Assistant Direct Marketing Manager Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
The role
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a newly created fundraising products team that’s responsible for both new and innovative product development and our sector leading virtual events programme. There are ambitious plans to grow income from a broader portfolio of supporter-led fundraising products over the next three years, which is backed by investment, organisational support and audience insight.
As the fundraising products officer, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering and helping develop diverse and innovative fundraising products. Ensuring that net income targets are met while providing an exceptional experience for our supporters.
Reporting to the fundraising products manager and with a line report you’ll be implementing plans to attract, steward and retain supporters. While also working closely with your wider team from across community and events, you’ll be involved in new propositions to reach and engage new and existing audiences. And at all stages you’ll be encouraged and supported to innovate, test and learn and think creatively.
The fundraising products team sits within community and events. You’ll join a vibrant and collaborative team renowned for its exciting and successful products and events.
About you
We’re looking for someone with a real drive and a passion for charity fundraising. Who is digitally focused, driven by insight and understands the importance of great stewardship.
You’ll have experience in a range of fundraising activities including virtual events. Adept at supporter stewardship and journeys through a variety of channels, such as digital communities, phone, and email. You’ll have a proven track record of achieving and exceeding KPIs. As well as being highly organised, comfortable managing projects and if needed the ability to work to tight deadlines.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. And if you have any questions, we’re also happy to discuss the role with you ahead of submitting a potential application.
Working at Breast Cancer Now also comes with lots of benefits including:
• Up to 3 days working from home each week
• 25 days of paid leave, increasing by a day each year (to a maximum of 30 days) plus the time off between Christmas and New Year
• Pension plan with a company contribution of up to 8%
• Two volunteering days per year
• Season ticket and bicycle loan scheme
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care, for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Why? Because we believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact Breast Cancer Now Recruitment Team in the first instance.
Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.
Closing date 9am on Wednesday 24 April 2024
Interview date Wednesday 1 May and Thursday 2 May 2024
St Paul’s Cathedral School are pleased to be exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell in search of a new Financial Controller to join their team on a permanent basis. St Paul’s Cathedral School is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 5 to 13 (Reception to Year 8).
The Financial Controller will report into the Bursar and be responsible for for the whole of the School’s day-to-day accounting function to ensure effective procedures and robust controls are in place for all aspects of the function.
The organisation:
Situated in the heart of the City of London, at the East side of the Cathdral, the School enjoys state-of-the-art facilities for academic work, music, performing arts and sport in a single-site campus. With around 275 pupils (with up to 36 Cathedral Choristers who are boarding pupils), the School is small enough to ensure that each pupil receives individual attention, yet large enough to offer an array of academic and extra-curricular opportunities that a Prep school could deliver. There are 84 members of staff, comprising teachers, teaching assistants, music instructors and a support team.
The role:
- Assist the Bursar to seek commercial income opportunities and monitor and advise on school investments through liaison with external investment managers.
- Deputise for the Bursar in all finance matters and at governor committees, or at SLT meetings when requested by the Head.
- Support the Bursar’s financial and audit responsibility.
- Check Income & Expenditure (I&E) variances and explain and compare findings to previous year, to budgets and to forecasts.
- Prepare weekly cashflow forecast and monthly management accounts.
- Compile and analyse the annual school budget, setting and monitoring.
- Prepare initial input data for new arrivals, departing staff, music teachers and additional overtime payments.
- Modernise the finance IT package and update the finance manual.
- Oversee and administer school fee collection, process supplier payments and invoices.
- Prepare and present the annual accounts for the annual statutory audit and liaise with the auditors and implement audit findings.
The successful candidate will be:
- A fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) or at Finalist level.
- Experienced in budgeting, forecasting and producing management accounts.
- A fantastic communicator.
- Experienced in developing and implementing financial systems and internal controls.
- Confident assisting with annual audits and in the preparing of annual accounts.
This position will be based officially at the head office in central London next to St Pauls Cathedral and will require the postholder to work from the office with occasional hybrid working. The closing date for applications is 23rd April, with interviews taking place the week commencing 29th April.
Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
Department - RFC Recreation Club
Reports to - Duty manager with dotted line reporting to assistant director of innovation
Reports to you - None
Hours of work - Part-time - 30 hours a week per week not including breaks, over four days
Base - Based at Recreation Club on Fleet Road, NW3 2QG by the Royal Free Hospital
Salary - £22,800 per annum, pro-rata- subject to skills and experience
The role
The Receptionist will report to the duty manager(s) with a dotted line reporting to the assistant director of innovation.
The role will require managing the front desk and will include greeting visitors, answering the phones, handling financial transactions, members’ accounts, day-to-day bookings, prospective members’ inquiries and providing general administration support to provide a smooth running of the reception area. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys interacting with people and has strong organisational skills.
The team
The Recreation Club of the Royal Free Hospital was established over 40 years ago and provides a fitness and leisure club to the public, local community, and hospital staff. The club plays host to a state-of-the-art gym, two fitness studios, a swimming pool and sports hall.
Organisation
The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.
Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce, and driven by medical research that has a global impact. We support the 10,000 staff of the RFL and their 1.6 million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.
Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.
RFC Recreation Club: The aim of The Rec Club
- The Rec Club is responsible for providing a safe and welcoming environment for our club users, alongwith facilitating schools, groups, clubs, and Royal Free outpatients/ rehabilitation discharged patients, for their health and fitness sessions in one of the many areas of the club.
- The club has 2 studios, a swimming pool, a sports hall, and a gym, all of which are used daily by our members and the local community with a footfall of around 1000 people per day.
Receptionist Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities
- Greet and welcome visitors in a professional and courteous manner.
- Answer phone calls
- Schedule bookings for prospective and existing clients
- Oversee the club's booking system including updating and maintaining member records, taking payments for membership & usage of the club’s facilities, processing and issuing new membership applications and collecting insurance information.
- Maintain a tidy and presentable reception area.
- Receive and distribute incoming mail and deliveries.
- Provide general administrative support, including photocopying and filing.
- Assist with scheduling appointments and coordinating meetings for the club manager.
- Update and maintain club records and databases.
- Provide information on club fees, packages, and offers.
- Handle inquiries from visitors and provide accurate information.
- Collaborate with other team members to ensure efficient reception operations
Customer Service / Quality
- Provide a warm welcome and work with the team to continually improve the overall member experience.
- Provide an informative general induction for new club members.
- Direct any customer complaints to the appropriate person.
- Direct any questions about services or club equipment to the appropriate person.
People
- Communicate performance standards and expectations, in a way that motivates your fellow club members.
- Work with your line manager to obtain regular feedback from members to ensure suggestions and customer service improvement opportunities are actioned.
Key Relationships
- Working with our members
- Assisting with all our external bookings, which include local schools, private swimming clubs and group classes.
- Supporting the Trust in delivering outpatients and rehabilitation to discharged patients of the Royal Free Hospital
Person Specification
Qualifications, Experience, Skills & Knowledge
Qualifications
- CSE/GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent
- First aid/defibrillator qualified (desirable)
Experience
- A minimum of 1-year’s previous experience in working in the fitness/hospitality/ front of house industry as a receptionist or in a similar role
- Previous experience working with the public.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Previous experience of working in a multicultural environment
- Desirable to have database system user experience and/or sales and marketing experience.
Skills and Knowledge
- To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to proactively build relationships and networks.
- Excellent computer skills including updating calendars and inputting data and being familiar with programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Able to multi-task
- An understanding of membership systems
- Understanding of confidentiality & working with integrity
- Work to tight deadlines and deliver results.
- To be flexible, tactful, diplomatic, and supportive in your approach
Communication
- To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to:-
- empathise and support staff positively
- Ability to build supportive and trusting relationships.
- Strong commitment to the RFC values and providing excellent customer experience.
Managing Own Performance & Development
- To be able to: -
- work under pressure and to deadlines
- prioritise and manage own workload.
- demonstrate continued attention to detail and accuracy.
- problem solves.
- To be willing to continue updating own knowledge and skills.
- To be self-confident and willing to take responsibility.
Other Requirements – We expect you to:
- Take time for personal development, contributing learning and ideas to the wider team.
- To work unsupervised
- To work to tight deadlines and deliver results
- To have a positive professional work attitude
- Be highly motivated and able to take the initiative
- Have a strong affinity with the NHS and philanthropic values
- Have attention to detail
- Support your team and your other colleagues
- Attend meetings and training as required
- Be flexible and respond to the needs of the charity
- Attend supervision on a regular basis with the line manager
- To treat everyone equally, regardless of sex, age, disability, gender reassignment, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic
- Read and adhere to the Charity policies, including the dress code, and all relevant legislation and ensure that any team members who report to you do the same
- Work toward the charity’s vision and mission, and act in line with its values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect.
- Be aware of and have a good understanding of Health and Safety at Work and the Fire Procedure and understand the correct action to be taken in the event of a fire
- To undertake any additional relevant duties as required
The recruitment process
To apply for this post, send your:
- CV (please include your last employer and dates of employment)
- Coverletter addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification
Please note, that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered for this role.
Closing date for application: Wednesday 24th April 2024, 12 noon
Interview date: Wednesday 8th May 2024
Please kindly note that we may close the job advert before the closing date if we receive a large volume of applications.
You must be eligible to work in the UK
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may require during the recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, please contact us as soon as possible.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity and act in line with our values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect.
Benefits:
Core benefits
- 25 days of paid holiday, plus three-day office closure rest period between Christmas and New Year, and UK bank holidays. This increases to 30 days leave after five completed years of continuous employment (all leave is pro rata for part time employees).
- A contributory pension scheme, where we match your 4% contribution towards your pension. If you choose to increase your payments into your pension scheme, we’ll match your contribution up to 9%.
- A sick pay package that offers one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay in any 12-month period if you’ve been with us for less than two years. This rises to two months’ full pay and two months’ half pay in any 12-month period after two years of continuous employment.
- Occupational maternity pay and paternity pay packages that provide more generous support than statutory pay alone.
- A flexible working policy to support our employees’ work/life balance.
Support for your financial wellbeing
As a member of the Royal Free family, you’ll be entitled to benefit from:
- Expert financial advice from our financial partner, the London Credit Union
- Savings on purchases with the Blue Light Card
- Our Death in Service benefit
Support for your health and wellbeing
- Gym, pool and classes at our Rec Club in Hampstead
- Secure bicycle parking and shower facilities at our Hampstead site
- Running club
- Monthly guided meditation
- Free massage therapy from our complementary therapy team
- Menopause peer support group
- Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour access to free confidential advice and support on work and personal issues.
Should you require more information regarding this post, please contact our office.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.