support role this would present an opportunity for you to develop your organisational, communication and technical skills through offering support to the team, department, stakeholders and partners.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates. We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

Who are GMYN?

For many young people, the transition to adulthood isn’t easy. In the UK, one third of young people are lonely, half feel unready for work and half feel like they don’t belong to their community.

At GMYN, our vision is #YoungPeopleCan and we help young people in Greater Manchester overcome this. We deliver a range of development programmes and drop-in activities to help young people transition to adulthood feeling skilled, supported and positive.

Founded in 2007 by our Chief Executive, Alex Fairweather, we have grown from a single volunteering project to a registered charity and have helped over 10,000 young people.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join GMYN’s operations team, providing strategic and operational financial support and advice. The role holder will provide day to day management and reporting of the charity’s income and expenditure as well as responsibility for preparation of GMYN’s annual budget and accounts.

You will have experience of working within a financial environment ideally in a management/leading role within a charity. You will have the AAT or similar qualification, or substantial equivalent experience. You will also have strong numeracy and communication skills and the ability to provide accurate and timely information.

In addition, you will have the ability to work flexibly as part of a team and on your own initiative working independently when required.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will also work alongside GMYN’s Operations Lead and work closely with the Business and Finance Administrator.

Joining #TeamGMYN: Our Offer

At GMYN, we strive to be inclusive. Every member of #TeamGMYN is involved in all aspects of decision making, from strategic planning, setting the organisational values through to basic everyday practices to give everyone an active voice. We are responsive to the needs of the team and all support available is designed through consultation.

We are regularly reviewing our practices to create a safe, welcoming and supportive environment and encourage suggestions and feedback from staff to improve our offer.

Our offer currently includes access to

• The Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave, including 5 ‘no-questions-asked’ ad-hoc wellbeing days
• Flexible working hours, including working from home options
• Childcare vouchers for those already accessing the scheme
• Accessible, ethical and gender-neutral office space
• Living wage, with processes to request performance-based payrises
• An 8% pension scheme with 3% employer contribution

Whilst our staff team is diverse in many ways, people from BAME backgrounds and people with disabilities are currently under-represented, therefore applications from candidates who identify with these characteristics are welcomed and encouraged.

For full details on the role and the #TeamGMYN offer can be found in the job pack attached.

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) showing how you meet the attached personal specification via the link on this page by Monday 20th July.